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 • SFG 10.2
2. Banks • CHC 9.3
3. Aaron • MLN 7.3
4. Ashburn • PHI 7.0
5. Roberts • PHI 6.6
6. Mathews • MLN 6.5
7. Boyer • STL 5.9
8. Spahn • MLN 5.9
9. Jones • STL 5.3
10. Miller • SFG 5.0

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. Roberts • PHI 6.3
2. Jones • STL 6.3
3. Miller • SFG 4.9
4. Purkey • CIN 4.9
5. Spahn • MLN 4.0
6. Witt • PIT 4.0
Brosnan • 2TM 4.0
8. Mizell • STL 3.9
9. Podres • LAD 3.9
10. Antonelli • SFG 3.8

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. Miller • SFG 2.47
2. Jones • STL 2.88
3. Burdette • MLN 2.91
4. Spahn • MLN 3.07
5. Roberts • PHI 3.24
6. Antonelli • SFG 3.28
7. Brosnan • 2TM 3.35
8. Mizell • STL 3.42
9. Haddix • CIN 3.52
10. Kline • PIT 3.53

Wins

Wins

1. Friend • PIT 22
Spahn • MLN 22
3. Burdette • MLN 20
4. Roberts • PHI 17
Purkey • CIN 17
6. Antonelli • SFG 16
7. Law • PIT 14
Jones • STL 14
9. Podres • LAD 13
Kline • PIT 13
Jackson • STL 13
Semproch • PHI 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. Burdette • MLN .667
Spahn • MLN .667
3. Rush • MLN .625
Hobbie • CHC .625
5. Friend • PIT .611
Worthington • SFG .611
7. Purkey • CIN .607
8. Brosnan • 2TM .579
McCormick • SFG .579
10. Willey • MLN .563
Williams • LAD .563

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Spahn • MLN 1.148
2. Miller • SFG 1.148
3. Roberts • PHI 1.190
4. Burdette • MLN 1.195
5. Purkey • CIN 1.232
6. Jones • STL 1.244
7. Antonelli • SFG 1.254
8. Haddix • CIN 1.272
9. Friend • PIT 1.314
10. Kline • PIT 1.315

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 • STL 7.344
2. Koufax • LAD 7.487
3. Miller • SFG 7.912
4. Spahn • MLN 7.976
5. Brosnan • 2TM 7.992
6. Antonelli • SFG 8.044
7. Kline • PIT 8.343
8. Drott • CHC 8.390
9. Mizell • STL 8.446
10. Nuxhall • CIN 8.658

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. Burdette • MLN 1.634
2. Roberts • PHI 1.702
3. Law • PIT 1.735
4. Purkey • CIN 1.764
5. Newcombe • 2TM 1.932
6. Friend • PIT 2.004
7. Haddix • CIN 2.103
8. Simmons • PHI 2.139
9. Jackson • STL 2.318
10. Spahn • MLN 2.359

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 • STL 8.100
2. Koufax • LAD 7.431
3. Drott • CHC 6.831
4. Podres • LAD 6.119
5. Miller • SFG 5.885
6. Nuxhall • CIN 5.687
7. Jackson • STL 5.636
8. Drysdale • LAD 5.570
9. Phillips • CHC 5.389
10. Haddix • CIN 5.380

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Elston • CHC 69
2. Face • PIT 57
Klippstein • 2TM 57
4. Hobbie • CHC 55
5. Farrell • PHI 54
Worthington • SFG 54
7. Labine • LAD 52
8. Grissom • SFG 51
9. Jackson • STL 49
Jeffcoat • CIN 49

Saves

Saves

1. Face • PIT 20
2. Labine • LAD 14
3. Grissom • SFG 11
Farrell • PHI 11
Elston • CHC 11
6. Klippstein • 2TM 10
7. Jeffcoat • CIN 9
8. McMahon • MLN 8
Jackson • STL 8
10. Brosnan • 2TM 7
Gross • PIT 7

