2019 National League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Washington Nationals

NL Most Valuable Player: Cody Bellinger

NL Cy Young: Jacob deGrom

NL Rookie of the Year: Pete Alonso

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National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Bellinger • LAD 8.7
2. deGrom • NYM 7.8
3. Rendon • WSN 7.2
4. Arenado • COL 7.1
Yelich • MIL 7.1
6. Story • COL 6.9
7. Marte • ARI 6.9
8. Báez • CHC 6.6
9. Gray • CIN 6.1
10. Strasburg • WSN 5.9

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. deGrom • NYM 7.2
2. Gray • CIN 6.2
3. Soroka • ATL 6.0
4. Flaherty • STL 5.7
5. Strasburg • WSN 5.7
6. Scherzer • WSN 5.3
7. Castillo • CIN 5.2
8. Ryu • LAD 5.1
9. Corbin • WSN 5.1
10. Greinke • ARI 4.3

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Ryu • LAD 2.32
2. deGrom • NYM 2.43
3. Soroka • ATL 2.68
4. Flaherty • STL 2.75
5. Gray • CIN 2.87
6. Scherzer • WSN 2.92
7. Kershaw • LAD 3.03
8. Corbin • WSN 3.25
9. Buehler • LAD 3.26
10. Strasburg • WSN 3.32

Wins

Wins

1. Strasburg • WSN 18
2. Fried • ATL 17
3. Hudson • STL 16
Kershaw • LAD 16
5. Castillo • CIN 15
6. Buehler • LAD 14
Corbin • WSN 14
Ryu • LAD 14
Wainwright • STL 14
10. Kelly • ARI 13
Lester • CHC 13
Quintana • CHC 13
Soroka • ATL 13

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Buehler • LAD .778
2. Soroka • ATL .765
3. Kershaw • LAD .762
4. Strasburg • WSN .750
5. Fried • ATL .739
6. Ryu • LAD .737
7. Márquez • COL .706
8. Hudson • STL .696
9. Corbin • WSN .667
10. Castillo • CIN .652

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Flaherty • STL 0.968
2. deGrom • NYM 0.971
3. Ryu • LAD 1.007
4. Scherzer • WSN 1.027
5. Strasburg • WSN 1.038
6. Buehler • LAD 1.042
7. Kershaw • LAD 1.043
8. Gray • CIN 1.084
9. Darvish • CHC 1.097
10. Samardzija • SFG 1.108

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Flaherty • STL 6.188
2. Gray • CIN 6.262
3. Castillo • CIN 6.561
4. deGrom • NYM 6.794
5. Strasburg • WSN 6.933
6. Darvish • CHC 7.052
7. Kershaw • LAD 7.318
8. Scherzer • WSN 7.520
9. Corbin • WSN 7.530
10. Samardzija • SFG 7.544

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Ryu • LAD 1.182
2. Mikolas • STL 1.565
3. Hendricks • CHC 1.627
4. Scherzer • WSN 1.723
5. Márquez • COL 1.810
6. Buehler • LAD 1.826
7. Bumgarner • SFG 1.864
8. deGrom • NYM 1.941
9. Musgrove • PIT 2.061
10. Kershaw • LAD 2.069

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Scherzer • WSN 12.691
2. Ray • ARI 12.132
3. Darvish • CHC 11.535
4. deGrom • NYM 11.250
5. Strasburg • WSN 10.809
6. Castillo • CIN 10.668
7. Buehler • LAD 10.612
8. Corbin • WSN 10.604
9. Flaherty • STL 10.589
10. Gray • CIN 10.523

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Claudio • MIL 83
2. Suero • WSN 78
3. Chafin • ARI 77
4. Stammen • SDP 76
5. Lorenzen • CIN 73
Miller • STL 73
Ryan • CHC 73
8. Guerra • MIL 72
Rodríguez • PIT 72
Hughes • 2TM 72

Saves

Saves

1. Yates • SDP 41
2. Hader • MIL 37
3. Iglesias • CIN 34
Smith • SFG 34
5. Jansen • LAD 33
6. Doolittle • WSN 29
7. Neris • PHI 28
Vazquez • PIT 28
9. Díaz • NYM 26
10. Martínez • STL 24

