Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ripken • BAL 11.5
2. Glavine • ATL 9.2
3. Bonds • PIT 8.0
4. Clemens • BOS 7.9
5. Abbott • CAL 7.6
6. Langston • CAL 7.3
7. Griffey • SEA 7.1
8. Candiotti • 2TM 7.1
9. Sandberg • CHC 7.0
10. Thomas • CHW 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Glavine • ATL 8.5
2. Clemens • BOS 7.9
3. Abbott • CAL 7.6
4. Langston • CAL 7.3
5. Candiotti • 2TM 7.1
6. Tapani • MIN 6.8
7. Martínez • MON 5.8
8. Rijo • CIN 5.5
9. Smoltz • ATL 5.4
10. Avery • ATL 5.2
Earned Run Average
1. Martínez • MON 2.39
2. Rijo • CIN 2.51
3. Glavine • ATL 2.55
4. Clemens • BOS 2.62
5. Belcher • LAD 2.62
6. Candiotti • 2TM 2.65
7. Harnisch • HOU 2.70
8. DeLeón • STL 2.71
9. Morgan • LAD 2.78
10. Wegman • MIL 2.84
Wins
1. Erickson • MIN 20
Gullickson • DET 20
Glavine • ATL 20
Smiley • PIT 20
5. Langston • CAL 19
6. Abbott • CAL 18
Clemens • BOS 18
Finley • CAL 18
Morris • MIN 18
Avery • ATL 18
Win-Loss %
1. Hesketh • BOS .750
2. Rijo • CIN .714
Smiley • PIT .714
Erickson • MIN .714
5. Williams • PHI .706
6. Langston • CAL .704
7. Avery • ATL .692
8. Gullickson • DET .690
9. Wegman • MIL .682
10. Moore • OAK .680
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Ryan • TEX 1.006
2. Clemens • BOS 1.047
3. Saberhagen • KCR 1.070
4. Rijo • CIN 1.077
5. Tapani • MIN 1.086
6. Morgan • LAD 1.092
7. Glavine • ATL 1.095
8. Sanderson • NYY 1.101
9. Wegman • MIL 1.117
10. Martínez • MON 1.122
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • TEX 5.306
2. Johnson • SEA 6.750
3. Langston • CAL 6.942
4. Harnisch • HOU 7.020
5. Clemens • BOS 7.264
6. Rijo • CIN 7.268
7. de Jesús • PHI 7.283
8. Hill • STL 7.296
9. Glavine • ATL 7.334
10. Gardner • MON 7.432
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Smith • PIT 1.145
2. Swindell • CLE 1.172
3. Sanderson • NYY 1.255
4. Tapani • MIN 1.475
5. Gullickson • DET 1.750
6. Tewksbury • STL 1.791
7. Wegman • MIL 1.862
8. Key • TOR 1.892
9. Mulholland • PHI 1.901
10. Smiley • PIT 1.907
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • TEX 10.561
2. Johnson • SEA 10.192
3. Cone • NYM 9.322
4. Clemens • BOS 7.994
5. Rijo • CIN 7.576
6. Hanson • SEA 7.368
7. Harnisch • HOU 7.145
8. Gooden • NYM 7.105
9. Glavine • ATL 7.005
10. Appier • KCR 6.848
Games Played
1. Ward • TOR 81
2. Jones • MON 77
3. Assenmacher • CHC 75
4. Stanton • ATL 74
5. Jackson • SEA 72
Olson • BAL 72
Agosto • STL 72
Burke • 2TM 72
9. Swift • SEA 71
McElroy • CHC 71
Osuna • HOU 71
McDowell • 2TM 71
Saves
1. Smith • STL 47
2. Harvey • CAL 46
3. Eckersley • OAK 43
4. Aguilera • MIN 42
5. Reardon • BOS 40
6. Montgomery • KCR 33
7. Henke • TOR 32
8. Olson • BAL 31
Dibble • CIN 31
10. Russell • TEX 30
Thigpen • CHW 30
Franco • NYM 30
Williams • PHI 30
Innings Pitched
1. Clemens • BOS 271.1
2. Maddux • CHC 263.0
3. McDowell • CHW 253.2
4. Morris • MIN 246.2
Glavine • ATL 246.2
6. Langston • CAL 246.1
7. Tapani • MIN 244.0
