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Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 9.8

2. Sánchez • PHI 8.1

3. Turang • MIL 7.3

4. McGonigle • DET 7.1

5. Schlittler • NYY 7.0

6. Alvarez • HOU 6.8

7. Witt • KCR 6.7

8. Moreno • ARI 6.7

9. Luzardo • PHI 6.5

10. Misiorowski • MIL 6.5

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Sánchez • PHI 8.1

2. Schlittler • NYY 7.0

3. Luzardo • PHI 6.5

4. Misiorowski • MIL 6.5

5. Messick • CLE 6.3

6. Wheeler • PHI 6.0

7. Yamamoto • LAD 5.9

8. Cease • TOR 5.5

9. Sale • ATL 5.5

10. Rodríguez • ARI 4.8

Earned Run Average

9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Misiorowski • MIL 1.80

2. Schlittler • NYY 1.95

3. Sale • ATL 2.16

4. Cease • TOR 2.40

5. Yamamoto • LAD 2.53

6. Messick • CLE 2.56

7. Rasmussen • TBR 2.67

8. Gray • BOS 2.72

9. Luzardo • PHI 2.86

10. Rodríguez • ARI 2.89

Wins

1. Gray • BOS 18

Sánchez • PHI 18

3. Rasmussen • TBR 16

Misiorowski • MIL 16

Rodríguez • ARI 16

6. Martinez • TBR 15

Burns • CIN 15

Griffin • 2TM 15

9. Schlittler • NYY 14

Williams • CLE 14

Ashcraft • PIT 14

Luzardo • PHI 14

Sale • ATL 14

Wheeler • PHI 14

Yamamoto • LAD 14

Win-Loss %

Win-Loss Percentage W / (W + L) For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games. For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Burns • CIN .833

2. Ashby • MIL .813

3. Gray • BOS .783

4. Rasmussen • TBR .762

Misiorowski • MIL .762

6. Wheeler • PHI .737

Luzardo • PHI .737

8. Cavalli • WSN .722

9. Sánchez • PHI .720

10. Griffin • 2TM .714

Martinez • TBR .714

Walks & Hits per IP

(BB + H)/IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Misiorowski • MIL 0.802

2. Yamamoto • LAD 0.870

3. Rasmussen • TBR 0.913

4. Schlittler • NYY 0.919

5. Sale • ATL 0.984

6. Detmers • LAA 1.038

7. Wheeler • PHI 1.049

8. Messick • CLE 1.063

9. Luzardo • PHI 1.074

10. Gilbert • SEA 1.086

Hits per 9 IP

9 x H / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Misiorowski • MIL 4.947

2. Cease • TOR 5.751

3. Yamamoto • LAD 5.789

4. Schlittler • NYY 5.995

5. Rasmussen • TBR 6.541

6. Wheeler • PHI 6.833

7. Detmers • LAA 7.005

8. McLean • NYM 7.013

9. Williams • CLE 7.031

10. Luzardo • PHI 7.063

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Martinez • TBR 1.300

2. Rasmussen • TBR 1.674

3. Sale • ATL 1.715

4. Ashcraft • PIT 1.905

5. Imanaga • CHC 1.910

6. Sánchez • PHI 1.957

7. Woo • SEA 2.029

8. Yamamoto • LAD 2.043

9. Rogers • BAL 2.069

10. Misiorowski • MIL 2.267

Strikeouts per 9 IP

9 x SO / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Misiorowski • MIL 12.985

2. Cease • TOR 12.728

3. Williams • CLE 12.108

4. deGrom • TEX 11.121

5. Schlittler • NYY 11.107

6. Luzardo • PHI 11.071

7. Sale • ATL 11.066

8. Wheeler • PHI 10.722

9. Cavalli • WSN 10.609

10. Bradley • MIN 10.346

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fluharty • TOR 83

2. Headrick • NYY 81

3. Burke • CIN 77

4. Morejón • SDP 76

5. Alexander • TEX 75

Fisher • TOR 75

Garcia • BAL 75

Ashby • MIL 75

9. Harris • ATH 74

Rogers • TOR 74

Bernardino • COL 74

Ginkel • ARI 74

Saves

1. Baker • TBR 41

Smith • CLE 41

3. Miller • SDP 38

O'Brien • STL 38

5. Bednar • NYY 35

Chapman • BOS 35

Varland • TOR 35

8. Iglesias • ATL 34

9. Duran • PHI 33

10. Latz • TEX 30

Megill • MIL 30

Innings Pitched

1. Alcantara • MIA 214.0

2. Sánchez • PHI 207.0

3. Wacha • KCR 200.2

4. Schlittler • NYY 193.2

5. Rodríguez • ARI 189.2

6. Bibee • CLE 188.0

7. Messick • CLE 186.1

8. Gilbert • SEA 186.0

9. Detmers • LAA 185.0

King • SDP 185.0

Yamamoto • LAD 185.0

Strikeouts

1. Misiorowski • MIL 252

2. Williams • CLE 248

3. Cease • TOR 239

Schlittler • NYY 239

5. Sánchez • PHI 231

6. Luzardo • PHI 221

7. Detmers • LAA 211

8. Bradley • MIN 205

Gilbert • SEA 205

10. deGrom • TEX 201

Games Started

1. Gore • TEX 34

2. Bibee • CLE 33

Schlittler • NYY 33

Alcantara • MIA 33

Nola • PHI 33

Sánchez • PHI 33

7. Detmers • LAA 32

Gilbert • SEA 32

Lugo • KCR 32

Messick • CLE 32

Wacha • KCR 32

Williams • CLE 32

Abbott • CIN 32

Buehler • SDP 32

Cavalli • WSN 32

Imanaga • CHC 32

King • SDP 32

Rodríguez • ARI 32

Skenes • PIT 32

Soriano • 2TM 32

Gausman • 2TM 32

Peralta • 2TM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Freeland • COL 1

Cameron • KCR 1

Cease • TOR 1

Ginn • ATH 1

Kirby • SEA 1

Kolek • KCR 1

Martinez • TBR 1

Ober • MIN 1

Ureña • LAA 1

Alcantara • MIA 1

Baz • BAL 1

Ashcraft • PIT 1

Kelly • ARI 1

Luzardo • PHI 1

Misiorowski • MIL 1

Pérez • MIA 1

Sale • ATL 1

Sánchez • PHI 1

Webb • SFG 1

Yamamoto • LAD 1

May • 2TM 1

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Cameron • KCR 1

Cease • TOR 1

Kolek • KCR 1

Ober • MIN 1

Alcantara • MIA 1

Luzardo • PHI 1

Misiorowski • MIL 1

Pérez • MIA 1

Sale • ATL 1

Sánchez • PHI 1

May • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Nola • PHI 37

2. Springs • ATH 35

Imanaga • CHC 35

4. Sugano • COL 33

5. Singer • CIN 32

6. Wacha • KCR 30

Littell • 2TM 30

8. Bibee • CLE 29

Gilbert • SEA 29

Freeland • COL 29

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ray • 2TM 84

2. Cantillo • CLE 81

3. Chandler • PIT 80

4. Cease • TOR 78

5. Bradley • MIN 76

Abbott • CIN 76

7. Roupp • SFG 75

8. Soriano • 2TM 73

9. Gore • TEX 71

10. Bradish • BAL 70

Kelly • ARI 70

King • SDP 70

McLean • NYM 70

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Alcantara • MIA 204

Sánchez • PHI 204

3. Lugo • KCR 200

4. Kirby • SEA 197

5. Singer • CIN 188

6. Lorenzen • 2TM 186

7. Baz • BAL 179

Gausman • 2TM 179

9. Freeland • COL 177

Nola • PHI 177

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

SO/W or SO/BB For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP per team game played. No batting leaders computed.

1. Sale • ATL 6.452

2. Misiorowski • MIL 5.727

3. Rasmussen • TBR 5.438

4. Sánchez • PHI 5.133

5. Ashcraft • PIT 4.943

6. Schlittler • NYY 4.878

7. Imanaga • CHC 4.703

8. Woo • SEA 4.487

9. Detmers • LAA 4.396

10. deGrom • TEX 4.370

Home Runs per 9 IP

9 x HR / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Sale • ATL 0.553

2. Cease • TOR 0.586

3. Pallante • STL 0.667

4. Misiorowski • MIL 0.721

5. Rasmussen • TBR 0.733

6. Schlittler • NYY 0.744

7. Baz • BAL 0.751

Luzardo • PHI 0.751

9. Messick • CLE 0.821

10. Sánchez • PHI 0.826

Losses

1. Baz • BAL 15

Bibee • CLE 15

Singer • CIN 15

4. Bradish • BAL 14

Springs • ATH 14

Kelly • ARI 14

Liberatore • STL 14

Roupp • SFG 14

9. Perkins • ATH 13

Lorenzen • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Singer • CIN 102

Lorenzen • 2TM 102

3. Freeland • COL 100

4. Lugo • KCR 99

5. Springs • ATH 98

6. Alcantara • MIA 92

Sugano • COL 92

8. Bibee • CLE 91

Nola • PHI 91

10. Liberatore • STL 90

Wild Pitches

1. Beeter • WSN 12

Richards • 2TM 12

3. Burke • CHW 11

4. Sproat • MIL 10

5. Bradish • BAL 9

Williams • CLE 9

Ashby • MIL 9

8. Blubaugh • HOU 8

Rocker • TEX 8

Luzardo • PHI 8

Ramírez • PIT 8

Sasaki • LAD 8

Soto • PIT 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kay • CHW 26

2. Lodolo • CIN 17

3. Cavalli • WSN 16

Manaea • NYM 16

5. McLean • NYM 15

Sale • ATL 15

Singer • CIN 15

Arrighetti • 2TM 15

9. Valdez • DET 14

Ramírez • PIT 14

Batters Faced

1. Alcantara • MIA 894

2. Sánchez • PHI 857

3. Wacha • KCR 812

4. Rodríguez • ARI 788

5. Bibee • CLE 780

6. Baz • BAL 769

7. Schlittler • NYY 761

8. Valdez • DET 758

9. King • SDP 757

10. Lugo • KCR 751

Games Finished

Games Finished Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game. Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Smith • CLE 60

2. Miller • SDP 57

3. Bednar • NYY 56

4. Duran • PHI 55

5. O'Brien • STL 54

6. Varland • TOR 53

7. Baker • TBR 52

8. Iglesias • ATL 49

9. Muñoz • SEA 48

10. Chapman • BOS 44

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Misiorowski • MIL 232

2. Schlittler • NYY 215

3. Sale • ATL 196

4. Cease • TOR 184

5. Yamamoto • LAD 167

6. Messick • CLE 161

7. Rasmussen • TBR 159

8. Luzardo • PHI 158

9. Sánchez • PHI 155

10. Wheeler • PHI 150

Fielding Independent Pitching

Fielding Independent Pitching this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO <tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg</tt> The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Misiorowski • MIL 2.17

2. Sale • ATL 2.29

3. Cease • TOR 2.56

4. Schlittler • NYY 2.56

5. Luzardo • PHI 2.78

6. Sánchez • PHI 2.80

7. Rasmussen • TBR 2.82

8. Detmers • LAA 3.01

9. Messick • CLE 3.07

10. deGrom • TEX 3.11

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adjusted Pitching Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Schlittler • NYY 45

2. Misiorowski • MIL 44

3. Sale • ATL 36

4. Yamamoto • LAD 35

5. Sánchez • PHI 34

6. Cease • TOR 34

7. Messick • CLE 33

8. Rasmussen • TBR 31

9. Luzardo • PHI 30

10. Gray • BOS 28

Adj. Pitching Wins

Adjusted Pitching Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his arm. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Schlittler • NYY 4.9

2. Misiorowski • MIL 4.8

3. Sale • ATL 3.9

4. Yamamoto • LAD 3.8

5. Sánchez • PHI 3.6

6. Cease • TOR 3.6

7. Messick • CLE 3.5

8. Rasmussen • TBR 3.2

9. Luzardo • PHI 3.1

10. Gray • BOS 2.9

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Saved Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Misiorowski • MIL 47.96

2. Schlittler • NYY 38.93

3. Sánchez • PHI 38.67

4. Sale • ATL 37.29

5. Yamamoto • LAD 36.97

6. Messick • CLE 36.01

7. Rasmussen • TBR 33.74

8. Cease • TOR 31.57

9. Rodríguez • ARI 31.46

10. Skubal • 2TM 30.94

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Miller • SDP 4.8

2. Smith • CLE 4.7

3. Misiorowski • MIL 4.4

4. Sánchez • PHI 4.2

5. Rasmussen • TBR 4.1

6. Varland • TOR 4.0

7. Luzardo • PHI 3.7

8. Baker • TBR 3.7

9. Schlittler • NYY 3.6

10. Uribe • MIL 3.6

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Misiorowski • MIL 5.3

2. Yamamoto • LAD 4.5

3. Rasmussen • TBR 4.2

4. Sale • ATL 3.9

5. Schlittler • NYY 3.9

6. Cease • TOR 3.4

7. Luzardo • PHI 3.2

8. Skubal • 2TM 3.1

9. Wheeler • PHI 2.9

10. Sánchez • PHI 2.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Smith • CLE 5.9

2. Burke • CHW 2.9

3. Hader • HOU 2.7

4. Misiorowski • MIL 2.6

5. Miller • SDP 2.6

6. Megill • MIL 2.5

7. Bednar • NYY 2.5

8. Sale • ATL 2.4

9. Morejón • SDP 2.3

10. Headrick • NYY 2.2

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

Base-Out Wins Saved This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Misiorowski • MIL 5.3

2. Schlittler • NYY 4.1

3. Sale • ATL 4.0

4. Yamamoto • LAD 4.0

5. Sánchez • PHI 4.0

6. Messick • CLE 3.9

7. Rasmussen • TBR 3.6

8. Rodríguez • ARI 3.3

9. Skubal • 2TM 3.3

10. Gray • BOS 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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements