Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Lee • PHI 9.0
2. Halladay • PHI 8.6
Verlander • DET 8.6
4. Ellsbury • BOS 8.3
5. Bautista • TOR 8.3
6. Kemp • LAD 8.0
7. Pedroia • BOS 8.0
8. Braun • MIL 7.7
9. Cabrera • DET 7.6
10. Zobrist • TBR 7.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Halladay • PHI 8.8
2. Verlander • DET 8.6
3. Lee • PHI 8.5
4. Weaver • LAA 6.9
5. Kershaw • LAD 6.8
6. Hamels • PHI 6.4
Sabathia • NYY 6.4
8. Romero • TOR 6.4
9. Beckett • BOS 5.8
10. Shields • TBR 5.8
Earned Run Average
1. Kershaw • LAD 2.28
2. Halladay • PHI 2.35
3. Lee • PHI 2.40
4. Verlander • DET 2.40
5. Weaver • LAA 2.41
6. Vogelsong • SFG 2.71
7. Lincecum • SFG 2.74
8. Hamels • PHI 2.79
9. Shields • TBR 2.82
10. Fister • 2TM 2.83
Wins
1. Verlander • DET 24
2. Kennedy • ARI 21
Kershaw • LAD 21
4. Sabathia • NYY 19
Halladay • PHI 19
6. Weaver • LAA 18
7. Gallardo • MIL 17
Lee • PHI 17
9. Gonzalez • OAK 16
Haren • LAA 16
Holland • TEX 16
Nova • NYY 16
Shields • TBR 16
Wilson • TEX 16
Greinke • MIL 16
Hudson • ARI 16
Hudson • ATL 16
Win-Loss %
1. Kennedy • ARI .840
2. Verlander • DET .828
3. Kershaw • LAD .808
4. Nova • NYY .800
5. Holland • TEX .762
6. Halladay • PHI .760
7. Greinke • MIL .727
8. Sabathia • NYY .704
9. Wilson • TEX .696
10. Weaver • LAA .692
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Verlander • DET 0.920
2. Kershaw • LAD 0.977
3. Hamels • PHI 0.986
4. Weaver • LAA 1.010
5. Haren • LAA 1.024
6. Beckett • BOS 1.026
7. Lee • PHI 1.027
8. Halladay • PHI 1.040
9. Shields • TBR 1.043
10. Fister • 2TM 1.063
Hits per 9 IP
1. Verlander • DET 6.239
2. Kershaw • LAD 6.711
3. Beckett • BOS 6.808
4. Weaver • LAA 6.950
5. Hellickson • TBR 6.952
6. Pineda • SEA 7.000
7. Shields • TBR 7.039
8. Romero • TOR 7.040
9. Hamels • PHI 7.042
10. Cain • SFG 7.186
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Tomlin • CLE 1.143
2. Haren • LAA 1.246
3. McCarthy • OAK 1.318
4. Halladay • PHI 1.348
5. Fister • 2TM 1.539
6. Pavano • MIN 1.622
7. Lee • PHI 1.625
8. Karstens • PIT 1.830
9. Hamels • PHI 1.833
10. Francis • KCR 1.918
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Greinke • MIL 10.538
2. Morrow • TOR 10.188
3. Kershaw • LAD 9.566
4. Sánchez • FLA 9.260
5. Lee • PHI 9.206
6. Lincecum • SFG 9.124
7. Pineda • SEA 9.105
8. Gallardo • MIL 8.986
9. Verlander • DET 8.964
10. Garza • CHC 8.955
Games Played
1. Venters • ATL 85
2. Bray • CIN 79
Kimbrel • ATL 79
Veras • PIT 79
5. Marshall • CHC 78
Motte • STL 78
O'Flaherty • ATL 78
8. Qualls • SDP 77
9. Resop • PIT 76
10. Valverde • DET 75
Marmól • CHC 75
Masset • CIN 75
Samardzija • CHC 75
Adams • 2TM 75
Saves
1. Valverde • DET 49
2. Axford • MIL 46
Kimbrel • ATL 46
4. Putz • ARI 45
5. Rivera • NYY 44
6. Bell • SDP 43
Storen • WSN 43
8. Hanrahan • PIT 40
9. League • SEA 37
Cordero • CIN 37
Innings Pitched
1. Verlander • DET 251.0
2. Shields • TBR 249.1
3. Haren • LAA 238.1
4. Sabathia • NYY 237.1
Carpenter • STL 237.1
6. Weaver • LAA 235.2
7. Hernández • SEA 233.2
Halladay • PHI 233.2
9. Kershaw • LAD 233.1
10. Lee • PHI 232.2
Strikeouts
1. Verlander • DET 250
2. Kershaw • LAD 248
