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. Vance • BRO 10.3
2. Hornsby • BSN 8.9
3. Grimes • PIT 7.1
4. Waner • PIT 6.8
5. Benton • NYG 6.5
6. Sherdel • STL 6.1
7. Lindstrom • NYG 6.1
8. Bottomley • STL 5.6
9. Blake • CHC 5.5
Wilson • CHC 5.5

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. Vance • BRO 10.1
2. Benton • NYG 7.0
3. Grimes • PIT 5.9
4. Sherdel • STL 5.6
5. Blake • CHC 5.5
6. Haines • STL 4.7
7. Clark • BRO 4.6
8. McWeeny • BRO 4.5
9. Rixey • CIN 4.3
10. Malone • CHC 4.0

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. Vance • BRO 2.09
2. Blake • CHC 2.47
3. Nehf • CHC 2.65
4. Clark • BRO 2.68
5. Benton • NYG 2.73
6. Malone • CHC 2.84
7. Sherdel • STL 2.86
8. Grimes • PIT 2.99
9. McWeeny • BRO 3.17
10. Haines • STL 3.18

Wins

Wins

1. Grimes • PIT 25
Benton • NYG 25
3. Vance • BRO 22
4. Sherdel • STL 21
5. Haines • STL 20
Fitzsimmons • NYG 20
7. Rixey • CIN 19
8. Malone • CHC 18
9. Blake • CHC 17
10. Alexander • STL 16
Hill • PIT 16

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 • NYG .735
2. Haines • STL .714
Bush • CHC .714
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG .690
5. Vance • BRO .688
6. Sherdel • STL .677
7. Nehf • CHC .650
8. Grimes • PIT .641
9. Alexander • STL .640
10. Hubbell • NYG .625
Jones • CHC .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Vance • BRO 1.063
2. Grimes • PIT 1.173
3. Benton • NYG 1.192
4. Root • CHC 1.211
5. Alexander • STL 1.227
6. Lucas • CIN 1.231
7. Sherdel • STL 1.235
8. Genewich • 2TM 1.238
9. Clark • BRO 1.248
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.259

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 7.256
2. Blake • CHC 7.816
3. Malone • CHC 7.827
4. McWeeny • BRO 8.041
5. Root • CHC 8.127
6. Genewich • 2TM 8.435
7. Grimes • PIT 8.465
8. Benton • NYG 8.671
9. Hill • PIT 8.696
10. Lucas • CIN 8.821

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 1.367
2. Sherdel • STL 2.027
3. Benton • NYG 2.059
4. Rixey • CIN 2.070
5. Grimes • PIT 2.096
6. Petty • BRO 2.154
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.239
8. Lucas • CIN 2.259
9. Fussell • PIT 2.311
10. Vance • BRO 2.312

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 6.421
2. Malone • CHC 5.565
3. Root • CHC 4.633
4. Clark • BRO 3.930
5. Ring • PHI 3.580
6. Elliott • BRO 3.469
7. Brandt • BSN 3.355
8. Benge • PHI 3.035
9. Blake • CHC 2.917
10. McWeeny • BRO 2.914

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Grimes • PIT 48
2. Kolp • CIN 44
3. Rixey • CIN 43
4. Benton • NYG 42
Bush • CHC 42
Malone • CHC 42
McWeeny • BRO 42
8. Elliott • BRO 41
9. Benge • PHI 40
Clark • BRO 40
Fitzsimmons • NYG 40
Petty • BRO 40
Root • CHC 40

Saves

Saves

1. Haid • STL 5
Sherdel • STL 5
3. Johnson • STL 4
Jones • CHC 4
Benton • NYG 4
6. Carlson • CHC 3
Clark • BRO 3
Genewich • 2TM 3
Dawson • PIT 3
Delaney • BSN 3
Doak • BRO 3
Kolp • CIN 3
Rhem • STL 3
Ferguson • PHI 3
Grimes • PIT 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Grimes • PIT 330.2
2. Benton • NYG 310.1
3. Rixey • CIN 291.1
4. Vance • BRO 280.1
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 261.1
6. Malone • CHC 250.2
7. Sherdel • STL 248.2
8. Smith • BSN 244.1
9. McWeeny • BRO 244.0
10. Alexander • STL 243.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Vance • BRO 200
2. Malone • CHC 155
3. Root • CHC 122
4. Grimes • PIT 97
5. Benton • NYG 90
6. Clark • BRO 85
7. Brandt • BSN 84
8. McWeeny • BRO 79
9. Blake • CHC 78
10. Haines • STL 77

