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. Terry • NYG 7.9
2. Wilson • CHC 7.4
3. Herman • BRO 6.9
4. Vance • BRO 6.6
5. Lindstrom • NYG 6.6
6. Ott • NYG 6.6
7. Klein • PHI 6.4
8. Cuyler • CHC 6.2
9. English • CHC 5.7
10. Collins • PHI 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. Vance • BRO 7.3
2. Collins • PHI 5.3
3. Smith • BSN 4.9
4. Malone • CHC 4.4
5. Seibold • BSN 4.3
6. Hubbell • NYG 4.0
7. French • PIT 3.4
8. Hallahan • STL 3.3
9. Grimes • 2TM 3.3
10. Kolp • CIN 3.2

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. Vance • BRO 2.61
2. Hubbell • NYG 3.87
3. Walker • NYG 3.93
4. Malone • CHC 3.94
5. Elliott • BRO 3.95
6. Grimes • 2TM 4.07
7. Phelps • BRO 4.11
8. Seibold • BSN 4.12
9. Clark • BRO 4.18
10. Kolp • CIN 4.22

Wins

Wins

1. Kremer • PIT 20
Malone • CHC 20
3. Fitzsimmons • NYG 19
4. French • PIT 17
Vance • BRO 17
Walker • NYG 17
Hubbell • NYG 17
Brame • PIT 17
9. Grimes • 2TM 16
Collins • PHI 16
Root • CHC 16

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. Fitzsimmons • NYG .731
2. Malone • CHC .690
3. Zachary • BSN .688
4. Brame • PIT .680
5. Phelps • BRO .667
6. Luque • BRO .636
7. Osborn • CHC .625
Kremer • PIT .625
Hallahan • STL .625
10. Haines • STL .619

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Vance • BRO 1.144
2. Clark • BRO 1.235
3. Kolp • CIN 1.271
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.288
5. Hubbell • NYG 1.328
6. Johnson • STL 1.348
7. Elliott • BRO 1.382
8. Phelps • BRO 1.391
9. Luque • BRO 1.402
10. Root • CHC 1.407

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Vance • BRO 8.385
2. Hallahan • STL 8.836
3. Fitzsimmons • NYG 9.227
4. Elliott • BRO 9.257
5. Clark • BRO 9.405
6. Walker • NYG 9.465
7. Malone • CHC 9.607
8. Kolp • CIN 9.624
9. Hubbell • NYG 9.794
10. Phelps • BRO 9.918

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. Clark • BRO 1.710
2. Kolp • CIN 1.818
3. Johnson • STL 1.822
4. Lucas • CIN 1.880
5. Vance • BRO 1.914
6. Kremer • PIT 2.054
7. Sherdel • 2TM 2.111
8. Brame • PIT 2.139
9. Hubbell • NYG 2.160
10. Frey • CIN 2.278

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Hallahan • STL 6.712
2. Vance • BRO 6.019
3. Root • CHC 5.065
4. Malone • CHC 4.704
5. Johnson • STL 4.412
6. Hubbell • NYG 4.357
7. Blake • CHC 3.857
8. Walker • NYG 3.852
9. Clark • BRO 3.645
10. Spencer • PIT 3.447

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Elliott • PHI 48
2. Collins • PHI 47
3. Bush • CHC 46
4. Malone • CHC 45
Pruett • NYG 45
6. Clark • BRO 44
Frey • CIN 44
8. Benton • 2TM 43
9. French • PIT 42
10. Brandt • BSN 41
Fitzsimmons • NYG 41
Heving • NYG 41
Spencer • PIT 41
Willoughby • PHI 41

