Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Lynn • BOS 8.9
2. Brett • KCR 8.6
3. Winfield • SDP 8.3
4. Schmidt • PHI 7.9
5. Niekro • ATL 7.7
6. Porter • KCR 7.6
7. Hernandez • STL 7.6
8. Koosman • MIN 7.2
9. Eckersley • BOS 7.2
10. Bell • TEX 6.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Niekro • ATL 7.4
2. Koosman • MIN 7.2
3. Eckersley • BOS 7.2
4. Guidry • NYY 6.5
5. Kern • TEX 6.1
6. Morris • DET 5.8
7. Reuschel • CHC 5.7
8. Richard • HOU 5.6
9. Monge • CLE 5.6
10. John • NYY 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Richard • HOU 2.71
2. Hume • CIN 2.76
3. Guidry • NYY 2.78
4. Schatzeder • MON 2.83
5. John • NYY 2.96
6. Hooton • LAD 2.97
7. Eckersley • BOS 2.99
8. Niekro • HOU 3.00
9. Rogers • MON 3.00
10. Forsch • HOU 3.04
Wins
1. Flanagan • BAL 23
2. John • NYY 21
Niekro • HOU 21
Niekro • ATL 21
5. Koosman • MIN 20
6. Guidry • NYY 18
Carlton • PHI 18
Reuschel • CHC 18
Richard • HOU 18
10. Comer • TEX 17
Eckersley • BOS 17
Morris • DET 17
Sutcliffe • LAD 17
Win-Loss %
1. Davis • NYY .875
2. Bibby • PIT .750
3. Caldwell • MIL .727
Seaver • CIN .727
5. Kern • TEX .722
6. Flanagan • BAL .719
7. Morris • DET .708
8. Blyleven • PIT .706
9. John • NYY .700
10. Guidry • NYY .692
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Forsch • HOU 1.069
2. McGregor • BAL 1.076
3. Richard • HOU 1.088
4. Seaver • CIN 1.153
5. Sutton • LAD 1.159
6. Carlton • PHI 1.159
7. Guidry • NYY 1.159
8. Candelaria • PIT 1.169
9. Kison • PIT 1.172
10. Swan • NYM 1.186
Hits per 9 IP
1. Richard • HOU 6.773
2. Ryan • CAL 6.831
3. Carlton • PHI 7.243
4. Kravec • CHW 7.488
5. Niekro • HOU 7.544
6. Schatzeder • MON 7.556
7. Guidry • NYY 7.731
8. Andújar • HOU 7.794
9. Seaver • CIN 7.828
10. Forsch • HOU 7.852
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. McGregor • BAL 1.185
2. Caldwell • MIL 1.494
3. Sorensen • MIL 1.606
4. Forsch • HOU 1.773
5. Candelaria • PIT 1.783
6. Hume • CIN 1.822
7. Stanley • BOS 1.828
8. Lee • MON 1.865
9. Swan • NYM 2.041
10. Lamp • CHC 2.067
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Richard • HOU 9.636
2. Ryan • CAL 9.013
3. Guidry • NYY 7.654
4. Carlton • PHI 7.637
5. Sanderson • MON 7.393
6. Blyleven • PIT 6.522
7. Krukow • CHC 6.504
8. Flanagan • BAL 6.437
9. McGlothen • CHC 6.241
10. Schatzeder • MON 5.889
Games Played
1. Tekulve • PIT 94
2. Marshall • MIN 90
3. Romo • PIT 84
4. Tidrow • 2TM 77
5. Monge • CLE 76
6. Jackson • PIT 72
7. Kern • TEX 71
8. Lavelle • SFG 70
9. Garber • ATL 68
10. Lyle • TEX 67
Murray • 2TM 67
Saves
1. Sutter • CHC 37
2. Marshall • MIN 32
3. Tekulve • PIT 31
4. Kern • TEX 29
5. Garber • ATL 25
6. Sambito • HOU 22
7. López • DET 21
Stanhouse • BAL 21
9. Lavelle • SFG 20
10. Monge • CLE 19
Innings Pitched
1. Niekro • ATL 342.0
2. Martínez • BAL 292.1
Richard • HOU 292.1
4. John • NYY 276.1
5. Flanagan • BAL 265.2
6. Koosman • MIN 263.2
Niekro • HOU 263.2
8. Jones • SDP 263.0
