Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 10.4
2. Aaron • MLN 9.4
3. Cash • DET 9.2
4. Mays • SFG 8.7
5. Kaline • DET 8.4
6. Boyer • STL 8.0
7. Robinson • CIN 7.7
8. Colavito • DET 7.6
9. Pinson • CIN 7.5
10. Mathews • MLN 7.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. Cardwell • CHC 6.1
2. Kralick • MIN 6.0
3. Koufax • LAD 5.7
4. Drysdale • LAD 5.4
5. Pascual • MIN 5.3
6. McBride • LAA 5.1
O'Toole • CIN 5.1
8. Williams • LAD 4.7
9. Jay • CIN 4.5
10. Gibson • STL 4.4
Earned Run Average
1. Donovan • WSA 2.40
2. Stafford • NYY 2.68
3. Mossi • DET 2.96
4. Spahn • MLN 3.02
5. Pappas • BAL 3.04
6. Pizarro • CHW 3.05
7. O'Toole • CIN 3.10
8. Simmons • STL 3.13
9. Terry • NYY 3.15
10. Brown • BAL 3.19
Wins
1. Ford • NYY 25
2. Lary • DET 23
3. Jay • CIN 21
Spahn • MLN 21
5. O'Toole • CIN 19
6. Barber • BAL 18
Burdette • MLN 18
Koufax • LAD 18
Podres • LAD 18
10. Bunning • DET 17
Win-Loss %
1. Ford • NYY .862
2. Terry • NYY .842
3. Podres • LAD .783
4. Arroyo • NYY .750
5. Miller • SFG .737
6. Latman • CLE .722
7. Lary • DET .719
8. Sheldon • NYY .688
Coates • NYY .688
10. Mossi • DET .682
Schwall • BOS .682
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Donovan • WSA 1.026
2. Terry • NYY 1.083
3. Brown • BAL 1.116
4. Bunning • DET 1.131
5. Spahn • MLN 1.142
6. Lary • DET 1.155
7. Stafford • NYY 1.164
8. Ford • NYY 1.180
9. Mossi • DET 1.182
10. Pappas • BAL 1.193
Hits per 9 IP
1. Estrada • BAL 6.750
2. Pappas • BAL 6.788
3. Barber • BAL 7.031
4. Pascual • MIN 7.312
5. Donovan • WSA 7.364
6. Koufax • LAD 7.463
7. Pizarro • CHW 7.582
8. Grant • CLE 7.614
9. Ford • NYY 7.696
10. Terry • NYY 7.742
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Burdette • MLN 1.091
2. Friend • PIT 1.716
3. Mossi • DET 1.760
4. Brown • BAL 1.782
5. Purkey • CIN 1.863
6. Donovan • WSA 1.868
7. Terry • NYY 2.007
8. McClain • WSA 2.038
9. Lary • DET 2.157
10. Spahn • MLN 2.193
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 9.469
2. Pizarro • CHW 8.692
3. Pascual • MIN 7.882
4. Williams • LAD 7.840
5. Gibson • STL 7.069
6. Estrada • BAL 6.792
7. Drysdale • LAD 6.713
8. McBride • LAA 6.703
9. Gibbon • PIT 6.681
10. Ford • NYY 6.647
Games Played
1. Arroyo • NYY 65
Baldschun • PHI 65
3. Miller • SFG 63
4. Face • PIT 62
5. Lown • CHW 59
Morgan • LAA 59
7. Kunkel • KCA 58
Elston • CHC 58
9. Fornieles • BOS 57
Anderson • CHC 57
Saves
1. Arroyo • NYY 29
2. Wilhelm • BAL 18
3. Face • PIT 17
Miller • SFG 17
5. Brosnan • CIN 16
Henry • CIN 16
7. Fornieles • BOS 15
Sherry • LAD 15
9. Moore • MIN 14
10. Fox • DET 12
Innings Pitched
1. Ford • NYY 283.0
2. Lary • DET 275.1
3. Burdette • MLN 272.1
4. Bunning • DET 268.0
5. Ramos • MIN 264.1
6. Spahn • MLN 262.2
7. Cardwell • CHC 259.1
8. Koufax • LAD 255.2
9. O'Toole • CIN 252.2
10. Pascual • MIN 252.1
Strikeouts
1. Koufax • LAD 269
2. Pascual • MIN 221
3. Ford • NYY 209
4. Williams • LAD 205
5. Bunning • DET 194
