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. Hornsby • STL 10.9
2. Grimes • BRO 8.0
3. Bancroft • NYG 7.5
4. Frisch • NYG 6.9
5. Alexander • CHC 5.4
6. McHenry • STL 5.1
7. Luque • CIN 5.1
8. Cooper • PIT 5.0
9. Glazner • PIT 4.6
10. Oeschger • BSN 4.6

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. Grimes • BRO 7.8
2. Rixey • CIN 5.1
Glazner • PIT 5.1
4. Alexander • CHC 4.7
5. Cooper • PIT 4.5
6. Luque • CIN 4.4
7. Oeschger • BSN 4.3
8. Morrison • PIT 3.8
Adams • PIT 3.8
10. Mitchell • BRO 3.7

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. Doak • STL 2.59
2. Adams • PIT 2.64
3. Glazner • PIT 2.77
4. Rixey • CIN 2.78
5. Grimes • BRO 2.83
6. Mitchell • BRO 2.89
7. Barnes • NYG 3.10
8. Cooper • PIT 3.25
9. Hamilton • PIT 3.36
10. Pertica • STL 3.37

Wins

Wins

1. Grimes • BRO 22
Cooper • PIT 22
3. Oeschger • BSN 20
Nehf • NYG 20
5. Rixey • CIN 19
6. Toney • NYG 18
Haines • STL 18
8. Marquard • CIN 17
Luque • CIN 17
10. Alexander • CHC 15
Barnes • NYG 15
Scott • BSN 15
Fillingim • BSN 15
Doak • STL 15
Douglas • NYG 15

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. Adams • PIT .737
Glazner • PIT .737
3. Doak • STL .714
4. Nehf • NYG .667
5. Grimes • BRO .629
6. Barnes • NYG .625
7. Toney • NYG .621
8. Cooper • PIT .611
9. Douglas • NYG .600
Fillingim • BSN .600
Haines • STL .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Adams • PIT 1.081
2. Glazner • PIT 1.162
3. Nehf • NYG 1.231
4. Doak • STL 1.251
5. Luque • CIN 1.257
6. Watson • BSN 1.257
7. Alexander • CHC 1.266
8. Fillingim • BSN 1.273
9. Marquard • CIN 1.284
10. Grimes • BRO 1.287

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Glazner • PIT 8.231
2. Adams • PIT 8.719
3. Oeschger • BSN 9.120
4. Pertica • STL 9.158
5. Nehf • NYG 9.184
6. Grimes • BRO 9.318
7. Watson • BSN 9.335
8. Fillingim • BSN 9.350
9. Cooper • PIT 9.385
10. Luque • CIN 9.414

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. Adams • PIT 1.013
2. Alexander • CHC 1.179
3. Barnes • NYG 1.531
4. Hubbell • PHI 1.552
5. Doak • STL 1.596
6. Marquard • CIN 1.694
7. Smith • BRO 1.745
8. Luque • CIN 1.895
9. Nehf • NYG 1.899
10. Cadore • BRO 1.956

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Grimes • BRO 4.049
2. Cooper • PIT 3.688
3. Doak • STL 3.580
4. Martin • CHC 3.561
5. Glazner • PIT 3.385
6. McQuillan • BSN 3.384
7. Cadore • BRO 3.359
8. Ruether • BRO 3.322
9. Ring • PHI 3.220
10. Scott • BSN 3.197

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Scott • BSN 47
2. Oeschger • BSN 46
3. McQuillan • BSN 45
4. Watson • BSN 44
Fillingim • BSN 44
6. Barnes • NYG 42
Toney • NYG 42
8. Luque • CIN 41
Nehf • NYG 41
10. Douglas • NYG 40
North • STL 40
Rixey • CIN 40
York • CHC 40

Saves

Saves

1. North • STL 7
2. Barnes • NYG 6
3. McQuillan • BSN 5
4. Betts • PHI 4
Zinn • PIT 4
Carlson • PIT 4
Smith • BRO 4
8. Schupp • 2TM 3
Walker • STL 3
Toney • NYG 3
Scott • BSN 3
Ryan • NYG 3
Luque • CIN 3
Freeman • CHC 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Cooper • PIT 327.0
2. Luque • CIN 304.0
3. Grimes • BRO 302.1
4. Rixey • CIN 301.0
5. Oeschger • BSN 299.0
6. Marquard • CIN 265.2
7. Nehf • NYG 260.2
8. Watson • BSN 259.1
9. Barnes • NYG 258.2
10. Alexander • CHC 252.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Grimes • BRO 136
2. Cooper • PIT 134
3. Luque • CIN 102
4. McQuillan • BSN 94
5. Ring • PHI 88
Marquard • CIN 88
Glazner • PIT 88
8. Martin • CHC 86
9. Haines • STL 84
10. Scott • BSN 83
Doak • STL 83