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Strasburg • WSN 209.0
2. Bumgarner • SFG 207.2
3. deGrom • NYM 204.0
4. Nola • PHI 202.1
5. Corbin • WSN 202.0
6. Syndergaard • NYM 197.2
7. Alcantara • MIA 197.1
8. Flaherty • STL 196.1
9. Wheeler • NYM 195.1
10. Castillo • CIN 190.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. deGrom • NYM 255
2. Strasburg • WSN 251
3. Scherzer • WSN 243
4. Corbin • WSN 238
5. Ray • ARI 235
6. Flaherty • STL 231
7. Darvish • CHC 229
Nola • PHI 229
9. Castillo • CIN 226
10. Buehler • LAD 215

Games Started

Games Started

1. Bumgarner • SFG 34
Nola • PHI 34
3. Corbin • WSN 33
Flaherty • STL 33
Ray • ARI 33
Strasburg • WSN 33
Teheran • ATL 33
8. Alcantara • MIA 32
Castillo • CIN 32
deGrom • NYM 32
Hudson • STL 32
Kelly • ARI 32
Mikolas • STL 32
Samardzija • SFG 32
Syndergaard • NYM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Alcantara • MIA 2
Buehler • LAD 2
Eflin • PHI 2
4. Corbin • WSN 1
Fried • ATL 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Márquez • COL 1
Matz • NYM 1
Mikolas • STL 1
Pivetta • PHI 1
Ryu • LAD 1
Syndergaard • NYM 1
Taillon • PIT 1
Holland • 2TM 1
Vargas • 2TM 1

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Alcantara • MIA 2
2. Corbin • WSN 1
Eflin • PHI 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Márquez • COL 1
Matz • NYM 1
Mikolas • STL 1
Ryu • LAD 1
Syndergaard • NYM 1
Vargas • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Darvish • CHC 33
Smith • MIA 33
3. Bumgarner • SFG 30
Ray • ARI 30
5. DeSclafani • CIN 29
Kelly • ARI 29
Márquez • COL 29
8. Eflin • PHI 28
Kershaw • LAD 28
Samardzija • SFG 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hudson • STL 86
2. Ray • ARI 84
3. Teheran • ATL 83
4. Alcantara • MIA 81
5. Nola • PHI 80
6. Castillo • CIN 79
7. Corbin • WSN 70
8. Gray • CIN 68
9. Wainwright • STL 64
10. Vargas • 2TM 63

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lester • CHC 205
2. Wheeler • NYM 196
3. Syndergaard • NYM 194
4. Mikolas • STL 193
5. Bumgarner • SFG 191
Quintana • CHC 191
7. Kelly • ARI 184
8. Wainwright • STL 181
9. Alcantara • MIA 179
10. Nola • PHI 176

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Scherzer • WSN 7.364
2. Ryu • LAD 6.792
3. Buehler • LAD 5.811
4. deGrom • NYM 5.795
5. Márquez • COL 5.000
6. Bumgarner • SFG 4.721
7. Hendricks • CHC 4.688
8. Kershaw • LAD 4.610
9. Mikolas • STL 4.500
10. Strasburg • WSN 4.482

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Soroka • ATL 0.721
2. Ryu • LAD 0.838
3. deGrom • NYM 0.838
4. Gray • CIN 0.873
5. Scherzer • WSN 0.940
6. Hendricks • CHC 0.966
7. Buehler • LAD 0.987
8. Wheeler • NYM 1.014
9. Strasburg • WSN 1.033
10. Castillo • CIN 1.038

Losses

Losses

1. Alcantara • MIA 14
Kelly • ARI 14
Mikolas • STL 14
4. Eflin • PHI 13
5. Iglesias • CIN 12
Mahle • CIN 12
Musgrove • PIT 12
Richards • MIA 12
Samardzija • SFG 12
10. Conley • MIA 11
Freeland • COL 11
Rodríguez • SFG 11
Senzatela • COL 11
Smith • MIA 11
Strahm • SDP 11
Teheran • ATL 11

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Syndergaard • NYM 94
2. Senzatela • COL 93
3. Márquez • COL 92
4. Bumgarner • SFG 90
Kelly • ARI 90
6. Quintana • CHC 89
7. Nola • PHI 87
Williams • PIT 87
9. Wheeler • NYM 86
10. Alcantara • MIA 85
Lester • CHC 85
Mikolas • STL 85

