Single-Season Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1. Ed Walsh • 1912 12.1
2. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 11.9
3. Wilbur Wood • 1971 11.8
4. Red Faber • 1921 11.4
5. Ed Walsh • 1910 11.1
6. Wilbur Wood • 1972 10.7
7. Ed Walsh • 1908 10.3
8. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 9.7
9. Red Faber • 1922 9.6
10. Reb Russell • 1913 9.4
Earned Run Average
1. Ed Walsh • 1910 1.27
2. Ed Walsh • 1909 1.41
3. Ed Walsh • 1908 1.42
4. Doc White • 1906 1.52
5. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 1.53
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1913 1.58
7. Ed Walsh • 1907 1.6
8. Doc White • 1909 1.72
9. Doc White • 1905 1.76
10. Eddie Cicotte • 1916 1.78
Doc White • 1904 1.78
Wins
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 40
2. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 29
3. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 28
4. Ed Walsh • 1911 27
Ed Walsh • 1912 27
Doc White • 1907 27
7. Red Faber • 1921 25
Frank Smith • 1909 25
9. Red Faber • 1915 24
Clark Griffith • 1901 24
LaMarr Hoyt • 1983 24
Jim Scott • 1915 24
Ed Walsh • 1907 24
Wilbur Wood • 1972 24
Wilbur Wood • 1973 24
Win-Loss %
1. Jason Bere • 1994 .857
Matt Foster • 2020 .857
3. Sandy Consuegra • 1954 .842
4. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 .806
5. Clark Griffith • 1901 .774
6. Earl Caldwell • 1946 .765
7. Richard Dotson • 1983 .759
8. LaMarr Hoyt • 1981 .750
Dallas Keuchel • 2020 .750
Eric King • 1990 .750
Reb Russell • 1917 .750
Chris Sale • 2014 .750
Bob Shaw • 1959 .750
Monty Stratton • 1937 .750
Doc White • 1906 .750
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Ed Walsh • 1910 0.820
2. Ed Walsh • 1908 0.860
3. Doc White • 1906 0.903
4. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 0.912
5. Joe Horlen • 1964 0.935
6. Ed Walsh • 1909 0.938
7. Reb Russell • 1916 0.942
8. Joe Horlen • 1967 0.953
Frank Smith • 1909 0.953
10. Frank Smith • 1908 0.961
Hits per 9 IP
1. Lucas Giolito • 2020 5.848
2. Ed Walsh • 1910 5.892
3. Joe Horlen • 1964 6.066
4. Dylan Cease • 2022 6.163
5. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 6.387
6. Eddie Fisher • 1965 6.423
7. Frank Smith • 1908 6.440
8. Gary Peters • 1967 6.473
9. Ed Walsh • 1909 6.486
10. Joe Horlen • 1967 6.558
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. LaMarr Hoyt • 1983 1.070
2. Ed Walsh • 1908 1.086
3. Doc White • 1907 1.175
4. Ted Lyons • 1942 1.298
5. Nick Altrock • 1907 1.306
6. Roy Patterson • 1904 1.309
7. Nick Altrock • 1906 1.314
8. Eddie Cicotte • 1918 1.353
9. Ted Lyons • 1939 1.355
10. Ray Herbert • 1963 1.402
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Dylan Cease • 2021 12.278
2. Lucas Giolito • 2020 12.069
3. Chris Sale • 2015 11.818
4. Lucas Giolito • 2019 11.615
5. Dylan Cease • 2022 11.103
6. Dylan Cease • 2023 10.881
7. Chris Sale • 2014 10.759
8. Lucas Giolito • 2021 10.125
9. Chris Sale • 2013 9.490
10. Chris Sale • 2016 9.251
Games Played
1. Wilbur Wood • 1968 88
2. Kelly Wunsch • 2000 83
3. Eddie Fisher • 1965 82
4. Bob Locker • 1967 77
Bobby Thigpen • 1990 77
Wilbur Wood • 1970 77
7. Matt Lindstrom • 2013 76
Wilbur Wood • 1969 76
9. Dámaso Marte • 2004 74
Matt Thornton • 2008 74
Matt Thornton • 2012 74
Saves
1. Bobby Thigpen • 1990 57
2. Keith Foulke • 2001 42
3. Bobby Jenks • 2006 41
4. Bobby Jenks • 2007 40
Addison Reed • 2013 40
6. Liam Hendriks • 2021 38
Roberto Hernández • 1993 38
Roberto Hernández • 1996 38
9. Liam Hendriks • 2022 37
David Robertson • 2016 37
Innings Pitched
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 464.0
2. Ed Walsh • 1907 422.1
3. Ed Walsh • 1912 393.0
4. Wilbur Wood • 1972 376.2
5. Ed Walsh • 1910 369.2
6. Ed Walsh • 1911 368.2
7. Frank Smith • 1909 365.0
8. Wilbur Wood • 1973 359.1
9. Red Faber • 1922 352.0
10. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 346.2
Strikeouts
1. Chris Sale • 2015 274
2. Ed Walsh • 1908 269
3. Ed Walsh • 1910 258
4. Ed Walsh • 1911 255
5. Ed Walsh • 1912 254
6. Chris Sale • 2016 233
7. Lucas Giolito • 2019 228
8. Dylan Cease • 2022 227
9. Dylan Cease • 2021 226
Chris Sale • 2013 226
Games Started
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 49
Wilbur Wood • 1972 49
3. Wilbur Wood • 1973 48
4. Ed Walsh • 1907 46
5. Wilbur Wood • 1975 43
6. Stan Bahnsen • 1973 42
Wilbur Wood • 1971 42
Wilbur Wood • 1974 42
9. Stan Bahnsen • 1972 41
Jim Kaat • 1975 41
Ed Walsh • 1912 41
Complete Games
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 42
2. Frank Smith • 1909 37
Ed Walsh • 1907 37
4. Frank Owen • 1904 34
5. Ed Walsh • 1910 33
Ed Walsh • 1911 33
7. Red Faber • 1921 32
Frank Owen • 1905 32
Ed Walsh • 1912 32
10. Nick Altrock • 1904 31
Nick Altrock • 1905 31
Red Faber • 1922 31
Shutouts
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 11
2. Ed Walsh • 1906 10
3. Reb Russell • 1913 8
Ed Walsh • 1909 8
Wilbur Wood • 1972 8
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 7
Ray Herbert • 1963 7
Frank Owen • 1906 7
Billy Pierce • 1953 7
Jim Scott • 1915 7
Frank Smith • 1909 7
Ed Walsh • 1910 7
Doc White • 1904 7
Doc White • 1906 7
Wilbur Wood • 1971 7
Home Runs
1. Floyd Bannister • 1987 38
2. Mark Buehrle • 2006 36
3. Reynaldo López • 2019 35
4. James Baldwin • 1999 34
James Baldwin • 2000 34
Alex Fernandez • 1996 34
Jon Garland • 2004 34
James Shields • 2018 34
Kevin Tapani • 1996 34
10. Mark Buehrle • 2004 33
Billy Pierce • 1958 33
Bases on Balls
1. Vern Kennedy • 1936 147
2. Billy Pierce • 1950 137
3. Bill Wight • 1948 135
4. Vic Frazier • 1931 127
5. Vern Kennedy • 1937 124
6. Wilson Álvarez • 1993 122
7. Early Wynn • 1959 119
8. Stan Bahnsen • 1973 117
9. Eddie Smith • 1941 114
10. Billy Pierce • 1949 112
Early Wynn • 1960 112
Hits
1. Wilbur Wood • 1973 381
2. Dickey Kerr • 1921 357
3. Roy Patterson • 1901 345
4. Ed Walsh • 1908 343
5. Ed Walsh • 1907 341
6. Patsy Flaherty • 1903 338
7. Red Faber • 1922 334
8. Red Faber • 1920 332
Ed Walsh • 1912 332
10. Ted Lyons • 1930 331
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Chris Sale • 2015 6.524
2. Chris Sale • 2014 5.333
3. Chris Sale • 2016 5.178
4. Chris Sale • 2013 4.913
5. Ed Walsh • 1908 4.804
6. LaMarr Hoyt • 1983 4.774
7. Javier Vázquez • 2007 4.26
8. Ed Walsh • 1910 4.23
9. Jose Quintana • 2015 4.023
10. Lucas Giolito • 2019 4
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Frank Smith • 1909 0.025
2. Ed Walsh • 1906 0.032
3. Reb Russell • 1916 0.034
4. Red Faber • 1917 0.036
5. Ed Walsh • 1908 0.039
6. Red Faber • 1916 0.044
7. Eddie Cicotte • 1916 0.048
Reb Russell • 1917 0.048
9. Fred Olmstead • 1910 0.049
Frank Shellenback • 1918 0.049
Losses
1. Patsy Flaherty • 1903 25
2. Pat Caraway • 1931 24
3. Stan Bahnsen • 1973 21
Ted Lyons • 1933 21
Jim Scott • 1913 21
6. Ted Lyons • 1929 20
Eddie Smith • 1942 20
Ed Walsh • 1910 20
Bill Wight • 1948 20
Roy Wilkinson • 1921 20
Wilbur Wood • 1973 20
Wilbur Wood • 1975 20
Earned Runs
1. Dickey Kerr • 1921 162
2. Pat Caraway • 1931 152
3. Vern Kennedy • 1936 141
4. Wilbur Wood • 1973 138
5. Jaime Navarro • 1997 135
6. Ted Blankenship • 1927 133
Wilbur Wood • 1975 133
8. Lefty Williams • 1920 130
9. Tommy Thomas • 1931 129
10. Wilbur Wood • 1974 128
Wild Pitches
1. José Contreras • 2005 20
Freddy García • 2005 20
3. Jaime Navarro • 1998 18
4. Tommy John • 1970 17
5. José Contreras • 2006 16
6. Tommy John • 1969 15
Gary Peters • 1964 15
8. James Baldwin • 1997 14
Dylan Cease • 2023 14
Joe Horlen • 1966 14
Jaime Navarro • 1997 14
Ed Walsh • 1907 14
Kip Wells • 2001 14
Rich Wortham • 1979 14
Hit By Pitch
1. Chris Sale • 2016 17
2. Clark Griffith • 1902 16
Jim Scott • 1909 16
4. José Contreras • 2007 15
Lucas Giolito • 2018 15
Héctor Santiago • 2013 15
Javier Vázquez • 2006 15
8. Patsy Flaherty • 1903 14
Gavin Floyd • 2012 14
Joe Horlen • 1968 14
Ken Kravec • 1979 14
Chris Sale • 2013 14
Doc White • 1903 14
Batters Faced
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 1755
2. Ed Walsh • 1907 1622
3. Ed Walsh • 1912 1532
4. Wilbur Wood • 1973 1531
5. Wilbur Wood • 1972 1490
6. Red Faber • 1922 1464
7. Ed Walsh • 1911 1449
8. Frank Smith • 1909 1376
9. Dickey Kerr • 1921 1360
10. Ed Walsh • 1910 1359
Games Finished
1. Bobby Thigpen • 1990 73
2. Keith Foulke • 2001 69
3. Roberto Hernández • 1993 67
4. Bobby Jenks • 2007 62
Wilbur Wood • 1970 62
6. Roberto Hernández • 1996 61
7. Eddie Fisher • 1965 60
Bob James • 1985 60
9. Addison Reed • 2013 59
Bobby Thigpen • 1988 59
Adjusted ERA+
1. Dallas Keuchel • 2020 224
2. Billy Pierce • 1955 200
3. Monty Stratton • 1937 193
4. Wilbur Wood • 1971 189
5. Ed Walsh • 1910 187
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1913 186
7. Joe Horlen • 1964 184
8. Dylan Cease • 2022 180
9. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 176
10. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 174
Thornton Lee • 1941 174
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Ed Walsh • 1908 1.42
2. Ed Walsh • 1910 1.62
3. Doc White • 1907 1.80
4. Ed Walsh • 1909 1.82
5. Ed Walsh • 1906 1.89
6. Frank Smith • 1909 1.91
7. Ed Walsh • 1907 1.97
8. Reb Russell • 1916 2.01
9. Eddie Cicotte • 1918 2.02
10. Doc White • 1909 2.07
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Red Faber • 1921 66
2. Thornton Lee • 1941 56
3. Wilbur Wood • 1971 54
4. Red Faber • 1922 49
Ed Walsh • 1912 49
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 48
7. Billy Pierce • 1955 46
Ed Walsh • 1908 46
9. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 45
10. Esteban Loaiza • 2003 44
Ed Walsh • 1910 44
Ed Walsh • 1911 44
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Red Faber • 1921 6.7
2. Wilbur Wood • 1971 6.3
3. Thornton Lee • 1941 5.9
4. Ed Walsh • 1908 5.6
5. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 5.5
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 5.4
7. Ed Walsh • 1910 5.3
8. Ed Walsh • 1912 5.1
9. Red Faber • 1922 5.0
Billy Pierce • 1955 5.0
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †
1. Red Faber • 1921 78.00
2. Ed Walsh • 1912 71.61
3. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 64.08
4. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 59.97
5. Red Faber • 1922 57.00
6. Tommy Thomas • 1927 52.98
7. Billy Pierce • 1955 50.08
8. Esteban Loaiza • 2003 47.71
9. Wilbur Wood • 1971 47.31
10. Ted Lyons • 1927 45.43
Win Probability Added (WPA) †
1. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 9.0
2. Red Faber • 1921 8.8
3. Ed Walsh • 1912 8.7
4. Rich Gossage • 1975 7.0
5. Keith Foulke • 2000 6.4
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 6.0
7. Red Faber • 1922 5.7
8. Billy Pierce • 1953 5.5
9. Billy Pierce • 1955 5.4
Jim Scott • 1915 5.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †
1. Ed Walsh • 1912 7.0
2. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 6.6
3. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 6.5
4. Red Faber • 1921 6.3
5. Ted Lyons • 1927 5.8
6. Wilbur Wood • 1971 5.1
7. Red Faber • 1922 4.8
Joe Horlen • 1964 4.8
9. Joe Horlen • 1967 4.7
Esteban Loaiza • 2003 4.7
Championship WPA (cWPA) †
1. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 28.5
2. Dickey Kerr • 1920 17.3
3. Billy Pierce • 1955 14.3
4. Joe Horlen • 1964 14.2
5. Joe Horlen • 1967 13.4
6. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 13.2
7. Eddie Cicotte • 1916 12.9
8. Turk Lown • 1959 12.5
9. Billy Pierce • 1957 12.1
Hoyt Wilhelm • 1967 12.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †
1. Red Faber • 1921 8.1
2. Ed Walsh • 1912 7.8
3. Eddie Cicotte • 1919 7.5
4. Eddie Cicotte • 1917 7.3
5. Red Faber • 1922 6.0
6. Billy Pierce • 1955 5.5
Tommy Thomas • 1927 5.5
8. Wilbur Wood • 1971 5.4
9. Esteban Loaiza • 2003 4.9
Gary Peters • 1963 4.9

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