2012 season · rankings

2012 MLB Pitching Leaders

88 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	Justin Verlander	United States	29	33	33	238.1	17	8	239	2.64	2.94	1.06	9.0	25.6%	12.7%	6.3%	18.7%	73	5.9
2	Clayton Kershaw	United States	24	33	33	227.2	14	9	229	2.53	2.89	1.02	9.1	25.8%	12.0%	7.0%	18.4%	72	5.5
3	Félix Hernández	Venezuela	26	33	33	232.0	13	9	223	3.06	2.84	1.14	8.7	24.6%	11.7%	6.0%	17.8%	71	5.4
4	Gio Gonzalez	United States	27	32	32	199.1	21	8	207	2.89	2.82	1.13	9.3	24.0%	10.5%	9.2%	15.9%	70	5.2
5	Zack Greinke	United States	29	34	34	212.1	15	5	200	3.48	3.10	1.20	8.5	22.4%	9.5%	6.2%	16.8%	77	5.0
6	David Price	United States	27	31	31	211.0	20	5	205	2.56	3.05	1.10	8.7	21.2%	9.3%	7.1%	17.5%	76	4.7
7	Cliff Lee	United States	34	30	30	211.0	6	9	207	3.16	3.13	1.11	8.8	20.3%	10.0%	3.3%	21.1%	78	4.6
8	Johnny Cueto	Dominican Republic	26	33	33	217.0	19	9	170	2.78	3.27	1.17	7.1	20.7%	9.8%	5.5%	13.6%	81	4.6
9	R.A. Dickey	United States	38	34	33	233.2	20	6	230	2.73	3.27	1.05	8.9	26.2%	13.2%	5.8%	19.0%	81	4.5
10	Adam Wainwright	United States	31	32	32	198.2	14	13	184	3.94	3.10	1.25	8.3	20.1%	9.2%	6.3%	15.9%	77	4.4
11	Wade Miley	United States	26	32	29	194.2	16	11	144	3.33	3.15	1.18	6.7	19.2%	9.5%	4.6%	13.3%	78	4.4
12	Cole Hamels	United States	29	31	31	215.1	17	6	216	3.05	3.30	1.12	9.0	27.8%	13.8%	6.0%	18.9%	82	4.3
13	Chris Sale	United States	23	30	29	192.0	17	8	192	3.05	3.27	1.14	9.0	24.4%	11.1%	6.6%	18.3%	81	4.2
14	Yu Darvish	Japan	26	29	29	191.1	16	9	221	3.90	3.29	1.28	10.4	29.1%	13.0%	10.9%	16.2%	82	4.1
15	Max Scherzer	United States	28	32	32	187.2	16	7	231	3.74	3.26	1.27	11.1	28.4%	13.6%	7.6%	21.7%	81	3.9
16	CC Sabathia	United States	32	28	28	200.0	15	6	197	3.38	3.33	1.14	8.9	25.5%	12.4%	5.3%	18.4%	83	3.9
17	James Shields	United States	31	33	33	227.2	15	10	223	3.52	3.47	1.17	8.8	25.0%	11.8%	6.1%	17.5%	86	3.9
18	Matt Cain	United States	28	32	32	219.1	16	5	193	2.79	3.40	1.04	7.9	22.3%	10.7%	5.8%	16.2%	85	3.7
19	Kyle Lohse	United States	34	33	33	211.0	16	3	143	2.86	3.51	1.09	6.1	16.8%	7.8%	4.4%	12.2%	87	3.7
20	Jake Peavy	United States	31	32	32	219.0	11	12	194	3.37	3.73	1.10	8.0	21.9%	10.6%	5.6%	16.4%	93	3.7
21	Josh Johnson	United States	28	31	31	191.1	8	14	165	3.81	3.40	1.28	7.8	23.3%	10.3%	8.1%	12.5%	85	3.6
22	Jordan Zimmermann	United States	26	32	32	195.2	12	8	153	2.94	3.51	1.17	7.0	19.0%	9.3%	5.3%	13.7%	87	3.5
23	Aníbal Sánchez	Venezuela	28	31	31	195.2	9	13	167	3.86	3.53	1.27	7.7	22.5%	10.8%	5.9%	14.5%	88	3.4
24	Madison Bumgarner	United States	23	32	32	208.1	16	11	191	3.37	3.50	1.11	8.3	21.5%	10.2%	5.8%	16.7%	87	3.3
25	Jarrod Parker	United States	24	29	29	181.1	13	8	140	3.47	3.43	1.26	6.9	23.9%	11.0%	8.4%	10.3%	85	3.2