Games Started

Games Started

1. Grimes • PIT 37
Rixey • CIN 37
3. Benton • NYG 36
4. Vance • BRO 32
McWeeny • BRO 32
Brandt • BSN 32
7. Petty • BRO 31
Hill • PIT 31
Fitzsimmons • NYG 31
Kremer • PIT 31
Alexander • STL 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Grimes • PIT 28
Benton • NYG 28
3. Vance • BRO 24
4. Haines • STL 20
Sherdel • STL 20
6. Alexander • STL 18
7. Rixey • CIN 17
Kremer • PIT 17
9. Hill • PIT 16
Fitzsimmons • NYG 16
Blake • CHC 16
Malone • CHC 16

Shutouts

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

1. Blake • CHC 4
Grimes • PIT 4
McWeeny • BRO 4
Lucas • CIN 4
Vance • BRO 4
6. Rixey • CIN 3
7. Elliott • BRO 2
Nehf • CHC 2
Petty • BRO 2
Fussell • PIT 2
Clark • BRO 2
Bush • CHC 2
Genewich • 2TM 2
Benton • NYG 2
Malone • CHC 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Genewich • 2TM 24
2. Brandt • BSN 22
3. Petty • BRO 18
4. Sherdel • STL 17
5. Hill • PIT 16
Kremer • PIT 16
7. Sweetland • PHI 15
Malone • CHC 15
Root • CHC 15
Benge • PHI 15
Alexander • STL 15

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McWeeny • BRO 114
2. Brandt • BSN 109
3. Ring • PHI 103
4. Blake • CHC 101
5. Malone • CHC 99
6. Sweetland • PHI 97
7. Benge • PHI 88
8. Bush • CHC 86
9. Luque • CIN 84
10. Willoughby • PHI 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rixey • CIN 317
2. Grimes • PIT 311
3. Benton • NYG 299
4. Smith • BSN 274
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 264
Petty • BRO 264
7. Alexander • STL 262
8. Luque • CIN 254
9. Kremer • PIT 253
10. Sherdel • STL 251

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 2.778
2. Clark • BRO 1.700
3. Root • CHC 1.671
4. Alexander • STL 1.595
5. Malone • CHC 1.566
6. Petty • BRO 1.321
7. Sherdel • STL 1.286
8. Benton • NYG 1.268
9. Grimes • PIT 1.260
10. Elliott • BRO 1.156

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. Rixey • CIN 0.124
2. Blake • CHC 0.150
3. Nehf • CHC 0.153
4. Clark • BRO 0.185
5. Jones • CHC 0.234
6. Grimes • PIT 0.299
7. Elliott • BRO 0.328
8. Fussell • PIT 0.338
9. Vance • BRO 0.353
10. Kolp • CIN 0.388

Losses

Losses

1. Brandt • BSN 21
2. Benge • PHI 18
Rixey • CIN 18
Root • CHC 18
5. Ring • PHI 17
Delaney • BSN 17
Smith • BSN 17
8. Petty • BRO 15
Sweetland • PHI 15
10. Grimes • PIT 14
Elliott • BRO 14
McWeeny • BRO 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Brandt • BSN 127
2. Ring • PHI 126
3. Kremer • PIT 113
4. Rixey • CIN 111
5. Grimes • PIT 110
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 107
7. Petty • BRO 105
Smith • BSN 105
9. Benge • PHI 102
10. Sweetland • PHI 99

