Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Morgan • CIN 11.0
2. Palmer • BAL 8.4
3. Gossage • CHW 8.2
4. Seaver • NYM 8.2
5. Hunter • NYY 8.1
6. Carew • MIN 7.8
7. Kaat • CHW 7.7
8. Schmidt • PHI 7.7
9. Jones • SDP 7.6
10. Lynn • BOS 7.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Palmer • BAL 8.4
2. Gossage • CHW 8.2
3. Hunter • NYY 8.1
4. Seaver • NYM 7.8
5. Kaat • CHW 7.7
6. Jones • SDP 7.5
7. Tanana • CAL 7.4
8. Montefusco • SFG 6.8
9. Niekro • ATL 6.7
10. Messersmith • LAD 6.5
Earned Run Average
1. Palmer • BAL 2.09
2. Jones • SDP 2.24
3. Messersmith • LAD 2.29
4. Seaver • NYM 2.38
5. Reuss • PIT 2.54
6. Hunter • NYY 2.58
7. Eckersley • CLE 2.60
8. Tanana • CAL 2.62
9. Forsch • STL 2.86
10. Sutton • LAD 2.87
Wins
1. Hunter • NYY 23
Palmer • BAL 23
3. Blue • OAK 22
Seaver • NYM 22
5. Kaat • CHW 20
Torrez • BAL 20
Jones • SDP 20
8. Wise • BOS 19
Messersmith • LAD 19
10. Busby • KCR 18
Holtzman • OAK 18
Tiant • BOS 18
Reuss • PIT 18
Hooton • 2TM 18
Perry • 2TM 18
Win-Loss %
1. Moret • BOS .824
2. Hrabosky • STL .813
3. Gullett • CIN .789
4. Norman • CIN .750
5. Seaver • NYM .710
6. Torrez • BAL .690
7. Darcy • CIN .688
8. Leonard • KCR .682
9. Palmer • BAL .676
10. Blue • OAK .667
Hooton • 2TM .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hunter • NYY 1.009
2. Palmer • BAL 1.031
3. Sutton • LAD 1.038
4. Jones • SDP 1.046
5. Messersmith • LAD 1.057
6. Seaver • NYM 1.088
7. Nolan • CIN 1.097
8. Blyleven • MIN 1.099
9. Hooton • 2TM 1.099
10. Tanana • CAL 1.104
Hits per 9 IP
1. Hunter • NYY 6.805
2. Messersmith • LAD 6.827
3. Ryan • CAL 6.909
4. Seaver • NYM 6.967
5. Warthen • MON 6.978
6. Palmer • BAL 7.050
7. Eckersley • CLE 7.088
8. Sutton • LAD 7.148
9. Blyleven • MIN 7.150
10. Hooton • 2TM 7.287
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Nolan • CIN 1.239
2. Jones • SDP 1.768
3. Jenkins • TEX 1.867
4. Reed • 2TM 1.905
5. Perry • 2TM 2.061
6. Rau • LAD 2.131
7. Barr • SFG 2.139
8. Grimsley • BAL 2.147
9. Sutton • LAD 2.194
10. Palmer • BAL 2.229
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Tanana • CAL 9.408
2. Ryan • CAL 8.455
3. Montefusco • SFG 7.941
4. Richard • HOU 7.803
5. Seaver • NYM 7.801
6. Blyleven • MIN 7.607
7. Eckersley • CLE 7.329
8. Warthen • MON 6.871
9. Perry • 2TM 6.860
10. Carlton • PHI 6.768
Games Played
1. Fingers • OAK 75
2. Garber • PHI 71
3. McEnaney • CIN 70
4. Lindblad • OAK 68
5. Borbón • CIN 67
Tomlin • SDP 67
7. Garman • STL 66
8. Frisella • SDP 65
Hrabosky • STL 65
Lavelle • SFG 65
Saves
1. Gossage • CHW 26
2. Fingers • OAK 24
3. Eastwick • CIN 22
Hrabosky • STL 22
5. Murphy • MIL 20
6. LaRoche • CLE 17
Giusti • PIT 17
8. Drago • BOS 15
Knowles • CHC 15
McEnaney • CIN 15
Innings Pitched
1. Hunter • NYY 328.0
2. Palmer • BAL 323.0
3. Messersmith • LAD 321.2
4. Perry • 2TM 305.2
5. Kaat • CHW 303.2
6. Wood • CHW 291.1
7. Jones • SDP 285.0
8. Seaver • NYM 280.1
