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. Helton • COL 8.8
2. Jones • ATL 8.2
3. Johnson • ARI 8.1
4. Bonds • SFG 7.7
5. Kent • SFG 7.1
6. Brown • LAD 6.7
7. Maddux • ATL 6.6
8. Giles • PIT 6.4
9. Alfonzo • NYM 6.4
10. Edmonds • STL 6.3

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. Johnson • ARI 8.1
2. Brown • LAD 7.0
3. Maddux • ATL 6.5
4. Schilling • 2TM 5.2
5. Benson • PIT 5.1
6. D'Amico • MIL 5.0
7. Park • LAD 4.9
8. Glavine • ATL 4.9
9. Leiter • NYM 4.8
10. Hampton • NYM 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 • LAD 2.58
2. Johnson • ARI 2.64
3. D'Amico • MIL 2.66
4. Maddux • ATL 3.00
5. Hampton • NYM 3.14
6. Leiter • NYM 3.20
7. Park • LAD 3.27
8. Glavine • ATL 3.40
9. Ankiel • STL 3.50
10. Person • PHI 3.63

Wins

Wins

1. Glavine • ATL 21
2. Kile • STL 20
3. Johnson • ARI 19
Maddux • ATL 19
5. Park • LAD 18
6. Elarton • HOU 17
Hernández • SFG 17
8. Leiter • NYM 16
Stephenson • STL 16
10. Estes • SFG 15
Hampton • NYM 15
Hentgen • STL 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. Johnson • ARI .731
2. Estes • SFG .714
3. Elarton • HOU .708
4. Glavine • ATL .700
5. Kile • STL .690
6. Reed • NYM .688
Tavárez • COL .688
Dessens • CIN .688
9. Brown • LAD .684
10. Maddux • ATL .679

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brown • LAD 0.991
2. Maddux • ATL 1.071
3. Johnson • ARI 1.118
4. D'Amico • MIL 1.164
5. Kile • STL 1.175
6. Schilling • 2TM 1.184
7. Glavine • ATL 1.191
8. Lieber • CHC 1.203
9. Leiter • NYM 1.212
10. Williams • SDP 1.226

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Park • LAD 6.889
2. Ankiel • STL 7.046
3. Brown • LAD 7.083
4. Johnson • ARI 7.311
5. Person • PHI 7.477
6. Leiter • NYM 7.615
7. D'Amico • MIL 7.928
8. Hampton • NYM 8.021
9. Maddux • ATL 8.122
10. Williams • SDP 8.143

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 1.516
2. Anderson • ARI 1.645
3. Reed • NYM 1.663
4. Brown • LAD 1.839
5. Schilling • 2TM 1.926
6. Lieber • CHC 1.936
7. Rusch • NYM 2.077
8. Tapani • CHC 2.162
9. Kile • STL 2.247
10. Glavine • ATL 2.427

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 12.559
2. Ankiel • STL 9.977
3. Astacio • COL 8.847
4. Leiter • NYM 8.654
5. Park • LAD 8.642
6. Person • PHI 8.515
7. Brown • LAD 8.452
8. Dempster • FLA 8.311
9. Vázquez • MON 8.104
10. Ortiz • SFG 7.681

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Kline • MON 83
2. Sullivan • CIN 79
3. Myers • COL 78
4. Wendell • NYM 77
5. Benítez • NYM 76
Rodríguez • SFG 76
7. Sauerbeck • PIT 75
8. Heredia • CHC 74
9. Leskanic • MIL 73
Looper • FLA 73

Saves

Saves

1. Alfonseca • FLA 45
2. Hoffman • SDP 43
3. Benítez • NYM 41
Nen • SFG 41
5. Graves • CIN 30
6. Aguilera • CHC 29
Veres • STL 29
8. Shaw • LAD 27
9. Jiménez • COL 24
Williams • PIT 24
Rocker • ATL 24

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Lieber • CHC 251.0
2. Maddux • ATL 249.1
3. Johnson • ARI 248.2
4. Glavine • ATL 241.0
5. Hernández • SFG 240.0
6. Kile • STL 232.1
7. Brown • LAD 230.0
8. Dempster • FLA 226.1
9. Park • LAD 226.0
10. Benson • PIT 217.2
Hampton • NYM 217.2
Vázquez • MON 217.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 347
2. Park • LAD 217
3. Brown • LAD 216
4. Dempster • FLA 209
5. Leiter • NYM 200
6. Vázquez • MON 196
7. Ankiel • STL 194
8. Astacio • COL 193
9. Kile • STL 192
Lieber • CHC 192

