Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4
2. Pujols • STL 8.7
3. Wright • NYM 8.3
4. Utley • PHI 7.8
5. Jones • ATL 7.6
6. Granderson • DET 7.6
7. Ordóñez • DET 7.3
8. Peña • TBD 7.2
9. Peavy • SDP 6.8
10. Tulowitzki • COL 6.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Oswalt • HOU 6.6
2. Beckett • BOS 6.5
3. Webb • ARI 6.4
4. Sabathia • CLE 6.3
5. Lackey • LAA 6.3
6. Vázquez • CHW 6.2
7. Hernández • CLE 6.2
8. Peavy • SDP 6.2
9. Buehrle • CHW 6.1
10. Harang • CIN 6.0
Earned Run Average
1. Peavy • SDP 2.54
2. Webb • ARI 3.01
3. Lackey • LAA 3.01
4. Penny • LAD 3.03
5. Hernández • CLE 3.06
6. Haren • OAK 3.07
7. Smoltz • ATL 3.11
8. Young • SDP 3.12
9. Bédard • BAL 3.16
10. Oswalt • HOU 3.18
Wins
1. Beckett • BOS 20
2. Hernández • CLE 19
Lackey • LAA 19
Sabathia • CLE 19
Wang • NYY 19
Peavy • SDP 19
7. Escobar • LAA 18
Verlander • DET 18
Webb • ARI 18
Zambrano • CHC 18
Win-Loss %
1. Penny • LAD .800
2. Peavy • SDP .760
3. Verlander • DET .750
Hamels • PHI .750
5. Beckett • BOS .741
6. Sabathia • CLE .731
Wang • NYY .731
8. Harang • CIN .727
9. Bédard • BAL .722
10. Escobar • LAA .720
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Peavy • SDP 1.061
2. Santana • MIN 1.073
3. Bédard • BAL 1.088
4. Young • SDP 1.098
5. Shields • TBD 1.107
6. Hamels • PHI 1.124
7. Vázquez • CHW 1.140
8. Lilly • CHC 1.140
9. Sabathia • CLE 1.141
10. Beckett • BOS 1.141
Hits per 9 IP
1. Young • SDP 6.139
2. Peavy • SDP 6.810
3. Bédard • BAL 6.973
4. Burnett • TOR 7.117
5. Santana • MIN 7.521
6. McGowan • TOR 7.745
7. Zambrano • CHC 7.780
Pérez • NYM 7.780
9. Cain • SFG 7.785
10. Hill • CHC 7.846
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Maddux • SDP 1.136
2. Byrd • CLE 1.310
3. Sabathia • CLE 1.382
4. Shields • TBD 1.507
5. Blanton • OAK 1.565
6. Silva • MIN 1.604
7. Beckett • BOS 1.794
8. Halladay • TOR 1.917
9. Buehrle • CHW 2.015
10. Harang • CIN 2.020
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Bédard • BAL 10.929
2. Kazmir • TBD 10.408
3. Peavy • SDP 9.672
4. Santana • MIN 9.658
5. Burnett • TOR 9.561
6. Vázquez • CHW 8.848
7. Pérez • NYM 8.847
8. Matsuzaka • BOS 8.839
9. Beckett • BOS 8.701
10. Hamels • PHI 8.689
Games Played
1. Rauch • WSN 88
2. Rivera • WSN 85
3. Beimel • LAD 83
Broxton • LAD 83
Proctor • 2TM 83
6. Downs • TOR 81
Walker • BAL 81
Bell • SDP 81
Heilman • NYM 81
10. Meredith • SDP 80
Moylan • ATL 80
Saves
1. Valverde • ARI 47
2. Borowski • CLE 45
3. Cordero • MIL 44
4. Hoffman • SDP 42
5. Jenks • CHW 40
Putz • SEA 40
Rodríguez • LAA 40
8. Saito • LAD 39
9. Jones • DET 38
10. Nathan • MIN 37
Papelbon • BOS 37
Cordero • WSN 37
Innings Pitched
1. Sabathia • CLE 241.0
2. Webb • ARI 236.1
3. Harang • CIN 231.2
4. Blanton • OAK 230.0
5. Halladay • TOR 225.1
6. Hudson • ATL 224.1
7. Lackey • LAA 224.0
8. Peavy • SDP 223.1
9. Haren • OAK 222.2
10. Santana • MIN 219.0
Strikeouts
1. Peavy • SDP 240
2. Kazmir • TBD 239
3. Santana • MIN 235
4. Bédard • BAL 221
5. Harang • CIN 218
6. Vázquez • CHW 213
7. Sabathia • CLE 209
8. Matsuzaka • BOS 201
9. Smoltz • ATL 197
10. Beckett • BOS 194
Webb • ARI 194
Games Started
1. Willis • FLA 35
2. Blanton • OAK 34