6. Pizarro • CHW 188
7. Drysdale • LAD 182
8. McBride • LAA 180
9. O'Toole • CIN 178
10. Ramos • MIN 174
Games Started
1. Ford • NYY 39
2. Cardwell • CHC 38
3. Bunning • DET 37
Drysdale • LAD 37
5. Lary • DET 36
McBride • LAA 36
Burdette • MLN 36
8. Grant • CLE 35
Perry • CLE 35
Friend • PIT 35
Koufax • LAD 35
McCormick • SFG 35
O'Toole • CIN 35
Williams • LAD 35
Complete Games
1. Lary • DET 22
2. Spahn • MLN 21
3. Pascual • MIN 15
Koufax • LAD 15
5. Barber • BAL 14
Burdette • MLN 14
Jay • CIN 14
8. Cardwell • CHC 13
McCormick • SFG 13
Purkey • CIN 13
Sadecki • STL 13
Shutouts
1. Barber • BAL 8
Pascual • MIN 8
3. Spahn • MLN 4
Pappas • BAL 4
Bunning • DET 4
Jay • CIN 4
Lary • DET 4
8. Ramos • MIN 3
Cardwell • CHC 3
Drysdale • LAD 3
Gibbon • PIT 3
Stafford • NYY 3
Burdette • MLN 3
Grant • CLE 3
Ford • NYY 3
Jackson • STL 3
Mahaffey • PHI 3
Marichal • SFG 3
McCormick • SFG 3
O'Toole • CIN 3
Brown • BAL 3
Home Runs
1. Ramos • MIN 39
2. Conley • BOS 33
McCormick • SFG 33
4. Bell • CLE 32
Grant • CLE 32
6. Burdette • MLN 31
7. Mossi • DET 29
Drysdale • LAD 29
9. McBride • LAA 28
Perry • CLE 28
Buzhardt • PHI 28
Sadecki • STL 28
Bases on Balls
1. Estrada • BAL 132
2. Barber • BAL 130
3. Gibson • STL 119
4. Grba • LAA 114
5. Schwall • BOS 110
6. Grant • CLE 109
7. Williams • LAD 108
8. McBride • LAA 102
Sadecki • STL 102
10. Bell • CLE 100
Monbouquette • BOS 100
Pascual • MIN 100
Hits
1. Burdette • MLN 295
2. Friend • PIT 271
3. Ramos • MIN 265
4. Kralick • MIN 257
5. Lary • DET 252
6. Shaw • 2TM 250
7. Baumann • CHW 249
8. Purkey • CIN 245
Herbert • 2TM 245
10. Cardwell • CHC 243
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Mossi • DET 2.915
2. Koufax • LAD 2.802
3. Burdette • MLN 2.788
4. Bunning • DET 2.732
5. Marichal • SFG 2.583
6. Gibbon • PIT 2.544
7. Podres • LAD 2.431
8. Haddix • PIT 2.415
9. Friend • PIT 2.400
10. Purkey • CIN 2.275
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Schwall • BOS 0.403
2. Barber • BAL 0.471
3. Archer • KCA 0.482
4. Donovan • WSA 0.534
5. Kaat • MIN 0.538
6. Gibson • STL 0.554
7. O'Toole • CIN 0.570
8. Daniels • WSA 0.594
9. Stafford • NYY 0.600
10. Friend • PIT 0.610
Losses
1. Ramos • MIN 20
2. Friend • PIT 19
Mahaffey • PHI 19
4. McClain • WSA 18
Buzhardt • PHI 18
6. Kaat • MIN 17
Perry • CLE 17
Daley • 2TM 17
9. Bell • CLE 16
Pascual • MIN 16
McCormick • SFG 16
Sullivan • PHI 16
Earned Runs
1. Burdette • MLN 121
2. Baumann • CHW 117
Perry • CLE 117
4. Ramos • MIN 116
5. Herbert • 2TM 112
6. Cardwell • CHC 110
7. Conley • BOS 109
8. Grant • CLE 105
9. Bell • CLE 104
10. Purkey • CIN 102
Sanford • SFG 102
Williams • LAD 102
Shaw • 2TM 102
Wild Pitches
1. Short • PHI 14
2. Koufax • LAD 12
3. Baldschun • PHI 11
4. Fisher • BAL 10
Kaat • MIN 10
Klippstein • WSA 10
McBean • PIT 10
Farrell • 2TM 10
9. Barber • BAL 9
Walker • KCA 9
Ellsworth • CHC 9
Jay • CIN 9
Mahaffey • PHI 9
