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. Hornsby • STL 10.1
2. Cooper • PIT 7.5
3. Bancroft • NYG 6.2
4. O'Farrell • CHC 5.9
5. Morrison • PIT 5.9
6. Grimes • CHC 5.6
7. Carey • PIT 5.2
8. Ruether • BRO 5.1
9. Hollocher • CHC 5.0
10. Meadows • PHI 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. Cooper • PIT 6.5
2. Morrison • PIT 6.3
3. Ruether • BRO 4.7
4. Meadows • PHI 4.4
Alexander • CHC 4.4
6. Adams • PIT 4.1
7. Pfeffer • STL 4.0
8. Rixey • CIN 3.9
9. Vance • BRO 3.8
10. Douglas • NYG 3.7

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. Douglas • NYG 2.63
2. Ryan • NYG 3.01
3. Donohue • CIN 3.12
4. Cooper • PIT 3.18
5. Nehf • NYG 3.29
6. Luque • CIN 3.31
7. Weinert • PHI 3.40
8. Morrison • PIT 3.43
9. Miller • BSN 3.51
10. Barnes • NYG 3.51

Wins

Wins

1. Rixey • CIN 25
2. Cooper • PIT 23
3. Ruether • BRO 21
4. Nehf • NYG 19
Pfeffer • STL 19
6. Donohue • CIN 18
Vance • BRO 18
8. Morrison • PIT 17
Grimes • BRO 17
Sherdel • STL 17
Ryan • NYG 17

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. Donohue • CIN .667
2. Rixey • CIN .658
3. Couch • CIN .640
4. Ruether • BRO .636
5. Cooper • PIT .622
6. Barnes • NYG .619
7. Pfeffer • STL .613
8. Hamilton • PIT .611
9. Morrison • PIT .607
10. Vance • BRO .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Douglas • NYG 1.199
2. Adams • PIT 1.202
3. Rixey • CIN 1.219
4. Donohue • CIN 1.240
5. Barnes • NYG 1.288
6. Alexander • CHC 1.290
7. Luque • CIN 1.295
8. Nehf • NYG 1.304
9. Pfeffer • STL 1.316
10. Cooper • PIT 1.327

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Douglas • NYG 8.791
2. Osborne • CHC 8.951
3. Ryan • NYG 9.110
4. Luque • CIN 9.172
5. Vance • BRO 9.488
6. Donohue • CIN 9.558
7. Miller • BSN 9.585
8. Nehf • NYG 9.593
9. Cheeves • CHC 9.608
10. Rixey • CIN 9.680

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. Adams • PIT 0.788
2. Alexander • CHC 1.246
3. Rixey • CIN 1.293
4. Donohue • CIN 1.599
5. Barnes • NYG 1.608
6. Smith • PHI 1.624
7. Cooper • PIT 1.863
8. Couch • CIN 1.909
9. Aldridge • CHC 1.951
10. Hubbell • PHI 1.952

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Vance • BRO 4.909
2. Ring • PHI 4.187
3. Osborne • CHC 3.962
4. Cooper • PIT 3.940
5. Doak • STL 3.643
6. Glazner • PIT 3.591
7. Ryan • NYG 3.522
8. Grimes • BRO 3.440
9. Morrison • PIT 3.269
10. Weinert • PHI 3.132

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. North • STL 53
2. Sherdel • STL 47
3. Oeschger • BSN 46
Ryan • NYG 46
5. Morrison • PIT 45
6. Jones • CHC 44
Pfeffer • STL 44
8. Couch • CIN 43
McQuillan • 2TM 43
10. Barfoot • STL 42
Smith • PHI 42

Saves

Saves

1. Barfoot • STL 6
North • STL 6
3. Carlson • PIT 4
Smith • BRO 4
Osborne • CHC 4
Jonnard • NYG 4
7. Cheeves • CHC 3
Mamaux • BRO 3
9. Kaufmann • CHC 2
Scott • 2TM 2
McQuillan • 2TM 2
Winters • PHI 2
Weinert • PHI 2
Sherdel • STL 2
Ryan • NYG 2
Pfeffer • STL 2
Barnes • NYG 2
Decatur • BRO 2
Doak • STL 2
Donohue • CIN 2
Fillingim • BSN 2
Hamilton • PIT 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Rixey • CIN 313.1
2. Cooper • PIT 294.2
3. Morrison • PIT 286.1
4. Nehf • NYG 268.1
5. Ruether • BRO 267.1
6. Couch • CIN 264.0
7. Pfeffer • STL 261.1
8. Luque • CIN 261.0
9. Grimes • BRO 259.0
10. Aldridge • CHC 258.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Vance • BRO 134
2. Cooper • PIT 129
3. Ring • PHI 116
4. Morrison • PIT 104
5. Grimes • BRO 99
6. Ruether • BRO 89
7. North • STL 84
8. Pfeffer • STL 83
9. Osborne • CHC 81
10. Rixey • CIN 80

