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. Maddux • ATL 8.7
2. Bagwell • HOU 8.2
3. Bonds • SFG 6.2
4. Saberhagen • NYM 5.7
5. Grissom • MON 5.1
6. Alou • MON 5.0
7. Williams • SFG 4.7
8. Walker • MON 4.7
9. Jackson • PHI 4.7
10. Biggio • HOU 4.6

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. Maddux • ATL 8.5
2. Saberhagen • NYM 5.5
3. Jackson • PHI 4.7
4. Freeman • COL 4.5
5. Ashby • SDP 4.1
6. Gross • LAD 3.8
7. Hamilton • SDP 3.8
8. Benes • SDP 3.7
9. Trachsel • CHC 3.4
10. Drabek • HOU 3.4

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 1.56
2. Saberhagen • NYM 2.74
3. Freeman • COL 2.80
4. Drabek • HOU 2.84
5. Fassero • MON 2.99
6. Reynolds • HOU 3.05
7. Rijo • CIN 3.08
8. Jones • NYM 3.15
9. Trachsel • CHC 3.21
10. Jackson • PHI 3.26

Wins

Wins

1. Hill • MON 16
Maddux • ATL 16
3. Jackson • PHI 14
Saberhagen • NYM 14
5. Glavine • ATL 13
6. Drabek • HOU 12
Jones • NYM 12
Martínez • LAD 12
Tewksbury • STL 12
10. Martínez • MON 11
Smiley • CIN 11

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. Freeman • COL .833
2. Saberhagen • NYM .778
3. Hill • MON .762
4. Avery • ATL .727
Maddux • ATL .727
Henry • MON .727
7. Jackson • PHI .700
8. Mercker • ATL .692
9. Martínez • MON .688
10. Drabek • HOU .667

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 0.896
2. Saberhagen • NYM 1.026
3. Drabek • HOU 1.075
4. Martínez • MON 1.106
5. Ashby • SDP 1.144
6. Fassero • MON 1.147
7. Benes • SDP 1.195
8. Avery • ATL 1.200
9. Reynolds • HOU 1.202
10. Mercker • ATL 1.202

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Maddux • ATL 6.683
2. Martínez • MON 7.154
3. Mercker • ATL 7.211
4. Drabek • HOU 7.215
5. Avery • ATL 7.536
6. Fassero • MON 7.724
7. Ashby • SDP 7.941
8. Palacios • STL 7.955
9. Smoltz • ATL 8.020
10. Young • CHC 8.084

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. Saberhagen • NYM 0.660
2. Tewksbury • STL 1.272
3. Maddux • ATL 1.381
4. Reynolds • HOU 1.524
5. Swindell • HOU 1.578
6. Hanson • CIN 1.688
7. Freeman • COL 1.837
8. Smith • PIT 1.949
9. Burkett • SFG 2.033
10. Smiley • CIN 2.099

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Benes • SDP 9.870
2. Rijo • CIN 8.930
3. Mercker • ATL 8.893
4. Martínez • MON 8.834
5. Neagle • PIT 8.015
6. Reynolds • HOU 7.984
7. Fassero • MON 7.724
8. Glavine • ATL 7.621
9. Smoltz • ATL 7.552
10. Hanson • CIN 7.410

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Reed • COL 61
2. Bautista • CHC 58
Rojas • MON 58
4. Burba • SFG 57
Munoz • COL 57
6. Rodriguez • STL 56
Ruffin • COL 56
8. Plesac • CHC 54
9. Habyan • STL 52
McElroy • CIN 52
Slocumb • PHI 52
Wetteland • MON 52

Saves

Saves

1. Franco • NYM 30
2. Beck • SFG 28
3. Jones • PHI 27
4. Wetteland • MON 25
5. McMichael • ATL 21
Myers • CHC 21
7. Hoffman • SDP 20
8. Hudek • HOU 16
Ruffin • COL 16
Rojas • MON 16

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Maddux • ATL 202.0
2. Jackson • PHI 179.1
3. Saberhagen • NYM 177.1
4. Benes • SDP 172.1
Rijo • CIN 172.1
6. Martínez • LAD 170.0
7. Glavine • ATL 165.1
8. Drabek • HOU 164.2
9. Ashby • SDP 164.1
10. Jones • NYM 160.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Benes • SDP 189
2. Rijo • CIN 171
3. Maddux • ATL 156
4. Saberhagen • NYM 143
5. Martínez • MON 142
6. Glavine • ATL 140
7. Jackson • PHI 129
8. Gross • LAD 124
9. Avery • ATL 122
Neagle • PIT 122

