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. Rijo • CIN 10.1
2. Bonds • SFG 9.9
3. Piazza • LAD 7.0
4. Wilkins • CHC 6.6
5. Dykstra • PHI 6.5
6. Gant • ATL 6.5
7. Thompson • SFG 6.3
8. Bell • PIT 6.2
9. Williams • SFG 5.8
10. Blauser • ATL 5.7
Maddux • ATL 5.7

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. Rijo • CIN 9.2
2. Maddux • ATL 5.8
3. Candiotti • LAD 4.9
4. Benes • SDP 4.8
5. Martínez • LAD 4.7
6. Swift • SFG 4.5
7. Fassero • MON 4.2
8. Wetteland • MON 4.2
9. Harvey • FLA 4.0
10. Portugal • HOU 3.8

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. Maddux • ATL 2.36
2. Rijo • CIN 2.48
3. Portugal • HOU 2.77
4. Swift • SFG 2.82
5. Avery • ATL 2.94
6. Harnisch • HOU 2.98
7. Candiotti • LAD 3.12
8. Glavine • ATL 3.20
9. Hill • MON 3.23
10. Mulholland • PHI 3.25

Wins

Wins

1. Burkett • SFG 22
Glavine • ATL 22
3. Swift • SFG 21
4. Maddux • ATL 20
5. Avery • ATL 18
Portugal • HOU 18
7. Tewksbury • STL 17
8. Greene • PHI 16
Harnisch • HOU 16
Schilling • PHI 16

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. Portugal • HOU .818
2. Greene • PHI .800
3. Glavine • ATL .786
4. Burkett • SFG .759
5. Avery • ATL .750
6. Swift • SFG .724
7. Fassero • MON .706
8. Schilling • PHI .696
9. Maddux • ATL .667
10. Kile • HOU .652

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Maddux • ATL 1.049
2. Swift • SFG 1.074
3. Rijo • CIN 1.088
4. Mulholland • PHI 1.136
5. Burkett • SFG 1.140
6. Harnisch • HOU 1.149
7. Avery • ATL 1.160
8. Greene • PHI 1.185
9. Gooden • NYM 1.193
10. Arocha • STL 1.213

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Harnisch • HOU 7.070
2. Swift • SFG 7.543
3. Rijo • CIN 7.624
4. Smoltz • ATL 7.683
5. Maddux • ATL 7.685
6. Benes • SDP 7.803
7. Greene • PHI 7.875
8. Kile • HOU 7.969
9. Astacio • LAD 7.970
10. Hill • MON 7.987

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. Tewksbury • STL 0.842
2. Arocha • STL 1.484
3. Burkett • SFG 1.554
4. Avery • ATL 1.733
5. Maddux • ATL 1.753
6. Mulholland • PHI 1.885
7. Swindell • HOU 1.891
8. Swift • SFG 2.128
9. Rijo • CIN 2.168
10. Schilling • PHI 2.180

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Rijo • CIN 7.939
2. Smoltz • ATL 7.683
3. Guzmán • CHC 7.681
4. Harnisch • HOU 7.649
5. Greene • PHI 7.515
6. Kile • HOU 7.392
7. Schilling • PHI 7.113
8. Benes • SDP 6.984
9. Rivera • PHI 6.791
10. Gross • LAD 6.672

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Jackson • SFG 81
2. Beck • SFG 76
West • PHI 76
4. McMichael • ATL 74
5. Murphy • STL 73
Myers • CHC 73
7. Hernandez • HOU 72
8. Jones • HOU 71
9. Scanlan • CHC 70
Wetteland • MON 70
Rodriguez • 2TM 70

Saves

Saves

1. Myers • CHC 53
2. Beck • SFG 48
3. Harvey • FLA 45
4. Smith • STL 43
Wetteland • MON 43
Williams • PHI 43
7. Stanton • ATL 27
8. Jones • HOU 26
9. Holmes • COL 25
Gott • LAD 25

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Maddux • ATL 267.0
2. Rijo • CIN 257.1
3. Smoltz • ATL 243.2
4. Glavine • ATL 239.1
5. Drabek • HOU 237.2
6. Schilling • PHI 235.1
7. Swift • SFG 232.2
8. Burkett • SFG 231.2
9. Benes • SDP 230.2
10. Harris • 2TM 225.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Rijo • CIN 227
2. Smoltz • ATL 208
3. Maddux • ATL 197
4. Schilling • PHI 186
5. Harnisch • HOU 185
6. Benes • SDP 179
7. Greene • PHI 167
8. Guzmán • CHC 163
9. Drabek • HOU 157
Swift • SFG 157

Games Started

Games Started

1. Glavine • ATL 36
Maddux • ATL 36
Rijo • CIN 36
4. Avery • ATL 35
Smoltz • ATL 35
Harris • 2TM 35
7. Benes • SDP 34
Burkett • SFG 34
Drabek • HOU 34
Hough • FLA 34
Martínez • MON 34
Schilling • PHI 34
Swift • SFG 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Maddux • ATL 8
2. Mulholland • PHI 7
Greene • PHI 7
Gooden • NYM 7
Drabek • HOU 7
Schilling • PHI 7
7. Hershiser • LAD 5
Harnisch • HOU 5
9. Martínez • LAD 4
Reynoso • COL 4
Benes • SDP 4
Belcher • CIN 4
Saberhagen • NYM 4
Glavine • ATL 4
Harris • 2TM 4
Kile • HOU 4

Shutouts

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

1. Harnisch • HOU 4
2. Martínez • LAD 3
3. Greene • PHI 2
Mulholland • PHI 2
Kile • HOU 2
Astacio • LAD 2
Schilling • PHI 2
Gooden • NYM 2
Glavine • ATL 2
Drabek • HOU 2
Benes • SDP 2
Belcher • CIN 2
Wakefield • PIT 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Harris • 2TM 33
2. Armstrong • FLA 29
3. Martínez • MON 27
4. Tanana • NYM 26
5. Guzmán • CHC 25
6. Swindell • HOU 24
Bottenfield • 2TM 24
8. Benes • SDP 23
Schilling • PHI 23
Smoltz • ATL 23
Walk • PIT 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Martínez • LAD 104
2. Smoltz • ATL 100
3. Glavine • ATL 90
4. Bowen • FLA 87
5. Benes • SDP 86
6. Rivera • PHI 85
7. Jackson • PHI 80
8. Harnisch • HOU 79
9. Armstrong • FLA 78
10. Portugal • HOU 77

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Tewksbury • STL 258
2. Drabek • HOU 242
3. Harris • 2TM 239
4. Glavine • ATL 236
5. Schilling • PHI 234
6. Maddux • ATL 228
7. Burkett • SFG 224
Gross • LAD 224
9. Rijo • CIN 218
10. Avery • ATL 216

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. Tewksbury • STL 4.850
2. Maddux • ATL 3.788
3. Rijo • CIN 3.661
4. Burkett • SFG 3.625
5. Schilling • PHI 3.263
6. Swindell • HOU 3.100
7. Arocha • STL 3.097
8. Avery • ATL 2.907
9. Mulholland • PHI 2.900
10. Swift • SFG 2.855

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. Hill • MON 0.343
2. Portugal • HOU 0.433
3. Maddux • ATL 0.472
4. Candiotti • LAD 0.505
5. Jackson • PHI 0.513
6. Greene • PHI 0.540
7. Avery • ATL 0.564
8. Glavine • ATL 0.602
9. Kile • HOU 0.629
10. Tewksbury • STL 0.632

Losses

Losses

1. Drabek • HOU 18
2. Armstrong • FLA 17
Harris • 2TM 17
4. Hough • FLA 16
Young • NYM 16
6. Benes • SDP 15
Gooden • NYM 15
Morgan • CHC 15
Pugh • CIN 15
Tanana • NYM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Walk • PIT 118
2. Harris • 2TM 115
3. Schilling • PHI 105
4. Drabek • HOU 100
5. Hammond • FLA 99
6. Armstrong • FLA 98
Smoltz • ATL 98
8. Benes • SDP 97
Hough • FLA 97
10. Martínez • MON 96
Pugh • CIN 96

