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. Gwynn • SDP 8.5
2. Davis • CIN 7.9
3. Murphy • ATL 7.7
4. Welch • LAD 7.4
5. Hershiser • LAD 7.3
6. Raines • MON 6.7
7. Sutcliffe • CHC 6.5
8. Smith • STL 6.4
Strawberry • NYM 6.4
10. Schmidt • PHI 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. Welch • LAD 7.1
2. Hershiser • LAD 6.4
3. Sutcliffe • CHC 6.0
4. Scott • HOU 5.9
5. Ryan • HOU 5.4
6. Burke • MON 4.3
7. Valenzuela • LAD 4.1
8. Reuschel • 2TM 3.9
9. Martínez • MON 3.8
10. Gooden • NYM 3.7

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. Ryan • HOU 2.76
2. Dunne • PIT 3.03
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.06
4. Reuschel • 2TM 3.09
5. Gooden • NYM 3.21
6. Welch • LAD 3.22
7. Scott • HOU 3.23
8. Dravecky • 2TM 3.43
9. Magrane • STL 3.54
10. Hammaker • SFG 3.58

Wins

Wins

1. Sutcliffe • CHC 18
2. Rawley • PHI 17
3. Hershiser • LAD 16
Scott • HOU 16
5. Gooden • NYM 15
Smith • ATL 15
Welch • LAD 15
8. Valenzuela • LAD 14
9. Carman • PHI 13
Dunne • PIT 13
Heaton • MON 13
LaCoss • SFG 13
Reuschel • 2TM 13

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. Dunne • PIT .684
2. Gooden • NYM .682
3. Deshaies • HOU .647
4. Sutcliffe • CHC .643
5. Welch • LAD .625
6. Garrelts • SFG .611
Robinson • 2TM .611
Forsch • STL .611
9. Rawley • PHI .607
10. Fernandez • NYM .600
Smith • ATL .600
Darling • NYM .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Reuschel • 2TM 1.097
2. Scott • HOU 1.122
3. Ryan • HOU 1.139
4. Welch • LAD 1.152
5. Drabek • PIT 1.197
6. Gooden • NYM 1.197
7. Hershiser • LAD 1.213
8. Carman • PHI 1.246
9. Heaton • MON 1.262
10. Whitson • SDP 1.269

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • HOU 6.548
2. Scott • HOU 7.231
3. Welch • LAD 7.295
4. Dunne • PIT 7.880
5. Darling • NYM 7.931
6. Gooden • NYM 8.115
7. Show • SDP 8.200
8. Reuschel • 2TM 8.207
9. Carman • PHI 8.275
10. Magrane • STL 8.295

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. Reuschel • 2TM 1.665
2. Heaton • MON 1.722
3. Gullickson • CIN 2.127
4. Forsch • STL 2.263
5. Drabek • PIT 2.348
6. Hershiser • LAD 2.516
7. Krukow • SFG 2.540
8. Gooden • NYM 2.655
9. Knepper • HOU 2.735
10. Whitson • SDP 2.801

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • HOU 11.480
2. Scott • HOU 8.467
3. Sebra • MON 7.917
4. Gooden • NYM 7.414
5. Darling • NYM 7.238
6. Welch • LAD 7.009
7. Valenzuela • LAD 6.813
8. Downs • SFG 6.629
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 6.598
10. Moyer • CHC 6.582

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tekulve • PHI 90
2. Murphy • CIN 87
3. Williams • CIN 85
4. Robinson • 2TM 81
5. McCullers • SDP 78
6. Lefferts • 2TM 77
7. Worrell • STL 75
8. DiPino • CHC 69
McGaffigan • MON 69
10. Acker • ATL 68
Franco • CIN 68

Saves

Saves

1. Bedrosian • PHI 40
2. Smith • CHC 36
3. Worrell • STL 33
4. Franco • CIN 32
5. McDowell • NYM 25
6. Smith • HOU 24
7. Robinson • 2TM 19
8. Burke • MON 18
9. Orosco • NYM 16
McCullers • SDP 16

