Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 11.2
2. Marichal • SFG 10.5
3. Maloney • CIN 9.0
4. Koufax • LAD 8.6
5. Bunning • PHI 8.3
6. McDowell • CLE 7.9
7. Aaron • MLN 7.9
8. Williams • CHC 7.7
9. Santo • CHC 7.7
10. Gibson • STL 7.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Marichal • SFG 10.3
2. McDowell • CLE 8.2
3. Maloney • CIN 8.2
4. Koufax • LAD 8.1
5. Bunning • PHI 8.0
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 6.8
7. Short • PHI 6.8
8. Gibson • STL 6.3
9. Shaw • SFG 5.3
10. Siebert • CLE 5.1
Earned Run Average
1. Koufax • LAD 2.04
2. Marichal • SFG 2.13
3. Law • PIT 2.15
4. McDowell • CLE 2.18
5. Fisher • CHW 2.40
6. Siebert • CLE 2.43
7. Maloney • CIN 2.54
8. Brunet • CAL 2.56
9. Richert • WSA 2.60
Bunning • PHI 2.60
Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 26
2. Cloninger • MLN 24
3. Drysdale • LAD 23
4. Marichal • SFG 22
Ellis • CIN 22
6. Grant • MIN 21
7. Maloney • CIN 20
Stottlemyre • NYY 20
Gibson • STL 20
10. Bunning • PHI 19
Win-Loss %
1. Koufax • LAD .765
2. Grant • MIN .750
3. McLain • DET .727
4. Bolin • SFG .700
5. Maloney • CIN .690
Stottlemyre • NYY .690
7. Ellis • CIN .688
8. Cloninger • MLN .686
9. Fisher • CHW .682
10. Bunning • PHI .679
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Koufax • LAD 0.855
2. Marichal • SFG 0.914
3. Fisher • CHW 0.974
4. Siebert • CLE 0.981
5. Law • PIT 0.998
6. Terry • CLE 1.068
7. McLain • DET 1.071
8. Bunning • PHI 1.082
9. Drysdale • LAD 1.090
10. Pappas • BAL 1.102
Hits per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 5.792
2. McDowell • CLE 5.868
3. Fisher • CHW 6.423
4. Siebert • CLE 6.631
5. Maloney • CIN 6.662
6. Richert • WSA 6.773
7. Brunet • CAL 6.807
8. Marichal • SFG 6.826
9. Bolin • SFG 6.902
10. McLain • DET 7.107
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Terry • CLE 1.250
2. Marichal • SFG 1.402
3. Law • PIT 1.449
4. Bruce • HOU 1.489
5. Farrell • HOU 1.512
6. Monbouquette • BOS 1.574
7. Horlen • CHW 1.603
8. Ford • NYY 1.842
9. Johnson • 2TM 1.867
10. Koufax • LAD 1.904
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. McDowell • CLE 10.714
2. Koufax • LAD 10.242
3. Veale • PIT 9.338
4. Siebert • CLE 9.111
5. Maloney • CIN 8.601
6. Lolich • DET 8.348
7. Bunning • PHI 8.289
8. Gibson • STL 8.127
9. McLain • DET 7.843
10. Perry • SFG 7.819
Games Played
1. Abernathy • CHC 84
2. Fisher • CHW 82
3. Woodeshick • 2TM 78
4. Kline • WSA 74
5. McDaniel • CHC 71
6. Lee • CAL 69
7. Dickson • KCA 68
8. Miller • BAL 67
9. Wilhelm • CHW 66
10. Ramos • NYY 65
Wyatt • KCA 65
Baldschun • PHI 65
Saves
1. Abernathy • CHC 31
2. Kline • WSA 29
3. Fisher • CHW 24
Miller • BAL 24
5. Lee • CAL 23
6. Radatz • BOS 22
7. Wilhelm • CHW 21
Worthington • MIN 21
McCool • CIN 21
10. Linzy • SFG 20
Innings Pitched
1. Koufax • LAD 335.2
2. Drysdale • LAD 308.1
3. Gibson • STL 299.0
4. Short • PHI 297.1
5. Marichal • SFG 295.1
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 291.0
Bunning • PHI 291.0
8. Osteen • LAD 287.0
9. Cloninger • MLN 279.0
