1992 National League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Atlanta Braves

NL Most Valuable Player: Barry Bonds

NL Cy Young: Greg Maddux

NL Rookie of the Year: Eric Karros

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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. Maddux • CHC 9.4

2. Bonds • PIT 9.0

3. Sandberg • CHC 7.8

4. Daulton • PHI 6.9

5. Fernandez • NYM 6.3

6. Tewksbury • STL 6.2

7. Sheffield • SDP 6.2

8. Hollins • PHI 6.1

9. Van Slyke • PIT 6.0

10. Rijo • CIN 6.0

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. Maddux • CHC 9.1

2. Tewksbury • STL 6.4

3. Fernandez • NYM 6.1

4. Schilling • PHI 5.9

5. Rijo • CIN 5.5

6. Morgan • CHC 5.4

7. Swindell • CIN 5.4

8. Drabek • PIT 5.3

9. Martínez • MON 4.7

10. Swift • SFG 4.4

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. Swift • SFG 2.08

2. Tewksbury • STL 2.16

3. Maddux • CHC 2.18

4. Schilling • PHI 2.35

5. Martínez • MON 2.47

6. Morgan • CHC 2.55

7. Rijo • CIN 2.56

8. Hill • MON 2.68

9. Swindell • CIN 2.70

10. Fernandez • NYM 2.73

Wins

1. Glavine • ATL 20

Maddux • CHC 20

3. Hill • MON 16

Martínez • MON 16

Morgan • CHC 16

Tewksbury • STL 16

7. Belcher • CIN 15

Drabek • PIT 15

Leibrandt • ATL 15

Rijo • CIN 15

Smoltz • ATL 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. Tewksbury • STL .762