9. Jenkins • TEX 259.0
10. Torrez • BOS 252.1
Strikeouts
1. Richard • HOU 313
2. Ryan • CAL 223
3. Carlton • PHI 213
4. Niekro • ATL 208
5. Guidry • NYY 201
6. Flanagan • BAL 190
7. Blyleven • PIT 172
8. Jenkins • TEX 164
9. Koosman • MIN 157
10. Eckersley • BOS 150
Games Started
1. Niekro • ATL 44
2. Martínez • BAL 39
Jones • SDP 39
4. Flanagan • BAL 38
Niekro • HOU 38
Richard • HOU 38
7. Jenkins • TEX 37
Blyleven • PIT 37
Rogers • MON 37
10. Comer • TEX 36
John • NYY 36
Koosman • MIN 36
Torrez • BOS 36
Reuschel • CHC 36
Complete Games
1. Niekro • ATL 23
2. Richard • HOU 19
3. Martínez • BAL 18
4. Eckersley • BOS 17
John • NYY 17
Ryan • CAL 17
7. Caldwell • MIL 16
Flanagan • BAL 16
Sorensen • MIL 16
10. Guidry • NYY 15
Shutouts
1. Niekro • HOU 5
Leonard • KCR 5
Ryan • CAL 5
Seaver • CIN 5
Rogers • MON 5
Flanagan • BAL 5
7. Stanley • BOS 4
Richard • HOU 4
Carlton • PHI 4
Caldwell • MIL 4
Home Runs
1. Niekro • ATL 41
2. Jenkins • TEX 40
3. Leonard • KCR 33
Travers • MIL 33
5. Stone • BAL 31
6. Sorensen • MIL 30
Knepper • SFG 30
8. Eckersley • BOS 29
Gura • KCR 29
10. Martínez • BAL 28
Bases on Balls
1. Torrez • BOS 121
2. Ryan • CAL 114
3. Niekro • ATL 113
4. Kravec • CHW 111
Blue • SFG 111
6. Niekro • HOU 107
7. Wortham • CHW 100
Denny • STL 100
9. Gale • KCR 99
10. Richard • HOU 98
Hits
1. Niekro • ATL 311
2. Goltz • MIN 282
3. Martínez • BAL 279
4. John • NYY 268
Koosman • MIN 268
6. Jones • SDP 257
7. Torrez • BOS 254
8. Caldwell • MIL 252
Jenkins • TEX 252
10. Reuschel • CHC 251
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. McGregor • BAL 3.522
2. Richard • HOU 3.194
3. Guidry • NYY 2.831
4. Flanagan • BAL 2.714
5. McGlothen • CHC 2.673
6. Sanderson • MON 2.556
7. Swan • NYM 2.544
8. Eckersley • BOS 2.542
9. Candelaria • PIT 2.463
10. Hume • CIN 2.424
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. John • NYY 0.293
2. Andújar • HOU 0.325
3. Richard • HOU 0.400
4. Perry • SDP 0.464
5. Hooton • LAD 0.467
6. Rogers • MON 0.507
7. LaCoss • CIN 0.569
8. Niekro • HOU 0.580
9. Stanley • BOS 0.582
10. Jones • SDP 0.582
Losses
1. Niekro • ATL 20
2. Huffman • TOR 18
3. Keough • OAK 17
Splittorff • KCR 17
5. Langford • OAK 16
Martínez • BAL 16
Underwood • TOR 16
Garber • ATL 16
Shirley • SDP 16
10. Bannister • SEA 15
Marshall • MIN 15
Sutton • LAD 15
Earned Runs
1. Blue • SFG 132
2. Niekro • ATL 129
3. Torrez • BOS 126
4. Martínez • BAL 119
5. Jenkins • TEX 117
6. Goltz • MIN 116
Gura • KCR 116
8. Gale • KCR 114
Waits • CLE 114
10. Splittorff • KCR 113
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • HOU 19
Richard • HOU 19
3. Niekro • ATL 18
4. Langford • OAK 16
5. Wortham • CHW 14
6. Keough • OAK 13
7. John • NYY 11
Lemanczyk • TOR 11
Underwood • TOR 11
10. Barker • CLE 10
Jackson • MIN 10
Kingman • OAK 10
McLaughlin • SEA 10
Norris • OAK 10
Carlton • PHI 10
Falcone • NYM 10
Rogers • MON 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Kravec • CHW 14
