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. Walters • CIN 9.8
2. Mize • STL 7.4
3. Frey • CIN 6.6
4. Camilli • BRO 6.4
5. Ott • NYG 5.9
6. Passeau • 2TM 5.8
7. Vaughan • PIT 5.7
8. Myers • CIN 5.6
9. Casey • BRO 5.3
10. Goodman • CIN 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. Walters • CIN 8.2
2. Passeau • 2TM 6.0
3. Casey • BRO 5.2
4. Bowman • STL 5.2
5. Lee • CHC 5.1
6. Hamlin • BRO 4.8
7. French • CHC 4.7
8. Derringer • CIN 4.6
9. Wyatt • BRO 3.4
10. Cooper • STL 3.3

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. Walters • CIN 2.29
2. Bowman • STL 2.60
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.75
4. Casey • BRO 2.93
5. Derringer • CIN 2.93
6. Shoffner • 2TM 3.18
7. Cooper • STL 3.25
8. Passeau • 2TM 3.28
9. French • CHC 3.29
10. Brown • PIT 3.37

Wins

Wins

1. Walters • CIN 27
2. Derringer • CIN 25
3. Davis • STL 22
4. Hamlin • BRO 20
5. Lee • CHC 19
6. Gumbert • NYG 18
7. Passeau • 2TM 15
French • CHC 15
Posedel • BSN 15
Casey • BRO 15

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 • CIN .781
2. Bowman • STL .722
Thompson • CIN .722
4. Walters • CIN .711
5. McGee • STL .706
6. Cooper • STL .667
7. French • CHC .652
8. Warneke • STL .650
9. Gumbert • NYG .621
10. Hamlin • BRO .606

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Walters • CIN 1.125
2. Hubbell • NYG 1.130
3. Hamlin • BRO 1.146
4. Derringer • CIN 1.183
5. Bowman • STL 1.187
6. Casey • BRO 1.240
7. Passeau • 2TM 1.247
8. Warneke • STL 1.290
9. Pressnell • BRO 1.302
10. French • CHC 1.314

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Walters • CIN 7.053
2. Bowman • STL 7.494
3. Moore • CIN 8.488
4. Hamlin • BRO 8.511
5. Hubbell • NYG 8.766
6. Passeau • 2TM 8.825
7. Cooper • STL 8.886
8. Warneke • STL 8.889
9. McGee • STL 8.942
10. Posedel • BSN 9.014

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. Derringer • CIN 1.047
2. Hubbell • NYG 1.403
3. Davis • STL 1.742
4. Hamlin • BRO 1.802
5. Root • CHC 1.829
6. Pressnell • BRO 1.896
7. Bowman • PIT 2.096
8. Casey • BRO 2.138
9. Lohrman • NYG 2.181
10. French • CHC 2.320

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Cooper • STL 5.554
2. Tamulis • BRO 4.708
3. French • CHC 4.546
4. Passeau • 2TM 4.495
5. Bowman • STL 4.146
6. Melton • NYG 4.124
7. Higbe • 2TM 4.071
8. Moore • CIN 3.885
9. Walters • CIN 3.865
10. Derringer • CIN 3.827

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Shoun • STL 53
2. Sewell • PIT 52
3. Bowman • STL 51
4. Davis • STL 49
5. Brown • PIT 47
6. Cooper • STL 45
7. McGee • STL 43
Higbe • 2TM 43
9. Moore • CIN 42
Thompson • CIN 42
Passeau • 2TM 42

Saves

Saves

1. Shoun • STL 9
2. Bowman • STL 8
3. Brown • PIT 7
Davis • STL 7
5. Brown • NYG 6
6. Cooper • STL 5
Melton • NYG 5
8. Beck • PHI 4
Tamulis • BRO 4
Swift • PIT 4
Root • CHC 4
Lanning • BSN 4
Frankhouse • BSN 4

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Walters • CIN 319.0
2. Derringer • CIN 301.0
3. Lee • CHC 282.1
4. Passeau • 2TM 274.1
5. Hamlin • BRO 269.2
6. Davis • STL 248.0
7. Gumbert • NYG 243.2
8. Casey • BRO 227.1
9. Mulcahy • PHI 225.2
10. Klinger • PIT 225.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Walters • CIN 137
Passeau • 2TM 137
3. Cooper • STL 130
4. Derringer • CIN 128
5. Lee • CHC 105
6. Vander Meer • CIN 102
7. French • CHC 98
8. Melton • NYG 95
Higbe • 2TM 95
10. Hamlin • BRO 88

