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. Hershiser • LAD 7.1
2. Larkin • CIN 7.0
3. Butler • SFG 6.8
4. Clark • SFG 6.7
5. Smith • STL 6.6
6. Gibson • LAD 6.5
7. Van Slyke • PIT 6.5
8. Bonds • PIT 6.3
9. Galarraga • MON 5.7
10. Cone • NYM 5.7

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. Hershiser • LAD 7.2
2. Cone • NYM 5.5
3. Tudor • 2TM 5.2
4. Maddux • CHC 5.2
5. Jackson • CIN 5.0
6. Scott • HOU 4.7
7. Pérez • MON 4.5
8. Rijo • CIN 3.9
9. Magrane • STL 3.7
10. Reuschel • SFG 3.7

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. Magrane • STL 2.18
2. Cone • NYM 2.22
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.26
4. Tudor • 2TM 2.32
5. Rijo • CIN 2.39
6. Pérez • MON 2.44
7. Robinson • SFG 2.45
8. Walk • PIT 2.71
9. Martínez • MON 2.72
10. Jackson • CIN 2.73

Wins

Wins

1. Hershiser • LAD 23
Jackson • CIN 23
3. Cone • NYM 20
4. Reuschel • SFG 19
5. Browning • CIN 18
Gooden • NYM 18
Maddux • CHC 18
8. Darling • NYM 17
Leary • LAD 17
10. Show • SDP 16
Rasmussen • 2TM 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. Cone • NYM .870
2. Browning • CIN .783
3. Parrett • MON .750
4. Jackson • CIN .742
Hershiser • LAD .742
6. Knepper • HOU .737
7. Maddux • CHC .692
8. Robinson • PIT .688
9. Drabek • PIT .682
10. Gooden • NYM .667
Belcher • LAD .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Pérez • MON 0.941
2. Scott • HOU 0.983
3. Ojeda • NYM 1.004
4. Hershiser • LAD 1.052
5. Fernandez • NYM 1.053
6. Jackson • CIN 1.063
7. Smith • MON 1.066
8. Browning • CIN 1.073
9. Belcher • LAD 1.080
10. Show • SDP 1.082

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Fernandez • NYM 6.112
2. Pérez • MON 6.367
3. Rijo • CIN 6.667
4. Scott • HOU 6.668
5. Cone • NYM 6.925
6. Hershiser • LAD 7.011
7. Jackson • CIN 7.113
8. Deshaies • HOU 7.130
9. Belcher • LAD 7.163
10. Magrane • STL 7.240

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. Smith • MON 1.455
2. Mahler • ATL 1.518
3. Reuschel • SFG 1.543
4. Ojeda • NYM 1.560
5. Tudor • 2TM 1.867
6. Whitson • SDP 1.972
7. Smiley • PIT 2.020
8. Show • SDP 2.033
9. Drabek • PIT 2.052
10. Gooden • NYM 2.066

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • HOU 9.327
2. Fernandez • NYM 9.096
3. Rijo • CIN 8.889
4. DeLeón • STL 8.308
5. Cone • NYM 8.287
6. Scott • HOU 7.820
7. Belcher • LAD 7.614
8. Schiraldi • CHC 7.575
9. Leary • LAD 7.085
10. Gooden • NYM 6.342

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Murphy • CIN 76
2. Agosto • HOU 75
Robinson • PIT 75
4. Franco • CIN 70
Tekulve • PHI 70
6. Worrell • STL 68
7. Gott • PIT 67
8. Harris • PHI 66
9. Garrelts • SFG 65
10. Assenmacher • ATL 64
Lefferts • SFG 64

Saves

Saves

1. Franco • CIN 39
2. Gott • PIT 34
3. Worrell • STL 32
4. Davis • SDP 28
Bedrosian • PHI 28
6. Smith • HOU 27
7. Myers • NYM 26
8. Howell • LAD 21
9. Burke • MON 18
10. McDowell • NYM 16

