1972 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: Cincinnati Reds

NL Most Valuable Player: Johnny Bench

NL Cy Young: Steve Carlton

NL Rookie of the Year: Jon Matlack

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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. Carlton • PHI 12.5

2. Morgan • CIN 9.3

3. Bench • CIN 8.6

4. Cedeño • HOU 8.0

5. Gibson • STL 7.8

6. Sutton • LAD 6.3

7. Osteen • LAD 6.3

8. Williams • CHC 6.1

9. Matlack • NYM 6.1

10. Rose • CIN 6.0

Speier • SFG 6.0

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. Carlton • PHI 12.1

2. Gibson • STL 7.1

3. Sutton • LAD 6.6

4. Matlack • NYM 6.1

5. Jenkins • CHC 5.8

6. Niekro • ATL 5.4

7. Seaver • NYM 5.2

8. Osteen • LAD 5.1

9. Hooton • CHC 5.0

10. Wise • STL 5.0

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. Carlton • PHI 1.97

2. Nolan • CIN 1.99

3. Sutton • LAD 2.08

4. Matlack • NYM 2.32

5. Gibson • STL 2.46

6. Blass • PIT 2.49

7. Osteen • LAD 2.64

8. Wilson • HOU 2.68

9. Ellis • PIT 2.70

10. Pappas • CHC 2.77

Wins

1. Carlton • PHI 27

2. Seaver • NYM 21

3. Jenkins • CHC 20

Osteen • LAD 20

5. Blass • PIT 19

Gibson • STL 19

Sutton • LAD 19

8. Pappas • CHC 17

9. Niekro • ATL 16

Torrez • MON 16

Wise • STL 16

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. Nolan • CIN .750

2. Carlton • PHI .730

3. Pappas • CHC .708

4. Blass • PIT .704

5. John • LAD .688

6. Ellis • PIT .682

7. Sutton • LAD .679

8. Bryant • SFG .667

9. Dierker • HOU .652

10. Osteen • LAD .645

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Sutton • LAD 0.913

2. Carlton • PHI 0.993

3. Nolan • CIN 1.006

4. McAndrew • NYM 1.064

5. Niekro • ATL 1.087

6. Jenkins • CHC 1.089

7. Pappas • CHC 1.108

8. Seaver • NYM 1.115

9. Gibson • STL 1.129

10. John • LAD 1.136

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Sutton • LAD 6.139

2. Carlton • PHI 6.679

3. Gibson • STL 7.317

4. Seaver • NYM 7.385

5. Bryant • SFG 7.402

6. Kirby • SDP 7.429

7. McAndrew • NYM 7.450

8. Nolan • CIN 7.517

9. Stoneman • MON 7.648

10. Wilson • HOU 7.726

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Pappas • CHC 1.338

2. Nolan • CIN 1.534

3. Niekro • ATL 1.689

4. Ellis • PIT 1.818

5. Moose • PIT 1.872

6. Jenkins • CHC 1.929

John • LAD 1.929

8. Briles • PIT 1.978

9. Barr • SFG 2.061

10. Sutton • LAD 2.079

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Seaver • NYM 8.553

2. Reuss • HOU 8.156

3. Koosman • NYM 8.117

4. Carlton • PHI 8.056

5. Norman • SDP 7.101

6. Sutton • LAD 6.833

7. Wilson • HOU 6.780

8. Gibson • STL 6.734

9. McDowell • SFG 6.682

10. Kirby • SDP 6.599

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Carroll • CIN 65

Marshall • MON 65

3. Borbón • CIN 62

4. Ross • SDP 60

5. Giusti • PIT 54

McGraw • NYM 54

Ray • HOU 54

8. Hernández • PIT 53

9. Brewer • LAD 51

10. Twitchell • PHI 49

Saves

1. Carroll • CIN 37

2. McGraw • NYM 27

3. Giusti • PIT 22

4. Marshall • MON 18

5. Brewer • LAD 17

Aker • CHC 17

7. Hernández • PIT 14

Gladding • HOU 14

9. Upshaw • ATL 13

