National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Bonds • PIT 9.7
2. Dykstra • PHI 8.9
3. Sandberg • CHC 7.1
4. Whitson • SDP 7.0
5. Strawberry • NYM 6.3
Viola • NYM 6.3
7. Rijo • CIN 5.8
8. Roberts • SDP 5.8
9. Larkin • CIN 5.7
10. Gant • ATL 5.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Whitson • SDP 7.0
2. Viola • NYM 6.4
3. Rijo • CIN 5.7
4. Darwin • HOU 5.3
5. Hurst • SDP 5.0
6. Martínez • MON 4.7
7. Harkey • CHC 4.6
8. Boyd • MON 4.3
9. Drabek • PIT 4.2
10. Smith • 2TM 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Darwin • HOU 2.21
2. Smith • 2TM 2.55
3. Whitson • SDP 2.60
4. Viola • NYM 2.67
5. Rijo • CIN 2.70
6. Drabek • PIT 2.76
7. Martínez • LAD 2.92
8. Boyd • MON 2.93
9. Martínez • MON 2.95
10. Hurst • SDP 3.14
Wins
1. Drabek • PIT 22
2. Martínez • LAD 20
Viola • NYM 20
4. Gooden • NYM 19
5. Browning • CIN 15
Maddux • CHC 15
7. Burkett • SFG 14
Cone • NYM 14
Rijo • CIN 14
Smoltz • ATL 14
Whitson • SDP 14
Win-Loss %
1. Drabek • PIT .786
2. Martínez • LAD .769
3. Tudor • STL .750
4. Gooden • NYM .731
5. Burkett • SFG .667
Harkey • CHC .667
7. Rijo • CIN .636
8. Sampen • MON .632
9. Viola • NYM .625
Boyd • MON .625
Browning • CIN .625
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Darwin • HOU 1.027
2. Martínez • MON 1.062
3. Drabek • PIT 1.063
4. Fernandez • NYM 1.099
5. Martínez • LAD 1.101
6. Hurst • SDP 1.122
7. Boyd • MON 1.133
8. Smith • 2TM 1.142
9. Cone • NYM 1.143
10. Whitson • SDP 1.146
Hits per 9 IP
1. Fernandez • NYM 6.524
2. Rijo • CIN 6.898
3. Martínez • LAD 7.336
4. Drabek • PIT 7.392
5. Darwin • HOU 7.525
6. Cone • NYM 7.526
7. Hurst • SDP 7.565
8. Martínez • MON 7.606
9. Boyd • MON 7.741
10. Harkey • CHC 7.929
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Darwin • HOU 1.715
2. Whitson • SDP 1.850
3. Leibrandt • ATL 1.940
4. Martínez • MON 1.951
5. Browning • CIN 2.056
6. Smith • 2TM 2.090
7. Mulholland • PHI 2.092
8. Viola • NYM 2.163
9. Drabek • PIT 2.179
10. Boyd • MON 2.455
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Cone • NYM 9.907
2. Fernandez • NYM 9.084
3. Gooden • NYM 8.626
4. Martínez • LAD 8.565
5. DeLeón • STL 8.080
6. Rijo • CIN 6.944
7. Smoltz • ATL 6.614
8. Viola • NYM 6.561
9. Benes • SDP 6.551
10. Hurst • SDP 6.519
Games Played
1. Agosto • HOU 82
2. Assenmacher • CHC 74
3. Harris • SDP 73
4. McDowell • PHI 72
5. Akerfelds • PHI 71
6. Bedrosian • SFG 68
Dibble • CIN 68
8. Boever • 2TM 67
Parrett • 2TM 67
Ruskin • 2TM 67
Saves
1. Franco • NYM 33
2. Myers • CIN 31
3. Smith • STL 27
4. Smith • HOU 23
Lefferts • SDP 23
6. McDowell • PHI 22
7. Burke • MON 20
8. Brantley • SFG 19
9. Bedrosian • SFG 17
10. Howell • LAD 16
Williams • CHC 16
Innings Pitched
1. Viola • NYM 249.2
2. Maddux • CHC 237.0
3. Martínez • LAD 234.1
4. Gooden • NYM 232.2
5. Drabek • PIT 231.1
Smoltz • ATL 231.1
7. Whitson • SDP 228.2
8. Browning • CIN 227.2
9. Martínez • MON 226.0
10. Hurst • SDP 223.2
Strikeouts
1. Cone • NYM 233
2. Gooden • NYM 223