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Márquez • COL 14
2. Darvish • CHC 11
Fried • ATL 11
Quintana • CHC 11
5. Kelly • LAD 10
6. Andriese • ARI 9
Beede • SFG 9
Guerrero • MIA 9
9. Chatwood • CHC 8
Lucchesi • SDP 8
Strasburg • WSN 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Teheran • ATL 14
2. Mikolas • STL 12
3. Darvish • CHC 11
López • MIA 11
Nola • PHI 11
6. Agrazal • PIT 10
Bumgarner • SFG 10
Strasburg • WSN 10
9. Hendricks • CHC 9
Hernández • MIA 9
Holmes • PIT 9
Hudson • STL 9
Keuchel • ATL 9
Musgrove • PIT 9
Roark • CIN 9
Velasquez • PHI 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Nola • PHI 852
2. Bumgarner • SFG 844
3. Strasburg • WSN 841
4. Alcantara • MIA 838
5. Corbin • WSN 835
6. Wheeler • NYM 828
7. Syndergaard • NYM 825
8. deGrom • NYM 804
9. Castillo • CIN 781
10. Kelly • ARI 777

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Doolittle • WSN 55
Iglesias • CIN 55
3. Smith • SFG 52
4. Jansen • LAD 51
Yates • SDP 51
6. Neris • PHI 49
7. Díaz • NYM 48
8. Vazquez • PIT 47
9. Hader • MIL 46
10. Martínez • STL 38

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Ryu • LAD 179
2. Soroka • ATL 171
3. deGrom • NYM 169
4. Gray • CIN 162
5. Scherzer • WSN 154
6. Flaherty • STL 152
7. Corbin • WSN 138
8. Castillo • CIN 137
9. Kershaw • LAD 137
10. Strasburg • WSN 135

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Scherzer • WSN 2.45
2. deGrom • NYM 2.67
3. Buehler • LAD 3.01
4. Ryu • LAD 3.10
5. Strasburg • WSN 3.25
6. Gray • CIN 3.42
7. Soroka • ATL 3.45
8. Flaherty • STL 3.46
9. Wheeler • NYM 3.48
10. Corbin • WSN 3.49

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. deGrom • NYM 41
2. Ryu • LAD 38
3. Soroka • ATL 35
4. Flaherty • STL 34
5. Gray • CIN 34
6. Scherzer • WSN 30
7. Strasburg • WSN 29
8. Corbin • WSN 26
9. Greinke • ARI 26
10. Castillo • CIN 26

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. deGrom • NYM 4.3
2. Ryu • LAD 4.0
3. Soroka • ATL 3.7
4. Flaherty • STL 3.5
5. Gray • CIN 3.5
6. Scherzer • WSN 3.1
7. Strasburg • WSN 2.9
8. Greinke • ARI 2.7
9. Corbin • WSN 2.7
10. Castillo • CIN 2.7

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. deGrom • NYM 44.89
2. Ryu • LAD 42.59
3. Flaherty • STL 39.17
4. Soroka • ATL 38.38
5. Gray • CIN 35.69
6. Scherzer • WSN 34.66
7. Strasburg • WSN 31.97
8. Kershaw • LAD 31.89
9. Greinke • ARI 29.58
10. Castillo • CIN 28.22

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Smith • SFG 5.6
2. deGrom • NYM 4.6
3. Ryu • LAD 4.5
4. Flaherty • STL 4.2
5. Yates • SDP 4.0
6. Soroka • ATL 3.7
7. Vazquez • PIT 3.6
8. Scherzer • WSN 3.5
9. Strasburg • WSN 3.4
10. Lugo • NYM 3.2

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. deGrom • NYM 5.1
2. Flaherty • STL 3.9
3. Ryu • LAD 3.6
4. Soroka • ATL 3.4
5. Strasburg • WSN 3.3
6. Greinke • ARI 3.1
7. Castillo • CIN 3.1
8. Buehler • LAD 2.9
9. Scherzer • WSN 2.8
10. Gray • CIN 2.8

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Flaherty • STL 3.8
2. Hendricks • CHC 3.1
3. Wick • CHC 2.4
4. Ryu • LAD 2.4
5. Soroka • ATL 2.2
6. Strasburg • WSN 2.1
7. Hader • MIL 2.0
Yates • SDP 2.0
9. Hudson • STL 1.8
10. deGrom • NYM 1.8

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. deGrom • NYM 4.9
2. Ryu • LAD 4.7
3. Flaherty • STL 4.2
4. Soroka • ATL 3.9
5. Scherzer • WSN 3.6
6. Gray • CIN 3.6
7. Kershaw • LAD 3.4
8. Strasburg • WSN 3.3
9. Greinke • ARI 3.1
10. Castillo • CIN 2.8

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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