10. McDowell • CLE 273.0
Strikeouts
1. Koufax • LAD 382
2. McDowell • CLE 325
3. Veale • PIT 276
4. Gibson • STL 270
5. Bunning • PHI 268
6. Maloney • CIN 244
7. Marichal • SFG 240
8. Short • PHI 237
9. Lolich • DET 226
10. Cloninger • MLN 211
Games Started
1. Drysdale • LAD 42
Kaat • MIN 42
3. Koufax • LAD 41
4. Short • PHI 40
Osteen • LAD 40
6. Jackson • CHC 39
Bunning • PHI 39
Ellis • CIN 39
Grant • MIN 39
10. Cloninger • MLN 38
Complete Games
1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Marichal • SFG 24
3. Drysdale • LAD 20
Gibson • STL 20
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 18
6. Cloninger • MLN 16
7. Short • PHI 15
Bunning • PHI 15
Ellis • CIN 15
10. Maloney • CIN 14
Veale • PIT 14
Grant • MIN 14
McDowell • CLE 14
Shutouts
1. Marichal • SFG 10
2. Koufax • LAD 8
3. Drysdale • LAD 7
Veale • PIT 7
Bunning • PHI 7
6. Gibson • STL 6
Grant • MIN 6
8. Maloney • CIN 5
Short • PHI 5
10. Jackson • CHC 4
Horlen • CHW 4
McLain • DET 4
Stottlemyre • NYY 4
Law • PIT 4
Chance • CAL 4
Home Runs
1. Gibson • STL 34
Grant • MIN 34
3. Ortega • WSA 33
4. Monbouquette • BOS 32
5. Drysdale • LAD 30
6. Jackson • CHC 28
7. Marichal • SFG 27
Wilson • BOS 27
9. Koufax • LAD 26
Buhl • CHC 26
Sadecki • STL 26
Spahn • 2TM 26
Bases on Balls
1. McDowell • CLE 132
2. Cloninger • MLN 119
Veale • PIT 119
4. Blasingame • MLN 116
5. Morehead • BOS 113
6. Maloney • CIN 110
7. Downing • NYY 105
8. Ellis • CIN 104
9. Gibson • STL 103
10. Chance • CAL 101
Hits
1. Drysdale • LAD 270
2. Jackson • CHC 268
3. Kaat • MIN 267
4. Short • PHI 260
5. Bunning • PHI 253
Osteen • LAD 253
7. Fisher • NYM 252
Grant • MIN 252
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 250
10. Cloninger • MLN 247
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Koufax • LAD 5.380
2. Marichal • SFG 5.217
3. Bunning • PHI 4.323
4. Siebert • CLE 4.152
5. Bruce • HOU 3.816
6. Terry • CLE 3.652
7. Farrell • HOU 3.486
8. Ford • NYY 3.240
9. Horlen • CHW 3.205
10. Drysdale • LAD 3.182
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Veale • PIT 0.169
2. McDowell • CLE 0.297
3. Brunet • CAL 0.411
4. Maloney • CIN 0.458
5. Chance • CAL 0.479
6. Lopez • CAL 0.501
7. Newman • CAL 0.518
8. Short • PHI 0.545
9. Wickersham • DET 0.553
10. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.557
Losses
1. Fisher • NYM 24
2. Jackson • CHC 21
3. Jackson • NYM 20
4. Monbouquette • BOS 18
Bruce • HOU 18
O'Donoghue • KCA 18
Morehead • BOS 18
8. Lonborg • BOS 17
9. Newman • CAL 16
Spahn • 2TM 16
Earned Runs
1. Fisher • NYM 111
Ellis • CIN 111
3. Jackson • CHC 110
4. Ortega • WSA 102
Cloninger • MLN 102
Wilson • BOS 102
Gibson • STL 102
8. Sadecki • STL 100
9. Jackson • NYM 99
Grant • MIN 99
Wild Pitches
1. Cloninger • MLN 22
2. Maloney • CIN 19
3. Veale • PIT 17
McDowell • CLE 17
5. Tsitouris • CIN 15
Ellsworth • CHC 15
7. Wyatt • KCA 13
8. Perry • SFG 12
9. Koufax • LAD 11
Belinsky • PHI 11
Drysdale • LAD 11
Morehead • BOS 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Lolich • DET 12
Cardwell • PIT 12
