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. McGinnity • NYG 9.3
2. Nichols • STL 8.5
3. Wagner • PIT 8.3
4. Taylor • STL 6.8
5. Hahn • CIN 6.6
6. Mathewson • NYG 6.0
7. Chance • CHC 5.9
8. Weimer • CHC 5.8
9. Dahlen • NYG 5.5
10. Flaherty • PIT 5.4

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. McGinnity • NYG 9.6
2. Nichols • STL 8.6
3. Hahn • CIN 6.6
4. Taylor • STL 6.3
5. Weimer • CHC 6.1
6. Mathewson • NYG 5.4
7. Harper • CIN 5.1
8. Flaherty • PIT 4.7
9. Walker • CIN 4.6
10. Leever • PIT 4.5

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. McGinnity • NYG 1.61
2. Garvin • BRO 1.68
3. Brown • CHC 1.86
4. Weimer • CHC 1.91
5. Nichols • STL 2.02
6. Mathewson • NYG 2.03
7. Flaherty • PIT 2.05
8. Briggs • CHC 2.05
9. Hahn • CIN 2.06
10. O'Neill • STL 2.09

Wins

Wins

1. McGinnity • NYG 35
2. Mathewson • NYG 33
3. Harper • CIN 23
4. Taylor • NYG 21
Nichols • STL 21
6. Weimer • CHC 20
Taylor • STL 20
8. Briggs • CHC 19
Flaherty • PIT 19
10. Willis • BSN 18
Leever • PIT 18

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. McGinnity • NYG .814
2. Wiltse • NYG .813
3. Mathewson • NYG .733
4. Harper • CIN .719
5. Flaherty • PIT .679
6. Wicker • CHC .654
Lundgren • CHC .654
8. Walker • CIN .652
9. Briggs • CHC .633
10. Leever • PIT .621

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. McGinnity • NYG 0.963
2. Brown • CHC 0.965
3. Hahn • CIN 0.984
4. Nichols • STL 1.003
5. Taylor • NYG 1.033
6. Mathewson • NYG 1.044
7. Weimer • CHC 1.062
8. Taylor • STL 1.077
9. Leever • PIT 1.097
10. Flaherty • PIT 1.112

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • CHC 6.570
2. Weimer • CHC 6.713
3. McGinnity • NYG 6.772
4. Garvin • BRO 6.985
5. Taylor • NYG 7.016
6. Mathewson • NYG 7.490
7. Lundgren • CHC 7.550
8. Taylor • STL 7.594
9. Nichols • STL 7.609
10. Hahn • CIN 7.801

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. Hahn • CIN 1.058
2. Phillippe • PIT 1.404
3. Nichols • STL 1.420
4. Kellum • CIN 1.843
5. McFarland • STL 1.871
6. McGinnity • NYG 1.897
7. Mathewson • NYG 1.909
8. Leever • PIT 1.918
9. Sparks • PHI 1.929
10. O'Neill • STL 2.045

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Wiltse • NYG 5.739
2. Mathewson • NYG 5.189
3. Weimer • CHC 5.189
4. Willis • BSN 5.040
5. Phillippe • PIT 4.428
6. Garvin • BRO 4.261
7. Ewing • CIN 4.203
8. Taylor • NYG 4.191
9. Lundgren • CHC 3.942
10. Pittinger • BSN 3.918

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McGinnity • NYG 51
2. Mathewson • NYG 48
3. Jones • BRO 46
4. Willis • BSN 43
5. Fraser • PHI 42
6. Taylor • STL 41
7. Cronin • BRO 40
8. Wilhelm • BSN 39
9. Pittinger • BSN 38
10. Taylor • NYG 37
Weimer • CHC 37

Saves

Saves

1. McGinnity • NYG 5
2. Briggs • CHC 3
Wiltse • NYG 3
Ames • NYG 3
5. Kellum • CIN 2
Milligan • NYG 2
7. Taylor • STL 1
Reidy • BRO 1
Poole • BRO 1
Phillippe • PIT 1
Nichols • STL 1
Brown • CHC 1
Mathewson • NYG 1
Lundgren • CHC 1
Groth • CHC 1
Fraser • PHI 1
Dunn • NYG 1
Duggleby • PHI 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. McGinnity • NYG 408.0
2. Jones • BRO 377.0
3. Mathewson • NYG 367.2
4. Taylor • STL 352.0
5. Willis • BSN 350.0
6. Pittinger • BSN 335.1
7. Nichols • STL 317.0
8. Cronin • BRO 307.0
Weimer • CHC 307.0
10. Fraser • PHI 302.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Mathewson • NYG 212
2. Willis • BSN 196
3. Weimer • CHC 177
4. Pittinger • BSN 146
5. McGinnity • NYG 144
6. Taylor • NYG 138
7. Nichols • STL 134
8. Fraser • PHI 127
9. Harper • CIN 125
10. Briggs • CHC 112

Games Started

Games Started

1. Mathewson • NYG 46
2. McGinnity • NYG 44
3. Willis • BSN 43
4. Jones • BRO 41
5. Taylor • STL 39
6. Weimer • CHC 37
Pittinger • BSN 37
8. Taylor • NYG 36
Wilhelm • BSN 36
Fraser • PHI 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Willis • BSN 39
Taylor • STL 39
3. Jones • BRO 38
McGinnity • NYG 38
5. Pittinger • BSN 35
Nichols • STL 35
7. Hahn • CIN 33
Mathewson • NYG 33
Cronin • BRO 33
10. Fraser • PHI 32

