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[7] [8] [9] Red Ruffing, Earl Wilson, and Don Drysdale are the only other pitchers to hit at least 25 home runs. [10] [11] [12] Jack Stivetts hit a total of 35 home runs in his playing career, 21 as a pitcher. [13] Ferrell and Ruffing also rank among the top pitchers in batting average, hitting .280 and .269, respectively. [14]
A replacement-level player is defined by FanGraphs as contributing 17.5 runs fewer than a player of league-average performance, over 600 plate appearances. [4] Therefore, a 1.0 WAR player has contributed an estimated −7.5 runs relative to average over the same number of plate appearances, a 2.0 WAR player has contributed +2.5 runs, and a 5.0 ...
Rank amongst leaders in career Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2025 WAR) Name of the player. Amount of WAR accumulated during the 2025 MLB season: WAR: Total career Wins Above Replacement. * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bold: Denotes active player.
He and John Clarkson (53 wins in 1885) are the only pitchers to exceed 50 wins in a single season in the current major leagues; Guy Hecker also accomplished the feat in the American Association. [15] The American League leader is Jack Chesbro , who won 41 games for the New York Highlanders in 1904; his total is the highest since 1901.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also holds the record for most Gold Gloves by any player with 18, and most putouts by a pitcher with 546, including a tied live-ball-era record of 39 putouts in a season ...
Due to the changing nature of how pitchers are used in baseball, Verlander is considered by many to be the last of the old-school power pitchers. [184] [185] He is also considered to be a higher-than-average fly ball pitcher. Throughout his career, Verlander has consistently been near or at the top of the league in innings pitched, leading the ...
Wins above Replacement (Fangraphs): 11.5 Ty Cobb (1917) Pitching leaders. ERA: 1.64 Ed Summers (1908) Wins: 31 Denny McLain (1968) Win–loss %: .862 Bill Donovan (1907) WHIP: .905 Denny McLain (1968) Hits allowed per 9 innings pitched: 6.239 Justin Verlander (2011) Walks allowed per 9 innings pitched: 1.29 Fred Hutchinson (1951)
FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]