1948 National League Pitching Leaders

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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 11.2

2. Sain • BSN 8.7

3. Brecheen • STL 8.5

4. Mize • NYG 6.6

5. Elliott • BSN 6.3

6. Kiner • PIT 6.1

Pafko • CHC 6.1

8. Leonard • PHI 6.0

9. Gordon • NYG 5.8

10. Vander Meer • CIN 5.4

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. Brecheen • STL 8.7

2. Sain • BSN 8.5

3. Leonard • PHI 6.3

4. Vander Meer • CIN 5.5

5. Schmitz • CHC 5.4

6. Roe • BRO 4.9

7. Wilks • STL 4.7

8. Barney • BRO 4.5

9. Jansen • NYG 3.9

10. Dickson • STL 3.8

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. Brecheen • STL 2.24

2. Leonard • PHI 2.51

3. Sain • BSN 2.60

4. Roe • BRO 2.63

5. Schmitz • CHC 2.64

6. Barney • BRO 3.10

7. Jones • NYG 3.35

8. Higbe • PIT 3.36

9. Vander Meer • CIN 3.41

10. Riddle • PIT 3.49

Wins

1. Sain • BSN 24

2. Brecheen • STL 20

3. Jansen • NYG 18

Schmitz • CHC 18

5. Vander Meer • CIN 17

6. Jones • NYG 16

7. Barney • BRO 15

Spahn • BSN 15

9. Branca • BRO 14

Chesnes • PIT 14

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. Sewell • PIT .813

2. Brecheen • STL .741

3. Chesnes • PIT .700

4. Bickford • BSN .688

5. Jones • NYG .667

6. Brazle • STL .625

7. Pollet • STL .619

8. Sain • BSN .615

9. Branca • BRO .609

10. Roe • BRO .600

Jansen • NYG .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brecheen • STL 1.037

