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 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.5
3. Rolen • STL 9.1
4. Pujols • STL 8.5
5. Drew • ATL 8.3
Helton • COL 8.3
7. Johnson • ARI 8.2
8. Sheets • MIL 7.3
9. Zambrano • CHC 7.3
10. Edmonds • STL 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. Johnson • ARI 8.4
2. Sheets • MIL 7.2
3. Schmidt • SFG 6.8
4. Zambrano • CHC 6.6
5. Pérez • PIT 5.7
6. Kennedy • COL 5.6
7. Clemens • HOU 5.4
8. Pavano • FLA 5.3
9. Davis • MIL 4.9
Peavy • SDP 4.9

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. Peavy • SDP 2.27
2. Johnson • ARI 2.60
3. Sheets • MIL 2.70
4. Zambrano • CHC 2.75
5. Clemens • HOU 2.98
6. Pérez • PIT 2.98
7. Pavano • FLA 3.00
8. Schmidt • SFG 3.20
9. Leiter • NYM 3.21
10. Pérez • LAD 3.25

Wins

Wins

1. Oswalt • HOU 20
2. Clemens • HOU 18
Pavano • FLA 18
Schmidt • SFG 18
5. Johnson • ARI 16
Maddux • CHC 16
Suppan • STL 16
Zambrano • CHC 16
9. Carpenter • STL 15
Estes • COL 15
Lawrence • SDP 15
Marquis • STL 15
Morris • STL 15
Ortiz • ATL 15
Peavy • SDP 15
Wright • ATL 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. Clemens • HOU .818
2. Carpenter • STL .750
3. Lima • LAD .722
4. Schmidt • SFG .720
5. Peavy • SDP .714
6. Milton • PHI .700
7. Pavano • FLA .692
8. Jones • 2TM .688
9. Marquis • STL .682
10. Oswalt • HOU .667
Zambrano • CHC .667

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 0.900
2. Sheets • MIL 0.983
3. Schmidt • SFG 1.076
4. Carpenter • STL 1.137
5. Wells • SDP 1.140
6. Pérez • LAD 1.141
7. Pérez • PIT 1.153
8. Clemens • HOU 1.157
9. Pavano • FLA 1.174
10. Maddux • CHC 1.180

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 6.484
2. Schmidt • SFG 6.600
3. Pérez • PIT 6.658
4. Clemens • HOU 7.096
5. Leiter • NYM 7.152
6. Zambrano • CHC 7.469
7. Sheets • MIL 7.633
8. Clement • CHC 7.707
9. Peavy • SDP 7.900
10. Ishii • LAD 8.110

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. Wells • SDP 0.920
2. Sheets • MIL 1.215
3. Maddux • CHC 1.397
4. Johnson • ARI 1.612
5. Lima • LAD 1.796
6. Carpenter • STL 1.879
7. Pavano • FLA 1.984
8. Pérez • LAD 2.017
9. Eaton • SDP 2.348
10. Oswalt • HOU 2.354

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Pérez • PIT 10.974
2. Johnson • ARI 10.624
3. Schmidt • SFG 10.040
4. Sheets • MIL 10.025
5. Clement • CHC 9.448
6. Peavy • SDP 9.361
7. Clemens • HOU 9.154
8. Zambrano • CHC 8.070
9. Oswalt • HOU 7.823
10. Wright • ATL 7.680

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Brower • SFG 89
2. King • STL 86
3. Cormier • PHI 84
Reitsma • ATL 84
Torres • PIT 84
6. Eyre • SFG 83
Stanton • NYM 83
8. Ayala • MON 81
9. Lidge • HOU 80
10. Alfonseca • ATL 79

Saves

Saves

1. Isringhausen • STL 47
Benítez • FLA 47
3. Gagné • LAD 45
4. Smoltz • ATL 44
5. Mesa • PIT 43
6. Graves • CIN 41
Hoffman • SDP 41
8. Kolb • MIL 39
9. Chacón • COL 35
10. Looper • NYM 29
Lidge • HOU 29

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hernández • MON 255.0
2. Johnson • ARI 245.2
3. Oswalt • HOU 237.0
Sheets • MIL 237.0
5. Schmidt • SFG 225.0
6. Pavano • FLA 222.1
7. Weaver • LAD 220.0
8. Clemens • HOU 214.1
9. Maddux • CHC 212.2
10. Glavine • NYM 212.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 290
2. Sheets • MIL 264
3. Schmidt • SFG 251
4. Pérez • PIT 239
5. Clemens • HOU 218
6. Oswalt • HOU 206
7. Clement • CHC 190
8. Zambrano • CHC 188
9. Hernández • MON 186
10. Peavy • SDP 173

