National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Stanky • NYG 8.2
2. Robinson • BRO 7.4
3. Blackwell • CIN 7.2
Musial • STL 7.2
5. Roberts • PHI 6.9
6. Pafko • CHC 6.4
7. Gordon • BSN 6.3
8. Torgeson • BSN 5.9
9. Spahn • BSN 5.7
10. Snider • BRO 5.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Blackwell • CIN 7.5
2. Roberts • PHI 7.4
3. Jansen • NYG 5.5
4. Spahn • BSN 5.3
5. Roe • BRO 5.2
6. Bickford • BSN 5.0
7. Dickson • PIT 5.0
8. Maglie • NYG 4.8
9. Konstanty • PHI 4.7
10. Lanier • STL 4.7
Earned Run Average
1. Maglie • NYG 2.71
2. Blackwell • CIN 2.97
3. Jansen • NYG 3.01
4. Roberts • PHI 3.02
5. Lanier • STL 3.13
6. Spahn • BSN 3.16
7. Pollet • STL 3.29
8. Roe • BRO 3.30
9. Simmons • PHI 3.40
10. Bickford • BSN 3.47
Wins
1. Spahn • BSN 21
2. Roberts • PHI 20
Sain • BSN 20
4. Jansen • NYG 19
Newcombe • BRO 19
Bickford • BSN 19
Roe • BRO 19
8. Maglie • NYG 18
9. Blackwell • CIN 17
Simmons • PHI 17
Win-Loss %
1. Maglie • NYG .818
2. Hiller • CHC .706
3. Konstanty • PHI .696
4. Simmons • PHI .680
5. Miller • PHI .647
6. Roberts • PHI .645
7. Newcombe • BRO .633
Roe • BRO .633
9. Palica • BRO .619
10. Sain • BSN .606
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Jansen • NYG 1.065
2. Roberts • PHI 1.180
3. Brecheen • STL 1.200
4. Blackwell • CIN 1.207
5. Spahn • BSN 1.225
6. Maglie • NYG 1.238
7. Simmons • PHI 1.239
8. Roe • BRO 1.241
9. Newcombe • BRO 1.246
10. Pollet • STL 1.274
Hits per 9 IP
1. Blackwell • CIN 7.000
2. Maglie • NYG 7.383
3. Simmons • PHI 7.463
4. Spahn • BSN 7.618
5. Jansen • NYG 7.789
6. Palica • BRO 7.868
7. Brecheen • STL 8.320
8. Roberts • PHI 8.340
9. Bickford • BSN 8.461
10. Jones • NYG 8.503
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Raffensberger • CIN 1.506
2. Jansen • NYG 1.800
3. Sain • BSN 2.263
4. Roberts • PHI 2.277
5. Roe • BRO 2.370
6. Brecheen • STL 2.480
7. Newcombe • BRO 2.525
8. Pollet • STL 2.634
9. Werle • PIT 2.717
10. Miller • PHI 2.948
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Blackwell • CIN 6.483
2. Simmons • PHI 6.121
3. Spahn • BSN 5.867
4. Palica • BRO 5.856
5. Jansen • NYG 5.269
6. Wehmeier • CIN 4.735
7. Minner • CHC 4.681
8. Ramsdell • 2TM 4.674
9. Pollet • STL 4.532
10. Roe • BRO 4.488
Games Played
1. Konstanty • PHI 74
2. Dickson • PIT 51
3. Werle • PIT 48
4. Maglie • NYG 47
5. Brazle • STL 46
6. Branca • BRO 43
Palica • BRO 43
8. Staley • STL 42
9. Bankhead • BRO 41
Spahn • BSN 41
Wehmeier • CIN 41
Saves
1. Konstanty • PHI 22
2. Werle • PIT 8
3. Branca • BRO 7
Hogue • BSN 7
5. Brazle • STL 6
Leonard • CHC 6
7. Blackwell • CIN 4
Wehmeier • CIN 4
Minner • CHC 4
10. Smith • CIN 3
Jansen • NYG 3
Koslo • NYG 3
Hansen • NYG 3
Newcombe • BRO 3
Dickson • PIT 3
Staley • STL 3
Bankhead • BRO 3
Innings Pitched
1. Bickford • BSN 311.2
2. Roberts • PHI 304.1
3. Spahn • BSN 293.0
4. Sain • BSN 278.1
5. Jansen • NYG 275.0
6. Newcombe • BRO 267.1
7. Blackwell • CIN 261.0
8. Rush • CHC 254.2
9. Roe • BRO 250.2
10. Chambers • PIT 249.1
Strikeouts
