National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Banks • CHC 10.2
2. Aaron • MLN 8.6
3. Mathews • MLN 8.2
4. Mays • SFG 7.8
5. Boyer • STL 7.4
6. Jackson • STL 6.9
7. Law • PIT 6.6
8. Newcombe • CIN 6.6
9. Pinson • CIN 6.5
10. Drysdale • LAD 6.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. Jackson • STL 7.3
2. Law • PIT 6.5
3. Drysdale • LAD 5.9
4. Jones • SFG 5.7
5. Spahn • MLN 5.5
6. Craig • LAD 5.0
7. Antonelli • SFG 4.9
8. Newcombe • CIN 4.9
9. Conley • PHI 4.8
10. Owens • PHI 4.5
Earned Run Average
1. Jones • SFG 2.83
2. Miller • SFG 2.84
3. Buhl • MLN 2.86
4. Spahn • MLN 2.96
5. Law • PIT 2.98
6. Conley • PHI 3.00
7. Antonelli • SFG 3.10
8. Haddix • PIT 3.13
9. Sanford • SFG 3.16
10. Newcombe • CIN 3.16
Wins
1. Spahn • MLN 21
Burdette • MLN 21
Jones • SFG 21
4. Antonelli • SFG 19
5. Face • PIT 18
Law • PIT 18
7. Drysdale • LAD 17
8. Hobbie • CHC 16
9. Sanford • SFG 15
Roberts • PHI 15
Buhl • MLN 15
Win-Loss %
1. Face • PIT .947
2. Craig • LAD .688
3. Law • PIT .667
4. Antonelli • SFG .655
5. Conley • PHI .632
6. Buhl • MLN .625
7. Newcombe • CIN .619
8. Podres • LAD .609
9. Spahn • MLN .583
Jones • SFG .583
Burdette • MLN .583
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Haddix • PIT 1.061
2. Newcombe • CIN 1.095
3. Conley • PHI 1.117
4. Law • PIT 1.120
5. Antonelli • SFG 1.145
6. Hillman • CHC 1.157
7. Roberts • PHI 1.174
8. Sanford • SFG 1.205
9. Spahn • MLN 1.205
10. Burdette • MLN 1.208
Hits per 9 IP
1. Haddix • PIT 7.582
2. Jones • SFG 7.714
3. Hobbie • CHC 7.846
4. Drysdale • LAD 7.881
5. Antonelli • SFG 7.883
6. Conley • PHI 7.950
7. Sanford • SFG 8.015
8. Buhl • MLN 8.227
9. Owens • PHI 8.255
10. Law • PIT 8.289
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Newcombe • CIN 1.095
2. Burdette • MLN 1.181
3. Roberts • PHI 1.224
4. Purkey • CIN 1.775
5. Law • PIT 1.793
6. Haddix • PIT 1.966
7. Friend • PIT 1.994
8. Hillman • CHC 2.026
9. Conley • PHI 2.100
10. Spahn • MLN 2.158
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Drysdale • LAD 8.047
2. Jones • SFG 6.950
3. Podres • LAD 6.692
4. Broglio • STL 6.601
5. McCormick • SFG 6.022
6. Haddix • PIT 5.978
7. Owens • PHI 5.489
8. Sanford • SFG 5.343
9. Hobbie • CHC 5.308
10. Antonelli • SFG 5.266
Games Played
1. Elston • CHC 65
Henry • CHC 65
3. McDaniel • STL 62
4. McMahon • MLN 60
5. Miller • SFG 59
6. Face • PIT 57
7. Labine • LAD 56
8. Jones • SFG 50
9. McCormick • SFG 47
Meyer • PHI 47
Saves
1. McDaniel • STL 16
2. McMahon • MLN 15
3. Elston • CHC 14
4. Henry • CHC 12
5. Lawrence • CIN 10
Face • PIT 10
7. Miller • SFG 8
Labine • LAD 8
9. Farrell • PHI 6
10. Jones • SFG 5
Peña • CIN 5
Innings Pitched
1. Spahn • MLN 292.0
2. Burdette • MLN 289.2
3. Antonelli • SFG 282.0
4. Drysdale • LAD 270.2
Jones • SFG 270.2
6. Law • PIT 266.0
7. Roberts • PHI 257.1
8. Jackson • STL 256.0
9. Anderson • CHC 235.1
10. Friend • PIT 234.2
Strikeouts
