Willie Barrios and the Search for the Greatest Season Ever by a Starting Pitcher

By mblmlb on 05/22/2020 • ( 1 )

Only one player in the 2020 Best Baseball League simulation pitched at least 200 innings and had a WHIP under 1.00: Willie Barrios. At just 24 years old, WB was ranked the #2 prospect coming into the season, and was the 5th overall pick in the Inaugural BBL Draft, taken by the Virginia Beach Swordfish.

Fangraphs is such a great resource for information on baseball statistics and which of them are the most important to look at when valuing a player’s performance. I’ve always liked to look at WHIP for a quick measure of how “good” a starting pitcher is, since it measures how many runners a pitcher allows per inning – which directly correlates to runs given up, and overall team wins and losses. But WHIP is only so informative:

Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched (WHIP) is essentially a measurement of how many base runners a pitcher allows per inning. Given that preventing base runners the fundamental role of pitchers, a rate statistic designed to tell you how many they allow definitely points you in the right direction.

That being said, WHIP is more of a quick reference statistic rather than something you want to use for full-fledged analysis. If you want to measure base runners allowed using a rate stat, OBP against is a better choice because batters faced is a better denominator than innings. WHIP is also lacking in that it treats all times on base equally, equating a walk with a home run. A statistic like wOBA against is more useful in that regard.

While WHIP is no longer at the forefront of stat-head analysis, it’s easy to calcuate and corelates relative well with more accurate statistics. Think of WHIP as something like OPS. It’s a little rough around the edges but it will generally provide a fine starting point.
https://library.fangraphs.com/pitching/whip/

Willie’s 2020 season got me thinking – how many times in history has a starting pitcher thrown at least 200 innings and had a WHIP of 1.00 or below? And, given what Fangraphs has to say about WHIP, how do each of those pitcher’s OBP-against compare across those seasons?

Baseball Reference’s Play Index, as usual, provides access to this info! There have been 91 instances where a starter has thrown 200 or more innings with a WHIP of 1.00 or below in the history of the MLB. Four players accomplished this feat in 2019: Jacob deGrom, Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke. Four players in the same season seemed incredible, but in 1968, EIGHT pitchers reached this feat: Bill Hands, Bob Gibson, Dave McNally, Dean Chance, Denny McLain, Luis Tiant, Pat Jarvis, and Tom Seaver. 1968 might be the year of the pitcher.

Seasons where a starting pitcher threw at least 200 innings and had a WHIP of 1.00 or below.

Willie’s 0.98 WHIP would rank 63rd overall, tied with Greg Maddux’s 1998 season in Atlanta. Barrio’s WHIP (0.98) & OBP-against (.258) fell above the average and median rankings for the 91 seasons in the dataset.

OBP vs. WHIP in seasons where SP threw at least 200 innings and a WHIP of 1.00 or below.

So who had the greatest season ever for a starting pitcher? Based on this data, it isn’t very close – Pedro Martinez’s 2000 season is my pick for the #1 spot on the list.

With a WHIP of 0.74 across 217 innings, Pedro amassed 284 strikeouts – while only allowing 44 runs to score, 42 of them earned. That comes out to a 1.74 ERA. The Red Sox missed the playoffs in 2000, going 85-77, finishing 2.5 games behind the Yankees. That means Pedro’s 18 wins were 21% of the club’s total. Somehow, he lost 6 times and had another 5 no decisions that year.

What’s amazing is how dominant he was across the board. Let’s look at how is stats relate to each other.

What else did we find in this data? 10 pitchers have accomplished the 200+ IP, >/= 1.00 WHIP 3 or more times in their careers:

Max Scherzer (5)
Sandy Koufax (4)
Pedro Martinez (4)
Juan Marichal (4)
Greg Maddux (4)
Tom Seaver (3)
Justin Verlander (3)
Johan Santana (3)
Don Sutton (3)
Clayton Kershaw (3)

What’s really crazy is that Scherzer did it 5 years in a row, winning the CY-Young in 3 out of those 5 years. He may have had the most dominant stretch of any pitcher in history, but none of the seasons was quite as dominant as Pedro’s Y2K season. We’ll see if Willie Barrios can match his 2020 performance in the simulated years to come.

This post is related to the 2020 Best Baseball League series. If you missed it, check out the series kick-off article.
The 2020 Best Baseball League

Rk	Player	Age	Year	Tm	Lg	IP	WHIP	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	H	R	ER	ERA	FIP	SO	K%	BB	BB%	ERA+	BAbip	HR	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Pit	Str
1	Pedro Martinez	28	2000	BOS	AL	217	0.737	29	29	7	4	0	18	6	0.750	0	128	44	42	1.74	2.17	284	34.8%	32	3.9%	291	0.24	17	817	768	18	1	0	14	2	1	11	10	3	2	0	1	0.17	0.21	0.26	0.47	18	3164	2136
2	Justin Verlander	36	2019	HOU	AL	223	0.803	34	34	2	1	0	21	6	0.778	0	137	66	64	2.58	3.27	300	35.4%	42	5.0%	179	0.22	36	847	796	28	7	0	6	0	2	7	9	3	0	0	4	0.17	0.22	0.36	0.58	48	3448	2361
3	Greg Maddux	29	1995	ATL	NL	209	0.811	28	28	10	3	0	19	2	0.905	0	147	39	38	1.63	2.26	181	23.1%	23	2.9%	260	0.25	8	785	748	22	0	3	4	9	1	16	26	6	2	0	1	0.2	0.22	0.26	0.48	29
4	Dave McNally	25	1968	BAL	AL	273	0.842	35	35	18	5	0	22	10	0.688	0	175	67	59	1.95	2.76	202	19.5%	55	5.3%	150	0.2	24	1038	962	30	7	1	10	4	7	18	9	5	1	1	5	0.18	0.23	0.3	0.54	67
5	Zack Greinke	31	2015	LAD	NL	222	0.844	32	32	1	0	0	19	3	0.864	0	148	43	41	1.66	2.76	200	23.7%	40	4.7%	222	0.23	14	843	790	22	3	1	5	6	2	15	7	6	2	0	7	0.19	0.23	0.28	0.51	45	3239	2078
6	Bob Gibson	32	1968	STL	NL	304	0.853	34	34	28	13	0	22	9	0.710	0	198	49	38	1.12	1.77	268	23.1%	62	5.3%	258	0.23	11	1161	1075	23	0	6	7	15	2	19	6	5	0	0	4	0.18	0.23	0.24	0.47	47
7	Sandy Koufax	29	1965	LAD	NL	335	0.855	43	41	27	8	2	26	8	0.765	2	216	90	76	2.04	1.93	382	29.5%	71	5.5%	160	0.24	26	1297	1205	29	7	4	5	13	3	13	16	4	1	0	11	0.18	0.23	0.28	0.51	52
8	Juan Marichal	28	1966	SFG	NL	307	0.859	37	36	25	4	1	25	6	0.806	0	228	88	76	2.23	2.86	222	18.8%	36	3.1%	167	0.22	32	1180	1128	24	2	3	5	8	3	16	20	7	1	0	3	0.2	0.23	0.31	0.54	51
9	Jake Arrieta	29	2015	CHC	NL	229	0.865	33	33	4	3	0	22	6	0.786	0	150	52	45	1.77	2.35	236	27.1%	48	5.5%	215	0.25	10	870	811	32	4	2	6	4	1	15	27	6	1	0	6	0.19	0.24	0.27	0.51	44	3438	2236
10	Corey Kluber	31	2017	CLE	AL	203	0.869	29	29	5	3	0	18	4	0.818	0	141	56	51	2.25	2.5	265	34.1%	36	4.6%	202	0.27	21	777	732	31	0	2	5	3	1	7	15	5	0	0	4	0.19	0.24	0.32	0.56	44	2945	2005
11	Luis Tiant	27	1968	CLE	AL	258	0.871	34	32	19	9	0	21	9	0.700	0	152	53	46	1.6	2.04	264	26.8%	73	7.4%	186	0.22	16	987	905	27	5	4	4	5	0	10	0	9	0	0	3	0.17	0.23	0.26	0.5	56
12	Sandy Koufax	27	1963	LAD	NL	311	0.875	40	40	20	11	0	25	5	0.833	0	214	68	65	1.88	1.85	306	25.3%	58	4.8%	159	0.24	18	1210	1135	28	6	7	3	13	1	9	11	1	0	1	6	0.19	0.23	0.27	0.5	54
13	Clayton Kershaw	27	2015	LAD	NL	232	0.881	33	33	4	3	0	16	7	0.696	0	163	62	55	2.13	1.99	301	33.8%	42	4.7%	173	0.28	15	890	839	26	2	1	5	4	0	8	7	9	9	3	9	0.19	0.24	0.28	0.52	49	3392	2303
14	Gerrit Cole	28	2019	HOU	AL	212	0.895	33	33	0	0	0	20	5	0.800	0	142	66	59	2.5	2.64	326	39.9%	48	5.9%	185	0.28	29	817	762	30	1	0	3	1	3	7	11	5	0	3	4	0.19	0.24	0.34	0.58	49	3362	2254
15	Greg Maddux	28	1994	ATL	NL	202	0.896	25	25	10	3	0	16	6	0.727	0	150	44	35	1.56	2.39	156	20.2%	31	4.0%	271	0.26	4	774	726	22	2	3	6	6	5	21	22	6	2	1	3	0.21	0.24	0.26	0.5	34
16	Randy Johnson	40	2004	ARI	NL	245	0.900	35	35	4	2	0	16	14	0.533	0	177	88	71	2.6	2.3	290	30.1%	44	4.6%	176	0.27	18	964	898	34	9	1	10	7	5	4	17	10	1	1	3	0.2	0.24	0.32	0.56	44	3632	2507
17	Max Scherzer	32	2017	WSN	NL	200	0.902	31	31	2	0	0	16	6	0.727	0	126	62	56	2.51	2.9	268	34.4%	55	7.1%	178	0.25	22	780	709	30	2	2	11	4	1	13	7	3	0	0	4	0.18	0.25	0.32	0.57	49	3112	2114
18	Justin Verlander	35	2018	HOU	AL	214	0.902	34	34	1	1	0	16	9	0.640	0	156	63	60	2.52	2.78	290	34.8%	37	4.4%	164	0.27	28	833	781	31	5	0	8	2	5	3	3	4	2	2	5	0.2	0.24	0.36	0.6	63	3427	2363
19	Denny McLain	24	1968	DET	AL	336	0.905	41	41	28	6	0	31	6	0.838	0	241	86	73	1.96	2.53	280	21.7%	63	4.9%	154	0.23	31	1288	1206	38	5	2	6	10	3	19	19	5	0	0	3	0.2	0.24	0.32	0.56	72
20	Max Scherzer	33	2018	WSN	NL	220	0.911	33	33	2	1	0	18	7	0.720	0	150	66	62	2.53	2.65	300	34.6%	51	5.9%	168	0.27	23	866	797	36	5	4	12	4	2	10	8	2	0	1	4	0.19	0.25	0.33	0.58	56	3493	2406
21	Jacob deGrom	30	2018	NYM	NL	217	0.912	32	32	1	0	0	10	9	0.526	0	152	48	41	1.7	1.98	269	32.2%	46	5.5%	218	0.28	10	835	776	27	3	3	5	3	5	13	15	8	1	0	2	0.2	0.24	0.28	0.52	50	3212	2213
22	Don Sutton	27	1972	LAD	NL	272	0.913	33	33	18	9	0	19	9	0.679	0	186	78	63	2.08	2.24	207	19.5%	63	5.9%	162	0.23	13	1061	984	34	4	1	4	5	4	18	15	4	1	1	9	0.19	0.24	0.27	0.51	51
23	Catfish Hunter	26	1972	OAK	AL	295	0.914	38	37	16	5	1	21	7	0.750	0	200	74	67	2.04	2.77	191	16.6%	70	6.1%	140	0.21	21	1148	1056	42	4	6	3	15	4	8	18	3	0	0	3	0.19	0.24	0.3	0.54	68
24	Juan Marichal	27	1965	SFG	NL	295	0.914	39	37	24	10	2	22	13	0.629	1	224	78	70	2.13	2.59	240	20.8%	46	4.0%	169	0.24	27	1153	1092	30	6	4	4	6	4	19	14	5	1	0	2	0.21	0.24	0.32	0.56	59
25	Clayton Kershaw	25	2013	LAD	NL	236	0.915	33	33	3	2	0	16	9	0.640	0	164	55	48	1.83	2.39	232	25.6%	52	5.7%	194	0.26	11	908	840	30	3	2	3	8	3	20	5	4	7	2	12	0.2	0.24	0.28	0.52	51	3430	2288
26	Felix Hernandez	28	2014	SEA	AL	236	0.915	34	34	0	0	0	15	6	0.714	0	170	68	56	2.14	2.56	248	27.2%	46	5.0%	170	0.26	16	912	852	30	5	1	5	4	5	12	20	5	1	0	18	0.2	0.24	0.3	0.55	58	3434	2275
27	Max Scherzer	30	2015	WSN	NL	228	0.918	33	33	4	3	0	14	12	0.538	0	176	74	71	2.79	2.77	276	30.7%	34	3.8%	142	0.27	27	899	847	40	3	2	5	11	2	5	6	2	0	1	10	0.21	0.24	0.36	0.6	64	3359	2380
28	Justin Verlander	28	2011	DET	AL	251	0.920	34	34	4	2	0	24	5	0.828	0	174	73	67	2.4	2.99	250	25.8%	57	5.9%	172	0.24	24	969	904	31	3	0	3	2	3	12	10	5	1	2	7	0.19	0.24	0.31	0.56	50	3941	2591
29	Johan Santana	25	2004	MIN	AL	228	0.921	34	34	1	1	0	20	6	0.769	0	156	70	66	2.61	2.92	265	30.1%	54	6.1%	182	0.25	24	881	812	22	3	0	9	3	3	15	6	7	4	0	7	0.19	0.25	0.32	0.57	45	3426	2273
30	Mike Scott	31	1986	HOU	NL	275	0.923	37	37	7	5	0	18	10	0.643	0	182	73	68	2.22	2.16	306	28.7%	72	6.8%	161	0.25	17	1065	976	41	5	6	2	8	6	11	41	12	2	0	3	0.19	0.24	0.29	0.53	53
31	Pedro Martinez	27	1999	BOS	AL	213	0.923	31	29	5	1	1	23	4	0.852	0	160	56	49	2.07	1.39	313	37.5%	37	4.4%	243	0.33	9	835	780	38	0	1	9	3	6	11	21	10	0	0	6	0.21	0.25	0.29	0.54	35
32	Sandy Koufax	28	1964	LAD	NL	223	0.928	29	28	15	7	1	19	5	0.792	1	154	49	43	1.74	2.08	223	25.6%	53	6.1%	186	0.25	13	870	806	25	2	5	0	8	3	8	5	6	1	0	9	0.19	0.24	0.28	0.52	55
33	Pedro Martinez	25	1997	MON	NL	241	0.932	31	31	13	4	0	17	8	0.680	0	158	65	51	1.9	2.39	305	32.2%	67	7.1%	219	0.26	16	947	860	24	4	5	9	9	1	16	20	5	3	1	3	0.18	0.25	0.28	0.53	42
34	Joe Horlen	26	1964	CHW	AL	210	0.935	32	28	9	2	2	13	9	0.591	0	142	54	44	1.88	2.81	138	16.9%	55	6.8%	184	0.22	11	815	746	20	1	4	4	6	4	25	7	3	1	0	4	0.19	0.25	0.26	0.51	49
35	John Tudor	31	1985	STL	NL	275	0.938	36	36	14	10	0	21	8	0.724	0	209	68	59	1.93	2.71	169	15.9%	49	4.6%	185	0.24	14	1062	1001	28	3	4	5	4	3	20	12	7	1	0	4	0.21	0.25	0.29	0.53	54
36	Kevin Brown	31	1996	FLA	NL	233	0.944	32	32	5	3	0	17	11	0.607	0	187	60	49	1.89	2.88	159	17.6%	33	3.6%	215	0.26	8	906	849	22	6	2	16	4	4	26	12	9	3	1	6	0.22	0.26	0.29	0.55	52
37	Greg Maddux	31	1997	ATL	NL	232	0.946	33	33	5	2	0	19	4	0.826	0	200	58	57	2.2	2.43	177	19.8%	20	2.2%	189	0.29	9	893	849	31	3	6	6	11	7	23	20	8	1	0	0	0.24	0.26	0.31	0.57	50
38	Ron Guidry	27	1978	NYY	AL	273	0.946	35	35	16	9	0	25	3	0.893	0	187	61	53	1.74	2.19	248	23.5%	72	6.8%	208	0.25	13	1057	969	34	5	1	1	13	2	15	9	14	2	1	7	0.19	0.25	0.28	0.53	50
39	Tom Seaver	26	1971	NYM	NL	286	0.946	36	35	21	4	1	20	10	0.667	0	210	61	56	1.76	1.93	289	26.2%	61	5.5%	194	0.27	18	1103	1021	31	4	2	4	11	6	25	7	3	3	1	5	0.21	0.25	0.3	0.55	61
40	Pedro Martinez	33	2005	NYM	NL	217	0.949	31	31	4	1	0	15	8	0.652	0	159	69	68	2.82	2.95	208	24.7%	47	5.6%	146	0.25	19	843	781	37	4	3	4	9	2	12	14	4	0	0	4	0.2	0.25	0.33	0.59	58	3045	2070
41	Vida Blue	21	1971	OAK	AL	312	0.952	39	39	24	8	0	24	8	0.750	0	209	73	63	1.82	2.2	301	24.9%	88	7.3%	183	0.24	19	1207	1103	28	3	3	4	9	3	23	7	7	0	1	10	0.19	0.25	0.27	0.52	55
42	Joe Horlen	29	1967	CHW	AL	258	0.953	35	35	13	6	0	19	7	0.731	0	188	66	59	2.06	3.12	103	10.4%	58	5.8%	146	0.22	13	995	926	26	8	4	4	6	2	21	12	9	1	0	5	0.2	0.25	0.29	0.54	70
43	Jason Schmidt	30	2003	SFG	NL	207	0.953	29	29	5	3	0	17	5	0.773	0	152	56	54	2.34	2.64	208	25.4%	46	5.6%	180	0.26	14	819	759	32	7	1	5	6	3	10	17	0	0	1	7	0.2	0.25	0.32	0.57	51	3092	2108
44	Dick Hughes	29	1967	STL	NL	222	0.954	37	27	12	3	6	16	6	0.727	3	164	72	66	2.67	3.09	161	18.5%	48	5.5%	123	0.23	22	871	807	28	9	6	5	7	4	9	6	7	3	2	7	0.2	0.25	0.34	0.59	75
45	Johnny Cueto	28	2014	CIN	NL	243	0.960	34	34	4	2	0	20	9	0.690	0	169	69	61	2.25	3.3	242	25.2%	65	6.8%	163	0.24	22	961	873	34	2	2	15	7	1	13	6	6	4	1	1	0.19	0.26	0.31	0.57	65	3659	2380
46	Bret Saberhagen	25	1989	KCR	AL	262	0.961	36	35	12	4	0	23	6	0.793	0	209	74	63	2.16	2.45	193	18.9%	43	4.2%	180	0.26	13	1021	961	45	6	6	2	9	6	13	5	9	3	1	8	0.22	0.25	0.32	0.57	59
47	Don Drysdale	27	1964	LAD	NL	321	0.965	40	40	21	5	0	18	16	0.529	0	242	91	78	2.18	2.46	237	18.8%	68	5.4%	147	0.25	15	1264	1171	38	3	9	10	11	4	21	2	9	4	1	11	0.21	0.26	0.28	0.54	62
48	Dwight Gooden	20	1985	NYM	NL	276	0.965	35	35	16	8	0	24	4	0.857	0	198	51	47	1.53	2.13	268	25.2%	69	6.5%	229	0.26	13	1065	986	23	3	4	2	6	2	21	22	10	5	2	6	0.2	0.25	0.27	0.52	52
49	Max Scherzer	31	2016	WSN	NL	228	0.968	34	34	1	0	0	20	7	0.741	0	165	77	75	2.96	3.24	284	31.5%	56	6.2%	144	0.26	31	902	830	37	4	2	6	7	3	6	8	3	1	1	2	0.2	0.25	0.37	0.62	65	3563	2419
50	Curt Schilling	35	2002	ARI	NL	259	0.968	36	35	5	1	0	23	7	0.767	0	218	95	93	3.23	2.4	316	31.1%	33	3.2%	140	0.3	29	1017	974	32	8	1	3	5	2	11	9	6	0	0	6	0.22	0.25	0.36	0.61	57	3721	2630
51	Turk Farrell	29	1963	HOU	NL	202	0.969	34	26	12	0	5	14	13	0.519	1	161	76	68	3.02	2.4	141	17.8%	35	4.4%	105	0.25	12	792	734	25	9	2	2	15	5	9	14	11	1	1	2	0.22	0.26	0.33	0.58	76
52	Roger Clemens	23	1986	BOS	AL	254	0.969	33	33	10	1	0	24	4	0.857	0	179	77	70	2.48	2.81	238	23.9%	67	6.7%	169	0.24	21	997	916	34	2	0	4	4	6	14	8	15	1	3	11	0.2	0.25	0.31	0.56	51
53	Max Scherzer	28	2013	DET	AL	214	0.970	32	32	0	0	0	21	3	0.875	0	152	73	69	2.9	2.74	240	28.7%	56	6.7%	144	0.26	18	836	766	36	5	0	4	2	8	10	14	8	2	1	6	0.198	0.254	0.329	0.583	58	3388	2232
