1942 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL, NAL, NN2

Pennant Winner: St. Louis Cardinals

NL Most Valuable Player: Mort Cooper

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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. Cooper • STL 8.3

2. Ott • NYG 7.1

3. Slaughter • STL 6.7

4. Mize • NYG 6.4

5. Reese • BRO 6.1

6. Nicholson • CHC 6.0

7. Frey • CIN 5.6

8. Reiser • BRO 5.4

9. Musial • STL 5.3

10. Hack • CHC 5.3

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. Cooper • STL 8.2

2. Starr • CIN 5.4

3. Vander Meer • CIN 4.6

4. Beazley • STL 4.3

5. French • BRO 4.1

6. Lanier • STL 4.0

7. Hughes • PHI 3.9

8. Davis • BRO 3.4

9. Javery • BSN 3.2

10. Walters • CIN 3.1

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. Cooper • STL 1.78

2. Beazley • STL 2.13

3. Davis • BRO 2.36

4. Vander Meer • CIN 2.43

5. Lohrman • 2TM 2.48

6. Walters • CIN 2.66

7. Starr • CIN 2.67

8. Passeau • CHC 2.68

9. Wyatt • BRO 2.73

10. Warneke • 2TM 2.73

Wins

1. Cooper • STL 22

2. Beazley • STL 21

3. Wyatt • BRO 19

Passeau • CHC 19

5. Vander Meer • CIN 18

6. Sewell • PIT 17

7. Higbe • BRO 16

8. Starr • CIN 15

French • BRO 15

Davis • BRO 15

Walters • CIN 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. Krist • STL .813

2. French • BRO .789

3. Beazley • STL .778

4. Cooper • STL .759

5. Lohrman • 2TM .737

6. Wyatt • BRO .731

7. Davis • BRO .714

8. Melton • NYG .688

9. Head • BRO .625

Allen • BRO .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Cooper • STL 0.987

