National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Jenkins • CHC 11.8
2. Seaver • NYM 10.9
3. Stargell • PIT 7.9
4. Roberts • SDP 7.8
5. Clemente • PIT 7.2
6. Aaron • ATL 7.2
7. Bonds • SFG 6.7
8. Mays • SFG 6.3
9. Wilson • HOU 6.1
10. Staub • MON 5.9
Torre • STL 5.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Seaver • NYM 10.2
2. Jenkins • CHC 10.1
3. Roberts • SDP 7.5
4. Wilson • HOU 6.1
5. Pappas • CHC 5.8
6. Niekro • ATL 5.1
7. Gibson • STL 5.0
8. Stoneman • MON 4.8
9. Sutton • LAD 4.6
10. Kirby • SDP 4.2
Earned Run Average
1. Seaver • NYM 1.76
2. Roberts • SDP 2.10
3. Wilson • HOU 2.45
4. Forsch • HOU 2.53
5. Sutton • LAD 2.54
6. Gullett • CIN 2.65
7. Downing • LAD 2.68
8. Perry • SFG 2.76
9. Jenkins • CHC 2.77
10. Kirby • SDP 2.83
Wins
1. Jenkins • CHC 24
2. Carlton • STL 20
Downing • LAD 20
Seaver • NYM 20
5. Ellis • PIT 19
6. Marichal • SFG 18
7. Pappas • CHC 17
Stoneman • MON 17
Sutton • LAD 17
Wise • PHI 17
Win-Loss %
1. Gullett • CIN .727
2. Carlton • STL .690
Downing • LAD .690
4. Ellis • PIT .679
5. Seaver • NYM .667
Dierker • HOU .667
7. Blass • PIT .652
8. Jenkins • CHC .649
9. Upshaw • ATL .647
10. McMahon • SFG .625
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Seaver • NYM 0.946
2. Wilson • HOU 1.022
3. Jenkins • CHC 1.049
4. Marichal • SFG 1.075
5. Sutton • LAD 1.078
6. Nolan • CIN 1.091
7. Roberts • SDP 1.109
8. Sadecki • NYM 1.120
9. Cumberland • SFG 1.124
10. Forsch • HOU 1.142
Hits per 9 IP
1. Wilson • HOU 6.549
2. Seaver • NYM 6.601
3. Kirby • SDP 7.171
4. Gentry • NYM 7.392
5. Stoneman • MON 7.422
6. Cumberland • SFG 7.443
7. McAnally • MON 7.598
8. Nolan • CIN 7.651
9. Sadecki • NYM 7.659
10. Forsch • HOU 7.742
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Jenkins • CHC 1.025
2. Marichal • SFG 1.806
3. Stone • ATL 1.824
4. Hands • CHC 1.857
5. Sutton • LAD 1.866
6. Seaver • NYM 1.917
7. Roberts • SDP 2.036
8. Lersch • PHI 2.100
9. Pappas • CHC 2.135
10. Cleveland • STL 2.149
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Seaver • NYM 9.084
2. Kirby • SDP 7.777
3. Stoneman • MON 7.666
4. Jenkins • CHC 7.283
5. Gentry • NYM 6.861
6. Gibson • STL 6.777
7. Sadecki • NYM 6.612
8. Holtzman • CHC 6.600
9. Sutton • LAD 6.580
10. Singer • LAD 6.374
Games Played
1. Granger • CIN 70
2. Johnson • SFG 67
3. Marshall • MON 66
4. Carroll • CIN 61
McMahon • SFG 61
6. Culver • HOU 59
Severinsen • SDP 59
8. Giusti • PIT 58
9. Miller • 3TM 56
10. Brewer • LAD 55
Saves
1. Giusti • PIT 30
2. Marshall • MON 23
3. Brewer • LAD 22
4. Johnson • SFG 18
5. Upshaw • ATL 17
6. Carroll • CIN 15
7. Frisella • NYM 12
Gladding • HOU 12
9. Granger • CIN 11
Gibbon • CIN 11
Innings Pitched
1. Jenkins • CHC 325.0
2. Stoneman • MON 294.2
3. Seaver • NYM 286.1
4. Perry • SFG 280.0
5. Marichal • SFG 279.0
6. Renko • MON 275.2
7. Carlton • STL 273.1
8. Wise • PHI 272.1
9. Roberts • SDP 269.2
10. Niekro • ATL 268.2
Strikeouts
1. Seaver • NYM 289
2. Jenkins • CHC 263
3. Stoneman • MON 251
4. Kirby • SDP 231
5. Sutton • LAD 194
6. Gibson • STL 185
7. Wilson • HOU 180
8. Niekro • ATL 173
9. Carlton • STL 172
10. Marichal • SFG 159
Games Started
1. Jenkins • CHC 39
2. Osteen • LAD 38
Stoneman • MON 38
4. Marichal • SFG 37
Perry • SFG 37
Renko • MON 37
Sutton • LAD 37
Wise • PHI 37
9. Carlton • STL 36
Downing • LAD 36
Kirby • SDP 36
Niekro • ATL 36
Complete Games
1. Jenkins • CHC 30
2. Seaver • NYM 21
3. Gibson • STL 20
4. Stoneman • MON 19
5. Niekro • ATL 18
Marichal • SFG 18
Wilson • HOU 18
Carlton • STL 18
9. Wise • PHI 17
10. Roberts • SDP 14
Pappas • CHC 14
Perry • SFG 14
Hands • CHC 14
Shutouts
1. Pappas • CHC 5
Blass • PIT 5
Gibson • STL 5
Downing • LAD 5
5. Arlin • SDP 4
Seaver • NYM 4
Osteen • LAD 4
Niekro • ATL 4
Marichal • SFG 4
Sutton • LAD 4
Wise • PHI 4
Carlton • STL 4
Home Runs
1. Jenkins • CHC 29
2. Lersch • PHI 28
3. Hands • CHC 27
Marichal • SFG 27
Niekro • ATL 27
6. Reed • ATL 26
7. Osteen • LAD 25
Pappas • CHC 25
9. Renko • MON 24
10. Carlton • STL 23
Bases on Balls
1. Stoneman • MON 146
2. Renko • MON 135
3. Ryan • NYM 116
4. Reuss • STL 109
5. Arlin • SDP 103
Kirby • SDP 103
7. Carlton • STL 98
8. McAnally • MON 87
9. Downing • LAD 84
10. Morton • MON 83
Hits
1. Jenkins • CHC 304
2. Pappas • CHC 279
3. Carlton • STL 275
4. Osteen • LAD 262
5. Wise • PHI 261
6. Renko • MON 256
7. Perry • SFG 255
8. Morton • MON 252
9. Hands • CHC 248
Niekro • ATL 248
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Jenkins • CHC 7.108
2. Seaver • NYM 4.738
3. Sutton • LAD 3.527
4. Stone • ATL 3.143
5. Marichal • SFG 2.839
6. Cleveland • STL 2.792
7. Sadecki • NYM 2.727
8. Hands • CHC 2.560
9. Nolan • CIN 2.475
10. Forsch • HOU 2.472
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Roberts • SDP 0.300
2. Arlin • SDP 0.316
3. Sutton • LAD 0.339
4. Billingham • HOU 0.355
5. Forsch • HOU 0.382
6. Nolan • CIN 0.441
7. McAnally • MON 0.456
8. Wilson • HOU 0.504
9. Gibson • STL 0.513
10. Downing • LAD 0.549
Losses
1. Arlin • SDP 19
2. Hands • CHC 18
Morton • MON 18
4. Roberts • SDP 17
Singer • LAD 17
6. Billingham • HOU 16
Stoneman • MON 16
8. Holtzman • CHC 15
Nolan • CIN 15
10. Jarvis • ATL 14
Lersch • PHI 14
Niekro • ATL 14
Pappas • CHC 14
Reed • ATL 14
Renko • MON 14
Reuss • STL 14
Ryan • NYM 14
Short • PHI 14
Wise • PHI 14
Earned Runs
1. Renko • MON 115
2. Morton • MON 114
3. Reuss • STL 112
4. Carlton • STL 108
5. Stoneman • MON 103
6. Pappas • CHC 102
7. Osteen • LAD 101
8. Jenkins • CHC 100
9. Cleveland • STL 99
10. Holtzman • CHC 97
Wild Pitches
1. McAnally • MON 18
2. Kirby • SDP 13
3. Carlton • STL 12
Downing • LAD 12
5. Renko • MON 11
Norman • 2TM 11
7. Blasingame • HOU 10
Gibson • STL 10
Holtzman • CHC 10
Stoneman • MON 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Billingham • HOU 16
2. Ryan • NYM 15
3. Blasingame • HOU 13
