Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Maddux • ATL 9.6
2. Johnson • SEA 8.6
3. Valentin • BOS 8.3
4. Bonds • SFG 7.5
5. Martínez • SEA 7.0
6. Cone • 2TM 7.0
7. Belle • CLE 7.0
8. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
9. Sanders • CIN 6.6
10. Salmon • CAL 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Maddux • ATL 9.7
2. Johnson • SEA 8.6
3. Cone • 2TM 7.0
4. Mussina • BAL 6.1
5. Rogers • TEX 5.8
6. Leiter • TOR 5.7
Martínez • CLE 5.7
8. Wells • 2TM 5.4
9. Wakefield • BOS 5.0
10. Ashby • SDP 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Maddux • ATL 1.63
2. Johnson • SEA 2.48
3. Nomo • LAD 2.54
4. Ashby • SDP 2.94
5. Wakefield • BOS 2.95
6. Valdez • LAD 3.05
7. Martínez • CLE 3.08
8. Glavine • ATL 3.08
9. Hamilton • SDP 3.08
10. Smoltz • ATL 3.18
Wins
1. Mussina • BAL 19
Maddux • ATL 19
3. Johnson • SEA 18
Schourek • CIN 18
Cone • 2TM 18
6. Rogers • TEX 17
Martínez • LAD 17
8. Hershiser • CLE 16
Nagy • CLE 16
Wakefield • BOS 16
Glavine • ATL 16
Wells • 2TM 16
Win-Loss %
1. Maddux • ATL .905
2. Johnson • SEA .900
3. Hanson • BOS .750
4. Hershiser • CLE .727
Nagy • CLE .727
6. Schourek • CIN .720
7. Martínez • LAD .708
Rogers • TEX .708
9. Martínez • CLE .706
Smiley • CIN .706
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.811
2. Johnson • SEA 1.045
3. Nomo • LAD 1.056
4. Schourek • CIN 1.067
5. Mussina • BAL 1.069
6. Valdez • LAD 1.108
7. Martinez • MON 1.151
8. Martínez • CLE 1.176
9. Brown • BAL 1.178
10. Wakefield • BOS 1.183
Hits per 9 IP
1. Nomo • LAD 5.833
2. Maddux • ATL 6.310
3. Johnson • SEA 6.677
4. Appier • KCR 7.286
5. Martinez • MON 7.305
6. Schourek • CIN 7.471
7. Wakefield • BOS 7.510
8. Mussina • BAL 7.592
9. Valdez • LAD 7.649
10. Cone • 2TM 7.653
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.987
2. Reynolds • HOU 1.759
3. Neagle • PIT 1.932
4. Saberhagen • 2TM 1.941
5. Smiley • CIN 1.987
6. Mussina • BAL 2.030
7. Schourek • CIN 2.128
8. Quantrill • PHI 2.208
9. Martínez • CLE 2.214
10. Swindell • HOU 2.294
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Johnson • SEA 12.345
2. Nomo • LAD 11.101
3. Smoltz • ATL 9.016
4. Stottlemyre • OAK 8.800
5. Finley • CAL 8.645
6. Reynolds • HOU 8.319
7. Appier • KCR 8.270
8. Martinez • MON 8.045
9. Foster • CHC 7.837
10. Fassero • MON 7.810
Games Played
1. Leskanic • COL 76
2. Veres • HOU 72
3. Reed • COL 71
4. Pérez • FLA 69
5. Holmes • COL 68
Jones • HOU 68
Pérez • CHC 68
8. McMichael • ATL 67
9. Orosco • BAL 65
Wohlers • ATL 65
Saves
1. Mesa • CLE 46
2. Myers • CHC 38
3. Smith • CAL 37
4. Henke • STL 36
5. Beck • SFG 33
6. Hernández • CHW 32
Slocumb • PHI 32
Worrell • LAD 32
Aguilera • 2TM 32
10. Montgomery • KCR 31
Wetteland • NYY 31
Hoffman • SDP 31
Innings Pitched
1. Cone • 2TM 229.1
2. Mussina • BAL 221.2
3. McDowell • NYY 217.2
4. Johnson • SEA 214.1
5. Gubicza • KCR 213.1
6. Stottlemyre • OAK 209.2
Maddux • ATL 209.2
Neagle • PIT 209.2
9. Rogers • TEX 208.0
10. Martínez • LAD 206.1
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • SEA 294
2. Nomo • LAD 236
3. Stottlemyre • OAK 205
4. Finley • CAL 195
5. Smoltz • ATL 193
6. Cone • 2TM 191
7. Appier • KCR 185
8. Maddux • ATL 181
9. Reynolds • HOU 175
10. Martinez • MON 174
Games Started
1. Gubicza • KCR 33
2. Finley • CAL 32
Mussina • BAL 32
4. Appier • KCR 31
Bones • MIL 31
Bosio • SEA 31
Gordon • KCR 31
Langston • CAL 31
Pavlik • TEX 31
Rogers • TEX 31
Stottlemyre • OAK 31
Ashby • SDP 31
Drabek • HOU 31
Loaiza • PIT 31
Neagle • PIT 31
Erickson • 2TM 31
Portugal • 2TM 31
Benes • 2TM 31
Tapani • 2TM 31
Complete Games
1. Maddux • ATL 10
2. McDowell • NYY 8
3. Mussina • BAL 7
Leiter • SFG 7
Erickson • 2TM 7
6. Johnson • SEA 6
Wakefield • BOS 6
Valdez • LAD 6
Cone • 2TM 6
Wells • 2TM 6
Shutouts
1. Mussina • BAL 4
2. Maddux • ATL 3
Nomo • LAD 3
Johnson • SEA 3
5. Gubicza • KCR 2
Ashby • SDP 2
Castillo • CHC 2
Rapp • FLA 2
Reynolds • HOU 2
Martínez • LAD 2
Martinez • MON 2
McDowell • NYY 2
Martínez • CLE 2
Valdez • LAD 2
Fernandez • CHW 2
Green • PHI 2
Hamilton • SDP 2
Hammond • FLA 2
Cone • 2TM 2
Erickson • 2TM 2
Home Runs
1. Radke • MIN 32
Foster • CHC 32
3. Tapani • 2TM 29
4. Gross • TEX 27
5. Bones • MIL 26
Rogers • TEX 26
Stottlemyre • OAK 26
8. McDowell • NYY 25
Mulholland • SFG 25
Trachsel • CHC 25
Darwin • 2TM 25
Bases on Balls
1. Leiter • TOR 108
2. Bere • CHW 106
3. Álvarez • CHW 93
Finley • CAL 93
5. Hentgen • TOR 90
Pavlik • TEX 90
7. Gordon • KCR 89
Gross • TEX 89
9. Belcher • SEA 88
Cone • 2TM 88
Hits
1. Hentgen • TOR 236
2. Stottlemyre • OAK 228
3. Tapani • 2TM 227
4. Gubicza • KCR 222
5. Neagle • PIT 221
6. Bones • MIL 218
7. Erickson • 2TM 213
8. Langston • CAL 212
Quantrill • PHI 212
10. Bosio • SEA 211
McDowell • NYY 211
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Maddux • ATL 7.870
2. Reynolds • HOU 4.730
3. Johnson • SEA 4.523
4. Schourek • CIN 3.556
5. Neagle • PIT 3.333
6. Smiley • CIN 3.179
7. Mussina • BAL 3.160
8. Saberhagen • 2TM 3.030
9. Nomo • LAD 3.026
10. Valdez • LAD 2.941
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.343
2. Glavine • ATL 0.408
3. Johnson • SEA 0.504
4. Brown • BAL 0.522
5. Rapp • FLA 0.538
6. Smiley • CIN 0.560
7. Gordon • KCR 0.571
8. Appier • KCR 0.626
9. Abbott • 2TM 0.640
10. Nomo • LAD 0.659
Losses
1. Wagner • PIT 16
2. Bere • CHW 15
Gross • TEX 15
Moore • DET 15
5. Gubicza • KCR 14
Guzmán • TOR 14
Hentgen • TOR 14
Radke • MIN 14
Burkett • FLA 14
Candiotti • LAD 14
Fassero • MON 14
Earned Runs
1. Hentgen • TOR 114
2. Gross • TEX 113
3. Moore • DET 111
4. Bere • CHW 110
5. Radke • MIN 107
6. Stottlemyre • OAK 106
7. Erickson • 2TM 105
Tapani • 2TM 105
9. Sparks • MIL 104
10. Bones • MIL 103
Langston • CAL 103
Wild Pitches
1. Nomo • LAD 19
2. Carrasco • CIN 15
3. Leiter • TOR 14
4. Bergman • DET 13
Finley • CAL 13
Smoltz • ATL 13
7. Borland • PHI 12
8. Hurtado • TOR 11
Stottlemyre • OAK 11
Wakefield • BOS 11
Ericks • PIT 11
Kile • HOU 11
Cone • 2TM 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Leiter • SFG 17
