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. Pujols • STL 8.4
2. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
3. Utley • PHI 7.3
4. Arroyo • CIN 7.0
5. Webb • ARI 6.9
6. Soriano • WSN 6.1
7. Oswalt • HOU 6.0
8. Berkman • HOU 6.0
9. Rolen • STL 5.8
10. Reyes • NYM 5.8
Smoltz • ATL 5.8

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. Webb • ARI 7.0
2. Arroyo • CIN 6.8
3. Smoltz • ATL 5.9
4. Oswalt • HOU 5.9
5. Harang • CIN 5.3
Zambrano • CHC 5.3
7. Carpenter • STL 5.1
8. Jennings • COL 5.0
9. Lowe • LAD 4.7
10. Myers • PHI 4.4

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. Oswalt • HOU 2.98
2. Carpenter • STL 3.09
3. Webb • ARI 3.10
4. Arroyo • CIN 3.29
5. Zambrano • CHC 3.41
6. Young • SDP 3.46
7. Smoltz • ATL 3.49
8. Schmidt • SFG 3.59
9. Lowe • LAD 3.63
10. Hensley • SDP 3.71

Wins

Wins

1. Harang • CIN 16
Lowe • LAD 16
Penny • LAD 16
Smoltz • ATL 16
Webb • ARI 16
Zambrano • CHC 16
7. Carpenter • STL 15
Glavine • NYM 15
Oswalt • HOU 15
Trachsel • NYM 15
Maddux • 2TM 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. Williams • SDP .706
2. Zambrano • CHC .696
3. Young • SDP .688
4. Glavine • NYM .682
5. Webb • ARI .667
Lowe • LAD .667
7. Oswalt • HOU .652
Trachsel • NYM .652
Carpenter • STL .652
10. Smoltz • ATL .640
Penny • LAD .640

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Carpenter • STL 1.069
2. Webb • ARI 1.132
3. Young • SDP 1.132
4. Bush • MIL 1.138
5. Oswalt • HOU 1.169
6. Arroyo • CIN 1.188
7. Smoltz • ATL 1.190
8. Maddux • 2TM 1.219
9. Peavy • SDP 1.231
10. Capuano • MIL 1.247

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Young • SDP 6.725
2. Zambrano • CHC 6.813
3. Cain • SFG 7.411
4. Carpenter • STL 7.877
5. Olsen • FLA 7.970
6. Schmidt • SFG 7.973
7. Webb • ARI 8.272
8. Arroyo • CIN 8.302
9. Peavy • SDP 8.318
10. Hensley • SDP 8.374

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. Lieber • PHI 1.286
2. Oswalt • HOU 1.550
3. Maddux • 2TM 1.586
4. Bush • MIL 1.629
5. Carpenter • STL 1.746
6. Capuano • MIL 1.911
7. Webb • ARI 1.915
8. Smoltz • ATL 2.134
9. Harang • CIN 2.151
10. Lowe • LAD 2.271

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Peavy • SDP 9.563
2. Hernández • 2TM 9.092
3. Zambrano • CHC 8.832
4. Myers • PHI 8.591
5. Cain • SFG 8.449
6. Harang • CIN 8.296
7. Olsen • FLA 8.269
8. Young • SDP 8.230
9. Smoltz • ATL 8.185
10. Snell • PIT 8.177

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Torres • PIT 94
2. Capps • PIT 85
Rauch • WSN 85
4. Howry • CHC 84
5. Stanton • 2TM 82
6. Coffey • CIN 81
Geary • PHI 81
Qualls • HOU 81
9. Mesa • COL 79
10. Lidge • HOU 78
Ohman • CHC 78

Saves

Saves

1. Hoffman • SDP 46
2. Wagner • NYM 40
3. Borowski • FLA 36
4. Gordon • PHI 34
5. Isringhausen • STL 33
6. Lidge • HOU 32
7. Fuentes • COL 30
8. Cordero • WSN 29
9. Turnbow • MIL 24
Gonzalez • PIT 24
Dempster • CHC 24
Saito • LAD 24

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Arroyo • CIN 240.2
2. Webb • ARI 235.0
3. Harang • CIN 234.1
4. Smoltz • ATL 232.0
5. Willis • FLA 223.1
6. Carpenter • STL 221.2
7. Capuano • MIL 221.1
8. Oswalt • HOU 220.2
9. Hudson • ATL 218.1
10. Lowe • LAD 218.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Harang • CIN 216
2. Peavy • SDP 215
3. Smoltz • ATL 211
4. Zambrano • CHC 210
5. Myers • PHI 189
6. Arroyo • CIN 184
Carpenter • STL 184
8. Schmidt • SFG 180
9. Cain • SFG 179
10. Pettitte • HOU 178
Webb • ARI 178

