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 • SFG 10.5
2. Robinson • CIN 8.7
3. Aaron • MLN 8.6
4. Farrell • HOU 7.3
5. Purkey • CIN 7.0
6. Gibson • STL 6.3
7. Broglio • STL 6.0
8. Wills • LAD 6.0
9. Callison • PHI 6.0
10. Davis • LAD 5.9

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. Purkey • CIN 7.3
2. Farrell • HOU 7.0
3. Broglio • STL 6.1
4. Friend • PIT 5.8
5. Gibson • STL 5.6
6. Spahn • MLN 5.6
7. Drysdale • LAD 5.4
8. Shaw • MLN 4.9
9. Jay • CIN 4.6
10. Koufax • LAD 4.4

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. Koufax • LAD 2.54
2. Shaw • MLN 2.80
3. Purkey • CIN 2.81
4. Drysdale • LAD 2.83
5. Gibson • STL 2.85
6. Broglio • STL 3.00
7. Farrell • HOU 3.02
8. Spahn • MLN 3.04
9. Friend • PIT 3.06
10. Francis • PIT 3.07

Wins

Wins

1. Drysdale • LAD 25
2. Sanford • SFG 24
3. Purkey • CIN 23
4. Jay • CIN 21
5. Mahaffey • PHI 19
O'Dell • SFG 19
7. Friend • PIT 18
Marichal • SFG 18
Spahn • MLN 18
10. Jackson • STL 16
O'Toole • CIN 16
Pierce • SFG 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. Purkey • CIN .821
2. Sanford • SFG .774
3. Drysdale • LAD .735
4. Pierce • SFG .727
5. McLish • PHI .688
6. Koufax • LAD .667
7. Baldschun • PHI .632
8. Shaw • MLN .625
9. Marichal • SFG .621
10. McBean • PIT .600
Jay • CIN .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 1.036
2. Farrell • HOU 1.097
3. Drysdale • LAD 1.113
4. Pierce • SFG 1.121
5. Purkey • CIN 1.124
6. Spahn • MLN 1.125
7. Gibson • STL 1.151
8. Shaw • MLN 1.187
9. Bennett • PHI 1.214
10. Mahaffey • PHI 1.219

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 6.542
2. Gibson • STL 6.702
3. Bennett • PHI 7.420
4. Drysdale • LAD 7.788
5. Broglio • STL 7.813
6. Farrell • HOU 7.821
7. Francis • PIT 7.824
8. Sanford • SFG 7.903
9. O'Toole • CIN 7.939
10. Marichal • SFG 7.984

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. Shaw • MLN 1.760
2. Friend • PIT 1.823
3. Spahn • MLN 1.838
4. Pierce • SFG 1.940
5. Purkey • CIN 1.998
6. Farrell • HOU 2.048
7. Johnson • HOU 2.102
8. O'Dell • SFG 2.116
9. Drysdale • LAD 2.233
10. Jackson • STL 2.283

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 10.546
2. Johnson • HOU 8.132
3. Gibson • STL 8.011
4. Bennett • PHI 7.677
5. Farrell • HOU 7.560
6. Bruce • HOU 6.943
7. Drysdale • LAD 6.643
8. Podres • LAD 6.282
9. O'Dell • SFG 6.253
10. Francis • PIT 6.188

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Perranoski • LAD 70
2. Baldschun • PHI 67
3. Roebuck • LAD 64
4. Face • PIT 63
5. Olivo • PIT 62
6. Miller • SFG 59
7. Sherry • LAD 58
8. Anderson • CHC 57
Elston • CHC 57
10. McDaniel • STL 55

Saves

Saves

1. Face • PIT 28
2. Perranoski • LAD 19
Miller • SFG 19
4. McDaniel • STL 14
5. Baldschun • PHI 13
Brosnan • CIN 13
7. Henry • CIN 11
Sherry • LAD 11
9. Larsen • SFG 10
Raymond • MLN 10

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Drysdale • LAD 314.1
2. Purkey • CIN 288.1
3. O'Dell • SFG 280.2
4. Mahaffey • PHI 274.0
5. Jay • CIN 273.0
6. Spahn • MLN 269.1
7. Sanford • SFG 265.1
8. Marichal • SFG 262.2
9. Friend • PIT 261.2
10. Podres • LAD 255.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Drysdale • LAD 232
2. Koufax • LAD 216
3. Gibson • STL 208
4. Farrell • HOU 203
5. O'Dell • SFG 195
6. Johnson • HOU 178
Podres • LAD 178
8. Mahaffey • PHI 177
9. O'Toole • CIN 170
10. Jay • CIN 155