Culp • PHI 12
Drysdale • LAD 12
Bunning • PHI 12
6. Wickersham • DET 11
Gibson • STL 11
8. Aguirre • DET 10
9. Bruce • HOU 9
Tsitouris • CIN 9
Chance • CAL 9
Batters Faced
1. Koufax • LAD 1,297
2. Drysdale • LAD 1,262
3. Gibson • STL 1,233
4. Short • PHI 1,216
5. Bunning • PHI 1,191
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,188
7. Cloninger • MLN 1,180
8. Osteen • LAD 1,169
9. Marichal • SFG 1,153
10. Veale • PIT 1,126
Games Finished
1. Abernathy • CHC 62
2. Fisher • CHW 60
3. Kline • WSA 58
4. Radatz • BOS 56
5. Miller • BAL 55
6. Lee • CAL 50
7. Wyatt • KCA 47
Woodeshick • 2TM 47
9. Wilhelm • CHW 45
10. McCool • CIN 43
Adjusted ERA+
1. Marichal • SFG 169
2. Law • PIT 163
3. McDowell • CLE 161
4. Koufax • LAD 160
5. Maloney • CIN 148
6. Siebert • CLE 144
7. Shaw • SFG 137
8. Perry • MIN 136
9. McLain • DET 134
10. Richert • WSA 133
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 1.93
2. McDowell • CLE 2.08
3. Veale • PIT 2.11
4. Siebert • CLE 2.27
5. Bunning • PHI 2.47
6. Marichal • SFG 2.59
7. Maloney • CIN 2.62
8. Short • PHI 2.66
9. Brunet • CAL 2.78
10. Horlen • CHW 2.90
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Marichal • SFG 48
2. Koufax • LAD 48
3. McDowell • CLE 38
4. Maloney • CIN 35
5. Law • PIT 30
6. Bunning • PHI 30
7. Gibson • STL 27
8. Stottlemyre • NYY 24
9. Wilhelm • CHW 23
10. Short • PHI 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Marichal • SFG 5.6
2. Koufax • LAD 5.5
3. McDowell • CLE 4.3
4. Maloney • CIN 3.9
5. Law • PIT 3.4
6. Bunning • PHI 3.3
7. Gibson • STL 3.0
8. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.7
9. Wilhelm • CHW 2.5
10. Short • PHI 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Koufax • LAD 56.24
2. Marichal • SFG 55.04
3. McDowell • CLE 45.72
4. Bunning • PHI 37.45
5. Maloney • CIN 36.38
6. Law • PIT 32.22
7. Short • PHI 31.75
8. Miller • BAL 31.03
9. Wilhelm • CHW 29.35
10. Gibson • STL 27.37
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 8.3
2. Miller • BAL 7.3
3. Marichal • SFG 6.2
4. McDowell • CLE 5.8
5. Short • PHI 5.2
6. Fisher • CHW 5.1
7. Lee • CAL 4.8
8. Maloney • CIN 4.6
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.8
10. Bunning • PHI 3.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Koufax • LAD 6.8
2. Marichal • SFG 4.8
3. McDowell • CLE 4.5
4. Maloney • CIN 3.7
5. Law • PIT 3.6
6. Wilhelm • CHW 3.5
7. Bunning • PHI 3.4
8. Newman • CAL 3.3
9. Siebert • CLE 2.9
10. Miller • BAL 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 33.8
2. Perranoski • LAD 15.8
3. Marichal • SFG 13.3
4. Maloney • CIN 10.8
5. Linzy • SFG 10.5
6. Fisher • CHW 9.4
7. Perry • MIN 6.9
8. Worthington • MIN 6.9
9. Miller • BAL 6.9
10. Drysdale • LAD 6.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Koufax • LAD 6.8
2. Marichal • SFG 6.3
3. McDowell • CLE 5.2
4. Bunning • PHI 4.3
5. Maloney • CIN 4.0
6. Law • PIT 3.7
7. Short • PHI 3.6
8. Miller • BAL 3.4
9. Wilhelm • CHW 3.4
10. Osteen • LAD 3.1

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