Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 10.5
2. Robinson • CIN 8.7
3. Aaron • MLN 8.5
4. Farrell • HOU 7.3
5. Purkey • CIN 7.0
6. Gibson • STL 6.3
7. Aguirre • DET 6.2
8. Pascual • MIN 6.1
9. Robinson • BAL 6.1
10. Broglio • STL 6.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Aguirre • DET 7.4
2. Purkey • CIN 7.3
3. Farrell • HOU 7.0
4. Broglio • STL 6.1
5. Friend • PIT 5.8
6. Gibson • STL 5.6
7. Spahn • MLN 5.6
8. Radatz • BOS 5.5
9. Drysdale • LAD 5.4
10. Kaat • MIN 5.4
Earned Run Average
1. Aguirre • DET 2.21
2. Koufax • LAD 2.54
3. Roberts • BAL 2.78
4. Shaw • MLN 2.80
5. Purkey • CIN 2.81
6. Drysdale • LAD 2.83
7. Gibson • STL 2.85
8. Ford • NYY 2.90
9. Chance • LAA 2.96
10. Broglio • STL 3.00
Wins
1. Drysdale • LAD 25
2. Sanford • SFG 24
3. Terry • NYY 23
Purkey • CIN 23
5. Jay • CIN 21
6. Donovan • CLE 20
Herbert • CHW 20
Pascual • MIN 20
9. Bunning • DET 19
Mahaffey • PHI 19
O'Dell • SFG 19
Win-Loss %
1. Purkey • CIN .821
2. Sanford • SFG .774
3. Drysdale • LAD .735
4. Pierce • SFG .727
5. Stigman • MIN .706
6. Herbert • CHW .690
7. McLish • PHI .688
McBride • LAA .688
9. Ford • NYY .680
10. Aguirre • DET .667
Donovan • CLE .667
Koufax • LAD .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Koufax • LAD 1.036
2. Aguirre • DET 1.051
3. Terry • NYY 1.051
4. Farrell • HOU 1.097
5. Drysdale • LAD 1.113
6. Pierce • SFG 1.121
7. Purkey • CIN 1.124
8. Spahn • MLN 1.125
9. Roberts • BAL 1.134
10. Pascual • MIN 1.145
Hits per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 6.542
2. Gibson • STL 6.702
3. Aguirre • DET 6.750
4. Cheney • WSA 6.958
5. Belinsky • LAA 7.158
6. Bennett • PHI 7.420
7. Wilson • BOS 7.667
8. Stenhouse • WSA 7.721
9. Terry • NYY 7.744
10. Drysdale • LAD 7.788
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Donovan • CLE 1.688
2. Terry • NYY 1.718
3. Shaw • MLN 1.760
4. Mossi • DET 1.797
5. Friend • PIT 1.823
6. Spahn • MLN 1.838
7. Roberts • BAL 1.929
8. Pierce • SFG 1.940
9. Purkey • CIN 1.998
10. Farrell • HOU 2.048
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 10.546
2. Johnson • HOU 8.132
3. Gibson • STL 8.011
4. Bennett • PHI 7.677
5. Pizarro • CHW 7.657
6. Cheney • WSA 7.633
7. Farrell • HOU 7.560
8. Pascual • MIN 7.195
9. Belinsky • LAA 6.966
10. Bruce • HOU 6.943
Games Played
1. Perranoski • LAD 70
2. Baldschun • PHI 67
3. Roebuck • LAD 64
4. Face • PIT 63
5. Radatz • BOS 62
Olivo • PIT 62
7. Wyatt • KCA 59
Miller • SFG 59
9. Sherry • LAD 58
10. Bell • CLE 57
Fisher • CHW 57
Hoeft • BAL 57
Spring • LAA 57
Anderson • CHC 57
Elston • CHC 57
Saves
1. Face • PIT 28
2. Radatz • BOS 24
3. Miller • SFG 19
Perranoski • LAD 19
5. Bridges • NYY 18
6. Fox • DET 16
7. Wilhelm • BAL 15
8. McDaniel • STL 14
9. Baldschun • PHI 13
Brosnan • CIN 13
Innings Pitched
1. Drysdale • LAD 314.1
2. Terry • NYY 298.2
3. Purkey • CIN 288.1
4. O'Dell • SFG 280.2
5. Mahaffey • PHI 274.0
