Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Maddux • ATL 8.7
2. Bagwell • HOU 8.2
3. Lofton • CLE 7.2
4. Griffey • SEA 6.9
5. Cone • KCR 6.9
6. Thomas • CHW 6.4
7. Bonds • SFG 6.2
8. Clemens • BOS 6.0
9. Saberhagen • NYM 5.7
10. Belle • CLE 5.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Maddux • ATL 8.5
2. Cone • KCR 6.9
3. Clemens • BOS 6.0
4. Johnson • SEA 5.5
Saberhagen • NYM 5.5
6. Mussina • BAL 5.4
7. Hentgen • TOR 5.4
8. Jackson • PHI 4.7
9. Martínez • CLE 4.6
10. Freeman • COL 4.5
Earned Run Average
1. Maddux • ATL 1.56
2. Ontiveros • OAK 2.65
3. Saberhagen • NYM 2.74
4. Freeman • COL 2.80
5. Drabek • HOU 2.84
6. Clemens • BOS 2.85
7. Cone • KCR 2.94
8. Fassero • MON 2.99
9. Reynolds • HOU 3.05
10. Mussina • BAL 3.06
Wins
1. Key • NYY 17
2. Cone • KCR 16
Mussina • BAL 16
Hill • MON 16
Maddux • ATL 16
6. McDonald • BAL 14
Jackson • PHI 14
Saberhagen • NYM 14
9. Hentgen • TOR 13
Johnson • SEA 13
Glavine • ATL 13
Win-Loss %
1. Bere • CHW .857
2. Freeman • COL .833
3. Boever • DET .818
4. Key • NYY .810
5. Clark • CLE .786
6. Saberhagen • NYM .778
7. Cone • KCR .762
Mussina • BAL .762
Hill • MON .762
10. Avery • ATL .727
Henry • MON .727
Maddux • ATL .727
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.896
2. Saberhagen • NYM 1.026
3. Ontiveros • OAK 1.032
4. Cone • KCR 1.072
5. Drabek • HOU 1.075
6. Martinez • MON 1.106
7. Clemens • BOS 1.143
8. Ashby • SDP 1.144
9. Fassero • MON 1.147
10. Mussina • BAL 1.163
Hits per 9 IP
1. Clemens • BOS 6.539
2. Maddux • ATL 6.683
3. Cone • KCR 6.816
4. Johnson • SEA 6.907
5. Martinez • MON 7.154
6. Mercker • ATL 7.211
7. Drabek • HOU 7.215
8. Ontiveros • OAK 7.257
9. Avery • ATL 7.536
10. Bere • CHW 7.560
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Saberhagen • NYM 0.660
2. Tewksbury • STL 1.272
3. Maddux • ATL 1.381
4. Reynolds • HOU 1.524
5. Swindell • HOU 1.578
6. Hanson • CIN 1.688
7. Gubicza • KCR 1.800
8. Freeman • COL 1.837
9. Smith • PIT 1.949
10. Gullickson • DET 1.951
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Johnson • SEA 10.674
2. Benes • SDP 9.870
3. Rijo • CIN 8.930
4. Mercker • ATL 8.893
5. Clemens • BOS 8.859
6. Martinez • MON 8.834
7. Appier • KCR 8.419
8. Langston • CAL 8.221
9. Bere • CHW 8.068
10. Neagle • PIT 8.015
Games Played
1. Reed • COL 61
2. Bautista • CHC 58
Rojas • MON 58
4. Burba • SFG 57
Munoz • COL 57
6. Rodriguez • STL 56
Ruffin • COL 56
8. Plesac • CHC 54
9. Wickman • NYY 53
Murphy • 2TM 53
Saves
1. Smith • BAL 33
2. Franco • NYM 30
3. Beck • SFG 28
4. Montgomery • KCR 27
Jones • PHI 27
6. Wetteland • MON 25
7. Aguilera • MIN 23
8. McMichael • ATL 21
Myers • CHC 21
10. Hoffman • SDP 20
Innings Pitched
1. Maddux • ATL 202.0
2. Finley • CAL 183.1
3. McDowell • CHW 181.0
4. Jackson • PHI 179.1
5. Eldred • MIL 179.0
6. Saberhagen • NYM 177.1
7. Martínez • CLE 176.2
8. Mussina • BAL 176.1
9. Hentgen • TOR 174.2
10. Benes • SDP 172.1
Rijo • CIN 172.1
