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. Sandberg • CHC 8.5
2. Carter • MON 7.4
3. Schmidt • PHI 7.0
4. Raines • MON 6.5
5. Rhoden • PIT 6.5
6. Cruz • HOU 6.3
7. Gwynn • SDP 6.3
8. Hernandez • NYM 6.3
9. Peña • PIT 5.9
10. Gooden • NYM 5.8

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. Gooden • NYM 5.5
2. Rhoden • PIT 5.2
3. Peña • LAD 5.0
4. Soto • CIN 4.5
Sutter • STL 4.5
6. Mahler • ATL 4.4
7. Hershiser • LAD 4.3
8. Eckersley • CHC 3.9
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 3.9
10. Denny • PHI 3.8

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. Peña • LAD 2.48
2. Gooden • NYM 2.60
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.66
4. Rhoden • PIT 2.72
5. Candelaria • PIT 2.72
6. Honeycutt • LAD 2.84
7. Lea • MON 2.89
8. McWilliams • PIT 2.93
9. Thurmond • SDP 2.97
10. Valenzuela • LAD 3.03

Wins

Wins

1. Andújar • STL 20
2. Soto • CIN 18
3. Gooden • NYM 17
4. Niekro • HOU 16
Sutcliffe • CHC 16
6. Knepper • HOU 15
Lea • MON 15
Show • SDP 15
9. Koosman • PHI 14
Pérez • ATL 14
Rhoden • PIT 14
Thurmond • SDP 14
Whitson • SDP 14

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. Sutcliffe • CHC .941
2. Soto • CIN .720
3. Peña • LAD .667
4. Gooden • NYM .654
5. Carlton • PHI .650
Trout • CHC .650
7. Pérez • ATL .636
Thurmond • SDP .636
Whitson • SDP .636
10. Rawley • PHI .625
Gossage • SDP .625
Orosco • NYM .625
Show • SDP .625
Stoddard • CHC .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Gooden • NYM 1.073
2. Andújar • STL 1.102
3. Hershiser • LAD 1.107
4. Soto • CIN 1.129
5. Candelaria • PIT 1.149
6. Ryan • HOU 1.154
7. Peña • LAD 1.164
8. Rhoden • PIT 1.166
9. Gullickson • MON 1.178
10. Whitson • SDP 1.180

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Gooden • NYM 6.647
2. Soto • CIN 6.864
3. DeLeón • PIT 6.879
4. Ryan • HOU 7.007
5. Andújar • STL 7.508
6. Valenzuela • LAD 7.517
7. Hershiser • LAD 7.592
8. Show • SDP 7.621
9. Lollar • SDP 7.727
10. Darling • NYM 7.833

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. Gullickson • MON 1.469
2. Candelaria • PIT 1.651
3. Whitson • SDP 2.000
4. Peña • LAD 2.077
5. Knepper • HOU 2.118
6. Laskey • SFG 2.167
7. Pérez • ATL 2.169
8. Rhoden • PIT 2.341
9. Hershiser • LAD 2.373
10. Tudor • PIT 2.377

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Gooden • NYM 11.394
2. Ryan • HOU 9.653
3. Valenzuela • LAD 8.276
4. Berenyi • 2TM 7.265
5. DeLeón • PIT 7.159
6. Hershiser • LAD 7.118
7. Soto • CIN 7.015
8. Price • CIN 6.763
9. Candelaria • PIT 6.459
10. Carlton • PHI 6.406

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Power • CIN 78
2. Lavelle • SFG 77
3. Minton • SFG 74
4. Tekulve • PIT 72
5. Sutter • STL 71
6. Smith • CHC 69
7. Holland • PHI 68
Reardon • MON 68
9. Andersen • PHI 64
10. Lahti • STL 63

Saves

Saves

1. Sutter • STL 45
2. Smith • CHC 33
3. Orosco • NYM 31
4. Holland • PHI 29
5. Gossage • SDP 25
6. Reardon • MON 23
7. Minton • SFG 19
8. Moore • ATL 16
9. Sisk • NYM 15
10. DiPino • HOU 14

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Andújar • STL 261.1
2. Valenzuela • LAD 261.0
3. Niekro • HOU 248.1
4. Rhoden • PIT 238.1
5. Soto • CIN 237.1
6. Knepper • HOU 233.2
7. Carlton • PHI 229.0
8. McWilliams • PIT 227.1
9. Gullickson • MON 226.2
10. Lea • MON 224.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Gooden • NYM 276
2. Valenzuela • LAD 240
3. Ryan • HOU 197
4. Soto • CIN 185
5. Carlton • PHI 163
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 155
7. DeLeón • PIT 153
8. Hershiser • LAD 150
9. McWilliams • PIT 149
10. Andújar • STL 147

