1946 National League Pitching Leaders

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NL Most Valuable Player: Stan Musial

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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. Musial • STL 9.3

2. Sain • BSN 8.0

3. Pollet • STL 6.8

4. Stanky • BRO 6.7

5. Ostermueller • PIT 6.4

6. Mize • NYG 6.4

7. Reese • BRO 6.1

8. Schmitz • CHC 5.2

9. Brecheen • STL 5.0

10. Kurowski • STL 5.0

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. Sain • BSN 7.2

2. Pollet • STL 6.8

3. Ostermueller • PIT 5.5

4. Brecheen • STL 5.5

5. Schmitz • CHC 5.4

6. Hatten • BRO 4.3

7. Rowe • PHI 4.0

8. Wyse • CHC 3.7

9. Blackwell • CIN 3.7

10. Cooper • BSN 3.5

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. Pollet • STL 2.10

2. Sain • BSN 2.21

3. Beggs • CIN 2.32

4. Blackwell • CIN 2.45

5. Brecheen • STL 2.49

6. Schmitz • CHC 2.61

7. Wyse • CHC 2.68

8. Hatten • BRO 2.84

9. Ostermueller • PIT 2.84

10. Dickson • STL 2.88

Wins

1. Pollet • STL 21

2. Sain • BSN 20

3. Higbe • BRO 17

4. Dickson • STL 15

Brecheen • STL 15

6. Hatten • BRO 14

Wyse • CHC 14

Koslo • NYG 14

9. Ostermueller • PIT 13

Cooper • BSN 13

Lombardi • BRO 13

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. Dickson • STL .714

2. Behrman • BRO .688

Casey • BRO .688

4. Higbe • BRO .680

5. Pollet • STL .677

6. Walters • CIN .588

Sain • BSN .588

8. Wright • BSN .571

9. Ostermueller • PIT .565

Lombardi • BRO .565

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Cooper • BSN 1.106

2. Beggs • CIN 1.126

3. Dickson • STL 1.172

4. Sain • BSN 1.177

5. Pollet • STL 1.180

6. Brecheen • STL 1.206

7. Heusser • CIN 1.229

8. Blackwell • CIN 1.230

9. Raffensberger • PHI 1.235

10. Vander Meer • CIN 1.238

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Kennedy • NYG 7.377

2. Schmitz • CHC 7.382

3. Blackwell • CIN 7.410

4. Higbe • BRO 7.604

5. Sain • BSN 7.642

6. Vander Meer • CIN 7.708

7. Pollet • STL 7.714

8. Dickson • STL 7.812

9. Lombardi • BRO 7.927

10. Cooper • BSN 8.186

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Cooper • BSN 1.764

2. Raffensberger • PHI 1.791

3. Beggs • CIN 1.847

4. Heusser • CIN 2.093

5. Strincevich • PIT 2.250

6. Wyse • CHC 2.325

7. Brecheen • STL 2.607

8. Ostermueller • PIT 2.607

9. Borowy • CHC 2.731

10. Dickson • STL 2.734

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Higbe • BRO 5.725

2. Schmitz • CHC 5.416

3. Blackwell • CIN 4.631

4. Brecheen • STL 4.552

5. Voiselle • NYG 4.500

6. Sain • BSN 4.381

7. Borowy • CHC 4.254

8. Vander Meer • CIN 4.140

9. Koslo • NYG 4.104

10. Dickson • STL 4.004

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Trinkle • NYG 48

2. Behrman • BRO 47

Dickson • STL 47

4. Casey • BRO 46

5. Hatten • BRO 42

Higbe • BRO 42

7. Lombardi • BRO 41

Schmitz • CHC 41

9. Koslo • NYG 40

Kush • CHC 40

Pollet • STL 40

Wilks • STL 40

Wyse • CHC 40

Saves

1. Raffensberger • PHI 6

2. Pollet • STL 5

Karl • PHI 5

Herring • BRO 5

Casey • BRO 5

6. Thompson • NYG 4

Schanz • PHI 4

Gumbert • CIN 4

Posedel • BSN 4

Behrman • BRO 4

Innings Pitched

1. Pollet • STL 266.0

2. Koslo • NYG 265.1

3. Sain • BSN 265.0

4. Brecheen • STL 231.1

5. Schmitz • CHC 224.1