Games Started

Games Started

1. Drysdale • LAD 41
2. Podres • LAD 40
3. Mahaffey • PHI 39
O'Dell • SFG 39
5. Sanford • SFG 38
6. Purkey • CIN 37
Jay • CIN 37
8. Marichal • SFG 36
Friend • PIT 36
10. Jackson • STL 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Spahn • MLN 22
2. Mahaffey • PHI 20
O'Dell • SFG 20
4. Drysdale • LAD 19
5. Purkey • CIN 18
Marichal • SFG 18
7. Jay • CIN 16
8. Gibson • STL 15
9. Craig • NYM 13
Hook • NYM 13
Friend • PIT 13
Sanford • SFG 13

Shutouts

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

1. Gibson • STL 5
Friend • PIT 5
3. Broglio • STL 4
Jay • CIN 4
Jackson • NYM 4
Simmons • STL 4
7. O'Toole • CIN 3
Shaw • MLN 3
Marichal • SFG 3
10. Sanford • SFG 2
Purkey • CIN 2
Pierce • SFG 2
O'Dell • SFG 2
McBean • PIT 2
Stone • HOU 2
Mahaffey • PHI 2
Law • PIT 2
Bennett • PHI 2
Koufax • LAD 2
Jackson • STL 2
Hendley • MLN 2
Golden • HOU 2
Farrell • HOU 2
Drysdale • LAD 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mahaffey • PHI 36
2. Craig • NYM 35
3. Marichal • SFG 34
4. Hook • NYM 31
5. Purkey • CIN 28
6. Cardwell • CHC 27
7. Burdette • MLN 26
Jay • CIN 26
9. Jackson • STL 25
Spahn • MLN 25
Washburn • STL 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hamilton • PHI 107
2. Jay • CIN 100
3. Williams • LAD 98
Buhl • 2TM 98
5. Gibson • STL 95
6. Broglio • STL 93
7. Sanford • SFG 92
8. Marichal • SFG 90
9. O'Toole • CIN 87
10. Koonce • CHC 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. O'Dell • SFG 282
2. Friend • PIT 280
3. Drysdale • LAD 272
4. Podres • LAD 270
5. Jay • CIN 269
6. Jackson • STL 267
7. Craig • NYM 261
8. Purkey • CIN 260
9. Mahaffey • PHI 253
10. Spahn • MLN 248

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. Johnson • HOU 3.870
2. Koufax • LAD 3.789
3. Farrell • HOU 3.691
4. Drysdale • LAD 2.974
5. O'Dell • SFG 2.955
6. Shaw • MLN 2.818
7. Friend • PIT 2.717
8. Podres • LAD 2.507
9. Purkey • CIN 2.203
10. Bennett • PHI 2.191

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. Francis • PIT 0.409
2. McBean • PIT 0.522
3. O'Dell • SFG 0.577
4. Gibson • STL 0.578
5. Drysdale • LAD 0.601
6. Jackson • NYM 0.622
7. Koufax • LAD 0.635
8. Podres • LAD 0.706
9. O'Toole • CIN 0.715
10. Hendley • MLN 0.765

Losses

Losses

1. Craig • NYM 24
2. Ellsworth • CHC 20
Farrell • HOU 20
Jackson • NYM 20
5. Hook • NYM 19
6. Anderson • NYM 17
7. Cardwell • CHC 16
Johnson • HOU 16
Woodeshick • HOU 16
10. Friend • PIT 14
Hobbie • CHC 14
Jay • CIN 14
Mahaffey • PHI 14
O'Dell • SFG 14
Spahn • MLN 14
Buhl • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mahaffey • PHI 120
2. Ellsworth • CHC 118
3. Craig • NYM 117
4. Hook • NYM 115
5. Jay • CIN 114
6. Jackson • NYM 113
7. O'Dell • SFG 110
8. Podres • LAD 108
9. Cardwell • CHC 107
10. Jackson • STL 105

