Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Jenkins • CHC 11.8
2. Wood • CHW 11.0
3. Seaver • NYM 10.9
4. Lolich • DET 8.6
5. Blue • OAK 8.5
6. Stargell • PIT 7.9
7. Roberts • SDP 7.8
8. Nettles • CLE 7.5
9. Clemente • PIT 7.2
10. Aaron • ATL 7.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Wood • CHW 11.8
2. Seaver • NYM 10.2
3. Jenkins • CHC 10.1
4. Blue • OAK 9.0
5. Lolich • DET 8.5
6. Roberts • SDP 7.5
7. Blyleven • MIN 6.5
8. Bradley • CHW 6.2
9. Wilson • HOU 6.1
10. Pappas • CHC 5.8
Earned Run Average
1. Seaver • NYM 1.76
2. Blue • OAK 1.82
3. Wood • CHW 1.91
4. Roberts • SDP 2.10
5. Wilson • HOU 2.45
6. Forsch • HOU 2.53
7. Sutton • LAD 2.54
8. Gullett • CIN 2.65
9. Downing • LAD 2.68
10. Palmer • BAL 2.68
Wins
1. Lolich • DET 25
2. Blue • OAK 24
Jenkins • CHC 24
4. Wood • CHW 22
5. Hunter • OAK 21
McNally • BAL 21
7. Coleman • DET 20
Cuellar • BAL 20
Dobson • BAL 20
Messersmith • CAL 20
Palmer • BAL 20
Carlton • STL 20
Downing • LAD 20
Seaver • NYM 20
Win-Loss %
1. McNally • BAL .808
2. Blue • OAK .750
Dobson • OAK .750
4. Gullett • CIN .727
5. Dobson • BAL .714
6. Coleman • DET .690
Cuellar • BAL .690
Palmer • BAL .690
Carlton • STL .690
Downing • LAD .690
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Seaver • NYM 0.946
2. Blue • OAK 0.952
3. Wood • CHW 1.000
4. Wilson • HOU 1.022
5. Jenkins • CHC 1.049
6. Marichal • SFG 1.075
7. Sutton • LAD 1.078
8. Nolan • CIN 1.091
9. Kline • NYY 1.093
10. McNally • BAL 1.097
Hits per 9 IP
1. Blue • OAK 6.029
2. Wilson • HOU 6.549
3. Seaver • NYM 6.601
4. McDowell • CLE 6.708
5. May • CAL 6.912
6. Kirby • SDP 7.171
7. Messersmith • CAL 7.287
8. Wright • CAL 7.319
9. Wood • CHW 7.329
10. Hedlund • KCR 7.352
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Jenkins • CHC 1.025
2. Peterson • NYY 1.380
3. Kline • NYY 1.498
4. Kaat • MIN 1.625
5. Wood • CHW 1.671
6. Drago • KCR 1.715
7. Marichal • SFG 1.806
8. Stone • ATL 1.824
9. Hands • CHC 1.857
10. Sutton • LAD 1.866
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Seaver • NYM 9.084
2. Blue • OAK 8.683
3. McDowell • CLE 8.050
4. Kirby • SDP 7.777
5. Johnson • CHW 7.736
6. Stoneman • MON 7.666
7. Coleman • DET 7.427
8. Lolich • DET 7.372
9. Jenkins • CHC 7.283
10. Blyleven • MIN 7.243
Games Played
1. Sanders • MIL 83
2. Granger • CIN 70
3. Scherman • DET 69
4. Burgmeier • KCR 67
Johnson • SFG 67
6. Marshall • MON 66
7. Abernathy • KCR 63
8. Carroll • CIN 61
McMahon • SFG 61
10. Culver • HOU 59
Severinsen • SDP 59
Saves
1. Sanders • MIL 31
2. Giusti • PIT 30
3. Abernathy • KCR 23
Marshall • MON 23
5. Brewer • LAD 22
6. Scherman • DET 20
7. Johnson • SFG 18
8. Burgmeier • KCR 17
Fingers • OAK 17
Upshaw • ATL 17
Innings Pitched
1. Lolich • DET 376.0
2. Wood • CHW 334.0
3. Jenkins • CHC 325.0
4. Blue • OAK 312.0
5. Stoneman • MON 294.2
6. Cuellar • BAL 292.1
7. Seaver • NYM 286.1
8. Coleman • DET 286.0
9. Bradley • CHW 285.2
