National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
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
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 4.1
Earned Run Average
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
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 %
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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+
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
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements