Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Banks • CHC 10.2
2. Aaron • MLN 8.6
3. Pascual • WSH 8.6
4. Mathews • MLN 8.2
5. Mays • SFG 7.8
6. Boyer • STL 7.4
7. Jackson • STL 6.9
8. Wilhelm • BAL 6.8
9. Law • PIT 6.6
10. Mantle • NYY 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Pascual • WSH 7.8
2. Wilhelm • BAL 7.6
3. Jackson • STL 7.3
4. Law • PIT 6.5
5. Drysdale • LAD 5.9
6. Jones • SFG 5.7
7. Spahn • MLN 5.5
8. Craig • LAD 5.0
9. Antonelli • SFG 4.9
10. Newcombe • CIN 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Wilhelm • BAL 2.19
2. Pascual • WSH 2.64
3. Shaw • CHW 2.69
4. Jones • SFG 2.83
5. Miller • SFG 2.84
6. Buhl • MLN 2.86
7. Ditmar • NYY 2.90
8. Walker • BAL 2.92
9. O'Dell • BAL 2.93
10. Spahn • MLN 2.96
Wins
1. Wynn • CHW 22
2. Burdette • MLN 21
Jones • SFG 21
Spahn • MLN 21
5. McLish • CLE 19
Antonelli • SFG 19
7. Shaw • CHW 18
Face • PIT 18
Law • PIT 18
10. Bunning • DET 17
Lary • DET 17
Mossi • DET 17
Pascual • WSH 17
Drysdale • LAD 17
Win-Loss %
1. Face • PIT .947
2. Shaw • CHW .750
3. McLish • CLE .704
4. Wynn • CHW .688
Craig • LAD .688
6. Law • PIT .667
7. Antonelli • SFG .655
8. Mossi • DET .654
9. Delock • BOS .647
10. Maas • NYY .636
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Ditmar • NYY 1.030
2. Haddix • PIT 1.061
3. Newcombe • CIN 1.095
4. Conley • PHI 1.117
5. Law • PIT 1.120
6. Wilhelm • BAL 1.128
7. Pascual • WSH 1.135
8. Mossi • DET 1.136
9. Antonelli • SFG 1.145
10. O'Dell • BAL 1.154
Hits per 9 IP
1. Score • CLE 6.890
2. Ditmar • NYY 6.950
3. Wilhelm • BAL 7.088
4. Wynn • CHW 7.111
5. O'Dell • BAL 7.360
6. Pappas • BAL 7.524
7. Haddix • PIT 7.582
8. Pascual • WSH 7.617
9. Grant • CLE 7.621
10. Jones • SFG 7.714
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Newcombe • CIN 1.095
2. Burdette • MLN 1.181
3. Roberts • PHI 1.224
4. Brown • BAL 1.756
5. Purkey • CIN 1.775
6. Law • PIT 1.793
7. Lary • DET 1.857
8. Garver • KCA 1.877
9. Mossi • DET 1.934
10. Haddix • PIT 1.966
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Score • CLE 8.234
2. Drysdale • LAD 8.047
3. Bunning • DET 7.246
4. Pascual • WSH 6.976
5. Jones • SFG 6.950
6. Podres • LAD 6.692
7. Broglio • STL 6.601
8. Turley • NYY 6.473
9. Wynn • CHW 6.301
10. McCormick • SFG 6.022
Games Played
1. Staley • CHW 67
2. Elston • CHC 65
Henry • CHC 65
4. McDaniel • STL 62
5. Lown • CHW 60
McMahon • MLN 60
7. Miller • SFG 59
8. Face • PIT 57
9. Labine • LAD 56
10. Clevenger • WSH 50
Jones • SFG 50
Saves
1. McDaniel • STL 16
2. Lown • CHW 15
Staley • CHW 15
McMahon • MLN 15
5. Duren • NYY 14
Loes • BAL 14
Elston • CHC 14
8. Henry • CHC 12
9. Fornieles • BOS 11
10. Face • PIT 10
Lawrence • CIN 10
Innings Pitched
1. Spahn • MLN 292.0
2. Burdette • MLN 289.2
3. Antonelli • SFG 282.0
4. Drysdale • LAD 270.2
Jones • SFG 270.2
6. Law • PIT 266.0
7. Roberts • PHI 257.1
8. Jackson • STL 256.0
