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 8.7
2. Wright • NYM 8.3
3. Utley • PHI 7.8
4. Jones • ATL 7.6
5. Peavy • SDP 6.8
6. Tulowitzki • COL 6.8
7. Oswalt • HOU 6.6
8. Penny • LAD 6.6
9. Rollins • PHI 6.1
10. Holliday • COL 6.0

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. Oswalt • HOU 6.6
2. Webb • ARI 6.4
3. Peavy • SDP 6.2
4. Harang • CIN 6.0
5. Penny • LAD 5.9
6. Hudson • ATL 4.7
7. Cain • SFG 4.6
8. Smoltz • ATL 4.6
9. Lilly • CHC 4.1
10. Hamels • PHI 4.1

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 2.54
2. Webb • ARI 3.01
3. Penny • LAD 3.03
4. Smoltz • ATL 3.11
5. Young • SDP 3.12
6. Oswalt • HOU 3.18
7. Hudson • ATL 3.33
8. Hamels • PHI 3.39
9. Pérez • NYM 3.56
10. Cain • SFG 3.65

Wins

Wins

1. Peavy • SDP 19
2. Webb • ARI 18
Zambrano • CHC 18
4. Francis • COL 17
5. Harang • CIN 16
Hudson • ATL 16
Penny • LAD 16
8. Hamels • PHI 15
Lilly • CHC 15
Maine • NYM 15
Pérez • NYM 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. Penny • LAD .800
2. Peavy • SDP .760
3. Hamels • PHI .750
4. Harang • CIN .727
5. Billingsley • LAD .706
Sheets • MIL .706
7. Oswalt • HOU .667
8. Francis • COL .654
9. Lilly • CHC .652
10. Vargas • MIL .647

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Peavy • SDP 1.061
2. Young • SDP 1.098
3. Hamels • PHI 1.124
4. Lilly • CHC 1.140
5. Harang • CIN 1.144
6. Smoltz • ATL 1.182
7. Webb • ARI 1.189
8. Hill • CHC 1.195
9. Hudson • ATL 1.221
10. Maddux • SDP 1.242

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 6.139
2. Peavy • SDP 6.810
3. Zambrano • CHC 7.780
Pérez • NYM 7.780
5. Cain • SFG 7.785
6. Hill • CHC 7.846
7. Lilly • CHC 7.870
8. Maine • NYM 7.916
9. Webb • ARI 7.959
10. Hamels • PHI 8.002

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 • SDP 1.136
2. Harang • CIN 2.020
3. Smoltz • ATL 2.057
4. Hamels • PHI 2.111
5. Bush • MIL 2.125
6. Hudson • ATL 2.126
7. Belisle • CIN 2.178
8. Cook • COL 2.386
9. Lilly • CHC 2.391
10. Maholm • PIT 2.482

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 9.672
2. Pérez • NYM 8.847
3. Hamels • PHI 8.689
4. Young • SDP 8.688
5. Smoltz • ATL 8.621
6. Maine • NYM 8.482
7. Harang • CIN 8.469
8. Hill • CHC 8.446
9. Rodríguez • HOU 7.785
10. Snell • PIT 7.659

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Rauch • WSN 88
2. Rivera • WSN 85
3. Beimel • LAD 83
Broxton • LAD 83
5. Bell • SDP 81
Heilman • NYM 81
7. Meredith • SDP 80
Moylan • ATL 80
9. Qualls • HOU 79
10. Corpas • COL 78
Feliciano • NYM 78
Howry • CHC 78

Saves

Saves

1. Valverde • ARI 47
2. Cordero • MIL 44
3. Hoffman • SDP 42
4. Saito • LAD 39
5. Cordero • WSN 37
6. Wagner • NYM 34
7. Weathers • CIN 33
8. Isringhausen • STL 32
Gregg • FLA 32
10. Dempster • CHC 28

