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. Terry • NYG 6.6
2. Clark • BRO 6.3
3. Brandt • BSN 6.2
4. Ott • NYG 6.1
5. Benge • PHI 6.1
6. Berger • BSN 5.9
7. English • CHC 5.5
8. Jackson • NYG 5.4
9. Klein • PHI 5.2
10. Hornsby • CHC 5.2

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. Benge • PHI 6.2
2. Clark • BRO 5.8
3. Brandt • BSN 5.5
4. Walker • NYG 5.4
5. Zachary • BSN 4.8
6. Hubbell • NYG 4.4
7. Hallahan • STL 4.2
8. Collins • PHI 4.1
9. Meine • PIT 4.1
10. Smith • CHC 3.8

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. Walker • NYG 2.26
2. Hubbell • NYG 2.65
3. Brandt • BSN 2.92
4. Meine • PIT 2.98
5. Johnson • STL 3.00
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.05
7. Zachary • BSN 3.10
8. Benge • PHI 3.17
9. Clark • BRO 3.20
10. Smith • CHC 3.22

Wins

Wins

1. Meine • PIT 19
Hallahan • STL 19
Elliott • PHI 19
4. Brandt • BSN 18
Fitzsimmons • NYG 18
Derringer • STL 18
7. Root • CHC 17
Grimes • STL 17
9. Malone • CHC 16
Walker • NYG 16
Bush • CHC 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. Derringer • STL .692
2. Hallahan • STL .679
3. Bush • CHC .667
4. Grimes • STL .654
5. Malone • CHC .640
Walker • NYG .640
7. Brandt • BSN .621
Fitzsimmons • NYG .621
9. Meine • PIT .594
10. Clark • BRO .583

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hubbell • NYG 1.121
2. Walker • NYG 1.153
3. Johnson • STL 1.156
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.198
5. Brandt • BSN 1.220
6. Root • CHC 1.239
7. Cantwell • BSN 1.241
8. Smith • CHC 1.252
9. Vance • BRO 1.253
10. Lucas • CIN 1.261

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Hubbell • NYG 7.657
2. Walker • NYG 7.972
3. Brandt • BSN 8.208
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG 8.586
5. Root • CHC 8.606
6. Spencer • PIT 8.679
7. Hallahan • STL 8.759
8. Meine • PIT 8.810
9. Smith • CHC 8.950
10. Johnson • STL 9.000

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. Johnson • STL 1.403
2. Lucas • CIN 1.475
3. Cantwell • BSN 1.957
4. Clark • BRO 2.006
5. Zachary • BSN 2.083
6. Vance • BRO 2.181
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.200
8. Benge • PHI 2.223
9. Brame • PIT 2.254
10. French • PIT 2.285

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 6.174
2. Hallahan • STL 5.755
3. Derringer • STL 5.698
4. Hubbell • NYG 5.625
5. Root • CHC 4.697
6. Walker • NYG 4.550
7. Malone • CHC 4.415
8. Benge • PHI 4.263
9. Brandt • BSN 4.032
10. Johnson • STL 3.968

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Elliott • PHI 52
2. Johnson • CIN 42
Collins • PHI 42
4. French • PIT 39
Root • CHC 39
Quinn • BRO 39
Bush • CHC 39
8. Benge • PHI 38
Benton • CIN 38
Spencer • PIT 38
Watt • PHI 38

Saves

Saves

1. Quinn • BRO 13
2. Lindsey • STL 7
3. Walker • NYG 5
Elliott • PHI 5
5. Heving • NYG 4
Collins • PHI 4
7. Hallahan • STL 3
Bush • CHC 3
Watt • PHI 3
Stout • STL 3
Spencer • PIT 3
Hubbell • NYG 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Meine • PIT 284.0
2. French • PIT 275.2
3. Johnson • CIN 262.1
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG 253.2
5. Root • CHC 251.0
6. Brandt • BSN 250.0
7. Elliott • PHI 249.0
8. Hallahan • STL 248.2
9. Hubbell • NYG 248.0
10. Benge • PHI 247.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hallahan • STL 159
2. Hubbell • NYG 155
3. Vance • BRO 150
4. Derringer • STL 134
5. Root • CHC 131
6. Walker • NYG 121
7. Benge • PHI 117
8. Malone • CHC 112
Brandt • BSN 112
10. Elliott • PHI 99

