League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1968

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Gibson,B	StL	1.04	Gibson,B	StL	28-4	Gibson,B	StL	264
Sutton	LAD	2.02	Marichal	SF	22-12	Jenkins	ChC	257
Perry,G	SF	2.16	Perry,G	SF	22-12	Sadecki	SF	240
Washburn	StL	2.19	Jenkins	ChC	22-15	Short,C	Phi	200
Jarvis	Atl	2.24	Koosman	NYM	21-10	Seaver	NYM	199
Veale	Pit	2.29	Sadecki	SF	19-11	Veale	Pit	196
Koosman	NYM	2.33	Hands	ChC	18-7	Singer	LAD	196
Moose	Pit	2.36	Veale	Pit	18-9	Maloney	Cin	185
Short,C	Phi	2.39	Short,C	Phi	15-9	Perry,G	SF	178
Bolin	SF	2.49	Briles	StL	15-12	Sutton	LAD	174
Seaver	NYM	2.52	5 tied with		14	Drysdale	LAD	173
Marichal	SF	2.55				Giusti	Hou	162


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Abernathy	Cin	83	Jenkins	ChC	314.0	Gibson,B	StL	.875
Regan,P	ChC	70	Marichal	SF	311.0	Hands	ChC	.720
Carroll,C	Cin	68	Perry,G	SF	304.0	Johnson,K	Atl	.688
Kline	Pit	63	Gibson,B	StL	302.1	Koosman	NYM	.677
Upshaw	Atl	62	Short,C	Phi	283.0	Veale	Pit	.667
Brewer	LAD	58	Seaver	NYM	271.2	Marichal	SF	.647
Koonce	NYM	58	Koosman	NYM	270.1	Perry,G	SF	.647
Billingham	LAD	57	Sadecki	SF	268.2	Bolin	SF	.647
Linzy	SF	57	Jackson,L	Phi	262.1	Moose	Pit	.636
Taylor,R	NYM	56	Jarvis	Atl	257.1	Sutton	LAD	.636
Farrell	Phi	55	Hands	ChC	254.2	Sadecki	SF	.633
Wagner,G	Phi	52	Singer	LAD	251.0	Short,C	Phi	.625


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Jenkins	ChC	40	Gibson,B	StL	26	Gibson,B	StL	11
Marichal	SF	38	Marichal	SF	23	Washburn	StL	6
Perry,G	SF	38	Perry,G	SF	20	Sutton	LAD	5
Osteen	LAD	36	Jenkins	ChC	19	Jarvis	Atl	5
Sadecki	SF	36	Jackson,L	Phi	14	Koosman	NYM	5
Short,C	Phi	36	Koosman	NYM	14	Jenkins	ChC	5
Singer	LAD	36	Sadecki	SF	14	Jaster	StL	4
Seaver	NYM	35	Seaver	NYM	13	Moose	Pit	4
Culver	Cin	35	Short,C	Phi	13	Wise	Phi	4
6 tied with		34	Washburn	StL	11	Drysdale	LAD	4
			Jarvis	Atl	11	Maloney	Cin	4
			5 tied with		10	Perry,G	SF	4


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Regan,P	ChC	27	Brewer	LAD	.905	Willis	StL	8
Linzy	SF	24	Linzy	SF	.889	Kline	Pit	6
Hoerner	StL	23	Hoerner	StL	.885	Abernathy	Cin	6
Face,R		22	Face,R		.880	Kelso	Cin	5
Upshaw	Atl	20	Carroll,C	Cin	.850	Granger	StL	4
Brewer	LAD	19	Taylor,R	NYM	.818	Brewer	LAD	4
Taylor,R	NYM	18	Raymond	Atl	.750	Carroll,C	Cin	4
Abernathy	Cin	18	Upshaw	Atl	.741	Davidson,T	Atl	3
Carroll,C	Cin	17	Regan,P	ChC	.692	Billingham	LAD	3
Kline	Pit	14	Abernathy	Cin	.667	Koonce	NYM	3
Farrell	Phi	12	Billingham	LAD	.647	9 tied with		2
Billingham	LAD	11	Kline	Pit	.636


