Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ripken • BAL 8.2
2. Boggs • BOS 7.8
3. Denny • PHI 7.5
4. Thon • HOU 7.4
5. Yount • MIL 7.3
6. Murphy • ATL 7.1
7. Carter • MON 7.1
8. Stieb • TOR 7.0
9. Henderson • OAK 6.9
10. Schmidt • PHI 6.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Denny • PHI 7.4
2. Stieb • TOR 7.0
3. Soto • CIN 6.8
4. Quisenberry • KCR 5.5
5. Carlton • PHI 5.5
6. McGregor • BAL 5.3
7. Guidry • NYY 5.3
8. McMurtry • ATL 5.2
9. Dotson • CHW 5.1
Young • SEA 5.1
Earned Run Average
1. Hammaker • SFG 2.25
2. Denny • PHI 2.37
3. Welch • LAD 2.65
4. Soto • CIN 2.70
5. Peña • LAD 2.75
6. Boddicker • BAL 2.77
7. Reuss • LAD 2.94
8. Ryan • HOU 2.98
9. Stieb • TOR 3.04
10. McMurtry • ATL 3.08
Wins
1. Hoyt • CHW 24
2. Dotson • CHW 22
3. Guidry • NYY 21
4. Morris • DET 20
5. Petry • DET 19
Denny • PHI 19
7. McGregor • BAL 18
8. Stieb • TOR 17
Sutcliffe • CLE 17
Gullickson • MON 17
Rogers • MON 17
Soto • CIN 17
Win-Loss %
1. Haas • MIL .813
2. Denny • PHI .760
3. Dotson • CHW .759
4. Flanagan • BAL .750
5. Gossage • NYY .722
6. McGregor • BAL .720
7. Hoyt • CHW .706
8. Guidry • NYY .700
Slaton • MIL .700
10. Kison • CAL .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hoyt • CHW 1.024
2. Hammaker • SFG 1.039
3. Boddicker • BAL 1.078
4. Soto • CIN 1.104
5. Stieb • TOR 1.137
6. Peña • LAD 1.147
7. Welch • LAD 1.157
8. Morris • DET 1.158
9. Denny • PHI 1.162
10. Guidry • NYY 1.166
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • HOU 6.143
2. Soto • CIN 6.808
3. Boddicker • BAL 7.089
4. Stieb • TOR 7.219
5. Welch • LAD 7.235
6. Hammaker • SFG 7.677
7. Peña • LAD 7.729
8. McWilliams • PIT 7.752
9. Conroy • OAK 7.817
10. Hough • TEX 7.821
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hoyt • CHW 1.070
2. McGregor • BAL 1.558
3. Hammaker • SFG 1.671
4. Ruthven • 2TM 1.869
5. John • CAL 1.879
6. Denny • PHI 1.966
7. Eckersley • BOS 1.991
8. Caldwell • MIL 2.010
9. Reuss • LAD 2.015
10. Candelaria • PIT 2.049
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Carlton • PHI 8.725
2. Ryan • HOU 8.389
3. Bannister • CHW 7.992
4. Soto • CIN 7.959
5. McWilliams • PIT 7.525
6. Berenyi • CIN 7.293
7. Candelaria • PIT 7.148
8. Morris • DET 7.110
9. Righetti • NYY 7.009
10. Lollar • SDP 6.917
Games Played
1. Campbell • CHC 82
2. Tekulve • PIT 76
3. Hernández • 2TM 74
4. Minton • SFG 73
Scherrer • CIN 73
6. Bedrosian • ATL 70
7. Quisenberry • KCR 69
8. Vande Berg • SEA 68
Holland • PHI 68
10. Sisk • NYM 67
Saves
1. Quisenberry • KCR 45
2. Stanley • BOS 33
3. Davis • MIN 30
4. Smith • CHC 29
5. Caudill • SEA 26
6. Ladd • MIL 25
Holland • PHI 25
8. Gossage • NYY 22
Minton • SFG 22
10. Martinez • BAL 21
Reardon • MON 21
Sutter • STL 21
Innings Pitched
1. Morris • DET 293.2
2. Carlton • PHI 283.2
3. Stieb • TOR 278.0
4. Soto • CIN 273.2
5. Rogers • MON 273.0
6. Petry • DET 266.1
7. Niekro • HOU 263.2
8. Hoyt • CHW 260.2
9. McGregor • BAL 260.0
10. Valenzuela • LAD 257.0
Strikeouts
1. Carlton • PHI 275
2. Soto • CIN 242