Martínez • LAD 223
4. Viola • NYM 182
5. Fernandez • NYM 181
6. Smoltz • ATL 170
7. DeLeón • STL 164
8. Hurst • SDP 162
9. Martínez • MON 156
10. Rijo • CIN 152
Games Started
1. Browning • CIN 35
Maddux • CHC 35
Viola • NYM 35
4. Deshaies • HOU 34
Gooden • NYM 34
Smoltz • ATL 34
7. Drabek • PIT 33
Glavine • ATL 33
Hurst • SDP 33
Martínez • LAD 33
Morgan • LAD 33
Valenzuela • LAD 33
Complete Games
1. Martínez • LAD 12
2. Hurst • SDP 9
Drabek • PIT 9
4. Maddux • CHC 8
5. Viola • NYM 7
Martínez • MON 7
Rijo • CIN 7
8. Whitson • SDP 6
Cone • NYM 6
Morgan • LAD 6
Mulholland • PHI 6
Smoltz • ATL 6
Shutouts
1. Morgan • LAD 4
Hurst • SDP 4
3. Martínez • LAD 3
Boyd • MON 3
Drabek • PIT 3
Whitson • SDP 3
Gardner • MON 3
Viola • NYM 3
9. Smith • 2TM 2
Martínez • MON 2
Scott • HOU 2
Magrane • STL 2
Maddux • CHC 2
Leibrandt • ATL 2
Smoltz • ATL 2
Tewksbury • STL 2
Valenzuela • LAD 2
Garrelts • SFG 2
Wilson • SFG 2
Cone • NYM 2
Combs • PHI 2
Belcher • LAD 2
Home Runs
1. Rasmussen • SDP 28
2. Scott • HOU 27
3. Browning • CIN 24
4. Martínez • LAD 22
5. Cone • NYM 21
Deshaies • HOU 21
Gullickson • HOU 21
Hurst • SDP 21
Portugal • HOU 21
10. Darling • NYM 20
Smoltz • ATL 20
Cook • 2TM 20
Bases on Balls
1. Smoltz • ATL 90
2. Combs • PHI 86
DeLeón • STL 86
4. Deshaies • HOU 84
5. Glavine • ATL 78
Rijo • CIN 78
7. Valenzuela • LAD 77
8. de Jesús • PHI 73
9. Maddux • CHC 71
10. Bielecki • CHC 70
Charlton • CIN 70
Garrelts • SFG 70
Gooden • NYM 70
Hits
1. Maddux • CHC 242
2. Browning • CIN 235
3. Glavine • ATL 232
4. Gooden • NYM 229
5. Viola • NYM 227
6. Valenzuela • LAD 223
7. Gullickson • HOU 221
8. Rasmussen • SDP 217
9. Morgan • LAD 216
10. Whitson • SDP 215
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Cone • NYM 3.585
2. Darwin • HOU 3.516
3. Martínez • LAD 3.328
4. Gooden • NYM 3.186
5. Martínez • MON 3.184
6. Viola • NYM 3.033
7. Whitson • SDP 2.702
8. Fernandez • NYM 2.701
9. Smith • 2TM 2.600
10. Hurst • SDP 2.571
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Gooden • NYM 0.387
2. Maddux • CHC 0.418
3. Magrane • STL 0.443
4. Rijo • CIN 0.457
5. Armstrong • CIN 0.488
6. Gross • MON 0.496
7. Leibrandt • ATL 0.499
8. Whitson • SDP 0.512
9. Viola • NYM 0.541
10. Drabek • PIT 0.584
Losses
1. DeLeón • STL 19
2. Magrane • STL 17
3. Maddux • CHC 15
Morgan • LAD 15
Rasmussen • SDP 15
6. Fernandez • NYM 14
Gullickson • HOU 14
8. Ruffin • PHI 13
Scott • HOU 13
Valenzuela • LAD 13
Earned Runs
1. Valenzuela • LAD 104
2. Glavine • ATL 102
3. Gooden • NYM 99
Smoltz • ATL 99
5. Browning • CIN 96
6. Rasmussen • SDP 94
7. Bielecki • CHC 92
8. Maddux • CHC 91
9. DeLeón • STL 90
10. Ruffin • PHI 89
Wild Pitches
1. Smoltz • ATL 14
2. Valenzuela • LAD 13
3. Bielecki • CHC 11
Magrane • STL 11
Viola • NYM 11
6. Cone • NYM 10
7. Charlton • CIN 9
Combs • PHI 9
Rasmussen • SDP 9
10. Glavine • ATL 8
Harkey • CHC 8
Howell • PHI 8
Wetteland • LAD 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Gardner • MON 9
2. Deshaies • HOU 8
