National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Gwynn • SDP 8.6
2. Davis • CIN 7.9
3. Murphy • ATL 7.7
4. Welch • LAD 7.4
5. Hershiser • LAD 7.3
6. Raines • MON 6.7
7. Sutcliffe • CHC 6.5
8. Smith • STL 6.4
9. Strawberry • NYM 6.4
10. Schmidt • PHI 6.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Welch • LAD 7.1
2. Hershiser • LAD 6.4
3. Sutcliffe • CHC 6.0
4. Scott • HOU 5.9
5. Ryan • HOU 5.4
6. Burke • MON 4.3
7. Valenzuela • LAD 4.1
8. Reuschel • 2TM 3.9
9. Martínez • MON 3.8
10. Gooden • NYM 3.7
Earned Run Average
1. Ryan • HOU 2.76
2. Dunne • PIT 3.03
3. Hershiser • LAD 3.06
4. Reuschel • 2TM 3.09
5. Gooden • NYM 3.21
6. Welch • LAD 3.22
7. Scott • HOU 3.23
8. Dravecky • 2TM 3.43
9. Magrane • STL 3.54
10. Hammaker • SFG 3.58
Wins
1. Sutcliffe • CHC 18
2. Rawley • PHI 17
3. Hershiser • LAD 16
Scott • HOU 16
5. Gooden • NYM 15
Smith • ATL 15
Welch • LAD 15
8. Valenzuela • LAD 14
9. Carman • PHI 13
Dunne • PIT 13
Heaton • MON 13
LaCoss • SFG 13
Reuschel • 2TM 13
Win-Loss %
1. Dunne • PIT .684
2. Gooden • NYM .682
3. Deshaies • HOU .647
4. Sutcliffe • CHC .643
5. Welch • LAD .625
6. Garrelts • SFG .611
Robinson • 2TM .611
Forsch • STL .611
9. Rawley • PHI .607
10. Fernandez • NYM .600
Smith • ATL .600
Darling • NYM .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Reuschel • 2TM 1.097
2. Scott • HOU 1.122
3. Ryan • HOU 1.139
4. Welch • LAD 1.152
5. Drabek • PIT 1.197
6. Gooden • NYM 1.197
7. Hershiser • LAD 1.213
8. Carman • PHI 1.246
9. Heaton • MON 1.262
10. Whitson • SDP 1.269
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • HOU 6.548
2. Scott • HOU 7.231
3. Welch • LAD 7.295
4. Dunne • PIT 7.880
5. Darling • NYM 7.931
6. Gooden • NYM 8.115
7. Show • SDP 8.200
8. Reuschel • 2TM 8.207
9. Carman • PHI 8.275
10. Magrane • STL 8.295
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Reuschel • 2TM 1.665
2. Heaton • MON 1.722
3. Gullickson • CIN 2.127
4. Forsch • STL 2.263
5. Drabek • PIT 2.348
6. Hershiser • LAD 2.516
7. Krukow • SFG 2.540
8. Gooden • NYM 2.655
9. Knepper • HOU 2.735
10. Whitson • SDP 2.801
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • HOU 11.480
2. Scott • HOU 8.467
3. Sebra • MON 7.917
4. Gooden • NYM 7.414
5. Darling • NYM 7.238
6. Welch • LAD 7.009
7. Valenzuela • LAD 6.813
8. Downs • SFG 6.629
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 6.598
10. Moyer • CHC 6.582
Games Played
1. Tekulve • PHI 90
2. Murphy • CIN 87
3. Williams • CIN 85
4. Robinson • 2TM 81
5. McCullers • SDP 78
6. Lefferts • 2TM 77
7. Worrell • STL 75
8. DiPino • CHC 69
McGaffigan • MON 69
10. Acker • ATL 68
Franco • CIN 68
Saves
1. Bedrosian • PHI 40
2. Smith • CHC 36
3. Worrell • STL 33
4. Franco • CIN 32
5. McDowell • NYM 25
6. Smith • HOU 24
7. Robinson • 2TM 19
8. Burke • MON 18
9. Orosco • NYM 16
McCullers • SDP 16
Innings Pitched
1. Hershiser • LAD 264.2
2. Welch • LAD 251.2
3. Valenzuela • LAD 251.0
4. Scott • HOU 247.2
5. Smith • ATL 242.0
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 237.1
