National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • NYG 9.2
2. Snider • BRO 8.6
3. Banks • CHC 8.1
4. Mathews • MLN 7.2
5. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
6. Aaron • MLN 6.2
7. Musial • STL 6.2
8. Logan • MLN 6.0
9. Friend • PIT 5.9
10. Roberts • PHI 5.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Friend • PIT 6.0
2. Rush • CHC 5.5
3. Nuxhall • CIN 4.3
4. Roberts • PHI 4.3
5. Antonelli • NYG 4.1
6. Schmidt • STL 4.0
7. Law • PIT 4.0
8. Spahn • MLN 3.9
9. Hearn • NYG 3.4
10. Jones • CHC 3.2
Earned Run Average
1. Friend • PIT 2.83
2. Newcombe • BRO 3.20
3. Buhl • MLN 3.21
4. Spahn • MLN 3.26
5. Roberts • PHI 3.28
6. Antonelli • NYG 3.33
7. Nuxhall • CIN 3.47
8. Minner • CHC 3.48
9. Dickson • PHI 3.50
Rush • CHC 3.50
Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 23
2. Newcombe • BRO 20
3. Spahn • MLN 17
Nuxhall • CIN 17
5. Hearn • NYG 14
Jones • CHC 14
Friend • PIT 14
Antonelli • NYG 14
9. Buhl • MLN 13
Burdette • MLN 13
Rush • CHC 13
Labine • BRO 13
Win-Loss %
1. Newcombe • BRO .800
2. Labine • BRO .722
3. Roberts • PHI .622
4. Burdette • MLN .619
5. Conley • MLN .611
6. Friend • PIT .609
7. Nuxhall • CIN .586
8. Arroyo • STL .579
Erskine • BRO .579
10. Spahn • MLN .548
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Newcombe • BRO 1.113
2. Roberts • PHI 1.131
3. Friend • PIT 1.148
4. Hacker • CHC 1.150
5. Rush • CHC 1.184
6. Antonelli • NYG 1.224
7. Nuxhall • CIN 1.237
8. Wehmeier • PHI 1.255
9. Fowler • CIN 1.257
10. Dickson • PHI 1.259
Hits per 9 IP
1. Jones • CHC 6.517
2. Buhl • MLN 7.498
3. Rush • CHC 7.846
4. Antonelli • NYG 7.878
5. Dickson • PHI 7.917
6. Friend • PIT 7.997
7. Wehmeier • PHI 8.179
8. Nuxhall • CIN 8.405
9. Hacker • CHC 8.535
10. Newcombe • BRO 8.551
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Newcombe • BRO 1.464
2. Roberts • PHI 1.564
3. Hacker • CHC 1.817
4. Friend • PIT 2.336
5. Spahn • MLN 2.381
6. Hearn • NYG 2.621
7. Haddix • STL 2.683
8. Minner • CHC 2.683
9. Fowler • CIN 2.730
10. Nuxhall • CIN 2.732
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Jones • CHC 7.374
2. Haddix • STL 6.490
3. Podres • BRO 6.439
4. Conley • MLN 6.095
5. Newcombe • BRO 5.508
6. Antonelli • NYG 5.469
7. Buhl • MLN 5.221
8. Rush • CHC 5.000
9. Roberts • PHI 4.721
10. Surkont • PIT 4.545
Games Played
1. Labine • BRO 60
2. Wilhelm • NYG 59
3. LaPalme • STL 56
4. Grissom • NYG 55
5. Freeman • CIN 52
6. Jeffcoat • CHC 50
Meyer • PHI 50
Nuxhall • CIN 50
9. Roebuck • BRO 47
10. Fowler • CIN 46
Lawrence • STL 46
Saves
1. Meyer • PHI 16
2. Roebuck • BRO 12
3. Freeman • CIN 11
Labine • BRO 11
5. Grissom • NYG 8
6. Jeffcoat • CHC 6
Hughes • BRO 6
8. Face • PIT 5
9. Schultz • STL 4
Johnson • MLN 4
Pollet • CHC 4
Innings Pitched
1. Roberts • PHI 305.0
2. Nuxhall • CIN 257.0
3. Spahn • MLN 245.2
4. Jones • CHC 241.2
5. Antonelli • NYG 235.1
6. Rush • CHC 234.0
7. Newcombe • BRO 233.2
8. Burdette • MLN 230.0
9. Hearn • NYG 226.2