54	Chris Sale	28	2017	BOS	AL	214	0.970	32	32	1	0	0	17	8	0.680	0	165	73	69	2.9	2.45	308	36.2%	43	5.1%	157	0.3	24	851	794	34	3	0	8	2	4	11	10	2	0	0	3	0.208	0.254	0.349	0.603	56	3428	2343
55	Johan Santana	26	2005	MIN	AL	231	0.971	33	33	3	2	0	16	7	0.696	0	180	77	74	2.87	2.8	238	26.2%	45	5.0%	155	0.26	22	910	856	42	4	1	1	6	2	10	4	5	0	0	8	0.210	0.250	0.346	0.596	55	3335	2331
56	Jacob deGrom	31	2019	NYM	NL	204	0.971	32	32	0	0	0	11	8	0.579	0	154	59	55	2.43	2.67	255	31.7%	44	5.5%	167	0.29	19	804	745	28	1	1	7	5	3	10	24	4	0	0	2	0.207	0.257	0.323	0.580	60	3297	2222
57	Derek Lowe	29	2002	BOS	AL	219	0.974	32	32	1	1	0	21	8	0.724	0	166	65	63	2.58	3.34	127	14.9%	48	5.6%	177	0.24	12	854	787	30	3	0	12	5	2	28	19	7	0	0	5	0.211	0.266	0.302	0.569	49	3078	1959
58	Aaron Nola	25	2018	PHI	NL	212	0.975	33	33	0	0	0	17	6	0.739	0	149	57	56	2.37	3.01	224	27.0%	58	7.0%	173	0.25	17	831	756	31	2	3	7	6	4	16	17	5	4	1	4	0.197	0.259	0.311	0.570	57	3212	2163
59	Tom Seaver	28	1973	NYM	NL	290	0.976	36	36	18	3	0	19	10	0.655	0	219	74	67	2.08	2.57	251	21.9%	64	5.6%	175	0.25	23	1147	1064	35	5	5	4	10	5	17	5	3	0	0	5	0.206	0.252	0.313	0.565	62
60	Clayton Kershaw	23	2011	LAD	NL	233	0.977	33	33	5	2	0	21	5	0.808	0	174	66	59	2.28	2.47	248	27.2%	54	5.9%	161	0.27	15	912	842	30	1	2	3	11	2	14	14	9	9	1	5	0.207	0.256	0.298	0.554	58	3469	2264
61	Tom Seaver	23	1968	NYM	NL	278	0.978	36	35	14	5	1	16	12	0.571	1	224	73	68	2.2	2.22	205	18.8%	48	4.4%	137	0.26	15	1088	1011	33	11	5	8	16	5	10	16	15	0	1	8	0.222	0.261	0.320	0.582	80
62	Gaylord Perry	33	1972	CLE	AL	342	0.978	41	40	29	5	1	24	16	0.600	1	253	79	73	1.92	2.5	234	17.4%	82	6.1%	168	0.24	17	1345	1235	43	9	16	12	15	1	27	6	8	0	0	11	0.205	0.261	0.296	0.556	68
63	Greg Maddux	32	1998	ATL	NL	251	0.980	34	34	9	5	0	18	9	0.667	0	201	75	62	2.22	2.81	204	20.7%	45	4.6%	187	0.27	13	987	915	32	1	10	7	15	5	21	28	11	0	0	4	0.220	0.260	0.299	0.560	50
64	Gary Peters	29	1966	CHW	AL	204	0.982	30	27	11	4	3	12	10	0.545	0	156	54	45	1.98	2.7	129	16.1%	45	5.6%	160	0.24	11	801	735	28	2	6	3	16	2	16	6	5	1	1	11	0.212	0.260	0.301	0.561	70
65	Zack Greinke	35	2019	TOT	ML	208	0.982	33	33	0	0	0	18	5	0.783	0	175	73	68	2.93	3.22	187	23.1%	30	3.7%	154	0.27	21	810	767	37	2	2	4	5	4	22	2	4	2	1	2	0.228	0.260	0.364	0.623	63	3109	2030
66	Mike Scott	33	1988	HOU	NL	218	0.983	32	32	8	5	0	14	8	0.636	0	162	74	71	2.92	3	190	21.7%	53	6.1%	114	0.24	19	875	793	23	8	6	8	16	4	7	31	6	0	1	1	0.204	0.260	0.325	0.585	75
67	Don Sutton	28	1973	LAD	NL	256	0.983	33	33	14	3	0	18	10	0.643	0	196	78	69	2.42	2.63	200	19.9%	56	5.6%	144	0.25	18	1006	937	29	3	4	5	5	3	23	17	4	2	0	10	0.209	0.257	0.304	0.561	63
68	Dean Chance	27	1968	MIN	AL	292	0.983	43	39	15	6	3	16	16	0.500	1	224	96	82	2.53	2.2	234	20.2%	63	5.4%	124	0.25	15	1161	1064	23	6	8	10	17	7	18	23	2	0	1	12	0.211	0.260	0.286	0.545	66
69	Ben Sheets	25	2004	MIL	NL	237	0.983	34	34	5	0	0	12	14	0.462	0	201	85	71	2.7	2.65	264	28.2%	32	3.4%	162	0.29	25	937	891	57	4	1	4	6	4	10	15	5	1	1	8	0.226	0.255	0.383	0.637	66	3581	2442
70	Pat Jarvis	27	1968	ATL	NL	256	0.984	34	34	14	1	0	16	12	0.571	0	202	82	74	2.6	2.53	157	15.4%	50	4.9%	116	0.24	15	1018	944	33	7	5	2	11	11	11	11	6	0	2	5	0.214	0.252	0.311	0.564	60
71	Sandy Koufax	30	1966	LAD	NL	323	0.985	41	41	27	5	0	27	9	0.750	0	241	74	62	1.73	2.07	317	24.9%	77	6.0%	190	0.26	19	1274	1178	38	5	4	0	11	8	13	13	5	1	0	7	0.205	0.252	0.294	0.545	62
72	Catfish Hunter	28	1974	OAK	AL	318	0.986	41	41	23	6	0	25	12	0.676	0	268	97	88	2.49	3.17	143	11.5%	46	3.7%	134	0.24	25	1240	1171	43	7	2	4	9	10	15	14	19	1	0	1	0.229	0.258	0.342	0.600	76
73	Cole Hamels	27	2011	PHI	NL	216	0.986	32	31	3	0	0	14	9	0.609	0	169	68	67	2.79	3.05	194	22.8%	44	5.2%	137	0.26	19	850	789	28	6	2	5	9	3	18	23	6	0	3	3	0.214	0.259	0.337	0.596	66	3132	2058
74	Frank Tanana	22	1976	CAL	AL	288	0.988	34	34	23	2	0	19	10	0.655	0	212	88	78	2.43	2.76	261	22.9%	73	6.4%	136	0.25	24	1142	1042	33	4	5	9	14	3	11	34	22	8	0	5	0.203	0.261	0.312	0.573	72
75	Don Sutton	35	1980	LAD	NL	212	0.989	32	31	4	2	1	13	5	0.722	1	163	56	52	2.2	3.46	128	15.4%	47	5.6%	161	0.23	20	833	773	22	5	5	2	8	3	9	24	6	1	1	0	0.211	0.257	0.330	0.587	68
76	Don Newcombe	30	1956	BRO	NL	268	0.989	38	36	18	5	2	27	7	0.794	0	219	101	91	3.06	3.48	139	13.2%	46	4.4%	131	0.23	33	1052	992	45	4	8	3	8	3	21	5	5	0	0	4	0.221	0.257	0.374	0.631	66
77	Curt Schilling	25	1992	PHI	NL	226	0.990	42	26	10	4	10	14	11	0.560	2	165	67	59	2.35	2.91	147	16.4%	59	6.6%	150	0.23	11	895	819	30	4	4	1	7	8	11	7	7	0	0	4	0.201	0.254	0.288	0.542	58
78	Odalis Perez	24	2002	LAD	NL	222	0.990	32	32	4	2	0	15	10	0.600	0	182	76	74	3	3.36	155	17.8%	38	4.4%	127	0.25	21	869	807	33	1	5	4	13	7	18	17	10	9	3	2	0.226	0.262	0.347	0.609	68	3021	2032
79	Kevin Brown	35	2000	LAD	NL	230	0.991	33	33	5	1	0	13	6	0.684	0	181	76	66	2.58	3.17	216	23.5%	47	5.1%	167	0.26	21	921	848	36	3	1	9	13	4	11	21	5	2	0	4	0.213	0.261	0.337	0.598	58	3457	2271
80	Corey Kluber	32	2018	CLE	AL	215	0.991	33	33	2	1	0	20	7	0.741	0	179	75	69	2.89	3.12	222	26.4%	34	4.0%	150	0.28	25	842	801	32	4	0	3	2	2	16	4	7	0	0	2	0.223	0.257	0.367	0.624	67	3181	2118
81	Jim Merritt	23	1967	MIN	AL	227	0.993	37	28	11	4	4	13	7	0.650	0	196	72	64	2.53	2.81	161	17.7%	30	3.3%	138	0.26	21	911	853	27	6	6	7	15	6	9	3	6	0	0	10	0.230	0.260	0.349	0.609	77
82	Steve Carlton	27	1972	PHI	NL	346	0.993	41	41	30	8	0	27	10	0.730	0	257	84	76	1.97	2.01	310	23.0%	87	6.4%	182	0.26	17	1351	1244	44	5	8	1	9	9	23	22	12	5	2	8	0.207	0.257	0.291	0.548	60
83	Bill Hands	28	1968	CHC	NL	258	0.994	38	34	11	4	0	16	10	0.615	0	221	91	83	2.89	3.03	148	14.6%	36	3.6%	110	0.25	26	1013	955	20	2	0	6	11	5	19	10	10	4	0	4	0.231	0.262	0.338	0.601	80
84	Juan Marichal	31	1969	SFG	NL	299	0.994	37	36	27	8	1	21	11	0.656	0	244	90	70	2.1	2.39	205	17.4%	54	4.6%	168	0.26	15	1176	1098	23	5	7	6	12	6	16	15	15	4	2	5	0.222	0.261	0.293	0.554	61
85	Fritz Peterson	27	1969	NYY	AL	272	0.996	37	37	16	4	0	17	16	0.515	0	228	95	77	2.55	2.63	150	14.1%	43	4.0%	137	0.25	15	1066	997	39	7	11	3	17	6	28	3	3	3	0	2	0.229	0.261	0.327	0.588	72
86	Kevin Millwood	24	1999	ATL	NL	228	0.996	33	33	2	0	0	18	7	0.720	0	168	80	68	2.68	3.53	205	22.6%	59	6.5%	167	0.24	24	906	831	36	2	2	4	9	3	6	12	4	2	0	5	0.202	0.258	0.337	0.594	54
87	Juan Marichal	25	1963	SFG	NL	321	0.996	41	40	18	5	1	25	8	0.758	0	259	102	86	2.41	2.62	248	19.5%	61	4.8%	133	0.25	27	1270	1198	35	9	6	2	7	3	16	15	9	1	3	2	0.216	0.255	0.328	0.583	74
88	Johan Santana	27	2006	MIN	AL	233	0.997	34	34	1	0	0	19	6	0.760	0	186	79	72	2.77	3.04	245	26.5%	47	5.1%	162	0.27	24	923	862	42	5	0	4	6	4	10	4	5	0	1	4	0.216	0.258	0.360	0.618	59	3450	2364
89	Vern Law	35	1965	PIT	NL	217	0.998	29	28	13	4	1	17	9	0.654	0	182	66	52	2.15	3.13	101	11.9%	35	4.1%	163	0.24	17	847	796	25	4	2	3	5	8	24	2	2	3	0	1	0.229	0.261	0.334	0.595	69
90	Teddy Higuera	30	1988	MIL	AL	227	0.999	31	31	8	1	0	16	9	0.640	0	168	66	62	2.45	2.8	192	21.5%	59	6.6%	162	0.25	15	895	813	29	1	4	6	10	7	12	9	8	2	6	0	0.207	0.263	0.300	0.563	56
91	Wilbur Wood	29	1971	CHW	AL	334	1.000	44	42	22	7	2	22	13	0.629	1	272	95	71	1.91	2.63	210	16.0%	62	4.7%	189	0.25	21	1316	1224	31	4	2	7	18	5	24	27	12	5	0	6	0.222	0.263	0.306	0.568	64
92	Willie Barrios	24	2020	VBS		215	0.980	33	33	0	0	0	20	6	0.769	0	175	70	62	2.59	2.68	240	28.1%	37	4.3%	187	0.29	17	855	804	48	5		8				5	2				0.218	0.258	0.353

Data from Baseball Reference and OOTP21

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