Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rijo • CIN 10.1
2. Bonds • SFG 9.9
3. Appier • KCR 9.3
4. Griffey • SEA 8.8
5. Langston • CAL 8.5
6. Olerud • TOR 7.8
7. Lofton • CLE 7.6
8. Cone • KCR 7.2
9. Finley • CAL 7.1
10. Piazza • LAD 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Appier • KCR 9.3
2. Rijo • CIN 9.2
3. Langston • CAL 8.5
4. Cone • KCR 7.2
5. Finley • CAL 7.1
6. Johnson • SEA 6.6
7. Key • NYY 6.3
8. Maddux • ATL 5.8
9. Darwin • BOS 5.7
10. Fernandez • CHW 5.4
Earned Run Average
1. Maddux • ATL 2.36
2. Rijo • CIN 2.48
3. Appier • KCR 2.56
4. Portugal • HOU 2.77
5. Swift • SFG 2.82
6. Avery • ATL 2.94
7. Álvarez • CHW 2.95
8. Harnisch • HOU 2.98
9. Key • NYY 3.00
10. Candiotti • LAD 3.12
Wins
1. McDowell • CHW 22
Burkett • SFG 22
Glavine • ATL 22
4. Swift • SFG 21
5. Maddux • ATL 20
6. Hentgen • TOR 19
Johnson • SEA 19
8. Appier • KCR 18
Fernandez • CHW 18
Key • NYY 18
Avery • ATL 18
Portugal • HOU 18
Win-Loss %
1. Guzmán • TOR .824
2. Portugal • HOU .818
3. Greene • PHI .800
4. Glavine • ATL .786
5. Wickman • NYY .778
6. Burkett • SFG .759
7. Key • NYY .750
Avery • ATL .750
9. Swift • SFG .724
10. Bere • CHW .706
Fleming • SEA .706
Fassero • MON .706
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Maddux • ATL 1.049
2. Darwin • BOS 1.068
3. Swift • SFG 1.074
4. Rijo • CIN 1.088
5. Appier • KCR 1.106
6. Key • NYY 1.107
7. Johnson • SEA 1.112
8. Mulholland • PHI 1.136
9. Burkett • SFG 1.140
10. Harnisch • HOU 1.149
Hits per 9 IP
1. Johnson • SEA 6.521
2. Appier • KCR 6.901
3. Harnisch • HOU 7.070
4. Cone • KCR 7.264
5. Álvarez • CHW 7.281
6. Swift • SFG 7.543
7. McDonald • BAL 7.557
8. Bosio • SEA 7.558
9. Rijo • CIN 7.624
10. Smoltz • ATL 7.683
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Tewksbury • STL 0.842
2. Arocha • STL 1.484
3. Burkett • SFG 1.554
4. Key • NYY 1.635
5. Avery • ATL 1.733
6. Maddux • ATL 1.753
7. Mulholland • PHI 1.885
8. Swindell • HOU 1.891
9. Darwin • BOS 1.923
10. Wells • DET 2.021
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Johnson • SEA 10.856
2. Perez • NYY 8.172
3. Rijo • CIN 7.939
4. Guzmán • TOR 7.900
5. Smoltz • ATL 7.683
6. Guzmán • CHC 7.681
7. Harnisch • HOU 7.649
8. Greene • PHI 7.515
9. Clemens • BOS 7.513
10. Kile • HOU 7.392
Games Played
1. Jackson • SFG 81
2. Harris • BOS 80
3. Beck • SFG 76
West • PHI 76
5. McMichael • ATL 74
6. Radinsky • CHW 73
Murphy • STL 73
Myers • CHC 73
9. Hernandez • HOU 72
Assenmacher • 2TM 72
Saves
1. Myers • CHC 53
2. Beck • SFG 48
3. Smith • 2TM 46
4. Montgomery • KCR 45
Ward • TOR 45
Harvey • FLA 45
7. Wetteland • MON 43
Williams • PHI 43
9. Henke • TEX 40
10. Hernández • CHW 38
Innings Pitched
1. Maddux • ATL 267.0
2. Eldred • MIL 258.0
3. Rijo • CIN 257.1
4. McDowell • CHW 256.2
5. Langston • CAL 256.1
6. Johnson • SEA 255.1
7. Cone • KCR 254.0
8. Finley • CAL 251.1
9. Fernandez • CHW 247.1
10. Smoltz • ATL 243.2
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • SEA 308
