Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Boggs • BOS 8.3
2. Gubicza • KCR 7.8
Puckett • MIN 7.8
4. Viola • MIN 7.7
5. Greenwell • BOS 7.5
6. Higuera • MIL 7.4
7. Canseco • OAK 7.3
8. Clemens • BOS 7.1
Hershiser • LAD 7.1
10. Larkin • CIN 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Gubicza • KCR 7.8
2. Viola • MIN 7.7
3. Higuera • MIL 7.4
4. Hershiser • LAD 7.2
5. Clemens • BOS 7.1
6. Swindell • CLE 5.9
7. Candiotti • CLE 5.7
8. Langston • SEA 5.6
9. Cone • NYM 5.5
10. Anderson • MIN 5.2
Earned Run Average
1. Magrane • STL 2.18
2. Cone • NYM 2.22
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.26
4. Tudor • 2TM 2.32
5. Rijo • CIN 2.39
6. Pérez • MON 2.44
7. Robinson • SFG 2.45
8. Anderson • MIN 2.45
9. Higuera • MIL 2.45
10. Viola • MIN 2.64
Wins
1. Viola • MIN 24
2. Hershiser • LAD 23
Jackson • CIN 23
4. Stewart • OAK 21
5. Gubicza • KCR 20
Cone • NYM 20
7. Reuschel • SFG 19
8. Clemens • BOS 18
Hurst • BOS 18
Swindell • CLE 18
Browning • CIN 18
Gooden • NYM 18
Maddux • CHC 18
Win-Loss %
1. Cone • NYM .870
2. Browning • CIN .783
3. Viola • MIN .774
4. Hurst • BOS .750
Parrett • MON .750
6. Hershiser • LAD .742
Jackson • CIN .742
8. Knepper • HOU .737
9. Gubicza • KCR .714
10. Key • TOR .706
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Pérez • MON 0.941
2. Scott • HOU 0.983
3. Higuera • MIL 0.999
4. Ojeda • NYM 1.004
5. Hershiser • LAD 1.052
6. Fernandez • NYM 1.053
7. Clemens • BOS 1.057
8. Jackson • CIN 1.063
9. Smith • MON 1.066
10. Browning • CIN 1.073
Hits per 9 IP
1. Fernandez • NYM 6.112
2. Robinson • DET 6.331
3. Pérez • MON 6.367
4. Higuera • MIL 6.651
5. Rijo • CIN 6.667
6. Scott • HOU 6.668
7. Stieb • TOR 6.815
8. Witt • TEX 6.918
9. Cone • NYM 6.925
10. Hershiser • LAD 7.011
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Smith • MON 1.455
2. Mahler • ATL 1.518
3. Reuschel • SFG 1.543
4. Ojeda • NYM 1.560
5. Anderson • MIN 1.646
6. Swindell • CLE 1.674
7. Alexander • DET 1.808
8. Tudor • 2TM 1.867
9. Bosio • MIL 1.879
10. Viola • MIN 1.903
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Clemens • BOS 9.920
2. Ryan • HOU 9.327
3. Fernandez • NYM 9.096
4. Rijo • CIN 8.889
5. DeLeón • STL 8.308
6. Cone • NYM 8.287
7. Langston • SEA 8.093
8. Scott • HOU 7.820
9. Witt • TEX 7.641
10. Belcher • LAD 7.614
Games Played
1. Murphy • CIN 76
2. Agosto • HOU 75
Robinson • PIT 75
4. Crim • MIL 70
Franco • CIN 70
Tekulve • PHI 70
7. Thigpen • CHW 68
Worrell • STL 68
9. Williams • TEX 67
Gott • PIT 67
Saves
1. Eckersley • OAK 45
2. Reardon • MIN 42
3. Franco • CIN 39
4. Jones • CLE 37
5. Thigpen • CHW 34
Gott • PIT 34
7. Worrell • STL 32
8. Plesac • MIL 30
9. Smith • BOS 29
10. Bedrosian • PHI 28
Davis • SDP 28
Innings Pitched
1. Stewart • OAK 275.2
2. Gubicza • KCR 269.2
3. Hershiser • LAD 267.0
4. Clemens • BOS 264.0
5. Langston • SEA 261.1
6. Saberhagen • KCR 260.2
Jackson • CIN 260.2
8. Viola • MIN 255.1
