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. Seaver • NYM 11.0
2. Morgan • CIN 9.3
3. Evans • ATL 9.0
4. Rose • CIN 8.3
5. Bonds • SFG 7.8
6. Cedeño • HOU 7.4
7. Stargell • PIT 7.2
8. Twitchell • PHI 6.1
9. Singleton • MON 5.7
10. Simmons • STL 5.5

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. Seaver • NYM 10.6
2. Twitchell • PHI 6.7
3. Reuschel • CHC 5.8
4. Koosman • NYM 5.8
5. Sutton • LAD 5.4
6. Roberts • HOU 5.1
7. Rogers • MON 5.0
8. Niekro • ATL 4.4
9. Renko • MON 4.3
10. Matlack • NYM 4.3

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. Seaver • NYM 2.08
2. Sutton • LAD 2.42
3. Twitchell • PHI 2.50
4. Marshall • MON 2.66
5. Messersmith • LAD 2.70
6. Gibson • STL 2.77
7. Renko • MON 2.81
8. Briles • PIT 2.84
9. Koosman • NYM 2.84
10. Roberts • HOU 2.85

Wins

Wins

1. Bryant • SFG 24
2. Billingham • CIN 19
Seaver • NYM 19
4. Gullett • CIN 18
Sutton • LAD 18
6. Roberts • HOU 17
7. John • LAD 16
Osteen • LAD 16
Reuss • HOU 16
Wise • STL 16

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. John • LAD .696
2. Gullett • CIN .692
3. Bryant • SFG .667
4. Billingham • CIN .655
Seaver • NYM .655
6. Sutton • LAD .643
7. Locker • CHC .625
Rooker • PIT .625
9. Roberts • HOU .607
10. Morton • ATL .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Seaver • NYM 0.976
2. Sutton • LAD 0.983
3. Messersmith • LAD 1.093
4. Gibson • STL 1.108
5. Rooker • PIT 1.145
6. Briles • PIT 1.152
7. Downing • LAD 1.155
8. John • LAD 1.156
9. Wilson • HOU 1.166
10. Gullett • CIN 1.169

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Seaver • NYM 6.797
2. Sutton • LAD 6.882
3. Twitchell • PHI 6.931
4. Wilson • HOU 7.032
5. Messersmith • LAD 7.065
6. Downing • LAD 7.228
7. Renko • MON 7.246
8. Gibson • STL 7.338
9. Rooker • PIT 7.556
10. Moore • MON 7.707

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 1.606
2. Jenkins • CHC 1.893
3. Barr • SFG 1.906
4. Sutton • LAD 1.966
5. Seaver • NYM 1.986
6. Wise • STL 2.050
7. John • LAD 2.064
8. Briles • PIT 2.099
9. Pappas • CHC 2.222
10. Roberts • HOU 2.238

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Seaver • NYM 7.790
2. Moore • MON 7.707
3. Matlack • NYM 7.624
4. Sutton • LAD 7.022
5. Carlton • PHI 6.842
6. Twitchell • PHI 6.810
7. Forsch • HOU 6.661
8. Harrison • ATL 6.598
9. Gibson • STL 6.554
10. Rooker • PIT 6.446

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Marshall • MON 92
2. Borbón • CIN 80
3. Sosa • SFG 71
4. Giusti • PIT 67
5. Seguí • STL 65
6. Locker • CHC 63
7. McGraw • NYM 60
Moffitt • SFG 60
9. Hernández • PIT 59
10. Ross • SDP 58

Saves

Saves

1. Marshall • MON 31
2. McGraw • NYM 25
3. Brewer • LAD 20
Giusti • PIT 20
5. Locker • CHC 18
Sosa • SFG 18
7. Seguí • STL 17
8. Moffitt • SFG 14
Borbón • CIN 14
Carroll • CIN 14

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Billingham • CIN 293.1
Carlton • PHI 293.1
3. Seaver • NYM 290.0
4. Reuss • HOU 279.1
5. Jenkins • CHC 271.0
6. Bryant • SFG 270.0
7. Koosman • NYM 263.0
8. Wise • STL 259.0
9. Morton • ATL 256.1
Sutton • LAD 256.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Seaver • NYM 251
2. Carlton • PHI 223
3. Matlack • NYM 205
4. Sutton • LAD 200
5. Messersmith • LAD 177
Reuss • HOU 177
7. Jenkins • CHC 170
8. Twitchell • PHI 169
9. Reuschel • CHC 168
10. Renko • MON 164