3. Lee • PHI 238
4. Sabathia • NYY 230
5. Shields • TBR 225
6. Hernández • SEA 222
7. Halladay • PHI 220
Lincecum • SFG 220
9. Price • TBR 218
10. Gallardo • MIL 207
Games Started
1. Haren • LAA 34
Price • TBR 34
Verlander • DET 34
Wilson • TEX 34
Carpenter • STL 34
Dempster • CHC 34
Lowe • ATL 34
Cahill • OAK 34
9. Kennedy • ARI 33
Wolf • MIL 33
Kershaw • LAD 33
Lannan • WSN 33
Lilly • LAD 33
Lincecum • SFG 33
Marcum • MIL 33
Myers • HOU 33
Nolasco • FLA 33
Pelfrey • NYM 33
Saunders • ARI 33
Westbrook • STL 33
Hudson • ATL 33
Hudson • ARI 33
Gallardo • MIL 33
Cain • SFG 33
Bumgarner • SFG 33
Weaver • LAA 33
Shields • TBR 33
Scherzer • DET 33
Santana • LAA 33
Sabathia • NYY 33
Pavano • MIN 33
Masterson • CLE 33
Hernández • SEA 33
Complete Games
1. Shields • TBR 11
2. Halladay • PHI 8
3. Lee • PHI 6
4. Hernández • SEA 5
McCarthy • OAK 5
Kershaw • LAD 5
7. Holland • TEX 4
Haren • LAA 4
Carpenter • STL 4
Weaver • LAA 4
Verlander • DET 4
Romero • TOR 4
Santana • LAA 4
Vargas • SEA 4
Shutouts
1. Lee • PHI 6
2. Shields • TBR 4
Holland • TEX 4
4. Vargas • SEA 3
Haren • LAA 3
6. García • STL 2
Romero • TOR 2
Verlander • DET 2
Weaver • LAA 2
Sánchez • FLA 2
Kershaw • LAD 2
Carpenter • STL 2
Home Runs
1. Arroyo • CIN 46
2. Lewis • TEX 35
3. Burnett • NYY 31
Myers • HOU 31
5. Scherzer • DET 29
Saunders • ARI 29
7. Lilly • LAD 28
8. Capuano • NYM 27
Gallardo • MIL 27
10. Guthrie • BAL 26
Romero • TOR 26
Santana • LAA 26
Shields • TBR 26
Bases on Balls
1. Gonzalez • OAK 91
2. Chacín • COL 87
3. Lincecum • SFG 86
4. Billingsley • LAD 84
5. Burnett • NYY 83
Happ • HOU 83
7. Cahill • OAK 82
Dempster • CHC 82
9. Romero • TOR 80
10. McDonald • PIT 78
Jiménez • 2TM 78
Hits
1. Pavano • MIN 262
2. Nolasco • FLA 244
3. Carpenter • STL 243
4. Sabathia • NYY 230
5. Arroyo • CIN 227
6. Myers • HOU 226
7. Jackson • 2TM 225
8. Francis • KCR 224
9. Penny • DET 222
10. Buehrle • CHW 221
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Halladay • PHI 6.286
2. Haren • LAA 5.818
3. Lee • PHI 5.667
4. McCarthy • OAK 4.920
5. Kershaw • LAD 4.593
6. Greinke • MIL 4.467
7. Hamels • PHI 4.409
8. Verlander • DET 4.386
9. Tomlin • CLE 4.238
10. Bumgarner • SFG 4.152
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Morton • PIT 0.315
2. Cain • SFG 0.365
3. Halladay • PHI 0.385
4. Fister • 2TM 0.458
5. Masterson • CLE 0.458
6. Bumgarner • SFG 0.528
7. Kershaw • LAD 0.579
8. McCarthy • OAK 0.580
9. Hudson • ATL 0.586
10. Carpenter • STL 0.607
Losses
1. Guthrie • BAL 17
Lowe • ATL 17
3. Francis • KCR 16
Kuroda • LAD 16
5. Hernández • CLE 15
Happ • HOU 15
7. Cahill • OAK 14
Duensing • MIN 14
Hernández • SEA 14
Chacín • COL 14
Dempster • CHC 14
Latos • SDP 14
Lilly • LAD 14
Lincecum • SFG 14
Maholm • PIT 14
Myers • HOU 14
Earned Runs
1. Lackey • BOS 114
2. Arroyo • CIN 112
3. Hernández • CLE 110
4. Burnett • NYY 109
5. Dempster • CHC 108
6. Penny • DET 107
Myers • HOU 107
Nolasco • FLA 107
9. Pavano • MIN 106
10. Lowe • ATL 105
Wild Pitches
1. Burnett • NYY 25
2. Cahill • OAK 15
Wakefield • BOS 15
4. Rodríguez • WSN 14
5. Floyd • CHW 12
Hernández • SEA 12
Morrow • TOR 12
Porcello • DET 12
