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. Rucker • BRO 9.4
2. Mathewson • NYG 8.2
3. Alexander • PHI 7.9
4. Wagner • PIT 6.8
5. Adams • PIT 6.7
6. Leifield • PIT 6.2
7. Marquard • NYG 6.1
8. Konetchy • STL 5.3
9. Sheckard • CHC 5.1
10. Doyle • NYG 5.0

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. Rucker • BRO 9.2
2. Alexander • PHI 8.4
3. Mathewson • NYG 8.2
4. Marquard • NYG 6.3
5. Adams • PIT 6.3
6. Moore • PHI 5.7
7. Leifield • PIT 5.6
8. Keefe • CIN 5.3
9. Richie • CHC 5.1
10. Suggs • CIN 3.8

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. Mathewson • NYG 1.99
2. Richie • CHC 2.31
3. Adams • PIT 2.33
4. Marquard • NYG 2.50
5. Alexander • PHI 2.57
6. Moore • PHI 2.63
7. Crandall • NYG 2.63
8. Leifield • PIT 2.63
9. Steele • 2TM 2.67
10. Ames • NYG 2.68

Wins

Wins

1. Alexander • PHI 28
2. Mathewson • NYG 26
3. Marquard • NYG 24
4. Harmon • STL 23
5. Rucker • BRO 22
Adams • PIT 22
7. Brown • CHC 21
8. Camnitz • PIT 20
9. Cole • CHC 18
Steele • STL 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. Marquard • NYG .774
2. Crandall • NYG .750
3. Cole • CHC .720
4. Alexander • PHI .683
5. Mathewson • NYG .667
6. Brown • CHC .656
7. Adams • PIT .647
8. Reulbach • CHC .640
9. Sallee • STL .625
10. McIntire • CHC .611

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Adams • PIT 1.006
2. Ames • NYG 1.093
3. Mathewson • NYG 1.111
4. Steele • 2TM 1.127
5. Alexander • PHI 1.128
6. Wiltse • NYG 1.153
7. Rucker • BRO 1.156
8. Keefe • CIN 1.161
9. Marquard • NYG 1.178
10. Brown • CHC 1.193

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Alexander • PHI 6.989
2. Marquard • NYG 7.163
3. Rucker • BRO 7.270
4. Ames • NYG 7.463
5. Harmon • STL 7.500
6. Keefe • CIN 7.528
7. Richie • CHC 7.577
8. Cole • CHC 7.645
9. Moore • PHI 7.735
10. Reulbach • CHC 7.755

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. Mathewson • NYG 1.114
2. Adams • PIT 1.289
3. Steele • 2TM 1.714
4. Brown • CHC 1.833
5. Wiltse • NYG 1.874
6. Crandall • NYG 2.310
7. Leifield • PIT 2.321
8. Sallee • STL 2.351
9. Ames • NYG 2.371
10. Gaspar • CIN 2.448

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Marquard • NYG 7.682
2. Alexander • PHI 5.567
3. Rucker • BRO 5.417
4. Ames • NYG 5.180
5. Moore • PHI 5.079
6. Tyler • BSN 4.899
7. Camnitz • PIT 4.674
8. Fromme • CIN 4.630
9. Wiltse • NYG 4.420
10. Chalmers • PHI 4.356

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Brown • CHC 53
2. Harmon • STL 51
3. Alexander • PHI 48
Rucker • BRO 48
5. Marquard • NYG 45
Mathewson • NYG 45
7. Gaspar • CIN 44
8. Steele • STL 43
9. Brown • BSN 42
Leifield • PIT 42
Moore • PHI 42

Saves

Saves

1. Brown • CHC 13
2. Crandall • NYG 5
3. Schardt • BRO 4
Chalmers • PHI 4
Harmon • STL 4
Gaspar • CIN 4
Rucker • BRO 4
8. Ferry • PIT 3
Marquard • NYG 3
Mathewson • NYG 3
Keefe • CIN 3
Sallee • STL 3
Steele • STL 3
Alexander • PHI 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Alexander • PHI 367.0
2. Harmon • STL 348.0
3. Leifield • PIT 318.0
4. Rucker • BRO 315.2
5. Moore • PHI 308.1
6. Mathewson • NYG 307.0
7. Adams • PIT 293.1
8. Steele • STL 287.1
9. Marquard • NYG 277.2
10. Brown • CHC 270.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Marquard • NYG 237
2. Alexander • PHI 227
3. Rucker • BRO 190
4. Moore • PHI 174
5. Harmon • STL 144
6. Mathewson • NYG 141
7. Camnitz • PIT 139
8. Adams • PIT 133
9. Brown • CHC 129
10. Ames • NYG 118

Games Started

Games Started

1. Harmon • STL 41
2. Alexander • PHI 37
Leifield • PIT 37
Mathewson • NYG 37
Adams • PIT 37
6. Moore • PHI 36
7. Steele • STL 34
8. Camnitz • PIT 33
Marquard • NYG 33
Rucker • BRO 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Alexander • PHI 31
2. Mathewson • NYG 29
3. Harmon • STL 28
4. Leifield • PIT 26
5. Adams • PIT 24
6. Steele • STL 23
Rucker • BRO 23
8. Marquard • NYG 22
9. Barger • BRO 21
Brown • CHC 21
Moore • PHI 21

Shutouts

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

1. Alexander • PHI 7
2. Adams • PIT 6
3. Mathewson • NYG 5
Rucker • BRO 5
Moore • PHI 5
Marquard • NYG 5
7. Richie • CHC 4
Wiltse • NYG 4
9. Chalmers • PHI 3
Knetzer • BRO 3
Burns • 2TM 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mattern • BSN 13
2. Rucker • BRO 12
3. Tyler • BSN 11
Moore • PHI 11
Brown • BSN 11
6. Perdue • BSN 10
Harmon • STL 10
Crandall • NYG 10
9. Weaver • 2TM 9
Marquard • NYG 9
Gaspar • CIN 9

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Harmon • STL 181
2. Moore • PHI 164
3. Alexander • PHI 129
Golden • STL 129
5. Brown • BSN 116
6. Steele • STL 113
7. Rucker • BRO 110
8. Tyler • BSN 109
9. Marquard • NYG 106
10. Reulbach • CHC 103
Richie • CHC 103

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mathewson • NYG 303
2. Leifield • PIT 301
3. Harmon • STL 290
4. Steele • STL 287
5. Alexander • PHI 285
6. Gaspar • CIN 272
7. Brown • CHC 267
8. Moore • PHI 265
9. Brown • BSN 258
Suggs • CIN 258

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 3.711
2. Adams • PIT 3.167
3. Wiltse • NYG 2.359
4. Brown • CHC 2.345
5. Marquard • NYG 2.236
6. Ames • NYG 2.185
7. Crandall • NYG 1.843
8. Alexander • PHI 1.760
9. Rucker • BRO 1.727
10. Steele • 2TM 1.694

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. Ames • NYG 0.000
2. Knetzer • BRO 0.044
3. Smith • CIN 0.051
4. Suggs • CIN 0.104
5. Reulbach • CHC 0.122
6. Cole • CHC 0.122
7. Alexander • PHI 0.123
8. Mathewson • NYG 0.147
9. Adams • PIT 0.153
10. Barger • BRO 0.166

Losses

Losses

1. Steele • STL 19
Moore • PHI 19
3. Rucker • BRO 18
Brown • BSN 18
5. Gaspar • CIN 17
6. Harmon • STL 16
Leifield • PIT 16
8. Barger • BRO 15
Schardt • BRO 15
Mattern • BSN 15
Camnitz • PIT 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Harmon • STL 121
2. Steele • STL 119
3. Brown • BSN 115
4. Alexander • PHI 105
5. Mattern • BSN 103
6. Weaver • 2TM 97
7. Rucker • BRO 95
8. Camnitz • PIT 93
Gaspar • CIN 93
Leifield • PIT 93
Tyler • BSN 93

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cole • CHC 11
2. Marquard • NYG 10
Chalmers • PHI 10
Camnitz • PIT 10
5. Golden • STL 8
Ames • NYG 8
7. Steele • STL 7
8. Hendrix • PIT 6
Brown • BSN 6
Curtis • 3TM 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Leifield • PIT 16
Fromme • CIN 16
3. Gaspar • CIN 14
4. Humphries • 2TM 12
Moore • PHI 12
6. Weaver • 2TM 11
7. Tyler • BSN 10
Suggs • CIN 10
Steele • STL 10
Brown • BSN 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Alexander • PHI 1,440
2. Harmon • STL 1,424
3. Moore • PHI 1,279
4. Leifield • PIT 1,254
5. Rucker • BRO 1,244
6. Mathewson • NYG 1,208
7. Steele • STL 1,189
8. Adams • PIT 1,117
Marquard • NYG 1,117
10. Brown • CHC 1,082

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 26
2. Brown • CHC 24
3. Pfeffer • BSN 16
4. Brown • BSN 14
Ferry • PIT 14
Ragan • BRO 14
Rucker • BRO 14
Smith • CIN 14
9. Chalmers • PHI 13
Schardt • BRO 13
Humphries • 2TM 13
Steele • 2TM 13

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Mathewson • NYG 167
2. Adams • PIT 147
3. Richie • CHC 143
4. Marquard • NYG 133
5. Alexander • PHI 132
6. Leifield • PIT 130
7. Moore • PHI 129
8. Steele • 2TM 129
9. Crandall • NYG 127
10. Ames • NYG 124

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 2.44
2. Ames • NYG 2.46
3. Adams • PIT 2.59
4. Marquard • NYG 2.67
5. Brown • CHC 2.73
6. Alexander • PHI 2.83
7. Wiltse • NYG 2.93
8. Smith • CIN 3.07
9. Steele • 2TM 3.10
10. Camnitz • PIT 3.10

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 42
2. Adams • PIT 37
3. Alexander • PHI 35
4. Rucker • BRO 31
5. Leifield • PIT 31
6. Richie • CHC 28
7. Marquard • NYG 28
8. Moore • PHI 25
9. Keefe • CIN 18
10. Brown • CHC 16

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 4.4
2. Adams • PIT 3.9
3. Alexander • PHI 3.7
4. Leifield • PIT 3.3
5. Rucker • BRO 3.2
6. Richie • CHC 2.9
7. Marquard • NYG 2.9
8. Moore • PHI 2.6
9. Keefe • CIN 1.9
10. Steele • 2TM 1.6
Brown • CHC 1.6

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 59.90
2. Rucker • BRO 57.79
3. Alexander • PHI 47.83
4. Adams • PIT 45.15
5. Leifield • PIT 43.59
6. Marquard • NYG 42.41
7. Richie • CHC 41.61
8. Moore • PHI 30.76
9. Keefe • CIN 27.60
10. Brown • CHC 22.81

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. Rucker • BRO 7.9
2. Mathewson • NYG 7.6
3. Alexander • PHI 7.6
4. Marquard • NYG 6.0
5. Adams • PIT 4.1
6. Leifield • PIT 3.8
7. Richie • CHC 3.4
8. Harmon • STL 2.9
9. Cole • CHC 2.9
10. Sallee • STL 2.8

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. Alexander • PHI 6.5
2. Adams • PIT 5.1
3. Mathewson • NYG 4.7
4. Rucker • BRO 4.3
5. Marquard • NYG 4.1
6. Leifield • PIT 3.6
7. Richie • CHC 3.2
8. Ames • NYG 3.0
9. Keefe • CIN 2.7
10. Camnitz • PIT 2.5

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. Mathewson • NYG 19.3
2. Marquard • NYG 19.1
3. Alexander • PHI 16.3
4. Richie • CHC 11.5
5. Adams • PIT 10.9
6. Cole • CHC 8.9
7. Leifield • PIT 7.6
8. Brown • CHC 6.6
9. Ames • NYG 5.1
10. Sallee • STL 3.7

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 6.6
2. Rucker • BRO 6.3
3. Alexander • PHI 5.1
4. Adams • PIT 4.8
5. Leifield • PIT 4.6
6. Richie • CHC 4.6
7. Marquard • NYG 4.6
8. Moore • PHI 3.2
9. Keefe • CIN 2.9
10. Brown • CHC 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 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