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 11.8
2. Sosa • CHC 10.2
3. Johnson • ARI 9.5
4. Schilling • ARI 8.5
5. Gonzalez • ARI 7.9
6. Walker • COL 7.8
7. Helton • COL 7.7
8. Green • LAD 7.0
9. Aurilia • SFG 6.7
10. Floyd • FLA 6.6

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. Johnson • ARI 10.1
2. Schilling • ARI 8.8
3. Vázquez • MON 5.8
4. Miller • HOU 5.3
5. Maddux • ATL 5.2
6. Kile • STL 4.9
7. Burkett • ATL 4.8
8. Oswalt • HOU 4.7
9. Dessens • CIN 4.3
10. Park • LAD 4.2

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. Johnson • ARI 2.49
2. Schilling • ARI 2.98
3. Burkett • ATL 3.04
4. Maddux • ATL 3.05
5. Kile • STL 3.09
6. Morris • STL 3.16
7. Ortiz • SFG 3.29
8. Leiter • NYM 3.31
9. Wood • CHC 3.36
10. Miller • HOU 3.40

Wins

Wins

1. Morris • STL 22
Schilling • ARI 22
3. Johnson • ARI 21
4. Lieber • CHC 20
5. Maddux • ATL 17
Ortiz • SFG 17
7. Glavine • ATL 16
Kile • STL 16
Miller • HOU 16
Vázquez • MON 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. Oswalt • HOU .824
2. Schilling • ARI .786
3. Johnson • ARI .778
4. Lieber • CHC .769
5. Morris • STL .733
6. Glavine • ATL .696
7. Person • PHI .682
8. Wood • CHC .667
Miller • HOU .667
10. Ortiz • SFG .654

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 1.009
2. Maddux • ATL 1.060
3. Schilling • ARI 1.075
4. Vázquez • MON 1.077
5. Lieber • CHC 1.149
6. Penny • FLA 1.156
7. Park • LAD 1.171
8. Burkett • ATL 1.172
9. Appier • NYM 1.185
10. Leiter • NYM 1.196

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 6.525
2. Wood • CHC 6.556
3. Park • LAD 7.038
4. Burnett • FLA 7.529
5. Burkett • ATL 7.673
6. Ortiz • SFG 7.697
7. Person • PHI 7.733
8. Miller • HOU 7.769
9. Appier • NYM 7.882
10. Vázquez • MON 7.927

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 1.043
2. Schilling • ARI 1.368
3. Lieber • CHC 1.588
4. Jones • SDP 1.754
5. Vázquez • MON 1.770
6. Reynolds • HOU 1.774
7. Tapani • CHC 2.139
8. Rusch • NYM 2.162
9. Leiter • NYM 2.210
10. Morris • STL 2.247

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 13.410
2. Wood • CHC 11.203
3. Schilling • ARI 10.274
4. Wolf • PHI 8.393
5. Park • LAD 8.385
6. Bere • CHC 8.378
7. Vázquez • MON 8.370
8. Armas • MON 8.054
9. Tapani • CHC 7.966
10. Person • PHI 7.906

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Kline • STL 89
2. Lloyd • MON 84
3. Fassero • CHC 82
King • MIL 82
5. Rodríguez • SFG 80
Weathers • 2TM 80
7. Nen • SFG 79
Sullivan • CIN 79
9. Kim • ARI 78
10. Shaw • LAD 77
Strickland • MON 77

Saves

Saves

1. Nen • SFG 45
2. Benítez • NYM 43
Shaw • LAD 43
Hoffman • SDP 43
5. Mesa • PHI 42
6. Wagner • HOU 39
7. Graves • CIN 32
8. Alfonseca • FLA 28
9. Gordon • CHC 27
10. Williams • 2TM 22

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Schilling • ARI 256.2
2. Johnson • ARI 249.2
3. Park • LAD 234.0
4. Maddux • ATL 233.0
5. Lieber • CHC 232.1
6. Kile • STL 227.1
7. Hernández • SFG 226.2
8. Vázquez • MON 223.2
9. Williams • 2TM 220.0
10. Burkett • ATL 219.1
Glavine • ATL 219.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 372
2. Schilling • ARI 293
3. Park • LAD 218
4. Wood • CHC 217
5. Vázquez • MON 208
6. Burkett • ATL 187
7. Morris • STL 185
8. Miller • HOU 183
Person • PHI 183
10. Kile • STL 179

