2008 season · rankings

2008 MLB Pitching Leaders

88 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	Tim Lincecum	United States	24	34	33	227.0	18	5	265	2.62	2.62	1.17	10.5	27.5%	12.8%	9.1%	19.5%	61	7.1
2	CC Sabathia	United States	28	35	35	253.0	17	10	251	2.70	2.91	1.11	8.9	28.6%	14.3%	5.8%	18.8%	67	7.0
3	Cliff Lee	United States	30	31	31	223.1	22	3	170	2.54	2.83	1.11	6.9	17.7%	8.8%	3.8%	15.3%	65	6.4
4	Roy Halladay	United States	31	34	33	246.0	20	11	206	2.78	3.03	1.05	7.5	19.6%	9.8%	4.0%	16.9%	70	6.4
5	Dan Haren	United States	28	33	33	216.0	16	8	206	3.33	3.01	1.13	8.6	22.1%	10.5%	4.5%	18.8%	70	5.9
6	Brandon Webb	United States	29	34	34	226.2	22	7	183	3.30	3.28	1.20	7.3	24.3%	11.1%	6.9%	12.5%	76	5.5
7	Ervin Santana	Dominican Republic	26	32	32	219.0	16	7	214	3.49	3.30	1.12	8.8	23.9%	11.3%	5.2%	18.6%	76	5.1
8	Johan Santana	Venezuela	29	34	34	234.1	16	7	206	2.53	3.51	1.15	7.9	23.7%	11.8%	6.5%	14.8%	81	4.8
9	Derek Lowe	United States	35	34	34	211.0	14	11	147	3.24	3.26	1.13	6.3	21.5%	9.2%	5.3%	12.0%	75	4.8
10	A.J. Burnett	United States	31	35	34	221.1	18	10	231	4.07	3.45	1.34	9.4	24.7%	10.8%	9.0%	15.2%	80	4.7
11	Mike Mussina	United States	40	34	34	200.1	20	9	150	3.37	3.32	1.22	6.7	12.7%	5.3%	3.8%	14.5%	77	4.7
12	Ryan Dempster	Canada	31	33	33	206.2	17	6	187	2.96	3.41	1.21	8.1	26.0%	12.0%	8.9%	13.0%	79	4.7
13	John Danks	United States	23	33	33	195.0	12	9	159	3.32	3.44	1.23	7.3	23.9%	11.7%	7.1%	12.7%	80	4.4
14	Ben Sheets	United States	30	31	31	198.1	13	9	158	3.09	3.38	1.15	7.2	19.2%	9.2%	5.8%	13.7%	78	4.4
15	Josh Beckett	United States	28	27	27	174.1	12	10	172	4.03	3.24	1.19	8.9	20.2%	9.3%	4.7%	19.0%	75	4.3
16	Cole Hamels	United States	25	33	33	227.1	14	10	196	3.09	3.72	1.08	7.8	23.8%	11.9%	5.8%	15.6%	86	4.3
17	Chad Billingsley	United States	24	35	32	200.2	16	10	201	3.14	3.35	1.34	9.0	25.7%	11.2%	9.3%	14.1%	78	4.2
18	Jon Lester	United States	24	33	33	210.1	16	6	152	3.21	3.64	1.27	6.5	18.5%	8.7%	7.6%	9.8%	84	4.2
19	Gil Meche	United States	30	34	34	210.1	14	11	183	3.98	3.61	1.32	7.8	21.7%	10.0%	8.2%	12.4%	83	4.1
20	Zack Greinke	United States	25	32	32	202.1	13	10	183	3.47	3.56	1.28	8.1	21.3%	9.8%	6.6%	14.9%	82	4.0
21	Aaron Cook	United States	29	32	32	211.1	16	9	96	3.96	3.76	1.34	4.1	12.1%	5.9%	5.4%	5.4%	87	4.0
22	Javier Vazquez	Puerto Rico	32	33	33	208.1	12	16	200	4.67	3.74	1.32	8.6	23.4%	11.6%	6.9%	15.6%	86	4.0
23	Edinson Volquez	Dominican Republic	25	33	32	196.0	17	6	206	3.21	3.60	1.33	9.5	26.7%	11.5%	11.1%	13.5%	83	4.0
24	Andy Pettitte	United States	36	33	33	204.0	14	14	158	4.54	3.71	1.41	7.0	20.6%	9.3%	6.2%	11.7%	86	3.9
25	Jair Jurrjens	Curaçao	22	31	31	188.1	13	10	139	3.68	3.59	1.37	6.6	20.6%	9.3%	8.6%	8.5%	83	3.8
