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. Carlson • PHI 8.7
2. Kremer • PIT 6.5
3. Waner • PIT 5.4
4. Wilson • CHC 5.3
5. Petty • BRO 5.1
6. Root • CHC 4.8
7. Frisch • NYG 4.6
8. Bell • STL 4.6
9. Adams • CHC 4.6
10. Cuyler • PIT 4.5

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. Carlson • PHI 8.3
2. Kremer • PIT 6.2
3. Petty • BRO 5.4
4. Root • CHC 5.2
5. McWeeny • BRO 4.1
6. Mays • CIN 4.0
7. Alexander • 2TM 3.3
8. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.3
9. Bush • CHC 3.1
10. Barnes • NYG 3.1
Jones • CHC 3.1

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. Kremer • PIT 2.61
2. Root • CHC 2.82
3. Petty • BRO 2.84
4. Bush • CHC 2.86
5. Barnes • NYG 2.87
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.88
7. Kaufmann • CHC 3.02
8. McWeeny • BRO 3.04
9. Alexander • 2TM 3.05
10. Jones • CHC 3.09

Wins

Wins

1. Rhem • STL 20
Donohue • CIN 20
Kremer • PIT 20
Meadows • PIT 20
5. Mays • CIN 19
6. Root • CHC 18
7. Petty • BRO 17
Carlson • PHI 17
9. Sherdel • STL 16
10. Benton • BSN 14
Rixey • CIN 14
Fitzsimmons • NYG 14

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. Kremer • PIT .769
2. Haines • STL .765
3. Rhem • STL .741
4. Meadows • PIT .690
5. Rixey • CIN .636
6. Jones • CHC .632
7. Mays • CIN .613
8. Bush • CHC .591
May • CIN .591
10. Donohue • CIN .588

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Alexander • 2TM 1.108
2. Kremer • PIT 1.176
3. Petty • BRO 1.179
4. Donohue • CIN 1.180
5. Mays • CIN 1.206
6. Root • CHC 1.213
7. Bush • CHC 1.214
8. Rhem • STL 1.225
9. Lucas • CIN 1.240
10. Rixey • CIN 1.240

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Petty • BRO 8.031
2. Greenfield • NYG 8.326
3. Rhem • STL 8.407
4. Jones • CHC 8.476
5. Bush • CHC 8.523
6. Alexander • 2TM 8.581
7. Kremer • PIT 8.598
8. Yde • PIT 8.696
9. Root • CHC 8.856
10. McWeeny • BRO 8.861

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. Donohue • CIN 1.229
2. Alexander • 2TM 1.393
3. Carlson • PHI 1.582
4. Mays • CIN 1.698
5. Lucas • CIN 1.753
6. Sherdel • STL 1.879
7. Kremer • PIT 1.984
8. Barnes • BRO 1.994
9. Root • CHC 2.057
10. Meadows • PIT 2.065

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 7.456
2. May • CIN 5.529
3. Jones • CHC 4.491
4. Blake • CHC 4.325
5. Root • CHC 4.213
6. Benton • BSN 4.001
7. McWeeny • BRO 3.994
8. Ring • NYG 3.731
9. Petty • BRO 3.297
10. Scott • NYG 3.265

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Scott • NYG 50
2. Donohue • CIN 47
Willoughby • PHI 47
4. May • CIN 45
Ulrich • PHI 45
6. Ehrhardt • BRO 44
7. Benton • BSN 43
8. McWeeny • BRO 42
Root • CHC 42
10. Blake • CHC 39
Greenfield • NYG 39
Lucas • CIN 39
Mays • CIN 39
Mogridge • BSN 39
Ring • NYG 39

Saves

Saves

1. Davies • NYG 6
2. Kremer • PIT 5
Scott • NYG 5
4. Ehrhardt • BRO 4
5. Bush • PIT 3
Adams • PIT 3
Mogridge • BSN 3
May • CIN 3
9. Songer • PIT 2
Smith • BSN 2
Alexander • 2TM 2
Root • CHC 2
Ring • NYG 2
Oldham • PIT 2
Morrison • PIT 2
Milstead • CHC 2
Lucas • CIN 2
Huntzinger • 2TM 2
Kaufmann • CHC 2
Jones • CHC 2
Hearn • BSN 2
Knight • PHI 2
Haines • STL 2
Genewich • BSN 2
Donohue • CIN 2
Bell • STL 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Donohue • CIN 285.2
2. Mays • CIN 281.0
3. Petty • BRO 275.2
4. Root • CHC 271.1
5. Carlson • PHI 267.1
6. Rhem • STL 258.0
7. Sherdel • STL 234.2
8. Luque • CIN 233.2
9. Rixey • CIN 233.0
10. Benton • BSN 231.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Vance • BRO 140
2. Root • CHC 127
3. Benton • BSN 103
May • CIN 103
5. Petty • BRO 101
6. McWeeny • BRO 96
7. Blake • CHC 95
8. Luque • CIN 83
9. Scott • NYG 82
10. Jones • CHC 80

