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. deGrom • NYM 9.9
2. Nola • PHI 9.2
3. Scherzer • WSN 8.7
4. Freeland • COL 7.6
5. Yelich • MIL 7.3
6. Báez • CHC 6.8
7. Cain • MIL 6.8
8. Arenado • COL 6.3
9. Story • COL 6.3
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.8

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. Nola • PHI 9.7
2. deGrom • NYM 9.4
3. Scherzer • WSN 7.9
4. Freeland • COL 7.8
5. Mikolas • STL 5.1
6. Taillon • PIT 4.8
7. Corbin • ARI 4.4
8. Foltynewicz • ATL 4.3
9. Márquez • COL 4.2
10. Greinke • ARI 4.0

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. deGrom • NYM 1.70
2. Nola • PHI 2.37
3. Scherzer • WSN 2.53
4. Mikolas • STL 2.83
5. Freeland • COL 2.85
6. Foltynewicz • ATL 2.85
7. Williams • PIT 3.11
8. Corbin • ARI 3.15
9. Taillon • PIT 3.20
10. Greinke • ARI 3.21

Wins

Wins

1. Lester • CHC 18
Mikolas • STL 18
Scherzer • WSN 18
4. Freeland • COL 17
Nola • PHI 17
6. Chacín • MIL 15
Godley • ARI 15
Greinke • ARI 15
9. Hendricks • CHC 14
Márquez • COL 14
Taillon • PIT 14
Williams • PIT 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. Mikolas • STL .818
2. Syndergaard • NYM .765
3. Lester • CHC .750
4. Nola • PHI .739
5. Scherzer • WSN .720
6. Freeland • COL .708
7. Hill • LAD .688
8. Chacín • MIL .652
9. Wheeler • NYM .632
10. Corbin • ARI .611

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 0.911
2. deGrom • NYM 0.912
3. Nola • PHI 0.975
4. Corbin • ARI 1.050
5. Mikolas • STL 1.071
6. Greinke • ARI 1.079
7. Foltynewicz • ATL 1.082
8. Wheeler • NYM 1.124
9. Hendricks • CHC 1.146
10. Chacín • MIL 1.163

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 6.118
2. Teheran • ATL 6.250
3. deGrom • NYM 6.304
4. Nola • PHI 6.316
5. Foltynewicz • ATL 6.393
6. Chacín • MIL 7.147
7. Corbin • ARI 7.290
8. Wheeler • NYM 7.404
9. Newcomb • ATL 7.518
10. Williams • PIT 7.699

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. Mikolas • STL 1.301
2. Greinke • ARI 1.864
3. deGrom • NYM 1.908
4. Hendricks • CHC 1.990
5. Scherzer • WSN 2.080
6. Corbin • ARI 2.160
7. Taillon • PIT 2.168
8. Nola • PHI 2.458
9. Roark • WSN 2.495
10. Castillo • CIN 2.599

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 12.236
2. deGrom • NYM 11.157
3. Corbin • ARI 11.070
4. Márquez • COL 10.561
5. Pivetta • PHI 10.317
6. Foltynewicz • ATL 9.934
7. Gray • COL 9.557
8. Nola • PHI 9.495
9. Godley • ARI 9.336
10. Holland • SFG 8.877

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ziegler • 2TM 82
2. Cishek • CHC 80
3. Chafin • ARI 77
4. Bradley • ARI 76
5. Hirano • ARI 75
Ottavino • COL 75
7. Dyson • SFG 74
8. Alexander • LAD 73
Hicks • STL 73
Jeffress • MIL 73
Stammen • SDP 73

Saves

Saves

1. Davis • COL 43
2. Jansen • LAD 38
3. Vazquez • PIT 37
4. Boxberger • ARI 32
5. Iglesias • CIN 30
6. Norris • STL 28
7. Doolittle • WSN 25
8. Hand • SDP 24
9. Morrow • CHC 22
10. Familia • NYM 17

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Scherzer • WSN 220.2
2. deGrom • NYM 217.0
3. Nola • PHI 212.1
4. Greinke • ARI 207.2
5. Freeland • COL 202.1
6. Mikolas • STL 200.2
7. Corbin • ARI 200.0
8. Hendricks • CHC 199.0
9. Márquez • COL 196.0
10. Chacín • MIL 192.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Scherzer • WSN 300
2. deGrom • NYM 269
3. Corbin • ARI 246
4. Márquez • COL 230
5. Nola • PHI 224
6. Foltynewicz • ATL 202
7. Greinke • ARI 199
8. Pivetta • PHI 188
9. Godley • ARI 185
10. Gray • COL 183