Saves

Saves

1. Bell • STL 8
2. Clark • BRO 7
3. Swetonic • PIT 6
Lindsey • STL 6
Heving • NYG 6
6. Smith • BSN 5
Malone • CHC 5
8. Spencer • PIT 4
Root • CHC 4
10. Kolp • CIN 3
Pruett • NYG 3
Grabowski • STL 3
Genewich • NYG 3
Campbell • CIN 3
Collins • PHI 3
Bush • CHC 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Kremer • PIT 276.0
2. French • PIT 274.2
3. Malone • CHC 271.2
4. Vance • BRO 258.2
5. Seibold • BSN 251.0
6. Walker • NYG 245.1
7. Frey • CIN 245.0
8. Hubbell • NYG 241.2
9. Collins • PHI 239.0
10. Hallahan • STL 237.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hallahan • STL 177
2. Vance • BRO 173
3. Malone • CHC 142
4. Root • CHC 124
5. Hubbell • NYG 117
6. Walker • NYG 105
7. Johnson • STL 92
8. French • PIT 90
9. Collins • PHI 87
10. Smith • BSN 84

Games Started

Games Started

1. Kremer • PIT 38
2. French • PIT 35
Malone • CHC 35
4. Walker • NYG 34
5. Seibold • BSN 33
6. Hallahan • STL 32
Hubbell • NYG 32
8. Vance • BRO 31
9. Root • CHC 30
10. Benge • PHI 29
Fitzsimmons • NYG 29

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Brame • PIT 22
Malone • CHC 22
3. French • PIT 21
4. Vance • BRO 20
Seibold • BSN 20
6. Kremer • PIT 18
Lucas • CIN 18
8. Hubbell • NYG 17
Fitzsimmons • NYG 17
Collins • PHI 17

Shutouts

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

1. Vance • BRO 4
Root • CHC 4
3. French • PIT 3
Hubbell • NYG 3
5. Phelps • BRO 2
Walker • NYG 2
Luque • BRO 2
Wood • PIT 2
Kolp • CIN 2
Johnson • STL 2
Hallahan • STL 2
Frey • CIN 2
Thurston • BRO 2
Elliott • BRO 2
Smith • BSN 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Kremer • PIT 29
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 26
3. Smith • BSN 25
4. Sweetland • PHI 24
5. Benge • PHI 22
Collins • PHI 22
Bush • CHC 22
8. Brame • PIT 21
Phelps • BRO 21
10. French • PIT 20
Clark • BRO 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hallahan • STL 126
2. Blake • CHC 99
3. Malone • CHC 96
4. French • PIT 89
5. Walker • NYG 88
6. Bush • CHC 86
Collins • PHI 86
8. Seibold • BSN 85
Smith • BSN 85
10. Benge • PHI 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kremer • PIT 366
2. French • PIT 325
3. Benge • PHI 305
4. Frey • CIN 295
5. Brame • PIT 291
Bush • CHC 291
7. Malone • CHC 290
8. Seibold • BSN 288
Benton • 2TM 288
10. Collins • PHI 287

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 3.145
2. Johnson • STL 2.421
3. Clark • BRO 2.132
4. Hubbell • NYG 2.017
5. Root • CHC 1.968
6. Malone • CHC 1.479
7. Hallahan • STL 1.405
8. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.288
9. Sherdel • 2TM 1.279
10. Haines • STL 1.259

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. Grimes • 2TM 0.402
2. Hubbell • NYG 0.410
3. Malone • CHC 0.464
4. Vance • BRO 0.522
5. Kolp • CIN 0.535
6. Frey • CIN 0.551
7. Hallahan • STL 0.569
8. Seibold • BSN 0.574
9. Rixey • CIN 0.604
10. Johnson • STL 0.623

Losses

Losses

1. French • PIT 18
Frey • CIN 18
3. Willoughby • PHI 17
4. Seibold • BSN 16
Lucas • CIN 16
6. Vance • BRO 15
Walker • NYG 15
Sweetland • PHI 15
Benton • 2TM 15
Cantwell • BSN 15
Benge • PHI 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Bush • CHC 155
2. Kremer • PIT 154
3. Sweetland • PHI 143
Benge • PHI 143
5. French • PIT 133
6. Willoughby • PHI 129
7. Frey • CIN 128
8. Benton • 2TM 127
Collins • PHI 127
10. Lucas • CIN 126