Games Started

Games Started

1. Donohue • CIN 36
2. Rhem • STL 34
Carlson • PHI 34
4. Petty • BRO 33
Mays • CIN 33
6. Root • CHC 32
7. Luque • CIN 31
Meadows • PIT 31
9. Sherdel • STL 29
Grimes • BRO 29
Rixey • CIN 29

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Mays • CIN 24
2. Petty • BRO 23
3. Root • CHC 21
4. Rhem • STL 20
Carlson • PHI 20
6. Grimes • BRO 18
Kremer • PIT 18
8. Sherdel • STL 17
Donohue • CIN 17
10. Luque • CIN 16

Shutouts

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

1. Donohue • CIN 5
2. Smith • BSN 4
Blake • CHC 4
4. Sherdel • STL 3
Rixey • CIN 3
Carlson • PHI 3
Mays • CIN 3
Kremer • PIT 3
Haines • STL 3
10. Alexander • 2TM 2
Root • CHC 2
Morrison • PIT 2
Jones • CHC 2
Genewich • BSN 2
Cooper • CHC 2
Barnes • NYG 2
Bush • CHC 2
Bush • PIT 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Greenfield • NYG 17
2. Sherdel • STL 15
Keen • STL 15
4. Scott • NYG 13
Knight • PHI 13
6. McGraw • BRO 12
Rixey • CIN 12
Ring • NYG 12
Rhem • STL 12
10. Meadows • PIT 10
Smith • BSN 10
Haines • STL 10
Root • CHC 10
Benton • BSN 10

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Blake • CHC 92
2. Jones • CHC 90
3. Dean • PHI 89
4. Grimes • BRO 88
5. McWeeny • BRO 84
6. Greenfield • NYG 82
7. Yde • PIT 81
Benton • BSN 81
9. Petty • BRO 79
10. Luque • CIN 77

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Donohue • CIN 298
2. Carlson • PHI 293
3. Mays • CIN 286
4. Root • CHC 267
5. Sherdel • STL 255
6. Meadows • PIT 254
7. Petty • BRO 246
8. Dean • PHI 245
9. Benton • BSN 244
10. Scott • NYG 242

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. Vance • BRO 2.414
2. May • CIN 2.341
3. Root • CHC 2.048
4. Donohue • CIN 1.872
5. Scott • NYG 1.547
6. Alexander • 2TM 1.516
7. Kremer • PIT 1.451
8. Werts • BSN 1.383
9. Petty • BRO 1.278
10. Benton • BSN 1.272

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. Mays • CIN 0.096
2. Yde • PIT 0.144
3. Grimes • BRO 0.160
4. Jones • CHC 0.168
5. Bush • CHC 0.172
6. Donohue • CIN 0.189
7. Barnes • NYG 0.195
8. May • CIN 0.215
9. McWeeny • BRO 0.250
10. Genewich • BSN 0.250

Losses

Losses

1. Root • CHC 17
Petty • BRO 17
3. Genewich • BSN 16
Luque • CIN 16
Dean • PHI 16
6. Scott • NYG 15
7. Donohue • CIN 14
Benton • BSN 14
Mitchell • PHI 14
10. Grimes • BRO 13
McGraw • BRO 13
McWeeny • BRO 13
Smith • BSN 13
Ulrich • PHI 13
Barnes • NYG 13
Aldridge • PIT 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Dean • PHI 111
Willoughby • PHI 111
3. Scott • NYG 109
4. Donohue • CIN 107
5. Knight • PHI 105
6. Meadows • PIT 100
7. Benton • BSN 99
8. Greenfield • NYG 98
Mays • CIN 98
10. Carlson • PHI 96

