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. Bonds • SFG 9.6
2. Gilkey • NYM 8.0
3. Burks • COL 7.9
4. Brown • FLA 7.8
5. Smoltz • ATL 7.7
6. Caminiti • SDP 7.6
7. Bagwell • HOU 7.5
8. Maddux • ATL 7.2
9. Larkin • CIN 7.2
10. Johnson • NYM 7.2

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. Brown • FLA 7.9
2. Smoltz • ATL 7.4
3. Maddux • ATL 7.2
4. Neagle • 2TM 6.0
5. Glavine • ATL 5.9
6. Fassero • MON 5.6
7. Leiter • FLA 5.5
8. Schilling • PHI 4.9
9. Nomo • LAD 4.7
10. Valdez • LAD 4.7

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. Brown • FLA 1.89
2. Maddux • ATL 2.72
3. Leiter • FLA 2.93
4. Smoltz • ATL 2.94
5. Glavine • ATL 2.98
6. Trachsel • CHC 3.03
7. Schilling • PHI 3.19
8. Nomo • LAD 3.19
9. Fassero • MON 3.30
10. Valdez • LAD 3.32

Wins

Wins

1. Smoltz • ATL 24
2. Benes • STL 18
3. Brown • FLA 17
Ritz • COL 17
5. Leiter • FLA 16
Nomo • LAD 16
Reynolds • HOU 16
Neagle • 2TM 16
9. Fassero • MON 15
Glavine • ATL 15
Hamilton • SDP 15
Maddux • ATL 15
Martínez • LAD 15
Navarro • CHC 15
Valdez • LAD 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. Smoltz • ATL .750
2. Martínez • LAD .714
3. Valdez • LAD .682
4. Benes • STL .643
5. Neagle • 2TM .640
6. Gardner • SFG .632
7. Hamilton • SDP .625
8. Valenzuela • SDP .619
9. Reynolds • HOU .615
10. Brown • FLA .607
Ritz • COL .607

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brown • FLA 0.944
2. Smoltz • ATL 1.001
3. Maddux • ATL 1.033
4. Schilling • PHI 1.085
5. Reynolds • HOU 1.134
6. Darwin • 2TM 1.136
7. Nomo • LAD 1.161
8. Fassero • MON 1.174
9. Trachsel • CHC 1.185
10. Martínez • MON 1.195

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Leiter • FLA 6.395
2. Smoltz • ATL 7.060
3. Nomo • LAD 7.095
4. Brown • FLA 7.223
5. Schilling • PHI 7.315
6. Stottlemyre • STL 7.697
7. Martínez • MON 7.851
8. Trachsel • CHC 7.946
9. Martínez • LAD 8.164
10. Burba • CIN 8.262

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. Maddux • ATL 1.029
2. Brown • FLA 1.275
3. Darwin • 2TM 1.476
4. Reynolds • HOU 1.657
5. Tewksbury • SDP 1.873
6. Smoltz • ATL 1.951
7. Neagle • 2TM 1.952
8. Clark • NYM 2.035
9. Jones • NYM 2.116
10. Fassero • MON 2.137

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Smoltz • ATL 9.792
2. Nomo • LAD 9.223
3. Martínez • MON 9.222
4. Kile • HOU 9.000
5. Schilling • PHI 8.935
6. Fassero • MON 8.624
7. Leiter • FLA 8.359
8. Hamilton • SDP 7.824
9. Stottlemyre • STL 7.818
10. Reynolds • HOU 7.682

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Clontz • ATL 81
2. Patterson • CHC 79
3. Dewey • SFG 78
Shaw • CIN 78
5. Wohlers • ATL 77
6. Nen • FLA 75
7. Rojas • MON 74
8. McMichael • ATL 73
Osuna • LAD 73
Plesac • PIT 73

Saves

Saves

1. Worrell • LAD 44
Brantley • CIN 44
3. Hoffman • SDP 42
4. Wohlers • ATL 39
5. Rojas • MON 36
6. Beck • SFG 35
Nen • FLA 35
8. Bottalico • PHI 34
9. Eckersley • STL 30
10. Franco • NYM 28

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Smoltz • ATL 253.2
2. Maddux • ATL 245.0
3. Reynolds • HOU 239.0
4. Navarro • CHC 236.2
5. Glavine • ATL 235.1
6. Brown • FLA 233.0
7. Fassero • MON 231.2
8. Benes • STL 230.1
9. Nomo • LAD 228.1
10. Valdez • LAD 225.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Smoltz • ATL 276
2. Nomo • LAD 234
3. Fassero • MON 222
Martínez • MON 222
5. Kile • HOU 219
6. Reynolds • HOU 204
7. Leiter • FLA 200
8. Stottlemyre • STL 194
9. Hamilton • SDP 184
10. Schilling • PHI 182