2. Rijo • CIN 227
3. Smoltz • ATL 208
4. Maddux • ATL 197
5. Langston • CAL 196
6. Guzmán • TOR 194
7. Cone • KCR 191
8. Finley • CAL 187
9. Appier • KCR 186
Schilling • PHI 186
Games Started
1. Eldred • MIL 36
Moore • DET 36
Glavine • ATL 36
Maddux • ATL 36
Rijo • CIN 36
6. Finley • CAL 35
Langston • CAL 35
Tapani • MIN 35
Avery • ATL 35
Smoltz • ATL 35
Harris • 2TM 35
Complete Games
1. Finley • CAL 13
2. Brown • TEX 12
3. Johnson • SEA 10
McDowell • CHW 10
5. Eldred • MIL 8
Maddux • ATL 8
7. Hanson • SEA 7
Langston • CAL 7
McDonald • BAL 7
Drabek • HOU 7
Gooden • NYM 7
Greene • PHI 7
Mulholland • PHI 7
Schilling • PHI 7
Shutouts
1. McDowell • CHW 4
Harnisch • HOU 4
3. Johnson • SEA 3
Moore • DET 3
Martínez • LAD 3
Brown • TEX 3
Belcher • 2TM 3
8. Gooden • NYM 2
Astacio • LAD 2
Greene • PHI 2
Valenzuela • BAL 2
Kile • HOU 2
Mussina • BAL 2
Benes • SDP 2
Glavine • ATL 2
Mulholland • PHI 2
Drabek • HOU 2
Wakefield • PIT 2
Finley • CAL 2
Schilling • PHI 2
Key • NYY 2
Doherty • DET 2
Home Runs
1. Moore • DET 35
2. Harris • 2TM 33
3. Eldred • MIL 32
4. Darwin • BOS 31
5. Armstrong • FLA 29
6. Bones • MIL 28
Gullickson • DET 28
Tanana • 2TM 28
9. Fernandez • CHW 27
Hentgen • TOR 27
Martínez • MON 27
Sanderson • 2TM 27
Bases on Balls
1. Álvarez • CHW 122
2. Cone • KCR 114
3. Guzmán • TOR 110
4. Martínez • LAD 104
5. Smoltz • ATL 100
6. Johnson • SEA 99
7. Eldred • MIL 91
Witt • OAK 91
9. Glavine • ATL 90
10. Moore • DET 89
Hits
1. Erickson • MIN 266
2. McDowell • CHW 261
3. Tewksbury • STL 258
4. Navarro • MIL 254
5. Finley • CAL 243
Tapani • MIN 243
7. Drabek • HOU 242
8. Harris • 2TM 239
9. Glavine • ATL 236
10. Schilling • PHI 234
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Tewksbury • STL 4.850
2. Key • NYY 4.023
3. Maddux • ATL 3.788
4. Rijo • CIN 3.661
5. Burkett • SFG 3.625
6. Wells • DET 3.310
7. Schilling • PHI 3.263
8. Johnson • SEA 3.111
9. Swindell • HOU 3.100
10. Arocha • STL 3.097
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Appier • KCR 0.302
2. Hill • MON 0.343
3. Portugal • HOU 0.433
4. Maddux • ATL 0.472
5. Candiotti • LAD 0.505
6. Jackson • PHI 0.513
7. Greene • PHI 0.540
8. Brown • TEX 0.541
9. Pichardo • KCR 0.545
10. Stottlemyre • TOR 0.560
Losses
1. Erickson • MIN 19
2. Drabek • HOU 18
3. Armstrong • FLA 17
Harris • 2TM 17
Tanana • 2TM 17
6. Eldred • MIL 16
Hough • FLA 16
Young • NYM 16
9. Tapani • MIN 15
Benes • SDP 15
Gooden • NYM 15
Morgan • CHC 15
Pugh • CIN 15
Deshaies • 2TM 15
Earned Runs
1. Navarro • MIL 127
2. Erickson • MIN 126
3. Moore • DET 124
4. Walk • PIT 118
5. Eldred • MIL 115
Harris • 2TM 115
7. Mesa • CLE 114
8. Tapani • MIN 111
9. Bones • MIL 110
10. Sutcliffe • BAL 106
Wild Pitches
1. Guzmán • TOR 26
2. Gordon • KCR 17
3. Greene • PHI 15
4. Cone • KCR 14
Morris • TOR 14
Benes • SDP 14
7. Wells • DET 13
Rivera • PHI 13
Smoltz • ATL 13
10. Gubicza • KCR 12
Drabek • HOU 12
Wagner • PIT 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Johnson • SEA 16
