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 9.1
2. Pujols • STL 8.6
3. Prior • CHC 7.9
4. Giles • ATL 7.8
5. Sheffield • ATL 6.8
6. López • ATL 6.8
7. Hernández • MON 6.4
8. Wood • CHC 6.3
9. Helton • COL 6.2
10. Zambrano • CHC 6.1

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. Prior • CHC 7.4
2. Schmidt • SFG 6.7
3. Hernández • MON 6.3
4. Webb • ARI 6.1
Wood • CHC 6.1
6. Vázquez • MON 6.0
7. Schilling • ARI 6.0
8. Zambrano • CHC 5.4
9. Wells • PIT 4.9
10. Brown • LAD 4.5

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. Schmidt • SFG 2.34
2. Brown • LAD 2.39
3. Prior • CHC 2.43
4. Webb • ARI 2.84
5. Schilling • ARI 2.95
6. Nomo • LAD 3.09
7. Zambrano • CHC 3.11
8. Wood • CHC 3.20
9. Hernández • MON 3.20
10. Vázquez • MON 3.24

Wins

Wins

1. Ortiz • ATL 21
2. Prior • CHC 18
Williams • STL 18
4. Schmidt • SFG 17
5. Maddux • ATL 16
Nomo • LAD 16
Trachsel • NYM 16
Wolf • PHI 16
9. Hernández • MON 15
Leiter • NYM 15
Robertson • HOU 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. Schmidt • SFG .773
2. Nathan • SFG .750
Ortiz • ATL .750
Prior • CHC .750
Ramírez • ATL .750
6. Willis • FLA .700
7. Williams • STL .667
8. Hampton • ATL .636
9. Robertson • HOU .625
Leiter • NYM .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Schmidt • SFG 0.953
2. Schilling • ARI 1.048
3. Prior • CHC 1.103
4. Vázquez • MON 1.105
5. Brown • LAD 1.137
6. Webb • ARI 1.151
7. Morris • STL 1.178
8. Maddux • ATL 1.182
9. Wood • CHC 1.194
10. Hernández • MON 1.209

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Wood • CHC 6.483
2. Schmidt • SFG 6.587
3. Webb • ARI 6.974
4. Nomo • LAD 7.214
5. Ortiz • ATL 7.502
6. Clement • CHC 7.542
7. Schilling • ARI 7.714
8. Vázquez • MON 7.725
9. Prior • CHC 7.793
10. Wells • PIT 7.799

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 1.360
2. Schilling • ARI 1.714
3. Sheets • MIL 1.754
4. Schmidt • SFG 1.994
5. Ohka • MON 2.035
6. Morris • STL 2.037
7. Prior • CHC 2.129
8. D'Amico • PIT 2.156
9. Graves • CIN 2.183
10. Pavano • FLA 2.194

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Wood • CHC 11.346
2. Prior • CHC 10.434
3. Schilling • ARI 10.393
4. Vázquez • MON 9.403
5. Schmidt • SFG 9.014
6. Webb • ARI 8.568
7. Wolf • PHI 7.965
8. Brown • LAD 7.891
9. Miller • HOU 7.735
10. Clement • CHC 7.631

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Quantrill • LAD 89
2. Villarreal • ARI 86
3. King • ATL 80
Martin • LAD 80
5. Kline • STL 78
Lidge • HOU 78
Nathan • SFG 78
Wagner • HOU 78
9. Farnsworth • CHC 77
Gagné • LAD 77
Matthews • SDP 77
Weathers • NYM 77

Saves

Saves

1. Gagné • LAD 55
2. Smoltz • ATL 45
3. Wagner • HOU 44
4. Worrell • SFG 38
5. Biddle • MON 34
6. Borowski • CHC 33
7. Mantei • ARI 29
8. Looper • FLA 28
Williams • 2TM 28
10. Mesa • PHI 24

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hernández • MON 233.1
2. Vázquez • MON 230.2
3. Millwood • PHI 222.0
4. Sheets • MIL 220.2
Williams • STL 220.2
6. Maddux • ATL 218.1
Nomo • LAD 218.1
8. Zambrano • CHC 214.0
9. Ortiz • ATL 212.1
10. Prior • CHC 211.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Wood • CHC 266
2. Prior • CHC 245
3. Vázquez • MON 241
4. Schmidt • SFG 208
5. Schilling • ARI 194
6. Brown • LAD 185
7. Hernández • MON 178
8. Nomo • LAD 177
Wolf • PHI 177
10. Webb • ARI 172

