1986 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: New York Mets

NL Most Valuable Player: Mike Schmidt

NL Cy Young: Mike Scott

NL Rookie of the Year: Todd Worrell

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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. Scott • HOU 8.2

2. Rhoden • PIT 7.6

3. Gwynn • SDP 6.7

4. Schmidt • PHI 6.1

5. Valenzuela • LAD 6.1

6. Smith • STL 5.6

7. Hernandez • NYM 5.5

8. Raines • MON 5.5

9. Davis • CIN 5.3

10. Bass • HOU 5.2

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. Scott • HOU 8.4

2. Rhoden • PIT 6.6

3. Valenzuela • LAD 5.5

4. Ojeda • NYM 4.7

5. Darling • NYM 4.6

6. Gooden • NYM 4.5

7. Gullickson • CIN 4.3

8. Welch • LAD 4.0

9. Ruffin • PHI 3.7

10. Youmans • MON 3.7

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. Scott • HOU 2.22

2. Ojeda • NYM 2.57

3. Darling • NYM 2.81

4. Rhoden • PIT 2.84

5. Gooden • NYM 2.84

6. Cox • STL 2.90

7. Tudor • STL 2.92

8. Krukow • SFG 3.05

9. Garrelts • SFG 3.11

10. Knepper • HOU 3.14

Wins

1. Valenzuela • LAD 21

2. Krukow • SFG 20

3. Ojeda • NYM 18

Scott • HOU 18

5. Gooden • NYM 17

Knepper • HOU 17

7. Fernandez • NYM 16

8. Darling • NYM 15

Gullickson • CIN 15

Rhoden • PIT 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. Ojeda • NYM .783

