Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 12.4
2. Santo • CHC 9.8
3. Clemente • PIT 9.0
4. Aaron • ATL 8.5
5. Bunning • PHI 8.0
6. Robinson • BAL 7.7
7. Kaline • DET 7.5
8. Blair • BAL 6.8
9. Cepeda • STL 6.8
10. Seaver • NYM 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Bunning • PHI 7.8
2. Merritt • MIN 6.5
3. Nolan • CIN 6.3
4. Short • PHI 6.2
5. Abernathy • CIN 6.2
6. Seaver • NYM 6.0
7. Chance • MIN 5.9
8. Perry • SFG 5.6
9. Horlen • CHW 5.5
10. Queen • CIN 5.0
Earned Run Average
1. Niekro • ATL 1.87
2. Horlen • CHW 2.06
3. Peters • CHW 2.28
4. Bunning • PHI 2.29
5. Siebert • CLE 2.38
6. Short • PHI 2.39
7. John • CHW 2.47
8. Merritt • MIN 2.53
9. Nolan • CIN 2.58
10. Clark • CAL 2.59
Wins
1. Lonborg • BOS 22
Wilson • DET 22
McCormick • SFG 22
4. Chance • MIN 20
Jenkins • CHC 20
6. Horlen • CHW 19
7. McLain • DET 17
Bunning • PHI 17
Osteen • LAD 17
10. Kaat • MIN 16
Peters • CHW 16
Sparma • DET 16
Cuellar • HOU 16
Hughes • STL 16
Pappas • CIN 16
Seaver • NYM 16
Veale • PIT 16
Win-Loss %
1. Santiago • BOS .750
2. Briles • STL .737
3. Horlen • CHW .731
4. Hughes • STL .727
5. Lonborg • BOS .710
6. McCormick • SFG .688
7. Veale • PIT .667
Wilson • DET .667
Sadecki • SFG .667
10. Merritt • MIN .650
Gibson • STL .650
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Horlen • CHW 0.953
2. Hughes • STL 0.954
3. Merritt • MIN 0.993
4. Siebert • CLE 1.025
5. Bunning • PHI 1.039
6. Queen • CIN 1.058
7. Niekro • ATL 1.058
8. John • CHW 1.065
9. Peters • CHW 1.069
10. Perry • SFG 1.075
Hits per 9 IP
1. Peters • CHW 6.473
2. Boswell • MIN 6.548
3. Horlen • CHW 6.558
4. Siebert • CLE 6.604
5. Hughes • STL 6.639
6. Wilson • HOU 6.897
7. Downing • NYY 7.051
8. Perry • SFG 7.096
9. Queen • CIN 7.129
10. Niekro • ATL 7.130
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Merritt • MIN 1.186
2. Kaat • MIN 1.435
3. Pappas • CIN 1.571
4. Stange • BOS 1.585
5. Osteen • LAD 1.623
6. Johnson • ATL 1.626
7. Niekro • CHC 1.697
8. Jackson • PHI 1.857
9. Marichal • SFG 1.868
10. Drysdale • LAD 1.915
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Tiant • CLE 9.225
2. McDowell • CLE 8.987
3. Boswell • MIN 8.246
4. Nolan • CIN 8.179
5. Lonborg • BOS 8.100
6. Veale • PIT 7.936
7. Carlton • STL 7.834
8. Wilson • HOU 7.777
9. Phoebus • BAL 7.745
10. Lolich • DET 7.676
Games Played
1. Locker • CHW 77
2. Rojas • CAL 72
3. Abernathy • CIN 70
Perranoski • LAD 70
5. Kelso • CAL 69
6. Womack • NYY 65
Willis • STL 65
8. McMahon • 2TM 63
9. Knowles • WSA 61
Face • PIT 61
Saves
1. Abernathy • CIN 28
2. Rojas • CAL 27
3. Locker • CHW 20
Wyatt • BOS 20
5. Womack • NYY 18
6. Face • PIT 17
Linzy • SFG 17
8. Worthington • MIN 16
Perranoski • LAD 16
10. Knowles • WSA 14
Hoerner • STL 14
Innings Pitched
1. Bunning • PHI 302.1
2. Perry • SFG 293.0
3. Jenkins • CHC 289.1
4. Osteen • LAD 288.1
5. Chance • MIN 283.2
6. Drysdale • LAD 282.0
7. Lonborg • BOS 273.1
8. Wilson • DET 264.0
9. Kaat • MIN 263.1
