Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 10.6
2. Ellsworth • CHC 9.9
3. Koufax • LAD 9.9
4. Aaron • MLN 9.1
5. Marichal • SFG 8.1
6. Callison • PHI 8.1
7. Mathews • MLN 8.0
8. Allison • MIN 7.4
9. Groat • STL 7.1
10. Peters • CHW 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Koufax • LAD 10.7
2. Ellsworth • CHC 10.2
3. Marichal • SFG 7.8
4. Pascual • MIN 6.1
5. Peters • CHW 6.0
6. Friend • PIT 5.8
7. Radatz • BOS 5.7
8. Jackson • CHC 5.1
9. Maloney • CIN 5.0
10. Nuxhall • CIN 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Koufax • LAD 1.88
2. Ellsworth • CHC 2.11
3. Peters • CHW 2.33
4. Friend • PIT 2.34
5. Pizarro • CHW 2.39
6. Marichal • SFG 2.41
7. Pascual • MIN 2.46
8. Simmons • STL 2.48
9. Bouton • NYY 2.53
10. Jackson • CHC 2.55
Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 25
Marichal • SFG 25
3. Ford • NYY 24
4. Maloney • CIN 23
Spahn • MLN 23
6. Ellsworth • CHC 22
7. Bouton • NYY 21
Pascual • MIN 21
9. Barber • BAL 20
Monbouquette • BOS 20
Win-Loss %
1. Perranoski • LAD .842
2. Koufax • LAD .833
3. McBean • PIT .813
4. Ford • NYY .774
5. Maloney • CIN .767
Spahn • MLN .767
7. Marichal • SFG .758
8. Bouton • NYY .750
9. Downing • NYY .722
10. Radatz • BOS .714
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Koufax • LAD 0.875
2. Farrell • HOU 0.969
3. Marichal • SFG 0.996
4. Ellsworth • CHC 1.025
5. Friend • PIT 1.042
6. Terry • NYY 1.063
7. Ramos • CLE 1.067
8. Peters • CHW 1.070
9. Nuxhall • CIN 1.072
10. Tsitouris • CIN 1.073
Hits per 9 IP
1. Downing • NYY 5.841
2. Koufax • LAD 6.193
3. Culp • PHI 6.551
4. Maloney • CIN 6.579
5. Bouton • NYY 6.894
6. Ellsworth • CHC 6.905
7. Drabowsky • KCA 6.969
8. Morehead • BOS 7.059
9. McBride • LAA 7.100
10. Peters • CHW 7.111
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Donovan • CLE 1.223
2. Terry • NYY 1.310
3. Herbert • CHW 1.402
4. Monbouquette • BOS 1.418
5. Roberts • BAL 1.432
6. Friend • PIT 1.474
7. Farrell • HOU 1.557
8. Nuxhall • CIN 1.615
9. Drysdale • LAD 1.627
10. Koufax • LAD 1.678
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Maloney • CIN 9.527
2. Koufax • LAD 8.855
3. Downing • NYY 8.761
4. Ramos • CLE 8.236
5. Culp • PHI 7.790
6. Pascual • MIN 7.321
7. Short • PHI 7.273
8. Lemaster • MLN 7.215
9. Gibson • STL 7.209
10. Stigman • MIN 7.207
Games Played
1. Miller • BAL 71
2. Perranoski • LAD 69
3. Dailey • MIN 66
Radatz • BOS 66
5. Lamabe • BOS 65
Baldschun • PHI 65
7. Wyatt • KCA 63
8. Kline • WSA 62
9. Bell • CLE 58
Bearnarth • NYM 58
Saves
1. Miller • BAL 27
2. Radatz • BOS 23
3. McDaniel • CHC 22
4. Dailey • MIN 21
Wilhelm • CHW 21
Wyatt • KCA 21
Perranoski • LAD 21
8. Reniff • NYY 18
9. Kline • WSA 17
10. Baldschun • PHI 16
Face • PIT 16
Innings Pitched
1. Marichal • SFG 321.1
2. Drysdale • LAD 315.1
3. Koufax • LAD 311.0
4. Ellsworth • CHC 290.2
5. Sanford • SFG 284.1
6. Jackson • CHC 275.0
7. Ford • NYY 269.1
8. Friend • PIT 268.2
9. Terry • NYY 268.0
