1982 National League Pitching Leaders

Previous Season Next Season

Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: St. Louis Cardinals

NL Most Valuable Player: Dale Murphy

NL Cy Young: Steve Carlton

NL Rookie of the Year: Steve Sax

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

1982 NL Menu

National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Carter • MON 8.6

2. Dawson • MON 7.9

3. Rogers • MON 7.7

4. Soto • CIN 7.6

5. Schmidt • PHI 7.4

6. Guerrero • LAD 6.8

7. Madlock • PIT 6.2

8. Smith • STL 6.2

9. Carlton • PHI 6.1

Murphy • ATL 6.1

Thon • HOU 6.1

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rogers • MON 7.7

2. Soto • CIN 7.5

3. Niekro • HOU 6.8

4. Andújar • STL 5.8

5. Carlton • PHI 5.5

6. Minton • SFG 5.4

7. Valenzuela • LAD 5.0

8. Berenyi • CIN 4.9

9. Bedrosian • ATL 4.2

10. Laskey • SFG 4.2

Earned Run Average

9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Rogers • MON 2.40

2. Niekro • HOU 2.47

3. Andújar • STL 2.47

4. Soto • CIN 2.79

5. Valenzuela • LAD 2.87

6. Candelaria • PIT 2.94

7. Sutton • HOU 3.00

8. Carlton • PHI 3.10

9. Reuss • LAD 3.11

10. Krukow • PHI 3.12

Wins

1. Carlton • PHI 23

2. Rogers • MON 19

Valenzuela • LAD 19

4. Reuss • LAD 18

5. Niekro • HOU 17

Niekro • ATL 17

7. Lollar • SDP 16

Ryan • HOU 16

Welch • LAD 16

10. Andújar • STL 15

Forsch • STL 15

Robinson • PIT 15

Win-Loss %

Win-Loss Percentage W / (W + L) For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games. For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Niekro • ATL .810

