2014 season · rankings

2014 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	Clayton Kershaw	United States	26	27	27	198.1	21	3	239	1.77	1.81	0.86	10.8	28.4%	15.1%	4.1%	27.8%	48	6.9
2	Corey Kluber	United States	28	34	34	235.2	18	9	269	2.44	2.35	1.09	10.3	26.8%	12.7%	5.4%	22.9%	63	6.7
3	Félix Hernández	Venezuela	28	34	34	236.0	15	6	248	2.14	2.56	0.92	9.5	28.2%	13.1%	5.0%	22.1%	68	5.9
4	David Price	United States	29	34	34	248.1	15	12	271	3.26	2.78	1.08	9.8	23.3%	11.4%	3.8%	23.1%	74	5.8
5	Phil Hughes	United States	28	32	32	209.2	16	10	186	3.52	2.65	1.13	8.0	18.1%	10.3%	1.9%	19.9%	71	5.4
6	Jon Lester	United States	30	32	32	219.2	16	11	220	2.46	2.80	1.10	9.0	22.8%	10.7%	5.4%	19.4%	75	5.2
7	Adam Wainwright	United States	33	32	32	227.0	20	9	179	2.38	2.88	1.03	7.1	20.8%	9.7%	5.6%	14.4%	77	5.2
8	Jordan Zimmermann	United States	28	32	32	199.2	14	5	182	2.66	2.68	1.07	8.2	22.1%	11.5%	3.6%	19.1%	72	5.0
9	Max Scherzer	United States	30	33	33	220.1	18	5	252	3.15	2.85	1.18	10.3	27.0%	13.1%	7.0%	20.9%	76	5.0
10	Stephen Strasburg	United States	26	34	34	215.0	14	11	242	3.14	2.94	1.12	10.1	26.0%	12.5%	5.0%	22.9%	79	4.7
11	Jose Quintana	Colombia	25	32	32	200.1	9	11	178	3.32	2.81	1.24	8.0	20.8%	9.3%	6.3%	15.2%	75	4.7
12	Chris Sale	United States	25	26	26	174.0	12	4	208	2.17	2.57	0.97	10.8	29.2%	14.1%	5.7%	24.7%	69	4.6
13	Madison Bumgarner	United States	25	33	33	217.1	18	10	219	2.98	3.05	1.09	9.1	24.2%	12.2%	4.9%	20.2%	82	4.3
14	Garrett Richards	United States	26	26	26	168.2	13	4	164	2.61	2.60	1.04	8.8	25.9%	11.5%	7.5%	16.7%	70	4.2
15	Zack Greinke	United States	31	32	32	202.1	17	8	207	2.71	2.97	1.15	9.2	25.7%	12.1%	5.2%	20.0%	79	4.1
16	Johnny Cueto	Dominican Republic	28	34	34	243.2	20	9	242	2.25	3.30	0.96	8.9	22.6%	10.9%	6.8%	18.4%	88	4.1
17	Cole Hamels	United States	31	30	30	204.2	9	9	198	2.46	3.07	1.15	8.7	27.2%	13.7%	7.1%	16.8%	82	4.0
18	Jeff Samardzija	United States	29	33	33	219.2	7	13	202	2.99	3.20	1.07	8.3	24.7%	12.1%	4.9%	18.1%	86	3.9
19	Dallas Keuchel	United States	26	29	29	200.0	12	9	146	2.92	3.21	1.18	6.6	21.9%	9.7%	5.9%	12.1%	86	3.6
20	Lance Lynn	United States	27	33	33	203.2	15	10	181	2.74	3.35	1.26	8.0	21.6%	10.0%	8.3%	12.6%	90	3.5
21	Ian Kennedy	United States	30	33	33	201.0	13	13	207	3.63	3.21	1.29	9.3	24.8%	11.5%	8.3%	16.2%	86	3.4
22	Sonny Gray	United States	25	33	33	219.0	14	10	183	3.08	3.46	1.19	7.5	22.3%	9.8%	8.2%	12.1%	93	3.3
23	Tyson Ross	United States	27	31	31	195.2	13	14	195	2.81	3.24	1.21	9.0	30.4%	13.7%	8.9%	15.2%	87	3.2
24	Nathan Eovaldi	United States	24	33	33	199.2	6	14	142	4.37	3.37	1.33	6.4	18.8%	9.4%	5.0%	11.6%	90	3.2
25	Julio Teheran	Colombia	23	33	33	221.0	14	13	186	2.89	3.49	1.08	7.6	24.5%	12.2%	5.8%	15.3%	93	3.2
