2002 National League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: San Francisco Giants

NL Most Valuable Player: Barry Bonds

NL Cy Young: Randy Johnson

NL Rookie of the Year: Jason Jennings

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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. Bonds • SFG 11.8

2. Johnson • ARI 10.5

3. Schilling • ARI 8.5

4. Kent • SFG 7.1

5. Guerrero • MON 7.1

6. Green • LAD 7.0

7. Oswalt • HOU 6.9

8. Edmonds • STL 6.7

9. Jones • ATL 6.5

10. Rolen • 2TM 6.4

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. Johnson • ARI 10.7

2. Schilling • ARI 8.6

3. Oswalt • HOU 7.0

4. Miller • HOU 4.8

5. Pérez • LAD 4.7

6. Clement • CHC 4.4

7. Maddux • ATL 4.4

8. Wood • CHC 4.4

9. Wolf • PHI 4.3

10. Dotel • HOU 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. Johnson • ARI 2.32

2. Maddux • ATL 2.62

3. Glavine • ATL 2.96

4. Pérez • LAD 3.00

5. Oswalt • HOU 3.01

6. Dessens • CIN 3.03

7. Ohka • MON 3.18

8. Wolf • PHI 3.20

9. Rueter • SFG 3.23

10. Schilling • ARI 3.23

Wins

1. Johnson • ARI 24

2. Schilling • ARI 23

3. Oswalt • HOU 19

4. Glavine • ATL 18

Millwood • ATL 18

6. Morris • STL 17

7. Jennings • COL 16

Maddux • ATL 16

Nomo • LAD 16

10. Haynes • CIN 15

Miller • HOU 15

Pérez • LAD 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. Johnson • ARI .828

2. Miller • HOU .789

3. Schilling • ARI .767

4. Nomo • LAD .727

Maddux • ATL .727

6. Millwood • ATL .692

7. Simontacchi • STL .688

8. Oswalt • HOU .679

9. Jennings • COL .667

Moss • ATL .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Schilling • ARI 0.968