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hershiser • LAD 264.2
2. Welch • LAD 251.2
3. Valenzuela • LAD 251.0
4. Scott • HOU 247.2
5. Smith • ATL 242.0
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 237.1
7. Rawley • PHI 229.2
8. Reuschel • 2TM 227.0
9. Ryan • HOU 211.2
10. Carman • PHI 211.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • HOU 270
2. Scott • HOU 233
3. Welch • LAD 196
4. Hershiser • LAD 190
Valenzuela • LAD 190
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 174
7. Darling • NYM 167
8. Sebra • MON 156
9. Gooden • NYM 148
10. Moyer • CHC 147

Games Started

Games Started

1. Rawley • PHI 36
Scott • HOU 36
Smith • ATL 36
4. Carman • PHI 35
Hershiser • LAD 35
Ruffin • PHI 35
Welch • LAD 35
8. Power • CIN 34
Ryan • HOU 34
Show • SDP 34
Sutcliffe • CHC 34
Valenzuela • LAD 34
Whitson • SDP 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Reuschel • 2TM 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
3. Hershiser • LAD 10
4. Smith • ATL 9
5. Scott • HOU 8
6. Gooden • NYM 7
7. Welch • LAD 6
Fisher • PIT 6
Sutcliffe • CHC 6
10. Show • SDP 5
Dunne • PIT 5
Dravecky • 2TM 5

Shutouts

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

1. Reuschel • 2TM 4
Welch • LAD 4
3. Scott • HOU 3
Show • SDP 3
Smith • ATL 3
Gooden • NYM 3
Fisher • PIT 3
Youmans • MON 3
Dravecky • 2TM 3
Downs • SFG 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Whitson • SDP 36
2. Carman • PHI 34
3. Gullickson • CIN 33
4. Moyer • CHC 28
Power • CIN 28
6. Browning • CIN 27
Fisher • PIT 27
8. Gross • PHI 26
Knepper • HOU 26
Show • SDP 26

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Valenzuela • LAD 124
2. Sutcliffe • CHC 106
3. Moyer • CHC 97
4. Darling • NYM 96
5. Smith • ATL 91
6. Gross • PHI 87
Ryan • HOU 87
8. Rawley • PHI 86
Welch • LAD 86
10. Mahler • ATL 85
Show • SDP 85

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Valenzuela • LAD 254
2. Rawley • PHI 250
3. Hershiser • LAD 247
4. Smith • ATL 245
5. Ruffin • PHI 236
6. Knepper • HOU 226
7. Cox • STL 224
8. Sutcliffe • CHC 223
9. Power • CIN 213
10. Mahler • ATL 212

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. Ryan • HOU 3.103
2. Scott • HOU 2.949
3. Heaton • MON 2.838
4. Gooden • NYM 2.792
5. Drabek • PIT 2.609
6. Hershiser • LAD 2.568
7. Reuschel • 2TM 2.548
8. Sebra • MON 2.328
9. Gullickson • CIN 2.282
10. Welch • LAD 2.279

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. Magrane • STL 0.476
2. Reuschel • 2TM 0.515
3. Dunne • PIT 0.551
Gooden • NYM 0.551
5. Hershiser • LAD 0.578
6. Ryan • HOU 0.595
7. Downs • SFG 0.677
8. Smith • ATL 0.707
9. Ruffin • PHI 0.748
10. Welch • LAD 0.751

Losses

Losses

1. Knepper • HOU 17
2. Gross • PHI 16
Hershiser • LAD 16
Ryan • HOU 16
Show • SDP 16
6. Moyer • CHC 15
Sebra • MON 15
8. Maddux • CHC 14
Ruffin • PHI 14
Valenzuela • LAD 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Moyer • CHC 114
2. Rawley • PHI 112
3. Valenzuela • LAD 111
4. Smith • ATL 110
5. Mahler • ATL 109
6. Whitson • SDP 108
7. Knepper • HOU 104
8. Browning • CIN 102
Power • CIN 102
10. Carman • PHI 99
Darling • NYM 99
Ruffin • PHI 99

