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. Willis • BSN 8.7
2. Mathewson • NYG 8.7
3. Wallace • STL 7.8
4. Hahn • CIN 7.7
5. Orth • PHI 7.3
6. Burkett • STL 7.2
7. Wagner • PIT 7.2
8. Nichols • BSN 6.8
9. Flick • PHI 6.6
10. Delahanty • PHI 6.5

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. Mathewson • NYG 8.8
2. Willis • BSN 8.8
3. Hahn • CIN 8.0
4. Orth • PHI 6.8
5. Donovan • BRO 6.6
6. Donahue • PHI 6.4
7. Nichols • BSN 5.6
8. Chesbro • PIT 5.5
9. Phillippe • PIT 5.5
10. Dinneen • BSN 5.3

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. Tannehill • PIT 2.18
2. Phillippe • PIT 2.22
3. Orth • PHI 2.27
4. Willis • BSN 2.36
5. Chesbro • PIT 2.38
6. Mathewson • NYG 2.41
7. Donahue • PHI 2.59
8. Hahn • CIN 2.71
9. Donovan • BRO 2.77
10. Leever • PIT 2.86

Wins

Wins

1. Donovan • BRO 25
2. Harper • STL 23
3. Phillippe • PIT 22
Hahn • CIN 22
5. Chesbro • PIT 21
6. Orth • PHI 20
Donahue • PHI 20
Duggleby • PHI 20
Willis • BSN 20
Mathewson • NYG 20

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. Leever • PIT .737
2. Chesbro • PIT .677
3. Phillippe • PIT .647
4. Tannehill • PIT .643
5. Harper • STL .639
6. Kitson • BRO .633
7. Donovan • BRO .625
Duggleby • PHI .625
Orth • PHI .625
10. Sudhoff • STL .607

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Orth • PHI 1.001
2. Phillippe • PIT 1.054
3. Chesbro • PIT 1.088
4. Tannehill • PIT 1.094
5. Willis • BSN 1.114
6. Mathewson • NYG 1.146
7. Hahn • CIN 1.170
8. Powell • STL 1.185
9. Dinneen • BSN 1.203
10. Duggleby • PHI 1.205

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Townsend • PHI 7.392
2. Mathewson • NYG 7.714
3. Willis • BSN 7.723
4. Orth • PHI 7.988
5. Chesbro • PIT 8.166
6. Donovan • BRO 8.308
7. Phillippe • PIT 8.331
8. Tannehill • PIT 8.560
9. Harper • STL 8.572
10. Nichols • BSN 8.579

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. Orth • PHI 1.022
2. Phillippe • PIT 1.155
3. Tannehill • PIT 1.284
4. Duggleby • PHI 1.296
5. Powell • STL 1.330
6. Taylor • CHC 1.437
7. Chesbro • PIT 1.627
8. Hahn • CIN 1.655
9. Menefee • CHC 1.678
10. Murphy • STL 1.745

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Hughes • CHC 6.568
2. Waddell • 2TM 6.159
3. Mathewson • NYG 5.920
4. Donovan • BRO 5.795
5. Hahn • CIN 5.731
6. White • PHI 5.020
7. Townsend • PHI 4.510
8. Tannehill • PIT 4.209
9. Leever • PIT 4.193
10. Pittinger • BSN 4.127

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Taylor • NYG 45
Powell • STL 45
Donovan • BRO 45
4. Hahn • CIN 42
5. Mathewson • NYG 40
6. Harper • STL 39
7. Nichols • BSN 38
Sudhoff • STL 38
Kitson • BRO 38
Willis • BSN 38

Saves

Saves

1. Donovan • BRO 3
Powell • STL 3
3. Kitson • BRO 2
Phillippe • PIT 2
Sudhoff • STL 2
6. Chesbro • PIT 1
Donahue • PHI 1
Orth • PHI 1
Phyle • NYG 1
Tannehill • PIT 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hahn • CIN 375.1
2. Taylor • NYG 353.1
3. Donovan • BRO 351.0
4. Powell • STL 338.1
5. Mathewson • NYG 336.0
6. Nichols • BSN 321.0
7. Dinneen • BSN 309.1
8. Harper • STL 308.2
9. Hughes • CHC 308.1
10. Willis • BSN 305.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hahn • CIN 239
2. Donovan • BRO 226
3. Hughes • CHC 225
4. Mathewson • NYG 221
5. Waddell • 2TM 172
6. Nichols • BSN 143
7. Dinneen • BSN 141
8. Taylor • NYG 136
9. Willis • BSN 133
Powell • STL 133

Games Started

Games Started

1. Taylor • NYG 43
2. Hahn • CIN 42
3. Mathewson • NYG 38
Donovan • BRO 38
5. Powell • STL 37
Harper • STL 37
7. Phillips • CIN 36
8. Willis • BSN 35
Hughes • CHC 35
10. Nichols • BSN 34
Dinneen • BSN 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hahn • CIN 41
2. Taylor • NYG 37
3. Mathewson • NYG 36
Donovan • BRO 36
5. Willis • BSN 33
Powell • STL 33
Donahue • PHI 33
Nichols • BSN 33
9. Hughes • CHC 32
10. Dinneen • BSN 31