Games Started

Games Started

1. Meine • PIT 35
2. Johnson • CIN 33
French • PIT 33
Fitzsimmons • NYG 33
5. Benge • PHI 31
Root • CHC 31
7. Hubbell • NYG 30
Kremer • PIT 30
Hallahan • STL 30
Malone • CHC 30
Elliott • PHI 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lucas • CIN 24
2. Brandt • BSN 23
3. Meine • PIT 22
4. Hubbell • NYG 21
5. French • PIT 20
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 19
Root • CHC 19
Walker • NYG 19
9. Smith • CHC 18
10. Grimes • STL 17

Shutouts

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

1. Walker • NYG 6
2. Derringer • STL 4
Hubbell • NYG 4
Fitzsimmons • NYG 4
5. Brandt • BSN 3
Seibold • BSN 3
Clark • BRO 3
Root • CHC 3
Meine • PIT 3
Grimes • STL 3
Lucas • CIN 3
Hallahan • STL 3
Zachary • BSN 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rhem • STL 17
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 16
3. Elliott • PHI 15
4. Hubbell • NYG 14
Collins • PHI 14
6. Sherdel • BSN 13
Brame • PIT 13
8. Vance • BRO 12
Mitchell • NYG 12
Seibold • BSN 12
Benge • PHI 12

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hallahan • STL 112
2. Malone • CHC 88
3. Meine • PIT 87
4. Elliott • PHI 83
Collins • PHI 83
6. Brandt • BSN 77
7. Johnson • CIN 74
8. Root • CHC 71
9. French • PIT 70
10. Hubbell • NYG 67

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. French • PIT 301
2. Elliott • PHI 288
3. Meine • PIT 278
4. Johnson • CIN 273
5. Collins • PHI 268
6. Lucas • CIN 261
7. Benge • PHI 251
8. Kremer • PIT 246
9. Clark • BRO 243
Zachary • BSN 243

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 2.830
2. Johnson • STL 2.828
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.313
4. Derringer • STL 2.062
5. Benge • PHI 1.918
6. Walker • NYG 1.891
7. Clark • BRO 1.846
8. Root • CHC 1.845
9. Brandt • BSN 1.455
10. Lucas • CIN 1.436

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. Clark • BRO 0.154
2. Johnson • CIN 0.172
3. Walker • NYG 0.226
4. Cantwell • BSN 0.230
5. Kremer • PIT 0.235
6. Root • CHC 0.251
7. Benton • CIN 0.264
8. Meine • PIT 0.285
9. French • PIT 0.294
10. Zachary • BSN 0.314

Losses

Losses

1. Johnson • CIN 19
2. Benge • PHI 18
Seibold • BSN 18
4. Collins • PHI 16
5. Benton • CIN 15
Kremer • PIT 15
Zachary • BSN 15
8. Elliott • PHI 14
Dudley • PHI 14
Root • CHC 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Elliott • PHI 118
2. Johnson • CIN 110
3. Seibold • BSN 107
4. Collins • PHI 103
5. French • PIT 100
6. Malone • CHC 99
7. Root • CHC 97
8. Lucas • CIN 95
9. Meine • PIT 94
10. Hallahan • STL 91

