1966 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: Los Angeles Dodgers

NL Most Valuable Player: Roberto Clemente

ML Cy Young: Sandy Koufax

NL Rookie of the Year: Tommy Helms

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National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Marichal • SFG 9.7

2. Koufax • LAD 9.7

3. Bunning • PHI 9.0

4. Mays • SFG 8.9

5. Santo • CHC 8.9

6. Clemente • PIT 8.2

7. Aaron • ATL 7.9

8. Allen • PHI 7.5

9. Maloney • CIN 7.4

10. Hart • SFG 6.5

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Koufax • LAD 10.3

2. Marichal • SFG 9.1

3. Bunning • PHI 9.0

4. Maloney • CIN 7.1

5. Gibson • STL 6.1

6. Cuellar • HOU 5.7

7. Perry • SFG 5.2

8. Regan • LAD 4.9

9. Veale • PIT 4.7

10. Bolin • SFG 4.2

Earned Run Average

9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Koufax • LAD 1.73

2. Cuellar • HOU 2.22

3. Marichal • SFG 2.23

4. Bunning • PHI 2.41

5. Gibson • STL 2.44

6. Jackson • STL 2.51

7. Maloney • CIN 2.80

8. Osteen • LAD 2.85

9. Bolin • SFG 2.89

10. Sutton • LAD 2.99

Wins

1. Koufax • LAD 27

2. Marichal • SFG 25

3. Gibson • STL 21

Perry • SFG 21

5. Short • PHI 20

6. Bunning • PHI 19

7. Osteen • LAD 17

8. Maloney • CIN 16

Veale • PIT 16

10. Giusti • HOU 15

Jackson • 2TM 15

Win-Loss %

Win-Loss Percentage W / (W + L) For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games. For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Marichal • SFG .806