Games Started

Games Started

1. Rijo • CIN 26
2. Benes • SDP 25
Burkett • SFG 25
Glavine • ATL 25
Jackson • PHI 25
Maddux • ATL 25
7. Ashby • SDP 24
Avery • ATL 24
Jones • NYM 24
Kile • HOU 24
Martínez • LAD 24
Neagle • PIT 24
Saberhagen • NYM 24
Smiley • CIN 24
Smith • PIT 24
Swindell • HOU 24
Tewksbury • STL 24
Weathers • FLA 24

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Maddux • ATL 10
2. Drabek • HOU 6
3. Candiotti • LAD 5
4. Ashby • SDP 4
Tewksbury • STL 4
Saberhagen • NYM 4
Martínez • LAD 4
Jackson • PHI 4
9. Astacio • LAD 3
10. Browning • CIN 2
Nied • COL 2
Neagle • PIT 2
Mercker • ATL 2
Rapp • FLA 2
Rijo • CIN 2
Benes • SDP 2
Hill • MON 2
Smith • PIT 2
Cooke • PIT 2
Glavine • ATL 2

Shutouts

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

1. Maddux • ATL 3
Martínez • LAD 3
3. Benes • SDP 2
Drabek • HOU 2
5. Astacio • LAD 1
Banks • CHC 1
Browning • CIN 1
Hamilton • SDP 1
Hammond • FLA 1
Hill • MON 1
Hough • FLA 1
Jackson • PHI 1
Jacome • NYM 1
Arocha • STL 1
Martínez • MON 1
Mercker • ATL 1
Nied • COL 1
Palacios • STL 1
Rapp • FLA 1
Reynolds • HOU 1
Smiley • CIN 1
Smith • PIT 1
Tewksbury • STL 1
Jones • NYM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Smith • NYM 25
2. Harris • COL 22
3. Cooke • PIT 21
4. Benes • SDP 20
Hickerson • SFG 20
Swindell • HOU 20
7. Tewksbury • STL 19
Trachsel • CHC 19
9. Astacio • LAD 18
Martínez • LAD 18
Neagle • PIT 18
Smiley • CIN 18
Smith • PIT 18

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Kile • HOU 82
2. Glavine • ATL 70
3. Rapp • FLA 69
4. West • PHI 61
5. Weathers • FLA 59
6. Banks • CHC 56
Jones • NYM 56
Martínez • LAD 56
9. Avery • ATL 55
10. Candiotti • LAD 54
Trachsel • CHC 54

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Tewksbury • STL 190
2. Jackson • PHI 183
3. Rijo • CIN 177
4. Burkett • SFG 176
5. Swindell • HOU 175
6. Glavine • ATL 173
7. Saberhagen • NYM 169
Smiley • CIN 169
9. Weathers • FLA 166
10. Gross • LAD 162
Smith • PIT 162

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. Saberhagen • NYM 11.000
2. Reynolds • HOU 5.238
3. Maddux • ATL 5.032
4. Hanson • CIN 4.391
5. Benes • SDP 3.706
6. Tewksbury • STL 3.591
7. Rijo • CIN 3.288
8. Martínez • MON 3.156
9. Smiley • CIN 3.027
10. Fassero • MON 2.975

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. Maddux • ATL 0.178
2. Wagner • PIT 0.526
3. Candiotti • LAD 0.529
4. Glavine • ATL 0.544
5. Jones • NYM 0.563
6. Gross • LAD 0.629
7. Jackson • PHI 0.652
8. Saberhagen • NYM 0.660
9. Martínez • MON 0.684
10. Hill • MON 0.698

Losses

Losses

1. Benes • SDP 14
2. Banks • CHC 12
Harris • COL 12
Weathers • FLA 12
5. Ashby • SDP 11
Cooke • PIT 11
7. Morgan • CHC 10
Neagle • PIT 10
Smiley • CIN 10
Smith • NYM 10
Smoltz • ATL 10
Tewksbury • STL 10
West • PHI 10

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Harris • COL 96
2. Tewksbury • STL 92
3. Banks • CHC 83
4. Smith • NYM 81
5. Weathers • FLA 79
6. Neagle • PIT 78
7. Cooke • PIT 75
Kile • HOU 75
Martínez • LAD 75
10. Benes • SDP 74

