2014 National League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: MLB, AL

Pennant Winner: San Francisco Giants

NL Most Valuable Player: Clayton Kershaw

NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw

NL Rookie of the Year: Jacob deGrom

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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. Kershaw • LAD 8.2

2. Hamels • PHI 6.6

3. Cueto • CIN 6.6

4. Stanton • MIA 6.5

5. Rendon • WSN 6.5

6. Lucroy • MIL 6.4

7. McCutchen • PIT 6.4

8. Wainwright • STL 6.4

9. Peralta • STL 5.8

10. Tulowitzki • COL 5.7

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. Kershaw • LAD 7.7

2. Cueto • CIN 6.6

3. Hamels • PHI 6.4

4. Wainwright • STL 6.1

5. Arrieta • CHC 5.3

6. Roark • WSN 4.7

7. Zimmermann • WSN 4.7

8. Álvarez • MIA 4.7

9. Greinke • LAD 4.5

10. Fister • WSN 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. Kershaw • LAD 1.77

2. Cueto • CIN 2.25

3. Wainwright • STL 2.38

4. Fister • WSN 2.41

5. Hamels • PHI 2.46

6. Álvarez • MIA 2.65

7. Zimmermann • WSN 2.66

8. Greinke • LAD 2.71

9. Lynn • STL 2.74

10. Wood • ATL 2.78

Wins

1. Kershaw • LAD 21

2. Cueto • CIN 20

Wainwright • STL 20

4. Bumgarner • SFG 18

5. Greinke • LAD 17

Peralta • MIL 17

7. Fister • WSN 16

8. Colón • NYM 15

Lynn • STL 15

Roark • WSN 15

Simón • 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. Kershaw • LAD .875