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Webb • ARI 236.1
2. Harang • CIN 231.2
3. Hudson • ATL 224.1
4. Peavy • SDP 223.1
5. Zambrano • CHC 216.1
6. Francis • COL 215.1
7. Oswalt • HOU 212.0
8. Arroyo • CIN 210.2
9. Penny • LAD 208.0
Snell • PIT 208.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Peavy • SDP 240
2. Harang • CIN 218
3. Smoltz • ATL 197
4. Webb • ARI 194
5. Hill • CHC 183
6. Maine • NYM 180
7. Hamels • PHI 177
Snell • PIT 177
Zambrano • CHC 177
10. Lilly • CHC 174
Pérez • NYM 174

Games Started

Games Started

1. Willis • FLA 35
2. Arroyo • CIN 34
Francis • COL 34
Glavine • NYM 34
Harang • CIN 34
Hudson • ATL 34
Lilly • CHC 34
Maddux • SDP 34
Peavy • SDP 34
Suppan • MIL 34
Webb • ARI 34
Zambrano • CHC 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Webb • ARI 4
2. Morris • 2TM 3
Lowe • LAD 3
4. Maholm • PIT 2
Lohse • 2TM 2
Sheets • MIL 2
Owings • ARI 2
Harang • CIN 2
Cook • COL 2
Hamels • PHI 2

Shutouts

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

1. Webb • ARI 3
2. Francis • COL 1
Glavine • NYM 1
Gorzelanny • PIT 1
Harang • CIN 1
Hudson • ATL 1
Lieber • PHI 1
Maholm • PIT 1
Maine • NYM 1
Marquis • CHC 1
Owings • ARI 1
Rodríguez • HOU 1
Durbin • 2TM 1
Lohse • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • HOU 35
2. Hernández • ARI 34
3. James • ATL 32
4. Eaton • PHI 30
Moyer • PHI 30
6. Olsen • FLA 29
Willis • FLA 29
8. Arroyo • CIN 28
Harang • CIN 28
Lilly • CHC 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Zambrano • CHC 101
2. Davis • ARI 95
3. Lowry • SFG 87
Willis • FLA 87
5. Olsen • FLA 85
6. Zito • SFG 83
7. Cain • SFG 79
Hernández • ARI 79
Pérez • NYM 79
10. Wells • STL 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hernández • ARI 247
2. Suppan • MIL 243
3. Willis • FLA 241
4. Morris • 2TM 240
5. Francis • COL 234
6. Arroyo • CIN 232
7. Olsen • FLA 226
8. Moyer • PHI 222
9. Hudson • ATL 221
Maddux • SDP 221
Oswalt • HOU 221

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. Harang • CIN 4.192
2. Smoltz • ATL 4.191
3. Maddux • SDP 4.160
4. Hamels • PHI 4.116
5. Peavy • SDP 3.529
6. Lilly • CHC 3.164
7. Bush • MIL 3.045
8. Belisle • CIN 2.907
9. Hill • CHC 2.905
10. Webb • ARI 2.694

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. Penny • LAD 0.389
2. Hudson • ATL 0.401
3. Webb • ARI 0.457
4. Young • SDP 0.520
5. Peavy • SDP 0.524
6. Wainwright • STL 0.579
7. Oswalt • HOU 0.594
8. Cain • SFG 0.630
9. Maddux • SDP 0.636
10. Suppan • MIL 0.784

Losses

Losses

1. Wells • STL 17
2. Cain • SFG 16
3. Arroyo • CIN 15
Maholm • PIT 15
Olsen • FLA 15
Willis • FLA 15
Williams • HOU 15
8. Lowe • LAD 14
Reyes • STL 14
10. Rodríguez • HOU 13
Zambrano • CHC 13
Zito • SFG 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Willis • FLA 118
2. Olsen • FLA 114
3. Eaton • PHI 113
4. Hernández • ARI 112
5. Moyer • PHI 111
6. Williams • HOU 110
7. Morris • 2TM 108
8. Bush • MIL 106
Suppan • MIL 106
10. Belisle • CIN 105

