Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 2

by Qualcomm98 on Apr 20, 2025 4:11 PM EDT

The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com.

Justin Verlander continued his dominating start to the 2012 season by pitching a complete game win against the Kansas City Royals. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner hurled 9IP / 7H / 2ER / 2BB / 9K. Verlander currently holds the number one position on the F12 Rating list with a 34.148, or 34.9 percent above league average.

Kyle Lohse

Kyle Lohse is the most surprising entry to the Factor12 Top 12 in 2012. The St. Louis Cardinals’ right-hander has pitched superb baseball over his first three starts of the season. Lohse has thrown 20.33 IP / 10H / 2ER / 2BB / 11K while sporting a 0.89 ERA.

Matt Cain has been utterly dominant over his last two starts. The right-hander has thrown 18 IP / 3H / 0ER / 1BB / 15K. If not for a sub par outing in his first start against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cain would be the current Factor12 leader.

Aroldis Chapman was the reigning F12 leader after Week 1. The left-hander continues to dominate the opposition by posting 8IP / 3H / 0ER / 0BB / 15K in five appearances. However, pitchers completing less than the average yearly innings (i.e. 9.12 in 2012) have their F12 Rating weighed by the percentage of innings completed in relation to league average.

Felix Hernandez rounds out the top five after posting an amazing performance against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night. The right-hander tossed 8IP / 5H / 0ER / 1BB / 12K, throwing 126 pitches. "The King" appears to be rounding into mid-season form.

***The Factor12 Top 12 in 2012 through April 19th:

		PITCHERS	AGE	IP	F12	F12%
1	SP	Justin Verlander	29	25.33	34.148	0.349
2	SP	Kyle Lohse	33	20.33	33.055	0.317
3	SP	Matt Cain	27	24.00	32.684	0.306
4	RP	Aroldis Chapman*	24	8.00	32.636	0.305
5	SP	Felix Hernandez	26	29.33	32.495	0.301
6	SP	Jered Weaver	29	20.67	32.385	0.297
7	SP	Bartolo Colon	39	27.33	32.367	0.297
8	SP	Barry Zito*	34	16.00	32.263	0.294
9	SP	Roy Halladay	35	23.00	32.186	0.291
10	SP	Stephen Strasburg	23	19.00	32.102	0.289
11	SP	Gio Gonzalez*	26	17.67	32.083	0.288
12	RP	Tom Wilhelmsen	28	10.00	31.785	0.27

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Read More: Justin Verlander (P - DET), Felix Hernandez (P - SEA), Barry Zito (P - SFG), Kyle Lohse (P - STL), Jered Weaver (P - ANA), Bartolo Colon (P - OAK), Roy Halladay (P - PHI), Matt Cain (P - SFG), Gio Gonzalez (P - WAS), Stephen Strasburg (P - WAS), Aroldis Chapman (P - CIN), Tom Wilhelmsen (P - SEA)