2020 National League Pitching Leaders

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NL Cy Young: Trevor Bauer

NL Rookie of the Year: Devin Williams

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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. Betts • LAD 3.7

2. Freeman • ATL 3.3

3. Machado • SDP 3.0

4. Bauer • CIN 3.0

5. Fried • ATL 2.9

6. Tatís • SDP 2.8

7. Turner • WSN 2.8

8. Ozuna • ATL 2.8

Swanson • ATL 2.8

10. Wheeler • PHI 2.8

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. Bauer • CIN 3.0

2. Fried • ATL 2.9

3. Wheeler • PHI 2.8

4. Darvish • CHC 2.8

5. deGrom • NYM 2.6

6. Gallen • ARI 2.5

7. Senzatela • COL 2.5

8. Lamet • SDP 2.3

9. Scherzer • WSN 2.2

10. Nola • PHI 2.2

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. Bauer • CIN 1.73

2. Darvish • CHC 2.01

3. Lamet • SDP 2.09

4. deGrom • NYM 2.38

5. Davies • SDP 2.73

6. Gallen • ARI 2.75

7. Hendricks • CHC 2.88

8. Wheeler • PHI 2.92

9. Woodruff • MIL 3.05

10. Wainwright • STL 3.15

Wins

1. Darvish • CHC 8

2. Davies • SDP 7

Fried • ATL 7

4. Hendricks • CHC 6

Kershaw • LAD 6

López • MIA 6

Peterson • NYM 6

8. Baragar • SFG 5

Bauer • CIN 5

Gray • CIN 5

Mills • CHC 5

Nola • PHI 5

Scherzer • WSN 5

Senzatela • COL 5

Wainwright • STL 5

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. Fried • ATL 1.000

2. Baragar • SFG .833

3. Peterson • NYM .750

Kershaw • LAD .750

5. Darvish • CHC .727

6. Stammen • SDP .667

Bard • COL .667

Wheeler • PHI .667

Eflin • PHI .667

deGrom • NYM .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Bauer • CIN 0.795

