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 11.2
2. Marichal • SFG 10.5
3. Maloney • CIN 9.0
4. Koufax • LAD 8.6
5. Bunning • PHI 8.3
6. Aaron • MLN 7.9
7. Williams • CHC 7.7
8. Santo • CHC 7.7
9. Gibson • STL 7.6
10. Wynn • HOU 7.4

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. Marichal • SFG 10.3
2. Maloney • CIN 8.2
3. Koufax • LAD 8.1
4. Bunning • PHI 8.0
5. Short • PHI 6.8
6. Gibson • STL 6.3
7. Shaw • SFG 5.3
8. Law • PIT 4.8
9. Bolin • SFG 4.5
10. Osteen • LAD 4.0
Veale • PIT 4.0

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 2.04
2. Marichal • SFG 2.13
3. Law • PIT 2.15
4. Maloney • CIN 2.54
5. Bunning • PHI 2.60
6. Shaw • SFG 2.64
7. Bolin • SFG 2.76
8. Drysdale • LAD 2.77
9. Osteen • LAD 2.79
10. Short • PHI 2.82

Wins

Wins

1. Koufax • LAD 26
2. Cloninger • MLN 24
3. Drysdale • LAD 23
4. Ellis • CIN 22
Marichal • SFG 22
6. Gibson • STL 20
Maloney • CIN 20
8. Bunning • PHI 19
9. Short • PHI 18
10. Law • PIT 17
Veale • PIT 17

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 .765
2. Bolin • SFG .700
3. Maloney • CIN .690
4. Ellis • CIN .688
5. Cloninger • MLN .686
6. Bunning • PHI .679
7. Drysdale • LAD .657
8. Law • PIT .654
9. Shaw • SFG .640
10. Marichal • SFG .629

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 0.855
2. Marichal • SFG 0.914
3. Law • PIT 0.998
4. Bunning • PHI 1.082
5. Drysdale • LAD 1.090
6. Bolin • SFG 1.110
7. Shaw • SFG 1.132
8. Cardwell • PIT 1.136
9. Farrell • HOU 1.138
10. Johnson • 2TM 1.146

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 5.791
2. Maloney • CIN 6.662
3. Marichal • SFG 6.826
4. Bolin • SFG 6.902
5. Gibson • STL 7.314
6. Veale • PIT 7.477
7. Law • PIT 7.537
8. Ellis • CIN 7.578
9. Bunning • PHI 7.825
10. Short • PHI 7.870

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. Marichal • SFG 1.402
2. Law • PIT 1.449
3. Bruce • HOU 1.489
4. Farrell • HOU 1.512
5. Johnson • 2TM 1.867
6. Koufax • LAD 1.904
7. Friend • PIT 1.905
8. Bunning • PHI 1.918
9. Drysdale • LAD 1.926
10. Jackson • CHC 1.994

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 10.242
2. Veale • PIT 9.338
3. Maloney • CIN 8.601
4. Bunning • PHI 8.289
5. Gibson • STL 8.127
6. Perry • SFG 7.819
7. Bolin • SFG 7.454
8. Marichal • SFG 7.314
9. Short • PHI 7.174
10. Cloninger • MLN 6.806

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Abernathy • CHC 84
2. Woodeshick • 2TM 78
3. McDaniel • CHC 71
4. Baldschun • PHI 65
5. McBean • PIT 62
McCool • CIN 62
O'Dell • MLN 62
8. Miller • LAD 61
Osinski • MLN 61
10. Perranoski • LAD 59
Wagner • PHI 59

Saves

Saves

1. Abernathy • CHC 31
2. McCool • CIN 21
3. Linzy • SFG 20
4. O'Dell • MLN 19
McBean • PIT 19
6. Woodeshick • 2TM 18
Perranoski • LAD 18
8. Miller • LAD 9
9. Murakami • SFG 8
Owens • HOU 8

