2015 season · rankings

2015 MLB Pitching Leaders

78 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.

SeasonTableBatting Pitching

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78 of 78 qualifiedDownload Parquet

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1	Clayton Kershaw	27	33	33	232.2	16	7	301	2.13	1.99	0.88	11.6	32.6%	16.7%	4.7%	29.1%	50	7.9
2	Jake Arrieta	29	33	33	229.0	22	6	236	1.77	2.35	0.86	9.3	25.3%	12.0%	5.5%	21.6%	59	6.8
3	Max Scherzer	31	33	33	228.2	14	12	276	2.79	2.77	0.92	10.9	30.9%	17.1%	3.8%	26.9%	70	5.6
4	Zack Greinke	32	32	32	222.2	19	3	200	1.66	2.76	0.84	8.1	27.1%	13.0%	4.7%	19.0%	70	5.5
5	David Price	30	32	32	220.1	18	5	225	2.45	2.78	1.08	9.2	25.4%	13.0%	5.3%	20.0%	70	5.4
6	Gerrit Cole	25	32	32	208.0	19	8	202	2.60	2.66	1.09	8.7	23.1%	11.2%	5.3%	19.0%	67	5.4
7	Dallas Keuchel	27	33	33	232.0	20	8	216	2.48	2.91	1.02	8.4	25.2%	11.2%	5.6%	18.1%	73	5.3
8	Chris Sale	26	31	31	208.2	13	11	274	3.41	2.73	1.09	11.8	32.7%	16.2%	4.9%	27.2%	69	5.2
9	Madison Bumgarner	26	32	32	218.1	18	9	234	2.93	2.87	1.01	9.6	27.0%	13.6%	4.5%	22.4%	73	5.1
10	Corey Kluber	29	32	32	222.0	9	16	245	3.49	2.97	1.05	9.9	27.0%	13.8%	5.1%	22.6%	75	4.9
11	Chris Archer	27	34	34	212.0	12	13	252	3.23	2.90	1.14	10.7	29.7%	14.0%	7.6%	21.4%	73	4.9
12	Jacob deGrom	27	30	30	191.0	14	8	205	2.54	2.70	0.98	9.7	27.0%	14.0%	5.1%	22.2%	68	4.8
13	Jon Lester	31	32	32	205.0	11	12	207	3.34	2.92	1.12	9.1	24.5%	11.2%	5.7%	19.3%	74	4.7
14	Carlos Carrasco	28	30	30	183.2	14	12	216	3.63	2.84	1.07	10.6	28.6%	14.9%	5.9%	23.7%	72	4.4
15	Tyson Ross	28	33	33	196.0	10	12	212	3.26	2.98	1.31	9.7	30.6%	13.2%	10.2%	15.6%	75	4.3
16	Jose Quintana	26	32	32	206.1	9	10	177	3.36	3.18	1.27	7.7	21.7%	10.1%	5.1%	15.4%	80	4.1
17	Matt Harvey	26	29	29	189.1	13	8	188	2.71	3.05	1.02	8.9	26.5%	12.9%	4.9%	20.0%	77	4.0
18	Gio Gonzalez	30	31	31	175.2	11	8	169	3.79	3.05	1.42	8.7	23.7%	10.6%	9.1%	13.2%	77	3.7
19	Francisco Liriano	32	31	31	186.2	12	7	205	3.38	3.19	1.21	9.9	33.5%	15.1%	9.1%	17.5%	80	3.7
20	Cole Hamels	32	32	32	212.1	13	8	215	3.65	3.47	1.19	9.1	28.4%	14.4%	7.0%	17.4%	88	3.5
21	Sonny Gray	26	31	31	208.0	14	7	169	2.73	3.45	1.08	7.3	22.5%	10.6%	7.1%	13.2%	87	3.5
22	Carlos Martinez	24	31	29	179.2	14	7	184	3.01	3.21	1.29	9.2	24.1%	11.4%	8.3%	16.0%	81	3.4
23	Shelby Miller	25	33	33	205.1	6	17	171	3.02	3.45	1.25	7.5	21.2%	10.4%	8.5%	11.4%	87	3.4
24	Johnny Cueto	29	32	32	212.0	11	13	176	3.44	3.53	1.13	7.5	22.1%	11.0%	5.3%	15.0%	89	3.3