26	Scott Kazmir	United States	30	32	32	190.1	15	9	164	3.55	3.35	1.16	7.8	21.0%	10.0%	6.4%	14.7%	90	3.1
27	Chris Archer	United States	26	32	32	194.2	10	9	173	3.33	3.39	1.28	8.0	23.1%	10.0%	8.8%	12.3%	91	3.1
28	James Shields	United States	33	34	34	227.0	14	8	180	3.21	3.59	1.18	7.1	22.0%	10.5%	4.7%	14.5%	96	3.1
29	Tanner Roark	United States	28	31	31	198.2	15	10	138	2.85	3.47	1.09	6.3	19.4%	9.0%	4.9%	12.4%	93	3.1
30	Ervin Santana	Dominican Republic	32	31	31	196.0	14	10	179	3.95	3.39	1.31	8.2	27.5%	12.9%	7.7%	14.2%	91	3.0
31	Brandon McCarthy	United States	31	32	32	200.0	10	15	175	4.05	3.55	1.27	7.9	19.8%	10.0%	3.9%	17.0%	95	3.0
32	Alex Cobb	United States	27	27	27	166.1	10	9	149	2.87	3.23	1.14	8.1	25.8%	11.8%	6.9%	15.0%	86	3.0
33	Hisashi Iwakuma	Japan	33	28	28	179.0	15	9	154	3.52	3.25	1.05	7.7	20.3%	10.0%	3.0%	18.8%	87	2.9
34	Aaron Harang	United States	36	33	33	204.1	12	12	161	3.57	3.57	1.40	7.1	18.8%	8.9%	8.1%	10.3%	95	2.7
35	Alex Wood	United States	23	35	24	171.2	11	11	170	2.78	3.25	1.14	8.9	23.1%	10.6%	6.5%	18.0%	87	2.6
36	Mark Buehrle	United States	35	32	32	202.0	13	10	119	3.39	3.66	1.36	5.3	14.8%	6.7%	5.4%	8.5%	98	2.6
37	Hiroki Kuroda	Japan	39	32	32	199.0	11	9	146	3.71	3.60	1.14	6.6	22.2%	10.6%	4.3%	13.5%	96	2.6
38	Henderson Alvarez	Venezuela	24	30	30	187.0	12	7	111	2.65	3.58	1.24	5.3	17.0%	8.1%	4.3%	10.1%	96	2.6
39	Bartolo Colon	Dominican Republic	41	31	31	202.1	15	13	151	4.09	3.57	1.23	6.7	14.6%	6.8%	3.5%	14.3%	95	2.6
40	Tim Hudson	United States	39	31	31	189.1	9	13	120	3.57	3.54	1.23	5.7	20.3%	9.8%	4.3%	10.9%	95	2.5
41	Rick Porcello	United States	26	32	31	204.2	15	13	129	3.43	3.67	1.23	5.7	17.7%	8.4%	4.9%	10.5%	98	2.5
42	Yordano Ventura	Dominican Republic	23	31	30	183.0	14	10	159	3.20	3.60	1.30	7.8	23.8%	11.3%	8.8%	11.5%	96	2.4
43	Zack Wheeler	United States	24	32	32	185.1	11	11	187	3.54	3.55	1.33	9.1	25.0%	11.1%	9.9%	13.6%	95	2.4
44	Justin Verlander	United States	31	32	32	206.0	15	12	159	4.54	3.74	1.40	6.9	20.3%	9.6%	7.3%	10.5%	100	2.4
45	Matt Garza	United States	31	27	27	163.1	8	8	126	3.64	3.54	1.18	6.9	20.6%	10.0%	7.4%	11.2%	95	2.3
46	John Lackey	United States	36	31	31	198.0	14	10	164	3.82	3.78	1.28	7.5	21.6%	11.0%	5.6%	14.0%	101	2.3
47	Francisco Liriano	Dominican Republic	31	29	29	162.1	7	10	175	3.38	3.59	1.30	9.7	33.2%	14.6%	11.7%	13.6%	96	2.2
48	Jonathon Niese	United States	28	30	30	187.2	9	11	138	3.40	3.67	1.27	6.6	17.6%	8.1%	5.7%	11.8%	98	2.1
49	Kyle Gibson	United States	27	31	31	179.1	13	12	107	4.47	3.80	1.31	5.4	20.3%	9.4%	7.5%	6.6%	101	2.1
50	Mike Leake	United States	27	33	33	214.1	11	13	164	3.70	3.88	1.25	6.9	17.4%	7.9%	5.5%	12.6%	104	2.1

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 →