National League Pitching Leaders

    Wins Above Replacement--all
    1.GibsonSTL 11.3
    2.DierkerHOU 8.4
    3.McCoveySFG 8.1
    4.AaronATL 8.0
    5.HandsCHC 7.9
    6.MarichalSFG 7.6
    7.ClementePIT 7.5
    8.CarltonSTL 7.3
    9.SeaverNYM 7.2
    10.WynnHOU 7.1
    WAR for Pitchers
    1.GibsonSTL 10.4
    2.DierkerHOU 8.6
    3.HandsCHC 8.4
    4.MarichalSFG 7.8
    5.SeaverNYM 7.2
    6.JenkinsCHC 7.2
    7.CarltonSTL 6.9
    8.PerrySFG 6.5
    9.SingerLAD 6.5
    10.NiekroATL 6.0
    Earned Run Average
    1.MarichalSFG 2.10
    2.CarltonSTL 2.17
    3.GibsonSTL 2.18
    4.SeaverNYM 2.21
    5.KoosmanNYM 2.28
    6.DierkerHOU 2.33
    7.SingerLAD 2.34
    8.PerrySFG 2.49
    9.HandsCHC 2.49
    10.NiekroATL 2.56
    Wins
    1.SeaverNYM 25
    2.NiekroATL 23
    3.JenkinsCHC 21
    MarichalSFG 21
    5.DierkerHOU 20
    GibsonSTL 20
    HandsCHC 20
    OsteenLAD 20
    SingerLAD 20
    10.PerrySFG 19
    Win-Loss %
    1.MoosePIT .824
    2.SeaverNYM .781
    3.MaloneyCIN .706
    4.CarrollCIN .667
    ReganCHC .667
    6.MarichalSFG .656
    7.MerrittCIN .654
    KoosmanNYM .654
    9.ReedATL .643
    10.NiekroATL .639
    Walks & Hits per IP
    1.MarichalSFG 0.994
    2.SingerLAD 1.007
    3.DierkerHOU 1.022
    4.NiekroATL 1.027
    5.SeaverNYM 1.039
    6.KoosmanNYM 1.058
    7.GibsonSTL 1.102
    8.HandsCHC 1.137
    9.JenkinsCHC 1.140
    10.OsteenLAD 1.143
    Hits per 9 IP
    1.SeaverNYM 6.651
    2.MaloneyCIN 6.800
    3.SingerLAD 6.957
    4.KoosmanNYM 6.983
    5.CarltonSTL 7.045
    6.DierkerHOU 7.074
    7.GibsonSTL 7.194
    8.MarichalSFG 7.328
    9.Selma2TM 7.364
    10.GentryNYM 7.395
    Bases On Balls per 9 IP
    1.MarichalSFG 1.622
    2.NiekroATL 1.804
    3.JenkinsCHC 2.052
    4.Niekro2TM 2.074
    5.OsteenLAD 2.075
    6.ReedATL 2.088
    7.SingerLAD 2.110
    8.DierkerHOU 2.122
    9.MerrittCIN 2.187
    10.HandsCHC 2.190
    Strikeouts per 9 IP
    1.GriffinHOU 9.558
    2.WilsonHOU 9.400
    3.MoosePIT 8.735
    4.Selma2TM 8.544
    5.VealePIT 8.495
    6.CarltonSTL 7.997
    7.JenkinsCHC 7.892
    8.GibsonSTL 7.710
    9.EllisPIT 7.120
    10.StonemanMON 7.065
    Games Played
    1.GrangerCIN 90
    2.McGinnMON 74
    3.CarrollCIN 71
    ReganCHC 71
    5.RebergerSDP 67
    6.UpshawATL 62
    7.BaldschunSDP 61
    8.BrewerLAD 59
    TaylorNYM 59
    10.LinzySFG 58
    Saves
    1.GladdingHOU 29
    2.UpshawATL 27
    GrangerCIN 27
    4.BrewerLAD 20
    5.ReganCHC 17
    6.HoernerSTL 15
    7.TaylorNYM 13
    8.McGrawNYM 12
    9.LinzySFG 11
    Gibbon2TM 11
    Innings Pitched
    1.PerrySFG 325.1
    2.OsteenLAD 321.0
    3.SingerLAD 315.2
    4.GibsonSTL 314.0
    5.JenkinsCHC 311.1
    6.DierkerHOU 305.1
    7.HandsCHC 300.0
    8.MarichalSFG 299.2
    9.SuttonLAD 293.1
    10.NiekroATL 284.1
    Strikeouts
    1.JenkinsCHC 273
    2.GibsonSTL 269
    3.SingerLAD 247
    4.WilsonHOU 235
    5.PerrySFG 233
    6.DierkerHOU 232
    7.SuttonLAD 217
