2009 season · rankings

2009 MLB Pitching Leaders

78 players qualified at 162 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	Zack Greinke	United States	26	33	33	229.1	16	8	242	2.16	2.33	1.07	9.5	23.4%	10.5%	5.6%	20.9%	54	8.0
2	Tim Lincecum	United States	25	32	32	225.1	15	7	261	2.48	2.34	1.05	10.4	26.3%	11.6%	7.5%	21.3%	54	7.8
3	Justin Verlander	United States	26	35	35	240.0	19	9	269	3.45	2.80	1.18	10.1	24.5%	12.1%	6.4%	21.0%	65	7.0
4	Javier Vazquez	Puerto Rico	33	32	32	219.1	15	10	238	2.87	2.77	1.03	9.8	27.7%	13.1%	5.0%	22.2%	64	6.3
5	Roy Halladay	United States	32	32	32	239.0	17	10	208	2.79	3.06	1.13	7.8	20.8%	10.3%	3.6%	18.0%	71	6.1
6	Félix Hernández	Venezuela	23	34	34	238.2	19	5	217	2.49	3.09	1.14	8.2	24.3%	11.3%	7.3%	14.9%	71	6.0
7	Dan Haren	United States	29	33	33	229.1	14	10	223	3.14	3.23	1.00	8.8	24.4%	11.2%	4.2%	20.4%	75	5.8
8	Adam Wainwright	United States	28	34	34	233.0	19	8	212	2.63	3.11	1.21	8.2	21.8%	9.6%	6.8%	15.1%	72	5.8
9	Josh Johnson	United States	25	33	33	209.0	15	5	191	3.23	3.06	1.16	8.2	22.5%	10.2%	6.8%	15.6%	71	5.6
10	Cliff Lee	United States	31	34	34	231.2	14	13	181	3.22	3.11	1.24	7.0	16.8%	8.4%	4.4%	14.2%	72	5.6
11	Chris Carpenter	United States	34	28	28	192.2	17	4	144	2.24	2.78	1.01	6.7	21.2%	9.8%	5.1%	14.1%	64	5.5
12	Ubaldo Jiménez	Dominican Republic	25	33	33	218.0	15	12	198	3.47	3.36	1.23	8.2	23.5%	10.3%	9.3%	12.4%	78	5.3
13	Jon Lester	United States	25	32	32	203.1	15	8	225	3.41	3.15	1.23	10.0	25.4%	11.7%	7.6%	19.1%	73	5.2
14	CC Sabathia	United States	29	34	34	230.0	19	8	197	3.37	3.39	1.15	7.7	24.5%	11.7%	7.1%	13.9%	79	5.1
15	Joel Pineiro	Puerto Rico	31	32	32	214.0	15	12	105	3.49	3.27	1.14	4.4	13.3%	6.2%	3.1%	9.0%	76	4.9
16	Ricky Nolasco	United States	27	31	31	185.0	13	9	195	5.06	3.35	1.25	9.5	22.4%	10.7%	5.6%	19.2%	78	4.4
17	Josh Beckett	United States	29	32	32	212.1	17	6	199	3.86	3.63	1.19	8.4	19.7%	8.9%	6.2%	16.3%	84	4.3
18	Clayton Kershaw	United States	21	31	30	171.0	8	8	185	2.79	3.08	1.23	9.7	24.6%	10.7%	13.0%	13.4%	71	4.2
19	Wandy Rodriguez	Dominican Republic	30	33	33	205.2	14	12	193	3.02	3.54	1.24	8.4	21.8%	9.8%	7.4%	15.3%	82	4.1
20	Jair Jurrjens	Curaçao	23	34	34	215.0	14	10	152	2.60	3.68	1.21	6.4	18.9%	8.7%	8.5%	8.7%	85	3.9
21	Matt Cain	United States	25	33	33	217.2	14	8	171	2.89	3.89	1.18	7.1	21.2%	10.2%	8.2%	11.1%	90	3.7
22	Cole Hamels	United States	26	32	32	193.2	10	11	168	4.32	3.72	1.29	7.8	25.1%	12.4%	5.3%	15.4%	86	3.6
23	Ted Lilly	United States	33	27	27	177.0	12	9	151	3.10	3.65	1.06	7.7	20.6%	10.1%	5.1%	16.3%	84	3.6
24	Ryan Dempster	Canada	32	31	31	200.0	11	9	172	3.65	3.87	1.30	7.7	26.3%	11.9%	7.7%	12.7%	90	3.6
