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. Nichols • BSN 11.8
2. Griffith • CHC 10.3
3. Jennings • BLN 7.9
4. McGraw • BLN 7.8
5. Young • CLV 7.6
6. McJames • BLN 7.6
7. Maul • BLN 7.5
8. Cunningham • LOU 7.3
Tannehill • PIT 7.3
10. Collins • BSN 6.8

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. Nichols • BSN 11.7
2. Griffith • CHC 10.5
3. McJames • BLN 8.3
4. Maul • BLN 7.3
5. Cunningham • LOU 7.2
6. Young • CLV 7.1
7. Tannehill • PIT 6.5
8. Powell • CLV 6.4
9. Lewis • BSN 6.0
10. Hawley • CIN 5.9

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. Griffith • CHC 1.88
2. Maul • BLN 2.10
3. Nichols • BSN 2.13
4. McJames • BLN 2.36
5. Callahan • CHC 2.46
6. Young • CLV 2.53
7. Willis • BSN 2.84
8. Lewis • BSN 2.90
9. Tannehill • PIT 2.95
10. Powell • CLV 3.00

Wins

Wins

1. Nichols • BSN 31
2. Cunningham • LOU 28
3. Hawley • CIN 27
McJames • BLN 27
5. Lewis • BSN 26
6. Young • CLV 25
Willis • BSN 25
Tannehill • PIT 25
Seymour • NYG 25
10. Piatt • PHI 24
Griffith • CHC 24

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. Lewis • BSN .765
2. Maul • BLN .741
3. Nichols • BSN .721
4. Hawley • CIN .711
5. Griffith • CHC .706
6. Callahan • CHC .667
7. Young • CLV .658
Willis • BSN .658
Tannehill • PIT .658
10. Hughes • BLN .657

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Nichols • BSN 1.034
2. Maul • BLN 1.068
3. Griffith • CHC 1.133
4. Young • CLV 1.133
5. McJames • BLN 1.176
6. Lewis • BSN 1.200
7. Hughes • BLN 1.224
8. Gardner • PIT 1.225
9. Tannehill • PIT 1.228
10. Callahan • CHC 1.232

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Nichols • BSN 7.330
2. Willis • BSN 7.640
3. Lewis • BSN 7.669
4. Maul • BLN 7.773
5. McJames • BLN 7.869
6. Seymour • NYG 7.898
7. Hughes • BLN 8.022
8. Piatt • PHI 8.382
9. Griffith • CHC 8.429
10. Powell • CLV 8.632

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. Young • CLV 0.977
2. Dwyer • CIN 1.575
3. Cunningham • LOU 1.616
4. Tannehill • PIT 1.736
5. Griffith • CHC 1.769
6. Wilson • CLV 1.802
7. Maul • BLN 1.840
8. Taylor • STL 1.880
9. Orth • PHI 1.908
10. Nichols • BSN 1.972

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Seymour • NYG 6.031
2. Willis • BSN 4.630
3. McJames • BLN 4.283
4. Doheny • NYG 4.056
5. Piatt • PHI 3.559
6. Nops • BLN 3.485
7. Dinneen • WHS 3.421
8. Rusie • NYG 3.420
9. Nichols • BSN 3.201
10. Fraser • 2TM 2.829

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Nichols • BSN 50
Taylor • STL 50
3. Young • CLV 46
4. McJames • BLN 45
Seymour • NYG 45
Weyhing • WHS 45
7. Cunningham • LOU 44
8. Hawley • CIN 43
Tannehill • PIT 43
10. Powell • CLV 42

Saves

Saves

1. Nichols • BSN 4
2. Dammann • CIN 2
Hickman • BSN 2
Lewis • BSN 2
Tannehill • PIT 2
6. Hart • PIT 1
Rusie • NYG 1
Sudhoff • STL 1
Swaim • WHS 1
Taylor • STL 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Taylor • STL 397.1
2. Nichols • BSN 388.0
3. Young • CLV 377.2
4. McJames • BLN 374.0
5. Cunningham • LOU 362.0
6. Weyhing • WHS 361.0
7. Seymour • NYG 356.2
8. Powell • CLV 342.0
9. Kennedy • BRO 339.1
10. Hawley • CIN 331.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Seymour • NYG 239
2. McJames • BLN 178
3. Willis • BSN 160
4. Nichols • BSN 138
5. Piatt • PHI 121
6. Rusie • NYG 114
7. Young • CLV 101
8. Griffith • CHC 97
9. Doheny • NYG 96
10. Powell • CLV 93
Tannehill • PIT 93

Games Started

Games Started

1. Taylor • STL 47
2. Seymour • NYG 43
3. Cunningham • LOU 42
McJames • BLN 42
Nichols • BSN 42
Weyhing • WHS 42
7. Powell • CLV 41
Young • CLV 41
9. Kennedy • BRO 39
Killen • 2TM 39

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Taylor • STL 42
2. Cunningham • LOU 41
3. McJames • BLN 40
Nichols • BSN 40
Young • CLV 40
6. Seymour • NYG 39
Weyhing • WHS 39
8. Kennedy • BRO 38
9. Griffith • CHC 36
Powell • CLV 36

