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. Clarkson • CHC 12.8
2. Welch • NYG 10.6
3. Radbourn • PRO 8.5
4. Connor • NYG 8.1
5. Ferguson • PHI 8.1
6. Keefe • NYG 6.6
7. Daily • PHI 6.6
8. Buffinton • BSN 6.1
9. Brouthers • BUF 5.2
10. Glasscock • SLM 5.1

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. Clarkson • CHC 12.9
2. Welch • NYG 10.4
3. Radbourn • PRO 7.4
4. Keefe • NYG 6.9
5. Daily • PHI 6.6
6. Buffinton • BSN 6.0
7. Ferguson • PHI 6.0
8. Shaw • PRO 4.4
9. Baldwin • DTN 3.9
10. Boyle • SLM 2.9

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. Keefe • NYG 1.58
2. Welch • NYG 1.66
3. Clarkson • CHC 1.85
4. Baldwin • DTN 1.86
5. Radbourn • PRO 2.20
6. Daily • PHI 2.21
7. Ferguson • PHI 2.22
8. McCormick • 2TM 2.43
9. Shaw • PRO 2.57
10. Boyle • SLM 2.75

Wins

Wins

1. Clarkson • CHC 53
2. Welch • NYG 44
3. Keefe • NYG 32
4. Radbourn • PRO 28
5. Daily • PHI 26
Ferguson • PHI 26
7. Shaw • PRO 23
8. Buffinton • BSN 22
9. McCormick • 2TM 21
10. Whitney • BSN 18

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. Welch • NYG .800
2. Clarkson • CHC .768
3. McCormick • 2TM .750
4. Keefe • NYG .711
5. Radbourn • PRO .571
6. Ferguson • PHI .565
7. Baldwin • DTN .550
8. Daily • PHI .531
9. Shaw • PRO .469
10. Davis • BSN .455

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Baldwin • DTN 0.920
2. Clarkson • CHC 0.953
3. Keefe • NYG 1.005
4. Welch • NYG 1.022
5. Daily • PHI 1.045
6. Ferguson • PHI 1.052
7. Shaw • PRO 1.106
8. McCormick • 2TM 1.115
9. Radbourn • PRO 1.135
10. Sweeney • SLM 1.185

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Keefe • NYG 6.750
2. Welch • NYG 6.805
3. Baldwin • DTN 6.875
4. Clarkson • CHC 7.180
5. Daily • PHI 7.568
6. Ferguson • PHI 7.667
7. Shaw • PRO 7.724
8. McCormick • 2TM 7.893
9. Kirby • SLM 8.211
10. Boyle • SLM 8.493

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 0.755
2. Galvin • BUF 1.173
3. Clarkson • CHC 1.401
4. Baldwin • DTN 1.405
5. Sweeney • SLM 1.636
6. Radbourn • PRO 1.676
7. Weidman • DTN 1.718
8. Ferguson • PHI 1.800
9. Daily • PHI 1.841
10. Conway • BUF 1.886

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Baldwin • DTN 6.775
2. Keefe • NYG 5.108
3. Buffinton • BSN 5.015
4. Welch • NYG 4.720
5. Clarkson • CHC 4.449
6. Ferguson • PHI 4.378
7. Shaw • PRO 4.369
8. Whitney • BSN 4.079
9. Weidman • DTN 4.064
10. Conway • BUF 4.029

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Clarkson • CHC 70
2. Welch • NYG 56
3. Buffinton • BSN 51
Whitney • BSN 51
5. Daily • PHI 50
6. Shaw • PRO 49
Radbourn • PRO 49
8. Ferguson • PHI 48
9. Keefe • NYG 46
10. Boyle • SLM 42

Saves

Saves

1. Pfeffer • CHC 2
Williamson • CHC 2
3. Baldwin • DTN 1
Galvin • BUF 1
Welch • NYG 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Clarkson • CHC 623.0
2. Welch • NYG 492.0
3. Radbourn • PRO 445.2
4. Whitney • BSN 441.1
5. Daily • PHI 440.0
6. Buffinton • BSN 434.1
7. Ferguson • PHI 405.0
8. Keefe • NYG 400.0
9. Shaw • PRO 399.2
10. Boyle • SLM 366.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Clarkson • CHC 308
2. Welch • NYG 258
3. Buffinton • BSN 242
4. Keefe • NYG 227
5. Whitney • BSN 200
6. Ferguson • PHI 197
7. Shaw • PRO 194
8. Radbourn • PRO 154
9. Weidman • DTN 149
10. Daily • PHI 140

Games Started

Games Started

1. Clarkson • CHC 70
2. Welch • NYG 55
3. Buffinton • BSN 50
Whitney • BSN 50
Daily • PHI 50
6. Shaw • PRO 49
Radbourn • PRO 49
8. Keefe • NYG 46
9. Ferguson • PHI 45
10. Boyle • SLM 39

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Clarkson • CHC 68
2. Welch • NYG 55
3. Whitney • BSN 50
4. Buffinton • BSN 49
Daily • PHI 49
Radbourn • PRO 49
7. Shaw • PRO 47
8. Ferguson • PHI 45
Keefe • NYG 45
10. Boyle • SLM 39