Games Started

Games Started

1. Cooper • PIT 38
2. Rixey • CIN 37
3. Oeschger • BSN 36
Marquard • CIN 36
Luque • CIN 36
6. Grimes • BRO 35
7. Nehf • NYG 34
8. Toney • NYG 32
9. Watson • BSN 31
Barnes • NYG 31
Pertica • STL 31
McQuillan • BSN 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Grimes • BRO 30
2. Cooper • PIT 29
3. Luque • CIN 25
4. Rixey • CIN 21
Ring • PHI 21
6. Alexander • CHC 20
7. Oeschger • BSN 19
8. Nehf • NYG 18
Marquard • CIN 18
10. Scott • BSN 16
Toney • NYG 16

Shutouts

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

1. Alexander • CHC 3
Oeschger • BSN 3
Morrison • PIT 3
Mitchell • BRO 3
Douglas • NYG 3
Fillingim • BSN 3
Luque • CIN 3
8. Rixey • CIN 2
Pertica • STL 2
Nehf • NYG 2
Meadows • PHI 2
McQuillan • BSN 2
Scott • BSN 2
Marquard • CIN 2
Hamilton • PIT 2
Haines • STL 2
Grimes • BRO 2
Cooper • PIT 2
Adams • PIT 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hubbell • PHI 18
Nehf • NYG 18
3. Cadore • BRO 17
Douglas • NYG 17
5. Haines • STL 15
6. Toney • NYG 14
7. Luque • CIN 13
Barnes • NYG 13
9. Martin • CHC 12
Freeman • CHC 12
Smith • PHI 12

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Oeschger • BSN 97
2. McQuillan • BSN 90
3. Ring • PHI 88
4. Cooper • PIT 80
5. Grimes • BRO 76
6. Freeman • CHC 70
Pertica • STL 70
8. Martin • CHC 68
9. Ruether • BRO 67
10. Rixey • CIN 66

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cooper • PIT 341
2. Rixey • CIN 324
3. Luque • CIN 318
4. Grimes • BRO 313
5. Oeschger • BSN 303
Smith • PHI 303
7. Barnes • NYG 298
8. Marquard • CIN 291
9. Alexander • CHC 286
10. McQuillan • BSN 284

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. Adams • PIT 3.056
2. Alexander • CHC 2.333
3. Doak • STL 2.243
4. Grimes • BRO 1.789
5. Marquard • CIN 1.760
6. Cadore • BRO 1.717
7. Cooper • PIT 1.675
8. Luque • CIN 1.594
9. Glazner • PIT 1.517
10. Haines • STL 1.500

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. Rixey • CIN 0.030
2. Doak • STL 0.129
3. Grimes • BRO 0.179
4. Glazner • PIT 0.192
5. Hamilton • PIT 0.200
6. Smith • BRO 0.205
7. Adams • PIT 0.225
8. Cooper • PIT 0.248
9. Marquard • CIN 0.271
10. Ring • PHI 0.293

Losses

Losses

1. Smith • PHI 20
2. Ring • PHI 19
Luque • CIN 19
4. Rixey • CIN 18
5. McQuillan • BSN 17
6. Hubbell • PHI 16
Meadows • PHI 16
8. Martin • CHC 15
Hamilton • PIT 15
10. Marquard • CIN 14
Cadore • BRO 14
Oeschger • BSN 14
Cooper • PIT 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Cooper • PIT 118
2. Smith • PHI 117
Oeschger • BSN 117
4. Ring • PHI 116
5. Luque • CIN 114
6. Watson • BSN 111
McQuillan • BSN 111
8. Hubbell • PHI 106
9. Martin • CHC 105
Nehf • NYG 105