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Spahn • MLN 290.0
2. Burdette • MLN 275.1
3. Friend • PIT 274.0
4. Roberts • PHI 269.2
5. Jones • STL 250.0
Purkey • CIN 250.0
7. Antonelli • SFG 241.2
8. Kline • PIT 237.1
9. Drysdale • LAD 211.2
10. Podres • LAD 210.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jones • STL 225
2. Spahn • MLN 150
3. Antonelli • SFG 143
Podres • LAD 143
5. Friend • PIT 135
6. Drysdale • LAD 131
Koufax • LAD 131
8. Roberts • PHI 130
9. Drott • CHC 127
10. Jackson • STL 124

Games Started

Games Started

1. Friend • PIT 38
2. Burdette • MLN 36
Spahn • MLN 36
4. Jones • STL 35
5. Antonelli • SFG 34
Purkey • CIN 34
Roberts • PHI 34
8. Kline • PIT 32
9. Podres • LAD 31
Drott • CHC 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Spahn • MLN 23
2. Roberts • PHI 21
3. Burdette • MLN 19
4. Purkey • CIN 17
5. Friend • PIT 16
6. Jones • STL 14
7. Antonelli • SFG 13
8. Semproch • PHI 12
9. Kline • PIT 11
Jackson • STL 11

Shutouts

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

1. Willey • MLN 4
2. Burdette • MLN 3
Witt • PIT 3
Purkey • CIN 3
Jay • MLN 3
6. Semproch • PHI 2
Podres • LAD 2
Mizell • STL 2
Rush • MLN 2
Sanford • PHI 2
McCormick • SFG 2
Lawrence • CIN 2
Kline • PIT 2
Jones • STL 2
Spahn • MLN 2
Williams • LAD 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Antonelli • SFG 31
Newcombe • 2TM 31
3. Roberts • PHI 30
4. Spahn • MLN 29
5. Haddix • CIN 28
6. Podres • LAD 27
7. Friend • PIT 25
Kline • PIT 25
Purkey • CIN 25
Semproch • PHI 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Jones • STL 107
2. Koufax • LAD 105
3. Drott • CHC 99
4. Hobbie • CHC 93
5. Kline • PIT 92
6. Mizell • STL 91
7. Antonelli • SFG 87
8. Sanford • PHI 81
9. Phillips • CHC 79
Brosnan • 2TM 79

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Friend • PIT 299
2. Burdette • MLN 279
3. Roberts • PHI 270
4. Purkey • CIN 259
5. Spahn • MLN 257
6. Law • PIT 235
7. Kline • PIT 220
8. Antonelli • SFG 216
9. Drysdale • LAD 214
10. Newcombe • 2TM 212

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. Haddix • CIN 2.558
2. Roberts • PHI 2.549
3. Jackson • STL 2.431
4. Miller • SFG 2.429
5. Burdette • MLN 2.260
6. Friend • PIT 2.213
7. Jones • STL 2.103
8. Spahn • MLN 1.974
9. Simmons • PHI 1.950
10. Newcombe • 2TM 1.917

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. Simmons • PHI 0.588
2. Burdette • MLN 0.588
3. Lawrence • CIN 0.597
4. Hobbie • CHC 0.695
5. Brosnan • 2TM 0.702
6. Law • PIT 0.712
7. Sanford • PHI 0.725
8. Nuxhall • CIN 0.769
9. Miller • SFG 0.791
10. Mizell • STL 0.807

Losses

Losses

1. Kline • PIT 16
2. Podres • LAD 15
3. Friend • PIT 14
Mizell • STL 14
Roberts • PHI 14
Simmons • PHI 14
7. Antonelli • SFG 13
Drysdale • LAD 13
Jackson • STL 13
Jones • STL 13
Lawrence • CIN 13
Sanford • PHI 13
Newcombe • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Friend • PIT 112
2. Drott • CHC 101
Gómez • SFG 101
4. Purkey • CIN 100
5. Spahn • MLN 99
6. Drysdale • LAD 98
7. Roberts • PHI 97
8. Kline • PIT 93
9. Sanford • PHI 92
10. McCormick • SFG 91

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Koufax • LAD 17
2. Klippstein • 2TM 9
Drott • CHC 9
4. Phillips • CHC 8
Drysdale • LAD 8
6. Meyer • PHI 7
McDevitt • LAD 7
Mabe • STL 7
Jones • STL 7
Jackson • STL 7
Hobbie • CHC 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Drysdale • LAD 14
2. Jackson • STL 10
3. Gómez • SFG 8
4. Hobbie • CHC 7
Williams • LAD 7
Haddix • CIN 7
7. Monzant • SFG 6
Semproch • PHI 6
Phillips • CHC 6
Jones • STL 6
Drott • CHC 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Spahn • MLN 1,176
2. Friend • PIT 1,146
3. Burdette • MLN 1,122
4. Roberts • PHI 1,116
5. Jones • STL 1,041
6. Purkey • CIN 1,040
7. Antonelli • SFG 1,014
8. Kline • PIT 986
9. Drysdale • LAD 913
10. Podres • LAD 890

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. Face • PIT 40
2. Elston • CHC 39
3. Farrell • PHI 35
Grissom • SFG 35
Labine • LAD 35
6. Jeffcoat • CIN 34
7. McMahon • MLN 28
8. Klippstein • 2TM 27
9. Gross • PIT 23
10. Hobbie • CHC 21
Paine • STL 21

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Miller • SFG 155
2. Jones • STL 144
3. Roberts • PHI 123
4. Brosnan • 2TM 123
5. Burdette • MLN 122
6. Mizell • STL 122
7. Haddix • CIN 119
8. Antonelli • SFG 117
9. Purkey • CIN 117
10. Spahn • MLN 116

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. Burdette • MLN 3.10
2. Miller • SFG 3.15
3. Simmons • PHI 3.16
4. Jones • STL 3.23
5. Friend • PIT 3.39
6. Nuxhall • CIN 3.41
7. Lawrence • CIN 3.50
8. Jackson • STL 3.53
9. Law • PIT 3.54
10. Roberts • PHI 3.55

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. Jones • STL 31
2. Witt • PIT 27
3. Miller • SFG 27
4. Roberts • PHI 21
5. Burdette • MLN 21
6. Spahn • MLN 20
7. Purkey • CIN 18
8. Jay • MLN 17
9. Willey • MLN 16
10. Kellner • CIN 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. Jones • STL 3.3
2. Witt • PIT 3.0
3. Miller • SFG 2.8
4. Roberts • PHI 2.2
5. Burdette • MLN 2.2
6. Spahn • MLN 2.1
7. Purkey • CIN 1.9
8. Jay • MLN 1.9
9. Willey • MLN 1.7
10. Kellner • CIN 1.7

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. Spahn • MLN 30.62
2. Jones • STL 27.26
3. Brosnan • 2TM 26.61
4. Burdette • MLN 25.56
5. Witt • PIT 24.42
6. Miller • SFG 23.81
7. Kline • PIT 20.70
8. Jay • MLN 20.28
9. Kellner • CIN 20.20
10. Willey • MLN 19.07

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Witt • PIT 4.1
2. Brosnan • 2TM 3.3
3. Spahn • MLN 2.8
4. McMahon • MLN 2.7
5. Roberts • PHI 2.5
6. Henry • CHC 2.5
7. Jay • MLN 2.4
8. Willey • MLN 2.3
9. Burdette • MLN 2.2
10. Mizell • STL 2.1

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. Spahn • MLN 3.4
2. Witt • PIT 2.1
3. Burdette • MLN 1.9
4. Willey • MLN 1.7
5. Henry • CHC 1.7
6. Roberts • PHI 1.7
7. Kline • PIT 1.7
8. Rush • MLN 1.6
9. Jones • STL 1.6
10. Miller • SFG 1.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Willey • MLN 9.8
2. Jay • MLN 9.2
3. McMahon • MLN 6.6
4. Witt • PIT 6.2
5. Spahn • MLN 5.6
6. Burdette • MLN 4.8
7. Antonelli • SFG 4.2
8. Grissom • SFG 3.0
9. Brosnan • 2TM 2.9
10. Mizell • STL 2.8

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 3.4
2. Burdette • MLN 2.8
3. Jones • STL 2.8
4. Brosnan • 2TM 2.7
5. Witt • PIT 2.7
6. Miller • SFG 2.5
7. Jay • MLN 2.3
8. Kline • PIT 2.2
9. Willey • MLN 2.1
10. Kellner • CIN 2.1

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