2. Pérez • LAD 0.990

3. Johnson • ARI 1.031

4. Wolf • PHI 1.116

5. Millwood • ATL 1.157

6. Oswalt • HOU 1.189

7. Burnett • FLA 1.189

8. Schmidt • SFG 1.192

9. Maddux • ATL 1.199

10. Clement • CHC 1.205

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Burnett • FLA 6.739

2. Johnson • ARI 6.819

3. Moss • ATL 7.039

4. Clement • CHC 7.112

5. Wood • CHC 7.119

6. Schmidt • SFG 7.187

7. Wolf • PHI 7.348

8. Pérez • LAD 7.367

9. Schilling • ARI 7.566

10. Millwood • ATL 7.714

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Schilling • ARI 1.145

2. Pérez • LAD 1.538

3. Vázquez • MON 1.915

4. Maddux • ATL 2.032

5. Ohka • MON 2.102

6. Thomson • 2TM 2.180

7. Lawrence • SDP 2.229

8. Padilla • PHI 2.316

9. Rueter • SFG 2.386

10. Oswalt • HOU 2.395

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 11.562

2. Schilling • ARI 10.967

3. Schmidt • SFG 9.518

4. Clement • CHC 9.439

5. Duckworth • PHI 9.221

6. Wood • CHC 9.140

7. Burnett • FLA 8.941

8. Oswalt • HOU 8.034

9. Nomo • LAD 7.884

10. Miller • HOU 7.870

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Quantrill • LAD 86

2. Dotel • HOU 83

3. Worrell • SFG 80

4. Jones • COL 79

5. Looper • FLA 78

Sauerbeck • PIT 78

Stone • HOU 78

8. Gagné • LAD 77

Núñez • FLA 77

10. King • MIL 76

Vizcaíno • MIL 76

Saves

1. Smoltz • ATL 55

2. Gagné • LAD 52

3. Williams • PIT 46

4. Mesa • PHI 45

5. Nen • SFG 43

6. Jiménez • COL 41

7. Hoffman • SDP 38

8. Kim • ARI 36

9. Wagner • HOU 35

10. Benítez • NYM 33

Innings Pitched

1. Johnson • ARI 260.0

2. Schilling • ARI 259.1

3. Oswalt • HOU 233.0

4. Vázquez • MON 230.1

5. Glavine • ATL 224.2

6. Pérez • LAD 222.1

7. Nomo • LAD 220.1

8. Millwood • ATL 217.0

9. Sheets • MIL 216.2

10. Hernández • SFG 216.0

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 334

2. Schilling • ARI 316

3. Wood • CHC 217

4. Clement • CHC 215

5. Oswalt • HOU 208

6. Burnett • FLA 203

7. Schmidt • SFG 196

8. Nomo • LAD 193

9. Vázquez • MON 179

10. Millwood • ATL 178

Games Started

1. Glavine • ATL 36

2. Johnson • ARI 35

Schilling • ARI 35

4. Haynes • CIN 34

Maddux • ATL 34

Millwood • ATL 34

Nomo • LAD 34

Oswalt • HOU 34

Rusch • MIL 34

Sheets • MIL 34

Vázquez • MON 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Johnson • ARI 8

2. Burnett • FLA 7

3. Schilling • ARI 5

Hernández • SFG 5

5. Dempster • 2TM 4

Wood • CHC 4

Pérez • LAD 4

Rusch • MIL 4

Colón • MON 4

10. Astacio • NYM 3

Lieber • CHC 3

Tomko • SDP 3

Clement • CHC 3

Wolf • PHI 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Burnett • FLA 5

2. Johnson • ARI 4

3. Hernández • SFG 3

4. Lawrence • SDP 2

Pérez • LAD 2

Schmidt • SFG 2

Leiter • NYM 2

Wolf • PHI 2

Clement • CHC 2

10. Quevedo • MIL 1

Penny • FLA 1

Padilla • PHI 1

Morris • STL 1

Millwood • ATL 1

Miller • HOU 1

Glavine • ATL 1

Finley • STL 1

D'Amico • NYM 1

Colón • MON 1

Reitsma • CIN 1

Rusch • MIL 1

Saarloos • HOU 1

Schilling • ARI 1

Astacio • NYM 1

Trachsel • NYM 1

Wells • PIT 1

Estes • 2TM 1

Wright • 2TM 1

Wood • CHC 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Astacio • NYM 32

2. Helling • ARI 31

Tomko • SDP 31

4. Rusch • MIL 30

5. Schilling • ARI 29

6. Fogg • PIT 28

Quevedo • MIL 28

Vázquez • MON 28

Dempster • 2TM 28

Thomson • 2TM 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ishii • LAD 106

2. Nomo • LAD 101

3. Wood • CHC 97

4. Ortiz • SFG 94

5. Dempster • 2TM 93

6. Hampton • COL 91

7. Burnett • FLA 90

8. Moss • ATL 89

9. Clement • CHC 85

10. Estes • 2TM 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Vázquez • MON 243

2. Sheets • MIL 237

3. Hernández • SFG 233

4. Lawrence • SDP 230

5. Hampton • COL 228

Dempster • 2TM 228

7. Rusch • MIL 227

8. Schilling • ARI 218

9. Oswalt • HOU 215

10. Tomko • SDP 212

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. Schilling • ARI 9.576

2. Johnson • ARI 4.704

3. Pérez • LAD 4.079

4. Vázquez • MON 3.653

5. Oswalt • HOU 3.355

6. Lawrence • SDP 2.865

7. Millwood • ATL 2.738

8. Wolf • PHI 2.730

9. Schmidt • SFG 2.685

10. Morris • STL 2.672

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Burnett • FLA 0.529

2. Batista • ARI 0.585

3. Ortiz • SFG 0.630

4. Maddux • ATL 0.632

5. Oswalt • HOU 0.657

6. Millwood • ATL 0.664

7. Morris • STL 0.685

8. Lawrence • SDP 0.686

9. Padilla • PHI 0.699

10. Schmidt • SFG 0.728

Losses

1. Hernández • SFG 16

Rusch • MIL 16

Sheets • MIL 16

4. Hampton • COL 15

5. Wells • PIT 14

Thomson • 2TM 14

7. Anderson • PIT 13

Ashby • LAD 13

Leiter • NYM 13

Vázquez • MON 13

Dempster • 2TM 13

Wright • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Dempster • 2TM 125

2. Hampton • COL 122

3. Rusch • MIL 110

4. Hernández • SFG 105

5. Astacio • NYM 102

Tomko • SDP 102

7. Sheets • MIL 100

Vázquez • MON 100

9. Duckworth • PHI 98

10. Neagle • COL 96

Wild Pitches

1. Armas • MON 14

Burnett • FLA 14

3. Moss • ATL 13

4. Schmidt • SFG 12

5. Coggin • PHI 11

6. Duckworth • PHI 10

Jennings • COL 10

8. Batista • ARI 9

Hampton • COL 9

Mesa • PHI 9

Sheets • MIL 9

Wright • 2TM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Astacio • NYM 16