9. Hough • TEX 252.0
10. Browning • CIN 250.2
Strikeouts
1. Clemens • BOS 291
2. Langston • SEA 235
3. Ryan • HOU 228
4. Cone • NYM 213
5. DeLeón • STL 208
6. Viola • MIN 193
7. Higuera • MIL 192
Stewart • OAK 192
9. Scott • HOU 190
10. Fernandez • NYM 189
Games Started
1. Stewart • OAK 37
2. Welch • OAK 36
Browning • CIN 36
Reuschel • SFG 36
5. Clemens • BOS 35
Gubicza • KCR 35
Langston • SEA 35
Leibrandt • KCR 35
Saberhagen • KCR 35
Viola • MIN 35
Jackson • CIN 35
Boddicker • 2TM 35
Complete Games
1. Hershiser • LAD 15
Jackson • CIN 15
3. Clemens • BOS 14
Stewart • OAK 14
5. Witt • TEX 13
Show • SDP 13
7. Swindell • CLE 12
Witt • CAL 12
Sutcliffe • CHC 12
10. Candiotti • CLE 11
Terrell • DET 11
Shutouts
1. Hershiser • LAD 8
Clemens • BOS 8
3. Jackson • CIN 6
Leary • LAD 6
5. Scott • HOU 5
Ojeda • NYM 5
7. Stieb • TOR 4
Gubicza • KCR 4
Swindell • CLE 4
Darling • NYM 4
Cone • NYM 4
Home Runs
1. Browning • CIN 36
2. Fraser • CAL 33
3. Langston • SEA 32
4. Alexander • DET 30
5. Dotson • NYY 27
Rawley • PHI 27
7. Clancy • TOR 26
Perez • CHW 26
9. Boyd • BOS 25
Smithson • BOS 25
Tanana • DET 25
Bases on Balls
1. Hough • TEX 126
2. Langston • SEA 110
Stewart • OAK 110
4. Witt • TEX 101
5. Davis • OAK 91
6. Gross • PHI 89
7. Dunne • PIT 88
Smith • ATL 88
9. Witt • CAL 87
Ryan • HOU 87
Hits
1. Mahler • ATL 279
2. Saberhagen • KCR 271
3. Witt • CAL 263
4. Alexander • DET 260
5. Leibrandt • KCR 244
6. Gooden • NYM 242
Reuschel • SFG 242
8. Blyleven • MIN 240
Stewart • OAK 240
10. Gubicza • KCR 237
Welch • OAK 237
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Clemens • BOS 4.694
2. Ojeda • NYM 4.030
3. Swindell • CLE 4.000
4. Smith • MON 3.813
5. Scott • HOU 3.585
6. Viola • MIN 3.574
7. Higuera • MIL 3.254
8. Leary • LAD 3.214
9. Mahler • ATL 3.119
10. Gooden • NYM 3.070
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Walk • PIT 0.254
2. Ojeda • NYM 0.284
3. Gooden • NYM 0.290
4. Magrane • STL 0.327
5. Gubicza • KCR 0.367
6. Rijo • CIN 0.389
7. Cone • NYM 0.389
8. Belcher • LAD 0.401
9. Reuschel • SFG 0.404
10. Jackson • CIN 0.449
Losses
1. Blyleven • MIN 17
Glavine • ATL 17
3. Hough • TEX 16
Saberhagen • KCR 16
Terrell • DET 16
Witt • CAL 16
Mahler • ATL 16
Rawley • PHI 16
9. Bautista • BAL 15
Bosio • MIL 15
Finley • CAL 15
Kilgus • TEX 15
Moore • SEA 15
Tibbs • BAL 15
Moyer • CHC 15
Smith • ATL 15
Boddicker • 2TM 15
Earned Runs
1. Blyleven • MIN 125
2. Fraser • CAL 117
3. Witt • CAL 115
4. Alexander • DET 110
Saberhagen • KCR 110
6. Morris • DET 103
7. Mahler • ATL 102
8. Farrell • CLE 99
Stewart • OAK 99
Welch • OAK 99
Glavine • ATL 99
Wild Pitches
1. Davis • OAK 16
Witt • TEX 16
3. Stewart • OAK 14
4. McCaskill • CAL 13
Perez • CHW 13
Walk • PIT 13
Jones • 2TM 13
8. Fraser • CAL 12
Gubicza • KCR 12
Dunne • PIT 12
Ruffin • PHI 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Blyleven • MIN 16
2. Boddicker • 2TM 14
3. Stieb • TOR 13
4. Hough • TEX 12
5. Gross • PHI 11
6. Kilgus • TEX 10
Welch • OAK 10
Smith • MON 10
9. Clancy • TOR 9
Farrell • CLE 9
Fraser • CAL 9
Maddux • CHC 9
Batters Faced
1. Stewart • OAK 1,156
2. Gubicza • KCR 1,111
3. Saberhagen • KCR 1,089
4. Witt • CAL 1,080
5. Langston • SEA 1,078
6. Hershiser • LAD 1,068
7. Hough • TEX 1,067
8. Clemens • BOS 1,063
Mahler • ATL 1,063
10. Maddux • CHC 1,047
Games Finished
1. Franco • CIN 61
2. Thigpen • CHW 59
Gott • PIT 59
4. Reardon • MIN 58
5. Smith • BOS 57
6. Worrell • STL 54
7. Eckersley • OAK 53
8. Davis • SDP 52
9. Henneman • DET 51
Williams • TEX 51
Adjusted ERA+
1. Anderson • MIN 166
2. Higuera • MIL 162
3. Magrane • STL 161
4. Viola • MIN 154
5. Rijo • CIN 151
6. Tudor • 2TM 149
7. Gubicza • KCR 149
8. Hershiser • LAD 149
9. Pérez • MON 147
10. Cone • NYM 145
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Clemens • BOS 2.17
2. Ojeda • NYM 2.36
3. Gooden • NYM 2.54
4. Belcher • LAD 2.54
5. Rijo • CIN 2.58
6. Cone • NYM 2.58
7. Leary • LAD 2.75
8. Higuera • MIL 2.80
9. Swindell • CLE 2.82
10. DeLeón • STL 2.84
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Viola • MIN 41
2. Higuera • MIL 40
3. Gubicza • KCR 37
4. Clemens • BOS 35
5. Hershiser • LAD 35
6. Anderson • MIN 32
7. Cone • NYM 26
8. Jackson • CIN 25
9. Tudor • 2TM 24
10. Langston • SEA 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Viola • MIN 4.4
2. Higuera • MIL 4.4
3. Gubicza • KCR 4.0
4. Hershiser • LAD 4.0
5. Clemens • BOS 3.8
6. Anderson • MIN 3.4
7. Cone • NYM 3.0
8. Jackson • CIN 2.9
9. Tudor • 2TM 2.7
10. Pérez • MON 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Higuera • MIL 43.31
2. Viola • MIN 43.04
3. Hershiser • LAD 40.86
4. Clemens • BOS 39.97
5. Gubicza • KCR 36.17
6. Anderson • MIN 31.92
7. Cone • NYM 26.84
8. Stieb • TOR 26.59
9. Jackson • CIN 25.54
10. Tudor • 2TM 24.40
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hershiser • LAD 6.7
2. Higuera • MIL 5.2
3. Viola • MIN 5.2
4. Jones • CLE 4.9
5. Clemens • BOS 4.3
6. Myers • NYM 4.3
7. Jackson • CIN 3.9
8. Franco • CIN 3.6
9. Cone • NYM 3.6
10. Maddux • CHC 3.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Higuera • MIL 5.4
2. Clemens • BOS 4.6
3. Hershiser • LAD 4.3
4. Jackson • CIN 4.0
5. Gubicza • KCR 3.2
6. Viola • MIN 3.1
7. Swindell • CLE 3.0
8. Cone • NYM 3.0
9. Rijo • CIN 2.9
10. Belcher • LAD 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hershiser • LAD 6.2
2. Leary • LAD 4.9
3. Henneman • DET 4.5
4. Scott • HOU 4.3
5. Myers • NYM 4.0
6. McDowell • NYM 3.7
7. Eckersley • OAK 3.6
8. Cone • NYM 3.4
9. Robinson • PIT 3.4
10. Hurst • BOS 3.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Hershiser • LAD 4.9
2. Higuera • MIL 4.8
3. Viola • MIN 4.6
4. Clemens • BOS 4.2
5. Gubicza • KCR 3.9
6. Anderson • MIN 3.4
7. Cone • NYM 3.2
8. Stieb • TOR 2.9
9. Jackson • CIN 2.8
10. Tudor • 2TM 2.8

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements