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MLB Pitching Leaders, Updated June 22nd

MLB Pitching Leaders, Updated June 22nd

Monday, June 22, 2026
ERA, wins, and saves leaders shift constantly, but the names on top right now say something real about who's earning trust late in games and who's carrying a rotation. forty4 Baseball lays out the full June 22 leaderboards - sub-2 ERAs, a 10-win ace, and a bullpen ace logging 24 saves - plus what it actually means.

Pitching tells you a lot about where a season stands - who's locked in, who's carrying a bullpen, who's quietly having a career year nobody's talking about yet. The leaderboards below cover three different jobs on the mound: the starters keeping runs off the board, the starters racking up wins, and the relievers closing things out. Each one is its own story. Here's where things stand.

MLB ERA Leaders

Rank Pitcher Team ERA
1 Jacob Misiorowski Milwaukee Brewers 1.45
2 Cam Schlittler New York Yankees 1.71
3 Cristopher Sánchez Philadelphia Phillies 1.80
4 Chase Burns Cincinnati Reds 2.00
5 Chris Sale Atlanta Braves 2.14

MLB Wins Leaders

Rank Pitcher Team Wins
1 Aaron Ashby Milwaukee Brewers 10
2 Gavin Williams Cleveland Guardians 9
2 Davis Martin Chicago White Sox 9
2 Chase Burns Cincinnati Reds 9
2 Christopher Sánchez Philadelphia Phillies 9

MLB Saves Leaders

Rank Pitcher Team Saves
1 Cade Smith Cleveland Guardians 24
2 Mason Miller San Diego Padres 20
3 Bryan Baker Tampa Bay Rays 19
4 Paul Sewald Arizona Diamondbacks 18
4 Riley O'Brien St. Louis Cardinals 18

What It Means

Three leaderboards, three different kinds of value. Misiorowski's 1.45 ERA is the headline number, but Sánchez showing up on both the ERA and Wins lists says something about consistency over a full season's workload. Ashby leading all of baseball in wins out of Milwaukee is a reminder that win totals still depend on a lineup doing its part, too. And on the save side, Cade Smith's lead in Cleveland points to a bullpen that's been trusted with the ball late, night after night.

None of these numbers exist in a vacuum. They're snapshots of a season still being written - worth watching as June turns into July.