Games Started

Games Started

1. Lee • CHC 36
Hamlin • BRO 36
Walters • CIN 36
4. Passeau • 2TM 35
Derringer • CIN 35
6. Gumbert • NYG 34
7. Klinger • PIT 33
8. Mulcahy • PHI 32
9. Davis • STL 31
10. Posedel • BSN 29

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Walters • CIN 31
2. Derringer • CIN 28
3. Lee • CHC 20
4. Hamlin • BRO 19
5. Posedel • BSN 18
6. Passeau • 2TM 17
7. Casey • BRO 15
8. Higbe • 2TM 14
Gumbert • NYG 14
Mulcahy • PHI 14

Shutouts

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

1. Fette • BSN 6
2. Posedel • BSN 5
Derringer • CIN 5
4. McGee • STL 4
5. Thompson • CIN 3
Davis • STL 3
Weiland • STL 3
8. Passeau • 2TM 2
Pressnell • BRO 2
Walters • CIN 2
Warneke • STL 2
Bowman • STL 2
Moore • CIN 2
Melton • NYG 2
Klinger • PIT 2
Wyatt • BRO 2
Hamlin • BRO 2
Gumbert • NYG 2
French • CHC 2
Butcher • 2TM 2
Dean • CHC 2
Cooper • STL 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hamlin • BRO 27
2. Gumbert • NYG 21
3. Mulcahy • PHI 19
4. Lee • CHC 18
Davis • STL 18
6. Pearson • PHI 15
Derringer • CIN 15
Lohrman • NYG 15
Walters • CIN 15
Bowman • PIT 15

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Higbe • 2TM 123
2. Walters • CIN 109
3. Cooper • STL 97
4. Moore • CIN 95
Vander Meer • CIN 95
6. Mulcahy • PHI 93
7. Schumacher • NYG 89
8. Lee • CHC 85
9. Gumbert • NYG 81
Klinger • PIT 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Derringer • CIN 321
2. Lee • CHC 295
3. Davis • STL 279
4. Passeau • 2TM 269
5. Gumbert • NYG 257
6. Hamlin • BRO 255
7. Klinger • PIT 251
8. Walters • CIN 250
9. Mulcahy • PHI 246
10. Butcher • 2TM 238

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. Derringer • CIN 3.657
2. Hubbell • NYG 2.583
3. French • CHC 1.960
4. Root • CHC 1.912
5. Passeau • 2TM 1.877
6. Tamulis • BRO 1.844
7. Hamlin • BRO 1.630
8. Lohrman • NYG 1.556
9. Casey • BRO 1.463
10. Melton • NYG 1.462

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. Cooper • STL 0.256
2. Passeau • 2TM 0.295
3. Melton • NYG 0.304
4. French • CHC 0.325
5. Posedel • BSN 0.326
6. Brown • PIT 0.359
7. Shoffner • 2TM 0.371
8. Walters • CIN 0.423
9. Bowman • STL 0.425
10. Higbe • 2TM 0.429

Losses

Losses

1. Klinger • PIT 17
Butcher • 2TM 17
3. Mulcahy • PHI 16
Davis • STL 16
5. Lee • CHC 15
Higbe • 2TM 15
Melton • NYG 15
8. MacFayden • BSN 14
Bowman • PIT 14
Beck • PHI 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mulcahy • PHI 125
2. Gumbert • NYG 117
3. Hamlin • BRO 109
Klinger • PIT 109
Higbe • 2TM 109
6. Lee • CHC 108
7. Butcher • 2TM 101
8. Davis • STL 100
Passeau • 2TM 100
10. Derringer • CIN 98