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Gibson,B	StL	.174	Gibson,B	StL	5.5	Gibson,B	StL	8.2
Short,C	Phi	.200	Short,C	Phi	6.4	Perry,G	SF	8.3
Perry,G	SF	.209	Koosman	NYM	6.9	Short,C	Phi	8.6
Koosman	NYM	.210	Perry,G	SF	6.9	Hands	ChC	8.7
Bolin	SF	.211	Veale	Pit	7.0	Jenkins	ChC	9.1
Arrigo	Cin	.214	Bolin	SF	7.1	Jarvis	Atl	9.2
Sutton	LAD	.217	Arrigo	Cin	7.2	Moose	Pit	9.3
Veale	Pit	.217	Dierker	Hou	7.2	Bolin	SF	9.4
Jarvis	Atl	.218	Moose	Pit	7.2	Koosman	NYM	9.7
Jenkins	ChC	.219	Jarvis	Atl	7.3	Marichal	SF	9.7
Moose	Pit	.220	Sutton	LAD	7.3	Washburn	StL	9.8
Dierker	Hou	.220	Cardwell	NYM	7.4	Seaver	NYM	9.8


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Veale	Pit	106	Hands	ChC	1.1	Sadecki	SF	8.0
Singer	LAD	81	Marichal	SF	1.2	Maloney	Cin	8.0
Koosman	NYM	81	Perry,G	SF	1.3	Gibson,B	StL	7.9
Gibson,B	StL	81	McCormick	SF	1.4	Jenkins	ChC	7.4
Holtzman	ChC	77	Jenkins	ChC	1.5	Cuellar	Hou	7.3
Culver	Cin	77	Pappas,M	Atl	1.6	Fryman	Phi	7.1
Dierker	Hou	75	Drysdale	LAD	1.6	Veale	Pit	7.1
Niekro,J	ChC	74	Jackson,L	Phi	1.6	Singer	LAD	7.0
Carlton	StL	72	Washburn	StL	1.6	Sutton	LAD	6.8
Giusti	Hou	71	Osteen	LAD	1.7	Wilson,D	Hou	6.7
Maloney	Cin	69	Reed	Atl	1.7	Seaver	NYM	6.6
Nolan	Cin	68	Jarvis	Atl	1.8	Drysdale	LAD	6.5


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Gibson,B	StL	0.88	Jenkins	ChC	31	McCormick	SF	4.8
Perry,G	SF	0.91	McCormick	SF	26	Sadecki	SF	4.7
Short,C	Phi	0.94	Hands	ChC	26	Veale	Pit	4.6
Hands	ChC	0.95	Pappas,M	Atl	25	Jenkins	ChC	4.5
Jenkins	ChC	0.99	Sadecki	SF	21	Niekro,J	ChC	4.5
Jarvis	Atl	1.01	Nye	ChC	20	Hands	ChC	4.4
Bolin	SF	1.03	Short,C	Phi	20	Maloney	Cin	4.4
Moose	Pit	1.03	Seaver	NYM	19	Blass	Pit	4.4
Washburn	StL	1.06	Maloney	Cin	18	Niekro,P	Atl	4.3
Marichal	SF	1.06	4 tied with		17	Marichal	SF	4.3
Koosman	NYM	1.07				Briles	StL	4.1
Cardwell	NYM	1.07				Pappas,M	Atl	4.1


Starts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Jenkins	ChC	40	Gibson,B	StL	33	Gibson,B	StL	.971
Marichal	SF	38	Perry,G	SF	33	Perry,G	SF	.868
Perry,G	SF	38	Marichal	SF	32	Jarvis	Atl	.853
Osteen	LAD	36	Jarvis	Atl	29	Sutton	LAD	.852
Sadecki	SF	36	Seaver	NYM	29	Marichal	SF	.842
Short,C	Phi	36	Short,C	Phi	29	Bolin	SF	.833
Singer	LAD	36	Hands	ChC	28	Seaver	NYM	.829
Seaver	NYM	35	Koosman	NYM	28	Hands	ChC	.824
Culver	Cin	35	Veale	Pit	27	Koosman	NYM	.824
6 tied with		34	Giusti	Hou	26	Veale	Pit	.818
			Sadecki	SF	26	Short,C	Phi	.806
			Jenkins	ChC	25	Selma	NYM	.783


