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. Lee • PHI 9.0
2. Halladay • PHI 8.6
3. Kemp • LAD 8.0
4. Braun • MIL 7.7
5. Kershaw • LAD 7.4
6. Votto • CIN 6.6
7. Hamels • PHI 6.4
8. Tulowitzki • COL 6.2
9. Sandoval • SFG 6.0
10. Pence • 2TM 5.7

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. Halladay • PHI 8.8
2. Lee • PHI 8.5
3. Kershaw • LAD 6.8
4. Hamels • PHI 6.4
5. Kennedy • ARI 4.8
6. Chacín • COL 4.2
7. Lincecum • SFG 3.7
8. Sánchez • FLA 3.7
9. Cueto • CIN 3.6
Dickey • NYM 3.6

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. Kershaw • LAD 2.28
2. Halladay • PHI 2.35
3. Lee • PHI 2.40
4. Vogelsong • SFG 2.71
5. Lincecum • SFG 2.74
6. Hamels • PHI 2.79
7. Kennedy • ARI 2.88
8. Cain • SFG 2.88
9. Kuroda • LAD 3.07
10. Bumgarner • SFG 3.21

Wins

Wins

1. Kennedy • ARI 21
Kershaw • LAD 21
3. Halladay • PHI 19
4. Gallardo • MIL 17
Lee • PHI 17
6. Greinke • MIL 16
Hudson • ARI 16
Hudson • ATL 16
9. Hamels • PHI 14
Harang • SDP 14
Lohse • STL 14

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. Kennedy • ARI .840
2. Kershaw • LAD .808
3. Halladay • PHI .760
4. Greinke • MIL .727
5. Jurrjens • ATL .684
Gee • NYM .684
7. Lee • PHI .680
8. Harang • SDP .667
9. Vogelsong • SFG .650
García • STL .650
Marcum • MIL .650

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 0.977
2. Hamels • PHI 0.986
3. Lee • PHI 1.027
4. Halladay • PHI 1.040
5. Cain • SFG 1.083
6. Kennedy • ARI 1.086
7. Hudson • ATL 1.140
8. Marcum • MIL 1.156
9. Lilly • LAD 1.157
10. Lohse • STL 1.168

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 6.711
2. Hamels • PHI 7.042
3. Cain • SFG 7.186
4. Lincecum • SFG 7.300
5. Kennedy • ARI 7.541
6. Lee • PHI 7.620
7. Latos • SDP 7.780
8. Chacín • COL 7.794
9. Marcum • MIL 7.849
10. Hudson • ATL 7.912

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. Halladay • PHI 1.348
2. Lee • PHI 1.625
3. Karstens • PIT 1.830
4. Hamels • PHI 1.833
5. Nolasco • FLA 1.922
6. Lohse • STL 2.007
7. Bumgarner • SFG 2.023
8. Hudson • ARI 2.027
9. Arroyo • CIN 2.035
10. Leake • CIN 2.040

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Greinke • MIL 10.538
2. Kershaw • LAD 9.566
3. Sánchez • FLA 9.260
4. Lee • PHI 9.206
5. Lincecum • SFG 9.124
6. Gallardo • MIL 8.986
7. Garza • CHC 8.955
8. Latos • SDP 8.568
9. Norris • HOU 8.516
10. Dempster • CHC 8.496

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Venters • ATL 85
2. Bray • CIN 79
Kimbrel • ATL 79
Veras • PIT 79
5. Marshall • CHC 78
Motte • STL 78
O'Flaherty • ATL 78
8. Qualls • SDP 77
9. Resop • PIT 76
10. Marmól • CHC 75
Masset • CIN 75
Samardzija • CHC 75

Saves

Saves

1. Axford • MIL 46
Kimbrel • ATL 46
3. Putz • ARI 45
4. Bell • SDP 43
Storen • WSN 43
6. Hanrahan • PIT 40
7. Cordero • CIN 37
8. Oviedo • FLA 36
Wilson • SFG 36
10. Marmól • CHC 34

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Carpenter • STL 237.1
2. Halladay • PHI 233.2
3. Kershaw • LAD 233.1
4. Lee • PHI 232.2
5. Hudson • ARI 222.0
Kennedy • ARI 222.0
7. Cain • SFG 221.2
8. Lincecum • SFG 217.0
9. Hamels • PHI 216.0
Myers • HOU 216.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Kershaw • LAD 248
2. Lee • PHI 238
3. Halladay • PHI 220
Lincecum • SFG 220
5. Gallardo • MIL 207
6. Sánchez • FLA 202
7. Greinke • MIL 201
8. Kennedy • ARI 198
9. Garza • CHC 197
10. Hamels • PHI 194

