Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Clemens • BOS 10.4
2. Henderson • OAK 9.9
3. Bonds • PIT 9.7
4. Dykstra • PHI 8.9
5. Finley • CAL 7.7
6. Ripken • BAL 7.5
7. Sandberg • CHC 7.1
8. Whitson • SDP 7.0
9. Franco • TEX 6.8
10. Trammell • DET 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Clemens • BOS 10.4
2. Finley • CAL 7.7
3. Whitson • SDP 7.0
4. Viola • NYM 6.4
5. Boddicker • BOS 5.9
6. Stieb • TOR 5.9
7. Rijo • CIN 5.7
8. Appier • KCR 5.3
9. Darwin • HOU 5.3
10. Stewart • OAK 5.2
Earned Run Average
1. Clemens • BOS 1.93
2. Darwin • HOU 2.21
3. Finley • CAL 2.40
4. Smith • 2TM 2.55
5. Stewart • OAK 2.56
6. Whitson • SDP 2.60
7. Viola • NYM 2.67
8. Rijo • CIN 2.70
9. Drabek • PIT 2.76
10. Appier • KCR 2.76
Wins
1. Welch • OAK 27
2. Stewart • OAK 22
Drabek • PIT 22
4. Clemens • BOS 21
5. Martínez • LAD 20
Viola • NYM 20
7. Gooden • NYM 19
8. Finley • CAL 18
Hanson • SEA 18
Stieb • TOR 18
Win-Loss %
1. Welch • OAK .818
2. Drabek • PIT .786
3. Clemens • BOS .778
4. Martínez • LAD .769
5. King • CHW .750
Stieb • TOR .750
Tudor • STL .750
8. Gooden • NYM .731
9. Boddicker • BOS .680
10. Finley • CAL .667
Hanson • SEA .667
Stewart • OAK .667
Burkett • SFG .667
Harkey • CHC .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Darwin • HOU 1.027
2. Ryan • TEX 1.034
3. Martínez • MON 1.062
4. Drabek • PIT 1.063
5. Clemens • BOS 1.082
6. Fernandez • NYM 1.099
7. Martínez • LAD 1.101
8. Wells • TOR 1.111
9. Hurst • SDP 1.122
10. Boyd • MON 1.133
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • TEX 6.044
2. Fernandez • NYM 6.524
3. Rijo • CIN 6.898
4. Johnson • SEA 7.129
5. Martínez • LAD 7.336
6. Drabek • PIT 7.392
7. Darwin • HOU 7.525
8. Cone • NYM 7.526
9. Hurst • SDP 7.565
10. Martínez • MON 7.606
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Darwin • HOU 1.715
2. Whitson • SDP 1.850
3. Anderson • MIN 1.860
4. Leibrandt • ATL 1.940
5. Martínez • MON 1.951
6. Swindell • CLE 1.970
7. Browning • CIN 2.056
8. Smith • 2TM 2.090
9. Mulholland • PHI 2.092
10. Clemens • BOS 2.128
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • TEX 10.235
2. Cone • NYM 9.907
3. Fernandez • NYM 9.084
4. Witt • TEX 8.959
5. Gooden • NYM 8.626
6. Martínez • LAD 8.565
7. Clemens • BOS 8.238
8. DeLeón • STL 8.080
9. Gordon • KCR 8.063
10. Hanson • SEA 8.047
Games Played
1. Agosto • HOU 82
2. Thigpen • CHW 77
3. Assenmacher • CHC 74
4. Montgomery • KCR 73
Ward • TOR 73
Harris • SDP 73
7. McDowell • PHI 72
8. Akerfelds • PHI 71
9. Henneman • DET 69
Rogers • TEX 69
Saves
1. Thigpen • CHW 57
2. Eckersley • OAK 48
3. Jones • CLE 43
4. Olson • BAL 37
5. Righetti • NYY 36
6. Franco • NYM 33
7. Aguilera • MIN 32
Henke • TOR 32
9. Myers • CIN 31
Smith • 2TM 31
Innings Pitched
1. Stewart • OAK 267.0
2. Morris • DET 249.2
Viola • NYM 249.2
4. Welch • OAK 238.0
5. Maddux • CHC 237.0
6. Finley • CAL 236.0
Hanson • SEA 236.0
8. Martínez • LAD 234.1
9. Gooden • NYM 232.2
10. Drabek • PIT 231.1