Games Started

Games Started

1. Niekro • HOU 38
2. Andújar • STL 36
3. Knepper • HOU 34
Koosman • PHI 34
Laskey • SFG 34
Valenzuela • LAD 34
7. Carlton • PHI 33
Darling • NYM 33
Krukow • SFG 33
LaPoint • STL 33
Rhoden • PIT 33
Robinson • SFG 33
Soto • CIN 33
Terrell • NYM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Soto • CIN 13
2. Andújar • STL 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
4. Knepper • HOU 11
5. Mahler • ATL 9
6. Hershiser • LAD 8
Peña • LAD 8
Lea • MON 8
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 7
Gooden • NYM 7
McWilliams • PIT 7

Shutouts

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

1. Andújar • STL 4
Peña • LAD 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
4. Rhoden • PIT 3
Sutcliffe • CHC 3
Knepper • HOU 3
Gooden • NYM 3
8. Trout • CHC 2
Russell • CIN 2
McWilliams • PIT 2
Ryan • HOU 2
Lollar • SDP 2
Smith • MON 2
Darling • NYM 2
Valenzuela • LAD 2
Kepshire • STL 2
Honeycutt • LAD 2
Dravecky • SDP 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gullickson • MON 27
2. Knepper • HOU 26
Pérez • ATL 26
Soto • CIN 26
5. Davis • SFG 25
6. Krukow • SFG 22
7. Andújar • STL 20
Laskey • SFG 20
9. Candelaria • PIT 19
Lea • MON 19
Price • CIN 19
Tudor • PIT 19

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Valenzuela • LAD 106
2. Lollar • SDP 105
3. Darling • NYM 104
4. McMurtry • ATL 102
5. Berenyi • 2TM 95
6. DeLeón • PIT 92
7. Niekro • HOU 89
8. Show • SDP 88
9. Soto • CIN 87
10. Terrell • NYM 80

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Krukow • SFG 234
2. Koosman • PHI 232
Terrell • NYM 232
4. Gullickson • MON 230
5. McWilliams • PIT 226
6. Knepper • HOU 223
Niekro • HOU 223
8. Laskey • SFG 222
9. Andújar • STL 218
Valenzuela • LAD 218

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. Candelaria • PIT 3.912
2. Gooden • NYM 3.781
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.000
4. Peña • LAD 2.935
5. Ryan • HOU 2.855
6. Pérez • ATL 2.843
7. Gullickson • MON 2.703
8. Knepper • HOU 2.545
9. Whitson • SDP 2.452
10. Davis • SFG 2.296

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. Gooden • NYM 0.289
2. Peña • LAD 0.316
3. Koosman • PHI 0.321
4. Berenyi • 2TM 0.325
5. Trout • CHC 0.332
6. LaPoint • STL 0.420
7. Hershiser • LAD 0.427
8. DeLeón • PIT 0.468
9. Valenzuela • LAD 0.483
10. Rhoden • PIT 0.491

Losses

Losses

1. Russell • CIN 18
2. Davis • SFG 17
McMurtry • ATL 17
Valenzuela • LAD 17
5. Koosman • PHI 15
Robinson • SFG 15
Rogers • MON 15
8. Andújar • STL 14
Laskey • SFG 14
10. DeLeón • PIT 13
Hume • CIN 13
Lollar • SDP 13
Price • CIN 13
Smith • MON 13
Welch • LAD 13
Berenyi • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Davis • SFG 104
2. Krukow • SFG 101
3. Laskey • SFG 100
4. Andújar • STL 97
5. Soto • CIN 93
6. Carlton • PHI 91
Gullickson • MON 91
8. McMurtry • ATL 88
Pérez • ATL 88
Valenzuela • LAD 88