2. Zimmermann • WSN .737

3. Fister • WSN .727

4. Wainwright • STL .690

Cueto • CIN .690

6. Cole • PIT .688

7. Greinke • LAD .680

8. Ryu • LAD .667

9. Vólquez • PIT .650

10. Bumgarner • SFG .643

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 0.857

2. Cueto • CIN 0.960

3. Wainwright • STL 1.031

4. Zimmermann • WSN 1.072

5. Fister • WSN 1.079

6. Teheran • ATL 1.081

7. Bumgarner • SFG 1.090

8. Roark • WSN 1.092

9. Strasburg • WSN 1.121

10. Collmenter • ARI 1.126

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Cueto • CIN 6.242

2. Kershaw • LAD 6.308

3. Liriano • PIT 7.207

4. Wainwright • STL 7.295

5. Ross • SDP 7.589

6. Teheran • ATL 7.656

7. Hamels • PHI 7.739

8. Vólquez • PIT 7.754

9. De La Rosa • COL 7.861

10. Miller • STL 7.869

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Zimmermann • WSN 1.307

2. Fister • WSN 1.317

3. Colón • NYM 1.334

4. Kershaw • LAD 1.407

5. Álvarez • MIA 1.588

6. Hudson • SFG 1.616

7. Haren • LAD 1.742

8. Roark • WSN 1.767

9. Bumgarner • SFG 1.781

10. Strasburg • WSN 1.800

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 10.845

2. Strasburg • WSN 10.130

3. Liriano • PIT 9.702

4. Kennedy • SDP 9.269

5. Greinke • LAD 9.208

6. Wheeler • NYM 9.081

7. Bumgarner • SFG 9.069

8. Ross • SDP 8.969

9. Cueto • CIN 8.938

10. Wood • ATL 8.913

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Smith • MIL 78

Watson • PIT 78

3. Familia • NYM 76

4. Clippard • WSN 75

Dunn • MIA 75

Ottavino • COL 75

7. Brothers • COL 74

Duke • MIL 74

9. Diekman • PHI 73

Grimm • CHC 73

Maness • STL 73

Torres • NYM 73

Saves

1. Kimbrel • ATL 47

2. Rosenthal • STL 45

3. Rodríguez • MIL 44

Jansen • LAD 44

5. Cishek • MIA 39

Papelbon • PHI 39

7. Chapman • CIN 36

8. Melancon • PIT 33

9. Soriano • WSN 32

Reed • ARI 32

Innings Pitched

1. Cueto • CIN 243.2

2. Wainwright • STL 227.0

3. Teheran • ATL 221.0

4. Bumgarner • SFG 217.1

5. Strasburg • WSN 215.0

6. Leake • CIN 214.1

7. Burnett • PHI 213.2

8. Hamels • PHI 204.2

9. Harang • ATL 204.1

10. Lynn • STL 203.2

Strikeouts

1. Cueto • CIN 242

Strasburg • WSN 242

3. Kershaw • LAD 239

4. Bumgarner • SFG 219

5. Greinke • LAD 207

Kennedy • SDP 207

7. Hamels • PHI 198

8. Ross • SDP 195

9. Burnett • PHI 190

10. Wheeler • NYM 187

Games Started

1. Burnett • PHI 34

Cueto • CIN 34

Strasburg • WSN 34

4. Bumgarner • SFG 33

Eovaldi • MIA 33

Harang • ATL 33

Kennedy • SDP 33

Leake • CIN 33

Lynn • STL 33

Miley • ARI 33

Teheran • ATL 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Kershaw • LAD 6

2. Wainwright • STL 5

3. Teheran • ATL 4

Cueto • CIN 4

Bumgarner • SFG 4

6. Zimmermann • WSN 3

Álvarez • MIA 3

8. Cashner • SDP 2

Ross • SDP 2

Lohse • MIL 2

Lynn • STL 2

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Álvarez • MIA 3

Wainwright • STL 3

3. Zimmermann • WSN 2

Bumgarner • SFG 2

Cashner • SDP 2

Cueto • CIN 2

Teheran • ATL 2

Kershaw • LAD 2

Lohse • MIL 2

10. Arrieta • CHC 1

Bailey • CIN 1

Beckett • LAD 1

Collmenter • ARI 1

Fister • WSN 1

Garza • MIL 1

Lynn • STL 1

Matzek • COL 1

Miller • STL 1

Roark • WSN 1

Ross • SDP 1

Wheeler • NYM 1

Worley • PIT 1

Lincecum • SFG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Estrada • MIL 29

2. Haren • LAD 27

3. Stults • SDP 26

4. Kendrick • PHI 25

5. Morales • COL 24

6. Leake • CIN 23

Miley • ARI 23

Peralta • MIL 23

Strasburg • WSN 23

10. Colón • NYM 22

Cueto • CIN 22

Lohse • MIL 22

Miller • STL 22

Simón • CIN 22

Teheran • ATL 22

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Burnett • PHI 96

2. Liriano • PIT 81

3. Wheeler • NYM 79

4. Wood • CHC 76

5. Miley • ARI 75

6. Miller • STL 73

Hernández • 2TM 73

8. Lynn • STL 72

Ross • SDP 72

10. Harang • ATL 71

Koehler • MIA 71

Vólquez • PIT 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Eovaldi • MIA 223

2. Colón • NYM 218

3. Leake • CIN 217

4. Harang • ATL 215

5. Kendrick • PHI 214

6. Miley • ARI 207

7. Burnett • PHI 205

8. Hudson • SFG 199

9. Álvarez • MIA 198

Peralta • MIL 198

Strasburg • WSN 198

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. Kershaw • LAD 7.710

2. Zimmermann • WSN 6.276

3. Strasburg • WSN 5.628

4. Bumgarner • SFG 5.093

5. Colón • NYM 5.033

6. Greinke • LAD 4.814

7. Fister • WSN 4.083

8. Haren • LAD 4.028

9. Wood • ATL 3.778

10. Cueto • CIN 3.723

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Wainwright • STL 0.396

2. Kershaw • LAD 0.408

3. Lynn • STL 0.574

4. Zimmermann • WSN 0.586

5. Ross • SDP 0.598

6. Hamels • PHI 0.616

7. Eovaldi • MIA 0.631

8. Harang • ATL 0.661

9. Garza • MIL 0.661

10. Álvarez • MIA 0.674

Losses

1. Burnett • PHI 18

2. Stults • SDP 17

3. Jackson • CHC 15

4. Eovaldi • MIA 14

Ross • SDP 14

6. Colón • NYM 13

Hudson • SFG 13

Kendrick • PHI 13

Kennedy • SDP 13

Leake • CIN 13

Teheran • ATL 13

Vogelsong • SFG 13

Wood • CHC 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Burnett • PHI 109

2. Kendrick • PHI 102

3. Jackson • CHC 99

4. Eovaldi • MIA 97

Miley • ARI 97

Wood • CHC 97

7. Colón • NYM 92

8. Leake • CIN 88

9. Santana • ATL 86

10. Morales • COL 85

Wild Pitches

1. Lincecum • SFG 15

Vólquez • PIT 15

3. Greinke • LAD 12

Liriano • PIT 12

Ross • SDP 12

6. Kennedy • SDP 11

7. Burnett • PHI 9

Cole • PIT 9

Familia • NYM 9

Harang • ATL 9

Jackson • CHC 9

Miley • ARI 9

De La Rosa • COL 9

Santana • ATL 9

Walden • ATL 9

Wheeler • NYM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Morton • PIT 19

