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 • NYG 10.2
2. Frisch • STL 9.4
3. Vance • BRO 7.5
4. Waner • PIT 7.1
5. Kremer • PIT 6.8
6. Alexander • STL 6.6
7. Wilson • CHC 6.3
8. Lucas • CIN 5.8
9. Petty • BRO 5.6
10. Harper • NYG 5.4

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. Vance • BRO 7.7
2. Kremer • PIT 7.0
3. Petty • BRO 6.5
4. Alexander • STL 6.2
5. Haines • STL 5.4
6. Meadows • PIT 5.4
7. Hill • PIT 4.8
8. Ulrich • PHI 4.6
9. Lucas • CIN 4.3
10. Elliott • BRO 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. Kremer • PIT 2.47
2. Alexander • STL 2.52
3. Vance • BRO 2.70
4. Haines • STL 2.72
5. Petty • BRO 2.98
6. Bush • CHC 3.03
7. Ulrich • PHI 3.17
8. Luque • CIN 3.20
9. Hill • PIT 3.24
10. Blake • CHC 3.29

Wins

Wins

1. Root • CHC 26
2. Haines • STL 24
3. Hill • PIT 22
4. Alexander • STL 21
5. Meadows • PIT 19
Kremer • PIT 19
Grimes • NYG 19
8. Lucas • CIN 18
9. Benton • 2TM 17
Sherdel • STL 17
Fitzsimmons • 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. Benton • 2TM .708
2. Haines • STL .706
3. Kremer • PIT .704
Grimes • NYG .704
5. Alexander • STL .677
6. Hill • PIT .667
7. Meadows • PIT .655
8. Henry • NYG .647
9. Root • CHC .634
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG .630

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Alexander • STL 1.116
2. Lucas • CIN 1.127
3. Vance • BRO 1.138
4. Kremer • PIT 1.142
5. Petty • BRO 1.163
6. Haines • STL 1.164
7. Luque • CIN 1.218
8. Hill • PIT 1.224
9. Sherdel • STL 1.244
10. Ulrich • PHI 1.247

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Vance • BRO 7.968
2. Kremer • PIT 8.164
3. Haines • STL 8.172
4. Bush • CHC 8.240
5. Hill • PIT 8.427
6. Root • CHC 8.621
7. Lucas • CIN 8.675
8. Petty • BRO 8.713
9. Alexander • STL 8.765
10. Luque • CIN 8.779

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. Alexander • STL 1.276
2. Lucas • CIN 1.465
3. Donohue • CIN 1.510
4. Carlson • 2TM 1.633
5. Henry • NYG 1.705
6. Petty • BRO 1.756
7. Rixey • CIN 1.762
8. Sherdel • STL 1.859
9. Ulrich • PHI 1.862
10. Meadows • PIT 1.984

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 6.059
2. Elliott • BRO 4.731
3. May • CIN 4.621
4. Pruett • PHI 4.355
5. Root • CHC 4.223
6. McWeeny • BRO 3.998
7. Grimes • NYG 3.535
8. Benton • 2TM 3.471
9. Petty • BRO 3.346
10. Aldridge • PIT 3.234

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Root • CHC 48
Scott • PHI 48
3. Ehrhardt • BRO 46
4. Henry • NYG 45
5. May • CIN 44
6. Hill • PIT 43
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 42
Petty • BRO 42
Werts • BSN 42
10. Smith • BSN 41

Saves

Saves

1. Sherdel • STL 6
2. Nehf • 2TM 5
Mogridge • BSN 5
4. Henry • NYG 4
5. Alexander • STL 3
Morrison • PIT 3
Elliott • BRO 3
Fitzsimmons • NYG 3
Kolp • CIN 3
Hill • PIT 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Root • CHC 309.0
2. Haines • STL 300.2
3. Meadows • PIT 299.1
4. Hill • PIT 277.2
5. Vance • BRO 273.1
6. Petty • BRO 271.2
7. Alexander • STL 268.0
8. Smith • BSN 260.2
9. Grimes • NYG 259.2
10. Carlson • 2TM 248.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Vance • BRO 184
2. Root • CHC 145
3. May • CIN 121
4. Grimes • NYG 102
5. Petty • BRO 101
6. Elliott • BRO 99
7. Hill • PIT 95
8. Benton • 2TM 90
Pruett • PHI 90
10. Haines • STL 89