Games Started

Games Started

1. Chacín • MIL 35
2. Corbin • ARI 33
Freeland • COL 33
Greinke • ARI 33
Hendricks • CHC 33
Márquez • COL 33
Nola • PHI 33
Scherzer • WSN 33
9. Anderson • COL 32
deGrom • NYM 32
Godley • ARI 32
Lester • CHC 32
Mikolas • STL 32
Pivetta • PHI 32
Quintana • CHC 32
Taillon • PIT 32
Gonzalez • 2TM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Foltynewicz • ATL 2
Scherzer • WSN 2
Syndergaard • NYM 2
Taillon • PIT 2
5. Bailey • CIN 1
Buchholz • ARI 1
Corbin • ARI 1
deGrom • NYM 1
Hamels • CHC 1
Mikolas • STL 1
Stratton • SFG 1
Ureña • MIA 1
Williams • PIT 1

Shutouts

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

1. Corbin • ARI 1
Foltynewicz • ATL 1
Mikolas • STL 1
Scherzer • WSN 1
Stratton • SFG 1
Syndergaard • NYM 1
Taillon • PIT 1
Williams • PIT 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Anderson • MIL 30
Anderson • COL 30
3. Castillo • CIN 28
Greinke • ARI 28
5. Gray • COL 27
Harvey • 2TM 27
7. Nova • PIT 26
Teheran • ATL 26
9. Matz • NYM 25
Quintana • CHC 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Chatwood • CHC 95
2. Teheran • ATL 84
3. Godley • ARI 81
Newcomb • ATL 81
5. Gonzalez • 2TM 80
6. Chacín • MIL 71
7. Freeland • COL 70
Ray • ARI 70
9. Foltynewicz • ATL 68
Quintana • CHC 68

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mikolas • STL 186
2. Hendricks • CHC 184
3. Freeland • COL 182
4. Greinke • ARI 181
Roark • WSN 181
6. Gray • COL 180
7. Márquez • COL 179
Taillon • PIT 179
9. Godley • ARI 177
10. Lester • CHC 174

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 5.882
2. deGrom • NYM 5.848
3. Corbin • ARI 5.125
4. Mikolas • STL 5.034
5. Greinke • ARI 4.628
6. Márquez • COL 4.035
7. Taillon • PIT 3.891
8. Nola • PHI 3.862
9. Pivetta • PHI 3.686
10. Hendricks • CHC 3.659

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. deGrom • NYM 0.415
2. Corbin • ARI 0.675
3. Wheeler • NYM 0.691
4. Mikolas • STL 0.718
5. Nola • PHI 0.721
6. Freeland • COL 0.756
7. Williams • PIT 0.791
8. Godley • ARI 0.807
9. Foltynewicz • ATL 0.836
10. Chacín • MIL 0.841

Losses

Losses

1. Roark • WSN 15
2. Bailey • CIN 14
Pivetta • PHI 14
4. Suárez • SFG 13
5. Castillo • CIN 12
Chen • MIA 12
Ureña • MIA 12
Velasquez • PHI 12
9. Arrieta • PHI 11
Godley • ARI 11
Greinke • ARI 11
Hendricks • CHC 11
Márquez • COL 11
Matz • NYM 11
Quintana • CHC 11
Richard • SDP 11
Romano • CIN 11
Weaver • STL 11
Gonzalez • 2TM 11

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Gray • COL 98
2. Godley • ARI 94
Richard • SDP 94
4. Anderson • COL 89
5. Pivetta • PHI 87
Roark • WSN 87
7. Romano • CIN 86
8. Harvey • 2TM 85
9. Márquez • COL 82
Stratton • SFG 82