Shutouts

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

1. Clarkson • CHC 10
2. Welch • NYG 7
Keefe • NYG 7
4. Buffinton • BSN 6
Shaw • PRO 6
6. Ferguson • PHI 5
7. Daily • PHI 4
8. McCormick • 2TM 3
Weidman • DTN 3
Galvin • BUF 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Clarkson • CHC 21
2. Whitney • BSN 14
3. Daily • PHI 12
4. Buffinton • BSN 10
Conway • BUF 10
6. McCormick • 2TM 9
7. Getzien • DTN 8
Galvin • BUF 8
Wood • BUF 8
10. Weidman • DTN 7
Shaw • PRO 7

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Welch • NYG 131
2. Buffinton • BSN 112
3. Keefe • NYG 102
4. Boyle • SLM 100
5. Shaw • PRO 99
6. Clarkson • CHC 97
7. Getzien • DTN 92
8. Daily • PHI 90
9. Radbourn • PRO 83
10. Ferguson • PHI 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Whitney • BSN 503
2. Clarkson • CHC 497
3. Buffinton • BSN 425
4. Radbourn • PRO 423
5. Welch • NYG 372
6. Daily • PHI 370
7. Getzien • DTN 360
8. Galvin • BUF 356
9. Boyle • SLM 346
10. Ferguson • PHI 345

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 5.405
2. Baldwin • DTN 4.821
3. Clarkson • CHC 3.175
4. Galvin • BUF 2.514
5. Ferguson • PHI 2.432
6. Weidman • DTN 2.365
7. Keefe • NYG 2.225
8. Buffinton • BSN 2.161
9. Conway • BUF 2.136
10. Welch • NYG 1.969

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. Kirby • SLM 0.000
2. Boyle • SLM 0.049
3. Welch • NYG 0.073
4. Radbourn • PRO 0.081
5. Baldwin • DTN 0.100
6. Ferguson • PHI 0.111
7. Keefe • NYG 0.135
8. Shaw • PRO 0.158
9. Serad • BUF 0.186
10. Weidman • DTN 0.191

Losses

Losses

1. Whitney • BSN 32
2. Buffinton • BSN 27
3. Shaw • PRO 26
4. Getzien • DTN 25
5. Boyle • SLM 24
Weidman • DTN 24
7. Daily • PHI 23
8. Radbourn • PRO 21
Sweeney • SLM 21
Serad • BUF 21

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Whitney • BSN 146
2. Buffinton • BSN 139
3. Galvin • BUF 129
4. Clarkson • CHC 128
5. Sweeney • SLM 120
6. Weidman • DTN 115
7. Shaw • PRO 114
8. Boyle • SLM 112
9. Getzien • DTN 111
10. Serad • BUF 110

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Daily • PHI 40
2. Welch • NYG 39
3. Serad • BUF 38
4. Keefe • NYG 35
5. Radbourn • PRO 34
6. Whitney • BSN 32
Shaw • PRO 32
8. Buffinton • BSN 28
9. Boyle • SLM 24
10. Wood • BUF 21
Conway • BUF 21

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Clarkson • CHC 2,487
2. Welch • NYG 1,963
3. Whitney • BSN 1,887
4. Radbourn • PRO 1,841
5. Buffinton • BSN 1,838
6. Daily • PHI 1,797
7. Shaw • PRO 1,740
8. Ferguson • PHI 1,657
9. Keefe • NYG 1,577
10. Boyle • SLM 1,547

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. Pfeffer • CHC 3
Ferguson • PHI 3
Boyle • SLM 3
4. Williamson • CHC 2
Wood • BUF 2
6. Wood • DTN 1
Whitney • BSN 1
Welch • NYG 1
Seward • PRO 1
Serad • BUF 1
Richardson • BUF 1
Richardson • NYG 1
Baldwin • DTN 1
Moriarty • DTN 1
Knight • PRO 1
Galvin • BUF 1
Buffinton • BSN 1
Ewing • NYG 1
Burns • SLM 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Keefe • NYG 174
2. Welch • NYG 164
3. Clarkson • CHC 163
4. Baldwin • DTN 154
5. Daily • PHI 126
6. Ferguson • PHI 126
7. Radbourn • PRO 123
8. McCormick • 2TM 123
9. Shaw • PRO 105
10. Boyle • SLM 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. Baldwin • DTN 1.99
2. Whitney • BSN 2.64
3. Ferguson • PHI 2.67
4. Keefe • NYG 2.71
5. Welch • NYG 2.74
6. Clarkson • CHC 2.80
7. Weidman • DTN 2.83
8. Buffinton • BSN 2.84
9. Radbourn • PRO 2.87
10. Shaw • PRO 2.88

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. Clarkson • CHC 69
2. Welch • NYG 59
3. Keefe • NYG 45
4. Daily • PHI 24
5. Radbourn • PRO 23
6. Ferguson • PHI 21
7. Baldwin • DTN 15
8. McCormick • 2TM 13
9. Shaw • PRO 6
10. Richardson • NYG 5

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. Clarkson • CHC 6.9
2. Welch • NYG 5.8
3. Keefe • NYG 4.5
4. Daily • PHI 2.3
5. Radbourn • PRO 2.2
6. Ferguson • PHI 2.1
7. Baldwin • DTN 1.5
8. McCormick • 2TM 1.2
9. Shaw • PRO 0.5
10. Richardson • NYG 0.5

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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