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2012 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: MLB, AL

Pennant Winner: San Francisco Giants

NL Most Valuable Player: Buster Posey

NL Cy Young: R.A. Dickey

NL Rookie of the Year: Bryce Harper

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National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Posey • SFG 7.5

2. Molina • STL 7.2

3. Wright • NYM 7.1

4. McCutchen • PIT 6.9

5. Braun • MIL 6.9

6. Kershaw • LAD 6.8

7. Headley • SDP 6.3

8. Bourn • ATL 6.0

9. Votto • CIN 5.9

10. Dickey • NYM 5.8

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Kershaw • LAD 6.4

2. Dickey • NYM 5.7

3. Cueto • CIN 5.2

4. Gonzalez • WSN 5.0

5. Zimmermann • WSN 4.9

6. Hamels • PHI 4.5

7. Medlen • ATL 4.4

8. Lee • PHI 4.4

9. Buehrle • MIA 4.2

10. Lohse • STL 4.0

Earned Run Average

9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Kershaw • LAD 2.53

2. Dickey • NYM 2.73

3. Cueto • CIN 2.78

4. Cain • SFG 2.79

5. Lohse • STL 2.86

6. Gonzalez • WSN 2.89

7. Zimmermann • WSN 2.94

8. Hamels • PHI 3.05

9. Lee • PHI 3.16

10. Miley • ARI 3.33

Wins

1. Gonzalez • WSN 21

2. Dickey • NYM 20

3. Cueto • CIN 19

4. Lynn • STL 18

5. Hamels • PHI 17

6. Bumgarner • SFG 16

Burnett • PIT 16

Cain • SFG 16

Gallardo • MIL 16

Hudson • ATL 16

Lohse • STL 16

Miley • ARI 16

Win-Loss %

Win-Loss Percentage W / (W + L) For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games. For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Lohse • STL .842