Games Started

Games Started

1. Carpenter • STL 34
Dempster • CHC 34
Lowe • ATL 34
4. Bumgarner • SFG 33
Cain • SFG 33
Gallardo • MIL 33
Hudson • ARI 33
Hudson • ATL 33
Kennedy • ARI 33
Kershaw • LAD 33
Lannan • WSN 33
Lilly • LAD 33
Lincecum • SFG 33
Marcum • MIL 33
Myers • HOU 33
Nolasco • FLA 33
Pelfrey • NYM 33
Saunders • ARI 33
Westbrook • STL 33
Wolf • MIL 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Halladay • PHI 8
2. Lee • PHI 6
3. Kershaw • LAD 5
4. Carpenter • STL 4
5. Hudson • ARI 3
Cueto • CIN 3
Sánchez • FLA 3
Hamels • PHI 3
9. García • STL 2
Jiménez • COL 2
Jurrjens • ATL 2
Pelfrey • NYM 2
Garza • CHC 2
Vázquez • FLA 2
Nolasco • FLA 2
Wells • CHC 2
Chacín • COL 2
Myers • HOU 2
Morton • PIT 2

Shutouts

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

1. Lee • PHI 6
2. Carpenter • STL 2
García • STL 2
Sánchez • FLA 2
Kershaw • LAD 2
6. Capuano • NYM 1
Chacín • COL 1
Cueto • CIN 1
Gallardo • MIL 1
Halladay • PHI 1
Hernández • WSN 1
Hudson • ATL 1
Jiménez • COL 1
Jurrjens • ATL 1
Karstens • PIT 1
Arroyo • CIN 1
Lincecum • SFG 1
Lohse • STL 1
Maholm • PIT 1
Morton • PIT 1
Nolasco • FLA 1
Vázquez • FLA 1
Vogelsong • SFG 1
Wells • CHC 1
Batista • 2TM 1
Marquis • 2TM 1
Kennedy • ARI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Arroyo • CIN 46
2. Myers • HOU 31
3. Saunders • ARI 29
4. Lilly • LAD 28
5. Capuano • NYM 27
Gallardo • MIL 27
7. Rodríguez • HOU 25
8. Correia • PIT 24
Kuroda • LAD 24
McDonald • PIT 24
Norris • HOU 24

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Chacín • COL 87
2. Lincecum • SFG 86
3. Billingsley • LAD 84
4. Happ • HOU 83
5. Dempster • CHC 82
6. McDonald • PIT 78
7. Morton • PIT 77
8. Lannan • WSN 76
9. Westbrook • STL 73
10. Gee • NYM 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Nolasco • FLA 244
2. Carpenter • STL 243
3. Arroyo • CIN 227
4. Myers • HOU 226
5. Pelfrey • NYM 220
6. Hudson • ARI 217
7. Wolf • MIL 214
8. Lowe • ATL 212
9. Dempster • CHC 211
10. Saunders • ARI 210

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. Halladay • PHI 6.286
2. Lee • PHI 5.667
3. Kershaw • LAD 4.593
4. Greinke • MIL 4.467
5. Hamels • PHI 4.409
6. Bumgarner • SFG 4.152
7. Kennedy • ARI 3.600
8. Gallardo • MIL 3.508
9. Carpenter • STL 3.473
10. Hudson • ARI 3.380

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. Morton • PIT 0.315
2. Cain • SFG 0.365
3. Halladay • PHI 0.385
4. Bumgarner • SFG 0.528
5. Kershaw • LAD 0.579
6. Hudson • ATL 0.586
7. Carpenter • STL 0.607
8. Maholm • PIT 0.610
9. Lincecum • SFG 0.622
10. Garza • CHC 0.636

Losses

Losses

1. Lowe • ATL 17
2. Kuroda • LAD 16
3. Happ • HOU 15
4. Chacín • COL 14
Dempster • CHC 14
Latos • SDP 14
Lilly • LAD 14
Lincecum • SFG 14
Maholm • PIT 14
Myers • HOU 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Arroyo • CIN 112
2. Dempster • CHC 108
3. Myers • HOU 107
Nolasco • FLA 107
5. Lowe • ATL 105
6. Pelfrey • NYM 102
7. Westbrook • STL 95
8. Capuano • NYM 94
9. Happ • HOU 93
10. Carpenter • STL 91

