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 9.2
2. Utley • PHI 9.0
3. Lincecum • SFG 8.0
4. Jones • ATL 7.3
5. Santana • NYM 7.2
6. Beltrán • NYM 6.9
7. Dempster • CHC 6.8
8. Berkman • HOU 6.8
9. Wright • NYM 6.8
10. Ramírez • FLA 6.7

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. Lincecum • SFG 7.8
2. Santana • NYM 7.1
3. Dempster • CHC 6.9
4. Haren • ARI 6.1
5. Webb • ARI 5.6
6. Sabathia • MIL 4.9
7. Billingsley • LAD 4.8
8. Vólquez • CIN 4.8
9. Cain • SFG 4.5
10. Lowe • 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. Santana • NYM 2.53
2. Lincecum • SFG 2.62
3. Peavy • SDP 2.85
4. Dempster • CHC 2.96
5. Sheets • MIL 3.09
6. Hamels • PHI 3.09
7. Billingsley • LAD 3.14
8. Vólquez • CIN 3.21
9. Lowe • LAD 3.24
10. Webb • ARI 3.30

Wins

Wins

1. Webb • ARI 22
2. Lincecum • SFG 18
3. Dempster • CHC 17
Lilly • CHC 17
Oswalt • HOU 17
Vólquez • CIN 17
7. Billingsley • LAD 16
Cook • COL 16
Haren • ARI 16
Moyer • PHI 16
Santana • NYM 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. Lincecum • SFG .783
2. Webb • ARI .759
3. Vólquez • CIN .739
Dempster • CHC .739
5. Lohse • STL .714
6. Zambrano • CHC .700
7. Santana • NYM .696
Moyer • PHI .696
9. Haren • ARI .667
10. Lilly • CHC .654

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hamels • PHI 1.082
2. Nolasco • FLA 1.102
3. Haren • ARI 1.130
4. Lowe • LAD 1.133
5. Bush • MIL 1.141
6. Santana • NYM 1.148
7. Sheets • MIL 1.150
8. Lincecum • SFG 1.172
9. Oswalt • HOU 1.179
10. Peavy • SDP 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. Lincecum • SFG 7.216
2. Peavy • SDP 7.566
3. Dempster • CHC 7.577
4. Hamels • PHI 7.641
5. Vólquez • CIN 7.668
6. Pérez • NYM 7.747
7. Santana • NYM 7.912
8. Bush • MIL 7.930
9. Nolasco • FLA 8.138
10. Webb • ARI 8.179

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 • 2TM 1.392
2. Haren • ARI 1.667
3. Nolasco • FLA 1.780
4. Lowe • LAD 1.919
5. Oswalt • HOU 2.027
6. Looper • STL 2.035
7. Cook • COL 2.044
8. Kuroda • LAD 2.062
9. Hamels • PHI 2.098
10. Sheets • MIL 2.133

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 10.507
2. Vólquez • CIN 9.459
3. Billingsley • LAD 9.015
4. Peavy • SDP 8.603
5. Haren • ARI 8.583
6. Johnson • ARI 8.462
7. Pérez • NYM 8.351
8. Cueto • CIN 8.172
9. Dempster • CHC 8.144
10. Lilly • CHC 8.091

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Feliciano • NYM 86
2. Ohman • ATL 83
3. Marmól • CHC 82
Smith • NYM 82
5. Romero • PHI 81
Ayala • 2TM 81
7. Heilman • NYM 78
8. Qualls • ARI 77
9. Boyer • ATL 76
Corpas • COL 76
Madson • PHI 76
Rivera • WSN 76

Saves

Saves

1. Valverde • HOU 44
2. Lidge • PHI 41
Wilson • SFG 41
4. Wood • CHC 34
Cordero • CIN 34
6. Hoffman • SDP 30
Fuentes • COL 30
8. Gregg • FLA 29
9. Torres • MIL 28
10. Wagner • NYM 27

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Santana • NYM 234.1
2. Hamels • PHI 227.1
3. Lincecum • SFG 227.0
4. Webb • ARI 226.2
5. Cain • SFG 217.2
6. Haren • ARI 216.0
7. Nolasco • FLA 212.1
8. Cook • COL 211.1
9. Lowe • LAD 211.0
10. Oswalt • HOU 208.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Lincecum • SFG 265
2. Haren • ARI 206
Santana • NYM 206
Vólquez • CIN 206
5. Billingsley • LAD 201
6. Hamels • PHI 196
7. Dempster • CHC 187
8. Cain • SFG 186
Nolasco • FLA 186
10. Lilly • CHC 184

