Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Pujols • STL 9.2
2. Utley • PHI 9.0
3. Lincecum • SFG 8.0
4. Teixeira • 2TM 7.8
5. Markakis • BAL 7.4
6. Jones • ATL 7.3
7. Sabathia • 2TM 7.2
8. Santana • NYM 7.2
9. Beltrán • NYM 7.0
10. Pedroia • BOS 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Lincecum • SFG 7.8
2. Santana • NYM 7.1
3. Dempster • CHC 6.9
4. Lee • CLE 6.8
5. Sabathia • 2TM 6.7
6. Danks • CHW 6.4
7. Halladay • TOR 6.2
8. Lester • BOS 6.1
9. Haren • ARI 6.1
10. Harden • 2TM 5.9
Earned Run Average
1. Santana • NYM 2.53
2. Lee • CLE 2.54
3. Lincecum • SFG 2.62
4. Halladay • TOR 2.78
5. Peavy • SDP 2.85
6. Matsuzaka • BOS 2.90
7. Dempster • CHC 2.96
8. Sheets • MIL 3.09
9. Hamels • PHI 3.09
10. Billingsley • LAD 3.14
Wins
1. Lee • CLE 22
Webb • ARI 22
3. Halladay • TOR 20
Mussina • NYY 20
5. Burnett • TOR 18
Matsuzaka • BOS 18
Lincecum • SFG 18
8. Floyd • CHW 17
Saunders • LAA 17
Dempster • CHC 17
Lilly • CHC 17
Oswalt • HOU 17
Vólquez • CIN 17
Sabathia • 2TM 17
Win-Loss %
1. Lee • CLE .880
2. Matsuzaka • BOS .857
3. Lincecum • SFG .783
4. Webb • ARI .759
5. Perkins • MIN .750
6. Dempster • CHC .739
Vólquez • CIN .739
8. Lester • BOS .727
9. Lohse • STL .714
10. Saunders • LAA .708
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Halladay • TOR 1.053
2. Hamels • PHI 1.082
3. Nolasco • FLA 1.102
4. Lee • CLE 1.110
5. Santana • LAA 1.119
6. Haren • ARI 1.130
7. Lowe • LAD 1.133
8. Bush • MIL 1.141
9. Santana • NYM 1.148
10. Sheets • MIL 1.150
Hits per 9 IP
1. Matsuzaka • BOS 6.871
2. Lincecum • SFG 7.216
3. Peavy • SDP 7.566
4. Dempster • CHC 7.577
5. Hamels • PHI 7.641
6. Galarraga • DET 7.657
7. Wakefield • BOS 7.657
8. Vólquez • CIN 7.668
9. Pérez • NYM 7.747
10. Santana • NYM 7.912
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lee • CLE 1.370
2. Maddux • 2TM 1.392
3. Mussina • NYY 1.393
4. Halladay • TOR 1.427
5. Haren • ARI 1.667
6. Shields • TBR 1.674
7. Byrd • 2TM 1.700
8. Sonnanstine • TBR 1.722
9. Beckett • BOS 1.755
10. Nolasco • FLA 1.780
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Lincecum • SFG 10.507
2. Vólquez • CIN 9.459
3. Burnett • TOR 9.393
4. Billingsley • LAD 9.015
5. Beckett • BOS 8.880
6. Santana • LAA 8.795
7. Vázquez • CHW 8.640
8. Peavy • SDP 8.603
9. Haren • ARI 8.583
10. Johnson • ARI 8.462
Games Played
1. Feliciano • NYM 86
2. Ohman • ATL 83
3. Marmól • CHC 82
Smith • NYM 82
5. Romero • PHI 81
Ayala • 2TM 81
7. Heilman • NYM 78
8. Qualls • ARI 77
9. Guerrier • MIN 76
Rodríguez • LAA 76
Boyer • ATL 76
Corpas • COL 76
Madson • PHI 76
Rivera • WSN 76
Saves
1. Rodríguez • LAA 62
2. Valverde • HOU 44
3. Soria • KCR 42
4. Papelbon • BOS 41
Lidge • PHI 41
Wilson • SFG 41
7. Nathan • MIN 39
Rivera • NYY 39
9. Cordero • CIN 34
Wood • CHC 34
Innings Pitched
1. Sabathia • 2TM 253.0
2. Halladay • TOR 246.0
3. Santana • NYM 234.1
4. Hamels • PHI 227.1
5. Lincecum • SFG 227.0
6. Webb • ARI 226.2
7. Lee • CLE 223.1
8. Burnett • TOR 221.1
