1983 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: Philadelphia Phillies

NL Most Valuable Player: Dale Murphy

NL Cy Young: John Denny

NL Rookie of the Year: Darryl Strawberry

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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. Denny • PHI 7.5

2. Thon • HOU 7.4

3. Carter • MON 7.1

Murphy • ATL 7.1

5. Schmidt • PHI 6.9

6. Dawson • MON 6.8

7. Soto • CIN 6.7

8. Cruz • HOU 6.2

9. Raines • MON 6.0

10. Carlton • PHI 5.7

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. Denny • PHI 7.4

2. Soto • CIN 6.8

3. Carlton • PHI 5.5

4. McMurtry • ATL 5.2

5. Rhoden • PIT 4.9

6. Smith • CHC 4.8

7. Welch • LAD 4.6

8. Hammaker • SFG 4.6

9. Candelaria • PIT 4.5

10. Pérez • ATL 4.4

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. Hammaker • SFG 2.25

2. Denny • PHI 2.37

3. Welch • LAD 2.65

4. Soto • CIN 2.70

5. Peña • LAD 2.75

6. Reuss • LAD 2.94

7. Ryan • HOU 2.98

8. McMurtry • ATL 3.08

9. Rhoden • PIT 3.09

10. Carlton • PHI 3.11

Wins

1. Denny • PHI 19

2. Gullickson • MON 17

Rogers • MON 17

Soto • CIN 17

5. Lea • MON 16

6. Candelaria • PIT 15

Carlton • PHI 15

McMurtry • ATL 15

McWilliams • PIT 15

Niekro • HOU 15

Pérez • ATL 15

Show • SDP 15

Valenzuela • LAD 15

Welch • LAD 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. Denny • PHI .760