2. Lamet • SDP 0.855

3. deGrom • NYM 0.956

4. Darvish • CHC 0.961

5. Woodruff • MIL 0.991

6. Hendricks • CHC 0.996

7. Wainwright • STL 1.051

8. Davies • SDP 1.067

9. Nola • PHI 1.079

10. Gallen • ARI 1.111

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Bauer • CIN 5.055

2. Lamet • SDP 5.087

3. deGrom • NYM 6.221

4. Woodruff • MIL 6.719

5. Nola • PHI 6.813

6. Gallen • ARI 6.875

7. Darvish • CHC 6.987

8. Davies • SDP 7.139

9. Wainwright • STL 7.401

10. Mills • CHC 7.652

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Hendricks • CHC 0.885

2. Darvish • CHC 1.658

3. Wheeler • PHI 2.028

4. Wainwright • STL 2.056

5. Bauer • CIN 2.096

6. Woodruff • MIL 2.199

7. Senzatela • COL 2.209

8. deGrom • NYM 2.382

9. Davies • SDP 2.466

10. Corbin • WSN 2.467

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. deGrom • NYM 13.765

2. Bauer • CIN 12.329

3. Scherzer • WSN 12.297

4. Lamet • SDP 12.130

5. Nola • PHI 12.112

6. Castillo • CIN 11.443

7. Woodruff • MIL 11.118

8. Darvish • CHC 11.013

9. Gallen • ARI 10.250

10. Corbin • WSN 8.223

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Rogers • SFG 29

2. Greene • ATL 28

3. Jansen • LAD 27

Stratton • PIT 27

Treinen • LAD 27

6. Crichton • ARI 26

Díaz • NYM 26

Estévez • COL 26

9. Familia • NYM 25

Finnegan • WSN 25

Floro • LAD 25

Guerra • ARI 25

Peralta • SFG 25

Turley • PIT 25

Saves

1. Hader • MIL 13

2. Kintzler • MIA 12

3. Jansen • LAD 11

Melancon • ATL 11

5. Hudson • WSN 10

6. Jeffress • CHC 8

Iglesias • CIN 8

8. Bradley • 2TM 6

Díaz • NYM 6

Bard • COL 6

Innings Pitched

1. Márquez • COL 81.2

2. Hendricks • CHC 81.1

3. Darvish • CHC 76.0

4. Woodruff • MIL 73.2

5. Senzatela • COL 73.1

6. Bauer • CIN 73.0

7. Gallen • ARI 72.0

8. Nola • PHI 71.1

9. Wheeler • PHI 71.0

10. Freeland • COL 70.2

Strikeouts

1. deGrom • NYM 104

2. Bauer • CIN 100

3. Nola • PHI 96

4. Darvish • CHC 93

Lamet • SDP 93

6. Scherzer • WSN 92

7. Woodruff • MIL 91

8. Castillo • CIN 89

9. Burnes • MIL 88

10. Gallen • ARI 82

Games Started

1. Freeland • COL 13

Márquez • COL 13

Woodruff • MIL 13

4. Castillo • CIN 12

Cueto • SFG 12

Darvish • CHC 12

Davies • SDP 12

deGrom • NYM 12

Gallen • ARI 12

Hendricks • CHC 12

Lamet • SDP 12

Lester • CHC 12

Nola • PHI 12

Paddack • SDP 12

Porcello • NYM 12

Scherzer • WSN 12

Senzatela • COL 12

Weaver • ARI 12

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Bauer • CIN 2

Nola • PHI 2

Wainwright • STL 2

4. Anderson • SFG 1

Brault • PIT 1

Castillo • CIN 1

Clevinger • SDP 1

Eflin • PHI 1

Hendricks • CHC 1

Mills • CHC 1

Sánchez • MIA 1

Scherzer • WSN 1

Senzatela • COL 1

Voth • WSN 1

Woodruff • MIL 1

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Bauer • CIN 2

2. Clevinger • SDP 1

Eflin • PHI 1

Hendricks • CHC 1

Mills • CHC 1

Nola • PHI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • PIT 15

2. Matz • NYM 14

Paddack • SDP 14

Voth • WSN 14

5. Bumgarner • ARI 13

Mills • CHC 13

7. Castellani • COL 12

Holland • PIT 12

Stripling • LAD 12

10. Lester • CHC 11

Sánchez • WSN 11

Young • ARI 11

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ray • ARI 31

2. Kuhl • PIT 28

3. Castellani • COL 26

Cueto • SFG 26

Gray • CIN 26

6. Anderson • SFG 25

Gallen • ARI 25

Márquez • COL 25

9. Burnes • MIL 24

Castillo • CIN 24

Peterson • NYM 24

Webb • SFG 24

Wright • ATL 24

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Corbin • WSN 85

2. Márquez • COL 78

3. Freeland • COL 77

4. Porcello • NYM 74

5. Hendricks • CHC 73

6. Senzatela • COL 71

7. Sánchez • WSN 70

Scherzer • WSN 70

9. Wheeler • PHI 67

10. Williams • PIT 66

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. Hendricks • CHC 8.000

2. Darvish • CHC 6.643

3. Bauer • CIN 5.882

4. deGrom • NYM 5.778

5. Woodruff • MIL 5.056

6. Lamet • SDP 4.650

7. Nola • PHI 4.174

8. Scherzer • WSN 4.000

9. Castillo • CIN 3.708

10. Wainwright • STL 3.600

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Wheeler • PHI 0.380

2. Darvish • CHC 0.592

3. Castillo • CIN 0.643

4. Lamet • SDP 0.652

5. Márquez • COL 0.661

6. deGrom • NYM 0.926

7. Woodruff • MIL 1.100

8. Senzatela • COL 1.105

9. Hendricks • CHC 1.107

