1950 National League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Philadelphia Phillies

NL Most Valuable Player: Jim Konstanty

NL Rookie of the Year: Sam Jethroe

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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. Stanky • NYG 8.2

2. Robinson • BRO 7.4

3. Blackwell • CIN 7.2

4. Musial • STL 7.2

5. Roberts • PHI 6.9

6. Pafko • CHC 6.3

7. Gordon • BSN 6.3

8. Torgeson • BSN 5.9

9. Spahn • BSN 5.7

10. Snider • BRO 5.6

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. Blackwell • CIN 7.5

2. Roberts • PHI 7.4

3. Jansen • NYG 5.5

4. Spahn • BSN 5.3

5. Roe • BRO 5.2

6. Bickford • BSN 5.0

7. Dickson • PIT 5.0

8. Maglie • NYG 4.8

9. Konstanty • PHI 4.7

10. Lanier • STL 4.7

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. Maglie • NYG 2.71

2. Blackwell • CIN 2.97

3. Jansen • NYG 3.01

4. Roberts • PHI 3.02

5. Lanier • STL 3.13

6. Spahn • BSN 3.16

7. Pollet • STL 3.29

8. Roe • BRO 3.30

9. Simmons • PHI 3.40

10. Bickford • BSN 3.47

Wins

1. Spahn • BSN 21

2. Roberts • PHI 20

Sain • BSN 20

4. Jansen • NYG 19

Newcombe • BRO 19

Bickford • BSN 19

Roe • BRO 19

8. Maglie • NYG 18

9. Blackwell • CIN 17

Simmons • PHI 17

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. Maglie • NYG .818

2. Hiller • CHC .706

3. Konstanty • PHI .696

4. Simmons • PHI .680

5. Miller • PHI .647

6. Roberts • PHI .645

7. Newcombe • BRO .633

Roe • BRO .633

9. Palica • BRO .619

10. Sain • BSN .606

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Jansen • NYG 1.065

2. Roberts • PHI 1.180

3. Brecheen • STL 1.200

4. Blackwell • CIN 1.207

5. Spahn • BSN 1.225

6. Maglie • NYG 1.238

7. Simmons • PHI 1.239

8. Roe • BRO 1.241

9. Newcombe • BRO 1.246

10. Pollet • STL 1.274

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Blackwell • CIN 7.000

2. Maglie • NYG 7.383

3. Simmons • PHI 7.463

4. Spahn • BSN 7.618

5. Jansen • NYG 7.789

6. Palica • BRO 7.868

7. Brecheen • STL 8.320

8. Roberts • PHI 8.340

9. Bickford • BSN 8.461

10. Jones • NYG 8.503

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Raffensberger • CIN 1.506

2. Jansen • NYG 1.800

3. Sain • BSN 2.263

4. Roberts • PHI 2.277

5. Roe • BRO 2.370

6. Brecheen • STL 2.480

7. Newcombe • BRO 2.525

8. Pollet • STL 2.634

9. Werle • PIT 2.717

10. Miller • PHI 2.948

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Blackwell • CIN 6.483

2. Simmons • PHI 6.121

3. Spahn • BSN 5.867

4. Palica • BRO 5.856

5. Jansen • NYG 5.269

6. Wehmeier • CIN 4.735

7. Minner • CHC 4.681

8. Ramsdell • 2TM 4.674

9. Pollet • STL 4.532

10. Roe • BRO 4.488

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Konstanty • PHI 74

2. Dickson • PIT 51

3. Werle • PIT 48

4. Maglie • NYG 47

5. Brazle • STL 46

6. Branca • BRO 43

Palica • BRO 43

8. Staley • STL 42

9. Bankhead • BRO 41

Spahn • BSN 41

Wehmeier • CIN 41

Saves

1. Konstanty • PHI 22

2. Werle • PIT 8

3. Branca • BRO 7

Hogue • BSN 7

5. Brazle • STL 6

Leonard • CHC 6

7. Blackwell • CIN 4

Wehmeier • CIN 4

Minner • CHC 4

10. Smith • CIN 3

Jansen • NYG 3

Koslo • NYG 3

Hansen • NYG 3

Newcombe • BRO 3

Dickson • PIT 3

Staley • STL 3

Bankhead • BRO 3

Innings Pitched

1. Bickford • BSN 311.2

2. Roberts • PHI 304.1

3. Spahn • BSN 293.0

4. Sain • BSN 278.1

5. Jansen • NYG 275.0

6. Newcombe • BRO 267.1

7. Blackwell • CIN 261.0