3. Morris • DET 232
4. McWilliams • PIT 199
5. Bannister • CHW 193
6. Valenzuela • LAD 189
7. Stieb • TOR 187
8. Ryan • HOU 183
9. Righetti • NYY 169
10. Sutcliffe • CLE 160
Games Started
1. Petry • DET 38
Niekro • HOU 38
3. Morris • DET 37
Carlton • PHI 37
5. Hoyt • CHW 36
McGregor • BAL 36
Stieb • TOR 36
Denny • PHI 36
Rogers • MON 36
10. Dotson • CHW 35
Leal • TOR 35
Sutcliffe • CLE 35
McMurtry • ATL 35
McWilliams • PIT 35
Rhoden • PIT 35
Valenzuela • LAD 35
Complete Games
1. Guidry • NYY 21
2. Morris • DET 20
3. Soto • CIN 18
4. Stieb • TOR 14
5. Rawley • NYY 13
Rogers • MON 13
7. McGregor • BAL 12
8. Clancy • TOR 11
Forsch • CAL 11
Hough • TEX 11
Hoyt • CHW 11
Zahn • CAL 11
Shutouts
1. Rogers • MON 5
Boddicker • BAL 5
3. Stieb • TOR 4
McWilliams • PIT 4
Burns • CHW 4
Lea • MON 4
Valenzuela • LAD 4
8. Hammaker • SFG 3
Peña • LAD 3
Hough • TEX 3
Heaton • CLE 3
Haas • MIL 3
Guidry • NYY 3
Smith • MON 3
Soto • CIN 3
McMurtry • ATL 3
Welch • LAD 3
Zahn • CAL 3
Allen • 2TM 3
Knepper • HOU 3
Carlton • PHI 3
Tunnell • PIT 3
Home Runs
1. Petry • DET 37
2. Caldwell • MIL 35
3. Viola • MIN 34
4. Tudor • BOS 32
5. Morris • DET 30
6. Stoddard • SEA 29
7. Soto • CIN 28
8. Eckersley • BOS 27
Hoyt • CHW 27
10. Guidry • NYY 26
Bases on Balls
1. Torrez • NYM 113
2. Dotson • CHW 106
3. Niekro • ATL 105
4. Sutcliffe • CLE 102
Berenyi • CIN 102
6. Niekro • HOU 101
Ryan • HOU 101
8. Petry • DET 99
Valenzuela • LAD 99
10. Conroy • OAK 98
Hits
1. John • CAL 287
2. Carlton • PHI 277
3. McGregor • BAL 271
4. Caldwell • MIL 269
5. Rogers • MON 258
6. Morris • DET 257
7. Petry • DET 256
Rhoden • PIT 256
9. Sutcliffe • CLE 251
10. Rawley • NYY 246
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Hoyt • CHW 4.774
2. Hammaker • SFG 3.969
3. Candelaria • PIT 3.489
4. Carlton • PHI 3.274
5. Reuss • LAD 2.860
6. Pérez • ATL 2.824
7. Morris • DET 2.795
8. Bannister • CHW 2.718
9. Denny • PHI 2.623
10. Ruthven • 2TM 2.605
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Denny • PHI 0.334
2. Peña • LAD 0.356
3. Ryan • HOU 0.413
4. Berenyi • CIN 0.435
5. Darwin • TEX 0.443
6. Rogers • MON 0.462
7. Hammaker • SFG 0.470
8. Rhoden • PIT 0.479
9. Reuss • LAD 0.484
10. Righetti • NYY 0.498
Losses
1. Gura • KCR 18
2. Stoddard • SEA 17
Torrez • NYM 17
4. Martínez • BAL 16
Andújar • STL 16
Carlton • PHI 16
Barker • 2TM 16
8. Beattie • SEA 15
Viola • MIN 15
Young • SEA 15
Earned Runs
1. Viola • MIN 128
2. Petry • DET 116
Sutcliffe • CLE 116
4. Caldwell • MIL 115
5. John • CAL 113
6. Eckersley • BOS 110
Tudor • BOS 110
8. Gura • KCR 109
Morris • DET 109
10. Torrez • NYM 108
Wild Pitches
1. Morris • DET 18
2. Niekro • HOU 14
3. Carlton • PHI 13
4. Petry • DET 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
6. John • CAL 11
LaPoint • STL 11
Tunnell • PIT 11
9. Clark • SEA 10
Righetti • NYY 10
Wilcox • DET 10
Seaver • NYM 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Stieb • TOR 14
2. Blyleven • CLE 10
3. Schrom • MIN 9
4. Acker • TOR 8
Dotson • CHW 8
Gura • KCR 8
