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. Mays • NYG 8.3
2. Aaron • MLN 8.0
3. Mathews • MLN 7.4
4. Robinson • CIN 6.8
5. Banks • CHC 6.7
6. Musial • STL 6.1
7. Drysdale • BRO 5.8
8. Podres • BRO 5.7
Schoendienst • 2TM 5.7
10. Blasingame • STL 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. Drysdale • BRO 6.0
2. Podres • BRO 5.8
3. Spahn • MLN 4.8
4. Sanford • PHI 4.6
5. Drabowsky • CHC 4.6
6. Lawrence • CIN 4.0
7. Jackson • STL 3.8
8. Simmons • PHI 3.7
9. Gómez • NYG 3.6
10. Antonelli • NYG 3.4

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. Podres • BRO 2.66
2. Drysdale • BRO 2.69
3. Spahn • MLN 2.69
4. Buhl • MLN 2.74
5. Law • PIT 2.87
6. Sanford • PHI 3.08
7. Friend • PIT 3.38
8. Simmons • PHI 3.44
9. Barclay • NYG 3.44
10. Jackson • STL 3.47

Wins

Wins

1. Spahn • MLN 21
2. Sanford • PHI 19
3. Buhl • MLN 18
4. Drysdale • BRO 17
Burdette • MLN 17
6. Lawrence • CIN 16
7. Gómez • NYG 15
Drott • CHC 15
McDaniel • STL 15
Jackson • STL 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. Buhl • MLN .720
2. Sanford • PHI .704
3. Spahn • MLN .656
4. Burdette • MLN .654
Drysdale • BRO .654
6. McDaniel • STL .625
Jackson • STL .625
8. Wehmeier • STL .588
9. Drott • CHC .577
10. Podres • BRO .571
Jones • STL .571

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Podres • BRO 1.082
2. Roberts • PHI 1.158
3. Drysdale • BRO 1.167
4. Newcombe • BRO 1.168
5. Spahn • MLN 1.177
6. Law • PIT 1.181
7. Jackson • STL 1.203
8. Sanford • PHI 1.217
9. Friend • PIT 1.231
10. Lawrence • CIN 1.238

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Sanford • PHI 7.377
2. Podres • BRO 7.714
3. Drott • CHC 7.860
4. Buhl • MLN 7.934
5. Worthington • NYG 7.992
6. Spahn • MLN 8.004
7. Drysdale • BRO 8.023
8. Drabowsky • CHC 8.036
9. Jones • STL 8.080
10. Jackson • STL 8.387

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. Newcombe • BRO 1.495
2. Roberts • PHI 1.550
3. Law • PIT 1.668
4. Purkey • PIT 1.904
5. Jeffcoat • CIN 2.000
6. Podres • BRO 2.020
7. Haddix • PHI 2.057
8. Burdette • MLN 2.069
9. Simmons • PHI 2.123
10. Friend • PIT 2.209

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Jones • STL 7.588
2. Haddix • PHI 7.172
3. Sanford • PHI 7.149
4. Drott • CHC 6.681
5. Drabowsky • CHC 6.384
6. Drysdale • BRO 6.027
7. Worthington • NYG 5.137
8. Nuxhall • CIN 5.111
9. Podres • BRO 5.005
10. Wehmeier • STL 4.964

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Lown • CHC 67
2. Face • PIT 59
3. Labine • BRO 58
4. Grissom • NYG 55
Worthington • NYG 55
6. Arroyo • PIT 54
7. Farrell • PHI 52
Freeman • CIN 52
9. Acker • CIN 49
Lawrence • CIN 49

Saves

Saves

1. Labine • BRO 17
2. Grissom • NYG 14
3. Lown • CHC 12
4. Wilhelm • STL 11
5. Face • PIT 10
Farrell • PHI 10
7. Elston • 2TM 8
Muffett • STL 8
Freeman • CIN 8
McMahon • MLN 8
Roebuck • BRO 8

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Friend • PIT 277.0
2. Spahn • MLN 271.0
3. Burdette • MLN 256.2
4. Lawrence • CIN 250.1
5. Roberts • PHI 249.2
6. Drabowsky • CHC 239.2
7. Gómez • NYG 238.1
8. Sanford • PHI 236.2
9. Drott • CHC 229.0
10. Drysdale • BRO 221.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Sanford • PHI 188
2. Drabowsky • CHC 170
Drott • CHC 170
4. Jones • STL 154
5. Drysdale • BRO 148
6. Friend • PIT 143
7. Haddix • PHI 136
8. Roberts • PHI 128
9. Koufax • BRO 122
10. Lawrence • CIN 121