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Mulcahy • PHI 11
2. Sunkel • STL 9
3. Walters • CIN 8
4. Higbe • 2TM 7
5. Klinger • PIT 6
Tamulis • BRO 6
7. Lohrman • NYG 5
French • CHC 5
Gumbert • NYG 5
Harrell • 2TM 5
Schumacher • NYG 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Casey • BRO 11
Mulcahy • PHI 11
3. Higbe • 2TM 10
4. Tamulis • BRO 8
5. Bowman • PIT 7
6. Weiland • STL 6
Walters • CIN 6
Moore • CIN 6
9. Passeau • 2TM 5
Whitehill • CHC 5
Pearson • PHI 5
Salvo • NYG 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Walters • CIN 1,283
2. Derringer • CIN 1,245
3. Lee • CHC 1,202
4. Passeau • 2TM 1,150
5. Hamlin • BRO 1,100
6. Davis • STL 1,059
7. Gumbert • NYG 1,047
8. Mulcahy • PHI 1,006
9. Klinger • PIT 989
10. Higbe • 2TM 965

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. Shoun • STL 25
2. Russell • CHC 24
3. Hutchinson • BRO 21
4. Brown • NYG 20
Coffman • NYG 20
Sewell • PIT 20
7. Bowman • STL 19
Thompson • CIN 19
9. Brown • PIT 18
Swift • PIT 18

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Walters • CIN 170
2. Bowman • STL 158
3. Hubbell • NYG 144
4. Casey • BRO 139
5. Derringer • CIN 132
6. Cooper • STL 127
7. Passeau • 2TM 120
8. French • CHC 119
9. Shoffner • 2TM 118
10. Brown • PIT 114

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. Derringer • CIN 2.77
2. French • CHC 2.84
3. Passeau • 2TM 2.87
4. Melton • NYG 3.11
5. Cooper • STL 3.14
6. Brown • PIT 3.21
7. Hubbell • NYG 3.22
8. Root • CHC 3.32
9. Pressnell • BRO 3.36
10. Bowman • STL 3.37

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. Walters • CIN 55
2. Derringer • CIN 31
3. Bowman • STL 28
4. Casey • BRO 27
5. Thompson • CIN 22
6. Passeau • 2TM 21
7. Wyatt • BRO 20
8. Hubbell • NYG 18
9. Hamlin • BRO 17
10. Cooper • STL 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. Walters • CIN 6.0
2. Derringer • CIN 3.3
3. Bowman • STL 2.9
4. Casey • BRO 2.8
5. Thompson • CIN 2.3
6. Passeau • 2TM 2.2
7. Wyatt • BRO 2.1
8. Hubbell • NYG 1.9
9. Hamlin • BRO 1.7
10. Cooper • STL 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. Walters • CIN 62.58
2. Bowman • STL 37.08
3. Derringer • CIN 35.51
4. Casey • BRO 28.59
5. Thompson • CIN 25.71
6. Hamlin • BRO 23.96
7. Passeau • 2TM 21.44
8. McGee • STL 17.23
9. Lee • CHC 16.64
10. French • CHC 16.40

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. Walters • CIN 6.3
2. Bowman • STL 5.2
3. Derringer • CIN 5.1
4. Tamulis • BRO 2.4
5. Passeau • 2TM 2.3
6. Hamlin • BRO 2.1
7. McGee • STL 2.0
8. Thompson • CIN 1.8
9. Warneke • STL 1.8
10. Root • CHC 1.8

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. Walters • CIN 5.3
2. Bowman • STL 3.2
3. Derringer • CIN 3.0
4. Hamlin • BRO 2.8
5. Casey • BRO 2.4
6. Passeau • 2TM 2.4
7. Warneke • STL 1.9
8. Melton • NYG 1.8
9. Thompson • CIN 1.7
10. McGee • STL 1.7

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. Walters • CIN 20.0
2. Derringer • CIN 16.9
3. Bowman • STL 10.1
4. Thompson • CIN 7.3
5. McGee • STL 6.0
6. Fette • BSN 3.4
7. Tamulis • BRO 3.2
8. Warneke • STL 3.2
9. Weiland • STL 1.9
10. Root • CHC 1.8

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. Walters • CIN 7.0
2. Derringer • CIN 3.8
3. Bowman • STL 3.8
4. Casey • BRO 2.9
5. Thompson • CIN 2.7
6. Hamlin • BRO 2.4
7. Passeau • 2TM 2.2
8. McGee • STL 1.7
9. Lee • CHC 1.7
10. French • CHC 1.7

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