25	Gavin Floyd	United States	26	30	30	193.0	11	11	163	4.06	3.77	1.23	7.6	23.4%	10.6%	7.4%	13.0%	87	3.5
26	Carlos Zambrano	Venezuela	28	28	28	169.1	9	7	152	3.77	3.61	1.38	8.1	20.3%	9.2%	10.6%	10.1%	84	3.5
27	Jason Hammel	United States	27	34	30	176.2	10	8	133	4.33	3.71	1.39	6.8	21.0%	10.1%	5.4%	11.8%	86	3.5
28	Jason Marquis	United States	31	33	33	216.0	15	13	115	4.04	4.10	1.38	4.8	16.4%	7.2%	8.7%	3.8%	95	3.4
29	Paul Maholm	United States	27	31	31	194.2	8	9	119	4.44	3.83	1.44	5.5	16.6%	7.7%	7.2%	7.1%	89	3.4
30	James Shields	United States	28	33	33	219.2	11	12	167	4.14	4.02	1.32	6.8	21.5%	10.4%	5.6%	12.4%	93	3.3
31	Jorge De La Rosa	Mexico	28	33	32	185.0	16	9	193	4.38	3.91	1.38	9.4	25.4%	11.2%	10.4%	13.8%	90	3.3
32	John Lackey	United States	31	27	27	176.1	11	8	139	3.83	3.73	1.27	7.1	20.4%	9.0%	6.3%	12.3%	86	3.3
33	Brett Anderson	United States	21	30	30	175.1	11	11	150	4.06	3.69	1.28	7.7	18.1%	8.0%	6.1%	14.3%	85	3.3
34	Randy Wolf	United States	33	34	34	214.1	11	7	160	3.23	3.96	1.10	6.7	16.8%	8.0%	6.7%	11.8%	92	3.2
35	Chad Billingsley	United States	25	33	32	196.1	12	11	179	4.03	3.82	1.32	8.2	25.3%	11.4%	10.4%	11.3%	88	3.2
36	Roy Oswalt	United States	32	30	30	181.1	8	6	138	4.12	3.76	1.24	6.8	20.4%	10.1%	5.5%	12.7%	87	3.2
37	Jered Weaver	United States	27	33	33	211.0	16	8	174	3.75	4.04	1.24	7.4	22.2%	9.9%	7.5%	12.2%	94	3.2
38	Kevin Correia	United States	29	33	33	198.0	12	11	142	3.91	3.81	1.30	6.5	18.9%	8.4%	7.7%	9.4%	88	3.1
39	Max Scherzer	United States	25	30	30	170.1	9	11	174	4.12	3.87	1.34	9.2	23.9%	11.3%	8.5%	15.0%	89	3.1
40	Scott Baker	United States	28	33	33	200.0	15	9	162	4.37	4.08	1.19	7.3	20.6%	11.1%	5.8%	13.8%	94	3.0
41	Randy Wells	United States	27	27	27	165.1	12	10	104	3.05	3.88	1.28	5.7	19.3%	8.9%	6.6%	8.4%	90	2.9
42	Johan Santana	Venezuela	30	25	25	166.2	13	9	146	3.13	3.79	1.21	7.9	22.5%	11.8%	6.6%	14.3%	88	2.9
43	Carl Pavano	United States	33	33	33	199.1	14	12	147	5.10	4.00	1.37	6.6	19.3%	9.2%	4.6%	12.6%	92	2.8
44	Yovani Gallardo	Mexico	23	30	30	185.2	13	12	204	3.73	3.97	1.31	9.9	24.0%	9.7%	11.9%	13.9%	92	2.8
45	Matt Garza	United States	26	32	32	203.0	8	12	189	3.95	4.17	1.26	8.4	20.3%	8.9%	9.2%	12.8%	96	2.7
46	Zach Duke	United States	26	32	32	213.0	11	16	106	4.06	4.24	1.31	4.5	15.2%	7.4%	5.5%	6.4%	98	2.7
47	Derek Lowe	United States	36	34	34	194.2	15	10	111	4.67	4.06	1.52	5.1	15.2%	6.5%	7.4%	5.6%	94	2.7
48	Edwin Jackson	Germany	26	33	33	214.0	13	9	161	3.62	4.28	1.26	6.8	22.0%	10.6%	7.9%	10.2%	99	2.6
49	Andy Pettitte	United States	37	32	32	194.2	14	8	148	4.16	4.15	1.38	6.8	19.4%	8.2%	9.1%	8.6%	96	2.6
50	Jeff Niemann	United States	26	31	30	180.2	13	6	125	3.94	4.07	1.35	6.2	16.0%	7.3%	7.7%	8.6%	94	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 →