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. Mays • NYG 9.2
2. Snider • BRO 8.5
3. Banks • CHC 8.1
4. Mathews • MLN 7.2
5. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
6. Aaron • MLN 6.2
7. Musial • STL 6.2
8. Logan • MLN 5.9
9. Friend • PIT 5.9
10. Roberts • PHI 5.8

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. Friend • PIT 6.0
2. Rush • CHC 5.5
3. Nuxhall • CIN 4.3
4. Roberts • PHI 4.3
5. Antonelli • NYG 4.1
6. Schmidt • STL 4.0
7. Law • PIT 4.0
8. Spahn • MLN 3.9
9. Hearn • NYG 3.4
10. Jones • CHC 3.2

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. Friend • PIT 2.83
2. Newcombe • BRO 3.20
3. Buhl • MLN 3.21
4. Spahn • MLN 3.26
5. Roberts • PHI 3.28
6. Antonelli • NYG 3.33
7. Nuxhall • CIN 3.47
8. Minner • CHC 3.48
9. Dickson • PHI 3.50
Rush • CHC 3.50

Wins

Wins

1. Roberts • PHI 23
2. Newcombe • BRO 20
3. Spahn • MLN 17
Nuxhall • CIN 17
5. Hearn • NYG 14
Jones • CHC 14
Friend • PIT 14
Antonelli • NYG 14
9. Buhl • MLN 13
Burdette • MLN 13
Rush • CHC 13
Labine • BRO 13

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. Newcombe • BRO .800
2. Labine • BRO .722
3. Roberts • PHI .622
4. Burdette • MLN .619
5. Conley • MLN .611
6. Friend • PIT .609
7. Nuxhall • CIN .586
8. Arroyo • STL .579
Erskine • BRO .579
10. Spahn • MLN .548

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Newcombe • BRO 1.113
2. Roberts • PHI 1.131
3. Friend • PIT 1.148
4. Hacker • CHC 1.150
5. Rush • CHC 1.184
6. Antonelli • NYG 1.224
7. Nuxhall • CIN 1.237
8. Wehmeier • PHI 1.255
9. Fowler • CIN 1.257
10. Dickson • PHI 1.259

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Jones • CHC 6.517
2. Buhl • MLN 7.498
3. Rush • CHC 7.846
4. Antonelli • NYG 7.878
5. Dickson • PHI 7.917
6. Friend • PIT 7.997
7. Wehmeier • PHI 8.179
8. Nuxhall • CIN 8.405
9. Hacker • CHC 8.535
10. Newcombe • BRO 8.551

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. Newcombe • BRO 1.464
2. Roberts • PHI 1.564
3. Hacker • CHC 1.817
4. Friend • PIT 2.336
5. Spahn • MLN 2.381
6. Hearn • NYG 2.621
7. Haddix • STL 2.683
8. Minner • CHC 2.683
9. Fowler • CIN 2.730
10. Nuxhall • CIN 2.732

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Jones • CHC 7.374
2. Haddix • STL 6.490
3. Podres • BRO 6.439
4. Conley • MLN 6.095
5. Newcombe • BRO 5.508
6. Antonelli • NYG 5.469
7. Buhl • MLN 5.221
8. Rush • CHC 5.000
9. Roberts • PHI 4.721
10. Surkont • PIT 4.545

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Labine • BRO 60
2. Wilhelm • NYG 59
3. LaPalme • STL 56
4. Grissom • NYG 55
5. Freeman • CIN 52
6. Jeffcoat • CHC 50
Meyer • PHI 50
Nuxhall • CIN 50
9. Roebuck • BRO 47
10. Fowler • CIN 46
Lawrence • STL 46

Saves

Saves

1. Meyer • PHI 16
2. Roebuck • BRO 12
3. Freeman • CIN 11
Labine • BRO 11
5. Grissom • NYG 8
6. Jeffcoat • CHC 6
Hughes • BRO 6
8. Face • PIT 5
9. Schultz • STL 4
Johnson • MLN 4
Pollet • CHC 4

