National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Denny • PHI 7.5
2. Thon • HOU 7.4
3. Murphy • ATL 7.1
4. Carter • MON 7.1
5. Schmidt • PHI 6.9
6. Dawson • MON 6.9
7. Soto • CIN 6.7
8. Cruz • HOU 6.2
9. Raines • MON 6.0
10. Carlton • PHI 5.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Denny • PHI 7.4
2. Soto • CIN 6.8
3. Carlton • PHI 5.5
4. McMurtry • ATL 5.2
5. Rhoden • PIT 4.9
6. Smith • CHC 4.8
7. Welch • LAD 4.6
8. Hammaker • SFG 4.6
9. Candelaria • PIT 4.5
10. Pérez • ATL 4.4
Earned Run Average
1. Hammaker • SFG 2.25
2. Denny • PHI 2.37
3. Welch • LAD 2.65
4. Soto • CIN 2.70
5. Peña • LAD 2.75
6. Reuss • LAD 2.94
7. Ryan • HOU 2.98
8. McMurtry • ATL 3.08
9. Rhoden • PIT 3.09
10. Carlton • PHI 3.11
Wins
1. Denny • PHI 19
2. Gullickson • MON 17
Rogers • MON 17
Soto • CIN 17
5. Lea • MON 16
6. Candelaria • PIT 15
Carlton • PHI 15
McMurtry • ATL 15
McWilliams • PIT 15
Niekro • HOU 15
Pérez • ATL 15
Show • SDP 15
Valenzuela • LAD 15
Welch • LAD 15
Win-Loss %
1. Denny • PHI .760
2. Pérez • ATL .652
McWilliams • PIT .652
Candelaria • PIT .652
5. Orosco • NYM .650
6. Tunnell • PIT .647
7. Scott • HOU .625
McMurtry • ATL .625
Price • CIN .625
10. Ryan • HOU .609
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hammaker • SFG 1.039
2. Soto • CIN 1.104
3. Peña • LAD 1.147
4. Welch • LAD 1.157
5. Denny • PHI 1.162
6. Gullickson • MON 1.193
7. Candelaria • PIT 1.194
8. Ryan • HOU 1.197
9. Dravecky • SDP 1.225
10. Pérez • ATL 1.226
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • HOU 6.143
2. Soto • CIN 6.808
3. Welch • LAD 7.235
4. Hammaker • SFG 7.677
5. Peña • LAD 7.729
6. McWilliams • PIT 7.752
7. Seaver • NYM 7.831
8. Lea • MON 7.905
9. Niekro • HOU 8.124
10. McMurtry • ATL 8.172
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hammaker • SFG 1.671
2. Ruthven • 2TM 1.869
3. Denny • PHI 1.966
4. Reuss • LAD 2.015
5. Candelaria • PIT 2.049
6. Lynch • NYM 2.113
7. Pérez • ATL 2.132
8. Dravecky • SDP 2.156
9. Gullickson • MON 2.191
10. Jenkins • CHC 2.474
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Carlton • PHI 8.725
2. Ryan • HOU 8.389
3. Soto • CIN 7.959
4. McWilliams • PIT 7.525
5. Berenyi • CIN 7.293
6. Candelaria • PIT 7.148
7. Lollar • SDP 6.917
8. Welch • LAD 6.882
9. Krukow • SFG 6.640
10. Hammaker • SFG 6.632
Games Played
1. Campbell • CHC 82
2. Tekulve • PIT 76
3. Hernández • 2TM 74
4. Minton • SFG 73
Scherrer • CIN 73
6. Bedrosian • ATL 70
7. Holland • PHI 68
8. Sisk • NYM 67
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 66
Reardon • MON 66
Smith • CHC 66
Saves
1. Smith • CHC 29
2. Holland • PHI 25
3. Minton • SFG 22
4. Reardon • MON 21
Sutter • STL 21
6. Lavelle • SFG 20
DiPino • HOU 20
8. Bedrosian • ATL 19
9. Howe • LAD 18
Tekulve • PIT 18
Innings Pitched
1. Carlton • PHI 283.2
2. Soto • CIN 273.2
3. Rogers • MON 273.0
4. Niekro • HOU 263.2
5. Valenzuela • LAD 257.0
6. Rhoden • PIT 244.1
7. Denny • PHI 242.2
8. Gullickson • MON 242.1
9. McWilliams • PIT 238.0
10. Seaver • NYM 231.0
