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. Alexander • PHI 9.3
2. James • BSN 8.4
3. Pfeffer • BRO 7.8
4. Burns • NYG 6.4
5. Rudolph • BSN 6.2
6. Mayer • PHI 6.1
7. Sallee • STL 6.1
8. Tesreau • NYG 5.6
9. Doak • STL 5.1
10. Maranville • BSN 5.1

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. Alexander • PHI 8.9
2. James • BSN 7.9
3. Pfeffer • BRO 7.9
4. Rudolph • BSN 6.3
5. Mayer • PHI 5.8
6. Sallee • STL 5.7
7. Doak • STL 5.6
8. Tesreau • NYG 4.9
9. Adams • PIT 3.9
Ames • CIN 3.9

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. Doak • STL 1.72
2. James • BSN 1.90
3. Pfeffer • BRO 1.97
4. Vaughn • CHC 2.05
5. Sallee • STL 2.10
6. Cooper • PIT 2.13
7. Rudolph • BSN 2.35
8. Perritt • STL 2.36
9. Tesreau • NYG 2.37
10. Alexander • PHI 2.38

Wins

Wins

1. Alexander • PHI 27
2. James • BSN 26
Tesreau • NYG 26
Rudolph • BSN 26
5. Mathewson • NYG 24
6. Pfeffer • BRO 23
7. Vaughn • CHC 21
Mayer • PHI 21
9. Cheney • CHC 20
10. Doak • STL 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. James • BSN .788
2. Doak • STL .760
3. Tesreau • NYG .722
Rudolph • BSN .722
5. Pfeffer • BRO .657
6. Mathewson • NYG .649
7. Alexander • PHI .643
8. Aitchison • BRO .632
9. Vaughn • CHC .618
10. Tyler • BSN .552
Perritt • STL .552

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 1.032
2. Rudolph • BSN 1.038
3. Mathewson • NYG 1.080
4. Doak • STL 1.094
5. Pfeffer • BRO 1.127
6. Alexander • PHI 1.135
7. Tesreau • NYG 1.135
8. James • BSN 1.140
9. Harmon • PIT 1.147
10. Sallee • STL 1.148

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Tesreau • NYG 6.645
2. Doak • STL 6.785
3. Cheney • CHC 6.909
4. Douglas • CIN 6.994
5. James • BSN 7.068
6. Vaughn • CHC 7.233
7. Benton • CIN 7.406
8. Pfeffer • BRO 7.543
9. Rudolph • BSN 7.707
10. Perritt • STL 7.804

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 0.663
2. Adams • PIT 1.240
3. Marquard • NYG 1.578
4. Rudolph • BSN 1.632
5. Alexander • PHI 1.927
6. Humphries • CHC 1.947
7. Harmon • PIT 2.020
8. Perdue • 2TM 2.026
9. McQuillan • PIT 2.082
10. Sallee • STL 2.295

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Tincup • PHI 6.271
2. Alexander • PHI 5.425
3. Tesreau • NYG 5.277
4. Vaughn • CHC 5.057
5. Tyler • BSN 4.644
6. Ragan • BRO 4.579
7. Douglas • CIN 4.550
8. Aitchison • BRO 4.544
9. Cheney • CHC 4.539
10. James • BSN 4.225

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Cheney • CHC 50
2. Mayer • PHI 48
3. Ames • CIN 47
4. Alexander • PHI 46
Sallee • STL 46
James • BSN 46
7. Douglas • CIN 45
McQuillan • PIT 45
9. Reulbach • BRO 44
10. Pfeffer • BRO 43

Saves

Saves

1. Ames • CIN 6
Sallee • STL 6
3. Cheney • CHC 5
4. Pfeffer • BRO 4
McQuillan • PIT 4
6. Ragan • BRO 3
Harmon • PIT 3
Reulbach • BRO 3
James • BSN 3
Zabel • CHC 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Alexander • PHI 355.0
2. Rudolph • BSN 336.1
3. James • BSN 332.1
4. Tesreau • NYG 322.1
5. Mayer • PHI 321.0
6. Pfeffer • BRO 315.0
7. Mathewson • NYG 312.0
8. Cheney • CHC 311.1
9. Ames • CIN 297.0
10. Vaughn • CHC 293.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Alexander • PHI 214
2. Tesreau • NYG 189
3. Vaughn • CHC 165
4. Cheney • CHC 157
5. James • BSN 156
6. Tyler • BSN 140
7. Rudolph • BSN 138
8. Pfeffer • BRO 135
9. Ames • CIN 128
10. Douglas • CIN 121
Benton • CIN 121