Shutouts

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

1. McGinnity • NYG 9
2. Harper • CIN 6
3. Weimer • CHC 5
Flaherty • PIT 5
Taylor • NYG 5
Pittinger • BSN 5
7. Brown • CHC 4
Cronin • BRO 4
Wicker • CHC 4
Mathewson • NYG 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cronin • BRO 10
2. Wiltse • NYG 8
Wilhelm • BSN 8
McGinnity • NYG 8
5. Jones • BRO 7
Willis • BSN 7
Mathewson • NYG 7
McFarland • STL 7
9. Wicker • CHC 6
Taylor • NYG 6
Garvin • BRO 6

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Pittinger • BSN 144
2. Sutthoff • 2TM 114
3. Willis • BSN 109
4. Fraser • PHI 100
5. Weimer • CHC 97
6. Jones • BRO 92
7. Lynch • PIT 91
8. McGinnity • NYG 86
9. Harper • CIN 85
10. Taylor • STL 82
Fisher • BSN 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Jones • BRO 387
2. Willis • BSN 357
3. Wilhelm • BSN 316
4. McGinnity • NYG 307
5. Mathewson • NYG 306
6. Pittinger • BSN 298
7. Taylor • STL 297
8. Fraser • PHI 287
9. Cronin • BRO 284
10. Nichols • STL 268

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. Phillippe • PIT 3.154
2. Hahn • CIN 2.800
3. Mathewson • NYG 2.718
4. Nichols • STL 2.680
5. McFarland • STL 1.982
6. Taylor • NYG 1.840
7. Weimer • CHC 1.825
8. Willis • BSN 1.798
9. Wiltse • NYG 1.721
10. Wicker • CHC 1.707
Ewing • CIN 1.707

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. Pittinger • BSN 0.027
2. Weimer • CHC 0.029
3. Kellum • CIN 0.040
4. Lynch • PIT 0.040
5. O'Neill • STL 0.041
6. Brown • CHC 0.042
7. Sparks • PHI 0.045
8. Phillippe • PIT 0.054
9. Harper • CIN 0.061
10. Leever • PIT 0.071

Losses

Losses

1. Willis • BSN 25
Jones • BRO 25
3. Fraser • PHI 24
4. Cronin • BRO 23
5. Pittinger • BSN 21
6. Wilhelm • BSN 20
7. Sutthoff • 2TM 19
Taylor • STL 19
9. McFarland • STL 18
Hahn • CIN 18

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Wilhelm • BSN 118
2. Jones • BRO 115
3. Willis • BSN 111
4. Fraser • PHI 109
5. Fisher • BSN 101
6. Pittinger • BSN 99
7. McFarland • STL 96
8. Duggleby • PHI 94
9. Cronin • BRO 92
10. Sutthoff • 2TM 90

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Harper • CIN 12
McNichol • BSN 12
3. Willis • BSN 11
4. Pittinger • BSN 10
Mathewson • NYG 10
6. Ewing • CIN 9
Fisher • BSN 9
Fraser • PHI 9
9. Garvin • BRO 8
Miller • PIT 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Walker • CIN 18
2. Jones • BRO 17
3. Corridon • 2TM 15
Lynch • PIT 15
5. Willis • BSN 14
Pittinger • BSN 14
7. Taylor • STL 13
McGinnity • NYG 13
9. Sutthoff • 2TM 12
Cronin • BRO 12

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. McGinnity • NYG 1,613
2. Jones • BRO 1,583
3. Willis • BSN 1,490
4. Mathewson • NYG 1,443
5. Taylor • STL 1,437
6. Pittinger • BSN 1,419
7. Fraser • PHI 1,286
8. Nichols • STL 1,281
9. Cronin • BRO 1,269
10. Weimer • CHC 1,243

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. Fisher • BSN 9
2. Wiltse • NYG 8
Camnitz • PIT 8
4. McGinnity • NYG 7
Kellum • CIN 7
6. Cronin • BRO 6
Fraser • PHI 6
8. Elliott • 2TM 5
Brackenridge • PHI 5
Duggleby • PHI 5
Jones • BRO 5

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. McGinnity • NYG 170
2. Garvin • BRO 162
3. Brown • CHC 142
4. Hahn • CIN 142
5. Weimer • CHC 139
6. Mathewson • NYG 134
7. Flaherty • PIT 134
8. Nichols • STL 133
9. Walker • CIN 131
10. Briggs • CHC 129

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. Phillippe • PIT 2.04
2. Mathewson • NYG 2.18
3. Nichols • STL 2.22
4. Hahn • CIN 2.31
5. Weimer • CHC 2.32
6. Brown • CHC 2.51
7. Sparks • PHI 2.53
8. Ewing • CIN 2.55
9. O'Neill • STL 2.58
10. McFarland • STL 2.60

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. McGinnity • NYG 52
2. Mathewson • NYG 29
3. Hahn • CIN 27
4. Nichols • STL 26
5. Weimer • CHC 26
6. Flaherty • PIT 19
7. Harper • CIN 18
8. Leever • PIT 18
9. Taylor • NYG 18
10. Walker • CIN 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. McGinnity • NYG 5.9
2. Mathewson • NYG 3.2
3. Hahn • CIN 3.0
4. Nichols • STL 2.9
5. Weimer • CHC 2.9
6. Flaherty • PIT 2.0
7. Harper • CIN 2.0
8. Leever • PIT 1.9
9. Taylor • NYG 1.9
10. Walker • CIN 1.8

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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