Smoltz • ATL 231.1
Strikeouts
1. Cone • NYM 233
2. Ryan • TEX 232
3. Gooden • NYM 223
Martínez • LAD 223
5. Witt • TEX 221
6. Hanson • SEA 211
7. Clemens • BOS 209
8. Langston • CAL 195
9. Johnson • SEA 194
10. Viola • NYM 182
Games Started
1. Morris • DET 36
Stewart • OAK 36
3. Perez • CHW 35
Welch • OAK 35
Browning • CIN 35
Maddux • CHC 35
Viola • NYM 35
8. Boddicker • BOS 34
Sanderson • OAK 34
Swindell • CLE 34
Deshaies • HOU 34
Gooden • NYM 34
Smoltz • ATL 34
Complete Games
1. Martínez • LAD 12
2. Morris • DET 11
Stewart • OAK 11
4. Drabek • PIT 9
Hurst • SDP 9
6. Maddux • CHC 8
7. Clemens • BOS 7
Finley • CAL 7
Witt • TEX 7
Young • SEA 7
Martínez • MON 7
Rijo • CIN 7
Viola • NYM 7
Robinson • 2TM 7
Shutouts
1. Stewart • OAK 4
Hurst • SDP 4
Morgan • LAD 4
Clemens • BOS 4
5. Boyd • MON 3
Whitson • SDP 3
Viola • NYM 3
Perez • CHW 3
Morris • DET 3
Drabek • PIT 3
Appier • KCR 3
Martínez • LAD 3
Gardner • MON 3
Home Runs
1. Johnson • BAL 30
2. Rasmussen • SDP 28
3. Sanderson • OAK 27
Swindell • CLE 27
Scott • HOU 27
6. Johnson • SEA 26
Morris • DET 26
Welch • OAK 26
9. Tanana • DET 25
10. Hough • TEX 24
Browning • CIN 24
Bases on Balls
1. Johnson • SEA 120
2. Hough • TEX 119
3. Witt • TEX 110
4. Young • SEA 107
5. Langston • CAL 104
6. Gordon • KCR 99
7. Morris • DET 97
8. Smoltz • ATL 90
9. Robinson • DET 88
10. Harnisch • BAL 86
Perez • CHW 86
Combs • PHI 86
DeLeón • STL 86
Hits
1. Abbott • CAL 246
2. Swindell • CLE 245
3. Maddux • CHC 242
4. Browning • CIN 235
5. Glavine • ATL 232
6. Morris • DET 231
7. Gooden • NYM 229
8. Viola • NYM 227
9. Stewart • OAK 226
10. Boddicker • BOS 225
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Clemens • BOS 3.870
2. Cone • NYM 3.585
3. Darwin • HOU 3.516
4. Martínez • LAD 3.328
5. Gooden • NYM 3.186
6. Martínez • MON 3.184
7. Ryan • TEX 3.135
8. Hanson • SEA 3.103
9. Viola • NYM 3.033
10. Swindell • CLE 2.872
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Clemens • BOS 0.276
2. Gooden • NYM 0.387
3. Maddux • CHC 0.418
4. Magrane • STL 0.443
5. Rijo • CIN 0.457
6. McCaskill • CAL 0.465
7. Hibbard • CHW 0.469
8. Stieb • TOR 0.474
9. Witt • TEX 0.486
10. Armstrong • CIN 0.488
Losses
1. Leary • NYY 19
DeLeón • STL 19
3. Anderson • MIN 18
Morris • DET 18
Young • SEA 18
6. Langston • CAL 17
Stottlemyre • TOR 17
Magrane • STL 17
9. Moore • OAK 15
Maddux • CHC 15
Morgan • LAD 15
Rasmussen • SDP 15
Earned Runs
1. Morris • DET 125
2. Langston • CAL 109
3. Abbott • CAL 106
4. Swindell • CLE 105
5. Tanana • DET 104
Valenzuela • LAD 104
7. Moore • OAK 103
8. Glavine • ATL 102
9. Perez • CHW 101
10. Hough • TEX 99
Gooden • NYM 99
Smoltz • ATL 99
Wild Pitches
1. Leary • NYY 23
2. Morris • DET 16
Robinson • DET 16
Young • SEA 16
5. Cadaret • NYY 14
Smoltz • ATL 14
7. Moore • OAK 13
Valenzuela • LAD 13
9. Cary • NYY 11
Gordon • KCR 11
Witt • TEX 11
Bielecki • CHC 11
Magrane • STL 11
Viola • NYM 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Terrell • 2TM 12
