National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Maddux • ATL 8.7
2. Bagwell • HOU 8.2
3. Bonds • SFG 6.2
4. Saberhagen • NYM 5.7
5. Grissom • MON 5.1
6. Alou • MON 5.1
7. Williams • SFG 4.7
8. Walker • MON 4.7
9. Jackson • PHI 4.6
10. Biggio • HOU 4.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Maddux • ATL 8.5
2. Saberhagen • NYM 5.5
3. Jackson • PHI 4.7
4. Freeman • COL 4.5
5. Ashby • SDP 4.1
6. Gross • LAD 3.8
7. Hamilton • SDP 3.8
8. Benes • SDP 3.7
9. Trachsel • CHC 3.4
10. Drabek • HOU 3.4
Earned Run Average
1. Maddux • ATL 1.56
2. Saberhagen • NYM 2.74
3. Freeman • COL 2.80
4. Drabek • HOU 2.84
5. Fassero • MON 2.99
6. Reynolds • HOU 3.05
7. Rijo • CIN 3.08
8. Jones • NYM 3.15
9. Trachsel • CHC 3.21
10. Jackson • PHI 3.26
Wins
1. Hill • MON 16
Maddux • ATL 16
3. Jackson • PHI 14
Saberhagen • NYM 14
5. Glavine • ATL 13
6. Drabek • HOU 12
Jones • NYM 12
Martínez • LAD 12
Tewksbury • STL 12
10. Martinez • MON 11
Smiley • CIN 11
Win-Loss %
1. Freeman • COL .833
2. Saberhagen • NYM .778
3. Hill • MON .762
4. Avery • ATL .727
Maddux • ATL .727
Henry • MON .727
7. Jackson • PHI .700
8. Mercker • ATL .692
9. Martinez • MON .688
10. Drabek • HOU .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.896
2. Saberhagen • NYM 1.026
3. Drabek • HOU 1.075
4. Martinez • MON 1.106
5. Ashby • SDP 1.144
6. Fassero • MON 1.147
7. Benes • SDP 1.195
8. Avery • ATL 1.200
9. Reynolds • HOU 1.202
10. Mercker • ATL 1.202
Hits per 9 IP
1. Maddux • ATL 6.683
2. Martinez • MON 7.154
3. Mercker • ATL 7.211
4. Drabek • HOU 7.215
5. Avery • ATL 7.536
6. Fassero • MON 7.724
7. Ashby • SDP 7.941
8. Palacios • STL 7.955
9. Smoltz • ATL 8.020
10. Young • CHC 8.084
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Saberhagen • NYM 0.660
2. Tewksbury • STL 1.272
3. Maddux • ATL 1.381
4. Reynolds • HOU 1.524
5. Swindell • HOU 1.578
6. Hanson • CIN 1.688
7. Freeman • COL 1.837
8. Smith • PIT 1.949
9. Burkett • SFG 2.033
10. Smiley • CIN 2.099
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Benes • SDP 9.870
2. Rijo • CIN 8.930
3. Mercker • ATL 8.893
4. Martinez • MON 8.834
5. Neagle • PIT 8.015
6. Reynolds • HOU 7.984
7. Fassero • MON 7.724
8. Glavine • ATL 7.621
9. Smoltz • ATL 7.552
10. Hanson • CIN 7.410
Games Played
1. Reed • COL 61
2. Bautista • CHC 58
Rojas • MON 58
4. Burba • SFG 57
Munoz • COL 57
6. Rodriguez • STL 56
Ruffin • COL 56
8. Plesac • CHC 54
9. Habyan • STL 52
McElroy • CIN 52
Slocumb • PHI 52
Wetteland • MON 52
Saves
1. Franco • NYM 30
2. Beck • SFG 28
3. Jones • PHI 27
4. Wetteland • MON 25
5. McMichael • ATL 21
Myers • CHC 21
7. Hoffman • SDP 20
8. Hudek • HOU 16
Ruffin • COL 16
Rojas • MON 16
Innings Pitched
1. Maddux • ATL 202.0
2. Jackson • PHI 179.1
3. Saberhagen • NYM 177.1
4. Benes • SDP 172.1
Rijo • CIN 172.1
6. Martínez • LAD 170.0
7. Glavine • ATL 165.1
8. Drabek • HOU 164.2
9. Ashby • SDP 164.1
10. Jones • NYM 160.0
Strikeouts
1. Benes • SDP 189
2. Rijo • CIN 171
3. Maddux • ATL 156
4. Saberhagen • NYM 143
5. Martinez • MON 142
6. Glavine • ATL 140
7. Jackson • PHI 129
8. Gross • LAD 124
9. Avery • ATL 122
Neagle • PIT 122
Games Started
1. Rijo • CIN 26
2. Benes • SDP 25
Burkett • SFG 25
Glavine • ATL 25
Jackson • PHI 25
Maddux • ATL 25
7. Ashby • SDP 24
Avery • ATL 24
Jones • NYM 24
Kile • HOU 24
Martínez • LAD 24
Neagle • PIT 24
Saberhagen • NYM 24
Smiley • CIN 24
Smith • PIT 24
Swindell • HOU 24
Tewksbury • STL 24
Weathers • FLA 24
Complete Games
1. Maddux • ATL 10
2. Drabek • HOU 6
3. Candiotti • LAD 5
4. Ashby • SDP 4
Tewksbury • STL 4
Saberhagen • NYM 4
Martínez • LAD 4
Jackson • PHI 4
9. Astacio • LAD 3
10. Browning • CIN 2
Nied • COL 2
Neagle • PIT 2
Mercker • ATL 2
Rapp • FLA 2
Rijo • CIN 2
Benes • SDP 2
Hill • MON 2
Smith • PIT 2
Cooke • PIT 2
Glavine • ATL 2
Shutouts
1. Maddux • ATL 3
Martínez • LAD 3
3. Benes • SDP 2
Drabek • HOU 2
5. Astacio • LAD 1
Banks • CHC 1
Browning • CIN 1
Hamilton • SDP 1
Hammond • FLA 1
Hill • MON 1
Hough • FLA 1
Jackson • PHI 1
Jacome • NYM 1
Arocha • STL 1
Martinez • MON 1
Mercker • ATL 1
Nied • COL 1
Palacios • STL 1
Rapp • FLA 1
Reynolds • HOU 1
Smiley • CIN 1
Smith • PIT 1
Tewksbury • STL 1
Jones • NYM 1
Home Runs
1. Smith • NYM 25
2. Harris • COL 22
3. Cooke • PIT 21
4. Benes • SDP 20
Hickerson • SFG 20
Swindell • HOU 20
7. Tewksbury • STL 19
Trachsel • CHC 19
9. Astacio • LAD 18
Martínez • LAD 18
Neagle • PIT 18
Smiley • CIN 18
Smith • PIT 18
Bases on Balls
1. Kile • HOU 82
2. Glavine • ATL 70
3. Rapp • FLA 69
4. West • PHI 61
5. Weathers • FLA 59
6. Banks • CHC 56
Jones • NYM 56
Martínez • LAD 56
9. Avery • ATL 55
10. Candiotti • LAD 54
Trachsel • CHC 54
Hits
1. Tewksbury • STL 190
2. Jackson • PHI 183
3. Rijo • CIN 177
4. Burkett • SFG 176
5. Swindell • HOU 175
6. Glavine • ATL 173
7. Saberhagen • NYM 169
Smiley • CIN 169
9. Weathers • FLA 166
10. Gross • LAD 162
Smith • PIT 162
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Saberhagen • NYM 11.000
2. Reynolds • HOU 5.238
3. Maddux • ATL 5.032
4. Hanson • CIN 4.391
5. Benes • SDP 3.706
6. Tewksbury • STL 3.591
7. Rijo • CIN 3.288
8. Martinez • MON 3.156
9. Smiley • CIN 3.027
10. Fassero • MON 2.975
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Maddux • ATL 0.178
2. Wagner • PIT 0.526
3. Candiotti • LAD 0.529
4. Glavine • ATL 0.544
5. Jones • NYM 0.563
6. Gross • LAD 0.629
7. Jackson • PHI 0.652
8. Saberhagen • NYM 0.660
9. Martinez • MON 0.684
10. Hill • MON 0.698
Losses
1. Benes • SDP 14
2. Banks • CHC 12
Harris • COL 12
Weathers • FLA 12
5. Ashby • SDP 11
Cooke • PIT 11
7. Morgan • CHC 10
Neagle • PIT 10
Smiley • CIN 10
Smith • NYM 10
Smoltz • ATL 10
Tewksbury • STL 10
West • PHI 10
Earned Runs
1. Harris • COL 96
2. Tewksbury • STL 92
3. Banks • CHC 83
4. Smith • NYM 81
5. Weathers • FLA 79
6. Neagle • PIT 78
7. Cooke • PIT 75
Kile • HOU 75
Martínez • LAD 75
10. Benes • SDP 74
Wild Pitches
1. Kile • HOU 10
Lewis • FLA 10
Sanders • SDP 10
4. Candiotti • LAD 9
Hough • FLA 9
Slocumb • PHI 9
West • PHI 9
8. Banks • CHC 8
Glavine • ATL 8
Hanson • CIN 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Martinez • MON 11
