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1968 National League Pitching Leaders
1967 NL
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1969 NL
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1968 AL
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1968 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
1.123
2.
Bolin
(SFG)
1.987
3.
Veale
(PIT)
2.054
4.
Koosman
(NYM)
2.082
5.
Blass
(PIT)
2.124
6.
Drysdale
(LAD)
2.146
7.
Seaver
(NYM)
2.204
8.
Washburn
(STL)
2.260
9.
Marichal
(SFG)
2.429
10.
Perry
(SFG)
2.443
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marichal
(SFG)
26
2.
Gibson
(STL)
22
3.
Jenkins
(CHC)
20
4.
Koosman
(NYM)
19
Short
(PHI)
19
Briles
(STL)
19
7.
Blass
(PIT)
18
8.
Hands
(CHC)
16
Perry
(SFG)
16
Seaver
(NYM)
16
Jarvis
(ATL)
16
Maloney
(CIN)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Blass
(PIT)
.750
2.
Marichal
(SFG)
.743
3.
Gibson
(STL)
.710
4.
Kline
(PIT)
.706
Regan
(TOT)
.706
6.
Washburn
(STL)
.636
7.
Briles
(STL)
.633
8.
Maloney
(CIN)
.615
Hands
(CHC)
.615
10.
Koosman
(NYM)
.613
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
.853
2.
Seaver
(NYM)
.980
3.
Jarvis
(ATL)
.984
4.
Bolin
(SFG)
.985
5.
Hands
(CHC)
.994
6.
Perry
(SFG)
1.028
7.
Moose
(PIT)
1.033
8.
Jenkins
(CHC)
1.039
9.
Marichal
(SFG)
1.046
10.
Niekro
(ATL)
1.062
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
5.849
2.
Bolin
(SFG)
6.521
3.
Veale
(PIT)
6.860
4.
Jarvis
(ATL)
7.102
5.
Moose
(PIT)
7.144
6.
Seaver
(NYM)
7.261
7.
Perry
(SFG)
7.423
8.
Jenkins
(CHC)
7.451
9.
Koosman
(NYM)
7.544
10.
Drysdale
(LAD)
7.569
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hands
(CHC)
1.253
2.
Marichal
(SFG)
1.270
3.
Seaver
(NYM)
1.556
4.
Pappas
(TOT)
1.565
5.
Niekro
(ATL)
1.576
6.
Jarvis
(ATL)
1.758
7.
Perry
(SFG)
1.825
8.
Wise
(PHI)
1.830
9.
Gibson
(STL)
1.832
10.
Jenkins
(CHC)
1.899
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Singer
(LAD)
7.970
2.
Gibson
(STL)
7.917
3.
Maloney
(CIN)
7.870
4.
Jenkins
(CHC)
7.597
5.
Wilson
(HOU)
7.548
6.
Sadecki
(SFG)
7.299
7.
Sutton
(LAD)
7.021
8.
Cuellar
(HOU)
7.014
9.
Short
(PHI)
6.742
10.
Giusti
(HOU)
6.669
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Abernathy
(CIN)
78
2.
Regan
(TOT)
73
3.
Carroll
(TOT)
68
4.
Taylor
(NYM)
58
5.
Linzy
(SFG)
57
6.
Kline
(PIT)
56
7.
Koonce
(NYM)
55
8.
Farrell
(PHI)
54
Brewer
(LAD)
54
10.
Upshaw
(ATL)
52
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Regan
(TOT)
25
2.
Carroll
(TOT)
17
Hoerner
(STL)
17
4.
Brewer
(LAD)
14
5.
Taylor
(NYM)
13
Upshaw
(ATL)
13
Face
(PIT)
13
Abernathy
(CIN)
13
9.
Linzy
(SFG)
12
Farrell
(PHI)
12
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marichal
(SFG)
326.0
2.
Jenkins
(CHC)
308.0
3.
Gibson
(STL)
304.2
4.
Perry
(SFG)
291.0
5.
Seaver
(NYM)
277.2
6.
Short
(PHI)
269.2
7.
Koosman
(NYM)
263.2
8.
Hands
(CHC)
258.2
9.
Niekro
(ATL)
257.0
10.
Singer
(LAD)
256.1
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
268
2.
Jenkins
(CHC)
260
3.
Singer
(LAD)
227
4.
Marichal
(SFG)
218
5.
Sadecki
(SFG)
206
6.
Seaver
(NYM)
205
7.
Short
(PHI)
202
8.
Giusti
(HOU)
186
9.
Maloney
(CIN)
181
10.
Koosman
(NYM)
178
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jenkins
(CHC)
40
2.
Perry
(SFG)
38
Marichal
(SFG)
38
4.
Sadecki
(SFG)
36
Osteen
(LAD)
36
Short
(PHI)
36
Singer
(LAD)
36
8.
Seaver
(NYM)
35
Culver
(CIN)
35
10.
Niekro
(ATL)
34
Hands
(CHC)
34
Gibson
(STL)
34
Jackson
(PHI)
34
Jarvis
(ATL)
34
Giusti
(HOU)
34
Koosman
(NYM)
34
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marichal
(SFG)
30
2.
Gibson
(STL)
28
3.
Jenkins
(CHC)
20
4.
Perry
(SFG)
19
5.
Koosman
(NYM)
17
6.
Niekro
(ATL)
15
7.
Jarvis
(ATL)
14
Seaver
(NYM)
14
9.
Veale
(PIT)
13
Sadecki
(SFG)
13
Briles
(STL)
13
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
13
2.
Drysdale
(LAD)
8
3.
Blass
(PIT)
7
Koosman
(NYM)
7
5.
Singer
(LAD)
6
Sadecki
(SFG)
6
7.
Fryman
(PHI)
5
Maloney
(CIN)
5
Marichal
(SFG)
5
Seaver
(NYM)
5
Carlton
(STL)
5
Niekro
(ATL)
5
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hands
(CHC)
26
Jenkins
(CHC)
26
3.
Short
(PHI)
25
4.
Marichal
(SFG)
21
5.
Briles
(STL)
18
Niekro
(CHC)
18
7.
Holtzman
(CHC)
17
Pappas
(TOT)
17
McCormick
(SFG)
17
Maloney
(CIN)
17
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Veale
(PIT)
94
2.
Dierker
(HOU)
89
3.
Culver
(CIN)
84
4.
Short
(PHI)
81
5.
Maloney
(CIN)
80
6.
Singer
(LAD)
78
7.
Arrigo
(CIN)
77
8.
Holtzman
(CHC)
76
9.
Ryan
(NYM)
75
10.
Lemaster
(HOU)
72
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marichal
(SFG)
295
2.
Osteen
(LAD)
267
3.
Jenkins
(CHC)
255
4.
Briles
(STL)
251
5.
Perry
(SFG)
240
6.
Short
(PHI)
236
7.
Lemaster
(HOU)
231
8.
Jackson
(PHI)
229
Culver
(CIN)
229
10.
Niekro
(ATL)
228
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marichal
(SFG)
4.739
2.
Gibson
(STL)
4.323
3.
Seaver
(NYM)
4.271
4.
Hands
(CHC)
4.111
5.
Jenkins
(CHC)
4.000
6.
Pappas
(TOT)
3.688
7.
Jarvis
(ATL)
3.140
8.
Niekro
(ATL)
3.111
9.
Moose
(PIT)
3.073
10.
Cuellar
(HOU)
2.956
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sutton
(LAD)
.260
2.
Moose
(PIT)
.263
3.
Perry
(SFG)
.309
4.
Culver
(CIN)
.318
5.
Gibson
(STL)
.325
6.
Jackson
(PHI)
.332
7.
Washburn
(STL)
.377
8.
Wilson
(HOU)
.388
9.
Drysdale
(LAD)
.414
10.
Cuellar
(HOU)
.422
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Osteen
(LAD)
18
Sadecki
(SFG)
18
3.
Jackson
(PHI)
17
Singer
(LAD)
17
5.
Culver
(CIN)
16
Wilson
(HOU)
16
7.
Perry
(SFG)
15
Dierker
(HOU)
15
Wise
(PHI)
15
Lemaster
(HOU)
15
Jenkins
(CHC)
15
Sutton
(LAD)
15
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wise
(PHI)
92
2.
Jenkins
(CHC)
90
3.
Giusti
(HOU)
89
4.
Marichal
(SFG)
88
Short
(PHI)
88
6.
Osteen
(LAD)
87
7.
Dierker
(HOU)
86
8.
Niekro
(CHC)
85
9.
Maloney
(CIN)
83
Hands
(CHC)
83
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dierker
(HOU)
20
2.
Niekro
(ATL)
16
3.
Maloney
(CIN)
12
Singer
(LAD)
12
5.
Giusti
(HOU)
11
6.
Arrigo
(CIN)
10
7.
McCormick
(SFG)
9
Reed
(ATL)
9
Holtzman
(CHC)
9
Sadecki
(SFG)
9
Wilson
(HOU)
9
Veale
(PIT)
9
Bolin
(SFG)
9
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Culver
(CIN)
14
2.
Drysdale
(LAD)
12
3.
Cardwell
(NYM)
10
4.
Johnson
(ATL)
9
Short
(PHI)
9
6.
Dierker
(HOU)
8
Seaver
(NYM)
8
Koosman
(NYM)
8
Bunning
(PIT)
8
10.
Gibson
(STL)
7
Briles
(STL)
7
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marichal
(SFG)
1307
2.
Jenkins
(CHC)
1231
3.
Gibson
(STL)
1161
4.
Perry
(SFG)
1159
5.
Short
(PHI)
1103
6.
Seaver
(NYM)
1088
7.
Singer
(LAD)
1061
8.
Koosman
(NYM)
1058
9.
Osteen
(LAD)
1053
10.
Sadecki
(SFG)
1040
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Regan
(TOT)
62
2.
Abernathy
(CIN)
53
3.
Linzy
(SFG)
45
4.
Taylor
(NYM)
44
Carroll
(TOT)
44
6.
Brewer
(LAD)
39
7.
Farrell
(PHI)
36
8.
Upshaw
(ATL)
35
9.
Hoerner
(STL)
33
Face
(PIT)
33
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
258
2.
Bolin
(SFG)
150
3.
Koosman
(NYM)
145
4.
Veale
(PIT)
141
5.
Seaver
(NYM)
137
6.
Blass
(PIT)
136
7.
Washburn
(STL)
128
8.
Drysdale
(LAD)
128
9.
Marichal
(SFG)
123
10.
Perry
(SFG)
122
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