National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Devlin • LOU 13.4
2. Bond • BSN 11.5
3. White • BSN 3.4
4. Nichols • STL 3.0
5. Bradley • CHC 2.8
6. O'Rourke • BSN 2.6
Start • HAR 2.6
8. Jones • 2TM 2.3
9. Clapp • STL 2.3
10. Anson • CHC 2.2

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Devlin • LOU 13.2
2. Bond • BSN 11.7
3. Nichols • STL 4.0
4. Bradley • CHC 2.9
5. Reis • CHC 1.9
6. Larkin • HAR 1.7
7. Mitchell • CIN 1.0
8. Blong • STL 0.6
9. White • BSN 0.4
10. Battin • STL 0.1

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Bond • BSN 2.11
2. Larkin • HAR 2.14
3. Devlin • LOU 2.25
4. Nichols • STL 2.60
5. Blong • STL 2.74
6. Bradley • CHC 3.31
7. Mitchell • CIN 3.51
8. Booth • CIN 3.56
9. Mathews • CIN 4.04
10. Cummings • CIN 4.34

Wins

Wins

1. Bond • BSN 40
2. Devlin • LOU 35
3. Larkin • HAR 29
4. Bradley • CHC 19
5. Nichols • STL 18
6. Blong • STL 10
7. Mitchell • CIN 6
8. Cummings • CIN 5
9. McVey • CHC 4
10. Reis • CHC 3
Mathews • CIN 3

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Bond • BSN .702
2. Devlin • LOU .583
3. Mitchell • CIN .545
4. Larkin • HAR .537
5. Blong • STL .526
6. Bradley • CHC .452
7. Nichols • STL .439
8. McVey • CHC .333
9. Cummings • CIN .263
10. Mathews • CIN .200

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Bond • BSN 1.086
2. Larkin • HAR 1.124
3. Devlin • LOU 1.177
4. Nichols • STL 1.226
5. Bradley • CHC 1.246
6. Blong • STL 1.286
7. Mitchell • CIN 1.340
8. Booth • CIN 1.477
9. Cummings • CIN 1.490
10. McVey • CHC 1.522

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Bond • BSN 9.155
2. Larkin • HAR 9.162
3. Nichols • STL 9.669
4. Blong • STL 9.753
5. Devlin • LOU 9.934
6. Bradley • CHC 10.325
7. Mitchell • CIN 11.070
8. Booth • CIN 11.930
9. McVey • CHC 12.620
10. Cummings • CIN 12.662

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Bond • BSN 0.622
2. Devlin • LOU 0.660
3. Cummings • CIN 0.752
4. Bradley • CHC 0.891
5. Larkin • HAR 0.952
6. Mitchell • CIN 0.990
7. McVey • CHC 1.076
8. Mathews • CIN 1.183
9. Booth • CIN 1.360
10. Nichols • STL 1.363

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Mitchell • CIN 3.690
2. Bond • BSN 2.937
3. Blong • STL 2.450
4. Devlin • LOU 2.270
5. Nichols • STL 2.057
6. McVey • CHC 1.957
7. Booth • CIN 1.884
8. Larkin • HAR 1.725
9. Bradley • CHC 1.348
10. Cummings • CIN 0.636

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Devlin • LOU 61
2. Bond • BSN 58
3. Larkin • HAR 56
4. Bradley • CHC 50
5. Nichols • STL 42
6. Blong • STL 25
7. Cummings • CIN 19
8. McVey • CHC 17
9. Mathews • CIN 15
10. Booth • CIN 12
Mitchell • CIN 12

Saves

Saves

1. McVey • CHC 2
2. Spalding • CHC 1
Manning • CIN 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Devlin • LOU 559.0
2. Bond • BSN 521.0
3. Larkin • HAR 501.0
4. Bradley • CHC 394.0
5. Nichols • STL 350.0
6. Blong • STL 187.1
7. Cummings • CIN 155.2
8. Mathews • CIN 129.1
9. Mitchell • CIN 100.0
10. McVey • CHC 92.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Bond • BSN 170
2. Devlin • LOU 141
3. Larkin • HAR 96
4. Nichols • STL 80
5. Bradley • CHC 59
6. Blong • STL 51
7. Mitchell • CIN 41
8. McVey • CHC 20
9. Booth • CIN 18
10. Reis • CHC 11
Cummings • CIN 11

Games Started

Games Started

1. Devlin • LOU 61
2. Bond • BSN 58
3. Larkin • HAR 56
4. Bradley • CHC 44
5. Nichols • STL 39
6. Blong • STL 21
7. Cummings • CIN 19
8. Mathews • CIN 15
9. Mitchell • CIN 12
10. McVey • CHC 10