Games Started

Games Started

1. Hernández • MON 35
Johnson • ARI 35
Oswalt • HOU 35
Webb • ARI 35
5. Davis • MIL 34
Estes • COL 34
Lawrence • SDP 34
Milton • PHI 34
Ortiz • ATL 34
Sheets • MIL 34
Weaver • LAD 34
Lidle • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hernández • MON 9
2. Lidle • 2TM 5
Sheets • MIL 5
4. Schmidt • SFG 4
Johnson • ARI 4
6. Morris • STL 3
7. Ishii • LAD 2
Pavano • FLA 2
Oswalt • HOU 2
Ortiz • ATL 2
Pérez • PIT 2
Maddux • CHC 2
Lowry • SFG 2
Lawrence • SDP 2
Tomko • SFG 2
Willis • FLA 2

Shutouts

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

1. Schmidt • SFG 3
Lidle • 2TM 3
3. Hernández • MON 2
Ishii • LAD 2
Johnson • ARI 2
Morris • STL 2
Pavano • FLA 2
Oswalt • HOU 2
9. Burnett • PIT 1
Day • MON 1
Downs • MON 1
Glavine • NYM 1
Harang • CIN 1
Lawrence • SDP 1
Lowry • SFG 1
Maddux • CHC 1
Beckett • FLA 1
Obermueller • MIL 1
Ortiz • ATL 1
Pérez • PIT 1
Tomko • SFG 1
Wolf • PHI 1
Zambrano • CHC 1
Benson • 2TM 1
Valdez • 2TM 1
Myers • PHI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Milton • PHI 43
2. Maddux • CHC 35
Morris • STL 35
4. Lima • LAD 33
Valdez • 2TM 33
6. Fossum • ARI 31
Myers • PHI 31
8. Acevedo • CIN 30
Estes • COL 30
10. Eaton • SDP 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Webb • ARI 119
2. Ortiz • ATL 112
3. Estes • COL 105
4. Jennings • COL 101
5. Ishii • LAD 98
6. Leiter • NYM 97
7. Hernández • MON 83
Trachsel • NYM 83
9. Pérez • PIT 81
Zambrano • CHC 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Jennings • COL 241
2. Hernández • MON 234
3. Oswalt • HOU 233
4. Lawrence • SDP 226
5. Rueter • SFG 225
6. Lidle • 2TM 224
7. Estes • COL 223
8. Weaver • LAD 219
9. Maddux • CHC 218
10. Marquis • STL 215

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. Sheets • MIL 8.250
2. Johnson • ARI 6.591
3. Wells • SDP 5.050
4. Maddux • CHC 4.576
5. Carpenter • STL 4.000
6. Oswalt • HOU 3.323
7. Peavy • SDP 3.264
8. Schmidt • SFG 3.260
9. Pérez • PIT 2.951
10. Eaton • SDP 2.942

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. Wright • ATL 0.531
2. Zambrano • CHC 0.601
3. Davis • MIL 0.608
4. Clemens • HOU 0.630
5. Oswalt • HOU 0.646
6. Pavano • FLA 0.648
7. Johnson • ARI 0.659
8. Benson • 2TM 0.674
9. Peavy • SDP 0.703
10. Schmidt • SFG 0.720

Losses

Losses

1. Webb • ARI 16
2. Fossum • ARI 15
Hernández • MON 15
4. Eaton • SDP 14
Glavine • NYM 14
Johnson • ARI 14
Lawrence • SDP 14
Sheets • MIL 14
9. Clement • CHC 13
Trachsel • NYM 13
Vogelsong • PIT 13
Weaver • LAD 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Estes • COL 131
2. Jennings • COL 123
3. Lidle • 2TM 115
4. Myers • PHI 108
5. Milton • PHI 106
Morris • STL 106
7. Fossum • ARI 105
8. Acevedo • CIN 104
9. Eaton • SDP 102
Hernández • MON 102

