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. Mathewson • NYG 9.1
2. Magee • PHI 6.8
3. Rucker • BRO 6.7
4. Moore • PHI 5.8
5. Wagner • PIT 5.4
6. Hofman • CHC 5.3
7. Cole • CHC 5.2
8. Scanlan • BRO 5.0
9. Konetchy • STL 5.0
10. Brown • CHC 4.9

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. Mathewson • NYG 8.2
2. Rucker • BRO 6.8
3. Moore • PHI 5.7
4. Cole • CHC 5.0
5. Brown • CHC 5.0
6. Scanlan • BRO 4.9
7. Suggs • CIN 4.6
8. Bell • BRO 4.3
9. Gaspar • CIN 4.2
10. Drucke • NYG 4.2

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. Cole • CHC 1.80
2. Brown • CHC 1.86
3. Mathewson • NYG 1.89
4. Ames • NYG 2.22
5. Adams • PIT 2.24
6. Suggs • CIN 2.40
7. Drucke • NYG 2.47
8. Crandall • NYG 2.56
9. Moore • PHI 2.58
10. Rucker • BRO 2.58

Wins

Wins

1. Mathewson • NYG 27
2. Brown • CHC 25
3. Moore • PHI 22
4. Suggs • CIN 20
Cole • CHC 20
6. Adams • PIT 18
7. Crandall • NYG 17
Rucker • BRO 17
9. Ewing • PHI 16
Mattern • BSN 16

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. Phillippe • PIT .875
2. Cole • CHC .833
3. Crandall • NYG .810
4. Mathewson • NYG .750
5. Adams • PIT .667
Overall • CHC .667
7. Brown • CHC .641
8. Suggs • CIN .625
9. Richie • 2TM .611
10. Reulbach • CHC .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brown • CHC 1.084
2. Mathewson • NYG 1.106
3. Suggs • CIN 1.113
4. Bell • BRO 1.126
5. Adams • PIT 1.131
6. Crandall • NYG 1.141
7. McIntire • CHC 1.148
8. Ames • NYG 1.177
9. Rucker • BRO 1.177
10. Camnitz • PIT 1.181

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Cole • CHC 6.534
2. Scanlan • BRO 7.247
3. Moore • PHI 7.251
4. Drucke • NYG 7.272
5. Ames • NYG 7.613
6. Bell • BRO 7.752
7. McIntire • CHC 7.773
8. Brown • CHC 7.801
9. White • 2TM 7.879
10. Adams • PIT 7.971

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. Suggs • CIN 1.624
2. Mathewson • NYG 1.696
3. Crandall • NYG 1.864
4. Brown • CHC 1.950
5. Wiltse • NYG 1.989
6. Camnitz • PIT 2.112
7. Adams • PIT 2.204
8. Rucker • BRO 2.360
9. Bell • BRO 2.381
10. Gaspar • CIN 2.455

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Drucke • NYG 6.311
2. Moore • PHI 5.883
3. Mathewson • NYG 5.202
4. Ames • NYG 4.445
5. Brown • CHC 4.358
6. Cole • CHC 4.281
7. Scanlan • BRO 4.265
8. Camnitz • PIT 4.154
9. Rucker • BRO 4.130
10. Beebe • CIN 3.905

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Mattern • BSN 51
2. Gaspar • CIN 48
3. Brown • BSN 46
Brown • CHC 46
Moore • PHI 46
Frock • 2TM 46
7. Bell • BRO 44
8. Curtis • BSN 43
Harmon • STL 43
10. Crandall • NYG 42
Rowan • CIN 42

Saves

Saves

1. Gaspar • CIN 7
Brown • CHC 7
3. Crandall • NYG 5
4. Phillippe • PIT 4
Richie • 2TM 4
6. Corridon • STL 3
Willis • STL 3
Suggs • CIN 3
9. Camnitz • PIT 2
Rudolph • NYG 2
Sallee • STL 2
Scanlan • BRO 2
Backman • STL 2
Leifield • PIT 2
Leever • PIT 2
Humphries • PHI 2
Harmon • STL 2
White • 2TM 2
Evans • BSN 2
Curtis • BSN 2
Wiltse • NYG 2
Frock • 2TM 2
Brown • BSN 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Rucker • BRO 320.1
2. Mathewson • NYG 318.1
3. Bell • BRO 310.0
4. Mattern • BSN 305.0
5. Brown • CHC 295.1
6. Moore • PHI 283.0
7. Gaspar • CIN 275.0
8. Barger • BRO 271.2
9. Suggs • CIN 266.0
10. Brown • BSN 263.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Moore • PHI 185
2. Mathewson • NYG 184
3. Drucke • NYG 151
4. Rucker • BRO 147
5. Brown • CHC 143
6. Camnitz • PIT 120
7. Cole • CHC 114
8. Rowan • CIN 108
9. Scanlan • BRO 103
10. Ewing • PHI 102
Bell • BRO 102

Games Started

Games Started

1. Rucker • BRO 39
2. Mattern • BSN 37
Curtis • BSN 37
4. Bell • BRO 36
5. Mathewson • NYG 35
Moore • PHI 35
7. Harmon • STL 33
8. Ewing • PHI 32
9. Gaspar • CIN 31
Brown • CHC 31
Camnitz • PIT 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Mathewson • NYG 27
Brown • CHC 27
Rucker • BRO 27
4. Barger • BRO 25
Bell • BRO 25
6. Suggs • CIN 23
7. Cole • CHC 21
8. Ewing • PHI 20
9. Moore • PHI 18
Wiltse • NYG 18
Rowan • CIN 18

Shutouts

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

1. Rucker • BRO 6
Brown • CHC 6
Moore • PHI 6
Mattern • BSN 6
5. Bell • BRO 4
Rowan • CIN 4
Overall • CHC 4
Cole • CHC 4
Ewing • PHI 4
Gaspar • CIN 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Crandall • NYG 10
2. Curtis • BSN 9
3. Frock • 2TM 8
4. Stack • PHI 7
5. Moren • PHI 6
Suggs • CIN 6
Lush • STL 6
Leifield • PIT 6
Gaspar • CIN 6
Willis • STL 6

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Harmon • STL 133
2. Cole • CHC 130
3. Curtis • BSN 124
4. Mattern • BSN 121
Moore • PHI 121
6. Scanlan • BRO 116
7. Barger • BRO 107
8. Rowan • CIN 105
9. Beebe • CIN 94
Brown • BSN 94

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rucker • BRO 293
2. Mathewson • NYG 292
3. Mattern • BSN 288
4. Barger • BRO 267
Bell • BRO 267
6. Gaspar • CIN 257
7. Brown • CHC 256
8. Brown • BSN 251
Curtis • BSN 251
10. Suggs • CIN 248

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. Mathewson • NYG 3.067
2. Brown • CHC 2.234
3. Camnitz • PIT 1.967
4. Suggs • CIN 1.896
5. Drucke • NYG 1.841
6. Rucker • BRO 1.750
7. Crandall • NYG 1.698
8. Wiltse • NYG 1.692
9. Adams • PIT 1.683
10. Moore • PHI 1.529

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. Camnitz • PIT 0.035
2. Harmon • STL 0.038
3. Scanlan • BRO 0.041
4. Reulbach • CHC 0.052
5. Corridon • STL 0.058
6. Barger • BRO 0.066
7. Cole • CHC 0.075
8. Brown • CHC 0.091
9. Bell • BRO 0.116
10. Drucke • NYG 0.125

Losses

Losses

1. Bell • BRO 27
2. Curtis • BSN 24
3. Brown • BSN 23
4. Mattern • BSN 19
Frock • 2TM 19
6. Rucker • BRO 18
7. Gaspar • CIN 17
8. Moore • PHI 15
Harmon • STL 15
Barger • BRO 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Harmon • STL 117
2. Mattern • BSN 101
3. Curtis • BSN 99
4. Camnitz • PIT 93
5. Rucker • BRO 92
Frock • 2TM 92
7. Bell • BRO 91
8. Barger • BRO 87
9. Ewing • PHI 85
Rowan • CIN 85

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Harmon • STL 12
2. Ames • NYG 9
Curtis • BSN 9
Brown • BSN 9
Cole • CHC 9
6. Mathewson • NYG 8
7. Moren • PHI 7
Knetzer • BRO 7
Beebe • CIN 7
Corridon • STL 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gaspar • CIN 15
2. Suggs • CIN 14
3. Camnitz • PIT 12
Burns • CIN 12
Curtis • BSN 12
6. Drucke • NYG 11
7. McIntire • CHC 10
Leifield • PIT 10
Moore • PHI 10
10. Moren • PHI 9
Reulbach • CHC 9
Rowan • CIN 9
Rucker • BRO 9
Corridon • STL 9
Cole • CHC 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Rucker • BRO 1,261
2. Mattern • BSN 1,249
3. Mathewson • NYG 1,242
4. Bell • BRO 1,194
5. Brown • CHC 1,170
6. Moore • PHI 1,130
7. Gaspar • CIN 1,096
8. Barger • BRO 1,083
9. Rowan • CIN 1,065
10. Curtis • BSN 1,043
Suggs • CIN 1,043

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. Crandall • NYG 21
2. Phillippe • PIT 19
3. Dessau • BRO 18
4. Burke • BSN 16
Gaspar • CIN 16
6. Schettler • PHI 14
Brown • CHC 14
Leever • PIT 14
9. Brennan • PHI 13
Maddox • PIT 13

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Mathewson • NYG 158
2. Cole • CHC 158
3. Brown • CHC 153
4. Adams • PIT 141
5. Ames • NYG 135
6. Brown • BSN 123
7. Drucke • NYG 122
8. Suggs • CIN 121
9. Moore • PHI 120
10. Leifield • PIT 119

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. Mathewson • NYG 1.96
2. Brown • CHC 2.17
3. Camnitz • PIT 2.28
4. Drucke • NYG 2.39
5. Rucker • BRO 2.47
6. Wiltse • NYG 2.48
7. Adams • PIT 2.51
8. Ames • NYG 2.62
9. Suggs • CIN 2.62
10. Moore • PHI 2.62

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. Mathewson • NYG 36
2. Cole • CHC 30
3. Brown • CHC 29
4. McQuillan • PHI 23
5. Moore • PHI 20
6. Rucker • BRO 19
7. Adams • PIT 19
8. Suggs • CIN 15
9. Drucke • NYG 15
10. Brown • BSN 14

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. Mathewson • NYG 4.0
2. Cole • CHC 3.3
3. Brown • CHC 3.2
4. McQuillan • PHI 2.6
5. Moore • PHI 2.1
6. Adams • PIT 2.1
Rucker • BRO 2.1
8. Suggs • CIN 1.7
Drucke • NYG 1.7
10. Brown • BSN 1.5

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Mathewson • NYG 48.28
2. Brown • CHC 44.73
3. Cole • CHC 35.27
4. Moore • PHI 32.77
5. Rucker • BRO 29.23
6. McQuillan • PHI 28.10
7. Pfiester • CHC 22.53
8. Suggs • CIN 21.46
9. Overall • CHC 18.69
10. Drucke • NYG 18.55

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Mathewson • NYG 7.3
2. Brown • CHC 5.3
3. Cole • CHC 4.0
4. Rucker • BRO 3.4
5. Moore • PHI 3.3
6. McQuillan • PHI 3.2
7. Pfiester • CHC 3.2
8. Barger • BRO 2.9
9. Overall • CHC 2.7
10. Phillippe • PIT 2.6

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Brown • CHC 4.9
2. Mathewson • NYG 4.6
3. Moore • PHI 3.2
4. Rucker • BRO 3.1
5. McQuillan • PHI 2.6
6. Adams • PIT 2.6
7. Phillippe • PIT 2.3
8. Overall • CHC 2.3
9. Pfiester • CHC 2.1
10. Suggs • CIN 2.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Brown • CHC 14.6
2. Cole • CHC 10.6
3. Mathewson • NYG 9.7
4. Pfiester • CHC 7.0
5. Overall • CHC 5.8
6. Leifield • PIT 5.3
7. Phillippe • PIT 4.3
8. Richie • 2TM 2.7
9. White • 2TM 2.3
10. Reulbach • CHC 2.2

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Mathewson • NYG 5.6
2. Brown • CHC 5.2
3. Cole • CHC 4.1
4. Moore • PHI 3.6
5. Rucker • BRO 3.2
6. McQuillan • PHI 3.2
7. Pfiester • CHC 2.8
8. Suggs • CIN 2.4
9. Overall • CHC 2.1
10. Drucke • NYG 2.0

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