Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Higuera • MIL 9.4
2. Clemens • BOS 8.8
3. Scott • HOU 8.2
4. Boggs • BOS 8.1
5. Barfield • TOR 7.6
6. Rhoden • PIT 7.6
7. Eichhorn • TOR 7.3
8. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
9. Gwynn • SDP 6.7
10. Ripken • BAL 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Higuera • MIL 9.4
2. Clemens • BOS 8.8
3. Scott • HOU 8.4
4. Eichhorn • TOR 7.3
5. Rhoden • PIT 6.6
6. Witt • CAL 6.1
7. Valenzuela • LAD 5.5
8. Morris • DET 5.1
9. Candiotti • CLE 4.9
10. Key • TOR 4.8
Earned Run Average
1. Scott • HOU 2.22
2. Clemens • BOS 2.48
3. Ojeda • NYM 2.57
4. Higuera • MIL 2.79
5. Darling • NYM 2.81
6. Rhoden • PIT 2.84
7. Witt • CAL 2.84
8. Gooden • NYM 2.84
9. Cox • STL 2.90
10. Tudor • STL 2.92
Wins
1. Clemens • BOS 24
2. Morris • DET 21
Valenzuela • LAD 21
4. Higuera • MIL 20
Krukow • SFG 20
6. Rasmussen • NYY 18
Witt • CAL 18
Ojeda • NYM 18
Scott • HOU 18
10. Blyleven • MIN 17
Hough • TEX 17
McCaskill • CAL 17
Gooden • NYM 17
Knepper • HOU 17
Win-Loss %
1. Clemens • BOS .857
2. Ojeda • NYM .783
3. Rasmussen • NYY .750
4. Gooden • NYM .739
5. Fernandez • NYM .727
6. Morris • DET .724
7. Darling • NYM .714
8. Deshaies • HOU .706
9. Eichhorn • TOR .700
10. Krukow • SFG .690
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Scott • HOU 0.923
2. Clemens • BOS 0.969
3. Krukow • SFG 1.057
4. Witt • CAL 1.082
5. Ojeda • NYM 1.090
6. Gooden • NYM 1.108
7. Ryan • HOU 1.129
8. Rhoden • PIT 1.131
9. Cox • STL 1.132
10. Knepper • HOU 1.140
Hits per 9 IP
1. Scott • HOU 5.949
2. Youmans • MON 5.959
3. Ryan • HOU 6.017
4. Clemens • BOS 6.343
5. Fernandez • NYM 7.091
6. Gooden • NYM 7.092
7. Rasmussen • NYY 7.129
8. Witt • CAL 7.294
9. Hough • TEX 7.346
10. Cowley • CHW 7.374
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Guidry • NYY 1.778
2. Boyd • BOS 1.890
3. Blyleven • MIN 1.921
4. Eckersley • CHC 1.925
5. Wegman • MIL 1.951
6. Sanderson • CHC 1.963
7. Krukow • SFG 2.020
8. Welch • LAD 2.100
9. Sutton • CAL 2.130
10. Schrom • CLE 2.141
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Scott • HOU 10.002
2. Ryan • HOU 9.809
3. Langston • SEA 9.213
4. Fernandez • NYM 8.809
5. Hurst • BOS 8.621
6. Clemens • BOS 8.433
7. Correa • TEX 8.407
8. Youmans • MON 8.301
9. Rijo • OAK 8.179
10. Valenzuela • LAD 8.087
Games Played
1. Lefferts • SDP 83
2. Williams • TEX 80
3. McDowell • NYM 75
4. Righetti • NYY 74
Franco • CIN 74
Worrell • STL 74
7. Harris • TEX 73
Tekulve • PHI 73
9. McCullers • SDP 70
Robinson • CIN 70
Saves
1. Righetti • NYY 46
2. Worrell • STL 36
3. Reardon • MON 35
4. Aase • BAL 34
5. Smith • HOU 33
6. Smith • CHC 31
7. Bedrosian • PHI 29
Franco • CIN 29
9. Henke • TOR 27
10. Hernández • DET 24
Garber • ATL 24
Innings Pitched
1. Scott • HOU 275.1
2. Blyleven • MIN 271.2
3. Valenzuela • LAD 269.1
4. Witt • CAL 269.0
5. Morris • DET 267.0
6. Moore • SEA 266.0
7. Knepper • HOU 258.0
8. Clemens • BOS 254.0
9. Rhoden • PIT 253.2