Williams • LAD 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Drysdale • LAD 20
2. Kaat • MIN 11
3. Estrada • BAL 10
Walker • KCA 10
Cardwell • CHC 10
6. Bunning • DET 9
Daley • 2TM 9
8. Rakow • KCA 8
Jones • SFG 8
Shaw • 2TM 8
Batters Faced
1. Ford • NYY 1,159
2. Lary • DET 1,127
3. Burdette • MLN 1,126
4. Ramos • MIN 1,123
5. Bunning • DET 1,110
6. Cardwell • CHC 1,106
7. Koufax • LAD 1,068
8. Spahn • MLN 1,064
9. O'Toole • CIN 1,061
10. Pascual • MIN 1,056
Games Finished
1. Arroyo • NYY 54
2. Face • PIT 47
3. Miller • SFG 46
4. Funk • CLE 43
Wilhelm • BAL 43
6. Fornieles • BOS 42
7. Baldschun • PHI 39
McDaniel • STL 39
9. Moore • MIN 38
10. Lown • CHW 36
Adjusted ERA+
1. Donovan • WSA 163
2. Simmons • STL 141
3. Mossi • DET 139
4. Stafford • NYY 139
5. Gibson • STL 136
6. O'Toole • CIN 130
7. Archer • KCA 130
8. Bunning • DET 129
9. Schwall • BOS 129
10. Pizarro • CHW 128
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 3.00
2. Gibbon • PIT 3.09
3. O'Toole • CIN 3.13
4. Ford • NYY 3.14
5. Archer • KCA 3.15
6. Friend • PIT 3.15
7. Pizarro • CHW 3.21
8. Bunning • DET 3.23
9. Donovan • WSA 3.29
10. Haddix • PIT 3.38
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Hoeft • BAL 28
2. Mossi • DET 27
3. O'Toole • CIN 25
4. Donovan • WSA 25
5. Stafford • NYY 25
6. Bunning • DET 25
7. Lary • DET 24
8. Gibson • STL 23
9. Spahn • MLN 23
10. Arroyo • NYY 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Hoeft • BAL 3.0
2. Mossi • DET 2.8
3. Donovan • WSA 2.7
4. O'Toole • CIN 2.6
5. Stafford • NYY 2.6
6. Bunning • DET 2.6
7. Lary • DET 2.5
8. Gibson • STL 2.4
9. Spahn • MLN 2.4
10. Arroyo • NYY 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Ford • NYY 35.74
2. Miller • SFG 33.20
3. Spahn • MLN 32.46
4. Stafford • NYY 32.39
5. Hoeft • BAL 31.22
6. Kralick • MIN 30.05
7. Lary • DET 26.30
8. O'Toole • CIN 26.11
9. Bunning • DET 24.83
10. Mossi • DET 24.50
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Miller • SFG 4.1
2. Mossi • DET 3.8
3. Jay • CIN 3.6
4. Lary • DET 3.5
5. Ford • NYY 3.2
6. Arroyo • NYY 3.2
7. O'Toole • CIN 3.0
8. Bunning • DET 2.9
9. Wilhelm • BAL 2.7
10. Pizarro • CHW 2.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Ford • NYY 4.0
2. Lary • DET 3.6
3. Stafford • NYY 3.0
4. Miller • SFG 2.8
5. Brown • BAL 2.8
6. Bunning • DET 2.7
7. Donovan • WSA 2.7
8. Terry • NYY 2.7
9. Hoeft • BAL 2.6
10. Mossi • DET 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mossi • DET 12.4
2. O'Toole • CIN 11.1
3. Arroyo • NYY 10.7
4. Brosnan • CIN 10.4
5. Jay • CIN 10.1
6. Bunning • DET 8.7
7. Terry • NYY 8.3
8. Lary • DET 7.0
9. Ford • NYY 6.8
10. Fox • DET 6.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Ford • NYY 3.9
2. Spahn • MLN 3.6
3. Stafford • NYY 3.5
4. Miller • SFG 3.5
5. Hoeft • BAL 3.4
6. Kralick • MIN 3.1
7. O'Toole • CIN 2.7
8. Lary • DET 2.7
9. Brown • BAL 2.6
10. Bunning • DET 2.5

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