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. Bond • BSN 14.3
2. McCormick • CLV 9.8
3. Ward • PRO 9.2
4. Galvin • BUF 9.0
5. Larkin • CHC 4.9
6. McCormick • SYR 4.7
7. Jones • BSN 4.5
8. Hines • PRO 4.4
9. Wright • PRO 4.3
10. Williamson • CHC 4.2

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. Bond • BSN 14.3
2. McCormick • CLV 10.0
3. Galvin • BUF 8.9
4. Ward • PRO 7.3
5. Larkin • CHC 5.0
6. McCormick • SYR 4.9
7. White • CIN 3.8
8. Mathews • PRO 2.6
9. Hankinson • CHC 1.3
McGunnigle • BUF 1.3

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 1.96
2. White • CIN 1.99
3. Ward • PRO 2.15
4. Salisbury • TRO 2.22
5. Galvin • BUF 2.28
6. Mathews • PRO 2.29
7. McCormick • CLV 2.42
8. Larkin • CHC 2.44
9. Hankinson • CHC 2.50
10. Foley • BSN 2.51

Wins

Wins

1. Ward • PRO 47
2. Bond • BSN 43
White • CIN 43
4. Galvin • BUF 37
5. Larkin • CHC 31
6. McCormick • CLV 20
7. McCormick • SYR 18
8. Hankinson • CHC 15
9. Bradley • TRO 13
10. Mathews • PRO 12

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. Ward • PRO .712
2. Bond • BSN .694
3. Mathews • PRO .667
4. McGunnigle • BUF .643
5. Hankinson • CHC .600
6. White • CIN .581
7. Galvin • BUF .578
8. Larkin • CHC .574
9. Foley • BSN .500
10. Salisbury • TRO .400

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 1.021
2. Ward • PRO 1.034
3. Galvin • BUF 1.039
4. Larkin • CHC 1.060
5. McGunnigle • BUF 1.075
6. White • CIN 1.094
7. Mathews • PRO 1.164
8. Foley • BSN 1.175
9. Hankinson • CHC 1.192
10. McCormick • SYR 1.198

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. McGunnigle • BUF 8.475
2. Ward • PRO 8.755
3. Bond • BSN 8.800
4. Galvin • BUF 8.879
5. White • CIN 8.947
6. Larkin • CHC 9.012
7. Mathews • PRO 9.238
8. McCormick • CLV 9.588
9. Hankinson • CHC 9.676
10. Foley • BSN 9.742

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 0.389
2. Galvin • BUF 0.470
3. Bradley • TRO 0.480
4. Larkin • CHC 0.526
5. Ward • PRO 0.552
6. McCormick • SYR 0.610
7. Foley • BSN 0.835
8. White • CIN 0.900
9. Purcell • 2TM 0.956
10. Hankinson • CHC 1.053

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McGunnigle • BUF 4.650
2. Mathews • PRO 4.286
3. Mitchell • CLV 4.161
4. Ward • PRO 3.664
5. McCormick • CLV 3.245
6. Foley • BSN 3.173
7. Salisbury • TRO 3.135
8. White • CIN 3.071
9. Hankinson • CHC 2.692
10. Bond • BSN 2.512

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. White • CIN 76
2. Ward • PRO 70
3. Galvin • BUF 66
4. Bond • BSN 64
5. McCormick • CLV 62
6. Larkin • CHC 58
7. Bradley • TRO 54
McCormick • SYR 54
9. Mathews • PRO 27
10. Hankinson • CHC 26

Saves

Saves

1. Mathews • PRO 1
Ward • PRO 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. White • CIN 680.0
2. Galvin • BUF 593.0
3. Ward • PRO 587.0
4. Bond • BSN 555.1
5. McCormick • CLV 546.1
6. Larkin • CHC 513.1
7. Bradley • TRO 487.0
8. McCormick • SYR 457.1
9. Hankinson • CHC 230.2
10. Purcell • 2TM 197.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ward • PRO 239
2. White • CIN 232
3. McCormick • CLV 197
4. Bond • BSN 155
5. Larkin • CHC 142
6. Galvin • BUF 136
7. Bradley • TRO 133
8. McCormick • SYR 96
9. Mathews • PRO 90
Mitchell • CLV 90

Games Started

Games Started

1. White • CIN 75
2. Galvin • BUF 66
3. Bond • BSN 64
4. Ward • PRO 60
McCormick • CLV 60
6. Larkin • CHC 58
7. Bradley • TRO 54
McCormick • SYR 54
9. Hankinson • CHC 25
Mathews • PRO 25

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. White • CIN 75
2. Galvin • BUF 65
3. Bond • BSN 59
McCormick • CLV 59
5. Ward • PRO 58
6. Larkin • CHC 57
7. Bradley • TRO 53
8. McCormick • SYR 49
9. Hankinson • CHC 25
10. Mitchell • CLV 20

