National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Sandberg • CHC 8.5
2. Carter • MON 7.5
3. Schmidt • PHI 7.0
4. Raines • MON 6.5
5. Rhoden • PIT 6.5
6. Gwynn • SDP 6.3
7. Cruz • HOU 6.3
8. Hernandez • NYM 6.3
9. Peña • PIT 5.9
10. Gooden • NYM 5.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Gooden • NYM 5.5
2. Rhoden • PIT 5.2
3. Peña • LAD 5.0
4. Soto • CIN 4.5
Sutter • STL 4.5
6. Mahler • ATL 4.4
7. Hershiser • LAD 4.3
8. Eckersley • CHC 3.9
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 3.9
10. Denny • PHI 3.8
Earned Run Average
1. Peña • LAD 2.48
2. Gooden • NYM 2.60
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.66
4. Rhoden • PIT 2.72
5. Candelaria • PIT 2.72
6. Honeycutt • LAD 2.84
7. Lea • MON 2.89
8. McWilliams • PIT 2.93
9. Thurmond • SDP 2.97
10. Valenzuela • LAD 3.03
Wins
1. Andújar • STL 20
2. Soto • CIN 18
3. Gooden • NYM 17
4. Niekro • HOU 16
Sutcliffe • CHC 16
6. Knepper • HOU 15
Lea • MON 15
Show • SDP 15
9. Koosman • PHI 14
Pérez • ATL 14
Rhoden • PIT 14
Thurmond • SDP 14
Whitson • SDP 14
Win-Loss %
1. Sutcliffe • CHC .941
2. Soto • CIN .720
3. Peña • LAD .667
4. Gooden • NYM .654
5. Carlton • PHI .650
Trout • CHC .650
7. Pérez • ATL .636
Thurmond • SDP .636
Whitson • SDP .636
10. Rawley • PHI .625
Gossage • SDP .625
Orosco • NYM .625
Show • SDP .625
Stoddard • CHC .625
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Gooden • NYM 1.073
2. Andújar • STL 1.102
3. Hershiser • LAD 1.107
4. Soto • CIN 1.129
5. Candelaria • PIT 1.149
6. Ryan • HOU 1.154
7. Peña • LAD 1.164
8. Rhoden • PIT 1.166
9. Gullickson • MON 1.178
10. Whitson • SDP 1.180
Hits per 9 IP
1. Gooden • NYM 6.647
2. Soto • CIN 6.864
3. DeLeón • PIT 6.879
4. Ryan • HOU 7.007
5. Andújar • STL 7.508
6. Valenzuela • LAD 7.517
7. Hershiser • LAD 7.592
8. Show • SDP 7.621
9. Lollar • SDP 7.727
10. Darling • NYM 7.833
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Gullickson • MON 1.469
2. Candelaria • PIT 1.651
3. Whitson • SDP 2.000
4. Peña • LAD 2.077
5. Knepper • HOU 2.118
6. Laskey • SFG 2.167
7. Pérez • ATL 2.169
8. Rhoden • PIT 2.341
9. Hershiser • LAD 2.373
10. Tudor • PIT 2.377
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Gooden • NYM 11.394
2. Ryan • HOU 9.653
3. Valenzuela • LAD 8.276
4. Berenyi • 2TM 7.265
5. DeLeón • PIT 7.159
6. Hershiser • LAD 7.118
7. Soto • CIN 7.015
8. Price • CIN 6.763
9. Candelaria • PIT 6.459
10. Carlton • PHI 6.406
Games Played
1. Power • CIN 78
2. Lavelle • SFG 77
3. Minton • SFG 74
4. Tekulve • PIT 72
5. Sutter • STL 71
6. Smith • CHC 69
7. Holland • PHI 68
Reardon • MON 68
9. Andersen • PHI 64
10. Lahti • STL 63
Saves
1. Sutter • STL 45
2. Smith • CHC 33
3. Orosco • NYM 31
4. Holland • PHI 29
5. Gossage • SDP 25
6. Reardon • MON 23
7. Minton • SFG 19
8. Moore • ATL 16
9. Sisk • NYM 15
10. DiPino • HOU 14
Innings Pitched
1. Andújar • STL 261.1
2. Valenzuela • LAD 261.0
3. Niekro • HOU 248.1
4. Rhoden • PIT 238.1
5. Soto • CIN 237.1
6. Knepper • HOU 233.2
7. Carlton • PHI 229.0
8. McWilliams • PIT 227.1
9. Gullickson • MON 226.2
10. Lea • MON 224.1
Strikeouts
1. Gooden • NYM 276
2. Valenzuela • LAD 240
3. Ryan • HOU 197
4. Soto • CIN 185
5. Carlton • PHI 163
