1991 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: Atlanta Braves

NL Most Valuable Player: Terry Pendleton

NL Cy Young: Tom Glavine

NL Rookie of the Year: Jeff Bagwell

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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. Glavine • ATL 9.2

2. Bonds • PIT 8.0

3. Sandberg • CHC 7.0

4. Pendleton • ATL 6.1

5. Larkin • CIN 6.1

6. Martínez • MON 5.7

7. Rijo • CIN 5.7

8. Avery • ATL 5.7

9. Gwynn • SDP 5.7

10. Williams • SFG 5.5

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. Glavine • ATL 8.5

2. Martínez • MON 5.8

3. Rijo • CIN 5.5

4. Smoltz • ATL 5.4

5. Avery • ATL 5.2

6. Morgan • LAD 5.1

7. Harnisch • HOU 4.6

8. Leibrandt • ATL 4.5

9. Benes • SDP 4.4

10. Cone • NYM 4.4

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. Martínez • MON 2.39

2. Rijo • CIN 2.51

3. Glavine • ATL 2.55

4. Belcher • LAD 2.62

5. Harnisch • HOU 2.70

6. DeLeón • STL 2.71

7. Morgan • LAD 2.78

8. Tomlin • PIT 2.98

9. Benes • SDP 3.03

10. Drabek • PIT 3.07

Wins

1. Glavine • ATL 20

Smiley • PIT 20

3. Avery • ATL 18

4. Martínez • LAD 17

5. Mulholland • PHI 16

Smith • PIT 16

7. Benes • SDP 15

Drabek • PIT 15

Hurst • SDP 15

Leibrandt • ATL 15

Maddux • CHC 15

Rijo • CIN 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. Smiley • PIT .714

