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. Radbourn • PRO 19.4
2. Galvin • BUF 18.4
3. Buffinton • BSN 16.3
4. Welch • NYG 12.3
5. Whitney • BSN 8.4
6. Sweeney • PRO 7.1
7. McCormick • CLV 7.0
8. Corcoran • CHC 6.6
9. Sutton • BSN 6.1
10. Williamson • CHC 5.8

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. Galvin • BUF 20.5
2. Radbourn • PRO 19.2
3. Buffinton • BSN 15.0
4. Welch • NYG 12.1
5. Whitney • BSN 7.4
6. McCormick • CLV 6.7
7. Corcoran • CHC 6.5
8. Sweeney • PRO 6.3
9. Getzien • DTN 3.5
10. Clarkson • CHC 1.7

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. Radbourn • PRO 1.38
2. Sweeney • PRO 1.55
3. Getzien • DTN 1.95
4. Galvin • BUF 1.99
5. Whitney • BSN 2.09
6. Clarkson • CHC 2.14
7. Buffinton • BSN 2.15
8. Vinton • PHI 2.23
9. Corcoran • CHC 2.40
10. Welch • NYG 2.50

Wins

Wins

1. Radbourn • PRO 60
2. Buffinton • BSN 48
3. Galvin • BUF 46
4. Welch • NYG 39
5. Corcoran • CHC 35
6. Whitney • BSN 23
7. Ferguson • PHI 21
8. McCormick • CLV 19
9. Sweeney • PRO 17
10. Serad • BUF 16

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. Radbourn • PRO .833
2. Clarkson • CHC .769
3. Buffinton • BSN .750
4. Sweeney • PRO .680
5. Galvin • BUF .676
6. Welch • NYG .650
7. Whitney • BSN .622
8. Corcoran • CHC .603
9. Dorgan • NYG .571
10. Vinton • PHI .500

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Sweeney • PRO 0.824
2. Whitney • BSN 0.890
3. Radbourn • PRO 0.922
4. Getzien • DTN 0.971
5. Galvin • BUF 0.988
6. Buffinton • BSN 0.991
7. Clarkson • CHC 1.008
8. Vinton • PHI 1.104
9. Corcoran • CHC 1.140
10. McCormick • CLV 1.203

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Sweeney • PRO 6.231
2. Radbourn • PRO 7.002
3. Clarkson • CHC 7.169
4. Getzien • DTN 7.208
5. Whitney • BSN 7.286
6. Buffinton • BSN 7.758
7. Galvin • BUF 8.005
8. Vinton • PHI 8.209
9. Corcoran • CHC 8.239
10. Welch • NYG 8.526

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. Whitney • BSN 0.723
2. Galvin • BUF 0.891
3. Buffinton • BSN 1.165
4. Sweeney • PRO 1.181
5. Coleman • PHI 1.283
6. Radbourn • PRO 1.300
7. Goldsmith • CHC 1.388
8. Getzien • DTN 1.527
9. Vinton • PHI 1.731
10. McCormick • CLV 1.880

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Clarkson • CHC 7.780
2. Whitney • BSN 7.232
3. Getzien • DTN 6.536
4. Buffinton • BSN 6.394
5. Sweeney • PRO 5.905
6. Radbourn • PRO 5.848
7. Shaw • DTN 5.613
8. Welch • NYG 5.571
9. Galvin • BUF 5.219
10. Vinton • PHI 5.192

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Radbourn • PRO 75
2. Galvin • BUF 72
3. Buffinton • BSN 67
4. Welch • NYG 65
5. Corcoran • CHC 60
6. Ferguson • PHI 50
7. Harkins • CLV 46
8. McCormick • CLV 42
9. Whitney • BSN 38
10. Serad • BUF 37

Saves

Saves

1. Morrill • BSN 2
2. Ferguson • PHI 1
O'Rourke • BUF 1
Radbourn • PRO 1
Sweeney • PRO 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Radbourn • PRO 678.2
2. Galvin • BUF 636.1
3. Buffinton • BSN 587.0
4. Welch • NYG 557.1
5. Corcoran • CHC 516.2
6. Ferguson • PHI 416.2
7. Harkins • CLV 391.0
8. McCormick • CLV 359.0
9. Whitney • BSN 336.0
10. Serad • BUF 308.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Radbourn • PRO 441
2. Buffinton • BSN 417
3. Galvin • BUF 369
4. Welch • NYG 345
5. Corcoran • CHC 272
6. Whitney • BSN 270
7. Ferguson • PHI 194
8. Harkins • CLV 192
9. McCormick • CLV 182
10. Serad • BUF 150

Games Started

Games Started

1. Radbourn • PRO 73
2. Galvin • BUF 72
3. Buffinton • BSN 67
4. Welch • NYG 65
5. Corcoran • CHC 59
6. Ferguson • PHI 47
7. Harkins • CLV 45
8. McCormick • CLV 41
9. Whitney • BSN 37
Serad • BUF 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Radbourn • PRO 73
2. Galvin • BUF 71
3. Buffinton • BSN 63
4. Welch • NYG 62
5. Corcoran • CHC 57
6. Ferguson • PHI 46
7. Harkins • CLV 42
8. McCormick • CLV 39
9. Whitney • BSN 35
10. Serad • BUF 34

