Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Gibson • STL 11.9
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 10.5
3. Robinson • BAL 8.4
4. Clemente • PIT 8.2
5. Tiant • CLE 7.9
6. McLain • DET 7.4
7. Seaver • NYM 7.0
8. McCovey • SFG 7.0
9. Freehan • DET 6.9
10. Aaron • ATL 6.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Gibson • STL 11.2
2. Tiant • CLE 8.5
3. McLain • DET 7.4
4. Seaver • NYM 6.8
5. Bahnsen • NYY 6.4
6. Koosman • NYM 6.3
7. Chance • MIN 6.2
8. Jenkins • CHC 6.2
9. McNally • BAL 5.9
10. John • CHW 5.6
Earned Run Average
1. Gibson • STL 1.12
2. Tiant • CLE 1.60
3. McDowell • CLE 1.81
4. McNally • BAL 1.95
5. McLain • DET 1.96
6. John • CHW 1.98
7. Bolin • SFG 1.99
8. Bahnsen • NYY 2.05
9. Veale • PIT 2.05
10. Koosman • NYM 2.08
Wins
1. McLain • DET 31
2. Marichal • SFG 26
3. McNally • BAL 22
Gibson • STL 22
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 21
Tiant • CLE 21
7. Jenkins • CHC 20
8. Briles • STL 19
Koosman • NYM 19
Short • PHI 19
Win-Loss %
1. McLain • DET .838
2. Blass • PIT .750
3. Marichal • SFG .743
4. Culp • BOS .727
5. Gibson • STL .710
6. Regan • 2TM .706
Kline • PIT .706
8. Tiant • CLE .700
9. Ellsworth • BOS .696
10. McNally • BAL .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. McNally • BAL 0.842
2. Gibson • STL 0.853
3. Tiant • CLE 0.871
4. McLain • DET 0.905
5. Seaver • NYM 0.978
6. Chance • MIN 0.983
7. Jarvis • ATL 0.984
8. Bolin • SFG 0.985
9. Hands • CHC 0.994
10. Peterson • NYY 1.017
Hits per 9 IP
1. Tiant • CLE 5.295
2. McNally • BAL 5.769
3. Gibson • STL 5.849
4. McDowell • CLE 6.056
5. Siebert • CLE 6.335
6. McLain • DET 6.455
7. Bolin • SFG 6.521
8. John • CHW 6.852
9. Veale • PIT 6.860
10. Chance • MIN 6.904
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Peterson • NYY 1.229
2. Hands • CHC 1.253
3. Marichal • SFG 1.271
4. Seaver • NYM 1.554
5. Pappas • 2TM 1.565
6. Niekro • ATL 1.578
7. McLain • DET 1.688
8. Ellsworth • BOS 1.699
9. Kaat • MIN 1.731
10. Jarvis • ATL 1.758
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. McDowell • CLE 9.468
2. Tiant • CLE 9.197
3. Lolich • DET 8.059
4. Singer • LAD 7.970
5. Gibson • STL 7.917
6. Culp • BOS 7.904
7. Maloney • CIN 7.870
8. Jenkins • CHC 7.597
9. Wilson • HOU 7.548
10. McLain • DET 7.500
Games Played
1. Wood • CHW 88
2. Abernathy • CIN 78
3. Regan • 2TM 73
4. Wilhelm • CHW 72
5. Locker • CHW 70
6. Carroll • 2TM 68
7. Perranoski • MIN 66
8. Higgins • WSA 59
Watt • BAL 59
10. Taylor • NYM 58
Saves
1. Regan • 2TM 25
2. Worthington • MIN 18
3. Hoerner • STL 17
Carroll • 2TM 17
5. Wood • CHW 16
6. Brewer • LAD 15
7. Taylor • NYM 14
8. Higgins • WSA 13
Abernathy • CIN 13
Upshaw • ATL 13
Face • 2TM 13
Innings Pitched
1. McLain • DET 336.0
2. Marichal • SFG 325.2
3. Jenkins • CHC 308.0
4. Gibson • STL 304.2
5. Chance • MIN 292.0
6. Perry • SFG 290.2
7. Stottlemyre • NYY 278.2
8. Seaver • NYM 278.0
9. McNally • BAL 273.0
10. Short • PHI 269.2
Strikeouts
1. McDowell • CLE 283