2. Burnett • PHI 16

3. Cueto • CIN 15

4. Vólquez • PIT 14

5. Leake • CIN 13

6. Simón • CIN 12

7. Kendrick • PHI 11

Wheeler • NYM 11

9. Cole • PIT 9

De La Rosa • COL 9

Ross • SDP 9

Vogelsong • SFG 9

Hernández • 2TM 9

Batters Faced

1. Cueto • CIN 961

2. Burnett • PHI 935

3. Leake • CIN 902

4. Wainwright • STL 898

5. Teheran • ATL 884

6. Harang • ATL 876

7. Bumgarner • SFG 873

8. Strasburg • WSN 868

9. Lynn • STL 866

Miley • ARI 866

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. Rodríguez • MIL 66

2. Rosenthal • STL 59

3. Jansen • LAD 57

4. Cishek • MIA 55

Reed • ARI 55

6. Kimbrel • ATL 54

7. Papelbon • PHI 52

8. Mejía • NYM 49

9. Hawkins • COL 48

Melancon • PIT 48

Soriano • WSN 48

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 197

2. Cueto • CIN 163

3. Fister • WSN 155

4. Wainwright • STL 153

5. Hamels • PHI 152

6. Zimmermann • WSN 141

7. Álvarez • MIA 140

8. Lynn • STL 133

9. Roark • WSN 131

10. Greinke • LAD 129

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. Kershaw • LAD 1.81

2. Zimmermann • WSN 2.68

3. Wainwright • STL 2.88

4. Strasburg • WSN 2.94

5. Greinke • LAD 2.97

6. Bumgarner • SFG 3.05

7. Hamels • PHI 3.07

8. Kennedy • SDP 3.21

9. Ross • SDP 3.24

10. Wood • ATL 3.25

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. Kershaw • LAD 40

2. Cueto • CIN 37

3. Wainwright • STL 33

4. Hamels • PHI 29

5. Zimmermann • WSN 22

6. Arrieta • CHC 22

7. Fister • WSN 22

8. Roark • WSN 21

9. Álvarez • MIA 20

10. Lynn • STL 18

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. Kershaw • LAD 4.7

2. Cueto • CIN 4.3

3. Wainwright • STL 3.7

4. Hamels • PHI 3.3

5. Arrieta • CHC 2.5

Zimmermann • WSN 2.5

7. Fister • WSN 2.5

8. Roark • WSN 2.4

9. Álvarez • MIA 2.2

10. Lynn • STL 2.0

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. Kershaw • LAD 45.57

2. Wainwright • STL 38.64

3. Cueto • CIN 37.49

4. Hamels • PHI 29.62

5. Arrieta • CHC 25.26

6. Roark • WSN 24.35

7. Zimmermann • WSN 22.39

8. Fister • WSN 20.50

9. Lynn • STL 20.11

10. Wood • ATL 19.17

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.3

2. Cueto • CIN 5.1

3. Wainwright • STL 4.3

4. Papelbon • PHI 3.5

5. Arrieta • CHC 3.3

6. Watson • PIT 3.0

7. Benoit • SDP 2.8

Street • SDP 2.8

9. Fister • WSN 2.8

10. Álvarez • MIA 2.7

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.2

2. Wainwright • STL 4.6

3. Cueto • CIN 4.4

4. Hamels • PHI 2.7

5. Arrieta • CHC 2.7

6. Roark • WSN 2.6

7. Neshek • STL 2.4

8. Zimmermann • WSN 2.3

9. Teheran • ATL 2.3

10. Melancon • PIT 2.1

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. Kershaw • LAD 4.3

2. Wainwright • STL 3.2

3. Neshek • STL 2.2

4. Fister • WSN 2.1

5. Rosenthal • STL 2.0

6. Kimbrel • ATL 1.9

7. Casilla • SFG 1.9

8. Cueto • CIN 1.8

9. Lynn • STL 1.7

10. Watson • PIT 1.7

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.6

2. Wainwright • STL 4.5

3. Cueto • CIN 4.3

4. Hamels • PHI 3.3

5. Arrieta • CHC 2.8

6. Roark • WSN 2.7

7. Zimmermann • WSN 2.5

8. Fister • WSN 2.3

9. Lynn • STL 2.2

10. Greinke • LAD 2.2

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