4. McAnally • MON 8
5. Gibson • STL 7
Gladding • HOU 7
Johnson • PIT 7
McMahon • SFG 7
Reuss • STL 7
Wilson • HOU 7
Batters Faced
1. Jenkins • CHC 1,299
2. Stoneman • MON 1,243
3. Renko • MON 1,193
4. Carlton • STL 1,171
5. Perry • SFG 1,149
6. Marichal • SFG 1,124
7. Wise • PHI 1,123
8. Kirby • SDP 1,107
9. Seaver • NYM 1,103
10. Niekro • ATL 1,101
Games Finished
1. Marshall • MON 52
2. Giusti • PIT 49
3. Johnson • SFG 47
4. Frisella • NYM 42
5. Brewer • LAD 41
Granger • CIN 41
Upshaw • ATL 41
8. Carroll • CIN 40
9. Miller • 3TM 37
10. Culver • HOU 34
McGraw • NYM 34
Adjusted ERA+
1. Seaver • NYM 194
2. Roberts • SDP 157
3. Jenkins • CHC 141
4. Wilson • HOU 138
5. Forsch • HOU 133
6. Sutton • LAD 127
7. Niekro • ATL 125
8. Perry • SFG 124
9. Gullett • CIN 124
10. Wise • PHI 123
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Seaver • NYM 1.93
2. Sutton • LAD 2.16
3. Jenkins • CHC 2.38
4. Forsch • HOU 2.52
5. Roberts • SDP 2.62
6. Nolan • CIN 2.64
7. Sadecki • NYM 2.66
8. Gibson • STL 2.70
9. Wilson • HOU 2.80
10. Billingham • HOU 2.85
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Seaver • NYM 54
2. Jenkins • CHC 36
3. Roberts • SDP 34
4. Wilson • HOU 29
5. McGraw • NYM 22
6. Sutton • LAD 22
7. Miller • 3TM 19
8. Blass • PIT 18
Forsch • HOU 18
10. Niekro • ATL 16
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Seaver • NYM 6.5
2. Jenkins • CHC 4.1
3. Roberts • SDP 3.9
4. Wilson • HOU 3.3
5. McGraw • NYM 2.5
6. Sutton • LAD 2.4
7. Miller • 3TM 2.1
8. Blass • PIT 2.0
Forsch • HOU 2.0
10. Gullett • CIN 1.7
Niekro • ATL 1.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Seaver • NYM 59.13
2. Jenkins • CHC 35.71
3. Wilson • HOU 33.52
4. Roberts • SDP 32.99
5. McGraw • NYM 30.60
6. Sutton • LAD 25.63
7. Blass • PIT 23.52
8. Ray • HOU 20.35
9. Downing • LAD 20.02
10. Forsch • HOU 18.87
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Seaver • NYM 6.0
2. McGraw • NYM 4.2
3. Jenkins • CHC 4.0
4. Roberts • SDP 3.9
5. Carroll • CIN 2.9
6. Brewer • LAD 2.8
7. Ray • HOU 2.7
8. Wilson • HOU 2.4
9. Sutton • LAD 2.3
10. Gullett • CIN 2.3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Seaver • NYM 6.4
2. Wilson • HOU 4.3
3. Jenkins • CHC 3.2
4. Sutton • LAD 2.9
5. Roberts • SDP 2.8
6. Nolan • CIN 2.7
7. McGraw • NYM 2.4
8. Blass • PIT 1.9
9. Sadecki • NYM 1.8
10. Billingham • HOU 1.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Sutton • LAD 5.7
2. Brewer • LAD 4.0
3. Marichal • SFG 3.8
4. Seaver • NYM 3.1
5. Ellis • PIT 2.5
6. Osteen • LAD 2.4
7. McGraw • NYM 2.2
8. Ryan • NYM 2.2
9. Jenkins • CHC 2.2
10. Blass • PIT 1.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Seaver • NYM 7.2
2. Wilson • HOU 3.9
3. Roberts • SDP 3.9
4. Jenkins • CHC 3.8
5. McGraw • NYM 3.5
6. Sutton • LAD 3.0
7. Blass • PIT 2.7
8. Downing • LAD 2.3
9. Ray • HOU 2.3
10. Forsch • HOU 2.1

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