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. Gooden • NYM 13.3
2. Tudor • STL 8.3
3. McGee • STL 8.2
4. Guerrero • LAD 7.9
5. Raines • MON 7.6
6. Carter • NYM 6.9
7. Smith • STL 6.4
8. Reuschel • PIT 6.4
9. Hershiser • LAD 6.3
10. Wallach • MON 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. Gooden • NYM 12.2
2. Tudor • STL 8.1
3. Reuschel • PIT 6.2
4. Hershiser • LAD 5.9
5. Valenzuela • LAD 5.5
6. Mahler • ATL 4.7
7. Eckersley • CHC 4.6
8. Welch • LAD 4.3
9. Darling • NYM 4.1
10. Rawley • PHI 4.0

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. Gooden • NYM 1.53
2. Tudor • STL 1.93
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.03
4. Reuschel • PIT 2.27
5. Welch • LAD 2.31
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.45
7. Fernandez • NYM 2.80
8. Cox • STL 2.88
9. Darling • NYM 2.90
10. Smith • MON 2.91

Wins

Wins

1. Gooden • NYM 24
2. Andújar • STL 21
Tudor • STL 21
4. Browning • CIN 20
5. Hershiser • LAD 19
6. Cox • STL 18
Hawkins • SDP 18
Scott • HOU 18
Smith • MON 18
10. Mahler • ATL 17
Valenzuela • LAD 17

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. Hershiser • LAD .864
2. Gooden • NYM .857
3. Smith • MON .783
4. Welch • LAD .778
5. Darling • NYM .727
6. Tudor • STL .724
7. Scott • HOU .692
Hawkins • SDP .692
9. Browning • CIN .690
10. Cox • STL .667
Hoyt • SDP .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Tudor • STL 0.938
2. Gooden • NYM 0.965
3. Eckersley • CHC 0.969
4. Hershiser • LAD 1.031
5. Welch • LAD 1.052
6. Smith • MON 1.052
7. Reuschel • PIT 1.057
8. Hoyt • SDP 1.094
9. Fernandez • NYM 1.104
10. Lynch • NYM 1.126

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Fernandez • NYM 5.706
2. Gooden • NYM 6.441
3. Hershiser • LAD 6.722
4. Tudor • STL 6.840
5. Soto • CIN 6.873
6. Valenzuela • LAD 6.973
7. Reuschel • PIT 7.098
8. Welch • LAD 7.584
9. DeLeón • PIT 7.635
10. Eckersley • CHC 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. Hoyt • SDP 0.856
2. Eckersley • CHC 1.010
3. Lynch • NYM 1.272
4. Tudor • STL 1.604
5. Smith • MON 1.660
6. Welch • LAD 1.882
7. Knepper • HOU 2.017
8. Gooden • NYM 2.245
9. Krukow • SFG 2.265
10. Gullickson • MON 2.333

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Fernandez • NYM 9.511
2. Gooden • NYM 8.718
3. DeLeón • PIT 8.244
4. Ryan • HOU 8.108
5. Soto • CIN 7.504
6. Krukow • SFG 6.935
7. Valenzuela • LAD 6.874
8. Gross • PHI 6.608
9. Reuschel • PIT 6.402
10. Eckersley • CHC 6.219

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Burke • MON 78
2. Davis • SFG 77
3. Garrelts • SFG 74
4. Carman • PHI 71
5. Minton • SFG 68
6. Franco • CIN 67
7. Camp • ATL 66
8. Smith • CHC 65
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 64
Power • CIN 64
Smith • HOU 64

Saves

Saves

1. Reardon • MON 41
2. Smith • CHC 33
3. Power • CIN 27
Smith • HOU 27
5. Gossage • SDP 26
6. Sutter • ATL 23
7. Lahti • STL 19
Niedenfuer • LAD 19
9. McDowell • NYM 17
Orosco • NYM 17