2. Hough • TEX 11
3. Boddicker • BOS 10
Stieb • TOR 10
5. Kiecker • BOS 9
Tanana • DET 9
Gardner • MON 9
8. Stottlemyre • TOR 8
Deshaies • HOU 8
Magrane • STL 8
Batters Faced
1. Stewart • OAK 1,088
2. Morris • DET 1,073
3. Viola • NYM 1,016
4. Maddux • CHC 1,011
5. Gooden • NYM 983
6. Welch • OAK 979
7. Smoltz • ATL 966
8. Hanson • SEA 964
9. Young • SEA 963
10. Finley • CAL 962
Games Finished
1. Thigpen • CHW 73
2. Jones • CLE 64
3. Eckersley • OAK 61
4. McDowell • PHI 60
5. Montgomery • KCR 59
Myers • CIN 59
7. Henke • TOR 58
Olson • BAL 58
9. Aguilera • MIN 54
10. Henneman • DET 53
Bedrosian • SFG 53
Smith • 2TM 53
Adjusted ERA+
1. Clemens • BOS 211
2. Darwin • HOU 169
3. Finley • CAL 158
4. Rijo • CIN 148
5. Whitson • SDP 148
6. Stewart • OAK 144
7. Smith • 2TM 143
8. Viola • NYM 141
9. Stieb • TOR 140
10. Appier • KCR 139
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Clemens • BOS 2.18
2. Gooden • NYM 2.44
3. Hanson • SEA 2.74
4. Cone • NYM 2.83
5. Ryan • TEX 2.87
6. Viola • NYM 2.88
7. Darwin • HOU 2.99
8. Martínez • LAD 3.03
9. Witt • TEX 3.06
10. Whitson • SDP 3.07
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clemens • BOS 50
2. Stewart • OAK 36
3. Finley • CAL 35
4. Whitson • SDP 32
5. Viola • NYM 31
6. Darwin • HOU 29
7. Rijo • CIN 27
8. Stieb • TOR 27
9. Farr • KCR 26
10. Eckersley • OAK 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clemens • BOS 5.7
2. Stewart • OAK 3.9
3. Finley • CAL 3.8
4. Whitson • SDP 3.5
5. Viola • NYM 3.3
6. Darwin • HOU 3.1
7. Rijo • CIN 3.0
8. Stieb • TOR 2.9
9. Farr • KCR 2.8
10. Eckersley • OAK 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Clemens • BOS 56.42
2. Stewart • OAK 38.94
3. Viola • NYM 38.76
4. Finley • CAL 35.52
5. Whitson • SDP 33.04
6. Farr • KCR 33.01
7. Darwin • HOU 32.32
8. Rijo • CIN 29.89
9. Drabek • PIT 28.59
10. Stieb • TOR 28.39
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Clemens • BOS 7.1
2. Eckersley • OAK 5.1
3. Stewart • OAK 4.4
4. Finley • CAL 4.4
5. Thigpen • CHW 4.1
6. Hanson • SEA 3.8
Stieb • TOR 3.8
8. Darwin • HOU 3.7
9. Myers • CIN 3.3
10. Frey • MON 3.3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Clemens • BOS 4.8
2. Stewart • OAK 4.2
3. Viola • NYM 3.5
4. Drabek • PIT 3.5
5. Stieb • TOR 3.4
6. Rijo • CIN 3.2
7. Hanson • SEA 3.2
8. Eckersley • OAK 3.1
9. Whitson • SDP 2.9
10. Wells • TOR 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Clemens • BOS 15.3
2. Smith • 2TM 7.5
3. Boddicker • BOS 7.4
4. Eckersley • OAK 5.7
5. Viola • NYM 5.3
6. Kiecker • BOS 4.8
7. Stewart • OAK 4.2
8. Myers • CIN 4.1
9. Wells • TOR 4.1
10. Drabek • PIT 3.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Clemens • BOS 6.3
2. Stewart • OAK 4.4
3. Viola • NYM 4.3
4. Finley • CAL 3.9
5. Whitson • SDP 3.6
6. Farr • KCR 3.5
7. Darwin • HOU 3.5
8. Drabek • PIT 3.2
9. Rijo • CIN 3.2
10. Eckersley • OAK 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