2. Roe • BRO 1.064

3. Schmitz • CHC 1.169

4. Sain • BSN 1.208

5. Jansen • NYG 1.217

6. Spahn • BSN 1.222

7. Leonard • PHI 1.241

8. Raffensberger • CIN 1.242

9. Branca • BRO 1.247

10. Barney • BRO 1.277

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Schmitz • CHC 6.917

2. Barney • BRO 7.042

3. Brecheen • STL 7.444

4. Branca • BRO 7.887

5. Roe • BRO 7.902

6. Vander Meer • CIN 7.914

7. Higbe • PIT 7.975

8. Spahn • BSN 8.300

9. Chesnes • PIT 8.336

10. Sain • BSN 8.495

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Roe • BRO 1.672

2. Jansen • NYG 1.755

3. Raffensberger • CIN 1.847

4. Brecheen • STL 1.890

5. Leonard • PHI 2.154

6. Sain • BSN 2.374

7. Spahn • BSN 2.696

8. Brazle • STL 2.878

9. Dickson • STL 3.032

10. Pollet • STL 3.236

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Brecheen • STL 5.747

2. Branca • BRO 5.091

3. Barney • BRO 5.035

4. Higbe • PIT 4.899

5. Meyer • CHC 4.864

6. Vander Meer • CIN 4.655

7. Simmons • PHI 4.553

8. Roe • BRO 4.356

9. Jansen • NYG 4.094

10. Dickson • STL 4.030

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gumbert • CIN 61

2. Wilks • STL 57

3. Higbe • PIT 56

4. Jones • NYG 55

5. Dobernic • CHC 54

6. Trinkle • NYG 53

7. Barney • BRO 44

8. Peterson • CIN 43

9. Brazle • STL 42

Dickson • STL 42

Hatten • BRO 42

Jansen • NYG 42

Sain • BSN 42

Saves

1. Gumbert • CIN 17

2. Wilks • STL 13

3. Higbe • PIT 10

4. Behrman • BRO 7

Trinkle • NYG 7

6. Jones • NYG 5

7. Shoun • BSN 4

Chipman • CHC 4

Dubiel • PHI 4

Ramsdell • BRO 4

Lombardi • PIT 4

Innings Pitched

1. Sain • BSN 314.2

2. Jansen • NYG 277.0

3. Spahn • BSN 257.0

4. Dickson • STL 252.1

5. Barney • BRO 246.2

6. Schmitz • CHC 242.0

7. Brecheen • STL 233.1

8. Vander Meer • CIN 232.0

9. Leonard • PHI 225.2

10. Branca • BRO 215.2

Voiselle • BSN 215.2

Strikeouts

1. Brecheen • STL 149

2. Barney • BRO 138

3. Sain • BSN 137

4. Jansen • NYG 126

5. Branca • BRO 122

6. Vander Meer • CIN 120

7. Blackwell • CIN 114

Spahn • BSN 114

9. Dickson • STL 113

10. Schmitz • CHC 100

Games Started

1. Sain • BSN 39

2. Jansen • NYG 36

3. Spahn • BSN 35

4. Barney • BRO 34

5. Vander Meer • CIN 33

6. Leonard • PHI 30

Voiselle • BSN 30

Schmitz • CHC 30

Hatten • BRO 30

Brecheen • STL 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Sain • BSN 28

2. Brecheen • STL 21

3. Schmitz • CHC 18

4. Leonard • PHI 16

Spahn • BSN 16

6. Jansen • NYG 15

Chesnes • PIT 15

8. Vander Meer • CIN 14

9. Barney • BRO 12

Riddle • PIT 12

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Brecheen • STL 7

2. Barney • BRO 4

Jansen • NYG 4

Sain • BSN 4

Raffensberger • CIN 4

6. Meyer • CHC 3

Koslo • NYG 3

Poat • NYG 3

Riddle • PIT 3

Spahn • BSN 3

Vander Meer • CIN 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Dickson • STL 39

2. Jansen • NYG 25

3. Branca • BRO 24

4. Poat • NYG 22

5. Wehmeier • CIN 21

6. Sain • BSN 19

Spahn • BSN 19

8. Bonham • PIT 18

Voiselle • BSN 18

10. Barney • BRO 17

Riddle • PIT 17

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Vander Meer • CIN 124

2. Barney • BRO 122

3. Simmons • PHI 108

4. Schmitz • CHC 97

5. Hatten • BRO 94

6. Chesnes • PIT 90

Jones • NYG 90

Voiselle • BSN 90

9. Dickson • STL 85

McCall • CHC 85

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Sain • BSN 297

2. Jansen • NYG 283

3. Dickson • STL 257

4. Spahn • BSN 237

5. Hatten • BRO 228

6. Leonard • PHI 226

Voiselle • BSN 226

8. Pollet • STL 216

9. Jones • NYG 204

Vander Meer • CIN 204

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. Brecheen • STL 3.041

2. Roe • BRO 2.606

3. Jansen • NYG 2.333

4. Leonard • PHI 1.704

5. Sain • BSN 1.651

6. Raffensberger • CIN 1.541

7. Branca • BRO 1.525

8. Spahn • BSN 1.481

9. Dickson • STL 1.329

10. Pollet • STL 1.194

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Brecheen • STL 0.231

2. Leonard • PHI 0.359

3. Meyer • CHC 0.383

4. Hatten • BRO 0.388

5. Schmitz • CHC 0.409

6. Simmons • PHI 0.424

7. Brazle • STL 0.461

8. Pollet • STL 0.483

9. Lombardi • PIT 0.497

10. Sain • BSN 0.543

Losses

1. Leonard • PHI 17

2. Dickson • STL 16

3. Peterson • CIN 15

Sain • BSN 15

5. Vander Meer • CIN 14

6. Barney • BRO 13

McCall • CHC 13

Schmitz • CHC 13

Simmons • PHI 13

Voiselle • BSN 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Dickson • STL 116

2. Jansen • NYG 111

3. Spahn • BSN 106

4. Wehmeier • CIN 96

5. Pollet • STL 94

6. Simmons • PHI 92

7. Sain • BSN 91

8. Vander Meer • CIN 88

9. Voiselle • BSN 87

10. Fox • CIN 86

Wild Pitches

1. Jones • NYG 10

2. Riddle • PIT 9

Singleton • PIT 9

Branca • BRO 9

5. Simmons • PHI 6

Chesnes • PIT 6

Schmitz • CHC 6

8. Wehmeier • CIN 5

Roe • BRO 5

Heintzelman • PHI 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Barney • BRO 6

