2006 season · rankings

2006 MLB Pitching Leaders

84 players qualified at 161.9 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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1	Johan Santana	Venezuela	27	34	34	233.2	19	6	0	245	2.77	3.04	1.00	9.4	26.0%	13.8%	5.1%	21.5%	67	6.5
2	Brandon Webb	United States	27	33	33	235.0	16	8	0	178	3.10	3.18	1.13	6.8	20.4%	9.2%	5.3%	13.5%	70	6.5
3	Roy Oswalt	United States	29	33	32	220.2	15	8	0	166	2.98	3.30	1.17	6.8	17.1%	8.5%	4.2%	14.3%	73	5.6
4	John Smoltz	United States	39	35	35	232.0	16	9	0	211	3.49	3.44	1.19	8.2	25.2%	12.7%	5.7%	16.3%	76	5.4
5	Jeremy Bonderman	United States	24	34	34	214.0	14	8	0	202	4.08	3.29	1.30	8.5	25.2%	12.1%	7.1%	15.3%	73	5.4
6	John Lackey	United States	28	33	33	217.2	13	11	0	190	3.56	3.35	1.26	7.9	21.5%	10.2%	7.8%	12.8%	74	5.2
7	Chris Carpenter	United States	31	32	32	221.2	15	8	0	184	3.09	3.44	1.07	7.5	20.4%	9.6%	4.8%	15.7%	76	5.2
8	Aaron Harang	United States	28	36	35	234.1	16	11	0	216	3.76	3.68	1.27	8.3	25.5%	13.0%	5.6%	16.1%	81	5.1
9	Roy Halladay	United States	29	32	32	220.0	16	5	0	132	3.19	3.60	1.10	5.4	17.5%	8.7%	3.9%	11.2%	80	4.9
10	CC Sabathia	United States	26	28	28	192.2	12	11	0	172	3.22	3.30	1.17	8.0	22.7%	11.8%	5.5%	16.0%	73	4.8
11	Derek Lowe	United States	33	35	34	218.0	16	8	0	123	3.63	3.68	1.27	5.1	19.1%	8.8%	6.0%	7.4%	81	4.6
12	Curt Schilling	United States	40	31	31	204.0	15	7	0	183	3.97	3.59	1.22	8.1	20.2%	10.4%	3.4%	18.6%	79	4.5
13	Mike Mussina	United States	38	32	32	197.1	15	7	0	172	3.51	3.46	1.11	7.8	18.9%	8.7%	4.4%	17.0%	76	4.5
14	Jake Peavy	United States	25	32	32	202.1	11	14	0	215	4.09	3.51	1.23	9.6	26.0%	12.8%	7.3%	18.1%	77	4.4
15	Erik Bedard	Canada	27	33	33	196.1	15	11	0	171	3.76	3.59	1.35	7.8	21.7%	9.8%	8.2%	12.1%	79	4.3
16	Greg Maddux	United States	40	34	34	210.0	15	14	0	117	4.20	3.80	1.22	5.0	16.7%	8.0%	4.3%	9.3%	84	4.2
17	Kevin Millwood	United States	32	34	34	215.0	16	12	0	157	4.52	3.87	1.31	6.6	17.5%	8.3%	5.8%	11.5%	86	4.2
18	Bronson Arroyo	United States	29	35	35	240.2	14	11	0	184	3.29	4.15	1.19	6.9	19.1%	8.5%	6.5%	12.1%	92	4.1
19	Kelvim Escobar	Venezuela	30	30	30	189.1	11	14	0	147	3.61	3.62	1.28	7.0	25.1%	12.0%	6.3%	12.3%	80	4.0
20	Javier Vazquez	Puerto Rico	30	33	32	202.2	11	12	0	184	4.84	3.86	1.29	8.2	23.2%	11.1%	6.4%	14.7%	85	3.9
21	Jake Westbrook	United States	29	32	32	211.1	15	10	0	109	4.17	3.88	1.43	4.6	16.5%	7.3%	6.1%	6.0%	86	3.9
22	Jason Schmidt	United States	33	32	32	213.1	11	9	0	180	3.59	3.95	1.26	7.6	22.6%	10.6%	8.9%	11.2%	87	3.8
23	Chien-Ming Wang	Taiwan	26	34	33	218.0	19	6	1	76	3.63	3.91	1.31	3.1	14.9%	7.1%	5.8%	2.7%	86	3.8
24	Chris Capuano	United States	28	34	34	221.1	11	12	0	174	4.03	4.04	1.25	7.1	21.6%	10.3%	5.0%	13.6%	89	3.8