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cain • SFG 12
Harang • CIN 12
Snell • PIT 12
4. Capuano • MIL 10
Davis • ARI 10
Lincecum • SFG 10
7. Willis • FLA 9
8. Olsen • FLA 8
Smoltz • ATL 8
Wells • STL 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kim • 3TM 16
2. Owings • ARI 14
Willis • FLA 14
Zambrano • CHC 14
5. Arroyo • CIN 13
Fogg • COL 13
Marquis • CHC 13
Thompson • STL 13
9. Hill • CHC 12
Williams • HOU 12
Lohse • 2TM 12

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Webb • ARI 975
2. Harang • CIN 948
3. Willis • FLA 942
4. Hudson • ATL 925
Zambrano • CHC 925
6. Francis • COL 922
7. Arroyo • CIN 921
8. Suppan • MIL 919
9. Hernández • ARI 913
10. Oswalt • HOU 910

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. Weathers • CIN 60
2. Cordero • WSN 59
Valverde • ARI 59
4. Cordero • MIL 58
Dempster • CHC 58
6. Wagner • NYM 57
7. Gregg • FLA 55
Saito • LAD 55
9. Isringhausen • STL 54
10. Hoffman • SDP 50

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Webb • ARI 158
2. Peavy • SDP 158
3. Penny • LAD 147
4. Smoltz • ATL 140
5. Oswalt • HOU 140
6. Hamels • PHI 135
7. Hudson • ATL 131
8. Young • SDP 128
9. Harang • CIN 124
10. Cain • SFG 123

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. Peavy • SDP 2.84
2. Smoltz • ATL 3.21
3. Webb • ARI 3.24
4. Young • SDP 3.43
5. Hudson • ATL 3.46
6. Maddux • SDP 3.58
7. Oswalt • HOU 3.59
8. Penny • LAD 3.63
9. Harang • CIN 3.71
10. Cain • SFG 3.78

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. Peavy • SDP 41
2. Webb • ARI 40
3. Penny • LAD 33
4. Oswalt • HOU 30
5. Smoltz • ATL 29
6. Hudson • ATL 27
7. Hamels • PHI 25
8. Marmól • CHC 24
9. Bell • SDP 24
10. Harang • CIN 24

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. Peavy • SDP 4.2
2. Webb • ARI 4.2
3. Penny • LAD 3.4
4. Oswalt • HOU 3.1
5. Smoltz • ATL 2.9
6. Hudson • ATL 2.8
7. Hamels • PHI 2.5
8. Harang • CIN 2.4
Marmól • CHC 2.4
10. Bell • SDP 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. Peavy • SDP 44.17
2. Webb • ARI 36.36
3. Penny • LAD 34.81
4. Smoltz • ATL 31.70
5. Hudson • ATL 31.37
6. Oswalt • HOU 29.34
7. Bell • SDP 29.13
8. Marmól • CHC 28.87
9. Harang • CIN 25.99
10. Cain • SFG 25.96

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 4.3
2. Peavy • SDP 4.3
3. Bell • SDP 3.8
4. Webb • ARI 3.6
5. Oswalt • HOU 3.1
6. Lyon • ARI 2.9
7. Marmól • CHC 2.9
8. Corpas • COL 2.8
Penny • LAD 2.8
10. Peña • ARI 2.7

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. Peavy • SDP 4.0
2. Webb • ARI 3.7
3. Young • SDP 2.9
4. Hudson • ATL 2.7
5. Bell • SDP 2.7
6. Cain • SFG 2.6
7. Penny • LAD 2.5
8. Saito • LAD 2.4
9. Smoltz • ATL 2.3
10. Oswalt • HOU 2.2

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. Bell • SDP 8.5
2. Herges • COL 7.2
3. Corpas • COL 4.1
4. Webb • ARI 4.0
5. Saito • LAD 3.5
6. Hamels • PHI 3.4
7. Brocail • SDP 3.1
8. Marmól • CHC 3.1
9. Howry • CHC 2.9
10. Thatcher • SDP 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. Peavy • SDP 4.9
2. Webb • ARI 3.6
3. Penny • LAD 3.6
4. Smoltz • ATL 3.3
5. Hudson • ATL 3.2
6. Bell • SDP 3.0
7. Oswalt • HOU 3.0
8. Marmól • CHC 2.8
9. Cain • SFG 2.6
10. Harang • CIN 2.6

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