Games Started

Games Started

1. Friend • PIT 38
2. Gómez • NYG 36
3. Spahn • MLN 35
4. Sanford • PHI 33
Drabowsky • CHC 33
Burdette • MLN 33
7. Lawrence • CIN 32
Drott • CHC 32
Roberts • PHI 32
10. Buhl • MLN 31
Jeffcoat • CIN 31
Kline • PIT 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Spahn • MLN 18
2. Friend • PIT 17
3. Gómez • NYG 16
4. Sanford • PHI 15
5. Roberts • PHI 14
Burdette • MLN 14
Buhl • MLN 14
8. Lawrence • CIN 12
Drabowsky • CHC 12
Newcombe • BRO 12

Shutouts

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

1. Podres • BRO 6
2. Spahn • MLN 4
Newcombe • BRO 4
Drysdale • BRO 4
5. Antonelli • NYG 3
Law • PIT 3
Sanford • PHI 3
Drott • CHC 3
Friend • PIT 3
10. Roberts • PHI 2
McDaniel • STL 2
McDevitt • BRO 2
Mizell • STL 2
Nuxhall • CIN 2
Kline • PIT 2
Jones • STL 2
Jackson • STL 2
Drabowsky • CHC 2
Simmons • PHI 2
Buhl • MLN 2
Barclay • NYG 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Roberts • PHI 40
2. Jeffcoat • CIN 29
3. Friend • PIT 28
Gómez • NYG 28
Newcombe • BRO 28
6. Kline • PIT 27
7. Lawrence • CIN 26
8. Burdette • MLN 25
Wehmeier • STL 25
10. Nuxhall • CIN 24

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Drott • CHC 129
2. Buhl • MLN 121
3. Drabowsky • CHC 94
Sanford • PHI 94
5. Spahn • MLN 78
6. Lawrence • CIN 76
7. McDevitt • BRO 72
8. Gómez • NYG 71
Jones • STL 71
10. Friend • PIT 68
Klippstein • CIN 68

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Friend • PIT 273
2. Burdette • MLN 260
3. Roberts • PHI 246
4. Spahn • MLN 241
5. Jeffcoat • CIN 236
6. Lawrence • CIN 234
7. Gómez • NYG 233
8. Antonelli • NYG 228
9. Drabowsky • CHC 214
Kline • PIT 214
Simmons • PHI 214

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. Haddix • PHI 3.487
2. Roberts • PHI 2.977
3. Newcombe • BRO 2.727
4. Podres • BRO 2.477
5. Drysdale • BRO 2.426
6. Jones • STL 2.169
7. Friend • PIT 2.103
8. Sanford • PHI 2.000
9. Nuxhall • CIN 1.868
10. Simmons • PHI 1.840

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. Simmons • PHI 0.467
2. Purkey • PIT 0.501
3. McDaniel • STL 0.613
4. Buhl • MLN 0.623
5. Podres • BRO 0.689
6. Drysdale • BRO 0.692
7. Rush • CHC 0.701
8. Spahn • MLN 0.764
9. Antonelli • NYG 0.805
10. Drabowsky • CHC 0.826

Losses

Losses

1. Roberts • PHI 22
2. Antonelli • NYG 18
Friend • PIT 18
4. Kline • PIT 16
Rush • CHC 16
6. Drabowsky • CHC 15
7. Purkey • PIT 14
8. Gómez • NYG 13
Haddix • PHI 13
Jeffcoat • CIN 13
Lawrence • CIN 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Roberts • PHI 113
2. Burdette • MLN 106
3. Friend • PIT 104
Jeffcoat • CIN 104
5. Gómez • NYG 100
Rush • CHC 100
7. Lawrence • CIN 98
8. Drabowsky • CHC 94
9. Kline • PIT 92
Nuxhall • CIN 92

