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. Smith • ATL 8.8
2. Clark • SFG 8.6
3. Bonds • PIT 8.0
4. Hershiser • LAD 7.3
5. Smith • STL 7.3
6. Mitchell • SFG 6.9
7. Johnson • NYM 6.9
8. Whitson • SDP 6.5
9. Hurst • SDP 6.2
10. Sandberg • CHC 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. Hershiser • LAD 7.0
2. Hurst • SDP 6.5
3. Whitson • SDP 6.5
4. Smith • MON 5.1
5. Maddux • CHC 5.0
6. Langston • MON 4.9
7. Martínez • MON 4.7
8. Davis • SDP 4.4
9. Bielecki • CHC 4.3
10. Belcher • LAD 4.1

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. Garrelts • SFG 2.28
2. Hershiser • LAD 2.31
3. Langston • MON 2.39
4. Whitson • SDP 2.66
5. Hurst • SDP 2.69
6. Drabek • PIT 2.80
7. Smiley • PIT 2.81
8. Belcher • LAD 2.82
9. Fernandez • NYM 2.83
10. Smith • MON 2.84

Wins

Wins

1. Scott • HOU 20
2. Maddux • CHC 19
3. Bielecki • CHC 18
Magrane • STL 18
5. Reuschel • SFG 17
6. DeLeón • STL 16
Martínez • MON 16
Sutcliffe • CHC 16
Whitson • SDP 16
10. Belcher • LAD 15
Browning • CIN 15
Deshaies • HOU 15
Hershiser • LAD 15
Hurst • SDP 15

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. Garrelts • SFG .737
Fernandez • NYM .737
3. Bielecki • CHC .720
4. Martínez • MON .696
5. Reuschel • SFG .680
6. Magrane • STL .667
Scott • HOU .667
Parrett • PHI .667
9. Glavine • ATL .636
Cone • NYM .636

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Garrelts • SFG 1.009
2. DeLeón • STL 1.034
3. Scott • HOU 1.057
4. Fernandez • NYM 1.058
5. Smith • MON 1.071
6. Whitson • SDP 1.084
7. Smiley • PIT 1.086
8. Smoltz • ATL 1.115
9. Robinson • SFG 1.122
10. Pérez • MON 1.124

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. DeLeón • STL 6.364
2. Fernandez • NYM 6.442
3. Howell • PHI 6.838
4. Smoltz • ATL 6.923
5. Garrelts • SFG 6.936
6. Langston • MON 7.030
7. Scott • HOU 7.074
8. Belcher • LAD 7.122
9. Deshaies • HOU 7.179
10. Smith • MON 7.386

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. Robinson • SFG 1.690
2. Lilliquist • ATL 1.847
3. Martínez • MON 1.901
4. Whitson • SDP 1.903
5. Glavine • ATL 1.935
6. Pérez • MON 2.042
7. Mahler • CIN 2.080
8. Garrelts • SFG 2.141
9. Smiley • PIT 2.148
10. Smith • MON 2.253

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Langston • MON 8.915
2. Fernandez • NYM 8.125
3. Belcher • LAD 7.826
4. Cone • NYM 7.785
5. DeLeón • STL 7.394
6. Smoltz • ATL 7.269
7. Howell • PHI 7.235
8. Gross • MON 7.063
9. Pérez • MON 6.897
10. Scott • HOU 6.760

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Williams • CHC 76
2. Dibble • CIN 74
3. Parrett • PHI 72
4. Agosto • HOU 71
Dayley • STL 71
6. Davis • SDP 70
Lefferts • SFG 70
8. Charlton • CIN 69
McDowell • 2TM 69
10. Burke • MON 68
Darwin • HOU 68
Bedrosian • 2TM 68

Saves

Saves

1. Davis • SDP 44
2. Williams • CHC 36
3. Franco • CIN 32
4. Burke • MON 28
Howell • LAD 28
6. Landrum • PIT 26
7. Smith • HOU 25
8. Myers • NYM 24
9. McDowell • 2TM 23
Bedrosian • 2TM 23