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Valenzuela • LAD 14
2. Downs • SFG 12
3. Hershiser • LAD 11
Moyer • CHC 11
5. Ryan • HOU 10
Scott • HOU 10
O'Neal • 2TM 10
8. Aguilera • NYM 9
Magrane • STL 9
Sutcliffe • CHC 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gross • PHI 10
Magrane • STL 10
3. Hershiser • LAD 9
Show • SDP 9
5. Fernandez • NYM 8
Reuschel • 2TM 8
7. Palmer • ATL 7
8. Martínez • MON 6
Davis • 2TM 6
10. Browning • CIN 5
Carman • PHI 5
Cone • NYM 5
Darwin • HOU 5
Jones • SDP 5
Moyer • CHC 5
Noles • CHC 5
Rawley • PHI 5
Smith • ATL 5
Dravecky • 2TM 5
Hume • 2TM 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Valenzuela • LAD 1,116
2. Hershiser • LAD 1,093
3. Smith • ATL 1,035
4. Welch • LAD 1,027
5. Sutcliffe • CHC 1,012
6. Scott • HOU 1,010
7. Rawley • PHI 1,005
8. Reuschel • 2TM 920
9. Moyer • CHC 899
10. Darling • NYM 891

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. Franco • CIN 60
2. Bedrosian • PHI 56
3. Smith • CHC 55
4. Worrell • STL 54
Robinson • 2TM 54
6. McDowell • NYM 45
7. Smith • HOU 44
8. Garber • ATL 43
Garrelts • SFG 43
10. Acker • ATL 41
McCullers • SDP 41
Orosco • NYM 41

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Ryan • HOU 142
2. Dunne • PIT 135
3. Reuschel • 2TM 131
4. Hershiser • LAD 131
5. Welch • LAD 125
6. Scott • HOU 121
7. Gooden • NYM 119
8. Magrane • STL 118
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 116
10. Dravecky • 2TM 114

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. Ryan • HOU 2.47
2. Gooden • NYM 2.94
3. Scott • HOU 3.10
4. Hershiser • LAD 3.21
5. Reuschel • 2TM 3.33
6. Sebra • MON 3.40
7. Welch • LAD 3.47
8. Downs • SFG 3.52
9. Magrane • STL 3.60
10. Dravecky • 2TM 3.73

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. Burke • MON 28
2. Ryan • HOU 27
3. Hershiser • LAD 26
4. Welch • LAD 25
5. McGaffigan • MON 23
6. Scott • HOU 22
7. Reuschel • 2TM 22
8. Williams • CIN 19
9. Dunne • PIT 17
10. Worrell • STL 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. Burke • MON 2.9
2. Ryan • HOU 2.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.7
4. Welch • LAD 2.6
5. Reuschel • 2TM 2.4
6. McGaffigan • MON 2.3
7. Scott • HOU 2.3
8. Williams • CIN 1.9
9. Dunne • PIT 1.8
10. Worrell • STL 1.7

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. Welch • LAD 33.21
2. Ryan • HOU 30.58
3. Scott • HOU 28.79
4. Hershiser • LAD 26.69
5. Reuschel • 2TM 25.57
6. McGaffigan • MON 25.27
7. Tekulve • PHI 22.02
8. Burke • MON 21.58
9. Robinson • 2TM 20.23
10. Dunne • PIT 19.77

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. Burke • MON 5.0
2. Scott • HOU 3.7
3. Robinson • 2TM 3.7
4. Bedrosian • PHI 3.5
5. Welch • LAD 3.3
6. Ryan • HOU 3.3
7. Worrell • STL 3.3
8. Tekulve • PHI 2.8
9. Reuschel • 2TM 2.4
10. McGaffigan • MON 2.2

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. Scott • HOU 3.6
2. Reuschel • 2TM 3.6
3. Welch • LAD 3.3
4. Ryan • HOU 3.3
5. Hershiser • LAD 2.7
6. Burke • MON 2.2
7. Gooden • NYM 2.0
8. Robinson • 2TM 1.9
9. McGaffigan • MON 1.8
10. Pérez • MON 1.7

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. Worrell • STL 7.4
2. Burke • MON 3.9
3. Smith • HOU 3.9
4. Magrane • STL 3.6
5. Robinson • CIN 3.4
6. Scott • HOU 3.3
7. Mathews • STL 3.1
8. Ryan • HOU 3.0
9. Dayley • STL 2.7
10. Reuschel • 2TM 2.7

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. Welch • LAD 3.5
2. Ryan • HOU 3.3
3. Scott • HOU 3.1
4. Hershiser • LAD 2.8
5. Reuschel • 2TM 2.7
6. McGaffigan • MON 2.5
7. Tekulve • PHI 2.2
8. Burke • MON 2.2
9. Robinson • 2TM 2.1
10. Dunne • PIT 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