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Sanford • PHI 12
2. McDaniel • STL 9
3. Schmidt • STL 7
Drott • CHC 7
McDevitt • BRO 7
6. Haddix • PHI 6
Arroyo • PIT 6
Conley • MLN 6
9. Worthington • NYG 5
Klippstein • CIN 5
Koufax • BRO 5
Drabowsky • CHC 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Drabowsky • CHC 10
2. Acker • CIN 8
Lawrence • CIN 8
4. Drysdale • BRO 7
Drott • CHC 7
Purkey • PIT 7
Jeffcoat • CIN 7
Nuxhall • CIN 7
Arroyo • PIT 7
10. Jones • STL 6
McDevitt • BRO 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Friend • PIT 1,148
2. Spahn • MLN 1,111
3. Burdette • MLN 1,067
4. Lawrence • CIN 1,045
5. Roberts • PHI 1,033
6. Gómez • NYG 1,011
7. Drabowsky • CHC 1,010
8. Drott • CHC 1,007
9. Sanford • PHI 989
10. Buhl • MLN 926

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. Lown • CHC 47
2. Grissom • NYG 38
3. Labine • BRO 37
4. Face • PIT 32
Farrell • PHI 32
6. Wilhelm • STL 30
7. Freeman • CIN 26
8. Worthington • NYG 23
9. King • PIT 19
McMahon • MLN 19
Roebuck • BRO 19

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Podres • BRO 155
2. Drysdale • BRO 153
3. Law • PIT 133
4. Spahn • MLN 130
5. Buhl • MLN 128
6. Sanford • PHI 124
7. Newcombe • BRO 118
8. Lawrence • CIN 116
9. Jackson • STL 114
10. Barclay • NYG 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. Haddix • PHI 2.94
2. Simmons • PHI 3.00
3. Podres • BRO 3.03
4. Drysdale • BRO 3.04
5. Jones • STL 3.24
6. Sanford • PHI 3.31
7. Purkey • PIT 3.36
8. McDaniel • STL 3.44
9. Rush • CHC 3.46
10. Friend • PIT 3.48

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. Drysdale • BRO 32
2. Podres • BRO 30
3. Spahn • MLN 25
4. Buhl • MLN 19
5. Sanford • PHI 18
6. Jackson • STL 14
7. Lawrence • CIN 14
8. Law • PIT 14
9. Newcombe • BRO 13
10. Roebuck • BRO 12

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. Drysdale • BRO 3.5
2. Podres • BRO 3.3
3. Spahn • MLN 2.7
4. Buhl • MLN 2.0
5. Sanford • PHI 1.9
6. Jackson • STL 1.5
7. Lawrence • CIN 1.5
8. Law • PIT 1.4
9. Newcombe • BRO 1.4
10. Roebuck • BRO 1.3

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. Podres • BRO 37.08
2. Spahn • MLN 34.02
3. Drysdale • BRO 33.24
4. Jackson • STL 23.99
5. Buhl • MLN 21.90
6. Lawrence • CIN 19.12
7. Farrell • PHI 18.11
8. Sanford • PHI 17.85
9. Roebuck • BRO 16.49
10. Drabowsky • CHC 14.05

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. Podres • BRO 4.3
2. Sanford • PHI 3.3
3. Jackson • STL 3.3
4. Farrell • PHI 3.0
5. Drysdale • BRO 3.0
6. Buhl • MLN 2.9
7. Spahn • MLN 2.6
8. Jones • STL 2.6
9. Burdette • MLN 2.1
10. Purkey • PIT 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. Podres • BRO 3.0
2. Spahn • MLN 2.6
3. Drysdale • BRO 2.5
4. Sanford • PHI 1.7
5. Lawrence • CIN 1.6
6. Roebuck • BRO 1.5
7. Law • PIT 1.4
8. Newcombe • BRO 1.4
9. Drabowsky • CHC 1.3
10. Burdette • MLN 1.3

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. Buhl • MLN 9.1
2. Podres • BRO 9.1
3. Jones • STL 7.4
4. Conley • MLN 6.1
5. Spahn • MLN 5.5
6. Sanford • PHI 5.0
7. McDaniel • STL 4.4
8. Johnson • MLN 3.7
9. Drysdale • BRO 3.5
10. Simmons • PHI 3.2

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. Podres • BRO 3.9
2. Spahn • MLN 3.9
3. Drysdale • BRO 3.5
4. Jackson • STL 2.5
5. Buhl • MLN 2.5
6. Lawrence • CIN 1.9
7. Farrell • PHI 1.9
8. Sanford • PHI 1.9
9. Roebuck • BRO 1.7
10. Drabowsky • CHC 1.5

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