2. Gooden • NYM .739

3. Fernandez • NYM .727

4. Darling • NYM .714

5. Deshaies • HOU .706

6. Krukow • SFG .690

7. Tekulve • PHI .688

8. Valenzuela • LAD .656

9. Tudor • STL .650

10. Scott • HOU .643

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scott • HOU 0.923

2. Krukow • SFG 1.057

3. Ojeda • NYM 1.090

4. Gooden • NYM 1.108

5. Ryan • HOU 1.129

6. Rhoden • PIT 1.131

7. Cox • STL 1.132

8. Knepper • HOU 1.140

9. Tudor • STL 1.142

10. Valenzuela • LAD 1.155

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Scott • HOU 5.949

2. Youmans • MON 5.959

3. Ryan • HOU 6.017

4. Fernandez • NYM 7.091

5. Gooden • NYM 7.092

6. Garrelts • SFG 7.463

7. Rhoden • PIT 7.486

8. Krukow • SFG 7.494

9. Valenzuela • LAD 7.552

10. Ojeda • NYM 7.661

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Eckersley • CHC 1.925

2. Sanderson • CHC 1.963

3. Krukow • SFG 2.020

4. Welch • LAD 2.100

5. Ojeda • NYM 2.153

6. Knepper • HOU 2.163

7. Tudor • STL 2.178

8. Gullickson • CIN 2.207

9. Scott • HOU 2.354

10. Honeycutt • LAD 2.368

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Scott • HOU 10.002

2. Ryan • HOU 9.809

3. Fernandez • NYM 8.809

4. Youmans • MON 8.301

5. Valenzuela • LAD 8.087

6. Palmer • ATL 7.297

7. Gooden • NYM 7.200

8. Welch • LAD 6.989

9. Darling • NYM 6.987

10. Sanderson • CHC 6.578

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Lefferts • SDP 83

2. McDowell • NYM 75

3. Franco • CIN 74

Worrell • STL 74

5. Tekulve • PHI 73

6. McCullers • SDP 70

Robinson • CIN 70

8. Bedrosian • PHI 68

Burke • MON 68

10. Davis • SFG 67

Saves

1. Worrell • STL 36

2. Reardon • MON 35

3. Smith • HOU 33

4. Smith • CHC 31

5. Bedrosian • PHI 29

Franco • CIN 29

7. Garber • ATL 24

8. McDowell • NYM 22

9. Orosco • NYM 21

Gossage • SDP 21

Innings Pitched

1. Scott • HOU 275.1

2. Valenzuela • LAD 269.1

3. Knepper • HOU 258.0

4. Rhoden • PIT 253.2

5. Gooden • NYM 250.0

6. Krukow • SFG 245.0

7. Gullickson • CIN 244.2

8. Browning • CIN 243.1

9. Gross • PHI 241.2

10. Mahler • ATL 237.2

Strikeouts

1. Scott • HOU 306

2. Valenzuela • LAD 242

3. Youmans • MON 202

4. Fernandez • NYM 200

Gooden • NYM 200

6. Ryan • HOU 194

7. Darling • NYM 184

8. Welch • LAD 183

9. Krukow • SFG 178

10. Palmer • ATL 170

Games Started

1. Browning • CIN 39

Mahler • ATL 39

3. Knepper • HOU 38

4. Gullickson • CIN 37

Scott • HOU 37

6. Gross • PHI 36

7. Hawkins • SDP 35

Hershiser • LAD 35

Palmer • ATL 35

10. Darling • NYM 34

Krukow • SFG 34

Reuschel • PIT 34

Rhoden • PIT 34

Valenzuela • LAD 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Valenzuela • LAD 20

2. Rhoden • PIT 12

Gooden • NYM 12

4. Krukow • SFG 10

5. Knepper • HOU 8

Cox • STL 8

Hershiser • LAD 8

8. Mahler • ATL 7

Ojeda • NYM 7

Rawley • PHI 7

Scott • HOU 7

Gross • PHI 7

Welch • LAD 7

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Knepper • HOU 5

Scott • HOU 5

3. Welch • LAD 3

Valenzuela • LAD 3

5. Reuschel • PIT 2

Browning • CIN 2

Krukow • SFG 2

Ojeda • NYM 2

Tibbs • MON 2

Gullickson • CIN 2

Gross • PHI 2

Gooden • NYM 2

Youmans • MON 2

Darling • NYM 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gross • PHI 28

2. Hoyt • SDP 27

3. Browning • CIN 26

4. Mahler • ATL 25

5. Gullickson • CIN 24

Hawkins • SDP 24

Krukow • SFG 24

8. Tudor • STL 22

9. Darling • NYM 21

Eckersley • CHC 21

Sanderson • CHC 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Youmans • MON 118

2. Smith • ATL 105

3. Palmer • ATL 102

4. Sutcliffe • CHC 96

5. Mahler • ATL 95

6. Gross • PHI 94

7. Fernandez • NYM 91

8. Hershiser • LAD 86

9. Valenzuela • LAD 85

10. Bielecki • PIT 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mahler • ATL 283

2. Gullickson • CIN 245

3. Gross • PHI 240

4. Knepper • HOU 232

Reuschel • PIT 232

6. Welch • LAD 227

7. Eckersley • CHC 226

Valenzuela • LAD 226

9. Browning • CIN 225

10. Hawkins • SDP 218

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. Scott • HOU 4.250

2. Sanderson • CHC 3.351

3. Welch • LAD 3.327

4. Krukow • SFG 3.236

5. Eckersley • CHC 3.186

6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.847

7. Ojeda • NYM 2.846

8. Gooden • NYM 2.500

9. Ryan • HOU 2.366

10. Knepper • HOU 2.306

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Smith • ATL 0.352

2. Honeycutt • LAD 0.474

3. Hershiser • LAD 0.506

4. Welch • LAD 0.535

5. Scott • HOU 0.556

6. Tibbs • MON 0.567

7. Fernandez • NYM 0.573

8. Cox • STL 0.573

9. Youmans • MON 0.575

10. Valenzuela • LAD 0.601

Losses

1. Mahler • ATL 18

2. Reuschel • PIT 16

Smith • ATL 16

4. Hershiser • LAD 14

Sutcliffe • CHC 14

6. Browning • CIN 13

Cox • STL 13

LaCoss • SFG 13

Welch • LAD 13

10. Gross • PHI 12

Gullickson • CIN 12

Howell • LAD 12

Knepper • HOU 12

Rhoden • PIT 12

Youmans • MON 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mahler • ATL 129