25	John Lackey	37	33	33	218.0	13	10	175	2.77	3.56	1.21	7.2	20.3%	10.3%	5.9%	13.6%	90	3.3
26	Kyle Hendricks	26	32	32	180.0	8	7	167	3.95	3.36	1.16	8.3	20.4%	8.9%	5.8%	16.8%	85	3.2
27	Collin McHugh	28	32	32	203.2	19	7	171	3.89	3.58	1.28	7.6	23.6%	11.3%	6.2%	13.7%	90	3.1
28	Lance Lynn	28	31	31	175.1	12	11	167	3.03	3.44	1.37	8.6	21.2%	9.9%	9.1%	13.2%	87	2.9
29	J.A. Happ	33	32	31	172.0	11	8	151	3.61	3.41	1.27	7.9	20.2%	9.3%	6.3%	14.8%	86	2.9
30	A.J. Burnett	38	26	26	164.0	9	7	143	3.18	3.36	1.36	7.8	22.3%	10.0%	7.0%	13.4%	85	2.9
31	Danny Salazar	25	30	30	185.0	14	10	195	3.45	3.61	1.13	9.5	25.6%	12.8%	7.0%	18.8%	91	2.7
32	Félix Hernández	29	31	31	201.2	18	9	191	3.53	3.72	1.18	8.5	25.1%	11.8%	7.0%	16.1%	94	2.7
33	Jordan Zimmermann	29	33	33	201.2	13	10	164	3.66	3.75	1.20	7.3	19.1%	9.6%	4.7%	15.0%	95	2.6
34	Alex Wood	24	32	32	189.2	12	12	139	3.84	3.69	1.36	6.6	19.6%	8.8%	7.4%	10.0%	93	2.6
35	Anthony DeSclafani	25	31	31	184.2	9	13	151	4.05	3.67	1.35	7.4	21.6%	10.5%	7.0%	12.2%	93	2.6
36	Jake Odorizzi	25	28	28	169.1	9	9	150	3.35	3.61	1.15	8.0	23.4%	11.4%	6.6%	14.9%	91	2.5
37	Yordano Ventura	24	28	28	163.1	13	8	156	4.08	3.57	1.30	8.6	24.4%	11.1%	8.4%	14.1%	90	2.5
38	Garrett Richards	27	32	32	207.1	15	12	176	3.65	3.86	1.24	7.6	26.0%	12.0%	8.8%	11.6%	97	2.4
39	Edinson Volquez	32	34	33	200.1	13	9	155	3.55	3.82	1.31	7.0	22.5%	10.3%	8.5%	9.8%	96	2.4
40	Wade Miley	29	32	32	193.2	11	11	147	4.46	3.81	1.37	6.8	21.0%	9.1%	7.7%	10.0%	96	2.4
41	Jason Hammel	33	31	31	170.2	10	7	172	3.74	3.68	1.16	9.1	25.0%	12.0%	5.6%	18.6%	93	2.4
42	Bartolo Colon	42	33	31	194.2	14	13	136	4.16	3.84	1.24	6.3	14.7%	7.1%	2.9%	13.7%	97	2.3
43	Andrew Cashner	29	31	31	184.2	6	16	165	4.34	3.85	1.44	8.0	19.7%	9.0%	8.2%	12.3%	97	2.2
44	Michael Wacha	24	30	30	181.1	17	7	153	3.38	3.87	1.21	7.6	21.5%	10.9%	7.6%	12.5%	98	2.1
45	Kyle Gibson	28	32	32	194.2	11	11	145	3.84	3.96	1.29	6.7	22.9%	10.6%	7.9%	9.7%	100	2.1
46	Brett Anderson	27	31	31	180.1	10	9	116	3.69	3.94	1.33	5.8	18.4%	8.5%	6.1%	9.3%	100	1.9
47	Erasmo Ramírez	25	34	27	163.1	11	6	126	3.75	3.76	1.13	6.9	23.8%	11.8%	6.0%	12.9%	95	1.9
48	Scott Kazmir	31	31	31	183.0	7	11	155	3.10	3.98	1.21	7.6	23.1%	11.2%	7.7%	12.6%	100	1.9
49	Yovani Gallardo	29	33	33	184.1	13	11	121	3.42	4.00	1.42	5.9	16.9%	7.1%	8.6%	6.7%	101	1.9
50	Ubaldo Jiménez	31	32	32	184.0	12	10	168	4.11	4.01	1.36	8.2	21.4%	9.0%	8.6%	12.6%	101	1.8

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 →