Games Started

Games Started

1. Tesreau • NYG 41
2. Cheney • CHC 40
3. Alexander • PHI 39
4. Mayer • PHI 38
5. James • BSN 37
Ames • CIN 37
7. Rudolph • BSN 36
8. Adams • PIT 35
Benton • CIN 35
Mathewson • NYG 35
Vaughn • CHC 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Alexander • PHI 32
2. Rudolph • BSN 31
3. James • BSN 30
4. Mathewson • NYG 29
5. Pfeffer • BRO 27
6. Tesreau • NYG 26
7. Mayer • PHI 24
8. Vaughn • CHC 23
9. Tyler • BSN 21
Cheney • CHC 21

Shutouts

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

1. Tesreau • NYG 8
2. Doak • STL 7
3. Alexander • PHI 6
Cheney • CHC 6
Rudolph • BSN 6
6. Tyler • BSN 5
Mathewson • NYG 5
8. James • BSN 4
Vaughn • CHC 4
Ames • CIN 4
Benton • CIN 4
Marquard • NYG 4
Mayer • PHI 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mathewson • NYG 16
2. Lavender • CHC 11
3. Marquard • NYG 9
Pfeffer • BRO 9
Cheney • CHC 9
Rudolph • BSN 9
7. Alexander • PHI 8
Tesreau • NYG 8
Perdue • 2TM 8
McQuillan • PIT 8
Mayer • PHI 8

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cheney • CHC 140
2. Tesreau • NYG 128
3. James • BSN 118
4. Vaughn • CHC 109
5. Tyler • BSN 101
6. Benton • CIN 95
7. Ames • CIN 94
8. Perritt • STL 93
9. Douglas • CIN 92
10. Pfeffer • BRO 91
Mayer • PHI 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Alexander • PHI 327
2. Mathewson • NYG 314
3. Mayer • PHI 308
4. Rudolph • BSN 288
5. Ames • CIN 274
6. Pfeffer • BRO 264
7. James • BSN 261
Marquard • NYG 261
9. Adams • PIT 253
10. Sallee • STL 252

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 3.478
2. Alexander • PHI 2.816
3. Adams • PIT 2.333
4. Rudolph • BSN 2.262
5. Marquard • NYG 1.957
6. Tincup • PHI 1.742
7. Humphries • CHC 1.676
8. McQuillan • PIT 1.600
9. Vaughn • CHC 1.514
10. Pfeffer • BRO 1.484

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. Tincup • PHI 0.000
2. Vaughn • CHC 0.031
3. Doak • STL 0.070
4. Benton • CIN 0.100
5. Demaree • NYG 0.121
6. Cooper • PIT 0.135
7. Harmon • PIT 0.147
8. Griner • STL 0.151
9. Adams • PIT 0.159
10. Sallee • STL 0.159

Losses

Losses

1. Ames • CIN 23
2. Marquard • NYG 22
3. Mayer • PHI 19
4. Benton • CIN 18
Reulbach • BRO 18
Douglas • CIN 18
Cheney • CHC 18
8. McQuillan • PIT 17
Harmon • PIT 17
Demaree • NYG 17
Sallee • STL 17

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mathewson • NYG 104
2. Alexander • PHI 94
3. Mayer • PHI 92
4. Marquard • NYG 91
5. Benton • CIN 89
6. Rudolph • BSN 88
Cheney • CHC 88
8. Ames • CIN 87
9. McQuillan • PIT 86
10. Tesreau • NYG 85

