2019 season · rankings
2019 MLB Pitching Leaders
61 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.
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| 1 | Gerrit Cole | 29 | 33 | 33 | 212.1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 326 | 2.50 | 2.64 | 0.89 | 13.8 | 37.2% | 18.6% | 5.9% | 34.0% | 59 | 6.1 |
| 2 | Jacob deGrom | 31 | 32 | 32 | 204.0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 255 | 2.43 | 2.67 | 0.97 | 11.3 | 31.4% | 16.8% | 5.5% | 26.2% | 59 | 5.8 |
| 3 | Max Scherzer | 35 | 27 | 27 | 172.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 243 | 2.92 | 2.45 | 1.03 | 12.7 | 33.9% | 17.8% | 4.8% | 30.3% | 54 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Charlie Morton | 36 | 33 | 33 | 194.2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 240 | 3.05 | 2.81 | 1.08 | 11.1 | 29.6% | 14.0% | 7.2% | 23.2% | 62 | 5.2 |
| 5 | Justin Verlander | 36 | 34 | 34 | 223.0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 300 | 2.58 | 3.27 | 0.80 | 12.1 | 33.6% | 17.5% | 5.0% | 30.5% | 73 | 4.9 |
| 6 | Lance Lynn | 32 | 33 | 33 | 208.1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 246 | 3.67 | 3.13 | 1.22 | 10.6 | 28.5% | 14.0% | 6.7% | 21.4% | 69 | 4.9 |
| 7 | Zack Greinke | 36 | 33 | 33 | 208.2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 2.93 | 3.22 | 0.98 | 8.1 | 24.1% | 11.3% | 3.7% | 19.4% | 71 | 4.7 |
| 8 | Stephen Strasburg | 31 | 33 | 33 | 209.0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 251 | 3.32 | 3.25 | 1.04 | 10.8 | 30.6% | 14.6% | 6.7% | 23.2% | 72 | 4.7 |
| 9 | Shane Bieber | 24 | 34 | 33 | 214.1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 259 | 3.28 | 3.32 | 1.05 | 10.9 | 30.7% | 14.6% | 4.7% | 25.5% | 74 | 4.6 |
| 10 | Walker Buehler | 25 | 30 | 30 | 182.1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 3.26 | 3.01 | 1.04 | 10.6 | 26.8% | 13.5% | 5.0% | 24.2% | 67 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Hyun Jin Ryu | 32 | 29 | 29 | 182.2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 163 | 2.32 | 3.10 | 1.01 | 8.0 | 24.8% | 12.3% | 3.3% | 19.2% | 69 | 4.4 |
| 12 | Patrick Corbin | 30 | 33 | 33 | 202.0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 238 | 3.25 | 3.49 | 1.18 | 10.6 | 31.6% | 15.0% | 8.4% | 20.1% | 77 | 4.0 |
| 13 | Jack Flaherty | 24 | 33 | 33 | 196.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 231 | 2.75 | 3.46 | 0.97 | 10.6 | 30.7% | 14.8% | 7.1% | 22.8% | 77 | 3.9 |
| 14 | Zack Wheeler | 29 | 31 | 31 | 195.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 3.96 | 3.48 | 1.26 | 9.0 | 23.0% | 11.7% | 6.0% | 17.5% | 77 | 3.9 |
| 15 | Noah Syndergaard | 27 | 32 | 32 | 197.2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 202 | 4.28 | 3.60 | 1.23 | 9.2 | 26.8% | 13.6% | 6.1% | 18.4% | 80 | 3.7 |
| 16 | Sonny Gray | 30 | 31 | 31 | 175.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 205 | 2.87 | 3.42 | 1.08 | 10.5 | 28.4% | 12.0% | 9.6% | 19.4% | 76 | 3.6 |
| 17 | Lucas Giolito | 25 | 29 | 29 | 176.2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 228 | 3.41 | 3.43 | 1.06 | 11.6 | 32.4% | 16.1% | 8.1% | 24.3% | 76 | 3.6 |
| 18 | Michael Soroka | 22 | 29 | 29 | 174.2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 2.68 | 3.45 | 1.11 | 7.3 | 22.8% | 11.1% | 5.8% | 14.4% | 77 | 3.5 |
| 19 | Luis Castillo | 27 | 32 | 32 | 190.2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 226 | 3.40 | 3.70 | 1.14 | 10.7 | 35.8% | 17.0% | 10.1% | 18.8% | 82 | 3.4 |
| 20 | Kyle Hendricks | 30 | 30 | 30 | 177.0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 150 | 3.46 | 3.61 | 1.13 | 7.6 | 22.0% | 10.9% | 4.4% | 16.2% | 80 | 3.3 |
| 21 | Eduardo Rodriguez | 26 | 34 | 34 | 203.1 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 213 | 3.81 | 3.86 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 27.4% | 12.7% | 8.7% | 16.1% | 86 | 3.2 |
| 22 | Madison Bumgarner | 30 | 34 | 34 | 207.2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 203 | 3.90 | 3.90 | 1.13 | 8.8 | 24.6% | 12.5% | 5.1% | 19.0% | 87 | 3.2 |
| 23 | José Berríos | 25 | 32 | 32 | 200.1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 3.68 | 3.85 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 23.5% | 11.6% | 6.1% | 17.1% | 86 | 3.2 |
| 24 | Marcus Stroman | 28 | 32 | 32 | 184.1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 159 | 3.22 | 3.72 | 1.31 | 7.8 | 24.7% | 11.2% | 7.5% | 13.0% | 83 | 3.2 |
| 25 | Aaron Nola | 26 | 34 | 34 | 202.1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 229 | 3.87 | 4.03 | 1.27 | 10.2 | 26.7% | 11.9% | 9.4% | 17.5% | 90 | 2.9 |