10. Dobson • BAL 282.1
Strikeouts
1. Lolich • DET 308
2. Blue • OAK 301
3. Seaver • NYM 289
4. Jenkins • CHC 263
5. Stoneman • MON 251
6. Coleman • DET 236
7. Kirby • SDP 231
8. Blyleven • MIN 224
9. Wood • CHW 210
10. Bradley • CHW 206
Games Started
1. Lolich • DET 45
2. Wood • CHW 42
3. Blue • OAK 39
Bradley • CHW 39
Perry • MIN 39
Jenkins • CHC 39
7. Blyleven • MIN 38
Coleman • DET 38
Cuellar • BAL 38
Kaat • MIN 38
Messersmith • CAL 38
Osteen • LAD 38
Stoneman • MON 38
Complete Games
1. Jenkins • CHC 30
2. Lolich • DET 29
3. Blue • OAK 24
4. Wood • CHW 22
5. Cuellar • BAL 21
Seaver • NYM 21
7. Palmer • BAL 20
Gibson • STL 20
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 19
Stoneman • MON 19
Shutouts
1. Blue • OAK 8
2. Stottlemyre • NYY 7
Wood • CHW 7
4. Bradley • CHW 6
5. Blyleven • MIN 5
Pattin • MIL 5
Blass • PIT 5
Downing • LAD 5
Gibson • STL 5
Pappas • CHC 5
Home Runs
1. Perry • MIN 39
2. Lolich • DET 36
3. McLain • WSA 31
4. Cuellar • BAL 30
5. Bosman • WSA 29
Pattin • MIL 29
Jenkins • CHC 29
8. Lersch • PHI 28
9. Hunter • OAK 27
Hands • CHC 27
Marichal • SFG 27
Niekro • ATL 27
Bases on Balls
1. McDowell • CLE 153
2. Stoneman • MON 146
3. Renko • MON 135
4. Messersmith • CAL 121
5. Ryan • NYM 116
6. Johnson • CHW 111
7. Dunning • CLE 109
Reuss • STL 109
9. Palmer • BAL 106
10. Arlin • SDP 103
Kirby • SDP 103
Hits
1. Lolich • DET 336
2. Jenkins • CHC 304
3. Pappas • CHC 279
4. Kaat • MIN 275
Carlton • STL 275
6. Bradley • CHW 273
7. Wood • CHW 272
8. Peterson • NYY 269
9. Blyleven • MIN 267
10. Perry • MIN 263
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Jenkins • CHC 7.108
2. Seaver • NYM 4.738
3. Blyleven • MIN 3.797
4. Sutton • LAD 3.527
5. Blue • OAK 3.420
6. Wood • CHW 3.387
7. Lolich • DET 3.348
8. Peterson • NYY 3.310
9. Stone • ATL 3.143
10. Dobson • BAL 2.968
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Roberts • SDP 0.300
2. Arlin • SDP 0.316
3. Sutton • LAD 0.339
4. Billingham • HOU 0.355
5. Forsch • HOU 0.382
6. Nolan • CIN 0.441
7. Johnson • CHW 0.455
8. McAnally • MON 0.456
9. Wilson • HOU 0.504
10. Bradley • CHW 0.504
Losses
1. McLain • WSA 22
2. Arlin • SDP 19
3. Hands • CHC 18
Morton • MON 18
5. McDowell • CLE 17
Murphy • CAL 17
Parsons • MIL 17
Perry • MIN 17
Wright • CAL 17
Roberts • SDP 17
Singer • LAD 17
Earned Runs
1. Perry • MIN 127
2. Lolich • DET 122
3. Renko • MON 115
4. Morton • MON 114
5. Reuss • STL 112
6. Carlton • STL 108
7. Peters • BOS 104
8. McLain • WSA 103
Stoneman • MON 103
10. Murphy • CAL 102
Pappas • CHC 102
Wild Pitches
1. McAnally • MON 18
2. Murphy • CAL 17
3. Fitzmorris • KCR 15
4. McDowell • CLE 13
Kirby • SDP 13
6. Carlton • STL 12
Downing • LAD 12
8. Johnson • CHW 11
Renko • MON 11
Norman • 2TM 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Billingham • HOU 16
2. Ryan • NYM 15
3. Lonborg • BOS 14
4. Blasingame • HOU 13
5. Broberg • WSA 10