25	Jason Jennings	United States	28	32	32	212.0	9	13	0	142	3.78	4.09	1.37	6.0	19.5%	8.9%	9.4%	6.3%	90	3.7
26	Dave Bush	United States	27	34	32	210.0	12	11	0	166	4.41	3.98	1.14	7.1	18.7%	9.1%	4.4%	14.7%	88	3.7
27	Brad Penny	United States	28	34	33	189.0	16	9	0	148	4.33	3.89	1.38	7.0	16.1%	7.3%	6.6%	11.6%	86	3.6
28	Carlos Zambrano	Venezuela	25	33	33	214.0	16	7	0	210	3.41	4.14	1.29	8.8	22.5%	9.7%	12.5%	10.4%	91	3.5
29	Dan Haren	United States	26	34	34	223.0	14	13	0	176	4.12	4.12	1.21	7.1	20.0%	9.5%	4.8%	14.1%	91	3.5
30	Aaron Cook	United States	27	32	32	212.2	9	15	0	92	4.23	4.20	1.40	3.9	13.5%	6.4%	6.0%	4.0%	93	3.5
31	Zach Duke	United States	23	34	34	215.1	10	15	0	117	4.47	4.13	1.50	4.9	14.1%	6.2%	7.3%	5.2%	91	3.5
32	Andy Pettitte	United States	34	36	35	214.1	14	13	0	178	4.20	4.13	1.44	7.5	20.0%	9.3%	7.5%	11.6%	91	3.5
33	Félix Hernández	Venezuela	20	31	31	191.0	12	14	0	176	4.52	3.91	1.34	8.3	21.2%	9.6%	7.4%	14.2%	86	3.4
34	Matt Cain	United States	22	32	31	190.2	13	12	0	179	4.15	3.96	1.28	8.4	20.4%	9.3%	10.6%	11.2%	87	3.4
35	Jose Contreras	Cuba	35	30	30	196.0	13	9	0	134	4.27	4.10	1.27	6.2	18.4%	8.7%	6.6%	9.5%	91	3.3
36	Brett Myers	United States	26	31	31	198.0	12	7	0	189	3.91	4.14	1.30	8.6	22.1%	10.0%	7.6%	15.1%	91	3.2
37	Vicente Padilla	Nicaragua	29	33	33	200.0	15	10	0	156	4.50	4.26	1.38	7.0	19.0%	9.0%	8.0%	9.9%	94	3.1
38	Dontrelle Willis	United States	24	34	34	223.1	12	12	0	160	3.87	4.31	1.42	6.4	19.1%	8.7%	8.5%	7.9%	95	3.0
39	Jon Garland	United States	27	33	32	211.1	18	7	0	112	4.51	4.35	1.36	4.8	13.0%	6.5%	4.6%	7.9%	96	2.9
40	Joe Blanton	United States	26	32	31	194.1	16	12	0	107	4.82	4.16	1.54	5.0	16.5%	7.2%	6.8%	5.7%	92	2.9
41	Jeff Francis	Canada	25	32	32	199.0	13	11	0	117	4.16	4.38	1.29	5.3	18.1%	8.0%	8.2%	5.7%	97	2.9
42	Randy Johnson	United States	43	33	33	205.0	17	11	0	172	5.00	4.27	1.24	7.6	21.5%	10.3%	7.0%	13.0%	94	2.8
43	Ervin Santana	Dominican Republic	24	33	33	204.0	16	8	0	141	4.28	4.29	1.23	6.2	19.1%	8.6%	8.3%	8.4%	95	2.8
44	Doug Davis	United States	31	34	34	203.1	11	11	0	159	4.91	4.38	1.51	7.0	18.1%	7.7%	11.3%	6.3%	97	2.7
45	Tom Glavine	United States	40	32	32	198.0	15	7	0	131	3.82	4.30	1.33	6.0	17.8%	7.4%	7.4%	8.2%	95	2.7
46	Miguel Batista	Dominican Republic	35	34	33	206.1	11	8	0	110	4.58	4.52	1.53	4.8	15.9%	7.2%	9.2%	2.9%	100	2.6
47	Clay Hensley	United States	27	37	29	187.0	11	12	0	122	3.71	4.15	1.34	5.9	23.4%	10.3%	9.7%	5.8%	92	2.5
48	Justin Verlander	United States	23	30	30	186.0	17	9	0	124	3.63	4.35	1.33	6.0	18.5%	8.6%	7.7%	8.2%	96	2.5
49	Freddy Garcia	Venezuela	30	33	33	216.1	17	9	0	135	4.53	4.58	1.28	5.6	18.8%	8.8%	5.2%	9.5%	101	2.5
50	Matt Morris	United States	32	33	33	207.2	10	15	0	117	4.98	4.51	1.35	5.1	14.1%	6.4%	7.0%	6.0%	100	2.5

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 →