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Malone • CHC 10
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 6
Benton • NYG 6
4. Ring • PHI 5
Fussell • PIT 5
Greenfield • BSN 5
Sweetland • PHI 5
Kremer • PIT 5
9. Brandt • BSN 4
Hill • PIT 4
Aldridge • NYG 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Sweetland • PHI 15
2. Grimes • PIT 9
3. Jones • CHC 7
Root • CHC 7
Brandt • BSN 7
Vance • BRO 7
7. Ferguson • PHI 6
Elliott • BRO 6
Malone • CHC 6
Haines • STL 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Grimes • PIT 1,377
2. Benton • NYG 1,263
3. Rixey • CIN 1,219
4. Vance • BRO 1,126
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1,084
6. McWeeny • BRO 1,073
7. Smith • BSN 1,056
8. Malone • CHC 1,048
9. Sherdel • STL 1,041
10. Luque • CIN 1,010

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. McGraw • PHI 20
2. Appleton • CIN 19
3. Dawson • PIT 17
Faulkner • NYG 17
Walsh • PHI 17
6. Johnson • STL 15
7. Haid • STL 14
Malone • CHC 14
9. Clark • BRO 13
Cooney • BSN 13
Delaney • BSN 13
Kolp • CIN 13
Miller • PHI 13

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Vance • BRO 190
2. Blake • CHC 157
3. Clark • BRO 148
4. Nehf • CHC 146
5. Benton • NYG 142
6. Sherdel • STL 141
7. Malone • CHC 137
8. Grimes • PIT 136
9. Haines • STL 127
10. McWeeny • BRO 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. Clark • BRO 3.21
3. Rixey • CIN 3.53
4. Grimes • PIT 3.66
5. Nehf • CHC 3.70
6. Benton • NYG 3.72
7. Fussell • PIT 3.77
8. Alexander • STL 3.83
9. Elliott • BRO 3.83
10. Malone • CHC 3.83

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. Vance • BRO 58
2. Benton • NYG 43
3. Blake • CHC 38
4. Grimes • PIT 32
5. Sherdel • STL 31
6. Malone • CHC 27
7. Clark • BRO 25
8. Nehf • CHC 25
9. Haines • STL 23
10. Rixey • CIN 19

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. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Benton • NYG 4.5
3. Blake • CHC 4.0
4. Grimes • PIT 3.3
5. Sherdel • STL 3.2
6. Malone • CHC 2.8
7. Clark • BRO 2.5
8. Nehf • CHC 2.5
9. Haines • STL 2.4
10. Rixey • CIN 1.9

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. Vance • BRO 62.21
2. Benton • NYG 54.60
3. Blake • CHC 47.09
4. Grimes • PIT 31.45
5. Nehf • CHC 31.04
6. Haines • STL 30.87
7. Sherdel • STL 30.36
8. Malone • CHC 28.40
9. Alexander • STL 26.92
10. Mitchell • 2TM 25.96

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. Benton • NYG 5.7
2. Vance • BRO 5.5
3. Blake • CHC 5.4
4. Haines • STL 5.1
5. Nehf • CHC 4.8
6. Sherdel • STL 4.7
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.8
8. McWeeny • BRO 2.9
9. Mitchell • 2TM 2.9
10. Root • CHC 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. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Benton • NYG 4.7
3. Blake • CHC 4.5
4. Grimes • PIT 3.7
5. Alexander • STL 3.3
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.2
7. Sherdel • STL 2.9
8. Root • CHC 2.8
9. Mitchell • 2TM 2.7
10. Rixey • CIN 2.6

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. Haines • STL 26.8
2. Sherdel • STL 24.2
3. Benton • NYG 17.4
4. Genewich • 2TM 15.9
5. Johnson • STL 14.7
6. Blake • CHC 11.2
7. Mitchell • 2TM 10.0
8. Hubbell • NYG 9.1
9. Fitzsimmons • NYG 8.0
10. Alexander • STL 6.2

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. Vance • BRO 6.7
2. Benton • NYG 5.9
3. Blake • CHC 5.1
4. Nehf • CHC 3.3
5. Haines • STL 3.2
6. Grimes • PIT 3.2
7. Sherdel • STL 3.1
8. Malone • CHC 2.9
9. Mitchell • 2TM 2.8
10. Alexander • STL 2.7

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