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. Reiser • BRO 7.9
2. Wyatt • BRO 7.6
3. Walters • CIN 7.0
4. Camilli • BRO 6.8
5. Riddle • CIN 6.3
6. Hack • CHC 5.9
7. Fletcher • PIT 5.9
8. Walker • BRO 5.5
9. White • STL 5.5
10. Mize • STL 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. Wyatt • BRO 6.7
2. Walters • CIN 6.6
3. Riddle • CIN 5.9
4. White • STL 5.4
5. Vander Meer • CIN 4.2
6. Schumacher • NYG 4.0
7. Melton • NYG 3.9
8. Tobin • BSN 3.9
9. Passeau • CHC 3.8
10. Derringer • CIN 3.8

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. Riddle • CIN 2.24
2. Wyatt • BRO 2.34
3. White • STL 2.40
4. Vander Meer • CIN 2.82
5. Walters • CIN 2.83
6. Davis • BRO 2.97
7. Melton • NYG 3.01
8. Butcher • PIT 3.05
9. Gumbert • 2TM 3.06
10. Tobin • BSN 3.10

Wins

Wins

1. Higbe • BRO 22
Wyatt • BRO 22
3. Walters • CIN 19
Riddle • CIN 19
5. White • STL 17
Warneke • STL 17
Butcher • PIT 17
8. Vander Meer • CIN 16
9. Passeau • CHC 14
Casey • BRO 14
Sewell • PIT 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. Riddle • CIN .826
2. Higbe • BRO .710
3. White • STL .708
4. Wyatt • BRO .688
5. Gumbert • 2TM .667
6. Warneke • STL .654
7. Davis • BRO .650
8. Carpenter • NYG .647
9. Cooper • STL .591
10. Butcher • PIT .586

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Wyatt • BRO 1.058
2. Davis • BRO 1.089
3. Riddle • CIN 1.103
4. White • STL 1.138
5. Tobin • BSN 1.214
6. Sewell • PIT 1.241
7. Melton • NYG 1.245
8. Gumbert • 2TM 1.251
9. Warneke • STL 1.256
10. Derringer • CIN 1.257

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Vander Meer • CIN 6.839
2. Wyatt • BRO 6.961
3. White • STL 7.243
4. Higbe • BRO 7.369
5. Riddle • CIN 7.477
6. Sewell • PIT 8.133
7. Schumacher • NYG 8.170
8. Davis • BRO 8.222
9. Warneke • STL 8.305
10. Melton • NYG 8.383

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. Davis • BRO 1.575
2. Passeau • CHC 2.026
3. Derringer • CIN 2.128
4. Lohrman • NYG 2.264
5. Tobin • BSN 2.269
6. Lee • CHC 2.313
7. Lanning • PIT 2.408
8. Gumbert • 2TM 2.445
9. Riddle • CIN 2.451
10. Butcher • PIT 2.517

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Vander Meer • CIN 8.032
2. Cooper • STL 5.689
3. Wyatt • BRO 5.494
4. White • STL 5.014
5. Melton • NYG 4.631
6. Johnson • PHI 4.408
7. Hubbell • NYG 4.116
8. Walters • CIN 3.844
9. Heintzelman • PIT 3.719
10. Higbe • BRO 3.654

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Higbe • BRO 48
2. Pearson • PHI 46
3. Casey • BRO 45
4. Hutchings • 2TM 44
5. Johnson • BSN 43
6. Melton • NYG 42
7. Johnson • PHI 39
Sewell • PIT 39
9. Adams • NYG 38
Errickson • BSN 38
Wyatt • BRO 38
Crouch • 2TM 38
Gumbert • 2TM 38

Saves

Saves

1. Brown • NYG 8
2. Crouch • 2TM 7
Casey • BRO 7
4. Pearson • PHI 6
5. Beggs • CIN 5
Hutchinson • STL 5
7. Mooty • CHC 4
Klinger • PIT 4
9. Lohrman • NYG 3
Earley • BSN 3
Lanier • STL 3
Brown • 2TM 3
Higbe • BRO 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Walters • CIN 302.0
2. Higbe • BRO 298.0
3. Wyatt • BRO 288.1
4. Sewell • PIT 249.0
5. Warneke • STL 246.0
6. Tobin • BSN 238.0
7. Butcher • PIT 236.0
8. Passeau • CHC 231.0
9. Derringer • CIN 228.1
10. Vander Meer • CIN 226.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Vander Meer • CIN 202
2. Wyatt • BRO 176
3. Walters • CIN 129
4. Higbe • BRO 121
5. Cooper • STL 118
6. White • STL 117
7. Melton • NYG 100
8. Lanier • STL 93
9. Erickson • CHC 85
10. Warneke • STL 83