2. Pérez • ATL .652

McWilliams • PIT .652

Candelaria • PIT .652

5. Orosco • NYM .650

6. Tunnell • PIT .647

7. Scott • HOU .625

McMurtry • ATL .625

Price • CIN .625

10. Ryan • HOU .609

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hammaker • SFG 1.039

2. Soto • CIN 1.104

3. Peña • LAD 1.147

4. Welch • LAD 1.157

5. Denny • PHI 1.162

6. Gullickson • MON 1.193

7. Candelaria • PIT 1.194

8. Ryan • HOU 1.197

9. Dravecky • SDP 1.225

10. Pérez • ATL 1.226

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • HOU 6.143

2. Soto • CIN 6.808

3. Welch • LAD 7.235

4. Hammaker • SFG 7.677

5. Peña • LAD 7.729

6. McWilliams • PIT 7.752

7. Seaver • NYM 7.831

8. Lea • MON 7.905

9. Niekro • HOU 8.124

10. McMurtry • ATL 8.172

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Hammaker • SFG 1.671

2. Ruthven • 2TM 1.869

3. Denny • PHI 1.966

4. Reuss • LAD 2.015

5. Candelaria • PIT 2.049

6. Lynch • NYM 2.113

7. Pérez • ATL 2.132

8. Dravecky • SDP 2.156

9. Gullickson • MON 2.191

10. Jenkins • CHC 2.474

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Carlton • PHI 8.725

2. Ryan • HOU 8.389

3. Soto • CIN 7.959

4. McWilliams • PIT 7.525

5. Berenyi • CIN 7.293

6. Candelaria • PIT 7.148

7. Lollar • SDP 6.917

8. Welch • LAD 6.882

9. Krukow • SFG 6.640

10. Hammaker • SFG 6.632

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Campbell • CHC 82

2. Tekulve • PIT 76

3. Hernández • 2TM 74

4. Minton • SFG 73

Scherrer • CIN 73

6. Bedrosian • ATL 70

7. Holland • PHI 68

8. Sisk • NYM 67

9. Niedenfuer • LAD 66

Reardon • MON 66

Smith • CHC 66

Saves

1. Smith • CHC 29

2. Holland • PHI 25

3. Minton • SFG 22

4. Reardon • MON 21

Sutter • STL 21

6. Lavelle • SFG 20

DiPino • HOU 20

8. Bedrosian • ATL 19

9. Howe • LAD 18

Tekulve • PIT 18

Innings Pitched

1. Carlton • PHI 283.2

2. Soto • CIN 273.2

3. Rogers • MON 273.0

4. Niekro • HOU 263.2

5. Valenzuela • LAD 257.0

6. Rhoden • PIT 244.1

7. Denny • PHI 242.2

8. Gullickson • MON 242.1

9. McWilliams • PIT 238.0

10. Seaver • NYM 231.0

Strikeouts

1. Carlton • PHI 275

2. Soto • CIN 242

3. McWilliams • PIT 199

4. Valenzuela • LAD 189

5. Ryan • HOU 183

6. Candelaria • PIT 157

7. Welch • LAD 156

8. Rhoden • PIT 153

9. Niekro • HOU 152

10. Berenyi • CIN 151

Games Started

1. Niekro • HOU 38

2. Carlton • PHI 37

3. Denny • PHI 36

Rogers • MON 36

5. McMurtry • ATL 35

McWilliams • PIT 35

Rhoden • PIT 35

Valenzuela • LAD 35

9. Andújar • STL 34

Gullickson • MON 34

Rainey • CHC 34

Seaver • NYM 34

Soto • CIN 34

Torrez • NYM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Soto • CIN 18

2. Rogers • MON 13

3. Gullickson • MON 10

4. Valenzuela • LAD 9

Niekro • HOU 9

Dravecky • SDP 9

7. Lea • MON 8

Hammaker • SFG 8

McWilliams • PIT 8

Carlton • PHI 8

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Rogers • MON 5

2. Lea • MON 4

McWilliams • PIT 4

Valenzuela • LAD 4

5. Carlton • PHI 3

Peña • LAD 3

Welch • LAD 3

Tunnell • PIT 3

Allen • 2TM 3

Soto • CIN 3

Hammaker • SFG 3

Smith • MON 3

McMurtry • ATL 3

Knepper • HOU 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Soto • CIN 28

2. Show • SDP 25

3. Andújar • STL 23

Forsch • STL 23

Whitson • SDP 23

6. Lollar • SDP 22

Ruthven • 2TM 22

8. Hooton • LAD 21

9. Carlton • PHI 20

Pastore • CIN 20

Pérez • ATL 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Torrez • NYM 113

2. Niekro • ATL 105

3. Berenyi • CIN 102

4. Niekro • HOU 101

Ryan • HOU 101

6. Valenzuela • LAD 99

7. Soto • CIN 95

8. Puleo • CIN 91

9. McMurtry • ATL 88

10. McWilliams • PIT 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carlton • PHI 277

2. Rogers • MON 258

3. Rhoden • PIT 256

4. Valenzuela • LAD 245

5. Niekro • HOU 238

6. Reuss • LAD 233

7. Gullickson • MON 230

8. Denny • PHI 229

9. Torrez • NYM 227

10. Rainey • CHC 219

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. Hammaker • SFG 3.969

2. Candelaria • PIT 3.489

3. Carlton • PHI 3.274

4. Reuss • LAD 2.860

5. Pérez • ATL 2.824

6. Denny • PHI 2.623

7. Ruthven • 2TM 2.605

8. Soto • CIN 2.547

9. Peña • LAD 2.353

10. McWilliams • PIT 2.287

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Denny • PHI 0.334

2. Peña • LAD 0.356

3. Ryan • HOU 0.413

4. Berenyi • CIN 0.435

5. Rogers • MON 0.462

6. Hammaker • SFG 0.470

7. Rhoden • PIT 0.479

8. Reuss • LAD 0.484

9. Niekro • HOU 0.512

10. McMurtry • ATL 0.521

Losses

1. Torrez • NYM 17

2. Andújar • STL 16

Carlton • PHI 16

4. Berenyi • CIN 14

Niekro • HOU 14

Seaver • NYM 14

Trout • CHC 14

8. Knepper • HOU 13

Rainey • CHC 13

Rhoden • PIT 13

Soto • CIN 13

Allen • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Torrez • NYM 108

2. Valenzuela • LAD 107

3. Andújar • STL 104

4. Niekro • HOU 102

5. Gullickson • MON 101

6. Pastore • CIN 100

7. Carlton • PHI 98

Rogers • MON 98

9. Rainey • CHC 95

10. Show • SDP 93

Trout • CHC 93

Wild Pitches

1. Niekro • HOU 14

2. Carlton • PHI 13

3. Valenzuela • LAD 12

4. LaPoint • STL 11

Tunnell • PIT 11

6. Seaver • NYM 10

7. LaCoss • HOU 9

McWilliams • PIT 9

9. Berenyi • CIN 8

Davis • SFG 8

Krukow • SFG 8

Lea • MON 8

McGaffigan • SFG 8

Stuper • STL 8

Allen • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bystrom • PHI 7

2. Jenkins • CHC 6

Show • SDP 6

4. Breining • SFG 5

Hawkins • SDP 5

Puleo • CIN 5

Rogers • MON 5

Schatzeder • MON 5

Scott • HOU 5

Smith • MON 5

Soto • CIN 5

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,183

2. Rogers • MON 1,125

3. Soto • CIN 1,114

4. Niekro • HOU 1,113

5. Valenzuela • LAD 1,094

6. Rhoden • PIT 1,012

7. McWilliams • PIT 1,002

8. Gullickson • MON 990

9. Denny • PHI 983

10. Torrez • NYM 972

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. Smith • CHC 56

Tekulve • PIT 56

3. Holland • PHI 53

Reardon • MON 53

5. Bedrosian • ATL 52

Minton • SFG 52

7. Campbell • CHC 46

Sutter • STL 46

9. Orosco • NYM 42

10. Lucas • SDP 41

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Hammaker • SFG 159

2. Denny • PHI 152

3. Soto • CIN 140

4. Welch • LAD 136

5. Peña • LAD 131

6. McMurtry • ATL 126

7. Reuss • LAD 123

8. Rhoden • PIT 120

9. Carlton • PHI 116

10. Candelaria • PIT 115

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. Hammaker • SFG 2.57

2. Carlton • PHI 2.65

3. Peña • LAD 2.79

4. Denny • PHI 2.80

5. Candelaria • PIT 2.87

6. Reuss • LAD 2.87

7. Rhoden • PIT 3.05

8. Ryan • HOU 3.09

9. Welch • LAD 3.16

10. McWilliams • PIT 3.26

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. Denny • PHI 32

2. Soto • CIN 31

3. Orosco • NYM 24

4. Smith • CHC 23

5. Hammaker • SFG 22

6. Welch • LAD 20

7. Tekulve • PIT 20

8. McMurtry • ATL 19

9. Niedenfuer • LAD 19

10. Smith • MON 18

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. Denny • PHI 3.5

2. Soto • CIN 3.4

3. Orosco • NYM 2.5

4. Hammaker • SFG 2.5

5. Smith • CHC 2.5

6. Welch • LAD 2.2

7. McMurtry • ATL 2.1

8. Tekulve • PIT 2.1

9. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.0

10. Smith • MON 1.9

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. Denny • PHI 33.08

2. Soto • CIN 31.76

3. Niedenfuer • LAD 25.87

4. Orosco • NYM 24.44

5. Forster • ATL 23.04

6. Candelaria • PIT 22.02

7. Smith • CHC 21.85

8. Rogers • MON 19.91

9. Smith • MON 19.48

10. Hammaker • SFG 19.36

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. Soto • CIN 4.2

2. Denny • PHI 3.7

3. Orosco • NYM 3.5

4. Smith • CHC 3.1

5. DeLeón • SDP 3.0

6. Candelaria • PIT 2.8

7. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.8

8. Guante • PIT 2.7

9. Rogers • MON 2.6

10. Tekulve • PIT 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. Denny • PHI 3.3

2. Soto • CIN 3.2

3. Rogers • MON 2.8

4. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.5

5. Orosco • NYM 2.4

6. Smith • CHC 2.4

7. Candelaria • PIT 2.4

8. Hammaker • SFG 2.3

9. Peña • LAD 2.2

10. Ryan • HOU 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. Denny • PHI 7.2

2. Candelaria • PIT 4.9

3. Guante • PIT 4.3

4. Peña • LAD 4.1

5. Niedenfuer • LAD 3.9

6. Forster • ATL 3.2

7. Rogers • MON 3.1

8. DeLeón • PIT 3.1

9. Welch • LAD 2.8

10. Gullickson • MON 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. Denny • PHI 3.7

2. Soto • CIN 3.4

3. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.8

4. Orosco • NYM 2.6

5. Forster • ATL 2.4

6. Candelaria • PIT 2.4

7. Smith • CHC 2.3

8. Rogers • MON 2.2

9. Hammaker • SFG 2.2

10. Smith • MON 2.1

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