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 155
7. DeLeón • PIT 153
8. Hershiser • LAD 150
9. McWilliams • PIT 149
10. Andújar • STL 147
Games Started
1. Niekro • HOU 38
2. Andújar • STL 36
3. Knepper • HOU 34
Koosman • PHI 34
Laskey • SFG 34
Valenzuela • LAD 34
7. Carlton • PHI 33
Darling • NYM 33
Krukow • SFG 33
LaPoint • STL 33
Rhoden • PIT 33
Robinson • SFG 33
Soto • CIN 33
Terrell • NYM 33
Complete Games
1. Soto • CIN 13
2. Andújar • STL 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
4. Knepper • HOU 11
5. Mahler • ATL 9
6. Hershiser • LAD 8
Peña • LAD 8
Lea • MON 8
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 7
Gooden • NYM 7
McWilliams • PIT 7
Shutouts
1. Andújar • STL 4
Peña • LAD 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
4. Rhoden • PIT 3
Sutcliffe • CHC 3
Knepper • HOU 3
Gooden • NYM 3
8. Trout • CHC 2
Russell • CIN 2
McWilliams • PIT 2
Ryan • HOU 2
Lollar • SDP 2
Smith • MON 2
Darling • NYM 2
Valenzuela • LAD 2
Kepshire • STL 2
Honeycutt • LAD 2
Dravecky • SDP 2
Home Runs
1. Gullickson • MON 27
2. Knepper • HOU 26
Pérez • ATL 26
Soto • CIN 26
5. Davis • SFG 25
6. Krukow • SFG 22
7. Andújar • STL 20
Laskey • SFG 20
9. Candelaria • PIT 19
Lea • MON 19
Price • CIN 19
Tudor • PIT 19
Bases on Balls
1. Valenzuela • LAD 106
2. Lollar • SDP 105
3. Darling • NYM 104
4. McMurtry • ATL 102
5. Berenyi • 2TM 95
6. DeLeón • PIT 92
7. Niekro • HOU 89
8. Show • SDP 88
9. Soto • CIN 87
10. Terrell • NYM 80
Hits
1. Krukow • SFG 234
2. Koosman • PHI 232
Terrell • NYM 232
4. Gullickson • MON 230
5. McWilliams • PIT 226
6. Knepper • HOU 223
Niekro • HOU 223
8. Laskey • SFG 222
9. Andújar • STL 218
Valenzuela • LAD 218
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Candelaria • PIT 3.912
2. Gooden • NYM 3.781
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.000
4. Peña • LAD 2.935
5. Ryan • HOU 2.855
6. Pérez • ATL 2.843
7. Gullickson • MON 2.703
8. Knepper • HOU 2.545
9. Whitson • SDP 2.452
10. Davis • SFG 2.296
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Gooden • NYM 0.289
2. Peña • LAD 0.316
3. Koosman • PHI 0.321
4. Berenyi • 2TM 0.325
5. Trout • CHC 0.332
6. LaPoint • STL 0.420
7. Hershiser • LAD 0.427
8. DeLeón • PIT 0.468
9. Valenzuela • LAD 0.483
10. Rhoden • PIT 0.491
Losses
1. Russell • CIN 18
2. Davis • SFG 17
McMurtry • ATL 17
Valenzuela • LAD 17
5. Koosman • PHI 15
Robinson • SFG 15
Rogers • MON 15
8. Andújar • STL 14
Laskey • SFG 14
10. DeLeón • PIT 13
Hume • CIN 13
Lollar • SDP 13
Price • CIN 13
Smith • MON 13
Welch • LAD 13
Berenyi • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. Davis • SFG 104
2. Krukow • SFG 101
3. Laskey • SFG 100
4. Andújar • STL 97
5. Soto • CIN 93
6. Carlton • PHI 91
Gullickson • MON 91
8. McMurtry • ATL 88
Pérez • ATL 88
Valenzuela • LAD 88
Wild Pitches
1. LaPoint • STL 15
2. Niekro • HOU 12
Rogers • MON 12
4. Carlton • PHI 11
Valenzuela • LAD 11
Berenyi • 2TM 11
7. Lollar • SDP 10
Rhoden • PIT 10
9. LaCoss • HOU 9
10. Davis • SFG 8
Hershiser • LAD 8
Williams • SFG 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Andújar • STL 7
Cox • STL 7
Robinson • SFG 7
4. Laskey • SFG 6
5. Darling • NYM 5
Davis • SFG 5
Gross • PHI 5
Krukow • SFG 5
Soto • CIN 5
10. DeLeón • SDP 4
Denny • PHI 4