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Rodríguez • WSN 14
2. Gallardo • MIL 12
García • STL 12
Kuroda • LAD 12
5. Beachy • ATL 11
Kennedy • ARI 11
7. Greinke • MIL 10
Hudson • ATL 10
9. Dickey • NYM 9
Lincecum • SFG 9
Morton • PIT 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hudson • ATL 15
2. Gee • NYM 14
3. Morton • PIT 13
Wolf • MIL 13
5. Cueto • CIN 10
6. Cain • SFG 9
Dickey • NYM 9
Frieri • SDP 9
Kennedy • ARI 9
Lilly • LAD 9
Marmól • CHC 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Carpenter • STL 996
2. Halladay • PHI 933
3. Hudson • ARI 921
4. Lee • PHI 920
5. Myers • HOU 917
6. Kershaw • LAD 912
7. Cain • SFG 907
8. Wolf • MIL 903
9. Kennedy • ARI 900
Lincecum • SFG 900

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. Kimbrel • ATL 64
2. Axford • MIL 63
Cordero • CIN 63
4. Marmól • CHC 61
5. Hanrahan • PIT 59
6. Bell • SDP 54
7. Putz • ARI 52
Storen • WSN 52
9. Oviedo • FLA 51
10. Melancon • HOU 47
Street • COL 47

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Halladay • PHI 163
2. Kershaw • LAD 161
3. Lee • PHI 160
4. Hamels • PHI 137
5. Kennedy • ARI 137
6. Vogelsong • SFG 129
7. Lincecum • SFG 127
8. Chacín • COL 126
9. Cain • SFG 121
10. Kuroda • LAD 120

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. Halladay • PHI 2.20
2. Kershaw • LAD 2.47
3. Lee • PHI 2.60
4. Bumgarner • SFG 2.67
5. Cain • SFG 2.91
6. Garza • CHC 2.95
7. Greinke • MIL 2.98
8. Hamels • PHI 3.05
9. Carpenter • STL 3.06
10. Latos • SDP 3.16

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. Halladay • PHI 39
2. Lee • PHI 38
3. Kershaw • LAD 37
4. Kennedy • ARI 27
5. Hamels • PHI 27
6. Cueto • CIN 24
7. O'Flaherty • ATL 23
8. Clippard • WSN 20
9. Venters • ATL 20
10. Lincecum • SFG 19

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. Halladay • PHI 4.4
2. Lee • PHI 4.2
3. Kershaw • LAD 4.1
4. Kennedy • ARI 3.0
5. Hamels • PHI 3.0
6. Cueto • CIN 2.7
7. O'Flaherty • ATL 2.5
8. Clippard • WSN 2.2
9. Venters • ATL 2.1
10. Lincecum • SFG 2.0

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. Halladay • PHI 43.63
2. Lee • PHI 38.97
3. Kershaw • LAD 37.48
4. Kennedy • ARI 31.77
5. Hamels • PHI 30.49
6. Clippard • WSN 27.84
7. Venters • ATL 22.71
8. Cueto • CIN 20.81
9. Lincecum • SFG 20.57
10. O'Flaherty • ATL 19.96

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. Clippard • WSN 5.2
2. Venters • ATL 4.7
3. Kennedy • ARI 4.3
4. Halladay • PHI 4.3
5. Axford • MIL 4.2
6. Lee • PHI 4.1
7. Hamels • PHI 3.9
8. Kershaw • LAD 3.7
9. Putz • ARI 3.2
10. Storen • WSN 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. Kershaw • LAD 4.5
2. Halladay • PHI 3.8
3. Hamels • PHI 3.5
4. Lee • PHI 3.4
5. Cain • SFG 3.2
6. Kennedy • ARI 3.0
7. Cueto • CIN 2.1
8. Venters • ATL 2.0
9. Clippard • WSN 1.9
10. Lincecum • SFG 1.9

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. Venters • ATL 4.0
2. Kennedy • ARI 3.2
3. Axford • MIL 3.1
4. O'Flaherty • ATL 2.9
5. Hamels • PHI 2.6
6. Halladay • PHI 2.3
7. Hanrahan • PIT 2.1
8. López • SFG 1.9
9. Bastardo • PHI 1.9
10. Putz • ARI 1.8

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. Halladay • PHI 5.0
2. Lee • PHI 4.4
3. Kershaw • LAD 4.3
4. Kennedy • ARI 3.5
5. Hamels • PHI 3.4
6. Clippard • WSN 3.0
7. Venters • ATL 2.4
8. Lincecum • SFG 2.3
9. Cueto • CIN 2.2
10. Cain • SFG 2.2

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