Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Marichal • SFG 9.7
2. Koufax • LAD 9.7
3. Mays • SFG 9.0
4. Bunning • PHI 9.0
5. Santo • CHC 8.9
6. Clemente • PIT 8.2
7. Aaron • ATL 7.9
8. Wilson • 2TM 7.7
9. Robinson • BAL 7.7
10. Allen • PHI 7.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Koufax • LAD 10.3
2. Marichal • SFG 9.1
3. Bunning • PHI 9.0
4. Maloney • CIN 7.1
5. Gibson • STL 6.1
6. Wilson • 2TM 5.9
7. Cuellar • HOU 5.7
8. Peters • CHW 5.3
9. Perry • SFG 5.2
10. Regan • LAD 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Koufax • LAD 1.73
2. Peters • CHW 1.98
3. Cuellar • HOU 2.22
4. Marichal • SFG 2.23
5. Bunning • PHI 2.41
6. Horlen • CHW 2.43
7. Gibson • STL 2.44
8. Hargan • CLE 2.48
9. Jackson • STL 2.51
10. Perry • MIN 2.54
Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Kaat • MIN 25
Marichal • SFG 25
4. Gibson • STL 21
Perry • SFG 21
6. McLain • DET 20
Short • PHI 20
8. Bunning • PHI 19
9. Wilson • 2TM 18
10. Osteen • LAD 17
Win-Loss %
1. Marichal • SFG .806
2. Koufax • LAD .750
3. Perry • SFG .724
4. Boswell • MIN .706
5. Jaster • STL .688
6. McNally • BAL .684
7. Short • PHI .667
Maloney • CIN .667
Siebert • CLE .667
10. Kaat • MIN .658
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Marichal • SFG 0.859
2. Peters • CHW 0.982
3. Koufax • LAD 0.985
4. Bunning • PHI 1.003
5. Gibson • STL 1.027
6. Siebert • CLE 1.058
7. Ortega • WSA 1.069
8. Kaat • MIN 1.070
9. Cuellar • HOU 1.078
10. Richert • WSA 1.079
Hits per 9 IP
1. McDowell • CLE 6.021
2. Boswell • MIN 6.378
3. Marichal • SFG 6.677
4. Koufax • LAD 6.715
5. Gibson • STL 6.742
6. Peters • CHW 6.860
7. Maloney • CIN 6.970
8. McLain • DET 6.980
9. Bolin • SFG 6.981
10. Chance • CAL 7.140
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Marichal • SFG 1.054
2. Law • PIT 1.216
3. Perry • SFG 1.408
4. Drysdale • LAD 1.480
5. Bunning • PHI 1.576
6. Kaat • MIN 1.625
7. Pappas • CIN 1.674
8. Peterson • NYY 1.674
9. Ellsworth • CHC 1.704
10. Jackson • STL 1.741
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. McDowell • CLE 10.420
2. Boswell • MIN 9.195
3. Koufax • LAD 8.833
4. Maloney • CIN 8.653
5. Sutton • LAD 8.335
6. Veale • PIT 7.681
7. Lolich • DET 7.645
8. Jenkins • 2TM 7.324
9. Lemaster • ATL 7.316
10. Gibson • STL 7.224
Games Played
1. Carroll • ATL 73
2. Mikkelsen • PIT 71
3. Knowles • PHI 69
4. Fisher • 2TM 67
5. Aker • KCA 66
Cox • WSA 66
7. Worthington • MIN 65
Regan • LAD 65
9. McDaniel • SFG 64
10. Kline • WSA 63
Saves
1. Aker • KCA 32
2. Kline • WSA 23
3. Regan • LAD 21
4. Sherry • DET 20
Fisher • 2TM 20
6. Miller • BAL 18
Face • PIT 18
McCool • CIN 18
9. Lee • CAL 16
Worthington • MIN 16
Linzy • SFG 16
Raymond • HOU 16
Innings Pitched
1. Koufax • LAD 323.0
2. Bunning • PHI 314.0
3. Marichal • SFG 307.1
4. Kaat • MIN 304.2
5. Gibson • STL 280.1
6. Drysdale • LAD 273.2
7. Short • PHI 272.0
8. Ellsworth • CHC 269.1
9. Veale • PIT 268.1