Games Started

Games Started

1. Higbe • BRO 39
2. Walters • CIN 35
Wyatt • BRO 35
4. Butcher • PIT 32
Sewell • PIT 32
Vander Meer • CIN 32
7. Passeau • CHC 30
Warneke • STL 30
9. Derringer • CIN 28
10. Salvo • BSN 27

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Walters • CIN 27
2. Wyatt • BRO 23
3. Tobin • BSN 20
Passeau • CHC 20
5. Higbe • BRO 19
Butcher • PIT 19
7. Sewell • PIT 18
Vander Meer • CIN 18
9. Derringer • CIN 17
10. Riddle • CIN 15

Shutouts

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

1. Wyatt • BRO 7
2. Vander Meer • CIN 6
3. Davis • BRO 5
Walters • CIN 5
5. Riddle • CIN 4
Warneke • STL 4
7. Schumacher • NYG 3
Gumbert • 2TM 3
Tobin • BSN 3
Passeau • CHC 3
White • STL 3
Melton • NYG 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Warneke • STL 19
2. Sewell • PIT 18
3. Higbe • BRO 17
4. Derringer • CIN 16
5. Cooper • STL 15
Carpenter • NYG 15
7. Melton • NYG 14
Hamlin • BRO 14
9. Hughes • PHI 12
Tobin • BSN 12
Errickson • BSN 12
White • STL 12

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Higbe • BRO 132
2. Vander Meer • CIN 126
3. Salvo • BSN 93
4. Walters • CIN 88
5. Sewell • PIT 84
6. Heintzelman • PIT 83
7. Hughes • PHI 82
Warneke • STL 82
Wyatt • BRO 82
10. Schumacher • NYG 79

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Walters • CIN 292
2. Passeau • CHC 262
3. Butcher • PIT 249
4. Higbe • BRO 244
5. Derringer • CIN 233
6. Tobin • BSN 229
7. Warneke • STL 227
8. Sewell • PIT 225
9. Wyatt • BRO 223
10. Johnson • PHI 207

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. Wyatt • BRO 2.146
2. Davis • BRO 1.852
3. Cooper • STL 1.710
4. White • STL 1.671
5. Melton • NYG 1.639
6. Vander Meer • CIN 1.603
7. Passeau • CHC 1.538
8. Lohrman • NYG 1.525
9. Johnson • PHI 1.481
10. Walters • CIN 1.466

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. Lee • CHC 0.269
2. Javery • BSN 0.280
3. Walters • CIN 0.298
4. Lanning • PIT 0.307
5. Wyatt • BRO 0.312
6. Vander Meer • CIN 0.318
7. Riddle • CIN 0.332
8. Olsen • CHC 0.339
9. Johnson • BSN 0.344
10. Davis • BRO 0.350

Losses

Losses

1. Sewell • PIT 17
2. Salvo • BSN 16
3. Johnson • BSN 15
Walters • CIN 15
5. Hughes • PHI 14
Pearson • PHI 14
Passeau • CHC 14
Lee • CHC 14
French • 2TM 14
Derringer • CIN 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Higbe • BRO 104
2. Sewell • PIT 103
3. Walters • CIN 95
4. Podgajny • PHI 93
5. Errickson • BSN 88
Salvo • BSN 88
7. Passeau • CHC 86
Warneke • STL 86
9. Derringer • CIN 84
Hughes • PHI 84