Games Started

Games Started

1. Meadows • PIT 38
2. Haines • STL 36
Root • CHC 36
4. Grimes • NYG 34
Aldridge • PIT 34
6. Benton • 2TM 33
Petty • BRO 33
8. Vance • BRO 32
9. Carlson • 2TM 31
Hill • PIT 31
Smith • BSN 31
Fitzsimmons • NYG 31
Ferguson • PHI 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Haines • STL 25
Meadows • PIT 25
Vance • BRO 25
4. Alexander • STL 22
Hill • PIT 22
6. Root • CHC 21
7. Carlson • 2TM 19
Lucas • CIN 19
Petty • BRO 19
10. Kremer • PIT 18
Sherdel • STL 18

Shutouts

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

1. Haines • STL 6
2. Root • CHC 4
Lucas • CIN 4
4. Kremer • PIT 3
5. Alexander • STL 2
Carlson • 2TM 2
Vance • BRO 2
Rhem • STL 2
Reinhart • STL 2
Petty • BRO 2
Miljus • PIT 2
Meadows • PIT 2
May • CIN 2
Luque • CIN 2
Hill • PIT 2
Grimes • NYG 2
Elliott • BRO 2
Blake • CHC 2
Barnes • NYG 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Sherdel • STL 17
2. Root • CHC 16
Aldridge • PIT 16
Carlson • 2TM 16
5. Scott • PHI 15
Ferguson • PHI 15
Fitzsimmons • NYG 15
8. Barnes • NYG 14
9. McWeeny • BRO 13
Petty • BRO 13

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Root • CHC 117
2. Pruett • PHI 89
3. Grimes • NYG 87
4. Blake • CHC 82
5. Benton • 2TM 81
6. Hill • PIT 80
7. Bush • CHC 79
8. Haines • STL 77
9. Smith • BSN 75
10. Aldridge • PIT 74

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Meadows • PIT 315
2. Scott • PHI 304
3. Smith • BSN 297
4. Root • CHC 296
5. Carlson • 2TM 281
6. Ferguson • PHI 280
7. Grimes • NYG 274
8. Haines • STL 273
9. Petty • BRO 263
10. Alexander • STL 261

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 2.667
2. Petty • BRO 1.906
3. May • CIN 1.729
4. Elliott • BRO 1.650
5. Donohue • CIN 1.500
6. Luque • CIN 1.357
7. Lucas • CIN 1.308
8. Barnes • NYG 1.294
9. Henry • NYG 1.290
10. Meadows • PIT 1.273

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. Robertson • BSN 0.117
2. Blake • CHC 0.120
3. Rixey • CIN 0.123
4. Bush • CHC 0.140
5. Donohue • CIN 0.142
6. May • CIN 0.153
7. Lucas • CIN 0.225
8. Elliott • BRO 0.239
9. Pruett • PHI 0.242
10. Werts • BSN 0.274

Losses

Losses

1. Scott • PHI 21
2. Petty • BRO 18
Smith • BSN 18
4. Pruett • PHI 17
Robertson • BSN 17
6. Greenfield • 2TM 16
Ferguson • PHI 16
Donohue • CIN 16
9. Root • CHC 15
Vance • BRO 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Scott • PHI 132
2. Root • CHC 129
3. Pruett • PHI 125
4. Ferguson • PHI 122
5. Aldridge • PIT 113
Meadows • PIT 113
7. Smith • BSN 109
8. Benton • 2TM 106
9. Grimes • NYG 102
Greenfield • 2TM 102
Carlson • 2TM 102

