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. Harper • WSN 9.7
2. Greinke • LAD 9.5
3. Arrieta • CHC 8.6
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 8.3
5. Votto • CIN 7.7
6. Scherzer • WSN 7.4
7. Kershaw • LAD 7.3
8. Heyward • STL 7.0
9. Pollock • ARI 6.8
10. Rizzo • CHC 6.4

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. Greinke • LAD 8.9
2. Arrieta • CHC 8.3
3. Kershaw • LAD 7.2
4. Scherzer • WSN 6.9
5. Lackey • STL 5.8
6. deGrom • NYM 5.3
7. Bumgarner • SFG 5.0
8. Harvey • NYM 4.9
9. Cole • PIT 4.3
10. Miller • ATL 4.2

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. Greinke • LAD 1.66
2. Arrieta • CHC 1.77
3. Kershaw • LAD 2.13
4. deGrom • NYM 2.54
5. Cole • PIT 2.60
6. Harvey • NYM 2.71
7. Lackey • STL 2.77
8. Scherzer • WSN 2.79
9. Bumgarner • SFG 2.93
10. Martínez • STL 3.01

Wins

Wins

1. Arrieta • CHC 22
2. Cole • PIT 19
Greinke • LAD 19
4. Bumgarner • SFG 18
5. Wacha • STL 17
6. Kershaw • LAD 16
7. Colón • NYM 14
deGrom • NYM 14
De La Rosa • ARI 14
Martínez • STL 14
Scherzer • WSN 14

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. Greinke • LAD .864
2. Arrieta • CHC .786
3. Wacha • STL .708
4. Cole • PIT .704
5. Kershaw • LAD .696
6. Bumgarner • SFG .667
Martínez • STL .667
8. Shields • SDP .650
9. deGrom • NYM .636
10. Liriano • PIT .632

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Greinke • LAD 0.844
2. Arrieta • CHC 0.865
3. Kershaw • LAD 0.881
4. Scherzer • WSN 0.918
5. deGrom • NYM 0.979
6. Bumgarner • SFG 1.008
7. Harvey • NYM 1.019
8. Cole • PIT 1.091
9. Lester • CHC 1.122
10. Haren • 2TM 1.132

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Arrieta • CHC 5.895
2. Greinke • LAD 5.982
3. Kershaw • LAD 6.305
4. Scherzer • WSN 6.927
5. deGrom • NYM 7.021
6. Harvey • NYM 7.415
7. Bumgarner • SFG 7.461
8. Liriano • PIT 7.473
9. Ross • SDP 7.898
10. Cole • PIT 7.918

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. Colón • NYM 1.110
2. Scherzer • WSN 1.338
3. Bumgarner • SFG 1.608
4. Greinke • LAD 1.617
5. Kershaw • LAD 1.625
6. Zimmermann • WSN 1.740
7. Harvey • NYM 1.759
8. deGrom • NYM 1.791
9. Haren • 2TM 1.826
10. Arrieta • CHC 1.886

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 11.643
2. Scherzer • WSN 10.863
3. Liriano • PIT 9.884
4. Ross • SDP 9.735
5. deGrom • NYM 9.660
6. Bumgarner • SFG 9.646
7. Shields • SDP 9.608
8. Kennedy • SDP 9.303
9. Arrieta • CHC 9.275
10. Martínez • STL 9.217

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Siegrist • STL 81
2. Melancon • PIT 78
3. López • SFG 77
Watson • PIT 77
5. Familia • NYM 76
Hughes • PIT 76
Maness • STL 76
Smith • MIL 76
Strop • CHC 76
10. Caminero • PIT 73
Kontos • SFG 73
Avilán • 2TM 73

Saves

Saves

1. Melancon • PIT 51
2. Rosenthal • STL 48
3. Familia • NYM 43
4. Kimbrel • SDP 39
5. Casilla • SFG 38
Rodríguez • MIL 38
7. Jansen • LAD 36
8. Chapman • CIN 33
9. Ramos • MIA 32
10. Ziegler • ARI 30
Rondón • CHC 30

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Kershaw • LAD 232.2
2. Arrieta • CHC 229.0
3. Scherzer • WSN 228.2
4. Greinke • LAD 222.2
5. Bumgarner • SFG 218.1
6. Lackey • STL 218.0
7. Cole • PIT 208.0
8. Miller • ATL 205.1
9. Lester • CHC 205.0
10. Shields • SDP 202.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Kershaw • LAD 301
2. Scherzer • WSN 276
3. Arrieta • CHC 236
4. Bumgarner • SFG 234
5. Shields • SDP 216
6. Ross • SDP 212
7. Lester • CHC 207
8. deGrom • NYM 205
Liriano • PIT 205
10. Cole • PIT 202