2. Glavine • ATL .714

3. Leibrandt • ATL .682

4. Morgan • CHC .667

5. Cone • NYM .650

6. Maddux • CHC .645

7. Hill • MON .640

8. Walk • PIT .625

Jones • HOU .625

10. Hurst • SDP .609

Tomlin • PIT .609

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Schilling • PHI 0.990

2. Maddux • CHC 1.011

3. Tewksbury • STL 1.017

4. Martínez • MON 1.025

5. Drabek • PIT 1.060

6. Fernandez • NYM 1.067

7. Rijo • CIN 1.085

8. Swift • SFG 1.136

9. Smoltz • ATL 1.159

10. Swindell • CIN 1.175

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Schilling • PHI 6.561

2. Maddux • CHC 6.750

3. Fernandez • NYM 6.792

4. Martínez • MON 6.839

5. Cone • NYM 7.414

6. Smoltz • ATL 7.516

7. Morgan • CHC 7.613

8. Drabek • PIT 7.644

9. Hill • MON 7.720

10. Candiotti • LAD 7.822

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Tewksbury • STL 0.773

2. Cormier • STL 1.597

3. Swindell • CIN 1.727

4. Mulholland • PHI 1.808

5. Tomlin • PIT 1.812

6. Rijo • CIN 1.877

7. Drabek • PIT 1.894

8. Osborne • STL 1.911

9. Lefferts • SDP 1.929

10. Leibrandt • ATL 1.959

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Cone • NYM 9.793

2. Fernandez • NYM 8.092

3. Smoltz • ATL 7.845

4. Rijo • CIN 7.294

5. Harnisch • HOU 7.142

6. Gross • LAD 6.948

7. Candiotti • LAD 6.717

8. Maddux • CHC 6.683

9. Gardner • MON 6.612

10. Benes • SDP 6.575

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Boever • HOU 81

2. Jones • HOU 80

3. Hernandez • HOU 77

Pérez • STL 77

5. Innis • NYM 76

6. Carpenter • STL 73

7. McElroy • CHC 72

8. McClure • STL 71

9. Assenmacher • CHC 70

Fassero • MON 70

Smith • STL 70

Saves

1. Smith • STL 43

2. Myers • SDP 38

3. Wetteland • MON 37

4. Jones • HOU 36

5. Williams • PHI 29

6. Charlton • CIN 26

7. Dibble • CIN 25

8. Belinda • PIT 18

9. Beck • SFG 17

10. Young • NYM 15

Franco • NYM 15

Peña • ATL 15

Innings Pitched

1. Maddux • CHC 268.0

2. Drabek • PIT 256.2

3. Smoltz • ATL 246.2

4. Morgan • CHC 240.0

5. Avery • ATL 233.2

6. Tewksbury • STL 233.0

7. Benes • SDP 231.1

8. Mulholland • PHI 229.0

9. Belcher • CIN 227.2

10. Martínez • MON 226.1

Schilling • PHI 226.1

Strikeouts

1. Smoltz • ATL 215

2. Cone • NYM 214

3. Maddux • CHC 199

4. Fernandez • NYM 193

5. Drabek • PIT 177

6. Rijo • CIN 171

7. Benes • SDP 169

8. Harnisch • HOU 164

9. Gross • LAD 158

10. Candiotti • LAD 152

Games Started

1. Avery • ATL 35

Maddux • CHC 35

Smoltz • ATL 35

4. Belcher • CIN 34

Benes • SDP 34

Drabek • PIT 34

Harnisch • HOU 34

Morgan • CHC 34

Jackson • 2TM 34

10. Castillo • CHC 33

Glavine • ATL 33

Hershiser • LAD 33

Hill • MON 33

Rijo • CIN 33

Tomlin • PIT 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Mulholland • PHI 12

2. Drabek • PIT 10

Schilling • PHI 10

4. Maddux • CHC 9

Smoltz • ATL 9

6. Glavine • ATL 7

Cone • NYM 7

8. Hurst • SDP 6

Martínez • MON 6

Morgan • CHC 6

Candiotti • LAD 6

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Cone • NYM 5

Glavine • ATL 5

3. Astacio • LAD 4

Schilling • PHI 4

Maddux • CHC 4

Drabek • PIT 4

Hurst • SDP 4

8. Swindell • CIN 3

Smoltz • ATL 3

Smith • PIT 3

Gross • LAD 3

Hill • MON 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Black • SFG 23

2. Hurst • SDP 22

3. Abbott • PHI 20

Olivares • STL 20

5. Castillo • CHC 19

6. Harnisch • HOU 18

Wilson • SFG 18

8. Belcher • CIN 17

Drabek • PIT 17

Smoltz • ATL 17

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cone • NYM 82

2. Ojeda • LAD 81

3. Belcher • CIN 80

Smoltz • ATL 80

5. Morgan • CHC 79

6. Gross • LAD 77

Jackson • 2TM 77

8. Hill • MON 75

9. Nabholz • MON 74

10. Avery • ATL 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Benes • SDP 230

2. Mulholland • PHI 227

3. Tomlin • PIT 226

4. Hurst • SDP 223

5. Drabek • PIT 218

6. Tewksbury • STL 217

7. Avery • ATL 216

8. Jackson • 2TM 211

9. Swindell • CIN 210

10. Hershiser • LAD 209

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. Tewksbury • STL 4.550

2. Rijo • CIN 3.886

3. Cormier • STL 3.545

4. Swindell • CIN 3.366

5. Drabek • PIT 3.278

6. Fernandez • NYM 2.881

7. Maddux • CHC 2.843

8. Benes • SDP 2.770

9. Osborne • STL 2.737

10. Mulholland • PHI 2.717

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Maddux • CHC 0.235

2. Glavine • ATL 0.240

3. Jackson • 2TM 0.268

4. Swift • SFG 0.328

5. Leibrandt • ATL 0.420

6. Ojeda • LAD 0.433

7. Schilling • PHI 0.437

8. Tomlin • PIT 0.474

9. Martínez • MON 0.477

10. Gooden • NYM 0.481

Losses

1. Candiotti • LAD 15

Hershiser • LAD 15

3. Abbott • PHI 14

Belcher • CIN 14

Benes • SDP 14

Wilson • SFG 14

Young • NYM 14

8. Gooden • NYM 13

Gross • LAD 13

Jackson • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Belcher • CIN 99

2. Mulholland • PHI 97

3. Hurst • SDP 93

4. Gardner • MON 87

5. Benes • SDP 86

Hershiser • LAD 86

Jackson • 2TM 86

8. Harnisch • HOU 85

9. Gooden • NYM 84

Olivares • STL 84

Wild Pitches

1. Smoltz • ATL 17

2. Henry • CIN 12

3. Castillo • CHC 11

Drabek • PIT 11

Hill • MON 11

Morgan • CHC 11

7. Hershiser • LAD 10

8. Abbott • PHI 9

Candiotti • LAD 9

Cone • NYM 9

Gott • LAD 9

Martínez • LAD 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Maddux • CHC 14