Scherzer • DET 12
Gallardo • MIL 12
García • STL 12
Kuroda • LAD 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Lackey • BOS 19
2. Aceves • BOS 15
Hudson • ATL 15
4. Hernández • CLE 14
Romero • TOR 14
Gee • NYM 14
7. Morton • PIT 13
Wolf • MIL 13
9. Morrow • TOR 12
Fister • 2TM 12
Batters Faced
1. Carpenter • STL 996
2. Sabathia • NYY 985
3. Shields • TBR 975
4. Verlander • DET 969
5. Hernández • SEA 964
6. Pavano • MIN 955
7. Haren • LAA 953
8. Santana • LAA 949
9. Halladay • PHI 933
10. Weaver • LAA 926
Games Finished
1. Valverde • DET 70
2. Kimbrel • ATL 64
3. Axford • MIL 63
Cordero • CIN 63
5. Marmól • CHC 61
6. League • SEA 60
7. Hanrahan • PIT 59
8. Perez • CLE 57
9. Feliz • TEX 56
10. Papelbon • BOS 54
Rivera • NYY 54
Bell • SDP 54
Adjusted ERA+
1. Verlander • DET 172
2. Halladay • PHI 163
3. Kershaw • LAD 161
4. Lee • PHI 160
5. Weaver • LAA 156
6. Wilson • TEX 150
7. Beckett • BOS 149
8. Romero • TOR 146
9. Sabathia • NYY 143
10. Fister • 2TM 138
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Halladay • PHI 2.20
2. Kershaw • LAD 2.47
3. Lee • PHI 2.60
4. Bumgarner • SFG 2.67
5. McCarthy • OAK 2.86
6. Sabathia • NYY 2.88
7. Cain • SFG 2.91
8. Garza • CHC 2.95
9. Greinke • MIL 2.98
10. Haren • LAA 2.98
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Verlander • DET 48
2. Weaver • LAA 40
3. Halladay • PHI 39
4. Lee • PHI 38
5. Kershaw • LAD 37
6. Sabathia • NYY 32
7. Wilson • TEX 30
8. Beckett • BOS 30
9. Romero • TOR 30
10. Shields • TBR 30
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Verlander • DET 5.2
2. Halladay • PHI 4.4
3. Weaver • LAA 4.4
4. Lee • PHI 4.2
5. Kershaw • LAD 4.1
6. Sabathia • NYY 3.4
7. Beckett • BOS 3.2
8. Wilson • TEX 3.2
9. Romero • TOR 3.2
10. Shields • TBR 3.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Verlander • DET 51.82
2. Weaver • LAA 47.91
3. Halladay • PHI 43.63
4. Shields • TBR 39.37
5. Lee • PHI 38.97
6. Kershaw • LAD 37.48
7. Sabathia • NYY 34.82
8. Romero • TOR 33.57
9. Beckett • BOS 33.22
10. Kennedy • ARI 31.77
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Clippard • WSN 5.2
2. Weaver • LAA 5.1
3. Verlander • DET 5.0
4. Venters • ATL 4.7
5. Kennedy • ARI 4.3
6. Halladay • PHI 4.3
7. Shields • TBR 4.2
8. Axford • MIL 4.2
9. Haren • LAA 4.2
10. Robertson • NYY 4.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Verlander • DET 6.3
2. Kershaw • LAD 4.6
3. Weaver • LAA 4.4
4. Halladay • PHI 3.8
5. Hamels • PHI 3.5
6. Shields • TBR 3.5
7. Lee • PHI 3.3
8. Sabathia • NYY 3.2
9. Cain • SFG 3.2
10. Beckett • BOS 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Verlander • DET 4.2
2. Venters • ATL 4.0
3. Weaver • LAA 3.8
4. Haren • LAA 3.3
5. Kennedy • ARI 3.2
6. Shields • TBR 3.2
7. Valverde • DET 3.1
8. Axford • MIL 3.1
9. O'Flaherty • ATL 2.9
10. Aceves • BOS 2.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Verlander • DET 5.7
2. Weaver • LAA 5.5
3. Halladay • PHI 5.0
4. Shields • TBR 4.5
5. Lee • PHI 4.4
6. Kershaw • LAD 4.3
7. Sabathia • NYY 3.6
8. Romero • TOR 3.5
9. Beckett • BOS 3.5
10. Kennedy • ARI 3.5

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