Dravecky • SDP 4
Eckersley • CHC 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
James • MON 4
Lynch • NYM 4
Niekro • HOU 4
Russell • CIN 4
Ruthven • CHC 4
Ryan • HOU 4
Show • SDP 4
Terrell • NYM 4
Harris • 2TM 4
Batters Faced
1. Valenzuela • LAD 1,078
2. Andújar • STL 1,052
3. Niekro • HOU 1,027
4. Soto • CIN 971
5. Carlton • PHI 964
6. Rhoden • PIT 961
7. McWilliams • PIT 957
8. Knepper • HOU 954
9. Koosman • PHI 950
10. Terrell • NYM 926
Games Finished
1. Sutter • STL 63
2. Holland • PHI 61
3. Smith • CHC 59
4. Reardon • MON 58
5. Orosco • NYM 52
6. Gossage • SDP 51
Tekulve • PIT 51
8. DiPino • HOU 44
9. Minton • SFG 43
10. Garber • ATL 42
Lavelle • SFG 42
Power • CIN 42
Adjusted ERA+
1. Peña • LAD 142
2. Gooden • NYM 137
3. Candelaria • PIT 134
4. Rhoden • PIT 134
5. Hershiser • LAD 133
6. Honeycutt • LAD 124
7. McWilliams • PIT 124
8. Mahler • ATL 123
9. Thurmond • SDP 121
10. Lea • MON 120
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Gooden • NYM 1.69
2. Peña • LAD 2.61
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.66
4. Ryan • HOU 2.66
5. Koosman • PHI 2.85
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.87
7. Rhoden • PIT 3.13
8. Welch • LAD 3.17
9. Carlton • PHI 3.17
10. Candelaria • PIT 3.23
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Sutter • STL 27
2. Rhoden • PIT 24
3. Gooden • NYM 23
4. Peña • LAD 22
5. Hershiser • LAD 18
6. Denny • PHI 18
7. Sutcliffe • CHC 18
8. Mahler • ATL 17
9. Lefferts • SDP 17
10. McWilliams • PIT 17
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Sutter • STL 2.9
2. Rhoden • PIT 2.7
3. Gooden • NYM 2.6
4. Peña • LAD 2.4
5. Denny • PHI 2.0
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 2.0
7. Hershiser • LAD 2.0
8. Mahler • ATL 1.9
9. McWilliams • PIT 1.8
Lefferts • SDP 1.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Sutter • STL 30.40
2. Gooden • NYM 28.05
3. Rhoden • PIT 27.63
4. Peña • LAD 25.98
5. Dravecky • SDP 24.44
6. Lefferts • SDP 22.57
7. Lea • MON 17.27
8. Reardon • MON 17.15
9. Tudor • PIT 16.98
10. Eckersley • CHC 16.33
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Sutter • STL 4.4
2. Gooden • NYM 4.3
3. Dravecky • SDP 2.8
4. Smith • CHC 2.7
5. Reardon • MON 2.7
6. Orosco • NYM 2.4
7. Mahler • ATL 2.3
8. Lefferts • SDP 2.3
9. Dawley • HOU 2.3
10. Gossage • SDP 2.3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Gooden • NYM 4.1
2. Rhoden • PIT 2.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.6
4. Sutcliffe • CHC 2.3
5. Andújar • STL 2.2
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.1
7. Dravecky • SDP 2.1
8. Peña • LAD 2.1
9. Sutter • STL 2.0
10. Soto • CIN 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Smith • CHC 5.9
2. Gooden • NYM 4.1
3. Gossage • SDP 3.2
4. Lefferts • SDP 3.0
5. Dravecky • SDP 2.9
6. Peña • LAD 2.8
7. Orosco • NYM 2.6
8. Forster • ATL 2.6
9. Holland • PHI 2.2
10. Reardon • MON 2.0
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Sutter • STL 3.3
2. Gooden • NYM 3.1
3. Rhoden • PIT 3.0
4. Peña • LAD 2.9
5. Dravecky • SDP 2.6
6. Lefferts • SDP 2.4
7. Lea • MON 1.9
8. Reardon • MON 1.9
9. Tudor • PIT 1.8
10. Eckersley • CHC 1.7

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