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. May • CIN 8
2. Luque • CIN 6
Rixey • CIN 6
Werts • BSN 6
Cvengros • PIT 6
6. Clarkson • NYG 5
7. Morrison • BSN 4
Grimes • NYG 4
McWeeny • BRO 4
Sweetland • PHI 4
Scott • PHI 4
Petty • BRO 4
Pruett • PHI 4
Brillheart • CHC 4
Blake • CHC 4
Robertson • BSN 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. May • CIN 14
2. Pruett • PHI 12
3. Root • CHC 9
4. Meadows • PIT 8
McWeeny • BRO 8
6. Greenfield • 2TM 7
7. Ferguson • PHI 6
Vance • BRO 6
Jones • CHC 6
Bush • CHC 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Root • CHC 1,316
2. Meadows • PIT 1,263
3. Haines • STL 1,228
4. Hill • PIT 1,165
5. Petty • BRO 1,137
6. Vance • BRO 1,123
7. Smith • BSN 1,110
8. Grimes • NYG 1,103
9. Alexander • STL 1,082
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1,043
Scott • PHI 1,043
Carlson • 2TM 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. Ehrhardt • BRO 26
2. Nehf • 2TM 19
Clark • BRO 19
4. Scott • PHI 18
Willoughby • PHI 18
Werts • BSN 18
7. Henry • NYG 17
8. Mogridge • BSN 16
9. Decatur • PHI 15
10. Genewich • BSN 13

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kremer • PIT 168
2. Alexander • STL 160
3. Haines • STL 148
4. Vance • BRO 147
5. Petty • BRO 133
6. Bush • CHC 130
7. Hill • PIT 128
8. Ulrich • PHI 124
9. Meadows • PIT 122
10. Elliott • BRO 120

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 2.55
2. Donohue • CIN 2.72
3. May • CIN 2.77
4. Elliott • BRO 2.77
5. Lucas • CIN 2.89
6. Rixey • CIN 2.93
7. Robertson • BSN 3.01
8. Petty • BRO 3.01
9. Henry • NYG 3.06
10. Ulrich • PHI 3.09

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. Alexander • STL 42
2. Kremer • PIT 40
3. Haines • STL 40
4. Vance • BRO 37
5. Petty • BRO 29
6. Meadows • PIT 25
7. Hill • PIT 24
8. Bush • CHC 20
9. Miljus • PIT 17
10. Lucas • CIN 17

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. Alexander • STL 4.4
2. Kremer • PIT 4.2
3. Haines • STL 4.2
4. Vance • BRO 3.9
5. Petty • BRO 2.9
6. Meadows • PIT 2.5
7. Hill • PIT 2.4
8. Bush • CHC 2.0
9. Miljus • PIT 1.8
10. Lucas • CIN 1.7

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. Haines • STL 45.29
2. Kremer • PIT 43.91
3. Alexander • STL 42.39
4. Vance • BRO 36.26
5. Lucas • CIN 31.31
6. Petty • BRO 30.53
7. Meadows • PIT 26.30
8. Hill • PIT 25.25
9. Bush • CHC 22.76
10. Ulrich • PHI 20.62

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. Haines • STL 5.8
2. Lucas • CIN 5.0
3. Alexander • STL 4.7
4. Hill • PIT 3.5
5. Luque • CIN 2.8
6. Petty • BRO 2.7
7. Kremer • PIT 2.6
8. Vance • BRO 2.5
9. Grimes • NYG 2.1
10. Meadows • PIT 2.1

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. Haines • STL 4.5
2. Kremer • PIT 4.1
3. Lucas • CIN 4.1
4. Vance • BRO 3.4
5. Alexander • STL 3.3
6. Hill • PIT 3.2
7. Meadows • PIT 2.8
8. Petty • BRO 2.7
9. Root • CHC 2.4
10. Bush • CHC 2.2
Luque • CIN 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. Kremer • PIT 17.1
2. Alexander • STL 14.3
3. Haines • STL 14.1
4. Aldridge • PIT 8.9
5. Hill • PIT 8.8
6. Meadows • PIT 8.6
7. Miljus • PIT 7.5
8. Sherdel • STL 5.6
9. Root • CHC 5.5
10. Frankhouse • STL 4.8

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. Haines • STL 4.7
2. Kremer • PIT 4.5
3. Alexander • STL 4.4
4. Vance • BRO 3.8
5. Lucas • CIN 3.3
6. Petty • BRO 3.1
7. Meadows • PIT 2.6
8. Hill • PIT 2.5
9. Bush • CHC 2.3
10. Ulrich • PHI 2.1

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