2016 season · rankings

2016 MLB Pitching Leaders

74 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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74 of 74 qualifiedDownload Parquet

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1	Noah Syndergaard	24	31	30	183.2	14	9	218	2.60	2.29	1.15	10.7	30.4%	15.4%	5.8%	23.5%	55	5.7
2	José Fernández	24	29	29	182.1	16	8	253	2.86	2.30	1.12	12.5	32.8%	15.1%	7.5%	26.9%	55	5.7
3	Johnny Cueto	30	32	32	219.2	18	5	198	2.79	2.96	1.09	8.1	21.8%	10.5%	5.1%	17.4%	71	5.2
4	Max Scherzer	32	34	34	228.1	20	7	284	2.96	3.24	0.97	11.2	32.4%	16.8%	6.2%	25.3%	77	4.7
5	Madison Bumgarner	27	34	34	226.2	15	9	251	2.74	3.24	1.03	10.0	25.9%	12.4%	5.9%	21.6%	77	4.7
6	Corey Kluber	30	32	32	215.0	18	9	227	3.14	3.26	1.06	9.5	28.2%	13.7%	6.6%	19.8%	78	4.4
7	Rick Porcello	28	33	33	223.0	22	4	189	3.15	3.40	1.01	7.6	18.6%	9.0%	3.6%	17.6%	81	4.2
8	Chris Sale	27	32	32	226.2	17	10	233	3.34	3.46	1.04	9.3	24.7%	12.2%	5.0%	20.7%	83	4.1
9	Justin Verlander	33	34	34	227.2	16	9	254	3.04	3.48	1.00	10.0	26.9%	13.5%	6.3%	21.8%	83	4.1
10	Kyle Hendricks	27	31	30	190.0	16	8	170	2.13	3.20	0.98	8.1	24.7%	10.7%	5.9%	16.9%	76	4.0
11	David Price	31	35	35	230.0	17	9	228	3.99	3.60	1.20	8.9	24.8%	12.7%	5.3%	18.7%	86	3.8
12	Jon Lester	32	32	32	202.2	19	5	197	2.44	3.41	1.02	8.7	24.0%	11.3%	6.5%	18.2%	81	3.8
13	Jose Quintana	27	32	32	208.0	13	12	181	3.20	3.56	1.16	7.8	18.6%	8.5%	6.0%	15.7%	85	3.6
14	Masahiro Tanaka	28	31	31	199.2	14	4	165	3.07	3.51	1.08	7.4	23.3%	11.7%	4.5%	16.0%	84	3.5
15	Jake Arrieta	30	31	31	197.1	18	8	190	3.10	3.52	1.08	8.7	25.2%	11.5%	9.6%	14.3%	84	3.5
16	Aaron Sanchez	24	30	30	192.0	15	2	161	3.00	3.55	1.17	7.5	21.0%	9.1%	8.0%	12.4%	85	3.3
17	Carlos Martinez	25	31	31	195.1	16	9	174	3.04	3.61	1.22	8.0	23.1%	10.9%	8.7%	12.9%	86	3.2
18	Marcus Stroman	25	32	32	204.0	9	10	166	4.37	3.71	1.29	7.3	21.5%	10.2%	6.3%	13.1%	89	3.1
19	Tanner Roark	30	34	33	210.0	16	10	172	2.83	3.79	1.17	7.4	21.9%	9.6%	8.5%	11.6%	90	3.0
20	Kenta Maeda	28	32	32	175.2	16	11	179	3.48	3.58	1.14	9.2	27.5%	12.6%	7.0%	18.0%	85	3.0
21	Julio Teheran	25	30	30	188.0	7	10	167	3.21	3.69	1.05	8.0	24.1%	11.7%	5.4%	16.6%	88	2.9
22	Chris Archer	28	33	33	201.1	9	19	233	4.02	3.81	1.24	10.4	29.6%	13.5%	7.9%	19.5%	91	2.9
23	Jeff Samardzija	31	32	32	203.1	12	11	167	3.81	3.85	1.20	7.4	20.7%	10.1%	6.5%	13.6%	92	2.8
24	Jon Gray	25	29	29	168.0	10	10	185	4.61	3.60	1.26	9.9	26.5%	13.0%	8.3%	17.7%	86	2.8
