Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ripken • BAL 10.0
2. Sandberg • CHC 8.5
3. Stieb • TOR 7.9
4. Carter • MON 7.5
5. Moseby • TOR 7.3
6. Blyleven • CLE 7.2
7. Murray • BAL 7.1
8. Schmidt • PHI 7.0
9. Trammell • DET 6.8
10. Raines • MON 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Stieb • TOR 7.9
2. Blyleven • CLE 7.2
3. Alexander • TOR 6.1
4. Gooden • NYM 5.5
5. Rhoden • PIT 5.2
6. Boddicker • BAL 5.2
7. Beattie • SEA 5.1
8. Peña • LAD 5.0
9. Hernández • DET 4.8
10. Niekro • NYY 4.6
Witt • CAL 4.6
Earned Run Average
1. Peña • LAD 2.48
2. Gooden • NYM 2.60
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.66
4. Rhoden • PIT 2.72
5. Candelaria • PIT 2.72
6. Boddicker • BAL 2.79
7. Stieb • TOR 2.83
8. Honeycutt • LAD 2.84
9. Blyleven • CLE 2.87
10. Lea • MON 2.89
Wins
1. Boddicker • BAL 20
Andújar • STL 20
Sutcliffe • 2TM 20
4. Blyleven • CLE 19
Morris • DET 19
6. Petry • DET 18
Viola • MIN 18
Soto • CIN 18
9. Alexander • TOR 17
Black • KCR 17
Langston • SEA 17
Wilcox • DET 17
Gooden • NYM 17
Win-Loss %
1. Alexander • TOR .739
2. Blyleven • CLE .731
3. Soto • CIN .720
4. Petry • DET .692
5. Wilcox • DET .680
6. Niekro • NYY .667
Stieb • TOR .667
Peña • LAD .667
9. Gooden • NYM .654
10. Carlton • PHI .650
Trout • CHC .650
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Gooden • NYM 1.073
2. Andújar • STL 1.102
3. Hershiser • LAD 1.107
4. Black • KCR 1.128
5. Soto • CIN 1.129
6. Blyleven • CLE 1.135
7. Stieb • TOR 1.135
8. Alexander • TOR 1.135
9. Mason • TEX 1.139
10. Boddicker • BAL 1.144
Hits per 9 IP
1. Gooden • NYM 6.647
2. Soto • CIN 6.864
3. DeLeón • PIT 6.879
4. Ryan • HOU 7.007
5. Stieb • TOR 7.247
6. Blyleven • CLE 7.494
7. Boddicker • BAL 7.508
Andújar • STL 7.508
9. Valenzuela • LAD 7.517
10. Langston • SEA 7.520
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Gullickson • MON 1.469
2. Hoyt • CHW 1.642
3. Candelaria • PIT 1.651
4. Smithson • MIN 1.929
5. Whitson • SDP 2.000
6. Guidry • NYY 2.024
7. Alexander • TOR 2.029
8. Haas • MIL 2.044
9. Peña • LAD 2.077
10. Knepper • HOU 2.118
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Gooden • NYM 11.394
2. Ryan • HOU 9.653
3. Valenzuela • LAD 8.276
4. Langston • SEA 8.160
5. Berenyi • 2TM 7.265
6. DeLeón • PIT 7.159
7. Witt • CAL 7.151
8. Hershiser • LAD 7.118
9. Soto • CIN 7.015
10. Price • CIN 6.763
Games Played
1. Hernández • DET 80
2. Power • CIN 78
3. Lavelle • SFG 77
4. Minton • SFG 74
5. Quisenberry • KCR 72
Tekulve • PIT 72
7. López • DET 71
Sutter • STL 71
9. Camacho • CLE 69
Smith • CHC 69
Saves
1. Sutter • STL 45
2. Quisenberry • KCR 44
3. Caudill • OAK 36
4. Smith • CHC 33
5. Hernández • DET 32
6. Righetti • NYY 31
Orosco • NYM 31
8. Davis • MIN 29
Holland • PHI 29
10. Gossage • SDP 25
Innings Pitched
1. Stieb • TOR 267.0
2. Hough • TEX 266.0
3. Alexander • TOR 261.2
4. Boddicker • BAL 261.1
Andújar • STL 261.1
6. Valenzuela • LAD 261.0
7. Viola • MIN 257.2
8. Black • KCR 257.0
9. Smithson • MIN 252.0
10. Niekro • HOU 248.1
Strikeouts
1. Gooden • NYM 276
2. Valenzuela • LAD 240
3. Sutcliffe • 2TM 213