6. Hatten • BRO 222.0

7. Higbe • BRO 210.2

8. Vander Meer • CIN 204.1

9. Wyse • CHC 201.1

10. Borowy • CHC 201.0

Strikeouts

1. Schmitz • CHC 135

2. Higbe • BRO 134

3. Sain • BSN 129

4. Koslo • NYG 121

5. Brecheen • STL 117

6. Pollet • STL 107

7. Blackwell • CIN 100

8. Borowy • CHC 95

9. Vander Meer • CIN 94

10. Voiselle • NYG 89

Games Started

1. Koslo • NYG 35

2. Sain • BSN 34

3. Pollet • STL 32

4. Schmitz • CHC 31

5. Brecheen • STL 30

Hatten • BRO 30

7. Higbe • BRO 29

8. Borowy • CHC 28

9. Cooper • BSN 27

Kennedy • NYG 27

Wyse • CHC 27

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Sain • BSN 24

2. Pollet • STL 22

3. Koslo • NYG 17

4. Ostermueller • PIT 16

5. Cooper • BSN 15

6. Brecheen • STL 14

Beggs • CIN 14

Schmitz • CHC 14

Raffensberger • PHI 14

10. Lombardi • BRO 13

Hatten • BRO 13

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Blackwell • CIN 5

Brecheen • STL 5

3. Vander Meer • CIN 4

Pollet • STL 4

Cooper • BSN 4

6. Sain • BSN 3

Strincevich • PIT 3

Koslo • NYG 3

Higbe • BRO 3

Chipman • CHC 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cooper • BSN 16

2. Beggs • CIN 15

Koslo • NYG 15

4. Kennedy • NYG 14

Voiselle • NYG 14

6. Budnick • NYG 13

Wilks • STL 13

8. Pollet • STL 12

9. Heusser • CIN 11

Vander Meer • CIN 11

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Kennedy • NYG 116

2. Hatten • BRO 110

3. Higbe • BRO 107

4. Koslo • NYG 101

5. Schmitz • CHC 94

6. Judd • PHI 90

7. Sain • BSN 87

8. Heintzelman • PIT 86

Pollet • STL 86

10. Voiselle • NYG 85

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Koslo • NYG 251

2. Pollet • STL 228

3. Sain • BSN 225

4. Borowy • CHC 220

5. Brecheen • STL 212

6. Hatten • BRO 207

7. Wyse • CHC 206

8. Raffensberger • PHI 203

9. Ostermueller • PIT 193

10. Strincevich • PIT 185

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 • BSN 2.128

2. Raffensberger • PHI 1.872

3. Brecheen • STL 1.746

4. Borowy • CHC 1.557

5. Sain • BSN 1.483

6. Dickson • STL 1.464

7. Schmitz • CHC 1.436

8. Blackwell • CIN 1.266

9. Higbe • BRO 1.252

10. Pollet • STL 1.244

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Blackwell • CIN 0.046

2. Ostermueller • PIT 0.233

3. Schmitz • CHC 0.241

4. Higbe • BRO 0.256

5. Sain • BSN 0.272

6. Brecheen • STL 0.311

7. Judd • PHI 0.312

8. Wyse • CHC 0.313

9. Strincevich • PIT 0.358

10. Dickson • STL 0.391

Losses

1. Koslo • NYG 19

2. Brecheen • STL 15

Raffensberger • PHI 15

Strincevich • PIT 15

Voiselle • NYG 15

6. Heusser • CIN 14

Sain • BSN 14

Trinkle • NYG 14

9. Blackwell • CIN 13

10. Heintzelman • PIT 12

Judd • PHI 12

Sewell • PIT 12

Vander Meer • CIN 12

Wyse • CHC 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Koslo • NYG 107

2. Borowy • CHC 84

3. Raffensberger • PHI 79

4. Schanz • PHI 75

5. Voiselle • NYG 74

6. Vander Meer • CIN 72

7. Higbe • BRO 71

Kennedy • NYG 71

9. Hatten • BRO 70

Strincevich • PIT 70

Wild Pitches

1. Higbe • BRO 6

Schanz • PHI 6

3. Kennedy • NYG 5

Koslo • NYG 5

Hatten • BRO 5

Mulcahy • PHI 5

Brazle • STL 5

Wallace • BSN 5

9. Blackwell • CIN 4

Stanceu • PHI 4

Spahn • BSN 4

Meers • CHC 4

Judd • PHI 4

Heintzelman • PIT 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hatten • BRO 7