    8.VealePIT 213
    9.CarltonSTL 210
    10.SeaverNYM 208
    Games Started
    1.JenkinsCHC 42
    2.HandsCHC 41
    OsteenLAD 41
    SuttonLAD 41
    5.SingerLAD 40
    6.HoltzmanCHC 39
    PerrySFG 39
    8.DierkerHOU 37
    LemasterHOU 37
    10.MarichalSFG 36
    MerrittCIN 36
    StonemanMON 36
    Complete Games
    1.GibsonSTL 28
    2.MarichalSFG 27
    3.PerrySFG 26
    4.JenkinsCHC 23
    5.NiekroATL 21
    6.DierkerHOU 20
    7.SeaverNYM 18
    HandsCHC 18
    9.SingerLAD 16
    KoosmanNYM 16
    OsteenLAD 16
    Shutouts
    1.MarichalSFG 8
    2.OsteenLAD 7
    JenkinsCHC 7
    4.KoosmanNYM 6
    HoltzmanCHC 6
    6.SeaverNYM 5
    StonemanMON 5
    8.DierkerHOU 4
    SuttonLAD 4
    NiekroATL 4
    GibsonSTL 4
    WisePHI 4
    JacksonPHI 4
    Home Runs
    1.MerrittCIN 33
    2.JenkinsCHC 27
    3.StonemanMON 26
    4.JarvisATL 25
    SuttonLAD 25
    6.CloningerCIN 24
    GentryNYM 24
    ReedATL 24
    SeaverNYM 24
    10.PerrySFG 23
    Bases on Balls
    1.StonemanMON 123
    2.CloningerCIN 103
    3.KirbySDP 100
    4.WilsonHOU 97
    5.WegenerMON 96
    6.GibsonSTL 95
    7.CarltonSTL 93
    GriffinHOU 93
    HoltzmanCHC 93
    10.JacksonPHI 92
    Hits
    1.OsteenLAD 293
    2.PerrySFG 290
    3.JenkinsCHC 284
    4.MerrittCIN 269
    SuttonLAD 269
    6.HandsCHC 268
    7.GibsonSTL 251
    8.HoltzmanCHC 248
    9.MarichalSFG 244
    SingerLAD 244
    Strikeouts / Base On Balls
    1.JenkinsCHC 3.845
    2.MarichalSFG 3.796
    3.NiekroATL 3.386
    4.SingerLAD 3.338
    5.DierkerHOU 3.222
    6.ReedATL 2.857
    7.GibsonSTL 2.832
    8.MoosePIT 2.661
    9.Bunning2TM 2.661
    10.KoosmanNYM 2.647
    Home Runs per 9 IP
    1.VealePIT 0.319
    2.GibsonSTL 0.344
    3.MarichalSFG 0.451
    4.MoosePIT 0.476
    5.OsteenLAD 0.477
    6.KoosmanNYM 0.523
    7.DierkerHOU 0.531
    8.SantoriniSDP 0.536
    9.WegenerMON 0.543
    10.MaloneyCIN 0.554
    Losses
    1.KirbySDP 20
    2.StonemanMON 19
    3.JacksonPHI 18
    SuttonLAD 18
    Niekro2TM 18
    6.CloningerCIN 17
    EllisPIT 17
    LemasterHOU 17
    9.RobertsonMON 16
    10.FrymanPHI 15
    JenkinsCHC 15
    OsteenLAD 15
    Earned Runs
    1.MerrittCIN 122
    2.StonemanMON 115
    3.SuttonLAD 113
    4.FrymanPHI 112
    5.JenkinsCHC 111
    6.JarvisATL 107
    7.CloningerCIN 106
    8.BlassPIT 104
    HoltzmanCHC 104
    10.WilsonHOU 100
    Wild Pitches
    1.MaloneyCIN 16
    WilsonHOU 16
    3.NiekroATL 15
    4.CloningerCIN 14
    5.WegenerMON 13
    6.FrymanPHI 12
    PerrySFG 12
    SantoriniSDP 12
    9.ArrigoCIN 11
    StonemanMON 11
    Hit By Pitch
    1.StonemanMON 12
    2.FrymanPHI 11
    PerrySFG 11
    4.GibsonSTL 10
    SingerLAD 10
    6.CulverCIN 9
    WilsonHOU 9
    Waslewski2TM 9
    9.ArrigoCIN 8
    JenkinsCHC 8
    Batters Faced
    1.PerrySFG 1,345
    2.OsteenLAD 1,291
    3.JenkinsCHC 1,275
    4.GibsonSTL 1,270
    5.SingerLAD 1,263
    6.SuttonLAD 1,226
    7.HandsCHC 1,220
    8.DierkerHOU 1,207