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Devlin • LOU 61
2. Bond • BSN 58
3. Larkin • HAR 55
4. Bradley • CHC 35
Nichols • STL 35
6. Blong • STL 17
7. Cummings • CIN 16
8. Mathews • CIN 13
9. Mitchell • CIN 11
10. McVey • CHC 6
Booth • CIN 6

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Bond • BSN 6
2. Larkin • HAR 4
Devlin • LOU 4
4. Bradley • CHC 2
5. White • BSN 1
Reis • CHC 1
Mitchell • CIN 1
Nichols • STL 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bond • BSN 5
2. Bradley • CHC 4
Devlin • LOU 4
4. McVey • CHC 2
Cummings • CIN 2
Larkin • HAR 2
Nichols • STL 2
8. Reis • CHC 1
Booth • CIN 1
Manning • CIN 1

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Nichols • STL 53
Larkin • HAR 53
3. Devlin • LOU 41
4. Bradley • CHC 39
5. Blong • STL 38
6. Bond • BSN 36
7. Mathews • CIN 17
8. Cummings • CIN 13
Booth • CIN 13
10. Mitchell • CIN 11
McVey • CHC 11

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Devlin • LOU 617
2. Bond • BSN 530
3. Larkin • HAR 510
4. Bradley • CHC 452
5. Nichols • STL 376
6. Cummings • CIN 219
7. Mathews • CIN 208
8. Blong • STL 203
9. McVey • CHC 129
10. Mitchell • CIN 123

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Bond • BSN 4.722
2. Mitchell • CIN 3.727
3. Devlin • LOU 3.439
4. McVey • CHC 1.818
5. Larkin • HAR 1.811
6. Bradley • CHC 1.513
7. Nichols • STL 1.509
8. Booth • CIN 1.385
9. Blong • STL 1.342
10. Cummings • CIN 0.846

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Mathews • CIN 0.000
Mitchell • CIN 0.000
Blong • STL 0.000
4. Larkin • HAR 0.036
5. Nichols • STL 0.051
6. Devlin • LOU 0.064
7. Bond • BSN 0.086
8. Bradley • CHC 0.091
9. Booth • CIN 0.105
10. Cummings • CIN 0.116

Losses

Losses

1. Devlin • LOU 25
Larkin • HAR 25
3. Nichols • STL 23
Bradley • CHC 23
5. Bond • BSN 17
6. Cummings • CIN 14
7. Mathews • CIN 12
8. Blong • STL 9
9. McVey • CHC 8
10. Booth • CIN 7

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Bradley • CHC 145
2. Devlin • LOU 140
3. Bond • BSN 122
4. Larkin • HAR 119
5. Nichols • STL 101
6. Cummings • CIN 75
7. Mathews • CIN 58
8. Blong • STL 57
9. McVey • CHC 46
10. Mitchell • CIN 39

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Bradley • CHC 39
2. Blong • STL 29
3. Nichols • STL 22
4. Devlin • LOU 20
5. Bond • BSN 18
Larkin • HAR 18
7. Cummings • CIN 15
8. Manning • CIN 11
9. Mathews • CIN 10
10. Booth • CIN 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Devlin • LOU 2,328
2. Bond • BSN 2,165
3. Larkin • HAR 2,132
4. Bradley • CHC 1,719
5. Nichols • STL 1,484
6. Blong • STL 813
7. Cummings • CIN 709
8. Mathews • CIN 631
9. Mitchell • CIN 448
10. McVey • CHC 439

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Bradley • CHC 7
2. McVey • CHC 6
Manning • CIN 6
4. Booth • CIN 4
Blong • STL 4
6. Nichols • STL 3
7. Spalding • CHC 2
8. Ferguson • HAR 1
Battin • STL 1

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Devlin • LOU 146
2. Bond • BSN 135
3. Larkin • HAR 116
4. Nichols • STL 101
5. Blong • STL 96
6. Bradley • CHC 90
7. Mitchell • CIN 76
8. Booth • CIN 75
9. McVey • CHC 67
10. Mathews • CIN 66

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Mitchell • CIN 2.35
2. Bond • BSN 2.52
3. Devlin • LOU 2.65
4. Larkin • HAR 2.83
5. Blong • STL 2.90
6. Nichols • STL 2.91
7. Bradley • CHC 2.97
8. Booth • CIN 3.03
9. McVey • CHC 3.05
10. Mathews • CIN 3.09

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Devlin • LOU 54
2. Bond • BSN 41
3. Larkin • HAR 9
4. Reis • CHC 8
5. Nichols • STL 3
6. White • BSN 0

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Devlin • LOU 5.0
2. Bond • BSN 3.8
3. Reis • CHC 0.8
4. Larkin • HAR 0.8
5. Nichols • STL 0.3
6. White • BSN 0.0

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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