9. Wynn • CHW 255.2
10. Bunning • DET 249.2
Strikeouts
1. Drysdale • LAD 242
2. Jones • SFG 209
3. Bunning • DET 201
4. Pascual • WSH 185
5. Wynn • CHW 179
6. Koufax • LAD 173
7. Antonelli • SFG 165
8. McCormick • SFG 151
9. Haddix • PIT 149
10. Score • CLE 147
Games Started
1. Burdette • MLN 39
2. Antonelli • SFG 38
3. Foytack • DET 37
Wynn • CHW 37
Jackson • STL 37
6. Anderson • CHC 36
Drysdale • LAD 36
Spahn • MLN 36
9. Bunning • DET 35
Ramos • WSH 35
Friend • PIT 35
Jones • SFG 35
Roberts • PHI 35
Complete Games
1. Spahn • MLN 21
2. Burdette • MLN 20
Law • PIT 20
4. Roberts • PHI 19
5. Pascual • WSH 17
Antonelli • SFG 17
Newcombe • CIN 17
8. Jones • SFG 16
9. Mossi • DET 15
Pappas • BAL 15
Drysdale • LAD 15
Shutouts
1. Pascual • WSH 6
2. Wynn • CHW 5
3. Spahn • MLN 4
Pappas • BAL 4
Antonelli • SFG 4
Buhl • MLN 4
Burdette • MLN 4
Craig • LAD 4
Drysdale • LAD 4
Jones • SFG 4
Home Runs
1. Burdette • MLN 38
2. Bunning • DET 37
3. Foytack • DET 34
Roberts • PHI 34
5. Ramos • WSH 30
6. Antonelli • SFG 29
7. Bell • CLE 28
Score • CLE 28
9. McLish • CLE 26
Pierce • CHW 26
Drysdale • LAD 26
Haddix • PIT 26
Peña • CIN 26
Bases on Balls
1. Wynn • CHW 119
2. Score • CLE 115
3. Jones • SFG 109
4. Hobbie • CHC 106
5. Bell • CLE 105
6. Drysdale • LAD 93
7. Koufax • LAD 92
8. Casale • BOS 89
Ford • NYY 89
Broglio • STL 89
Mizell • STL 89
Hits
1. Burdette • MLN 312
2. Spahn • MLN 282
3. Jackson • STL 271
4. Friend • PIT 267
Roberts • PHI 267
6. McLish • CLE 253
7. Antonelli • SFG 247
8. Anderson • CHC 245
Law • PIT 245
10. Purkey • CIN 241
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.914
2. Newcombe • CIN 3.704
3. Haddix • PIT 3.041
4. Lary • DET 2.978
5. Burdette • MLN 2.763
6. Pascual • WSH 2.681
7. Bunning • DET 2.680
8. Drysdale • LAD 2.602
9. Mossi • DET 2.551
10. Brown • BAL 2.531
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Pappas • BAL 0.344
2. Pascual • WSH 0.377
3. Jackson • STL 0.457
4. Wilhelm • BAL 0.518
5. Owens • PHI 0.569
6. Ford • NYY 0.574
7. Hobbie • CHC 0.577
8. Brewer • BOS 0.585
9. Shaw • CHW 0.585
10. Jones • SFG 0.599
Losses
1. Ramos • WSH 19
Friend • PIT 19
3. Purkey • CIN 18
4. Kemmerer • WSH 17
Roberts • PHI 17
6. McCormick • SFG 16
7. Pierce • CHW 15
Burdette • MLN 15
Jones • SFG 15
Spahn • MLN 15
Earned Runs
1. Burdette • MLN 131
2. Foytack • DET 124
3. Roberts • PHI 122
4. Bunning • DET 108
Ramos • WSH 108
Anderson • CHC 108
7. Bell • CLE 105
Friend • PIT 105
9. Drysdale • LAD 104
10. Kemmerer • WSH 103
Purkey • CIN 103
Wild Pitches
1. Pappas • BAL 14
Score • CLE 14
3. Brewer • BOS 11
4. Kemmerer • WSH 10
McDaniel • STL 10
6. Hobbie • CHC 9
Kline • PIT 9
McCormick • SFG 9
9. Bell • CLE 8
Broglio • STL 8
O'Toole • CIN 8
Owens • PHI 8
Podres • LAD 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Drysdale • LAD 18
2. McDevitt • LAD 14
3. Kucks • 2TM 12