Wood • CHC 16

3. Padilla • PHI 15

Tavárez • FLA 15

5. Johnson • ARI 13

6. Lawrence • SDP 11

Wright • 2TM 11

8. Neagle • COL 10

Sheets • MIL 10

Dempster • 2TM 10

Pavano • 2TM 10

Batters Faced

1. Johnson • ARI 1,035

2. Schilling • ARI 1,017

3. Vázquez • MON 971

4. Oswalt • HOU 956

5. Glavine • ATL 936

6. Sheets • MIL 934

7. Nomo • LAD 926

8. Hernández • SFG 921

9. Dempster • 2TM 915

10. Rusch • MIL 913

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. Jiménez • COL 69

2. Gagné • LAD 68

Smoltz • ATL 68

4. Kim • ARI 66

Nen • SFG 66

6. Mesa • PHI 64

7. Wagner • HOU 61

8. DeJean • MIL 60

9. Williams • PIT 59

10. Alfonseca • CHC 55

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Johnson • ARI 195

2. Maddux • ATL 159

3. Oswalt • HOU 144

4. Dessens • CIN 141

5. Glavine • ATL 140

6. Schilling • ARI 140

7. Ohka • MON 134

8. Miller • HOU 132

9. Millwood • ATL 129

10. Pérez • LAD 127

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. Schilling • ARI 2.40

2. Johnson • ARI 2.66

3. Oswalt • HOU 2.99

4. Schmidt • SFG 3.11

5. Burnett • FLA 3.19

6. Millwood • ATL 3.29

7. Morris • STL 3.32

8. Clement • CHC 3.34

9. Pérez • LAD 3.36

10. Maddux • ATL 3.43

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. Johnson • ARI 56

2. Schilling • ARI 37

3. Maddux • ATL 32

4. Oswalt • HOU 32

5. Glavine • ATL 28

6. Dotel • HOU 26

7. Hammond • ATL 24

8. Pérez • LAD 24

9. Millwood • ATL 23

10. Dessens • CIN 22

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. Johnson • ARI 6.2

2. Schilling • ARI 3.9

3. Maddux • ATL 3.4

4. Oswalt • HOU 3.4

5. Glavine • ATL 2.9

6. Dotel • HOU 2.7

7. Pérez • LAD 2.5

8. Hammond • ATL 2.5

9. Millwood • ATL 2.4

10. Dessens • CIN 2.3

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. Johnson • ARI 60.19

2. Schilling • ARI 41.91

3. Oswalt • HOU 34.07

4. Maddux • ATL 31.14

5. Pérez • LAD 30.98

6. Glavine • ATL 30.00

7. Dotel • HOU 28.15

8. Wolf • PHI 26.25

9. Kim • ARI 25.50

10. Hammond • ATL 24.50

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. Johnson • ARI 6.0

2. Gagné • LAD 5.7

3. Smoltz • ATL 5.0

4. Benítez • NYM 4.5

5. Schilling • ARI 4.5

6. Oswalt • HOU 3.6

7. Kim • ARI 3.4

8. Maddux • ATL 3.4

9. Remlinger • ATL 3.1

10. Hammond • ATL 3.0

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. Schilling • ARI 5.6

2. Johnson • ARI 4.3

3. Pérez • LAD 3.4

4. Oswalt • HOU 3.1

5. Dotel • HOU 2.9

6. Maddux • ATL 2.7

7. Millwood • ATL 2.6

8. Burnett • FLA 2.6

9. Wolf • PHI 2.5

10. Gagné • LAD 2.2

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. Gagné • LAD 5.6

2. Schilling • ARI 3.1

3. Oswalt • HOU 2.9

4. Nen • SFG 2.7

5. Pérez • LAD 2.6

6. Johnson • ARI 2.4

7. Kim • ARI 2.3

8. Smoltz • ATL 2.2

9. Benítez • NYM 2.0

10. Worrell • SFG 2.0

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. Johnson • ARI 6.3

2. Schilling • ARI 4.3

3. Oswalt • HOU 3.5

4. Pérez • LAD 3.4

5. Maddux • ATL 3.3

6. Glavine • ATL 3.1

7. Wolf • PHI 2.9

8. Dotel • HOU 2.8

9. Gagné • LAD 2.6

10. Millwood • ATL 2.5

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