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. Passeau • CHC 7.5
2. Mize • STL 7.3
3. Walters • CIN 6.9
4. Frey • CIN 6.8
Vaughan • PIT 6.8
6. McCormick • CIN 5.4
7. Ott • NYG 5.3
8. Camilli • BRO 5.3
9. Fletcher • PIT 5.3
10. Hack • CHC 5.3

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. Passeau • CHC 6.9
2. Walters • CIN 6.5
3. French • CHC 4.9
4. Wyatt • BRO 4.6
5. Sewell • PIT 4.5
6. Fitzsimmons • BRO 4.5
7. Higbe • PHI 4.4
8. Errickson • BSN 4.1
9. Warneke • STL 4.0
10. Cooper • STL 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. Walters • CIN 2.48
2. Passeau • CHC 2.50
3. Sewell • PIT 2.80
4. Turner • CIN 2.89
5. Olsen • CHC 2.97
6. Hamlin • BRO 3.06
7. Derringer • CIN 3.06
8. Salvo • BSN 3.08
9. Tamulis • BRO 3.09
10. Warneke • STL 3.14

Wins

Wins

1. Walters • CIN 22
2. Derringer • CIN 20
Passeau • CHC 20
4. McGee • STL 16
Sewell • PIT 16
Warneke • STL 16
Thompson • CIN 16
Fitzsimmons • BRO 16
9. Wyatt • BRO 15
10. Higbe • PHI 14
Turner • CIN 14
French • CHC 14

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 • BRO .889
2. Sewell • PIT .762
3. Walters • CIN .688
4. Turner • CIN .667
5. Thompson • CIN .640
6. Derringer • CIN .625
7. McGee • STL .615
Warneke • STL .615
9. Passeau • CHC .606
10. Olsen • CHC .591

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Walters • CIN 1.092
2. Derringer • CIN 1.106
3. Passeau • CHC 1.133
4. Turner • CIN 1.171
5. Tamulis • BRO 1.173
6. Hamlin • BRO 1.190
7. Salvo • BSN 1.207
8. Shoun • STL 1.211
9. Casey • BRO 1.214
10. Warneke • STL 1.216

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Walters • CIN 7.111
2. Higbe • PHI 7.696
3. Thompson • CIN 7.868
4. Casey • BRO 7.948
5. Sullivan • BSN 7.968
6. Sewell • PIT 8.019
7. Passeau • CHC 8.305
8. Salvo • BSN 8.459
9. Derringer • CIN 8.494
10. Tamulis • BRO 8.572

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. Derringer • CIN 1.456
2. Turner • CIN 1.540
3. Hamlin • BRO 1.678
4. Davis • 2TM 1.791
5. Warneke • STL 1.823
6. Passeau • CHC 1.892
7. Tamulis • BRO 1.983
8. Lohrman • NYG 1.985
9. Shoun • STL 2.098
10. Wyatt • BRO 2.331

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Melton • NYG 4.914
2. Schumacher • NYG 4.877
3. Wyatt • BRO 4.663
4. Hamlin • BRO 4.492
5. Higbe • PHI 4.357
6. Thompson • CIN 4.114
7. Passeau • CHC 3.976
8. French • CHC 3.915
9. Heintzelman • PIT 3.873
10. Brown • PIT 3.798

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Shoun • STL 54
2. Brown • PIT 48
3. Passeau • CHC 46
4. Casey • BRO 44
5. Raffensberger • CHC 43
6. Brown • NYG 41
Higbe • PHI 41
Tamulis • BRO 41
9. French • CHC 40
Lanahan • PIT 40

Saves

Saves

1. Beggs • CIN 7
Brown • NYG 7
Brown • PIT 7
4. Shoun • STL 6
5. Passeau • CHC 5
6. Lanier • STL 3
Klinger • PIT 3
Lynn • NYG 3
Heintzelman • PIT 3
Raffensberger • CHC 3
Cooper • STL 3
Coffman • BSN 3
Davis • 2TM 3
Brown • PHI 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Walters • CIN 305.0
2. Derringer • CIN 296.2
3. Higbe • PHI 283.0
4. Passeau • CHC 280.2
5. Mulcahy • PHI 280.0
6. French • CHC 246.0
7. Wyatt • BRO 239.1
8. Gumbert • NYG 237.0
9. Errickson • BSN 236.1
10. Posedel • BSN 233.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Higbe • PHI 137
2. Passeau • CHC 124
Wyatt • BRO 124
4. Schumacher • NYG 123
5. Derringer • CIN 115
Walters • CIN 115
7. French • CHC 107
8. Thompson • CIN 103
9. Cooper • STL 95
10. Hamlin • BRO 91
Melton • NYG 91