Games Started

Games Started

1. Glavine • ATL 35
Park • LAD 35
Schilling • ARI 35
4. Anderson • PIT 34
Armas • MON 34
Burkett • ATL 34
Dempster • FLA 34
Dessens • CIN 34
Hernández • SFG 34
Johnson • ARI 34
Kile • STL 34
Lieber • CHC 34
Maddux • ATL 34
Morris • STL 34
Rueter • SFG 34
Williams • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Schilling • ARI 6
2. Lieber • CHC 5
Vázquez • MON 5
4. Astacio • 2TM 4
Ritchie • PIT 4
Wolf • PHI 4
7. Williams • 2TM 3
Person • PHI 3
Reed • NYM 3
Oswalt • HOU 3
Reynolds • HOU 3
Maddux • ATL 3
Johnson • ARI 3

Shutouts

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

1. Maddux • ATL 3
Vázquez • MON 3
3. Ritchie • PIT 2
Wolf • PHI 2
Lopez • ARI 2
Johnson • ARI 2
7. Appier • NYM 1
Burkett • ATL 1
Ortiz • SFG 1
Morris • STL 1
Lieber • CHC 1
Kile • STL 1
Jennings • COL 1
Jarvis • SDP 1
Hampton • COL 1
Glavine • ATL 1
Dessens • CIN 1
Dempster • FLA 1
Burnett • FLA 1
Park • LAD 1
Penny • FLA 1
Williams • 2TM 1
Astacio • 2TM 1
Wright • MIL 1
Wood • CHC 1
Trachsel • NYM 1
Thomson • COL 1
Smith • STL 1
Sheets • MIL 1
Schilling • ARI 1
Reed • NYM 1
Oswalt • HOU 1
Person • PHI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jarvis • SDP 37
Jones • SDP 37
Schilling • ARI 37
4. Williams • 2TM 35
5. Hermanson • STL 34
Person • PHI 34
Elarton • 2TM 34
8. Dessens • CIN 32
9. Hampton • COL 31
Miller • HOU 31

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dempster • FLA 112
2. Wright • MIL 98
3. Glavine • ATL 97
4. Wood • CHC 92
5. Armas • MON 91
Ortiz • SFG 91
Park • LAD 91
8. Chacón • COL 87
9. Clement • FLA 85
Hampton • COL 85
Hernández • SFG 85

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hernández • SFG 266
2. Jones • SDP 250
3. Schilling • ARI 237
4. Hampton • COL 236
5. Anderson • PIT 232
6. Kile • STL 228
7. Lieber • CHC 226
8. Williams • 2TM 224
9. Dessens • CIN 221
10. Maddux • ATL 220

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. Schilling • ARI 7.513
2. Maddux • ATL 6.407
3. Johnson • ARI 5.239
4. Vázquez • MON 4.727
5. Tapani • CHC 3.725
6. Rusch • NYM 3.628
7. Lieber • CHC 3.610
8. Morris • STL 3.426
9. Leiter • NYM 3.087
10. Trachsel • NYM 3.064

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. Adams • LAD 0.487
2. Ortiz • SFG 0.535
3. Morris • STL 0.541
4. Anderson • PIT 0.654
5. Penny • FLA 0.659
6. Johnson • ARI 0.685
7. Burkett • ATL 0.698
8. Maddux • ATL 0.773
9. Clement • FLA 0.797
10. Armas • MON 0.824

Losses

Losses

1. Jones • SDP 19
2. Anderson • PIT 17
Haynes • MIL 17
4. Hernández • SFG 15
Reitsma • CIN 15
Ritchie • PIT 15
7. Armas • MON 14
Dessens • CIN 14
Tapani • CHC 14
Astacio • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hernández • SFG 132
2. Hampton • COL 122
3. Anderson • PIT 117
4. Dempster • FLA 116
5. Jones • SDP 111
6. Reitsma • CIN 107
7. Wright • MIL 106
8. Elarton • 2TM 104
9. Jarvis • SDP 103
Ritchie • PIT 103

