NL Pitching Leaders

NL Pitching Leaders -- N
Regular season -- as of 9/28/1997

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Martinez	Tol	2.06	Martinez	Tol	324	Leiter	Tol	115
Tewksbury	ChN	3.16	Johnson	Tol	294	Finley	BC	108
Thompson	PB	3.31	Schilling	Qua	263	Baldwin	GC	98
Lieber	BC	3.35	Smoltz	Ohi	235	Fassero	Ohi	96
Kile	Qua	3.45	Mussina	Sav	226	Nomo	GC	93
Appier	Qua	3.45	Nomo	GC	190	Estes	Ohi	91
Johnson	Tol	3.64	Finley	BC	183	Appier	Qua	91
Finley	BC	3.79	Appier	Qua	183	Olivares	ChN	89
Mulholland	PB	3.80	Lieber	BC	177	Gonzalez	BC	86
Smoltz	Ohi	3.82	Kile	Qua	173	Alvarez	Tol	84
Erickson	ChN	3.90	Benes,An	Sav	170	Benes,Al	GC	83
Schilling	Qua	4.11	Alvarez	Tol	169	Thompson	PB	83
Estes	Ohi	4.11	Astacio	ChN	162	Kamien'cki	Ohi	80
Mercedes	PB	4.13	Thompson	PB	161	Erickson	ChN	78
Ashby	Tol	4.15	Estes	Ohi	160	Kile	Qua	77


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Martinez	Tol	19-7	Martinez	Tol	.731	Benes,Al	GC	6.8
Lieber	BC	17-8	Lieber	BC	.680	Pettitte	BC	6.0
Pettitte	BC	17-8	Pettitte	BC	.680	Schilling	Qua	5.8
Smoltz	Ohi	17-9	Martinez	GC	.667	Burkett	Qua	5.7
Erickson	ChN	15-9	Smoltz	Ohi	.654	Leiter	Tol	5.6
Johnson	Tol	14-8	Johnson	Tol	.636	Glavine	Sav	5.5
Schilling	Qua	14-9	Erickson	ChN	.625	Reed	Sav	5.5
Appier	Qua	13-10	Tomko	BC	.611	Benes,An	Sav	5.4
Alvarez	Tol	13-11	Schilling	Qua	.609	Nomo	GC	5.3
Kile	Qua	12-9	Tewksbury	ChN	.600	Finley	BC	5.3
Mulholland	PB	12-9	Burkett	Qua	.579	Fassero	Ohi	5.1
Reed	Sav	12-13	Kile	Qua	.571	Smoltz	Ohi	5.1
Mussina	Sav	12-14	Mulholland	PB	.571	Estes	Ohi	5.1
7 tied with		11	Appier	Qua	.565	Olivares	ChN	5.1
			3 tied with		.563	Tewksbury	ChN	5.0


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Martinez	Tol	.181	Martinez	Tol	.233	Martinez	Tol	.297
Thompson	PB	.222	Thompson	PB	.294	Thompson	PB	.360
Kile	Qua	.226	Johnson	Tol	.301	Kile	Qua	.371
Johnson	Tol	.227	Kile	Qua	.301	Appier	Qua	.372
Appier	Qua	.228	Tewksbury	ChN	.305	Lieber	BC	.377
Mercedes	PB	.230	Appier	Qua	.305	Erickson	ChN	.379
Finley	BC	.242	Mercedes	PB	.306	Johnson	Tol	.384
Lieber	BC	.249	Lieber	BC	.306	Pettitte	BC	.389
Baldwin	GC	.250	Schilling	Qua	.308	Estes	Ohi	.394
Gonzalez	BC	.255	Smoltz	Ohi	.310	Alvarez	Tol	.395
Mussina	Sav	.257	Astacio	ChN	.317	Thomson	PB	.399
Astacio	ChN	.259	Mussina	Sav	.319	Finley	BC	.401
Nomo	GC	.259	Reed	Sav	.324	Tewksbury	ChN	.405
Schilling	Qua	.259	Erickson	ChN	.326	Smoltz	Ohi	.409
Alvarez	Tol	.264	Ashby	Tol	.328	Gonzalez	BC	.416