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hershiser • LAD 267.0
2. Jackson • CIN 260.2
3. Browning • CIN 250.2
4. Maddux • CHC 249.0
Mahler • ATL 249.0
6. Gooden • NYM 248.1
7. Reuschel • SFG 245.0
8. Darling • NYM 240.2
9. Martínez • MON 235.1
10. Show • SDP 234.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • HOU 228
2. Cone • NYM 213
3. DeLeón • STL 208
4. Scott • HOU 190
5. Fernandez • NYM 189
6. Leary • LAD 180
7. Hershiser • LAD 178
8. Gooden • NYM 175
9. Gross • PHI 162
10. Darling • NYM 161
Jackson • CIN 161

Games Started

Games Started

1. Browning • CIN 36
Reuschel • SFG 36
3. Jackson • CIN 35
4. Darling • NYM 34
DeLeón • STL 34
Glavine • ATL 34
Gooden • NYM 34
Hershiser • LAD 34
Leary • LAD 34
Maddux • CHC 34
Mahler • ATL 34
Martínez • MON 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hershiser • LAD 15
Jackson • CIN 15
3. Show • SDP 13
4. Sutcliffe • CHC 12
5. Gooden • NYM 10
6. Leary • LAD 9
Maddux • CHC 9
Martínez • MON 9
9. Cone • NYM 8
Scott • HOU 8

Shutouts

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

1. Hershiser • LAD 8
2. Jackson • CIN 6
Leary • LAD 6
4. Ojeda • NYM 5
Scott • HOU 5
6. Cone • NYM 4
Darling • NYM 4
8. Downs • SFG 3
Smith • ATL 3
Magrane • STL 3
Gooden • NYM 3
Maddux • CHC 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Browning • CIN 36
2. Rawley • PHI 27
3. Darling • NYM 24
4. Show • SDP 22
5. Drabek • PIT 21
Martínez • MON 21
7. Carman • PHI 20
Darwin • HOU 20
Deshaies • HOU 20
Moyer • CHC 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Gross • PHI 89
2. Dunne • PIT 88
Smith • ATL 88
4. Ryan • HOU 87
5. DeLeón • STL 86
6. Maddux • CHC 81
7. Cone • NYM 80
Ruffin • PHI 80
9. Rawley • PHI 78
10. Hawkins • SDP 76
Valenzuela • LAD 76

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mahler • ATL 279
2. Gooden • NYM 242
Reuschel • SFG 242
4. Sutcliffe • CHC 232
5. Maddux • CHC 230
6. Rawley • PHI 220
7. Darling • NYM 218
8. Martínez • MON 215
9. Moyer • CHC 212
10. Carman • PHI 211

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. Ojeda • NYM 4.030
2. Smith • MON 3.813
3. Scott • HOU 3.585
4. Leary • LAD 3.214
5. Mahler • ATL 3.119
6. Gooden • NYM 3.070
7. Belcher • LAD 2.980
8. Pérez • MON 2.977
9. Smiley • PIT 2.804
10. Show • SDP 2.717

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. Walk • PIT 0.254
2. Ojeda • NYM 0.284
3. Gooden • NYM 0.290
4. Magrane • STL 0.327
5. Rijo • CIN 0.389
6. Cone • NYM 0.389
7. Belcher • LAD 0.401
8. Reuschel • SFG 0.404
9. Jackson • CIN 0.449
10. Tudor • 2TM 0.455

Losses

Losses

1. Glavine • ATL 17
2. Mahler • ATL 16
Rawley • PHI 16
4. Moyer • CHC 15
Smith • ATL 15
6. Carman • PHI 14
Deshaies • HOU 14
Gross • PHI 14
Jones • SDP 14
Sutcliffe • CHC 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mahler • ATL 102
2. Glavine • ATL 99
3. Sutcliffe • CHC 97
4. Carman • PHI 96
5. Browning • CIN 95
Gross • PHI 95
7. DeLeón • STL 92
Rawley • PHI 92
9. Gooden • NYM 88
Maddux • CHC 88