Rijo • CIN .714

3. Williams • PHI .706

4. Avery • ATL .692

5. Hurst • SDP .652

6. Greene • PHI .650

Gooden • NYM .650

8. Glavine • ATL .645

9. Smith • PIT .615

10. Olivares • STL .611

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Rijo • CIN 1.077

2. Morgan • LAD 1.092

3. Glavine • ATL 1.095

4. Martínez • MON 1.122

5. Maddux • CHC 1.133

6. Benes • SDP 1.135

7. Smiley • PIT 1.146

8. Smith • PIT 1.154

9. Harnisch • HOU 1.163

10. Leibrandt • ATL 1.167

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Harnisch • HOU 7.020

2. Rijo • CIN 7.268

3. de Jesús • PHI 7.283

4. Hill • STL 7.296

5. Glavine • ATL 7.334

6. Gardner • MON 7.432

7. Morgan • LAD 7.502

8. Martínez • MON 7.581

9. Greene • PHI 7.671

10. Wilson • SFG 7.708

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Smith • PIT 1.145

2. Tewksbury • STL 1.791

3. Mulholland • PHI 1.901

4. Smiley • PIT 1.907

5. Smith • STL 2.039

6. Viola • NYM 2.101

7. Browning • CIN 2.188

8. Leibrandt • ATL 2.194

9. Maddux • CHC 2.259

10. Morgan • LAD 2.323

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Cone • NYM 9.322

2. Rijo • CIN 7.576

3. Harnisch • HOU 7.145

4. Gooden • NYM 7.105

5. Glavine • ATL 7.005

6. Maddux • CHC 6.776

7. Benes • SDP 6.740

8. Belcher • LAD 6.707

9. Greene • PHI 6.674

10. DeLeón • STL 6.529

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Jones • MON 77

2. Assenmacher • CHC 75

3. Stanton • ATL 74

4. Agosto • STL 72

Burke • 2TM 72

6. McElroy • CHC 71

Osuna • HOU 71

McDowell • 2TM 71

9. Innis • NYM 69

Williams • PHI 69

Saves

1. Smith • STL 47

2. Dibble • CIN 31

3. Williams • PHI 30

Franco • NYM 30

5. Righetti • SFG 24

6. Lefferts • SDP 23

7. Landrum • PIT 17

Berenguer • ATL 17

Smith • CHC 17

10. Belinda • PIT 16

Howell • LAD 16

Innings Pitched

1. Maddux • CHC 263.0

2. Glavine • ATL 246.2

3. Morgan • LAD 236.1

4. Drabek • PIT 234.2

5. Cone • NYM 232.2

6. Mulholland • PHI 232.0

7. Viola • NYM 231.1

8. Browning • CIN 230.1

9. Leibrandt • ATL 229.2

Smoltz • ATL 229.2

Strikeouts

1. Cone • NYM 241

2. Maddux • CHC 198

3. Glavine • ATL 192

4. Harnisch • HOU 172

Rijo • CIN 172

6. Benes • SDP 167

7. Belcher • LAD 156

8. Greene • PHI 154

9. Gooden • NYM 150

Martínez • LAD 150

Games Started

1. Maddux • CHC 37

2. Browning • CIN 36

Leibrandt • ATL 36

Smoltz • ATL 36

5. Avery • ATL 35

Drabek • PIT 35

Smith • PIT 35

Viola • NYM 35

9. Black • SFG 34

Burkett • SFG 34

Cone • NYM 34

Glavine • ATL 34

Mulholland • PHI 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Martínez • MON 9

Glavine • ATL 9

3. Mulholland • PHI 8

4. Maddux • CHC 7

5. Martínez • LAD 6

Smith • PIT 6

7. Morgan • LAD 5

Drabek • PIT 5

Smoltz • ATL 5

Cone • NYM 5

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Martínez • MON 5

2. Martínez • LAD 4

3. Black • SFG 3

Smith • PIT 3

Mulholland • PHI 3

6. Tomlin • PIT 2

Cone • NYM 2

Drabek • PIT 2

Greene • PHI 2

Harnisch • HOU 2

Harris • SDP 2

Maddux • CHC 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Browning • CIN 32

2. Armstrong • CIN 25

Black • SFG 25

Viola • NYM 25

5. Benes • SDP 23

6. Avery • ATL 21

7. Burkett • SFG 19

Deshaies • HOU 19

Greene • PHI 19

Portugal • HOU 19

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. de Jesús • PHI 128

2. Barnes • MON 84

Kile • HOU 84

4. Harnisch • HOU 83

5. Myers • CIN 80

6. Smoltz • ATL 77

Wilson • SFG 77

8. Belcher • LAD 75

Gardner • MON 75

10. Cone • NYM 73

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Viola • NYM 259

2. Drabek • PIT 245

3. Browning • CIN 241

4. Smith • PIT 234

5. Maddux • CHC 232

6. Mulholland • PHI 231

7. Burkett • SFG 223

8. Leibrandt • ATL 212

9. Smoltz • ATL 206

Tewksbury • STL 206

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. Smith • PIT 4.138

2. Cone • NYM 3.301

3. Rijo • CIN 3.127

4. Maddux • CHC 3.000

5. Smiley • PIT 2.932

6. Mulholland • PHI 2.898

7. Benes • SDP 2.831

8. Glavine • ATL 2.783

9. Gooden • NYM 2.679

10. Viola • NYM 2.444

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. de Jesús • PHI 0.347

2. Rijo • CIN 0.352

3. Martínez • MON 0.365

4. Belcher • LAD 0.430

5. Morgan • LAD 0.457

6. Tomlin • PIT 0.463

7. Cone • NYM 0.503

8. Gooden • NYM 0.568

9. Wilson • SFG 0.579

10. Harnisch • HOU 0.582

Losses

1. Black • SFG 16

2. Viola • NYM 15

3. Browning • CIN 14

Cone • NYM 14

Drabek • PIT 14

6. Armstrong • CIN 13

Leibrandt • ATL 13

Martínez • LAD 13

Mulholland • PHI 13

Myers • CIN 13

Rasmussen • SDP 13

Smoltz • ATL 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Browning • CIN 107