8. Rush • CHC 254.2

9. Roe • BRO 250.2

10. Chambers • PIT 249.1

Strikeouts

1. Spahn • BSN 191

2. Blackwell • CIN 188

3. Jansen • NYG 161

4. Roberts • PHI 146

Simmons • PHI 146

6. Palica • BRO 131

7. Newcombe • BRO 130

8. Bickford • BSN 126

9. Roe • BRO 125

10. Wehmeier • CIN 121

Games Started

1. Bickford • BSN 39

Roberts • PHI 39

Spahn • BSN 39

4. Sain • BSN 37

5. Jansen • NYG 35

Newcombe • BRO 35

Raffensberger • CIN 35

8. Rush • CHC 34

9. Chambers • PIT 33

10. Roe • BRO 32

Blackwell • CIN 32

Wehmeier • CIN 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Bickford • BSN 27

2. Spahn • BSN 25

Sain • BSN 25

4. Jansen • NYG 21

Roberts • PHI 21

6. Newcombe • BRO 20

7. Rush • CHC 19

8. Blackwell • CIN 18

Raffensberger • CIN 18

10. Roe • BRO 16

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Roberts • PHI 5

Hearn • 2TM 5

Maglie • NYG 5

Jansen • NYG 5

5. Raffensberger • CIN 4

Newcombe • BRO 4

7. Sain • BSN 3

Schmitz • CHC 3

9. Jones • NYG 2

Pollet • STL 2

Palica • BRO 2

Roe • BRO 2

Miller • PHI 2

Macdonald • PIT 2

Lanier • STL 2

Hiller • CHC 2

Simmons • PHI 2

Dubiel • CHC 2

Church • PHI 2

Chambers • PIT 2

Brecheen • STL 2

Bickford • BSN 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Raffensberger • CIN 34

Roe • BRO 34

Sain • BSN 34

4. Jansen • NYG 31

5. Roberts • PHI 29

6. Wehmeier • CIN 27

7. Jones • NYG 26

8. Bickford • BSN 25

Werle • PIT 25

10. Branca • BRO 24

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wehmeier • CIN 135

2. Bickford • BSN 122

3. Blackwell • CIN 112

4. Spahn • BSN 111

5. Palica • BRO 98

6. Rush • CHC 93

7. Chambers • PIT 92

8. Schmitz • CHC 91

9. Jones • NYG 90

10. Bankhead • BRO 88

Macdonald • PIT 88

Simmons • PHI 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Sain • BSN 294

2. Bickford • BSN 293

3. Roberts • PHI 282

4. Raffensberger • CIN 271

5. Chambers • PIT 262

6. Rush • CHC 261

7. Newcombe • BRO 258

8. Wehmeier • CIN 255

9. Werle • PIT 249

10. Spahn • BSN 248

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. Jansen • NYG 2.927

2. Raffensberger • CIN 2.175

3. Roberts • PHI 1.896

4. Roe • BRO 1.894

5. Brecheen • STL 1.778

6. Newcombe • BRO 1.733

7. Spahn • BSN 1.721

8. Pollet • STL 1.721

9. Blackwell • CIN 1.679

10. Simmons • PHI 1.659

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Rush • CHC 0.389

2. Blackwell • CIN 0.414

3. Miller • PHI 0.466

4. Palica • BRO 0.581

5. Maglie • NYG 0.612

6. Lanier • STL 0.645

7. Chambers • PIT 0.650

8. Brazle • STL 0.656

9. Fox • CIN 0.674

10. Spahn • BSN 0.676

Losses

1. Rush • CHC 20

2. Raffensberger • CIN 19

3. Wehmeier • CIN 18

4. Spahn • BSN 17

5. Werle • PIT 16

Schmitz • CHC 16

Jones • NYG 16

8. Blackwell • CIN 15

Koslo • NYG 15

Dickson • PIT 15

Chambers • PIT 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Wehmeier • CIN 145

2. Sain • BSN 122

3. Bickford • BSN 120

4. Chambers • PIT 119

5. Raffensberger • CIN 113

6. Newcombe • BRO 110

Werle • PIT 110

8. Schmitz • CHC 107

9. Rush • CHC 105

10. Spahn • BSN 103

Wild Pitches

1. Blackwell • CIN 11

Wehmeier • CIN 11

3. Spahn • BSN 8

4. Barney • BRO 7

5. Ramsdell • 2TM 6

Klippstein • CHC 6

Higbe • NYG 6

8. Banta • BRO 5

Johnson • 2TM 5

Schmitz • CHC 5

Sain • BSN 5

Miller • PHI 5

Leonard • CHC 5

Bickford • BSN 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Blackwell • CIN 13

