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. Buffinton • PHI 12.0
2. Keefe • NYG 9.1
3. Sanders • PHI 8.5
4. Welch • NYG 7.8
5. Connor • NYG 7.6
6. Conway • DTN 7.0
7. Anson • CHC 6.9
8. Brouthers • DTN 6.6
9. Krock • CHC 6.2
10. Galvin • PIT 5.7

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. Buffinton • PHI 12.1
2. Keefe • NYG 10.3
3. Welch • NYG 8.0
4. Sanders • PHI 7.8
5. Krock • CHC 6.8
6. Galvin • PIT 6.6
7. Morris • PIT 6.4
8. Conway • DTN 5.6
9. Clarkson • BSN 4.3
10. O'Day • WHS 4.3

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. Keefe • NYG 1.74
2. Sanders • PHI 1.90
3. Buffinton • PHI 1.91
4. Welch • NYG 1.93
5. Sowders • BSN 2.07
6. Titcomb • NYG 2.24
7. Conway • DTN 2.26
8. Gruber • DTN 2.29
9. Morris • PIT 2.31
10. Krock • CHC 2.44

Wins

Wins

1. Keefe • NYG 35
2. Clarkson • BSN 33
3. Conway • DTN 30
4. Morris • PIT 29
5. Buffinton • PHI 28
6. Welch • NYG 26
7. Krock • CHC 25
8. Galvin • PIT 23
9. Sowders • BSN 19
Getzien • DTN 19
Sanders • PHI 19

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. Keefe • NYG .745
2. Conway • DTN .682
3. Sanders • PHI .655
4. Krock • CHC .641
5. Titcomb • NYG .636
6. Clarkson • BSN .623
7. Buffinton • PHI .622
8. Welch • NYG .578
9. Sowders • BSN .559
10. Morris • PIT .558

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Keefe • NYG 0.937
2. Conway • DTN 0.951
3. Buffinton • PHI 0.957
4. Gruber • DTN 0.988
5. Titcomb • NYG 0.990
6. Sanders • PHI 0.992
7. Krock • CHC 1.001
8. Madden • BSN 1.006
9. Welch • NYG 1.025
10. Sowders • BSN 1.107

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Keefe • NYG 6.569
2. Titcomb • NYG 6.807
3. Welch • NYG 6.940
4. Conway • DTN 7.251
5. Buffinton • PHI 7.284
6. Gruber • DTN 7.350
7. Madden • BSN 7.745
8. Krock • CHC 7.816
9. Sanders • PHI 7.845
10. Sowders • BSN 7.893

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. Sanders • PHI 1.079
2. Galvin • PIT 1.091
3. Krock • CHC 1.192
4. Getzien • DTN 1.203
5. Madden • BSN 1.309
6. Conway • DTN 1.312
7. Buffinton • PHI 1.326
8. Morris • PIT 1.388
9. Whitney • WHS 1.495
10. Casey • PHI 1.512

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Keefe • NYG 6.942
2. Titcomb • NYG 5.893
3. Baldwin • CHC 5.629
4. Van Haltren • CHC 5.092
5. Getzien • DTN 4.500
6. Buffinton • PHI 4.474
7. Krock • CHC 4.266
8. O'Day • WHS 4.154
9. Clarkson • BSN 4.152
10. Conway • DTN 4.051

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Morris • PIT 55
2. Clarkson • BSN 54
3. Keefe • NYG 51
4. Galvin • PIT 50
5. Welch • NYG 47
6. Buffinton • PHI 46
Getzien • DTN 46
O'Day • WHS 46
9. Conway • DTN 45
10. Whitney • WHS 39
Krock • CHC 39

Saves

Saves

1. Wood • PHI 2
2. Crane • NYG 1
Ewing • NYG 1
George • NYG 1
Twitchell • DTN 1
Tyng • PHI 1
Van Haltren • CHC 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Clarkson • BSN 483.1
2. Morris • PIT 480.0
3. Galvin • PIT 437.1
4. Keefe • NYG 434.1
5. Welch • NYG 425.1
6. Getzien • DTN 404.0
7. O'Day • WHS 403.0
8. Buffinton • PHI 400.1
9. Conway • DTN 391.0
10. Krock • CHC 339.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Keefe • NYG 335
2. Clarkson • BSN 223
3. Getzien • DTN 202
4. Buffinton • PHI 199
5. O'Day • WHS 186
6. Conway • DTN 176
7. Welch • NYG 167
8. Krock • CHC 161
9. Baldwin • CHC 157
10. Van Haltren • CHC 139

Games Started

Games Started

1. Morris • PIT 55
2. Clarkson • BSN 54
3. Keefe • NYG 51
4. Galvin • PIT 50
5. Welch • NYG 47
6. Getzien • DTN 46
Buffinton • PHI 46
O'Day • WHS 46
9. Conway • DTN 45
10. Whitney • WHS 39
Krock • CHC 39

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Morris • PIT 54
2. Clarkson • BSN 53
3. Galvin • PIT 49
4. Keefe • NYG 48
5. Welch • NYG 47
6. O'Day • WHS 46
7. Getzien • DTN 45
8. Buffinton • PHI 43
Conway • DTN 43
10. Krock • CHC 39