2. Koufax • LAD .750

3. Perry • SFG .724

4. Jaster • STL .688

5. Maloney • CIN .667

Short • PHI .667

7. Johnson • ATL .636

Gibson • STL .636

9. Blass • PIT .611

10. Law • PIT .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Marichal • SFG 0.859

2. Koufax • LAD 0.985

3. Bunning • PHI 1.003

4. Gibson • STL 1.027

5. Cuellar • HOU 1.078

6. Sutton • LAD 1.081

7. Bolin • SFG 1.088

8. Jenkins • 2TM 1.096

9. Perry • SFG 1.103

10. Jackson • STL 1.148

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Marichal • SFG 6.677

2. Koufax • LAD 6.715

3. Gibson • STL 6.742

4. Maloney • CIN 6.970

5. Bolin • SFG 6.981

6. Jenkins • 2TM 7.324

7. Bunning • PHI 7.452

8. Cuellar • HOU 7.641

9. Veale • PIT 7.647

10. Sutton • LAD 7.657

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Marichal • SFG 1.054

2. Law • PIT 1.216

3. Perry • SFG 1.408

4. Drysdale • LAD 1.480

5. Bunning • PHI 1.576

6. Pappas • CIN 1.674

7. Ellsworth • CHC 1.704

8. Jackson • STL 1.741

9. Ribant • NYM 1.912

10. Johnson • ATL 1.920

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 8.833

2. Maloney • CIN 8.653

3. Sutton • LAD 8.335

4. Veale • PIT 7.681

5. Jenkins • 2TM 7.324

6. Lemaster • ATL 7.316

7. Gibson • STL 7.224

8. Bunning • PHI 7.223

9. Perry • SFG 7.076

10. Holtzman • CHC 6.974

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Carroll • ATL 73

2. Mikkelsen • PIT 71

3. Knowles • PHI 69

4. Regan • LAD 65

5. McDaniel • SFG 64

6. Raymond • HOU 62

7. Jenkins • 2TM 61

O'Dell • 2TM 61

9. Nottebart • CIN 59

Woodeshick • STL 59

Saves

1. Regan • LAD 21

2. Face • PIT 18

McCool • CIN 18

4. Raymond • HOU 16

Linzy • SFG 16

6. Mikkelsen • PIT 14

7. Knowles • PHI 13

Hoerner • STL 13

Hamilton • NYM 13

10. Carroll • ATL 11

Nottebart • CIN 11

Innings Pitched

1. Koufax • LAD 323.0

2. Bunning • PHI 314.0

3. Marichal • SFG 307.1

4. Gibson • STL 280.1

5. Drysdale • LAD 273.2

6. Short • PHI 272.0

7. Ellsworth • CHC 269.1

8. Veale • PIT 268.1

9. Cloninger • ATL 257.2

10. Perry • SFG 255.2

Strikeouts

1. Koufax • LAD 317

2. Bunning • PHI 252

3. Veale • PIT 229

4. Gibson • STL 225

5. Marichal • SFG 222

6. Maloney • CIN 216

7. Sutton • LAD 209

8. Perry • SFG 201

9. Cloninger • ATL 178

10. Drysdale • LAD 177

Short • PHI 177

Games Started

1. Koufax • LAD 41

Bunning • PHI 41

3. Drysdale • LAD 40

4. Short • PHI 39

5. Cloninger • ATL 38

Osteen • LAD 38

7. Ellsworth • CHC 37

Veale • PIT 37

9. Marichal • SFG 36

Ellis • CIN 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Koufax • LAD 27

2. Marichal • SFG 25

3. Gibson • STL 20

4. Short • PHI 19

5. Bunning • PHI 16

6. Perry • SFG 13

7. Jackson • 2TM 12

Veale • PIT 12

9. Johnson • ATL 11

Drysdale • LAD 11

Cuellar • HOU 11

Cloninger • ATL 11

Jackson • STL 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Bunning • PHI 5

Jackson • 2TM 5

Maloney • CIN 5

Koufax • LAD 5

Jaster • STL 5

Gibson • STL 5

7. Law • PIT 4

Short • PHI 4

Marichal • SFG 4

Bolin • SFG 4

Giusti • HOU 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ellis • CIN 35

2. Marichal • SFG 32

3. Cloninger • ATL 29

4. Ellsworth • CHC 28

Short • PHI 28

6. Holtzman • CHC 27

7. Bunning • PHI 26

Fisher • NYM 26

9. Bolin • SFG 25

Lemaster • ATL 25

Jackson • 2TM 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cloninger • ATL 116

2. Veale • PIT 102

3. Maloney • CIN 90

4. Hamilton • NYM 88

5. Ellis • CIN 78

Gibson • STL 78

7. Koufax • LAD 77

8. Bolin • SFG 70

9. Holtzman • CHC 68

Short • PHI 68

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ellsworth • CHC 321

2. Drysdale • LAD 279

3. Bunning • PHI 260

4. Short • PHI 257

Jackson • 2TM 257

6. Cloninger • ATL 253

7. Perry • SFG 242

8. Koufax • LAD 241

9. Osteen • LAD 238

10. Fisher • NYM 229

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

SO/W or SO/BB For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP per team game played. No batting leaders computed.

1. Marichal • SFG 6.167

2. Perry • SFG 5.025

3. Bunning • PHI 4.582

4. Koufax • LAD 4.117

5. Sutton • LAD 4.019

6. Drysdale • LAD 3.933

7. Law • PIT 3.667

8. Pappas • CIN 3.410

9. Lemaster • ATL 3.390

10. Cuellar • HOU 3.365

Home Runs per 9 IP

9 x HR / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Osteen • LAD 0.225

2. Cuellar • HOU 0.396

3. Perry • SFG 0.528

4. Koufax • LAD 0.529

5. Veale • PIT 0.604

6. Gibson • STL 0.642

7. Fryman • PIT 0.644

8. Drysdale • LAD 0.691

9. Jackson • STL 0.696

10. Maloney • CIN 0.721

Losses

1. Ellsworth • CHC 22

2. Ellis • CIN 19

3. Drysdale • LAD 16

Holtzman • CHC 16

5. Briles • STL 15

Jackson • STL 15

Jackson • 2TM 15

8. Bunning • PHI 14

Fisher • NYM 14

Giusti • HOU 14

Osteen • LAD 14

Shaw • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ellis • CIN 130

2. Ellsworth • CHC 119

3. Cloninger • ATL 118

4. Short • PHI 107

5. Drysdale • LAD 104

6. Pappas • CIN 100

7. Giusti • HOU 98

8. Shaw • 2TM 95

9. Fisher • NYM 94

Jackson • 2TM 94

Wild Pitches

1. Cloninger • ATL 27

2. Hamilton • NYM 18

3. Giusti • HOU 14

4. Fisher • NYM 12

Gibson • STL 12

6. Shaw • 2TM 11

7. Carroll • ATL 10

Veale • PIT 10

9. Blasingame • ATL 9

Blass • PIT 9

Cuellar • HOU 9

Culp • PHI 9

Ellis • CIN 9

Hepler • NYM 9

Abernathy • 2TM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bunning • PHI 19