10. Dickson • PHI 216.0
Strikeouts
1. Jones • CHC 198
2. Roberts • PHI 160
3. Haddix • STL 150
4. Antonelli • NYG 143
Newcombe • BRO 143
6. Rush • CHC 130
7. Buhl • MLN 117
8. Podres • BRO 114
9. Spahn • MLN 110
10. Conley • MLN 107
Games Started
1. Roberts • PHI 38
2. Antonelli • NYG 34
Jones • CHC 34
4. Hearn • NYG 33
Burdette • MLN 33
Nuxhall • CIN 33
Rush • CHC 33
8. Spahn • MLN 32
9. Newcombe • BRO 31
Gómez • NYG 31
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 26
2. Newcombe • BRO 17
3. Spahn • MLN 16
4. Rush • CHC 14
Nuxhall • CIN 14
Antonelli • NYG 14
7. Hacker • CHC 13
8. Dickson • PHI 12
Jones • CHC 12
10. Burdette • MLN 11
Hearn • NYG 11
Buhl • MLN 11
Shutouts
1. Nuxhall • CIN 5
2. Jones • CHC 4
Dickson • PHI 4
4. Fowler • CIN 3
Rush • CHC 3
Gómez • NYG 3
7. Antonelli • NYG 2
Koufax • BRO 2
Klippstein • CIN 2
Rogovin • PHI 2
Haddix • STL 2
Poholsky • STL 2
Friend • PIT 2
Erskine • BRO 2
Podres • BRO 2
Burdette • MLN 2
Home Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 41
2. Hacker • CHC 38
3. Newcombe • BRO 35
4. Erskine • BRO 29
5. Dickson • PHI 27
Haddix • STL 27
Hearn • NYG 27
8. Poholsky • STL 26
9. Burdette • MLN 25
Jackson • STL 25
Nuxhall • CIN 25
Spahn • MLN 25
Bases on Balls
1. Jones • CHC 185
2. Buhl • MLN 109
3. Antonelli • NYG 82
Dickson • PHI 82
5. Nuxhall • CIN 78
Surkont • PIT 78
7. Burdette • MLN 73
Rush • CHC 73
9. Jackson • STL 72
10. Littlefield • PIT 68
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 292
2. Burdette • MLN 253
3. Spahn • MLN 249
4. Nuxhall • CIN 240
5. Hearn • NYG 225
6. Newcombe • BRO 222
7. Law • PIT 221
8. Haddix • STL 216
9. Gómez • NYG 207
10. Antonelli • NYG 206
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Newcombe • BRO 3.763
2. Roberts • PHI 3.019
3. Haddix • STL 2.419
4. Conley • MLN 2.058
5. Podres • BRO 2.000
6. Friend • PIT 1.885
7. Hacker • CHC 1.860
8. Rush • CHC 1.781
9. Antonelli • NYG 1.744
10. Spahn • MLN 1.692
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Buhl • MLN 0.580
2. Rush • CHC 0.731
3. Friend • PIT 0.809
4. Jones • CHC 0.819
5. Podres • BRO 0.847
6. Law • PIT 0.852
7. Minner • CHC 0.856
8. Fowler • CIN 0.867
9. Nuxhall • CIN 0.875
10. Spahn • MLN 0.916
Losses
1. Jones • CHC 20
2. Antonelli • NYG 16
Haddix • STL 16
Hearn • NYG 16
5. Hacker • CHC 15
6. Jackson • STL 14
Roberts • PHI 14
Spahn • MLN 14
Surkont • PIT 14
10. Kline • PIT 13
Earned Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 111
2. Jones • CHC 110
3. Burdette • MLN 103
Haddix • STL 103
Surkont • PIT 103
6. Hacker • CHC 101
7. Nuxhall • CIN 99
8. Wehmeier • PHI 95
9. Gómez • NYG 94
Hearn • NYG 94
Wild Pitches
1. Davis • CHC 7
2. Wilhelm • NYG 6
Arroyo • STL 6
Klippstein • CIN 6
Surkont • PIT 6
Meyer • PHI 6
Fowler • CIN 6
8. Jones • CHC 5
Labine • BRO 5
Law • PIT 5
Littlefield • PIT 5
Podres • BRO 5
Nuxhall • CIN 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Jones • CHC 14
2. Antonelli • NYG 11
3. Jackson • STL 9