1. Drysdale • LAD 242
2. Jones • SFG 209
3. Koufax • LAD 173
4. Antonelli • SFG 165
5. McCormick • SFG 151
6. Haddix • PIT 149
7. Jackson • STL 145
Podres • LAD 145
9. Spahn • MLN 143
10. Hobbie • CHC 138
Games Started
1. Burdette • MLN 39
2. Antonelli • SFG 38
3. Jackson • STL 37
4. Spahn • MLN 36
Anderson • CHC 36
Drysdale • LAD 36
7. Roberts • PHI 35
Jones • SFG 35
Friend • PIT 35
10. Law • PIT 33
Purkey • CIN 33
Hobbie • CHC 33
Complete Games
1. Spahn • MLN 21
2. Law • PIT 20
Burdette • MLN 20
4. Roberts • PHI 19
5. Antonelli • SFG 17
Newcombe • CIN 17
7. Jones • SFG 16
8. Drysdale • LAD 15
9. Haddix • PIT 14
10. Conley • PHI 12
Buhl • MLN 12
Jackson • STL 12
Shutouts
1. Antonelli • SFG 4
Jones • SFG 4
Drysdale • LAD 4
Spahn • MLN 4
Craig • LAD 4
Burdette • MLN 4
Buhl • MLN 4
8. McCormick • SFG 3
Conley • PHI 3
Broglio • STL 3
Jackson • STL 3
Hobbie • CHC 3
Home Runs
1. Burdette • MLN 38
2. Roberts • PHI 34
3. Antonelli • SFG 29
4. Drysdale • LAD 26
Haddix • PIT 26
Peña • CIN 26
7. Law • PIT 25
Newcombe • CIN 25
Purkey • CIN 25
10. McCormick • SFG 24
Bases on Balls
1. Jones • SFG 109
2. Hobbie • CHC 106
3. Drysdale • LAD 93
4. Koufax • LAD 92
5. Broglio • STL 89
Mizell • STL 89
7. McCormick • SFG 86
Williams • LAD 86
9. Anderson • CHC 77
10. Antonelli • SFG 76
Hits
1. Burdette • MLN 312
2. Spahn • MLN 282
3. Jackson • STL 271
4. Friend • PIT 267
Roberts • PHI 267
6. Antonelli • SFG 247
7. Anderson • CHC 245
Law • PIT 245
9. Purkey • CIN 241
10. Drysdale • LAD 237
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.914
2. Newcombe • CIN 3.704
3. Haddix • PIT 3.041
4. Burdette • MLN 2.763
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.602
6. Conley • PHI 2.429
7. Jackson • STL 2.266
8. Antonelli • SFG 2.171
9. Law • PIT 2.075
10. Hillman • CHC 2.047
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Jackson • STL 0.457
2. Owens • PHI 0.569
3. Hobbie • CHC 0.577
4. Jones • SFG 0.599
5. Spahn • MLN 0.647
6. Conley • PHI 0.650
7. Friend • PIT 0.729
8. Hillman • CHC 0.801
9. Anderson • CHC 0.803
10. Miller • SFG 0.805
Losses
1. Friend • PIT 19
2. Purkey • CIN 18
3. Roberts • PHI 17
4. McCormick • SFG 16
5. Spahn • MLN 15
Jones • SFG 15
Burdette • MLN 15
8. Anderson • CHC 13
Kline • PIT 13
Jackson • STL 13
Hobbie • CHC 13
Drysdale • LAD 13
Earned Runs
1. Burdette • MLN 131
2. Roberts • PHI 122
3. Anderson • CHC 108
4. Friend • PIT 105
5. Drysdale • LAD 104
6. Purkey • CIN 103
7. McCormick • SFG 100
8. Antonelli • SFG 97
9. Hobbie • CHC 96
Spahn • MLN 96
Wild Pitches
1. McDaniel • STL 10
2. Hobbie • CHC 9
McCormick • SFG 9
Kline • PIT 9
5. Broglio • STL 8
Podres • LAD 8
Owens • PHI 8
O'Toole • CIN 8
9. Drabowsky • CHC 7
Williams • LAD 7
Snyder • LAD 7
Sanford • SFG 7
Jackson • STL 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Drysdale • LAD 18
2. McDevitt • LAD 14
3. Williams • LAD 9
4. Jones • SFG 8
Pizarro • MLN 8
