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. Reuschel • CHC 9.6
2. Schmidt • PHI 8.8
3. Niekro • ATL 8.5
4. Seaver • 2TM 8.4
5. Foster • CIN 8.4
6. Candelaria • PIT 7.9
7. Parker • PIT 7.4
8. Carlton • PHI 7.0
9. Sutter • CHC 6.5
10. Gossage • PIT 6.1

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. Reuschel • CHC 9.5
2. Niekro • ATL 8.9
3. Seaver • 2TM 7.9
4. Candelaria • PIT 7.4
5. Sutter • CHC 6.5
6. Gossage • PIT 6.0
7. Carlton • PHI 5.9
8. Hooton • LAD 5.5
9. Halicki • SFG 5.3
10. Richard • HOU 4.9

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. Candelaria • PIT 2.34
2. Seaver • 2TM 2.58
3. Hooton • LAD 2.62
4. Carlton • PHI 2.64
5. John • LAD 2.78
6. Reuschel • CHC 2.79
7. Richard • HOU 2.97
8. Niekro • HOU 3.04
9. Rooker • PIT 3.08
10. Rogers • MON 3.10

Wins

Wins

1. Carlton • PHI 23
2. Seaver • 2TM 21
3. Candelaria • PIT 20
Forsch • STL 20
John • LAD 20
Reuschel • CHC 20
7. Christenson • PHI 19
8. Richard • HOU 18
9. Rogers • MON 17
10. Halicki • SFG 16
Niekro • ATL 16
Rhoden • LAD 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. Candelaria • PIT .800
2. Seaver • 2TM .778
3. Christenson • PHI .760
4. John • LAD .741
Forsch • STL .741
6. Carlton • PHI .697
7. Reuschel • CHC .667
8. Rau • LAD .636
Sutton • LAD .636
10. Hooton • LAD .632

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Seaver • 2TM 1.014
2. Candelaria • PIT 1.071
3. Hooton • LAD 1.093
4. Carlton • PHI 1.124
5. Sutton • LAD 1.148
6. Rogers • MON 1.170
7. Richard • HOU 1.184
8. Halicki • SFG 1.207
9. Niekro • HOU 1.212
10. Espinosa • NYM 1.215

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 • 2TM 6.853
2. Richard • HOU 7.146
3. Carlton • PHI 7.283
4. Hooton • LAD 7.415
5. Candelaria • PIT 7.686
6. Niekro • HOU 7.721
7. Koosman • NYM 7.743
8. Sutton • LAD 7.752
9. Twitchell • 2TM 8.090
10. Rogers • MON 8.115

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. Candelaria • PIT 1.951
2. John • LAD 2.042
3. Rau • LAD 2.077
4. Barr • SFG 2.151
5. Lemongello • HOU 2.180
6. Seaver • 2TM 2.273
7. Matlack • NYM 2.290
8. Rogers • MON 2.417
9. Hooton • LAD 2.418
10. Rasmussen • STL 2.433

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Koosman • NYM 7.624
2. Richard • HOU 7.213
3. Niekro • ATL 7.138
4. Seaver • 2TM 6.750
5. Matlack • NYM 6.550
6. Norman • CIN 6.506
7. Twitchell • 2TM 6.336
8. Carlton • PHI 6.297
9. Hooton • LAD 6.166
10. Rogers • MON 6.146

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fingers • SDP 78
2. Spillner • SDP 76
Tomlin • SDP 76
4. Metzger • 2TM 75
5. Borbón • CIN 73
Lavelle • SFG 73
7. Gossage • PIT 72
Tekulve • PIT 72
9. Hough • LAD 70
10. McEnaney • MON 69
Reuschel • CHC 69

Saves

Saves

1. Fingers • SDP 35
2. Sutter • CHC 31
3. Gossage • PIT 26
4. Hough • LAD 22
5. Lockwood • NYM 20
Lavelle • SFG 20
7. Garber • PHI 19
8. Borbón • CIN 18
9. Reed • PHI 15
10. Campbell • ATL 13

