Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2012, (requiring WAR_pitch≥10 and WAR_pitch>0.02*IP), sorted by greatest WAR for Pitchers: Results

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Rk Player WAR IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
1 Walter Johnson 151.8 5914.1 1907 1927 19-39 802 666 531 110 127 417 279 .599 34 4913 1902 1424 1363 3509 2.17 147 97 23405 205 4 154 WSH
2 Roger Clemens 142.8 4916.2 1984 2007 21-44 709 707 118 46 0 354 184 .658 0 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU
3 Pete Alexander 117.6 5190.0 1911 1930 24-43 696 600 437 90 80 373 208 .642 32 4868 1852 1476 951 2198 2.56 135 165 20893 70 1 38 PHI-CHC-TOT-STL
4 Lefty Grove 109.1 3940.2 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 300 141 .680 55 3849 1594 1339 1187 2266 3.06 148 162 16622 42 1 51 PHA-BOS
5 Tom Seaver 106.8 4783.0 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 311 205 .603 1 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-CHW
6 Randy Johnson 106.6 4135.1 1988 2009 24-45 618 603 100 37 7 303 166 .646 2 3346 1703 1513 1497 4875 3.29 135 411 17067 37 190 33 109 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY-SFG
7 Greg Maddux 103.6 5008.1 1986 2008 20-42 744 740 109 35 3 355 227 .610 0 4726 1981 1756 999 3371 3.16 132 353 20421 177 137 28 70 CHC-ATL-SDP-TOT
8 Pedro Martinez 87.1 2827.1 1992 2009 20-37 476 409 46 17 23 219 100 .687 3 2221 1006 919 760 3154 2.93 154 239 11394 30 141 6 62 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM-PHI
9 Bob Gibson 84.5 3884.1 1959 1975 23-39 528 482 255 56 21 251 174 .591 6 3279 1420 1258 1336 3117 2.91 127 257 16068 118 102 13 108 STL
10 Mike Mussina 80.9 3562.2 1991 2008 22-39 537 536 57 23 0 270 153 .638 0 3460 1559 1458 785 2813 3.68 123 376 14593 29 60 1 71 BAL-NYY
11 Curt Schilling 79.3 3261.0 1988 2007 21-40 569 436 83 20 81 216 146 .597 22 2998 1318 1253 711 3116 3.46 127 347 13284 43 52 8 72 BAL-HOU-PHI-TOT-ARI-BOS
12 Cy Young 72.3 3312.1 1901 1911 34-44 401 369 331 44 28 225 146 .606 9 2900 1119 779 413 1563 2.12 137 44 12717 73 1 54 BOS-CLE-TOT
13 Kevin Brown 68.9 3256.1 1986 2005 21-40 486 476 72 17 1 211 144 .594 0 3079 1357 1185 901 2397 3.28 127 208 13542 42 139 15 108 TEX-BAL-FLA-SDP-LAD-NYY
14 Roy Halladay 67.5 2573.1 1998 2012 21-35 384 358 66 20 6 191 94 .670 1 2473 1025 925 530 1963 3.24 137 207 10532 27 68 9 50 TOR-PHI
15 Dazzy Vance 63.7 2966.2 1915 1935 24-44 442 349 216 29 53 197 140 .585 11 2809 1246 1068 840 2045 3.24 125 132 12366 77 2 37 TOT-NYY-BRO-STL
16 Stan Coveleski 62.3 3082.0 1912 1928 22-38 450 385 224 38 52 215 142 .602 21 3055 1227 990 802 981 2.89 127 66 12729 30 1 35 PHA-CLE-WSH-NYY
17 David Cone 62.2 2898.2 1986 2003 23-40 450 419 56 22 9 194 126 .606 1 2504 1222 1115 1137 2668 3.46 121 258 12184 42 106 32 149 NYM-TOT-KCR-NYY-BOS