9. Santana • LAA 219.0
10. Buehrle • CHW 218.2
Strikeouts
1. Lincecum • SFG 265
2. Sabathia • 2TM 251
3. Burnett • TOR 231
4. Santana • LAA 214
5. Halladay • TOR 206
Haren • ARI 206
Santana • NYM 206
Vólquez • CIN 206
9. Billingsley • LAD 201
10. Vázquez • CHW 200
Games Started
1. Sabathia • 2TM 35
2. Buehrle • CHW 34
Burnett • TOR 34
Meche • KCR 34
Mussina • NYY 34
Arroyo • CIN 34
Cain • SFG 34
Jiménez • COL 34
Lilly • CHC 34
Lowe • LAD 34
Pérez • NYM 34
Santana • NYM 34
Webb • ARI 34
Complete Games
1. Sabathia • 2TM 10
2. Halladay • TOR 9
3. Sheets • MIL 5
4. Lee • CLE 4
5. Lackey • LAA 3
Millwood • TEX 3
Oswalt • HOU 3
Slowey • MIN 3
Shields • TBR 3
Webb • ARI 3
Santana • NYM 3
Garza • TBR 3
Shutouts
1. Sabathia • 2TM 5
2. Sheets • MIL 3
3. Shields • TBR 2
Kuroda • LAD 2
Hamels • PHI 2
Oswalt • HOU 2
Santana • NYM 2
Slowey • MIN 2
Litsch • TOR 2
Lester • BOS 2
Lee • CLE 2
Halladay • TOR 2
Garza • TBR 2
Home Runs
1. Backe • HOU 36
2. Harang • CIN 35
3. Lilly • CHC 32
4. Byrd • 2TM 31
5. Floyd • CHW 30
Olsen • FLA 30
Suppan • MIL 30
8. Bannister • KCR 29
Arroyo • CIN 29
Bush • MIL 29
Cueto • CIN 29
Myers • PHI 29
Bases on Balls
1. Pérez • NYM 105
2. Jiménez • COL 103
3. Zito • SFG 102
4. Matsuzaka • BOS 94
5. Vólquez • CIN 93
6. Cain • SFG 91
7. Cabrera • BAL 90
8. Snell • PIT 89
9. Smith • OAK 87
Verlander • DET 87
Hits
1. Hernández • 2TM 257
2. Buehrle • CHW 240
3. Garland • LAA 237
4. Cook • COL 236
5. Pettitte • NYY 233
6. Duke • PIT 230
7. Blackburn • MIN 224
8. Sabathia • 2TM 223
9. Halladay • TOR 220
Millwood • TEX 220
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Halladay • TOR 5.282
2. Haren • ARI 5.150
3. Beckett • BOS 5.059
4. Lee • CLE 5.000
5. Mussina • NYY 4.839
6. Santana • LAA 4.553
7. Nolasco • FLA 4.429
8. Shields • TBR 4.000
9. Johnson • ARI 3.932
10. Hamels • PHI 3.698
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Lincecum • SFG 0.436
2. Lee • CLE 0.484
3. Jiménez • COL 0.498
4. Webb • ARI 0.516
5. Jurrjens • ATL 0.526
6. Eveland • OAK 0.536
7. Pelfrey • NYM 0.538
8. Cook • COL 0.554
9. Lowe • LAD 0.597
10. Lester • BOS 0.599
Losses
1. Verlander • DET 17
Harang • CIN 17
Zito • SFG 17
4. Bannister • KCR 16
Smith • OAK 16
Vázquez • CHW 16
7. Silva • SEA 15
Lannan • WSN 15
9. Batista • SEA 14
Pettitte • NYY 14
Washburn • SEA 14
Backe • HOU 14
Cain • SFG 14
Cueto • CIN 14
Duke • PIT 14
Looper • STL 14
Earned Runs
1. Hernández • 2TM 121
2. Robertson • DET 119
3. Bannister • KCR 117
4. Backe • HOU 112
5. Rogers • DET 110
Silva • SEA 110
7. Vázquez • CHW 108
Verlander • DET 108
9. Garland • LAA 107
10. Arroyo • CIN 106
Wild Pitches
1. Lincecum • SFG 17
Parra • MIL 17
3. Jiménez • COL 16
4. Cabrera • BAL 15
5. De La Rosa • COL 14
6. Padilla • TEX 12
Wakefield • BOS 12
8. Burnett • TOR 11
Dickey • SEA 11
Haren • ARI 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Cabrera • BAL 18
2. Padilla • TEX 15
3. Verlander • DET 14
Cueto • CIN 14
Kendrick • PHI 14
Vólquez • CIN 14
7. Wakefield • BOS 13
Pelfrey • NYM 13
9. Eveland • OAK 12
Halladay • TOR 12
Shields • TBR 12
Webb • ARI 12
Owings • 2TM 12
Wolf • 2TM 12
Batters Faced
1. Sabathia • 2TM 1,023
2. Halladay • TOR 987
3. Santana • NYM 964
4. Burnett • TOR 957
5. Webb • ARI 944
6. Cain • SFG 933
7. Lincecum • SFG 928
8. Buehrle • CHW 918
9. Hamels • PHI 914
10. Santana • LAA 897
Games Finished
1. Valverde • HOU 71
2. Rodríguez • LAA 69
3. Cordero • CIN 63
4. Papelbon • BOS 62
5. Lidge • PHI 61
6. Rivera • NYY 60
7. Gregg • FLA 59
8. Nathan • MIN 57
Soria • KCR 57
10. Wood • CHC 56
Adjusted ERA+
1. Lincecum • SFG 168
2. Lee • CLE 167
3. Santana • NYM 166
4. Matsuzaka • BOS 160
5. Dempster • CHC 154
6. Halladay • TOR 152
7. Lester • BOS 144
8. Hamels • PHI 141
9. Webb • ARI 140
10. Haren • ARI 138
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Lincecum • SFG 2.62
2. Lee • CLE 2.83
3. Haren • ARI 3.01
4. Halladay • TOR 3.03
5. Beckett • BOS 3.24
6. Lowe • LAD 3.26
7. Webb • ARI 3.28
8. Santana • LAA 3.30
9. Mussina • NYY 3.32
10. Billingsley • LAD 3.35
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Lincecum • SFG 44
2. Santana • NYM 44
3. Lee • CLE 43
4. Sabathia • 2TM 43
5. Halladay • TOR 38
6. Harden • 2TM 37
7. Dempster • CHC 34
8. Lester • BOS 33
9. Matsuzaka • BOS 31
10. Hamels • PHI 29
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Sabathia • 2TM 4.7
2. Lincecum • SFG 4.6
3. Santana • NYM 4.6
4. Lee • CLE 4.6
5. Halladay • TOR 4.0
6. Harden • 2TM 3.9
7. Dempster • CHC 3.6
8. Lester • BOS 3.4
9. Matsuzaka • BOS 3.2
10. Hamels • PHI 3.0
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Lee • CLE 48.99
2. Lincecum • SFG 47.98
3. Sabathia • 2TM 45.97
4. Santana • NYM 44.35
5. Halladay • TOR 41.82
6. Harden • 2TM 37.63
7. Lester • BOS 36.03
8. Matsuzaka • BOS 33.87
9. Haren • ARI 32.69
10. Dempster • CHC 32.65
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Lee • CLE 5.9
2. Lidge • PHI 5.3
3. Lincecum • SFG 5.0
4. Sabathia • 2TM 4.7
5. Rivera • NYY 4.5
6. Halladay • TOR 4.4
7. Soria • KCR 4.2
8. Santana • NYM 4.0
9. Harden • 2TM 3.9
10. Santana • LAA 3.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Halladay • TOR 4.9
2. Lee • CLE 4.7
3. Sabathia • 2TM 4.5
4. Lincecum • SFG 3.8
5. Harden • 2TM 3.5
6. Santana • NYM 3.5
7. Dempster • CHC 3.4
8. Lowe • LAD 3.2
9. Santana • LAA 3.2
10. Duchscherer • OAK 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Danks • CHW 8.7
2. Sabathia • 2TM 6.4
3. Santana • NYM 5.8
4. Lidge • PHI 4.7
5. Nathan • MIN 4.0
6. Baker • MIN 3.8
7. Jenks • CHW 3.5
8. Webb • ARI 3.2
9. Matsuzaka • BOS 2.7
10. Buehrle • CHW 2.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Lee • CLE 5.3
2. Lincecum • SFG 5.1
3. Sabathia • 2TM 5.1
4. Santana • NYM 4.8
5. Halladay • TOR 4.5
6. Harden • 2TM 4.0
7. Lester • BOS 3.6
8. Matsuzaka • BOS 3.4
9. Dempster • CHC 3.3
10. Haren • ARI 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