Games Started

Games Started

1. Arroyo • CIN 35
Harang • CIN 35
Hudson • ATL 35
Pettitte • HOU 35
Smoltz • ATL 35
6. Capuano • MIL 34
Davis • MIL 34
Duke • PIT 34
Lowe • LAD 34
Willis • FLA 34
Hernández • 2TM 34
Maddux • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Harang • CIN 6
2. Webb • ARI 5
Carpenter • STL 5
4. Willis • FLA 4
5. Arroyo • CIN 3
Jennings • COL 3
Schmidt • SFG 3
Smoltz • ATL 3
Bush • MIL 3
Batista • ARI 3
Capuano • MIL 3

Shutouts

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

1. Carpenter • STL 3
Webb • ARI 3
3. Jennings • COL 2
Bush • MIL 2
Capuano • MIL 2
Harang • CIN 2
7. Hudson • ATL 1
Astacio • WSN 1
Arroyo • CIN 1
Hensley • SDP 1
Francis • COL 1
Fogg • COL 1
Floyd • PHI 1
Duke • PIT 1
Davis • MIL 1
Cain • SFG 1
Buchholz • HOU 1
Batista • ARI 1
Pérez • 2TM 1
Willis • FLA 1
Soler • NYM 1
Smoltz • ATL 1
Hill • CHC 1
Sánchez • FLA 1
Pettitte • HOU 1
Park • SDP 1
Maine • NYM 1
Lowry • SFG 1
Lieber • PHI 1
Schmidt • SFG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Marquis • STL 35
2. Arroyo • CIN 31
Ortiz • WSN 31
4. Sosa • 2TM 30
5. Capuano • MIL 29
Milton • CIN 29
Myers • PHI 29
Snell • PIT 29
Hernández • 2TM 29
10. Harang • CIN 28
Young • SDP 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Zambrano • CHC 115
2. Davis • MIL 102
3. Cain • SFG 87
4. Jennings • COL 85
5. Batista • ARI 84
6. Willis • FLA 83
7. Maholm • PIT 81
8. Schmidt • SFG 80
9. Hudson • ATL 79
10. Trachsel • NYM 78
Hernández • 2TM 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Duke • PIT 255
2. Hernández • 2TM 246
3. Cook • COL 242
Harang • CIN 242
5. Pettitte • HOU 238
6. Hudson • ATL 235
7. Willis • FLA 234
8. Batista • ARI 231
9. Ortiz • WSN 230
10. Capuano • MIL 229

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. Oswalt • HOU 4.368
Bush • MIL 4.368
3. Carpenter • STL 4.279
4. Lieber • PHI 4.167
5. Harang • CIN 3.857
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.836
7. Capuano • MIL 3.702
8. Webb • ARI 3.560
9. Peavy • SDP 3.468
10. Maddux • 2TM 3.162

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. Webb • ARI 0.574
2. Lowe • LAD 0.578
3. Duke • PIT 0.711
4. Cook • COL 0.719
5. Jennings • COL 0.722
6. Hensley • SDP 0.722
7. Oswalt • HOU 0.734
8. Batista • ARI 0.785
9. Francis • COL 0.814
10. Davis • MIL 0.841

Losses

Losses

1. Marquis • STL 16
Ortiz • WSN 16
3. Cook • COL 15
Duke • PIT 15
Morris • SFG 15
6. Peavy • SDP 14
Maddux • 2TM 14
8. Jennings • COL 13
Pettitte • HOU 13
Hernández • 2TM 13
Pérez • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Marquis • STL 130
2. Hudson • ATL 118
Ortiz • WSN 118
4. Hernández • 2TM 116
5. Morris • SFG 115
6. Davis • MIL 111
7. Duke • PIT 107
8. Batista • ARI 105
Fogg • COL 105
10. Bush • MIL 103

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Batista • ARI 14
2. Madson • PHI 12
3. Lidge • HOU 11
Schmidt • SFG 11
5. Jennings • COL 10
6. Cain • SFG 9
Vargas • ARI 9
Zambrano • CHC 9
Julio • 2TM 9
10. Duke • PIT 8
Guzmán • CHC 8
O'Connor • WSN 8
Olsen • FLA 8
Snell • PIT 8
Suppan • STL 8
Williamson • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Willis • FLA 19
2. Bush • MIL 18
Ortiz • WSN 18
4. Marquis • STL 16
5. Morris • SFG 14
6. Armas • WSN 13
Francis • COL 13
8. Maholm • PIT 12
Hernández • 2TM 12
10. Cruz • ARI 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Harang • CIN 993
2. Arroyo • CIN 992
3. Willis • FLA 975
4. Smoltz • ATL 960
5. Hudson • ATL 959
Hernández • 2TM 959
7. Webb • ARI 950
8. Capuano • MIL 936
9. Duke • PIT 935
10. Pettitte • HOU 929

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. Dempster • CHC 64
2. Borowski • FLA 60
3. Cordero • WSN 59
Wagner • NYM 59
5. Fuentes • COL 58
6. Gordon • PHI 53
7. Lidge • HOU 52
8. Isringhausen • STL 51
9. Hoffman • SDP 50
10. Turnbow • MIL 49

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Webb • ARI 152
2. Oswalt • HOU 150
3. Carpenter • STL 144
4. Arroyo • CIN 142
5. Zambrano • CHC 136
6. Jennings • COL 130
7. Smoltz • ATL 128
8. Schmidt • SFG 126
9. Harang • CIN 124
10. Lowe • LAD 124

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. Webb • ARI 3.18
2. Oswalt • HOU 3.30
3. Carpenter • STL 3.44
4. Smoltz • ATL 3.44
5. Peavy • SDP 3.51
6. Harang • CIN 3.68
7. Lowe • LAD 3.68
8. Maddux • 2TM 3.80
9. Penny • LAD 3.89
10. Schmidt • SFG 3.95

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. Webb • ARI 39
2. Oswalt • HOU 38
3. Carpenter • STL 35
4. Arroyo • CIN 35
5. Smoltz • ATL 27
6. Zambrano • CHC 27
7. Clemens • HOU 26
8. Jennings • COL 26
9. Harang • CIN 22
10. Saito • LAD 22

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. Webb • ARI 4.0
2. Oswalt • HOU 3.9
3. Carpenter • STL 3.6
4. Arroyo • CIN 3.5
5. Smoltz • ATL 2.7
6. Clemens • HOU 2.7
7. Zambrano • CHC 2.7
8. Jennings • COL 2.6
9. Harang • CIN 2.2
10. Saito • LAD 2.1

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. Oswalt • HOU 41.21
2. Carpenter • STL 38.89
3. Webb • ARI 36.98
4. Arroyo • CIN 35.78
5. Smoltz • ATL 33.11
6. Clemens • HOU 27.97
7. Zambrano • CHC 24.28
8. Young • SDP 23.76
9. Harang • CIN 23.48
10. Meredith • SDP 23.30

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. Saito • LAD 4.0
2. Oswalt • HOU 3.9
3. Webb • ARI 3.6
4. Hoffman • SDP 3.6
5. Wagner • NYM 3.5
6. Lowe • LAD 3.1
7. Carpenter • STL 3.1
8. Smoltz • ATL 3.0
9. Meredith • SDP 3.0
10. Arroyo • CIN 2.9

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. Webb • ARI 3.9
2. Carpenter • STL 3.7
3. Oswalt • HOU 3.5
4. Arroyo • CIN 3.4
5. Clemens • HOU 2.8
6. Lowe • LAD 2.8
7. Schmidt • SFG 2.6
8. Smoltz • ATL 2.5
9. Saito • LAD 2.3
10. Zambrano • CHC 2.1

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. Meredith • SDP 5.3
2. Saito • LAD 4.1
3. Lowe • LAD 4.1
4. Hoffman • SDP 3.4
5. Carpenter • STL 3.0
6. Maddux • 2TM 2.9
7. Oswalt • HOU 2.4
8. Young • SDP 2.4
9. Arroyo • CIN 2.3
10. Myers • PHI 2.1

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. Oswalt • HOU 4.3
2. Carpenter • STL 4.0
3. Webb • ARI 3.7
4. Arroyo • CIN 3.6
5. Smoltz • ATL 3.4
6. Clemens • HOU 2.9
7. Young • SDP 2.5
8. Meredith • SDP 2.4
9. Zambrano • CHC 2.4
10. Sánchez • FLA 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