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Roberts • PHI 305.0
2. Nuxhall • CIN 257.0
3. Spahn • MLN 245.2
4. Jones • CHC 241.2
5. Antonelli • NYG 235.1
6. Rush • CHC 234.0
7. Newcombe • BRO 233.2
8. Burdette • MLN 230.0
9. Hearn • NYG 226.2
10. Dickson • PHI 216.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jones • CHC 198
2. Roberts • PHI 160
3. Haddix • STL 150
4. Antonelli • NYG 143
Newcombe • BRO 143
6. Rush • CHC 130
7. Buhl • MLN 117
8. Podres • BRO 114
9. Spahn • MLN 110
10. Conley • MLN 107

Games Started

Games Started

1. Roberts • PHI 38
2. Antonelli • NYG 34
Jones • CHC 34
4. Hearn • NYG 33
Burdette • MLN 33
Nuxhall • CIN 33
Rush • CHC 33
8. Spahn • MLN 32
9. Newcombe • BRO 31
Gómez • NYG 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Roberts • PHI 26
2. Newcombe • BRO 17
3. Spahn • MLN 16
4. Rush • CHC 14
Nuxhall • CIN 14
Antonelli • NYG 14
7. Hacker • CHC 13
8. Dickson • PHI 12
Jones • CHC 12
10. Burdette • MLN 11
Hearn • NYG 11
Buhl • MLN 11

Shutouts

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

1. Nuxhall • CIN 5
2. Jones • CHC 4
Dickson • PHI 4
4. Fowler • CIN 3
Rush • CHC 3
Gómez • NYG 3
7. Antonelli • NYG 2
Koufax • BRO 2
Klippstein • CIN 2
Rogovin • PHI 2
Haddix • STL 2
Poholsky • STL 2
Friend • PIT 2
Erskine • BRO 2
Podres • BRO 2
Burdette • MLN 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Roberts • PHI 41
2. Hacker • CHC 38
3. Newcombe • BRO 35
4. Erskine • BRO 29
5. Dickson • PHI 27
Haddix • STL 27
Hearn • NYG 27
8. Poholsky • STL 26
9. Burdette • MLN 25
Jackson • STL 25
Nuxhall • CIN 25
Spahn • MLN 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Jones • CHC 185
2. Buhl • MLN 109
3. Antonelli • NYG 82
Dickson • PHI 82
5. Nuxhall • CIN 78
Surkont • PIT 78
7. Burdette • MLN 73
Rush • CHC 73
9. Jackson • STL 72
10. Littlefield • PIT 68

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Roberts • PHI 292
2. Burdette • MLN 253
3. Spahn • MLN 249
4. Nuxhall • CIN 240
5. Hearn • NYG 225
6. Newcombe • BRO 222
7. Law • PIT 221
8. Haddix • STL 216
9. Gómez • NYG 207
10. Antonelli • NYG 206

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. Newcombe • BRO 3.763
2. Roberts • PHI 3.019
3. Haddix • STL 2.419
4. Conley • MLN 2.058
5. Podres • BRO 2.000
6. Friend • PIT 1.885
7. Hacker • CHC 1.860
8. Rush • CHC 1.781
9. Antonelli • NYG 1.744
10. Spahn • MLN 1.692

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. Buhl • MLN 0.580
2. Rush • CHC 0.731
3. Friend • PIT 0.809
4. Jones • CHC 0.819
5. Podres • BRO 0.847
6. Law • PIT 0.852
7. Minner • CHC 0.856
8. Fowler • CIN 0.867
9. Nuxhall • CIN 0.875
10. Spahn • MLN 0.916

Losses

Losses

1. Jones • CHC 20
2. Antonelli • NYG 16
Haddix • STL 16
Hearn • NYG 16
5. Hacker • CHC 15
6. Jackson • STL 14
Roberts • PHI 14
Spahn • MLN 14
Surkont • PIT 14
10. Kline • PIT 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Roberts • PHI 111
2. Jones • CHC 110
3. Burdette • MLN 103
Haddix • STL 103
Surkont • PIT 103
6. Hacker • CHC 101
7. Nuxhall • CIN 99
8. Wehmeier • PHI 95
9. Gómez • NYG 94
Hearn • NYG 94

