2026 Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

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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. Sánchez • PHI 5.8

2. Ohtani • LAD 5.4

3. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 5.1

4. Witt • KCR 4.7

5. McGonigle • DET 4.5

6. Burns • CIN 4.3

7. Misiorowski • MIL 4.2

8. Pages • LAD 4.1

9. Lopez • MIA 4.0

10. Alvarez • HOU 3.8

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 5.8

2. Burns • CIN 4.3

3. Misiorowski • MIL 4.2

4. Wheeler • PHI 3.8

5. Rodríguez • ARI 3.7

6. Schlittler • NYY 3.5

7. Ginn • ATH 3.2

8. Martin • CHW 3.2

9. Rasmussen • TBR 2.9

10. Messick • CLE 2.9

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 1.47

2. Sánchez • PHI 2.00

3. Schlittler • NYY 2.08

4. Sale • ATL 2.10

5. Rodríguez • ARI 2.21

6. Burns • CIN 2.40

7. Rasmussen • TBR 2.45

8. Meyer • MIA 2.53

9. Martinez • TBR 2.66

10. Yamamoto • LAD 2.67

Wins

1. Ashby • MIL 12

2. Burns • CIN 10

Sánchez • PHI 10

Wrobleski • LAD 10

5. Eovaldi • TEX 9

Gray • BOS 9

Martin • CHW 9

Williams • CLE 9

Alcantara • MIA 9

Meyer • MIA 9

Misiorowski • MIL 9

Pallante • STL 9

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. Ashby • MIL .923

2. Burns • CIN .909

3. Gray • BOS .900

Meyer • MIA .900

5. Harrison • MIL .889

Wheeler • PHI .889

7. Wrobleski • LAD .833

8. Griffin • WSN .800

Ohtani • LAD .800

10. Martinez • TBR .778

Rodríguez • ARI .778

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Misiorowski • MIL 0.779

2. Rasmussen • TBR 0.870

3. Yamamoto • LAD 0.891

4. Schlittler • NYY 0.962

5. Montero • DET 0.993

6. deGrom • TEX 0.993

7. Wrobleski • LAD 1.007

8. Gilbert • SEA 1.010

9. Skenes • PIT 1.010

10. Woo • SEA 1.027

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Misiorowski • MIL 4.673

2. Rasmussen • TBR 6.261

3. Yamamoto • LAD 6.266

4. McLean • NYM 6.703

5. Detmers • LAA 6.773

6. Meyer • MIA 6.816

7. Burns • CIN 6.819

8. Schlittler • NYY 6.837

9. Messick • CLE 6.950

10. Ray • SFG 6.962

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Rasmussen • TBR 1.565

2. Martinez • TBR 1.616

3. Woo • SEA 1.721

4. Wrobleski • LAD 1.736

5. Yamamoto • LAD 1.751

6. Sánchez • PHI 1.769

7. Schlittler • NYY 1.817

8. deGrom • TEX 1.882

9. Montero • DET 1.907

10. Gilbert • SEA 1.980

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Misiorowski • MIL 13.500

2. Skenes • PIT 11.041

3. Sale • ATL 10.900

4. deGrom • TEX 10.819

5. Luzardo • PHI 10.726

6. Burns • CIN 10.689

7. McLean • NYM 10.668

8. Schlittler • NYY 10.644

9. Sánchez • PHI 10.462

10. Ryan • MIN 10.449

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fluharty • TOR 46

2. Burke • CIN 43

3. Fisher • TOR 42

Harris • ATH 42

Headrick • NYY 42

6. Bazardo • SEA 41

Okert • HOU 41

Rogers • TOR 41

Varland • TOR 41

Bernardino • COL 41

Saves

1. Smith • CLE 26

2. Baker • TBR 22

3. Duran • PHI 21

Miller • SDP 21

O'Brien • STL 21

6. Sewald • ARI 19

7. Latz • TEX 18

8. Varland • TOR 17

9. Bednar • NYY 16

Chapman • BOS 16

Muñoz • SEA 16

Iglesias • ATL 16

Innings Pitched

1. Sánchez • PHI 117.0

2. Alcantara • MIA 115.2

3. Wacha • KCR 108.2

4. Eovaldi • TEX 105.1

5. Kirby • SEA 104.0

Schlittler • NYY 104.0

Misiorowski • MIL 104.0

8. Meyer • MIA 103.0

9. Ashcraft • PIT 102.2

10. Bibee • CLE 102.1

Strikeouts

1. Misiorowski • MIL 156

2. Sánchez • PHI 136

3. Cease • TOR 128

4. Schlittler • NYY 123

5. Skenes • PIT 119

6. Williams • CLE 117

7. Burns • CIN 116

Luzardo • PHI 116

9. deGrom • TEX 115

Ashcraft • PIT 115

Games Started

1. Bibee • CLE 18

Cantillo • CLE 18

Cecconi • CLE 18

Gausman • TOR 18

Gore • TEX 18

Ryan • MIN 18

Schlittler • NYY 18

Soriano • LAA 18

Springs • ATH 18

Valdez • DET 18

Abbott • CIN 18

Alcantara • MIA 18

Cavalli • WSN 18

Gallen • ARI 18

Lorenzen • COL 18

Meyer • MIA 18

Peralta • NYM 18

Sánchez • PHI 18

Skenes • PIT 18

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Ginn • ATH 1

Kirby • SEA 1

Kolek • KCR 1

Ober • MIN 1

Alcantara • MIA 1

Kelly • ARI 1

May • STL 1

Misiorowski • MIL 1

Sánchez • PHI 1

Webb • SFG 1

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Kolek • KCR 1

Ober • MIN 1

Alcantara • MIA 1

May • STL 1

Misiorowski • MIL 1

Sánchez • PHI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Springs • ATH 24