7. Rawley • PHI 229.2
8. Reuschel • 2TM 227.0
9. Ryan • HOU 211.2
10. Carman • PHI 211.0
Strikeouts
1. Ryan • HOU 270
2. Scott • HOU 233
3. Welch • LAD 196
4. Hershiser • LAD 190
Valenzuela • LAD 190
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 174
7. Darling • NYM 167
8. Sebra • MON 156
9. Gooden • NYM 148
10. Moyer • CHC 147
Games Started
1. Rawley • PHI 36
Scott • HOU 36
Smith • ATL 36
4. Carman • PHI 35
Hershiser • LAD 35
Ruffin • PHI 35
Welch • LAD 35
8. Power • CIN 34
Ryan • HOU 34
Show • SDP 34
Sutcliffe • CHC 34
Valenzuela • LAD 34
Whitson • SDP 34
Complete Games
1. Reuschel • 2TM 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
3. Hershiser • LAD 10
4. Smith • ATL 9
5. Scott • HOU 8
6. Gooden • NYM 7
7. Welch • LAD 6
Fisher • PIT 6
Sutcliffe • CHC 6
10. Show • SDP 5
Dunne • PIT 5
Dravecky • 2TM 5
Shutouts
1. Reuschel • 2TM 4
Welch • LAD 4
3. Scott • HOU 3
Show • SDP 3
Smith • ATL 3
Gooden • NYM 3
Fisher • PIT 3
Youmans • MON 3
Dravecky • 2TM 3
Downs • SFG 3
Home Runs
1. Whitson • SDP 36
2. Carman • PHI 34
3. Gullickson • CIN 33
4. Moyer • CHC 28
Power • CIN 28
6. Browning • CIN 27
Fisher • PIT 27
8. Gross • PHI 26
Knepper • HOU 26
Show • SDP 26
Bases on Balls
1. Valenzuela • LAD 124
2. Sutcliffe • CHC 106
3. Moyer • CHC 97
4. Darling • NYM 96
5. Smith • ATL 91
6. Gross • PHI 87
Ryan • HOU 87
8. Rawley • PHI 86
Welch • LAD 86
10. Mahler • ATL 85
Show • SDP 85
Hits
1. Valenzuela • LAD 254
2. Rawley • PHI 250
3. Hershiser • LAD 247
4. Smith • ATL 245
5. Ruffin • PHI 236
6. Knepper • HOU 226
7. Cox • STL 224
8. Sutcliffe • CHC 223
9. Power • CIN 213
10. Mahler • ATL 212
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Ryan • HOU 3.103
2. Scott • HOU 2.949
3. Heaton • MON 2.838
4. Gooden • NYM 2.792
5. Drabek • PIT 2.609
6. Hershiser • LAD 2.568
7. Reuschel • 2TM 2.548
8. Sebra • MON 2.328
9. Gullickson • CIN 2.282
10. Welch • LAD 2.279
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Magrane • STL 0.476
2. Reuschel • 2TM 0.515
3. Dunne • PIT 0.551
Gooden • NYM 0.551
5. Hershiser • LAD 0.578
6. Ryan • HOU 0.595
7. Downs • SFG 0.677
8. Smith • ATL 0.707
9. Ruffin • PHI 0.748
10. Welch • LAD 0.751
Losses
1. Knepper • HOU 17
2. Gross • PHI 16
Hershiser • LAD 16
Ryan • HOU 16
Show • SDP 16
6. Moyer • CHC 15
Sebra • MON 15
8. Maddux • CHC 14
Ruffin • PHI 14
Valenzuela • LAD 14
Earned Runs
1. Moyer • CHC 114
2. Rawley • PHI 112
3. Valenzuela • LAD 111
4. Smith • ATL 110
5. Mahler • ATL 109
6. Whitson • SDP 108
7. Knepper • HOU 104
8. Browning • CIN 102
Power • CIN 102
10. Carman • PHI 99
Darling • NYM 99
Ruffin • PHI 99
Wild Pitches
1. Valenzuela • LAD 14
2. Downs • SFG 12
3. Hershiser • LAD 11
Moyer • CHC 11
5. Ryan • HOU 10
Scott • HOU 10
O'Neal • 2TM 10
8. Aguilera • NYM 9
Magrane • STL 9
Sutcliffe • CHC 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Gross • PHI 10
Magrane • STL 10
3. Hershiser • LAD 9
Show • SDP 9
5. Fernandez • NYM 8
Reuschel • 2TM 8
7. Palmer • ATL 7
8. Martínez • MON 6
Davis • 2TM 6