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Higbe • BRO 9
2. Grissom • 2TM 8
Sewell • PIT 8
4. Cooper • STL 7
Walters • CIN 7
6. Sullivan • 2TM 6
Lee • CHC 6
Blanton • PHI 6
9. LaManna • BSN 5
Melton • PHI 5
Salvo • BSN 5
Wittig • NYG 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Pearson • PHI 8
2. Javery • BSN 6
Higbe • BRO 6
White • STL 6
5. Riddle • CIN 5
Johnson • BSN 5
Schumacher • NYG 5
8. Errickson • BSN 4
Salvo • BSN 4
Hughes • PHI 4
Pressnell • CHC 4
Hutchings • 2TM 4
Podgajny • PHI 4

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Higbe • BRO 1,266
2. Walters • CIN 1,252
3. Wyatt • BRO 1,147
4. Sewell • PIT 1,055
5. Butcher • PIT 1,017
6. Warneke • STL 1,014
7. Passeau • CHC 993
8. Tobin • BSN 981
9. Derringer • CIN 950
10. Vander Meer • CIN 945

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. Pearson • PHI 30
2. Beggs • CIN 27
3. Brown • NYG 26
4. Casey • BRO 25
5. Hutchings • 2TM 22
6. Adams • NYG 21
7. Klinger • PIT 18
8. Krist • STL 17
9. Page • CHC 16
Crouch • 2TM 16

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Riddle • CIN 161
2. Wyatt • BRO 159
3. White • STL 158
4. Vander Meer • CIN 128
5. Walters • CIN 127
6. Davis • BRO 125
7. Gumbert • 2TM 124
8. Melton • NYG 123
9. Warneke • STL 120
10. Butcher • PIT 119

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. Wyatt • BRO 2.91
2. Vander Meer • CIN 3.17
3. Davis • BRO 3.23
4. Lee • CHC 3.26
5. Walters • CIN 3.28
6. Passeau • CHC 3.37
7. Lohrman • NYG 3.37
8. Riddle • CIN 3.44
9. Johnson • PHI 3.48
10. Olsen • CHC 3.48

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. Wyatt • BRO 43
2. Riddle • CIN 31
3. White • STL 29
4. Walters • CIN 28
5. Vander Meer • CIN 20
6. Higbe • BRO 18
7. Warneke • STL 17
8. Dietz • PIT 16
9. Lanier • STL 15
10. Tobin • BSN 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. Wyatt • BRO 4.7
2. Riddle • CIN 3.4
3. White • STL 3.1
4. Walters • CIN 3.0
5. Vander Meer • CIN 2.1
6. Higbe • BRO 1.9
7. Warneke • STL 1.8
8. Dietz • PIT 1.7
9. Pollet • STL 1.6
10. Lanier • STL 1.6

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. Wyatt • BRO 50.14
2. Walters • CIN 37.08
3. Riddle • CIN 34.73
4. White • STL 31.98
5. Warneke • STL 24.63
6. Vander Meer • CIN 22.11
7. Higbe • BRO 18.99
8. Derringer • CIN 17.60
9. Lanier • STL 17.42
10. Schumacher • NYG 16.06

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. Wyatt • BRO 4.8
2. Vander Meer • CIN 4.2
3. Riddle • CIN 3.9
4. Walters • CIN 3.9
5. Derringer • CIN 3.3
6. Warneke • STL 3.2
7. Lanier • STL 2.7
8. Higbe • BRO 2.4
9. Schumacher • NYG 2.2
10. White • STL 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. Wyatt • BRO 5.5
2. Riddle • CIN 3.7
3. Walters • CIN 3.3
4. Lanier • STL 3.0
5. White • STL 2.8
6. Warneke • STL 2.7
7. Tobin • BSN 2.5
8. Higbe • BRO 2.3
9. Davis • BRO 1.9
10. Schumacher • NYG 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. Wyatt • BRO 26.6
2. Lanier • STL 14.1
3. Allen • BRO 12.9
4. Warneke • STL 11.5
5. Gumbert • 2TM 8.2
6. White • STL 7.2
7. Pollet • STL 6.1
8. Higbe • BRO 6.1
9. Hutchinson • STL 5.8
10. Casey • BRO 4.7

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. Wyatt • BRO 5.5
2. Walters • CIN 4.1
3. Riddle • CIN 3.8
4. White • STL 3.4
5. Warneke • STL 2.6
6. Vander Meer • CIN 2.4
7. Higbe • BRO 2.0
8. Derringer • CIN 1.9
9. Lanier • STL 1.8
10. Schumacher • NYG 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