10. McCormick • SFG 262.1
Strikeouts
1. Bunning • PHI 253
2. Lonborg • BOS 246
3. McDowell • CLE 236
Jenkins • CHC 236
5. Perry • SFG 230
6. Chance • MIN 220
7. Tiant • CLE 219
8. Peters • CHW 215
9. Kaat • MIN 211
10. Nolan • CIN 206
Games Started
1. Bunning • PHI 40
2. Chance • MIN 39
Lonborg • BOS 39
Osteen • LAD 39
5. Kaat • MIN 38
Wilson • DET 38
Drysdale • LAD 38
Jenkins • CHC 38
9. Brunet • CAL 37
McDowell • CLE 37
McLain • DET 37
Sparma • DET 37
Jackson • PHI 37
Perry • SFG 37
Complete Games
1. Jenkins • CHC 20
2. Chance • MIN 18
Marichal • SFG 18
Perry • SFG 18
Seaver • NYM 18
6. Bunning • PHI 16
Cuellar • HOU 16
8. Hargan • CLE 15
Lonborg • BOS 15
10. McCormick • SFG 14
Osteen • LAD 14
Shutouts
1. Hargan • CLE 6
Horlen • CHW 6
John • CHW 6
Lolich • DET 6
McGlothlin • CAL 6
Bunning • PHI 6
7. Chance • MIN 5
Hunter • KCA 5
Sparma • DET 5
McCormick • SFG 5
Nolan • CIN 5
Osteen • LAD 5
Home Runs
1. McLain • DET 35
2. Wilson • DET 34
3. Jenkins • CHC 30
4. McCormick • SFG 25
5. Tiant • CLE 24
6. Lonborg • BOS 23
Bell • 2TM 23
8. Culp • CHC 22
Hughes • STL 22
10. Brandon • BOS 21
Kaat • MIN 21
McDowell • CLE 21
Merritt • MIN 21
Nash • KCA 21
Fisher • NYM 21
Bases on Balls
1. McDowell • CLE 123
2. Veale • PIT 119
3. Barber • 2TM 115
4. Phoebus • BAL 114
5. Boswell • MIN 107
6. Wilson • DET 92
7. Peters • CHW 91
8. Brunet • CAL 90
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 88
10. Nash • KCA 87
Hits
1. Osteen • LAD 298
2. Kaat • MIN 269
Drysdale • LAD 269
4. Fisher • NYM 251
5. Chance • MIN 244
6. Jackson • PHI 242
7. Bunning • PHI 241
8. Stottlemyre • NYY 235
9. Cuellar • HOU 233
10. Giusti • HOU 231
Perry • SFG 231
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Merritt • MIN 5.367
2. Kaat • MIN 5.024
3. Marichal • SFG 3.952
4. Gibson • STL 3.675
5. Bunning • PHI 3.466
6. Pappas • CIN 3.395
7. Hughes • STL 3.354
8. Nolan • CIN 3.323
9. Tiant • CLE 3.269
10. Drysdale • LAD 3.267
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Singer • LAD 0.220
2. Sisk • PIT 0.260
3. Hargan • CLE 0.363
4. Maloney • CIN 0.367
5. Sadecki • SFG 0.383
6. Niekro • ATL 0.391
7. Wise • PHI 0.397
8. Short • PHI 0.406
9. Horlen • CHW 0.453
10. Carlton • STL 0.466
Losses
1. Brunet • CAL 19
2. Fisher • NYM 18
Barber • 2TM 18
4. Hunter • KCA 17
Krausse • KCA 17
Nash • KCA 17
Osteen • LAD 17
Perry • SFG 17
9. McLain • DET 16
Drysdale • LAD 16
Richert • 2TM 16
Earned Runs
1. Fisher • NYM 115
2. Giusti • HOU 103
Osteen • LAD 103
4. Sutton • LAD 102
5. McDowell • CLE 101
6. McLain • DET 99
7. Lonborg • BOS 96
Wilson • DET 96
9. Nash • KCA 93
10. Brunet • CAL 92
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • ATL 19
2. McDowell • CLE 18
3. Belinsky • HOU 16
4. Barber • 2TM 14
Hamilton • 2TM 14
6. McGlothlin • CAL 13
Maloney • CIN 13
Perry • SFG 13
9. Clark • CAL 12
Lonborg • BOS 12
Phoebus • BAL 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Lonborg • BOS 19
2. Bunning • PHI 13
3. Peters • CHW 11
