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 9.7
2. Utley • PHI 8.2
3. Lincecum • SFG 7.4
4. Johnson • FLA 7.4
5. Ramírez • FLA 7.3
6. Zimmerman • WSN 7.3
7. Haren • ARI 7.0
8. González • SDP 6.9
9. Carpenter • STL 6.8
10. Jurrjens • ATL 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 7.4
2. Johnson • FLA 6.7
3. Jurrjens • ATL 6.5
4. Haren • ARI 6.5
5. Carpenter • STL 6.5
6. Wainwright • STL 6.3
7. Vázquez • ATL 6.2
8. Cain • SFG 6.1
9. Jiménez • COL 5.5
10. Lilly • CHC 5.0

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. Carpenter • STL 2.24
2. Lincecum • SFG 2.48
3. Jurrjens • ATL 2.60
4. Wainwright • STL 2.63
5. Kershaw • LAD 2.79
6. Vázquez • ATL 2.87
7. Cain • SFG 2.89
8. Happ • PHI 2.93
9. Rodríguez • HOU 3.02
10. Wells • CHC 3.05

Wins

Wins

1. Wainwright • STL 19
2. Carpenter • STL 17
3. De La Rosa • COL 16
4. Arroyo • CIN 15
Jiménez • COL 15
Johnson • FLA 15
Lincecum • SFG 15
Lowe • ATL 15
Marquis • COL 15
Piñeiro • STL 15
Vázquez • 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. Carpenter • STL .810
2. Johnson • FLA .750
Happ • PHI .750
4. Wainwright • STL .704
5. Lincecum • SFG .682
6. Looper • MIL .667
7. Cook • COL .647
8. De La Rosa • COL .640
9. Cain • SFG .636
10. Wolf • LAD .611

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Haren • ARI 1.003
2. Carpenter • STL 1.007
3. Vázquez • ATL 1.026
4. Lincecum • SFG 1.047
5. Lilly • CHC 1.056
6. Wolf • LAD 1.101
7. Piñeiro • STL 1.145
8. Johnson • FLA 1.158
9. Cain • SFG 1.181
10. Wainwright • STL 1.210

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 6.263
2. Lincecum • SFG 6.710
3. Gallardo • MIL 7.271
4. Carpenter • STL 7.287
5. Vázquez • ATL 7.427
6. Sánchez • SFG 7.439
7. Wolf • LAD 7.474
8. Haren • ARI 7.535
9. Jiménez • COL 7.555
10. Cain • SFG 7.608

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. Piñeiro • STL 1.136
2. Haren • ARI 1.491
3. Carpenter • STL 1.775
4. Vázquez • ATL 1.805
5. Lilly • CHC 1.831
6. Hamels • PHI 1.998
7. Duke • PIT 2.070
8. Oswalt • HOU 2.085
9. Hammel • COL 2.140
10. Nolasco • FLA 2.141

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 10.425
2. Gallardo • MIL 9.889
3. Vázquez • ATL 9.766
4. Sánchez • SFG 9.753
5. Kershaw • LAD 9.737
6. Nolasco • FLA 9.486
7. De La Rosa • COL 9.389
8. Scherzer • ARI 9.194
9. Haren • ARI 8.751
10. Rodríguez • HOU 8.446

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Feliciano • NYM 88
2. Moylan • ATL 87
3. Gonzalez • ATL 80
4. Green • NYM 79
Madson • PHI 79
Marmól • CHC 79
7. Coffey • MIL 78
O'Flaherty • ATL 78
9. Soriano • ATL 77
10. Byrdak • HOU 76

Saves

Saves

1. Bell • SDP 42
2. Cordero • CIN 39
3. Franklin • STL 38
Wilson • SFG 38
5. Hoffman • MIL 37
6. Broxton • LAD 36
7. Street • COL 35
Rodríguez • NYM 35
9. Lidge • PHI 31
10. Capps • PIT 27
Soriano • ATL 27

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Wainwright • STL 233.0
2. Haren • ARI 229.1
3. Lincecum • SFG 225.1
4. Arroyo • CIN 220.1
5. Vázquez • ATL 219.1
6. Jiménez • COL 218.0
7. Cain • SFG 217.2
8. Marquis • COL 216.0
9. Jurrjens • ATL 215.0
10. Wolf • LAD 214.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Lincecum • SFG 261
2. Vázquez • ATL 238
3. Haren • ARI 223
4. Wainwright • STL 212
5. Gallardo • MIL 204
6. Jiménez • COL 198
7. Nolasco • FLA 195
8. Rodríguez • HOU 193
De La Rosa • COL 193
10. Johnson • FLA 191