    9.MarichalSFG 1,176
    10.NiekroATL 1,143
    Games Finished
    1.GrangerCIN 55
    2.ReganCHC 49
    3.UpshawATL 47
    4.TaylorNYM 44
    5.BrewerLAD 43
    GladdingHOU 43
    7.LinzySFG 39
    8.CarrollCIN 37
    9.McCoolSDP 35
    RebergerSDP 35
    Adjusted ERA+
    1.MarichalSFG 168
    2.SeaverNYM 165
    3.CarltonSTL 164
    4.GibsonSTL 164
    5.HandsCHC 162
    6.KoosmanNYM 160
    7.DierkerHOU 152
    8.NiekroATL 142
    9.PerrySFG 142
    10.SingerLAD 142
    Fielding Independent Pitching
    1.GibsonSTL 2.30
    2.VealePIT 2.33
    3.MarichalSFG 2.39
    4.MoosePIT 2.44
    5.DierkerHOU 2.47
    6.JenkinsCHC 2.64
    7.SingerLAD 2.65
    8.KoosmanNYM 2.67
    9.WilsonHOU 2.76
    10.NiekroATL 2.77
    Adj. Pitching Runs
    1.GibsonSTL 50
    2.MarichalSFG 44
    3.SeaverNYM 44
    4.HandsCHC 43
    5.DierkerHOU 38
    6.KoosmanNYM 38
    7.CarltonSTL 37
    8.SingerLAD 36
    9.NiekroATL 33
    10.PerrySFG 33
    Adj. Pitching Wins
    1.GibsonSTL 5.8
    2.MarichalSFG 5.0
    3.SeaverNYM 5.0
    4.HandsCHC 4.8
    5.DierkerHOU 4.3
    6.KoosmanNYM 4.3
    7.CarltonSTL 4.1
    8.SingerLAD 4.0
    9.NiekroATL 3.7
    10.PerrySFG 3.6
    Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
    1.GibsonSTL 56.72
    2.SeaverNYM 51.15
    3.KoosmanNYM 46.99
    4.DierkerHOU 46.06
    5.MarichalSFG 45.10
    6.HandsCHC 42.09
    7.CarltonSTL 41.51
    8.SingerLAD 41.16
    9.OsteenLAD 37.92
    10.NiekroATL 33.97
    Win Probability Added (WPA)
    1.GibsonSTL 7.7
    2.SeaverNYM 6.7
    3.KoosmanNYM 6.4
    4.MarichalSFG 6.4
    5.DierkerHOU 6.3
    6.McGrawNYM 5.6
    7.JenkinsCHC 4.4
    8.CarltonSTL 4.4
    9.HandsCHC 4.2
    10.SingerLAD 4.0
    Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
    1.GibsonSTL 5.9
    2.DierkerHOU 5.8
    3.MarichalSFG 5.4
    4.SingerLAD 4.4
    5.NiekroATL 4.4
    6.HandsCHC 4.0
    7.JenkinsCHC 3.7
    8.CarltonSTL 3.7
    9.KoosmanNYM 3.7
    10.SeaverNYM 3.6
    Championship WPA (cWPA)
    1.MarichalSFG 11.7
    2.KoosmanNYM 7.4
    3.GrangerCIN 7.3
    4.SingerLAD 7.0
    5.SeaverNYM 6.9
    6.PerrySFG 6.3
    7.HandsCHC 6.0
    8.NiekroATL 5.7
    9.McGrawNYM 4.5
    10.JenkinsCHC 3.9
    Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
    1.GibsonSTL 6.7
    2.SeaverNYM 5.9
    3.KoosmanNYM 5.4
    4.DierkerHOU 5.3
    5.MarichalSFG 5.2
    6.SingerLAD 4.8
    7.CarltonSTL 4.8
    8.OsteenLAD 4.4
    9.HandsCHC 4.4
    10.NiekroATL 3.7

    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 of3.1 Plate Appearances/G,1.0 IP/G,0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding),0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboardsgenerally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding theminimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, weonly have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901.Explanation ofmin. requirements

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