10. Monbouquette • BOS 266.2
Strikeouts
1. Koufax • LAD 306
2. Maloney • CIN 265
3. Drysdale • LAD 251
4. Marichal • SFG 248
5. Gibson • STL 204
6. Pascual • MIN 202
7. Bunning • DET 196
8. Stigman • MIN 193
9. Lemaster • MLN 190
10. Ford • NYY 189
Peters • CHW 189
Games Started
1. Drysdale • LAD 42
Sanford • SFG 42
3. Koufax • LAD 40
Marichal • SFG 40
5. Friend • PIT 38
6. Ford • NYY 37
Terry • NYY 37
Ellsworth • CHC 37
Jackson • CHC 37
10. Barber • BAL 36
McBride • LAA 36
Monbouquette • BOS 36
Complete Games
1. Spahn • MLN 22
2. Koufax • LAD 20
3. Ellsworth • CHC 19
4. Pascual • MIN 18
Terry • NYY 18
Marichal • SFG 18
7. Drysdale • LAD 17
8. Stigman • MIN 15
9. Aguirre • DET 14
Herbert • CHW 14
Craig • NYM 14
Gibson • STL 14
Nuxhall • CIN 14
Shutouts
1. Koufax • LAD 11
2. Herbert • CHW 7
Spahn • MLN 7
4. Bouton • NYY 6
Simmons • STL 6
Maloney • CIN 6
7. O'Toole • CIN 5
Podres • LAD 5
Broglio • STL 5
Marichal • SFG 5
Culp • PHI 5
Home Runs
1. Bunning • DET 38
2. Roberts • BAL 35
3. Regan • DET 33
4. Stigman • MIN 32
5. Monbouquette • BOS 31
6. Grant • CLE 30
Lemaster • MLN 30
8. Ramos • CLE 29
Terry • NYY 29
10. Rudolph • WSA 28
Craig • NYM 28
Bases on Balls
1. Wilson • BOS 105
2. Culp • PHI 102
3. Morehead • BOS 99
4. Gibson • STL 96
5. Barber • BAL 92
6. Chance • LAA 90
Broglio • STL 90
8. Maloney • CIN 88
9. Bouton • NYY 87
Grant • CLE 87
Hits
1. Drysdale • LAD 287
2. Sanford • SFG 273
3. Marichal • SFG 259
4. Monbouquette • BOS 258
5. Jackson • CHC 256
6. Barber • BAL 253
7. Craig • NYM 249
8. Terry • NYY 246
9. Bunning • DET 245
10. Wickersham • KCA 244
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Koufax • LAD 5.276
2. Drysdale • LAD 4.404
3. Nuxhall • CIN 4.333
4. Monbouquette • BOS 4.143
5. Ramos • CLE 4.122
6. Marichal • SFG 4.066
7. Farrell • HOU 4.029
8. Ford • NYY 3.375
9. Friend • PIT 3.273
10. Roberts • BAL 3.100
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Peters • CHW 0.333
2. Miller • LAD 0.337
3. Downing • NYY 0.359
4. Jackson • CHC 0.360
5. Chance • LAA 0.363
6. Bruce • HOU 0.370
7. Barber • BAL 0.418
8. Ellsworth • CHC 0.433
9. Friend • PIT 0.435
10. Nottebart • HOU 0.466
Losses
1. Craig • NYM 22
2. Peña • KCA 20
3. Rudolph • WSA 19
4. Chance • LAA 18
Jackson • CHC 18
Jay • CIN 18
7. Drysdale • LAD 17
Jackson • NYM 17
Johnson • HOU 17
Stallard • NYM 17
Earned Runs
1. Monbouquette • BOS 113
2. Sanford • SFG 111
3. Wickersham • KCA 108
4. Bunning • DET 107
5. Jackson • NYM 100
6. Craig • NYM 99
7. Donovan • CLE 97
8. Terry • NYY 96
Gibson • STL 96
10. Grant • CLE 94
Wild Pitches
1. Wilson • BOS 21
2. Maloney • CIN 19
3. Broglio • STL 13
Lemaster • MLN 13
5. Miller • LAD 12
Sadecki • STL 12
7. Cloninger • MLN 11
8. Pappas • BAL 10
Pascual • MIN 10
Stange • MIN 10
Stigman • MIN 10
Cisco • NYM 10
Tsitouris • CIN 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Cardwell • PIT 16
2. McBride • LAA 14
3. Gibson • STL 13
4. Jackson • NYM 12
5. Tsitouris • CIN 11
6. Chance • LAA 10
Duckworth • WSA 10
Drysdale • LAD 10
9. Kaat • MIN 9
Lee • LAA 9
Wickersham • KCA 9
Hook • NYM 9
Batters Faced
1. Marichal • SFG 1,270
2. Drysdale • LAD 1,266
3. Koufax • LAD 1,210
4. Sanford • SFG 1,184
5. Ellsworth • CHC 1,160
6. Jackson • CHC 1,126
7. Barber • BAL 1,096
8. Monbouquette • BOS 1,090
9. Gibson • STL 1,088
10. Friend • PIT 1,080
Games Finished
1. Miller • BAL 59
2. Radatz • BOS 58
3. Wyatt • KCA 53
4. McDaniel • CHC 48
5. Perranoski • LAD 47
6. Kline • WSA 46
7. Baldschun • PHI 44
8. Dailey • MIN 43
9. Wilhelm • CHW 40
10. Woodeshick • HOU 39
Adjusted ERA+
1. Ellsworth • CHC 167
2. Koufax • LAD 159
3. Peters • CHW 150
4. Pascual • MIN 148
5. Pizarro • CHW 146
6. Simmons • STL 144
7. Friend • PIT 140
8. Bouton • NYY 140
9. Stange • MIN 139
10. Jackson • CHC 138
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 1.85
2. Peters • CHW 2.34
3. Maloney • CIN 2.37
4. Nuxhall • CIN 2.38
5. Farrell • HOU 2.40
6. Downing • NYY 2.42
7. Jackson • CHC 2.54
8. Nottebart • HOU 2.55
9. Drysdale • LAD 2.56
10. Friend • PIT 2.58
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Koufax • LAD 46
2. Ellsworth • CHC 44
3. Peters • CHW 33
4. Pascual • MIN 33
5. Bouton • NYY 28
6. Marichal • SFG 28
7. Radatz • BOS 26
8. Friend • PIT 26
9. Pizarro • CHW 25
10. Ford • NYY 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 5.4
2. Ellsworth • CHC 5.3
3. Peters • CHW 3.7
4. Pascual • MIN 3.7
5. Marichal • SFG 3.2
6. Bouton • NYY 3.1
7. Friend • PIT 2.9
8. Radatz • BOS 2.8
9. Pizarro • CHW 2.8
10. Jackson • CHC 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Koufax • LAD 60.48
2. Ellsworth • CHC 53.39
3. Peters • CHW 42.54
4. Pascual • MIN 36.77
5. Bouton • NYY 34.24
6. Marichal • SFG 31.59
7. Spahn • MLN 27.99
8. Friend • PIT 27.39
9. Ford • NYY 27.22
10. Pizarro • CHW 27.18
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 7.8
2. Spahn • MLN 6.6
3. Radatz • BOS 6.2
4. Ellsworth • CHC 5.9
5. Marichal • SFG 5.5
6. Peters • CHW 4.6
7. Bouton • NYY 4.6
8. Perranoski • LAD 4.3
9. McBean • PIT 4.2
10. Pizarro • CHW 4.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Koufax • LAD 7.2
2. Ellsworth • CHC 5.1
3. Marichal • SFG 4.0
4. Peters • CHW 3.6
5. Downing • NYY 3.4
6. Bouton • NYY 3.3
7. Maloney • CIN 2.9
8. Pizarro • CHW 2.8
9. Friend • PIT 2.7
10. Drabowsky • KCA 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 24.7
2. Perranoski • LAD 14.4
3. Marichal • SFG 9.6
4. Pizarro • CHW 8.0
5. Radatz • BOS 7.7
6. Simmons • STL 6.4
7. Peters • CHW 5.6
8. Ellsworth • CHC 5.6
9. Podres • LAD 5.6
10. Bouton • NYY 5.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Koufax • LAD 7.8
2. Ellsworth • CHC 6.2
3. Peters • CHW 4.9
4. Pascual • MIN 4.2
5. Bouton • NYY 3.9
6. Marichal • SFG 3.7
7. Spahn • MLN 3.3
8. Friend • PIT 3.1
9. Pizarro • CHW 3.1
10. Ford • NYY 3.0

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