4. Bunning • DET 11
Daley • KCA 11
Lary • DET 11
7. Wilhelm • BAL 10
8. Ramos • WSH 9
Wynn • CHW 9
Williams • LAD 9
Batters Faced
1. Spahn • MLN 1,203
2. Burdette • MLN 1,193
3. Antonelli • SFG 1,150
4. Jones • SFG 1,148
5. Drysdale • LAD 1,142
6. Jackson • STL 1,081
7. Law • PIT 1,080
8. Wynn • CHW 1,076
9. Roberts • PHI 1,075
10. Bunning • DET 1,037
Games Finished
1. McMahon • MLN 49
2. Elston • CHC 48
3. Face • PIT 47
McDaniel • STL 47
5. Lown • CHW 37
Staley • CHW 37
7. Henry • CHC 36
8. Labine • LAD 33
9. Loes • BAL 31
10. Duren • NYY 29
Miller • SFG 29
Adjusted ERA+
1. Wilhelm • BAL 173
2. Pascual • WSH 149
3. Shaw • CHW 141
4. Conley • PHI 136
5. Jones • SFG 134
6. Miller • SFG 134
7. Walker • BAL 130
8. O'Dell • BAL 129
9. Newcombe • CIN 129
10. Law • PIT 129
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Pascual • WSH 2.44
2. Jackson • STL 2.87
3. Pappas • BAL 3.03
4. Conley • PHI 3.08
5. Jones • SFG 3.16
6. Owens • PHI 3.19
7. Wilhelm • BAL 3.22
8. Spahn • MLN 3.23
9. Drysdale • LAD 3.23
10. Mossi • DET 3.27
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Wilhelm • BAL 40
2. Pascual • WSH 34
3. Shaw • CHW 32
4. Craig • LAD 30
5. Law • PIT 30
6. Jones • SFG 29
7. Jackson • STL 26
8. Antonelli • SFG 24
9. Drysdale • LAD 23
10. Newcombe • CIN 22
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Wilhelm • BAL 4.4
2. Pascual • WSH 3.6
3. Shaw • CHW 3.3
4. Craig • LAD 3.3
5. Law • PIT 3.2
6. Jones • SFG 3.0
7. Jackson • STL 2.7
8. Antonelli • SFG 2.5
9. Drysdale • LAD 2.4
10. Newcombe • CIN 2.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Wilhelm • BAL 45.65
2. Law • PIT 39.77
3. Shaw • CHW 38.75
4. Pascual • WSH 38.59
5. Antonelli • SFG 36.09
6. Jones • SFG 32.92
7. Spahn • MLN 30.41
8. Henry • CHC 28.64
9. Craig • LAD 26.44
10. Drysdale • LAD 25.81
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Wilhelm • BAL 4.3
2. Shaw • CHW 4.2
3. Law • PIT 4.0
4. Lown • CHW 3.7
5. Antonelli • SFG 3.7
6. Walker • BAL 3.3
7. Pascual • WSH 3.2
8. Pierce • CHW 3.2
9. Staley • CHW 3.1
10. Sherry • LAD 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Pascual • WSH 3.7
2. Ditmar • NYY 3.5
3. Spahn • MLN 3.2
4. Wilhelm • BAL 3.1
5. Shaw • CHW 3.0
6. Craig • LAD 2.7
7. Perry • CLE 2.7
8. Mossi • DET 2.7
9. Drysdale • LAD 2.6
10. Antonelli • SFG 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Sherry • LAD 23.9
2. Craig • LAD 15.8
3. Lown • CHW 12.5
4. Staley • CHW 11.9
5. Pierce • CHW 11.1
6. Antonelli • SFG 10.6
7. Sanford • SFG 10.1
8. Shaw • CHW 9.5
9. Williams • LAD 8.5
10. Podres • LAD 6.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Wilhelm • BAL 5.1
2. Law • PIT 4.4
3. Shaw • CHW 4.2
4. Pascual • WSH 4.2
5. Antonelli • SFG 3.9
6. Jones • SFG 3.5
7. Spahn • MLN 3.4
8. Henry • CHC 3.0
9. Ditmar • NYY 2.8
10. Craig • LAD 2.7

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