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2016 National League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Chicago Cubs

NL Most Valuable Player: Kris Bryant

NL Cy Young: Max Scherzer

NL Rookie of the Year: Corey Seager

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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. Bryant • CHC 7.2

2. Segura • ARI 6.6

3. Scherzer • WSN 6.4

4. Freeman • ATL 6.2

5. Martínez • STL 6.1

6. Kershaw • LAD 6.1

7. Rizzo • CHC 5.8

8. Syndergaard • NYM 5.7

9. Arenado • COL 5.7

10. Bumgarner • SFG 5.6

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. Scherzer • WSN 6.3

2. Kershaw • LAD 5.8

3. Martínez • STL 5.7

4. Lester • CHC 5.6

5. Roark • WSN 5.5

6. Cueto • SFG 5.4

7. Hendricks • CHC 5.3

8. Syndergaard • NYM 5.0

9. Bumgarner • SFG 4.8

10. Teheran • ATL 4.7

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. Hendricks • CHC 2.13

2. Lester • CHC 2.44

3. Syndergaard • NYM 2.60

4. Bumgarner • SFG 2.74

5. Cueto • SFG 2.79

6. Roark • WSN 2.83

7. Fernández • MIA 2.86

8. Scherzer • WSN 2.96

9. Martínez • STL 3.04

10. Arrieta • CHC 3.10

Wins

1. Scherzer • WSN 20

2. Lester • CHC 19

3. Arrieta • CHC 18

Cueto • SFG 18

5. Fernández • MIA 16

Hendricks • CHC 16

Maeda • LAD 16

Martínez • STL 16

Roark • WSN 16

10. Bumgarner • SFG 15

Colón • NYM 15

Hammel • CHC 15

Strasburg • WSN 15

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. Lester • CHC .792

2. Strasburg • WSN .789

3. Cueto • SFG .783

4. Kershaw • LAD .750

5. Scherzer • WSN .741

6. Arrieta • CHC .692

7. Hendricks • CHC .667

Fernández • MIA .667

9. Colón • NYM .652

10. Greinke • ARI .650

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 0.968

2. Hendricks • CHC 0.979

3. Lester • CHC 1.016

4. Bumgarner • SFG 1.028

5. Teheran • ATL 1.053

6. Lackey • CHC 1.057

7. Arrieta • CHC 1.084

8. Cueto • SFG 1.093

9. Fernández • MIA 1.119

10. Maeda • LAD 1.139

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Arrieta • CHC 6.294

2. Scherzer • WSN 6.504

3. Hendricks • CHC 6.726

4. Lester • CHC 6.839

5. Lackey • CHC 6.977

6. Bumgarner • SFG 7.107

7. Straily • CIN 7.244

8. Fernández • MIA 7.355

9. Roark • WSN 7.414

10. Teheran • ATL 7.516

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Colón • NYM 1.503

2. Leake • STL 1.528

3. Cueto • SFG 1.844

4. Eickhoff • PHI 1.916

5. Teheran • ATL 1.963

6. Hendricks • CHC 2.084

7. Davies • MIL 2.094

8. Syndergaard • NYM 2.107

9. Hellickson • PHI 2.143

10. Bumgarner • SFG 2.144

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Fernández • MIA 12.488

2. Ray • ARI 11.254

3. Scherzer • WSN 11.194

4. Syndergaard • NYM 10.682

5. Bumgarner • SFG 9.966

6. Gray • COL 9.911

7. Maeda • LAD 9.171

8. Lester • CHC 8.748

9. Gonzalez • WSN 8.679

10. Arrieta • CHC 8.666

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Hand • SDP 82

2. Reed • NYM 80

3. Delgado • ARI 79

Neris • PHI 79

5. Familia • NYM 78

6. Wood • CHC 77

7. Oh • STL 76

8. Barraclough • MIA 75

Blanton • LAD 75

Melancon • 2TM 75

Vazquez • 2TM 75

Saves

1. Familia • NYM 51

2. Jansen • LAD 47

Melancon • 2TM 47

4. Ramos • MIA 40

5. Gómez • PHI 37

6. Casilla • SFG 31

7. Jeffress • MIL 27

8. Rodney • 2TM 25

9. Johnson • ATL 20

10. Papelbon • WSN 19

Oh • STL 19

Innings Pitched

1. Scherzer • WSN 228.1

2. Bumgarner • SFG 226.2

3. Cueto • SFG 219.2

4. Roark • WSN 210.0

5. Samardzija • SFG 203.1

6. Lester • CHC 202.2

7. Wainwright • STL 198.2

8. Arrieta • CHC 197.1