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Greene • PHI 15
2. Benes • SDP 14
3. Rivera • PHI 13
Smoltz • ATL 13
5. Drabek • HOU 12
Wagner • PIT 12
7. Hough • FLA 11
Parrett • COL 11
9. Bowen • FLA 10
Hammond • FLA 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kile • HOU 15
2. Burkett • SFG 11
Martínez • MON 11
4. Castillo • CHC 9
Gooden • NYM 9
Olivares • STL 9
Reynoso • COL 9
Tanana • NYM 9
Wakefield • PIT 9
10. Hough • FLA 8
Nabholz • MON 8

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Maddux • ATL 1,064
2. Rijo • CIN 1,029
3. Smoltz • ATL 1,028
4. Glavine • ATL 1,014
5. Drabek • HOU 991
6. Schilling • PHI 982
7. Harris • 2TM 975
8. Benes • SDP 968
9. Martínez • MON 945
10. Burkett • SFG 942

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. Beck • SFG 71
2. Myers • CHC 69
3. Jones • HOU 60
4. Wetteland • MON 58
5. Williams • PHI 57
6. Harvey • FLA 54
7. Holmes • COL 51
8. Harris • SDP 48
Smith • STL 48
10. Gott • LAD 45

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Maddux • ATL 170
2. Rijo • CIN 162
3. Portugal • HOU 139
4. Swift • SFG 138
5. Avery • ATL 136
6. Harnisch • HOU 129
7. Hill • MON 129
8. Glavine • ATL 126
9. Candiotti • LAD 122
10. Mulholland • PHI 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. Maddux • ATL 2.85
2. Rijo • CIN 2.93
3. Greene • PHI 3.07
4. Avery • ATL 3.26
5. Candiotti • LAD 3.35
6. Tewksbury • STL 3.36
7. Burkett • SFG 3.41
8. Swift • SFG 3.43
9. Drabek • HOU 3.45
10. Schilling • PHI 3.46

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. Maddux • ATL 46
2. Rijo • CIN 46
3. Swift • SFG 29
4. Fassero • MON 27
5. Avery • ATL 27
6. Wetteland • MON 25
7. Portugal • HOU 25
8. Glavine • ATL 24
9. McMichael • ATL 21
10. Harnisch • HOU 21

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. Maddux • ATL 5.0
2. Rijo • CIN 4.9
3. Swift • SFG 3.0
4. Avery • ATL 2.8
5. Fassero • MON 2.8
6. Portugal • HOU 2.6
7. Wetteland • MON 2.5
8. Glavine • ATL 2.5
9. Harnisch • HOU 2.1
10. McMichael • ATL 2.1

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. Rijo • CIN 52.17
2. Maddux • ATL 50.86
3. Swift • SFG 34.93
4. Avery • ATL 29.68
5. Glavine • ATL 28.77
6. Wetteland • MON 26.62
7. Harnisch • HOU 26.06
8. McMichael • ATL 24.46
9. Martínez • LAD 23.83
10. Fassero • MON 22.82

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. Wetteland • MON 5.7
2. Maddux • ATL 5.6
3. Beck • SFG 5.5
4. Rijo • CIN 4.9
5. Swift • SFG 4.3
6. Harvey • FLA 4.2
7. Avery • ATL 3.6
8. Glavine • ATL 3.6
9. McMichael • ATL 3.5
10. Martínez • LAD 3.4

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. Maddux • ATL 4.8
2. Rijo • CIN 4.6
3. Avery • ATL 3.2
4. Swift • SFG 3.1
5. Harnisch • HOU 2.9
6. Fassero • MON 2.6
7. Burkett • SFG 2.5
8. Portugal • HOU 2.3
9. Harvey • FLA 2.2
10. McMichael • ATL 2.2

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. Beck • SFG 10.9
2. Maddux • ATL 8.1
3. McMichael • ATL 6.5
4. Swift • SFG 5.2
5. Glavine • ATL 5.0
6. Avery • ATL 4.3
7. Wetteland • MON 3.2
8. Burkett • SFG 3.0
9. Andersen • PHI 2.4
10. Greene • PHI 2.0

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. Rijo • CIN 5.7
2. Maddux • ATL 5.6
3. Swift • SFG 3.8
4. Avery • ATL 3.1
5. Glavine • ATL 3.0
6. Harnisch • HOU 2.8
7. Wetteland • MON 2.7
8. Martínez • LAD 2.5
9. McMichael • ATL 2.5
10. Fassero • MON 2.3

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