4. Langston • SEA 204
5. Stieb • TOR 198
6. Ryan • HOU 197
7. Witt • CAL 196
8. Soto • CIN 185
9. Blyleven • CLE 170
10. Hough • TEX 164
Games Started
1. Niekro • HOU 38
2. Clancy • TOR 36
Hough • TEX 36
Smithson • MIN 36
Andújar • STL 36
6. Alexander • TOR 35
Black • KCR 35
Leal • TOR 35
Morris • DET 35
Petry • DET 35
Stieb • TOR 35
Tanana • TEX 35
Viola • MIN 35
Sutcliffe • 2TM 35
Complete Games
1. Hough • TEX 17
2. Boddicker • BAL 16
3. Dotson • CHW 14
4. Soto • CIN 13
5. Beattie • SEA 12
Blyleven • CLE 12
Andújar • STL 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
9. Alexander • TOR 11
Hoyt • CHW 11
Stieb • TOR 11
Knepper • HOU 11
Shutouts
1. Zahn • CAL 5
Ojeda • BOS 5
3. Peña • LAD 4
Blyleven • CLE 4
Boddicker • BAL 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
Andújar • STL 4
Viola • MIN 4
Seaver • CHW 4
10. Sutcliffe • 2TM 3
Rhoden • PIT 3
Knepper • HOU 3
Gooden • NYM 3
McGregor • BAL 3
Boyd • BOS 3
Home Runs
1. Smithson • MIN 35
2. Hoyt • CHW 31
3. Bannister • CHW 30
Tanana • TEX 30
5. Viola • MIN 28
6. Leal • TOR 27
Seaver • CHW 27
Gullickson • MON 27
9. Gura • KCR 26
Hough • TEX 26
Martínez • BAL 26
Stewart • TEX 26
Knepper • HOU 26
Pérez • ATL 26
Soto • CIN 26
Bases on Balls
1. Langston • SEA 118
2. Valenzuela • LAD 106
3. Lollar • SDP 105
4. Darling • NYM 104
5. Dotson • CHW 103
6. McMurtry • ATL 102
7. Ojeda • BOS 96
8. Berenyi • 2TM 95
9. Hough • TEX 94
10. DeLeón • PIT 92
Hits
1. Hough • TEX 260
2. Clancy • TOR 249
Darwin • TEX 249
4. Smithson • MIN 246
5. Hoyt • CHW 244
6. Butcher • MIN 242
7. Romanick • CAL 240
Sorensen • OAK 240
9. Alexander • TOR 238
10. Moore • SEA 236
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Candelaria • PIT 3.912
2. Gooden • NYM 3.781
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.000
4. Peña • LAD 2.935
5. Hoyt • CHW 2.930
6. Guidry • NYY 2.886
7. Ryan • HOU 2.855
8. Pérez • ATL 2.843
9. Sutton • MIL 2.804
10. Gullickson • MON 2.703
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Davis • BAL 0.280
2. Gooden • NYM 0.289
3. Peña • LAD 0.316
4. Koosman • PHI 0.321
5. Berenyi • 2TM 0.325
6. Trout • CHC 0.332
7. LaPoint • STL 0.420
8. Fontenot • NYY 0.425
9. Hershiser • LAD 0.427
10. DeLeón • PIT 0.468
Losses
1. Hoyt • CHW 18
Russell • CIN 18
3. Moore • SEA 17
Davis • SFG 17
McMurtry • ATL 17
Valenzuela • LAD 17
7. Beattie • SEA 16
Cocanower • MIL 16
9. Clancy • TOR 15
Dotson • CHW 15
Heaton • CLE 15
Tanana • TEX 15
Koosman • PHI 15
Robinson • SFG 15
Rogers • MON 15
Earned Runs
1. Clancy • TOR 125
2. Bannister • CHW 117
Hoyt • CHW 117
Moore • SEA 117
5. Heaton • CLE 115
6. Hough • TEX 111
7. Seaver • CHW 104
Davis • SFG 104
9. Smithson • MIN 103
10. Stewart • TEX 101
Krukow • SFG 101
Wild Pitches
1. LaPoint • STL 15
2. Morris • DET 14
3. Cocanower • MIL 13
Martinez • BAL 13
5. Hough • TEX 12
Stewart • TEX 12
Tanana • TEX 12
Niekro • HOU 12
Rogers • MON 12
10. John • CAL 11
Carlton • PHI 11
Valenzuela • LAD 11
Berenyi • 2TM 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Stieb • TOR 11
2. Cocanower • MIL 9
Hough • TEX 9