8. Abbott • CAL 243.0
9. Swindell • CLE 238.0
Candiotti • 2TM 238.0
Strikeouts
1. Clemens • BOS 241
Cone • NYM 241
3. Johnson • SEA 228
4. Ryan • TEX 203
5. Maddux • CHC 198
6. Glavine • ATL 192
7. McDowell • CHW 191
8. Langston • CAL 183
9. Harnisch • HOU 172
Rijo • CIN 172
Games Started
1. Maddux • CHC 37
2. Browning • CIN 36
Leibrandt • ATL 36
Smoltz • ATL 36
5. Clemens • BOS 35
Gullickson • DET 35
McDowell • CHW 35
Morris • MIN 35
Stewart • OAK 35
Welch • OAK 35
Avery • ATL 35
Drabek • PIT 35
Smith • PIT 35
Viola • NYM 35
Complete Games
1. McDowell • CHW 15
2. Clemens • BOS 13
3. Morris • MIN 10
Navarro • MIL 10
5. Glavine • ATL 9
Martínez • MON 9
7. Terrell • DET 8
Mulholland • PHI 8
9. Langston • CAL 7
Saberhagen • KCR 7
Swindell • CLE 7
Wegman • MIL 7
Welch • OAK 7
Maddux • CHC 7
Shutouts
1. Martínez • MON 5
2. Martínez • LAD 4
Clemens • BOS 4
4. Appier • KCR 3
Black • SFG 3
Smith • PIT 3
Mulholland • PHI 3
Erickson • MIN 3
McDowell • CHW 3
Holman • SEA 3
Home Runs
1. Browning • CIN 32
2. DeLucia • SEA 31
3. Langston • CAL 30
4. Tanana • DET 26
5. Welch • OAK 25
Armstrong • CIN 25
Black • SFG 25
Viola • NYM 25
9. Anderson • MIN 24
Stewart • OAK 24
Wells • TOR 24
Bases on Balls
1. Johnson • SEA 152
2. de Jesús • PHI 128
3. Moore • OAK 105
Stewart • OAK 105
5. Finley • CAL 101
6. Langston • CAL 96
7. Hough • CHW 94
8. Morris • MIN 92
9. Welch • OAK 91
10. Brown • TEX 90
Hits
1. Viola • NYM 259
2. Terrell • DET 257
3. Gullickson • DET 256
4. Stewart • OAK 245
Drabek • PIT 245
6. Swindell • CLE 241
Browning • CIN 241
8. Navarro • MIL 237
9. Smith • PIT 234
10. Brown • TEX 233
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Swindell • CLE 5.452
2. Sanderson • NYY 4.483
3. Smith • PIT 4.138
4. Clemens • BOS 3.708
5. Tapani • MIN 3.375
6. Cone • NYM 3.301
7. Rijo • CIN 3.127
8. Saberhagen • KCR 3.022
9. Maddux • CHC 3.000
10. Smiley • PIT 2.932
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. de Jesús • PHI 0.347
2. Rijo • CIN 0.352
3. Martínez • MON 0.365
4. Belcher • LAD 0.430
5. Candiotti • 2TM 0.454
6. Morgan • LAD 0.457
7. Tomlin • PIT 0.463
8. Moore • OAK 0.471
9. Clemens • BOS 0.498
10. Cone • NYM 0.503
Losses
1. McCaskill • CAL 19
2. Swindell • CLE 16
Black • SFG 16
4. Nagy • CLE 15
Viola • NYM 15
Boyd • 2TM 15
Darling • 3TM 15
8. Gordon • KCR 14
Holman • SEA 14
Terrell • DET 14
Browning • CIN 14
Cone • NYM 14
Drabek • PIT 14
Earned Runs
1. Stewart • OAK 130
2. Welch • OAK 112
3. Browning • CIN 107
4. Brown • TEX 103
DeLucia • SEA 103
Terrell • DET 103
7. Navarro • MIL 102
Viola • NYM 102
9. Gullickson • DET 98
Maddux • CHC 98
Wild Pitches
1. Smoltz • ATL 20
2. Cone • NYM 17
3. Darling • 3TM 16
4. Morris • MIN 15
5. Hanson • SEA 14
Moore • OAK 14
Grimsley • PHI 14
8. Stewart • OAK 13
9. Brown • TEX 12
Johnson • SEA 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Boddicker • KCR 13
Brown • TEX 13
3. Johnson • SEA 12
Stottlemyre • TOR 12