10. Candiotti • CLE 252.1
Strikeouts
1. Scott • HOU 306
2. Langston • SEA 245
3. Valenzuela • LAD 242
4. Clemens • BOS 238
5. Morris • DET 223
6. Blyleven • MIN 215
7. Witt • CAL 208
8. Higuera • MIL 207
9. McCaskill • CAL 202
Youmans • MON 202
Games Started
1. Browning • CIN 39
Mahler • ATL 39
3. Knepper • HOU 38
4. Moore • SEA 37
Viola • MIN 37
Gullickson • CIN 37
Scott • HOU 37
8. Blyleven • MIN 36
Langston • SEA 36
Gross • PHI 36
Complete Games
1. Valenzuela • LAD 20
2. Candiotti • CLE 17
3. Blyleven • MIN 16
4. Higuera • MIL 15
Morris • DET 15
6. Witt • CAL 14
7. Gooden • NYM 12
Rhoden • PIT 12
9. Hurst • BOS 11
Moore • SEA 11
Shutouts
1. Morris • DET 6
2. Knepper • HOU 5
Scott • HOU 5
4. Higuera • MIL 4
Hurst • BOS 4
6. Witt • CAL 3
Valenzuela • LAD 3
Nieves • MIL 3
Welch • LAD 3
Blyleven • MIN 3
Candiotti • CLE 3
Clancy • TOR 3
Home Runs
1. Blyleven • MIN 50
2. Morris • DET 40
3. Viola • MIN 37
4. McGregor • BAL 35
5. Schrom • CLE 34
6. Dixon • BAL 33
7. Boyd • BOS 32
Hough • TEX 32
Wegman • MIL 32
10. Sutton • CAL 31
Bases on Balls
1. Witt • TEX 143
2. Correa • TEX 126
3. Langston • SEA 123
4. Youmans • MON 118
5. Rijo • OAK 108
6. Candiotti • CLE 106
7. Smith • ATL 105
8. Plunk • OAK 102
Palmer • ATL 102
10. Terrell • DET 98
Hits
1. Mahler • ATL 283
2. Moore • SEA 279
3. Blyleven • MIN 262
4. Viola • MIN 257
5. Alexander • 2TM 255
6. Gullickson • CIN 245
7. Morgan • SEA 243
8. Niekro • CLE 241
9. Gross • PHI 240
10. Stieb • TOR 239
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Scott • HOU 4.250
2. Blyleven • MIN 3.707
3. Guidry • NYY 3.684
4. Clemens • BOS 3.552
5. Sanderson • CHC 3.351
6. Hurst • BOS 3.340
7. Welch • LAD 3.327
8. Krukow • SFG 3.236
9. Eckersley • CHC 3.186
10. Boyd • BOS 2.867
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Smith • ATL 0.352
2. Gubicza • KCR 0.399
3. Honeycutt • LAD 0.474
4. Hershiser • LAD 0.506
5. Welch • LAD 0.535
6. Scott • HOU 0.556
7. Tibbs • MON 0.567
8. Fernandez • NYM 0.573
9. Cox • STL 0.573
10. Youmans • MON 0.575
Losses
1. Mahler • ATL 18
2. Dotson • CHW 17
Morgan • SEA 17
4. Reuschel • PIT 16
Smith • ATL 16
6. Guzmán • TEX 15
McGregor • BAL 15
Heaton • 2TM 15
9. Bannister • CHW 14
Blyleven • MIN 14
Clancy • TOR 14
Correa • TEX 14
Langston • SEA 14
Smithson • MIN 14
Hershiser • LAD 14
Sutcliffe • CHC 14
Carlton • 3TM 14
Earned Runs
1. Langston • SEA 129
Mahler • ATL 129
3. Moore • SEA 127
4. Viola • MIN 123
5. Blyleven • MIN 121
6. Dotson • CHW 120
7. Boddicker • BAL 114
8. Wegman • MIL 113
9. Terrell • DET 110
10. Morgan • SEA 109
Wild Pitches
1. Witt • TEX 22
2. Correa • TEX 19
3. Hough • TEX 16
4. Gubicza • KCR 15
Smithson • MIN 15
Ryan • HOU 15
7. Sutcliffe • CHC 13
Valenzuela • LAD 13
9. Candiotti • CLE 12
Morris • DET 12
Viola • MIN 12
Hershiser • LAD 12
Walk • PIT 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Stieb • TOR 15
2. Smithson • MIN 14
3. Moore • SEA 12
Schrom • CLE 12
5. Boddicker • BAL 11
