Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Bregman • HOU 8.9
2. Bellinger • LAD 8.6
3. Semien • OAK 8.5
4. Trout • LAA 7.9
5. Minor • TEX 7.9
6. Chapman • OAK 7.8
7. deGrom • NYM 7.8
8. Lynn • TEX 7.7
9. Verlander • HOU 7.3
10. Betts • BOS 7.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. Minor • TEX 8.0
2. Lynn • TEX 7.7
3. Verlander • HOU 7.4
4. deGrom • NYM 7.2
5. Cole • HOU 6.6
6. Gray • CIN 6.2
7. Soroka • ATL 6.1
8. Flaherty • STL 5.8
9. Strasburg • WSN 5.6
10. Rodríguez • BOS 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Ryu • LAD 2.32
2. deGrom • NYM 2.43
3. Cole • HOU 2.50
4. Verlander • HOU 2.58
5. Soroka • ATL 2.68
6. Flaherty • STL 2.75
7. Gray • CIN 2.87
8. Scherzer • WSN 2.92
9. Kershaw • LAD 3.03
10. Morton • TBR 3.05
Wins
1. Verlander • HOU 21
2. Cole • HOU 20
3. Rodríguez • BOS 19
4. Germán • NYY 18
Strasburg • WSN 18
Greinke • 2TM 18
7. Fried • ATL 17
8. Gonzales • SEA 16
Lynn • TEX 16
Morton • TBR 16
Hudson • STL 16
Kershaw • LAD 16
Win-Loss %
1. Germán • NYY .818
2. Cole • HOU .800
3. Fiers • OAK .789
4. Verlander • HOU .778
Buehler • LAD .778
6. Soroka • ATL .765
Clevinger • CLE .765
8. Kershaw • LAD .762
9. Rodríguez • BOS .760
10. Strasburg • WSN .750
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Verlander • HOU 0.803
2. Cole • HOU 0.895
3. Flaherty • STL 0.968
4. deGrom • NYM 0.971
5. Ryu • LAD 1.007
6. Scherzer • WSN 1.027
7. Strasburg • WSN 1.038
8. Buehler • LAD 1.042
9. Kershaw • LAD 1.043
10. Bieber • CLE 1.054
Hits per 9 IP
1. Verlander • HOU 5.529
2. Cole • HOU 6.019
3. Flaherty • STL 6.188
4. Gray • CIN 6.262
5. Castillo • CIN 6.561
6. Giolito • CHW 6.674
7. deGrom • NYM 6.794
8. Strasburg • WSN 6.933
9. Darvish • CHC 7.052
10. Morton • TBR 7.120
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Ryu • LAD 1.182
2. Mikolas • STL 1.565
3. Hendricks • CHC 1.627
4. Bieber • CLE 1.680
5. Verlander • HOU 1.695
6. Scherzer • WSN 1.723
7. Márquez • COL 1.810
8. Buehler • LAD 1.826
9. Bumgarner • SFG 1.864
10. deGrom • NYM 1.941
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Cole • HOU 13.818
2. Scherzer • WSN 12.691
3. Ray • ARI 12.132
4. Verlander • HOU 12.108
5. Giolito • CHW 11.615
6. Boyd • DET 11.558
7. Darvish • CHC 11.535
8. deGrom • NYM 11.250
9. Morton • TBR 11.096
10. Bieber • CLE 10.876
Games Played
1. Claudio • MIL 83
2. Petit • OAK 80
Kolarek • 2TM 80
4. Suero • WSN 78
5. Chafin • ARI 77
6. Stammen • SDP 76
Diekman • 2TM 76
8. Hendriks • OAK 75
9. Farmer • DET 73
Ottavino • NYY 73
Workman • BOS 73
Lorenzen • CIN 73
Miller • STL 73
Ryan • CHC 73
Saves
1. Yates • SDP 41
2. Osuna • HOU 38
3. Chapman • NYY 37
Hader • MIL 37
5. Hand • CLE 34
Iglesias • CIN 34
Smith • SFG 34
8. Jansen • LAD 33
9. Colomé • CHW 30
Kennedy • KCR 30
Rogers • MIN 30
Innings Pitched
1. Verlander • HOU 223.0
2. Bieber • CLE 214.1
3. Bauer • 2TM 213.0
4. Cole • HOU 212.1
5. Strasburg • WSN 209.0
6. Greinke • 2TM 208.2
7. Lynn • TEX 208.1
Minor • TEX 208.1
9. Bumgarner • SFG 207.2
10. deGrom • NYM 204.0
Strikeouts
1. Cole • HOU 326
2. Verlander • HOU 300
3. Bieber • CLE 259
4. deGrom • NYM 255
5. Bauer • 2TM 253
6. Strasburg • WSN 251