Shutouts

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

1. Galvin • BUF 12
2. Radbourn • PRO 11
3. Buffinton • BSN 8
4. Corcoran • CHC 7
5. Whitney • BSN 6
6. Sweeney • PRO 4
Welch • NYG 4
8. Harkins • CLV 3
McCormick • CLV 3
10. Ferguson • PHI 2
Serad • BUF 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Corcoran • CHC 35
2. Galvin • BUF 23
3. Serad • BUF 21
4. Radbourn • PRO 18
5. McCormick • CLV 16
6. Buffinton • BSN 15
7. Ferguson • PHI 13
8. Lee • CHC 12
Welch • NYG 12
Whitney • BSN 12

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Welch • NYG 146
2. Corcoran • CHC 116
3. Serad • BUF 111
4. Harkins • CLV 108
5. Bagley • NYG 99
6. Radbourn • PRO 98
7. Ferguson • PHI 93
8. Buffinton • BSN 76
9. McCormick • CLV 75
10. Shaw • DTN 72

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Galvin • BUF 566
2. Welch • NYG 528
Radbourn • PRO 528
4. Buffinton • BSN 506
5. Corcoran • CHC 473
6. Ferguson • PHI 443
7. Harkins • CLV 399
8. Serad • BUF 373
9. McCormick • CLV 357
10. Meinke • DTN 341

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. Whitney • BSN 10.000
2. Galvin • BUF 5.857
3. Buffinton • BSN 5.487
4. Sweeney • PRO 5.000
5. Radbourn • PRO 4.500
6. Getzien • DTN 4.280
7. Clarkson • CHC 4.080
8. Vinton • PHI 3.000
9. McCormick • CLV 2.427
10. Welch • NYG 2.363

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. Getzien • DTN 0.122
2. Harkins • CLV 0.161
3. Sweeney • PRO 0.163
4. Welch • NYG 0.194
5. Buffinton • BSN 0.230
6. Radbourn • PRO 0.239
7. Ferguson • PHI 0.281
8. Vinton • PHI 0.297
9. Bagley • NYG 0.305
10. Meinke • DTN 0.311

Losses

Losses

1. Harkins • CLV 32
2. Ferguson • PHI 25
3. Meinke • DTN 23
Corcoran • CHC 23
5. McCormick • CLV 22
Galvin • BUF 22
7. Weidman • DTN 21
Welch • NYG 21
9. Serad • BUF 20
10. Moffet • CLV 19

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ferguson • PHI 164
2. Harkins • CLV 160
3. Welch • NYG 155
4. Serad • BUF 146
5. Galvin • BUF 141
6. Buffinton • BSN 140
7. Corcoran • CHC 138
8. Bagley • NYG 123
9. McCormick • CLV 114
10. Radbourn • PRO 104

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Harkins • CLV 48
2. McElroy • PHI 46
3. Serad • BUF 42
4. Welch • NYG 39
5. Radbourn • PRO 34
6. Bagley • NYG 33
Ferguson • PHI 33
8. Moffet • CLV 29
9. Corcoran • CHC 27
10. Buffinton • BSN 24

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Radbourn • PRO 2,672
2. Galvin • BUF 2,554
3. Buffinton • BSN 2,383
4. Welch • NYG 2,370
5. Corcoran • CHC 2,180
6. Ferguson • PHI 1,844
7. Harkins • CLV 1,709
8. McCormick • CLV 1,518
9. Serad • BUF 1,440
10. Whitney • BSN 1,343

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. Morrill • BSN 6
2. Meinke • DTN 4
3. Ferguson • PHI 3
Ward • NYG 3
Sweeney • PRO 3
6. Serad • BUF 2
O'Rourke • BUF 2
Moffet • CLV 2
McCormick • CLV 2
Lillie • BUF 2
Radbourn • PRO 2
Coleman • PHI 2

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Radbourn • PRO 205
2. Sweeney • PRO 183
3. Galvin • BUF 155
4. Getzien • DTN 147
5. Clarkson • CHC 146
6. Whitney • BSN 137
7. Buffinton • BSN 133
8. Vinton • PHI 132
9. Corcoran • CHC 129
10. Welch • NYG 120

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. Whitney • BSN 2.37
2. Getzien • DTN 2.51
3. Buffinton • BSN 2.57
4. Sweeney • PRO 2.59
5. Radbourn • PRO 2.75
6. Galvin • BUF 2.88
7. Welch • NYG 3.10
8. Vinton • PHI 3.13
9. Clarkson • CHC 3.28
10. Harkins • CLV 3.35

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. Radbourn • PRO 110
2. Galvin • BUF 78
3. Buffinton • BSN 59
4. Welch • NYG 36
5. Sweeney • PRO 34
6. Whitney • BSN 32
7. Corcoran • CHC 32
8. McCormick • CLV 13
9. Getzien • DTN 12
10. Clarkson • CHC 9

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. Radbourn • PRO 10.5
2. Galvin • BUF 7.4
3. Buffinton • BSN 5.5
4. Welch • NYG 3.3
5. Sweeney • PRO 3.2
6. Whitney • BSN 3.0
7. Corcoran • CHC 2.9
8. McCormick • CLV 1.2
9. Getzien • DTN 1.1
10. Clarkson • CHC 0.9

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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