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • SEA 204
2. Benes • SDP 189
3. Rijo • CIN 171
4. Clemens • BOS 168
5. Maddux • ATL 156
6. Finley • CAL 148
7. Hentgen • TOR 147
8. Appier • KCR 145
9. Saberhagen • NYM 143
10. Martinez • MON 142
Games Started
1. Rijo • CIN 26
2. Belcher • DET 25
Brown • TEX 25
Darling • OAK 25
Deshaies • MIN 25
Eldred • MIL 25
Finley • CAL 25
Guzmán • TOR 25
Key • NYY 25
McDowell • CHW 25
Moore • DET 25
Benes • SDP 25
Burkett • SFG 25
Glavine • ATL 25
Jackson • PHI 25
Maddux • ATL 25
Complete Games
1. Maddux • ATL 10
2. Johnson • SEA 9
3. Finley • CAL 7
Martínez • CLE 7
5. Eldred • MIL 6
Hentgen • TOR 6
McDowell • CHW 6
Rogers • TEX 6
Drabek • HOU 6
10. McDonald • BAL 5
Wells • DET 5
Witt • OAK 5
Candiotti • LAD 5
Shutouts
1. Johnson • SEA 4
2. Maddux • ATL 3
Martínez • LAD 3
Witt • OAK 3
Martínez • CLE 3
Hentgen • TOR 3
Fernandez • CHW 3
Cone • KCR 3
9. Finley • CAL 2
Benes • SDP 2
Drabek • HOU 2
McDowell • CHW 2
Rhodes • BAL 2
Rogers • TEX 2
Home Runs
1. Deshaies • MIN 30
2. Fernandez • BAL 27
Moore • DET 27
4. Stewart • TOR 26
5. Fernandez • CHW 25
Smith • NYM 25
7. Abbott • NYY 24
Gullickson • DET 24
Mulholland • NYY 24
Rogers • TEX 24
Bases on Balls
1. Moore • DET 89
Van Poppel • OAK 89
3. Gordon • KCR 87
4. Eldred • MIL 84
5. Kile • HOU 82
6. Bere • CHW 80
7. Belcher • DET 78
8. Guzmán • TOR 76
9. Johnson • SEA 72
10. Clemens • BOS 71
Finley • CAL 71
Hits
1. Brown • TEX 218
2. Belcher • DET 192
3. Tewksbury • STL 190
4. McDowell • CHW 186
5. Jackson • PHI 183
6. Tapani • MIN 181
7. Finley • CAL 178
8. Key • NYY 177
Rijo • CIN 177
10. Burkett • SFG 176
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Saberhagen • NYM 11.000
2. Reynolds • HOU 5.238
3. Maddux • ATL 5.032
4. Hanson • CIN 4.391
5. Benes • SDP 3.706
6. Tewksbury • STL 3.591
7. Rijo • CIN 3.288
8. Martinez • MON 3.156
9. Smiley • CIN 3.027
10. McDowell • CHW 3.024
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.178
2. Wagner • PIT 0.526
3. Candiotti • LAD 0.529
4. Key • NYY 0.536
5. Glavine • ATL 0.544
6. Ontiveros • OAK 0.546
7. Jones • NYM 0.563
8. McDowell • CHW 0.597
9. Gross • LAD 0.629
10. Appier • KCR 0.639
Losses
1. Belcher • DET 15
2. Benes • SDP 14
3. Deshaies • MIN 12
Banks • CHC 12
Harris • COL 12
Weathers • FLA 12
7. Darling • OAK 11
Eldred • MIL 11
Erickson • MIN 11
Fleming • SEA 11
Guzmán • TOR 11
Ashby • SDP 11
Cooke • PIT 11
Earned Runs
1. Deshaies • MIN 107
2. Belcher • DET 106
3. Harris • COL 96
4. Eldred • MIL 93
Guzmán • TOR 93
Moore • DET 93
7. Tewksbury • STL 92
8. Brown • TEX 91
9. Finley • CAL 88
Morris • CLE 88
Wild Pitches
1. Guzmán • TOR 13
Morris • CLE 13
3. Gordon • KCR 12
4. Appier • KCR 11
5. Davis • DET 10
Erickson • MIN 10
Finley • CAL 10
Moore • DET 10
Kile • HOU 10
Lewis • FLA 10
Sanders • SDP 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Martinez • MON 11
2. Hough • FLA 10
3. Erickson • MIN 9
Leiter • CAL 9
Sele • BOS 9
Kile • HOU 9
7. Nelson • SEA 8
