National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Seaver • NYM 11.0
2. Morgan • CIN 9.3
3. Evans • ATL 9.0
4. Rose • CIN 8.3
5. Bonds • SFG 7.8
6. Cedeño • HOU 7.4
7. Stargell • PIT 7.2
8. Twitchell • PHI 6.1
9. Singleton • MON 5.7
10. Simmons • STL 5.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Seaver • NYM 10.6
2. Twitchell • PHI 6.7
3. Reuschel • CHC 5.8
4. Koosman • NYM 5.8
5. Sutton • LAD 5.4
6. Roberts • HOU 5.1
7. Rogers • MON 5.0
8. Niekro • ATL 4.4
9. Renko • MON 4.3
10. Matlack • NYM 4.3
Earned Run Average
1. Seaver • NYM 2.08
2. Sutton • LAD 2.42
3. Twitchell • PHI 2.50
4. Marshall • MON 2.66
5. Messersmith • LAD 2.70
6. Gibson • STL 2.77
7. Renko • MON 2.81
8. Briles • PIT 2.84
9. Koosman • NYM 2.84
10. Roberts • HOU 2.85
Wins
1. Bryant • SFG 24
2. Billingham • CIN 19
Seaver • NYM 19
4. Gullett • CIN 18
Sutton • LAD 18
6. Roberts • HOU 17
7. John • LAD 16
Osteen • LAD 16
Reuss • HOU 16
Wise • STL 16
Win-Loss %
1. John • LAD .696
2. Gullett • CIN .692
3. Bryant • SFG .667
4. Billingham • CIN .655
Seaver • NYM .655
6. Sutton • LAD .643
7. Locker • CHC .625
Rooker • PIT .625
9. Roberts • HOU .607
10. Morton • ATL .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Seaver • NYM 0.976
2. Sutton • LAD 0.983
3. Messersmith • LAD 1.093
4. Gibson • STL 1.108
5. Rooker • PIT 1.145
6. Briles • PIT 1.152
7. Downing • LAD 1.155
8. John • LAD 1.156
9. Wilson • HOU 1.166
10. Gullett • CIN 1.169
Hits per 9 IP
1. Seaver • NYM 6.797
2. Sutton • LAD 6.882
3. Twitchell • PHI 6.931
4. Wilson • HOU 7.032
5. Messersmith • LAD 7.065
6. Downing • LAD 7.228
7. Renko • MON 7.246
8. Gibson • STL 7.338
9. Rooker • PIT 7.556
10. Moore • MON 7.707
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Marichal • SFG 1.606
2. Jenkins • CHC 1.893
3. Barr • SFG 1.906
4. Sutton • LAD 1.966
5. Seaver • NYM 1.986
6. Wise • STL 2.050
7. John • LAD 2.064
8. Briles • PIT 2.099
9. Pappas • CHC 2.222
10. Roberts • HOU 2.238
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Seaver • NYM 7.790
2. Moore • MON 7.707
3. Matlack • NYM 7.624
4. Sutton • LAD 7.022
5. Carlton • PHI 6.842
6. Twitchell • PHI 6.810
7. Forsch • HOU 6.661
8. Harrison • ATL 6.598
9. Gibson • STL 6.554
10. Rooker • PIT 6.446
Games Played
1. Marshall • MON 92
2. Borbón • CIN 80
3. Sosa • SFG 71
4. Giusti • PIT 67
5. Seguí • STL 65
6. Locker • CHC 63
7. McGraw • NYM 60
Moffitt • SFG 60
9. Hernández • PIT 59
10. Ross • SDP 58
Saves
1. Marshall • MON 31
2. McGraw • NYM 25
3. Brewer • LAD 20
Giusti • PIT 20
5. Locker • CHC 18
Sosa • SFG 18
7. Seguí • STL 17
8. Moffitt • SFG 14
Borbón • CIN 14
Carroll • CIN 14
Innings Pitched
1. Billingham • CIN 293.1
Carlton • PHI 293.1
3. Seaver • NYM 290.0
4. Reuss • HOU 279.1
5. Jenkins • CHC 271.0
6. Bryant • SFG 270.0
7. Koosman • NYM 263.0
8. Wise • STL 259.0
9. Morton • ATL 256.1
Sutton • LAD 256.1
Strikeouts
1. Seaver • NYM 251
2. Carlton • PHI 223
3. Matlack • NYM 205