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Clement • FLA 15
2. Appier • NYM 12
3. Dreifort • LAD 10
Estes • SFG 10
Person • PHI 10
Suzuki • 2TM 10
7. Armas • MON 9
Wood • CHC 9
9. DeJean • MIL 8
Haynes • MIL 8
Johnson • ARI 8
Miller • HOU 8
Ortiz • SFG 8
Thurman • MON 8
Schmidt • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Park • LAD 20
Wright • MIL 20
3. Johnson • ARI 18
4. Gagné • LAD 16
5. Appier • NYM 15
Clement • FLA 15
7. Morris • STL 13
Astacio • 2TM 13
9. Anderson • PIT 11
Kile • STL 11
Tavárez • CHC 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Schilling • ARI 1,021
2. Hernández • SFG 1,008
3. Johnson • ARI 994
4. Park • LAD 981
5. Lieber • CHC 958
6. Kile • STL 956
7. Dempster • FLA 954
8. Glavine • ATL 929
9. Maddux • ATL 927
10. Anderson • PIT 922
Williams • 2TM 922

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. Nen • SFG 71
2. Shaw • LAD 66
3. Benítez • NYM 64
4. Mesa • PHI 59
5. Leskanic • MIL 58
Wagner • HOU 58
7. Hoffman • SDP 55
8. Graves • CIN 54
9. Alfonseca • FLA 52
10. Jiménez • COL 49

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Johnson • ARI 188
2. Schilling • ARI 157
3. Burkett • ATL 147
4. Maddux • ATL 146
5. Kile • STL 140
6. Morris • STL 137
7. Miller • HOU 136
8. Vázquez • MON 130
9. Leiter • NYM 125
10. Glavine • ATL 125

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 2.13
2. Morris • STL 3.05
3. Adams • LAD 3.09
4. Schilling • ARI 3.11
5. Maddux • ATL 3.12
6. Vázquez • MON 3.21
7. Penny • FLA 3.39
8. Burkett • ATL 3.39
9. Wolf • PHI 3.50
10. Wood • CHC 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. Johnson • ARI 57
2. Schilling • ARI 48
3. Maddux • ATL 36
4. Burkett • ATL 33
5. Kile • STL 32
6. Oswalt • HOU 28
7. Morris • STL 27
8. Miller • HOU 26
9. Vázquez • MON 26
10. Rodríguez • SFG 23

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 6.1
2. Schilling • ARI 5.1
3. Maddux • ATL 3.7
4. Burkett • ATL 3.4
5. Kile • STL 3.3
6. Oswalt • HOU 2.9
7. Morris • STL 2.7
8. Miller • HOU 2.6
9. Vázquez • MON 2.6
10. Glavine • ATL 2.3

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 65.03
2. Schilling • ARI 52.93
3. Kile • STL 39.60
4. Maddux • ATL 37.73
5. Oswalt • HOU 30.18
6. Burkett • ATL 29.98
7. Glavine • ATL 29.42
8. Vázquez • MON 28.23
9. Morris • STL 26.83
10. Kline • STL 25.09

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. Johnson • ARI 6.2
2. Schilling • ARI 5.8
3. Maddux • ATL 4.1
4. Benítez • NYM 3.9
5. Wagner • HOU 3.7
6. Mesa • PHI 3.7
7. Rodríguez • SFG 3.7
8. Kim • ARI 3.6
9. Kile • STL 3.6
10. Morris • STL 3.3

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. Johnson • ARI 6.0
2. Schilling • ARI 3.9
3. Burkett • ATL 3.8
4. Maddux • ATL 3.8
5. Vázquez • MON 3.3
6. Ortiz • SFG 3.1
7. Morris • STL 2.6
8. Oswalt • HOU 2.6
9. Lieber • CHC 2.4
10. Reed • NYM 2.4

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. Johnson • ARI 6.2
2. Schilling • ARI 6.0
3. Kim • ARI 4.0
4. Rodríguez • SFG 3.8
5. Glavine • ATL 3.7
6. Mesa • PHI 3.3
7. Maddux • ATL 3.0
8. Wagner • HOU 2.9
9. Morris • STL 2.7
10. Ortiz • SFG 2.5

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 6.8
2. Schilling • ARI 5.4
3. Kile • STL 4.1
4. Maddux • ATL 3.9
5. Burkett • ATL 3.0
6. Oswalt • HOU 3.0
7. Glavine • ATL 3.0
8. Vázquez • MON 2.9
9. Morris • STL 2.7
10. Ortiz • SFG 2.7

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