National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Gooden • NYM 13.3
2. Tudor • STL 8.2
3. McGee • STL 8.2
4. Guerrero • LAD 8.0
5. Raines • MON 7.6
6. Carter • NYM 6.9
7. Reuschel • PIT 6.4
8. Smith • STL 6.4
9. Hershiser • LAD 6.3
10. Wallach • MON 6.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Gooden • NYM 12.2
2. Tudor • STL 8.1
3. Reuschel • PIT 6.2
4. Hershiser • LAD 5.9
5. Valenzuela • LAD 5.5
6. Mahler • ATL 4.7
7. Eckersley • CHC 4.6
8. Welch • LAD 4.3
9. Darling • NYM 4.1
10. Rawley • PHI 4.0
Earned Run Average
1. Gooden • NYM 1.53
2. Tudor • STL 1.93
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.03
4. Reuschel • PIT 2.27
5. Welch • LAD 2.31
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.45
7. Fernandez • NYM 2.80
8. Cox • STL 2.88
9. Darling • NYM 2.90
10. Smith • MON 2.91
Wins
1. Gooden • NYM 24
2. Andújar • STL 21
Tudor • STL 21
4. Browning • CIN 20
5. Hershiser • LAD 19
6. Cox • STL 18
Hawkins • SDP 18
Scott • HOU 18
Smith • MON 18
10. Mahler • ATL 17
Valenzuela • LAD 17
Win-Loss %
1. Hershiser • LAD .864
2. Gooden • NYM .857
3. Smith • MON .783
4. Welch • LAD .778
5. Darling • NYM .727
6. Tudor • STL .724
7. Scott • HOU .692
Hawkins • SDP .692
9. Browning • CIN .690
10. Cox • STL .667
Hoyt • SDP .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Tudor • STL 0.938
2. Gooden • NYM 0.965
3. Eckersley • CHC 0.969
4. Hershiser • LAD 1.031
5. Welch • LAD 1.052
6. Smith • MON 1.052
7. Reuschel • PIT 1.057
8. Hoyt • SDP 1.094
9. Fernandez • NYM 1.104
10. Lynch • NYM 1.126
Hits per 9 IP
1. Fernandez • NYM 5.706
2. Gooden • NYM 6.441
3. Hershiser • LAD 6.722
4. Tudor • STL 6.840
5. Soto • CIN 6.873
6. Valenzuela • LAD 6.973
7. Reuschel • PIT 7.098
8. Welch • LAD 7.584
9. DeLeón • PIT 7.635
10. Eckersley • CHC 7.707
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hoyt • SDP 0.856
2. Eckersley • CHC 1.010
3. Lynch • NYM 1.272
4. Tudor • STL 1.604
5. Smith • MON 1.660
6. Welch • LAD 1.882
7. Knepper • HOU 2.017
8. Gooden • NYM 2.245
9. Krukow • SFG 2.265
10. Gullickson • MON 2.333
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Fernandez • NYM 9.511
2. Gooden • NYM 8.718
3. DeLeón • PIT 8.244
4. Ryan • HOU 8.108
5. Soto • CIN 7.504
6. Krukow • SFG 6.935
7. Valenzuela • LAD 6.874
8. Gross • PHI 6.608
9. Reuschel • PIT 6.402
10. Eckersley • CHC 6.219
Games Played
1. Burke • MON 78
2. Davis • SFG 77
3. Garrelts • SFG 74
4. Carman • PHI 71
5. Minton • SFG 68
6. Franco • CIN 67
7. Camp • ATL 66
8. Smith • CHC 65
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 64
Power • CIN 64
Smith • HOU 64
Saves
1. Reardon • MON 41
2. Smith • CHC 33
3. Power • CIN 27
Smith • HOU 27
5. Gossage • SDP 26
6. Sutter • ATL 23
7. Lahti • STL 19
Niedenfuer • LAD 19
9. McDowell • NYM 17
Orosco • NYM 17
Innings Pitched
1. Gooden • NYM 276.2
2. Tudor • STL 275.0
3. Valenzuela • LAD 272.1
4. Andújar • STL 269.2
5. Mahler • ATL 266.2
6. Browning • CIN 261.1
7. Soto • CIN 256.2
8. Darling • NYM 248.0
9. Cox • STL 241.0