18 Bret Saberhagen 58.5 2562.2 1984 2001 20-37 399 371 76 16 13 167 117 .588 1 2452 1036 952 471 1715 3.34 126 218 10421 34 59 12 53 KCR-NYM-TOT-BOS
19 Mariano Rivera 58.0 1219.2 1995 2012 25-42 1051 10 0 0 892 76 58 .567 608 940 324 300 277 1119 2.21 206 65 4847 38 45 3 13 NYY
20 Rube Waddell 54.7 2659.2 1901 1910 24-33 366 308 235 47 45 178 127 .584 4 2198 923 624 728 2137 2.11 133 30 10499 93 3 70 TOT-PHA-SLB
21 Kevin Appier 54.2 2595.1 1989 2004 21-36 414 402 34 12 2 169 137 .552 0 2425 1168 1078 933 1994 3.74 121 232 10958 51 79 7 106 KCR-TOT-OAK-NYM-ANA
22 Sandy Koufax 53.0 2324.1 1955 1966 19-30 397 314 137 40 44 165 87 .655 9 1754 806 713 817 2396 2.76 131 204 9497 48 18 7 87 BRO-LAD
23 Tim Hudson 50.5 2508.1 1999 2012 23-36 379 378 24 12 0 182 97 .652 0 2342 1036 949 764 1705 3.41 127 198 10433 75 100 6 73 OAK-ATL
24 CC Sabathia 50.5 2399.2 2001 2012 20-31 360 360 33 12 0 179 96 .651 0 2208 1024 941 734 2055 3.53 125 210 9935 33 73 14 46 CLE-TOT-NYY
25 Roy Oswalt 50.3 2154.0 2001 2011 23-33 339 326 20 8 5 159 93 .631 0 2071 825 769 500 1759 3.21 133 183 8886 34 76 5 26 HOU-TOT-PHI
Rk Player WAR IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
26 Hoyt Wilhelm 49.9 2254.1 1952 1972 29-49 1070 52 20 5 651 143 122 .540 227 1757 773 632 778 1610 2.52 147 150 9164 61 62 4 90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD
27 Johan Santana 49.3 1932.2 2000 2012 21-33 344 268 13 8 23 133 71 .652 1 1625 716 664 539 1906 3.09 142 203 7864 12 36 12 68 MIN-NYM
28 Nap Rucker 47.8 2375.1 1907 1916 22-31 336 274 186 38 58 134 134 .500 14 2089 823 639 701 1217 2.42 118 41 9441 73 2 43 BRO
29 Dizzy Dean 43.3 1967.1 1930 1947 20-37 317 230 154 26 76 150 83 .644 30 1919 774 661 453 1163 3.02 131 95 8171 27 5 12 STL-CHC-SLB
30 Rich Gossage 40.1 1809.1 1972 1994 20-42 1002 37 16 0 681 124 107 .537 310 1497 670 605 732 1502 3.01 126 119 7507 90 47 5 63 CHW-PIT-NYY-SDP-CHC-TOT-TEX-OAK-SEA
31 Harry Brecheen 38.7 1907.2 1940 1953 25-38 318 240 125 25 53 133 92 .591 18 1731 701 618 536 901 2.92 133 116 7821 37 5 18 STL-SLB
32 Carlos Zambrano 38.6 1858.2 2001 2012 20-31 324 287 9 4 6 125 83 .601 0 1611 813 740 836 1565 3.58 122 155 7928 40 93 5 57 CHC-MIA
33 Brandon Webb 33.5 1319.2 2003 2009 24-30 199 198 15 8 1 87 62 .584 0 1200 557 479 435 1065 3.27 142 92 5515 34 50 6 56 ARI
34 Russ Ford 32.6 1487.1 1909 1915 26-32 199 170 126 15 28 99 71 .582 9 1340 595 428 376 710 2.59 124 45 5911 34 3 19 NYY-BUF
35 Teddy Higuera 32.0 1380.0 1985 1994 27-36 213 205 50 12 7 94 64 .595 0 1262 608 554 443 1081 3.61 117 131 5752 17 25 17 13 MIL
36 Noodles Hahn 31.8 1409.0 1901 1906 22-27 166 160 151 17 6 91 66 .580 0 1330 548 369 224 640 2.36 135 20 5600 35 1 21 CIN-NYY
37 Lee Smith 30.8 1289.1 1980 1997 22-39 1022 6 0 0 802 71 92 .436 478 1133 475 434 486 1251 3.03 132 89 5387 100 10 4 47 CHC-BOS-TOT-STL-BAL-CAL-MON
38 Felix Hernandez 30.0 1432.2 2005 2012 19-26 211 211 18 4 0 87 68 .561 0 1309 575 511 436 1306 3.21 129 118 5928 14 45 5 73 SEA
39 Justin Verlander 29.4 1360.2 2005 2012 22-29 205 205 15 5 0 109 58 .653 0 1191 569 529 419 1257 3.50 125 120 5628 17 57 15 56 DET
40 John Hiller 29.4 1242.0 1965 1980 22-37 545 43 13 6 363 87 76 .534 125 1040 438 391 535 1036 2.83 134 110 5206 71 12 1 39 DET
41 Trevor Hoffman 29.0 1089.1 1993 2010 25-42 1035 0 0 0 856 61 75 .449 601 846 378 347 307 1133 2.87 141 100 4388 58 9 0 49 TOT-SDP-MIL
42 Billy Wagner 29.0 903.0 1995 2010 23-38 853 0 0 0 703 47 40 .540 422 601 262 232 300 1196 2.31 187 82 3600 26 33 1 43 HOU-PHI-NYM-TOT-ATL
43 Smoky Joe Wood 28.7 1434.1 1908 1920 18-30 225 158 121 28 56 117 57 .672 10 1138 497 324 421 989 2.03 147 10 5640 49 0 43 BOS-CLE
44 Zack Greinke 28.4 1309.1 2004 2012 20-28 243 202 12 3 8 79 74 .516 1 1314 604 556 334 1162 3.82 114 132 5488 12 43 5 37 KCR-MIL
45 Matt Cain 27.9 1355.2 2005 2012 20-27 209 208 14 5 1 70 75 .483 0 1122 533 501 479 1115 3.33 125 113 5592 29 34 4 51 SFG
46 Ewell Blackwell 27.7 1321.0 1942 1955 19-32 236 169 69 15 49 82 78 .513 11 1150 562 484 562 839 3.30 120 67 5576 0 44 2 28 CIN-TOT-NYY-KCA
47 Jered Weaver 26.7 1176.1 2006 2012 23-29 183 183 10 5 0 86 47 .647 0 1038 448 424 315 1022 3.24 130 123 4807 11 18 1 27 LAA
48 Bruce Sutter 25.2 1042.0 1976 1988 23-35 661 0 0 0 512 68 71 .489 300 879 370 328 309 861 2.83 136 77 4252 83 13 8 37 CHC-STL-ATL
49 Tim Lincecum 24.7 1054.2 2007 2012 23-28 161 160 8 5 0 71 43 .623 0 871 387 357 392 1156 3.05 134 68 4371 20 25 2 58 SFG
50 Jon Lester 24.5 988.2 2006 2012 22-28 160 159 7 2 0 77 36 .681 0 901 408 392 376 917 3.57 126 87 4147 2 40 1 26 BOS
Rk Player WAR IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
51 Dan Quisenberry 24.3 1043.1 1979 1990 26-37 674 0 0 0 553 56 46 .549 244 1064 356 320 162 379 2.76 146 59 4247 70 7 5 4 KCR-TOT-STL-SFG
52 Tom Henke 22.8 789.2 1982 1995 24-37 642 0 0 0 548 41 42 .494 311 607 252 234 255 861 2.67 157 64 3194 29 9 3 30 TOR-TEX-STL
53 Josh Johnson 22.7 754.0 2005 2012 21-28 128 118 4 0 1 48 26 .649 0 683 279 257 252 692 3.07 138 45 3122 23 18 2 24 FLA-MIA
54 Joe Nathan 22.0 740.1 1999 2012 24-37 592 29 0 0 419 48 25 .658 267 544 257 237 277 772 2.88 151 71 3018 24 19 1 33 SFG-MIN-TEX
55 Jeff Montgomery 21.2 868.2 1987 1999 25-37 700 1 0 0 549 46 52 .469 304 785 347 316 296 733 3.27 135 81 3637 40 26 10 33 CIN-KCR
56 Francisco Rodriguez 20.9 661.0 2002 2012 20-30 618 0 0 0 447 36 30 .545 292 480 209 190 291 816 2.59 166 50 2732 33 13 2 53 ANA-LAA-NYM-TOT-MIL
57 John Wetteland 20.3 765.0 1989 2000 22-33 618 17 0 0 523 48 45 .516 330 616 287 249 252 804 2.93 148 73 3145 30 16 1 40 LAD-MON-NYY-TEX
58 Keith Foulke 20.2 786.2 1997 2008 24-35 619 8 0 0 406 41 37 .526 191 652 300 291 194 718 3.33 140 94 3201 24 44 2 14 TOT-CHW-BOS-OAK
59 John Danks 19.7 955.0 2007 2012 22-27 156 156 4 2 0 56 60 .483 0 937 465 438 316 739 4.13 108 115 4038 13 24 1 23 CHW
60 Francisco Cordero 19.3 796.1 1999 2012 24-37 764 0 0 0 563 45 46 .495 329 707 315 284 361 773 3.21 143 58 3411 27 25 3 34 DET-TEX-TOT-MIL-CIN-TOR
61 Clayton Kershaw 19.1 754.0 2008 2012 20-24 124 122 6 3 1 49 28 .636 0 589 257 240 286 779 2.86 135 50 3079 19 12 6 29 LAD
62 Jonathan Papelbon 17.9 440.1 2005 2012 24-31 407 3 0 0 345 23 19 .548 228 328 127 112 118 520 2.29 199 32 1769 10 17 0 10 BOS-PHI
63 Armando Benitez 17.7 779.0 1994 2008 21-35 762 0 0 0 527 40 47 .460 289 545 296 271 403 946 3.13 140 95 3253 32 16 5 18 BAL-NYM-TOT-FLA-SFG-TOR
64 Troy Percival 17.3 708.2 1995 2009 25-39 703 1 0 0 546 35 43 .449 358 479 271 250 306 781 3.17 146 85 2915 25 27 2 32 CAL-ANA-DET-STL-TBR
65 Steve Farr 16.6 824.1 1984 1994 27-37 509 28 1 1 313 48 45 .516 132 751 326 298 334 668 3.25 127 70 3487 47 32 5 24 CLE-KCR-NYY-TOT
66 Dick Radatz 16.5 693.2 1962 1969 25-32 381 0 0 0 297 52 43 .547 122 532 260 241 296 745 3.13 123 65 2906 46 30 1 25 BOS-TOT
67 Mark Prior 16.4 657.0 2002 2006 21-25 106 106 5 1 0 42 29 .592 0 582 277 256 223 757 3.51 124 77 2771 10 31 2 21 CHC
68 Robb Nen 16.1 715.0 1993 2002 23-32 643 4 0 0 549 45 42 .517 314 607 266 237 260 793 2.98 139 51 2983 41 7 3 36 TOT-FLA-SFG
69 Joakim Soria 13.8 315.1 2007 2011 23-27 298 0 0 0 239 13 15 .464 160 242 89 84 87 341 2.40 181 24 1278 6 13 2 10 KCR
70 Mark Fidrych 13.1 412.1 1976 1980 21-25 58 56 34 5 2 29 19 .604 0 397 163 142 99 170 3.10 126 23 1695 9 6 0 10 DET
71 Bryan Harvey 13.0 387.0 1987 1995 24-32 322 0 0 0 278 17 25 .405 177 278 122 107 144 448 2.49 162 30 1582 19 2 5 25 CAL-FLA
72 B.J. Ryan 12.1 536.2 1999 2009 23-33 560 0 0 0 249 21 28 .429 117 424 216 201 264 625 3.37 133 42 2273 27 17 2 21 TOT-BAL-TOR
73 Jose Valverde 11.7 531.0 2003 2012 25-34 524 0 0 0 431 24 27 .471 246 400 199 181 228 608 3.07 144 55 2219 23 20 3 23 ARI-HOU-DET
74 Rafael Betancourt 11.5 571.0 2003 2012 28-37 554 0 0 0 160 34 24 .586 33 482 214 201 133 611 3.17 140 60 2298 32 1 4 16 CLE-TOT-COL
75 Takashi Saito 11.0 326.0 2006 2011 36-41 322 0 0 0 187 21 15 .583 84 233 85 79 103 389 2.18 199 21 1303 12 13 0 8 LAD-BOS-ATL-MIL
Rk Player WAR IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
76 J.J. Putz 10.8 472.2 2003 2012 26-35 466 0 0 0 290 32 28 .533 156 391 172 164 150 492 3.12 138 44 1945 15 17 0 16 SEA-NYM-CHW-ARI
77 Satchel Paige 10.2 476.0 1948 1965 41-58 179 26 7 4 109 28 31 .475 32 429 191 174 180 288 3.29 124 29 2002 0 7 5 6 CLE-SLB-KCA
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