National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Santo • CHC 9.8
2. Clemente • PIT 8.9
3. Aaron • ATL 8.5
4. Bunning • PHI 8.0
5. Cepeda • STL 6.8
6. Seaver • NYM 6.7
7. Nolan • CIN 6.0
8. Phillips • CHC 6.0
9. McCarver • STL 6.0
10. Abernathy • CIN 6.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Bunning • PHI 7.8
2. Nolan • CIN 6.3
3. Short • PHI 6.2
4. Abernathy • CIN 6.2
5. Seaver • NYM 6.0
6. Perry • SFG 5.6
7. Queen • CIN 5.0
8. Jenkins • CHC 5.0
9. Niekro • ATL 4.9
10. Drysdale • LAD 4.5
Earned Run Average
1. Niekro • ATL 1.87
2. Bunning • PHI 2.29
3. Short • PHI 2.39
4. Nolan • CIN 2.58
5. Perry • SFG 2.61
6. Singer • LAD 2.64
7. Hughes • STL 2.67
8. Johnson • ATL 2.74
9. Drysdale • LAD 2.74
10. Marichal • SFG 2.76
Wins
1. McCormick • SFG 22
2. Jenkins • CHC 20
3. Bunning • PHI 17
Osteen • LAD 17
5. Cuellar • HOU 16
Hughes • STL 16
Pappas • CIN 16
Seaver • NYM 16
Veale • PIT 16
10. Jarvis • ATL 15
Maloney • CIN 15
Perry • SFG 15
Win-Loss %
1. Briles • STL .737
2. Hughes • STL .727
3. McCormick • SFG .688
4. Veale • PIT .667
Sadecki • SFG .667
6. Gibson • STL .650
7. Queen • CIN .636
Nolan • CIN .636
9. Farrell • 2TM .625
10. Carlton • STL .609
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hughes • STL 0.954
2. Bunning • PHI 1.039
3. Queen • CIN 1.058
4. Niekro • ATL 1.058
5. Perry • SFG 1.075
6. Jenkins • CHC 1.082
7. Johnson • ATL 1.089
8. Gibson • STL 1.089
9. Nolan • CIN 1.125
10. Nye • CHC 1.127
Hits per 9 IP
1. Hughes • STL 6.639
2. Wilson • HOU 6.897
3. Perry • SFG 7.096
4. Queen • CIN 7.129
5. Niekro • ATL 7.130
6. Jenkins • CHC 7.154
7. Bunning • PHI 7.174
8. Short • PHI 7.360
9. McCormick • SFG 7.548
10. Nolan • CIN 7.663
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Pappas • CIN 1.571
2. Osteen • LAD 1.623
3. Johnson • ATL 1.626
4. Niekro • CHC 1.697
5. Jackson • PHI 1.857
6. Marichal • SFG 1.868
7. Drysdale • LAD 1.915
8. Hughes • STL 1.943
9. Washburn • STL 2.029
10. Gibson • STL 2.053
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Nolan • CIN 8.179
2. Veale • PIT 7.936
3. Carlton • STL 7.834
4. Wilson • HOU 7.777
5. Gibson • STL 7.546
6. Bunning • PHI 7.531
7. Singer • LAD 7.444
8. Cuellar • HOU 7.417
9. Marichal • SFG 7.384
10. Jenkins • CHC 7.341
Games Played
1. Abernathy • CIN 70
Perranoski • LAD 70
3. Willis • STL 65
4. Face • PIT 61
5. Hoerner • STL 57
Linzy • SFG 57
Farrell • 2TM 57
8. Regan • LAD 55
9. Schneider • HOU 54
10. Miller • LAD 52
Ritchie • ATL 52
Saves
1. Abernathy • CIN 28
2. Linzy • SFG 17
Face • PIT 17
4. Perranoski • LAD 16
5. Hoerner • STL 14
6. Farrell • 2TM 12
7. Hartenstein • CHC 11
8. Willis • STL 10
9. Raymond • 2TM 9
Pizarro • PIT 9
Niekro • ATL 9
Hall • PHI 9
Upshaw • ATL 9
Innings Pitched
1. Bunning • PHI 302.1
2. Perry • SFG 293.0
3. Jenkins • CHC 289.1
4. Osteen • LAD 288.1
5. Drysdale • LAD 282.0
6. McCormick • SFG 262.1
7. Jackson • PHI 261.2
8. Seaver • NYM 251.0
9. Cuellar • HOU 246.1
10. Sutton • LAD 232.2
Strikeouts