Games Started

Games Started

1. Davis • ARI 34
Jurrjens • ATL 34
Looper • MIL 34
Lowe • ATL 34
Wainwright • STL 34
Wolf • LAD 34
7. Arroyo • CIN 33
Cain • SFG 33
Correia • SDP 33
Haren • ARI 33
Jiménez • COL 33
Johnson • FLA 33
Lannan • WSN 33
Marquis • COL 33
Rodríguez • HOU 33
Zito • SFG 33
Garland • 2TM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Cain • SFG 4
Lincecum • SFG 4
3. Carpenter • STL 3
Vázquez • ATL 3
Piñeiro • STL 3
Oswalt • HOU 3
Duke • PIT 3
Arroyo • CIN 3
Lee • PHI 3
Happ • PHI 3
Haren • ARI 3

Shutouts

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

1. Happ • PHI 2
Piñeiro • STL 2
Arroyo • CIN 2
Lincecum • SFG 2
Hamels • PHI 2
6. Carpenter • STL 1
Cook • COL 1
Correia • SDP 1
Dempster • CHC 1
Duke • PIT 1
Figueroa • NYM 1
Harang • CIN 1
Haren • ARI 1
Lannan • WSN 1
Lehr • CIN 1
Lohse • STL 1
Marquis • COL 1
Morton • PIT 1
Rodríguez • HOU 1
Sánchez • SFG 1
Stults • LAD 1
Volstad • FLA 1
Zambrano • CHC 1
Misch • 2TM 1
Lee • PHI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Looper • MIL 39
2. Arroyo • CIN 31
3. Blanton • PHI 30
4. Volstad • FLA 29
5. Geer • SDP 27
Haren • ARI 27
Moyer • PHI 27
8. Davis • ARI 25
Ohlendorf • PIT 25
Suppan • MIL 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Davis • ARI 103
2. Gallardo • MIL 94
3. Kershaw • LAD 91
4. Sánchez • SFG 88
5. Billingsley • LAD 86
6. Jiménez • COL 85
7. De La Rosa • COL 83
8. Zito • SFG 81
9. Marquis • COL 80
10. Zambrano • CHC 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lowe • ATL 232
2. Duke • PIT 231
3. Looper • MIL 226
4. Garland • 2TM 225
5. Maholm • PIT 221
6. Hernández • 2TM 220
7. Marquis • COL 218
Piñeiro • STL 218
9. Wainwright • STL 216
10. Arroyo • CIN 214

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 5.868
2. Vázquez • ATL 5.409
3. Nolasco • FLA 4.432
4. Lilly • CHC 4.194
5. Hamels • PHI 3.907
6. Piñeiro • STL 3.889
7. Lincecum • SFG 3.838
8. Carpenter • STL 3.789
9. Harang • CIN 3.302
10. Johnson • FLA 3.293

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. Carpenter • STL 0.327
2. Kershaw • LAD 0.368
3. Lincecum • SFG 0.399
4. Piñeiro • STL 0.463
5. Zambrano • CHC 0.531
6. Jiménez • COL 0.537
7. Johnson • FLA 0.603
8. Marquis • COL 0.625
9. Jurrjens • ATL 0.628
10. Maholm • PIT 0.647

Losses

Losses

1. Duke • PIT 16
2. Davis • ARI 14
Harang • CIN 14
4. Arroyo • CIN 13
Lannan • WSN 13
Marquis • COL 13
Volstad • FLA 13
Zito • SFG 13
Garland • 2TM 13
10. Gallardo • MIL 12
Jiménez • COL 12
Kawakami • ATL 12
Moehler • HOU 12
Owings • CIN 12
Pelfrey • NYM 12
Piñeiro • STL 12
Rodríguez • HOU 12
Sánchez • SFG 12
Suppan • MIL 12
Hernández • 2TM 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Looper • MIL 113
2. Hernández • 2TM 111
3. Nolasco • FLA 104
4. Pelfrey • NYM 103
5. Lowe • ATL 101
6. Parra • MIL 99
7. Marquis • COL 97
8. Duke • PIT 96
Maholm • PIT 96
10. Suppan • MIL 95