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Bush • CHC 12
2. Hallahan • STL 11
3. Benton • 2TM 9
4. Spencer • PIT 7
Haines • STL 7
Frey • CIN 7
Grimes • 2TM 7
8. Rhem • STL 6
Fitzsimmons • NYG 6
10. Benge • PHI 5
Luque • BRO 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hubbell • NYG 11
2. Collins • PHI 10
3. Grimes • 2TM 7
Walker • NYG 7
Rixey • CIN 7
Root • CHC 7
7. Nelson • CHC 6
French • PIT 6
May • CIN 6
Malone • CHC 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. French • PIT 1,232
Kremer • PIT 1,232
3. Malone • CHC 1,197
4. Seibold • BSN 1,109
5. Collins • PHI 1,089
6. Walker • NYG 1,075
7. Vance • BRO 1,061
8. Frey • CIN 1,059
9. Benge • PHI 1,055
10. Brame • PIT 1,045
Hallahan • STL 1,045

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. Heving • NYG 22
Spencer • PIT 22
3. Elliott • PHI 20
4. Lindsey • STL 19
5. Brandt • BSN 18
Pruett • NYG 18
7. Nelson • CHC 17
Cunningham • BSN 17
Johnson • CIN 17
Shealy • CHC 17
Bell • STL 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Vance • BRO 189
2. Elliott • BRO 125
3. Grimes • 2TM 124
4. Malone • CHC 124
5. Hubbell • NYG 122
6. Walker • NYG 120
7. Phelps • BRO 120
8. Seibold • BSN 120
9. Haines • STL 118
10. Clark • BRO 118

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 3.67
2. Hubbell • NYG 4.04
3. Johnson • STL 4.15
4. Malone • CHC 4.31
5. Root • CHC 4.45
6. Kolp • CIN 4.46
7. Hallahan • STL 4.48
8. Grimes • 2TM 4.49
9. Clark • BRO 4.62
10. Lucas • CIN 4.62

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. Vance • BRO 63
2. Malone • CHC 26
3. Hubbell • NYG 25
4. Elliott • BRO 22
5. Seibold • BSN 22
6. Walker • NYG 19
7. Smith • BSN 19
8. Thurston • BRO 19
9. Collins • PHI 17
10. Clark • BRO 16

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. Vance • BRO 6.1
2. Malone • CHC 2.3
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.2
4. Elliott • BRO 2.0
5. Seibold • BSN 2.0
6. Walker • NYG 1.7
7. Smith • BSN 1.7
8. Thurston • BRO 1.7
9. Grimes • 2TM 1.6
10. Collins • PHI 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. Vance • BRO 62.52
2. Hubbell • NYG 33.95
3. Malone • CHC 31.14
4. Elliott • BRO 29.28
5. Hallahan • STL 24.99
6. Seibold • BSN 24.27
7. Clark • BRO 23.78
8. Smith • BSN 23.75
9. Luque • BRO 22.67
10. Root • CHC 22.10

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. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Seibold • BSN 4.9
3. Malone • CHC 4.9
4. Smith • BSN 3.2
5. Johnson • STL 2.9
6. French • PIT 2.7
7. Hallahan • STL 2.6
8. Elliott • BRO 2.4
Hubbell • NYG 2.4
10. Clark • BRO 2.4

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. Vance • BRO 5.7
2. Hubbell • NYG 3.6
3. Clark • BRO 2.7
4. Malone • CHC 2.7
5. Hallahan • STL 2.3
6. Luque • BRO 2.1
7. Phelps • BRO 2.1
8. Walker • NYG 2.0
9. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.0
10. Kolp • CIN 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. Vance • BRO 32.9
2. Malone • CHC 19.3
3. Hallahan • STL 11.0
4. Clark • BRO 10.9
5. Phelps • BRO 9.0
6. Elliott • BRO 7.9
7. Grimes • 2TM 6.1
8. Lindsey • STL 4.9
9. Luque • BRO 4.4
10. Blake • CHC 4.2

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. Vance • BRO 6.0
2. Hubbell • NYG 3.2
3. Malone • CHC 2.9
4. Elliott • BRO 2.7
5. Hallahan • STL 2.3
6. Seibold • BSN 2.2
7. Smith • BSN 2.2
8. Clark • BRO 2.2
9. Luque • BRO 2.1
10. Root • CHC 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