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Marichal	SF	1281	Gibson,B	StL	34.32	Jenkins	ChC	37
Jenkins	ChC	1256	Marichal	SF	33.71	Marichal	SF	34
Perry,G	SF	1187	Koosman	NYM	32.03	Perry,G	SF	34
Gibson,B	StL	1167	Drysdale	LAD	32.00	Gibson,B	StL	32
Seaver	NYM	1110	Seaver	NYM	31.71	Koosman	NYM	31
Sadecki	SF	1106	Jenkins	ChC	31.40	Sadecki	SF	30
Short,C	Phi	1092	Jackson,L	Phi	31.00	Singer	LAD	30
Koosman	NYM	1089	Veale	Pit	30.79	Jackson,L	Phi	29
Singer	LAD	1057	Sadecki	SF	30.72	Giusti	Hou	29
Jackson,L	Phi	1054	Perry,G	SF	30.44	5 tied with		27
Jarvis	Atl	1021	Short,C	Phi	30.33
Veale	Pit	1016	Jarvis	Atl	30.03


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Osteen	LAD	6-20	Regan,P	ChC	59	Jenkins	ChC	125
Giusti	Hou	11-18	Abernathy	Cin	58	Culver	Cin	123
Singer	LAD	12-18	Upshaw	Atl	48	Osteen	LAD	121
Wilson,D	Hou	5-17	Linzy	SF	46	Sadecki	SF	108
Reed	Atl	9-17	Brewer	LAD	46	Fryman	Phi	107
Culver	Cin	10-17	Carroll,C	Cin	45	Blass	Pit	107
Lemaster	Hou	10-17	Taylor,R	NYM	43	Marichal	SF	104
Jackson,L	Phi	12-17	Farrell	Phi	39	McCormick	SF	100
Fryman	Phi	7-15	Hoerner	StL	38	Wilson,D	Hou	99
Jenkins	ChC	22-15	Face,R		36	Carlton	StL	99
4 tied with		14	Kline	Pit	36	Seaver	NYM	99
			Billingham	LAD	32	Dierker	Hou	96


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Jenkins	ChC	116	Marichal	SF	288	Jenkins	ChC	64
Culver	Cin	110	Osteen	LAD	283	Reed	Atl	49
Osteen	LAD	97	Jenkins	ChC	258	Maloney	Cin	46
Fryman	Phi	96	Sadecki	SF	253	Culver	Cin	40
Sadecki	SF	94	Jackson,L	Phi	237	Koosman	NYM	40
Blass	Pit	92	Seaver	NYM	237	Osteen	LAD	39
McCormick	SF	90	Singer	LAD	235	Giusti	Hou	39
Wilson,D	Hou	89	Perry,G	SF	234	Jarvis	Atl	39
Singer	LAD	88	Niekro,P	Atl	233	Short,C	Phi	39
Marichal	SF	88	Lemaster	Hou	230	Seaver	NYM	39
Jackson,L	Phi	87	Briles	StL	225	McBean	Pit	38
Niekro,J	ChC	86	Carlton	StL	224	Niekro,P	Atl	38


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Short,C	Phi	12	Pappas,M	Atl	36	Veale	Pit	.435
Seaver	NYM	11	Reed	Atl	31	Ryan,N	NYM	.480
Blass	Pit	8	Bolin	SF	26	Sutton	LAD	.606
Lemaster	Hou	8	Singer	LAD	22	Sadecki	SF	.611
Koosman	NYM	8	Jarvis	Atl	21	Seaver	NYM	.632
9 tied with		7	Giusti	Hou	20	Cloninger,T	Cin	.667
			Sutton	LAD	20	Reed	Atl	.689
			Wilson,D	Hou	19	Dierker	Hou	.696
			Drysdale	LAD	18	Jarvis	Atl	.700
			Cloninger,T	Cin	18	Wilson,D	Hou	.731
			Koonce	NYM	16	Pappas,M	Atl	.750
			Dierker	Hou	16	Giusti	Hou	.833