2. Clemens • BOS 14
3. Martínez • CLE 12
Kile • HOU 12
5. Ashby • SDP 11
Hamilton • SDP 11
Martinez • MON 11
8. Saberhagen • 2TM 10
9. Brown • BAL 9
Wakefield • BOS 9
Bullinger • CHC 9
Candiotti • LAD 9
Hammond • FLA 9
Batters Faced
1. Cone • 2TM 954
2. McDowell • NYY 927
3. Stottlemyre • OAK 920
4. Hentgen • TOR 913
5. Gubicza • KCR 898
6. Mussina • BAL 882
7. Finley • CAL 880
8. Bones • MIL 877
Rogers • TEX 877
10. Neagle • PIT 876
Games Finished
1. Hernández • CHW 57
Mesa • CLE 57
3. Wetteland • NYY 56
4. Nen • FLA 54
Slocumb • PHI 54
6. Worrell • LAD 53
7. Beck • SFG 52
8. Smith • CAL 51
Hoffman • SDP 51
Miceli • PIT 51
Aguilera • 2TM 51
Adjusted ERA+
1. Maddux • ATL 260
2. Johnson • SEA 193
3. Wakefield • BOS 165
4. Martínez • CLE 152
5. Nomo • LAD 149
6. Mussina • BAL 145
7. Rogers • TEX 144
8. Ashby • SDP 138
9. Glavine • ATL 137
10. Smoltz • ATL 133
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Johnson • SEA 2.08
2. Maddux • ATL 2.26
3. Nomo • LAD 2.89
4. Reynolds • HOU 2.90
5. Smiley • CIN 3.24
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.30
7. Schourek • CIN 3.42
8. Appier • KCR 3.48
9. Glavine • ATL 3.49
10. Brown • BAL 3.49
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Maddux • ATL 61
2. Johnson • SEA 54
3. Wakefield • BOS 38
4. Mussina • BAL 37
5. Martínez • CLE 33
6. Rogers • TEX 32
7. Cone • 2TM 31
8. Nomo • LAD 28
9. Wells • 2TM 26
10. Mesa • CLE 26
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Maddux • ATL 6.9
2. Johnson • SEA 5.5
3. Wakefield • BOS 3.8
4. Mussina • BAL 3.7
5. Martínez • CLE 3.3
6. Rogers • TEX 3.2
7. Cone • 2TM 3.0
8. Nomo • LAD 2.9
9. Wells • 2TM 2.6
10. Glavine • ATL 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Maddux • ATL 70.36
2. Johnson • SEA 58.79
3. Mussina • BAL 44.70
4. Cone • 2TM 36.51
5. Martínez • CLE 35.74
6. Wakefield • BOS 34.83
7. Nelson • SEA 32.25
8. Nomo • LAD 31.01
9. Glavine • ATL 29.24
10. Appier • KCR 28.85
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Maddux • ATL 8.1
2. Johnson • SEA 6.5
3. Mesa • CLE 6.1
4. Mussina • BAL 4.5
5. Cone • 2TM 4.1
6. Worrell • LAD 3.9
7. Nomo • LAD 3.9
8. Henke • STL 3.8
9. Belinda • BOS 3.8
10. Percival • CAL 3.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Maddux • ATL 7.2
2. Johnson • SEA 6.0
3. Mussina • BAL 4.6
4. Nomo • LAD 3.7
5. Cone • 2TM 3.4
6. Martínez • CLE 3.3
7. Appier • KCR 3.2
8. Brown • BAL 3.1
9. Schourek • CIN 2.9
10. Glavine • ATL 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Johnson • SEA 11.8
2. Maddux • ATL 3.9
3. Cone • 2TM 3.7
4. Worrell • LAD 3.6
5. Wakefield • BOS 3.4
6. Charlton • 2TM 3.4
7. Percival • CAL 3.2
8. Holmes • COL 3.0
9. Hitchcock • NYY 2.8
10. Veres • HOU 2.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Maddux • ATL 8.0
2. Johnson • SEA 6.1
3. Mussina • BAL 4.5
4. Cone • 2TM 3.7
5. Martínez • CLE 3.6
6. Nomo • LAD 3.5
7. Wakefield • BOS 3.4
8. Nelson • SEA 3.1
9. Glavine • ATL 3.0
10. Appier • KCR 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