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Billingsley • LAD 14
2. Haren • ARI 13
3. Davis • ARI 12
De La Rosa • COL 12
Suppan • MIL 12
6. Dempster • CHC 11
Kershaw • LAD 11
Lincecum • SFG 11
Maholm • PIT 11
Sánchez • SFG 11
Cabrera • 2TM 11
Hanrahan • 2TM 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bush • MIL 15
2. Cueto • CIN 14
3. Marmól • CHC 12
4. Suppan • MIL 11
5. Jiménez • COL 10
Moyer • PHI 10
Scherzer • ARI 10
8. Arroyo • CIN 9
Figueroa • NYM 9
Green • NYM 9
Hammel • COL 9
De La Rosa • COL 9
Zambrano • CHC 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Wainwright • STL 970
2. Arroyo • CIN 923
3. Marquis • COL 921
4. Jiménez • COL 914
5. Haren • ARI 909
6. Lincecum • SFG 905
7. Duke • PIT 891
8. Davis • ARI 889
9. Cain • SFG 886
10. Jurrjens • ATL 884

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. Rodríguez • NYM 66
2. Wilson • SFG 60
3. Bell • SDP 59
Cordero • CIN 59
5. Broxton • LAD 58
6. Lidge • PHI 55
7. Franklin • STL 54
8. Soriano • ATL 52
Street • COL 52
10. Gregg • CHC 51

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Carpenter • STL 182
2. Lincecum • SFG 171
3. Jurrjens • ATL 159
4. Wainwright • STL 155
5. Cain • SFG 147
6. Wells • CHC 146
7. Lilly • CHC 144
8. Happ • PHI 144
9. Vázquez • ATL 143
10. Kershaw • LAD 143

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 2.34
2. Vázquez • ATL 2.77
3. Carpenter • STL 2.78
4. Johnson • FLA 3.06
5. Kershaw • LAD 3.08
6. Wainwright • STL 3.11
7. Haren • ARI 3.23
8. Piñeiro • STL 3.27
9. Nolasco • FLA 3.35
10. Jiménez • COL 3.36

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 43
2. Carpenter • STL 42
3. Wainwright • STL 38
4. Jurrjens • ATL 35
5. Cain • SFG 34
6. Haren • ARI 33
7. Vázquez • ATL 31
8. Jiménez • COL 28
9. Johnson • FLA 26
10. Kershaw • LAD 25

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. Carpenter • STL 4.6
3. Wainwright • STL 4.0
4. Jurrjens • ATL 3.7
5. Cain • SFG 3.6
6. Haren • ARI 3.5
7. Vázquez • ATL 3.3
8. Jiménez • COL 3.0
9. Johnson • FLA 2.7
10. Lilly • CHC 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. Carpenter • STL 46.47
2. Lincecum • SFG 45.79
3. Wainwright • STL 42.63
4. Jurrjens • ATL 38.20
5. Cain • SFG 37.77
6. Vázquez • ATL 35.42
7. Haren • ARI 33.91
8. Happ • PHI 31.75
9. Jiménez • COL 29.20
10. Johnson • FLA 28.87

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. Carpenter • STL 5.6
2. Lincecum • SFG 4.8
3. Wainwright • STL 4.0
4. Jurrjens • ATL 3.8
5. Cain • SFG 3.5
6. Street • COL 3.2
7. Broxton • LAD 3.2
8. Kershaw • LAD 3.1
9. Affeldt • SFG 3.1
10. Jiménez • COL 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. Carpenter • STL 4.6
2. Lincecum • SFG 4.3
3. Vázquez • ATL 4.0
4. Haren • ARI 3.0
5. Kershaw • LAD 3.0
6. Johnson • FLA 2.8
7. Wainwright • STL 2.7
8. Wolf • LAD 2.7
9. Jurrjens • ATL 2.6
10. Cain • SFG 2.5

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. Carpenter • STL 4.2
2. Lincecum • SFG 3.7
3. Wainwright • STL 3.2
4. Broxton • LAD 2.6
5. Street • COL 2.6
6. Cain • SFG 2.4
7. Jiménez • COL 2.2
8. Jurrjens • ATL 2.1
9. Wilson • SFG 2.1
10. Affeldt • SFG 2.0

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. Carpenter • STL 5.2
2. Lincecum • SFG 4.9
3. Wainwright • STL 4.7
4. Jurrjens • ATL 4.1
5. Cain • SFG 4.0
6. Vázquez • ATL 3.8
7. Haren • ARI 3.5
8. Happ • PHI 3.3
9. Kershaw • LAD 3.1
10. Johnson • FLA 3.0

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