Games Started

Games Started

1. Glavine • ATL 36
2. Maddux • ATL 35
Navarro • CHC 35
Reynolds • HOU 35
Ritz • COL 35
Smoltz • ATL 35
7. Benes • STL 34
Fassero • MON 34
Smiley • CIN 34
Leiter • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Schilling • PHI 8
2. Smoltz • ATL 6
3. Stottlemyre • STL 5
Maddux • ATL 5
Brown • FLA 5
Fassero • MON 5
7. Kile • HOU 4
Martínez • MON 4
Gardner • SFG 4
Navarro • CHC 4
Reynolds • HOU 4

Shutouts

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

1. Brown • FLA 3
2. Trachsel • CHC 2
Martínez • LAD 2
Stottlemyre • STL 2
Smoltz • ATL 2
Smiley • CIN 2
Schilling • PHI 2
Nomo • LAD 2
9. Jones • NYM 1
Benes • STL 1
Jarvis • CIN 1
Isringhausen • NYM 1
Harnisch • NYM 1
Hampton • HOU 1
Hamilton • SDP 1
Grace • PHI 1
Gardner • SFG 1
Fassero • MON 1
Cormier • MON 1
Castillo • CHC 1
Bullinger • CHC 1
Leiter • FLA 1
Loaiza • PIT 1
Benes • STL 1
Wall • HOU 1
Thompson • COL 1
Smith • PIT 1
Salkeld • CIN 1
Reynolds • HOU 1
Portugal • CIN 1
Osborne • STL 1
Navarro • CHC 1
Maddux • ATL 1
Martínez • MON 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Leiter • 2TM 37
2. Harnisch • NYM 30
Stottlemyre • STL 30
Trachsel • CHC 30
5. Benes • STL 28
Castillo • CHC 28
Gardner • SFG 28
Watson • SFG 28
9. Benes • STL 27
Reynoso • COL 27

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Leiter • FLA 119
2. Ritz • COL 105
3. Burba • CIN 97
Kile • HOU 97
5. Stottlemyre • STL 93
6. Rapp • FLA 91
7. Benes • STL 87
8. Martínez • LAD 86
9. Glavine • ATL 85
Nomo • LAD 85

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Navarro • CHC 244
2. Ritz • COL 236
3. Kile • HOU 233
4. Reynolds • HOU 227
5. Neagle • 2TM 226
6. Maddux • ATL 225
7. Tewksbury • SDP 224
8. Glavine • ATL 222
9. Jones • NYM 219
Valdez • LAD 219
Leiter • 2TM 219

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. Maddux • ATL 6.143
2. Smoltz • ATL 5.018
3. Brown • FLA 4.818
4. Reynolds • HOU 4.636
5. Fassero • MON 4.036
6. Schilling • PHI 3.640
7. Darwin • 2TM 3.556
8. Valdez • LAD 3.204
9. Martínez • MON 3.171
10. Smiley • CIN 3.167

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. Brown • FLA 0.309
2. Maddux • ATL 0.404
3. Glavine • ATL 0.535
4. Leiter • FLA 0.585
5. Martínez • LAD 0.640
6. Kile • HOU 0.658
7. Rapp • FLA 0.665
8. Smoltz • ATL 0.674
9. Isringhausen • NYM 0.682
10. Tewksbury • SDP 0.740

Losses

Losses

1. Castillo • CHC 16
Rapp • FLA 16
3. Isringhausen • NYM 14
Smiley • CIN 14
VanLandingham • SFG 14
Williams • PHI 14
7. Burba • CIN 13
Fernández • SFG 13
9. Harnisch • NYM 12
Leiter • FLA 12
Navarro • CHC 12
Watson • SFG 12
Wilson • NYM 12
Leiter • 2TM 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ritz • COL 125
2. Leiter • 2TM 112
3. VanLandingham • SFG 109
4. Castillo • CHC 107
5. Benes • STL 104
6. Navarro • CHC 103
7. Kile • HOU 102
8. Williams • PHI 101
9. Thompson • COL 100
10. Tewksbury • SDP 99

