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 9.5
2. Aaron • MLN 8.0
3. Banks • CHC 7.8
4. Broglio • STL 7.6
5. Mathews • MLN 7.3
6. Drysdale • LAD 7.2
7. Boyer • STL 6.8
8. Robinson • CIN 6.2
9. Groat • PIT 6.1
10. McDaniel • STL 6.0

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. Broglio • STL 7.1
2. Drysdale • LAD 7.0
3. McDaniel • STL 5.9
4. Friend • PIT 5.6
5. Jackson • STL 5.3
6. McCormick • SFG 5.1
7. Podres • LAD 4.8
8. Buhl • MLN 4.3
9. Simmons • 2TM 4.2
10. Law • PIT 4.2

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. McCormick • SFG 2.70
2. Broglio • STL 2.74
3. Drysdale • LAD 2.84
4. Williams • LAD 3.00
5. Friend • PIT 3.00
6. Simmons • 2TM 3.06
7. Law • PIT 3.08
8. Podres • LAD 3.08
9. Buhl • MLN 3.09
10. Jones • SFG 3.19

Wins

Wins

1. Broglio • STL 21
Spahn • MLN 21
3. Law • PIT 20
4. Burdette • MLN 19
5. Jones • SFG 18
Friend • PIT 18
Jackson • STL 18
8. Purkey • CIN 17
9. Hobbie • CHC 16
Buhl • MLN 16

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. McDaniel • STL .750
2. Broglio • STL .700
3. Law • PIT .690
4. Spahn • MLN .677
5. Buhl • MLN .640
6. Mizell • 2TM .636
7. Farrell • PHI .625
8. Purkey • CIN .607
9. Friend • PIT .600
10. Burdette • MLN .594

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Drysdale • LAD 1.063
2. Law • PIT 1.126
3. Friend • PIT 1.128
4. Williams • LAD 1.129
5. Burdette • MLN 1.132
6. McCormick • SFG 1.158
7. Broglio • STL 1.202
8. Roberts • PHI 1.222
9. Spahn • MLN 1.225
10. Jackson • STL 1.230

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Broglio • STL 6.839
2. Koufax • LAD 6.840
3. Williams • LAD 7.032
4. Drysdale • LAD 7.160
5. Buhl • MLN 7.617
6. Jones • SFG 7.692
7. McCormick • SFG 8.111
8. Sanford • SFG 8.178
9. Sadecki • STL 8.466
10. Cardwell • 2TM 8.503

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 1.143
2. Roberts • PHI 1.289
3. Law • PIT 1.325
4. Friend • PIT 1.469
5. Haddix • PIT 1.985
6. Conley • PHI 2.062
7. Purkey • CIN 2.102
8. Simmons • 2TM 2.135
9. Jackson • STL 2.234
10. McCormick • SFG 2.312

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 10.131
2. Drysdale • LAD 8.230
3. Williams • LAD 7.596
4. Broglio • STL 7.476
5. Jones • SFG 7.308
6. Cardwell • 2TM 6.575
7. O'Dell • SFG 6.439
8. Podres • LAD 6.286
9. Friend • PIT 5.975
10. Conley • PHI 5.744

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Face • PIT 68
2. McDaniel • STL 65
3. Elston • CHC 60
4. Farrell • PHI 59
5. Roebuck • LAD 58
6. Brosnan • CIN 57
Sherry • LAD 57
8. Broglio • STL 52
9. Henry • CIN 51
10. McMahon • MLN 48

Saves

Saves

1. McDaniel • STL 27
2. Face • PIT 24
3. Henry • CIN 17
4. Brosnan • CIN 12
5. Antonelli • SFG 11
Farrell • PHI 11
7. McMahon • MLN 10
Elston • CHC 10
9. Piché • MLN 9
10. Roebuck • LAD 8

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Jackson • STL 282.0
2. Burdette • MLN 275.2
Friend • PIT 275.2
4. Law • PIT 271.2
5. Drysdale • LAD 269.0
6. Spahn • MLN 267.2
7. Hobbie • CHC 258.2
8. McCormick • SFG 253.0
9. Purkey • CIN 252.2
10. Buhl • MLN 238.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Drysdale • LAD 246
2. Koufax • LAD 197
3. Jones • SFG 190
4. Broglio • STL 188
5. Friend • PIT 183
6. Williams • LAD 175
7. Jackson • STL 171
8. Podres • LAD 159
9. McCormick • SFG 154
Spahn • MLN 154

Games Started

Games Started

1. Jackson • STL 38
2. Friend • PIT 37
3. Hobbie • CHC 36
Drysdale • LAD 36
5. Law • PIT 35
Jones • SFG 35
7. McCormick • SFG 34
Sanford • SFG 34
9. Podres • LAD 33
Hook • CIN 33
Purkey • CIN 33
Roberts • PHI 33
Spahn • MLN 33
Buhl • MLN 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Law • PIT 18
Burdette • MLN 18
Spahn • MLN 18
4. Hobbie • CHC 16
Friend • PIT 16
6. Drysdale • LAD 15
McCormick • SFG 15
8. Jackson • STL 14
9. Jones • SFG 13
Roberts • PHI 13

Shutouts

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

1. Sanford • SFG 6
2. Drysdale • LAD 5
3. McCormick • SFG 4
Burdette • MLN 4
Spahn • MLN 4
Friend • PIT 4
Hobbie • CHC 4
8. Broglio • STL 3
Law • PIT 3
Jones • SFG 3
Jackson • STL 3
Mizell • 2TM 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hook • CIN 31
Roberts • PHI 31
3. Drysdale • LAD 27
Hobbie • CHC 27
5. Anderson • CHC 26
Williams • LAD 26
7. Law • PIT 25
Podres • LAD 25
9. Spahn • MLN 24
10. Buhl • MLN 23
Purkey • CIN 23
Cardwell • 2TM 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Buhl • MLN 103
2. Hobbie • CHC 101
3. Broglio • STL 100
Koufax • LAD 100
5. Sanford • SFG 99
6. Jones • SFG 91
7. Sadecki • STL 86
8. Sherry • LAD 82
9. Cardwell • 2TM 79
10. Spahn • MLN 74
Mizell • 2TM 74

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Burdette • MLN 277
Jackson • STL 277
3. Friend • PIT 266
Law • PIT 266
5. Purkey • CIN 259
6. Roberts • PHI 256
7. Spahn • MLN 254
8. Hobbie • CHC 253
9. McCormick • SFG 228
10. Hook • CIN 222

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. Friend • PIT 4.067
2. Roberts • PHI 3.588
3. Drysdale • LAD 3.417
4. Law • PIT 3.000
5. Conley • PHI 2.786
6. Haddix • PIT 2.658
7. Jackson • STL 2.443
8. Williams • LAD 2.431
9. Burdette • MLN 2.371
10. McCormick • SFG 2.369

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. Sanford • SFG 0.452
2. Conley • PHI 0.491
3. McCormick • SFG 0.534
4. Friend • PIT 0.588
5. Mizell • 2TM 0.597
6. Ellsworth • CHC 0.611
7. Burdette • MLN 0.620
8. Buzhardt • PHI 0.629
9. O'Toole • CIN 0.642
10. Haddix • PIT 0.679

Losses

Losses

1. Hobbie • CHC 20
2. Hook • CIN 18
3. Roberts • PHI 16
Cardwell • 2TM 16
Buzhardt • PHI 16
6. Conley • PHI 14
Sanford • SFG 14
McLish • CIN 14
Drysdale • LAD 14
Jones • SFG 14
Owens • PHI 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hobbie • CHC 114
2. Hook • CIN 111
3. Jackson • STL 109
4. Roberts • PHI 106
5. Spahn • MLN 104
6. Burdette • MLN 103
7. Purkey • CIN 101
8. Cardwell • 2TM 100
9. Anderson • CHC 93
Law • PIT 93
Sanford • SFG 93

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Sanford • SFG 15
2. McCormick • SFG 12
3. Buhl • MLN 11
4. Anderson • CHC 9
Owens • PHI 9
Koufax • LAD 9
7. Jones • SFG 8
Sadecki • STL 8
Hobbie • CHC 8
Jay • MLN 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Drysdale • LAD 10
2. Hobbie • CHC 9
Purkey • CIN 9
4. Anderson • CHC 7
McLish • CIN 7
Willey • MLN 7
7. McDevitt • LAD 6
Jay • MLN 6
Sherry • LAD 6
Cardwell • 2TM 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Jackson • STL 1,173
2. Friend • PIT 1,118
Hobbie • CHC 1,118
4. Burdette • MLN 1,117
5. Spahn • MLN 1,110
6. Law • PIT 1,091
7. Drysdale • LAD 1,083
8. Purkey • CIN 1,064
9. McCormick • SFG 1,033
10. Buhl • MLN 1,008

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 61
2. Farrell • PHI 50
3. McDaniel • STL 47
4. Sherry • LAD 38
Henry • CIN 38
6. Elston • CHC 33
7. Roebuck • LAD 29
8. Piché • MLN 27
Brosnan • CIN 27
10. McMahon • MLN 26

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Broglio • STL 148
2. Drysdale • LAD 139
3. Simmons • 2TM 133
4. Williams • LAD 132
5. McCormick • SFG 130
6. Podres • LAD 128
7. Friend • PIT 125
8. Law • PIT 122
9. Jackson • STL 117
10. Buhl • MLN 111

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. Friend • PIT 2.54
2. Conley • PHI 2.68
3. McCormick • SFG 2.86
4. Drysdale • LAD 2.92
5. Haddix • PIT 3.01
6. Jackson • STL 3.11
7. Jones • SFG 3.12
8. O'Dell • SFG 3.22
9. Broglio • STL 3.25
10. Burdette • MLN 3.26

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. Drysdale • LAD 33
2. Broglio • STL 32
3. Friend • PIT 26
4. McDaniel • STL 25
5. McCormick • SFG 24
6. Law • PIT 21
7. Podres • LAD 21
8. Williams • LAD 19
9. Jackson • STL 17
10. Simmons • 2TM 17

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. Drysdale • LAD 3.6
2. Broglio • STL 3.4
3. Friend • PIT 2.8
4. McDaniel • STL 2.6
5. McCormick • SFG 2.5
6. Law • PIT 2.3
7. Podres • LAD 2.3
8. Williams • LAD 2.0
9. Simmons • 2TM 1.9
10. Jackson • STL 1.8

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. Drysdale • LAD 43.46
2. Broglio • STL 39.46
3. Friend • PIT 34.15
4. McDaniel • STL 30.80
5. McCormick • SFG 26.20
6. Law • PIT 25.84
7. Brosnan • CIN 19.03
8. Podres • LAD 17.48
9. Roebuck • LAD 17.39
10. Face • PIT 16.90

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. McDaniel • STL 5.7
2. Drysdale • LAD 5.0
3. Broglio • STL 4.0
4. Spahn • MLN 3.5
5. Law • PIT 3.4
6. McCormick • SFG 3.1
7. Friend • PIT 2.9
8. Brosnan • CIN 2.7
9. Jackson • STL 2.5
10. Face • PIT 2.3

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. Friend • PIT 3.8
2. Drysdale • LAD 3.5
3. Broglio • STL 3.0
4. McCormick • SFG 3.0
5. McDaniel • STL 3.0
6. Brosnan • CIN 2.3
7. Podres • LAD 2.1
8. Craig • LAD 2.0
9. Face • PIT 1.9
10. Williams • LAD 1.8

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. Law • PIT 9.8
2. Friend • PIT 8.7
3. Face • PIT 6.8
4. McDaniel • STL 5.6
5. Broglio • STL 5.2
6. McCormick • SFG 4.2
7. Spahn • MLN 4.1
8. Drysdale • LAD 2.8
9. Buhl • MLN 2.7
10. Mizell • 2TM 2.7

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. Drysdale • LAD 4.7
2. Broglio • STL 4.1
3. Friend • PIT 3.7
4. McDaniel • STL 3.1
5. McCormick • SFG 2.9
6. Law • PIT 2.8
7. Brosnan • CIN 2.0
8. Podres • LAD 1.8
9. Roebuck • LAD 1.8
10. Face • PIT 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