2. Rowe • PHI 6

3. Bahr • PIT 5

Schanz • PHI 5

Pollet • STL 5

Mulcahy • PHI 5

Koslo • NYG 5

8. Mulligan • 2TM 4

Johnson • 2TM 4

Strincevich • PIT 4

Kennedy • NYG 4

Dickson • STL 4

Beazley • STL 4

Blackwell • CIN 4

Brecheen • STL 4

Batters Faced

1. Koslo • NYG 1,136

2. Sain • BSN 1,086

3. Pollet • STL 1,083

4. Brecheen • STL 954

5. Hatten • BRO 949

6. Schmitz • CHC 945

7. Higbe • BRO 904

8. Borowy • CHC 881

9. Vander Meer • CIN 847

10. Wyse • CHC 843

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. Casey • BRO 27

Thompson • NYG 27

3. Karl • PHI 23

4. Gumbert • CIN 19

Kush • CHC 19

6. Gerheauser • PIT 18

Trinkle • NYG 18

Wilks • STL 18

9. Malloy • CIN 17

10. Hetki • CIN 15

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Pollet • STL 165

2. Sain • BSN 157

3. Beggs • CIN 145

4. Brecheen • STL 139

5. Blackwell • CIN 137

6. Schmitz • CHC 127

7. Ostermueller • PIT 124

8. Wyse • CHC 124

9. Dickson • STL 120

10. Hatten • BRO 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. Blackwell • CIN 2.91

2. Brecheen • STL 2.95

3. Sain • BSN 3.01

4. Schmitz • CHC 3.02

5. Raffensberger • PHI 3.12

6. Borowy • CHC 3.15

7. Higbe • BRO 3.22

8. Dickson • STL 3.24

9. Ostermueller • PIT 3.25

10. Wyse • CHC 3.34

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. Pollet • STL 35

2. Sain • BSN 35

3. Brecheen • STL 25

4. Blackwell • CIN 20

5. Beggs • CIN 20

6. Rowe • PHI 19

7. Schmitz • CHC 18

8. Melton • BRO 15

9. Hatten • BRO 15

10. Ostermueller • PIT 15

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. Pollet • STL 3.9

Sain • BSN 3.9

3. Brecheen • STL 2.8

4. Beggs • CIN 2.2

5. Blackwell • CIN 2.2

Rowe • PHI 2.2

7. Schmitz • CHC 2.0

8. Melton • BRO 1.7

9. Ostermueller • PIT 1.6

10. Hatten • BRO 1.6

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. Pollet • STL 44.30

2. Sain • BSN 32.16

3. Brecheen • STL 30.30

4. Ostermueller • PIT 22.85

5. Rowe • PHI 20.78

6. Schmitz • CHC 20.11

7. Blackwell • CIN 19.81

8. Hatten • BRO 19.12

9. Hetki • CIN 16.53

10. Beggs • CIN 15.86

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. Pollet • STL 6.3

2. Brecheen • STL 4.3

3. Sain • BSN 3.6

4. Schmitz • CHC 3.3

5. Beggs • CIN 3.2

6. Casey • BRO 2.9

7. Rowe • PHI 2.6

8. Hatten • BRO 2.5

9. Wyse • CHC 2.5

10. Ostermueller • PIT 2.2

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. Pollet • STL 4.3

2. Sain • BSN 3.3

3. Brecheen • STL 2.9

4. Rowe • PHI 2.7

5. Schmitz • CHC 2.6

6. Blackwell • CIN 2.5

7. Dickson • STL 2.0

8. Beggs • CIN 1.9

9. Ostermueller • PIT 1.6

10. Cooper • BSN 1.6

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. Pollet • STL 22.9

2. Brecheen • STL 19.1

3. Casey • BRO 11.1

4. Dickson • STL 9.4

5. Behrman • BRO 8.4

6. Higbe • BRO 6.7

7. Gregg • BRO 6.0

8. Burkhart • STL 5.8

9. Lombardi • BRO 4.9

10. Munger • STL 3.6

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. Pollet • STL 5.0

2. Sain • BSN 3.6

3. Brecheen • STL 3.4

4. Ostermueller • PIT 2.5

5. Rowe • PHI 2.4

6. Schmitz • CHC 2.2

7. Blackwell • CIN 2.2

8. Hatten • BRO 2.1

9. Hetki • CIN 1.8

10. Beggs • CIN 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