Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Bonds • SFG 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.6
3. Rolen • STL 9.2
Suzuki • SEA 9.2
5. Santana • MIN 8.8
6. Pujols • STL 8.5
7. Drew • ATL 8.3
8. Helton • COL 8.3
9. Johnson • ARI 8.2
10. Schilling • BOS 7.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Santana • MIN 8.7
2. Johnson • ARI 8.4
3. Schilling • BOS 7.8
4. Sheets • MIL 7.2
5. Schmidt • SFG 6.8
6. Zambrano • CHC 6.6
7. Radke • MIN 5.9
8. Pérez • PIT 5.7
9. Kennedy • COL 5.6
10. Martinez • BOS 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Peavy • SDP 2.27
2. Johnson • ARI 2.60
3. Santana • MIN 2.61
4. Sheets • MIL 2.70
5. Zambrano • CHC 2.75
6. Clemens • HOU 2.98
7. Pérez • PIT 2.98
8. Pavano • FLA 3.00
9. Schmidt • SFG 3.20
10. Leiter • NYM 3.21
Wins
1. Schilling • BOS 21
2. Santana • MIN 20
Oswalt • HOU 20
4. Colón • ANA 18
Rogers • TEX 18
Clemens • HOU 18
Pavano • FLA 18
Schmidt • SFG 18
9. Mulder • OAK 17
10. Buehrle • CHW 16
Martinez • BOS 16
Johnson • ARI 16
Maddux • CHC 16
Suppan • STL 16
Zambrano • CHC 16
Win-Loss %
1. Clemens • HOU .818
2. Schilling • BOS .778
3. Santana • MIN .769
4. Carpenter • STL .750
5. Lima • LAD .722
6. Schmidt • SFG .720
7. Peavy • SDP .714
8. Milton • PHI .700
9. Pavano • FLA .692
10. Jones • 2TM .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Johnson • ARI 0.900
2. Santana • MIN 0.921
3. Sheets • MIL 0.983
4. Schilling • BOS 1.063
5. Schmidt • SFG 1.076
6. Carpenter • STL 1.137
7. Wells • SDP 1.140
8. Pérez • LAD 1.141
9. Pérez • PIT 1.153
10. Clemens • HOU 1.157
Hits per 9 IP
1. Santana • MIN 6.158
2. Johnson • ARI 6.484
3. Schmidt • SFG 6.600
4. Pérez • PIT 6.658
5. Clemens • HOU 7.096
6. Leiter • NYM 7.152
7. Zambrano • CHC 7.469
8. Sheets • MIL 7.633
9. Clement • CHC 7.707
10. Lilly • TOR 7.799
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lieber • NYY 0.917
2. Wells • SDP 0.920
3. Radke • MIN 1.065
4. Sheets • MIL 1.215
5. Schilling • BOS 1.390
6. Maddux • CHC 1.397
7. Silva • MIN 1.552
8. Johnson • ARI 1.612
9. Lima • LAD 1.796
10. Buehrle • CHW 1.871
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Pérez • PIT 10.974
2. Johnson • ARI 10.624
3. Santana • MIN 10.461
4. Schmidt • SFG 10.040
5. Sheets • MIL 10.025
6. Clement • CHC 9.448
7. Martinez • BOS 9.415
8. Peavy • SDP 9.361
9. Clemens • HOU 9.154
10. Escobar • ANA 8.251
Games Played
1. Brower • SFG 89
2. Quantrill • NYY 86
King • STL 86
4. Cormier • PHI 84
Reitsma • ATL 84
Torres • PIT 84
7. Eyre • SFG 83
Stanton • NYM 83
9. Ayala • MON 81
10. Gordon • NYY 80
Lidge • HOU 80
Saves
1. Rivera • NYY 53
2. Cordero • TEX 49
3. Benítez • FLA 47
Isringhausen • STL 47
5. Gagné • LAD 45
6. Nathan • MIN 44
Smoltz • ATL 44
8. Mesa • PIT 43
9. Graves • CIN 41
Hoffman • SDP 41
Innings Pitched
1. Hernández • MON 255.0
2. Johnson • ARI 245.2
3. Buehrle • CHW 245.1
4. Oswalt • HOU 237.0
Sheets • MIL 237.0
6. Santana • MIN 228.0
7. Schilling • BOS 226.2
8. Mulder • OAK 225.2
9. Schmidt • SFG 225.0