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Martinez	Tol	5.7	Tewksbury	ChN	1.4	Martinez	Tol	7.9
Thompson	PB	7.4	Burkett	Qua	1.9	Thompson	PB	10.9
Johnson	Tol	7.5	Martinez	Tol	1.9	Johnson	Tol	11.1
Kile	Qua	7.5	Smoltz	Ohi	2.1	Kile	Qua	11.1
Appier	Qua	7.6	Schilling	Qua	2.2	Tewksbury	ChN	11.2
Mercedes	PB	7.7	Ashby	Tol	2.2	Schilling	Qua	11.4
Finley	BC	8.0	Reed	Sav	2.2	Lieber	BC	11.4
Lieber	BC	8.5	Lieber	BC	2.6	Appier	Qua	11.4
Baldwin	GC	8.6	Mulholland	PB	2.7	Mercedes	PB	11.5
Gonzalez	BC	8.8	Pettitte	BC	2.7	Smoltz	Ohi	11.6
Schilling	Qua	8.9	Astacio	ChN	2.9	Astacio	ChN	12.0
Mussina	Sav	8.9	Johnson	Tol	2.9	Mussina	Sav	12.1
Estes	Ohi	9.0	Mussina	Sav	2.9	Reed	Sav	12.2
Astacio	ChN	9.0	Erickson	ChN	3.0	Erickson	ChN	12.3
Nomo	GC	9.0	Kile	Qua	3.1	Ashby	Tol	12.6


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

Johnson	Tol	12.0	Pettitte	BC	0.5	Reed	Sav	0.3
Martinez	Tol	11.1	Fassero	Ohi	0.7	Pettitte	BC	0.3
Schilling	Qua	10.3	Tewksbury	ChN	0.7	Burkett	Qua	0.3
Nomo	GC	9.3	Thomson	PB	0.8	Appier	Qua	0.3
Mussina	Sav	9.2	Martinez	Tol	0.8	Martinez	Tol	0.4
Finley	BC	9.1	Erickson	ChN	0.8	Schilling	Qua	0.4
Benes,An	Sav	8.9	Ashby	Tol	0.8	Tewksbury	ChN	0.4
Smoltz	Ohi	8.5	Estes	Ohi	0.8	Alvarez	Tol	0.4
Leiter	Tol	8.4	Lieber	BC	0.9	Estes	Ohi	0.4
Benes,Al	GC	7.6	Olivares	ChN	0.9	Thompson	PB	0.4
Alvarez	Tol	7.5	Alvarez	Tol	0.9	Glavine	Sav	0.5
Estes	Ohi	7.5	Mulholland	PB	0.9	Lieber	BC	0.5
Lieber	BC	7.3	Burkett	Qua	0.9	Johnson	Tol	0.5
Astacio	ChN	7.1	Thompson	PB	1.0	Mulholland	PB	0.6
Appier	Qua	7.0	Appier	Qua	1.0	Smoltz	Ohi	0.6


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Martinez	Tol	4	Martinez	Tol	29	Martinez	Tol	.829
Lieber	BC	2	Thompson	PB	24	Kile	Qua	.719
Johnson	Tol	2	Kile	Qua	23	Tewksbury	ChN	.700
Thompson	PB	2	Lieber	BC	22	Mercedes	PB	.692
Ashby	Tol	1	Smoltz	Ohi	22	Thompson	PB	.667
Tewksbury	ChN	1	Tewksbury	ChN	21	Lieber	BC	.667
Burkett	Qua	1	Appier	Qua	21	Smoltz	Ohi	.647
Kile	Qua	1	Erickson	ChN	20	Finley	BC	.643
Moehler	ChN	1	Johnson	Tol	20	Appier	Qua	.636
Erickson	ChN	1	Mulholland	PB	20	Erickson	ChN	.606
Nomo	GC	1	Schilling	Qua	19	Ashby	Tol	.600
Schilling	Qua	1	5 tied with		18	Johnson	Tol	.588
Astacio	ChN	1				Benes,Al	GC	.577
Mulholland	PB	1				Schilling	Qua	.576
						Mulholland	PB	.571


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Quantrill	ChN	36	Quantrill	ChN	28	Hernandez	GC	.800
Wagner	Sav	33	Jones	Ohi	25	Jones	Ohi	.781
Benitez	PB	32	Hernandez	GC	24	Quantrill	ChN	.778
Jones	Ohi	32	Benitez	PB	21	Benitez	PB	.656
Hernandez	GC	30	Wagner	Sav	19	Jackson,M	Qua	.600
Jackson,M	Qua	25	Orosco	BC	15	Wagner	Sav	.576
Fetters	BC	24	Fetters	BC	15
Orosco	BC	19	Jackson,M	Qua	15
Grace	Tol	17	Grace	Tol	13
Colon	Qua	16	Escobar	Tol	12
Escobar	Tol	15	Colon	Qua	11
Bohanon	ChN	15	Bohanon	ChN	8
Sager	Ohi	14	Leskanic	Sav	7
Leskanic	Sav	13	Mercker	Ohi	6
3 tied with		12	Wickman	Tol	6