7. Lynn • TEX 246
8. Scherzer • WSN 243
9. Morton • TBR 240
10. Boyd • DET 238
Corbin • WSN 238
Games Started
1. Gonzales • SEA 34
Nova • CHW 34
Rodríguez • BOS 34
Verlander • HOU 34
Bumgarner • SFG 34
Nola • PHI 34
Bauer • 2TM 34
8. Bieber • CLE 33
Cole • HOU 33
Fiers • OAK 33
López • CHW 33
Lynn • TEX 33
Miley • HOU 33
Morton • TBR 33
Corbin • WSN 33
Flaherty • STL 33
Ray • ARI 33
Strasburg • WSN 33
Teheran • ATL 33
Greinke • 2TM 33
Complete Games
1. Giolito • CHW 3
Bieber • CLE 3
3. Leake • 2TM 2
Eflin • PHI 2
Buehler • LAD 2
Alcántara • MIA 2
Verlander • HOU 2
Nova • CHW 2
Minor • TEX 2
10. López • CHW 1
Kikuchi • SEA 1
Carrasco • CLE 1
Corbin • WSN 1
Feierabend • TOR 1
Fiers • OAK 1
Jurado • TEX 1
Tanaka • NYY 1
Sparkman • KCR 1
Sampson • TEX 1
Sale • BOS 1
Plesac • CLE 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Márquez • COL 1
Matz • NYM 1
Mikolas • STL 1
Pivetta • PHI 1
Ryu • LAD 1
Syndergaard • NYM 1
Taillon • PIT 1
Holland • 2TM 1
Vargas • 2TM 1
Bauer • 2TM 1
Berríos • MIN 1
Fried • ATL 1
Shutouts
1. Giolito • CHW 2
Alcántara • MIA 2
Bieber • CLE 2
4. Carrasco • CLE 1
Fiers • OAK 1
Kikuchi • SEA 1
Minor • TEX 1
Plesac • CLE 1
Sale • BOS 1
Sparkman • KCR 1
Tanaka • NYY 1
Verlander • HOU 1
Corbin • WSN 1
Eflin • PHI 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Márquez • COL 1
Matz • NYM 1
Mikolas • STL 1
Ryu • LAD 1
Syndergaard • NYM 1
Vargas • 2TM 1
Bauer • 2TM 1
Leake • 2TM 1
Home Runs
1. Leake • 2TM 41
2. Boyd • DET 39
3. Kikuchi • SEA 36
Verlander • HOU 36
5. López • CHW 35
6. Happ • NYY 34
Bauer • 2TM 34
8. Darvish • CHC 33
Smith • MIA 33
10. Smyly • 2TM 32
Bases on Balls
1. Hudson • STL 86
2. Ray • ARI 84
3. Teheran • ATL 83
4. Bauer • 2TM 82
5. Alcántara • MIA 81
6. Nola • PHI 80
7. Castillo • CIN 79
8. Rodríguez • BOS 75
9. Keller • KCR 70
Corbin • WSN 70
Hits
1. Leake • 2TM 227
2. Nova • CHW 225
3. Gonzales • SEA 210
4. Lester • CHC 205
5. López • CHW 203
6. Porcello • BOS 198
7. Wheeler • NYM 196
8. Kikuchi • SEA 195
Lynn • TEX 195
Rodríguez • BOS 195
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Scherzer • WSN 7.364
2. Verlander • HOU 7.143
3. Cole • HOU 6.792
Ryu • LAD 6.792
5. Bieber • CLE 6.475
6. Buehler • LAD 5.811
7. deGrom • NYM 5.795
8. Márquez • COL 5.000
9. Boyd • DET 4.760
10. Bumgarner • SFG 4.721
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Morton • TBR 0.693
2. Soroka • ATL 0.721
3. Keller • KCR 0.817
4. Ryu • LAD 0.838
5. deGrom • NYM 0.838
6. Gray • CIN 0.873
7. Lynn • TEX 0.907
8. Scherzer • WSN 0.940
9. Hendricks • CHC 0.966
10. Buehler • LAD 0.987
Losses
1. Turnbull • DET 17
2. López • CHW 15
3. Bundy • BAL 14
Junis • KCR 14
Keller • KCR 14
Alcántara • MIA 14
Kelly • ARI 14
Mikolas • STL 14
Sanchez • 2TM 14
10. Gonzales • SEA 13
Norris • DET 13
Zimmermann • DET 13
Eflin • PHI 13
Bauer • 2TM 13
Stroman • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. López • CHW 110
2. Porcello • BOS 107
3. Bauer • 2TM 106
4. Junis • KCR 102
5. Kikuchi • SEA 98
Nova • CHW 98
7. Boyd • DET 94
Pérez • MIN 94
Syndergaard • NYM 94
Leake • 2TM 94
Wild Pitches
1. Lynn • TEX 18
2. Cahill • LAA 14
Márquez • COL 14
4. Barnes • BOS 13
Fiers • OAK 13
6. Castro • BAL 11
Snell • TBR 11
Darvish • CHC 11
Fried • ATL 11
Quintana • CHC 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Bauer • 2TM 19
2. Turnbull • DET 16
3. Teheran • ATL 14
4. Bassitt • OAK 13
Sale • BOS 13
Roark • 2TM 13
7. Morton • TBR 12
Mikolas • STL 12
9. Junis • KCR 11
Darvish • CHC 11
López • MIA 11
Nola • PHI 11
Diekman • 2TM 11
Sanchez • 2TM 11
Batters Faced
1. Bauer • 2TM 911
2. Lynn • TEX 875
3. Gonzales • SEA 866
4. Minor • TEX 863
5. Bieber • CLE 859
Rodríguez • BOS 859
7. Nola • PHI 852
8. Verlander • HOU 847
9. Bumgarner • SFG 844
10. Berríos • MIN 842
Games Finished
1. Osuna • HOU 56
2. Doolittle • WSN 55
Iglesias • CIN 55
4. Colomé • CHW 54
Hand • CLE 54
6. Chapman • NYY 53
7. Smith • SFG 52
8. Kennedy • KCR 51
Robles • LAA 51
Jansen • LAD 51
Yates • SDP 51
Adjusted ERA+
1. Cole • HOU 185
2. Verlander • HOU 179
3. Ryu • LAD 179
4. Soroka • ATL 171
5. deGrom • NYM 169
6. Gray • CIN 162
7. Scherzer • WSN 154
8. Flaherty • STL 152
9. Minor • TEX 144
10. Bieber • CLE 144
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Scherzer • WSN 2.45
2. Cole • HOU 2.64
3. deGrom • NYM 2.67
4. Morton • TBR 2.81
5. Buehler • LAD 3.01
6. Ryu • LAD 3.10
7. Lynn • TEX 3.13
8. Strasburg • WSN 3.25
9. Verlander • HOU 3.27
10. Bieber • CLE 3.32
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Verlander • HOU 52
2. Cole • HOU 49
3. deGrom • NYM 41
4. Ryu • LAD 38
5. Greinke • 2TM 36
6. Soroka • ATL 35
7. Minor • TEX 34
8. Flaherty • STL 34
9. Gray • CIN 34
10. Bieber • CLE 33
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Verlander • HOU 5.4
2. Cole • HOU 5.1
3. deGrom • NYM 4.3
4. Ryu • LAD 4.0
5. Greinke • 2TM 3.8
6. Soroka • ATL 3.7
7. Flaherty • STL 3.5
8. Gray • CIN 3.5
9. Minor • TEX 3.5
10. Bieber • CLE 3.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Verlander • HOU 58.81
2. Cole • HOU 55.32
3. deGrom • NYM 44.89
4. Ryu • LAD 42.59
5. Flaherty • STL 39.17
6. Greinke • 2TM 38.97
7. Soroka • ATL 38.38
8. Bieber • CLE 38.18
9. Minor • TEX 36.87
10. Gray • CIN 35.69
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Verlander • HOU 5.6
2. Smith • SFG 5.6
3. Cole • HOU 4.7
4. deGrom • NYM 4.6
5. Ryu • LAD 4.5
6. Flaherty • STL 4.2
7. Yates • SDP 4.0
8. Bummer • CHW 3.8
9. Soroka • ATL 3.7
10. Vazquez • PIT 3.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Verlander • HOU 5.4
2. Cole • HOU 5.2
3. deGrom • NYM 5.1
4. Greinke • 2TM 4.1
5. Flaherty • STL 3.9
6. Morton • TBR 3.7
7. Ryu • LAD 3.7
8. Soroka • ATL 3.4
9. Strasburg • WSN 3.3
10. Minor • TEX 3.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Flaherty • STL 3.8
2. Clevinger • CLE 3.4
3. Hendricks • CHC 3.1
4. Morton • TBR 2.9
5. Bieber • CLE 2.9
6. Verlander • HOU 2.8
7. Wick • CHC 2.4
8. Ryu • LAD 2.4
9. Soroka • ATL 2.2
10. Strasburg • WSN 2.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Verlander • HOU 6.1
2. Cole • HOU 5.8
3. deGrom • NYM 4.9
4. Ryu • LAD 4.7
5. Flaherty • STL 4.2
6. Greinke • 2TM 4.0
7. Soroka • ATL 3.9
8. Bieber • CLE 3.8
9. Morton • TBR 3.7
10. Scherzer • WSN 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