1929 National League Pitching Leaders

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NL Most Valuable Player: Rogers Hornsby

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National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Hornsby • CHC 10.5

2. O'Doul • PHI 7.4

3. Ott • NYG 7.2

4. Wilson • CHC 6.1

5. Lucas • CIN 6.0

6. Jackson • NYG 5.9

7. Grimes • PIT 5.8

8. Clark • BRO 5.6

9. Cuyler • CHC 5.1

10. Klein • PHI 5.1

Waner • PIT 5.1

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Clark • BRO 6.1

2. Grimes • PIT 5.3

3. Vance • BRO 5.2

4. Lucas • CIN 5.2

5. Root • CHC 4.8

6. Malone • CHC 4.8

7. Hubbell • NYG 4.5

8. Walker • NYG 4.5

9. Mitchell • STL 3.8

10. Kremer • PIT 3.6

Earned Run Average

9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Walker • NYG 3.09

2. Grimes • PIT 3.13

3. Root • CHC 3.47

4. Malone • CHC 3.57

5. Lucas • CIN 3.60

6. Johnson • STL 3.60

7. Bush • CHC 3.66

8. Hubbell • NYG 3.69

9. Petty • PIT 3.71

10. Clark • BRO 3.74

Wins

1. Malone • CHC 22

2. Root • CHC 19

Lucas • CIN 19

4. Bush • CHC 18

Hubbell • NYG 18

Kremer • PIT 18

7. Grimes • PIT 17

8. Brame • PIT 16

Clark • BRO 16

10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 15

Willoughby • PHI 15

Win-Loss %

Win-Loss Percentage W / (W + L) For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games. For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Root • CHC .760