Magrane • STL 8
4. Agosto • HOU 7
Gooden • NYM 7
Harkey • CHC 7
7. Armstrong • CIN 6
Howell • LAD 6
Martínez • MON 6
10. Bielecki • CHC 5
Browning • CIN 5
Darling • NYM 5
DeLeón • STL 5
Fernandez • NYM 5
Morgan • LAD 5
Freeman • 2TM 5
Batters Faced
1. Viola • NYM 1,016
2. Maddux • CHC 1,011
3. Gooden • NYM 983
4. Smoltz • ATL 966
5. Browning • CIN 957
6. Martínez • LAD 950
7. Glavine • ATL 929
8. Drabek • PIT 918
Whitson • SDP 918
10. Martínez • MON 908
Games Finished
1. McDowell • PHI 60
2. Myers • CIN 59
3. Bedrosian • SFG 53
4. Franco • NYM 48
5. Smith • STL 45
6. Lefferts • SDP 44
7. Smith • HOU 42
8. Landrum • PIT 41
9. Williams • CHC 39
10. Burke • MON 35
Howell • LAD 35
Adjusted ERA+
1. Darwin • HOU 169
2. Rijo • CIN 148
3. Whitson • SDP 148
4. Smith • 2TM 143
5. Viola • NYM 141
6. Drabek • PIT 131
7. Leibrandt • ATL 128
8. Martínez • LAD 126
9. Harkey • CHC 126
10. Boyd • MON 125
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Gooden • NYM 2.44
2. Cone • NYM 2.83
3. Viola • NYM 2.88
4. Darwin • HOU 2.99
5. Martínez • LAD 3.03
6. Whitson • SDP 3.07
7. Martínez • MON 3.08
8. Rijo • CIN 3.14
9. Maddux • CHC 3.15
10. Smith • 2TM 3.24
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Whitson • SDP 32
2. Viola • NYM 31
3. Darwin • HOU 29
4. Rijo • CIN 27
5. Drabek • PIT 24
6. Smith • 2TM 23
7. Dibble • CIN 23
8. Tudor • STL 21
9. Brantley • SFG 21
10. Charlton • CIN 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Whitson • SDP 3.5
2. Viola • NYM 3.3
3. Darwin • HOU 3.1
4. Rijo • CIN 3.0
5. Smith • 2TM 2.6
6. Drabek • PIT 2.5
7. Dibble • CIN 2.4
8. Tudor • STL 2.3
9. Brantley • SFG 2.2
10. Charlton • CIN 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Viola • NYM 38.76
2. Whitson • SDP 33.04
3. Darwin • HOU 32.32
4. Rijo • CIN 29.89
5. Drabek • PIT 28.59
6. Martínez • MON 23.60
7. Tudor • STL 23.40
8. Boyd • MON 23.31
9. Myers • CIN 22.92
10. Brantley • SFG 22.14
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Darwin • HOU 3.7
2. Myers • CIN 3.3
3. Frey • MON 3.3
4. Smith • 2TM 3.3
5. Viola • NYM 3.3
6. Whitson • SDP 3.0
7. Drabek • PIT 3.0
8. Martínez • LAD 2.8
9. Brantley • SFG 2.5
10. Smith • STL 2.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Viola • NYM 3.5
2. Drabek • PIT 3.5
3. Rijo • CIN 3.2
4. Whitson • SDP 2.9
5. Darwin • HOU 2.8
6. Martínez • MON 2.8
7. Smith • 2TM 2.8
8. Tudor • STL 2.3
9. Fernandez • NYM 2.2
10. Myers • CIN 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Smith • 2TM 7.5
2. Viola • NYM 5.3
3. Myers • CIN 4.1
4. Drabek • PIT 3.8
5. Cone • NYM 3.3
6. Browning • CIN 3.0
7. Gooden • NYM 2.7
8. Tomlin • PIT 2.7
9. Charlton • CIN 2.4
10. Kipper • PIT 2.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Viola • NYM 4.3
2. Whitson • SDP 3.6
3. Darwin • HOU 3.5
4. Drabek • PIT 3.2
5. Rijo • CIN 3.2
6. Martínez • MON 2.6
7. Boyd • MON 2.6
8. Tudor • STL 2.6
9. Smith • 2TM 2.5
10. Brantley • SFG 2.4

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