Games Started

Games Started

1. Billingham • CIN 40
Carlton • PHI 40
Reuss • HOU 40
4. Bryant • SFG 39
5. Jenkins • CHC 38
6. Morton • ATL 37
7. Grimsley • CIN 36
Reuschel • CHC 36
Roberts • HOU 36
Seaver • NYM 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Seaver • NYM 18
Carlton • PHI 18
3. Billingham • CIN 16
4. Wise • STL 14
Matlack • NYM 14
Sutton • LAD 14
7. Gibson • STL 13
8. Koosman • NYM 12
Osteen • LAD 12
Reuss • HOU 12
Roberts • HOU 12

Shutouts

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

1. Billingham • CIN 7
2. Roberts • HOU 6
3. Wise • STL 5
Twitchell • PHI 5
5. Gullett • CIN 4
Morton • ATL 4
7. Koosman • NYM 3
Matlack • NYM 3
Arlin • SDP 3
Messersmith • LAD 3
Moose • PIT 3
Osteen • LAD 3
Reuschel • CHC 3
Reuss • HOU 3
Rogers • MON 3
Rooker • PIT 3
Seaver • NYM 3
Sutton • LAD 3
Wilson • HOU 3
Norman • 2TM 3
Barr • SFG 3
Carlton • PHI 3
Cleveland • STL 3
Greif • SDP 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jenkins • CHC 35
2. Kirby • SDP 30
3. Carlton • PHI 29
4. Norman • 2TM 27
5. Arlin • SDP 26
Bradley • SFG 26
Renko • MON 26
8. Lonborg • PHI 25
9. Barr • SFG 24
Grimsley • CIN 24
Gullett • CIN 24
Messersmith • LAD 24
Schueler • ATL 24

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Reuss • HOU 117
2. Bryant • SFG 115
Torrez • MON 115
4. Carlton • PHI 113
5. Moore • MON 109
6. Renko • MON 108
7. Norman • 2TM 101
8. Matlack • NYM 99
Twitchell • PHI 99
10. Harrison • ATL 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carlton • PHI 293
2. Reuss • HOU 271
3. Jenkins • CHC 267
4. Roberts • HOU 264
5. Wise • STL 259
6. Billingham • CIN 257
7. Morton • ATL 254
8. Hooton • CHC 248
9. Grimsley • CIN 245
10. Reuschel • CHC 244

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. Seaver • NYM 3.922
2. Sutton • LAD 3.571
3. Jenkins • CHC 2.982
4. Reuschel • CHC 2.710
5. Gibson • STL 2.491
6. Wise • STL 2.441
7. Marichal • SFG 2.351
8. Rooker • PIT 2.346
9. John • LAD 2.320
10. Messersmith • LAD 2.299

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. Ellis • PIT 0.328
2. Hooton • CHC 0.451
3. Moose • PIT 0.492
4. Marshall • MON 0.503
5. Cleveland • STL 0.522
6. Roberts • HOU 0.541
7. Reuss • HOU 0.548
8. Gibson • STL 0.554
9. Reuschel • CHC 0.570
10. Matlack • NYM 0.595

Losses

Losses

1. Carlton • PHI 20
2. Kirby • SDP 18
3. Barr • SFG 17
Greif • SDP 17
Hooton • CHC 17
6. Jenkins • CHC 16
Lonborg • PHI 16
Matlack • NYM 16
Moore • MON 16
Wilson • HOU 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Carlton • PHI 127
2. Jenkins • CHC 117
3. Reuss • HOU 116
4. Lonborg • PHI 108
5. Bryant • SFG 106
6. Torrez • MON 103
7. Arlin • SDP 102
Kirby • SDP 102
9. Billingham • CIN 99
10. Barr • SFG 98
Hooton • CHC 98

