National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Marichal • SFG 9.7
2. Koufax • LAD 9.7
3. Bunning • PHI 9.0
Mays • SFG 9.0
5. Santo • CHC 8.9
6. Clemente • PIT 8.2
7. Aaron • ATL 7.9
8. Allen • PHI 7.5
9. Maloney • CIN 7.4
10. Hart • SFG 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Koufax • LAD 10.3
2. Marichal • SFG 9.1
3. Bunning • PHI 9.0
4. Maloney • CIN 7.1
5. Gibson • STL 6.1
6. Cuellar • HOU 5.7
7. Perry • SFG 5.2
8. Regan • LAD 4.9
9. Veale • PIT 4.7
10. Bolin • SFG 4.2
Earned Run Average
1. Koufax • LAD 1.73
2. Cuellar • HOU 2.22
3. Marichal • SFG 2.23
4. Bunning • PHI 2.41
5. Gibson • STL 2.44
6. Jackson • STL 2.51
7. Maloney • CIN 2.80
8. Osteen • LAD 2.85
9. Bolin • SFG 2.89
10. Sutton • LAD 2.99
Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Marichal • SFG 25
3. Gibson • STL 21
Perry • SFG 21
5. Short • PHI 20
6. Bunning • PHI 19
7. Osteen • LAD 17
8. Maloney • CIN 16
Veale • PIT 16
10. Giusti • HOU 15
Jackson • 2TM 15
Win-Loss %
1. Marichal • SFG .806
2. Koufax • LAD .750
3. Perry • SFG .724
4. Jaster • STL .688
5. Maloney • CIN .667
Short • PHI .667
7. Johnson • ATL .636
Gibson • STL .636
9. Blass • PIT .611
10. Law • PIT .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Marichal • SFG 0.859
2. Koufax • LAD 0.985
3. Bunning • PHI 1.003
4. Gibson • STL 1.027
5. Cuellar • HOU 1.078
6. Sutton • LAD 1.081
7. Bolin • SFG 1.088
8. Jenkins • 2TM 1.096
9. Perry • SFG 1.103
10. Jackson • STL 1.148
Hits per 9 IP
1. Marichal • SFG 6.677
2. Koufax • LAD 6.715
3. Gibson • STL 6.742
4. Maloney • CIN 6.970
5. Bolin • SFG 6.981
6. Jenkins • 2TM 7.324
7. Bunning • PHI 7.452
8. Cuellar • HOU 7.641
9. Veale • PIT 7.647
10. Sutton • LAD 7.657
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Marichal • SFG 1.054
2. Law • PIT 1.216
3. Perry • SFG 1.408
4. Drysdale • LAD 1.480
5. Bunning • PHI 1.576
6. Pappas • CIN 1.674
7. Ellsworth • CHC 1.704
8. Jackson • STL 1.741
9. Ribant • NYM 1.912
10. Johnson • ATL 1.920
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Koufax • LAD 8.833
2. Maloney • CIN 8.653
3. Sutton • LAD 8.335
4. Veale • PIT 7.681
5. Jenkins • 2TM 7.324
6. Lemaster • ATL 7.316
7. Gibson • STL 7.224
8. Bunning • PHI 7.223
9. Perry • SFG 7.076
10. Holtzman • CHC 6.974
Games Played
1. Carroll • ATL 73
2. Mikkelsen • PIT 71
3. Knowles • PHI 69
4. Regan • LAD 65
5. McDaniel • SFG 64
6. Raymond • HOU 62
7. Jenkins • 2TM 61
O'Dell • 2TM 61
9. Nottebart • CIN 59
Woodeshick • STL 59
Saves
1. Regan • LAD 21
2. Face • PIT 18
McCool • CIN 18
4. Raymond • HOU 16
Linzy • SFG 16
6. Mikkelsen • PIT 14
7. Knowles • PHI 13
Hoerner • STL 13
Hamilton • NYM 13
10. Carroll • ATL 11
Nottebart • CIN 11
Innings Pitched
1. Koufax • LAD 323.0
2. Bunning • PHI 314.0
3. Marichal • SFG 307.1
4. Gibson • STL 280.1
5. Drysdale • LAD 273.2
6. Short • PHI 272.0
7. Ellsworth • CHC 269.1
8. Veale • PIT 268.1
9. Cloninger • ATL 257.2
10. Perry • SFG 255.2