Games Started

Games Started

1. Arrieta • CHC 33
Kershaw • LAD 33
Lackey • STL 33
Miller • ATL 33
Ross • SDP 33
Scherzer • WSN 33
Shields • SDP 33
Teheran • ATL 33
Zimmermann • WSN 33
10. Bumgarner • SFG 32
Cole • PIT 32
De La Rosa • ARI 32
Greinke • LAD 32
Hendricks • CHC 32
Lester • CHC 32
Haren • 2TM 32
Wood • 2TM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Bumgarner • SFG 4
Scherzer • WSN 4
Kershaw • LAD 4
Arrieta • CHC 4
5. Leake • 2TM 2
Rusin • COL 2
Miller • ATL 2
Heston • SFG 2
9. Anderson • LAD 1
Butler • COL 1
Collmenter • ARI 1
Ross • SDP 1
De La Rosa • COL 1
Pérez • ATL 1
Colón • NYM 1
Lester • CHC 1
Lackey • STL 1
Cueto • CIN 1
Jungmann • MIL 1
Greinke • LAD 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Hamels • PHI 1

Shutouts

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

1. Arrieta • CHC 3
Kershaw • LAD 3
Scherzer • WSN 3
4. Bumgarner • SFG 2
Miller • ATL 2
6. Collmenter • ARI 1
Colón • NYM 1
Cueto • CIN 1
Hamels • PHI 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Heston • SFG 1
Rusin • COL 1
Leake • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Kendrick • COL 33
Shields • SDP 33
3. De La Rosa • ARI 32
4. Kennedy • SDP 31
Haren • 2TM 31
6. Lohse • MIL 29
7. Scherzer • WSN 27
Teheran • ATL 27
9. Harang • PHI 26
10. Colón • NYM 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ross • SDP 84
2. Shields • SDP 81
3. Koehler • MIA 77
4. Miller • ATL 73
Teheran • ATL 73
6. Liriano • PIT 70
7. Gonzalez • WSN 69
8. Lynn • STL 68
9. Cashner • SDP 66
10. Nelson • MIL 65
De La Rosa • COL 65

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Colón • NYM 217
2. Lackey • STL 211
3. Zimmermann • WSN 204
4. Cashner • SDP 200
5. Wood • 2TM 198
6. Anderson • LAD 194
DeSclafani • CIN 194
8. De La Rosa • ARI 193
9. Niese • NYM 192
10. Harang • PHI 189
Shields • SDP 189
Teheran • ATL 189

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. Scherzer • WSN 8.118
2. Kershaw • LAD 7.167
3. Bumgarner • SFG 6.000
4. Colón • NYM 5.667
5. deGrom • NYM 5.395
6. Harvey • NYM 5.081
7. Greinke • LAD 5.000
8. Arrieta • CHC 4.917
9. Cole • PIT 4.591
10. Lester • CHC 4.404

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. Arrieta • CHC 0.393
2. Gonzalez • WSN 0.410
3. Ross • SDP 0.413
4. Cole • PIT 0.476
5. Greinke • LAD 0.566
6. Miller • ATL 0.570
7. Kershaw • LAD 0.580
8. Burnett • PIT 0.604
9. Martínez • STL 0.651
10. Lynn • STL 0.667

Losses

Losses

1. Miller • ATL 17
2. Cashner • SDP 16
3. Harang • PHI 15
Kennedy • SDP 15
5. Garza • MIL 14
Koehler • MIA 14
7. Colón • NYM 13
DeSclafani • CIN 13
Kendrick • COL 13
Lohse • MIL 13
Nelson • MIL 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Kendrick • COL 100
2. Lohse • MIL 99
3. De La Rosa • ARI 98
4. Garza • MIL 93
Harang • PHI 93
6. Colón • NYM 90
Teheran • ATL 90
8. Cashner • SDP 89
9. Shields • SDP 88
10. Koehler • MIA 85