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Gooden • NYM 276.2
2. Tudor • STL 275.0
3. Valenzuela • LAD 272.1
4. Andújar • STL 269.2
5. Mahler • ATL 266.2
6. Browning • CIN 261.1
7. Soto • CIN 256.2
8. Darling • NYM 248.0
9. Cox • STL 241.0
Knepper • HOU 241.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Gooden • NYM 268
2. Soto • CIN 214
3. Ryan • HOU 209
4. Valenzuela • LAD 208
5. Fernandez • NYM 180
6. Tudor • STL 169
7. Darling • NYM 167
8. Hershiser • LAD 157
9. Browning • CIN 155
10. Gross • PHI 151

Games Started

Games Started

1. Mahler • ATL 39
2. Andújar • STL 38
Browning • CIN 38
4. Bedrosian • ATL 37
Knepper • HOU 37
6. Soto • CIN 36
Tudor • STL 36
8. Cox • STL 35
Darling • NYM 35
Gooden • NYM 35
Rhoden • PIT 35
Ryan • HOU 35
Scott • HOU 35
Show • SDP 35
Valenzuela • LAD 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Gooden • NYM 16
2. Valenzuela • LAD 14
Tudor • STL 14
4. Andújar • STL 10
Cox • STL 10
6. Soto • CIN 9
Reuschel • PIT 9
Hershiser • LAD 9
9. Welch • LAD 8
Hoyt • SDP 8

Shutouts

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

1. Tudor • STL 10
2. Gooden • NYM 8
3. Valenzuela • LAD 5
Hershiser • LAD 5
5. Browning • CIN 4
Cox • STL 4
7. Welch • LAD 3
Sutcliffe • CHC 3
Reuss • LAD 3
Hoyt • SDP 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Soto • CIN 30
2. Browning • CIN 29
3. Show • SDP 27
4. Mahler • ATL 24
5. Fontenot • CHC 23
Hudson • PHI 23
7. Darling • NYM 21
Knepper • HOU 21
Niekro • HOU 21
10. Hoyt • SDP 20
Scott • HOU 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Darling • NYM 114
2. Bedrosian • ATL 111
3. Soto • CIN 104
4. Valenzuela • LAD 101
5. Niekro • HOU 99
6. Ryan • HOU 95
7. DeLeón • PIT 89
8. Show • SDP 87
9. Denny • PHI 83
Tibbs • CIN 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mahler • ATL 272
2. Andújar • STL 265
3. Rhoden • PIT 254
4. Knepper • HOU 253
5. Denny • PHI 252
6. Browning • CIN 242
7. Hawkins • SDP 229
8. Cox • STL 226
9. Tibbs • CIN 216
10. LaPoint • SFG 215

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. Eckersley • CHC 6.158
2. Hoyt • SDP 4.150
3. Gooden • NYM 3.884
4. Tudor • STL 3.449
5. Smith • MON 3.098
6. Krukow • SFG 3.061
7. Welch • LAD 2.743
8. Reuschel • PIT 2.654
9. Knepper • HOU 2.426
10. Lynch • NYM 2.407

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. Hershiser • LAD 0.300
2. Reuschel • PIT 0.325
3. Gullickson • MON 0.397
4. Gooden • NYM 0.423
5. Tudor • STL 0.458
6. Valenzuela • LAD 0.463
7. Ryan • HOU 0.466
8. Gross • PHI 0.481
9. Smith • MON 0.486
10. Andújar • STL 0.501

Losses

Losses

1. DeLeón • PIT 19
2. LaPoint • SFG 17
3. Tibbs • CIN 16
Laskey • 2TM 16
5. Bedrosian • ATL 15
Mahler • ATL 15
Rhoden • PIT 15
Soto • CIN 15
9. Denny • PHI 14
10. Gross • PHI 13
Hudson • PHI 13
Knepper • HOU 13
Pérez • ATL 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Rhoden • PIT 106
2. Browning • CIN 103
Mahler • ATL 103
4. Andújar • STL 102
Soto • CIN 102
6. Denny • PHI 98
Ryan • HOU 98
8. Knepper • HOU 95
Tibbs • CIN 95
10. Bedrosian • ATL 88
Niekro • HOU 88