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Hallahan • STL 11
2. Bolen • PHI 7
Dudley • PHI 7
4. Blake • 2TM 6
Spencer • PIT 6
Bush • CHC 6
Frankhouse • BSN 6
Derringer • STL 6
9. Malone • CHC 5
French • PIT 5
Fitzsimmons • NYG 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Grimes • STL 10
2. Baecht • CHC 8
3. Meine • PIT 7
Root • CHC 7
5. Dudley • PHI 6
Johnson • CIN 6
7. Spencer • PIT 5
Sweetland • CHC 5
Collins • PHI 5
Kremer • PIT 5
Benge • PHI 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Meine • PIT 1,202
2. French • PIT 1,170
3. Johnson • CIN 1,113
4. Elliott • PHI 1,098
5. Hallahan • STL 1,061
6. Collins • PHI 1,055
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1,045
8. Benge • PHI 1,044
9. Root • CHC 1,043
10. Brandt • BSN 1,035

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. Quinn • BRO 29
2. Lindsey • STL 19
3. Haid • BSN 17
4. Elliott • PHI 16
Cunningham • BSN 16
Watt • PHI 16
7. Heimach • BRO 15
Moore • BRO 15
9. Spencer • PIT 14
Stout • STL 14
Frey • CIN 14
Heving • NYG 14
Fallenstein • PHI 14

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Walker • NYG 163
2. Hubbell • NYG 139
3. Benge • PHI 134
4. Johnson • STL 133
5. Brandt • BSN 131
6. Meine • PIT 129
7. Zachary • BSN 123
8. Hallahan • STL 121
9. Dudley • PHI 121
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 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 3.21
2. Clark • BRO 3.22
3. Walker • NYG 3.29
4. Johnson • STL 3.38
5. Root • CHC 3.39
6. Derringer • STL 3.40
7. Hubbell • NYG 3.48
8. Johnson • CIN 3.58
9. Benge • PHI 3.62
10. Lucas • CIN 3.70

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. Walker • NYG 36
2. Hubbell • NYG 29
3. Brandt • BSN 26
4. Benge • PHI 25
5. Meine • PIT 23
6. Clark • BRO 22
7. Zachary • BSN 21
8. Hallahan • STL 21
9. Johnson • STL 20
10. Smith • CHC 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. Walker • NYG 3.8
2. Hubbell • NYG 3.0
3. Brandt • BSN 2.7
4. Benge • PHI 2.6
5. Meine • PIT 2.3
6. Clark • BRO 2.2
7. Zachary • BSN 2.2
8. Hallahan • STL 2.1
9. Johnson • STL 2.0
10. Smith • CHC 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. Walker • NYG 42.83
2. Zachary • BSN 28.46
3. Hubbell • NYG 27.90
4. Clark • BRO 27.81
5. Brandt • BSN 26.30
6. Hallahan • STL 24.45
7. Benge • PHI 24.07
8. Meine • PIT 20.25
9. Smith • CHC 17.88
10. Mooney • NYG 16.52

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. Walker • NYG 4.0
2. Brandt • BSN 3.4
3. Clark • BRO 3.2
4. Zachary • BSN 2.7
5. Meine • PIT 2.6
6. Hallahan • STL 2.4
7. Johnson • STL 2.3
8. Haines • STL 2.1
9. Root • CHC 2.0
10. French • PIT 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. Walker • NYG 3.8
2. Clark • BRO 3.0
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.8
4. Root • CHC 2.5
5. Brandt • BSN 2.4
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.2
Zachary • BSN 2.2
8. Smith • CHC 2.1
9. Benge • PHI 2.1
10. Meine • PIT 2.0

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. Walker • NYG 6.0
2. Hallahan • STL 5.3
3. Haines • STL 4.9
4. Johnson • STL 4.3
5. Brandt • BSN 3.0
6. Lindsey • STL 2.7
7. Hubbell • NYG 2.2
8. Zachary • BSN 2.2
9. Root • CHC 2.0
10. Derringer • STL 1.9

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. Walker • NYG 4.7
2. Zachary • BSN 3.0
3. Hubbell • NYG 3.0
4. Clark • BRO 2.9
5. Brandt • BSN 2.8
6. Hallahan • STL 2.5
7. Benge • PHI 2.4
8. Meine • PIT 2.1
9. Mooney • NYG 1.9
10. Smith • 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