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hershiser • LAD 256.2
2. Browning • CIN 249.2
3. DeLeón • STL 244.2
Hurst • SDP 244.2
5. Drabek • PIT 244.1
6. Maddux • CHC 238.1
7. Magrane • STL 234.2
8. Martínez • MON 232.0
9. Belcher • LAD 230.0
10. Scott • HOU 229.0
Sutcliffe • CHC 229.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. DeLeón • STL 201
2. Belcher • LAD 200
3. Fernandez • NYM 198
4. Cone • NYM 190
5. Hurst • SDP 179
6. Hershiser • LAD 178
7. Langston • MON 175
8. Scott • HOU 172
9. Smoltz • ATL 168
10. Howell • PHI 164

Games Started

Games Started

1. Browning • CIN 37
2. DeLeón • STL 36
3. Maddux • CHC 35
4. Deshaies • HOU 34
Drabek • PIT 34
Sutcliffe • CHC 34
7. Bielecki • CHC 33
Cone • NYM 33
Darling • NYM 33
Hershiser • LAD 33
Hill • STL 33
Hurst • SDP 33
Magrane • STL 33
Martínez • MON 33
Rasmussen • SDP 33
Whitson • SDP 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Belcher • LAD 10
Hurst • SDP 10
3. Browning • CIN 9
Magrane • STL 9
Scott • HOU 9
6. Hershiser • LAD 8
Smiley • PIT 8
Drabek • PIT 8
9. Maddux • CHC 7
Cone • NYM 7

Shutouts

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

1. Belcher • LAD 8
2. Drabek • PIT 5
3. Langston • MON 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
Glavine • ATL 4
6. Magrane • STL 3
Gross • MON 3
Deshaies • HOU 3
DeLeón • STL 3
Bielecki • CHC 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Browning • CIN 31
2. Scott • HOU 23
3. Robinson • SFG 22
Smiley • PIT 22
Whitson • SDP 22
6. Carman • PHI 21
Drabek • PIT 21
Fernandez • NYM 21
Martínez • MON 21
10. Belcher • LAD 20
Cone • NYM 20
Glavine • ATL 20
Gross • MON 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hill • STL 99
2. Valenzuela • LAD 98
3. Langston • MON 93
4. Gross • MON 88
5. Carman • PHI 86
Howell • PHI 86
7. Maddux • CHC 82
8. Bielecki • CHC 81
9. Belcher • LAD 80
DeLeón • STL 80

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mahler • CIN 242
2. Browning • CIN 241
3. Martínez • MON 227
4. Hershiser • LAD 226
5. Maddux • CHC 222
6. Magrane • STL 219
7. Drabek • PIT 215
8. Darling • NYM 214
Hurst • SDP 214
10. Walk • PIT 208

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. Pérez • MON 3.378
2. Martínez • MON 2.898
3. Scott • HOU 2.774
4. Hurst • SDP 2.712
5. Fernandez • NYM 2.640
6. Robinson • SFG 2.595
7. Garrelts • SFG 2.587
8. Cone • NYM 2.568
9. DeLeón • STL 2.513
10. Smiley • PIT 2.510

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 0.192
2. Hershiser • LAD 0.316
3. Hill • STL 0.412
4. Howell • PHI 0.485
5. Maddux • CHC 0.491
6. Valenzuela • LAD 0.503
7. Garrelts • SFG 0.512
8. DeLeón • STL 0.589
Hurst • SDP 0.589
10. Deshaies • HOU 0.598

Losses

Losses

1. Carman • PHI 15
Hershiser • LAD 15
Hill • STL 15
4. Clancy • HOU 14
Darling • NYM 14
Smith • ATL 14
Leary • 2TM 14
8. Mahler • CIN 13
Pérez • MON 13
Robinson • PIT 13
Terrell • SDP 13
Valenzuela • LAD 13
Smith • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Gross • MON 98
2. Walk • PIT 96
3. Browning • CIN 94
Mahler • CIN 94
Knepper • 2TM 94
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 93
7. Carman • PHI 87
Rasmussen • SDP 87
9. Cone • NYM 86
10. Darling • NYM 85