2. Viola • NYM 102

3. Maddux • CHC 98

4. Smoltz • ATL 97

5. Burkett • SFG 96

6. Black • SFG 95

7. Mulholland • PHI 93

8. Deshaies • HOU 89

Leibrandt • ATL 89

10. Bielecki • 2TM 86

Wild Pitches

1. Smoltz • ATL 20

2. Cone • NYM 17

3. Grimsley • PHI 14

4. Darling • 2TM 13

5. Charlton • CIN 11

Walk • PIT 11

7. de Jesús • PHI 10

Glavine • ATL 10

Clancy • 2TM 10

Hartley • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Burkett • SFG 10

2. Agosto • STL 8

Williams • PHI 8

4. Martínez • LAD 7

Smith • STL 7

Darling • 2TM 7

7. Barnes • MON 6

Charlton • CIN 6

DeLeón • STL 6

Hill • STL 6

Kile • HOU 6

Maddux • CHC 6

Scudder • CIN 6

Tomlin • PIT 6

Hartley • 2TM 6

Batters Faced

1. Maddux • CHC 1,070

2. Glavine • ATL 989

3. Browning • CIN 983

4. Viola • NYM 980

5. Drabek • PIT 977

6. Cone • NYM 966

7. Mulholland • PHI 956

8. Leibrandt • ATL 949

Morgan • LAD 949

10. Smoltz • ATL 947

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. Smith • STL 61

2. Williams • PHI 60

3. Dibble • CIN 57

4. Righetti • SFG 49

5. Franco • NYM 48

6. Jones • MON 46

7. Landrum • PIT 43

8. Lefferts • SDP 40

9. Brantley • SFG 39

10. Belinda • PIT 37

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Glavine • ATL 153

2. Rijo • CIN 153

3. Martínez • MON 153

4. Belcher • LAD 137

5. DeLeón • STL 136

6. Morgan • LAD 129

7. Harnisch • HOU 129

8. Benes • SDP 126

9. Tomlin • PIT 120

10. Drabek • PIT 117

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. Cone • NYM 2.52

2. Rijo • CIN 2.53

3. Gooden • NYM 3.03

4. Glavine • ATL 3.06

5. Maddux • CHC 3.06

6. Smith • PIT 3.07

7. Belcher • LAD 3.09

8. Morgan • LAD 3.14

9. Mulholland • PHI 3.14

10. Martínez • MON 3.17

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. Glavine • ATL 33

2. Martínez • MON 30

3. Rijo • CIN 27

4. Benes • SDP 22

5. Harnisch • HOU 21

6. Harris • SDP 20

7. Morgan • LAD 20

8. Belcher • LAD 19

9. McElroy • CHC 17

10. DeLeón • STL 17

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. Glavine • ATL 3.7

2. Martínez • MON 3.3

3. Rijo • CIN 3.0

4. Benes • SDP 2.4

5. Harris • SDP 2.3

6. Harnisch • HOU 2.2

7. Morgan • LAD 2.2

8. Belcher • LAD 2.1

9. McElroy • CHC 1.8

DeLeón • STL 1.8

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. Glavine • ATL 31.54

2. Martínez • MON 30.42

3. Harnisch • HOU 26.26

4. Rijo • CIN 26.10

5. Benes • SDP 24.02

6. Morgan • LAD 22.95

7. Maddux • SDP 20.07

8. Harris • SDP 18.90

9. Berenguer • ATL 18.02

10. Brantley • SFG 17.60

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. Martínez • MON 3.9

2. Glavine • ATL 3.8

3. Smith • STL 3.5

4. Brantley • SFG 3.4

5. Harnisch • HOU 3.3

6. Benes • SDP 3.3

7. Williams • PHI 2.9

8. Harris • SDP 2.6

9. Berenguer • ATL 2.6

10. Howell • LAD 2.4

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. Glavine • ATL 3.6

2. Martínez • MON 3.3

3. Morgan • LAD 3.2

4. Rijo • CIN 3.1

5. Maddux • CHC 3.0

6. Benes • SDP 2.5

7. Hurst • SDP 2.5

8. Cone • NYM 2.4

9. Leibrandt • ATL 2.1

10. Smith • PIT 2.0

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. Avery • ATL 7.4

2. Peña • 2TM 5.9

3. Smoltz • ATL 5.2

4. Belcher • LAD 3.9

5. Wilson • 2TM 3.8

6. Hershiser • LAD 3.4

7. Howell • LAD 3.2

8. Dibble • CIN 3.1

9. Glavine • ATL 2.9

10. Landrum • PIT 2.8

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. Martínez • MON 3.4

2. Glavine • ATL 3.4

3. Harnisch • HOU 3.0

4. Rijo • CIN 2.8

5. Benes • SDP 2.6

6. Morgan • LAD 2.5

7. Maddux • SDP 2.1

8. Harris • SDP 2.1

9. Brantley • SFG 1.9

10. Berenguer • ATL 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