10. Borbón • CIN 11

Innings Pitched

1. Carlton • PHI 346.1

2. Jenkins • CHC 289.1

3. Niekro • ATL 282.1

4. Gibson • STL 278.0

5. Sutton • LAD 272.2

6. Wise • STL 269.0

7. Seaver • NYM 262.0

8. Osteen • LAD 252.0

9. Stoneman • MON 250.2

10. Arlin • SDP 250.0

Strikeouts

1. Carlton • PHI 310

2. Seaver • NYM 249

3. Gibson • STL 208

4. Sutton • LAD 207

5. Jenkins • CHC 184

6. Kirby • SDP 175

7. Reuss • HOU 174

8. Wilson • HOU 172

9. Stoneman • MON 171

10. Matlack • NYM 169

Games Started

1. Carlton • PHI 41

2. Arlin • SDP 37

3. Jenkins • CHC 36

Niekro • ATL 36

5. Seaver • NYM 35

Stoneman • MON 35

Wise • STL 35

8. Gibson • STL 34

Kirby • SDP 34

10. Cleveland • STL 33

Osteen • LAD 33

Sutton • LAD 33

Torrez • MON 33

Wilson • HOU 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Carlton • PHI 30

2. Jenkins • CHC 23

Gibson • STL 23

4. Wise • STL 20

5. Sutton • LAD 18

6. Niekro • ATL 17

7. Osteen • LAD 14

8. Wilson • HOU 13

Torrez • MON 13

Seaver • NYM 13

Stoneman • MON 13

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Sutton • LAD 9

2. Carlton • PHI 8

3. Norman • SDP 6

4. Jenkins • CHC 5

Dierker • HOU 5

6. Stoneman • MON 4

Reuschel • CHC 4

Osteen • LAD 4

Gibson • STL 4

Downing • LAD 4

Bryant • SFG 4

Billingham • CIN 4

Matlack • NYM 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jenkins • CHC 32

2. Seaver • NYM 23

3. Niekro • ATL 22

4. Cleveland • STL 21

Kirby • SDP 21

6. Bryant • SFG 20

Gentry • NYM 20

8. Arlin • SDP 19

Forsch • HOU 19

10. Billingham • CIN 18

Blass • PIT 18

Greif • SDP 18

Grimsley • CIN 18

Norman • SDP 18

Pappas • CHC 18

Reed • ATL 18

Roberts • HOU 18

Stone • ATL 18

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Arlin • SDP 122

2. Kirby • SDP 116

3. Torrez • MON 103

4. Stoneman • MON 102

5. Gibson • STL 88

Norman • SDP 88

7. Carlton • PHI 87

8. McDowell • SFG 86

9. Blass • PIT 84

10. Reuss • HOU 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carlton • PHI 257

2. Niekro • ATL 254

3. Jenkins • CHC 253

4. Wise • STL 250

5. Osteen • LAD 232

6. Cleveland • STL 229

7. Blass • PIT 227

Roberts • HOU 227

9. Gibson • STL 226

10. Reed • ATL 222

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. Carlton • PHI 3.563

2. Sutton • LAD 3.286

3. Seaver • NYM 3.234

4. Niekro • ATL 3.094

5. Moose • PIT 3.064

6. Nolan • CIN 3.000

7. Jenkins • CHC 2.968

8. John • LAD 2.925

9. Ellis • PIT 2.909

10. Koosman • NYM 2.827

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Ellis • PIT 0.331

2. Singer • LAD 0.425

3. Sutton • LAD 0.429

4. Moose • PIT 0.438

5. Carlton • PHI 0.442

6. Gibson • STL 0.453

7. Matlack • NYM 0.516

8. Wise • STL 0.535

9. Hooton • CHC 0.536

10. Stoneman • MON 0.539

Losses

1. Arlin • SDP 21

2. Greif • SDP 16

Marichal • SFG 16

Singer • LAD 16

Wise • STL 16

6. Cleveland • STL 15

McAnally • MON 15

Reed • ATL 15

Reynolds • PHI 15

10. Champion • PHI 14

Hooton • CHC 14

Kirby • SDP 14

Stoneman • MON 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Jenkins • CHC 103