6. Jay • CIN 273.0
7. Spahn • MLN 269.1
8. Kaat • MIN 269.0
9. Sanford • SFG 265.1
10. Marichal • SFG 262.2
Strikeouts
1. Drysdale • LAD 232
2. Koufax • LAD 216
3. Gibson • STL 208
4. Pascual • MIN 206
5. Farrell • HOU 203
6. O'Dell • SFG 195
7. Bunning • DET 184
8. Johnson • HOU 178
Podres • LAD 178
10. Mahaffey • PHI 177
Games Started
1. Drysdale • LAD 41
2. Podres • LAD 40
3. Terry • NYY 39
Mahaffey • PHI 39
O'Dell • SFG 39
6. Sanford • SFG 38
7. Ford • NYY 37
Kralick • MIN 37
Jay • CIN 37
Purkey • CIN 37
Complete Games
1. Spahn • MLN 22
2. Mahaffey • PHI 20
O'Dell • SFG 20
4. Drysdale • LAD 19
5. Pascual • MIN 18
Marichal • SFG 18
Purkey • CIN 18
8. Donovan • CLE 16
Kaat • MIN 16
Jay • CIN 16
Shutouts
1. Friend • PIT 5
Pascual • MIN 5
Gibson • STL 5
Donovan • CLE 5
Kaat • MIN 5
6. Broglio • STL 4
Simmons • STL 4
Monbouquette • BOS 4
Jackson • NYM 4
McBride • LAA 4
Jay • CIN 4
Home Runs
1. Terry • NYY 40
2. Mahaffey • PHI 36
3. Craig • NYM 35
4. Marichal • SFG 34
5. Kralick • MIN 31
Pappas • BAL 31
Rakow • KCA 31
Hook • NYM 31
9. Bunning • DET 28
Conley • BOS 28
Ramos • CLE 28
Purkey • CIN 28
Bases on Balls
1. Belinsky • LAA 122
2. Estrada • BAL 121
Schwall • BOS 121
4. Wilson • BOS 111
5. Hamilton • PHI 107
6. Pfister • KCA 106
7. Jay • CIN 100
8. Rakow • KCA 98
Williams • LAD 98
Buhl • 2TM 98
Hits
1. O'Dell • SFG 282
2. Friend • PIT 280
3. Drysdale • LAD 272
4. Podres • LAD 270
5. Jay • CIN 269
6. Jackson • STL 267
7. Bunning • DET 262
8. Craig • NYM 261
9. Purkey • CIN 260
10. Terry • NYY 257
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Johnson • HOU 3.870
2. Koufax • LAD 3.789
3. Farrell • HOU 3.691
4. Pascual • MIN 3.492
5. Mossi • DET 3.361
6. Terry • NYY 3.088
7. Drysdale • LAD 2.974
8. O'Dell • SFG 2.955
9. Shaw • MLN 2.818
10. Friend • PIT 2.717
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Francis • PIT 0.409
2. Herbert • CHW 0.494
3. McBean • PIT 0.522
4. Belinsky • LAA 0.577
5. O'Dell • SFG 0.577
6. Gibson • STL 0.578
7. Aguirre • DET 0.583
8. Drysdale • LAD 0.601
9. Chance • LAA 0.610
10. Jackson • NYM 0.622
Losses
1. Craig • NYM 24
2. Ellsworth • CHC 20
Farrell • HOU 20
Jackson • NYM 20
5. Hook • NYM 19
6. Estrada • BAL 17
Rakow • KCA 17
Anderson • NYM 17
9. Daniels • WSA 16
Cardwell • CHC 16
Johnson • HOU 16
Woodeshick • HOU 16
Earned Runs
1. Mahaffey • PHI 120
2. Ellsworth • CHC 118
3. Craig • NYM 117
4. Hook • NYM 115
5. Jay • CIN 114
6. Jackson • NYM 113
7. Rakow • KCA 111
8. O'Dell • SFG 110
9. Podres • LAD 108
10. Cardwell • CHC 107
Wild Pitches
1. Hamilton • PHI 22
2. Ellsworth • CHC 15
3. Kaat • MIN 13
Giusti • HOU 13
Woodeshick • HOU 13
6. Miller • NYM 12
7. McDevitt • KCA 11
Wilhelm • BAL 11
Wilson • BOS 11
Gibson • STL 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Kaat • MIN 18
2. Purkey • CIN 14
3. Belinsky • LAA 13
Bunning • DET 13
5. Bruce • HOU 12
Mahaffey • PHI 12
Shaw • MLN 12
8. Drysdale • LAD 11
9. Estrada • BAL 10
Schwall • BOS 10
Gibson • STL 10
Lee • 2TM 10
Batters Faced
1. Drysdale • LAD 1,289
2. Terry • NYY 1,191
3. Purkey • CIN 1,181
4. O'Dell • SFG 1,178
5. Jay • CIN 1,165
6. Mahaffey • PHI 1,138
7. Kaat • MIN 1,112
8. Bunning • DET 1,103
9. Marichal • SFG 1,101
10. Sanford • SFG 1,100
Games Finished
1. Face • PIT 57
2. Radatz • BOS 53
3. Baldschun • PHI 49
4. Wilhelm • BAL 44
5. McMahon • 2TM 42
6. Miller • SFG 41
7. Perranoski • LAD 39
8. Bell • CLE 37
9. Moore • MIN 36
McDaniel • STL 36
Sherry • LAD 36
Adjusted ERA+
1. Aguirre • DET 185
2. Gibson • STL 151
3. Broglio • STL 144
4. Purkey • CIN 143
5. Koufax • LAD 143
6. Shaw • MLN 135
7. Roberts • BAL 133
8. Ford • NYY 130
9. Chance • LAA 130
10. Kaat • MIN 130
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 2.15
2. Johnson • HOU 2.80
3. Farrell • HOU 2.81
4. O'Dell • SFG 2.84
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.86
6. Aguirre • DET 2.99
7. Pascual • MIN 2.99
8. Gibson • STL 3.02
9. Podres • LAD 3.11
10. McBean • PIT 3.25
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Aguirre • DET 41
2. Purkey • CIN 36
3. Gibson • STL 35
4. Broglio • STL 32
5. Ford • NYY 28
6. Kaat • MIN 27
7. Friend • PIT 27
8. Spahn • MLN 27
9. Radatz • BOS 27
10. Drysdale • LAD 26
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Aguirre • DET 4.3
2. Purkey • CIN 3.8
3. Gibson • STL 3.7
4. Broglio • STL 3.3
5. Ford • NYY 2.9
6. Kaat • MIN 2.9
7. Friend • PIT 2.8
8. Spahn • MLN 2.8
9. Radatz • BOS 2.7
10. Drysdale • LAD 2.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Aguirre • DET 39.39
2. Gibson • STL 39.32
3. Purkey • CIN 38.95
4. Ford • NYY 36.25
5. Drysdale • LAD 34.87
6. Spahn • MLN 34.77
7. Broglio • STL 33.73
8. Shaw • MLN 31.07
9. Friend • PIT 30.62
10. Radatz • BOS 28.87
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Purkey • CIN 5.7
2. Aguirre • DET 4.7
3. Gibson • STL 4.3
4. Ford • NYY 3.8
5. Pascual • MIN 3.6
6. Koufax • LAD 3.5
7. Fox • DET 3.4
8. Herbert • CHW 3.2
9. Cheney • WSA 3.1
10. Shaw • MLN 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Aguirre • DET 5.0
2. Drysdale • LAD 4.1
3. Purkey • CIN 3.9
4. Koufax • LAD 3.8
5. Gibson • STL 3.7
6. Terry • NYY 3.6
7. Spahn • MLN 3.0
8. O'Dell • SFG 3.0
9. Kaat • MIN 2.9
10. Broglio • STL 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Pierce • SFG 22.2
2. Terry • NYY 12.6
3. Sanford • SFG 11.4
4. Roebuck • LAD 11.1
5. Ford • NYY 9.7
6. Drysdale • LAD 7.4
7. Face • PIT 6.6
8. Kaat • MIN 6.0
9. Gibson • STL 5.6
10. Donovan • CLE 5.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Aguirre • DET 4.1
2. Purkey • CIN 4.1
3. Gibson • STL 4.0
4. Ford • NYY 4.0
5. Drysdale • LAD 3.8
6. Spahn • MLN 3.8
7. Broglio • STL 3.4
8. Shaw • MLN 3.3
9. Friend • PIT 3.2
10. Roberts • BAL 3.2

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