Mizell • STL 8
7. Friend • PIT 7
Sanford • SFG 7
9. Phillips • 2TM 6
Hobbie • CHC 6
Purkey • CIN 6
Brosnan • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Spahn • MLN 1,203
2. Burdette • MLN 1,193
3. Antonelli • SFG 1,150
4. Jones • SFG 1,148
5. Drysdale • LAD 1,142
6. Jackson • STL 1,081
7. Law • PIT 1,080
8. Roberts • PHI 1,075
9. Friend • PIT 1,015
10. Anderson • CHC 1,004
Games Finished
1. McMahon • MLN 49
2. Elston • CHC 48
3. Face • PIT 47
McDaniel • STL 47
5. Henry • CHC 36
6. Labine • LAD 33
7. Miller • SFG 29
8. Farrell • PHI 27
9. Lawrence • CIN 22
10. Meyer • PHI 21
Adjusted ERA+
1. Conley • PHI 136
2. Jones • SFG 134
3. Miller • SFG 134
4. Newcombe • CIN 129
5. Law • PIT 129
6. Jackson • STL 128
7. Owens • PHI 127
8. Buhl • MLN 123
9. Antonelli • SFG 123
10. Haddix • PIT 123
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Jackson • STL 2.87
2. Conley • PHI 3.08
3. Jones • SFG 3.16
4. Owens • PHI 3.19
5. Spahn • MLN 3.23
6. Drysdale • LAD 3.23
7. Haddix • PIT 3.40
8. Friend • PIT 3.46
9. Hillman • CHC 3.47
10. Newcombe • CIN 3.54
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Craig • LAD 30
2. Law • PIT 30
3. Jones • SFG 29
4. Jackson • STL 26
5. Antonelli • SFG 24
6. Drysdale • LAD 23
7. Newcombe • CIN 22
8. Spahn • MLN 22
9. Conley • PHI 21
10. Henry • CHC 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Craig • LAD 3.3
2. Law • PIT 3.2
3. Jones • SFG 3.0
4. Jackson • STL 2.7
5. Antonelli • SFG 2.5
6. Drysdale • LAD 2.4
7. Newcombe • CIN 2.3
8. Spahn • MLN 2.2
9. Conley • PHI 2.2
10. Sherry • LAD 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Law • PIT 39.77
2. Antonelli • SFG 36.09
3. Jones • SFG 32.92
4. Spahn • MLN 30.41
5. Henry • CHC 28.64
6. Craig • LAD 26.44
7. Drysdale • LAD 25.81
8. Newcombe • CIN 23.49
9. Jackson • STL 21.84
10. Conley • PHI 20.84
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Law • PIT 4.0
2. Antonelli • SFG 3.7
3. Sherry • LAD 2.8
4. Drysdale • LAD 2.6
5. Spahn • MLN 2.6
6. McMahon • MLN 2.6
7. Craig • LAD 2.4
8. Conley • PHI 2.2
9. Owens • PHI 2.2
10. Jones • SFG 2.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Spahn • MLN 3.2
2. Craig • LAD 2.7
3. Drysdale • LAD 2.6
4. Antonelli • SFG 2.6
5. Newcombe • CIN 2.5
6. Conley • PHI 2.3
7. Jackson • STL 2.3
8. Haddix • PIT 2.3
9. Owens • PHI 2.0
10. Law • PIT 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Sherry • LAD 23.9
2. Craig • LAD 15.8
3. Antonelli • SFG 10.6
4. Sanford • SFG 10.1
5. Williams • LAD 8.5
6. Podres • LAD 6.7
7. Spahn • MLN 6.5
8. Buhl • MLN 5.2
9. Jones • SFG 5.0
10. Law • PIT 3.9
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Law • PIT 4.4
2. Antonelli • SFG 3.9
3. Jones • SFG 3.5
4. Spahn • MLN 3.4
5. Henry • CHC 3.0
6. Craig • LAD 2.7
7. Drysdale • LAD 2.6
8. Newcombe • CIN 2.4
9. Jackson • STL 2.2
10. Conley • PHI 2.2

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