Games Started

Games Started

1. Glavine • ATL 35
Johnson • ARI 35
Lieber • CHC 35
Maddux • ATL 35
Millwood • ATL 35
6. Clement • SDP 34
Kile • STL 34
Park • LAD 34
9. Brown • LAD 33
Dempster • FLA 33
Hampton • NYM 33
Haynes • MIL 33
Hentgen • STL 33
Hernández • SFG 33
Lima • HOU 33
Parris • CIN 33
Vázquez • MON 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Schilling • 2TM 8
Johnson • ARI 8
3. Lieber • CHC 6
Maddux • ATL 6
5. Kile • STL 5
Brown • LAD 5
Hernández • SFG 5
8. Estes • SFG 4
Glavine • ATL 4
Williams • SDP 4

Shutouts

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

1. Johnson • ARI 3
Maddux • ATL 3
3. Schilling • 2TM 2
Stephenson • STL 2
Sánchez • FLA 2
Estes • SFG 2
Glavine • ATL 2
Hernández • SFG 2
9. Hermanson • MON 1
Bohanon • COL 1
Hentgen • STL 1
Harnisch • CIN 1
Hampton • NYM 1
Dreifort • LAD 1
Dempster • FLA 1
D'Amico • MIL 1
Brown • LAD 1
Bottenfield • PHI 1
Benson • PIT 1
Kile • STL 1
Leiter • NYM 1
Lieber • CHC 1
Park • LAD 1
Person • PHI 1
Ritchie • PIT 1
Vázquez • MON 1
Ashby • 2TM 1
Holt • HOU 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lima • HOU 48
2. Anderson • ARI 38
3. Lieber • CHC 36
4. Tapani • CHC 35
5. Kile • STL 33
6. Astacio • COL 32
Bell • CIN 32
Sánchez • FLA 32
Yoshii • COL 32
10. Dreifort • LAD 31
Stephenson • STL 31

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Clement • SDP 125
2. Park • LAD 124
3. Ortiz • SFG 112
4. Estes • SFG 108
5. Haynes • MIL 100
6. Hampton • NYM 99
7. Dempster • FLA 97
8. Person • PHI 95
9. Ankiel • STL 90
10. Hentgen • STL 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hernández • SFG 254
2. Lima • HOU 251
3. Lieber • CHC 248
4. Holt • HOU 247
Vázquez • MON 247
6. Haynes • MIL 228
7. Parris • CIN 227
8. Anderson • ARI 226
Hermanson • MON 226
10. Maddux • ATL 225

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. Brown • LAD 4.596
2. Johnson • ARI 4.566
3. Maddux • ATL 4.524
4. Schilling • 2TM 3.733
5. Rusch • NYM 3.568
6. Reed • NYM 3.559
7. Lieber • CHC 3.556
8. Kile • STL 3.310
9. Vázquez • MON 3.213
10. Tapani • CHC 3.191

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. Hampton • NYM 0.413
2. Estes • SFG 0.520
3. Wright • MIL 0.656
4. Person • PHI 0.675
5. Maddux • ATL 0.686
6. D'Amico • MIL 0.776
7. Brown • LAD 0.822
8. Leiter • NYM 0.822
9. Hernández • SFG 0.825
10. Johnson • ARI 0.832

Losses

Losses

1. Daal • 2TM 19
2. Clement • SDP 17
Parris • CIN 17
4. Holt • HOU 16
Lima • HOU 16
6. Yoshii • COL 15
7. Hermanson • MON 14
8. Haynes • MIL 13
Millwood • ATL 13
Ashby • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lima • HOU 145
2. Holt • HOU 123
Lieber • CHC 123
4. Haynes • MIL 118
5. Clement • SDP 117
6. Astacio • COL 115
7. Daal • 2TM 114
8. Millwood • ATL 110
9. Ortiz • SFG 109
Tapani • CHC 109
Yoshii • COL 109
Ashby • 2TM 109

