2005 season · rankings

2005 MLB Pitching Leaders

93 players qualified at 162.1 innings pitched, ranked by dbWAR. Every column sorts across the full qualified set — not just the rows shown — and the whole table downloads as Parquet. Filter by position, cohort, league or country of birth, several countries at a time.

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TableBatting Pitching

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1	Chris Carpenter	United States	30	33	33	241.2	21	5	213	2.83	2.90	1.06	7.9	23.4%	11.0%	5.4%	17.0%	67	6.7
2	Johan Santana	Venezuela	26	33	33	231.2	16	7	238	2.87	2.80	0.97	9.2	25.8%	13.9%	4.9%	21.2%	65	6.7
3	Dontrelle Willis two-way	United States	23	34	34	236.1	22	10	170	2.63	2.99	1.13	6.5	17.1%	8.3%	5.7%	12.0%	70	6.1
4	Roy Oswalt	United States	28	35	35	241.2	20	12	184	2.94	3.16	1.20	6.9	17.2%	8.4%	4.8%	13.6%	74	5.8
5	Roger Clemens	United States	43	32	32	211.1	13	8	185	1.87	2.87	1.01	7.9	22.3%	10.2%	7.4%	14.7%	67	5.8
6	Pedro Martínez	Dominican Republic	34	31	31	217.0	15	8	208	2.82	2.95	0.95	8.6	24.3%	11.6%	5.6%	19.1%	69	5.8
7	Andy Pettitte	United States	33	33	33	222.1	17	9	171	2.39	3.07	1.03	6.9	22.5%	10.9%	4.7%	14.9%	72	5.6
8	John Smoltz	United States	38	33	33	229.2	14	7	169	3.06	3.27	1.15	6.6	22.2%	11.1%	5.7%	12.5%	76	5.5
9	Jake Peavy	United States	24	30	30	203.0	13	7	216	2.88	2.89	1.04	9.6	26.9%	12.9%	6.2%	20.4%	67	5.3
10	Mark Buehrle	United States	26	33	33	236.2	16	8	149	3.12	3.42	1.18	5.7	14.7%	7.2%	4.1%	11.2%	80	5.2
11	John Lackey	United States	27	33	33	209.0	14	5	199	3.44	3.10	1.33	8.6	23.4%	10.8%	8.0%	14.3%	72	5.1
12	A.J. Burnett	United States	28	32	32	209.0	12	12	198	3.44	3.11	1.26	8.5	24.1%	10.7%	9.0%	13.6%	72	5.1
13	Brandon Webb	United States	26	33	33	229.0	14	12	172	3.54	3.51	1.26	6.8	20.1%	9.3%	6.3%	12.0%	82	4.8
14	Esteban Loaiza	Mexico	34	34	34	217.0	12	10	173	3.77	3.33	1.30	7.2	16.1%	7.8%	6.0%	12.9%	78	4.7
15	Aaron Harang	United States	27	32	32	211.2	11	13	163	3.83	3.67	1.27	6.9	21.4%	11.0%	5.7%	12.6%	85	4.1
16	Carlos Zambrano	Venezuela	24	33	33	223.1	14	6	202	3.26	3.70	1.15	8.1	21.9%	9.8%	9.5%	12.8%	86	4.1
17	Randy Johnson	United States	42	34	34	225.2	17	8	211	3.79	3.78	1.13	8.4	23.5%	11.6%	5.1%	17.8%	88	4.0
18	Josh Beckett	United States	25	29	29	178.2	15	8	166	3.38	3.27	1.18	8.4	22.7%	10.5%	8.0%	14.8%	76	4.0
19	John Patterson	United States	27	31	31	198.1	9	7	185	3.13	3.46	1.19	8.4	22.0%	10.4%	8.0%	14.7%	81	4.0
20	Tom Glavine	United States	39	33	33	211.1	13	13	105	3.53	3.67	1.36	4.5	14.7%	6.3%	6.8%	4.9%	86	3.9
21	Bartolo Colon	Dominican Republic	32	33	33	222.2	21	8	157	3.48	3.75	1.16	6.3	15.4%	7.8%	4.7%	12.6%	87	3.8
22	Dan Haren	United States	25	34	34	217.0	14	12	163	3.73	3.89	1.22	6.8	20.9%	9.8%	5.9%	12.3%	91	3.6
23	Cory Lidle	United States	33	31	31	184.2	13	11	121	4.53	3.72	1.35	5.9	16.9%	7.8%	5.1%	10.2%	87	3.5
24	CC Sabathia	United States	25	31	31	196.2	15	10	161	4.03	3.69	1.26	7.4	22.0%	10.4%	7.5%	12.0%	86	3.4