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Hamilton • PHI 22
2. Ellsworth • CHC 15
3. Giusti • HOU 13
Woodeshick • HOU 13
5. Miller • NYM 12
6. Gibson • STL 11
7. Maloney • CIN 10
8. Baldschun • PHI 9
Cardwell • CHC 9
Farrell • HOU 9
Hook • NYM 9
Jackson • NYM 9
Moeller • LAD 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Purkey • CIN 14
2. Bruce • HOU 12
Mahaffey • PHI 12
Shaw • MLN 12
5. Drysdale • LAD 11
6. Gibson • STL 10
7. Cardwell • CHC 9
8. Hook • NYM 8
Short • PHI 8
10. Craig • NYM 7
Johnson • HOU 7
Koonce • CHC 7
McBean • PIT 7
O'Dell • SFG 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Drysdale • LAD 1,289
2. Purkey • CIN 1,181
3. O'Dell • SFG 1,178
4. Jay • CIN 1,165
5. Mahaffey • PHI 1,138
6. Marichal • SFG 1,101
7. Sanford • SFG 1,100
8. Friend • PIT 1,096
9. Spahn • MLN 1,088
10. Podres • LAD 1,083

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. Face • PIT 57
2. Baldschun • PHI 49
3. McMahon • 2TM 42
4. Miller • SFG 41
5. Perranoski • LAD 39
6. McDaniel • STL 36
Sherry • LAD 36
8. Brosnan • CIN 34
9. Elston • CHC 32
10. Larsen • SFG 25

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Gibson • STL 151
2. Broglio • STL 144
3. Purkey • CIN 143
4. Koufax • LAD 143
5. Shaw • MLN 135
6. Friend • PIT 129
7. Francis • PIT 129
8. Drysdale • LAD 128
9. Spahn • MLN 125
10. Farrell • HOU 124

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. Koufax • LAD 2.15
2. Johnson • HOU 2.80
3. Farrell • HOU 2.81
4. O'Dell • SFG 2.84
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.86
6. Gibson • STL 3.02
7. Podres • LAD 3.11
8. McBean • PIT 3.25
9. Francis • PIT 3.28
10. Friend • PIT 3.29

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. Purkey • CIN 36
2. Gibson • STL 35
3. Broglio • STL 32
4. Friend • PIT 27
5. Spahn • MLN 27
6. Drysdale • LAD 26
7. Shaw • MLN 26
8. Koufax • LAD 24
9. Farrell • HOU 22
10. Face • PIT 20

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. Purkey • CIN 3.8
2. Gibson • STL 3.7
3. Broglio • STL 3.3
4. Friend • PIT 2.8
5. Spahn • MLN 2.8
6. Drysdale • LAD 2.7
7. Shaw • MLN 2.7
8. Koufax • LAD 2.5
9. Farrell • HOU 2.2
10. Face • PIT 2.1

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. Gibson • STL 39.32
2. Purkey • CIN 38.95
3. Drysdale • LAD 34.87
4. Spahn • MLN 34.77
5. Broglio • STL 33.73
6. Shaw • MLN 31.07
7. Friend • PIT 30.62
8. Farrell • HOU 28.41
9. Koufax • LAD 27.70
10. Jay • CIN 23.27

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. Purkey • CIN 5.7
2. Gibson • STL 4.3
3. Koufax • LAD 3.5
4. Shaw • MLN 3.1
5. Farrell • HOU 3.1
6. Face • PIT 2.9
7. Jay • CIN 2.9
8. Drysdale • LAD 2.8
9. Spahn • MLN 2.7
10. Friend • PIT 2.5

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. Drysdale • LAD 4.1
2. Purkey • CIN 3.9
3. Koufax • LAD 3.8
4. Gibson • STL 3.7
5. Spahn • MLN 3.0
6. O'Dell • SFG 2.9
7. Broglio • STL 2.8
8. Farrell • HOU 2.2
9. Shaw • MLN 2.1
10. Face • PIT 1.9

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. Pierce • SFG 22.2
2. Sanford • SFG 11.4
3. Roebuck • LAD 11.1
4. Drysdale • LAD 7.4
5. Face • PIT 6.6
6. Gibson • STL 5.6
7. Miller • SFG 4.7
8. Purkey • CIN 4.4
9. Larsen • SFG 2.4
10. Simmons • STL 2.4

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. Purkey • CIN 4.1
2. Gibson • STL 4.0
3. Drysdale • LAD 3.8
4. Spahn • MLN 3.8
5. Broglio • STL 3.4
6. Shaw • MLN 3.3
7. Friend • PIT 3.2
8. Koufax • LAD 3.1
9. Farrell • HOU 3.0
10. Sanford • SFG 2.4

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