1. Bunning • PHI 253
2. Jenkins • CHC 236
3. Perry • SFG 230
4. Nolan • CIN 206
5. Cuellar • HOU 203
6. Drysdale • LAD 196
7. Veale • PIT 179
8. Seaver • NYM 170
9. Singer • LAD 169
Sutton • LAD 169
Games Started
1. Bunning • PHI 40
2. Osteen • LAD 39
3. Drysdale • LAD 38
Jenkins • CHC 38
5. Jackson • PHI 37
Perry • SFG 37
7. McCormick • SFG 35
8. Seaver • NYM 34
Sutton • LAD 34
10. Giusti • HOU 33
Complete Games
1. Jenkins • CHC 20
2. Perry • SFG 18
Seaver • NYM 18
Marichal • SFG 18
5. Bunning • PHI 16
Cuellar • HOU 16
7. McCormick • SFG 14
Osteen • LAD 14
9. Hughes • STL 12
10. Carlton • STL 11
Jackson • PHI 11
Sisk • PIT 11
Sutton • LAD 11
Shutouts
1. Bunning • PHI 6
2. McCormick • SFG 5
Nolan • CIN 5
Osteen • LAD 5
5. Jackson • PHI 4
6. Wise • PHI 3
Maloney • CIN 3
Jenkins • CHC 3
Hughes • STL 3
Pappas • CIN 3
Perry • SFG 3
Singer • LAD 3
Drysdale • LAD 3
Sutton • LAD 3
Cuellar • HOU 3
Wilson • HOU 3
Cardwell • NYM 3
Home Runs
1. Jenkins • CHC 30
2. McCormick • SFG 25
3. Culp • CHC 22
Hughes • STL 22
5. Fisher • NYM 21
6. Giusti • HOU 20
Lemaster • ATL 20
Marichal • SFG 20
Perry • SFG 20
10. Drysdale • LAD 19
Johnson • ATL 19
Osteen • LAD 19
Pappas • CIN 19
Seaver • NYM 19
Bases on Balls
1. Veale • PIT 119
2. Perry • SFG 84
3. Jenkins • CHC 83
4. McCormick • SFG 81
5. Seaver • NYM 78
Sisk • PIT 78
7. Short • PHI 74
8. Bunning • PHI 73
9. Lemaster • ATL 72
Maloney • CIN 72
Hits
1. Osteen • LAD 298
2. Drysdale • LAD 269
3. Fisher • NYM 251
4. Jackson • PHI 242
5. Bunning • PHI 241
6. Cuellar • HOU 233
7. Giusti • HOU 231
Perry • SFG 231
9. Jenkins • CHC 230
10. Seaver • NYM 224
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Marichal • SFG 3.952
2. Gibson • STL 3.675
3. Bunning • PHI 3.466
4. Pappas • CIN 3.395
5. Hughes • STL 3.354
6. Nolan • CIN 3.323
7. Drysdale • LAD 3.267
8. Cuellar • HOU 3.222
9. Sutton • LAD 2.965
10. Queen • CIN 2.962
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Singer • LAD 0.220
2. Sisk • PIT 0.260
3. Maloney • CIN 0.367
4. Sadecki • SFG 0.383
5. Niekro • ATL 0.391
6. Wise • PHI 0.397
7. Short • PHI 0.406
8. Carlton • STL 0.466
9. Wilson • HOU 0.489
10. Gibson • STL 0.513
Losses
1. Fisher • NYM 18
2. Osteen • LAD 17
Perry • SFG 17
4. Drysdale • LAD 16
5. Bunning • PHI 15
Giusti • HOU 15
Jackson • PHI 15
Sutton • LAD 15
9. Jenkins • CHC 13
Pappas • CIN 13
Seaver • NYM 13
Sisk • PIT 13
Earned Runs
1. Fisher • NYM 115
2. Giusti • HOU 103
Osteen • LAD 103
4. Sutton • LAD 102
5. Jackson • PHI 90
Jenkins • CHC 90
7. Drysdale • LAD 86
8. Perry • SFG 85
9. Cuellar • HOU 83
McCormick • SFG 83
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • ATL 19
2. Belinsky • HOU 16
3. Maloney • CIN 13
Perry • SFG 13
5. Veale • PIT 11
6. Singer • LAD 10
Wilson • HOU 10
8. McCormick • SFG 9
Queen • CIN 9
Radatz • CHC 9
Sadecki • SFG 9
Blasingame • 2TM 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Bunning • PHI 13
2. Belinsky • HOU 8
Drysdale • LAD 8
Singer • LAD 8
5. Cardwell • NYM 7
Johnson • ATL 7