Smithson • TEX 8
Viola • MIN 8
Honeycutt • 2TM 8
10. Codiroli • OAK 7
Tanana • TEX 7
Young • SEA 7
Bystrom • PHI 7
Batters Faced
1. Morris • DET 1,204
2. Carlton • PHI 1,183
3. Stieb • TOR 1,141
4. Rogers • MON 1,125
5. Petry • DET 1,115
6. Soto • CIN 1,114
7. Niekro • HOU 1,113
8. Valenzuela • LAD 1,094
9. McGregor • BAL 1,072
10. Sutcliffe • CLE 1,061
Games Finished
1. Quisenberry • KCR 62
2. Davis • MIN 61
3. Smith • CHC 56
Tekulve • PIT 56
5. Caudill • SEA 54
6. Stanley • BOS 53
Holland • PHI 53
Reardon • MON 53
9. Bedrosian • ATL 52
Minton • SFG 52
Adjusted ERA+
1. Hammaker • SFG 159
2. Denny • PHI 152
3. Boddicker • BAL 143
4. Stieb • TOR 142
5. Soto • CIN 140
6. Welch • LAD 136
7. Peña • LAD 131
8. Young • SEA 131
9. Dotson • CHW 130
10. McMurtry • ATL 126
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Hammaker • SFG 2.57
2. Carlton • PHI 2.65
3. Peña • LAD 2.79
4. Denny • PHI 2.80
5. Candelaria • PIT 2.87
6. Righetti • NYY 2.87
7. Reuss • LAD 2.87
8. Rhoden • PIT 3.05
9. Ryan • HOU 3.09
10. Bannister • CHW 3.12
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Stieb • TOR 37
2. Quisenberry • KCR 32
3. Denny • PHI 32
4. Soto • CIN 31
5. Dotson • CHW 27
6. Hough • TEX 25
7. Orosco • NYM 24
8. McGregor • BAL 24
9. Smith • CHC 23
10. Boddicker • BAL 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Stieb • TOR 3.9
2. Denny • PHI 3.5
3. Soto • CIN 3.4
4. Quisenberry • KCR 3.3
5. Dotson • CHW 2.8
6. Hough • TEX 2.6
7. Orosco • NYM 2.5
8. Hammaker • SFG 2.5
9. Smith • CHC 2.5
10. McGregor • BAL 2.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Stieb • TOR 40.70
2. Denny • PHI 33.08
3. Quisenberry • KCR 32.24
4. Soto • CIN 31.76
5. Dotson • CHW 31.13
6. Hough • TEX 27.82
7. Morris • DET 27.58
8. McGregor • BAL 27.21
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 25.87
10. Bannister • CHW 24.97
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Quisenberry • KCR 4.4
2. Soto • CIN 4.2
3. Denny • PHI 3.7
4. Stanley • BOS 3.7
5. Martinez • BAL 3.5
6. Orosco • NYM 3.5
7. Stieb • TOR 3.4
8. Stewart • 2TM 3.4
9. Dotson • CHW 3.2
10. López • DET 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Stieb • TOR 3.5
2. Denny • PHI 3.3
3. Soto • CIN 3.2
4. Quisenberry • KCR 3.2
5. Hoyt • CHW 2.9
6. Rogers • MON 2.8
7. Bannister • CHW 2.8
8. Morris • DET 2.7
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.5
10. Orosco • NYM 2.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Denny • PHI 7.2
2. Candelaria • PIT 4.9
3. Martinez • BAL 4.9
4. Guante • PIT 4.3
5. Peña • LAD 4.1
6. Niedenfuer • LAD 3.9
7. McGregor • BAL 3.3
8. Stieb • TOR 3.2
9. Forster • ATL 3.2
10. Boddicker • BAL 3.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Stieb • TOR 4.2
2. Denny • PHI 3.7
3. Soto • CIN 3.4
4. Quisenberry • KCR 3.3
5. Dotson • CHW 3.2
6. Hough • TEX 2.9
7. Morris • DET 2.9
8. McGregor • BAL 2.9
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.8
10. Orosco • NYM 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