Wagner • PIT 8
Watson • STL 8
10. Cone • KCR 7
Darling • OAK 7
Martínez • CLE 7
Pichardo • KCR 7
Stottlemyre • TOR 7
Burkett • SFG 7
Rapp • FLA 7
Torres • SFG 7
Batters Faced
1. Finley • CAL 774
Maddux • ATL 774
3. Eldred • MIL 769
4. Brown • TEX 760
5. McDowell • CHW 755
Jackson • PHI 755
7. Belcher • DET 750
8. Rijo • CIN 733
9. Glavine • ATL 731
10. Martínez • CLE 730
Games Finished
1. Beck • SFG 47
2. Hernández • CHW 43
Franco • NYM 43
Wetteland • MON 43
5. Jones • PHI 42
6. Hoffman • SDP 41
McMichael • ATL 41
8. Aguilera • MIN 40
Ayala • SEA 40
10. Eckersley • OAK 39
Smith • BAL 39
Ruffin • COL 39
Adjusted ERA+
1. Maddux • ATL 271
2. Freeman • COL 179
3. Clemens • BOS 176
4. Cone • KCR 171
5. Ontiveros • OAK 167
6. Mussina • BAL 164
7. Saberhagen • NYM 153
8. Johnson • SEA 152
9. Bones • MIL 146
10. Fassero • MON 142
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Maddux • ATL 2.39
2. Saberhagen • NYM 2.76
3. Reynolds • HOU 3.06
4. Johnson • SEA 3.18
5. Hanson • CIN 3.18
6. Martinez • MON 3.32
7. Gross • LAD 3.32
8. Rijo • CIN 3.33
9. Benes • SDP 3.35
10. McDowell • CHW 3.37
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Maddux • ATL 57
2. Cone • KCR 39
3. Clemens • BOS 38
4. Mussina • BAL 38
5. Johnson • SEA 32
6. Saberhagen • NYM 29
7. Bones • MIL 27
8. Hentgen • TOR 27
9. Key • NYY 25
10. Ontiveros • OAK 24
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Maddux • ATL 6.5
2. Cone • KCR 3.9
3. Clemens • BOS 3.8
4. Mussina • BAL 3.8
5. Johnson • SEA 3.2
6. Saberhagen • NYM 3.1
7. Bones • MIL 2.6
Hentgen • TOR 2.6
9. Key • NYY 2.4
Freeman • COL 2.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Maddux • ATL 62.35
2. Cone • KCR 44.50
3. Clemens • BOS 41.40
4. Mussina • BAL 40.35
5. Johnson • SEA 37.74
6. Saberhagen • NYM 31.16
7. Hentgen • TOR 29.13
8. Martínez • CLE 28.85
9. Key • NYY 27.94
10. Drabek • HOU 26.72
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Maddux • ATL 6.5
2. Mussina • BAL 4.4
3. Cone • KCR 3.7
4. Clemens • BOS 3.6
5. Hentgen • TOR 3.5
6. Johnson • SEA 3.5
7. Jones • HOU 3.3
8. Saberhagen • NYM 3.1
9. Key • NYY 3.0
10. Nen • FLA 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Maddux • ATL 6.3
2. Cone • KCR 3.9
3. Clemens • BOS 3.6
4. Johnson • SEA 3.5
5. Saberhagen • NYM 3.5
6. Mussina • BAL 3.3
7. Ontiveros • OAK 2.6
8. McDowell • CHW 2.5
9. Martínez • CLE 2.4
10. Drabek • HOU 2.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Maddux • ATL 5.0
2. Mussina • BAL 3.5
3. Jones • HOU 3.2
4. McDowell • CHW 2.8
5. Key • NYY 2.6
6. Plunk • CLE 2.3
7. Johnson • SEA 2.3
8. Clemens • BOS 2.1
9. Cone • KCR 2.1
10. Drabek • HOU 2.0
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Maddux • ATL 7.2
2. Cone • KCR 4.4
3. Clemens • BOS 4.1
4. Mussina • BAL 4.0
5. Johnson • SEA 3.8
6. Saberhagen • NYM 3.3
7. Drabek • HOU 2.9
8. Martínez • CLE 2.9
9. Hentgen • TOR 2.9
10. Key • NYY 2.8

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