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Nelson	PB	26	Wagner	Sav	13	Jackson,M	Qua	.400
Valdes	BC	24	Jackson,M	Qua	10	Wagner	Sav	.394
Radinsky	BC	19	Benitez	PB	10	Benitez	PB	.313
Rhodes	Sav	18	Sager	Ohi	9	Quantrill	ChN	.222
Myers	Ohi	17	Fetters	BC	8	Jones	Ohi	.219
DeLucia	GC	16	Quantrill	ChN	8	Hernandez	GC	.200
Corsi	PB	15	McMichael	Qua	7
Urbina	Sav	15	Valdes	BC	7
Wright	ChN	15	Jones	Ohi	7
Guardado	PB	14	Hernandez	GC	6
Wickman	Tol	14	DeLucia	GC	5
McMichael	Qua	13	Bautista	GC	5
Sager	Ohi	12	Wickman	Tol	5
4 tied with		11	Bohanon	ChN	5
			Colon	Qua	5


Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Martinez	Tol	262.1	Smoltz	Ohi	30.85	Martinez	Tol	9
Smoltz	Ohi	250.0	Ashby	Tol	29.84	Smoltz	Ohi	8
Appier	Qua	234.2	Appier	Qua	29.82	Tewksbury	ChN	5
Thompson	PB	233.2	Erickson	ChN	29.61	Kile	Qua	5
Erickson	ChN	230.2	Benes,Al	GC	29.35	Reed	Sav	5
Schilling	Qua	230.0	Kile	Qua	29.06	Schilling	Qua	5
Kile	Qua	224.2	Schilling	Qua	29.00	Ashby	Tol	4
Mussina	Sav	220.1	Martinez	Tol	28.40	Burkett	Qua	4
Johnson	Tol	220.0	Mussina	Sav	28.36	Appier	Qua	4
Lieber	BC	217.1	Reed	Sav	28.25	Erickson	ChN	4
Reed	Sav	213.1	Finley	BC	28.25	Lieber	BC	3
Pettitte	BC	212.0	Tewksbury	ChN	28.17	Pettitte	BC	3
Fassero	Ohi	210.0	Pettitte	BC	27.15	Astacio	ChN	3
Mulholland	PB	206.0	Johnson	Tol	26.91	Fassero	Ohi	3
Tewksbury	ChN	205.1	Thompson	PB	26.89	Thompson	PB	3


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Kamien'cki	Ohi	56	Reed	Sav	12	Reed	Sav	44
Mulholland	PB	54	Nomo	GC	10	Glavine	Sav	39
Fassero	Ohi	53	Benes,An	Sav	9	Schilling	Qua	37
Smoltz	Ohi	50	Leiter	Tol	9	Johnson	Tol	33
Bailey	Sav	49	Reynoso	PB	8	Mussina	Sav	33
Martinez	GC	47	Bailey	Sav	7	Astacio	ChN	32
Blair	Ohi	47	Tewksbury	ChN	7	Kile	Qua	31
Baldwin	GC	44	Baldwin	GC	7	Baldwin	GC	29
Foster	GC	42	Mussina	Sav	7	Mercedes	PB	28
Pettitte	BC	42	7 tied with		6	Smoltz	Ohi	28
Mussina	Sav	42				Bailey	Sav	27
Appier	Qua	42				Nomo	GC	27
Tewksbury	ChN	41				Kamien'cki	Ohi	27
Thompson	PB	40				Foster	GC	26
2 tied with		39				Appier	Qua	26


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Ashby	Tol	34	Alvarez	Tol	.409	Martinez	Tol	5
Erickson	ChN	32	Schilling	Qua	.435	Moehler	ChN	5
Kamien'cki	Ohi	30	Martinez	Tol	.458	Tewksbury	ChN	4
Benes,An	Sav	27	Foster	GC	.480	Kamien'cki	Ohi	4
Nomo	GC	25	Tewksbury	ChN	.529	Urbina	Sav	3
Moehler	ChN	23	Finley	BC	.538	Estes	Ohi	3
Fassero	Ohi	20	Lieber	BC	.550	Astacio	ChN	3
Leiter	Tol	20	Kile	Qua	.559	Schilling	Qua	3
Kile	Qua	19	Baldwin	GC	.563	Blair	Ohi	3
Thomson	PB	18	Bailey	Sav	.567	Smoltz	Ohi	3
Gonzalez	BC	18	Mulholland	PB	.583	Leiter	Tol	3
Baldwin	GC	18	Gonzalez	BC	.600	15 tied with		2
Blair	Ohi	17	Mussina	Sav	.600
Smoltz	Ohi	17	Thompson	PB	.611
Bailey	Sav	17	Smoltz	Ohi	.654