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Godley • ARI 17
2. Arrieta • PHI 11
Guerra • MIL 11
Rodríguez • PIT 11
5. Domínguez • PHI 10
Kershaw • LAD 10
7. Anderson • COL 9
Brault • PIT 9
Crick • PIT 9
Hicks • STL 9
Norris • STL 9
Nova • PIT 9
Velasquez • PHI 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Godley • ARI 12
Scherzer • WSN 12
Ureña • MIA 12
4. Chacín • MIL 11
Flaherty • STL 11
Martínez • STL 11
7. Matz • NYM 10
Richard • SDP 10
Roark • WSN 10
10. Cishek • CHC 9
Hendricks • CHC 9
Teheran • ATL 9
Wheeler • NYM 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Scherzer • WSN 866
2. Freeland • COL 844
3. Greinke • ARI 839
4. deGrom • NYM 835
5. Nola • PHI 831
6. Márquez • COL 817
7. Hendricks • CHC 812
8. Mikolas • STL 808
9. Corbin • ARI 800
10. Chacín • MIL 796

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. Davis • COL 63
2. Vazquez • PIT 60
3. Jansen • LAD 59
4. Iglesias • CIN 57
5. Boxberger • ARI 45
6. Norris • STL 42
7. Doolittle • WSN 35
Strickland • SFG 35
9. Hand • SDP 31
Minter • ATL 31
Vizcaíno • ATL 31

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. deGrom • NYM 218
2. Nola • PHI 173
3. Scherzer • WSN 168
4. Freeland • COL 166
5. Foltynewicz • ATL 143
6. Mikolas • STL 137
7. Corbin • ARI 133
8. Greinke • ARI 131
9. Williams • PIT 126
10. Márquez • COL 125

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. deGrom • NYM 1.98
2. Corbin • ARI 2.47
3. Scherzer • WSN 2.65
4. Nola • PHI 3.01
5. Wheeler • NYM 3.25
6. Mikolas • STL 3.28
7. Foltynewicz • ATL 3.37
8. Márquez • COL 3.40
9. Taillon • PIT 3.46
10. Freeland • COL 3.67

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. deGrom • NYM 51
2. Nola • PHI 42
3. Scherzer • WSN 40
4. Freeland • COL 38
5. Corbin • ARI 25
6. Foltynewicz • ATL 24
7. Jeffress • MIL 24
8. Mikolas • STL 23
9. Greinke • ARI 23
10. Buchholz • ARI 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. deGrom • NYM 5.7
2. Nola • PHI 4.6
3. Scherzer • WSN 4.4
4. Freeland • COL 4.2
5. Corbin • ARI 2.7
6. Foltynewicz • ATL 2.5
7. Buchholz • ARI 2.5
8. Mikolas • STL 2.5
9. Greinke • ARI 2.5
10. Jeffress • MIL 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. deGrom • NYM 54.81
2. Nola • PHI 46.15
3. Scherzer • WSN 45.06
4. Freeland • COL 41.63
5. Corbin • ARI 27.70
6. Jeffress • MIL 26.44
7. Greinke • ARI 26.26
8. Buehler • LAD 26.23
9. Mikolas • STL 25.99
10. Taillon • PIT 25.86

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. deGrom • NYM 6.1
2. Nola • PHI 5.1
3. Scherzer • WSN 5.0
4. Jeffress • MIL 4.8
5. Freeland • COL 3.8
6. Hader • MIL 3.3
7. Vazquez • PIT 3.0
8. Strop • CHC 2.9
9. Mikolas • STL 2.8
10. Corbin • ARI 2.8

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. Scherzer • WSN 5.0
2. deGrom • NYM 4.8
3. Nola • PHI 4.0
4. Corbin • ARI 3.8
5. Mikolas • STL 3.2
6. Buehler • LAD 3.1
7. Foltynewicz • ATL 2.9
8. Wheeler • NYM 2.7
9. Hader • MIL 2.5
10. Freeland • COL 2.4

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. Buehler • LAD 5.1
2. Freeland • COL 4.5
3. Jeffress • MIL 4.2
4. Nola • PHI 4.1
5. Hader • MIL 3.7
6. Corbin • ARI 3.2
7. Scherzer • WSN 2.9
8. Chacín • MIL 2.9
9. Buchholz • ARI 2.6
10. Strop • CHC 2.5

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. deGrom • NYM 6.6
2. Nola • PHI 5.1
3. Scherzer • WSN 4.8
4. Freeland • COL 4.2
5. Buehler • LAD 2.9
6. Corbin • ARI 2.9
7. Mikolas • STL 2.8
8. Taillon • PIT 2.8
9. Greinke • ARI 2.7
10. Jeffress • MIL 2.7

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