Games Started

Games Started

1. Rixey • CIN 38
2. Cooper • PIT 36
3. Ruether • BRO 35
Nehf • NYG 35
5. Aldridge • CHC 34
Grimes • BRO 34
7. Luque • CIN 33
Morrison • PIT 33
Meadows • PHI 33
Couch • CIN 33
Ring • PHI 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Cooper • PIT 27
2. Rixey • CIN 26
3. Ruether • BRO 25
4. Aldridge • CHC 20
Alexander • CHC 20
Morrison • PIT 20
Nehf • NYG 20
8. Meadows • PHI 19
Donohue • CIN 19
10. Luque • CIN 18
Grimes • BRO 18
Pfeffer • STL 18
Couch • CIN 18

Shutouts

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

1. Morrison • PIT 5
Vance • BRO 5
3. Adams • PIT 4
Cooper • PIT 4
5. Sherdel • STL 3
6. Nehf • NYG 2
Miller • BSN 2
Meadows • PHI 2
McNamara • BSN 2
Rixey • CIN 2
Jones • CHC 2
Ruether • BRO 2
Haines • STL 2
Shriver • BRO 2
Donohue • CIN 2
Doak • STL 2
Couch • CIN 2
Barnes • NYG 2
Aldridge • CHC 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ring • PHI 19
2. Grimes • BRO 17
3. Smith • PHI 16
4. Kaufmann • CHC 15
Nehf • NYG 15
6. Aldridge • CHC 14
Hubbell • PHI 14
8. Rixey • CIN 13
Couch • CIN 13
Cooper • PIT 13
Cadore • BRO 13

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ring • PHI 103
2. Osborne • CHC 95
3. Vance • BRO 94
4. Ruether • BRO 92
5. McQuillan • 2TM 90
6. Morrison • PIT 87
7. Grimes • BRO 84
8. Oeschger • BSN 81
9. Cheeves • CHC 76
10. Ryan • NYG 74

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rixey • CIN 337
2. Cooper • PIT 330
3. Grimes • BRO 324
4. Morrison • PIT 315
5. Couch • CIN 301
6. Sherdel • STL 298
7. Ring • PHI 292
8. Ruether • BRO 290
9. Aldridge • CHC 287
10. Pfeffer • STL 286
Nehf • NYG 286

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. Adams • PIT 2.600
2. Cooper • PIT 2.115
3. Rixey • CIN 1.778
4. Donohue • CIN 1.535
5. Glazner • PIT 1.481
6. Pfeffer • STL 1.431
7. Vance • BRO 1.426
8. Alexander • CHC 1.412
9. Haines • STL 1.378
10. Barnes • NYG 1.368

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. Adams • PIT 0.053
2. Ryan • NYG 0.235
3. Luque • CIN 0.241
4. Donohue • CIN 0.260
5. Alexander • CHC 0.293
6. Meadows • PHI 0.304
7. Morrison • PIT 0.314
8. Miller • BSN 0.315
9. Vance • BRO 0.330
10. Hamilton • PIT 0.338

Losses

Losses

1. Luque • CIN 23
2. Oeschger • BSN 21
3. Ring • PHI 18
Meadows • PHI 18
5. Hubbell • PHI 15
McQuillan • 2TM 15
Cadore • BRO 15
Marquard • BSN 15
Aldridge • CHC 15
10. Grimes • BRO 14
Smith • PHI 14
Watson • BSN 14
Cooper • PIT 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Grimes • BRO 137
2. Ring • PHI 127
3. Rixey • CIN 123
4. Couch • CIN 114
5. Marquard • BSN 112
6. Doak • STL 111
7. Oeschger • BSN 110
8. Morrison • PIT 109
9. Meadows • PHI 106
10. Hubbell • PHI 105
Ruether • BRO 105
Watson • BSN 105

