National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Smith • ATL 8.8
2. Clark • SFG 8.6
3. Bonds • PIT 8.0
4. Hershiser • LAD 7.3
5. Smith • STL 7.3
6. Mitchell • SFG 6.9
7. Johnson • NYM 6.9
8. Whitson • SDP 6.5
9. Hurst • SDP 6.2
10. Sandberg • CHC 6.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Hershiser • LAD 7.0
2. Hurst • SDP 6.5
3. Whitson • SDP 6.5
4. Smith • MON 5.1
5. Maddux • CHC 5.0
6. Langston • MON 4.9
7. Martínez • MON 4.7
8. Davis • SDP 4.4
9. Bielecki • CHC 4.3
10. Belcher • LAD 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Garrelts • SFG 2.28
2. Hershiser • LAD 2.31
3. Langston • MON 2.39
4. Whitson • SDP 2.66
5. Hurst • SDP 2.69
6. Drabek • PIT 2.80
7. Smiley • PIT 2.81
8. Belcher • LAD 2.82
9. Fernandez • NYM 2.83
10. Smith • MON 2.84
Wins
1. Scott • HOU 20
2. Maddux • CHC 19
3. Bielecki • CHC 18
Magrane • STL 18
5. Reuschel • SFG 17
6. DeLeón • STL 16
Martínez • MON 16
Sutcliffe • CHC 16
Whitson • SDP 16
10. Belcher • LAD 15
Browning • CIN 15
Deshaies • HOU 15
Hershiser • LAD 15
Hurst • SDP 15
Win-Loss %
1. Garrelts • SFG .737
Fernandez • NYM .737
3. Bielecki • CHC .720
4. Martínez • MON .696
5. Reuschel • SFG .680
6. Magrane • STL .667
Scott • HOU .667
Parrett • PHI .667
9. Glavine • ATL .636
Cone • NYM .636
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Garrelts • SFG 1.009
2. DeLeón • STL 1.034
3. Scott • HOU 1.057
4. Fernandez • NYM 1.058
5. Smith • MON 1.071
6. Whitson • SDP 1.084
7. Smiley • PIT 1.086
8. Smoltz • ATL 1.115
9. Robinson • SFG 1.122
10. Pérez • MON 1.124
Hits per 9 IP
1. DeLeón • STL 6.364
2. Fernandez • NYM 6.442
3. Howell • PHI 6.838
4. Smoltz • ATL 6.923
5. Garrelts • SFG 6.936
6. Langston • MON 7.030
7. Scott • HOU 7.074
8. Belcher • LAD 7.122
9. Deshaies • HOU 7.179
10. Smith • MON 7.386
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Robinson • SFG 1.690
2. Lilliquist • ATL 1.847
3. Martínez • MON 1.901
4. Whitson • SDP 1.903
5. Glavine • ATL 1.935
6. Pérez • MON 2.042
7. Mahler • CIN 2.080
8. Garrelts • SFG 2.141
9. Smiley • PIT 2.148
10. Smith • MON 2.253
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Langston • MON 8.915
2. Fernandez • NYM 8.125
3. Belcher • LAD 7.826
4. Cone • NYM 7.785
5. DeLeón • STL 7.394
6. Smoltz • ATL 7.269
7. Howell • PHI 7.235
8. Gross • MON 7.063
9. Pérez • MON 6.897
10. Scott • HOU 6.760
Games Played
1. Williams • CHC 76
2. Dibble • CIN 74
3. Parrett • PHI 72
4. Agosto • HOU 71
Dayley • STL 71
6. Davis • SDP 70
Lefferts • SFG 70
8. Charlton • CIN 69
McDowell • 2TM 69
10. Burke • MON 68
Darwin • HOU 68
Bedrosian • 2TM 68
Saves
1. Davis • SDP 44
2. Williams • CHC 36
3. Franco • CIN 32
4. Burke • MON 28
Howell • LAD 28
6. Landrum • PIT 26
7. Smith • HOU 25
8. Myers • NYM 24
9. McDowell • 2TM 23
Bedrosian • 2TM 23
Innings Pitched
1. Hershiser • LAD 256.2
2. Browning • CIN 249.2
3. DeLeón • STL 244.2
Hurst • SDP 244.2
5. Drabek • PIT 244.1
6. Maddux • CHC 238.1
7. Magrane • STL 234.2
8. Martínez • MON 232.0