Williams • 2TM 10
7. Drago • KCR 9
Murphy • CAL 9
9. Fingers • OAK 8
Queen • CAL 8
Tatum • BOS 8
McAnally • MON 8
Batters Faced
1. Lolich • DET 1,538
2. Wood • CHW 1,316
3. Jenkins • CHC 1,299
4. Stoneman • MON 1,243
5. Blue • OAK 1,207
6. Bradley • CHW 1,198
7. Renko • MON 1,193
8. Coleman • DET 1,174
9. Carlton • STL 1,171
10. Messersmith • CAL 1,170
Games Finished
1. Sanders • MIL 77
2. Marshall • MON 52
3. Giusti • PIT 49
4. Johnson • SFG 47
5. Abernathy • KCR 46
6. Frisella • NYM 42
7. Brewer • LAD 41
Granger • CIN 41
Upshaw • ATL 41
10. Scherman • DET 40
Carroll • CIN 40
Adjusted ERA+
1. Seaver • NYM 194
2. Wood • CHW 189
3. Blue • OAK 183
4. Roberts • SDP 157
5. Jenkins • CHC 141
6. Wilson • HOU 138
7. Forsch • HOU 133
8. Siebert • BOS 128
9. Sutton • LAD 127
10. Blyleven • MIN 126
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Seaver • NYM 1.93
2. Sutton • LAD 2.16
3. Blue • OAK 2.20
4. Jenkins • CHC 2.38
5. Blyleven • MIN 2.51
6. Forsch • HOU 2.52
7. Bradley • CHW 2.54
8. Roberts • SDP 2.62
9. Wood • CHW 2.63
10. Nolan • CIN 2.64
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Seaver • NYM 54
2. Wood • CHW 54
3. Blue • OAK 54
4. Jenkins • CHC 36
5. Roberts • SDP 34
6. Lolich • DET 29
7. Wilson • HOU 29
8. Blyleven • MIN 23
9. Palmer • BAL 22
10. McGraw • NYM 22
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Seaver • NYM 6.5
2. Blue • OAK 6.4
3. Wood • CHW 6.3
4. Jenkins • CHC 4.1
5. Roberts • SDP 3.9
6. Wilson • HOU 3.3
7. Lolich • DET 3.3
8. Blyleven • MIN 2.6
9. Palmer • BAL 2.5
10. McGraw • NYM 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Blue • OAK 60.36
2. Seaver • NYM 59.13
3. Wood • CHW 47.31
4. Jenkins • CHC 35.71
5. Lolich • DET 34.75
6. Wilson • HOU 33.52
7. Roberts • SDP 32.99
8. McGraw • NYM 30.60
9. Sanders • MIL 28.50
10. Palmer • BAL 26.14
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Blue • OAK 6.6
2. Seaver • NYM 6.0
3. Wood • CHW 5.0
4. Coleman • DET 4.6
5. McGraw • NYM 4.2
6. Sanders • MIL 4.0
7. Jenkins • CHC 4.0
8. Roberts • SDP 3.9
9. Cuellar • BAL 3.7
10. Lolich • DET 3.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Seaver • NYM 6.4
2. Blue • OAK 6.3
3. Wood • CHW 5.1
4. Wilson • HOU 4.3
5. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
6. Coleman • DET 3.0
7. Sutton • LAD 2.9
8. Roberts • SDP 2.8
9. Nolan • CIN 2.7
10. Wright • CAL 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Blue • OAK 6.9
2. Sutton • LAD 5.7
3. Cuellar • BAL 4.1
4. Brewer • LAD 4.0
5. Marichal • SFG 3.8
6. Dobson • BAL 3.3
7. Seaver • NYM 3.1
8. Siebert • BOS 2.6
9. Ellis • PIT 2.5
10. Lyle • BOS 2.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Blue • OAK 7.4
2. Seaver • NYM 7.2
3. Wood • CHW 5.4
4. Wilson • HOU 3.9
5. Roberts • SDP 3.9
6. Lolich • DET 3.9
7. Jenkins • CHC 3.8
8. McGraw • NYM 3.5
9. Sanders • MIL 3.2
10. Palmer • BAL 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