25	Doug Davis	United States	30	35	35	222.2	11	11	208	3.84	3.98	1.30	8.4	21.5%	9.6%	9.8%	12.2%	93	3.4
26	Freddy Garcia	Venezuela	29	33	33	228.0	14	8	146	3.87	4.05	1.25	5.8	21.3%	9.7%	6.4%	9.1%	94	3.3
27	Cliff Lee	United States	27	32	32	202.0	18	5	143	3.79	3.79	1.22	6.4	15.5%	7.5%	6.2%	10.9%	88	3.3
28	Brett Myers	United States	25	34	34	215.1	13	8	208	3.72	4.06	1.21	8.7	21.1%	9.5%	7.5%	15.5%	95	3.3
29	Josh Towers	United States	28	33	33	208.2	13	12	112	3.71	3.94	1.27	4.8	14.9%	7.5%	3.3%	9.5%	92	3.3
30	Kevin Millwood	United States	31	30	30	192.0	9	11	146	2.86	3.73	1.22	6.8	17.4%	8.3%	6.5%	11.8%	87	3.3
31	Scott Kazmir	United States	21	32	32	186.0	10	9	174	3.77	3.76	1.46	8.4	23.8%	10.9%	12.2%	9.0%	88	3.3
32	Noah Lowry	United States	25	33	33	204.2	13	13	172	3.78	3.89	1.31	7.6	21.2%	9.5%	8.7%	11.0%	91	3.3
33	Greg Maddux	United States	39	35	35	225.0	13	15	136	4.24	4.06	1.22	5.4	17.8%	8.4%	3.8%	10.7%	95	3.2
34	Brad Penny	United States	27	29	29	175.1	7	9	122	3.90	3.64	1.29	6.3	14.7%	6.9%	5.6%	11.0%	85	3.2
35	Javier Vazquez	Puerto Rico	29	33	33	215.2	11	15	192	4.42	4.06	1.25	8.0	24.2%	11.8%	5.1%	16.2%	95	3.2
36	David Wells	United States	42	30	30	184.0	15	7	107	4.45	3.83	1.31	5.2	13.1%	6.5%	2.7%	11.0%	89	3.1
37	Paul Byrd	United States	35	31	31	204.1	12	11	102	3.74	3.94	1.19	4.5	13.9%	7.0%	3.3%	8.8%	92	3.1
38	Jake Westbrook	United States	28	34	34	210.2	15	15	119	4.49	3.96	1.30	5.1	14.9%	7.0%	6.3%	7.0%	92	3.0
39	Jeremy Bonderman	United States	23	29	29	189.0	14	13	145	4.57	3.90	1.35	6.9	22.1%	11.0%	7.1%	11.0%	91	3.0
40	Matt Morris	United States	31	31	31	192.2	14	10	117	4.11	3.99	1.28	5.5	16.8%	8.0%	4.5%	9.8%	93	2.9
41	Chris Young	United States	26	31	31	164.2	12	7	137	4.26	3.80	1.26	7.5	19.5%	9.6%	6.4%	13.1%	89	2.9
42	Kenny Rogers	United States	41	30	30	195.1	14	8	87	3.46	4.06	1.32	4.0	14.7%	6.3%	6.4%	4.1%	95	2.9
43	Jon Lieber	United States	35	35	35	218.1	17	13	149	4.20	4.25	1.21	6.1	19.9%	10.2%	4.5%	11.8%	99	2.9
44	Matt Clement	United States	31	32	32	191.0	13	6	146	4.57	4.04	1.36	6.9	24.2%	11.4%	8.2%	9.4%	94	2.8
45	Mark Prior	United States	25	27	27	166.2	11	7	188	3.67	3.85	1.21	10.2	23.2%	10.8%	8.4%	18.4%	90	2.8
46	Derek Lowe	United States	32	35	35	222.0	12	15	146	3.61	4.16	1.25	5.9	18.5%	8.7%	5.9%	9.7%	97	2.8
47	Jon Garland	United States	26	32	32	221.0	18	10	115	3.50	4.24	1.17	4.7	14.5%	7.3%	5.2%	7.5%	99	2.8
48	Jason Schmidt	United States	32	29	29	172.0	12	7	165	4.40	3.88	1.42	8.6	25.3%	11.4%	11.2%	10.6%	90	2.8
49	Mike Mussina	United States	37	30	30	179.2	13	8	142	4.41	4.01	1.37	7.1	19.9%	9.1%	6.1%	12.4%	93	2.7
50	Jose Contreras	Cuba	34	32	32	204.2	15	7	154	3.61	4.21	1.23	6.8	21.6%	10.0%	8.8%	9.2%	98	2.6

Reading this table

FIP estimates what a pitcher's ERA would be given only the outcomes they control directly — strikeouts, walks, hit batters and home runs. FIP− indexes that against the league, so 100 is average and lower is better. dbWAR is our own open implementation, not fWAR or bWAR. See the full derivation →