4. Gómez • NYG 7
Lawrence • STL 7
6. McCall • NYG 6
Grissom • NYG 6
Burdette • MLN 6
9. Nuxhall • CIN 5
Kline • PIT 5
Smith • STL 5
Spooner • BRO 5
Haddix • STL 5
Batters Faced
1. Roberts • PHI 1,256
2. Jones • CHC 1,070
3. Nuxhall • CIN 1,061
4. Spahn • MLN 1,025
5. Burdette • MLN 1,001
6. Antonelli • NYG 986
7. Rush • CHC 959
8. Hearn • NYG 952
9. Newcombe • BRO 943
10. Dickson • PHI 905
Games Finished
1. Meyer • PHI 36
2. Grissom • NYG 32
Labine • BRO 32
4. Freeman • CIN 27
Roebuck • BRO 27
6. Jeffcoat • CHC 25
7. Face • PIT 21
8. Johnson • MLN 18
LaPalme • STL 18
10. Davis • CHC 17
Adjusted ERA+
1. Friend • PIT 144
2. Newcombe • BRO 128
3. Antonelli • NYG 123
4. Nuxhall • CIN 121
5. Roberts • PHI 121
6. Minner • CHC 119
7. Rush • CHC 118
8. Buhl • MLN 117
9. Spahn • MLN 115
10. Dickson • PHI 113
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Rush • CHC 3.27
2. Podres • BRO 3.31
3. Friend • PIT 3.37
4. Haddix • STL 3.58
5. Newcombe • BRO 3.59
6. Roberts • PHI 3.61
7. Spahn • MLN 3.61
8. Fowler • CIN 3.64
9. Antonelli • NYG 3.66
10. Buhl • MLN 3.68
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Friend • PIT 24
2. Nuxhall • CIN 22
3. Schmidt • STL 21
4. Rush • CHC 19
5. Newcombe • BRO 19
6. Roberts • PHI 19
7. Freeman • CIN 18
8. Antonelli • NYG 17
9. Miller • PHI 16
10. Spahn • MLN 16
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Friend • PIT 2.4
2. Nuxhall • CIN 2.2
3. Schmidt • STL 2.2
4. Rush • CHC 2.0
5. Newcombe • BRO 1.9
6. Roberts • PHI 1.9
7. Freeman • CIN 1.8
8. Antonelli • NYG 1.7
9. Miller • PHI 1.7
10. Spahn • MLN 1.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Nuxhall • CIN 27.81
2. Spahn • MLN 26.36
3. Rush • CHC 24.75
4. Schmidt • STL 24.43
5. Freeman • CIN 20.55
6. Roberts • PHI 19.59
7. Friend • PIT 18.76
8. Miller • PHI 18.67
9. Buhl • MLN 17.50
10. Jones • CHC 15.83
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Roberts • PHI 3.0
2. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
3. Meyer • PHI 2.5
4. Miller • PHI 2.3
5. Schmidt • STL 2.2
6. Buhl • MLN 2.1
7. Newcombe • BRO 2.1
8. Spahn • MLN 2.0
9. Jones • CHC 1.9
10. Law • PIT 1.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
2. Schmidt • STL 2.6
3. Rush • CHC 2.0
4. Roberts • PHI 2.0
5. Crone • MLN 1.8
6. Newcombe • BRO 1.6
7. Friend • PIT 1.6
8. Antonelli • NYG 1.3
9. Buhl • MLN 1.3
10. Labine • BRO 1.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Erskine • BRO 9.6
2. Newcombe • BRO 6.9
3. Roebuck • BRO 4.4
4. Hacker • CHC 3.5
5. Conley • MLN 2.6
6. Podres • BRO 2.5
7. Rush • CHC 2.0
8. Jeffcoat • CHC 1.8
9. Maglie • NYG 1.7
10. Roberts • PHI 1.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Spahn • MLN 2.8
2. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
3. Schmidt • STL 2.6
4. Rush • CHC 2.5
5. Freeman • CIN 2.0
6. Roberts • PHI 2.0
7. Miller • PHI 1.9
8. Friend • PIT 1.9
9. Buhl • MLN 1.9
10. Jones • CHC 1.6

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