National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 11.0
2. Santo • CHC 8.9
3. Allen • PHI 8.8
4. Davis • LAD 8.3
5. Drysdale • LAD 8.3
6. Robinson • CIN 7.9
7. Clemente • PIT 7.2
8. Koufax • LAD 6.9
9. Aaron • MLN 6.8
10. Menke • MLN 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Drysdale • LAD 7.8
2. Koufax • LAD 7.3
3. Marichal • SFG 6.3
4. Short • PHI 6.2
5. Gibson • STL 6.0
6. Jackson • CHC 6.0
7. Veale • PIT 5.8
8. Bunning • PHI 5.5
9. Perry • SFG 5.4
10. O'Toole • CIN 5.4
Earned Run Average
1. Koufax • LAD 1.74
2. Drysdale • LAD 2.18
3. Short • PHI 2.20
4. Marichal • SFG 2.48
5. Bunning • PHI 2.63
6. O'Toole • CIN 2.66
7. Maloney • CIN 2.71
8. Veale • PIT 2.74
9. Perry • SFG 2.75
10. Bruce • HOU 2.76
Wins
1. Jackson • CHC 24
2. Marichal • SFG 21
3. Sadecki • STL 20
4. Bunning • PHI 19
Cloninger • MLN 19
Gibson • STL 19
Koufax • LAD 19
8. Drysdale • LAD 18
Simmons • STL 18
Veale • PIT 18
Win-Loss %
1. Koufax • LAD .792
2. Marichal • SFG .724
3. O'Toole • CIN .708
4. Bunning • PHI .704
5. Jackson • CHC .686
6. Simmons • STL .667
7. Short • PHI .654
8. Sadecki • STL .645
9. Bruce • HOU .625
10. Gibson • STL .613
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Koufax • LAD 0.928
2. Drysdale • LAD 0.965
3. Short • PHI 1.020
4. Bunning • PHI 1.034
5. Perry • SFG 1.076
6. Jackson • CHC 1.085
7. Marichal • SFG 1.089
8. Bruce • HOU 1.107
9. Jay • CIN 1.109
10. O'Toole • CIN 1.114
Hits per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 6.215
2. Drysdale • LAD 6.778
3. Short • PHI 7.097
4. Veale • PIT 7.144
5. Maloney • CIN 7.292
6. Bolin • SFG 7.368
7. Cloninger • MLN 7.640
8. Perry • SFG 7.808
9. Gibson • STL 7.831
10. Bunning • PHI 7.850
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Bunning • PHI 1.456
2. Bruce • HOU 1.468
3. Law • PIT 1.500
4. Marichal • SFG 1.740
5. Jackson • CHC 1.754
6. Jay • CIN 1.770
7. Simmons • STL 1.807
8. Johnson • HOU 1.817
9. Friend • PIT 1.872
10. Perry • SFG 1.876
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 9.000
2. Maloney • CIN 8.917
3. Veale • PIT 8.045
4. Gibson • STL 7.674
5. Lemaster • MLN 7.534
6. Bolin • SFG 7.523
7. Tsitouris • CIN 7.494
8. Short • PHI 7.382
9. Bunning • PHI 6.932
10. Marichal • SFG 6.892
Games Played
1. Miller • LAD 74
2. Perranoski • LAD 72
3. Baldschun • PHI 71
4. McDaniel • CHC 63
Taylor • STL 63
6. Wakefield • NYM 62
7. Shaw • SFG 61
Woodeshick • HOU 61
9. Roebuck • PHI 60
10. McBean • PIT 58
Saves
1. Woodeshick • HOU 23
2. Baldschun • PHI 21
McBean • PIT 21
4. McDaniel • CHC 16
5. Perranoski • LAD 14
Schultz • STL 14
Ellis • CIN 14
8. Tiefenauer • MLN 13
9. Roebuck • PHI 12
10. Shaw • SFG 11
Innings Pitched
1. Drysdale • LAD 321.1
2. Jackson • CHC 297.2
3. Gibson • STL 287.1
4. Bunning • PHI 284.1
5. Veale • PIT 279.2
6. Marichal • SFG 269.0
7. Ellsworth • CHC 256.2
8. Simmons • STL 244.0
9. Cloninger • MLN 242.2
10. Friend • PIT 240.1
Strikeouts
