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 11.0
2. Santo • CHC 8.9
3. Allen • PHI 8.8
4. Davis • LAD 8.3
5. Drysdale • LAD 8.3
6. Robinson • CIN 7.9
7. Clemente • PIT 7.2
8. Koufax • LAD 6.9
9. Aaron • MLN 6.8
10. Menke • MLN 6.7

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. Drysdale • LAD 7.8
2. Koufax • LAD 7.3
3. Marichal • SFG 6.3
4. Short • PHI 6.2
5. Gibson • STL 6.0
6. Jackson • CHC 6.0
7. Veale • PIT 5.8
8. Bunning • PHI 5.5
9. Perry • SFG 5.4
10. O'Toole • CIN 5.4

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. Koufax • LAD 1.74
2. Drysdale • LAD 2.18
3. Short • PHI 2.20
4. Marichal • SFG 2.48
5. Bunning • PHI 2.63
6. O'Toole • CIN 2.66
7. Maloney • CIN 2.71
8. Veale • PIT 2.74
9. Perry • SFG 2.75
10. Bruce • HOU 2.76

Wins

Wins

1. Jackson • CHC 24
2. Marichal • SFG 21
3. Sadecki • STL 20
4. Bunning • PHI 19
Cloninger • MLN 19
Gibson • STL 19
Koufax • LAD 19
8. Drysdale • LAD 18
Simmons • STL 18
Veale • PIT 18

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. Koufax • LAD .792
2. Marichal • SFG .724
3. O'Toole • CIN .708
4. Bunning • PHI .704
5. Jackson • CHC .686
6. Simmons • STL .667
7. Short • PHI .654
8. Sadecki • STL .645
9. Bruce • HOU .625
10. Gibson • STL .613

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 0.928
2. Drysdale • LAD 0.965
3. Short • PHI 1.020
4. Bunning • PHI 1.034
5. Perry • SFG 1.076
6. Jackson • CHC 1.085
7. Marichal • SFG 1.089
8. Bruce • HOU 1.107
9. Jay • CIN 1.109
10. O'Toole • CIN 1.114

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 6.215
2. Drysdale • LAD 6.778
3. Short • PHI 7.097
4. Veale • PIT 7.144
5. Maloney • CIN 7.292
6. Bolin • SFG 7.368
7. Cloninger • MLN 7.640
8. Perry • SFG 7.808
9. Gibson • STL 7.831
10. Bunning • PHI 7.850

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. Bunning • PHI 1.456
2. Bruce • HOU 1.468
3. Law • PIT 1.500
4. Marichal • SFG 1.740
5. Jackson • CHC 1.754
6. Jay • CIN 1.770
7. Simmons • STL 1.807
8. Johnson • HOU 1.817
9. Friend • PIT 1.872
10. Perry • SFG 1.876

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 9.000
2. Maloney • CIN 8.917
3. Veale • PIT 8.045
4. Gibson • STL 7.674
5. Lemaster • MLN 7.534
6. Bolin • SFG 7.523
7. Tsitouris • CIN 7.494
8. Short • PHI 7.382
9. Bunning • PHI 6.932
10. Marichal • SFG 6.892

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Miller • LAD 74
2. Perranoski • LAD 72
3. Baldschun • PHI 71
4. McDaniel • CHC 63
Taylor • STL 63
6. Wakefield • NYM 62
7. Shaw • SFG 61
Woodeshick • HOU 61
9. Roebuck • PHI 60
10. McBean • PIT 58

Saves

Saves

1. Woodeshick • HOU 23
2. Baldschun • PHI 21
McBean • PIT 21
4. McDaniel • CHC 16
5. Perranoski • LAD 14
Schultz • STL 14
Ellis • CIN 14
8. Tiefenauer • MLN 13
9. Roebuck • PHI 12
10. Shaw • SFG 11

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Drysdale • LAD 321.1
2. Jackson • CHC 297.2
3. Gibson • STL 287.1
4. Bunning • PHI 284.1
5. Veale • PIT 279.2
6. Marichal • SFG 269.0
7. Ellsworth • CHC 256.2
8. Simmons • STL 244.0
9. Cloninger • MLN 242.2
10. Friend • PIT 240.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Veale • PIT 250
2. Gibson • STL 245
3. Drysdale • LAD 237
4. Koufax • LAD 223
5. Bunning • PHI 219
6. Maloney • CIN 214
7. Marichal • SFG 206
8. Lemaster • MLN 185
9. Short • PHI 181
10. Cloninger • MLN 163

Games Started

Games Started

1. Drysdale • LAD 40
2. Bunning • PHI 39
3. Jackson • CHC 38
Veale • PIT 38
5. Ellsworth • CHC 36
Gibson • STL 36
7. Buhl • CHC 35
Friend • PIT 35
Johnson • HOU 35
Lemaster • MLN 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Marichal • SFG 22
2. Drysdale • LAD 21
3. Jackson • CHC 19
4. Gibson • STL 17
5. Ellsworth • CHC 16
6. Koufax • LAD 15
Cloninger • MLN 15
8. Veale • PIT 14
9. Bunning • PHI 13
Friend • PIT 13

Shutouts

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

1. Koufax • LAD 7
2. Drysdale • LAD 5
Law • PIT 5
Fischer • MLN 5
Bunning • PHI 5
6. Bruce • HOU 4
Short • PHI 4
Nuxhall • CIN 4
Marichal • SFG 4
10. Buhl • CHC 3
Simmons • STL 3
Jackson • CHC 3
Jackson • NYM 3
Lemaster • MLN 3
Friend • PIT 3
Bolin • SFG 3
O'Toole • CIN 3
Cloninger • MLN 3
Ortega • LAD 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ellsworth • CHC 34
2. Lemaster • MLN 27
3. Gibson • STL 25
4. Simmons • STL 24
5. Bennett • PHI 23
Bunning • PHI 23
Fisher • NYM 23
Spahn • MLN 23
9. Buhl • CHC 22
Ortega • LAD 22

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Veale • PIT 124
2. Gibson • STL 86
3. Maloney • CIN 83
4. Cloninger • MLN 82
Mahaffey • PHI 82
6. Bolin • SFG 77
7. Lemaster • MLN 75
Tsitouris • CIN 75
9. Stallard • NYM 73
10. Ellsworth • CHC 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ellsworth • CHC 267
2. Jackson • CHC 265
3. Fisher • NYM 256
4. Friend • PIT 253
5. Gibson • STL 250
6. Bunning • PHI 248
7. Drysdale • LAD 242
8. Marichal • SFG 241
9. Simmons • STL 233
10. Sadecki • STL 232

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. Bunning • PHI 4.761
2. Koufax • LAD 4.208
3. Bruce • HOU 4.091
4. Marichal • SFG 3.962
5. Jay • CIN 3.722
6. Perry • SFG 3.605
7. Short • PHI 3.549
8. Drysdale • LAD 3.485
9. Law • PIT 2.906
10. Gibson • STL 2.849

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. Veale • PIT 0.257
2. O'Toole • CIN 0.327
3. Bruce • HOU 0.356
4. Friend • PIT 0.374
5. Short • PHI 0.408
6. Drysdale • LAD 0.420
7. Jackson • CHC 0.514
8. Koufax • LAD 0.525
9. Marichal • SFG 0.602
10. Johnson • HOU 0.619

Losses

Losses

1. Stallard • NYM 20
2. Cisco • NYM 19
3. Ellsworth • CHC 18
Friend • PIT 18
5. Fisher • NYM 17
6. Drysdale • LAD 16
Jackson • NYM 16
Johnson • HOU 16
9. Brown • HOU 15
10. Bennett • PHI 14
Buhl • CHC 14
Cloninger • MLN 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ellsworth • CHC 107
Fisher • NYM 107
3. Jackson • CHC 104
4. Lemaster • MLN 102
Spahn • MLN 102
6. Jackson • NYM 101
7. Buhl • CHC 97
8. Cloninger • MLN 96
Gibson • STL 96
10. Stallard • NYM 95

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Lemaster • MLN 20
2. Veale • PIT 18
3. Maloney • CIN 16
4. Cloninger • MLN 13
5. Stallard • NYM 12
6. Drysdale • LAD 11
Tsitouris • CIN 11
8. Blass • PIT 10
McDaniel • CHC 10
10. Baldschun • PHI 9
Buhl • CHC 9
Koufax • LAD 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bunning • PHI 14
2. Bolin • SFG 10
Drysdale • LAD 10
Fisher • NYM 10
5. Gibson • STL 9
Wakefield • NYM 9
7. Johnson • HOU 7
Purkey • CIN 7
Sadowski • MLN 7
Woodeshick • HOU 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Drysdale • LAD 1,264
2. Jackson • CHC 1,200
3. Gibson • STL 1,191
4. Veale • PIT 1,161
5. Bunning • PHI 1,145
6. Ellsworth • CHC 1,093
7. Marichal • SFG 1,089
8. Simmons • STL 1,006
9. Friend • PIT 1,004
10. Cloninger • MLN 997

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. Perranoski • LAD 52
2. Baldschun • PHI 51
3. McBean • PIT 49
4. Woodeshick • HOU 48
5. McDaniel • CHC 40
6. Miller • LAD 39
7. Tiefenauer • MLN 38
8. Ellis • CIN 32
9. Taylor • STL 31
10. Roebuck • PHI 27
Shaw • SFG 27

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Koufax • LAD 186
2. Short • PHI 158
3. Drysdale • LAD 147
4. Marichal • SFG 143
5. O'Toole • CIN 136
6. Maloney • CIN 133
7. Bunning • PHI 132
8. Perry • SFG 129
9. Veale • PIT 128
10. Gibson • STL 127

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. Koufax • LAD 2.08
2. Short • PHI 2.30
3. Bruce • HOU 2.32
4. O'Toole • CIN 2.46
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.46
6. Marichal • SFG 2.53
7. Veale • PIT 2.55
8. Bunning • PHI 2.75
9. Maloney • CIN 2.75
10. Friend • PIT 2.75

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. Koufax • LAD 41
2. Drysdale • LAD 40
3. Short • PHI 31
4. Marichal • SFG 30
5. Gibson • STL 26
6. Bunning • PHI 25
7. O'Toole • CIN 24
8. Veale • PIT 23
9. Maloney • CIN 22
10. Perry • SFG 21

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. Koufax • LAD 4.7
2. Drysdale • LAD 4.5
3. Short • PHI 3.5
4. Marichal • SFG 3.4
5. Gibson • STL 2.8
6. Bunning • PHI 2.8
7. O'Toole • CIN 2.7
8. Veale • PIT 2.5
9. Maloney • CIN 2.5
10. Perry • SFG 2.3

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 50.78
2. Koufax • LAD 45.72
3. O'Toole • CIN 34.21
4. Short • PHI 34.01
5. Bunning • PHI 33.69
6. Marichal • SFG 32.37
7. Gibson • STL 28.80
8. Perry • SFG 28.53
9. Veale • PIT 25.20
10. Maloney • CIN 24.84

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. Koufax • LAD 5.7
2. O'Toole • CIN 5.4
3. Perry • SFG 4.6
4. Drysdale • LAD 4.4
5. Marichal • SFG 4.3
6. Jackson • CHC 3.7
7. Bunning • PHI 3.6
8. Short • PHI 3.5
9. Gibson • STL 2.9
10. Maloney • CIN 2.8

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. Drysdale • LAD 6.5
2. Koufax • LAD 5.6
3. O'Toole • CIN 4.3
4. Short • PHI 4.0
5. Jackson • CHC 4.0
6. Marichal • SFG 3.9
7. Perry • SFG 3.3
8. Bunning • PHI 3.2
9. Gibson • STL 3.1
10. Veale • PIT 2.8

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. Maloney • CIN 16.5
2. O'Toole • CIN 15.9
3. Gibson • STL 13.4
4. Ellis • CIN 12.1
5. Short • PHI 9.4
6. Perry • SFG 9.1
7. Bunning • PHI 7.9
8. Marichal • SFG 7.3
9. Schultz • STL 5.6
10. Jay • CIN 4.8

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. Drysdale • LAD 6.2
2. Koufax • LAD 5.7
3. O'Toole • CIN 3.9
4. Short • PHI 3.8
5. Bunning • PHI 3.8
6. Marichal • SFG 3.6
7. Perry • SFG 3.1
8. Gibson • STL 3.1
9. Veale • PIT 2.8
10. Maloney • CIN 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