Games Started

Games Started

1. Derringer • CIN 37
2. Higbe • PHI 36
Mulcahy • PHI 36
Walters • CIN 36
5. Wyatt • BRO 34
6. French • CHC 33
7. Posedel • BSN 32
8. Passeau • CHC 31
McGee • STL 31
Warneke • STL 31
Thompson • CIN 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Walters • CIN 29
2. Derringer • CIN 26
3. Mulcahy • PHI 21
4. Higbe • PHI 20
Passeau • CHC 20
6. Posedel • BSN 18
French • CHC 18
8. Warneke • STL 17
Errickson • BSN 17
Thompson • CIN 17

Shutouts

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

1. Wyatt • BRO 5
Salvo • BSN 5
3. Lohrman • NYG 4
Passeau • CHC 4
Olsen • CHC 4
Fitzsimmons • BRO 4
7. Errickson • BSN 3
Derringer • CIN 3
French • CHC 3
Walters • CIN 3
Thompson • CIN 3
Cooper • STL 3
Mulcahy • PHI 3
McGee • STL 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hubbell • NYG 22
2. Lohrman • NYG 19
Walters • CIN 19
Wyatt • BRO 19
5. Derringer • CIN 17
Strincevich • BSN 17
Warneke • STL 17
Davis • 2TM 17
Gumbert • NYG 17
Hamlin • BRO 17

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Higbe • PHI 121
2. McGee • STL 96
Schumacher • NYG 96
Thompson • CIN 96
5. Walters • CIN 92
6. Mulcahy • PHI 91
7. Errickson • BSN 90
8. Sullivan • BSN 89
9. Cooper • STL 86
10. Gumbert • NYG 81
Posedel • BSN 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mulcahy • PHI 283
2. Derringer • CIN 280
3. Posedel • BSN 263
4. Passeau • CHC 259
5. Lee • CHC 246
6. Higbe • PHI 242
7. Errickson • BSN 241
Walters • CIN 241
9. French • CHC 240
10. Warneke • STL 235

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. Hamlin • BRO 2.676
2. Derringer • CIN 2.396
3. Passeau • CHC 2.102
4. Wyatt • BRO 2.000
5. Warneke • STL 1.809
6. Shoun • STL 1.783
7. Lohrman • NYG 1.698
8. French • CHC 1.672
9. Turner • CIN 1.656
10. Tamulis • BRO 1.618

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. Passeau • CHC 0.257
2. Brown • PIT 0.260
3. Olsen • CHC 0.261
4. Sewell • PIT 0.285
5. Tamulis • BRO 0.292
6. Errickson • BSN 0.305
7. Higbe • PHI 0.382
8. Heintzelman • PIT 0.382
9. Mulcahy • PHI 0.386
10. Thompson • CIN 0.399

Losses

Losses

1. Mulcahy • PHI 22
2. Higbe • PHI 19
3. Posedel • BSN 17
Lee • CHC 17
5. Lohrman • NYG 15
6. Gumbert • NYG 14
Wyatt • BRO 14
Johnson • PHI 14
French • CHC 14
Pearson • PHI 14
Sullivan • BSN 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lee • CHC 118
2. Higbe • PHI 117
3. Mulcahy • PHI 112
4. Posedel • BSN 107
5. Derringer • CIN 101
6. Gumbert • NYG 99
7. Bowman • PIT 93
Cooper • STL 93
9. McGee • STL 92
Wyatt • BRO 92