Strikeouts
1. Carlton • PHI 275
2. Soto • CIN 242
3. McWilliams • PIT 199
4. Valenzuela • LAD 189
5. Ryan • HOU 183
6. Candelaria • PIT 157
7. Welch • LAD 156
8. Rhoden • PIT 153
9. Niekro • HOU 152
10. Berenyi • CIN 151
Games Started
1. Niekro • HOU 38
2. Carlton • PHI 37
3. Denny • PHI 36
Rogers • MON 36
5. McMurtry • ATL 35
McWilliams • PIT 35
Rhoden • PIT 35
Valenzuela • LAD 35
9. Andújar • STL 34
Gullickson • MON 34
Rainey • CHC 34
Seaver • NYM 34
Soto • CIN 34
Torrez • NYM 34
Complete Games
1. Soto • CIN 18
2. Rogers • MON 13
3. Gullickson • MON 10
4. Valenzuela • LAD 9
Niekro • HOU 9
Dravecky • SDP 9
7. Lea • MON 8
Hammaker • SFG 8
McWilliams • PIT 8
Carlton • PHI 8
Shutouts
1. Rogers • MON 5
2. Lea • MON 4
McWilliams • PIT 4
Valenzuela • LAD 4
5. Carlton • PHI 3
Peña • LAD 3
Welch • LAD 3
Tunnell • PIT 3
Allen • 2TM 3
Soto • CIN 3
Hammaker • SFG 3
Smith • MON 3
McMurtry • ATL 3
Knepper • HOU 3
Home Runs
1. Soto • CIN 28
2. Show • SDP 25
3. Andújar • STL 23
Forsch • STL 23
Whitson • SDP 23
6. Lollar • SDP 22
Ruthven • 2TM 22
8. Hooton • LAD 21
9. Carlton • PHI 20
Pastore • CIN 20
Pérez • ATL 20
Bases on Balls
1. Torrez • NYM 113
2. Niekro • ATL 105
3. Berenyi • CIN 102
4. Niekro • HOU 101
Ryan • HOU 101
6. Valenzuela • LAD 99
7. Soto • CIN 95
8. Puleo • CIN 91
9. McMurtry • ATL 88
10. McWilliams • PIT 87
Hits
1. Carlton • PHI 277
2. Rogers • MON 258
3. Rhoden • PIT 256
4. Valenzuela • LAD 245
5. Niekro • HOU 238
6. Reuss • LAD 233
7. Gullickson • MON 230
8. Denny • PHI 229
9. Torrez • NYM 227
10. Rainey • CHC 219
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Hammaker • SFG 3.969
2. Candelaria • PIT 3.489
3. Carlton • PHI 3.274
4. Reuss • LAD 2.860
5. Pérez • ATL 2.824
6. Denny • PHI 2.623
7. Ruthven • 2TM 2.605
8. Soto • CIN 2.547
9. Peña • LAD 2.353
10. McWilliams • PIT 2.287
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Denny • PHI 0.334
2. Peña • LAD 0.356
3. Ryan • HOU 0.413
4. Berenyi • CIN 0.435
5. Rogers • MON 0.462
6. Hammaker • SFG 0.470
7. Rhoden • PIT 0.479
8. Reuss • LAD 0.484
9. Niekro • HOU 0.512
10. McMurtry • ATL 0.521
Losses
1. Torrez • NYM 17
2. Andújar • STL 16
Carlton • PHI 16
4. Berenyi • CIN 14
Niekro • HOU 14
Seaver • NYM 14
Trout • CHC 14
8. Knepper • HOU 13
Rainey • CHC 13
Rhoden • PIT 13
Soto • CIN 13
Allen • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. Torrez • NYM 108
2. Valenzuela • LAD 107
3. Andújar • STL 104
4. Niekro • HOU 102
5. Gullickson • MON 101
6. Pastore • CIN 100
7. Carlton • PHI 98
Rogers • MON 98
9. Rainey • CHC 95
10. Show • SDP 93
Trout • CHC 93
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • HOU 14
2. Carlton • PHI 13
3. Valenzuela • LAD 12
4. LaPoint • STL 11
Tunnell • PIT 11
6. Seaver • NYM 10
7. LaCoss • HOU 9
McWilliams • PIT 9
9. Berenyi • CIN 8
Davis • SFG 8
Krukow • SFG 8
Lea • MON 8
McGaffigan • SFG 8
Stuper • STL 8
Allen • 2TM 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Bystrom • PHI 7
2. Jenkins • CHC 6
Show • SDP 6
4. Breining • SFG 5
Hawkins • SDP 5
Puleo • CIN 5
Rogers • MON 5
Schatzeder • MON 5
Scott • HOU 5
Smith • MON 5
Soto • CIN 5
Batters Faced
1. Carlton • PHI 1,183
2. Rogers • MON 1,125
3. Soto • CIN 1,114
4. Niekro • HOU 1,113
5. Valenzuela • LAD 1,094
6. Rhoden • PIT 1,012
7. McWilliams • PIT 1,002
8. Gullickson • MON 990
9. Denny • PHI 983
10. Torrez • NYM 972
Games Finished
1. Smith • CHC 56
Tekulve • PIT 56
3. Holland • PHI 53
Reardon • MON 53
5. Bedrosian • ATL 52
Minton • SFG 52
7. Campbell • CHC 46
Sutter • STL 46
9. Orosco • NYM 42
10. Lucas • SDP 41
Adjusted ERA+
1. Hammaker • SFG 159
2. Denny • PHI 152
3. Soto • CIN 140
4. Welch • LAD 136
5. Peña • LAD 131
6. McMurtry • ATL 126
7. Reuss • LAD 123
8. Rhoden • PIT 120
9. Carlton • PHI 116
10. Candelaria • PIT 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Hammaker • SFG 2.57
2. Carlton • PHI 2.65
3. Peña • LAD 2.79
4. Denny • PHI 2.80
5. Candelaria • PIT 2.87
6. Reuss • LAD 2.87
7. Rhoden • PIT 3.05
8. Ryan • HOU 3.09
9. Welch • LAD 3.16
10. McWilliams • PIT 3.26
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Denny • PHI 32
2. Soto • CIN 31
3. Orosco • NYM 24
4. Smith • CHC 23
5. Hammaker • SFG 22
6. Welch • LAD 20
7. Tekulve • PIT 20
8. McMurtry • ATL 19
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 19
10. Smith • MON 18
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Denny • PHI 3.5
2. Soto • CIN 3.4
3. Orosco • NYM 2.5
4. Hammaker • SFG 2.5
5. Smith • CHC 2.5
6. Welch • LAD 2.2
7. McMurtry • ATL 2.1
8. Tekulve • PIT 2.1
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.0
10. Smith • MON 1.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Denny • PHI 33.08
2. Soto • CIN 31.76
3. Niedenfuer • LAD 25.87
4. Orosco • NYM 24.44
5. Forster • ATL 23.04
6. Candelaria • PIT 22.02
7. Smith • CHC 21.85
8. Rogers • MON 19.91
9. Smith • MON 19.48
10. Hammaker • SFG 19.36
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Soto • CIN 4.2
2. Denny • PHI 3.7
3. Orosco • NYM 3.5
4. Smith • CHC 3.1
5. DeLeón • SDP 3.0
6. Candelaria • PIT 2.8
7. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.8
8. Guante • PIT 2.7
9. Rogers • MON 2.6
10. Tekulve • PIT 2.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Denny • PHI 3.3
2. Soto • CIN 3.2
3. Rogers • MON 2.8
4. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.5
5. Orosco • NYM 2.4
6. Smith • CHC 2.4
7. Candelaria • PIT 2.4
8. Hammaker • SFG 2.3
9. Peña • LAD 2.2
10. Ryan • HOU 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Denny • PHI 7.2
2. Candelaria • PIT 4.9
3. Guante • PIT 4.3
4. Peña • LAD 4.1
5. Niedenfuer • LAD 3.9
6. Forster • ATL 3.2
7. Rogers • MON 3.1
8. DeLeón • PIT 3.1
9. Welch • LAD 2.8
10. Gullickson • MON 2.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Denny • PHI 3.7
2. Soto • CIN 3.4
3. Niedenfuer • LAD 2.8
4. Orosco • NYM 2.6
5. Forster • ATL 2.4
6. Candelaria • PIT 2.4
7. Smith • CHC 2.3
8. Rogers • MON 2.2
9. Hammaker • SFG 2.2
10. Smith • MON 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