2. Cone • NYM 9

Gardner • MON 9

Martínez • MON 9

5. Hershiser • LAD 8

6. Castillo • CHC 6

Drabek • PIT 6

Innis • NYM 6

Walk • PIT 6

Williams • PHI 6

Wilson • SFG 6

Batters Faced

1. Maddux • CHC 1,061

2. Drabek • PIT 1,021

Smoltz • ATL 1,021

4. Avery • ATL 969

5. Morgan • CHC 966

6. Benes • SDP 961

7. Belcher • CIN 949

8. Mulholland • PHI 937

9. Glavine • ATL 919

10. Tewksbury • STL 915

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. Jones • HOU 70

2. Wetteland • MON 58

3. Myers • SDP 57

4. Williams • PHI 56

5. Smith • STL 55

6. Dibble • CIN 49

7. Charlton • CIN 46

8. Beck • SFG 42

Belinda • PIT 42

10. Scanlan • CHC 41

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Maddux • CHC 166

2. Swift • SFG 161

3. Tewksbury • STL 158

4. Schilling • PHI 150

5. Rijo • CIN 143

6. Morgan • CHC 142

7. Martínez • MON 141

8. Swindell • CIN 136

9. Glavine • ATL 134

10. Hill • MON 130

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. Maddux • CHC 2.58

2. Fernandez • NYM 2.70

3. Rijo • CIN 2.75

4. Cone • NYM 2.79

5. Schilling • PHI 2.91

6. Glavine • ATL 2.94

7. Swindell • CIN 2.95

8. Benes • SDP 2.96

9. Drabek • PIT 2.97

10. Smoltz • ATL 2.97

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. Maddux • CHC 43

2. Tewksbury • STL 33

3. Schilling • PHI 29

4. Morgan • CHC 26

5. Swift • SFG 25

6. Rijo • CIN 24

7. Rojas • MON 24

8. Martínez • MON 23

9. Drabek • PIT 22

10. Swindell • CIN 21

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. Maddux • CHC 5.1

2. Tewksbury • STL 3.8

3. Schilling • PHI 3.2

4. Morgan • CHC 2.9

5. Swift • SFG 2.8

6. Rijo • CIN 2.8

7. Rojas • MON 2.6

8. Martínez • MON 2.6

9. Drabek • PIT 2.5

10. Swindell • CIN 2.4

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. Maddux • CHC 48.47

2. Tewksbury • STL 34.17

3. Schilling • PHI 29.95

4. Rojas • MON 29.06

5. Swift • SFG 27.89

6. Morgan • CHC 27.57

7. Drabek • PIT 26.91

8. Rijo • CIN 25.70

9. Fernandez • NYM 24.24

10. Beck • SFG 23.25

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Maddux • CHC 5.2

2. Jones • HOU 4.3

3. Tewksbury • STL 4.1

4. Swift • SFG 3.1

5. Rojas • MON 2.9

6. Glavine • ATL 2.9

7. Martínez • MON 2.8

8. Smoltz • ATL 2.7

9. Beck • SFG 2.7

10. Morgan • CHC 2.2

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. Maddux • CHC 5.1

2. Schilling • PHI 3.7

3. Martínez • MON 3.5

4. Glavine • ATL 2.9

5. Tewksbury • STL 2.7

6. Rijo • CIN 2.5

7. Drabek • PIT 2.4

8. Swift • SFG 2.4

9. Rojas • MON 2.3

10. Morgan • CHC 2.2

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Drabek • PIT 3.7

2. Rojas • MON 3.4

3. Wakefield • PIT 3.2

4. Smoltz • ATL 3.1

5. Martínez • MON 3.1

6. Tewksbury • STL 3.0

7. Maddux • CHC 2.4

8. Glavine • ATL 2.3

9. Belinda • PIT 2.1

10. Hill • MON 2.0

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. Maddux • CHC 5.7

2. Tewksbury • STL 4.0

3. Schilling • PHI 3.4

4. Swift • SFG 3.3

5. Rojas • MON 3.2

6. Morgan • CHC 3.1

7. Drabek • PIT 3.1

8. Rijo • CIN 2.9

9. Fernandez • NYM 2.7

10. Beck • SFG 2.6

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