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Higbe • PHI 9
McGee • STL 9
3. Gumbert • NYG 8
4. Heintzelman • PIT 7
5. Mulcahy • PHI 6
6. Blanton • PHI 5
Klinger • PIT 5
Doyle • 2TM 5
Brown • NYG 5
Mooty • CHC 5
Cooper • STL 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Doyle • 2TM 10
2. Beck • PHI 9
3. Strincevich • BSN 8
Sullivan • BSN 8
5. Moore • CIN 7
Bowman • PIT 7
7. Barnicle • BSN 6
Casey • BRO 6
9. Klinger • PIT 5
Wyatt • BRO 5
Walters • CIN 5
Joiner • NYG 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Walters • CIN 1,207
2. Derringer • CIN 1,205
3. Higbe • PHI 1,194
4. Mulcahy • PHI 1,189
5. Passeau • CHC 1,172
6. French • CHC 1,024
7. Posedel • BSN 1,008
8. Gumbert • NYG 1,007
9. Wyatt • BRO 1,000
10. Errickson • BSN 997

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. Beggs • CIN 27
2. Brown • NYG 23
3. Shoun • STL 22
4. Brown • PIT 21
5. Casey • BRO 19
6. Lynn • NYG 18
7. Javery • BSN 17
Tamulis • BRO 17
Lanahan • PIT 17
Page • CHC 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Walters • CIN 154
2. Passeau • CHC 149
3. Sewell • PIT 136
4. Hamlin • BRO 132
5. Turner • CIN 132
6. Tamulis • BRO 131
7. Warneke • STL 126
8. Olsen • CHC 126
9. Derringer • CIN 124
10. Schumacher • NYG 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. Passeau • CHC 3.16
2. Brown • PIT 3.42
3. Tamulis • BRO 3.43
4. Derringer • CIN 3.46
5. Turner • CIN 3.58
6. French • CHC 3.60
7. Olsen • CHC 3.67
8. Shoun • STL 3.76
9. Hamlin • BRO 3.81
10. Salvo • BSN 3.83

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. Walters • CIN 46
2. Passeau • CHC 36
3. Derringer • CIN 27
4. Sewell • PIT 20
5. Fitzsimmons • BRO 20
6. Turner • CIN 19
7. French • CHC 17
8. Hamlin • BRO 17
9. Schumacher • NYG 16
10. Warneke • STL 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. Walters • CIN 5.1
2. Passeau • CHC 3.8
3. Derringer • CIN 2.9
4. Sewell • PIT 2.1
Fitzsimmons • BRO 2.1
6. Turner • CIN 2.0
7. French • CHC 1.8
8. Hamlin • BRO 1.7
9. Schumacher • NYG 1.7
Warneke • STL 1.7

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. Walters • CIN 55.08
2. Passeau • CHC 38.01
3. Derringer • CIN 35.54
4. Turner • CIN 22.30
5. Tamulis • BRO 21.76
6. Higbe • PHI 21.65
7. Fitzsimmons • BRO 20.93
8. French • CHC 20.68
9. Thompson • CIN 20.58
10. Errickson • BSN 17.17

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Walters • CIN 4.6
2. Derringer • CIN 4.5
3. Passeau • CHC 4.2
4. Beggs • CIN 3.8
5. Casey • BRO 3.4
6. Fitzsimmons • BRO 2.8
7. Turner • CIN 2.6
8. Olsen • CHC 2.5
9. Thompson • CIN 2.2
10. Sewell • 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. Walters • CIN 5.4
2. Derringer • CIN 4.9
3. Passeau • CHC 4.0
4. Turner • CIN 2.9
5. Fitzsimmons • BRO 2.4
6. French • CHC 2.3
7. Higbe • PHI 2.2
8. Tamulis • BRO 1.9
9. Thompson • CIN 1.9
10. Olsen • CHC 1.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Derringer • CIN 10.9
2. Walters • CIN 9.9
3. Beggs • CIN 8.7
4. Casey • BRO 7.7
5. Thompson • CIN 6.4
6. Turner • CIN 6.3
7. Tamulis • BRO 6.0
8. Fitzsimmons • BRO 5.7
9. Hamlin • BRO 3.5
10. Davis • 2TM 3.4

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. Walters • CIN 6.2
2. Passeau • CHC 4.1
3. Derringer • CIN 3.8
4. Turner • CIN 2.4
5. Higbe • PHI 2.2
6. Tamulis • BRO 2.2
7. Fitzsimmons • BRO 2.2
8. French • CHC 2.2
9. Thompson • CIN 2.2
10. Errickson • BSN 1.8

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