4. Sutton • LAD 200
5. Messersmith • LAD 177
Reuss • HOU 177
7. Jenkins • CHC 170
8. Twitchell • PHI 169
9. Reuschel • CHC 168
10. Renko • MON 164
Games Started
1. Billingham • CIN 40
Carlton • PHI 40
Reuss • HOU 40
4. Bryant • SFG 39
5. Jenkins • CHC 38
6. Morton • ATL 37
7. Grimsley • CIN 36
Reuschel • CHC 36
Roberts • HOU 36
Seaver • NYM 36
Complete Games
1. Seaver • NYM 18
Carlton • PHI 18
3. Billingham • CIN 16
4. Wise • STL 14
Matlack • NYM 14
Sutton • LAD 14
7. Gibson • STL 13
8. Koosman • NYM 12
Osteen • LAD 12
Reuss • HOU 12
Roberts • HOU 12
Shutouts
1. Billingham • CIN 7
2. Roberts • HOU 6
3. Wise • STL 5
Twitchell • PHI 5
5. Gullett • CIN 4
Morton • ATL 4
7. Koosman • NYM 3
Matlack • NYM 3
Arlin • SDP 3
Messersmith • LAD 3
Moose • PIT 3
Osteen • LAD 3
Reuschel • CHC 3
Reuss • HOU 3
Rogers • MON 3
Rooker • PIT 3
Seaver • NYM 3
Sutton • LAD 3
Wilson • HOU 3
Norman • 2TM 3
Barr • SFG 3
Carlton • PHI 3
Cleveland • STL 3
Greif • SDP 3
Home Runs
1. Jenkins • CHC 35
2. Kirby • SDP 30
3. Carlton • PHI 29
4. Norman • 2TM 27
5. Arlin • SDP 26
Bradley • SFG 26
Renko • MON 26
8. Lonborg • PHI 25
9. Barr • SFG 24
Grimsley • CIN 24
Gullett • CIN 24
Messersmith • LAD 24
Schueler • ATL 24
Bases on Balls
1. Reuss • HOU 117
2. Bryant • SFG 115
Torrez • MON 115
4. Carlton • PHI 113
5. Moore • MON 109
6. Renko • MON 108
7. Norman • 2TM 101
8. Matlack • NYM 99
Twitchell • PHI 99
10. Harrison • ATL 98
Hits
1. Carlton • PHI 293
2. Reuss • HOU 271
3. Jenkins • CHC 267
4. Roberts • HOU 264
5. Wise • STL 259
6. Billingham • CIN 257
7. Morton • ATL 254
8. Hooton • CHC 248
9. Grimsley • CIN 245
10. Reuschel • CHC 244
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Seaver • NYM 3.922
2. Sutton • LAD 3.571
3. Jenkins • CHC 2.982
4. Reuschel • CHC 2.710
5. Gibson • STL 2.491
6. Wise • STL 2.441
7. Marichal • SFG 2.351
8. Rooker • PIT 2.346
9. John • LAD 2.320
10. Messersmith • LAD 2.299
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Ellis • PIT 0.328
2. Hooton • CHC 0.451
3. Moose • PIT 0.492
4. Marshall • MON 0.503
5. Cleveland • STL 0.522
6. Roberts • HOU 0.541
7. Reuss • HOU 0.548
8. Gibson • STL 0.554
9. Reuschel • CHC 0.570
10. Matlack • NYM 0.595
Losses
1. Carlton • PHI 20
2. Kirby • SDP 18
3. Barr • SFG 17
Greif • SDP 17
Hooton • CHC 17
6. Jenkins • CHC 16
Lonborg • PHI 16
Matlack • NYM 16
Moore • MON 16
Wilson • HOU 16
Earned Runs
1. Carlton • PHI 127
2. Jenkins • CHC 117
3. Reuss • HOU 116
4. Lonborg • PHI 108
5. Bryant • SFG 106
6. Torrez • MON 103
7. Arlin • SDP 102
Kirby • SDP 102
9. Billingham • CIN 99
10. Barr • SFG 98
Hooton • CHC 98
Wild Pitches
1. Torrez • MON 14
2. Kirby • SDP 13
Twitchell • PHI 13
4. Niekro • ATL 11
5. Billingham • CIN 10
Caldwell • SDP 10
Reuschel • CHC 10
Reuss • HOU 10
Sutton • LAD 10
Norman • 2TM 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Blass • PIT 12
2. Corkins • SDP 11
3. Billingham • CIN 10
Twitchell • PHI 10