Knepper • HOU 241.0
Strikeouts
1. Gooden • NYM 268
2. Soto • CIN 214
3. Ryan • HOU 209
4. Valenzuela • LAD 208
5. Fernandez • NYM 180
6. Tudor • STL 169
7. Darling • NYM 167
8. Hershiser • LAD 157
9. Browning • CIN 155
10. Gross • PHI 151
Games Started
1. Mahler • ATL 39
2. Andújar • STL 38
Browning • CIN 38
4. Bedrosian • ATL 37
Knepper • HOU 37
6. Soto • CIN 36
Tudor • STL 36
8. Cox • STL 35
Darling • NYM 35
Gooden • NYM 35
Rhoden • PIT 35
Ryan • HOU 35
Scott • HOU 35
Show • SDP 35
Valenzuela • LAD 35
Complete Games
1. Gooden • NYM 16
2. Valenzuela • LAD 14
Tudor • STL 14
4. Andújar • STL 10
Cox • STL 10
6. Soto • CIN 9
Reuschel • PIT 9
Hershiser • LAD 9
9. Welch • LAD 8
Hoyt • SDP 8
Shutouts
1. Tudor • STL 10
2. Gooden • NYM 8
3. Valenzuela • LAD 5
Hershiser • LAD 5
5. Browning • CIN 4
Cox • STL 4
7. Welch • LAD 3
Sutcliffe • CHC 3
Reuss • LAD 3
Hoyt • SDP 3
Home Runs
1. Soto • CIN 30
2. Browning • CIN 29
3. Show • SDP 27
4. Mahler • ATL 24
5. Fontenot • CHC 23
Hudson • PHI 23
7. Darling • NYM 21
Knepper • HOU 21
Niekro • HOU 21
10. Hoyt • SDP 20
Scott • HOU 20
Bases on Balls
1. Darling • NYM 114
2. Bedrosian • ATL 111
3. Soto • CIN 104
4. Valenzuela • LAD 101
5. Niekro • HOU 99
6. Ryan • HOU 95
7. DeLeón • PIT 89
8. Show • SDP 87
9. Denny • PHI 83
Tibbs • CIN 83
Hits
1. Mahler • ATL 272
2. Andújar • STL 265
3. Rhoden • PIT 254
4. Knepper • HOU 253
5. Denny • PHI 252
6. Browning • CIN 242
7. Hawkins • SDP 229
8. Cox • STL 226
9. Tibbs • CIN 216
10. LaPoint • SFG 215
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Eckersley • CHC 6.158
2. Hoyt • SDP 4.150
3. Gooden • NYM 3.884
4. Tudor • STL 3.449
5. Smith • MON 3.098
6. Krukow • SFG 3.061
7. Welch • LAD 2.743
8. Reuschel • PIT 2.654
9. Knepper • HOU 2.426
10. Lynch • NYM 2.407
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Hershiser • LAD 0.300
2. Reuschel • PIT 0.325
3. Gullickson • MON 0.397
4. Gooden • NYM 0.423
5. Tudor • STL 0.458
6. Valenzuela • LAD 0.463
7. Ryan • HOU 0.466
8. Gross • PHI 0.481
9. Smith • MON 0.486
10. Andújar • STL 0.501
Losses
1. DeLeón • PIT 19
2. LaPoint • SFG 17
3. Tibbs • CIN 16
Laskey • 2TM 16
5. Bedrosian • ATL 15
Mahler • ATL 15
Rhoden • PIT 15
Soto • CIN 15
9. Denny • PHI 14
10. Gross • PHI 13
Hudson • PHI 13
Knepper • HOU 13
Pérez • ATL 13
Earned Runs
1. Rhoden • PIT 106
2. Browning • CIN 103
Mahler • ATL 103
4. Andújar • STL 102
Soto • CIN 102
6. Denny • PHI 98
Ryan • HOU 98
8. Knepper • HOU 95
Tibbs • CIN 95
10. Bedrosian • ATL 88
Niekro • HOU 88
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • HOU 21
2. Ryan • HOU 14
3. Tibbs • CIN 12
4. Krukow • SFG 10
LaPoint • SFG 10
Valenzuela • LAD 10
7. Palmer • MON 9
8. Blue • SFG 8
Denny • PHI 8
Rhoden • PIT 8
Soto • CIN 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Andújar • STL 11
2. Ryan • HOU 9
3. Burke • MON 7
Gross • PHI 7
McWilliams • PIT 7
6. Hershiser • LAD 6
Rhoden • PIT 6
Welch • LAD 6
Williams • SFG 6
10. Bedrosian • ATL 5
Camp • ATL 5
Guante • PIT 5
Niekro • HOU 5
Show • SDP 5