Williams • TEX 11
7. Blyleven • MIN 10
8. Hough • TEX 9
9. Candiotti • CLE 8
King • DET 8
Young • SEA 8
Gross • PHI 8
Reuschel • PIT 8
Batters Faced
1. Moore • SEA 1,145
2. Blyleven • MIN 1,126
3. Valenzuela • LAD 1,102
4. Morris • DET 1,092
5. Candiotti • CLE 1,078
6. Witt • CAL 1,071
7. Scott • HOU 1,065
8. Langston • SEA 1,057
9. Mahler • ATL 1,056
10. Viola • MIN 1,053
Knepper • HOU 1,053
Games Finished
1. Righetti • NYY 68
2. Harris • TEX 63
3. Worrell • STL 60
4. Smith • CHC 59
5. Aase • BAL 58
6. Bedrosian • PHI 56
7. Quisenberry • KCR 54
8. Hernández • DET 53
9. Clear • MIL 52
Franco • CIN 52
McDowell • NYM 52
Adjusted ERA+
1. Clemens • BOS 169
2. Scott • HOU 161
3. Higuera • MIL 156
4. Witt • CAL 144
5. Hurst • BOS 140
6. Ojeda • NYM 140
7. Rhoden • PIT 135
8. Jackson • KCR 132
9. Darling • NYM 128
10. Morris • DET 127
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Scott • HOU 2.16
2. Welch • LAD 2.78
3. Valenzuela • LAD 2.80
4. Clemens • BOS 2.81
5. Fernandez • NYM 3.01
6. Ojeda • NYM 3.05
7. Gooden • NYM 3.06
8. Ryan • HOU 3.06
9. Hurst • BOS 3.11
10. Honeycutt • LAD 3.13
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clemens • BOS 49
2. Scott • HOU 45
3. Eichhorn • TOR 44
4. Higuera • MIL 42
5. Witt • CAL 38
6. Rhoden • PIT 31
7. Morris • DET 28
8. Ojeda • NYM 24
9. Hurst • BOS 24
10. McCaskill • CAL 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clemens • BOS 5.2
2. Scott • HOU 5.0
3. Eichhorn • TOR 4.5
4. Higuera • MIL 4.5
5. Witt • CAL 4.0
6. Rhoden • PIT 3.4
7. Morris • DET 2.9
8. Ojeda • NYM 2.7
9. Hurst • BOS 2.5
10. McCaskill • CAL 2.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Clemens • BOS 55.19
2. Scott • HOU 52.92
3. Eichhorn • TOR 50.51
4. Higuera • MIL 43.07
5. Witt • CAL 41.50
6. Rhoden • PIT 35.68
7. Morris • DET 33.35
8. Ojeda • NYM 29.20
9. McCaskill • CAL 25.87
10. Key • TOR 25.76
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Clemens • BOS 5.8
2. Scott • HOU 5.7
3. Eichhorn • TOR 5.0
4. Higuera • MIL 4.5
5. Darling • NYM 3.8
6. Witt • CAL 3.8
7. Plesac • MIL 3.7
8. Ojeda • NYM 3.4
9. Rhoden • PIT 3.3
10. Henke • TOR 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Scott • HOU 6.5
2. Clemens • BOS 5.3
3. Witt • CAL 4.6
4. Eichhorn • TOR 4.5
5. Rhoden • PIT 3.6
6. Higuera • MIL 3.1
7. McCaskill • CAL 3.0
8. Gooden • NYM 2.6
9. Rasmussen • NYY 2.4
10. Horton • STL 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Scott • HOU 7.8
2. Witt • CAL 6.3
3. Clemens • BOS 6.1
4. McCaskill • CAL 4.2
5. Schiraldi • BOS 2.7
6. McDowell • NYM 2.6
7. Reardon • MON 2.4
8. Williams • TEX 2.4
9. Garrelts • SFG 2.3
10. Rasmussen • NYY 2.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Scott • HOU 6.2
2. Clemens • BOS 6.0
3. Eichhorn • TOR 5.1
4. Higuera • MIL 4.5
5. Witt • CAL 4.4
6. Rhoden • PIT 3.9
7. Morris • DET 3.5
8. Ojeda • NYM 3.3
9. Darling • NYM 2.8
10. McCaskill • CAL 2.7

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