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. Pujols • STL 8.4
2. Willis • FLA 8.3
3. Clemens • HOU 8.2
4. Lee • CHC 7.7
5. Utley • PHI 7.3
6. Jones • ATL 6.7
7. Zambrano • CHC 6.5
8. Martínez • NYM 6.5
9. Furcal • ATL 6.5
10. Ensberg • HOU 6.3

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. Clemens • HOU 7.8
2. Willis • FLA 7.3
3. Martínez • NYM 7.0
4. Pettitte • HOU 6.8
5. Oswalt • HOU 5.9
6. Carpenter • STL 5.8
7. Zambrano • CHC 5.6
8. Smoltz • ATL 5.0
9. Webb • ARI 4.9
10. Patterson • WSN 4.8

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. Clemens • HOU 1.87
2. Pettitte • HOU 2.39
3. Willis • FLA 2.63
4. Martínez • NYM 2.82
5. Carpenter • STL 2.83
6. Peavy • SDP 2.88
7. Oswalt • HOU 2.94
8. Smoltz • ATL 3.06
9. Patterson • WSN 3.13
10. Zambrano • CHC 3.26

Wins

Wins

1. Willis • FLA 22
2. Carpenter • STL 21
3. Oswalt • HOU 20
4. Capuano • MIL 18
5. Lieber • PHI 17
Pettitte • HOU 17
7. Mulder • STL 16
Suppan • STL 16
9. Beckett • FLA 15
Hernández • WSN 15
Martínez • NYM 15

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. Sosa • ATL .813
2. Carpenter • STL .808
3. Zambrano • CHC .700
4. Eaton • SDP .688
Willis • FLA .688
6. Smoltz • ATL .667
Mulder • STL .667
8. Pettitte • HOU .654
9. Beckett • FLA .652
Martínez • NYM .652

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Martínez • NYM 0.949
2. Clemens • HOU 1.008
3. Pettitte • HOU 1.030
4. Peavy • SDP 1.044
5. Carpenter • STL 1.055
6. Willis • FLA 1.134
7. Smoltz • ATL 1.145
8. Zambrano • CHC 1.146
9. Weaver • LAD 1.174
10. Beckett • FLA 1.181

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Clemens • HOU 6.431
2. Martínez • NYM 6.594
3. Zambrano • CHC 6.851
4. Peavy • SDP 7.182
5. Carpenter • STL 7.597
6. Pettitte • HOU 7.610
7. Beckett • FLA 7.707
8. Prior • CHC 7.722
9. Patterson • WSN 7.805
10. Davis • MIL 7.922

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. Maddux • CHC 1.440
2. Pettitte • HOU 1.660
3. Lieber • PHI 1.690
4. Weaver • LAD 1.728
5. Morris • STL 1.728
6. Oswalt • HOU 1.788
7. Carpenter • STL 1.899
8. Vázquez • ARI 1.920
9. Martínez • NYM 1.949
10. Lidle • PHI 1.949

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Prior • CHC 10.152
2. Peavy • SDP 9.576
3. Myers • PHI 8.693
4. Schmidt • SFG 8.634
5. Martínez • NYM 8.627
6. Burnett • FLA 8.526
7. Davis • MIL 8.407
8. Patterson • WSN 8.395
9. Beckett • FLA 8.362
10. Zambrano • CHC 8.140

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Eyre • SFG 86
2. Majewski • WSN 79
Sánchez • LAD 79
4. Fuentes • COL 78
Madson • PHI 78
Mercker • CIN 78
Torres • PIT 78
8. King • STL 77
Qualls • HOU 77
10. Reitsma • ATL 76

Saves

Saves

1. Cordero • WSN 47
2. Hoffman • SDP 43
3. Lidge • HOU 42
4. Jones • FLA 40
5. Isringhausen • STL 39
Turnbow • MIL 39
7. Wagner • PHI 38
8. Dempster • CHC 33
9. Fuentes • COL 31
10. Looper • NYM 28

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hernández • WSN 246.1
2. Carpenter • STL 241.2
Oswalt • HOU 241.2
4. Willis • FLA 236.1
5. Smoltz • ATL 229.2
6. Webb • ARI 229.0
7. Maddux • CHC 225.0
8. Weaver • LAD 224.0
9. Zambrano • CHC 223.1
10. Davis • MIL 222.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Peavy • SDP 216
2. Carpenter • STL 213
3. Davis • MIL 208
Martínez • NYM 208
Myers • PHI 208
6. Zambrano • CHC 202
7. Burnett • FLA 198
8. Vázquez • ARI 192
9. Prior • CHC 188
10. Clemens • HOU 185
Patterson • WSN 185