2. Lohrman • 2TM 1.107

3. Davis • BRO 1.117

4. Wyatt • BRO 1.141

5. Warneke • 2TM 1.155

6. Walters • CIN 1.167

7. Beazley • STL 1.180

8. Vander Meer • CIN 1.189

9. Starr • CIN 1.207

10. Derringer • CIN 1.208

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Cooper • STL 6.685

2. Vander Meer • CIN 6.934

3. Higbe • BRO 7.308

4. Starr • CIN 7.417

5. Beazley • STL 7.565

6. Lanier • STL 7.658

7. Wyatt • BRO 7.661

8. Melton • PHI 7.739

9. Davis • BRO 7.820

10. Walters • CIN 7.912

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Warneke • 2TM 1.790

2. Lohrman • 2TM 1.846

3. Hubbell • NYG 1.945

4. Derringer • CIN 2.113

5. Cooper • STL 2.196

6. Davis • BRO 2.228

7. Passeau • CHC 2.393

8. Carpenter • NYG 2.472

9. Walters • CIN 2.590

10. Wyatt • BRO 2.609

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Vander Meer • CIN 6.861

2. Lanier • STL 5.199

3. Cooper • STL 4.909

4. Higbe • BRO 4.669

5. Melton • PHI 4.600

6. Riddle • CIN 4.434

7. Wyatt • BRO 4.307

8. Walters • CIN 3.867

9. Beazley • STL 3.803

10. Johnson • PHI 3.594

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Adams • NYG 61

2. Casey • BRO 50

3. Beazley • STL 43

Podgajny • PHI 43

5. Javery • BSN 42

Melton • PHI 42

7. Dietz • PIT 40

Hughes • PHI 40

Sain • BSN 40

Sewell • PIT 40

Saves

1. Casey • BRO 13

2. Adams • NYG 11

3. Beggs • CIN 8

4. Sain • BSN 6

5. Gumbert • STL 5

6. Pressnell • CHC 4

Melton • PHI 4

Head • BRO 4

9. Allen • BRO 3

Beazley • STL 3

Dietz • PIT 3

Innings Pitched

1. Tobin • BSN 287.2

2. Cooper • STL 278.2

3. Passeau • CHC 278.1

4. Starr • CIN 276.2

5. Javery • BSN 261.0

6. Walters • CIN 253.2

7. Hughes • PHI 253.0

8. Sewell • PIT 248.0

9. Vander Meer • CIN 244.0

10. Higbe • BRO 221.2

Strikeouts

1. Vander Meer • CIN 186

2. Cooper • STL 152

3. Higbe • BRO 115

4. Walters • CIN 109

5. Melton • PHI 107

6. Wyatt • BRO 104

7. Lanier • STL 93

8. Beazley • STL 91

9. Passeau • CHC 89

10. Javery • BSN 85

Games Started

1. Javery • BSN 37

2. Cooper • STL 35

3. Passeau • CHC 34

4. Vander Meer • CIN 33

Tobin • BSN 33

Starr • CIN 33

Sewell • PIT 33

8. Higbe • BRO 32

Walters • CIN 32

10. Hughes • PHI 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Tobin • BSN 28

2. Passeau • CHC 24

3. Cooper • STL 22

4. Walters • CIN 21

Vander Meer • CIN 21

6. Javery • BSN 19

Hughes • PHI 19

8. Sewell • PIT 18

Lee • CHC 18

10. Starr • CIN 17

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Cooper • STL 10

2. Sewell • PIT 5

Davis • BRO 5

Javery • BSN 5

5. Starr • CIN 4

Vander Meer • CIN 4

French • BRO 4

8. Passeau • CHC 3

Schumacher • NYG 3

Heintzelman • PIT 3

Beazley • STL 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Tobin • BSN 20

2. Higbe • BRO 17

Hubbell • NYG 17

4. Sewell • PIT 13

Carpenter • NYG 13

Passeau • CHC 13

7. Tost • BSN 12

Schumacher • NYG 12

9. Allen • BRO 11

Head • BRO 11

Hoerst • PHI 11

White • STL 11

Lohrman • 2TM 11

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Melton • PHI 114

2. Higbe • BRO 106

Starr • CIN 106

4. Vander Meer • CIN 102

5. Hughes • PHI 99

6. Tobin • BSN 96

7. Schumacher • NYG 82

8. Bithorn • CHC 81

9. Riddle • CIN 79

10. Hoerst • PHI 78

Javery • BSN 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Passeau • CHC 284

2. Tobin • BSN 283

3. Sewell • PIT 259

4. Javery • BSN 251

5. Starr • CIN 228

6. Hughes • PHI 224

7. Walters • CIN 223

8. Lee • CHC 221

9. Schumacher • NYG 208

10. Cooper • STL 207

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. Cooper • STL 2.235

2. Vander Meer • CIN 1.824

3. Hubbell • NYG 1.794

4. Wyatt • BRO 1.651

5. Warneke • 2TM 1.639

6. Lanier • STL 1.550

7. Walters • CIN 1.493

8. Derringer • CIN 1.388

9. Lohrman • 2TM 1.343

10. Beazley • STL 1.247

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Lee • CHC 0.164

2. Gumbert • STL 0.166

3. Beazley • STL 0.167

4. Derringer • CIN 0.173

5. Vander Meer • CIN 0.221

6. Lanier • STL 0.224

7. Javery • BSN 0.276

8. Johnson • PHI 0.276

9. Walters • CIN 0.284

10. Hughes • PHI 0.285

Losses

1. Tobin • BSN 21

2. Melton • PHI 20

3. Johnson • PHI 19

4. Hughes • PHI 18

5. Hoerst • PHI 16

Javery • BSN 16

7. Sewell • PIT 15

8. Bithorn • CHC 14

Walters • CIN 14

Podgajny • PHI 14

Passeau • CHC 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Tobin • BSN 127

2. Lee • CHC 94

Sewell • PIT 94

4. Javery • BSN 88

5. Hoerst • PHI 87

6. Hughes • PHI 86

Melton • PHI 86

8. Passeau • CHC 83

9. Starr • CIN 82

10. Podgajny • PHI 81

Wild Pitches

1. Melton • PHI 8

2. Tobin • BSN 7

Beazley • STL 7

4. Pollet • STL 5

Gumbert • STL 5

Lohrman • 2TM 5

Cooper • STL 5

Earley • BSN 5

9. Sain • BSN 4

Vander Meer • CIN 4

Sewell • PIT 4

Klinger • PIT 4

Feldman • NYG 4

Melton • NYG 4

Mooty • CHC 4

Nahem • PHI 4

Passeau • CHC 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Podgajny • PHI 11

