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 10.1
2. Donohue • CIN 7.0
3. Cuyler • PIT 6.8
4. Luque • CIN 6.8
5. Rixey • CIN 6.3
6. Scott • NYG 6.0
7. Vance • BRO 5.8
8. Sherdel • STL 5.7
9. Bottomley • STL 5.5
Fournier • BRO 5.5

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. Rixey • CIN 6.5
2. Luque • CIN 6.3
3. Donohue • CIN 6.1
4. Vance • BRO 6.0
5. Scott • NYG 5.4
6. Sherdel • STL 5.4
7. Carlson • PHI 4.8
8. Alexander • CHC 4.4
9. Ring • PHI 4.1
10. Benton • BSN 4.0

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. Luque • CIN 2.63
2. Rixey • CIN 2.88
3. Donohue • CIN 3.08
4. Benton • BSN 3.09
5. Sherdel • STL 3.11
6. Scott • NYG 3.15
7. Alexander • CHC 3.39
8. Cooney • BSN 3.48
9. Vance • BRO 3.53
10. Barnes • NYG 3.53

Wins

Wins

1. Vance • BRO 22
2. Rixey • CIN 21
Donohue • CIN 21
4. Meadows • PIT 19
5. Yde • PIT 17
Morrison • PIT 17
Kremer • PIT 17
8. Luque • CIN 16
9. Barnes • NYG 15
Alexander • CHC 15
Sherdel • STL 15
Aldridge • PIT 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. Sherdel • STL .714
2. Vance • BRO .710
3. Reinhart • STL .688
4. Aldridge • PIT .682
5. Kremer • PIT .680
6. Benton • BSN .667
7. Rixey • CIN .656
8. Meadows • PIT .655
9. Yde • PIT .654
10. Greenfield • NYG .600
Donohue • CIN .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Luque • CIN 1.172
2. Vance • BRO 1.180
3. Donohue • CIN 1.193
4. Rixey • CIN 1.215
5. Alexander • CHC 1.267
6. Scott • NYG 1.277
7. Sherdel • STL 1.290
8. Cooney • BSN 1.290
9. Kremer • PIT 1.300
10. Benton • BSN 1.309

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Luque • CIN 8.134
2. Benton • BSN 8.345
3. Vance • BRO 8.378
4. Aldridge • PIT 9.197
5. Donohue • CIN 9.269
6. Scott • NYG 9.426
7. Rixey • CIN 9.459
8. Meadows • PIT 9.587
9. Sherdel • STL 9.720
10. Kremer • PIT 9.727

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. Alexander • CHC 1.106
2. Donohue • CIN 1.465
3. Rixey • CIN 1.472
4. Cooney • BSN 1.832
5. Sherdel • STL 1.890
6. Kremer • PIT 1.970
7. Carlson • PHI 2.000
8. Scott • NYG 2.065
9. Barnes • NYG 2.152
10. Genewich • BSN 2.183

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Vance • BRO 7.496
2. Luque • CIN 4.330
3. Sothoron • STL 3.874
4. Bush • CHC 3.758
5. Aldridge • PIT 3.713
6. Nehf • NYG 3.658
7. Blake • CHC 3.618
8. Rhem • STL 3.494
9. Greenfield • NYG 3.460
10. Scott • NYG 3.267

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Morrison • PIT 44
2. Bush • CHC 42
Donohue • CIN 42
4. Osborne • BRO 41
5. Kremer • PIT 40
6. Rixey • CIN 39
7. Ring • PHI 38
8. Ryan • BSN 37
9. Blake • CHC 36
Ehrhardt • BRO 36
Luque • CIN 36
May • CIN 36
Scott • NYG 36

Saves

Saves

1. Morrison • PIT 4
Bush • CHC 4
3. Knight • PHI 3
Sheehan • 2TM 3
Scott • NYG 3
Adams • PIT 3
Dyer • STL 3
8. Mays • CIN 2
Barnes • NYG 2
Decatur • 2TM 2
Ryan • BSN 2
May • CIN 2
Kremer • PIT 2
Kaufmann • CHC 2
Blake • CHC 2
Couch • PHI 2
Donohue • CIN 2
Biemiller • CIN 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Donohue • CIN 301.0
2. Luque • CIN 291.0
3. Rixey • CIN 287.1
4. Ring • PHI 270.0
5. Vance • BRO 265.1
6. Meadows • PIT 255.1
7. Grimes • BRO 246.2
8. Cooney • BSN 245.2
9. Scott • NYG 239.2
10. Alexander • CHC 236.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Vance • BRO 221
2. Luque • CIN 140
3. Blake • CHC 93
Ring • PHI 93
5. Aldridge • PIT 88
6. Meadows • PIT 87
Scott • NYG 87
8. Carlson • PHI 80
9. Donohue • CIN 78
10. Bush • CHC 76

