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. Kershaw • LAD 8.6
2. McCutchen • PIT 7.8
3. Gómez • MIL 7.6
4. Lee • PHI 6.8
5. Votto • CIN 6.6
6. Fernández • MIA 6.6
7. Carpenter • STL 6.6
8. Wainwright • STL 6.5
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.3
10. Molina • STL 6.2

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. Kershaw • LAD 8.1
2. Lee • PHI 6.6
3. Wainwright • STL 6.3
4. Fernández • MIA 6.2
5. Chacín • COL 5.8
6. Harvey • NYM 5.3
7. Wood • CHC 4.5
8. De La Rosa • COL 4.4
9. Greinke • LAD 4.3
10. Bumgarner • SFG 4.0

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. Kershaw • LAD 1.83
2. Fernández • MIA 2.19
3. Harvey • NYM 2.27
4. Greinke • LAD 2.63
5. Bumgarner • SFG 2.77
6. Lee • PHI 2.87
7. Wainwright • STL 2.94
8. Ryu • LAD 3.00
Strasburg • WSN 3.00
10. Miller • STL 3.06

Wins

Wins

1. Wainwright • STL 19
Zimmermann • WSN 19
3. Kershaw • LAD 16
Liriano • PIT 16
De La Rosa • COL 16
6. Greinke • LAD 15
Lynn • STL 15
Medlen • ATL 15
Miller • STL 15
10. Arroyo • CIN 14
Chacín • COL 14
Corbin • ARI 14
Latos • CIN 14
Leake • CIN 14
Lee • PHI 14
Ryu • LAD 14
Teheran • ATL 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. Greinke • LAD .789
2. De La Rosa • COL .727
3. Zimmermann • WSN .679
Wainwright • STL .679
5. Liriano • PIT .667
Leake • CIN .667
Latos • CIN .667
Fernández • MIA .667
9. Kershaw • LAD .640
10. Lee • PHI .636
Corbin • ARI .636
Ryu • LAD .636
Teheran • ATL .636

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 0.915
2. Harvey • NYM 0.931
3. Fernández • MIA 0.979
4. Lee • PHI 1.010
5. Bumgarner • SFG 1.033
6. Strasburg • WSN 1.049
7. Wainwright • STL 1.068
8. Zimmermann • WSN 1.088
9. Minor • ATL 1.090
10. Greinke • LAD 1.114

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Fernández • MIA 5.786
2. Kershaw • LAD 6.254
3. Bumgarner • SFG 6.526
4. Strasburg • WSN 6.689
5. Harvey • NYM 6.813
6. Wood • CHC 7.335
7. Greinke • LAD 7.700
8. Cain • SFG 7.714
9. Cashner • SDP 7.766
10. Gonzalez • WSN 7.773

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. Lee • PHI 1.293
2. Wainwright • STL 1.303
3. Arroyo • CIN 1.515
4. Harvey • NYM 1.564
5. Lohse • MIL 1.631
6. Haren • WSN 1.644
7. Zimmermann • WSN 1.688
8. Stults • SDP 1.768
9. Kershaw • LAD 1.983
10. Minor • ATL 2.023

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Burnett • PIT 9.848
2. Fernández • MIA 9.747
3. Harvey • NYM 9.639
4. Strasburg • WSN 9.393
5. Samardzija • CHC 9.014
6. Lee • PHI 8.973
7. Bumgarner • SFG 8.896
8. Kershaw • LAD 8.847
9. Lynn • STL 8.836
10. Gonzalez • WSN 8.831

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ziegler • ARI 78
2. Belisario • LAD 77
3. Rodríguez • LAD 76
4. Avilán • ATL 75
Dunn • MIA 75
Gonzalez • MIL 75
Jansen • LAD 75
López • COL 75
Axford • 2TM 75
10. Rosenthal • STL 74
Russell • CHC 74

Saves

Saves

1. Kimbrel • ATL 50
2. Soriano • WSN 43
3. Romo • SFG 38
Chapman • CIN 38
5. Mujica • STL 37
6. Cishek • MIA 34
7. Street • SDP 33
Gregg • CHC 33
Grilli • PIT 33
10. Papelbon • PHI 29

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Wainwright • STL 241.2
2. Kershaw • LAD 236.0
3. Lee • PHI 222.2
4. Hamels • PHI 220.0
5. Samardzija • CHC 213.2
6. Zimmermann • WSN 213.1
7. Latos • CIN 210.2
8. Bailey • CIN 209.0
9. Corbin • ARI 208.1
10. Minor • ATL 204.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Kershaw • LAD 232
2. Lee • PHI 222
3. Wainwright • STL 219
4. Samardzija • CHC 214
5. Burnett • PIT 209
6. Hamels • PHI 202
7. Bailey • CIN 199
Bumgarner • SFG 199
9. Lynn • STL 198
10. Lincecum • SFG 193