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Williams • PHI 16
2. Hamilton • SDP 14
Isringhausen • NYM 14
4. Freeman • COL 13
Kile • HOU 13
Rapp • FLA 13
7. Nomo • LAD 11
8. Borland • PHI 10
Navarro • CHC 10
Ritz • COL 10
Ruffin • COL 10
Smoltz • ATL 10
Wohlers • ATL 10
Parrett • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Brown • FLA 16
Kile • HOU 16
Leiter • 2TM 16
4. Thompson • COL 13
5. Ritz • COL 12
Darwin • 2TM 12
7. Leiter • FLA 11
8. Fernández • SFG 10
Navarro • CHC 10
Wilson • NYM 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Navarro • CHC 1,007
2. Smoltz • ATL 995
3. Glavine • ATL 994
4. Reynolds • HOU 981
5. Maddux • ATL 978
6. Kile • HOU 975
7. Fassero • MON 967
8. Ritz • COL 966
9. Benes • STL 963
10. Valdez • LAD 945

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. Worrell • LAD 67
2. Nen • FLA 66
3. Rojas • MON 64
Wohlers • ATL 64
5. Hoffman • SDP 62
6. Brantley • CIN 61
7. Beck • SFG 58
8. Bottalico • PHI 56
Ruffin • COL 56
10. Eckersley • STL 53

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Brown • FLA 215
2. Maddux • ATL 162
3. Smoltz • ATL 149
4. Glavine • ATL 147
5. Trachsel • CHC 142
6. Leiter • FLA 139
7. Schilling • PHI 134
8. Fassero • MON 131
9. Neagle • 2TM 126
10. Nomo • 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. Smoltz • ATL 2.64
2. Maddux • ATL 2.73
3. Brown • FLA 2.88
4. Fassero • MON 3.13
5. Schilling • PHI 3.19
6. Reynolds • HOU 3.21
7. Martínez • MON 3.27
8. Glavine • ATL 3.49
9. Valdez • LAD 3.55
10. Nomo • LAD 3.57

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. Brown • FLA 56
2. Maddux • ATL 43
3. Smoltz • ATL 39
4. Glavine • ATL 34
5. Leiter • FLA 30
6. Trachsel • CHC 27
7. Fassero • MON 25
8. Schilling • PHI 23
9. Neagle • 2TM 23
10. Nen • FLA 20

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. Brown • FLA 6.1
2. Maddux • ATL 4.5
3. Smoltz • ATL 4.1
4. Glavine • ATL 3.5
5. Leiter • FLA 3.1
6. Trachsel • CHC 2.7
7. Fassero • MON 2.6
8. Schilling • PHI 2.4
9. Neagle • 2TM 2.4
10. Nen • FLA 2.0

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. Brown • FLA 59.42
2. Maddux • ATL 44.59
3. Smoltz • ATL 42.09
4. Leiter • FLA 40.17
5. Glavine • ATL 35.61
6. Neagle • 2TM 25.54
7. Astacio • LAD 25.43
8. Fassero • MON 25.39
9. Schilling • PHI 25.10
10. Valdez • LAD 24.78

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. Brown • FLA 6.0
2. Hoffman • SDP 5.5
3. Smoltz • ATL 4.4
4. Rojas • MON 4.2
5. Wohlers • ATL 4.1
6. Leiter • FLA 4.0
7. Astacio • LAD 3.8
8. Glavine • ATL 3.7
9. Nen • FLA 3.7
10. Maddux • ATL 3.5

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. Brown • FLA 5.8
2. Smoltz • ATL 5.6
3. Maddux • ATL 5.3
4. Glavine • ATL 3.3
5. Schilling • PHI 3.0
6. Leiter • FLA 2.8
7. Fassero • MON 2.7
8. Reynolds • HOU 2.6
9. Valdez • LAD 2.5
10. Hoffman • SDP 2.5

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. Hoffman • SDP 6.5
2. Rojas • MON 6.1
3. Astacio • LAD 3.8
4. Benes • STL 2.7
5. Stottlemyre • STL 2.7
6. Worrell • SDP 2.6
7. Nomo • LAD 2.4
8. Fassero • MON 2.4
9. Reynolds • HOU 2.3
10. Urbina • MON 2.3

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. Brown • FLA 6.6
2. Maddux • ATL 4.6
3. Leiter • FLA 4.3
4. Smoltz • ATL 4.3
5. Glavine • ATL 3.6
6. Astacio • LAD 2.7
7. Neagle • 2TM 2.7
8. Valdez • LAD 2.6
9. Nomo • LAD 2.6
10. Schilling • PHI 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