Games Started

Games Started

1. Arroyo • CIN 34
Cain • SFG 34
Jiménez • COL 34
Lilly • CHC 34
Lowe • LAD 34
Pérez • NYM 34
Santana • NYM 34
Webb • ARI 34
9. Dempster • CHC 33
Hamels • PHI 33
Haren • ARI 33
Lincecum • SFG 33
Lohse • STL 33
Looper • STL 33
Moyer • PHI 33
Olsen • FLA 33
Redding • WSN 33
Maddux • 2TM 33
Wolf • 2TM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Sabathia • MIL 7
2. Sheets • MIL 5
3. Webb • ARI 3
Santana • NYM 3
Oswalt • HOU 3
6. Myers • PHI 2
Lincecum • SFG 2
Kuroda • LAD 2
Cook • COL 2
Hamels • PHI 2
Johnson • ARI 2
Pelfrey • NYM 2

Shutouts

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

1. Sabathia • MIL 3
Sheets • MIL 3
3. Hamels • PHI 2
Santana • NYM 2
Kuroda • LAD 2
Oswalt • HOU 2
7. Cain • SFG 1
Cook • COL 1
Duke • PIT 1
Harang • CIN 1
Haren • ARI 1
Hudson • ATL 1
Karstens • PIT 1
Lincecum • SFG 1
Billingsley • LAD 1
Myers • PHI 1
Nolasco • FLA 1
Stults • LAD 1
Webb • ARI 1
Zambrano • CHC 1
Wolf • 2TM 1
Looper • STL 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Backe • HOU 36
2. Harang • CIN 35
3. Lilly • CHC 32
4. Olsen • FLA 30
Suppan • MIL 30
6. Arroyo • CIN 29
Bush • MIL 29
Cueto • CIN 29
Myers • PHI 29
10. Hamels • PHI 28
Nolasco • FLA 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Pérez • NYM 105
2. Jiménez • COL 103
3. Zito • SFG 102
4. Vólquez • CIN 93
5. Cain • SFG 91
6. Snell • PIT 89
7. Lincecum • SFG 84
8. Billingsley • LAD 80
9. Backe • HOU 77
10. Dempster • CHC 76

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cook • COL 236
2. Duke • PIT 230
3. Arroyo • CIN 219
4. Looper • STL 216
5. Lohse • STL 211
6. Pelfrey • NYM 209
7. Suppan • MIL 207
8. Cain • SFG 206
Santana • NYM 206
Webb • ARI 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. Haren • ARI 5.150
2. Nolasco • FLA 4.429
3. Johnson • ARI 3.932
4. Hamels • PHI 3.698
5. Oswalt • HOU 3.511
6. Sheets • MIL 3.362
7. Santana • NYM 3.270
8. Maddux • 2TM 3.267
Lowe • LAD 3.267
10. Lincecum • SFG 3.155

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. Lincecum • SFG 0.436
2. Jiménez • COL 0.498
3. Webb • ARI 0.516
4. Jurrjens • ATL 0.526
5. Pelfrey • NYM 0.538
6. Cook • COL 0.554
7. Lowe • LAD 0.597
8. Dempster • CHC 0.610
9. Billingsley • LAD 0.628
10. Kuroda • LAD 0.638

Losses

Losses

1. Harang • CIN 17
Zito • SFG 17
3. Lannan • WSN 15
4. Backe • HOU 14
Cain • SFG 14
Cueto • CIN 14
Duke • PIT 14
Looper • STL 14
9. Myers • PHI 13
Maddux • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Backe • HOU 112
2. Arroyo • CIN 106
3. Zito • SFG 103
4. Redding • WSN 100
5. Duke • PIT 99
Snell • PIT 99
7. Harang • CIN 98
Suppan • MIL 98
9. Myers • PHI 96
10. Kendrick • PHI 95

