National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Roberts • PHI 9.9
2. Snider • BRO 9.1
3. Spahn • MLN 9.1
4. Mathews • MLN 8.1
5. Musial • STL 7.6
6. Haddix • STL 7.3
7. Robinson • BRO 6.9
8. Campanella • BRO 6.8
9. Schoendienst • STL 6.6
10. Ashburn • PHI 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Roberts • PHI 9.8
2. Spahn • MLN 8.8
3. Haddix • STL 6.4
4. Simmons • PHI 4.4
5. Mizell • STL 4.4
6. Gómez • NYG 4.4
7. Erskine • BRO 4.2
8. Hacker • CHC 3.9
9. Wilhelm • NYG 3.6
10. Burdette • MLN 3.4
Earned Run Average
1. Spahn • MLN 2.10
2. Roberts • PHI 2.75
3. Buhl • MLN 2.97
4. Haddix • STL 3.06
5. Antonelli • MLN 3.18
6. Simmons • PHI 3.21
7. Burdette • MLN 3.24
8. Gómez • NYG 3.40
9. Mizell • STL 3.49
10. Erskine • BRO 3.54
Wins
1. Spahn • MLN 23
Roberts • PHI 23
3. Haddix • STL 20
Erskine • BRO 20
5. Staley • STL 18
6. Simmons • PHI 16
7. Burdette • MLN 15
Meyer • BRO 15
9. Konstanty • PHI 14
Loes • BRO 14
Win-Loss %
1. Erskine • BRO .769
2. Spahn • MLN .767
3. Meyer • BRO .750
Burdette • MLN .750
5. Haddix • STL .690
6. Surkont • MLN .688
7. Staley • STL .667
8. Labine • BRO .647
9. Loes • BRO .636
10. Buhl • MLN .619
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Spahn • MLN 1.058
2. Roberts • PHI 1.111
3. Haddix • STL 1.142
4. Simmons • PHI 1.231
5. Erskine • BRO 1.249
6. Hacker • CHC 1.259
7. Staley • STL 1.291
8. Jansen • NYG 1.300
9. Gómez • NYG 1.309
10. Minner • CHC 1.328
Hits per 9 IP
1. Spahn • MLN 7.148
2. Gómez • NYG 7.324
3. Mizell • STL 7.743
4. Buhl • MLN 7.756
5. Erskine • BRO 7.772
6. Haddix • STL 7.826
7. Simmons • PHI 7.979
8. Roberts • PHI 8.412
9. Antonelli • MLN 8.572
10. Lindell • 2TM 8.819
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Roberts • PHI 1.584
2. Raffensberger • CIN 1.707
3. Minner • CHC 1.791
4. Staley • STL 2.113
5. Hacker • CHC 2.192
6. Konstanty • PHI 2.215
7. Roe • BRO 2.293
8. Spahn • MLN 2.371
9. Miller • PHI 2.403
10. Drews • PHI 2.428
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mizell • STL 6.941
2. Erskine • BRO 6.823
3. Antonelli • MLN 6.724
4. Klippstein • CHC 6.066
5. Haddix • STL 5.798
6. Lindell • 2TM 5.337
7. Simmons • PHI 5.218
8. Roberts • PHI 5.140
9. Spahn • MLN 5.014
10. Meyer • BRO 4.986
Games Played
1. Wilhelm • NYG 68
2. Brazle • STL 61
3. Hetki • PIT 54
4. Smith • CIN 50
5. Lown • CHC 49
White • STL 49
7. Corwin • NYG 48
Hughes • BRO 48
Klippstein • CHC 48
Konstanty • PHI 48
Saves
1. Brazle • STL 18
2. Wilhelm • NYG 15
3. Burdette • MLN 9
Leonard • CHC 9
Hughes • BRO 9
6. White • STL 7
Labine • BRO 7
8. Klippstein • CHC 6
9. Black • BRO 5
Konstanty • PHI 5
Innings Pitched
1. Roberts • PHI 346.2
2. Spahn • MLN 265.2
3. Haddix • STL 253.0
4. Erskine • BRO 246.2
5. Simmons • PHI 238.0
6. Staley • STL 230.0
7. Mizell • STL 224.1
8. Hacker • CHC 221.2
9. Gómez • NYG 204.0
10. Minner • CHC 201.0
Strikeouts
1. Roberts • PHI 198
2. Erskine • BRO 187