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Clement • SDP 23
2. Williamson • CIN 21
3. Dreifort • LAD 17
4. Park • LAD 13
5. Ankiel • STL 12
6. Bell • CIN 11
Estes • SFG 11
8. Gomes • PHI 10
Hampton • NYM 10
Harnisch • CIN 10
Holt • HOU 10
Person • PHI 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wright • MIL 18
2. Clement • SDP 16
3. Astacio • COL 15
4. Kile • STL 13
5. Arrojo • COL 12
Dreifort • LAD 12
Park • LAD 12
8. Hershiser • LAD 11
Leiter • NYM 11
10. Benson • PIT 10
Lieber • CHC 10
Maddux • ATL 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Lieber • CHC 1,047
2. Hernández • SFG 1,030
3. Maddux • ATL 1,012
4. Johnson • ARI 1,001
5. Glavine • ATL 992
6. Dempster • FLA 974
7. Park • LAD 963
8. Kile • STL 960
9. Vázquez • MON 945
10. Clement • SDP 940

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. Benítez • NYM 68
2. Nen • SFG 63
Williams • PIT 63
4. Alfonseca • FLA 62
5. Veres • STL 61
6. Hoffman • SDP 59
7. Graves • CIN 57
8. Jiménez • COL 55
9. Shaw • LAD 51
10. Brantley • PHI 47

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Johnson • ARI 181
2. D'Amico • MIL 171
3. Brown • LAD 167
4. Maddux • ATL 153
5. Hampton • NYM 142
6. Leiter • NYM 139
7. Glavine • ATL 135
8. Ankiel • STL 134
9. Park • LAD 132
10. Person • PHI 129

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. Johnson • ARI 2.53
2. Brown • LAD 3.17
3. Maddux • ATL 3.23
4. Rusch • NYM 3.50
5. Leiter • NYM 3.65
6. Vázquez • MON 3.68
7. Hampton • NYM 3.82
8. Schilling • 2TM 3.86
9. Hernández • SFG 3.91
10. Person • PHI 3.96

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. Johnson • ARI 53
2. Brown • LAD 46
3. Maddux • ATL 45
4. D'Amico • MIL 34
5. Glavine • ATL 32
6. Hampton • NYM 30
7. Leiter • NYM 29
8. Park • LAD 27
9. White • 2TM 26
10. Schilling • 2TM 25

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. Johnson • ARI 5.5
2. Brown • LAD 4.7
3. Maddux • ATL 4.5
4. D'Amico • MIL 3.4
5. Glavine • ATL 3.1
6. Hampton • NYM 3.0
7. Leiter • NYM 2.9
8. Park • LAD 2.7
9. White • 2TM 2.5
10. Schilling • 2TM 2.4

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. Johnson • ARI 55.82
2. Brown • LAD 50.33
3. Maddux • ATL 47.76
4. Glavine • ATL 36.72
5. D'Amico • MIL 33.88
6. Park • LAD 31.24
7. Hampton • NYM 29.12
8. Schilling • 2TM 28.16
9. Leiter • NYM 27.66
10. White • 2TM 25.48

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. Johnson • ARI 5.9
2. Brown • LAD 5.2
3. Graves • CIN 4.5
4. Maddux • ATL 4.4
5. Benítez • NYM 3.4
6. D'Amico • MIL 3.4
7. Glavine • ATL 3.3
8. Leiter • NYM 3.1
9. Hampton • NYM 3.1
10. Leskanic • MIL 3.1

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 4.9
2. Johnson • ARI 4.9
3. Brown • LAD 4.8
4. Glavine • ATL 3.2
5. Hampton • NYM 2.9
6. Leiter • NYM 2.9
7. Schilling • 2TM 2.9
8. D'Amico • MIL 2.7
9. White • 2TM 2.7
10. Kile • STL 2.3

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. Johnson • ARI 4.6
2. Brown • LAD 3.1
3. Graves • CIN 2.6
4. Benítez • NYM 2.4
5. Leiter • NYM 2.4
6. Hampton • NYM 2.3
7. Maddux • ATL 1.9
8. Franco • NYM 1.9
9. Nen • SFG 1.9
10. Williamson • CIN 1.9

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. Johnson • ARI 5.6
2. Brown • LAD 5.4
3. Maddux • ATL 4.9
4. Glavine • ATL 3.7
5. D'Amico • MIL 3.5
6. Park • LAD 3.2
7. Hampton • NYM 2.9
8. Leiter • NYM 2.8
9. Schilling • 2TM 2.8
10. Leskanic • MIL 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