Jones • NYG 6

Peterson • CIN 6

4. Sain • BSN 5

Hartung • NYG 5

Hamner • CHC 5

7. Branca • BRO 4

Leonard • PHI 4

Chesnes • PIT 4

Roberts • PHI 4

Blackwell • CIN 4

Batters Faced

1. Sain • BSN 1,313

2. Jansen • NYG 1,137

3. Dickson • STL 1,064

Spahn • BSN 1,064

5. Barney • BRO 1,028

6. Vander Meer • CIN 993

7. Schmitz • CHC 986

8. Voiselle • BSN 940

9. Brecheen • STL 931

10. Leonard • PHI 920

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. Gumbert • CIN 46

2. Higbe • PIT 31

Trinkle • NYG 31

4. Dobernic • CHC 27

Wilks • STL 27

6. Heusser • PHI 21

7. Hearn • STL 17

Jones • NYG 17

Kush • CHC 17

Nahem • PHI 17

Singleton • PIT 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Brecheen • STL 182

2. Leonard • PHI 156

3. Roe • BRO 152

4. Sain • BSN 149

5. Schmitz • CHC 147

6. Barney • BRO 129

7. Higbe • PIT 121

8. Jones • NYG 118

9. Riddle • PIT 117

10. Vander Meer • CIN 115

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. Brecheen • STL 2.49

2. Leonard • PHI 3.25

3. Roe • BRO 3.42

4. Sain • BSN 3.53

5. Jansen • NYG 3.65

6. Meyer • CHC 3.67

7. Brazle • STL 3.70

8. Pollet • STL 3.72

9. Spahn • BSN 3.76

10. Schmitz • CHC 3.77

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. Brecheen • STL 48

2. Sain • BSN 45

3. Leonard • PHI 30

4. Schmitz • CHC 29

5. Roe • BRO 26

6. Barney • BRO 23

7. Wilks • STL 22

8. Vander Meer • CIN 15

9. Potter • BSN 14

10. Branca • BRO 13

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. Brecheen • STL 5.3

2. Sain • BSN 4.8

3. Leonard • PHI 3.1

4. Schmitz • CHC 3.1

5. Roe • BRO 2.8

6. Barney • BRO 2.3

7. Wilks • STL 2.3

8. Vander Meer • CIN 1.5

9. Potter • BSN 1.5

10. Branca • BRO 1.3

Riddle • PIT 1.3

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. Sain • BSN 50.24

2. Brecheen • STL 49.04

3. Roe • BRO 31.78

4. Barney • BRO 27.58

5. Schmitz • CHC 24.17

6. Wilks • STL 19.42

7. Potter • BSN 17.29

8. Koslo • NYG 15.99

9. Vander Meer • CIN 15.89

10. Leonard • PHI 15.54

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Brecheen • STL 5.2

2. Sain • BSN 5.0

3. Roe • BRO 4.2

4. Spahn • BSN 3.2

5. Schmitz • CHC 3.1

6. Potter • BSN 2.8

7. Barney • BRO 2.5

8. Vander Meer • CIN 2.0

9. Jansen • NYG 1.9

10. Donnelly • PHI 1.5

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. Brecheen • STL 4.9

2. Sain • BSN 3.7

3. Schmitz • CHC 3.0

4. Barney • BRO 2.8

5. Roe • BRO 2.8

6. Jansen • NYG 2.3

7. Branca • BRO 1.8

8. Spahn • BSN 1.7

9. Leonard • PHI 1.7

10. Wilks • STL 1.6

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Spahn • BSN 22.5

2. Sain • BSN 18.0

3. Brecheen • STL 7.3

4. Hatten • BRO 7.1

5. Potter • BSN 7.0

6. Barney • BRO 6.5

7. Roe • BRO 5.7

8. Hogue • BSN 2.9

9. Barrett • BSN 2.6

10. Branca • BRO 2.5

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. Sain • BSN 5.5

2. Brecheen • STL 5.3

3. Roe • BRO 3.3

4. Barney • BRO 2.8

5. Schmitz • CHC 2.5

6. Wilks • STL 2.0

7. Potter • BSN 1.9

8. Koslo • NYG 1.6

Vander Meer • CIN 1.6

10. Leonard • PHI 1.6

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