Shutouts

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

1. Sanders • PHI 8
Keefe • NYG 8
3. Buffinton • PHI 6
Galvin • PIT 6
5. Welch • NYG 5
Morris • PIT 5
7. Van Haltren • CHC 4
Titcomb • NYG 4
Conway • DTN 4
Krock • CHC 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Shreve • IND 23
2. Krock • CHC 20
3. O'Day • WHS 19
4. Clarkson • BSN 17
5. Van Haltren • CHC 15
6. Baldwin • CHC 13
Healy • IND 13
Getzien • DTN 13
9. Burdick • IND 12
Welch • NYG 12

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Clarkson • BSN 119
2. O'Day • WHS 117
3. Welch • NYG 108
4. Baldwin • CHC 99
5. Shreve • IND 93
6. Keefe • NYG 90
7. Healy • IND 87
8. Morris • PIT 74
9. Sowders • BSN 73
10. Van Haltren • CHC 60

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Morris • PIT 470
2. Clarkson • BSN 448
3. Galvin • PIT 446
4. Getzien • DTN 411
5. O'Day • WHS 359
6. Shreve • IND 352
7. Healy • IND 347
8. Welch • NYG 328
9. Buffinton • PHI 324
10. Keefe • NYG 317
Whitney • WHS 317

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. Getzien • DTN 3.741
2. Keefe • NYG 3.722
3. Sanders • PHI 3.667
4. Krock • CHC 3.578
5. Buffinton • PHI 3.373
6. Conway • DTN 3.088
7. Titcomb • NYG 2.804
8. Van Haltren • CHC 2.317
9. Casey • PHI 2.250
10. Madden • BSN 2.208

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. Sowders • BSN 0.085
2. Sanders • PHI 0.098
3. Keefe • NYG 0.104
4. Morris • PIT 0.131
5. Buffinton • PHI 0.135
6. Titcomb • NYG 0.183
7. Galvin • PIT 0.185
8. Casey • PHI 0.189
9. Whitney • WHS 0.194
10. Conway • DTN 0.253

Losses

Losses

1. O'Day • WHS 29
2. Getzien • DTN 25
Galvin • PIT 25
4. Shreve • IND 24
Healy • IND 24
6. Morris • PIT 23
7. Boyle • IND 22
8. Whitney • WHS 21
9. Clarkson • BSN 20
10. Welch • NYG 19

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Shreve • IND 153
2. Clarkson • BSN 148
3. O'Day • WHS 139
Healy • IND 139
5. Getzien • DTN 137
6. Galvin • PIT 128
7. Morris • PIT 123
8. Boyle • IND 117
9. Whitney • WHS 110
10. Casey • PHI 100

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Clarkson • BSN 33
2. Shreve • IND 24
3. Getzien • DTN 23
4. Boyle • IND 22
5. Keefe • NYG 21
Van Haltren • CHC 21
7. Healy • IND 19
8. Baldwin • CHC 18
9. O'Day • WHS 17
Welch • NYG 17

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. O'Day • WHS 16
2. Madden • BSN 15
Healy • IND 15
4. Welch • NYG 14
5. Baldwin • CHC 13
Van Haltren • CHC 13
Conway • DTN 13
8. Keefe • NYG 12
Gleason • PHI 12
10. Clarkson • BSN 10
Boyle • IND 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Clarkson • BSN 2,029
2. Morris • PIT 2,002
3. Galvin • PIT 1,809
4. Keefe • NYG 1,723
5. Welch • NYG 1,710
6. Getzien • DTN 1,697
7. O'Day • WHS 1,680
8. Buffinton • PHI 1,586
Conway • DTN 1,586
10. Healy • IND 1,401

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. Ryan • CHC 5
Van Haltren • CHC 5
3. Maul • PIT 2
Wood • PHI 2
Schoeneck • IND 2
Sanders • PHI 2
Madden • BSN 2
Gruber • DTN 2
9. Gilmore • WHS 1
George • NYG 1
Mains • CHC 1
Baldwin • DTN 1
McGeachey • IND 1
Ewing • NYG 1
Denny • IND 1
Gleason • PHI 1
Shoch • WHS 1
Sowders • BSN 1
Staley • PIT 1
Titcomb • NYG 1
Twitchell • DTN 1
Tyng • PHI 1
Crane • NYG 1
Brynan • CHC 1
Daily • WHS 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Keefe • NYG 156
2. Sanders • PHI 156
3. Buffinton • PHI 154
4. Welch • NYG 141
5. Sowders • BSN 140
6. Krock • CHC 123
7. Conway • DTN 122
8. Titcomb • NYG 122
9. Gruber • DTN 120
10. Morris • PIT 114

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. Keefe • NYG 1.90
2. Sanders • PHI 2.24
3. Buffinton • PHI 2.26
4. Titcomb • NYG 2.31
5. Getzien • DTN 2.46
6. Conway • DTN 2.59
7. Sowders • BSN 2.65
8. Casey • PHI 2.66
9. Morris • PIT 2.72
10. Galvin • PIT 2.78

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. Keefe • NYG 48
2. Buffinton • PHI 45
3. Welch • NYG 37
4. Sanders • PHI 30
5. Krock • CHC 23
6. Conway • DTN 19
7. Sowders • BSN 18
8. Morris • PIT 14
9. Titcomb • NYG 8
10. Galvin • PIT 7

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. Keefe • NYG 5.0
2. Buffinton • PHI 4.6
3. Welch • NYG 3.8
4. Sanders • PHI 3.1
5. Krock • CHC 2.3
6. Conway • DTN 2.0
7. Sowders • BSN 1.8
8. Morris • PIT 1.4
9. Titcomb • NYG 0.8
10. Galvin • PIT 0.7

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. 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

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