1. Spahn • BSN 191
2. Blackwell • CIN 188
3. Jansen • NYG 161
4. Roberts • PHI 146
Simmons • PHI 146
6. Palica • BRO 131
7. Newcombe • BRO 130
8. Bickford • BSN 126
9. Roe • BRO 125
10. Wehmeier • CIN 121
Games Started
1. Bickford • BSN 39
Roberts • PHI 39
Spahn • BSN 39
4. Sain • BSN 37
5. Jansen • NYG 35
Newcombe • BRO 35
Raffensberger • CIN 35
8. Rush • CHC 34
9. Chambers • PIT 33
10. Roe • BRO 32
Blackwell • CIN 32
Wehmeier • CIN 32
Complete Games
1. Bickford • BSN 27
2. Spahn • BSN 25
Sain • BSN 25
4. Jansen • NYG 21
Roberts • PHI 21
6. Newcombe • BRO 20
7. Rush • CHC 19
8. Blackwell • CIN 18
Raffensberger • CIN 18
10. Roe • BRO 16
Shutouts
1. Roberts • PHI 5
Hearn • 2TM 5
Maglie • NYG 5
Jansen • NYG 5
5. Raffensberger • CIN 4
Newcombe • BRO 4
7. Sain • BSN 3
Schmitz • CHC 3
9. Jones • NYG 2
Pollet • STL 2
Palica • BRO 2
Roe • BRO 2
Miller • PHI 2
Macdonald • PIT 2
Lanier • STL 2
Hiller • CHC 2
Simmons • PHI 2
Dubiel • CHC 2
Church • PHI 2
Chambers • PIT 2
Brecheen • STL 2
Bickford • BSN 2
Home Runs
1. Raffensberger • CIN 34
Roe • BRO 34
Sain • BSN 34
4. Jansen • NYG 31
5. Roberts • PHI 29
6. Wehmeier • CIN 27
7. Jones • NYG 26
8. Bickford • BSN 25
Werle • PIT 25
10. Branca • BRO 24
Bases on Balls
1. Wehmeier • CIN 135
2. Bickford • BSN 122
3. Blackwell • CIN 112
4. Spahn • BSN 111
5. Palica • BRO 98
6. Rush • CHC 93
7. Chambers • PIT 92
8. Schmitz • CHC 91
9. Jones • NYG 90
10. Bankhead • BRO 88
Macdonald • PIT 88
Simmons • PHI 88
Hits
1. Sain • BSN 294
2. Bickford • BSN 293
3. Roberts • PHI 282
4. Raffensberger • CIN 271
5. Chambers • PIT 262
6. Rush • CHC 261
7. Newcombe • BRO 258
8. Wehmeier • CIN 255
9. Werle • PIT 249
10. Spahn • BSN 248
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Jansen • NYG 2.927
2. Raffensberger • CIN 2.175
3. Roberts • PHI 1.896
4. Roe • BRO 1.894
5. Brecheen • STL 1.778
6. Newcombe • BRO 1.733
7. Spahn • BSN 1.721
8. Pollet • STL 1.721
9. Blackwell • CIN 1.679
10. Simmons • PHI 1.659
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Rush • CHC 0.389
2. Blackwell • CIN 0.414
3. Miller • PHI 0.466
4. Palica • BRO 0.581
5. Maglie • NYG 0.612
6. Lanier • STL 0.645
7. Chambers • PIT 0.650
8. Brazle • STL 0.656
9. Fox • CIN 0.674
10. Spahn • BSN 0.676
Losses
1. Rush • CHC 20
2. Raffensberger • CIN 19
3. Wehmeier • CIN 18
4. Spahn • BSN 17
5. Werle • PIT 16
Schmitz • CHC 16
Jones • NYG 16
8. Blackwell • CIN 15
Koslo • NYG 15
Dickson • PIT 15
Chambers • PIT 15
Earned Runs
1. Wehmeier • CIN 145
2. Sain • BSN 122
3. Bickford • BSN 120
4. Chambers • PIT 119
5. Raffensberger • CIN 113
6. Newcombe • BRO 110
Werle • PIT 110
8. Schmitz • CHC 107
9. Rush • CHC 105
10. Spahn • BSN 103
Wild Pitches
1. Blackwell • CIN 11
Wehmeier • CIN 11
3. Spahn • BSN 8
4. Barney • BRO 7
5. Ramsdell • 2TM 6
Klippstein • CHC 6
Higbe • NYG 6
8. Banta • BRO 5
Johnson • 2TM 5
Schmitz • CHC 5
Sain • BSN 5
Miller • PHI 5
Leonard • CHC 5
Bickford • BSN 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Blackwell • CIN 13
2. Maglie • NYG 10
3. Smith • CIN 8
4. Jones • NYG 7
Staley • STL 7
6. Werle • PIT 6
Bickford • BSN 6
Rush • CHC 6
Erautt • CIN 6
Chambers • PIT 6
Batters Faced
1. Bickford • BSN 1,325
2. Roberts • PHI 1,228
3. Spahn • BSN 1,217
4. Sain • BSN 1,178
5. Blackwell • CIN 1,102
6. Newcombe • BRO 1,101
7. Chambers • PIT 1,097
8. Rush • CHC 1,094
9. Jansen • NYG 1,093
10. Wehmeier • CIN 1,058
Games Finished
1. Konstanty • PHI 62
2. Lombardi • PIT 23
3. Leonard • CHC 21
4. Brazle • STL 20
Hogue • BSN 20
6. Dickson • PIT 18
Werle • PIT 18
8. Erautt • CIN 17
Smith • CIN 17
Vander Meer • CHC 17
Walsh • PIT 17
Adjusted ERA+
1. Maglie • NYG 152
2. Blackwell • CIN 143
3. Lanier • STL 137
4. Jansen • NYG 136
5. Roberts • PHI 133
6. Pollet • STL 130
7. Roe • BRO 124
8. Spahn • BSN 122
9. Simmons • PHI 118
10. Ramsdell • 2TM 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Blackwell • CIN 3.18
2. Spahn • BSN 3.40
3. Jansen • NYG 3.49
4. Pollet • STL 3.53
5. Newcombe • BRO 3.55
6. Rush • CHC 3.58
7. Palica • BRO 3.61
8. Simmons • PHI 3.63
9. Roberts • PHI 3.64
10. Lanier • STL 3.68
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 37
2. Jansen • NYG 33
3. Blackwell • CIN 33
4. Maglie • NYG 32
5. Roe • BRO 26
6. Hearn • 2TM 24
7. Konstanty • PHI 24
8. Lanier • STL 23
9. Pollet • STL 22
10. Spahn • BSN 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 3.8
2. Jansen • NYG 3.4
3. Blackwell • CIN 3.4
4. Maglie • NYG 3.3
5. Hearn • 2TM 2.7
6. Roe • BRO 2.7
7. Lanier • STL 2.4
Konstanty • PHI 2.4
9. Pollet • STL 2.2
10. Spahn • BSN 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Roberts • PHI 48.36
2. Roe • BRO 39.22
3. Maglie • NYG 35.32
4. Jansen • NYG 34.82
5. Blackwell • CIN 34.76
6. Lanier • STL 29.01
7. Konstanty • PHI 28.50
8. Simmons • PHI 26.69
9. Hearn • 2TM 25.80
10. Spahn • BSN 25.20
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Roberts • PHI 5.4
2. Konstanty • PHI 5.4
3. Maglie • NYG 4.6
4. Blackwell • CIN 4.0
5. Jansen • NYG 3.8
6. Roe • BRO 3.6
7. Simmons • PHI 3.2
8. Hearn • 2TM 3.0
9. Pollet • STL 2.8
10. Lanier • STL 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Roberts • PHI 4.0
2. Jansen • NYG 3.7
3. Konstanty • PHI 3.3
4. Hearn • 2TM 3.1
5. Blackwell • CIN 3.0
6. Maglie • NYG 2.6
7. Simmons • PHI 2.6
8. Palica • BRO 2.3
9. Newcombe • BRO 2.3
10. Church • PHI 2.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Roberts • PHI 28.4
2. Konstanty • PHI 15.0
3. Simmons • PHI 9.4
4. Roe • BRO 6.7
5. Church • PHI 6.0
6. Brazle • STL 5.5
7. Lanier • STL 5.0
8. Newcombe • BRO 5.0
9. Pollet • STL 4.9
10. Palica • BRO 4.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Roberts • PHI 5.2
2. Roe • BRO 4.1
3. Maglie • NYG 3.6
4. Jansen • NYG 3.6
5. Blackwell • CIN 3.5
6. Hearn • 2TM 3.0
7. Lanier • STL 3.0
8. Konstanty • PHI 2.9
9. Simmons • PHI 2.8
10. Spahn • BSN 2.7

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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 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements