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2017 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: MLB, AL

Pennant Winner: Los Angeles Dodgers

NL Most Valuable Player: Giancarlo Stanton

NL Cy Young: Max Scherzer

NL Rookie of the Year: Cody Bellinger

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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. Stanton • MIA 8.1

2. Votto • CIN 7.8

3. Scherzer • WSN 7.5

4. Arenado • COL 6.6

5. Strasburg • WSN 6.5

6. Pham • STL 6.3

7. Gonzalez • WSN 6.2

8. Rendon • WSN 6.1

9. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.1

Greinke • ARI 6.1

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 7.2

2. Gonzalez • WSN 6.5

3. Strasburg • WSN 6.3

4. Greinke • ARI 5.8

5. Kershaw • LAD 5.0

6. Ray • ARI 4.8

7. Nola • PHI 4.4

8. Godley • ARI 4.3

9. Anderson • MIL 4.2

10. deGrom • NYM 4.2

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 2.31

2. Scherzer • WSN 2.51

3. Strasburg • WSN 2.52

4. Ray • ARI 2.89

5. Gonzalez • WSN 2.96

6. Greinke • ARI 3.20

7. Lynn • STL 3.43

8. Nelson • MIL 3.49

9. Arrieta • CHC 3.53

10. deGrom • NYM 3.53

Wins

1. Kershaw • LAD 18

2. Davies • MIL 17

Greinke • ARI 17

4. Scherzer • WSN 16

Wood • LAD 16

6. deGrom • NYM 15

Gonzalez • WSN 15

Ray • ARI 15

Strasburg • WSN 15

10. Arrieta • CHC 14

Corbin • ARI 14

Ureña • MIA 14

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. Wood • LAD .842

2. Kershaw • LAD .818

3. Strasburg • WSN .789

4. Anderson • MIL .750

Ray • ARI .750

6. Scherzer • WSN .727

7. Greinke • ARI .708

8. Wainwright • STL .706

9. Maeda • LAD .684

10. Nelson • MIL .667

Ureña • MIA .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 0.902

2. Kershaw • LAD 0.949

3. Strasburg • WSN 1.015

4. Greinke • ARI 1.072

5. Samardzija • SFG 1.136

6. Ray • ARI 1.154

7. Gonzalez • WSN 1.179

8. deGrom • NYM 1.187

9. Nola • PHI 1.208

10. Arrieta • CHC 1.218

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 5.651

2. Ray • ARI 6.444

3. Strasburg • WSN 6.724

4. Kershaw • LAD 6.994

5. Gonzalez • WSN 7.075

6. Lynn • STL 7.293

7. Greinke • ARI 7.651

8. Chacín • SDP 7.835

9. Martínez • STL 7.859

10. Arrieta • CHC 8.020

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Samardzija • SFG 1.387

2. Kershaw • LAD 1.543

3. Nova • PIT 1.733

4. Greinke • ARI 2.002

5. Blach • SFG 2.365

6. Strasburg • WSN 2.413

7. Cole • PIT 2.438

8. Nelson • MIL 2.464

9. Scherzer • WSN 2.467

10. Davies • MIL 2.587

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ray • ARI 12.111

2. Scherzer • WSN 12.020

3. deGrom • NYM 10.684

4. Strasburg • WSN 10.471

5. Kershaw • LAD 10.389

6. Nelson • MIL 10.215

7. Nola • PHI 9.857

8. Greinke • ARI 9.563

9. Martínez • STL 9.527

10. Lester • CHC 8.967

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Knebel • MIL 76

Nicasio • 3TM 76

3. Blevins • NYM 75

Bowman • STL 75

5. Neris • PHI 74

6. Barnes • MIL 73

Cecil • STL 73

Edwards • CHC 73

Vazquez • PIT 73

10. Hand • SDP 72

Saves

1. Jansen • LAD 41

Holland • COL 41

3. Knebel • MIL 39

Rodney • ARI 39

5. Davis • CHC 32

6. Iglesias • CIN 28

7. Ramos • 2TM 27

8. Neris • PHI 26

9. Johnson • ATL 22

10. Hand • SDP 21

Vazquez • PIT 21

Doolittle • WSN 21

Innings Pitched

1. Samardzija • SFG 207.2

2. Martínez • STL 205.0

3. Cole • PIT 203.0

4. Greinke • ARI 202.1

5. deGrom • NYM 201.1

6. Gonzalez • WSN 201.0

7. Scherzer • WSN 200.2

8. Richard • SDP 197.1

9. Davies • MIL 191.1

10. Dickey • ATL 190.0

Strikeouts

1. Scherzer • WSN 268

2. deGrom • NYM 239

3. Ray • ARI 218

4. Martínez • STL 217

5. Greinke • ARI 215

6. Samardzija • SFG 205

7. Strasburg • WSN 204

8. Kershaw • LAD 202

9. Nelson • MIL 199

10. Cole • PIT 196

Games Started

1. Cole • PIT 33

Davies • MIL 33

Lynn • STL 33

Straily • MIA 33

5. Chacín • SDP 32

Corbin • ARI 32

Gonzalez • WSN 32

Greinke • ARI 32

Lester • CHC 32

Martínez • STL 32

Richard • SDP 32

Samardzija • SFG 32

Teheran • ATL 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Richard • SDP 2

Nova • PIT 2

Martínez • STL 2

Scherzer • WSN 2

5. Bonilla • CIN 1

Bumgarner • SFG 1

Chatwood • COL 1

deGrom • NYM 1

Feldman • CIN 1

Greinke • ARI 1

Gsellman • NYM 1

Hill • LAD 1

Kershaw • LAD 1

Lester • CHC 1

Blach • SFG 1

Nelson • MIL 1

Quintana • CHC 1

Ray • ARI 1

Samardzija • SFG 1

Strasburg • WSN 1

Vólquez • MIA 1

Wacha • STL 1

Lively • PHI 1

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Martínez • STL 2

2. Blach • SFG 1

Chatwood • COL 1

Feldman • CIN 1

Nova • PIT 1

Quintana • CHC 1

Ray • ARI 1

Richard • SDP 1

Samardzija • SFG 1

Strasburg • WSN 1

Vólquez • MIA 1

Wacha • STL 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lackey • CHC 36

2. Cole • PIT 31

Straily • MIA 31

Teheran • ATL 31

5. Samardzija • SFG 30

6. Adleman • CIN 29

Nova • PIT 29

8. deGrom • NYM 28

9. Lynn • STL 27

Martínez • STL 27

Moore • SFG 27

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Gonzalez • WSN 79

2. Lynn • STL 78

3. Chatwood • COL 77

4. Chacín • SDP 72

Kuhl • PIT 72

Teheran • ATL 72

7. Martínez • STL 71

Ray • ARI 71

9. Dickey • ATL 67

Montero • NYM 67

Moore • SFG 67

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Richard • SDP 240

2. Corbin • ARI 208

3. Davies • MIL 204

Samardzija • SFG 204

5. Nova • PIT 203

6. Moore • SFG 200

7. Cole • PIT 199

8. Dickey • ATL 193

9. Teheran • ATL 186

10. Perdomo • SDP 182

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. Kershaw • LAD 6.733

2. Samardzija • SFG 6.406

3. Scherzer • WSN 4.873

4. Greinke • ARI 4.778

5. Strasburg • WSN 4.340

6. Nelson • MIL 4.146

7. deGrom • NYM 4.051

8. Nola • PHI 3.755

9. Nova • PIT 3.639

10. Cole • PIT 3.564

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Strasburg • WSN 0.667

2. Nelson • MIL 0.821

3. Wacha • STL 0.924

4. Blach • SFG 0.935

Perdomo • SDP 0.935

6. Gonzalez • WSN 0.940

7. Davies • MIL 0.941

8. Chacín • SDP 0.948

9. Nola • PHI 0.964

10. Scherzer • WSN 0.987

Losses

1. Chatwood • COL 15

Moore • SFG 15

Richard • SDP 15

Samardzija • SFG 15

5. Nova • PIT 14

6. Corbin • ARI 13

Foltynewicz • ATL 13

Teheran • ATL 13

9. Blach • SFG 12

Cole • PIT 12

Lackey • CHC 12

Leake • STL 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Moore • SFG 107

2. Richard • SDP 105

3. Samardzija • SFG 102

4. Cole • PIT 96

5. Roark • WSN 94

Teheran • ATL 94

7. Dickey • ATL 90

8. Pivetta • PHI 89

9. Blach • SFG 87

Lackey • CHC 87

Lester • CHC 87

Wild Pitches

1. Arrieta • CHC 14

Cahill • SDP 14

3. Dickey • ATL 13

Godley • ARI 13

5. Chatwood • COL 12

Greinke • ARI 12

Lorenzen • CIN 12

8. Lackey • CHC 11

Perdomo • SDP 11

Pivetta • PHI 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Chacín • SDP 14

Ureña • MIA 14

3. Lackey • CHC 12

4. Scherzer • WSN 11

5. Arrieta • CHC 10

Dickey • ATL 10

Foltynewicz • ATL 10

Lynn • STL 10

Storen • CIN 10

10. Davies • MIL 9

Hill • LAD 9

Nelson • MIL 9

Walker • ARI 9

Williams • PIT 9

Batters Faced

1. Martínez • STL 858

Richard • SDP 858

3. Cole • PIT 849

4. Samardzija • SFG 847

5. deGrom • NYM 827

Gonzalez • WSN 827

7. Corbin • ARI 826

8. Davies • MIL 817

9. Dickey • ATL 815

10. Teheran • ATL 812

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. Holland • COL 58

2. Iglesias • CIN 57

Jansen • LAD 57

4. Davis • CHC 56

Neris • PHI 56

6. Ramos • 2TM 55

7. Rodney • ARI 53

8. Knebel • MIL 48

9. Vazquez • PIT 40

10. Johnson • ATL 38

Oh • STL 38

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 179

2. Scherzer • WSN 178

3. Strasburg • WSN 178

4. Ray • ARI 163

5. Gonzalez • WSN 152

6. Greinke • ARI 147

7. Nelson • MIL 126

8. Arrieta • CHC 124

9. Lynn • STL 123

10. Nola • PHI 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. Strasburg • WSN 2.72

2. Scherzer • WSN 2.90

3. Nelson • MIL 3.05

4. Kershaw • LAD 3.07

5. Nola • PHI 3.27

6. Greinke • ARI 3.31

7. deGrom • NYM 3.50

8. Samardzija • SFG 3.61

9. Wacha • STL 3.63

10. Ray • ARI 3.72

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. Scherzer • WSN 42

2. Kershaw • LAD 37

3. Strasburg • WSN 36

4. Gonzalez • WSN 34

5. Greinke • ARI 30

6. Ray • ARI 30

7. Anderson • MIL 25

8. Wood • LAD 25

9. Bradley • ARI 23

10. Jansen • LAD 23

Knebel • MIL 23

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. Scherzer • WSN 4.4

2. Kershaw • LAD 3.9

3. Strasburg • WSN 3.8

4. Gonzalez • WSN 3.5

5. Greinke • ARI 3.1

6. Ray • ARI 3.1

7. Anderson • MIL 2.6

8. Wood • LAD 2.6

9. Bradley • ARI 2.3

10. Godley • ARI 2.3

Hendricks • CHC 2.3

Jansen • LAD 2.3

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. Scherzer • WSN 46.72

2. Kershaw • LAD 38.69

3. Gonzalez • WSN 36.27

4. Strasburg • WSN 36.05

5. Greinke • ARI 29.51

6. Wood • LAD 28.07

7. Ray • ARI 27.90

8. Bradley • ARI 26.69

9. Hendricks • CHC 24.46

10. Knebel • MIL 23.96

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. Jansen • LAD 5.7

2. Scherzer • WSN 4.6

3. Knebel • MIL 4.3

4. Kershaw • LAD 4.3

5. Hand • SDP 4.2

6. Gonzalez • WSN 3.6

7. Davis • CHC 3.6

8. Strasburg • WSN 3.5

9. Vazquez • PIT 3.5

10. Iglesias • CIN 3.1

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. Scherzer • WSN 4.4

2. Kershaw • LAD 3.7

3. Greinke • ARI 3.3

4. Strasburg • WSN 3.2

5. Gonzalez • WSN 2.7

6. Jansen • LAD 2.5

7. Wood • LAD 2.4

8. Montgomery • CHC 2.3

9. Vazquez • PIT 2.3

10. Bradley • ARI 2.2

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. Davis • CHC 3.8

2. Knebel • MIL 3.3

3. Kershaw • LAD 2.5

4. Scherzer • WSN 2.3

5. Jansen • LAD 2.2

6. Anderson • MIL 2.1

7. Hendricks • CHC 2.0

8. Montgomery • CHC 2.0

9. Gonzalez • WSN 1.9

10. Wood • LAD 1.9

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. Scherzer • WSN 4.9

2. Kershaw • LAD 4.3

3. Strasburg • WSN 3.7

4. Gonzalez • WSN 3.7

5. Wood • LAD 3.0

6. Greinke • ARI 2.9

7. Ray • ARI 2.8

8. Bradley • ARI 2.6

9. Hendricks • CHC 2.5

10. Hand • SDP 2.4

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