| 26 | Max Fried | 25 | 33 | 30 | 165.2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 173 | 4.02 | 3.72 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 26.0% | 12.3% | 6.7% | 17.9% | 82 | 2.8 |
| 27 | Clayton Kershaw | 31 | 29 | 28 | 178.1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 189 | 3.03 | 3.86 | 1.04 | 9.5 | 27.7% | 14.2% | 5.8% | 21.0% | 86 | 2.8 |
| 28 | Jose Quintana | 30 | 32 | 31 | 171.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 4.68 | 3.80 | 1.39 | 8.0 | 20.9% | 9.3% | 6.2% | 14.2% | 84 | 2.8 |
| 29 | Joe Musgrove | 27 | 32 | 31 | 170.1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 157 | 4.44 | 3.82 | 1.22 | 8.3 | 24.6% | 12.8% | 5.4% | 16.4% | 85 | 2.8 |
| 30 | Marco Gonzales | 27 | 34 | 34 | 203.0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 147 | 3.99 | 4.15 | 1.31 | 6.5 | 18.0% | 8.6% | 6.5% | 10.5% | 92 | 2.6 |
| 31 | Mike Minor | 32 | 32 | 32 | 208.1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 200 | 3.59 | 4.25 | 1.24 | 8.6 | 26.2% | 12.5% | 7.9% | 15.3% | 94 | 2.5 |
| 32 | Germán Márquez | 24 | 28 | 28 | 174.0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 175 | 4.76 | 4.06 | 1.20 | 9.1 | 26.6% | 13.2% | 4.9% | 19.4% | 90 | 2.4 |
| 33 | Trevor Bauer | 28 | 34 | 34 | 213.0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 253 | 4.48 | 4.34 | 1.25 | 10.7 | 29.4% | 13.3% | 9.0% | 18.8% | 96 | 2.4 |
| 34 | Yu Darvish | 33 | 31 | 31 | 178.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 229 | 3.98 | 4.18 | 1.10 | 11.5 | 30.4% | 14.7% | 7.7% | 23.7% | 93 | 2.3 |
| 35 | Homer Bailey | 33 | 31 | 31 | 163.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 149 | 4.57 | 4.11 | 1.32 | 8.2 | 24.2% | 11.8% | 7.6% | 13.8% | 91 | 2.2 |
| 36 | Miles Mikolas | 31 | 32 | 32 | 184.0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 144 | 4.16 | 4.27 | 1.22 | 7.0 | 21.7% | 10.7% | 4.2% | 14.7% | 95 | 2.2 |
| 37 | Masahiro Tanaka | 31 | 32 | 31 | 182.0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 149 | 4.45 | 4.27 | 1.24 | 7.4 | 23.2% | 11.7% | 5.3% | 14.4% | 95 | 2.1 |
| 38 | Joey Lucchesi | 26 | 30 | 30 | 163.2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 4.18 | 4.17 | 1.22 | 8.7 | 25.4% | 11.5% | 8.2% | 14.9% | 93 | 2.1 |
| 39 | Matthew Boyd | 28 | 32 | 32 | 185.1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 238 | 4.56 | 4.32 | 1.23 | 11.6 | 31.1% | 15.5% | 6.3% | 23.9% | 96 | 2.1 |
| 40 | Jon Lester | 35 | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 165 | 4.46 | 4.26 | 1.50 | 8.7 | 21.1% | 9.6% | 6.8% | 14.8% | 94 | 2.0 |
| 41 | Robbie Ray | 28 | 33 | 33 | 174.1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 235 | 4.34 | 4.29 | 1.34 | 12.1 | 32.7% | 14.8% | 11.2% | 20.2% | 95 | 2.0 |
| 42 | Adam Wainwright | 38 | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 153 | 4.19 | 4.36 | 1.43 | 8.0 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 97 | 1.9 |
| 43 | Brad Keller | 24 | 28 | 28 | 165.1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 122 | 4.19 | 4.35 | 1.35 | 6.6 | 19.9% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 7.3% | 97 | 1.8 |
| 44 | Sandy Alcantara | 24 | 32 | 32 | 197.1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 151 | 3.88 | 4.55 | 1.32 | 6.9 | 23.8% | 11.8% | 9.7% | 8.4% | 101 | 1.7 |
| 45 | Merrill Kelly | 31 | 32 | 32 | 183.1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 158 | 4.42 | 4.51 | 1.31 | 7.8 | 22.4% | 10.6% | 7.3% | 13.0% | 100 | 1.7 |
| 46 | Anthony DeSclafani | 29 | 31 | 31 | 166.2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 167 | 3.89 | 4.43 | 1.20 | 9.0 | 23.6% | 11.4% | 7.0% | 17.0% | 98 | 1.7 |
| 47 | Aníbal Sánchez | 35 | 30 | 30 | 166.0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 3.85 | 4.44 | 1.27 | 7.3 | 22.4% | 10.9% | 8.1% | 10.7% | 99 | 1.7 |
| 48 | Wade Miley | 33 | 33 | 33 | 167.1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 140 | 3.98 | 4.51 | 1.34 | 7.5 | 22.9% | 10.2% | 8.5% | 11.0% | 100 | 1.5 |
| 49 | Jeff Samardzija | 34 | 32 | 32 | 181.1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 140 | 3.52 | 4.59 | 1.11 | 6.9 | 20.2% | 9.7% | 6.6% | 12.3% | 102 | 1.5 |
| 50 | Brett Anderson | 31 | 31 | 31 | 176.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 90 | 3.89 | 4.57 | 1.31 | 4.6 | 17.0% | 8.1% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 101 | 1.5 |
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 →