Shutouts

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

1. Orth • PHI 6
Willis • BSN 6
Chesbro • PIT 6
4. Duggleby • PHI 5
Mathewson • NYG 5
Kitson • BRO 5
7. Nichols • BSN 4
Taylor • NYG 4
Tannehill • PIT 4
10. Powell • STL 2
Leever • PIT 2
Hahn • CIN 2
Townsend • PHI 2
Donovan • BRO 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Powell • STL 14
2. Hahn • CIN 12
3. Stimmel • CIN 10
4. Kitson • BRO 9
Eason • CHC 9
Duggleby • PHI 9
7. Taylor • NYG 8
Dinneen • BSN 8
Nichols • BSN 8
10. Newton • 2TM 7
Harper • STL 7
Pittinger • BSN 7
Phillippe • PIT 7
Phillips • CIN 7

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Donovan • BRO 152
2. Hughes • CHC 115
3. Taylor • NYG 112
4. Hughes • BRO 102
5. Harper • STL 99
6. Mathewson • NYG 97
7. Sudhoff • STL 92
8. Nichols • BSN 90
9. Newton • 2TM 89
10. Willis • BSN 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Taylor • NYG 377
2. Hahn • CIN 370
3. Phillips • CIN 364
4. Powell • STL 351
5. Taylor • CHC 341
6. Donovan • BRO 324
7. Kitson • BRO 312
8. Hughes • CHC 309
9. Nichols • BSN 306
10. Duggleby • PHI 302

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. Hahn • CIN 3.464
2. Tannehill • PIT 3.278
3. Orth • PHI 2.875
4. Phillippe • PIT 2.711
5. Powell • STL 2.660
6. Chesbro • PIT 2.481
7. White • PHI 2.357
8. Duggleby • PHI 2.317
9. Waddell • 2TM 2.293
10. Mathewson • NYG 2.278

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. Donovan • BRO 0.026
2. Tannehill • PIT 0.036
3. Donahue • PHI 0.061
4. White • PHI 0.076
5. Mathewson • NYG 0.080
6. Orth • PHI 0.096
7. Leever • PIT 0.102
8. Phyle • NYG 0.107
9. Hughes • BRO 0.108
10. Hughes • CHC 0.117

Losses

Losses

1. Taylor • NYG 27
2. Hughes • CHC 23
3. Taylor • CHC 19
Hahn • CIN 19
Powell • STL 19
6. Newton • 2TM 18
Phillips • CIN 18
Dinneen • BSN 18
9. Eason • CHC 17
Mathewson • NYG 17
Willis • BSN 17

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Phillips • CIN 145
2. Powell • STL 133
3. Taylor • NYG 125
4. Harper • STL 124
5. Nichols • BSN 115
6. Hahn • CIN 113
7. Hughes • CHC 111
8. Newton • 2TM 110
9. Donovan • BRO 108
Sudhoff • STL 108

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Mathewson • NYG 23
2. Harper • STL 19
3. Hughes • CHC 16
4. Dinneen • BSN 10
Hahn • CIN 10
Donovan • BRO 10
7. Waddell • 2TM 9
Doheny • 2TM 9
Newton • 2TM 9
10. Hughes • BRO 8
Nichols • BSN 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Newton • 2TM 21
2. Sudhoff • STL 18
3. Hughes • CHC 17
4. Harper • STL 16
Taylor • NYG 16
6. White • PHI 14
Chesbro • PIT 14
8. Eason • CHC 13
Mathewson • NYG 13
10. Stimmel • CIN 12
Powell • STL 12
Phillips • CIN 12
Hughes • BRO 12

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hahn • CIN 1,524
2. Taylor • NYG 1,518
3. Donovan • BRO 1,490
4. Powell • STL 1,383
5. Mathewson • NYG 1,361
6. Nichols • BSN 1,326
7. Hughes • CHC 1,325
8. Harper • STL 1,294
9. Dinneen • BSN 1,265
10. Phillips • CIN 1,250

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. Sudhoff • STL 11
2. Powell • STL 8
Chesbro • PIT 8
4. Donovan • BRO 7
5. Sutthoff • CIN 6
Kitson • BRO 6
Kennedy • BRO 6
Duggleby • PHI 6
9. Phillippe • PIT 5
Doheny • 2TM 5

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Willis • BSN 154
2. Orth • PHI 151
3. Tannehill • PIT 150
4. Phillippe • PIT 147
5. Mathewson • NYG 138
6. Chesbro • PIT 137
7. Donahue • PHI 132
8. Dinneen • BSN 123
9. Donovan • BRO 122
10. Pittinger • BSN 121

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. Tannehill • PIT 2.59
2. Hahn • CIN 2.69
3. Mathewson • NYG 2.71
4. White • PHI 2.81
5. Waddell • 2TM 2.83
6. Orth • PHI 2.84
7. Chesbro • PIT 2.90
8. Hughes • CHC 2.92
9. Leever • PIT 2.93
10. Phillippe • PIT 3.02

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. Willis • BSN 40
2. Orth • PHI 35
3. Mathewson • NYG 33
4. Phillippe • PIT 31
5. Chesbro • PIT 30
6. Donahue • PHI 30
7. Tannehill • PIT 28
8. Donovan • BRO 24
9. Dinneen • BSN 24
10. Hahn • CIN 22

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. Willis • BSN 4.2
2. Orth • PHI 3.6
3. Mathewson • NYG 3.4
4. Phillippe • PIT 3.1
5. Chesbro • PIT 3.1
6. Donahue • PHI 3.1
7. Tannehill • PIT 2.9
8. Donovan • BRO 2.5
9. Dinneen • BSN 2.4
10. Hahn • CIN 2.3

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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