3. Mizell • STL 173
4. Haddix • STL 163
5. Spahn • MLN 148
6. Simmons • PHI 138
7. Antonelli • MLN 131
8. Lindell • 2TM 118
9. Gómez • NYG 113
Klippstein • CHC 113
Games Started
1. Roberts • PHI 41
2. Mizell • STL 33
Haddix • STL 33
Erskine • BRO 33
5. Meyer • BRO 32
Spahn • MLN 32
Hearn • NYG 32
Staley • STL 32
Hacker • CHC 32
10. Simmons • PHI 30
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 33
2. Spahn • MLN 24
3. Simmons • PHI 19
Haddix • STL 19
5. Erskine • BRO 16
6. Lindell • 2TM 15
7. Gómez • NYG 13
8. Antonelli • MLN 11
Surkont • MLN 11
10. Staley • STL 10
Dickson • PIT 10
Mizell • STL 10
Meyer • BRO 10
Baczewski • 2TM 10
Shutouts
1. Haddix • STL 6
2. Spahn • MLN 5
Roberts • PHI 5
4. Erskine • BRO 4
Simmons • PHI 4
6. Maglie • NYG 3
Buhl • MLN 3
Miller • PHI 3
Gómez • NYG 3
10. Worthington • NYG 2
Surkont • MLN 2
Meyer • BRO 2
Antonelli • MLN 2
Miller • STL 2
Minner • CHC 2
Perkowski • CIN 2
Home Runs
1. Hacker • CHC 35
2. Staley • STL 31
3. Roberts • PHI 30
4. Dickson • PIT 27
Roe • BRO 27
6. Drews • PHI 26
Perkowski • CIN 26
8. Meyer • BRO 25
Church • 2TM 25
10. Haddix • STL 24
Jansen • NYG 24
Bases on Balls
1. Lindell • 2TM 139
2. Mizell • STL 114
3. Klippstein • CHC 107
4. Gómez • NYG 101
5. Erskine • BRO 95
6. Hearn • NYG 84
Lown • CHC 84
8. Simmons • PHI 82
9. Wilhelm • NYG 77
10. Buhl • MLN 73
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 324
2. Staley • STL 243
3. Dickson • PIT 240
4. Minner • CHC 227
5. Hacker • CHC 225
6. Haddix • STL 220
7. Drews • PHI 218
8. Podbielan • CIN 214
9. Erskine • BRO 213
10. Simmons • PHI 211
Spahn • MLN 211
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.246
2. Haddix • STL 2.362
3. Roe • BRO 2.125
4. Spahn • MLN 2.114
5. Erskine • BRO 1.968
6. Hacker • CHC 1.963
7. Antonelli • MLN 1.845
8. Simmons • PHI 1.683
9. Meyer • BRO 1.683
10. Staley • STL 1.630
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Burdette • MLN 0.360
2. Spahn • MLN 0.474
3. Mizell • STL 0.481
4. Buhl • MLN 0.525
5. Simmons • PHI 0.643
6. Minner • CHC 0.672
7. Gómez • NYG 0.750
8. Erskine • BRO 0.766
9. Lindell • 2TM 0.769
10. Antonelli • MLN 0.770
Losses
1. Hacker • CHC 19
Dickson • PIT 19
3. Lindell • 2TM 17
4. Podbielan • CIN 16
Jansen • NYG 16
Roberts • PHI 16
LaPalme • PIT 16
8. Minner • CHC 15
9. Raffensberger • CIN 14
Rush • CHC 14
Earned Runs
1. Hacker • CHC 108
2. Roberts • PHI 106
3. Lindell • 2TM 103
4. Staley • STL 102
5. Dickson • PIT 101
6. Hearn • NYG 99
7. Podbielan • CIN 98
8. Erskine • BRO 97
Meyer • BRO 97
Perkowski • CIN 97
Wild Pitches
1. Lindell • 2TM 11
2. Klippstein • CHC 10
Hearn • NYG 10
4. LaPalme • PIT 9
Haddix • STL 9
Wilhelm • NYG 9
7. Miller • PHI 7
Hall • PIT 7
9. Lown • CHC 6
10. Dickson • PIT 4
Erskine • BRO 4
Meyer • BRO 4
Milliken • BRO 4
Mizell • STL 4
Presko • STL 4
Smith • CIN 4
Hit By Pitch
1. Staley • STL 17
2. Drews • PHI 10
3. Nuxhall • CIN 8
Podbielan • CIN 8
Klippstein • CHC 8
6. Collum • 2TM 6
Lindell • 2TM 6
8. Rush • CHC 5
Burdette • MLN 5
Presko • STL 5
Jones • CHC 5
Ridzik • PHI 5
Batters Faced
1. Roberts • PHI 1,412
2. Spahn • MLN 1,055
3. Haddix • STL 1,031
4. Erskine • BRO 1,030
5. Simmons • PHI 993
6. Mizell • STL 980
Staley • STL 980
8. Hacker • CHC 955
9. Lindell • 2TM 910
10. Dickson • PIT 877
Games Finished
1. Wilhelm • NYG 39
2. Brazle • STL 35
3. Hetki • PIT 31
4. Smith • CIN 27
Leonard • CHC 27
6. Burdette • MLN 24
7. White • STL 23
8. Klippstein • CHC 21
Labine • BRO 21
10. Hughes • BRO 20
Konstanty • PHI 20
Adjusted ERA+
1. Spahn • MLN 188
2. Roberts • PHI 153
3. Haddix • STL 139
4. Buhl • MLN 133
5. Simmons • PHI 131
6. Gómez • NYG 128
7. Antonelli • MLN 124
8. Burdette • MLN 122
9. Mizell • STL 122
10. Erskine • BRO 121
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Spahn • MLN 2.97
2. Roberts • PHI 3.12
3. Mizell • STL 3.32
4. Erskine • BRO 3.38
5. Haddix • STL 3.40
6. Simmons • PHI 3.43
7. Antonelli • MLN 3.44
8. Burdette • MLN 3.50
9. Minner • CHC 3.57
10. Buhl • MLN 3.75
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 58
2. Spahn • MLN 57
3. Haddix • STL 34
4. Simmons • PHI 24
5. Erskine • BRO 22
6. Mizell • STL 22
7. Gómez • NYG 20
8. Labine • BRO 18
9. Wilhelm • NYG 18
10. Buhl • MLN 18
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Spahn • MLN 6.0
2. Roberts • PHI 6.0
3. Haddix • STL 3.4
4. Simmons • PHI 2.4
5. Erskine • BRO 2.2
6. Mizell • STL 2.2
7. Gómez • NYG 2.0
8. Labine • BRO 1.8
9. Wilhelm • NYG 1.8
10. Buhl • MLN 1.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Roberts • PHI 68.37
2. Spahn • MLN 61.76
3. Erskine • BRO 30.81
4. Burdette • MLN 27.45
5. Haddix • STL 26.70
6. Simmons • PHI 26.37
7. Gómez • NYG 21.71
8. Labine • BRO 20.88
9. Buhl • MLN 15.58
10. White • STL 15.44
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Spahn • MLN 7.0
2. Burdette • MLN 5.0
3. Roberts • PHI 4.9
4. Haddix • STL 3.7
5. Erskine • BRO 3.6
6. Labine • BRO 3.1
7. Gómez • NYG 2.6
8. Buhl • MLN 2.4
9. Simmons • PHI 2.4
10. Konstanty • PHI 2.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Spahn • MLN 5.5
2. Roberts • PHI 5.0
3. Simmons • PHI 3.3
4. Gómez • NYG 2.7
5. Erskine • BRO 2.7
6. Haddix • STL 2.3
7. Labine • BRO 1.9
8. Burdette • MLN 1.8
9. Baczewski • 2TM 1.4
10. Buhl • MLN 1.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Spahn • MLN 10.9
2. Burdette • MLN 10.1
3. Erskine • BRO 9.5
4. Roberts • PHI 5.2
5. Labine • BRO 3.8
6. Buhl • MLN 3.3
7. Surkont • MLN 3.0
8. Haddix • STL 3.0
9. Antonelli • MLN 2.4
10. Simmons • PHI 2.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Roberts • PHI 7.3
2. Spahn • MLN 6.9
3. Erskine • BRO 3.1
4. Burdette • MLN 2.9
5. Haddix • STL 2.7
6. Simmons • PHI 2.7
7. Gómez • NYG 2.2
8. Labine • BRO 2.1
9. Buhl • MLN 1.6
10. White • STL 1.5

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