2. Brown • TEX 15
Kile • HOU 15
4. Clemens • BOS 11
Navarro • MIL 11
Burkett • SFG 11
Martínez • MON 11
8. Cone • KCR 10
Eldred • MIL 10
Erickson • MIN 10
Harris • BOS 10
Batters Faced
1. Eldred • MIL 1,087
2. McDowell • CHW 1,067
3. Finley • CAL 1,065
4. Maddux • ATL 1,064
5. Cone • KCR 1,060
6. Johnson • SEA 1,043
7. Langston • CAL 1,039
8. Rijo • CIN 1,029
9. Smoltz • ATL 1,028
10. Glavine • ATL 1,014
Games Finished
1. Beck • SFG 71
2. Ward • TOR 70
3. Myers • CHC 69
4. Hernández • CHW 67
5. Montgomery • KCR 63
6. Aguilera • MIN 61
7. Henke • TEX 60
Jones • HOU 60
9. Wetteland • MON 58
10. Williams • PHI 57
Adjusted ERA+
1. Appier • KCR 179
2. Maddux • ATL 170
3. Rijo • CIN 162
4. Viola • BOS 148
5. Álvarez • CHW 143
6. Darwin • BOS 143
7. Finley • CAL 142
8. Langston • CAL 140
9. Portugal • HOU 139
10. Key • NYY 139
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Maddux • ATL 2.85
2. Appier • KCR 2.90
3. Rijo • CIN 2.93
4. Johnson • SEA 3.05
5. Greene • PHI 3.07
6. Avery • ATL 3.26
7. Candiotti • LAD 3.35
8. Tewksbury • STL 3.36
9. Hanson • SEA 3.41
10. Burkett • SFG 3.41
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Appier • KCR 51
2. Maddux • ATL 46
3. Rijo • CIN 46
4. Langston • CAL 35
5. Cone • KCR 34
6. Johnson • SEA 34
7. Key • NYY 33
8. Darwin • BOS 32
9. Finley • CAL 31
10. Fernandez • CHW 30
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Appier • KCR 5.4
2. Maddux • ATL 5.0
3. Rijo • CIN 4.9
4. Langston • CAL 3.6
5. Cone • KCR 3.5
6. Johnson • SEA 3.5
7. Key • NYY 3.4
8. Darwin • BOS 3.3
9. Finley • CAL 3.1
10. Fernandez • CHW 3.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Appier • KCR 57.13
2. Rijo • CIN 52.17
3. Maddux • ATL 50.86
4. Key • NYY 40.74
5. Johnson • SEA 38.87
6. Cone • KCR 37.84
7. Langston • CAL 37.23
8. Fernandez • CHW 36.51
9. Swift • SFG 34.93
10. Álvarez • CHW 31.52
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Appier • KCR 6.2
2. Wetteland • MON 5.7
3. Maddux • ATL 5.6
4. Montgomery • KCR 5.5
5. Beck • SFG 5.5
6. Rijo • CIN 4.9
7. Swift • SFG 4.3
8. Johnson • SEA 4.2
9. Harvey • FLA 4.2
10. Key • NYY 4.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Appier • KCR 5.7
2. Maddux • ATL 4.8
3. Rijo • CIN 4.6
4. Johnson • SEA 4.5
5. Langston • CAL 3.8
6. Cone • KCR 3.4
7. Key • NYY 3.4
8. McDonald • BAL 3.2
9. Avery • ATL 3.2
10. Darwin • BOS 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Beck • SFG 10.9
2. Maddux • ATL 8.1
3. Appier • KCR 6.6
4. McMichael • ATL 6.5
5. McDowell • CHW 5.9
6. Swift • SFG 5.2
7. Glavine • ATL 5.0
8. Key • NYY 4.9
9. Montgomery • KCR 4.8
10. Avery • ATL 4.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Appier • KCR 5.9
2. Rijo • CIN 5.7
3. Maddux • ATL 5.6
4. Key • NYY 4.3
5. Johnson • SEA 4.0
6. Fernandez • CHW 3.8
7. Cone • KCR 3.8
8. Swift • SFG 3.8
9. Langston • CAL 3.8
10. Álvarez • CHW 3.3

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