Strikeouts
1. Koufax • LAD 317
2. Bunning • PHI 252
3. Veale • PIT 229
4. Gibson • STL 225
5. Marichal • SFG 222
6. Maloney • CIN 216
7. Sutton • LAD 209
8. Perry • SFG 201
9. Cloninger • ATL 178
10. Drysdale • LAD 177
Short • PHI 177
Games Started
1. Koufax • LAD 41
Bunning • PHI 41
3. Drysdale • LAD 40
4. Short • PHI 39
5. Cloninger • ATL 38
Osteen • LAD 38
7. Ellsworth • CHC 37
Veale • PIT 37
9. Marichal • SFG 36
Ellis • CIN 36
Complete Games
1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Marichal • SFG 25
3. Gibson • STL 20
4. Short • PHI 19
5. Bunning • PHI 16
6. Perry • SFG 13
7. Jackson • 2TM 12
Veale • PIT 12
9. Johnson • ATL 11
Drysdale • LAD 11
Cuellar • HOU 11
Cloninger • ATL 11
Jackson • STL 11
Shutouts
1. Bunning • PHI 5
Jackson • 2TM 5
Maloney • CIN 5
Koufax • LAD 5
Jaster • STL 5
Gibson • STL 5
7. Law • PIT 4
Short • PHI 4
Marichal • SFG 4
Bolin • SFG 4
Giusti • HOU 4
Home Runs
1. Ellis • CIN 35
2. Marichal • SFG 32
3. Cloninger • ATL 29
4. Ellsworth • CHC 28
Short • PHI 28
6. Holtzman • CHC 27
7. Bunning • PHI 26
Fisher • NYM 26
9. Bolin • SFG 25
Lemaster • ATL 25
Jackson • 2TM 25
Bases on Balls
1. Cloninger • ATL 116
2. Veale • PIT 102
3. Maloney • CIN 90
4. Hamilton • NYM 88
5. Ellis • CIN 78
Gibson • STL 78
7. Koufax • LAD 77
8. Bolin • SFG 70
9. Holtzman • CHC 68
Short • PHI 68
Hits
1. Ellsworth • CHC 321
2. Drysdale • LAD 279
3. Bunning • PHI 260
4. Short • PHI 257
Jackson • 2TM 257
6. Cloninger • ATL 253
7. Perry • SFG 242
8. Koufax • LAD 241
9. Osteen • LAD 238
10. Fisher • NYM 229
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Marichal • SFG 6.167
2. Perry • SFG 5.025
3. Bunning • PHI 4.582
4. Koufax • LAD 4.117
5. Sutton • LAD 4.019
6. Drysdale • LAD 3.933
7. Law • PIT 3.667
8. Pappas • CIN 3.410
9. Lemaster • ATL 3.390
10. Cuellar • HOU 3.365
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Osteen • LAD 0.225
2. Cuellar • HOU 0.396
3. Perry • SFG 0.528
4. Koufax • LAD 0.529
5. Veale • PIT 0.604
6. Gibson • STL 0.642
7. Fryman • PIT 0.644
8. Drysdale • LAD 0.691
9. Jackson • STL 0.696
10. Maloney • CIN 0.721
Losses
1. Ellsworth • CHC 22
2. Ellis • CIN 19
3. Drysdale • LAD 16
Holtzman • CHC 16
5. Briles • STL 15
Jackson • STL 15
Jackson • 2TM 15
8. Bunning • PHI 14
Fisher • NYM 14
Giusti • HOU 14
Osteen • LAD 14
Shaw • 2TM 14
Earned Runs
1. Ellis • CIN 130
2. Ellsworth • CHC 119
3. Cloninger • ATL 118
4. Short • PHI 107
5. Drysdale • LAD 104
6. Pappas • CIN 100
7. Giusti • HOU 98
8. Shaw • 2TM 95
9. Fisher • NYM 94
Jackson • 2TM 94
Wild Pitches
1. Cloninger • ATL 27
2. Hamilton • NYM 18
3. Giusti • HOU 14
4. Fisher • NYM 12
Gibson • STL 12
6. Shaw • 2TM 11
7. Carroll • ATL 10
Veale • PIT 10
9. Blasingame • ATL 9
Blass • PIT 9
Cuellar • HOU 9
Culp • PHI 9
Ellis • CIN 9
Hepler • NYM 9
Abernathy • 2TM 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Bunning • PHI 19
2. Drysdale • LAD 17
3. Bolin • SFG 10