Games Started

Games Started

1. Wainwright • STL 34
2. Hamels • PHI 33
Kershaw • LAD 33
Lynn • STL 33
Miley • ARI 33
Samardzija • CHC 33
Stults • SDP 33
Nolasco • 2TM 33
9. Arroyo • CIN 32
Bailey • CIN 32
Corbin • ARI 32
Gee • NYM 32
Gonzalez • WSN 32
Latos • CIN 32
Lincecum • SFG 32
Lohse • MIL 32
Minor • ATL 32
Peralta • MIL 32
Wood • CHC 32
Zimmermann • WSN 32
Vólquez • 2TM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Wainwright • STL 5
2. Zimmermann • WSN 4
3. Corbin • ARI 3
Kershaw • LAD 3
5. Arroyo • CIN 2
Stults • SDP 2
Samardzija • CHC 2
Ryu • LAD 2
Peralta • MIL 2
McCarthy • ARI 2
Lohse • MIL 2
Liriano • PIT 2
Lee • PHI 2
Kendrick • PHI 2
Bailey • CIN 2
Gee • NYM 2

Shutouts

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

1. Wainwright • STL 2
Kershaw • LAD 2
Zimmermann • WSN 2
4. Arroyo • CIN 1
Bailey • CIN 1
Cashner • SDP 1
Delgado • ARI 1
Gonzalez • WSN 1
Greinke • LAD 1
Harvey • NYM 1
Kendrick • PHI 1
Lee • PHI 1
Lincecum • SFG 1
Álvarez • MIA 1
McCarthy • ARI 1
Miller • STL 1
Niese • NYM 1
Peralta • MIL 1
Petit • SFG 1
Ryu • LAD 1
Samardzija • CHC 1
Strasburg • WSN 1
Westbrook • STL 1
Lohse • MIL 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Arroyo • CIN 32
2. Haren • WSN 28
3. Kennedy • 2TM 27
4. Lohse • MIL 26
5. Samardzija • CHC 25
6. Delgado • ARI 24
Gee • NYM 24
8. Cain • SFG 23
9. Lee • PHI 22
Minor • ATL 22
Teheran • ATL 22

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Locke • PIT 84
2. Samardzija • CHC 78
3. Vólquez • 2TM 77
4. Gonzalez • WSN 76
Lincecum • SFG 76
Lynn • STL 76
7. Peralta • MIL 73
Kennedy • 2TM 73
9. Marquis • SDP 68
10. Burnett • PIT 67

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wainwright • STL 223
2. Stults • SDP 219
3. Samardzija • CHC 210
4. Gee • NYM 208
5. Kendrick • PHI 207
6. Hamels • PHI 205
7. Miley • ARI 201
8. Arroyo • CIN 199
9. Jackson • CHC 197
Latos • CIN 197

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. Lee • PHI 6.938
2. Wainwright • STL 6.257
3. Harvey • NYM 6.161
4. Haren • WSN 4.871
5. Kershaw • LAD 4.462
6. Hamels • PHI 4.040
7. Zimmermann • WSN 4.025
8. Minor • ATL 3.935
9. Teheran • ATL 3.778
10. Bailey • CIN 3.685

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. Harvey • NYM 0.353
2. Kershaw • LAD 0.419
3. Chacín • COL 0.502
4. Burnett • PIT 0.518
5. Fernández • MIA 0.521
6. Wainwright • STL 0.559
7. De La Rosa • COL 0.590
8. Locke • PIT 0.595
9. Latos • CIN 0.598
10. Cashner • SDP 0.617

Losses

Losses

1. Jackson • CHC 18
2. Peralta • MIL 15
3. Hamels • PHI 14
Haren • WSN 14
Lincecum • SFG 14
6. Kendrick • PHI 13
Samardzija • CHC 13
Stults • SDP 13
9. Arroyo • CIN 12
Bailey • CIN 12
Medlen • ATL 12
Wood • CHC 12
Vólquez • 2TM 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Vólquez • 2TM 108
2. Samardzija • CHC 103
3. Kennedy • 2TM 99
4. Jackson • CHC 97
5. Lincecum • SFG 96
6. Kendrick • PHI 95
7. Nicasio • COL 90
8. Lynn • STL 89
Peralta • MIL 89
Stults • SDP 89