Eickhoff • PHI 197.1

10. Martínez • STL 195.1

Strikeouts

1. Scherzer • WSN 284

2. Fernández • MIA 253

3. Bumgarner • SFG 251

4. Ray • ARI 218

Syndergaard • NYM 218

6. Cueto • SFG 198

7. Lester • CHC 197

8. Arrieta • CHC 190

9. Gray • COL 185

10. Strasburg • WSN 183

Games Started

1. Bumgarner • SFG 34

Scherzer • WSN 34

3. Colón • NYM 33

Eickhoff • PHI 33

Koehler • MIA 33

Roark • WSN 33

Wainwright • STL 33

8. Bettis • COL 32

Cueto • SFG 32

Gonzalez • WSN 32

Hellickson • PHI 32

Lester • CHC 32

Maeda • LAD 32

Nelson • MIL 32

Ray • ARI 32

Samardzija • SFG 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Cueto • SFG 5

2. Bumgarner • SFG 4

3. Nova • PIT 3

Kershaw • LAD 3

5. Eflin • PHI 2

Hendricks • CHC 2

Lester • CHC 2

8. Bettis • COL 1

Cole • PIT 1

deGrom • NYM 1

DeSclafani • CIN 1

Finnegan • CIN 1

García • STL 1

Gray • COL 1

Greinke • ARI 1

Arrieta • CHC 1

Locke • PIT 1

Miller • ARI 1

Perdomo • SDP 1

Samardzija • SFG 1

Scherzer • WSN 1

Teheran • ATL 1

Velasquez • PHI 1

Wainwright • STL 1

Hellickson • PHI 1

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Kershaw • LAD 3

2. Cueto • SFG 2

3. Bettis • COL 1

Bumgarner • SFG 1

deGrom • NYM 1

DeSclafani • CIN 1

Eflin • PHI 1

García • STL 1

Gray • COL 1

Arrieta • CHC 1

Hellickson • PHI 1

Hendricks • CHC 1

Locke • PIT 1

Miller • ARI 1

Teheran • ATL 1

Velasquez • PHI 1

Wainwright • STL 1

Greinke • ARI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Scherzer • WSN 31

Straily • CIN 31

3. Eickhoff • PHI 30

4. Finnegan • CIN 29

5. Anderson • MIL 28

6. Bumgarner • SFG 26

García • STL 26

Wisler • ATL 26

9. Hammel • CHC 25

Nelson • MIL 25

Niese • 2TM 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Nelson • MIL 86

2. Finnegan • CIN 84

3. Koehler • MIA 83

4. Arrieta • CHC 76

5. Roark • WSN 73

Straily • CIN 73

7. Ray • ARI 71

8. Chatwood • COL 70

Martínez • STL 70

10. Liriano • PIT 69

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wainwright • STL 220

2. Bettis • COL 204

3. Leake • STL 203

4. Colón • NYM 200

5. Cueto • SFG 195

6. Samardzija • SFG 190

7. Eickhoff • PHI 187

Perdomo • SDP 187

9. Nelson • MIL 186

10. Ray • ARI 185

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. Scherzer • WSN 5.071

2. Syndergaard • NYM 5.070

3. Bumgarner • SFG 4.648

4. Fernández • MIA 4.600

5. Cueto • SFG 4.400

6. Leake • STL 4.167

7. Teheran • ATL 4.073

8. Colón • NYM 4.000

9. Eickhoff • PHI 3.976

10. Hendricks • CHC 3.864

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Syndergaard • NYM 0.539

2. Cueto • SFG 0.615

3. Fernández • MIA 0.642

4. Martínez • STL 0.691

5. Hendricks • CHC 0.711

6. Roark • WSN 0.729

7. Arrieta • CHC 0.730

8. Lester • CHC 0.933

9. Gonzalez • WSN 0.964

Gray • COL 0.964

Losses

1. Nelson • MIL 16

2. Ray • ARI 15

3. Eickhoff • PHI 14

4. Corbin • ARI 13

García • STL 13

Koehler • MIA 13

Wisler • ATL 13

8. Friedrich • SDP 12

Leake • STL 12

Miller • ARI 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Wainwright • STL 102

2. Bettis • COL 99

3. Ray • ARI 95

4. Perdomo • SDP 93

5. Leake • STL 92

Nelson • MIL 92

7. Gonzalez • WSN 90

8. Corbin • ARI 89

García • STL 89

10. Wisler • ATL 87

Wild Pitches

1. Arrieta • CHC 16

2. Foltynewicz • ATL 13

3. Niese • 2TM 11

4. Perdomo • SDP 10

Syndergaard • NYM 10

6. Conley • MIA 9

Corbin • ARI 9

Fernández • MIA 9

Hammel • CHC 9

Koehler • MIA 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Nelson • MIL 17

2. Roark • WSN 13

3. Gray • COL 12

4. Conley • MIA 11

Martínez • STL 11

Straily • CIN 11

7. Gonzalez • WSN 9

Hammel • CHC 9

Lackey • CHC 9

Teheran • ATL 9

Batters Faced

1. Bumgarner • SFG 912

2. Scherzer • WSN 902

3. Cueto • SFG 881

4. Roark • WSN 855

5. Wainwright • STL 847

6. Samardzija • SFG 829

7. Bettis • COL 814

8. Eickhoff • PHI 811

9. Martínez • STL 809

10. Nelson • MIL 807

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. Familia • NYM 67

Melancon • 2TM 67

3. Jansen • LAD 63

4. Gómez • PHI 59

5. Ramos • MIA 52

6. Casilla • SFG 44

7. Rodney • 2TM 41

8. Jeffress • MIL 40

9. Johnson • ATL 36

Maurer • SDP 36

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Hendricks • CHC 196

2. Lester • CHC 171

3. Syndergaard • NYM 155

4. Roark • WSN 151

5. Bumgarner • SFG 146

6. Scherzer • WSN 144

7. Cueto • SFG 144

8. Fernández • MIA 137

9. Arrieta • CHC 135

10. Martínez • STL 133

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. Syndergaard • NYM 2.29

2. Fernández • MIA 2.30

3. Cueto • SFG 2.95

4. Hendricks • CHC 3.20

5. Scherzer • WSN 3.24

6. Bumgarner • SFG 3.24

7. Lester • CHC 3.41

8. Arrieta • CHC 3.52

9. Maeda • LAD 3.58

10. Gray • COL 3.60

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. Hendricks • CHC 41

2. Lester • CHC 40

3. Kershaw • LAD 40

4. Scherzer • WSN 34

5. Roark • WSN 33

6. Cueto • SFG 32

7. Bumgarner • SFG 31

8. Syndergaard • NYM 28

9. Arrieta • CHC 24

10. Martínez • STL 24

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. Hendricks • CHC 4.5

Kershaw • LAD 4.5

3. Lester • CHC 4.3

4. Scherzer • WSN 3.6

5. Roark • WSN 3.4

6. Cueto • SFG 3.4

7. Bumgarner • SFG 3.3

8. Syndergaard • NYM 3.0

9. Arrieta • CHC 2.6

10. Martínez • STL 2.5

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. Hendricks • CHC 43.25

2. Kershaw • LAD 42.30

3. Lester • CHC 42.09

4. Scherzer • WSN 36.91

5. Cueto • SFG 34.80

6. Roark • WSN 31.62

7. Bumgarner • SFG 29.72

8. Syndergaard • NYM 29.35

9. Arrieta • CHC 27.85

10. Martínez • STL 25.40

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. Lester • CHC 5.0

2. Cueto • SFG 4.9

3. Kershaw • LAD 4.8

4. Hendricks • CHC 4.3

5. Scherzer • WSN 4.2

6. Melancon • 2TM 3.5

7. Fernández • MIA 3.4

8. Roark • WSN 3.4

9. Bumgarner • SFG 3.2

10. Syndergaard • NYM 2.9

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.0

2. Hendricks • CHC 4.5

3. Scherzer • WSN 4.1

4. Cueto • SFG 3.6

5. Lester • CHC 3.6

6. Bumgarner • SFG 3.1

7. Arrieta • CHC 3.0

8. Fernández • MIA 2.8

9. Roark • WSN 2.7

10. Syndergaard • NYM 2.7

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. Cueto • SFG 4.3

2. Kershaw • LAD 3.0

3. Scherzer • WSN 2.5

4. Bumgarner • SFG 2.1

5. Fernández • MIA 2.0

6. Roark • WSN 1.9

7. Syndergaard • NYM 1.8

8. Oh • STL 1.8

9. Jansen • LAD 1.7

10. Blanton • LAD 1.7

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 4.9

2. Hendricks • CHC 4.7

3. Lester • CHC 4.5

4. Scherzer • WSN 3.9

5. Cueto • SFG 3.8

6. Roark • WSN 3.3

7. Bumgarner • SFG 3.2

8. Syndergaard • NYM 3.2

9. Arrieta • CHC 2.9

10. Fernández • MIA 2.7

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