2. Littell • WSN 22

3. Imanaga • CHC 20

Taillon • CHC 20

5. Burrows • HOU 19

Eovaldi • TEX 19

Nola • PHI 19

Singer • CIN 19

9. Kelly • ARI 18

Mikolas • WSN 18

Nelson • ARI 18

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Soriano • LAA 49

2. Chandler • PIT 48

3. Bradish • BAL 47

4. Abbott • CIN 45

5. Cantillo • CLE 44

6. Ray • SFG 43

7. Ginn • ATH 41

Ureña • LAA 41

9. Cease • TOR 40

Roupp • SFG 40

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lorenzen • COL 124

2. Alcantara • MIA 116

Gallen • ARI 116

4. Kirby • SEA 113

5. Freeland • COL 105

6. Sánchez • PHI 104

7. Burrows • HOU 103

Cecconi • CLE 103

Lugo • KCR 103

Valdez • DET 103

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. Sánchez • PHI 5.913

2. Rasmussen • TBR 5.875

3. Schlittler • NYY 5.857

4. Misiorowski • MIL 5.778

5. deGrom • TEX 5.750

6. Skenes • PIT 5.409

7. Ryan • MIN 5.136

8. Woo • SEA 5.105

9. Ashcraft • PIT 5.000

10. Sale • ATL 4.955

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Webb • SFG 0.498

2. Suarez • BOS 0.508

3. Martin • CHW 0.561

4. Sale • ATL 0.600

5. Misiorowski • MIL 0.606

6. Roupp • SFG 0.607

7. Sánchez • PHI 0.615

8. Cavalli • WSN 0.697

9. Detmers • LAA 0.722

10. Wrobleski • LAD 0.771

Losses

1. Bibee • CLE 9

Lorenzen • COL 9

3. Baz • BAL 8

Bradish • BAL 8

Burrows • HOU 8

Flaherty • DET 8

Springs • ATH 8

Chandler • PIT 8

Gallen • ARI 8

Kelly • ARI 8

Mahle • SFG 8

Painter • PHI 8

Roupp • SFG 8

Skenes • PIT 8

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lorenzen • COL 66

2. Gallen • ARI 65

3. Freeland • COL 62

4. Springs • ATH 60

5. Nola • PHI 57

6. Burrows • HOU 56

7. Alcantara • MIA 54

8. Kelly • ARI 53

9. Keller • PIT 51

Mikolas • WSN 51

Painter • PHI 51

Peralta • NYM 51

Wild Pitches

1. Kochanowicz • LAA 6

Martin • CHW 6

Rocker • TEX 6

Ashby • MIL 6

Beeter • WSN 6

Brown • CHC 6

Ramírez • PIT 6

Sasaki • LAD 6

9. Baz • BAL 5

Burke • CHW 5

Cantillo • CLE 5

Eovaldi • TEX 5

Flaherty • DET 5

Lange • KCR 5

Morris • MIN 5

Silseth • LAA 5

Smith • CLE 5

Luzardo • PHI 5

May • STL 5

McDonald • SFG 5

Misiorowski • MIL 5

O'Brien • STL 5

Sproat • MIL 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kay • CHW 15

2. Cavalli • WSN 12

3. Arrighetti • HOU 11

McLean • NYM 11

5. Early • BOS 9

Lodolo • CIN 9

McDonald • SFG 9

Ramírez • PIT 9

9. Banda • MIN 8

Bassitt • BAL 8

Valdez • DET 8

King • SDP 8

Sale • ATL 8

Batters Faced

1. Alcantara • MIA 486

2. Sánchez • PHI 475

3. Valdez • DET 443

4. Wacha • KCR 438

5. Eovaldi • TEX 436

6. Baz • BAL 434

7. Kirby • SEA 432

8. Meyer • MIA 426

9. Soriano • LAA 423

10. Peralta • NYM 422