Games Started

Games Started

1. Donohue • CIN 38
2. Ring • PHI 37
3. Rixey • CIN 36
Luque • CIN 36
5. Carlson • PHI 32
6. Grimes • BRO 31
Vance • BRO 31
Blake • CHC 31
Meadows • PIT 31
10. Alexander • CHC 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Donohue • CIN 27
2. Vance • BRO 26
3. Rixey • CIN 22
Luque • CIN 22
5. Ring • PHI 21
6. Meadows • PIT 20
Alexander • CHC 20
Cooney • BSN 20
9. Grimes • BRO 19
10. Scott • NYG 18
Carlson • PHI 18

Shutouts

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

1. Vance • BRO 4
Carlson • PHI 4
Luque • CIN 4
4. Donohue • CIN 3
5. Kaufmann • CHC 2
Sothoron • STL 2
Sherdel • STL 2
Scott • NYG 2
Rixey • CIN 2
Benton • BSN 2
Cooney • BSN 2
Dickerman • STL 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mitchell • PHI 23
2. Kremer • PIT 19
Carlson • PHI 19
4. Cooper • CHC 18
Cooney • BSN 18
6. Blake • CHC 17
7. Rhem • STL 16
8. Grimes • BRO 15
Petty • BRO 15
Barnes • BSN 15
Alexander • CHC 15
Aldridge • PIT 15

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ring • PHI 119
2. Blake • CHC 114
3. Grimes • BRO 102
4. Dickerman • STL 79
5. Luque • CIN 78
6. Kaufmann • CHC 77
7. Yde • PIT 75
Osborne • BRO 75
9. Aldridge • PIT 74
10. Jones • CHC 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ring • PHI 325
2. Donohue • CIN 310
3. Grimes • BRO 305
4. Rixey • CIN 302
5. Carlson • PHI 281
6. Meadows • PIT 272
7. Alexander • CHC 270
8. Cooney • BSN 267
9. Luque • CIN 263
10. Blake • CHC 260

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. Vance • BRO 3.348
2. Alexander • CHC 2.172
3. Luque • CIN 1.795
4. Donohue • CIN 1.592
5. Scott • NYG 1.582
6. Carlson • PHI 1.538
7. Rixey • CIN 1.468
8. Bush • CHC 1.462
9. Kremer • PIT 1.319
10. Cooney • BSN 1.300

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. Donohue • CIN 0.090
2. Greenfield • NYG 0.210
3. Genewich • BSN 0.213
4. Luque • CIN 0.216
5. Benton • BSN 0.245
6. Rixey • CIN 0.251
7. Vance • BRO 0.271
8. Graham • BSN 0.344
9. Sherdel • STL 0.360
10. Barnes • NYG 0.365

Losses

Losses

1. Grimes • BRO 19
2. Luque • CIN 18
Blake • CHC 18
4. Mitchell • PHI 17
5. Barnes • BSN 16
Ring • PHI 16
7. Osborne • BRO 15
Scott • NYG 15
9. Cooney • BSN 14
Haines • STL 14
Ehrhardt • BRO 14
Donohue • CIN 14
Morrison • PIT 14
Cooper • CHC 14
Carlson • PHI 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Grimes • BRO 138
2. Ring • PHI 131
3. Blake • CHC 125
4. Mitchell • PHI 117
5. Ehrhardt • BRO 116
6. Carlson • PHI 110
7. Barnes • BSN 109
8. Haines • STL 105
9. Meadows • PIT 104
Vance • BRO 104