5. Bryant • SFG 9
Lonborg • PHI 9
7. Wilson • HOU 7
8. Ellis • PIT 6
Hough • LAD 6
Messersmith • LAD 6
Stoneman • MON 6
Batters Faced
1. Carlton • PHI 1,262
2. Billingham • CIN 1,205
3. Reuss • HOU 1,198
4. Bryant • SFG 1,165
5. Seaver • NYM 1,147
6. Jenkins • CHC 1,119
7. Wise • STL 1,083
8. Morton • ATL 1,074
9. Koosman • NYM 1,071
10. Roberts • HOU 1,054
Games Finished
1. Marshall • MON 73
2. Giusti • PIT 60
3. McGraw • NYM 46
Sosa • SFG 46
5. Locker • CHC 43
Seguí • STL 43
7. Brewer • LAD 39
8. Borbón • CIN 36
9. Moffitt • SFG 34
10. Hernández • PIT 33
Adjusted ERA+
1. Seaver • NYM 175
2. Twitchell • PHI 152
3. Sutton • LAD 144
4. Marshall • MON 142
5. Renko • MON 135
6. Gibson • STL 133
7. Reuschel • CHC 131
8. Messersmith • LAD 129
9. Koosman • NYM 128
10. Roberts • HOU 126
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Seaver • NYM 2.57
2. Sutton • LAD 2.63
3. Ellis • PIT 2.72
4. Reuschel • CHC 2.82
5. Gibson • STL 2.83
6. Matlack • NYM 2.98
7. Rooker • PIT 3.00
8. Hooton • CHC 3.06
9. Wise • STL 3.08
10. Cleveland • STL 3.10
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Seaver • NYM 52
2. Sutton • LAD 32
3. Rogers • MON 32
4. Twitchell • PHI 31
5. Koosman • NYM 24
6. Renko • MON 24
7. Marshall • MON 21
8. Reuschel • CHC 21
9. Messersmith • LAD 21
10. Roberts • HOU 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Seaver • NYM 5.9
2. Rogers • MON 3.7
3. Sutton • LAD 3.6
4. Twitchell • PHI 3.4
5. Koosman • NYM 2.6
6. Renko • MON 2.6
7. Messersmith • LAD 2.2
Reuschel • CHC 2.2
9. Marshall • MON 2.2
10. Roberts • HOU 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Seaver • NYM 58.99
2. Sutton • LAD 37.88
3. Rogers • MON 32.82
4. Twitchell • PHI 31.02
5. Marshall • MON 30.48
6. Koosman • NYM 29.85
7. Messersmith • LAD 24.16
8. Matlack • NYM 22.98
9. Rooker • PIT 22.97
10. Roberts • HOU 22.35
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Seaver • NYM 6.4
2. Sutton • LAD 4.8
3. Twitchell • PHI 4.2
4. Rogers • MON 3.9
5. Sosa • SFG 3.2
6. Giusti • PIT 3.0
7. Koosman • NYM 3.0
8. McGraw • NYM 2.9
9. Matlack • NYM 2.5
10. Borbón • CIN 2.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Seaver • NYM 4.8
2. Sutton • LAD 4.6
3. Rogers • MON 2.8
4. Messersmith • LAD 2.5
5. Matlack • NYM 2.5
6. Wilson • HOU 2.4
7. Rooker • PIT 2.2
8. Ellis • PIT 2.1
9. Wise • STL 2.1
10. Gibson • STL 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. McGraw • NYM 5.7
2. Rogers • MON 5.2
3. Sutton • LAD 5.0
4. Koosman • NYM 4.8
5. Matlack • NYM 4.8
6. Giusti • PIT 4.7
7. Borbón • CIN 4.3
8. Locker • CHC 3.3
9. Seguí • STL 3.0
10. Messersmith • LAD 2.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Seaver • NYM 6.9
2. Sutton • LAD 4.4
3. Rogers • MON 3.8
4. Twitchell • PHI 3.4
5. Koosman • NYM 3.3
6. Marshall • MON 3.2
7. Messersmith • LAD 2.7
8. Rooker • PIT 2.5
9. Matlack • NYM 2.5
10. Roberts • HOU 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