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Davis • CHC 7
2. Wilhelm • NYG 6
Arroyo • STL 6
Klippstein • CIN 6
Surkont • PIT 6
Meyer • PHI 6
Fowler • CIN 6
8. Jones • CHC 5
Labine • BRO 5
Law • PIT 5
Littlefield • PIT 5
Podres • BRO 5
Nuxhall • CIN 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Jones • CHC 14
2. Antonelli • NYG 11
3. Jackson • STL 9
4. Gómez • NYG 7
Lawrence • STL 7
6. McCall • NYG 6
Grissom • NYG 6
Burdette • MLN 6
9. Nuxhall • CIN 5
Kline • PIT 5
Smith • STL 5
Spooner • BRO 5
Haddix • STL 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Roberts • PHI 1,256
2. Jones • CHC 1,070
3. Nuxhall • CIN 1,061
4. Spahn • MLN 1,025
5. Burdette • MLN 1,001
6. Antonelli • NYG 986
7. Rush • CHC 959
8. Hearn • NYG 952
9. Newcombe • BRO 943
10. Dickson • PHI 905

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. Meyer • PHI 36
2. Grissom • NYG 32
Labine • BRO 32
4. Freeman • CIN 27
Roebuck • BRO 27
6. Jeffcoat • CHC 25
7. Face • PIT 21
8. Johnson • MLN 18
LaPalme • STL 18
10. Davis • CHC 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Friend • PIT 144
2. Newcombe • BRO 128
3. Antonelli • NYG 123
4. Nuxhall • CIN 121
5. Roberts • PHI 121
6. Minner • CHC 119
7. Rush • CHC 118
8. Buhl • MLN 117
9. Spahn • MLN 115
10. Dickson • PHI 113

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. Rush • CHC 3.27
2. Podres • BRO 3.31
3. Friend • PIT 3.37
4. Haddix • STL 3.58
5. Newcombe • BRO 3.59
6. Roberts • PHI 3.61
7. Spahn • MLN 3.61
8. Fowler • CIN 3.64
9. Antonelli • NYG 3.66
10. Buhl • MLN 3.68

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. Friend • PIT 24
2. Nuxhall • CIN 22
3. Schmidt • STL 21
4. Rush • CHC 19
5. Newcombe • BRO 19
6. Roberts • PHI 19
7. Freeman • CIN 18
8. Antonelli • NYG 17
9. Miller • PHI 16
10. Spahn • MLN 16

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. Friend • PIT 2.4
2. Nuxhall • CIN 2.2
3. Schmidt • STL 2.2
4. Rush • CHC 2.0
5. Newcombe • BRO 1.9
6. Roberts • PHI 1.9
7. Freeman • CIN 1.8
8. Antonelli • NYG 1.7
9. Miller • PHI 1.7
10. Spahn • MLN 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. Nuxhall • CIN 27.81
2. Spahn • MLN 26.36
3. Rush • CHC 24.75
4. Schmidt • STL 24.43
5. Freeman • CIN 20.55
6. Roberts • PHI 19.59
7. Friend • PIT 18.76
8. Miller • PHI 18.67
9. Buhl • MLN 17.50
10. Jones • CHC 15.83

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. Roberts • PHI 3.0
2. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
3. Meyer • PHI 2.5
4. Miller • PHI 2.3
5. Schmidt • STL 2.2
6. Buhl • MLN 2.1
7. Newcombe • BRO 2.1
8. Spahn • MLN 2.0
9. Jones • CHC 1.9
10. Law • PIT 1.9

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. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
2. Schmidt • STL 2.6
3. Rush • CHC 2.0
4. Roberts • PHI 2.0
5. Crone • MLN 1.8
6. Friend • PIT 1.7
7. Newcombe • BRO 1.6
8. Buhl • MLN 1.3
9. Antonelli • NYG 1.3
10. Labine • BRO 1.2
Loes • BRO 1.2

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. Erskine • BRO 9.6
2. Newcombe • BRO 6.9
3. Roebuck • BRO 4.4
4. Hacker • CHC 3.5
5. Conley • MLN 2.6
6. Podres • BRO 2.5
7. Rush • CHC 2.0
8. Jeffcoat • CHC 1.8
9. Maglie • NYG 1.7
10. Roberts • PHI 1.5

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. Spahn • MLN 2.8
2. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
3. Schmidt • STL 2.6
4. Rush • CHC 2.5
5. Freeman • CIN 2.0
6. Roberts • PHI 2.0
7. Miller • PHI 1.9
8. Friend • PIT 1.9
9. Buhl • MLN 1.9
10. Jones • CHC 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