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Niekro • HOU 21
2. Ryan • HOU 14
3. Tibbs • CIN 12
4. Krukow • SFG 10
LaPoint • SFG 10
Valenzuela • LAD 10
7. Palmer • MON 9
8. Blue • SFG 8
Denny • PHI 8
Rhoden • PIT 8
Soto • CIN 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Andújar • STL 11
2. Ryan • HOU 9
3. Burke • MON 7
Gross • PHI 7
McWilliams • PIT 7
6. Hershiser • LAD 6
Rhoden • PIT 6
Welch • LAD 6
Williams • SFG 6
10. Bedrosian • ATL 5
Camp • ATL 5
Guante • PIT 5
Niekro • HOU 5
Show • SDP 5
Tudor • STL 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Andújar • STL 1,127
2. Mahler • ATL 1,110
3. Valenzuela • LAD 1,109
4. Browning • CIN 1,083
5. Gooden • NYM 1,065
6. Tudor • STL 1,062
7. Soto • CIN 1,055
8. Darling • NYM 1,043
9. Knepper • HOU 1,016
10. Denny • PHI 998

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. Smith • CHC 57
2. Power • CIN 50
Reardon • MON 50
Sutter • ATL 50
5. Smith • HOU 46
6. Garrelts • SFG 44
7. Niedenfuer • LAD 43
8. Tekulve • 2TM 42
9. Orosco • NYM 39
10. Davis • SFG 38
Gossage • SDP 38

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Gooden • NYM 229
2. Tudor • STL 185
3. Hershiser • LAD 171
4. Reuschel • PIT 159
5. Welch • LAD 150
6. Valenzuela • LAD 141
7. Eckersley • CHC 129
8. Fernandez • NYM 125
9. Cox • STL 124
10. Darling • NYM 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 2.13
2. Reuschel • PIT 2.58
3. Tudor • STL 2.71
4. Hershiser • LAD 2.73
5. Smith • MON 2.81
6. Eckersley • CHC 2.84
7. Ryan • HOU 2.90
8. Valenzuela • LAD 2.95
9. Fernandez • NYM 3.08
10. Gross • PHI 3.19

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. Gooden • NYM 63
2. Tudor • STL 50
3. Hershiser • LAD 35
4. Valenzuela • LAD 28
5. Reuschel • PIT 28
6. Welch • LAD 22
7. Cox • STL 17
8. Eckersley • CHC 17
9. Franco • CIN 17
10. Burke • MON 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. Gooden • NYM 7.6
2. Tudor • STL 5.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.9
4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.1
5. Reuschel • PIT 3.1
6. Welch • LAD 2.5
7. Eckersley • CHC 1.9
8. Cox • STL 1.8
9. Franco • CIN 1.8
10. Burke • MON 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. Gooden • NYM 75.52
2. Tudor • STL 55.38
3. Hershiser • LAD 31.45
4. Reuschel • PIT 28.22
5. Valenzuela • LAD 27.96
6. Welch • LAD 25.01
7. Burke • MON 21.70
8. Fernandez • NYM 21.55
9. Reuss • LAD 20.42
10. Dravecky • SDP 19.31

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. Gooden • NYM 9.9
2. Tudor • STL 6.1
3. Gossage • SDP 4.0
4. Lahti • STL 3.9
5. Franco • CIN 3.8
6. Smith • HOU 3.8
7. Carman • PHI 3.7
8. Smith • CHC 3.5
9. Burke • MON 3.4
10. McDowell • NYM 3.1

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. Tudor • STL 6.9
2. Gooden • NYM 6.9
3. Hershiser • LAD 4.1
4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.6
5. Reuschel • PIT 3.4
6. Eckersley • CHC 2.9
7. Smith • MON 2.4
8. Hoyt • SDP 1.9
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 1.9
10. Browning • CIN 1.8

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. Gooden • NYM 18.1
2. Tudor • STL 13.6
3. Lahti • STL 8.5
4. McDowell • NYM 6.5
5. Valenzuela • LAD 4.4
6. Burke • MON 4.1
7. Gossage • SDP 4.0
8. Welch • LAD 3.6
9. Dravecky • SDP 3.3
10. Orosco • NYM 3.2

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. Gooden • NYM 9.5
2. Tudor • STL 6.5
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.6
4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.2
5. Reuschel • PIT 3.2
6. Welch • LAD 2.9
7. Fernandez • NYM 2.4
8. Burke • MON 2.4
9. Reuss • LAD 2.3
10. Dravecky • SDP 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