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Kile • HOU 10
Lewis • FLA 10
Sanders • SDP 10
4. Candiotti • LAD 9
Hough • FLA 9
Slocumb • PHI 9
West • PHI 9
8. Banks • CHC 8
Glavine • ATL 8
Hanson • CIN 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Martínez • MON 11
2. Hough • FLA 10
3. Kile • HOU 9
4. Wagner • PIT 8
Watson • STL 8
6. Burkett • SFG 7
Rapp • FLA 7
Torres • SFG 7
9. Burba • SFG 6
Carter • PHI 6
Hamilton • SDP 6
Hill • MON 6
Maddux • ATL 6
Martínez • LAD 6
Portugal • SFG 6
Reed • COL 6
Reynoso • COL 6
Reynolds • HOU 6
White • PIT 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Maddux • ATL 774
2. Jackson • PHI 755
3. Rijo • CIN 733
4. Glavine • ATL 731
5. Martínez • LAD 718
6. Benes • SDP 717
7. Saberhagen • NYM 696
8. Jones • NYM 685
9. Ashby • SDP 682
10. Burkett • SFG 676

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 47
2. Franco • NYM 43
Wetteland • MON 43
4. Jones • PHI 42
5. Hoffman • SDP 41
McMichael • ATL 41
7. Ruffin • COL 39
8. Brantley • CIN 35
9. Myers • CHC 34
10. Hudek • HOU 33

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Maddux • ATL 271
2. Freeman • COL 179
3. Saberhagen • NYM 153
4. Fassero • MON 142
5. Drabek • HOU 140
6. Rijo • CIN 136
7. Jones • NYM 133
8. Jackson • PHI 132
9. Smith • PIT 132
10. Trachsel • CHC 131

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 2.39
2. Saberhagen • NYM 2.76
3. Reynolds • HOU 3.06
4. Hanson • CIN 3.18
5. Martínez • MON 3.32
6. Gross • LAD 3.32
7. Rijo • CIN 3.33
8. Benes • SDP 3.35
9. Jackson • PHI 3.44
10. Glavine • ATL 3.51

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 57
2. Saberhagen • NYM 29
3. Freeman • COL 23
4. Henry • MON 22
5. Drabek • HOU 22
6. Jackson • PHI 21
7. Rijo • CIN 18
8. Fassero • MON 18
9. Hill • MON 17
10. Trachsel • CHC 16

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 6.5
2. Saberhagen • NYM 3.1
3. Freeman • COL 2.4
4. Henry • MON 2.3
5. Drabek • HOU 2.3
6. Jackson • PHI 2.1
7. Fassero • MON 1.8
8. Rijo • CIN 1.8
9. Hill • MON 1.7
10. Trachsel • CHC 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. Maddux • ATL 62.35
2. Saberhagen • NYM 31.16
3. Drabek • HOU 26.72
4. Henry • MON 25.25
5. Freeman • COL 24.07
6. Jackson • PHI 22.02
7. Martínez • MON 20.44
8. Hill • MON 19.47
9. Trachsel • CHC 19.39
10. Jones • HOU 18.91

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. Maddux • ATL 6.5
2. Jones • HOU 3.3
3. Saberhagen • NYM 3.1
4. Nen • FLA 2.8
5. Rojas • MON 2.8
6. Jones • PHI 2.7
7. Drabek • HOU 2.3
8. Freeman • COL 2.3
9. Hoffman • SDP 2.3
10. Jackson • SFG 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. Maddux • ATL 6.3
2. Saberhagen • NYM 3.5
3. Drabek • HOU 2.3
4. Henry • MON 2.1
5. Martínez • MON 2.0
6. Fassero • MON 2.0
7. Avery • ATL 1.9
8. Jones • HOU 1.8
9. Gross • LAD 1.6
10. Hill • MON 1.6

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. Maddux • ATL 5.0
2. Jones • HOU 3.2
3. Drabek • HOU 2.0
4. Brantley • CIN 1.8
5. Freeman • COL 1.7
6. Jackson • SFG 1.6
7. Rojas • MON 1.6
8. Henry • MON 1.4
9. Martínez • LAD 1.4
10. Avery • ATL 1.3

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. Maddux • ATL 7.2
2. Saberhagen • NYM 3.3
3. Drabek • HOU 2.9
4. Henry • MON 2.6
5. Freeman • COL 2.3
6. Jackson • PHI 2.3
7. Martínez • MON 2.1
8. Trachsel • CHC 2.0
9. Hill • MON 2.0
10. Jones • HOU 2.0

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