25	John Lackey	38	29	29	188.1	11	8	180	3.35	3.81	1.06	8.6	25.4%	12.5%	7.1%	17.0%	91	2.7
26	Gio Gonzalez	31	32	32	177.1	11	11	171	4.57	3.76	1.34	8.7	23.4%	10.3%	7.7%	14.6%	90	2.6
27	Ervin Santana	34	30	30	181.1	7	11	149	3.38	3.81	1.22	7.4	22.9%	10.8%	7.1%	12.8%	91	2.6
28	Robbie Ray	25	32	32	174.1	8	15	218	4.90	3.76	1.47	11.3	26.6%	12.4%	9.1%	18.9%	90	2.6
29	Adam Wainwright	35	33	33	198.2	13	9	161	4.62	3.93	1.40	7.3	20.1%	8.9%	7.0%	12.0%	94	2.6
30	Michael Pineda	27	32	32	175.2	6	12	207	4.82	3.80	1.35	10.6	31.2%	15.2%	7.0%	20.4%	91	2.5
31	Cole Hamels	33	32	32	200.2	15	5	200	3.32	3.98	1.31	9.0	27.2%	13.2%	9.1%	14.5%	95	2.5
32	Mike Leake	29	30	30	176.2	9	12	125	4.69	3.83	1.32	6.4	16.3%	7.8%	4.0%	12.5%	91	2.5
33	J.A. Happ	34	32	32	195.0	20	4	163	3.18	3.96	1.17	7.5	22.3%	10.5%	7.5%	12.9%	94	2.5
34	Drew Pomeranz	28	31	30	170.2	11	12	186	3.32	3.80	1.18	9.8	25.9%	12.0%	9.2%	17.2%	91	2.4
35	Collin McHugh	29	33	33	184.2	13	10	177	4.34	3.95	1.41	8.6	23.9%	11.4%	6.8%	15.5%	94	2.4
36	Jeremy Hellickson	29	32	32	189.0	12	10	154	3.71	3.98	1.15	7.3	24.0%	11.5%	5.8%	14.1%	95	2.3
37	Bartolo Colon	43	34	33	191.2	15	8	128	3.43	3.99	1.21	6.0	13.5%	6.4%	4.0%	12.1%	95	2.3
38	Dallas Keuchel	28	26	26	168.0	9	12	144	4.55	3.87	1.29	7.7	23.2%	10.2%	6.8%	13.7%	92	2.3
39	Danny Duffy	28	42	26	179.2	12	3	188	3.51	3.83	1.14	9.4	27.3%	14.0%	5.7%	20.0%	91	2.2
40	Zach Davies	23	28	28	163.1	11	7	135	3.97	3.89	1.25	7.4	20.3%	9.0%	5.6%	14.2%	93	2.2
41	Trevor Bauer	25	35	28	190.0	12	8	168	4.26	3.99	1.31	8.0	22.5%	10.0%	8.6%	12.1%	95	2.1
42	Ricky Nolasco	34	32	32	197.2	8	14	144	4.42	4.14	1.24	6.6	20.9%	9.7%	5.4%	12.2%	99	2.1
43	Matt Moore	27	33	33	198.1	13	12	178	4.08	4.17	1.29	8.1	24.2%	11.4%	8.6%	12.6%	100	2.0
44	Carlos Rodón	24	28	28	165.0	9	10	168	4.04	4.01	1.39	9.2	23.6%	10.9%	7.6%	15.9%	96	2.0
45	Jerad Eickhoff	26	33	33	197.1	11	14	167	3.65	4.19	1.16	7.6	21.6%	9.9%	5.2%	15.4%	100	2.0
46	Kevin Gausman	25	30	30	179.2	9	12	174	3.61	4.10	1.28	8.7	25.4%	12.3%	6.2%	16.8%	98	2.0
47	Marco Estrada	33	29	29	176.0	9	9	165	3.48	4.15	1.12	8.4	26.2%	12.0%	9.0%	13.8%	99	1.9
48	Hisashi Iwakuma	35	33	33	199.0	16	12	147	4.12	4.27	1.33	6.6	17.4%	8.5%	5.5%	12.1%	102	1.8
49	Chad Bettis	27	32	32	186.0	14	8	138	4.79	4.26	1.41	6.7	21.6%	9.7%	7.2%	9.7%	102	1.7
50	Chris Tillman	28	30	30	172.0	16	6	140	3.77	4.23	1.28	7.3	21.9%	10.0%	9.2%	10.3%	101	1.7

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 →