Maloney • CIN 10
5. Nuxhall • CIN 9
Short • PHI 9
7. Bruce • HOU 8
Fisher • NYM 8
9. Briles • STL 7
Culp • PHI 7
Knowles • PHI 7
Latman • HOU 7
Shaw • 2TM 7
Batters Faced
1. Koufax • LAD 1,274
2. Bunning • PHI 1,254
3. Marichal • SFG 1,180
4. Ellsworth • CHC 1,169
5. Drysdale • LAD 1,135
6. Cloninger • ATL 1,132
7. Gibson • STL 1,119
8. Short • PHI 1,118
9. Veale • PIT 1,111
10. Jackson • 2TM 1,057
Games Finished
1. Regan • LAD 48
2. McCool • CIN 45
3. Face • PIT 42
Raymond • HOU 42
5. Hoerner • STL 39
Knowles • PHI 39
7. Abernathy • 2TM 36
8. Linzy • SFG 34
9. Mikkelsen • PIT 33
Perranoski • LAD 33
Adjusted ERA+
1. Koufax • LAD 190
2. Marichal • SFG 167
3. Cuellar • HOU 155
4. Bunning • PHI 150
5. Gibson • STL 148
6. Jackson • STL 144
7. Maloney • CIN 140
8. Bolin • SFG 129
9. Perry • SFG 124
10. Veale • PIT 118
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Koufax • LAD 2.07
2. Perry • SFG 2.27
3. Cuellar • HOU 2.27
4. Sutton • LAD 2.53
5. Osteen • LAD 2.57
6. Bunning • PHI 2.73
7. Gibson • STL 2.76
8. Marichal • SFG 2.86
9. Veale • PIT 2.92
10. Drysdale • LAD 2.94
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Koufax • LAD 60
2. Marichal • SFG 49
3. Bunning • PHI 44
4. Gibson • STL 35
5. Maloney • CIN 28
6. Cuellar • HOU 25
7. Jackson • STL 25
8. Regan • LAD 24
9. Perry • SFG 22
10. Carroll • ATL 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Koufax • LAD 6.9
2. Marichal • SFG 5.6
3. Bunning • PHI 4.9
4. Gibson • STL 3.9
5. Maloney • CIN 3.1
6. Cuellar • HOU 2.8
7. Jackson • STL 2.7
8. Regan • LAD 2.6
9. Perry • SFG 2.4
10. Carroll • ATL 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Koufax • LAD 68.04
2. Marichal • SFG 56.49
3. Bunning • PHI 49.84
4. Gibson • STL 36.61
5. Maloney • CIN 29.36
6. Perry • SFG 28.42
7. Regan • LAD 25.43
8. Cuellar • HOU 24.68
9. McCool • CIN 23.28
10. Bolin • SFG 22.81
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 8.0
2. Marichal • SFG 7.7
3. Bunning • PHI 5.5
4. Gibson • STL 4.5
5. Perry • SFG 3.7
6. Bolin • SFG 3.3
7. Regan • LAD 3.2
8. Cuellar • HOU 3.0
9. McCool • CIN 2.8
10. Maloney • CIN 2.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Koufax • LAD 7.2
2. Marichal • SFG 6.9
3. Bunning • PHI 3.8
4. Gibson • STL 3.3
5. Perry • SFG 3.2
6. Regan • LAD 2.8
7. Cuellar • HOU 2.5
8. Osteen • LAD 2.2
9. Maloney • CIN 2.1
10. McCool • CIN 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Koufax • LAD 26.9
2. Marichal • SFG 26.7
3. Regan • LAD 13.7
4. Perry • SFG 9.9
5. Bolin • SFG 9.1
6. Drysdale • LAD 5.4
7. Bunning • PHI 4.9
8. McDaniel • SFG 4.2
9. Veale • PIT 3.9
10. Sutton • LAD 2.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Koufax • LAD 8.5
2. Marichal • SFG 6.4
3. Bunning • PHI 5.6
4. Gibson • STL 4.1
5. Maloney • CIN 3.1
6. Perry • SFG 3.1
7. Regan • LAD 2.9
8. Cuellar • HOU 2.8
9. Bolin • SFG 2.4
10. McCool • CIN 2.4

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