2. Drysdale • LAD 17

3. Bolin • SFG 10

Maloney • CIN 10

5. Nuxhall • CIN 9

Short • PHI 9

7. Bruce • HOU 8

Fisher • NYM 8

9. Briles • STL 7

Culp • PHI 7

Knowles • PHI 7

Latman • HOU 7

Shaw • 2TM 7

Batters Faced

1. Koufax • LAD 1,274

2. Bunning • PHI 1,254

3. Marichal • SFG 1,180

4. Ellsworth • CHC 1,169

5. Drysdale • LAD 1,135

6. Cloninger • ATL 1,132

7. Gibson • STL 1,119

8. Short • PHI 1,118

9. Veale • PIT 1,111

10. Jackson • 2TM 1,057

Games Finished

Games Finished Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game. Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Regan • LAD 48

2. McCool • CIN 45

3. Face • PIT 42

Raymond • HOU 42

5. Hoerner • STL 39

Knowles • PHI 39

7. Abernathy • 2TM 36

8. Linzy • SFG 34

9. Mikkelsen • PIT 33

Perranoski • LAD 33

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Koufax • LAD 190

2. Marichal • SFG 167

3. Cuellar • HOU 155

4. Bunning • PHI 150

5. Gibson • STL 148

6. Jackson • STL 144

7. Maloney • CIN 140

8. Bolin • SFG 129

9. Perry • SFG 124

10. Veale • PIT 118

Fielding Independent Pitching

Fielding Independent Pitching this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO <tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg</tt> The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Koufax • LAD 2.07

2. Perry • SFG 2.27

3. Cuellar • HOU 2.27

4. Sutton • LAD 2.53

5. Osteen • LAD 2.57

6. Bunning • PHI 2.73

7. Gibson • STL 2.76

8. Marichal • SFG 2.86

9. Veale • PIT 2.92

10. Drysdale • LAD 2.94

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adjusted Pitching Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Koufax • LAD 60

2. Marichal • SFG 49

3. Bunning • PHI 44

4. Gibson • STL 35

5. Maloney • CIN 28

6. Cuellar • HOU 25

7. Jackson • STL 25

8. Regan • LAD 24

9. Perry • SFG 22

10. Carroll • ATL 20

Adj. Pitching Wins

Adjusted Pitching Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his arm. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Koufax • LAD 6.9

2. Marichal • SFG 5.6

3. Bunning • PHI 4.9

4. Gibson • STL 3.9

5. Maloney • CIN 3.1

6. Cuellar • HOU 2.8

7. Jackson • STL 2.7

8. Regan • LAD 2.6

9. Perry • SFG 2.4

10. Carroll • ATL 2.1

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Saved Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Koufax • LAD 68.04

2. Marichal • SFG 56.49

3. Bunning • PHI 49.84

4. Gibson • STL 36.61

5. Maloney • CIN 29.36

6. Perry • SFG 28.42

7. Regan • LAD 25.43

8. Cuellar • HOU 24.68

9. McCool • CIN 23.28

10. Bolin • SFG 22.81

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Koufax • LAD 8.0

2. Marichal • SFG 7.7

3. Bunning • PHI 5.5

4. Gibson • STL 4.5

5. Perry • SFG 3.7

6. Bolin • SFG 3.3

7. Regan • LAD 3.2

8. Cuellar • HOU 3.0

9. McCool • CIN 2.8

10. Maloney • CIN 2.6

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Koufax • LAD 7.2

2. Marichal • SFG 6.9

3. Bunning • PHI 3.9

4. Gibson • STL 3.3

5. Perry • SFG 3.2

6. Regan • LAD 2.8

7. Cuellar • HOU 2.5

8. Osteen • LAD 2.2

9. Maloney • CIN 2.1

10. McCool • CIN 2.1

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Koufax • LAD 26.9

2. Marichal • SFG 26.7

3. Regan • LAD 13.7

4. Perry • SFG 9.9

5. Bolin • SFG 9.1

6. Drysdale • LAD 5.4

7. Bunning • PHI 4.9

8. McDaniel • SFG 4.2

9. Veale • PIT 3.9

10. Sutton • LAD 2.6

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

Base-Out Wins Saved This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Koufax • LAD 8.5

2. Marichal • SFG 6.4

3. Bunning • PHI 5.6

4. Gibson • STL 4.1

5. Maloney • CIN 3.1

6. Perry • SFG 3.1

7. Regan • LAD 2.9

8. Cuellar • HOU 2.8

9. Bolin • SFG 2.4

10. McCool • CIN 2.4

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