10. Bauer • CIN 1.110

Losses

1. Weaver • ARI 9

2. Williams • PIT 8

3. Corbin • WSN 7

Porcello • NYM 7

5. Castillo • CIN 6

Houser • MIL 6

Márquez • COL 6

8. Hendricks • CHC 5

Matz • NYM 5

Mills • CHC 5

Musgrove • PIT 5

Nola • PHI 5

Paddack • SDP 5

Sánchez • WSN 5

Voth • WSN 5

Woodruff • MIL 5

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Sánchez • WSN 39

2. Cueto • SFG 38

Weaver • ARI 38

Williams • PIT 38

5. Porcello • NYM 37

6. Lester • CHC 35

Voth • WSN 35

8. Corbin • WSN 34

Freeland • COL 34

Márquez • COL 34

Wild Pitches

1. Gray • CIN 7

2. Ray • ARI 6

Scherzer • WSN 6

4. Burnes • MIL 5

5. Anderson • ATL 4

Arrieta • PHI 4

Brubaker • PIT 4

Buehler • LAD 4

deGrom • NYM 4

Gallen • ARI 4

Gausman • SFG 4

Ginkel • ARI 4

Hoffman • COL 4

Kimbrel • CHC 4

Kinley • COL 4

Márquez • COL 4

Oviedo • STL 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Webb • SFG 7

Wheeler • PHI 7

3. Bumgarner • ARI 6

4. Brault • PIT 5

Castellani • COL 5

Hughes • NYM 5

Oviedo • STL 5

Strahm • SDP 5

Toussaint • ATL 5

10. Anderson • MIL 4

Anderson • SFG 4

Cabrera • STL 4

Crichton • ARI 4

Fried • ATL 4

Houser • MIL 4

Lamet • SDP 4

Mahle • CIN 4

Rogers • SFG 4

Senzatela • COL 4

Voth • WSN 4

Williams • PIT 4

Woodruff • MIL 4

Batters Faced

1. Márquez • COL 344

2. Hendricks • CHC 315

3. Freeland • COL 304

4. Senzatela • COL 303

5. Darvish • CHC 297

6. Corbin • WSN 295

Scherzer • WSN 295

8. Woodruff • MIL 293

9. Castillo • CIN 292

10. Gallen • ARI 291

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. Jansen • LAD 24

2. Kintzler • MIA 21

3. Díaz • NYM 19

Melancon • ATL 19

5. Hader • MIL 17

Iglesias • CIN 17

7. Hudson • WSN 15

Jeffress • CHC 15

Rodríguez • PIT 15

10. Neris • PHI 13

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Bauer • CIN 284

2. Darvish • CHC 224

3. Lamet • SDP 201

4. deGrom • NYM 180

5. Gallen • ARI 164

6. Hendricks • CHC 156

7. Wheeler • PHI 154

8. Davies • SDP 154

9. Castillo • CIN 153

10. Senzatela • COL 151

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. Darvish • CHC 2.23

2. deGrom • NYM 2.26

3. Lamet • SDP 2.48

4. Castillo • CIN 2.65

5. Bauer • CIN 2.88

6. Nola • PHI 3.19

7. Woodruff • MIL 3.20

8. Wheeler • PHI 3.22

9. Márquez • COL 3.28

10. Scherzer • WSN 3.46

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. Bauer • CIN 23

2. Darvish • CHC 21

3. Lamet • SDP 17

4. Burnes • MIL 16

5. Hendricks • CHC 16

6. Fried • ATL 15

7. deGrom • NYM 14

8. Gallen • ARI 14

9. Kershaw • LAD 14

10. Senzatela • COL 13

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. Bauer • CIN 2.5

2. Darvish • CHC 2.3

3. Lamet • SDP 1.8

4. Burnes • MIL 1.7

5. Hendricks • CHC 1.6

6. Fried • ATL 1.6

7. deGrom • NYM 1.5

8. Gallen • ARI 1.4

9. Kershaw • LAD 1.4

10. Senzatela • COL 1.3

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. Darvish • CHC 23.87

2. Bauer • CIN 22.65

3. Hendricks • CHC 21.02

4. Burnes • MIL 18.96

5. Fried • ATL 17.77

6. Lamet • SDP 16.44

7. deGrom • NYM 15.14

8. Kershaw • LAD 14.70

9. Gallen • ARI 14.02

10. Woodruff • MIL 13.20

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. Darvish • CHC 2.4

2. Hendricks • CHC 2.2

3. Jeffress • CHC 2.2

4. Williams • MIL 2.0

5. Bauer • CIN 1.6

6. Fried • ATL 1.6

7. Kim • STL 1.4

8. Finnegan • WSN 1.4

9. Melancon • ATL 1.4

10. Lamet • SDP 1.4

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. Hendricks • CHC 2.4

2. Darvish • CHC 2.2

3. Bauer • CIN 1.9

4. Lamet • SDP 1.7

5. Woodruff • MIL 1.7

6. Gonsolin • LAD 1.7

7. Burnes • MIL 1.6

8. Kershaw • LAD 1.5

9. deGrom • NYM 1.3

10. Gallen • ARI 1.2

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. Williams • MIL 1.9

2. Bauer • CIN 1.5

3. Kim • STL 1.4

4. Jeffress • CHC 1.3

5. Darvish • CHC 1.2

6. Fried • ATL 1.2

7. Reyes • STL 1.2

8. Cabrera • STL 1.2

9. Castillo • CIN 1.1

10. Woodruff • MIL 1.1

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. Darvish • CHC 2.6

2. Bauer • CIN 2.3

3. Hendricks • CHC 2.2

4. Burnes • MIL 2.0

5. Fried • ATL 1.8

6. Lamet • SDP 1.8

7. deGrom • NYM 1.6

8. Kershaw • LAD 1.6

9. Gallen • ARI 1.4

10. Kim • STL 1.3

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