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cahill • ARI 17
2. Vólquez • 2TM 16
3. Jackson • CHC 14
4. Corbin • ARI 13
Miley • ARI 13
6. Burnett • PIT 12
Kershaw • LAD 12
Peralta • MIL 12
9. Lincecum • SFG 11
Samardzija • CHC 11
Turner • MIA 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Morton • PIT 16
2. Teheran • ATL 13
3. Strasburg • WSN 12
Kennedy • 2TM 12
5. Lynn • STL 11
6. Bailey • CIN 10
Halladay • PHI 10
Latos • CIN 10
Maholm • ATL 10
Westbrook • STL 10
Nolasco • 2TM 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Wainwright • STL 956
2. Samardzija • CHC 914
3. Kershaw • LAD 908
4. Hamels • PHI 905
5. Latos • CIN 881
6. Lee • PHI 876
7. Zimmermann • WSN 865
8. Corbin • ARI 860
9. Stults • SDP 857
10. Lynn • STL 856

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. Cishek • MIA 62
2. Kimbrel • ATL 60
3. Soriano • WSN 58
4. Chapman • CIN 55
5. Papelbon • PHI 54
6. Gregg • CHC 52
Romo • SFG 52
Street • SDP 52
9. Mujica • STL 49
10. Henderson • MIL 45
Jansen • LAD 45

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 194
2. Fernández • MIA 176
3. Harvey • NYM 157
4. Greinke • LAD 135
5. Lee • PHI 131
6. Chacín • COL 129
7. De La Rosa • COL 128
8. Wainwright • STL 127
9. Strasburg • WSN 126
10. Bumgarner • SFG 124

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. Harvey • NYM 2.01
2. Kershaw • LAD 2.39
3. Wainwright • STL 2.55
4. Fernández • MIA 2.73
5. Burnett • PIT 2.80
6. Lee • PHI 2.82
7. Bumgarner • SFG 3.05
8. Latos • CIN 3.10
9. Strasburg • WSN 3.21
10. Greinke • LAD 3.23

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. Kershaw • LAD 46
2. Fernández • MIA 30
3. Harvey • NYM 28
4. Wainwright • STL 23
5. Lee • PHI 22
6. Greinke • LAD 20
7. Kimbrel • ATL 19
8. Chacín • COL 18
9. Wood • CHC 17
10. Melancon • PIT 17

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.4
2. Fernández • MIA 3.5
3. Harvey • NYM 3.2
4. Wainwright • STL 2.5
5. Lee • PHI 2.4
6. Greinke • LAD 2.3
7. Kimbrel • ATL 2.0
8. Chacín • COL 2.0
9. Wood • CHC 1.9
10. Melancon • PIT 1.8

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. Kershaw • LAD 47.79
2. Fernández • MIA 33.13
3. Harvey • NYM 29.61
4. Wainwright • STL 26.18
5. Bumgarner • SFG 24.14
6. Lee • PHI 24.08
7. Greinke • LAD 21.01
8. Ryu • LAD 20.68
9. Jansen • LAD 20.23
10. Kimbrel • ATL 20.08

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. Kershaw • LAD 4.9
2. Ziegler • ARI 3.8
3. Jansen • LAD 3.7
4. Fernández • MIA 3.7
5. Brothers • COL 3.2
6. Avilán • ATL 3.1
7. Melancon • PIT 3.0
8. Greinke • LAD 2.9
9. Harvey • NYM 2.9
10. Mujica • STL 2.8

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 5.5
2. Harvey • NYM 4.0
3. Fernández • MIA 3.8
4. Bumgarner • SFG 3.0
5. Lee • PHI 2.8
6. Wainwright • STL 2.7
7. Strasburg • WSN 2.5
8. Greinke • LAD 2.1
9. Wood • CHC 2.1
10. Chacín • COL 1.8

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. Kershaw • LAD 2.6
2. Corbin • ARI 2.4
3. Ziegler • ARI 2.3
4. Liriano • PIT 2.0
5. Watson • PIT 2.0
6. Jansen • LAD 2.0
7. Mujica • STL 1.8
8. Avilán • ATL 1.8
9. Wainwright • STL 1.7
10. Brothers • COL 1.6

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.7
2. Fernández • MIA 3.7
3. Harvey • NYM 3.5
4. Wainwright • STL 2.9
5. Bumgarner • SFG 2.8
6. Lee • PHI 2.7
7. Greinke • LAD 2.4
8. Ryu • LAD 2.3
9. Jansen • LAD 2.2
10. Kimbrel • ATL 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