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Lincecum • SFG 17
Parra • MIL 17
3. Jiménez • COL 16
4. De La Rosa • COL 14
5. Haren • ARI 11
6. Billingsley • LAD 10
Maine • NYM 10
Redding • WSN 10
Vólquez • CIN 10
10. Pérez • NYM 9
Santana • NYM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Cueto • CIN 14
Kendrick • PHI 14
Vólquez • CIN 14
4. Pelfrey • NYM 13
5. Webb • ARI 12
Owings • 2TM 12
Wolf • 2TM 12
8. Looper • STL 11
Moyer • PHI 11
Pérez • NYM 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Santana • NYM 964
2. Webb • ARI 944
3. Cain • SFG 933
4. Lincecum • SFG 928
5. Hamels • PHI 914
6. Cook • COL 886
7. Haren • ARI 881
8. Arroyo • CIN 871
9. Jiménez • COL 868
Nolasco • FLA 868

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. Valverde • HOU 71
2. Cordero • CIN 63
3. Lidge • PHI 61
4. Gregg • FLA 59
5. Wood • CHC 56
6. Wilson • SFG 54
7. Rauch • 2TM 51
8. Lyon • ARI 50
9. Fuentes • COL 48
10. Torres • MIL 46

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 168
2. Santana • NYM 166
3. Dempster • CHC 154
4. Hamels • PHI 141
5. Webb • ARI 140
6. Haren • ARI 138
7. Sheets • MIL 137
8. Vólquez • CIN 137
9. Billingsley • LAD 133
10. Peavy • SDP 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. Lincecum • SFG 2.62
2. Haren • ARI 3.01
3. Lowe • LAD 3.26
4. Webb • ARI 3.28
5. Billingsley • LAD 3.35
6. Sheets • MIL 3.38
7. Dempster • CHC 3.41
8. Santana • NYM 3.51
9. Kuroda • LAD 3.59
10. Jurrjens • ATL 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. Lincecum • SFG 44
2. Santana • NYM 44
3. Sabathia • MIL 36
4. Dempster • CHC 34
5. Hamels • PHI 29
6. Haren • ARI 29
7. Webb • ARI 29
8. Sheets • MIL 25
9. Billingsley • LAD 24
10. Vólquez • CIN 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. Lincecum • SFG 4.6
2. Santana • NYM 4.6
3. Sabathia • MIL 4.0
4. Dempster • CHC 3.6
5. Hamels • PHI 3.0
6. Haren • ARI 3.0
7. Webb • ARI 3.0
8. Sheets • MIL 2.6
9. Billingsley • LAD 2.4
10. Vólquez • CIN 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. Lincecum • SFG 47.98
2. Santana • NYM 44.35
3. Sabathia • MIL 34.36
4. Haren • ARI 32.69
5. Dempster • CHC 32.65
6. Hamels • PHI 27.54
7. Peavy • SDP 25.54
8. Webb • ARI 24.65
9. Kuo • LAD 24.05
10. Sheets • MIL 24.03

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. Lidge • PHI 5.3
2. Lincecum • SFG 5.0
3. Santana • NYM 4.0
4. Marmól • CHC 3.7
5. Webb • ARI 3.6
6. Dempster • CHC 3.5
7. Sabathia • MIL 3.3
8. Hamels • PHI 2.4
9. Haren • ARI 2.4
10. Sheets • MIL 2.3

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. Lincecum • SFG 3.9
2. Santana • NYM 3.5
3. Dempster • CHC 3.4
4. Sabathia • MIL 3.4
5. Lowe • LAD 3.2
6. Haren • ARI 3.0
7. Hamels • PHI 2.9
8. Marmól • CHC 2.3
9. Kuo • LAD 2.1
10. Peavy • SDP 2.0

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. Santana • NYM 5.8
2. Sabathia • MIL 5.6
3. Lidge • PHI 4.7
4. Webb • ARI 3.2
5. Billingsley • LAD 2.5
6. Wade • LAD 2.2
7. Dempster • CHC 2.2
8. Hamels • PHI 2.1
9. Marmól • CHC 1.9
10. Madson • PHI 1.9

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. Lincecum • SFG 5.1
2. Santana • NYM 4.8
3. Sabathia • MIL 3.9
4. Dempster • CHC 3.3
5. Haren • ARI 3.3
6. Peavy • SDP 2.8
7. Hamels • PHI 2.8
8. Sheets • MIL 2.5
9. Kuo • LAD 2.5
10. Webb • ARI 2.4

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