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Briles	StL	14	Dierker	Hou	21	Sutton	LAD	5
Culver	Cin	13	McCormick	SF	12	Niekro,P	Atl	3
Drysdale	LAD	11	Blass	Pit	11	Giusti	Hou	3
Pappas,M	Atl	10	Holtzman	ChC	11	Cardwell	NYM	2
Giusti	Hou	10	Giusti	Hou	11	Jarvis	Atl	2
Holtzman	ChC	9	Buzhardt	Hou	10	Seaver	NYM	2
Buzhardt	Hou	8	Cloninger,T	Cin	10	Marichal	SF	2
Dierker	Hou	8	Billingham	LAD	9	12 tied with		1
Osteen	LAD	8	Linzy	SF	9
Sutton	LAD	7	Niekro,P	Atl	9
Gibson,B	StL	7	4 tied with		8
Jenkins	ChC	7


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Gibson,B	StL	.000	Upshaw	Atl	.152	Osteen	LAD	40
Singer	LAD	.091	Willis	StL	.206	Short,C	Phi	31
Sutton	LAD	.091	Koonce	NYM	.219	Niekro,P	Atl	27
Koosman	NYM	.111	Taylor,R	NYM	.222	Jackson,L	Phi	27
Hands	ChC	.111	Walker	Pit	.226	Niekro,J	ChC	26
McBean	Pit	.125	Grant	LAD	.250	Holtzman	ChC	26
Carlton	StL	.160	Kline	Pit	.263	Lemaster	Hou	26
Marichal	SF	.167	Short,B	NYM	.265	Veale	Pit	25
Pappas,M	Atl	.182	Brewer	LAD	.267	Carroll,C	Cin	24
Washburn	StL	.182	Ray	Hou	.275	McBean	Pit	22
Moose	Pit	.211	Shea	Hou	.296	Briles	StL	22
Jarvis	Atl	.214	Linzy	SF	.303	Gibson,B	StL	21


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Short,C	Phi	953	Short,C	Phi	879	Gibson,B	StL	.396
Koosman	NYM	947	Sadecki	SF	875	Moose	Pit	.486
Sadecki	SF	930	Koosman	NYM	852	Perry,G	SF	.491
Veale	Pit	849	Osteen	LAD	785	Sutton	LAD	.524
Osteen	LAD	846	Carlton	StL	770	Nolan	Cin	.527
Carlton	StL	845	Veale	Pit	744	Niekro,P	Atl	.545
Lemaster	Hou	790	Jenkins	ChC	725	Drysdale	LAD	.552
Holtzman	ChC	776	Lemaster	Hou	718	Bolin	SF	.552
Jenkins	ChC	763	Holtzman	ChC	685	Singer	LAD	.559
Fryman	Phi	745	Fryman	Phi	679	Washburn	StL	.561
Arrigo	Cin	716	Marichal	SF	667	Regan,P	ChC	.566
Marichal	SF	708	Arrigo	Cin	649	Ryan,N	NYM	.570


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Gibson,B	StL	.154	Perry,G	SF	.213	Gibson,B	StL	.183
Nolan	Cin	.176	Gibson,B	StL	.213	Nolan	Cin	.256
Ryan,N	NYM	.182	Moose	Pit	.222	Sutton	LAD	.258
Perry,G	SF	.183	Jenkins	ChC	.245	Moose	Pit	.264
Moose	Pit	.194	Seaver	NYM	.252	Perry,G	SF	.278
Sutton	LAD	.205	Regan,P	ChC	.252	Drysdale	LAD	.283
Singer	LAD	.209	Reed	Atl	.253	Bolin	SF	.283
Arrigo	Cin	.210	Jarvis	Atl	.260	Niekro,P	Atl	.285
Koosman	NYM	.210	Niekro,P	Atl	.261	Singer	LAD	.286
Short,C	Phi	.210	Short,C	Phi	.261	Washburn	StL	.298
Seaver	NYM	.211	Johnson,K	Atl	.262	Briles	StL	.298
Dierker	Hou	.215	Washburn	StL	.263	Ryan,N	NYM	.302