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Oeschger • BSN 11
Ring • PHI 11
3. McQuillan • 2TM 7
Weinert • PHI 7
Smith • PHI 7
6. Aldridge • CHC 6
Jones • CHC 6
Grimes • BRO 6
Ryan • NYG 6
10. Morrison • PIT 5
Vance • BRO 5
Shriver • BRO 5
Doak • STL 5
Singleton • PHI 5
Meadows • PHI 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Aldridge • CHC 12
Osborne • CHC 12
3. Pfeffer • STL 11
Meadows • PHI 11
5. Barfoot • STL 10
Cheeves • CHC 10
7. Oeschger • BSN 8
Vance • BRO 8
9. Smith • BRO 7
Grimes • BRO 7
Cooper • PIT 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Rixey • CIN 1,303
2. Cooper • PIT 1,251
3. Morrison • PIT 1,231
4. Grimes • BRO 1,168
5. Ruether • BRO 1,157
6. Couch • CIN 1,128
7. Nehf • NYG 1,125
8. Pfeffer • STL 1,124
9. Ring • PHI 1,117
10. Aldridge • CHC 1,099

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. Barfoot • STL 25
2. Jonnard • NYG 20
North • STL 20
4. Decatur • BRO 19
Gillespie • CIN 19
6. Kaufmann • CHC 18
Smith • PHI 18
8. Winters • PHI 17
9. Mamaux • BRO 16
Markle • CIN 16

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Douglas • NYG 153
2. Weinert • PHI 136
3. Ryan • NYG 134
4. Cooper • PIT 129
5. Donohue • CIN 127
6. Nehf • NYG 122
7. Luque • CIN 120
8. Morrison • PIT 120
9. Aldridge • CHC 119
10. Ruether • BRO 116

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. Adams • PIT 3.10
2. Cooper • PIT 3.54
3. Donohue • CIN 3.58
4. Alexander • CHC 3.64
5. Rixey • CIN 3.65
6. Luque • CIN 3.73
7. Vance • BRO 3.78
8. Glazner • PIT 3.80
9. Barnes • NYG 3.85
10. Morrison • PIT 3.85

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. Cooper • PIT 30
2. Douglas • NYG 25
3. Morrison • PIT 23
4. Nehf • NYG 22
5. Donohue • CIN 21
6. Ruether • BRO 20
7. Alexander • CHC 19
8. Ryan • NYG 19
9. Rixey • CIN 18
10. Luque • CIN 18

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. Cooper • PIT 2.9
2. Douglas • NYG 2.5
3. Morrison • PIT 2.3
4. Nehf • NYG 2.1
5. Donohue • CIN 2.1
6. Ruether • BRO 1.9
7. Alexander • CHC 1.9
8. Ryan • NYG 1.8
9. Rixey • CIN 1.8
10. Luque • CIN 1.8

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. Donohue • CIN 34.42
2. Cooper • PIT 32.65
3. Douglas • NYG 32.48
4. Morrison • PIT 29.10
5. Nehf • NYG 28.44
6. Ruether • BRO 27.64
7. Alexander • CHC 26.78
8. Rixey • CIN 26.74
9. Ryan • NYG 26.51
10. Decatur • BRO 23.41

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. Alexander • CHC 4.9
2. Rixey • CIN 4.7
3. Donohue • CIN 4.4
4. Douglas • NYG 3.5
5. Ruether • BRO 3.4
6. Nehf • NYG 3.3
7. Cooper • PIT 3.2
8. Morrison • PIT 2.8
9. Decatur • BRO 2.7
10. Hamilton • 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. Rixey • CIN 3.9
2. Cooper • PIT 3.2
3. Alexander • CHC 3.1
4. Donohue • CIN 2.8
5. Luque • CIN 2.7
6. Adams • PIT 2.6
7. Nehf • NYG 2.5
8. Ryan • NYG 2.4
9. Douglas • NYG 2.3
10. Aldridge • CHC 2.1

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. Nehf • NYG 13.5
2. Douglas • NYG 8.7
3. Alexander • CHC 7.1
4. McQuillan • 2TM 6.8
5. Ryan • NYG 5.6
6. Toney • NYG 4.6
7. Ruether • BRO 4.5
8. Haines • STL 3.6
9. Hamilton • PIT 3.0
10. Aldridge • CHC 2.9

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. Donohue • CIN 3.5
2. Douglas • NYG 3.3
3. Cooper • PIT 3.2
4. Morrison • PIT 2.8
5. Nehf • NYG 2.8
6. Ruether • BRO 2.7
7. Rixey • CIN 2.7
8. Alexander • CHC 2.6
9. Ryan • NYG 2.6
10. Decatur • BRO 2.3

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