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Koufax • LAD 335.2
2. Drysdale • LAD 308.1
3. Gibson • STL 299.0
4. Short • PHI 297.1
5. Marichal • SFG 295.1
6. Bunning • PHI 291.0
7. Osteen • LAD 287.0
8. Cloninger • MLN 279.0
9. Veale • PIT 266.0
10. Ellis • CIN 263.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Koufax • LAD 382
2. Veale • PIT 276
3. Gibson • STL 270
4. Bunning • PHI 268
5. Maloney • CIN 244
6. Marichal • SFG 240
7. Short • PHI 237
8. Cloninger • MLN 211
9. Drysdale • LAD 210
10. Ellis • CIN 183

Games Started

Games Started

1. Drysdale • LAD 42
2. Koufax • LAD 41
3. Osteen • LAD 40
Short • PHI 40
5. Bunning • PHI 39
Ellis • CIN 39
Jackson • CHC 39
8. Cloninger • MLN 38
9. Marichal • SFG 37
Veale • PIT 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Marichal • SFG 24
3. Drysdale • LAD 20
Gibson • STL 20
5. Cloninger • MLN 16
6. Short • PHI 15
Bunning • PHI 15
Ellis • CIN 15
9. Veale • PIT 14
Maloney • CIN 14

Shutouts

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

1. Marichal • SFG 10
2. Koufax • LAD 8
3. Bunning • PHI 7
Drysdale • LAD 7
Veale • PIT 7
6. Gibson • STL 6
7. Short • PHI 5
Maloney • CIN 5
9. Law • PIT 4
Jackson • CHC 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gibson • STL 34
2. Drysdale • LAD 30
3. Jackson • CHC 28
4. Marichal • SFG 27
5. Buhl • CHC 26
Koufax • LAD 26
Sadecki • STL 26
Spahn • 2TM 26
9. Stallard • STL 25
10. Bunning • PHI 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cloninger • MLN 119
Veale • PIT 119
3. Blasingame • MLN 116
4. Maloney • CIN 110
5. Ellis • CIN 104
6. Gibson • STL 103
7. Short • PHI 89
8. Culp • PHI 78
Osteen • LAD 78
10. Koufax • LAD 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Drysdale • LAD 270
2. Jackson • CHC 268
3. Short • PHI 260
4. Bunning • PHI 253
Osteen • LAD 253
6. Fisher • NYM 252
7. Cloninger • MLN 247
8. Gibson • STL 243
9. Bruce • HOU 241
10. Simmons • STL 229

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. Koufax • LAD 5.380
2. Marichal • SFG 5.217
3. Bunning • PHI 4.323
4. Bruce • HOU 3.816
5. Farrell • HOU 3.486
6. Drysdale • LAD 3.182
7. Johnson • 2TM 3.146
8. Law • PIT 2.886
9. Shaw • SFG 2.792
10. Short • PHI 2.663

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 0.169
2. Maloney • CIN 0.458
3. Short • PHI 0.545
4. Osteen • LAD 0.596
5. Culp • PHI 0.617
6. Cloninger • MLN 0.645
7. Shaw • SFG 0.651
8. Blasingame • MLN 0.681
9. Friend • PIT 0.689
10. Koufax • LAD 0.697

Losses

Losses

1. Fisher • NYM 24
2. Jackson • CHC 21
3. Jackson • NYM 20
4. Bruce • HOU 18
5. Spahn • 2TM 16
6. Ellsworth • CHC 15
Nottebart • HOU 15
Osteen • LAD 15
Sadecki • STL 15
Simmons • STL 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ellis • CIN 111
Fisher • NYM 111
3. Jackson • CHC 110
4. Cloninger • MLN 102
Gibson • STL 102
6. Sadecki • STL 100
7. Jackson • NYM 99
8. Bruce • HOU 95
Drysdale • LAD 95
10. Blasingame • MLN 94
Ellsworth • CHC 94

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cloninger • MLN 22
2. Maloney • CIN 19
3. Veale • PIT 17
4. Ellsworth • CHC 15
Tsitouris • CIN 15
6. Perry • SFG 12
7. Belinsky • PHI 11
Drysdale • LAD 11
Koufax • LAD 11
10. Ellis • CIN 9
Giusti • HOU 9
Niekro • MLN 9
Shaw • SFG 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bunning • PHI 12
Cardwell • PIT 12
Culp • PHI 12
Drysdale • LAD 12
5. Gibson • STL 11
6. Bruce • HOU 9
Tsitouris • CIN 9
8. Friend • PIT 8
Jackson • NYM 8
10. Mahaffey • PHI 7
Purkey • STL 7
Sanford • SFG 7
Veale • PIT 7
Johnson • 2TM 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Koufax • LAD 1,297
2. Drysdale • LAD 1,262
3. Gibson • STL 1,233
4. Short • PHI 1,216
5. Bunning • PHI 1,191
6. Cloninger • MLN 1,180
7. Osteen • LAD 1,169
8. Marichal • SFG 1,153
9. Veale • PIT 1,126
10. Ellis • CIN 1,101

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. Abernathy • CHC 62
2. Woodeshick • 2TM 47
3. McCool • CIN 43
4. O'Dell • MLN 42
5. McBean • PIT 41
6. Linzy • SFG 40
7. Miller • LAD 37
8. Perranoski • LAD 36
9. Wagner • PHI 32
10. Baldschun • PHI 31

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Marichal • SFG 169
2. Law • PIT 163
3. Koufax • LAD 160
4. Maloney • CIN 148
5. Shaw • SFG 137
6. Bunning • PHI 132
7. Bolin • SFG 131
8. Gibson • STL 126
9. Veale • PIT 123
10. Short • PHI 122

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 1.93
2. Veale • PIT 2.11
3. Bunning • PHI 2.47
4. Marichal • SFG 2.59
5. Maloney • CIN 2.62
6. Short • PHI 2.66
7. Shaw • SFG 2.91
8. Johnson • 2TM 2.99
9. Farrell • HOU 3.02
10. Osteen • LAD 3.10

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. Marichal • SFG 48
2. Koufax • LAD 48
3. Maloney • CIN 35
4. Law • PIT 30
5. Bunning • PHI 30
6. Gibson • STL 27
7. Short • PHI 23
8. Shaw • SFG 22
9. Osteen • LAD 19
10. Veale • PIT 19

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. Marichal • SFG 5.6
2. Koufax • LAD 5.5
3. Maloney • CIN 3.9
4. Law • PIT 3.4
5. Bunning • PHI 3.3
6. Gibson • STL 3.0
7. Short • PHI 2.5
8. Shaw • SFG 2.4
9. Osteen • LAD 2.1
10. Veale • PIT 2.1

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. Koufax • LAD 56.24
2. Marichal • SFG 55.04
3. Bunning • PHI 37.45
4. Maloney • CIN 36.38
5. Law • PIT 32.22
6. Short • PHI 31.75
7. Gibson • STL 27.37
8. Osteen • LAD 26.71
9. Bolin • SFG 25.63
10. Drysdale • LAD 21.51

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 8.3
2. Marichal • SFG 6.2
3. Short • PHI 5.2
4. Maloney • CIN 4.6
5. Bunning • PHI 3.7
6. Law • PIT 3.6
7. Veale • PIT 2.6
8. Drysdale • LAD 2.5
9. Perranoski • LAD 2.4
10. Linzy • SFG 2.0

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. Koufax • LAD 6.8
2. Marichal • SFG 4.8
3. Maloney • CIN 3.7
4. Law • PIT 3.6
5. Bunning • PHI 3.4
6. Veale • PIT 2.7
7. Shaw • SFG 2.7
8. Osteen • LAD 2.7
9. Short • PHI 2.6
10. Gibson • STL 2.3

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. Koufax • LAD 33.8
2. Perranoski • LAD 15.8
3. Marichal • SFG 13.3
4. Maloney • CIN 10.8
5. Linzy • SFG 10.5
6. Drysdale • LAD 6.6
7. Brewer • LAD 5.5
8. Nuxhall • CIN 5.4
9. Henry • 2TM 4.1
10. Podres • LAD 3.9

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. Koufax • LAD 6.8
2. Marichal • SFG 6.3
3. Bunning • PHI 4.3
4. Maloney • CIN 4.0
5. Law • PIT 3.7
6. Short • PHI 3.6
7. Osteen • LAD 3.1
8. Gibson • STL 2.9
9. Bolin • SFG 2.8
10. Drysdale • LAD 2.5

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