2. Rogers • MON .704

3. Carlton • PHI .676

4. Breining • SFG .647

5. Lollar • SDP .640

6. Candelaria • PIT .632

7. Show • SDP .625

Forsch • STL .625

9. Reuss • LAD .621

10. Sutton • HOU .619

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Soto • CIN 1.060

2. Niekro • HOU 1.067

3. Andújar • STL 1.080

4. Sutton • HOU 1.103

5. Reuss • LAD 1.107

6. Rogers • MON 1.119

7. Lea • MON 1.131

8. Carlton • PHI 1.147

9. Valenzuela • LAD 1.158

10. Candelaria • PIT 1.162

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • HOU 7.047

2. Soto • CIN 7.056

3. Lea • MON 7.345

4. Lollar • SDP 7.427

5. Niekro • HOU 7.467

6. Welch • LAD 7.600

7. Carlton • PHI 7.701

8. Valenzuela • LAD 7.800

Sutton • HOU 7.800

10. Rogers • MON 7.960

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Bird • CHC 1.414

2. Hammaker • SFG 1.440

3. Andújar • STL 1.694

4. Reuss • LAD 1.767

5. Candelaria • PIT 1.906

6. Montefusco • SDP 2.002

7. Swan • NYM 2.002

8. Laskey • SFG 2.044

9. Forsch • STL 2.086

10. Rogers • MON 2.112

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Soto • CIN 9.571

2. Ryan • HOU 8.808

3. Carlton • PHI 8.706

4. Candelaria • PIT 6.853

5. Welch • LAD 6.721

6. Robinson • PIT 6.542

7. Sutton • HOU 6.415

8. Berenyi • CIN 6.355

9. Sanderson • MON 6.348

10. Valenzuela • LAD 6.284

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tekulve • PIT 85

2. Minton • SFG 78

3. Scurry • PIT 76

4. Hernández • CHC 75

Reardon • MON 75

6. Smith • CHC 72

7. Sutter • STL 70

8. Garber • ATL 69

9. Lavelle • SFG 68

10. Howe • LAD 66

Saves

1. Sutter • STL 36

2. Garber • ATL 30

Minton • SFG 30

4. Reardon • MON 26

5. Tekulve • PIT 20

6. Allen • NYM 19

7. Smith • CHC 17

Hume • CIN 17

9. Lucas • SDP 16

10. DeLeón • SDP 15

Innings Pitched

1. Carlton • PHI 295.2

2. Valenzuela • LAD 285.0

3. Rogers • MON 277.0

4. Niekro • HOU 270.0

5. Andújar • STL 265.2

6. Soto • CIN 257.2

7. Reuss • LAD 254.2

8. Ryan • HOU 250.1

9. Gullickson • MON 236.2

10. Welch • LAD 235.2

Strikeouts

1. Carlton • PHI 286

2. Soto • CIN 274

3. Ryan • HOU 245

4. Valenzuela • LAD 199

5. Rogers • MON 179

6. Welch • LAD 176

7. Robinson • PIT 165

8. Sanderson • MON 158

9. Berenyi • CIN 157

10. Gullickson • MON 155

Games Started

1. Carlton • PHI 38

2. Andújar • STL 37

Reuss • LAD 37

Valenzuela • LAD 37

5. Welch • LAD 36

6. Niekro • HOU 35

Niekro • ATL 35

Rhoden • PIT 35

Rogers • MON 35

Ryan • HOU 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Carlton • PHI 19

2. Valenzuela • LAD 18

3. Niekro • HOU 16

4. Rogers • MON 14

5. Soto • CIN 13

6. Ryan • HOU 10

7. Andújar • STL 9

Welch • LAD 9

9. Ruthven • PHI 8

Reuss • LAD 8

Eichelberger • SDP 8

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Carlton • PHI 6

2. Niekro • HOU 5

Andújar • STL 5

4. Reuss • LAD 4

Rogers • MON 4

Valenzuela • LAD 4

7. Welch • LAD 3

Ryan • HOU 3

9. Krukow • PHI 2

Pastore • CIN 2

Noles • CHC 2

Niekro • ATL 2

Mahler • ATL 2

Lollar • SDP 2

Ruhle • HOU 2

Lea • MON 2

Ruthven • PHI 2

Show • SDP 2

Hooton • LAD 2

Soto • CIN 2

Forsch • STL 2

McWilliams • 2TM 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bird • CHC 26

Robinson • PIT 26

3. Gullickson • MON 25

4. Falcone • NYM 24

Sanderson • MON 24

6. Eichelberger • SDP 23

Niekro • ATL 23

8. Lollar • SDP 20

Ryan • HOU 20

10. Jenkins • CHC 19

Soto • CIN 19

Walk • ATL 19

Welch • LAD 19

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ryan • HOU 109

2. Robinson • PIT 103

3. Berenyi • CIN 96

4. Puleo • NYM 90

5. Lollar • SDP 87

6. Carlton • PHI 86

7. Valenzuela • LAD 83

8. Krukow • PHI 82

9. Gale • SFG 81

Welch • LAD 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carlton • PHI 253

2. Valenzuela • LAD 247

3. Rogers • MON 245

4. Rhoden • PIT 239

5. Forsch • STL 238

6. Andújar • STL 237

7. Reuss • LAD 232

8. Gullickson • MON 231

9. Bird • CHC 230

10. Niekro • ATL 225

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

SO/W or SO/BB For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP per team game played. No batting leaders computed.

1. Soto • CIN 3.859

2. Hammaker • SFG 3.643

3. Candelaria • PIT 3.595

4. Carlton • PHI 3.326

5. Sutton • HOU 3.022

6. Reuss • LAD 2.760

7. Rogers • MON 2.754

8. Andújar • STL 2.740

9. Christenson • PHI 2.736

10. Sanderson • MON 2.724

Home Runs per 9 IP

9 x HR / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Berenyi • CIN 0.324

2. Krukow • PHI 0.346

3. Andújar • STL 0.373

4. Sarmiento • PIT 0.383

5. Reuss • LAD 0.389

6. Rogers • MON 0.390

7. Niekro • HOU 0.400

8. Valenzuela • LAD 0.411

9. Sutton • HOU 0.462

10. Gale • SFG 0.476

Losses

1. Berenyi • CIN 18

2. Jenkins • CHC 15

Knepper • HOU 15

4. Bird • CHC 14

Burris • MON 14

Eichelberger • SDP 14

Gale • SFG 14

Gullickson • MON 14

Rhoden • PIT 14

10. Camp • ATL 13

Noles • CHC 13

Pastore • CIN 13

Robinson • PIT 13

Ruhle • HOU 13

Scott • NYM 13

Seaver • CIN 13

Shirley • CIN 13

Soto • CIN 13

Valenzuela • LAD 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Bird • CHC 109