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Howell • PHI 21
2. Wetteland • LAD 16
3. Cone • NYM 14
Magrane • STL 14
Robinson • PIT 14
6. Darling • NYM 12
Sutcliffe • CHC 12
8. Hill • STL 11
9. Harris • PHI 10
Leary • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Mahler • CIN 10
2. Williams • CHC 8
3. Belcher • LAD 7
Kramer • PIT 7
LaCoss • SFG 7
Martínez • MON 7
Sebra • 2TM 7
8. DeLeón • STL 6
Fernandez • NYM 6
Gross • MON 6
Heaton • PIT 6
Maddux • CHC 6
Magrane • STL 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hershiser • LAD 1,047
2. Browning • CIN 1,031
3. Maddux • CHC 1,002
4. Drabek • PIT 994
5. Hurst • SDP 990
6. DeLeón • STL 972
7. Magrane • STL 971
8. Martínez • MON 950
9. Mahler • CIN 940
10. Sutcliffe • CHC 938

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. Davis • SDP 65
2. Williams • CHC 61
3. Bedrosian • 2TM 60
4. McDowell • 2TM 56
5. Boever • ATL 53
6. Burke • MON 52
7. Franco • CIN 50
8. Myers • NYM 47
9. Smith • HOU 44
10. Howell • LAD 41

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Hershiser • LAD 149
2. Langston • MON 148
3. Garrelts • SFG 148
4. Whitson • SDP 132
5. Hurst • SDP 131
6. Maddux • CHC 129
7. Smith • MON 125
8. Magrane • STL 124
9. Smoltz • ATL 123
10. Belcher • LAD 122

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. Hershiser • LAD 2.77
2. Pérez • MON 2.95
3. Magrane • STL 2.95
4. Hurst • SDP 2.96
5. Garrelts • SFG 2.99
6. DeLeón • STL 3.02
7. Howell • PHI 3.15
8. Smoltz • ATL 3.15
9. Cone • NYM 3.28
10. Belcher • LAD 3.29

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. Hershiser • LAD 32
2. Garrelts • SFG 23
3. Hurst • SDP 22
4. Whitson • SDP 21
5. Langston • MON 21
6. Maddux • CHC 20
7. Magrane • STL 20
8. Lancaster • CHC 18
9. Andersen • HOU 18
10. Dibble • CIN 18

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. Hershiser • LAD 3.7
2. Garrelts • SFG 2.6
3. Hurst • SDP 2.4
4. Langston • MON 2.3
5. Whitson • SDP 2.3
6. Maddux • CHC 2.2
7. Magrane • STL 2.2
8. Lancaster • CHC 2.0
9. Andersen • HOU 2.0
10. Dibble • CIN 1.9

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. Hershiser • LAD 38.20
2. Dibble • CIN 27.68
3. Garrelts • SFG 24.40
4. Magrane • STL 23.89
5. Belcher • LAD 23.77
6. Davis • SDP 23.72
7. Harris • SDP 21.88
8. Hurst • SDP 21.63
9. Whitson • SDP 21.38
10. Deshaies • HOU 20.83

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Davis • SDP 5.8
2. Howell • LAD 4.8
3. Belcher • LAD 3.6
4. Magrane • STL 3.4
5. Hershiser • LAD 3.0
6. Drabek • PIT 2.9
7. Langston • MON 2.7
8. Harris • SDP 2.7
9. DeLeón • STL 2.7
10. Landrum • PIT 2.7

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. DeLeón • STL 3.0
2. Hershiser • LAD 3.0
3. Garrelts • SFG 2.7
4. Belcher • LAD 2.6
5. Fernandez • NYM 2.6
6. Magrane • STL 2.5
7. Smith • MON 2.4
8. Dibble • CIN 2.3
9. Hurst • SDP 2.0
10. Darwin • HOU 2.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Langston • MON 4.2
2. DeLeón • STL 4.1
3. Garrelts • SFG 3.7
4. Lancaster • CHC 3.4
5. Maddux • CHC 3.1
6. Franco • CIN 3.0
7. Bielecki • CHC 2.9
8. Davis • SDP 2.9
9. Myers • NYM 2.9
10. Lefferts • SFG 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. Hershiser • LAD 4.5
2. Dibble • CIN 3.0
3. Garrelts • SFG 2.8
4. Belcher • LAD 2.7
5. Magrane • STL 2.6
6. Davis • SDP 2.6
7. Hurst • SDP 2.4
8. Harris • SDP 2.4
9. Whitson • SDP 2.4
10. Deshaies • HOU 2.4

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