26	Roy Oswalt	United States	31	32	32	208.2	17	10	165	3.54	3.80	1.18	7.1	18.6%	9.3%	5.5%	13.7%	88	3.7
27	Mark Buehrle	United States	29	34	34	218.2	15	12	140	3.79	3.94	1.34	5.8	15.4%	7.3%	5.7%	9.6%	91	3.7
28	James Shields	United States	27	33	33	215.0	14	8	160	3.56	3.82	1.15	6.7	21.2%	10.1%	4.6%	13.7%	88	3.7
29	Ricky Nolasco	United States	26	34	32	212.1	15	8	186	3.52	3.77	1.10	7.9	21.9%	10.6%	4.8%	16.6%	87	3.7
30	Matt Cain	United States	24	34	34	217.2	8	14	186	3.76	3.91	1.36	7.7	21.3%	10.2%	9.8%	10.2%	90	3.6
31	Ubaldo Jiménez	Dominican Republic	24	34	34	198.2	12	12	172	3.99	3.83	1.43	7.8	21.5%	9.4%	11.9%	7.9%	89	3.6
32	Randy Johnson	United States	45	30	30	184.0	11	10	173	3.91	3.76	1.24	8.5	22.6%	11.2%	5.7%	16.6%	87	3.5
33	Hiroki Kuroda	Japan	33	31	31	183.1	9	10	116	3.73	3.59	1.22	5.7	20.2%	9.9%	5.4%	9.5%	83	3.5
34	Félix Hernández	Venezuela	22	31	31	200.2	9	11	175	3.45	3.80	1.39	7.8	20.6%	9.5%	9.3%	11.1%	88	3.4
35	Kyle Lohse	United States	30	33	33	200.0	15	6	119	3.78	3.89	1.30	5.4	14.8%	6.3%	5.8%	8.3%	90	3.2
36	Jake Peavy	United States	27	27	27	173.2	10	11	166	2.85	3.60	1.18	8.6	24.5%	11.0%	8.3%	15.1%	83	3.2
37	Andy Sonnanstine	United States	25	32	32	193.1	13	9	124	4.38	3.91	1.29	5.8	16.0%	7.6%	4.5%	10.6%	91	3.1
38	Mike Pelfrey	United States	24	32	32	200.2	13	11	110	3.72	3.96	1.36	4.9	15.3%	7.0%	7.5%	5.4%	92	3.1
39	Jered Weaver	United States	26	30	30	176.2	11	10	152	4.33	3.90	1.28	7.7	22.2%	10.5%	7.2%	13.2%	90	2.9
40	Scott Baker	United States	27	28	28	172.1	11	4	141	3.45	3.79	1.18	7.4	20.7%	11.0%	6.0%	14.1%	88	2.9
41	Justin Verlander	United States	25	33	33	201.0	11	17	163	4.84	4.18	1.40	7.3	20.0%	9.2%	9.9%	8.6%	97	2.8
42	Kevin Millwood	United States	34	29	29	168.2	9	10	125	5.07	4.02	1.59	6.7	15.5%	7.5%	6.4%	9.9%	93	2.7
43	Paul Maholm	United States	26	31	31	206.1	9	9	139	3.71	4.15	1.28	6.1	19.0%	8.8%	7.4%	8.9%	96	2.7
44	Daisuke Matsuzaka	Japan	28	29	29	167.2	18	3	154	2.90	4.03	1.32	8.3	24.4%	10.7%	13.1%	8.4%	93	2.6
45	Greg Maddux	United States	42	33	33	194.0	8	13	98	4.22	4.09	1.21	4.5	13.3%	6.5%	3.7%	8.5%	94	2.5
46	Carlos Zambrano	Venezuela	27	30	30	188.2	14	6	130	3.91	4.23	1.29	6.2	18.6%	8.3%	9.0%	7.3%	98	2.5
47	Matt Garza	United States	25	30	30	184.2	11	9	128	3.70	4.14	1.24	6.2	17.4%	8.4%	7.6%	8.9%	96	2.5
48	Jamie Moyer	United States	46	33	33	196.1	16	7	123	3.71	4.32	1.33	5.6	16.9%	7.2%	7.4%	7.3%	100	2.3
49	Dana Eveland	United States	25	29	29	168.0	9	9	118	4.34	4.09	1.48	6.3	16.7%	6.9%	10.4%	5.6%	95	2.3
50	Ted Lilly	United States	32	34	34	204.2	17	9	184	4.09	4.41	1.23	8.1	21.7%	10.3%	7.4%	13.9%	102	2.3

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 →