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. LaPoint • STL 15
2. Niekro • HOU 12
Rogers • MON 12
4. Carlton • PHI 11
Valenzuela • LAD 11
Berenyi • 2TM 11
7. Lollar • SDP 10
Rhoden • PIT 10
9. LaCoss • HOU 9
10. Davis • SFG 8
Hershiser • LAD 8
Williams • SFG 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Andújar • STL 7
Cox • STL 7
Robinson • SFG 7
4. Laskey • SFG 6
5. Darling • NYM 5
Davis • SFG 5
Gross • PHI 5
Krukow • SFG 5
Soto • CIN 5
10. DeLeón • SDP 4
Denny • PHI 4
Dravecky • SDP 4
Eckersley • CHC 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
James • MON 4
Lynch • NYM 4
Niekro • HOU 4
Russell • CIN 4
Ruthven • CHC 4
Ryan • HOU 4
Show • SDP 4
Terrell • NYM 4
Harris • 2TM 4

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Valenzuela • LAD 1,078
2. Andújar • STL 1,052
3. Niekro • HOU 1,027
4. Soto • CIN 971
5. Carlton • PHI 964
6. Rhoden • PIT 961
7. McWilliams • PIT 957
8. Knepper • HOU 954
9. Koosman • PHI 950
10. Terrell • NYM 926

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. Sutter • STL 63
2. Holland • PHI 61
3. Smith • CHC 59
4. Reardon • MON 58
5. Orosco • NYM 52
6. Gossage • SDP 51
Tekulve • PIT 51
8. DiPino • HOU 44
9. Minton • SFG 43
10. Garber • ATL 42
Lavelle • SFG 42
Power • CIN 42

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Peña • LAD 142
2. Gooden • NYM 137
3. Candelaria • PIT 134
4. Rhoden • PIT 134
5. Hershiser • LAD 133
6. Honeycutt • LAD 124
7. McWilliams • PIT 124
8. Mahler • ATL 123
9. Thurmond • SDP 121
10. Lea • MON 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. Gooden • NYM 1.69
2. Peña • LAD 2.61
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.66
4. Ryan • HOU 2.66
5. Koosman • PHI 2.85
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.87
7. Rhoden • PIT 3.13
8. Welch • LAD 3.17
9. Carlton • PHI 3.17
10. Candelaria • PIT 3.23

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. Sutter • STL 27
2. Rhoden • PIT 24
3. Gooden • NYM 23
4. Peña • LAD 22
5. Hershiser • LAD 18
6. Denny • PHI 18
7. Sutcliffe • CHC 18
8. Mahler • ATL 17
9. Lefferts • SDP 17
10. McWilliams • PIT 17

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. Sutter • STL 2.9
2. Rhoden • PIT 2.7
3. Gooden • NYM 2.6
4. Peña • LAD 2.4
5. Denny • PHI 2.0
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 2.0
7. Hershiser • LAD 2.0
8. Mahler • ATL 1.9
9. McWilliams • PIT 1.8
Lefferts • SDP 1.8

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. Sutter • STL 30.40
2. Gooden • NYM 28.05
3. Rhoden • PIT 27.63
4. Peña • LAD 25.98
5. Dravecky • SDP 24.44
6. Lefferts • SDP 22.57
7. Lea • MON 17.27
8. Reardon • MON 17.15
9. Tudor • PIT 16.98
10. Eckersley • CHC 16.33

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. Sutter • STL 4.4
2. Gooden • NYM 4.3
3. Dravecky • SDP 2.8
4. Smith • CHC 2.7
5. Reardon • MON 2.7
6. Orosco • NYM 2.4
7. Mahler • ATL 2.3
8. Lefferts • SDP 2.3
9. Dawley • HOU 2.3
10. Gossage • SDP 2.3

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. Gooden • NYM 4.1
2. Rhoden • PIT 2.9
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.6
4. Sutcliffe • CHC 2.3
5. Andújar • STL 2.2
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.1
7. Dravecky • SDP 2.1
8. Peña • LAD 2.1
9. Sutter • STL 2.0
10. Soto • CIN 1.9

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. Smith • CHC 5.9
2. Gooden • NYM 4.1
3. Gossage • SDP 3.2
4. Lefferts • SDP 3.0
5. Dravecky • SDP 2.9
6. Peña • LAD 2.8
7. Orosco • NYM 2.6
8. Forster • ATL 2.6
9. Holland • PHI 2.2
10. Reardon • MON 2.0

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. Sutter • STL 3.3
2. Gooden • NYM 3.1
3. Rhoden • PIT 3.0
4. Peña • LAD 2.9
5. Dravecky • SDP 2.6
6. Lefferts • SDP 2.4
7. Lea • MON 1.9
8. Reardon • MON 1.9
9. Tudor • PIT 1.8
10. Eckersley • CHC 1.7

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