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Ring • PHI 14
2. Meadows • PHI 10
3. Ruether • BRO 7
4. Grimes • BRO 6
Rixey • CIN 6
6. Hamilton • PIT 5
Hubbell • PHI 5
Marquard • CIN 5
Nehf • NYG 5
Oeschger • BSN 5
Doak • STL 5
Schupp • 2TM 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Oeschger • BSN 15
2. Glazner • PIT 12
3. Pertica • STL 10
Cooper • PIT 10
5. Cheeves • CHC 9
6. Haines • STL 8
Hamilton • PIT 8
Freeman • CHC 8
9. Watson • BSN 7
Ruether • BRO 7
Marquard • CIN 7
Scott • BSN 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Cooper • PIT 1,377
2. Rixey • CIN 1,260
3. Luque • CIN 1,259
4. Grimes • BRO 1,253
5. Oeschger • BSN 1,248
6. Marquard • CIN 1,116
7. McQuillan • BSN 1,095
Watson • BSN 1,095
9. Barnes • NYG 1,076
10. Ring • PHI 1,070

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. North • STL 27
2. Betts • PHI 22
3. Sallee • NYG 19
Carlson • PIT 19
5. York • CHC 17
Jones • CHC 17
Coumbe • CIN 17
8. Zinn • PIT 16
Mitchell • BRO 16
10. Ryan • NYG 14

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Adams • PIT 145
2. Doak • STL 140
3. Grimes • BRO 139
4. Glazner • PIT 138
5. Mitchell • BRO 136
6. Rixey • CIN 128
7. Barnes • NYG 120
8. Cooper • PIT 118
9. Hamilton • PIT 114
10. Alexander • CHC 113

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. Adams • PIT 3.13
2. Doak • STL 3.13
3. Grimes • BRO 3.32
4. Rixey • CIN 3.40
5. Alexander • CHC 3.46
6. Cooper • PIT 3.52
7. Marquard • CIN 3.53
8. Glazner • PIT 3.58
9. Smith • BRO 3.64
10. Luque • CIN 3.68

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. Grimes • BRO 34
2. Glazner • PIT 27
3. Rixey • CIN 21
4. Adams • PIT 21
5. Doak • STL 20
6. Cooper • PIT 20
7. Barnes • NYG 18
8. Morrison • PIT 18
9. Mitchell • BRO 15
10. Alexander • CHC 14

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. Grimes • BRO 3.6
2. Glazner • PIT 2.8
3. Adams • PIT 2.2
Rixey • CIN 2.2
5. Doak • STL 2.1
6. Cooper • PIT 2.1
7. Morrison • PIT 1.9
8. Barnes • NYG 1.9
9. Mitchell • BRO 1.5
10. Alexander • CHC 1.5

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Grimes • BRO 39.77
2. Glazner • PIT 33.50
3. Rixey • CIN 29.13
4. Morrison • PIT 26.79
5. Adams • PIT 26.71
6. Cooper • PIT 23.17
7. Barnes • NYG 22.91
8. Doak • STL 22.76
9. Luque • CIN 19.01
10. Oeschger • BSN 16.89

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Glazner • PIT 5.1
2. Grimes • BRO 4.5
3. Rixey • CIN 3.7
4. Cooper • PIT 3.6
5. Adams • PIT 3.4
6. Morrison • PIT 3.4
7. Doak • STL 2.5
8. Fillingim • BSN 1.9
9. Hamilton • PIT 1.6
10. Mitchell • BRO 1.6

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Grimes • BRO 3.6
2. Glazner • PIT 3.3
3. Adams • PIT 2.9
4. Morrison • PIT 2.8
5. Cooper • PIT 2.6
6. Rixey • CIN 2.5
7. Alexander • CHC 2.5
8. Luque • CIN 2.4
9. Nehf • NYG 2.2
10. Oeschger • BSN 2.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Adams • PIT 16.3
2. Glazner • PIT 15.2
3. Morrison • PIT 12.5
4. Cooper • PIT 8.3
5. Nehf • NYG 7.5
6. Shea • NYG 6.8
7. Toney • NYG 6.8
8. Hamilton • PIT 2.7
9. YellowHorse • PIT 2.5
10. McQuillan • BSN 2.1

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Grimes • BRO 4.1
2. Glazner • PIT 3.5
3. Rixey • CIN 3.1
4. Morrison • PIT 2.8
5. Adams • PIT 2.8
6. Doak • STL 2.4
7. Barnes • NYG 2.4
8. Cooper • PIT 2.4
9. Luque • CIN 2.0
10. Oeschger • BSN 1.7

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