2. McLain • DET 280
3. Gibson • STL 268
4. Tiant • CLE 264
5. Jenkins • CHC 260
6. Chance • MIN 234
7. Singer • LAD 227
8. Marichal • SFG 218
9. Sadecki • SFG 206
10. Seaver • NYM 205
Games Started
1. McLain • DET 41
2. Jenkins • CHC 40
3. Chance • MIN 39
4. Marichal • SFG 38
Perry • SFG 38
6. McDowell • CLE 37
7. Brunet • CAL 36
Phoebus • BAL 36
Stottlemyre • NYY 36
Osteen • LAD 36
Sadecki • SFG 36
Short • PHI 36
Singer • LAD 36
Complete Games
1. Marichal • SFG 30
2. McLain • DET 28
Gibson • STL 28
4. Jenkins • CHC 20
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 19
Tiant • CLE 19
Perry • SFG 19
8. McNally • BAL 18
9. Koosman • NYM 17
10. Hardin • BAL 16
Shutouts
1. Gibson • STL 13
2. Tiant • CLE 9
3. Drysdale • LAD 8
4. Koosman • NYM 7
Blass • PIT 7
6. Chance • MIN 6
Nash • OAK 6
Culp • BOS 6
Sadecki • SFG 6
McLain • DET 6
Singer • LAD 6
Stottlemyre • NYY 6
Home Runs
1. McLain • DET 31
2. Hunter • OAK 29
3. Hands • CHC 26
Jenkins • CHC 26
5. Short • PHI 25
6. McNally • BAL 24
7. Brunet • CAL 23
Lolich • DET 23
9. Ellis • CAL 22
10. Merritt • MIN 21
Stottlemyre • NYY 21
Marichal • SFG 21
Bases on Balls
1. McDowell • CLE 110
2. Phoebus • BAL 105
3. Odom • OAK 98
4. Veale • PIT 94
5. Dierker • HOU 89
6. Siebert • CLE 88
7. Boswell • MIN 87
8. Culver • CIN 84
9. Culp • BOS 82
10. Hargan • CLE 81
Short • PHI 81
Hits
1. Marichal • SFG 295
2. Osteen • LAD 267
3. Jenkins • CHC 255
4. Briles • STL 251
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 243
6. McLain • DET 241
7. Perry • SFG 240
8. Short • PHI 236
9. Lemaster • HOU 231
10. Culver • CIN 229
Jackson • PHI 229
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Marichal • SFG 4.739
2. McLain • DET 4.444
3. Gibson • STL 4.323
4. Seaver • NYM 4.271
5. Hands • CHC 4.111
6. Jenkins • CHC 4.000
7. Peterson • NYY 3.966
8. Chance • MIN 3.714
9. Pappas • 2TM 3.688
10. McNally • BAL 3.673
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Sutton • LAD 0.260
2. Moose • PIT 0.264
3. Perry • SFG 0.310
4. Bell • BOS 0.316
5. Culver • CIN 0.319
6. Gibson • STL 0.325
7. Jackson • PHI 0.332
8. Odom • OAK 0.350
9. Phoebus • BAL 0.374
10. Washburn • STL 0.376
Losses
1. Osteen • LAD 18
Sadecki • SFG 18
3. Brunet • CAL 17
Jackson • PHI 17
Singer • LAD 17
6. Chance • MIN 16
Coleman • WSA 16
Merritt • MIN 16
Culver • CIN 16
Wilson • HOU 16
Earned Runs
1. Wise • PHI 92
2. Jenkins • CHC 90
3. Giusti • HOU 89
4. Marichal • SFG 88
Short • PHI 88
6. Hunter • OAK 87
Osteen • LAD 87
8. Merritt • MIN 86
Dierker • HOU 86
10. Niekro • CHC 85
Wild Pitches
1. Dierker • HOU 20
2. Bertaina • WSA 17
Odom • OAK 17
4. Niekro • ATL 16
5. Clark • CAL 13
6. Chance • MIN 12
Maloney • CIN 12
Singer • LAD 12
9. Giusti • HOU 11
10. Brunet • CAL 10
Dobson • OAK 10
Phoebus • BAL 10
Arrigo • CIN 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Horlen • CHW 14
Culver • CIN 14
3. Coleman • WSA 12
John • CHW 12
Drysdale • LAD 12
6. Lolich • DET 11
Lonborg • BOS 11
8. Carlos • CHW 10