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Torrez • MON 14
2. Kirby • SDP 13
Twitchell • PHI 13
4. Niekro • ATL 11
5. Billingham • CIN 10
Caldwell • SDP 10
Reuschel • CHC 10
Reuss • HOU 10
Sutton • LAD 10
Norman • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Blass • PIT 12
2. Corkins • SDP 11
3. Billingham • CIN 10
Twitchell • PHI 10
5. Bryant • SFG 9
Lonborg • PHI 9
7. Wilson • HOU 7
8. Ellis • PIT 6
Hough • LAD 6
Messersmith • LAD 6
Stoneman • MON 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,262
2. Billingham • CIN 1,205
3. Reuss • HOU 1,198
4. Bryant • SFG 1,165
5. Seaver • NYM 1,147
6. Jenkins • CHC 1,119
7. Wise • STL 1,083
8. Morton • ATL 1,074
9. Koosman • NYM 1,071
10. Roberts • HOU 1,054

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. Marshall • MON 73
2. Giusti • PIT 60
3. McGraw • NYM 46
Sosa • SFG 46
5. Locker • CHC 43
Seguí • STL 43
7. Brewer • LAD 39
8. Borbón • CIN 36
9. Moffitt • SFG 34
10. Hernández • PIT 33

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Seaver • NYM 175
2. Twitchell • PHI 152
3. Sutton • LAD 144
4. Marshall • MON 142
5. Renko • MON 135
6. Gibson • STL 133
7. Reuschel • CHC 131
8. Messersmith • LAD 129
9. Koosman • NYM 128
10. Roberts • HOU 126

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. Seaver • NYM 2.57
2. Sutton • LAD 2.63
3. Ellis • PIT 2.72
4. Reuschel • CHC 2.82
5. Gibson • STL 2.83
6. Matlack • NYM 2.98
7. Rooker • PIT 3.00
8. Hooton • CHC 3.06
9. Wise • STL 3.08
10. Cleveland • STL 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. Seaver • NYM 52
2. Sutton • LAD 32
3. Rogers • MON 32
4. Twitchell • PHI 31
5. Koosman • NYM 24
6. Renko • MON 24
7. Marshall • MON 21
8. Reuschel • CHC 21
9. Messersmith • LAD 21
10. Roberts • HOU 20

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. Seaver • NYM 5.9
2. Rogers • MON 3.7
3. Sutton • LAD 3.6
4. Twitchell • PHI 3.4
5. Koosman • NYM 2.6
6. Renko • MON 2.6
7. Messersmith • LAD 2.2
Reuschel • CHC 2.2
9. Marshall • MON 2.2
10. Roberts • HOU 2.2

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. Seaver • NYM 58.99
2. Sutton • LAD 37.88
3. Rogers • MON 32.82
4. Twitchell • PHI 31.02
5. Marshall • MON 30.48
6. Koosman • NYM 29.85
7. Messersmith • LAD 24.16
8. Matlack • NYM 22.98
9. Rooker • PIT 22.97
10. Roberts • HOU 22.35

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. Seaver • NYM 6.4
2. Sutton • LAD 4.8
3. Twitchell • PHI 4.2
4. Rogers • MON 3.9
5. Sosa • SFG 3.2
6. Giusti • PIT 3.0
7. Koosman • NYM 3.0
8. McGraw • NYM 2.9
9. Matlack • NYM 2.5
10. Borbón • CIN 2.4

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. Seaver • NYM 4.8
2. Sutton • LAD 4.6
3. Rogers • MON 2.8
4. Messersmith • LAD 2.5
5. Matlack • NYM 2.5
6. Wilson • HOU 2.5
7. Rooker • PIT 2.3
8. Ellis • PIT 2.1
9. Wise • STL 2.1
10. Gibson • STL 2.0

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. McGraw • NYM 5.7
2. Rogers • MON 5.2
3. Sutton • LAD 5.0
4. Koosman • NYM 4.8
5. Matlack • NYM 4.8
6. Giusti • PIT 4.7
7. Borbón • CIN 4.3
8. Locker • CHC 3.3
9. Seguí • STL 3.0
10. Messersmith • LAD 2.7

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. Seaver • NYM 6.9
2. Sutton • LAD 4.4
3. Rogers • MON 3.8
4. Twitchell • PHI 3.4
5. Koosman • NYM 3.3
6. Marshall • MON 3.2
7. Messersmith • LAD 2.7
8. Rooker • PIT 2.5
9. Matlack • NYM 2.5
10. Roberts • HOU 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