Shutouts

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

1. Bond • BSN 11
2. Galvin • BUF 6
3. McCormick • SYR 5
4. Larkin • CHC 4
White • CIN 4
6. Bradley • TRO 3
McCormick • CLV 3
8. Hankinson • CHC 2
McGunnigle • BUF 2
Ward • PRO 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bradley • TRO 12
2. White • CIN 10
3. Bond • BSN 8
4. Larkin • CHC 5
Ward • PRO 5
6. Mathews • PRO 4
7. Galvin • BUF 3
McCormick • SYR 3
McCormick • CLV 3
10. Foley • BSN 1
McManus • TRO 1
McVey • CIN 1
Mitchell • CLV 1
Purcell • 2TM 1

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McCormick • CLV 74
2. White • CIN 68
3. Mitchell • CLV 42
4. Ward • PRO 36
5. Galvin • BUF 31
McCormick • SYR 31
7. Larkin • CHC 30
8. Hankinson • CHC 27
9. Bradley • TRO 26
Mathews • PRO 26

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. White • CIN 676
2. Bradley • TRO 590
3. Galvin • BUF 585
4. McCormick • CLV 582
5. Ward • PRO 571
6. Bond • BSN 543
7. McCormick • SYR 517
8. Larkin • CHC 514
9. Purcell • 2TM 272
10. Hankinson • CHC 248

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. Ward • PRO 6.639
2. Bond • BSN 6.458
3. Bradley • TRO 5.115
4. Larkin • CHC 4.733
5. Galvin • BUF 4.387
6. McGunnigle • BUF 3.875
7. Foley • BSN 3.800
8. Mathews • PRO 3.462
9. White • CIN 3.412
10. McCormick • SYR 3.097

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. Hankinson • CHC 0.000
McGunnigle • BUF 0.000
Salisbury • TRO 0.000
4. Galvin • BUF 0.046
Purcell • 2TM 0.046
6. Mitchell • CLV 0.046
7. McCormick • CLV 0.049
8. Foley • BSN 0.056
9. McCormick • SYR 0.059
10. Ward • PRO 0.077

Losses

Losses

1. Bradley • TRO 40
McCormick • CLV 40
3. McCormick • SYR 33
4. White • CIN 31
5. Galvin • BUF 27
6. Larkin • CHC 23
7. Ward • PRO 19
Bond • BSN 19
9. Purcell • 2TM 17
10. Mitchell • CLV 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Bradley • TRO 154
2. McCormick • SYR 152
3. White • CIN 150
Galvin • BUF 150
5. McCormick • CLV 147
6. Ward • PRO 140
7. Larkin • CHC 139
8. Bond • BSN 121
9. Purcell • 2TM 83
10. Mitchell • CLV 71

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. White • CIN 49
2. Bradley • TRO 43
3. Purcell • 2TM 34
4. McCormick • SYR 31
5. McCormick • CLV 30
6. Ward • PRO 29
7. Mitchell • CLV 26
8. Galvin • BUF 23
9. Larkin • CHC 20
10. Mathews • PRO 17

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. White • CIN 2,906
2. Galvin • BUF 2,436
3. Ward • PRO 2,425
4. McCormick • CLV 2,325
5. Bond • BSN 2,189
6. Larkin • CHC 2,176
7. Bradley • TRO 2,170
8. McCormick • SYR 1,975
9. Hankinson • CHC 1,000
10. Purcell • 2TM 905

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. Ward • PRO 10
2. Foley • BSN 4
McCormick • SYR 4
4. Purcell • 2TM 3
5. Mathews • PRO 2
Mitchell • CLV 2
7. Bond • BSN 1
Brouthers • TRO 1
Goldsmith • TRO 1
Hankinson • CHC 1
McCormick • CLV 1
McGunnigle • BUF 1
McVey • CIN 1
White • CIN 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Bond • BSN 129
2. White • CIN 120
3. Galvin • BUF 116
4. Salisbury • TRO 114
5. Ward • PRO 112
6. Larkin • CHC 107
7. McCormick • CLV 105
8. Mathews • PRO 105
9. Hankinson • CHC 104
10. McGunnigle • BUF 101

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. McGunnigle • BUF 2.11
2. Ward • PRO 2.22
3. Foley • BSN 2.39
4. Salisbury • TRO 2.41
5. Mathews • PRO 2.47
6. Larkin • CHC 2.49
7. Hankinson • CHC 2.49
8. McCormick • CLV 2.50
9. Bond • BSN 2.50
10. Galvin • BUF 2.50

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. Bond • BSN 46
2. Galvin • BUF 27
3. Ward • PRO 24
4. Larkin • CHC 13
5. White • CIN 10
6. McCormick • CLV 8
7. Mathews • PRO 7
8. Goldsmith • TRO 3
9. Hankinson • CHC 3
10. McGunnigle • BUF 2

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. Bond • BSN 4.4
2. Galvin • BUF 2.6
3. Ward • PRO 2.2
4. Larkin • CHC 1.2
5. White • CIN 0.9
6. McCormick • CLV 0.8
7. Mathews • PRO 0.6
8. Goldsmith • TRO 0.3
9. Hankinson • CHC 0.3
10. McGunnigle • BUF 0.2

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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