2. Cleveland • STL 101

3. Arlin • SDP 100

4. Niekro • ATL 96

Roberts • HOU 96

6. Reed • ATL 93

Wise • STL 93

8. Torrez • MON 90

9. Reuss • HOU 89

10. Seaver • NYM 85

Wild Pitches

1. Arlin • SDP 15

2. Norman • SDP 13

3. McDowell • SFG 11

Reed • ATL 11

Wilson • HOU 11

6. Gibson • STL 10

John • LAD 10

Niekro • ATL 10

9. Forsch • HOU 9

Kelley • ATL 9

Koosman • NYM 9

Sutton • LAD 9

Nash • 2TM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Reuss • HOU 10

2. Arlin • SDP 9

Kison • PIT 9

4. Greif • SDP 8

Pappas • CHC 8

6. Billingham • CIN 7

Downing • LAD 7

Jenkins • CHC 7

9. Brandon • PHI 6

Gentry • NYM 6

Koosman • NYM 6

McDowell • SFG 6

Reed • ATL 6

Torrez • MON 6

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,351

2. Jenkins • CHC 1,176

3. Niekro • ATL 1,150

4. Gibson • STL 1,119

5. Wise • STL 1,089

6. Arlin • SDP 1,072

7. Sutton • LAD 1,061

8. Seaver • NYM 1,060

9. Stoneman • MON 1,049

10. Osteen • LAD 1,033

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. Marshall • MON 56

2. Carroll • CIN 54

3. McGraw • NYM 47

4. Giusti • PIT 44

5. Brewer • LAD 41

6. Aker • CHC 39

7. Gladding • HOU 32

Johnson • SFG 32

9. Frisella • NYM 31

Hernández • PIT 31

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Carlton • PHI 182

2. Nolan • CIN 162

3. Sutton • LAD 162

4. Matlack • NYM 145

5. Gibson • STL 139

6. Pappas • CHC 136

7. Blass • PIT 135

8. Hooton • CHC 135

9. Osteen • LAD 127

10. Hands • CHC 126

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. Carlton • PHI 2.01

2. Sutton • LAD 2.24

3. Ellis • PIT 2.36

4. Moose • PIT 2.43

5. Gibson • STL 2.54

6. Seaver • NYM 2.58

7. Matlack • NYM 2.66

8. Wilson • HOU 2.70

9. Briles • PIT 2.78

10. Koosman • NYM 2.78

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. Carlton • PHI 61

2. Sutton • LAD 37

3. Gibson • STL 31

4. Matlack • NYM 25

5. Nolan • CIN 24

6. Blass • PIT 24

7. Marshall • MON 22

8. Osteen • LAD 21

9. Hooton • CHC 21

10. Niekro • ATL 19

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. Carlton • PHI 7.3

2. Sutton • LAD 4.3

3. Gibson • STL 3.6

4. Matlack • NYM 2.9

5. Nolan • CIN 2.7

6. Blass • PIT 2.7

7. Marshall • MON 2.4

8. Osteen • LAD 2.4

9. Hooton • CHC 2.4

10. Niekro • 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. Carlton • PHI 65.45

2. Sutton • LAD 38.28

3. Gibson • STL 37.32

4. Matlack • NYM 27.58

5. Nolan • CIN 27.18

6. Blass • PIT 26.05

7. Osteen • LAD 25.30

8. Marshall • MON 25.25

9. McGraw • NYM 24.14

10. Hooton • CHC 21.55

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. Carlton • PHI 8.3

2. McGraw • NYM 6.5

3. Gibson • STL 5.2

4. Carroll • CIN 4.8

5. Sutton • LAD 4.7

6. Matlack • NYM 3.5

7. Osteen • LAD 3.4

8. Marshall • MON 3.3

9. Hernández • PIT 3.3

10. Seaver • NYM 3.1

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. Carlton • PHI 7.1

2. Sutton • LAD 5.5

3. Gibson • STL 4.1

4. Niekro • ATL 2.5

5. Nolan • CIN 2.3

6. Matlack • NYM 2.3

7. Wise • STL 2.2

8. McGraw • NYM 2.2

9. Wilson • HOU 2.2

10. Marshall • MON 2.2

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. Carroll • CIN 4.8

2. Matlack • NYM 4.5

3. McGraw • NYM 4.2

4. Giusti • PIT 3.1

5. Sutton • LAD 2.8

6. Brewer • LAD 2.7

7. Nolan • CIN 2.7

8. Grimsley • CIN 2.6

9. Borbón • CIN 2.6

10. Hernández • PIT 2.5

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. Carlton • PHI 7.7

2. Sutton • LAD 4.5

3. Gibson • STL 4.4

4. Nolan • CIN 3.3

5. Matlack • NYM 3.2

6. Blass • PIT 3.0

7. Osteen • LAD 2.9

8. Marshall • MON 2.8

9. McGraw • NYM 2.7

10. Hooton • CHC 2.3

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