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Ring • PHI 14
2. Ehrhardt • BRO 8
Grimes • BRO 8
Luque • CIN 8
5. Meadows • PIT 5
6. Rhem • STL 4
Kamp • BSN 4
Aldridge • PIT 4
May • CIN 4
Mitchell • PHI 4
Brown • BRO 4
Ryan • BSN 4
Sothoron • STL 4
Dickerman • STL 4
Barnes • BSN 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Vance • BRO 10
2. Kremer • PIT 9
3. Meadows • PIT 8
4. Mails • STL 7
Dyer • STL 7
Grimes • BRO 7
Kaufmann • CHC 7
Biemiller • CIN 7
May • CIN 7
Morrison • PIT 7
Rixey • CIN 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Ring • PHI 1,239
2. Donohue • CIN 1,232
3. Luque • CIN 1,196
4. Rixey • CIN 1,186
5. Grimes • BRO 1,129
6. Meadows • PIT 1,092
7. Vance • BRO 1,089
8. Cooney • BSN 1,047
9. Blake • CHC 1,046
10. Carlson • PHI 1,024

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. Sheehan • 2TM 19
2. Dyer • STL 18
3. Bush • CHC 17
4. Wisner • NYG 16
Ryan • BSN 16
6. Keen • CHC 15
Betts • PHI 15
8. Osborne • BRO 14
May • CIN 14
Knight • PHI 14
Couch • PHI 14
Brady • CIN 14

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Luque • CIN 156
2. Rixey • CIN 142
3. Sherdel • STL 139
4. Donohue • CIN 133
5. Benton • BSN 130
6. Scott • NYG 129
7. Alexander • CHC 128
8. Aldridge • PIT 123
9. Meadows • PIT 121
10. Kremer • 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. Vance • BRO 2.82
2. Donohue • CIN 3.35
3. Luque • CIN 3.41
4. Rixey • CIN 3.68
5. Scott • NYG 3.84
6. Sherdel • STL 3.90
7. Greenfield • NYG 3.92
8. Alexander • CHC 3.93
9. Genewich • BSN 3.97
10. Meadows • PIT 3.99

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. Luque • CIN 47
2. Rixey • CIN 41
3. Donohue • CIN 36
4. Sherdel • STL 29
5. Scott • NYG 27
6. Alexander • CHC 25
7. Vance • BRO 23
8. Benton • BSN 22
9. Aldridge • PIT 20
10. Meadows • PIT 20

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. Luque • CIN 4.7
2. Rixey • CIN 4.1
3. Donohue • CIN 3.6
4. Sherdel • STL 2.9
5. Scott • NYG 2.6
6. Alexander • CHC 2.5
7. Vance • BRO 2.3
8. Benton • BSN 2.1
9. Aldridge • PIT 2.0
10. Meadows • PIT 1.9

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. Luque • CIN 55.62
2. Rixey • CIN 48.47
3. Donohue • CIN 46.00
4. Vance • BRO 38.52
5. Sherdel • STL 34.69
6. Scott • NYG 33.18
7. Aldridge • PIT 26.55
8. Benton • BSN 26.47
9. Kremer • PIT 23.57
10. Alexander • CHC 22.98

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. Luque • CIN 6.5
2. Vance • BRO 5.2
3. Aldridge • PIT 4.0
4. Donohue • CIN 4.0
5. Rixey • CIN 3.7
6. Scott • NYG 3.6
7. Benton • BSN 3.5
8. Sherdel • STL 2.7
9. Kremer • PIT 2.4
10. Meadows • PIT 2.1

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. Luque • CIN 5.0
2. Donohue • CIN 5.0
3. Rixey • CIN 4.3
4. Vance • BRO 4.1
5. Scott • NYG 3.4
6. Meadows • PIT 2.5
7. Alexander • CHC 2.3
8. Sherdel • STL 2.0
9. Genewich • BSN 2.0
10. Aldridge • PIT 1.9

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. Scott • NYG 9.9
2. Aldridge • PIT 8.0
3. Meadows • PIT 7.1
4. Luque • CIN 6.1
5. Kremer • PIT 5.9
6. Vance • BRO 4.5
7. Huntzinger • NYG 4.4
8. Yde • PIT 4.3
9. Greenfield • NYG 3.9
10. Barnes • NYG 3.3

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. Luque • CIN 5.8
2. Rixey • CIN 5.0
3. Donohue • CIN 4.7
4. Vance • BRO 3.9
5. Sherdel • STL 3.4
6. Scott • NYG 3.3
7. Benton • BSN 2.7
8. Aldridge • PIT 2.5
9. Kremer • PIT 2.2
10. Alexander • CHC 2.2

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