2. Gross • PHI 108

3. Browning • CIN 103

4. Eckersley • CHC 102

5. Hawkins • SDP 100

6. Hershiser • LAD 99

7. Reuschel • PIT 95

8. Valenzuela • LAD 94

9. Gullickson • CIN 92

Smith • ATL 92

Wild Pitches

1. Ryan • HOU 15

2. Sutcliffe • CHC 13

Valenzuela • LAD 13

4. Hershiser • LAD 12

Walk • PIT 12

6. Robinson • SFG 11

7. Youmans • MON 10

8. Garrelts • SFG 9

Palmer • ATL 9

Winn • PIT 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gross • PHI 8

Reuschel • PIT 8

3. Aguilera • NYM 7

McWilliams • PIT 7

Welch • LAD 7

6. LaCoss • SFG 6

Smith • MON 6

8. Hawkins • SDP 5

Hershiser • LAD 5

Palmer • ATL 5

Sisk • NYM 5

Smith • ATL 5

Batters Faced

1. Valenzuela • LAD 1,102

2. Scott • HOU 1,065

3. Mahler • ATL 1,056

4. Knepper • HOU 1,053

5. Gross • PHI 1,040

6. Gooden • NYM 1,020

7. Browning • CIN 1,016

8. Rhoden • PIT 1,015

9. Gullickson • CIN 1,014

10. Hershiser • LAD 988

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. Worrell • STL 60

2. Smith • CHC 59

3. Bedrosian • PHI 56

4. Franco • CIN 52

McDowell • NYM 52

6. Smith • HOU 51

7. Garber • ATL 48

Reardon • MON 48

9. Robinson • PIT 41

10. Orosco • NYM 40

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Scott • HOU 161

2. Ojeda • NYM 140

3. Rhoden • PIT 135

4. Darling • NYM 128

5. Gooden • NYM 126

6. Cox • STL 126

7. Tudor • STL 125

8. Krukow • SFG 116

9. Garrelts • SFG 114

10. Knepper • HOU 114

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. Scott • HOU 2.16

2. Welch • LAD 2.78

3. Valenzuela • LAD 2.80

4. Fernandez • NYM 3.01

5. Ojeda • NYM 3.05

6. Gooden • NYM 3.06

7. Ryan • HOU 3.06

8. Honeycutt • LAD 3.13

9. Rhoden • PIT 3.31

10. Krukow • SFG 3.31

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. Scott • HOU 45

2. Rhoden • PIT 31

3. Ojeda • NYM 24

4. Darling • NYM 21

5. Gooden • NYM 20

6. Ruffin • PHI 19

7. Tudor • STL 18

8. Worrell • STL 18

9. Horton • STL 18

10. Murphy • CIN 17

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. Scott • HOU 5.0

2. Rhoden • PIT 3.4

3. Ojeda • NYM 2.7

4. Darling • NYM 2.2

5. Gooden • NYM 2.1

6. Ruffin • PHI 2.1

7. Tudor • STL 1.9

8. Horton • STL 1.9

9. Murphy • CIN 1.9

Worrell • STL 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. Scott • HOU 52.92

2. Rhoden • PIT 35.68

3. Ojeda • NYM 29.20

4. Darling • NYM 25.23

5. Gooden • NYM 22.93

6. Worrell • STL 21.07

7. Krukow • SFG 20.84

8. Tudor • STL 19.93

9. Horton • STL 19.86

10. Murphy • CIN 19.86

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. Scott • HOU 5.7

2. Darling • NYM 3.8

3. Ojeda • NYM 3.4

4. Rhoden • PIT 3.3

5. Gooden • NYM 3.2

6. Horton • STL 3.1

7. Tudor • STL 3.1

8. Garrelts • SFG 3.1

9. Krukow • SFG 3.0

10. Worrell • STL 3.0

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. Scott • HOU 6.5

2. Rhoden • PIT 3.6

3. Gooden • NYM 2.6

4. Horton • STL 2.3

5. Valenzuela • LAD 2.2

6. Ojeda • NYM 2.1

7. Cox • STL 2.1

8. Knepper • HOU 2.0

9. Tekulve • PHI 1.9

10. Forsch • STL 1.9

Ryan • HOU 1.9

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. Scott • HOU 7.8

2. McDowell • NYM 2.6

3. Reardon • MON 2.4

4. Garrelts • SFG 2.3

5. Knepper • HOU 2.1

6. Garber • ATL 2.0

7. Ojeda • NYM 2.0

8. Gooden • NYM 1.9

9. Show • SDP 1.9

10. Orosco • NYM 1.7

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. Scott • HOU 6.2

2. Rhoden • PIT 3.9

3. Ojeda • NYM 3.3

4. Darling • NYM 2.8

5. Gooden • NYM 2.5

6. Krukow • SFG 2.3

7. Worrell • STL 2.3

8. Tudor • STL 2.2

9. Show • SDP 2.2

10. Horton • STL 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