9. Belcher • LAD 230.0
10. Scott • HOU 229.0
Sutcliffe • CHC 229.0
Strikeouts
1. DeLeón • STL 201
2. Belcher • LAD 200
3. Fernandez • NYM 198
4. Cone • NYM 190
5. Hurst • SDP 179
6. Hershiser • LAD 178
7. Langston • MON 175
8. Scott • HOU 172
9. Smoltz • ATL 168
10. Howell • PHI 164
Games Started
1. Browning • CIN 37
2. DeLeón • STL 36
3. Maddux • CHC 35
4. Deshaies • HOU 34
Drabek • PIT 34
Sutcliffe • CHC 34
7. Bielecki • CHC 33
Cone • NYM 33
Darling • NYM 33
Hershiser • LAD 33
Hill • STL 33
Hurst • SDP 33
Magrane • STL 33
Martínez • MON 33
Rasmussen • SDP 33
Whitson • SDP 33
Complete Games
1. Belcher • LAD 10
Hurst • SDP 10
3. Browning • CIN 9
Magrane • STL 9
Scott • HOU 9
6. Hershiser • LAD 8
Smiley • PIT 8
Drabek • PIT 8
9. Maddux • CHC 7
Cone • NYM 7
Shutouts
1. Belcher • LAD 8
2. Drabek • PIT 5
3. Langston • MON 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
Glavine • ATL 4
6. Magrane • STL 3
Gross • MON 3
Deshaies • HOU 3
DeLeón • STL 3
Bielecki • CHC 3
Home Runs
1. Browning • CIN 31
2. Scott • HOU 23
3. Robinson • SFG 22
Smiley • PIT 22
Whitson • SDP 22
6. Carman • PHI 21
Drabek • PIT 21
Fernandez • NYM 21
Martínez • MON 21
10. Belcher • LAD 20
Cone • NYM 20
Glavine • ATL 20
Gross • MON 20
Bases on Balls
1. Hill • STL 99
2. Valenzuela • LAD 98
3. Langston • MON 93
4. Gross • MON 88
5. Carman • PHI 86
Howell • PHI 86
7. Maddux • CHC 82
8. Bielecki • CHC 81
9. Belcher • LAD 80
DeLeón • STL 80
Hits
1. Mahler • CIN 242
2. Browning • CIN 241
3. Martínez • MON 227
4. Hershiser • LAD 226
5. Maddux • CHC 222
6. Magrane • STL 219
7. Drabek • PIT 215
8. Darling • NYM 214
Hurst • SDP 214
10. Walk • PIT 208
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Pérez • MON 3.378
2. Martínez • MON 2.898
3. Scott • HOU 2.774
4. Hurst • SDP 2.712
5. Fernandez • NYM 2.640
6. Robinson • SFG 2.595
7. Garrelts • SFG 2.587
8. Cone • NYM 2.568
9. DeLeón • STL 2.513
10. Smiley • PIT 2.510
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Magrane • STL 0.192
2. Hershiser • LAD 0.316
3. Hill • STL 0.412
4. Howell • PHI 0.485
5. Maddux • CHC 0.491
6. Valenzuela • LAD 0.503
7. Garrelts • SFG 0.512
8. DeLeón • STL 0.589
Hurst • SDP 0.589
10. Deshaies • HOU 0.598
Losses
1. Carman • PHI 15
Hershiser • LAD 15
Hill • STL 15
4. Clancy • HOU 14
Darling • NYM 14
Smith • ATL 14
Leary • 2TM 14
8. Mahler • CIN 13
Pérez • MON 13
Robinson • PIT 13
Terrell • SDP 13
Valenzuela • LAD 13
Smith • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. Gross • MON 98
2. Walk • PIT 96
3. Browning • CIN 94
Mahler • CIN 94
Knepper • 2TM 94
6. Sutcliffe • CHC 93
7. Carman • PHI 87
Rasmussen • SDP 87
9. Cone • NYM 86
10. Darling • NYM 85
Wild Pitches
1. Howell • PHI 21
2. Wetteland • LAD 16
3. Cone • NYM 14
Magrane • STL 14
Robinson • PIT 14
6. Darling • NYM 12
Sutcliffe • CHC 12
8. Hill • STL 11
9. Harris • PHI 10
Leary • 2TM 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Mahler • CIN 10
2. Williams • CHC 8
3. Belcher • LAD 7