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Ross • SDP 14
2. Hale • COL 11
Nelson • MIL 11
4. Hammel • CHC 10
Liriano • PIT 10
Scherzer • WSN 10
Latos • 2TM 10
8. Kershaw • LAD 9
9. Bastardo • PIT 8
Grimm • CHC 8
Jungmann • MIL 8
Lester • CHC 8
Martínez • STL 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Heston • SFG 13
Nelson • MIL 13
3. Morton • PIT 12
4. Burnett • PIT 11
5. Cole • PIT 10
6. Despaigne • SDP 9
Niese • NYM 9
Pérez • ATL 9
Shields • SDP 9
Teheran • ATL 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Scherzer • WSN 899
2. Lackey • STL 896
3. Kershaw • LAD 890
4. Arrieta • CHC 870
5. Bumgarner • SFG 869
6. Miller • ATL 860
Shields • SDP 860
8. Greinke • LAD 843
Teheran • ATL 843
10. Cole • PIT 832

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. Familia • NYM 65
2. Melancon • PIT 63
3. Rosenthal • STL 57
4. Casilla • SFG 55
Rodríguez • MIL 55
6. Chapman • CIN 54
7. Kimbrel • SDP 53
8. Ramos • MIA 51
Papelbon • 2TM 51
10. Jansen • LAD 50

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Greinke • LAD 222
2. Arrieta • CHC 215
3. Kershaw • LAD 173
4. Cole • PIT 149
5. deGrom • NYM 149
6. Lackey • STL 142
7. Scherzer • WSN 142
8. Harvey • NYM 140
9. Bumgarner • SFG 131
10. Martínez • STL 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. Kershaw • LAD 1.99
2. Arrieta • CHC 2.35
3. Cole • PIT 2.66
4. deGrom • NYM 2.70
5. Greinke • LAD 2.76
6. Scherzer • WSN 2.77
7. Bumgarner • SFG 2.87
8. Lester • CHC 2.92
9. Ross • SDP 2.98
10. Gonzalez • WSN 3.05

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. Greinke • LAD 54
2. Arrieta • CHC 52
3. Kershaw • LAD 42
4. Scherzer • WSN 31
5. Lackey • STL 29
6. deGrom • NYM 27
7. Cole • PIT 27
8. Bumgarner • SFG 24
9. Harvey • NYM 24
10. García • STL 22

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. Greinke • LAD 6.2
2. Arrieta • CHC 5.9
3. Kershaw • LAD 4.7
4. Scherzer • WSN 3.3
5. Lackey • STL 3.1
6. deGrom • NYM 3.0
7. Cole • PIT 3.0
8. Bumgarner • SFG 2.6
9. Harvey • NYM 2.6
10. García • STL 2.4

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. Greinke • LAD 57.00
2. Arrieta • CHC 53.42
3. Kershaw • LAD 47.36
4. Scherzer • WSN 34.76
5. Lackey • STL 29.82
6. deGrom • NYM 29.23
7. Bumgarner • SFG 27.47
8. García • STL 24.15
9. Cole • PIT 23.92
10. Harvey • NYM 23.09

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. Greinke • LAD 6.8
2. Arrieta • CHC 5.7
3. Melancon • PIT 5.5
4. Kershaw • LAD 5.1
5. Watson • PIT 4.4
6. Familia • NYM 3.7
7. Rondón • CHC 3.5
8. Lackey • STL 3.4
9. Ziegler • ARI 3.3
10. deGrom • NYM 3.3

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.8
2. Arrieta • CHC 5.7
3. Greinke • LAD 5.6
4. Scherzer • WSN 3.8
5. deGrom • NYM 3.7
6. Bumgarner • SFG 3.5
7. Harvey • NYM 2.8
8. García • STL 2.8
9. Cueto • CIN 2.6
10. Cole • PIT 2.2

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. Greinke • LAD 5.3
2. Kershaw • LAD 4.3
3. Familia • NYM 3.0
4. Melancon • PIT 2.9
5. deGrom • NYM 2.7
6. Watson • PIT 2.6
7. Arrieta • CHC 2.5
8. Bumgarner • SFG 2.3
9. Rondón • CHC 2.0
10. Harvey • NYM 2.0

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. Greinke • LAD 6.9
2. Arrieta • CHC 6.2
3. Kershaw • LAD 5.6
4. Scherzer • WSN 3.8
5. deGrom • NYM 3.3
6. Lackey • STL 3.3
7. Bumgarner • SFG 3.0
8. García • STL 2.7
9. Cole • PIT 2.6
10. Harvey • NYM 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