26	A.J. Burnett	United States	35	31	31	202.1	16	10	180	3.51	3.52	1.24	8.0	23.2%	10.5%	7.3%	13.9%	88	3.2
27	Jeff Samardzija	United States	27	28	28	174.2	9	13	180	3.81	3.55	1.22	9.3	26.7%	13.1%	7.7%	17.2%	88	3.0
28	Mat Latos	United States	25	33	33	209.1	14	4	185	3.48	3.85	1.16	8.0	23.3%	11.0%	7.5%	14.1%	96	3.0
29	Trevor Cahill	United States	24	32	32	200.0	13	12	156	3.78	3.85	1.29	7.0	23.7%	10.2%	8.8%	9.8%	96	2.9
30	Lance Lynn	United States	25	35	29	176.0	18	7	180	3.78	3.49	1.32	9.2	23.6%	10.7%	8.6%	15.6%	87	2.9
31	Hiroki Kuroda	Japan	37	33	33	219.2	16	11	167	3.32	3.86	1.17	6.8	23.1%	10.5%	5.7%	13.0%	96	2.9
32	Lucas Harrell	United States	27	32	32	193.2	11	11	140	3.76	3.75	1.36	6.5	16.2%	6.9%	9.4%	7.5%	93	2.8
33	Yovani Gallardo	Mexico	26	33	33	204.0	16	9	204	3.66	3.94	1.30	9.0	22.1%	8.7%	9.4%	14.3%	98	2.8
34	Ryan Dempster	Canada	35	28	28	173.0	12	8	153	3.38	3.69	1.20	8.0	24.7%	11.4%	7.3%	14.1%	92	2.7
35	Matt Harrison	United States	27	32	32	213.1	18	11	133	3.29	4.03	1.26	5.6	19.0%	8.5%	6.7%	8.4%	100	2.7
36	Homer Bailey	United States	26	33	33	208.0	13	10	168	3.68	3.97	1.24	7.3	21.3%	10.3%	5.9%	13.3%	99	2.7
37	Tim Hudson	United States	37	28	28	179.0	16	7	102	3.62	3.78	1.21	5.1	17.4%	8.2%	6.4%	7.2%	94	2.6
38	Edwin Jackson	Germany	29	31	31	189.2	10	11	168	4.03	3.85	1.22	8.0	28.0%	13.3%	7.3%	13.9%	96	2.6
39	Ian Kennedy	United States	28	33	33	208.1	15	12	187	4.02	4.04	1.30	8.1	22.5%	11.1%	6.1%	14.7%	101	2.6
40	Ryan Vogelsong	United States	35	31	31	189.2	14	9	158	3.37	3.70	1.23	7.5	18.5%	8.2%	7.9%	12.2%	92	2.6
41	Jered Weaver	United States	30	30	30	188.2	20	5	142	2.81	3.75	1.02	6.8	21.2%	9.3%	6.1%	13.1%	93	2.5
42	Ricky Nolasco	United States	30	31	31	191.0	12	13	125	4.48	3.87	1.37	5.9	19.6%	9.4%	5.6%	9.4%	97	2.5
43	Jonathon Niese	United States	26	30	30	190.1	13	9	155	3.40	3.80	1.17	7.3	18.1%	8.5%	6.2%	13.5%	95	2.5
44	Wandy Rodriguez	Dominican Republic	33	34	33	205.2	12	13	139	3.76	3.93	1.27	6.1	17.2%	8.1%	6.4%	9.5%	98	2.5
45	Jake Westbrook	United States	35	28	28	174.2	13	11	106	3.97	3.80	1.39	5.5	17.8%	8.4%	6.9%	7.2%	95	2.4
46	Jon Lester	United States	28	33	33	205.1	9	14	166	4.82	4.11	1.38	7.3	21.4%	9.6%	7.8%	11.2%	102	2.4
47	Joe Blanton	United States	32	31	30	191.0	10	13	166	4.71	3.91	1.26	7.8	22.6%	10.4%	4.2%	16.4%	97	2.4
48	Rick Porcello	United States	24	31	31	176.1	10	12	107	4.59	3.91	1.53	5.5	17.4%	8.2%	5.6%	8.0%	97	2.3
49	Bronson Arroyo	United States	35	32	32	202.0	12	10	129	3.74	4.08	1.21	5.7	15.8%	7.2%	4.2%	11.3%	102	2.3
50	Chris Capuano	United States	34	33	33	198.1	12	12	162	3.72	3.95	1.22	7.4	25.3%	12.0%	6.6%	13.2%	98	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 →