1974 National League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Los Angeles Dodgers

NL Most Valuable Player: Steve Garvey

NL Cy Young: Mike Marshall

NL Rookie of the Year: Bake McBride

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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. Schmidt • PHI 9.7

2. Matlack • NYM 8.7

3. Morgan • CIN 8.6

4. Niekro • ATL 8.0

5. Bench • CIN 7.8

6. Wynn • LAD 7.7

7. Evans • ATL 7.2

8. Barr • SFG 6.8

9. Messersmith • LAD 6.6

10. Rooker • PIT 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. Matlack • NYM 9.1

2. Niekro • ATL 7.9

3. Barr • SFG 6.3

4. Seaver • NYM 6.2

5. Capra • ATL 5.4

6. Messersmith • LAD 5.3

7. Koosman • NYM 4.9

8. McGlothen • STL 4.9

9. Carlton • PHI 4.8

10. Rooker • PIT 4.7

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. Capra • ATL 2.28

2. Niekro • ATL 2.38

3. Matlack • NYM 2.41

4. Marshall • LAD 2.42

5. Messersmith • LAD 2.59

6. McGlothen • STL 2.69

7. Barr • SFG 2.74

8. Rooker • PIT 2.78

9. Dierker • HOU 2.90

10. Caldwell • SFG 2.95

Wins

1. Messersmith • LAD 20

Niekro • ATL 20

3. Billingham • CIN 19

Sutton • LAD 19

5. Gullett • CIN 17

Lonborg • PHI 17

7. Capra • ATL 16

Carlton • PHI 16

McGlothen • STL 16

Morton • ATL 16

Reuss • PIT 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. John • LAD .813

2. Messersmith • LAD .769

3. Caldwell • SFG .737

4. Carroll • CIN .706

5. Sutton • LAD .679

6. Capra • ATL .667

7. Torrez • MON .652

8. Billingham • CIN .633

9. Blair • MON .611

10. Gullett • CIN .607

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Messersmith • LAD 1.098

2. Niekro • ATL 1.115

3. Matlack • NYM 1.119

4. Barr • SFG 1.127

5. Capra • ATL 1.138

6. Reed • ATL 1.140

7. Ellis • PIT 1.155

8. Seaver • NYM 1.161

9. Sutton • LAD 1.163

10. Rooker • PIT 1.184

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Capra • ATL 6.760

2. Messersmith • LAD 6.989

3. Niekro • ATL 7.412

4. Gullett • CIN 7.444

5. Wilson • HOU 7.476

6. Matlack • NYM 7.496

7. Seaver • NYM 7.589

8. Dierker • HOU 7.605

9. D'Acquisto • SFG 7.619

10. Carlton • PHI 7.701

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Barr • SFG 1.765

2. Reed • ATL 1.984

3. Ellis • PIT 2.089

4. Lonborg • PHI 2.226

5. Marshall • LAD 2.419

6. Brett • PIT 2.450

7. Matlack • NYM 2.578

8. Hooton • CHC 2.603

9. Sutton • LAD 2.609

10. Niekro • ATL 2.620

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Seaver • NYM 7.665

2. Carlton • PHI 7.423

3. Bonham • CHC 7.084

4. D'Acquisto • SFG 6.991

5. Norman • CIN 6.810

6. Messersmith • LAD 6.804

7. Gullett • CIN 6.778

8. Matlack • NYM 6.614

9. Ruthven • PHI 6.475

10. Koosman • NYM 6.385

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Marshall • LAD 106

2. Hardy • SDP 76

3. Borbón • CIN 73

4. Forsch • HOU 70

5. Sosa • SFG 68

6. Hrabosky • STL 65

7. Garman • STL 64

Giusti • PIT 64

9. Moffitt • SFG 61

Taylor • MON 61

Saves

1. Marshall • LAD 21

2. Moffitt • SFG 15

3. Borbón • CIN 14

4. Giusti • PIT 12

5. House • ATL 11

Taylor • MON 11

7. Murray • MON 10

Forsch • HOU 10

Zamora • CHC 10

10. Romo • SDP 9

Hrabosky • STL 9

Innings Pitched

1. Niekro • ATL 302.1

2. Messersmith • LAD 292.1

3. Carlton • PHI 291.0

4. Lonborg • PHI 283.0

5. Sutton • LAD 276.0

6. Morton • ATL 274.2

7. Matlack • NYM 265.1

8. Koosman • NYM 265.0

9. Rooker • PIT 262.2

10. Reuss • PIT 260.0

Strikeouts

1. Carlton • PHI 240

2. Messersmith • LAD 221

3. Seaver • NYM 201

4. Matlack • NYM 195

Niekro • ATL 195

6. Bonham • CHC 191

7. Koosman • NYM 188

8. Gullett • CIN 183

9. Sutton • LAD 179

10. D'Acquisto • SFG 167

Games Started

1. Sutton • LAD 40

2. Carlton • PHI 39

Lonborg • PHI 39

Messersmith • LAD 39

Niekro • ATL 39

6. Morton • ATL 38

Reuschel • CHC 38

Rogers • MON 38

9. Bonham • CHC 36

D'Acquisto • SFG 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Niekro • ATL 18

2. Carlton • PHI 17

3. Lonborg • PHI 16

4. Rooker • PIT 15

5. Reuss • PIT 14

Matlack • NYM 14

7. Messersmith • LAD 13

Koosman • NYM 13

9. Seaver • NYM 12

10. Capra • ATL 11

Rogers • MON 11

Barr • SFG 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Matlack • NYM 7

2. Niekro • ATL 6

3. Barr • SFG 5

Sutton • LAD 5

Seaver • NYM 5

Capra • ATL 5

7. Wilson • HOU 4

8. Billingham • CIN 3

Siebert • STL 3

Messersmith • LAD 3

McGlothen • STL 3

Lonborg • PHI 3

John • LAD 3

Gullett • CIN 3

Griffin • HOU 3

Brett • PIT 3

Dierker • HOU 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gibson • STL 24

Messersmith • LAD 24

3. Sutton • LAD 23

4. Gullett • CIN 22

Lonborg • PHI 22

6. Carlton • PHI 21

7. Rau • LAD 20

Reuss • PIT 20

9. Niekro • ATL 19

Rogers • MON 19

Seaver • NYM 19

Stone • CHC 19

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Carlton • PHI 136

2. D'Acquisto • SFG 124

3. Ruthven • PHI 116

4. Freisleben • SDP 112

5. Bonham • CHC 109

6. Gibson • STL 104

7. Reuss • PIT 101

8. Wilson • HOU 100

9. Schueler • PHI 98

10. Greif • SDP 95

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Morton • ATL 293

2. Lonborg • PHI 280

3. Reuschel • CHC 262

4. Reuss • PIT 259

5. Koosman • NYM 258

6. Rogers • MON 255

7. Carlton • PHI 249

Niekro • ATL 249

9. Bonham • CHC 246

10. Greif • SDP 244

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. Seaver • NYM 2.680

2. Matlack • NYM 2.566

3. Marshall • LAD 2.554

4. Messersmith • LAD 2.351

5. Sutton • LAD 2.238

6. Ellis • PIT 2.220

7. Niekro • ATL 2.216

8. Koosman • NYM 2.212

9. Gullett • CIN 2.080

10. Norman • CIN 2.074

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Roberts • HOU 0.265

2. Matlack • NYM 0.271

3. Morton • ATL 0.328

4. Rooker • PIT 0.377

5. Marshall • LAD 0.389

6. Brett • PIT 0.424

7. McGlothen • STL 0.455

8. Ruthven • PHI 0.466

9. Bonham • CHC 0.482

10. Torrez • MON 0.483

Losses

1. Bonham • CHC 22

Jones • SDP 22

Rogers • MON 22

4. Greif • SDP 19

5. Renko • MON 16

Schueler • PHI 16

7. Bryant • SFG 15

Matlack • NYM 15

9. Curtis • STL 14

D'Acquisto • SFG 14

Freisleben • SDP 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Rogers • MON 126

2. Greif • SDP 117

3. Reuschel • CHC 115

4. Bonham • CHC 104

Carlton • PHI 104

6. Jones • SDP 103

7. Gibson • STL 102

Renko • MON 102

9. Lonborg • PHI 101

Reuss • PIT 101

Wild Pitches

1. Renko • MON 19

2. Kirby • CIN 15

3. Bonham • CHC 13

4. Freisleben • SDP 12

5. Carlton • PHI 11

Griffin • HOU 11

Schueler • PHI 11

8. Burris • CHC 10

Greif • SDP 10

Palmer • SDP 10

Ruthven • PHI 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Greif • SDP 14