1. Veale • PIT 250
2. Gibson • STL 245
3. Drysdale • LAD 237
4. Koufax • LAD 223
5. Bunning • PHI 219
6. Maloney • CIN 214
7. Marichal • SFG 206
8. Lemaster • MLN 185
9. Short • PHI 181
10. Cloninger • MLN 163
Games Started
1. Drysdale • LAD 40
2. Bunning • PHI 39
3. Jackson • CHC 38
Veale • PIT 38
5. Ellsworth • CHC 36
Gibson • STL 36
7. Buhl • CHC 35
Friend • PIT 35
Johnson • HOU 35
Lemaster • MLN 35
Complete Games
1. Marichal • SFG 22
2. Drysdale • LAD 21
3. Jackson • CHC 19
4. Gibson • STL 17
5. Ellsworth • CHC 16
6. Koufax • LAD 15
Cloninger • MLN 15
8. Veale • PIT 14
9. Bunning • PHI 13
Friend • PIT 13
Shutouts
1. Koufax • LAD 7
2. Drysdale • LAD 5
Law • PIT 5
Fischer • MLN 5
Bunning • PHI 5
6. Bruce • HOU 4
Short • PHI 4
Nuxhall • CIN 4
Marichal • SFG 4
10. Buhl • CHC 3
Simmons • STL 3
Jackson • CHC 3
Jackson • NYM 3
Lemaster • MLN 3
Friend • PIT 3
Bolin • SFG 3
O'Toole • CIN 3
Cloninger • MLN 3
Ortega • LAD 3
Home Runs
1. Ellsworth • CHC 34
2. Lemaster • MLN 27
3. Gibson • STL 25
4. Simmons • STL 24
5. Bennett • PHI 23
Bunning • PHI 23
Fisher • NYM 23
Spahn • MLN 23
9. Buhl • CHC 22
Ortega • LAD 22
Bases on Balls
1. Veale • PIT 124
2. Gibson • STL 86
3. Maloney • CIN 83
4. Cloninger • MLN 82
Mahaffey • PHI 82
6. Bolin • SFG 77
7. Lemaster • MLN 75
Tsitouris • CIN 75
9. Stallard • NYM 73
10. Ellsworth • CHC 71
Hits
1. Ellsworth • CHC 267
2. Jackson • CHC 265
3. Fisher • NYM 256
4. Friend • PIT 253
5. Gibson • STL 250
6. Bunning • PHI 248
7. Drysdale • LAD 242
8. Marichal • SFG 241
9. Simmons • STL 233
10. Sadecki • STL 232
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Bunning • PHI 4.761
2. Koufax • LAD 4.208
3. Bruce • HOU 4.091
4. Marichal • SFG 3.962
5. Jay • CIN 3.722
6. Perry • SFG 3.605
7. Short • PHI 3.549
8. Drysdale • LAD 3.485
9. Law • PIT 2.906
10. Gibson • STL 2.849
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Veale • PIT 0.257
2. O'Toole • CIN 0.327
3. Bruce • HOU 0.356
4. Friend • PIT 0.374
5. Short • PHI 0.408
6. Drysdale • LAD 0.420
7. Jackson • CHC 0.514
8. Koufax • LAD 0.525
9. Marichal • SFG 0.602
10. Johnson • HOU 0.619
Losses
1. Stallard • NYM 20
2. Cisco • NYM 19
3. Ellsworth • CHC 18
Friend • PIT 18
5. Fisher • NYM 17
6. Drysdale • LAD 16
Jackson • NYM 16
Johnson • HOU 16
9. Brown • HOU 15
10. Bennett • PHI 14
Buhl • CHC 14
Cloninger • MLN 14
Earned Runs
1. Ellsworth • CHC 107
Fisher • NYM 107
3. Jackson • CHC 104
4. Lemaster • MLN 102
Spahn • MLN 102
6. Jackson • NYM 101
7. Buhl • CHC 97
8. Cloninger • MLN 96
Gibson • STL 96
10. Stallard • NYM 95
Wild Pitches
1. Lemaster • MLN 20
2. Veale • PIT 18
3. Maloney • CIN 16
4. Cloninger • MLN 13
5. Stallard • NYM 12
6. Drysdale • LAD 11
Tsitouris • CIN 11
8. Blass • PIT 10
McDaniel • CHC 10
10. Baldschun • PHI 9
Buhl • CHC 9
Koufax • LAD 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Bunning • PHI 14
2. Bolin • SFG 10
Drysdale • LAD 10
Fisher • NYM 10
5. Gibson • STL 9
Wakefield • NYM 9
7. Johnson • HOU 7
Purkey • CIN 7
Sadowski • MLN 7
Woodeshick • HOU 7
Batters Faced
1. Drysdale • LAD 1,264
2. Jackson • CHC 1,200
3. Gibson • STL 1,191
4. Veale • PIT 1,161
5. Bunning • PHI 1,145
6. Ellsworth • CHC 1,093
7. Marichal • SFG 1,089
8. Simmons • STL 1,006
9. Friend • PIT 1,004
10. Cloninger • MLN 997
Games Finished
1. Perranoski • LAD 52
2. Baldschun • PHI 51
3. McBean • PIT 49
4. Woodeshick • HOU 48
5. McDaniel • CHC 40
6. Miller • LAD 39
7. Tiefenauer • MLN 38
8. Ellis • CIN 32
9. Taylor • STL 31
10. Roebuck • PHI 27
Shaw • SFG 27
Adjusted ERA+
1. Koufax • LAD 186
2. Short • PHI 158
3. Drysdale • LAD 147
4. Marichal • SFG 143
5. O'Toole • CIN 136
6. Maloney • CIN 133
7. Bunning • PHI 132
8. Perry • SFG 129
9. Veale • PIT 128
10. Gibson • STL 127
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 2.08
2. Short • PHI 2.30
3. Bruce • HOU 2.32
4. O'Toole • CIN 2.46
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.46
6. Marichal • SFG 2.53
7. Veale • PIT 2.55
8. Bunning • PHI 2.75
9. Maloney • CIN 2.75
10. Friend • PIT 2.75
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Koufax • LAD 41
2. Drysdale • LAD 40
3. Short • PHI 31
4. Marichal • SFG 30
5. Gibson • STL 26
6. Bunning • PHI 25
7. O'Toole • CIN 24
8. Veale • PIT 23
9. Maloney • CIN 22
10. Perry • SFG 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 4.7
2. Drysdale • LAD 4.5
3. Short • PHI 3.5
4. Marichal • SFG 3.4
5. Gibson • STL 2.8
6. Bunning • PHI 2.8
7. O'Toole • CIN 2.7
8. Veale • PIT 2.5
9. Maloney • CIN 2.5
10. Perry • SFG 2.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Drysdale • LAD 50.78
2. Koufax • LAD 45.72
3. O'Toole • CIN 34.21
4. Short • PHI 34.01
5. Bunning • PHI 33.69
6. Marichal • SFG 32.37
7. Gibson • STL 28.80
8. Perry • SFG 28.53
9. Veale • PIT 25.20
10. Maloney • CIN 24.84
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 5.7
2. O'Toole • CIN 5.4
3. Perry • SFG 4.6
4. Drysdale • LAD 4.4
5. Marichal • SFG 4.3
6. Jackson • CHC 3.7
7. Bunning • PHI 3.6
8. Short • PHI 3.5
9. Gibson • STL 2.9
10. Maloney • CIN 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Drysdale • LAD 6.5
2. Koufax • LAD 5.6
3. O'Toole • CIN 4.3
4. Short • PHI 4.0
5. Jackson • CHC 4.0
6. Marichal • SFG 3.9
7. Perry • SFG 3.3
8. Bunning • PHI 3.2
9. Gibson • STL 3.1
10. Veale • PIT 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Maloney • CIN 16.5
2. O'Toole • CIN 15.9
3. Gibson • STL 13.4
4. Ellis • CIN 12.1
5. Short • PHI 9.4
6. Perry • SFG 9.1
7. Bunning • PHI 7.9
8. Marichal • SFG 7.3
9. Schultz • STL 5.6
10. Jay • CIN 4.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Drysdale • LAD 6.2
2. Koufax • LAD 5.7
3. O'Toole • CIN 3.9
4. Short • PHI 3.8
5. Bunning • PHI 3.8
6. Marichal • SFG 3.6
7. Perry • SFG 3.1
8. Gibson • STL 3.1
9. Veale • PIT 2.8
10. Maloney • CIN 2.7

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