Tudor • STL 5
Batters Faced
1. Andújar • STL 1,127
2. Mahler • ATL 1,110
3. Valenzuela • LAD 1,109
4. Browning • CIN 1,083
5. Gooden • NYM 1,065
6. Tudor • STL 1,062
7. Soto • CIN 1,055
8. Darling • NYM 1,043
9. Knepper • HOU 1,016
10. Denny • PHI 998
Games Finished
1. Smith • CHC 57
2. Power • CIN 50
Reardon • MON 50
Sutter • ATL 50
5. Smith • HOU 46
6. Garrelts • SFG 44
7. Niedenfuer • LAD 43
8. Tekulve • 2TM 42
9. Orosco • NYM 39
10. Davis • SFG 38
Gossage • SDP 38
Adjusted ERA+
1. Gooden • NYM 229
2. Tudor • STL 185
3. Hershiser • LAD 171
4. Reuschel • PIT 159
5. Welch • LAD 150
6. Valenzuela • LAD 141
7. Eckersley • CHC 129
8. Fernandez • NYM 125
9. Cox • STL 124
10. Darling • NYM 120
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Gooden • NYM 2.13
2. Reuschel • PIT 2.58
3. Tudor • STL 2.71
4. Hershiser • LAD 2.73
5. Smith • MON 2.81
6. Eckersley • CHC 2.84
7. Ryan • HOU 2.90
8. Valenzuela • LAD 2.95
9. Fernandez • NYM 3.08
10. Gross • PHI 3.19
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Gooden • NYM 63
2. Tudor • STL 50
3. Hershiser • LAD 35
4. Valenzuela • LAD 28
5. Reuschel • PIT 28
6. Welch • LAD 22
7. Cox • STL 17
8. Eckersley • CHC 17
9. Franco • CIN 17
10. Burke • MON 17
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Gooden • NYM 7.6
2. Tudor • STL 5.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.9
4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.1
5. Reuschel • PIT 3.1
6. Welch • LAD 2.5
7. Eckersley • CHC 1.9
8. Cox • STL 1.8
9. Franco • CIN 1.8
10. Burke • MON 1.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Gooden • NYM 75.52
2. Tudor • STL 55.38
3. Hershiser • LAD 31.45
4. Reuschel • PIT 28.22
5. Valenzuela • LAD 27.96
6. Welch • LAD 25.01
7. Burke • MON 21.70
8. Fernandez • NYM 21.55
9. Reuss • LAD 20.42
10. Dravecky • SDP 19.31
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Gooden • NYM 9.9
2. Tudor • STL 6.1
3. Gossage • SDP 4.0
4. Lahti • STL 3.9
5. Franco • CIN 3.8
6. Smith • HOU 3.8
7. Carman • PHI 3.7
8. Smith • CHC 3.5
9. Burke • MON 3.4
10. McDowell • NYM 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Gooden • NYM 6.9
2. Tudor • STL 6.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 4.1
4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.5
5. Reuschel • PIT 3.4
6. Eckersley • CHC 2.9
7. Smith • MON 2.4
8. Hoyt • SDP 1.9
9. Niedenfuer • LAD 1.9
10. Browning • CIN 1.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gooden • NYM 18.1
2. Tudor • STL 13.6
3. Lahti • STL 8.5
4. McDowell • NYM 6.5
5. Valenzuela • LAD 4.4
6. Burke • MON 4.1
7. Gossage • SDP 4.0
8. Welch • LAD 3.6
9. Dravecky • SDP 3.3
10. Orosco • NYM 3.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Gooden • NYM 9.5
2. Tudor • STL 6.5
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.6
4. Valenzuela • LAD 3.2
5. Reuschel • PIT 3.2
6. Welch • LAD 2.9
7. Fernandez • NYM 2.4
8. Burke • MON 2.4
9. Reuss • LAD 2.3
10. Dravecky • SDP 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