2. Kison • PIT 11

3. Ellis • PIT 7

Freisleben • SDP 7

Koosman • NYM 7

Palmer • SDP 7

Scherman • HOU 7

Twitchell • PHI 7

9. Billingham • CIN 6

Bonham • CHC 6

D'Acquisto • SFG 6

Dettore • CHC 6

Dierker • HOU 6

Lonborg • PHI 6

Niekro • ATL 6

Reuschel • CHC 6

Sutton • LAD 6

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,227

2. Niekro • ATL 1,219

3. Messersmith • LAD 1,179

4. Morton • ATL 1,176

5. Lonborg • PHI 1,168

6. Sutton • LAD 1,148

7. Reuss • PIT 1,125

8. Koosman • NYM 1,118

9. Bonham • CHC 1,079

10. Matlack • NYM 1,076

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 • LAD 83

2. Moffitt • SFG 47

3. Borbón • CIN 44

4. Giusti • PIT 41

5. Forsch • HOU 40

6. Taylor • MON 39

7. House • ATL 38

8. Romo • SDP 35

9. Hernández • PIT 31

Hrabosky • STL 31

Scherman • HOU 31

Zamora • CHC 31

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Capra • ATL 166

2. Niekro • ATL 159

3. Matlack • NYM 149

4. Marshall • LAD 141

5. Barr • SFG 139

6. McGlothen • STL 134

7. Messersmith • LAD 132

8. Caldwell • SFG 130

9. Rooker • PIT 124

10. Morton • ATL 120

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. Matlack • NYM 2.42

2. Marshall • LAD 2.59

3. Seaver • NYM 2.91

4. Koosman • NYM 2.99

5. Brett • PIT 3.03

6. Niekro • ATL 3.04

7. Rooker • PIT 3.06

8. Bonham • CHC 3.12

9. Messersmith • LAD 3.13

10. McGlothen • STL 3.19

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. Niekro • ATL 45

2. Matlack • NYM 35

3. Capra • ATL 33

4. Messersmith • LAD 30

5. Barr • SFG 28

6. McGlothen • STL 25

7. Marshall • LAD 24

8. Rooker • PIT 21

9. Taylor • MON 20

10. House • 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. Niekro • ATL 5.1

2. Matlack • NYM 3.9

3. Capra • ATL 3.6

4. Messersmith • LAD 3.3

5. Barr • SFG 3.1

6. McGlothen • STL 2.7

7. Marshall • LAD 2.5

8. Rooker • PIT 2.2

9. Taylor • MON 2.1

House • 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. Niekro • ATL 46.35

2. Matlack • NYM 41.03

3. Messersmith • LAD 38.20

4. Capra • ATL 34.82

5. Barr • SFG 32.58

6. McGlothen • STL 31.29

7. Rooker • PIT 27.06

8. Lonborg • PHI 26.17

9. Seaver • NYM 23.38

10. Murray • MON 22.94

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Messersmith • LAD 4.2

2. McGlothen • STL 3.7

3. House • ATL 3.1

4. Matlack • NYM 3.0

5. Barr • SFG 3.0

6. Capra • ATL 2.9

7. Niekro • ATL 2.8

8. Rooker • PIT 2.6

9. Lonborg • PHI 2.6

10. John • LAD 2.5

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. Messersmith • LAD 4.3

2. Matlack • NYM 4.3

3. Niekro • ATL 4.0

4. Barr • SFG 3.2

5. Rooker • PIT 3.1

6. McGlothen • STL 3.0

7. Capra • ATL 2.8

8. Gullett • CIN 2.5

9. John • LAD 2.5

10. Seaver • NYM 2.4

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Giusti • PIT 9.3

2. Rooker • PIT 8.0

3. McGlothen • STL 6.1

4. Sutton • LAD 6.0

5. Messersmith • LAD 4.9

6. Hrabosky • STL 4.3

7. Reuss • PIT 2.8

8. John • LAD 2.8

9. Ellis • PIT 2.7

10. Garman • STL 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. Niekro • ATL 5.1

2. Matlack • NYM 4.6

3. Messersmith • LAD 4.4

4. Capra • ATL 3.8

5. McGlothen • STL 3.5

6. Barr • SFG 3.5

7. Rooker • PIT 3.1

8. Lonborg • PHI 2.8

9. Seaver • NYM 2.6

10. Dierker • HOU 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