2. Wilcox • DET 11
Niekro • ATL 11
4. McCatty • OAK 10
Reuschel • CHC 10
6. Norris • OAK 9
Underwood • TOR 9
8. Comer • TEX 8
Moore • TOR 8
Bonham • CIN 8
Hough • LAD 8
Batters Faced
1. Niekro • ATL 1,436
2. Martínez • BAL 1,206
3. Richard • HOU 1,175
4. John • NYY 1,116
5. Torrez • BOS 1,109
6. Koosman • MIN 1,101
7. Niekro • HOU 1,095
8. Jenkins • TEX 1,089
9. Jones • SDP 1,088
10. Flanagan • BAL 1,085
Games Finished
1. Marshall • MIN 84
2. Tekulve • PIT 67
3. Kern • TEX 57
4. Sutter • CHC 56
5. Garber • ATL 55
Lavelle • SFG 55
7. Lyle • TEX 53
Monge • CLE 53
9. Sambito • HOU 51
10. López • DET 49
Adjusted ERA+
1. Eckersley • BOS 149
2. Guidry • NYY 146
3. John • NYY 137
4. Hume • CIN 137
5. Morris • DET 133
6. Flanagan • BAL 131
7. Koosman • MIN 130
8. Richard • HOU 130
9. Schatzeder • MON 130
10. Caldwell • MIL 127
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Richard • HOU 2.21
2. Guidry • NYY 3.03
3. John • NYY 3.10
4. Hooton • LAD 3.11
5. Perry • SDP 3.11
6. Ryan • CAL 3.22
7. Flanagan • BAL 3.25
8. Rogers • MON 3.30
9. Hume • CIN 3.31
10. Swan • NYM 3.32
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Eckersley • BOS 39
2. Kern • TEX 39
3. Guidry • NYY 35
4. John • NYY 32
5. Koosman • MIN 30
6. Richard • HOU 29
7. Monge • CLE 28
8. López • DET 27
9. Marshall • MIN 27
10. Flanagan • BAL 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Eckersley • BOS 4.1
2. Kern • TEX 3.9
3. Guidry • NYY 3.6
4. John • NYY 3.3
5. Richard • HOU 3.1
6. Koosman • MIN 3.1
7. Monge • CLE 2.8
8. López • DET 2.7
9. Flanagan • BAL 2.7
10. Marshall • MIN 2.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Eckersley • BOS 43.50
2. Kern • TEX 41.61
3. Guidry • NYY 41.36
4. John • NYY 35.36
5. Koosman • MIN 34.61
6. Richard • HOU 34.46
7. Flanagan • BAL 32.04
8. López • DET 31.46
9. Morris • DET 28.37
10. Caldwell • MIL 27.55
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. López • DET 6.6
2. Tekulve • PIT 5.7
3. Eckersley • BOS 4.7
4. Kern • TEX 4.7
5. John • NYY 4.7
6. Flanagan • BAL 4.4
7. Stanhouse • BAL 4.4
8. Guidry • NYY 4.3
9. Monge • CLE 4.0
10. Richard • HOU 4.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. John • NYY 4.3
2. Richard • HOU 3.9
3. Flanagan • BAL 3.2
4. Guidry • NYY 3.1
5. Kern • TEX 3.0
6. Caldwell • MIL 2.8
7. Hooton • LAD 2.7
8. Sutcliffe • LAD 2.7
9. Eckersley • BOS 2.7
10. McGregor • BAL 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Tekulve • PIT 10.1
2. Richard • HOU 8.0
3. Kison • PIT 7.9
4. Palmer • MON 7.7
5. Sosa • MON 5.1
6. Lee • MON 5.0
7. Eckersley • BOS 4.9
8. Leonard • KCR 4.6
9. Hume • CIN 4.4
10. Flanagan • BAL 4.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Eckersley • BOS 4.4
2. Guidry • NYY 4.4
3. Kern • TEX 4.2
4. Richard • HOU 3.9
5. John • NYY 3.7
6. Koosman • MIN 3.5
7. Flanagan • BAL 3.4
8. López • DET 3.1
9. Morris • DET 2.9
10. Caldwell • MIL 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