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Webb • ARI 17
2. Clement • CHC 14
3. Williams • STL 12
4. Brower • SFG 10
Tomko • SFG 10
6. Chacón • COL 9
Vizcaíno • MIL 9
Weaver • LAD 9
9. Sheets • MIL 8
Vargas • MON 8
Lidle • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Zambrano • CHC 20
2. Williams • SFG 17
3. Weaver • LAD 14
4. Kim • MON 13
5. Clement • CHC 12
6. Estes • COL 11
Leiter • NYM 11
Oswalt • HOU 11
Pavano • FLA 11
Peavy • SDP 11
Webb • ARI 11
Wood • CHC 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hernández • MON 1,053
2. Oswalt • HOU 983
3. Johnson • ARI 964
4. Sheets • MIL 937
5. Weaver • LAD 935
6. Webb • ARI 933
7. Jennings • COL 925
8. Lidle • 2TM 911
9. Pavano • FLA 909
10. Schmidt • SFG 907

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. Isringhausen • STL 66
2. Mesa • PIT 65
3. Smoltz • ATL 61
4. Chacón • COL 60
Looper • NYM 60
6. Benítez • FLA 59
Gagné • LAD 59
Graves • CIN 59
9. Hoffman • SDP 51
10. Hawkins • CHC 50

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Johnson • ARI 176
2. Peavy • SDP 171
3. Sheets • MIL 162
4. Zambrano • CHC 160
5. Clemens • HOU 145
6. Pérez • PIT 143
7. Pavano • FLA 137
8. Schmidt • SFG 136
9. Kennedy • COL 135
10. Leiter • NYM 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. Johnson • ARI 2.30
2. Sheets • MIL 2.65
3. Schmidt • SFG 2.92
4. Clemens • HOU 3.11
5. Peavy • SDP 3.14
6. Oswalt • HOU 3.17
7. Wright • ATL 3.29
8. Pérez • PIT 3.45
9. Pavano • FLA 3.54
10. Zambrano • CHC 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. Johnson • ARI 46
2. Sheets • MIL 40
3. Zambrano • CHC 36
4. Clemens • HOU 32
5. Peavy • SDP 32
6. Schmidt • SFG 30
7. Pavano • FLA 29
8. Pérez • PIT 28
9. Hernández • MON 28
10. Lidge • HOU 26

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 4.9
2. Sheets • MIL 4.2
3. Zambrano • CHC 3.8
4. Clemens • HOU 3.4
5. Peavy • SDP 3.3
6. Schmidt • SFG 3.1
7. Pavano • FLA 3.0
8. Pérez • PIT 2.9
9. Hernández • MON 2.9
10. Lidge • HOU 2.6

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 43.60
2. Hernández • MON 38.30
3. Sheets • MIL 37.66
4. Clemens • HOU 36.46
5. Schmidt • SFG 35.92
6. Zambrano • CHC 34.96
7. Pavano • FLA 33.80
8. Lidge • HOU 33.02
9. Pérez • PIT 30.30
10. Peavy • SDP 28.22

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. Lidge • HOU 5.7
2. Gagné • LAD 5.4
3. Smoltz • ATL 5.1
4. Benítez • FLA 4.4
5. Schmidt • SFG 4.3
6. Clemens • HOU 4.1
7. Hernández • MON 3.7
8. Johnson • ARI 3.7
9. Pérez • PIT 3.4
10. Cordero • MON 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 5.9
2. Schmidt • SFG 4.2
3. Clemens • HOU 3.5
4. Hernández • MON 3.1
5. Sheets • MIL 3.0
6. Pavano • FLA 2.9
7. Gagné • LAD 2.9
8. Oswalt • HOU 2.9
9. Lidge • HOU 2.6
10. Benítez • FLA 2.4

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. Gagné • LAD 5.4
2. Lidge • HOU 4.4
3. Smoltz • ATL 3.8
4. Benítez • FLA 3.7
5. Clemens • HOU 3.3
6. Zambrano • CHC 3.0
7. Schmidt • SFG 3.0
8. Pérez • LAD 2.7
9. Prior • CHC 2.6
10. Otsuka • SDP 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 4.4
2. Sheets • MIL 3.9
3. Hernández • MON 3.9
4. Clemens • HOU 3.8
5. Schmidt • SFG 3.7
6. Pavano • FLA 3.6
7. Zambrano • CHC 3.6
8. Lidge • HOU 3.3
9. Pérez • PIT 3.2
10. Peavy • SDP 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