National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Reuschel • CHC 9.6
2. Schmidt • PHI 8.9
3. Niekro • ATL 8.5
4. Foster • CIN 8.4
5. Seaver • 2TM 8.4
6. Candelaria • PIT 7.9
7. Parker • PIT 7.4
8. Carlton • PHI 7.0
9. Sutter • CHC 6.5
10. Gossage • PIT 6.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Reuschel • CHC 9.5
2. Niekro • ATL 8.9
3. Seaver • 2TM 7.9
4. Candelaria • PIT 7.4
5. Sutter • CHC 6.5
6. Gossage • PIT 6.0
7. Carlton • PHI 5.9
8. Hooton • LAD 5.5
9. Halicki • SFG 5.3
10. Richard • HOU 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Candelaria • PIT 2.34
2. Seaver • 2TM 2.58
3. Hooton • LAD 2.62
4. Carlton • PHI 2.64
5. John • LAD 2.78
6. Reuschel • CHC 2.79
7. Richard • HOU 2.97
8. Niekro • HOU 3.04
9. Rooker • PIT 3.08
10. Rogers • MON 3.10
Wins
1. Carlton • PHI 23
2. Seaver • 2TM 21
3. Candelaria • PIT 20
Forsch • STL 20
John • LAD 20
Reuschel • CHC 20
7. Christenson • PHI 19
8. Richard • HOU 18
9. Rogers • MON 17
10. Halicki • SFG 16
Niekro • ATL 16
Rhoden • LAD 16
Win-Loss %
1. Candelaria • PIT .800
2. Seaver • 2TM .778
3. Christenson • PHI .760
4. John • LAD .741
Forsch • STL .741
6. Carlton • PHI .697
7. Reuschel • CHC .667
8. Rau • LAD .636
Sutton • LAD .636
10. Hooton • LAD .632
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Seaver • 2TM 1.014
2. Candelaria • PIT 1.071
3. Hooton • LAD 1.093
4. Carlton • PHI 1.124
5. Sutton • LAD 1.148
6. Rogers • MON 1.170
7. Richard • HOU 1.184
8. Halicki • SFG 1.207
9. Niekro • HOU 1.212
10. Espinosa • NYM 1.215
Hits per 9 IP
1. Seaver • 2TM 6.853
2. Richard • HOU 7.146
3. Carlton • PHI 7.283
4. Hooton • LAD 7.415
5. Candelaria • PIT 7.686
6. Niekro • HOU 7.721
7. Koosman • NYM 7.743
8. Sutton • LAD 7.752
9. Twitchell • 2TM 8.090
10. Rogers • MON 8.115
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Candelaria • PIT 1.951
2. John • LAD 2.042
3. Rau • LAD 2.077
4. Barr • SFG 2.151
5. Lemongello • HOU 2.180
6. Seaver • 2TM 2.273
7. Matlack • NYM 2.290
8. Rogers • MON 2.417
9. Hooton • LAD 2.418
10. Rasmussen • STL 2.433
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Koosman • NYM 7.624
2. Richard • HOU 7.213
3. Niekro • ATL 7.138
4. Seaver • 2TM 6.750
5. Matlack • NYM 6.550
6. Norman • CIN 6.506
7. Twitchell • 2TM 6.336
8. Carlton • PHI 6.297
9. Hooton • LAD 6.166
10. Rogers • MON 6.146
Games Played
1. Fingers • SDP 78
2. Spillner • SDP 76
Tomlin • SDP 76
4. Metzger • 2TM 75
5. Borbón • CIN 73
Lavelle • SFG 73
7. Gossage • PIT 72
Tekulve • PIT 72
9. Hough • LAD 70
10. McEnaney • MON 69
Reuschel • CHC 69
Saves
1. Fingers • SDP 35
2. Sutter • CHC 31
3. Gossage • PIT 26
4. Hough • LAD 22
5. Lockwood • NYM 20
Lavelle • SFG 20
7. Garber • PHI 19
8. Borbón • CIN 18
9. Reed • PHI 15
10. Campbell • ATL 13
Innings Pitched
1. Niekro • ATL 330.1
2. Rogers • MON 301.2
3. Carlton • PHI 283.0
4. Richard • HOU 267.0
5. Seaver • 2TM 261.1
6. Halicki • SFG 257.2
7. Reuschel • CHC 252.0
8. Sutton • LAD 240.1
9. Barr • SFG 234.1
10. Rasmussen • STL 233.0
Strikeouts
1. Niekro • ATL 262
2. Richard • HOU 214
3. Rogers • MON 206
4. Carlton • PHI 198
5. Seaver • 2TM 196
6. Koosman • NYM 192
7. Halicki • SFG 168
8. Reuschel • CHC 166
9. Norman • CIN 160
10. Hooton • LAD 153
Games Started
1. Niekro • ATL 43
2. Rogers • MON 40
3. Burris • CHC 39
4. Barr • SFG 38
5. Halicki • SFG 37
Reuschel • CHC 37
7. Carlton • PHI 36
Richard • HOU 36
9. Forsch • STL 35
Shirley • SDP 35
Complete Games
1. Niekro • ATL 20
2. Seaver • 2TM 19
3. Carlton • PHI 17
Rogers • MON 17
5. Richard • HOU 13
6. John • LAD 11
Rasmussen • STL 11
8. Niekro • HOU 9
Sutton • LAD 9
10. Norman • CIN 8
Forsch • STL 8
Reuss • PIT 8
Reuschel • CHC 8
Shutouts
1. Seaver • 2TM 7
2. Reuschel • CHC 4
Rogers • MON 4
4. John • LAD 3
Richard • HOU 3
Matlack • NYM 3
Sutton • LAD 3
Rasmussen • STL 3
9. Niekro • ATL 2
Niekro • HOU 2
Reuss • PIT 2
Moskau • CIN 2
Owchinko • SDP 2
Rau • LAD 2
Knepper • SFG 2
Rooker • PIT 2
Hooton • LAD 2
Halicki • SFG 2
Forsch • STL 2
Ruthven • ATL 2
Carlton • PHI 2
Brown • MON 2
Billingham • CIN 2
Barr • SFG 2
Home Runs
1. Burris • CHC 29
Candelaria • PIT 29
3. Capra • ATL 28
Norman • CIN 28
5. Halicki • SFG 27
6. Niekro • ATL 26
7. Carlton • PHI 25
Kison • PIT 25
9. Rasmussen • STL 24
Rooker • PIT 24
Bases on Balls
1. Niekro • ATL 164
2. Richard • HOU 104
3. Shirley • SDP 100
4. Norman • CIN 98
5. Carlton • PHI 89
6. Griffin • SDP 88
7. Stanhouse • MON 84
8. Bonham • CHC 82
9. Koosman • NYM 81
Rogers • MON 81
Hits
1. Niekro • ATL 315
2. Barr • SFG 286
3. Rogers • MON 272
4. Burris • CHC 270
5. Halicki • SFG 241
6. Lemongello • HOU 237
7. Reuschel • CHC 233
8. Rau • LAD 232
9. Carlton • PHI 229
Christenson • PHI 229
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Seaver • 2TM 2.970
2. Matlack • NYM 2.860
3. Candelaria • PIT 2.660
4. Rau • LAD 2.571
5. Hooton • LAD 2.550
6. Rogers • MON 2.543
7. John • LAD 2.460
8. Halicki • SFG 2.400
9. Koosman • NYM 2.370
10. Reuschel • CHC 2.243
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Reuschel • CHC 0.464
2. Reuss • PIT 0.476
3. Rogers • MON 0.477
4. John • LAD 0.490
5. Hooton • LAD 0.564
6. Richard • HOU 0.607
7. Bonham • CHC 0.629
8. Rau • LAD 0.636
9. Seaver • 2TM 0.654
10. Koosman • NYM 0.675
Losses
1. Koosman • NYM 20
Niekro • ATL 20
3. Shirley • SDP 18
4. Rasmussen • STL 17
5. Barr • SFG 16
Burris • CHC 16
Rogers • MON 16
8. Matlack • NYM 15
9. Krukow • CHC 14
Lemongello • HOU 14
Earned Runs
1. Niekro • ATL 148
2. Barr • SFG 124
3. Burris • CHC 116
4. Kison • PIT 105
5. Bonham • CHC 104
Rogers • MON 104
7. Christenson • PHI 99
8. Kaat • PHI 96
9. Halicki • SFG 95
Lerch • PHI 95
Reuss • PIT 95
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • ATL 17
2. Rogers • MON 14
3. Norman • CIN 11
Reuss • PIT 11
5. Sawyer • SDP 10
6. Forsch • STL 9
Larson • HOU 9
Pentz • HOU 9
Reuschel • CHC 9
10. Burris • CHC 8
Camp • ATL 8
Hernández • CHC 8
Hough • LAD 8
Lerch • PHI 8
Rooker • PIT 8
Capilla • 2TM 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Billingham • CIN 10