2. Bush • CHC .720

3. Grimes • PIT .708

4. Malone • CHC .688

Carlson • CHC .688

6. Walker • NYG .667

7. Morrison • BRO .650

Johnson • STL .650

9. Moss • BRO .647

10. Kremer • PIT .643

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Lucas • CIN 1.204

2. Vance • BRO 1.258

3. Hubbell • NYG 1.269

4. Kremer • PIT 1.290

5. Petty • PIT 1.297

6. Clark • BRO 1.312

7. Johnson • STL 1.327

8. Grimes • PIT 1.354

9. Root • CHC 1.357

10. Walker • NYG 1.379

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Lucas • CIN 8.900

2. Hubbell • NYG 9.168

3. Kremer • PIT 9.176

4. Johnson • STL 9.181

5. Bush • CHC 9.211

6. Root • CHC 9.463

7. Grimes • PIT 9.477

8. Vance • BRO 9.493

9. Clark • BRO 9.516

10. Walker • NYG 9.523

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Vance • BRO 1.829

2. Lucas • CIN 1.933

3. Petty • PIT 2.051

4. Hubbell • NYG 2.250

5. Clark • BRO 2.290

6. Benton • NYG 2.316

7. Kremer • PIT 2.436

8. Donohue • CIN 2.583

9. Sherdel • STL 2.668

10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.680

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Malone • CHC 5.596

2. Vance • BRO 4.902

3. Clark • BRO 4.516

4. May • CIN 4.161

5. Root • CHC 4.103

6. Johnson • STL 3.949

7. Hubbell • NYG 3.560

8. Benge • PHI 3.528

9. Jones • BSN 3.297

10. Walker • NYG 3.293

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Bush • CHC 50

2. Willoughby • PHI 49

3. Collins • PHI 43

Root • CHC 43

Sweetland • PHI 43

6. Johnson • STL 42

7. Clark • BRO 41

May • CIN 41

McGraw • PHI 41

Swetonic • PIT 41

Saves

1. Bush • CHC 8

Morrison • BRO 8

3. Koupal • 2TM 6

4. Swetonic • PIT 5

Root • CHC 5

Collins • PHI 5

7. Benge • PHI 4

Willoughby • PHI 4

McGraw • PHI 4

Mays • NYG 4

Haid • STL 4

Innings Pitched

1. Clark • BRO 279.0

2. Root • CHC 272.0

3. Bush • CHC 270.2

4. Lucas • CIN 270.0

5. Hubbell • NYG 268.0

6. Malone • CHC 267.0

7. Willoughby • PHI 243.1

8. Benton • NYG 237.0

9. Grimes • PIT 232.2

10. Vance • BRO 231.1

Strikeouts

1. Malone • CHC 166

2. Clark • BRO 140

3. Vance • BRO 126

4. Root • CHC 124

5. Hubbell • NYG 106

6. May • CIN 92

7. Bush • CHC 82

8. Johnson • STL 80

9. Benge • PHI 78

10. Lucas • CIN 72

Games Started

1. Clark • BRO 39

2. Willoughby • PHI 35

Hubbell • NYG 35

4. Lucas • CIN 32

5. Benton • NYG 31

Root • CHC 31

7. Malone • CHC 30

Fitzsimmons • NYG 30

Bush • CHC 30

10. Smith • BSN 29

Grimes • PIT 29

Blake • CHC 29

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lucas • CIN 28

2. Hubbell • NYG 19

Malone • CHC 19

Brame • PIT 19

Smith • BSN 19

Root • CHC 19

Clark • BRO 19

8. Bush • CHC 18

Grimes • PIT 18

10. Vance • BRO 17

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Malone • CHC 5

2. Root • CHC 4

Fitzsimmons • NYG 4

4. Benton • NYG 3

Johnson • STL 3

Clark • BRO 3

7. Carlson • CHC 2

Sweetland • PHI 2

Bush • CHC 2

Grabowski • STL 2

Grimes • PIT 2

Benge • PHI 2

Lucas • CIN 2

Moss • BRO 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Benge • PHI 24

2. Sweetland • PHI 23

3. Haines • STL 21

Kremer • PIT 21

5. Smith • BSN 20

6. Collins • PHI 18

7. McWeeny • BRO 17

Brame • PIT 17

Hubbell • NYG 17

Seibold • BSN 17

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Willoughby • PHI 108

2. Bush • CHC 107

3. Blake • CHC 103

4. Malone • CHC 102

5. McWeeny • BRO 93

6. Sweetland • PHI 87

7. Jones • BSN 84

8. Brandt • BSN 83

Collins • PHI 83

Root • CHC 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Clark • BRO 295

2. Willoughby • PHI 288

3. Root • CHC 286

4. Malone • CHC 283

5. Sherdel • STL 278

6. Bush • CHC 277

7. Benton • NYG 276

8. Hubbell • NYG 273

9. Lucas • CIN 267

10. Smith • BSN 256

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

SO/W or SO/BB For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP per team game played. No batting leaders computed.

1. Vance • BRO 2.681

2. Clark • BRO 1.972

3. Malone • CHC 1.627

4. Hubbell • NYG 1.582

5. Root • CHC 1.494

6. Johnson • STL 1.429

7. Petty • PIT 1.381

8. Lucas • CIN 1.241

9. May • CIN 1.227

10. Sherdel • STL 1.190

Home Runs per 9 IP

9 x HR / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Rixey • CIN 0.269

2. May • CIN 0.317

3. Blake • CHC 0.330

4. Luque • CIN 0.358

5. Root • CHC 0.397

6. Malone • CHC 0.404

7. Grimes • PIT 0.426

8. Moss • BRO 0.445

9. Clark • BRO 0.452

10. Haid • STL 0.466

Losses

1. Clark • BRO 19

2. Seibold • BSN 17

Smith • BSN 17

Benton • NYG 17

5. Luque • CIN 16

6. Jones • BSN 15

Sherdel • STL 15

8. May • CIN 14

Benge • PHI 14

Dudley • BRO 14

Willoughby • PHI 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Benge • PHI 139