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Willoughby • PHI 9
Ring • NYG 9
3. Boehler • BRO 8
4. Dean • PHI 6
Blake • CHC 6
6. Genewich • BSN 5
Rhem • STL 5
8. Kaufmann • CHC 4
Haines • STL 4
Pierce • PHI 4
Piercy • CHC 4
Grimes • BRO 4
Goldsmith • BSN 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Songer • PIT 11
2. Werts • BSN 10
3. Donohue • CIN 9
4. McWeeny • BRO 8
5. May • CIN 7
Benton • BSN 7
Cooney • BSN 7
8. Root • CHC 6
Genewich • BSN 6
Piercy • CHC 6
Kaufmann • CHC 6
Blake • CHC 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Donohue • CIN 1,191
2. Mays • CIN 1,158
3. Petty • BRO 1,152
4. Carlson • PHI 1,110
Root • CHC 1,110
6. Rhem • STL 1,068
7. Benton • BSN 996
Grimes • BRO 996
9. Luque • CIN 993
10. Sherdel • STL 992

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. Ehrhardt • BRO 29
Davies • NYG 29
3. Mogridge • BSN 24
Scott • NYG 24
5. May • CIN 22
6. Lucas • CIN 21
7. Hearn • BSN 16
8. Adams • PIT 14
Willoughby • PHI 14
10. Bush • CHC 13

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kremer • PIT 150
2. Root • CHC 137
3. Bush • CHC 135
4. Petty • BRO 133
5. Carlson • PHI 132
6. Barnes • NYG 130
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 129
8. Kaufmann • CHC 128
9. Alexander • 2TM 128
10. Jones • CHC 125

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. Vance • BRO 2.96
2. May • CIN 3.02
3. Donohue • CIN 3.30
4. Root • CHC 3.32
5. Mays • CIN 3.36
6. Alexander • 2TM 3.57
7. Carlson • PHI 3.61
8. Kremer • PIT 3.61
9. Petty • BRO 3.61
10. Werts • BSN 3.66

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. Kremer • PIT 33
2. Root • CHC 31
3. Carlson • PHI 27
4. Petty • BRO 24
5. Mays • CIN 20
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 19
7. Bush • CHC 18
8. Alexander • 2TM 18
9. Barnes • NYG 17
10. Rhem • STL 15

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. Kremer • PIT 3.5
2. Root • CHC 3.2
3. Carlson • PHI 2.8
4. Petty • BRO 2.4
5. Mays • CIN 2.0
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.9
7. Bush • CHC 1.9
8. Alexander • 2TM 1.9
9. Barnes • NYG 1.7
10. Rhem • STL 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. Kremer • PIT 40.44
2. Root • CHC 35.77
3. Mays • CIN 30.70
4. Carlson • PHI 23.86
5. Jones • CHC 22.41
6. Rhem • STL 21.49
7. May • CIN 20.56
8. Haines • STL 20.47
9. Alexander • 2TM 18.96
10. Kaufmann • CHC 17.63

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. Kremer • PIT 5.5
2. Jones • CHC 4.5
3. Carlson • PHI 4.1
4. Mays • CIN 3.5
5. Root • CHC 3.3
6. Alexander • 2TM 2.9
7. Petty • BRO 2.8
8. Haines • STL 2.3
9. May • CIN 2.3
10. Rhem • STL 2.0

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. Rhem • STL 3.5
2. Alexander • 2TM 3.2
3. Mays • CIN 3.1
4. Root • CHC 3.1
5. Kremer • PIT 3.0
6. Donohue • CIN 2.6
7. Petty • BRO 2.3
8. Bush • CHC 2.3
9. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.1
10. Haines • STL 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. Kremer • PIT 18.5
2. Alexander • 2TM 15.8
3. Mays • CIN 15.2
4. Donohue • CIN 10.9
5. Haines • STL 8.0
6. May • CIN 7.1
7. Rhem • STL 6.0
8. Aldridge • PIT 5.7
9. Jones • CHC 5.1
10. Bush • PIT 4.2

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. Kremer • PIT 4.2
2. Root • CHC 3.7
3. Mays • CIN 3.2
4. Carlson • PHI 2.3
5. Jones • CHC 2.3
6. Rhem • STL 2.2
7. May • CIN 2.1
8. Haines • STL 2.1
9. Alexander • 2TM 1.9
10. Kaufmann • CHC 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