10. McLain • DET 264.1
Strikeouts
1. Koufax • LAD 317
2. Bunning • PHI 252
3. Veale • PIT 229
4. McDowell • CLE 225
Gibson • STL 225
6. Marichal • SFG 222
7. Maloney • CIN 216
8. Sutton • LAD 209
9. Kaat • MIN 205
10. Perry • SFG 201
Games Started
1. Kaat • MIN 41
Bunning • PHI 41
Koufax • LAD 41
4. Drysdale • LAD 40
5. Short • PHI 39
6. McLain • DET 38
Cloninger • ATL 38
Osteen • LAD 38
9. Bell • CLE 37
Chance • CAL 37
Ellsworth • CHC 37
Veale • PIT 37
Wilson • 2TM 37
Complete Games
1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Marichal • SFG 25
3. Gibson • STL 20
4. Kaat • MIN 19
Short • PHI 19
6. Bunning • PHI 16
7. McLain • DET 14
8. Perry • SFG 13
Wilson • 2TM 13
10. Bell • CLE 12
Veale • PIT 12
Jackson • 2TM 12
Shutouts
1. Maloney • CIN 5
Koufax • LAD 5
Jaster • STL 5
Gibson • STL 5
Bunning • PHI 5
Tiant • CLE 5
Jackson • 2TM 5
John • CHW 5
McDowell • CLE 5
10. Marichal • SFG 4
Law • PIT 4
Giusti • HOU 4
Short • PHI 4
Bolin • SFG 4
Peters • CHW 4
McLain • DET 4
Buzhardt • CHW 4
Home Runs
1. McLain • DET 42
2. Richert • WSA 36
3. Ellis • CIN 35
4. Marichal • SFG 32
5. Wilson • 2TM 30
6. Kaat • MIN 29
Ortega • WSA 29
Cloninger • ATL 29
9. Ellsworth • CHC 28
Short • PHI 28
Bases on Balls
1. Cloninger • ATL 116
2. Chance • CAL 114
3. Brunet • CAL 106
4. McLain • DET 104
5. McDowell • CLE 102
Veale • PIT 102
7. Palmer • BAL 91
8. Maloney • CIN 90
9. Hamilton • NYM 88
10. Lolich • DET 83
Hits
1. Ellsworth • CHC 321
2. Drysdale • LAD 279
3. Kaat • MIN 271
4. Bunning • PHI 260
5. Short • PHI 257
Jackson • 2TM 257
7. Cloninger • ATL 253
8. Grant • MIN 248
9. Perry • SFG 242
10. Koufax • LAD 241
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Marichal • SFG 6.167
2. Perry • SFG 5.025
3. Bunning • PHI 4.582
4. Koufax • LAD 4.117
5. Sutton • LAD 4.019
6. Drysdale • LAD 3.933
7. Kaat • MIN 3.727
8. Law • PIT 3.667
9. Pappas • CIN 3.410
10. Lemaster • ATL 3.390
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Osteen • LAD 0.225
2. Cuellar • HOU 0.396
3. Krausse • KCA 0.405
4. Hargan • CLE 0.422
5. Peters • CHW 0.484
6. John • CHW 0.525
7. Perry • SFG 0.528
8. Koufax • LAD 0.529
9. McDowell • CLE 0.556
10. Horlen • CHW 0.597
Losses
1. Ellsworth • CHC 22
2. Stottlemyre • NYY 20
3. Ellis • CIN 19
4. Chance • CAL 17
5. Drysdale • LAD 16
Holtzman • CHC 16
7. Bell • CLE 15
Briles • STL 15
Jackson • STL 15
Jackson • 2TM 15
Earned Runs
1. Ellis • CIN 130
2. Ellsworth • CHC 119
3. Cloninger • ATL 118
4. McLain • DET 115
5. Lolich • DET 108
6. Short • PHI 107
7. Stottlemyre • NYY 106
8. Drysdale • LAD 104
9. Pappas • CIN 100
10. Giusti • HOU 98
Wild Pitches
1. Cloninger • ATL 27
2. Hamilton • NYM 18
3. Horlen • CHW 14
Giusti • HOU 14
5. Boswell • MIN 12
Kaat • MIN 12
López • CAL 12
Fisher • NYM 12
Gibson • STL 12
10. Lolich • DET 11
Peters • CHW 11
Shaw • 2TM 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Bunning • PHI 19