2. Maglie • NYG 10

3. Smith • CIN 8

4. Jones • NYG 7

Staley • STL 7

6. Werle • PIT 6

Bickford • BSN 6

Rush • CHC 6

Erautt • CIN 6

Chambers • PIT 6

Batters Faced

1. Bickford • BSN 1,325

2. Roberts • PHI 1,228

3. Spahn • BSN 1,217

4. Sain • BSN 1,178

5. Blackwell • CIN 1,102

6. Newcombe • BRO 1,101

7. Chambers • PIT 1,097

8. Rush • CHC 1,094

9. Jansen • NYG 1,093

10. Wehmeier • CIN 1,058

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. Konstanty • PHI 62

2. Lombardi • PIT 23

3. Leonard • CHC 21

4. Brazle • STL 20

Hogue • BSN 20

6. Dickson • PIT 18

Werle • PIT 18

8. Erautt • CIN 17

Smith • CIN 17

Vander Meer • CHC 17

Walsh • PIT 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Maglie • NYG 152

2. Blackwell • CIN 143

3. Lanier • STL 137

4. Jansen • NYG 136

5. Roberts • PHI 133

6. Pollet • STL 130

7. Roe • BRO 124

8. Spahn • BSN 122

9. Simmons • PHI 118

10. Ramsdell • 2TM 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. Blackwell • CIN 3.18

2. Spahn • BSN 3.40

3. Jansen • NYG 3.49

4. Pollet • STL 3.53

5. Newcombe • BRO 3.55

6. Rush • CHC 3.58

7. Palica • BRO 3.61

8. Simmons • PHI 3.63

9. Roberts • PHI 3.64

10. Lanier • STL 3.68

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. Roberts • PHI 37

2. Jansen • NYG 33

3. Blackwell • CIN 33

4. Maglie • NYG 32

5. Roe • BRO 26

6. Hearn • 2TM 24

7. Konstanty • PHI 24

8. Lanier • STL 23

9. Pollet • STL 22

10. Spahn • BSN 21

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. Roberts • PHI 3.8

2. Jansen • NYG 3.4

3. Blackwell • CIN 3.4

4. Maglie • NYG 3.3

5. Hearn • 2TM 2.7

6. Roe • BRO 2.7

7. Lanier • STL 2.4

Konstanty • PHI 2.4

9. Pollet • STL 2.2

10. Spahn • BSN 2.2

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. Roberts • PHI 48.36

2. Roe • BRO 39.22

3. Maglie • NYG 35.32

4. Jansen • NYG 34.82

5. Blackwell • CIN 34.76

6. Lanier • STL 29.01

7. Konstanty • PHI 28.50

8. Simmons • PHI 26.69

9. Hearn • 2TM 25.80

10. Spahn • BSN 25.20

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. Roberts • PHI 5.4

2. Konstanty • PHI 5.4

3. Maglie • NYG 4.6

4. Blackwell • CIN 4.0

5. Jansen • NYG 3.8

6. Roe • BRO 3.6

7. Simmons • PHI 3.2

8. Pollet • STL 3.1

9. Hearn • 2TM 3.0

10. Lanier • STL 2.8

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. Roberts • PHI 4.0

2. Jansen • NYG 3.7

3. Konstanty • PHI 3.3

4. Hearn • 2TM 3.1

5. Blackwell • CIN 3.0

6. Maglie • NYG 2.6

7. Simmons • PHI 2.6

8. Palica • BRO 2.3

9. Newcombe • BRO 2.3

10. Church • PHI 2.3

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. Roberts • PHI 28.4

2. Konstanty • PHI 15.0

3. Simmons • PHI 9.4

4. Roe • BRO 6.7

5. Church • PHI 6.0

6. Brazle • STL 5.5

7. Pollet • STL 5.4

8. Lanier • STL 5.0

9. Newcombe • BRO 5.0

10. Palica • BRO 4.7

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. Roberts • PHI 5.2

2. Roe • BRO 4.1

3. Maglie • NYG 3.6

4. Jansen • NYG 3.6

5. Blackwell • CIN 3.5

6. Hearn • 2TM 3.0

7. Lanier • STL 3.0

8. Konstanty • PHI 2.9

9. Simmons • PHI 2.8

10. Spahn • BSN 2.7

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