2. Hough • FLA 10
3. Kile • HOU 9
4. Wagner • PIT 8
Watson • STL 8
6. Burkett • SFG 7
Rapp • FLA 7
Torres • SFG 7
9. Burba • SFG 6
Carter • PHI 6
Hamilton • SDP 6
Hill • MON 6
Maddux • ATL 6
Martínez • LAD 6
Portugal • SFG 6
Reed • COL 6
Reynoso • COL 6
Reynolds • HOU 6
White • PIT 6
Batters Faced
1. Maddux • ATL 774
2. Jackson • PHI 755
3. Rijo • CIN 733
4. Glavine • ATL 731
5. Martínez • LAD 718
6. Benes • SDP 717
7. Saberhagen • NYM 696
8. Jones • NYM 685
9. Ashby • SDP 682
10. Burkett • SFG 676
Games Finished
1. Beck • SFG 47
2. Franco • NYM 43
Wetteland • MON 43
4. Jones • PHI 42
5. Hoffman • SDP 41
McMichael • ATL 41
7. Ruffin • COL 39
8. Brantley • CIN 35
9. Myers • CHC 34
10. Hudek • HOU 33
Adjusted ERA+
1. Maddux • ATL 271
2. Freeman • COL 179
3. Saberhagen • NYM 153
4. Fassero • MON 142
5. Drabek • HOU 140
6. Rijo • CIN 136
7. Jones • NYM 133
8. Jackson • PHI 132
9. Smith • PIT 132
10. Trachsel • CHC 131
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Maddux • ATL 2.39
2. Saberhagen • NYM 2.76
3. Reynolds • HOU 3.06
4. Hanson • CIN 3.18
5. Martinez • MON 3.32
6. Gross • LAD 3.32
7. Rijo • CIN 3.33
8. Benes • SDP 3.35
9. Jackson • PHI 3.44
10. Glavine • ATL 3.51
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Maddux • ATL 57
2. Saberhagen • NYM 29
3. Freeman • COL 23
4. Henry • MON 22
5. Drabek • HOU 22
6. Jackson • PHI 21
7. Rijo • CIN 18
8. Fassero • MON 18
9. Hill • MON 17
10. Trachsel • CHC 16
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Maddux • ATL 6.5
2. Saberhagen • NYM 3.1
3. Freeman • COL 2.4
4. Henry • MON 2.3
5. Drabek • HOU 2.3
6. Jackson • PHI 2.1
7. Fassero • MON 1.8
8. Rijo • CIN 1.8
9. Hill • MON 1.7
10. Trachsel • CHC 1.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Maddux • ATL 62.35
2. Saberhagen • NYM 31.16
3. Drabek • HOU 26.72
4. Henry • MON 25.25
5. Freeman • COL 24.07
6. Jackson • PHI 22.02
7. Martinez • MON 20.44
8. Hill • MON 19.47
9. Trachsel • CHC 19.39
10. Jones • HOU 18.91
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Maddux • ATL 6.5
2. Jones • HOU 3.3
3. Saberhagen • NYM 3.1
4. Nen • FLA 2.8
5. Rojas • MON 2.8
6. Jones • PHI 2.7
7. Drabek • HOU 2.3
8. Freeman • COL 2.3
9. Hoffman • SDP 2.3
10. Jackson • SFG 2.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Maddux • ATL 6.3
2. Saberhagen • NYM 3.5
3. Drabek • HOU 2.3
4. Henry • MON 2.1
5. Martinez • MON 2.0
6. Fassero • MON 2.0
7. Avery • ATL 1.9
8. Jones • HOU 1.8
9. Gross • LAD 1.6
10. Jackson • PHI 1.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Maddux • ATL 5.0
2. Jones • HOU 3.2
3. Drabek • HOU 2.0
4. Brantley • CIN 1.8
5. Freeman • COL 1.7
6. Jackson • SFG 1.6
7. Rojas • MON 1.6
8. Henry • MON 1.4
9. Martínez • LAD 1.4
10. Avery • ATL 1.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Maddux • ATL 7.2
2. Saberhagen • NYM 3.3
3. Drabek • HOU 2.9
4. Henry • MON 2.6
5. Freeman • COL 2.3
6. Jackson • PHI 2.3
7. Martinez • MON 2.1
8. Trachsel • CHC 2.0
9. Hill • MON 2.0
10. Jones • HOU 2.0

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