National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • NYG 8.3
2. Aaron • MLN 8.0
3. Mathews • MLN 7.4
4. Robinson • CIN 6.9
5. Banks • CHC 6.7
6. Musial • STL 6.1
7. Drysdale • BRO 5.8
8. Podres • BRO 5.7
Schoendienst • 2TM 5.7
10. Blasingame • STL 5.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Drysdale • BRO 6.0
2. Podres • BRO 5.8
3. Spahn • MLN 4.8
4. Sanford • PHI 4.6
5. Drabowsky • CHC 4.6
6. Lawrence • CIN 4.0
7. Jackson • STL 3.8
8. Simmons • PHI 3.7
9. Gómez • NYG 3.6
10. Antonelli • NYG 3.4
Earned Run Average
1. Podres • BRO 2.66
2. Drysdale • BRO 2.69
3. Spahn • MLN 2.69
4. Buhl • MLN 2.74
5. Law • PIT 2.87
6. Sanford • PHI 3.08
7. Friend • PIT 3.38
8. Simmons • PHI 3.44
9. Barclay • NYG 3.44
10. Jackson • STL 3.47
Wins
1. Spahn • MLN 21
2. Sanford • PHI 19
3. Buhl • MLN 18
4. Drysdale • BRO 17
Burdette • MLN 17
6. Lawrence • CIN 16
7. Gómez • NYG 15
Drott • CHC 15
McDaniel • STL 15
Jackson • STL 15
Win-Loss %
1. Buhl • MLN .720
2. Sanford • PHI .704
3. Spahn • MLN .656
4. Burdette • MLN .654
Drysdale • BRO .654
6. McDaniel • STL .625
Jackson • STL .625
8. Wehmeier • STL .588
9. Drott • CHC .577
10. Podres • BRO .571
Jones • STL .571
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Podres • BRO 1.082
2. Roberts • PHI 1.158
3. Drysdale • BRO 1.167
4. Newcombe • BRO 1.168
5. Spahn • MLN 1.177
6. Law • PIT 1.181
7. Jackson • STL 1.203
8. Sanford • PHI 1.217
9. Friend • PIT 1.231
10. Lawrence • CIN 1.238
Hits per 9 IP
1. Sanford • PHI 7.377
2. Podres • BRO 7.714
3. Drott • CHC 7.860
4. Buhl • MLN 7.934
5. Worthington • NYG 7.992
6. Spahn • MLN 8.004
7. Drysdale • BRO 8.023
8. Drabowsky • CHC 8.036
9. Jones • STL 8.080
10. Jackson • STL 8.387
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Newcombe • BRO 1.495
2. Roberts • PHI 1.550
3. Law • PIT 1.668
4. Purkey • PIT 1.904
5. Jeffcoat • CIN 2.000
6. Podres • BRO 2.020
7. Haddix • PHI 2.057
8. Burdette • MLN 2.069
9. Simmons • PHI 2.123
10. Friend • PIT 2.209
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Jones • STL 7.588
2. Haddix • PHI 7.172
3. Sanford • PHI 7.149
4. Drott • CHC 6.681
5. Drabowsky • CHC 6.384
6. Drysdale • BRO 6.027
7. Worthington • NYG 5.137
8. Nuxhall • CIN 5.111
9. Podres • BRO 5.005
10. Wehmeier • STL 4.964
Games Played
1. Lown • CHC 67
2. Face • PIT 59
3. Labine • BRO 58
4. Grissom • NYG 55
Worthington • NYG 55
6. Arroyo • PIT 54
7. Farrell • PHI 52
Freeman • CIN 52
9. Acker • CIN 49
Lawrence • CIN 49
Saves
1. Labine • BRO 17
2. Grissom • NYG 14
3. Lown • CHC 12
4. Wilhelm • STL 11
5. Face • PIT 10
Farrell • PHI 10
7. Elston • 2TM 8
Muffett • STL 8
Freeman • CIN 8
McMahon • MLN 8
Roebuck • BRO 8
Innings Pitched
1. Friend • PIT 277.0
2. Spahn • MLN 271.0
3. Burdette • MLN 256.2
4. Lawrence • CIN 250.1
5. Roberts • PHI 249.2
6. Drabowsky • CHC 239.2
7. Gómez • NYG 238.1
8. Sanford • PHI 236.2
9. Drott • CHC 229.0
10. Drysdale • BRO 221.0
Strikeouts
1. Sanford • PHI 188