Games Started

Games Started

1. Capuano • MIL 35
Davis • MIL 35
Hernández • WSN 35
Lieber • PHI 35
Lowe • LAD 35
Maddux • CHC 35
Oswalt • HOU 35
8. Loaiza • WSN 34
Milton • CIN 34
Myers • PHI 34
Weaver • LAD 34
Willis • FLA 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Willis • FLA 7
Carpenter • STL 7
3. Burnett • FLA 4
Martínez • NYM 4
Oswalt • HOU 4
6. Maddux • CHC 3
Weaver • LAD 3
Vázquez • ARI 3
Tomko • SFG 3
Smoltz • ATL 3
Sheets • MIL 3
Marquis • STL 3
Peavy • SDP 3
Mulder • STL 3

Shutouts

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

1. Willis • FLA 5
2. Carpenter • STL 4
3. Peavy • SDP 3
4. Burnett • FLA 2
Lowe • LAD 2
Weaver • LAD 2
Mulder • STL 2
8. Patterson • WSN 1
Beckett • FLA 1
Backe • HOU 1
Mitre • CHC 1
Martínez • NYM 1
Marquis • STL 1
Heilman • NYM 1
Hampton • ATL 1
Glavine • NYM 1
Davis • MIL 1
Ramírez • ATL 1
Redman • PIT 1
Rusch • CHC 1
Smoltz • ATL 1
Vázquez • ARI 1
Wells • PIT 1
Williams • PIT 1
Kim • 2TM 1
Ohka • 2TM 1
Oswalt • HOU 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Milton • CIN 40
2. Vázquez • ARI 35
Weaver • LAD 35
4. Ortiz • CIN 34
5. Lieber • PHI 33
6. Capuano • MIL 31
Myers • PHI 31
Ramírez • ATL 31
9. Maddux • CHC 29
Marquis • STL 29

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wells • PIT 99
2. Davis • MIL 93
3. Capuano • MIL 91
4. Zambrano • CHC 86
5. Schmidt • SFG 85
6. Hernández • WSN 84
7. Wright • COL 81
8. Burnett • FLA 79
9. Zambrano • NYM 77
10. Lowry • SFG 76

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hernández • WSN 268
2. Oswalt • HOU 243
3. Maddux • CHC 239
4. Milton • CIN 237
5. Webb • ARI 229
6. Francis • COL 228
7. Glavine • NYM 227
Loaiza • WSN 227
9. Lieber • PHI 223
Lowe • LAD 223
Vázquez • ARI 223

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. Martínez • NYM 4.426
2. Peavy • SDP 4.320
3. Carpenter • STL 4.176
4. Vázquez • ARI 4.174
5. Pettitte • HOU 4.171
6. Oswalt • HOU 3.833
7. Maddux • CHC 3.778
8. Weaver • LAD 3.651
9. Lieber • PHI 3.634
10. Harang • CIN 3.196

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. Willis • FLA 0.419
2. Clemens • HOU 0.468
3. Glavine • NYM 0.511
4. Burnett • FLA 0.517
5. Zambrano • NYM 0.649
6. Carpenter • STL 0.670
Oswalt • HOU 0.670
8. Pettitte • HOU 0.688
9. Beckett • FLA 0.705
10. Smoltz • ATL 0.705

Losses

Losses

1. Wells • PIT 18
2. Wright • COL 16
3. Lawrence • SDP 15
Lowe • LAD 15
Maddux • CHC 15
Milton • CIN 15
Redman • PIT 15
Tomko • SFG 15
Vázquez • ARI 15
10. Marquis • STL 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Milton • CIN 134
2. Francis • COL 116
3. Hernández • WSN 109
4. Maddux • CHC 106
Vázquez • ARI 106
6. Lawrence • SDP 105
Weaver • LAD 105
8. Ramírez • ATL 104
Wright • COL 104
10. Wells • PIT 103