Games Started

Games Started

1. Maddux • ATL 36
2. Millwood • PHI 35
3. Franklin • MIL 34
Ohka • MON 34
Ortiz • ATL 34
Sheets • MIL 34
Vázquez • MON 34
8. Hernández • MON 33
Lawrence • SDP 33
Miller • HOU 33
Nomo • LAD 33
Trachsel • NYM 33
Williams • STL 33
Wolf • PHI 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hernández • MON 8
2. Millwood • PHI 5
Morris • STL 5
Schmidt • SFG 5
5. Wood • CHC 4
Vázquez • MON 4
7. Suppan • PIT 3
Prior • CHC 3
Redman • FLA 3
Schilling • ARI 3
Zambrano • CHC 3

Shutouts

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

1. Millwood • PHI 3
Morris • STL 3
Schmidt • SFG 3
4. Wood • CHC 2
Wolf • PHI 2
Willis • FLA 2
Trachsel • NYM 2
Suppan • PIT 2
Nomo • LAD 2
Schilling • ARI 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Franklin • MIL 36
2. Tomko • STL 35
3. Peavy • SDP 33
4. Graves • CIN 30
Stephenson • STL 30
6. Sheets • MIL 29
7. Pérez • LAD 28
Vázquez • MON 28
9. Hernández • MON 27
Kinney • MIL 27
Lawrence • SDP 27
Wolf • PHI 27

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ortiz • ATL 102
2. Ishii • LAD 101
3. Wood • CHC 100
4. Nomo • LAD 98
5. Franklin • MIL 94
Leiter • NYM 94
Zambrano • CHC 94
8. Jennings • COL 88
9. Estes • CHC 83
10. Peavy • SDP 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Tomko • STL 252
2. Ohka • MON 233
3. Sheets • MIL 232
4. Hernández • MON 225
Maddux • ATL 225
6. Williams • STL 220
7. Dessens • ARI 212
Jennings • COL 212
9. Millwood • PHI 210
10. Lawrence • SDP 206

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 6.063
2. Prior • CHC 4.900
3. Schmidt • SFG 4.522
4. Vázquez • MON 4.228
5. Maddux • ATL 3.758
6. Sheets • MIL 3.651
7. Brown • LAD 3.304
8. Hernández • MON 3.123
9. Morris • STL 3.077
10. Pérez • LAD 3.065

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. Zambrano • CHC 0.379
2. Brown • LAD 0.469
3. Webb • ARI 0.598
4. Batista • ARI 0.605
5. Schmidt • SFG 0.607
6. Prior • CHC 0.639
7. Hampton • ATL 0.663
8. Ortiz • ATL 0.721
9. Leiter • NYM 0.747
10. Redman • FLA 0.755

Losses

Losses

1. D'Amico • PIT 16
2. Graves • CIN 15
Lawrence • SDP 15
4. Glavine • NYM 14
Redding • HOU 14
6. Franklin • MIL 13
Jennings • COL 13
Kinney • MIL 13
Miller • HOU 13
Nomo • LAD 13
Pavano • FLA 13
Sheets • MIL 13
Stephenson • STL 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Franklin • MIL 119
Tomko • STL 119
3. Kinney • MIL 110
4. Sheets • MIL 109
5. Jennings • COL 103
6. Oliver • COL 101
Reynolds • ATL 101
8. Graves • CIN 100
9. Dessens • ARI 99
Millwood • PHI 99

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Clement • CHC 13
Day • MON 13
3. Foppert • SFG 12
Silva • PHI 12
Wright • 2TM 12
6. Moss • SFG 11
Nomo • LAD 11
Vázquez • MON 11
Linebrink • 2TM 11
10. Cook • COL 10
Hampton • ATL 10
Ishii • LAD 10
Kinney • MIL 10
Wood • CHC 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wood • CHC 21
2. Padilla • PHI 16
3. Clement • CHC 14
4. Stephenson • STL 13
Webb • ARI 13
6. Chacón • COL 12
7. Lawrence • SDP 11
Williams • STL 11
9. Day • MON 10
Duckworth • PHI 10
Franklin • MIL 10
Hernández • MON 10
Miller • HOU 10
Zambrano • CHC 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hernández • MON 967
2. Williams • STL 944
3. Vázquez • MON 938
4. Sheets • MIL 931
5. Millwood • PHI 930
6. Ortiz • ATL 912
7. Zambrano • CHC 907
8. Tomko • STL 903
9. Maddux • ATL 901
10. Nomo • LAD 897

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. Gagné • LAD 67
Wagner • HOU 67
3. Looper • FLA 64
Worrell • SFG 64
5. Borowski • CHC 59
6. Biddle • MON 58
7. Smoltz • ATL 55
8. Mesa • PHI 47
Williams • 2TM 47
10. DeJean • 2TM 45

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Schmidt • SFG 180
2. Prior • CHC 179
3. Brown • LAD 169
4. Webb • ARI 165
5. Schilling • ARI 159
6. Hernández • MON 141
7. Zambrano • CHC 139
8. Vázquez • MON 139
9. Wood • CHC 136
10. Wells • PIT 133

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. Prior • CHC 2.47
2. Schmidt • SFG 2.64
3. Schilling • ARI 2.66
4. Brown • LAD 2.82
5. Vázquez • MON 3.31
6. Webb • ARI 3.34
7. Zambrano • CHC 3.47
8. Batista • ARI 3.49
9. Redman • FLA 3.58
10. Millwood • PHI 3.59

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. Schmidt • SFG 45
2. Prior • CHC 42
3. Brown • LAD 38
4. Webb • ARI 33
5. Hernández • MON 31
6. Schilling • ARI 30
7. Vázquez • MON 30
8. Wood • CHC 28
9. Gagné • LAD 28
10. Mota • LAD 27

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. Schmidt • SFG 4.9
2. Prior • CHC 4.5
3. Brown • LAD 4.0
4. Webb • ARI 3.4
5. Hernández • MON 3.3
6. Schilling • ARI 3.2
7. Vázquez • MON 3.1
8. Wood • CHC 2.9
9. Gagné • LAD 2.8
10. Mota • LAD 2.7

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. Schmidt • SFG 50.72
2. Prior • CHC 41.27
3. Brown • LAD 36.80
4. Webb • ARI 35.32
5. Schilling • ARI 32.30
6. Wood • CHC 32.21
7. Hernández • MON 31.30
8. Gagné • LAD 31.25
9. Cormier • PHI 29.19
10. Vázquez • MON 29.19

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. Gagné • LAD 6.6
2. Schmidt • SFG 4.9
3. Prior • CHC 4.5
4. Wood • CHC 4.1
5. Cormier • PHI 4.1
6. Wagner • HOU 3.9
7. Brown • LAD 3.7
8. Valverde • ARI 3.3
9. Smoltz • ATL 3.1
10. Borowski • CHC 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. Schmidt • SFG 5.1
2. Gagné • LAD 3.4
3. Prior • CHC 3.3
4. Schilling • ARI 3.3
5. Brown • LAD 3.3
6. Vázquez • MON 3.1
7. Zambrano • CHC 2.9
8. Webb • ARI 2.8
9. Cormier • PHI 2.7
10. Mota • LAD 2.7

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. Prior • CHC 5.4
2. Wood • CHC 4.9
3. Cormier • PHI 4.4
4. Borowski • CHC 4.2
5. Wagner • HOU 4.1
6. Gagné • LAD 3.4
7. Urbina • FLA 3.2
8. Schmidt • SFG 3.0
9. Oswalt • HOU 2.8
10. Beckett • FLA 2.8

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. Schmidt • SFG 5.6
2. Prior • CHC 4.4
3. Brown • LAD 4.0
4. Webb • ARI 3.6
5. Wood • CHC 3.3
6. Schilling • ARI 3.3
7. Gagné • LAD 3.3
8. Hernández • MON 3.2
9. Nomo • LAD 3.1
10. Cormier • PHI 3.1

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