2. León • ATL 9
3. Niekro • ATL 8
4. Christenson • PHI 7
Halicki • SFG 7
Hough • LAD 7
Sawyer • SDP 7
8. Kison • PIT 6
McLaughlin • HOU 6
Rau • LAD 6
Batters Faced
1. Niekro • ATL 1,428
2. Rogers • MON 1,235
3. Carlton • PHI 1,135
4. Richard • HOU 1,092
5. Halicki • SFG 1,076
6. Seaver • 2TM 1,031
7. Reuschel • CHC 1,030
8. Barr • SFG 1,011
9. Sutton • LAD 979
10. Burris • CHC 970
Games Finished
1. Fingers • SDP 69
2. Gossage • PIT 55
3. Borbón • CIN 54
4. Hough • LAD 53
5. Lockwood • NYM 50
6. Lavelle • SFG 49
7. Sutter • CHC 48
8. Garber • PHI 44
9. Hrabosky • STL 39
10. Eastwick • 2TM 38
Adjusted ERA+
1. Candelaria • PIT 169
2. Reuschel • CHC 158
3. Carlton • PHI 153
4. Seaver • 2TM 149
5. Hooton • LAD 147
6. John • LAD 138
7. Rooker • PIT 128
8. Rogers • MON 123
9. Sutton • LAD 121
10. Richard • HOU 120
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Rogers • MON 2.92
2. Seaver • 2TM 2.94
3. Hooton • LAD 3.03
4. Reuschel • CHC 3.03
5. John • LAD 3.05
6. Koosman • NYM 3.14
7. Richard • HOU 3.18
8. Rau • LAD 3.25
9. Reuss • PIT 3.39
10. Carlton • PHI 3.47
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Candelaria • PIT 43
2. Reuschel • CHC 42
3. Seaver • 2TM 40
Carlton • PHI 40
5. Gossage • PIT 34
6. Sutter • CHC 31
7. Hooton • LAD 31
8. John • LAD 24
9. Lavelle • SFG 23
10. Richard • HOU 22
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Candelaria • PIT 4.7
2. Reuschel • CHC 4.5
3. Seaver • 2TM 4.4
4. Carlton • PHI 4.4
5. Gossage • PIT 3.6
6. Hooton • LAD 3.3
Sutter • CHC 3.3
8. John • LAD 2.6
9. Lavelle • SFG 2.3
10. Richard • HOU 2.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Seaver • 2TM 48.78
2. Candelaria • PIT 47.85
3. Reuschel • CHC 47.51
4. Carlton • PHI 41.80
5. Gossage • PIT 41.66
6. Sutter • CHC 33.87
7. Hooton • LAD 33.58
8. Richard • HOU 28.03
9. Rogers • MON 27.20
10. John • LAD 26.72
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Gossage • PIT 5.9
2. Reuschel • CHC 5.5
3. Sutter • CHC 5.1
4. Seaver • 2TM 4.8
5. Candelaria • PIT 4.7
6. John • LAD 3.9
7. Hooton • LAD 3.9
8. Carlton • PHI 3.1
9. Reed • PHI 3.0
10. Forsch • STL 2.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Seaver • 2TM 5.1
2. Reuschel • CHC 4.0
3. Hooton • LAD 3.5
4. Candelaria • PIT 3.4
5. Carlton • PHI 3.3
6. Gossage • PIT 3.2
7. Sutter • CHC 3.2
8. Rogers • MON 2.8
9. Richard • HOU 2.6
10. John • LAD 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Reuschel • CHC 6.2
2. Sutter • CHC 5.6
3. Gossage • PIT 4.3
4. Candelaria • PIT 4.1
5. Reed • PHI 3.0
6. McGraw • PHI 2.6
7. John • LAD 2.6
8. Carlton • PHI 2.3
9. Sutton • LAD 2.2
10. Hooton • LAD 2.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Seaver • 2TM 5.5
2. Candelaria • PIT 5.3
3. Reuschel • CHC 4.9
4. Carlton • PHI 4.5
5. Gossage • PIT 4.3
6. Hooton • LAD 3.7
7. Sutter • CHC 3.3
8. Richard • HOU 3.1
9. Rogers • MON 2.9
10. John • LAD 2.9

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