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Niekro • ATL 330.1
2. Rogers • MON 301.2
3. Carlton • PHI 283.0
4. Richard • HOU 267.0
5. Seaver • 2TM 261.1
6. Halicki • SFG 257.2
7. Reuschel • CHC 252.0
8. Sutton • LAD 240.1
9. Barr • SFG 234.1
10. Rasmussen • STL 233.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Niekro • ATL 262
2. Richard • HOU 214
3. Rogers • MON 206
4. Carlton • PHI 198
5. Seaver • 2TM 196
6. Koosman • NYM 192
7. Halicki • SFG 168
8. Reuschel • CHC 166
9. Norman • CIN 160
10. Hooton • LAD 153

Games Started

Games Started

1. Niekro • ATL 43
2. Rogers • MON 40
3. Burris • CHC 39
4. Barr • SFG 38
5. Halicki • SFG 37
Reuschel • CHC 37
7. Carlton • PHI 36
Richard • HOU 36
9. Forsch • STL 35
Shirley • SDP 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Niekro • ATL 20
2. Seaver • 2TM 19
3. Carlton • PHI 17
Rogers • MON 17
5. Richard • HOU 13
6. John • LAD 11
Rasmussen • STL 11
8. Niekro • HOU 9
Sutton • LAD 9
10. Norman • CIN 8
Forsch • STL 8
Reuss • PIT 8
Reuschel • CHC 8

Shutouts

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

1. Seaver • 2TM 7
2. Reuschel • CHC 4
Rogers • MON 4
4. John • LAD 3
Richard • HOU 3
Matlack • NYM 3
Sutton • LAD 3
Rasmussen • STL 3
9. Niekro • ATL 2
Niekro • HOU 2
Reuss • PIT 2
Moskau • CIN 2
Owchinko • SDP 2
Rau • LAD 2
Knepper • SFG 2
Rooker • PIT 2
Hooton • LAD 2
Halicki • SFG 2
Forsch • STL 2
Ruthven • ATL 2
Carlton • PHI 2
Brown • MON 2
Billingham • CIN 2
Barr • SFG 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Burris • CHC 29
Candelaria • PIT 29
3. Capra • ATL 28
Norman • CIN 28
5. Halicki • SFG 27
6. Niekro • ATL 26
7. Carlton • PHI 25
Kison • PIT 25
9. Rasmussen • STL 24
Rooker • PIT 24

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Niekro • ATL 164
2. Richard • HOU 104
3. Shirley • SDP 100
4. Norman • CIN 98
5. Carlton • PHI 89
6. Griffin • SDP 88
7. Stanhouse • MON 84
8. Bonham • CHC 82
9. Koosman • NYM 81
Rogers • MON 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Niekro • ATL 315
2. Barr • SFG 286
3. Rogers • MON 272
4. Burris • CHC 270
5. Halicki • SFG 241
6. Lemongello • HOU 237
7. Reuschel • CHC 233
8. Rau • LAD 232
9. Carlton • PHI 229
Christenson • PHI 229

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 • 2TM 2.970
2. Matlack • NYM 2.860
3. Candelaria • PIT 2.660
4. Rau • LAD 2.571
5. Hooton • LAD 2.550
6. Rogers • MON 2.543
7. John • LAD 2.460
8. Halicki • SFG 2.400
9. Koosman • NYM 2.370
10. Reuschel • CHC 2.243

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. Reuschel • CHC 0.464
2. Reuss • PIT 0.476
3. Rogers • MON 0.477
4. John • LAD 0.490
5. Hooton • LAD 0.564
6. Richard • HOU 0.607
7. Bonham • CHC 0.629
8. Rau • LAD 0.636
9. Seaver • 2TM 0.654
10. Koosman • NYM 0.675

Losses

Losses

1. Koosman • NYM 20
Niekro • ATL 20
3. Shirley • SDP 18
4. Rasmussen • STL 17
5. Barr • SFG 16
Burris • CHC 16
Rogers • MON 16
8. Matlack • NYM 15
9. Krukow • CHC 14
Lemongello • HOU 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Niekro • ATL 148
2. Barr • SFG 124
3. Burris • CHC 116
4. Kison • PIT 105
5. Bonham • CHC 104
Rogers • MON 104
7. Christenson • PHI 99
8. Kaat • PHI 96
9. Halicki • SFG 95
Lerch • PHI 95
Reuss • PIT 95

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Niekro • ATL 17
2. Rogers • MON 14
3. Norman • CIN 11
Reuss • PIT 11
5. Sawyer • SDP 10
6. Forsch • STL 9
Larson • HOU 9
Pentz • HOU 9
Reuschel • CHC 9
10. Burris • CHC 8
Camp • ATL 8
Hernández • CHC 8
Hough • LAD 8
Lerch • PHI 8
Rooker • PIT 8
Capilla • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Billingham • CIN 10
2. León • ATL 9
3. Niekro • ATL 8
4. Christenson • PHI 7
Halicki • SFG 7
Hough • LAD 7
Sawyer • SDP 7
8. Kison • PIT 6
McLaughlin • HOU 6
Rau • LAD 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Niekro • ATL 1,428
2. Rogers • MON 1,235
3. Carlton • PHI 1,135
4. Richard • HOU 1,092
5. Halicki • SFG 1,076
6. Seaver • 2TM 1,031
7. Reuschel • CHC 1,030
8. Barr • SFG 1,011
9. Sutton • LAD 979
10. Burris • CHC 970

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. Fingers • SDP 69
2. Gossage • PIT 55
3. Borbón • CIN 54
4. Hough • LAD 53
5. Lockwood • NYM 50
6. Lavelle • SFG 49
7. Sutter • CHC 48
8. Garber • PHI 44
9. Hrabosky • STL 39
10. Eastwick • 2TM 38

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Candelaria • PIT 169
2. Reuschel • CHC 158
3. Carlton • PHI 153
4. Seaver • 2TM 149
5. Hooton • LAD 147
6. John • LAD 138
7. Rooker • PIT 128
8. Rogers • MON 123
9. Sutton • LAD 121
10. Richard • HOU 120

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. Rogers • MON 2.92
2. Seaver • 2TM 2.94
3. Hooton • LAD 3.03
4. Reuschel • CHC 3.03
5. John • LAD 3.05
6. Koosman • NYM 3.14
7. Richard • HOU 3.18
8. Rau • LAD 3.25
9. Reuss • PIT 3.39
10. Carlton • PHI 3.47

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. Candelaria • PIT 43
2. Reuschel • CHC 42
3. Seaver • 2TM 40
Carlton • PHI 40
5. Gossage • PIT 34
6. Sutter • CHC 31
7. Hooton • LAD 31
8. John • LAD 24
9. Lavelle • SFG 23
10. Richard • HOU 22

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. Candelaria • PIT 4.7
2. Reuschel • CHC 4.5
3. Seaver • 2TM 4.4
4. Carlton • PHI 4.4
5. Gossage • PIT 3.6
6. Hooton • LAD 3.3
Sutter • CHC 3.3
8. John • LAD 2.6
9. Lavelle • SFG 2.3
10. Richard • HOU 2.3

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 • 2TM 48.78
2. Candelaria • PIT 47.85
3. Reuschel • CHC 47.51
4. Carlton • PHI 41.80
5. Gossage • PIT 41.66
6. Sutter • CHC 33.87
7. Hooton • LAD 33.58
8. Richard • HOU 28.03
9. Rogers • MON 27.20
10. John • LAD 26.72

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. Gossage • PIT 5.9
2. Reuschel • CHC 5.5
3. Sutter • CHC 5.1
4. Seaver • 2TM 4.8
5. Candelaria • PIT 4.7
6. John • LAD 3.9
7. Hooton • LAD 3.9
8. Carlton • PHI 3.1
9. Reed • PHI 3.0
10. Forsch • STL 2.9

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 • 2TM 5.2
2. Reuschel • CHC 4.0
3. Hooton • LAD 3.5
4. Candelaria • PIT 3.4
5. Carlton • PHI 3.3
6. Gossage • PIT 3.2
7. Sutter • CHC 3.2
8. Rogers • MON 2.8
9. Richard • HOU 2.6
10. John • LAD 2.5

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. Reuschel • CHC 6.2
2. Sutter • CHC 5.6
3. Gossage • PIT 4.3
4. Candelaria • PIT 4.1
5. Reed • PHI 3.0
6. McGraw • PHI 2.6
7. John • LAD 2.6
8. Carlton • PHI 2.3
9. Sutton • LAD 2.2
10. Hooton • LAD 2.1

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 • 2TM 5.5
2. Candelaria • PIT 5.3
3. Reuschel • CHC 4.9
4. Carlton • PHI 4.5
5. Gossage • PIT 4.3
6. Hooton • LAD 3.7
7. Sutter • CHC 3.3
8. Richard • HOU 3.1
9. Rogers • MON 2.9
10. John • LAD 2.9

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