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cheney • CHC 26
2. Vaughn • CHC 13
3. Marquard • NYG 12
Ames • CIN 12
5. Benton • CIN 11
6. Aitchison • BRO 9
7. Tyler • BSN 8
Lavender • CHC 8
9. Yingling • CIN 7
Rudolph • BSN 7
Rixey • PHI 7
Doak • STL 7
Mathewson • NYG 7
Hageman • 2TM 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Perritt • STL 15
2. Tyler • BSN 14
3. Mayer • PHI 13
James • BSN 13
5. Alexander • PHI 11
Douglas • CIN 11
Benton • CIN 11
Lavender • CHC 11
9. Cheney • CHC 10
Reulbach • BRO 10
Oeschger • PHI 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Alexander • PHI 1,459
2. Mayer • PHI 1,343
3. James • BSN 1,316
4. Rudolph • BSN 1,302
5. Tesreau • NYG 1,299
6. Cheney • CHC 1,295
7. Pfeffer • BRO 1,268
8. Mathewson • NYG 1,251
9. Ames • CIN 1,241
10. Vaughn • CHC 1,209

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. Zabel • CHC 18
2. Fromme • NYG 17
Wiltse • NYG 17
Hageman • 2TM 17
Conzelman • PIT 17
6. Sallee • STL 16
Griner • STL 16
8. Oeschger • PHI 15
9. McQuillan • PIT 14
Douglas • CIN 14

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Doak • STL 162
2. James • BSN 150
3. Pfeffer • BRO 144
4. Vaughn • CHC 133
5. Sallee • STL 133
6. Cooper • PIT 123
7. Alexander • PHI 122
8. Rudolph • BSN 121
9. Perritt • STL 118
10. Douglas • CIN 115

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. Alexander • PHI 2.26
2. Tincup • PHI 2.32
3. Adams • PIT 2.51
4. Rudolph • BSN 2.54
5. Vaughn • CHC 2.55
6. Doak • STL 2.72
7. Marquard • NYG 2.74
8. Humphries • CHC 2.78
9. Sallee • STL 2.78
10. Cooper • PIT 2.81

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. James • BSN 37
2. Pfeffer • BRO 29
3. Doak • STL 26
4. Rudolph • BSN 24
5. Sallee • STL 21
6. Alexander • PHI 19
7. Tesreau • NYG 16
8. Vaughn • CHC 13
9. Perritt • STL 13
10. Cooper • PIT 11

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. James • BSN 4.2
2. Pfeffer • BRO 3.3
3. Doak • STL 3.0
4. Rudolph • BSN 2.7
5. Sallee • STL 2.4
6. Alexander • PHI 2.1
7. Tesreau • NYG 1.7
8. Vaughn • CHC 1.4
9. Perritt • STL 1.4
10. Cooper • PIT 1.2

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. James • BSN 52.34
2. Pfeffer • BRO 38.91
3. Rudolph • BSN 37.67
4. Doak • STL 33.31
5. Tesreau • NYG 31.83
6. Sallee • STL 31.12
7. Alexander • PHI 21.61
8. Harmon • PIT 18.53
9. Perritt • STL 17.30
10. Adams • PIT 16.56

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. James • BSN 7.8
2. Pfeffer • BRO 6.7
3. Doak • STL 5.1
4. Rudolph • BSN 4.3
5. Sallee • STL 3.5
6. Tesreau • NYG 2.9
7. Alexander • PHI 2.8
8. Tyler • BSN 2.8
9. Vaughn • CHC 2.6
10. Harmon • PIT 2.5

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. James • BSN 5.3
2. Rudolph • BSN 4.2
3. Adams • PIT 3.5
4. Pfeffer • BRO 3.4
5. Doak • STL 3.4
6. Sallee • STL 3.3
7. Alexander • PHI 3.1
8. Tesreau • NYG 3.0
9. Harmon • PIT 2.4
10. Vaughn • CHC 2.2

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. James • BSN 13.2
2. Tesreau • NYG 13.0
3. Doak • STL 8.0
4. Rudolph • BSN 6.6
5. Tyler • BSN 5.1
6. Vaughn • CHC 4.6
7. Pfeffer • BRO 3.4
8. Adams • PIT 2.7
9. Marquard • NYG 2.7
10. Cooper • PIT 2.6

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. James • BSN 6.0
2. Pfeffer • BRO 4.4
3. Rudolph • BSN 4.3
4. Doak • STL 3.8
5. Tesreau • NYG 3.7
6. Sallee • STL 3.5
7. Alexander • PHI 2.4
8. Harmon • PIT 2.1
9. Perritt • STL 1.9
10. Adams • PIT 1.9

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