Chance • MIN 10
Hardin • BAL 10
McDowell • CLE 10
McNally • BAL 10
Williams • CLE 10
Cardwell • NYM 10
Batters Faced
1. Marichal • SFG 1,307
2. McLain • DET 1,288
3. Jenkins • CHC 1,231
4. Chance • MIN 1,161
Gibson • STL 1,161
6. Perry • SFG 1,159
7. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,123
8. Short • PHI 1,103
9. McDowell • CLE 1,098
10. Seaver • NYM 1,088
Games Finished
1. Regan • 2TM 62
2. Abernathy • CIN 53
3. Wood • CHW 46
4. Linzy • SFG 45
5. Taylor • NYM 44
Carroll • 2TM 44
7. Perranoski • MIN 41
8. Watt • BAL 39
Wilhelm • CHW 39
Brewer • LAD 39
Adjusted ERA+
1. Gibson • STL 258
2. Tiant • CLE 186
3. McDowell • CLE 165
4. John • CHW 161
5. McLain • DET 154
6. Bolin • SFG 151
7. McNally • BAL 150
8. Koosman • NYM 145
9. Veale • PIT 141
10. Bahnsen • NYY 140
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Gibson • STL 1.77
2. Tiant • CLE 2.04
3. Moose • PIT 2.06
4. Sutton • LAD 2.08
5. Chance • MIN 2.20
6. Seaver • NYM 2.22
7. Cuellar • HOU 2.24
8. McDowell • CLE 2.25
9. Perry • SFG 2.29
10. Singer • LAD 2.30
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Gibson • STL 60
2. Tiant • CLE 40
3. McLain • DET 38
4. McNally • BAL 31
5. McDowell • CLE 28
6. Seaver • NYM 27
7. Koosman • NYM 26
8. Bahnsen • NYY 24
9. Veale • PIT 23
10. John • CHW 22
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Gibson • STL 7.9
2. Tiant • CLE 5.0
3. McLain • DET 4.7
4. McNally • BAL 3.8
5. McDowell • CLE 3.4
6. Seaver • NYM 3.3
7. Koosman • NYM 3.2
8. Bahnsen • NYY 2.9
9. John • CHW 2.8
10. Veale • PIT 2.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Gibson • STL 65.80
2. Tiant • CLE 45.27
3. McLain • DET 43.73
4. McNally • BAL 35.56
5. Seaver • NYM 29.80
6. Koosman • NYM 28.83
7. Jenkins • CHC 25.56
8. Wood • CHW 24.87
9. Bahnsen • NYY 23.48
10. McDowell • CLE 23.46
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Gibson • STL 8.0
2. Tiant • CLE 6.4
3. McLain • DET 5.2
4. Seaver • NYM 5.1
5. Bahnsen • NYY 4.2
6. Drysdale • LAD 4.1
7. McNally • BAL 4.0
8. Koosman • NYM 4.0
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.8
10. McDowell • CLE 3.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Gibson • STL 7.2
2. Tiant • CLE 5.2
3. McLain • DET 4.0
4. McNally • BAL 3.7
5. Seaver • NYM 3.6
6. Chance • MIN 3.5
7. Perry • SFG 3.4
8. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
9. Bolin • SFG 2.8
10. Drysdale • LAD 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gibson • STL 15.4
2. McLain • DET 12.2
3. Tiant • CLE 7.6
4. McNally • BAL 5.7
5. Willis • STL 4.3
6. Marichal • SFG 4.1
7. Lolich • DET 3.8
8. Briles • STL 3.8
9. Drysdale • LAD 3.7
10. Hardin • BAL 3.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Gibson • STL 9.1
2. Tiant • CLE 5.8
3. McLain • DET 5.4
4. McNally • BAL 4.5
5. Seaver • NYM 3.6
6. Koosman • NYM 3.5
7. Jenkins • CHC 3.0
8. Bahnsen • NYY 2.9
9. Veale • PIT 2.9
10. McDowell • CLE 2.8
Drysdale • LAD 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