4. Locker • CHW 10
5. Coleman • WSA 9
Kaat • MIN 9
7. Sparma • DET 8
Belinsky • HOU 8
Drysdale • LAD 8
Singer • LAD 8
Barber • 2TM 8
Batters Faced
1. Bunning • PHI 1,216
2. Osteen • LAD 1,187
3. Perry • SFG 1,178
4. Chance • MIN 1,161
5. Jenkins • CHC 1,156
6. Drysdale • LAD 1,151
7. Lonborg • BOS 1,130
8. Kaat • MIN 1,100
9. Wilson • DET 1,083
10. Jackson • PHI 1,078
Games Finished
1. Abernathy • CIN 61
2. Rojas • CAL 53
3. Womack • NYY 48
4. Locker • CHW 47
Perranoski • LAD 47
6. Face • PIT 45
7. Worthington • MIN 44
Linzy • SFG 44
9. Wyatt • BOS 43
10. Aker • KCA 40
Adjusted ERA+
1. Niekro • ATL 179
2. Bunning • PHI 149
3. Nolan • CIN 147
4. Horlen • CHW 146
5. Short • PHI 143
6. Siebert • CLE 139
7. Merritt • MIN 138
8. Queen • CIN 137
9. Peters • CHW 132
10. Perry • SFG 128
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Singer • LAD 2.22
2. Gibson • STL 2.34
3. Carlton • STL 2.47
4. Bunning • PHI 2.49
5. Cuellar • HOU 2.51
6. Sadecki • SFG 2.54
7. Kaat • MIN 2.55
8. Chance • MIN 2.56
9. Nolan • CIN 2.64
10. Lolich • DET 2.65
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Bunning • PHI 35
2. Horlen • CHW 30
3. Niekro • ATL 28
4. Nolan • CIN 27
5. Abernathy • CIN 26
6. Short • PHI 25
7. Perry • SFG 24
8. Jenkins • CHC 24
9. Merritt • MIN 23
10. Peters • CHW 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Bunning • PHI 4.0
2. Horlen • CHW 3.5
3. Nolan • CIN 3.2
4. Niekro • ATL 3.1
5. Abernathy • CIN 2.9
6. Short • PHI 2.8
7. Merritt • MIN 2.7
Jenkins • CHC 2.7
Perry • SFG 2.7
10. Peters • CHW 2.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Horlen • CHW 38.66
2. Bunning • PHI 34.58
3. Nolan • CIN 30.52
4. Jenkins • CHC 29.01
5. Perry • SFG 28.44
6. Short • PHI 28.38
7. Hughes • STL 24.55
8. Niekro • ATL 23.82
9. Peters • CHW 23.35
10. McCormick • SFG 23.01
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Abernathy • CIN 4.7
2. Horlen • CHW 4.6
3. Nolan • CIN 4.5
4. Perry • SFG 4.1
5. Wilhelm • CHW 3.8
6. Bunning • PHI 3.5
7. Hughes • STL 3.2
8. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
9. Seaver • NYM 3.0
10. Downing • NYY 2.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Horlen • CHW 4.7
2. Bunning • PHI 3.4
3. Perry • SFG 3.4
4. Jenkins • CHC 3.4
5. Hughes • STL 2.9
6. Nolan • CIN 2.7
7. Peters • CHW 2.7
8. Abernathy • CIN 2.7
9. Merritt • MIN 2.5
10. Watt • BAL 2.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Horlen • CHW 13.4
2. Wilhelm • CHW 12.1
3. McMahon • 2TM 11.1
4. Lonborg • BOS 9.1
5. Lolich • DET 9.0
6. Kaat • MIN 8.9
7. Peters • CHW 8.0
8. Jenkins • CHC 5.2
9. John • CHW 5.1
10. Nolan • CIN 4.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Horlen • CHW 4.8
2. Bunning • PHI 4.0
3. Nolan • CIN 3.3
4. Short • PHI 3.3
5. Perry • SFG 3.3
6. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
7. Hughes • STL 2.8
8. Peters • CHW 2.8
9. Niekro • ATL 2.7
10. McCormick • SFG 2.6

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