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Webb • ARI 14
2. Burnett • FLA 12
3. Kim • COL 11
4. Marquis • STL 10
5. Mulder • STL 9
Patterson • WSN 9
Turnbow • MIL 9
8. Fuentes • COL 8
Jennings • COL 8
Lidge • HOU 8
Maddux • CHC 8
Milton • CIN 8
Wells • PIT 8
Zambrano • NYM 8
Ohka • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Weaver • LAD 18
2. Wright • COL 15
Zambrano • NYM 15
4. Kim • COL 14
5. Hernández • WSN 13
6. Capuano • MIL 12
Wells • PIT 12
8. Hudson • CIN 11
Lawrence • SDP 11
Myers • PHI 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hernández • WSN 1,065
2. Oswalt • HOU 1,002
3. Willis • FLA 960
4. Carpenter • STL 953
5. Capuano • MIL 949
6. Davis • MIL 946
7. Webb • ARI 943
8. Maddux • CHC 936
9. Lowe • LAD 934
10. Smoltz • ATL 931

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. Wagner • PHI 70
2. Lidge • HOU 65
3. Cordero • WSN 62
Turnbow • MIL 62
5. Fuentes • COL 55
Jones • FLA 55
7. Hoffman • SDP 54
Looper • NYM 54
9. Dempster • CHC 53
10. Isringhausen • STL 52

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Clemens • HOU 226
2. Pettitte • HOU 177
3. Willis • FLA 152
4. Carpenter • STL 150
5. Martínez • NYM 146
6. Oswalt • HOU 144
7. Smoltz • ATL 139
8. Zambrano • CHC 135
9. Peavy • SDP 134
10. Patterson • WSN 130

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. Clemens • HOU 2.87
2. Peavy • SDP 2.89
3. Carpenter • STL 2.90
4. Martínez • NYM 2.95
5. Willis • FLA 2.99
6. Pettitte • HOU 3.07
7. Burnett • FLA 3.11
8. Oswalt • HOU 3.16
9. Beckett • FLA 3.27
10. Smoltz • ATL 3.27

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. Clemens • HOU 54
2. Pettitte • HOU 45
3. Carpenter • STL 38
4. Willis • FLA 36
5. Oswalt • HOU 35
6. Martínez • NYM 34
7. Smoltz • ATL 31
8. Zambrano • CHC 27
9. Sosa • ATL 25
10. Peavy • SDP 24

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. Clemens • HOU 5.9
2. Pettitte • HOU 4.8
3. Carpenter • STL 4.0
4. Willis • FLA 3.8
5. Oswalt • HOU 3.7
6. Martínez • NYM 3.6
7. Smoltz • ATL 3.2
8. Zambrano • CHC 2.8
9. Sosa • ATL 2.5
10. Peavy • SDP 2.5

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. Clemens • HOU 55.06
2. Pettitte • HOU 47.59
3. Carpenter • STL 44.23
4. Willis • FLA 39.52
5. Martínez • NYM 38.55
6. Oswalt • HOU 33.23
7. Smoltz • ATL 33.21
8. Peavy • SDP 26.64
9. Zambrano • CHC 26.04
10. Patterson • WSN 25.25

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. Clemens • HOU 6.0
2. Willis • FLA 5.2
3. Pettitte • HOU 5.1
4. Carpenter • STL 4.6
5. Oswalt • HOU 4.2
6. Zambrano • CHC 4.1
7. Peavy • SDP 4.0
8. Fuentes • COL 3.9
9. Turnbow • MIL 3.3
10. Dempster • CHC 3.2

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. Clemens • HOU 5.2
2. Pettitte • HOU 4.7
3. Carpenter • STL 4.5
4. Martínez • NYM 4.2
5. Smoltz • ATL 3.8
6. Willis • FLA 3.3
7. Oswalt • HOU 3.1
8. Zambrano • CHC 2.5
9. Wagner • PHI 2.3
10. Peavy • SDP 2.3

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. Pettitte • HOU 4.8
2. Willis • FLA 4.7
3. Clemens • HOU 3.9
4. Lidge • HOU 3.8
5. Peavy • SDP 3.5
6. Patterson • WSN 3.2
7. Jones • FLA 3.0
8. Lieber • PHI 3.0
9. Cordero • WSN 2.6
10. Smoltz • ATL 2.3

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. Clemens • HOU 6.1
2. Pettitte • HOU 5.1
3. Carpenter • STL 4.8
4. Willis • FLA 4.3
5. Martínez • NYM 4.2
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.5
7. Oswalt • HOU 3.5
8. Peavy • SDP 2.9
9. Patterson • WSN 2.7
10. Zambrano • CHC 2.6

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