Shutouts

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

1. Piatt • PHI 6
Powell • CLV 6
3. Nichols • BSN 5
Hughes • BLN 5
Tannehill • PIT 5
6. Seymour • NYG 4
Rusie • NYG 4
Griffith • CHC 4
9. Breitenstein • CIN 3
Magee • LOU 3
Hawley • CIN 3
Woods • CHC 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Taylor • STL 14
2. Klobedanz • BSN 13
3. Kennedy • BRO 12
4. Sudhoff • STL 11
5. Weyhing • WHS 10
Dunn • BRO 10
7. Meekin • NYG 9
Lewis • BSN 9
9. Powell • CLV 8
Cunningham • LOU 8
Magee • LOU 8

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Seymour • NYG 213
2. Willis • BSN 148
3. Magee • LOU 129
4. Breitenstein • CIN 123
Kennedy • BRO 123
6. Dowling • LOU 120
7. Hill • CIN 119
8. McJames • BLN 113
9. Powell • CLV 112
Fraser • 2TM 112

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Taylor • STL 465
2. Weyhing • WHS 428
3. Cunningham • LOU 387
Young • CLV 387
5. Kennedy • BRO 360
6. Hawley • CIN 357
7. Sudhoff • STL 355
8. Dunn • BRO 352
9. Killen • 2TM 350
10. Tannehill • PIT 338

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. Young • CLV 2.463
2. Nichols • BSN 1.624
3. McJames • BLN 1.575
4. Griffith • CHC 1.516
5. Tannehill • PIT 1.476
6. Killen • 2TM 1.300
7. Piatt • PHI 1.247
8. Nops • BLN 1.167
9. Seymour • NYG 1.122
10. Rusie • NYG 1.107

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. Rhines • PIT 0.000
2. Griffith • CHC 0.028
3. Doheny • NYG 0.042
4. Tannehill • PIT 0.055
5. Breitenstein • CIN 0.057
6. Piatt • PHI 0.059
7. Hughey • STL 0.063
8. Callahan • CHC 0.066
9. Orth • PHI 0.072
10. Seymour • NYG 0.101

Losses

Losses

1. Taylor • STL 29
2. Sudhoff • STL 27
3. Weyhing • WHS 26
4. Hughey • STL 24
5. Kennedy • BRO 22
Yeager • BRO 22
7. Dunn • BRO 21
8. Dowling • LOU 20
Fraser • 2TM 20
Killen • 2TM 20

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Weyhing • WHS 181
2. Taylor • STL 172
3. Sudhoff • STL 152
4. Fraser • 2TM 146
5. Meekin • NYG 134
6. Magee • LOU 133
7. Dowling • LOU 132
8. Dunn • BRO 129
9. Cunningham • LOU 127
Kennedy • BRO 127

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Seymour • NYG 19
Doheny • NYG 19
3. Nichols • BSN 15
4. McJames • BLN 13
Rusie • NYG 13
6. Lewis • BSN 12
Donovan • WHS 12
8. Hughey • STL 11
Dinneen • WHS 11
Meekin • NYG 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Seymour • NYG 32
2. Fraser • 2TM 29
Willis • BSN 29
4. Sudhoff • STL 27
5. Taylor • STL 25
6. Dowling • LOU 22
Hawley • CIN 22
8. Doheny • NYG 20
Griffith • CHC 20
Cunningham • LOU 20

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Taylor • STL 1,713
2. Seymour • NYG 1,581
3. Weyhing • WHS 1,564
4. Nichols • BSN 1,528
5. McJames • BLN 1,525
6. Young • CLV 1,520
7. Cunningham • LOU 1,510
8. Kennedy • BRO 1,461
9. Powell • CLV 1,437
10. Hawley • CIN 1,420

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. Dammann • CIN 13
2. Donovan • WHS 10
3. Gettig • NYG 9
4. Lewis • BSN 8
Nichols • BSN 8
6. Carsey • STL 7
7. Hastings • PIT 6
Hawley • CIN 6
9. McKenna • BRO 5
Woods • CHC 5
Magee • LOU 5
Young • CLV 5

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Griffith • CHC 190
2. Nichols • BSN 176
3. Maul • BLN 172
4. McJames • BLN 153
5. Callahan • CHC 145
6. Young • CLV 136
7. Willis • BSN 132
8. Lewis • BSN 129
9. Dwyer • CIN 126
10. Tannehill • PIT 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. Young • CLV 2.84
2. Tannehill • PIT 2.97
3. Griffith • CHC 2.99
4. McJames • BLN 2.99
5. Nichols • BSN 3.06
6. Orth • PHI 3.19
7. Piatt • PHI 3.20
8. Hughey • STL 3.20
9. Callahan • CHC 3.22
10. Rhines • PIT 3.26

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. Nichols • BSN 66
2. Griffith • CHC 59
3. McJames • BLN 49
4. Maul • BLN 42
5. Young • CLV 34
6. Lewis • BSN 33
7. Willis • BSN 29
8. Tannehill • PIT 24
9. Callahan • CHC 24
10. Cunningham • LOU 21

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. Nichols • BSN 6.6
2. Griffith • CHC 6.0
3. McJames • BLN 4.9
4. Maul • BLN 4.3
5. Young • CLV 3.3
6. Lewis • BSN 3.2
7. Willis • BSN 2.9
8. Callahan • CHC 2.3
Tannehill • PIT 2.3
10. Cunningham • LOU 2.0

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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