Niekro • ATL 7
Wilson • HOU 7
9. Jackson • PHI 6
Latman • HOU 6
Queen • CIN 6
Sutton • LAD 6
Shaw • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Bunning • PHI 1,216
2. Osteen • LAD 1,187
3. Perry • SFG 1,178
4. Jenkins • CHC 1,156
5. Drysdale • LAD 1,151
6. Jackson • PHI 1,078
7. McCormick • SFG 1,073
8. Seaver • NYM 1,029
9. Cuellar • HOU 1,021
10. Sutton • LAD 962
Games Finished
1. Abernathy • CIN 61
2. Perranoski • LAD 47
3. Face • PIT 45
4. Linzy • SFG 44
5. Hall • PHI 37
6. Farrell • 2TM 36
7. Raymond • 2TM 33
8. Hoerner • STL 32
9. Taylor • NYM 31
10. Hartenstein • CHC 30
Adjusted ERA+
1. Niekro • ATL 179
2. Bunning • PHI 149
3. Nolan • CIN 147
4. Short • PHI 143
5. Queen • CIN 137
6. Perry • SFG 128
7. Jenkins • CHC 127
8. Hughes • STL 123
9. Seaver • NYM 122
10. Johnson • ATL 122
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Singer • LAD 2.22
2. Gibson • STL 2.34
3. Carlton • STL 2.47
4. Bunning • PHI 2.49
5. Cuellar • HOU 2.51
6. Sadecki • SFG 2.54
7. Nolan • CIN 2.64
8. Maloney • CIN 2.66
9. Wise • PHI 2.70
10. Drysdale • LAD 2.75
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Bunning • PHI 35
2. Niekro • ATL 28
3. Nolan • CIN 27
4. Abernathy • CIN 26
5. Short • PHI 25
6. Perry • SFG 24
7. Jenkins • CHC 24
8. Queen • CIN 20
9. Linzy • SFG 19
10. Seaver • NYM 18
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Bunning • PHI 4.0
2. Nolan • CIN 3.2
3. Niekro • ATL 3.1
4. Abernathy • CIN 2.9
5. Short • PHI 2.8
6. Jenkins • CHC 2.7
Perry • SFG 2.7
8. Queen • CIN 2.2
9. Seaver • NYM 2.1
10. Linzy • SFG 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Bunning • PHI 34.58
2. Nolan • CIN 30.52
3. Jenkins • CHC 29.01
4. Perry • SFG 28.44
5. Short • PHI 28.38
6. Hughes • STL 24.55
7. Niekro • ATL 23.82
8. McCormick • SFG 23.01
9. Abernathy • CIN 22.76
10. Briles • STL 22.32
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Abernathy • CIN 4.7
2. Nolan • CIN 4.5
3. Perry • SFG 4.1
4. Bunning • PHI 3.5
5. Hughes • STL 3.2
6. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
7. Seaver • NYM 3.0
8. McCormick • SFG 2.7
9. Wise • PHI 2.5
10. Perranoski • LAD 2.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Bunning • PHI 3.4
2. Perry • SFG 3.4
3. Jenkins • CHC 3.4
4. Hughes • STL 2.9
5. Nolan • CIN 2.7
6. Abernathy • CIN 2.7
7. Short • PHI 2.3
8. McCormick • SFG 2.2
9. Niekro • ATL 2.2
10. Gibson • STL 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Jenkins • CHC 5.2
2. Nolan • CIN 4.8
3. Hughes • STL 3.9
4. Carlton • STL 3.8
5. Hoerner • STL 3.7
6. Jaster • STL 3.6
7. Willis • STL 3.5
8. McCormick • SFG 3.4
9. Johnson • ATL 2.9
10. Culp • CHC 2.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Bunning • PHI 4.0
2. Nolan • CIN 3.3
3. Short • PHI 3.3
4. Perry • SFG 3.3
5. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
6. Hughes • STL 2.8
7. Niekro • ATL 2.7
8. McCormick • SFG 2.6
9. Briles • STL 2.5
10. Abernathy • 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