9. Blue • OAK 278.0
10. Morton • ATL 277.2
Strikeouts
1. Tanana • CAL 269
2. Seaver • NYM 243
3. Blyleven • MIN 233
Perry • 2TM 233
5. Montefusco • SFG 215
6. Messersmith • LAD 213
7. Palmer • BAL 193
8. Carlton • PHI 192
9. Blue • OAK 189
10. Ryan • CAL 186
Games Started
1. Wood • CHW 43
2. Kaat • CHW 41
3. Messersmith • LAD 40
4. Hunter • NYY 39
Morton • ATL 39
6. Blue • OAK 38
Holtzman • OAK 38
Palmer • BAL 38
Rau • LAD 38
10. Jenkins • TEX 37
Medich • NYY 37
Osteen • CHW 37
Carlton • PHI 37
Niekro • ATL 37
Reuschel • CHC 37
Perry • 2TM 37
Complete Games
1. Hunter • NYY 30
2. Palmer • BAL 25
Perry • 2TM 25
4. Jenkins • TEX 22
5. Blyleven • MIN 20
6. Lolich • DET 19
Messersmith • LAD 19
8. Busby • KCR 18
Tiant • BOS 18
Jones • SDP 18
Shutouts
1. Palmer • BAL 10
2. Hunter • NYY 7
Messersmith • LAD 7
4. Jones • SDP 6
Reuss • PIT 6
6. Ryan • CAL 5
Perry • 2TM 5
Cuellar • BAL 5
Seaver • NYM 5
Tanana • CAL 5
Home Runs
1. Jenkins • TEX 37
2. Wise • BOS 34
3. Grimsley • BAL 29
Niekro • ATL 29
5. Slaton • MIL 28
Perry • 2TM 28
7. Coleman • DET 27
8. Wood • CHW 26
9. Hunter • NYY 25
Medich • NYY 25
Tiant • BOS 25
Burris • CHC 25
Bases on Balls
1. Richard • HOU 138
2. Torrez • BAL 133
3. Ryan • CAL 132
4. Hughes • MIN 127
5. Falcone • SFG 111
6. Bonham • CHC 109
7. Holtzman • OAK 108
8. Broberg • MIL 106
Blair • MON 106
10. Carlton • PHI 104
Hits
1. Kaat • CHW 321
2. Wood • CHW 309
3. Morton • ATL 302
4. Niekro • ATL 285
5. Perry • 2TM 277
6. Lee • BOS 274
Reed • 2TM 274
8. Medich • NYY 271
9. Tiant • BOS 262
Wise • BOS 262
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Tanana • CAL 3.685
2. Perry • 2TM 3.329
3. Sutton • LAD 2.823
4. Jenkins • TEX 2.804
5. Blyleven • MIN 2.774
6. Seaver • NYM 2.761
7. Matlack • NYM 2.655
8. Reed • 2TM 2.623
9. Nolan • CIN 2.552
10. Montefusco • SFG 2.500
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Reed • 2TM 0.180
2. Seaver • NYM 0.353
3. Richard • HOU 0.355
4. Reuss • PIT 0.379
5. May • NYY 0.382
6. Montefusco • SFG 0.406
7. Warthen • MON 0.429
8. Bibby • 2TM 0.448
9. Rogers • MON 0.465
10. Kison • PIT 0.469
Losses
1. Wood • CHW 20
2. Coleman • DET 18
Jenkins • TEX 18
Lolich • DET 18
Slaton • MIL 18
6. Reuschel • CHC 17
Perry • 2TM 17
8. Broberg • MIL 16
Medich • NYY 16
Osteen • CHW 16
Dierker • HOU 16
Morton • ATL 16
Earned Runs
1. Wood • CHW 133
2. Coleman • DET 124
3. Bonham • CHC 120
4. Jenkins • TEX 118
5. Tiant • BOS 116
6. Lee • BOS 114
7. Wise • BOS 112
8. Perry • 2TM 110
9. Slaton • MIL 109
Burris • CHC 109
Wild Pitches
1. Richard • HOU 20
2. Coleman • DET 15
Niekro • ATL 15
4. Dierker • HOU 13
Rogers • MON 13
6. Hargan • TEX 12
Ryan • CAL 12
Slaton • MIL 12
Blair • MON 12
Bonham • CHC 12
Kirby • CIN 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Broberg • MIL 16
2. Hughes • MIN 13
3. Travers • MIL 11
Niekro • ATL 11
5. Coleman • DET 9
Jenkins • TEX 9
Kaat • CHW 9
Leonard • KCR 9
Billingham • CIN 9
Dettore • CHC 9
Batters Faced
1. Hunter • NYY 1,294
2. Kaat • CHW 1,279
3. Messersmith • LAD 1,276
4. Palmer • BAL 1,268
5. Perry • 2TM 1,248
6. Wood • CHW 1,245
7. Morton • ATL 1,199
8. Niekro • ATL 1,160
9. Blue • OAK 1,153
10. Torrez • BAL 1,144
Games Finished
1. Fingers • OAK 59
2. Gossage • CHW 49
3. Garber • PHI 47
4. Marshall • LAD 46
5. House • ATL 45
6. Murphy • MIL 43
Giusti • PIT 43
8. LaRoche • CLE 41
Hrabosky • STL 41
10. Foucault • TEX 40
Eastwick • CIN 40
Murray • MON 40
Adjusted ERA+
1. Palmer • BAL 169
2. Jones • SDP 156
3. Messersmith • LAD 149
4. Seaver • NYM 146
5. Eckersley • CLE 144
6. Hunter • NYY 144
7. Reuss • PIT 139
8. Tanana • CAL 135
9. Montefusco • SFG 133
10. Forsch • STL 133
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Seaver • NYM 2.35
2. Reed • 2TM 2.42
3. Tanana • CAL 2.49
4. Montefusco • SFG 2.57
5. Sutton • LAD 2.85
6. Matlack • NYM 2.87
7. Palmer • BAL 2.96
8. Perry • 2TM 2.98
9. Blyleven • MIN 2.99
10. Reuss • PIT 3.02
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Palmer • BAL 55
2. Messersmith • LAD 43
3. Hunter • NYY 42
4. Seaver • NYM 37
5. Jones • SDP 35
6. Gossage • CHW 32
7. Tanana • CAL 30
8. Reuss • PIT 28
9. Blyleven • MIN 26
10. Montefusco • SFG 26
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Palmer • BAL 6.1
2. Messersmith • LAD 4.8
3. Hunter • NYY 4.6
4. Seaver • NYM 4.1
5. Jones • SDP 3.9
6. Gossage • CHW 3.4
7. Tanana • CAL 3.3
8. Reuss • PIT 3.1
9. Blyleven • MIN 2.8
Montefusco • SFG 2.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Palmer • BAL 61.79
2. Messersmith • LAD 52.03
3. Hunter • NYY 51.56
4. Seaver • NYM 44.02
5. Tanana • CAL 39.06
6. Gossage • CHW 36.15
7. Montefusco • SFG 33.01
8. Reuss • PIT 31.81
9. Jones • SDP 30.75
10. Busby • KCR 29.97
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Gossage • CHW 7.0
2. Palmer • BAL 6.6
3. Seaver • NYM 5.7
4. Tanana • CAL 4.8
5. Hrabosky • STL 4.6
6. Hunter • NYY 4.5
7. Montefusco • SFG 4.5
8. Blyleven • MIN 4.2
9. Messersmith • LAD 4.1
10. Busby • KCR 4.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Palmer • BAL 6.0
2. Hunter • NYY 5.6
3. Messersmith • LAD 5.0
4. Seaver • NYM 4.5
5. Blyleven • MIN 3.8
6. Jones • SDP 3.7
7. Sutton • LAD 3.6
8. Gossage • CHW 3.1
9. Tanana • CAL 3.0
10. Perry • 2TM 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Reuss • PIT 5.1
2. Seaver • NYM 4.9
3. Busby • KCR 4.7
4. Fingers • OAK 4.2
5. Messersmith • LAD 4.1
6. Palmer • BAL 3.7
7. Sutton • LAD 3.6
8. Lindblad • OAK 3.5
9. Blue • OAK 3.4
10. McGraw • PHI 3.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Palmer • BAL 7.3
2. Messersmith • LAD 6.1
3. Hunter • NYY 5.8
4. Seaver • NYM 5.1
5. Tanana • CAL 4.5
6. Gossage • CHW 3.8
7. Reuss • PIT 3.6
8. Montefusco • SFG 3.6
9. Jones • SDP 3.5
10. Busby • KCR 3.2

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