2. Wyatt • BRO 7

Davis • BRO 7

4. Tobin • BSN 6

5. French • BRO 5

Sain • BSN 5

Walters • CIN 5

Pressnell • CHC 5

Cooper • STL 5

10. Derringer • CIN 4

Salvo • BSN 4

Riddle • CIN 4

Pearson • PHI 4

Tost • BSN 4

Batters Faced

1. Tobin • BSN 1,224

2. Passeau • CHC 1,177

3. Starr • CIN 1,136

4. Javery • BSN 1,108

5. Cooper • STL 1,100

6. Hughes • PHI 1,069

7. Sewell • PIT 1,067

8. Walters • CIN 1,054

9. Vander Meer • CIN 1,017

10. Lee • CHC 939

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. Adams • NYG 49

2. Beggs • CIN 30

3. Casey • BRO 29

4. Shoun • 2TM 27

5. Sain • BSN 24

6. Wilkie • PIT 19

7. Dietz • PIT 18

Pressnell • CHC 18

9. Nahem • PHI 16

Krist • STL 16

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Cooper • STL 192

2. Beazley • STL 160

3. Davis • BRO 139

4. Lohrman • 2TM 136

5. Vander Meer • CIN 135

6. Walters • CIN 123

7. Starr • CIN 123

8. Warneke • 2TM 121

9. Wyatt • BRO 120

10. Passeau • CHC 119

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. Vander Meer • CIN 2.64

2. Cooper • STL 2.69

3. Lanier • STL 2.90

4. Derringer • CIN 2.94

5. Beazley • STL 3.03

6. Walters • CIN 3.05

7. Lee • CHC 3.06

8. Wyatt • BRO 3.12

9. Warneke • 2TM 3.24

10. Javery • BSN 3.25

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. Cooper • STL 46

2. Beazley • STL 27

3. Vander Meer • CIN 23

4. Starr • CIN 23

5. French • BRO 23

6. Davis • BRO 22

7. Lohrman • 2TM 17

8. Adams • NYG 14

9. Krist • STL 14

10. Casey • BRO 14

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. Cooper • STL 5.4

2. Beazley • STL 3.0

3. Vander Meer • CIN 2.6

4. Starr • CIN 2.6

5. French • BRO 2.5

6. Davis • BRO 2.5

7. Lohrman • 2TM 1.9

8. Adams • NYG 1.5

9. Krist • STL 1.5

10. Casey • BRO 1.5

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. Cooper • STL 50.02

2. Starr • CIN 34.00

3. Beazley • STL 29.65

4. Davis • BRO 28.00

5. Vander Meer • CIN 25.39

6. Lanier • STL 23.32

7. French • BRO 19.82

8. Casey • BRO 18.34

9. Beggs • CIN 15.54

10. Krist • STL 15.36

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. Starr • CIN 6.1

2. Cooper • STL 6.0

3. Wyatt • BRO 3.8

4. Davis • BRO 3.3

5. Lanier • STL 3.2

6. Beazley • STL 2.9

7. Vander Meer • CIN 2.9

8. French • BRO 2.5

9. Beggs • CIN 2.5

10. Krist • STL 2.3

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. Cooper • STL 6.2

2. Starr • CIN 3.8

3. French • BRO 2.9

4. Wyatt • BRO 2.7

5. Davis • BRO 2.6

6. Beazley • STL 2.5

7. Vander Meer • CIN 2.3

8. Lanier • STL 2.2

9. Melton • NYG 2.1

10. Lohrman • 2TM 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. Cooper • STL 18.4

2. Wyatt • BRO 11.3

3. Lanier • STL 10.7

4. Davis • BRO 9.5

5. Beckmann • STL 5.1

6. French • BRO 4.8

7. Macon • BRO 4.6

8. Casey • BRO 4.2

9. Dickson • STL 4.0

10. Starr • CIN 3.2

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. Cooper • STL 5.8

2. Starr • CIN 3.9

3. Beazley • STL 3.3

4. Davis • BRO 3.2

5. Vander Meer • CIN 2.9

6. Lanier • STL 2.6

7. French • BRO 2.2

8. Casey • BRO 2.0

9. Beggs • CIN 1.7

10. Macon • BRO 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