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Walk • PIT 13
2. Dunne • PIT 12
Ruffin • PHI 12
4. Coffman • ATL 11
Robinson • PIT 11
Sutcliffe • CHC 11
7. Cone • NYM 10
DeLeón • STL 10
Ryan • HOU 10
10. Davis • SDP 9
Leary • LAD 9
McWilliams • STL 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gross • PHI 11
2. Smith • MON 10
3. Maddux • CHC 9
4. Glavine • ATL 8
Mahler • ATL 8
Scott • HOU 8
7. Browning • CIN 7
Darwin • HOU 7
Pérez • MON 7
Ryan • HOU 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hershiser • LAD 1,068
2. Mahler • ATL 1,063
3. Maddux • CHC 1,047
4. Jackson • CIN 1,034
5. Gooden • NYM 1,024
6. Browning • CIN 1,001
7. Reuschel • SFG 1,000
8. Gross • PHI 989
9. Darling • NYM 971
10. Martínez • MON 968

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. Franco • CIN 61
2. Gott • PIT 59
3. Worrell • STL 54
4. Davis • SDP 52
5. Bedrosian • PHI 49
6. Myers • NYM 44
7. McDowell • NYM 41
8. Garrelts • SFG 40
9. Burke • MON 39
McCullers • SDP 39
Smith • HOU 39

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Magrane • STL 161
2. Rijo • CIN 151
3. Tudor • 2TM 149
4. Hershiser • LAD 149
5. Pérez • MON 147
6. Cone • NYM 145
7. Robinson • SFG 135
8. Martínez • MON 133
9. Jackson • CIN 132
10. Walk • PIT 125

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. Ojeda • NYM 2.36
2. Gooden • NYM 2.54
3. Belcher • LAD 2.54
4. Rijo • CIN 2.58
5. Cone • NYM 2.58
6. Leary • LAD 2.75
7. DeLeón • STL 2.84
8. Magrane • STL 2.99
9. Scott • HOU 3.00
10. Fernandez • NYM 3.01

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. Hershiser • LAD 35
2. Cone • NYM 26
3. Jackson • CIN 25
4. Tudor • 2TM 24
5. Pérez • MON 23
6. Rijo • CIN 22
7. Magrane • STL 19
8. Franco • CIN 18
9. Martínez • MON 16
10. Davis • SDP 16

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. Hershiser • LAD 4.0
2. Cone • NYM 3.0
3. Jackson • CIN 2.9
4. Tudor • 2TM 2.7
5. Pérez • MON 2.6
6. Rijo • CIN 2.4
7. Magrane • STL 2.1
8. Franco • CIN 2.0
9. Martínez • MON 1.8
10. Davis • SDP 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. Hershiser • LAD 40.86
2. Cone • NYM 26.84
3. Jackson • CIN 25.54
4. Tudor • 2TM 24.40
5. Rijo • CIN 24.02
6. Pérez • MON 20.70
7. Scott • HOU 20.26
8. Myers • NYM 18.64
9. Franco • CIN 18.49
10. Holton • LAD 17.04

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. Hershiser • LAD 6.7
2. Myers • NYM 4.3
3. Jackson • CIN 3.9
4. Franco • CIN 3.6
5. Cone • NYM 3.6
6. Maddux • CHC 3.4
7. Scott • HOU 3.0
8. Lefferts • SFG 3.0
9. Show • SDP 2.7
10. Tudor • 2TM 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. Hershiser • LAD 4.3
2. Jackson • CIN 4.0
3. Cone • NYM 3.0
4. Rijo • CIN 2.9
5. Belcher • LAD 2.9
6. Pérez • MON 2.7
7. Scott • HOU 2.4
8. Ojeda • NYM 2.2
9. Reuschel • SFG 2.2
10. Maddux • CHC 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. Hershiser • LAD 6.2
2. Leary • LAD 4.9
3. Scott • HOU 4.3
4. Myers • NYM 4.0
5. McDowell • NYM 3.7
6. Cone • NYM 3.4
7. Robinson • PIT 3.4
8. Maddux • CHC 2.7
9. Drabek • PIT 2.2
10. Peña • LAD 1.6

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. Hershiser • LAD 4.9
2. Cone • NYM 3.2
3. Jackson • CIN 2.8
4. Tudor • 2TM 2.8
5. Rijo • CIN 2.6
6. Scott • HOU 2.3
7. Pérez • MON 2.3
8. Myers • NYM 2.1
9. Franco • CIN 2.0
10. Holton • LAD 1.9

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