4. Burris • OAK 8
Langston • SEA 8
Smithson • MIN 8
Wilcox • DET 8
Young • OAK 8
9. Dotson • CHW 7
Nipper • BOS 7
Williams • MIN 7
Andújar • STL 7
Cox • STL 7
Robinson • SFG 7
Batters Faced
1. Hough • TEX 1,133
2. Stieb • TOR 1,085
3. Valenzuela • LAD 1,078
4. Alexander • TOR 1,061
5. Tanana • TEX 1,054
6. Andújar • STL 1,052
7. Boddicker • BAL 1,051
8. Smithson • MIN 1,047
Viola • MIN 1,047
10. Black • KCR 1,045
Games Finished
1. Hernández • DET 68
2. Quisenberry • KCR 67
3. Sutter • STL 63
4. Caudill • OAK 62
5. Holland • PHI 61
6. Smith • CHC 59
7. Reardon • MON 58
8. Davis • MIN 57
9. Righetti • NYY 53
10. Orosco • NYM 52
Adjusted ERA+
1. Stieb • TOR 146
2. Blyleven • CLE 144
3. Peña • LAD 142
4. Boddicker • BAL 139
5. Gooden • NYM 137
6. Candelaria • PIT 134
7. Rhoden • PIT 134
8. Hershiser • LAD 133
9. Alexander • TOR 132
10. Viola • MIN 131
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Gooden • NYM 1.69
2. Peña • LAD 2.61
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.66
4. Ryan • HOU 2.66
5. Koosman • PHI 2.85
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.87
7. Rhoden • PIT 3.13
8. Witt • CAL 3.16
9. Welch • LAD 3.17
10. Carlton • PHI 3.17
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Stieb • TOR 40
2. Blyleven • CLE 34
3. Hernández • DET 33
4. Boddicker • BAL 31
5. Alexander • TOR 29
6. Viola • MIN 28
7. Sutter • STL 27
8. Black • KCR 25
9. Rhoden • PIT 24
10. Gooden • NYM 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Stieb • TOR 4.3
2. Blyleven • CLE 3.6
3. Hernández • DET 3.5
4. Boddicker • BAL 3.2
5. Alexander • TOR 3.1
6. Viola • MIN 2.9
7. Sutter • STL 2.9
8. Rhoden • PIT 2.7
9. Black • KCR 2.7
10. Gooden • NYM 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Stieb • TOR 48.45
2. Hernández • DET 38.28
3. Blyleven • CLE 37.41
4. Alexander • TOR 36.04
5. Sutter • STL 30.40
6. Black • KCR 29.90
7. Boddicker • BAL 29.58
8. Viola • MIN 29.10
9. Gooden • NYM 28.05
10. Davis • BAL 27.82
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hernández • DET 8.7
2. Quisenberry • KCR 4.6
3. Sutter • STL 4.4
4. Gooden • NYM 4.3
5. Viola • MIN 3.9
6. Black • KCR 3.5
7. Righetti • NYY 3.5
8. Stieb • TOR 3.4
9. Blyleven • CLE 3.4
10. Boddicker • BAL 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Hernández • DET 4.3
2. Stieb • TOR 4.1
3. Gooden • NYM 4.1
4. Blyleven • CLE 3.9
5. Black • KCR 3.8
6. Davis • BAL 3.2
7. Quisenberry • KCR 2.9
8. Rhoden • PIT 2.8
9. Alexander • TOR 2.8
10. Hershiser • LAD 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Viola • MIN 10.4
2. Hernández • DET 8.0
3. Quisenberry • KCR 7.9
4. Smithson • MIN 7.2
5. Smith • CHC 5.9
6. Black • KCR 5.3
7. Witt • CAL 4.7
8. Saberhagen • KCR 4.1
9. Gooden • NYM 4.1
10. López • DET 3.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Stieb • TOR 5.2
2. Hernández • DET 4.0
3. Blyleven • CLE 4.0
4. Alexander • TOR 3.8
5. Sutter • STL 3.3
6. Boddicker • BAL 3.2
7. Black • KCR 3.2
8. Gooden • NYM 3.1
9. Rhoden • PIT 3.0
10. Viola • MIN 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