10. Browning • CIN 5
Carman • PHI 5
Cone • NYM 5
Darwin • HOU 5
Jones • SDP 5
Moyer • CHC 5
Noles • CHC 5
Rawley • PHI 5
Smith • ATL 5
Dravecky • 2TM 5
Hume • 2TM 5
Batters Faced
1. Valenzuela • LAD 1,116
2. Hershiser • LAD 1,093
3. Smith • ATL 1,035
4. Welch • LAD 1,027
5. Sutcliffe • CHC 1,012
6. Scott • HOU 1,010
7. Rawley • PHI 1,005
8. Reuschel • 2TM 920
9. Moyer • CHC 899
10. Darling • NYM 891
Games Finished
1. Franco • CIN 60
2. Bedrosian • PHI 56
3. Smith • CHC 55
4. Worrell • STL 54
Robinson • 2TM 54
6. McDowell • NYM 45
7. Smith • HOU 44
8. Garber • ATL 43
Garrelts • SFG 43
10. Acker • ATL 41
McCullers • SDP 41
Orosco • NYM 41
Adjusted ERA+
1. Ryan • HOU 142
2. Dunne • PIT 135
3. Reuschel • 2TM 131
4. Hershiser • LAD 131
5. Welch • LAD 125
6. Scott • HOU 121
7. Gooden • NYM 119
8. Magrane • STL 118
9. Sutcliffe • CHC 116
10. Dravecky • 2TM 114
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Ryan • HOU 2.47
2. Gooden • NYM 2.94
3. Scott • HOU 3.10
4. Hershiser • LAD 3.21
5. Reuschel • 2TM 3.33
6. Sebra • MON 3.40
7. Welch • LAD 3.47
8. Downs • SFG 3.52
9. Magrane • STL 3.60
10. Dravecky • 2TM 3.73
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Burke • MON 28
2. Ryan • HOU 27
3. Hershiser • LAD 26
4. Welch • LAD 25
5. McGaffigan • MON 23
6. Scott • HOU 22
7. Reuschel • 2TM 22
8. Williams • CIN 19
9. Dunne • PIT 17
10. Worrell • STL 17
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Burke • MON 2.9
2. Ryan • HOU 2.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.7
4. Welch • LAD 2.6
5. Reuschel • 2TM 2.4
6. McGaffigan • MON 2.3
7. Scott • HOU 2.3
8. Williams • CIN 1.9
9. Dunne • PIT 1.8
10. Worrell • STL 1.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Welch • LAD 33.21
2. Ryan • HOU 30.58
3. Scott • HOU 28.79
4. Hershiser • LAD 26.69
5. Reuschel • 2TM 25.57
6. McGaffigan • MON 25.27
7. Tekulve • PHI 22.02
8. Burke • MON 21.58
9. Robinson • 2TM 20.23
10. Dunne • PIT 19.77
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Burke • MON 5.0
2. Scott • HOU 3.7
3. Robinson • 2TM 3.7
4. Bedrosian • PHI 3.5
5. Welch • LAD 3.3
6. Ryan • HOU 3.3
7. Worrell • STL 3.3
8. Tekulve • PHI 2.8
9. Reuschel • 2TM 2.4
10. McGaffigan • MON 2.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Scott • HOU 3.6
2. Reuschel • 2TM 3.5
3. Welch • LAD 3.3
4. Ryan • HOU 3.3
5. Hershiser • LAD 2.7
6. Burke • MON 2.2
7. Gooden • NYM 2.0
8. Robinson • 2TM 1.9
9. McGaffigan • MON 1.8
10. Pérez • MON 1.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Worrell • STL 7.4
2. Burke • MON 3.9
3. Smith • HOU 3.9
4. Magrane • STL 3.6
5. Robinson • CIN 3.4
6. Scott • HOU 3.3
7. Mathews • STL 3.1
8. Ryan • HOU 3.0
9. Dayley • STL 2.7
10. Reuschel • 2TM 2.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Welch • LAD 3.5
2. Ryan • HOU 3.3
3. Scott • HOU 3.1
4. Hershiser • LAD 2.8
5. Reuschel • 2TM 2.7
6. McGaffigan • MON 2.5
7. Tekulve • PHI 2.2
8. Burke • MON 2.2
9. Robinson • 2TM 2.1
10. Dunne • PIT 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