2. Drysdale • LAD 17
3. Bolin • SFG 10
Maloney • CIN 10
5. López • CAL 9
Nuxhall • CIN 9
Short • PHI 9
8. Wickersham • DET 8
Bruce • HOU 8
Fisher • NYM 8
Batters Faced
1. Koufax • LAD 1,274
2. Bunning • PHI 1,254
3. Kaat • MIN 1,227
4. Marichal • SFG 1,180
5. Ellsworth • CHC 1,169
6. Drysdale • LAD 1,135
7. Cloninger • ATL 1,132
8. Gibson • STL 1,119
9. Short • PHI 1,118
10. Veale • PIT 1,111
Games Finished
1. Aker • KCA 57
2. Fisher • 2TM 50
3. Regan • LAD 48
4. Kline • WSA 46
Worthington • MIN 46
6. McCool • CIN 45
7. Face • PIT 42
Raymond • HOU 42
9. Lee • CAL 39
Sherry • DET 39
Hoerner • STL 39
Knowles • PHI 39
Wyatt • 2TM 39
Adjusted ERA+
1. Koufax • LAD 190
2. Marichal • SFG 167
3. Peters • CHW 160
4. Cuellar • HOU 155
5. Bunning • PHI 150
6. Gibson • STL 148
7. Jackson • STL 144
8. Perry • MIN 142
9. Maloney • CIN 140
10. Hargan • CLE 139
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 2.07
2. Perry • SFG 2.27
3. Cuellar • HOU 2.27
4. Hargan • CLE 2.51
5. Sutton • LAD 2.53
6. Osteen • LAD 2.57
7. Peters • CHW 2.70
8. McDowell • CLE 2.71
9. Bunning • PHI 2.73
10. Gibson • STL 2.76
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Koufax • LAD 60
2. Marichal • SFG 49
3. Bunning • PHI 44
4. Gibson • STL 35
5. Peters • CHW 28
6. Maloney • CIN 28
7. Cuellar • HOU 25
8. Jackson • STL 25
9. Kaat • MIN 24
10. Regan • LAD 24
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 6.9
2. Marichal • SFG 5.6
3. Bunning • PHI 4.9
4. Gibson • STL 3.9
5. Peters • CHW 3.2
6. Maloney • CIN 3.1
7. Cuellar • HOU 2.8
8. Kaat • MIN 2.7
Jackson • STL 2.7
10. Regan • LAD 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Koufax • LAD 68.04
2. Marichal • SFG 56.49
3. Bunning • PHI 49.84
4. Gibson • STL 36.61
5. Peters • CHW 32.19
6. Maloney • CIN 29.36
7. Perry • SFG 28.42
8. Wilson • 2TM 25.53
9. Regan • LAD 25.43
10. Cuellar • HOU 24.68
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 8.0
2. Marichal • SFG 7.7
3. Bunning • PHI 5.5
4. Miller • BAL 4.9
5. Gibson • STL 4.5
6. Perry • SFG 3.7
7. Bolin • SFG 3.3
8. Regan • LAD 3.2
9. Kaat • MIN 3.2
10. McDowell • CLE 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Koufax • LAD 7.2
2. Marichal • SFG 6.9
3. Bunning • PHI 3.8
4. Peters • CHW 3.5
5. Gibson • STL 3.3
6. Perry • SFG 3.2
7. Kaat • MIN 3.1
8. Regan • LAD 2.8
9. Miller • BAL 2.6
10. Cuellar • HOU 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 26.9
2. Marichal • SFG 26.7
3. Regan • LAD 13.7
4. Miller • BAL 10.1
5. Perry • SFG 9.9
6. Bolin • SFG 9.1
7. Bell • CLE 5.7
8. Drysdale • LAD 5.4
9. McDowell • CLE 5.4
10. Bunning • PHI 4.9
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Koufax • LAD 8.5
2. Marichal • SFG 6.4
3. Bunning • PHI 5.6
4. Gibson • STL 4.1
5. Peters • CHW 3.9
6. Maloney • CIN 3.1
7. Perry • SFG 3.1
8. Wilson • 2TM 2.9
9. Regan • LAD 2.9
10. Cuellar • HOU 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