2. Latos • CIN .778

3. Dickey • NYM .769

4. Cain • SFG .762

5. Hamels • PHI .739

6. Gonzalez • WSN .724

7. Lynn • STL .720

8. Strasburg • WSN .714

9. Hudson • ATL .696

10. Cueto • CIN .679

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 1.023

2. Cain • SFG 1.040

3. Dickey • NYM 1.053

4. Lohse • STL 1.090

5. Bumgarner • SFG 1.114

6. Lee • PHI 1.114

7. Hamels • PHI 1.124

8. Gonzalez • WSN 1.129

9. Minor • ATL 1.154

10. Latos • CIN 1.161

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 6.720

2. Gonzalez • WSN 6.727

3. Cain • SFG 7.263

4. Dickey • NYM 7.395

5. Minor • ATL 7.578

6. Latos • CIN 7.696

7. McDonald • PIT 7.737

8. Vólquez • SDP 7.883

9. Bumgarner • SFG 7.906

10. Hamels • PHI 7.941

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Lee • PHI 1.194

2. Arroyo • CIN 1.559

3. Blanton • 2TM 1.602

4. Lohse • STL 1.621

5. Miley • ARI 1.711

6. Richard • SDP 1.729

7. Buehrle • MIA 1.779

8. Zimmermann • WSN 1.978

9. Cueto • CIN 2.032

10. Leake • CIN 2.061

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Gonzalez • WSN 9.346

2. Samardzija • CHC 9.275

3. Lynn • STL 9.205

4. Lincecum • SFG 9.194

5. Kershaw • LAD 9.053

6. Hamels • PHI 9.028

7. Gallardo • MIL 9.000

8. Dickey • NYM 8.859

9. Lee • PHI 8.829

10. Norris • HOU 8.822

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Belisle • COL 80

Camp • CHC 80

Choate • 2TM 80

4. Boggs • STL 78

Rodríguez • MIL 78

6. Gregerson • SDP 77

Russell • CHC 77

Wright • HOU 77

Ziegler • ARI 77

10. Durbin • ATL 76

Saves

1. Motte • STL 42

Kimbrel • ATL 42

3. Chapman • CIN 38

Papelbon • PHI 38

5. Hanrahan • PIT 36

6. Axford • MIL 35

7. Clippard • WSN 32

Putz • ARI 32

9. Betancourt • COL 31

10. Jansen • LAD 25

Casilla • SFG 25

Innings Pitched

1. Dickey • NYM 233.2

2. Kershaw • LAD 227.2

3. Cain • SFG 219.1

4. Richard • SDP 218.2

5. Cueto • CIN 217.0

6. Hamels • PHI 215.1

7. Lee • PHI 211.0

Lohse • STL 211.0

9. Latos • CIN 209.1

10. Bumgarner • SFG 208.1

Kennedy • ARI 208.1

Strikeouts

1. Dickey • NYM 230

2. Kershaw • LAD 229

3. Hamels • PHI 216

4. Gonzalez • WSN 207

Lee • PHI 207

6. Gallardo • MIL 204

7. Strasburg • WSN 197

8. Cain • SFG 193

9. Bumgarner • SFG 191

10. Lincecum • SFG 190

Games Started

1. Bailey • CIN 33

Capuano • LAD 33

Cueto • CIN 33

Dickey • NYM 33

Gallardo • MIL 33

Kennedy • ARI 33

Kershaw • LAD 33

Latos • CIN 33

Lincecum • SFG 33

Lohse • STL 33

Richard • SDP 33

Rodríguez • 2TM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Dickey • NYM 5

2. Nolasco • MIA 3

Wainwright • STL 3

4. Hamels • PHI 2

Medlen • ATL 2

Leake • CIN 2

Latos • CIN 2

Kershaw • LAD 2

Santana • NYM 2

Gonzalez • WSN 2

Cueto • CIN 2

Cain • SFG 2

Cahill • ARI 2

Bumgarner • SFG 2

Blanton • 2TM 2

Bailey • CIN 2

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Dickey • NYM 3

2. Wainwright • STL 2

Cain • SFG 2

Hamels • PHI 2

Santana • NYM 2

Kershaw • LAD 2

Nolasco • MIA 2

8. Lyles • HOU 1

Bailey • CIN 1

Kendrick • PHI 1

Hudson • ATL 1

Harrell • HOU 1

Gonzalez • WSN 1

Cahill • ARI 1

Burnett • PIT 1

Bumgarner • SFG 1

Beachy • ATL 1

Marquis • SDP 1

Medlen • ATL 1

Richard • SDP 1

Saunders • ARI 1

Vólquez • SDP 1

Zambrano • MIA 1

Zito • SFG 1

Blanton • 2TM 1

Arroyo • CIN 1

Maholm • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Richard • SDP 31

2. Blanton • 2TM 29

3. Kennedy • ARI 28

4. Hanson • ATL 27

5. Arroyo • CIN 26

Bailey • CIN 26

Buehrle • MIA 26

Gallardo • MIL 26

Leake • CIN 26

Lee • PHI 26

Minor • ATL 26

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Vólquez • SDP 105

2. Lincecum • SFG 90

3. Harang • LAD 85

4. Gallardo • MIL 81

5. Harrell • HOU 78

6. Gonzalez • WSN 76

7. Zambrano • MIA 75

8. Cahill • ARI 74

9. Hanson • ATL 71

10. Zito • SFG 70

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Richard • SDP 228

2. Kennedy • ARI 216

3. Nolasco • MIA 214

4. Arroyo • CIN 209

5. Lee • PHI 207

Blanton • 2TM 207

7. Bailey • CIN 206

8. Cueto • CIN 205

Rodríguez • 2TM 205

10. Leake • CIN 201

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

SO/W or SO/BB For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP per team game played. No batting leaders computed.

1. Lee • PHI 7.393

2. Blanton • 2TM 4.882

3. Dickey • NYM 4.259

4. Hamels • PHI 4.154

5. Bumgarner • SFG 3.898

6. Miley • ARI 3.892

7. Cain • SFG 3.784

8. Lohse • STL 3.763

9. Arroyo • CIN 3.686

10. Kershaw • LAD 3.635

Home Runs per 9 IP

9 x HR / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Gonzalez • WSN 0.406

2. Hudson • ATL 0.603

3. Harrell • HOU 0.604

4. Westbrook • STL 0.618

5. Cueto • CIN 0.622

6. Kershaw • LAD 0.633

7. Miley • ARI 0.647

8. Johnson • MIA 0.659

9. Wainwright • STL 0.680

10. Vólquez • SDP 0.690

Losses

1. Lincecum • SFG 15

2. Bédard • PIT 14

Johnson • MIA 14

Richard • SDP 14

5. Buehrle • MIA 13

Nolasco • MIA 13

Norris • HOU 13

Samardzija • CHC 13

Wainwright • STL 13

Wood • CHC 13

Blanton • 2TM 13

Eovaldi • 2TM 13

Rodríguez • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lincecum • SFG 107

2. Blanton • 2TM 100

3. Richard • SDP 97

4. Nolasco • MIA 95

5. Kennedy • ARI 93

6. Leake • CIN 91

7. Wolf • MIL 90

8. Hanson • ATL 87

Norris • HOU 87

Wainwright • STL 87

Wild Pitches

1. Lincecum • SFG 17

2. García • STL 12

3. Axford • MIL 10

Burnett • PIT 10

Cahill • ARI 10

Gonzalez • WSN 10

Harrell • HOU 10

Rodriguez • HOU 10

Rodríguez • WSN 10

Samardzija • CHC 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kennedy • ARI 14

2. Cueto • CIN 12

3. Cahill • ARI 11

Maholm • 2TM 11

5. Lynn • STL 10

Zambrano • MIA 10

7. Burnett • PIT 9

Cain • SFG 9

Dickey • NYM 9

Hudson • ATL 9

Vólquez • SDP 9

Batters Faced

1. Dickey • NYM 927

2. Richard • SDP 910

3. Kershaw • LAD 901

4. Kennedy • ARI 899

5. Cueto • CIN 888

6. Cain • SFG 876

7. Rodríguez • 2TM 875

8. Bailey • CIN 874

9. Hamels • PHI 867

10. Lohse • STL 864

Games Finished

Games Finished Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game. Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Papelbon • PHI 64

2. Motte • STL 58

3. Hanrahan • PIT 57

4. Kimbrel • ATL 56

5. Axford • MIL 54

6. Betancourt • COL 53

7. Chapman • CIN 52

Putz • ARI 52

9. Marmól • CHC 47

10. Clippard • WSN 42

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Kershaw • LAD 150

2. Cueto • CIN 148

3. Dickey • NYM 139

4. Gonzalez • WSN 138

5. Zimmermann • WSN 136

6. Lohse • STL 133

7. Hamels • PHI 132

8. Lee • PHI 128

9. Cain • SFG 126

10. Miley • ARI 122

Fielding Independent Pitching

Fielding Independent Pitching this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO <tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg</tt> The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Gonzalez • WSN 2.82

2. Kershaw • LAD 2.89

3. Wainwright • STL 3.10

4. Lee • PHI 3.13

5. Miley • ARI 3.15

6. Cueto • CIN 3.27

7. Dickey • NYM 3.27

8. Hamels • PHI 3.30

9. Cain • SFG 3.40

10. Johnson • MIA 3.40

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adjusted Pitching Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Medlen • ATL 37

2. Kershaw • LAD 33

3. Cueto • CIN 31

4. Dickey • NYM 29

5. Gonzalez • WSN 25

6. Zimmermann • WSN 23

7. Hamels • PHI 23

8. Lohse • STL 23

9. Kimbrel • ATL 21

10. Lee • PHI 21

Adj. Pitching Wins

Adjusted Pitching Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his arm. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Medlen • ATL 4.0

2. Kershaw • LAD 3.6

3. Cueto • CIN 3.4

4. Dickey • NYM 3.1

5. Gonzalez • WSN 2.6

6. Zimmermann • WSN 2.5

7. Hamels • PHI 2.5

8. Lohse • STL 2.4

9. Dempster • CHC 2.3

10. Lee • PHI 2.2

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Saved Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Kershaw • LAD 38.92

2. Medlen • ATL 36.84

3. Cueto • CIN 32.33

4. Dickey • NYM 29.84

5. Gonzalez • WSN 26.94

6. Lohse • STL 25.97

7. Zimmermann • WSN 24.65

8. Hamels • PHI 23.81

9. Kimbrel • ATL 23.77

10. Chapman • CIN 22.50

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Kimbrel • ATL 4.4

2. Kershaw • LAD 3.7

3. Medlen • ATL 3.6

4. Lohse • STL 3.2

5. Cueto • CIN 3.0

6. Chapman • CIN 2.9

7. O'Flaherty • ATL 2.8

8. Cishek • MIA 2.7

9. Gonzalez • WSN 2.7

10. Hamels • PHI 2.6

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Medlen • ATL 4.1

2. Kershaw • LAD 4.1

3. Gonzalez • WSN 3.4

4. Cueto • CIN 2.9

5. Hamels • PHI 2.5

6. Latos • CIN 2.4

7. Dickey • NYM 2.4

8. Chapman • CIN 2.3

9. Kimbrel • ATL 2.2

10. Lee • PHI 2.1

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Kershaw • LAD 2.9

2. Kimbrel • ATL 2.5

3. Lohse • STL 2.4

4. Medlen • ATL 2.3

5. Cueto • CIN 2.2

6. Belisario • LAD 2.0

7. Hanrahan • PIT 1.9

8. O'Flaherty • ATL 1.9

9. Chapman • CIN 1.8

10. League • LAD 1.8

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

Base-Out Wins Saved This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Kershaw • LAD 4.4

2. Medlen • ATL 3.9

3. Cueto • CIN 3.4

4. Dickey • NYM 3.3

5. Gonzalez • WSN 2.9

6. Lohse • STL 2.8

7. Zimmermann • WSN 2.6

8. Hamels • PHI 2.5

9. Kimbrel • ATL 2.5

10. Cain • SFG 2.5

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