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 32

2. Bednar • NYY 30

Duran • PHI 30

4. Miller • SDP 29

Sewald • ARI 29

6. Varland • TOR 27

O'Brien • STL 27

8. Muñoz • SEA 26

9. Baker • TBR 24

Latz • TEX 24

Iglesias • ATL 24

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Misiorowski • MIL 288

2. Sánchez • PHI 224

3. Schlittler • NYY 203

4. Sale • ATL 196

5. Rodríguez • ARI 194

6. Burns • CIN 184

7. Rasmussen • TBR 178

8. Martinez • TBR 163

9. Meyer • MIA 160

10. Yamamoto • LAD 155

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 1.97

2. Sánchez • PHI 2.32

3. Sale • ATL 2.56

4. Schlittler • NYY 2.69

5. Suarez • BOS 2.72

6. Ryan • MIN 2.96

7. Detmers • LAA 2.96

8. Rasmussen • TBR 2.99

9. Woo • SEA 3.00

10. Webb • SFG 3.01

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. Misiorowski • MIL 29

2. Sánchez • PHI 29

3. Rodríguez • ARI 23

4. Schlittler • NYY 23

5. Burns • CIN 22

6. Ohtani • LAD 22

7. Sale • ATL 19

8. Rasmussen • TBR 19

9. Wheeler • PHI 19

10. Martinez • TBR 18

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. Misiorowski • MIL 3.2

2. Sánchez • PHI 3.2

3. Rodríguez • ARI 2.5

4. Ohtani • LAD 2.4

5. Schlittler • NYY 2.4

6. Burns • CIN 2.3

7. Sale • ATL 2.1

8. Rasmussen • TBR 2.0

9. Wheeler • PHI 2.0

10. Martinez • TBR 1.9

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 31.06

2. Sánchez • PHI 30.97

3. Rodríguez • ARI 25.61

4. Ohtani • LAD 23.34

5. Burns • CIN 23.21

6. Wheeler • PHI 21.06

7. Wrobleski • LAD 20.63

8. Varland • TOR 19.97

9. Rasmussen • TBR 18.99

10. Yamamoto • LAD 18.68

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Varland • TOR 2.9

2. Sánchez • PHI 2.9

3. Miller • SDP 2.8

4. Misiorowski • MIL 2.8

5. Rodríguez • ARI 2.4

6. Burns • CIN 2.4

7. Wheeler • PHI 2.4

8. Ohtani • LAD 2.3

9. Weaver • NYM 2.1

10. Griffin • WSN 2.1

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 3.5

2. Sánchez • PHI 2.6

3. Ohtani • LAD 2.3

4. Rasmussen • TBR 2.3

5. Yamamoto • LAD 2.2

6. Messick • CLE 1.9

7. Wrobleski • LAD 1.9

8. Wheeler • PHI 1.9

9. Suarez • BOS 1.8

10. Miller • SEA 1.8

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Misiorowski • MIL 1.9

2. Ohtani • LAD 1.9

3. Miller • SDP 1.7

4. Kelly • TBR 1.6

5. Burns • CIN 1.4

6. Wrobleski • LAD 1.4

7. Smith • CLE 1.4

8. Rodríguez • ARI 1.3

9. Sánchez • PHI 1.3

10. Miller • SEA 1.3

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 3.4

2. Sánchez • PHI 3.3

3. Rodríguez • ARI 2.8

4. Ohtani • LAD 2.6

5. Burns • CIN 2.4

6. Wrobleski • LAD 2.2

7. Wheeler • PHI 2.2

8. Yamamoto • LAD 2.0

9. Sale • ATL 2.0

10. Rasmussen • TBR 2.0

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