10. Pavano • FLA 222.1
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • ARI 290
2. Santana • MIN 265
3. Sheets • MIL 264
4. Schmidt • SFG 251
5. Pérez • PIT 239
6. Martinez • BOS 227
7. Clemens • HOU 218
8. Oswalt • HOU 206
9. Schilling • BOS 203
10. Escobar • ANA 191
Games Started
1. Buehrle • CHW 35
Rogers • TEX 35
Hernández • MON 35
Johnson • ARI 35
Oswalt • HOU 35
Webb • ARI 35
7. Colón • ANA 34
Lohse • MIN 34
Radke • MIN 34
Santana • MIN 34
Zito • OAK 34
Davis • MIL 34
Estes • COL 34
Lawrence • SDP 34
Milton • PHI 34
Ortiz • ATL 34
Sheets • MIL 34
Weaver • LAD 34
Lidle • 2TM 34
Complete Games
1. Hernández • MON 9
2. Mulder • OAK 5
Lidle • 2TM 5
Ponson • BAL 5
Westbrook • CLE 5
Sheets • MIL 5
7. Johnson • ARI 4
Schmidt • SFG 4
Buehrle • CHW 4
10. Schilling • BOS 3
May • KCR 3
Morris • STL 3
Hudson • OAK 3
Shutouts
1. Lidle • 2TM 3
Schmidt • SFG 3
3. Ishii • LAD 2
Morris • STL 2
Ponson • BAL 2
Oswalt • HOU 2
Pavano • FLA 2
Johnson • ARI 2
Hudson • OAK 2
Hernández • MON 2
Bonderman • DET 2
Home Runs
1. Moyer • SEA 44
2. Milton • PHI 43
3. Colón • ANA 38
May • KCR 38
5. Maddux • CHC 35
Morris • STL 35
7. Garland • CHW 34
8. Anderson • KCR 33
Buehrle • CHW 33
Franklin • SEA 33
Vázquez • NYY 33
Lima • LAD 33
Valdez • 2TM 33
Elarton • 2TM 33
Bases on Balls
1. Webb • ARI 119
2. Ortiz • ATL 112
3. Estes • COL 105
4. Zambrano • 2TM 102
5. Jennings • COL 101
6. Ishii • LAD 98
7. Leiter • NYM 97
8. Batista • TOR 96
9. Cabrera • BAL 89
Lilly • TOR 89
Hits
1. Ponson • BAL 265
2. Buehrle • CHW 257
3. Silva • MIN 255
4. Rogers • TEX 248
5. Maroth • DET 244
6. Jennings • COL 241
7. Lohse • MIN 240
8. May • KCR 234
Hernández • MON 234
10. Drese • TEX 233
Oswalt • HOU 233
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Sheets • MIL 8.250
2. Johnson • ARI 6.591
3. Schilling • BOS 5.800
4. Lieber • NYY 5.667
5. Radke • MIN 5.500
6. Wells • SDP 5.050
7. Santana • MIN 4.907
8. Maddux • CHC 4.576
9. Carpenter • STL 4.000
10. Martinez • BOS 3.721
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Hudson • OAK 0.382
2. Wright • ATL 0.531
3. Zambrano • CHC 0.601
4. Davis • MIL 0.608
5. Clemens • HOU 0.630
6. Oswalt • HOU 0.646
7. Pavano • FLA 0.648
8. Johnson • ARI 0.659
9. Benson • 2TM 0.674
10. Drese • TEX 0.693
Losses
1. May • KCR 19
2. Franklin • SEA 16
Webb • ARI 16
4. Hendrickson • TBD 15
Johnson • DET 15
Ponson • BAL 15
Fossum • ARI 15
Hernández • MON 15
9. Eaton • SDP 14
Glavine • NYM 14
Johnson • ARI 14
Lawrence • SDP 14
Sheets • MIL 14
Earned Runs
1. Estes • COL 131
2. Ponson • BAL 127
3. Jennings • COL 123
4. Garland • CHW 118
5. Moyer • SEA 117
6. Colón • ANA 116
May • KCR 116
Loaiza • 2TM 116
9. Lohse • MIN 115
Lidle • 2TM 115
Wild Pitches
1. Webb • ARI 17
Contreras • 2TM 17
3. Clement • CHC 14
4. Gregg • ANA 13
5. Batista • TOR 12
Cabrera • BAL 12
Vázquez • NYY 12
Williams • STL 12
9. Knotts • DET 11
Lackey • ANA 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Arroyo • BOS 20
Zambrano • CHC 20
3. Williams • SFG 17