2. Drabowsky • CHC 170
Drott • CHC 170
4. Jones • STL 154
5. Drysdale • BRO 148
6. Friend • PIT 143
7. Haddix • PHI 136
8. Roberts • PHI 128
9. Koufax • BRO 122
10. Lawrence • CIN 121
Games Started
1. Friend • PIT 38
2. Gómez • NYG 36
3. Spahn • MLN 35
4. Sanford • PHI 33
Drabowsky • CHC 33
Burdette • MLN 33
7. Lawrence • CIN 32
Drott • CHC 32
Roberts • PHI 32
10. Buhl • MLN 31
Jeffcoat • CIN 31
Kline • PIT 31
Complete Games
1. Spahn • MLN 18
2. Friend • PIT 17
3. Gómez • NYG 16
4. Sanford • PHI 15
5. Roberts • PHI 14
Burdette • MLN 14
Buhl • MLN 14
8. Lawrence • CIN 12
Drabowsky • CHC 12
Newcombe • BRO 12
Shutouts
1. Podres • BRO 6
2. Spahn • MLN 4
Newcombe • BRO 4
Drysdale • BRO 4
5. Antonelli • NYG 3
Law • PIT 3
Sanford • PHI 3
Drott • CHC 3
Friend • PIT 3
10. Roberts • PHI 2
McDaniel • STL 2
McDevitt • BRO 2
Mizell • STL 2
Nuxhall • CIN 2
Kline • PIT 2
Jones • STL 2
Jackson • STL 2
Drabowsky • CHC 2
Simmons • PHI 2
Buhl • MLN 2
Barclay • NYG 2
Home Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 40
2. Jeffcoat • CIN 29
3. Friend • PIT 28
Gómez • NYG 28
Newcombe • BRO 28
6. Kline • PIT 27
7. Lawrence • CIN 26
8. Burdette • MLN 25
Wehmeier • STL 25
10. Nuxhall • CIN 24
Bases on Balls
1. Drott • CHC 129
2. Buhl • MLN 121
3. Drabowsky • CHC 94
Sanford • PHI 94
5. Spahn • MLN 78
6. Lawrence • CIN 76
7. McDevitt • BRO 72
8. Gómez • NYG 71
Jones • STL 71
10. Friend • PIT 68
Klippstein • CIN 68
Hits
1. Friend • PIT 273
2. Burdette • MLN 260
3. Roberts • PHI 246
4. Spahn • MLN 241
5. Jeffcoat • CIN 236
6. Lawrence • CIN 234
7. Gómez • NYG 233
8. Antonelli • NYG 228
9. Drabowsky • CHC 214
Kline • PIT 214
Simmons • PHI 214
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Haddix • PHI 3.487
2. Roberts • PHI 2.977
3. Newcombe • BRO 2.727
4. Podres • BRO 2.477
5. Drysdale • BRO 2.426
6. Jones • STL 2.169
7. Friend • PIT 2.103
8. Sanford • PHI 2.000
9. Nuxhall • CIN 1.868
10. Simmons • PHI 1.840
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Simmons • PHI 0.467
2. Purkey • PIT 0.501
3. McDaniel • STL 0.613
4. Buhl • MLN 0.623
5. Podres • BRO 0.689
6. Drysdale • BRO 0.692
7. Rush • CHC 0.701
8. Spahn • MLN 0.764
9. Antonelli • NYG 0.805
10. Drabowsky • CHC 0.826
Losses
1. Roberts • PHI 22
2. Antonelli • NYG 18
Friend • PIT 18
4. Kline • PIT 16
Rush • CHC 16
6. Drabowsky • CHC 15
7. Purkey • PIT 14
8. Gómez • NYG 13
Haddix • PHI 13
Jeffcoat • CIN 13
Lawrence • CIN 13
Earned Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 113
2. Burdette • MLN 106
3. Friend • PIT 104
Jeffcoat • CIN 104
5. Gómez • NYG 100
Rush • CHC 100
7. Lawrence • CIN 98
8. Drabowsky • CHC 94
9. Kline • PIT 92
Nuxhall • CIN 92
Wild Pitches
1. Sanford • PHI 12
2. McDaniel • STL 9
3. Schmidt • STL 7
Drott • CHC 7
McDevitt • BRO 7
6. Haddix • PHI 6
Arroyo • PIT 6
Conley • MLN 6
9. Worthington • NYG 5
Klippstein • CIN 5
Koufax • BRO 5
Drabowsky • CHC 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Drabowsky • CHC 10