Kramer • PIT 7
LaCoss • SFG 7
Martínez • MON 7
Sebra • 2TM 7
8. DeLeón • STL 6
Fernandez • NYM 6
Gross • MON 6
Heaton • PIT 6
Maddux • CHC 6
Magrane • STL 6
Batters Faced
1. Hershiser • LAD 1,047
2. Browning • CIN 1,031
3. Maddux • CHC 1,002
4. Drabek • PIT 994
5. Hurst • SDP 990
6. DeLeón • STL 972
7. Magrane • STL 971
8. Martínez • MON 950
9. Mahler • CIN 940
10. Sutcliffe • CHC 938
Games Finished
1. Davis • SDP 65
2. Williams • CHC 61
3. Bedrosian • 2TM 60
4. McDowell • 2TM 56
5. Boever • ATL 53
6. Burke • MON 52
7. Franco • CIN 50
8. Myers • NYM 47
9. Smith • HOU 44
10. Howell • LAD 41
Adjusted ERA+
1. Hershiser • LAD 149
2. Langston • MON 148
3. Garrelts • SFG 148
4. Whitson • SDP 132
5. Hurst • SDP 131
6. Maddux • CHC 129
7. Smith • MON 125
8. Magrane • STL 124
9. Smoltz • ATL 123
10. Belcher • LAD 122
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Hershiser • LAD 2.77
2. Pérez • MON 2.95
3. Magrane • STL 2.95
4. Hurst • SDP 2.96
5. Garrelts • SFG 2.99
6. DeLeón • STL 3.02
7. Howell • PHI 3.15
8. Smoltz • ATL 3.15
9. Cone • NYM 3.28
10. Belcher • LAD 3.29
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Hershiser • LAD 32
2. Garrelts • SFG 23
3. Hurst • SDP 22
4. Whitson • SDP 21
5. Langston • MON 21
6. Maddux • CHC 20
7. Magrane • STL 20
8. Lancaster • CHC 18
9. Andersen • HOU 18
10. Dibble • CIN 18
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Hershiser • LAD 3.7
2. Garrelts • SFG 2.6
3. Hurst • SDP 2.4
4. Langston • MON 2.3
5. Whitson • SDP 2.3
6. Maddux • CHC 2.2
7. Magrane • STL 2.2
8. Lancaster • CHC 2.0
9. Andersen • HOU 2.0
10. Dibble • CIN 1.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Hershiser • LAD 38.20
2. Dibble • CIN 27.68
3. Garrelts • SFG 24.40
4. Magrane • STL 23.89
5. Belcher • LAD 23.77
6. Davis • SDP 23.72
7. Harris • SDP 21.88
8. Hurst • SDP 21.63
9. Whitson • SDP 21.38
10. Deshaies • HOU 20.83
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Davis • SDP 5.8
2. Howell • LAD 4.8
3. Belcher • LAD 3.6
4. Magrane • STL 3.4
5. Hershiser • LAD 3.0
6. Drabek • PIT 2.9
7. Langston • MON 2.7
8. Harris • SDP 2.7
9. DeLeón • STL 2.7
10. Landrum • PIT 2.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. DeLeón • STL 3.0
2. Hershiser • LAD 3.0
3. Garrelts • SFG 2.6
4. Belcher • LAD 2.6
5. Fernandez • NYM 2.5
6. Magrane • STL 2.4
7. Smith • MON 2.4
8. Dibble • CIN 2.3
9. Hurst • SDP 2.0
10. Darwin • HOU 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Langston • MON 4.2
2. DeLeón • STL 4.1
3. Garrelts • SFG 3.7
4. Lancaster • CHC 3.4
5. Maddux • CHC 3.1
6. Franco • CIN 3.0
7. Bielecki • CHC 2.9
8. Davis • SDP 2.9
9. Myers • NYM 2.9
10. Lefferts • SFG 2.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Hershiser • LAD 4.5
2. Dibble • CIN 3.0
3. Garrelts • SFG 2.8
4. Belcher • LAD 2.7
5. Magrane • STL 2.6
6. Davis • SDP 2.6
7. Hurst • SDP 2.4
8. Harris • SDP 2.4
9. Whitson • SDP 2.4
10. Deshaies • HOU 2.4

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