4. Martinez • BOS 16
Wakefield • BOS 16
Zambrano • 2TM 16
7. Weaver • LAD 14
8. Park • TEX 13
Kim • MON 13
10. Hudson • OAK 12
Mulder • OAK 12
Villone • SEA 12
Clement • CHC 12
Batters Faced
1. Hernández • MON 1,053
2. Buehrle • CHW 1,016
3. Oswalt • HOU 983
4. Johnson • ARI 964
5. Ponson • BAL 954
6. Mulder • OAK 952
7. Sheets • MIL 937
8. Rogers • TEX 935
Weaver • LAD 935
10. Webb • ARI 933
Games Finished
1. Dotel • 2TM 70
2. Rivera • NYY 69
3. Isringhausen • STL 66
4. Mesa • PIT 65
5. Cordero • TEX 63
Nathan • MIN 63
7. Foulke • BOS 61
Smoltz • ATL 61
9. Chacón • COL 60
Looper • NYM 60
Adjusted ERA+
1. Santana • MIN 182
2. Johnson • ARI 176
3. Peavy • SDP 171
4. Sheets • MIL 162
5. Zambrano • CHC 160
6. Schilling • BOS 148
7. Clemens • HOU 145
8. Pérez • PIT 143
9. Pavano • FLA 137
10. Schmidt • SFG 136
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Johnson • ARI 2.30
2. Sheets • MIL 2.65
3. Santana • MIN 2.92
4. Schmidt • SFG 2.92
5. Schilling • BOS 3.11
6. Clemens • HOU 3.11
7. Peavy • SDP 3.14
8. Oswalt • HOU 3.17
9. Wright • ATL 3.29
10. Hudson • OAK 3.40
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Santana • MIN 54
2. Johnson • ARI 46
3. Schilling • BOS 40
4. Sheets • MIL 40
5. Zambrano • CHC 36
6. Clemens • HOU 32
7. Peavy • SDP 32
8. Schmidt • SFG 30
9. Radke • MIN 30
10. Pavano • FLA 29
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Santana • MIN 5.5
2. Johnson • ARI 4.9
3. Sheets • MIL 4.2
4. Schilling • BOS 4.1
5. Zambrano • CHC 3.8
6. Clemens • HOU 3.4
7. Peavy • SDP 3.3
8. Schmidt • SFG 3.1
9. Pavano • FLA 3.0
10. Radke • MIN 3.0
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Santana • MIN 62.46
2. Schilling • BOS 48.26
3. Johnson • ARI 43.60
4. Hernández • MON 38.30
5. Sheets • MIL 37.66
6. Radke • MIN 37.21
7. Clemens • HOU 36.46
8. Schmidt • SFG 35.92
9. Zambrano • CHC 34.96
10. Pavano • FLA 33.80
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Nathan • MIN 5.8
2. Santana • MIN 5.7
3. Lidge • HOU 5.7
4. Gagné • LAD 5.4
5. Smoltz • ATL 5.1
6. Rivera • NYY 5.0
7. Schilling • BOS 4.6
8. Gordon • NYY 4.5
9. Cordero • TEX 4.4
10. Benítez • FLA 4.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Santana • MIN 6.3
2. Johnson • ARI 5.9
3. Schilling • BOS 4.3
4. Schmidt • SFG 4.2
5. Clemens • HOU 3.5
6. Hernández • MON 3.2
7. Sheets • MIL 3.0
8. Pavano • FLA 2.9
9. Gagné • LAD 2.9
10. García • 2TM 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gagné • LAD 5.4
2. Lidge • HOU 4.4
3. Nathan • MIN 4.4
4. Rodríguez • ANA 4.2
5. Schilling • BOS 3.8
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.8
7. Cordero • TEX 3.8
8. Benítez • FLA 3.7
9. Santana • MIN 3.4
10. Martinez • BOS 3.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Santana • MIN 6.5
2. Schilling • BOS 4.8
3. Johnson • ARI 4.4
4. Sheets • MIL 3.9
5. Hernández • MON 3.9
6. Clemens • HOU 3.8
7. Schmidt • SFG 3.7
8. Radke • MIN 3.7
9. Pavano • FLA 3.6
10. Zambrano • CHC 3.6

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