2. Acker • CIN 8
Lawrence • CIN 8
4. Drysdale • BRO 7
Drott • CHC 7
Purkey • PIT 7
Jeffcoat • CIN 7
Nuxhall • CIN 7
Arroyo • PIT 7
10. Jones • STL 6
McDevitt • BRO 6
Batters Faced
1. Friend • PIT 1,148
2. Spahn • MLN 1,111
3. Burdette • MLN 1,067
4. Lawrence • CIN 1,045
5. Roberts • PHI 1,033
6. Gómez • NYG 1,011
7. Drabowsky • CHC 1,010
8. Drott • CHC 1,007
9. Sanford • PHI 989
10. Buhl • MLN 926
Games Finished
1. Lown • CHC 47
2. Grissom • NYG 38
3. Labine • BRO 37
4. Face • PIT 32
Farrell • PHI 32
6. Wilhelm • STL 30
7. Freeman • CIN 26
8. Worthington • NYG 23
9. King • PIT 19
McMahon • MLN 19
Roebuck • BRO 19
Adjusted ERA+
1. Podres • BRO 155
2. Drysdale • BRO 153
3. Law • PIT 133
4. Spahn • MLN 130
5. Buhl • MLN 128
6. Sanford • PHI 124
7. Newcombe • BRO 118
8. Lawrence • CIN 116
9. Jackson • STL 114
10. Barclay • NYG 114
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Haddix • PHI 2.94
2. Simmons • PHI 3.00
3. Podres • BRO 3.03
4. Drysdale • BRO 3.04
5. Jones • STL 3.24
6. Sanford • PHI 3.31
7. Purkey • PIT 3.36
8. McDaniel • STL 3.44
9. Rush • CHC 3.46
10. Friend • PIT 3.48
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Drysdale • BRO 32
2. Podres • BRO 30
3. Spahn • MLN 25
4. Buhl • MLN 19
5. Sanford • PHI 18
6. Jackson • STL 14
7. Lawrence • CIN 14
8. Law • PIT 14
9. Newcombe • BRO 13
10. Roebuck • BRO 12
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Drysdale • BRO 3.5
2. Podres • BRO 3.3
3. Spahn • MLN 2.7
4. Buhl • MLN 2.0
5. Sanford • PHI 1.9
6. Jackson • STL 1.5
7. Lawrence • CIN 1.5
8. Law • PIT 1.4
9. Newcombe • BRO 1.4
10. Roebuck • BRO 1.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Podres • BRO 37.43
2. Drysdale • BRO 34.16
3. Spahn • MLN 34.02
4. Jackson • STL 23.99
5. Buhl • MLN 22.30
6. Lawrence • CIN 19.15
7. Farrell • PHI 18.33
8. Sanford • PHI 18.16
9. Roebuck • BRO 16.53
10. Drabowsky • CHC 14.05
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Podres • BRO 4.3
2. Sanford • PHI 3.3
3. Jackson • STL 3.3
4. Farrell • PHI 3.1
Drysdale • BRO 3.1
6. Buhl • MLN 2.9
7. Spahn • MLN 2.6
8. Jones • STL 2.6
9. Burdette • MLN 2.1
10. Purkey • PIT 1.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Podres • BRO 3.0
2. Spahn • MLN 2.6
3. Drysdale • BRO 2.6
4. Sanford • PHI 1.7
5. Lawrence • CIN 1.6
6. Roebuck • BRO 1.5
7. Newcombe • BRO 1.5
8. Law • PIT 1.4
9. Drabowsky • CHC 1.3
10. Jackson • STL 1.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Buhl • MLN 9.2
2. Podres • BRO 9.1
3. Jones • STL 7.4
4. Conley • MLN 6.1
5. Spahn • MLN 5.5
6. Sanford • PHI 5.0
7. McDaniel • STL 4.4
8. Johnson • MLN 3.7
9. Drysdale • BRO 3.6
10. Simmons • PHI 3.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Podres • BRO 4.0
2. Spahn • MLN 3.9
3. Drysdale • BRO 3.6
4. Jackson • STL 2.5
5. Buhl • MLN 2.5
6. Lawrence • CIN 1.9
7. Sanford • PHI 1.9
8. Farrell • PHI 1.9
9. Roebuck • BRO 1.7
10. Drabowsky • CHC 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