2. Willoughby • PHI 135

3. Sherdel • STL 129

4. Smith • BSN 120

5. Brame • PIT 116

Clark • BRO 116

Sweetland • PHI 116

8. Haines • STL 114

9. Bush • CHC 110

Hubbell • NYG 110

Wild Pitches

1. McWeeny • BRO 11

2. Bush • CHC 7

3. Hallahan • STL 6

Malone • CHC 6

Willoughby • PHI 6

Clark • BRO 6

7. Hubbell • NYG 5

8. Roy • 2TM 4

Meine • PIT 4

Fitzsimmons • NYG 4

Mitchell • STL 4

Dudley • BRO 4

Swetonic • PIT 4

Blake • CHC 4

Brame • PIT 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dudley • BRO 10

2. Vance • BRO 9

Sweetland • PHI 9

4. Johnson • STL 7

Meine • PIT 7

Moss • BRO 7

7. Hubbell • NYG 6

Malone • CHC 6

9. Ash • CIN 5

Haid • STL 5

Leverett • BSN 5

May • CIN 5

Mitchell • STL 5

Willoughby • PHI 5

Swetonic • PIT 5

Brandt • BSN 5

Batters Faced

1. Clark • BRO 1,189

2. Bush • CHC 1,176

3. Root • CHC 1,158

4. Malone • CHC 1,152

5. Hubbell • NYG 1,130

6. Lucas • CIN 1,124

7. Willoughby • PHI 1,112

8. Benton • NYG 1,019

9. Grimes • PIT 1,004

10. Brame • PIT 994

Games Finished

Games Finished Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game. Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. McGraw • PHI 24

2. Morrison • BRO 22

3. Collins • PHI 20

4. Mays • NYG 19

5. Ash • CIN 17

Moore • BRO 17

Swetonic • PIT 17

8. Scott • NYG 16

Johnson • STL 16

10. Bush • CHC 15

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Grimes • PIT 154

2. Walker • NYG 148

3. Johnson • STL 132

4. Root • CHC 132

5. Petty • PIT 130

6. Malone • CHC 128

7. Lucas • CIN 127

8. Bush • CHC 125

9. Hubbell • NYG 124

10. Clark • BRO 124

Fielding Independent Pitching

Fielding Independent Pitching this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO <tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg</tt> The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Clark • BRO 3.79

2. Vance • BRO 3.82

3. Malone • CHC 3.90

4. Root • CHC 3.95

5. May • CIN 4.08

6. Lucas • CIN 4.14

7. Hubbell • NYG 4.19

8. Petty • PIT 4.24

9. Johnson • STL 4.29

10. Rixey • CIN 4.30

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adjusted Pitching Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Grimes • PIT 36

2. Root • CHC 35

3. Lucas • CIN 33

4. Malone • CHC 32

5. Walker • NYG 30

6. Clark • BRO 27

7. Hubbell • NYG 27

8. Bush • CHC 25

9. Johnson • STL 22

10. Vance • BRO 22

Adj. Pitching Wins

Adjusted Pitching Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his arm. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Grimes • PIT 3.5

2. Root • CHC 3.3

3. Lucas • CIN 3.1

4. Malone • CHC 3.0

5. Walker • NYG 2.9

6. Clark • BRO 2.5

7. Hubbell • NYG 2.5

8. Bush • CHC 2.3

9. Vance • BRO 2.0

10. Johnson • STL 2.0

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

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

1. Root • CHC 45.32

2. Malone • CHC 42.18

3. Lucas • CIN 39.43

4. Walker • NYG 36.21

5. Bush • CHC 34.78

6. Hubbell • NYG 34.30

7. Grimes • PIT 33.21

8. Clark • BRO 28.37

9. Vance • BRO 24.77

10. Kremer • PIT 22.20

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Bush • CHC 5.3

2. Root • CHC 5.1

3. Walker • NYG 4.2

4. Vance • BRO 3.8

5. Grimes • PIT 3.3

6. Malone • CHC 2.9

7. Lucas • CIN 2.9

8. Rixey • CIN 2.5

9. Kremer • PIT 2.4

10. Johnson • STL 2.4

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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

1. Root • CHC 3.7

2. Clark • BRO 3.5

3. Hubbell • NYG 3.4

4. Malone • CHC 3.2

5. Lucas • CIN 3.1

6. Vance • BRO 2.9

7. Bush • CHC 2.6

8. Walker • NYG 2.6

9. Kremer • PIT 2.1

10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.1

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Bush • CHC 16.4

2. Grimes • PIT 12.1

3. Root • CHC 10.6

4. Kremer • PIT 7.0

5. Malone • CHC 5.0

6. Swetonic • PIT 3.0

7. Johnson • STL 2.8

8. Carlson • CHC 2.8

9. Brame • PIT 2.7

10. Walker • NYG 2.7

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

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

1. Root • CHC 4.4

2. Malone • CHC 4.1

3. Lucas • CIN 3.9

4. Walker • NYG 3.6

5. Bush • CHC 3.3

6. Hubbell • NYG 3.3

7. Grimes • PIT 3.1

8. Clark • BRO 2.7

9. Vance • BRO 2.4

10. Kremer • PIT 2.1

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