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Jenkins	ChC	38	Short,C	Phi	12	McCormick	SF	21
Short,C	Phi	37	Lemaster	Hou	8	Jenkins	ChC	19
Osteen	LAD	36	Ray	Hou	7	Sadecki	SF	19
Koosman	NYM	36	Arrigo	Cin	7	Nye	ChC	18
Maloney	Cin	33	Seaver	NYM	6	Hands	ChC	16
Sadecki	SF	32	Veale	Pit	6	Short,C	Phi	16
Lemaster	Hou	29	Koosman	NYM	6	Jaster	StL	14
Veale	Pit	29	Sadecki	SF	6	Arrigo	Cin	14
Giusti	Hou	28	Reed	Atl	5	Fryman	Phi	14
Wise	Phi	27	Jackson,L	Phi	5	Koosman	NYM	14
McCormick	SF	27	Jarvis	Atl	5	6 tied with		13
3 tied with		26	5 tied with		4


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Osteen	LAD	255	Short,C	Phi	65	Osteen	LAD	328
Sadecki	SF	222	Jenkins	ChC	58	Sadecki	SF	323
Lemaster	Hou	210	Sadecki	SF	57	Short,C	Phi	294
Fryman	Phi	196	Koosman	NYM	56	Lemaster	Hou	282
Carlton	StL	193	McCormick	SF	52	McCormick	SF	275
Short,C	Phi	185	Osteen	LAD	49	Koosman	NYM	269
Koosman	NYM	179	Maloney	Cin	47	Fryman	Phi	266
McCormick	SF	177	Lemaster	Hou	46	Carlton	StL	260
Marichal	SF	172	Veale	Pit	44	Jenkins	ChC	256
Veale	Pit	172	Holtzman	ChC	43	Veale	Pit	240
Jenkins	ChC	159	3 tied with		42	Holtzman	ChC	230
Holtzman	ChC	157				Marichal	SF	227


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Veale	Pit	88	Briles	StL	10	Gibson,B	StL	196
Koosman	NYM	80	Pappas,M	Atl	9	Sadecki	SF	195
Holtzman	ChC	67	Buzhardt	Hou	8	Jenkins	ChC	182
Carlton	StL	63	Culver	Cin	8	Seaver	NYM	156
Short,C	Phi	58	Dierker	Hou	8	Veale	Pit	155
Arrigo	Cin	55	Drysdale	LAD	8	Short,C	Phi	146
Lemaster	Hou	53	Holtzman	ChC	7	Singer	LAD	142
Singer	LAD	51	Maloney	Cin	6	Koosman	NYM	134
Kekich	LAD	48	Sutton	LAD	6	Perry,G	SF	132
Fryman	Phi	48	Jenkins	ChC	6	Carlton	StL	131
Gibson,B	StL	46	Johnson,K	Atl	5	Maloney	Cin	130
Sadecki	SF	45	Hands	ChC	5	Holtzman	ChC	127


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Jenkins	ChC	9.1	Drysdale	LAD	19	Linzy	SF	8
Moose	Pit	6.3	Wise	Phi	18	Dierker	Hou	8
Perry,G	SF	5.5	Osteen	LAD	17	Kelley	Atl	7
Drysdale	LAD	5.0	Jackson,L	Phi	15	Selma	NYM	6
Pappas,M	Atl	4.8	Lemaster	Hou	14	Reed	Atl	6
Maloney	Cin	4.5	Selma	NYM	13	McBean	Pit	6
Seaver	NYM	4.5	Culver	Cin	13	Briles	StL	6
Sadecki	SF	4.3	Veale	Pit	12	McCormick	SF	6
Reed	Atl	4.3	Moose	Pit	11	Seaver	NYM	6
Gibson,B	StL	4.3	McCormick	SF	11	Fryman	Phi	6
Washburn	StL	4.2	Holtzman	ChC	11	Holtzman	ChC	6
2 tied with		4.1	3 tied with		10	8 tied with		5

League Pitching Leaders -- National LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/9/1968

League Pitching Leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1968