5. Hough • CHW 11
Welch • OAK 11
7. Holman • SEA 10
Burkett • SFG 10
9. Saberhagen • KCR 9
Stewart • OAK 9
Darling • 3TM 9
Batters Faced
1. Clemens • BOS 1,077
2. Maddux • CHC 1,070
3. Morris • MIN 1,032
4. McDowell • CHW 1,028
5. Stewart • OAK 1,014
6. Abbott • CAL 1,002
Navarro • MIL 1,002
8. Langston • CAL 992
9. Glavine • ATL 989
10. Browning • CIN 983
Games Finished
1. Harvey • CAL 63
2. Olson • BAL 62
3. Smith • STL 61
4. Aguilera • MIN 60
Williams • PHI 60
6. Eckersley • OAK 59
7. Thigpen • CHW 58
8. Dibble • CIN 57
9. Russell • TEX 56
10. Montgomery • KCR 55
Adjusted ERA+
1. Clemens • BOS 165
2. Candiotti • 2TM 159
3. Glavine • ATL 153
4. Rijo • CIN 153
5. Martínez • MON 153
6. Tapani • MIN 143
7. Abbott • CAL 142
8. Wegman • MIL 142
9. Ryan • TEX 140
10. Key • TOR 139
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Cone • NYM 2.52
2. Rijo • CIN 2.53
3. Clemens • BOS 2.57
4. Ryan • TEX 2.75
5. Swindell • CLE 3.01
6. Gooden • NYM 3.03
7. Appier • KCR 3.06
8. Glavine • ATL 3.06
9. Maddux • CHC 3.06
10. Smith • PIT 3.07
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clemens • BOS 46
2. Candiotti • 2TM 38
3. Tapani • MIN 36
4. Glavine • ATL 33
5. Abbott • CAL 33
6. Langston • CAL 31
7. Martínez • MON 30
8. Rijo • CIN 27
9. Ryan • TEX 24
10. Key • TOR 24
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clemens • BOS 5.0
2. Candiotti • 2TM 4.1
3. Tapani • MIN 3.8
4. Glavine • ATL 3.7
5. Abbott • CAL 3.5
6. Martínez • MON 3.3
7. Langston • CAL 3.3
8. Rijo • CIN 3.0
9. Ryan • TEX 2.5
10. Key • TOR 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Clemens • BOS 45.28
2. Candiotti • 2TM 40.19
3. Tapani • MIN 38.32
4. Abbott • CAL 36.32
5. Glavine • ATL 31.54
6. Martínez • MON 30.42
7. Langston • CAL 28.67
8. Moore • OAK 27.76
9. Flanagan • BAL 27.06
10. McDowell • CHW 26.92
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Montgomery • KCR 4.1
2. Henneman • DET 4.1
3. Saberhagen • KCR 3.9
4. Martínez • MON 3.9
5. Clemens • BOS 3.9
6. Candiotti • 2TM 3.8
7. Glavine • ATL 3.8
8. Ward • TOR 3.5
9. Smith • STL 3.5
10. Abbott • CAL 3.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Clemens • BOS 5.3
2. Candiotti • 2TM 3.8
3. Glavine • ATL 3.6
4. Abbott • CAL 3.5
5. Tapani • MIN 3.4
6. Martínez • MON 3.3
7. Ryan • TEX 3.2
8. Morgan • LAD 3.2
9. Saberhagen • KCR 3.2
10. Rijo • CIN 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Avery • ATL 7.4
2. Peña • 2TM 5.9
3. Candiotti • 2TM 5.2
4. Smoltz • ATL 5.2
5. Clemens • BOS 5.2
6. Ward • TOR 4.5
7. Key • TOR 4.3
8. Guzmán • TOR 4.3
9. Belcher • LAD 3.9
10. Tapani • MIN 3.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Clemens • BOS 4.8
2. Candiotti • 2TM 4.3
3. Tapani • MIN 4.0
4. Abbott • CAL 3.9
5. Martínez • MON 3.4
6. Glavine • ATL 3.4
7. Moore • OAK 3.0
8. Langston • CAL 3.0
9. Harnisch • HOU 3.0
10. McDowell • CHW 2.9
Ryan • TEX 2.9

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