2. Robinson • PIT 108

3. Rhoden • PIT 106

4. Carlton • PHI 102

5. Mahler • ATL 96

6. Gullickson • MON 94

Niekro • ATL 94

8. Valenzuela • LAD 91

9. Forsch • STL 90

10. Knepper • HOU 89

Walk • ATL 89

Wild Pitches

1. Niekro • HOU 19

2. Ryan • HOU 18

3. Robinson • PIT 17

4. Berenyi • CIN 16

5. Krukow • PHI 13

6. Scurry • PIT 12

7. Gullickson • MON 11

8. Falcone • NYM 10

9. Carlton • PHI 9

Kern • CIN 9

Mura • STL 9

Rhoden • PIT 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Ryan • HOU 8

2. Andújar • STL 7

3. Rogers • MON 6

Ruthven • PHI 6

Walk • ATL 6

McWilliams • 2TM 6

7. Bystrom • PHI 5

Fowlkes • SFG 5

Gale • SFG 5

Jenkins • CHC 5

Moffitt • HOU 5

Niekro • HOU 5

Noles • CHC 5

Show • SDP 5

Welch • LAD 5

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,193

2. Valenzuela • LAD 1,156

3. Rogers • MON 1,122

4. Niekro • HOU 1,067

5. Andújar • STL 1,056

6. Ryan • HOU 1,050

7. Reuss • LAD 1,036

8. Soto • CIN 1,033

9. Gullickson • MON 990

10. Rhoden • PIT 983

Games Finished

Games Finished Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game. Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Minton • SFG 66

2. Tekulve • PIT 64

3. Sutter • STL 58

4. Garber • ATL 56

5. Reardon • MON 53

6. Allen • NYM 42

7. DeLeón • SDP 41

Howe • LAD 41

9. Campbell • CHC 39

Lucas • SDP 39

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Rogers • MON 152

2. Andújar • STL 148

3. Niekro • HOU 135

4. Soto • CIN 132

5. Candelaria • PIT 128

6. Valenzuela • LAD 122

7. Carlton • PHI 119

8. Krukow • PHI 118

9. Jenkins • CHC 118

10. Laskey • SFG 114

Fielding Independent Pitching

Fielding Independent Pitching this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO <tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg</tt> The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Carlton • PHI 2.41

2. Soto • CIN 2.42

3. Sutton • HOU 2.68

4. Rogers • MON 2.76

5. Reuss • LAD 2.81

6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.81

7. Candelaria • PIT 2.87

8. Andújar • STL 2.87

9. Christenson • PHI 3.04

10. Berenyi • CIN 3.09

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adjusted Pitching Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Rogers • MON 38

2. Andújar • STL 33

3. Niekro • HOU 30

4. Soto • CIN 26

5. Minton • SFG 24

6. Scurry • PIT 21

7. Bedrosian • ATL 21

8. Valenzuela • LAD 20

9. Carlton • PHI 19

10. Reardon • MON 19

Adj. Pitching Wins

Adjusted Pitching Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his arm. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Rogers • MON 4.3

2. Andújar • STL 3.7

3. Niekro • HOU 3.4

4. Soto • CIN 2.9

5. Minton • SFG 2.6

6. Scurry • PIT 2.3

Bedrosian • ATL 2.3

8. Valenzuela • LAD 2.1

9. Carlton • PHI 2.1

10. Reardon • MON 2.1

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Saved Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Rogers • MON 41.14

2. Niekro • HOU 40.68

3. Andújar • STL 35.93

4. Soto • CIN 30.76

5. Bedrosian • ATL 25.07

6. Minton • SFG 23.34

7. Valenzuela • LAD 23.26

8. Lollar • SDP 22.17

9. Carlton • PHI 21.94

10. Candelaria • PIT 19.91

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Niekro • HOU 5.2

2. Minton • SFG 5.2

3. Rogers • MON 4.8

4. Carlton • PHI 4.3

5. Bedrosian • ATL 4.1

6. Valenzuela • LAD 3.7

7. Soto • CIN 3.3

8. Reed • PHI 3.0

9. Tekulve • PIT 2.9

10. Candelaria • PIT 2.3

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Andújar • STL 4.4

2. Rogers • MON 4.4

3. Niekro • HOU 4.3

4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.4

5. Carlton • PHI 3.2

6. Soto • CIN 3.1

7. Reuss • LAD 2.7

8. Welch • LAD 2.5

9. Bedrosian • ATL 2.5

10. Sutton • HOU 2.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Garber • ATL 7.7

2. Carlton • PHI 7.2

3. Bedrosian • ATL 7.1

4. Andújar • STL 5.3

5. Niedenfuer • LAD 5.1

6. Sutter • STL 5.1

7. Reed • PHI 4.2

8. Forsch • STL 3.9

9. Rogers • MON 3.8

10. Pérez • ATL 3.6

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

Base-Out Wins Saved This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Niekro • HOU 4.8

2. Rogers • MON 4.6

3. Andújar • STL 4.0

4. Soto • CIN 3.4

5. Bedrosian • ATL 2.6

6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.6

7. Minton • SFG 2.5

8. Lollar • SDP 2.5

9. Carlton • PHI 2.4

10. Candelaria • PIT 2.1

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