Cabrera • BAL 34
Gaudin • OAK 34
Haren • OAK 34
Kazmir • TBD 34
Meche • KCR 34
Pettitte • NYY 34
Sabathia • CLE 34
Arroyo • CIN 34
Francis • COL 34
Glavine • NYM 34
Harang • CIN 34
Hudson • ATL 34
Lilly • CHC 34
Maddux • SDP 34
Peavy • SDP 34
Suppan • MIL 34
Webb • ARI 34
Zambrano • CHC 34
Complete Games
1. Halladay • TOR 7
2. Webb • ARI 4
Sabathia • CLE 4
4. Morris • 2TM 3
Blanton • OAK 3
Lowe • LAD 3
Buehrle • CHW 3
Weaver • SEA 3
Escobar • LAA 3
10. Lackey • LAA 2
Sheets • MIL 2
McGowan • TOR 2
Owings • ARI 2
Silva • MIN 2
Vázquez • CHW 2
Maholm • PIT 2
Cook • COL 2
Hamels • PHI 2
Harang • CIN 2
Baker • MIN 2
Garland • CHW 2
Lohse • 2TM 2
Contreras • CHW 2
Hernández • CLE 2
Burnett • TOR 2
Byrd • CLE 2
Shutouts
1. Webb • ARI 3
2. Weaver • SEA 2
Byrd • CLE 2
Contreras • CHW 2
Lackey • LAA 2
6. Bédard • BAL 1
Verlander • DET 1
Blanton • OAK 1
Buchholz • BOS 1
Buehrle • CHW 1
Hernández • CLE 1
Escobar • LAA 1
Garland • CHW 1
Halladay • TOR 1
Washburn • SEA 1
Jackson • TBD 1
McGowan • TOR 1
Sabathia • CLE 1
Santana • MIN 1
Schilling • BOS 1
Baker • MIN 1
Hernández • SEA 1
Lohse • 2TM 1
Gabbard • 2TM 1
Durbin • 2TM 1
Rodríguez • HOU 1
Owings • ARI 1
Marquis • CHC 1
Silva • MIN 1
Maholm • PIT 1
Lieber • PHI 1
Hudson • ATL 1
Harang • CIN 1
Gorzelanny • PIT 1
Glavine • NYM 1
Francis • COL 1
Maine • NYM 1
Home Runs
1. Williams • HOU 35
2. Hernández • ARI 34
3. Santana • MIN 33
4. James • ATL 32
5. Eaton • PHI 30
Moyer • PHI 30
7. Vázquez • CHW 29
Olsen • FLA 29
Willis • FLA 29
10. Danks • CHW 28
Shields • TBD 28
Arroyo • CIN 28
Harang • CIN 28
Lilly • CHC 28
Bases on Balls
1. Cabrera • BAL 108
2. Zambrano • CHC 101
3. Gaudin • OAK 100
4. Davis • ARI 95
5. Kazmir • TBD 89
6. Jackson • TBD 88
7. Lowry • SFG 87
Willis • FLA 87
9. Batista • SEA 85
Olsen • FLA 85
Hits
1. Hernández • ARI 247
2. Suppan • MIL 243
3. Willis • FLA 241
4. Blanton • OAK 240
Morris • 2TM 240
6. Byrd • CLE 239
7. Pettitte • NYY 238
Sabathia • CLE 238
9. Francis • COL 234
10. Contreras • CHW 232
Halladay • TOR 232
Arroyo • CIN 232
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Sabathia • CLE 5.649
2. Shields • TBD 5.111
3. Beckett • BOS 4.850
4. Santana • MIN 4.519
5. Vázquez • CHW 4.260
6. Harang • CIN 4.192
7. Smoltz • ATL 4.191
8. Maddux • SDP 4.160
9. Hamels • PHI 4.116
10. Bédard • BAL 3.877
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Penny • LAD 0.389
2. Hudson • ATL 0.401
3. Wang • NYY 0.406
4. Webb • ARI 0.457
5. Escobar • LAA 0.506
6. Young • SDP 0.520
7. Peavy • SDP 0.524
8. Wainwright • STL 0.579
9. Oswalt • HOU 0.594
10. Halladay • TOR 0.599
Losses
1. Cabrera • BAL 18
2. Contreras • CHW 17
Wells • STL 17
4. Cain • SFG 16
5. Jackson • TBD 15
Washburn • SEA 15
Arroyo • CIN 15
Maholm • PIT 15
Olsen • FLA 15
Willis • FLA 15
Williams • HOU 15
Davies • 2TM 15
Earned Runs
1. Cabrera • BAL 126
2. Willis • FLA 118
3. Contreras • CHW 117
4. Olsen • FLA 114
5. Eaton • PHI 113
6. Hernández • ARI 112
7. Moyer • PHI 111
8. Williams • HOU 110
9. Morris • 2TM 108
10. Bush • MIL 106
Suppan • MIL 106
Wild Pitches
1. Verlander • DET 17
2. Batista • SEA 15
3. McGowan • TOR 13
4. Bonderman • DET 12
Cain • SFG 12
Harang • CIN 12
Snell • PIT 12
8. Haren • OAK 10
Kazmir • TBD 10
Tejeda • TEX 10
Wakefield • BOS 10
Capuano • MIL 10
Davis • ARI 10
Lincecum • SFG 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Verlander • DET 19
2. Kim • 3TM 16
3. Cabrera • BAL 15
Contreras • CHW 15
5. Owings • ARI 14
Willis • FLA 14
Zambrano • CHC 14
8. Matsuzaka • BOS 13
Arroyo • CIN 13
Fogg • COL 13
Marquis • CHC 13
Thompson • STL 13
Batters Faced
1. Sabathia • CLE 975
Webb • ARI 975
3. Blanton • OAK 950
4. Harang • CIN 948
5. Willis • FLA 942
6. Haren • OAK 935
7. Lackey • LAA 929
8. Halladay • TOR 927
9. Hudson • ATL 925
Zambrano • CHC 925
Games Finished
1. Putz • SEA 65
2. Jenks • CHW 62
3. Nathan • MIN 60
Weathers • CIN 60
5. Rivera • NYY 59
Cordero • WSN 59
Valverde • ARI 59
8. Borowski • CLE 58
Cordero • MIL 58
Dempster • CHC 58
Adjusted ERA+
1. Webb • ARI 158
2. Peavy • SDP 158
3. Lackey • LAA 150
4. Hernández • CLE 148
5. Penny • LAD 147
6. Bédard • BAL 146
7. Beckett • BOS 145
8. Sabathia • CLE 141
9. Smoltz • ATL 140
10. Oswalt • HOU 140
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Peavy • SDP 2.84
2. Beckett • BOS 3.08
3. Sabathia • CLE 3.14
4. Bédard • BAL 3.19
5. Smoltz • ATL 3.21
6. Webb • ARI 3.24
7. Escobar • LAA 3.39
8. Young • SDP 3.43
9. Kazmir • TBD 3.45
10. Hudson • ATL 3.46
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Peavy • SDP 41
2. Webb • ARI 40
3. Hernández • CLE 35
4. Lackey • LAA 35
5. Sabathia • CLE 35
6. Penny • LAD 33
7. Beckett • BOS 33
8. Oswalt • HOU 30
9. Bédard • BAL 30
10. Smoltz • ATL 29
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Peavy • SDP 4.2
2. Webb • ARI 4.2
3. Hernández • CLE 3.6
4. Lackey • LAA 3.5
5. Sabathia • CLE 3.5
6. Penny • LAD 3.4
7. Beckett • BOS 3.3
8. Bédard • BAL 3.1
Oswalt • HOU 3.1
10. Smoltz • ATL 2.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Peavy • SDP 44.17
2. Sabathia • CLE 38.34
3. Hernández • CLE 36.72
4. Beckett • BOS 36.48
5. Webb • ARI 36.36
6. Lackey • LAA 35.63
7. Bédard • BAL 34.83
8. Penny • LAD 34.81
9. Betancourt • CLE 33.67
10. Smoltz • ATL 31.70
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Putz • SEA 6.0
2. Betancourt • CLE 5.4
3. Hernández • CLE 4.3
4. Saito • LAD 4.3
5. Peavy • SDP 4.3
6. Bell • SDP 3.8
7. Soria • KCR 3.8
8. Bédard • BAL 3.8
9. Papelbon • BOS 3.8
10. Sabathia • CLE 3.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Peavy • SDP 4.0
2. Hernández • CLE 3.7
3. Webb • ARI 3.7
4. Beckett • BOS 3.6
5. Bédard • BAL 3.5
6. Sabathia • CLE 3.2
7. Lackey • LAA 3.1
8. Betancourt • CLE 3.0
9. Young • SDP 2.9
10. Halladay • TOR 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Bell • SDP 8.5
2. Herges • COL 7.2
3. Betancourt • CLE 4.5
4. Corpas • COL 4.1
5. Webb • ARI 4.0
6. Putz • SEA 4.0
7. Hernández • CLE 3.5
8. Saito • LAD 3.5
9. Hamels • PHI 3.4
10. Brocail • SDP 3.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Peavy • SDP 4.9
2. Sabathia • CLE 3.9
3. Hernández • CLE 3.8
4. Beckett • BOS 3.6
5. Lackey • LAA 3.6
6. Webb • ARI 3.6
7. Penny • LAD 3.6
8. Bédard • BAL 3.5
9. Betancourt • CLE 3.3
10. Smoltz • ATL 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