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Johnson	Tol	17	Benes,Al	GC	13	Baldwin	GC	7
Mercedes	PB	13	Nomo	GC	12	Spradlin	GC	5
Mulholland	PB	13	Spoljaric	BC	11	Martinez	GC	5
Kile	Qua	13	Finley	BC	11	Finley	BC	5
Bailey	Sav	11	Baldwin	GC	11	Gonzalez	BC	4
Reynoso	PB	10	Fassero	Ohi	11	Benes,Al	GC	4
Leiter	Tol	10	Benes,An	Sav	10	Patterson	PB	3
Thomson	PB	10	Wickman	Tol	9	Hasegawa	Sav	3
Valdes	BC	9	Pettitte	BC	9	9 tied with		2
Foster	GC	9	Smoltz	Ohi	9
Kamien'cki	Ohi	9	Tomko	BC	8
Appier	Qua	9	5 tied with		7
Reed	Sav	8
4 tied with		7



Games			Starts			Batters faced

Bohanon	ChN	93	Thompson	PB	36	Smoltz	Ohi	1049
Valdes	BC	85	Martinez	Tol	35	Martinez	Tol	994
Wright	ChN	85	Mulholland	PB	35	Appier	Qua	984
Rhodes	Sav	82	Estes	Ohi	34	Erickson	ChN	977
Fetters	BC	75	Johnson	Tol	34	Thompson	PB	968
Belinda	PB	74	Kamien'cki	Ohi	34	Schilling	Qua	957
Hasegawa	Sav	74	Smoltz	Ohi	34	Fassero	Ohi	936
Rodriguez	GC	74	Alvarez	Tol	34	Mussina	Sav	936
Sager	Ohi	71	Fassero	Ohi	34	Kile	Qua	930
Wickman	Tol	71	11 tied with		33	Pettitte	BC	923
Benitez	PB	69				Johnson	Tol	915
Jones	Ohi	69				Lieber	BC	905
Nelson	PB	69				Reed	Sav	904
Urbina	Sav	68				Kamien'cki	Ohi	898
Spoljaric	BC	68				Mulholland	PB	890


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Jones	Ohi	56	Kile	Qua	.167	Park	Sav	.120
Benitez	PB	51	Erickson	ChN	.200	Jackson,M	Qua	.207
Fetters	BC	49	Glavine	Sav	.214	Rojas	Sav	.214
Hernandez	GC	45	Johnson	Tol	.214	Rhodes	Sav	.224
Quantrill	ChN	44	Mulholland	PB	.214	Nelson	PB	.231
Orosco	BC	37	Benes,Al	GC	.250	Belinda	PB	.236
Jackson,M	Qua	35	Astacio	ChN	.273	Quantrill	ChN	.250
Colon	Qua	33	Burkett	Qua	.286	Boehringer	Qua	.265
Wagner	Sav	33	Reed	Sav	.294	Hasegawa	Sav	.276
Bohanon	ChN	32	Estes	Ohi	.300	Jones	Ohi	.308
Patterson	PB	30	Thomson	PB	.320	Radinsky	BC	.313
Taylor	Tol	27	Olivares	ChN	.320	Wright	ChN	.328
Witt	GC	27	Finley	BC	.333	4 tied with		.333
Rodriguez	GC	26	Benes,An	Sav	.353
3 tied with		25	Fassero	Ohi	.357


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Erickson	ChN	33	Baldwin	GC	28	Baldwin	GC	10-18
Thomson	PB	25	Moehler	ChN	26	Moehler	ChN	10-16
Estes	Ohi	25	Mussina	Sav	26	Kamien'cki	Ohi	6-15
Pettitte	BC	25	Smoltz	Ohi	26	Glavine	Sav	7-14
Tewksbury	ChN	24	Martinez	Tol	26	Astacio	ChN	11-14
Moehler	ChN	23	Reed	Sav	25	Mussina	Sav	12-14
Smoltz	Ohi	23	Astacio	ChN	25	Reed	Sav	12-13
Glavine	Sav	22	Pettitte	BC	25	Wagner	Sav	2-12
Reed	Sav	22	Lieber	BC	25	Blair	Ohi	5-12
Fassero	Ohi	22	Erickson	ChN	24	Foster	GC	6-12
Olivares	ChN	20	Alvarez	Tol	24	Leiter	Tol	9-12
Lieber	BC	20	Appier	Qua	23	Fassero	Ohi	10-12
Bailey	Sav	19	Schilling	Qua	23	Mercedes	PB	11-12
Appier	Qua	19	Mercedes	PB	23	6 tied with		11
Benes,Al	GC	18	3 tied with		22


On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

Martinez	Tol	.530	Martinez	Tol	0.85	Martinez	Tol	5.8
Thompson	PB	.654	Johnson	Tol	1.16	Schilling	Qua	4.6
Kile	Qua	.672	Thompson	PB	1.18	Johnson	Tol	4.1
Appier	Qua	.678	Kile	Qua	1.18	Smoltz	Ohi	4.1
Lieber	BC	.683	Mercedes	PB	1.21	Tewksbury	ChN	3.4
Johnson	Tol	.685	Appier	Qua	1.23	Burkett	Qua	3.3
Erickson	ChN	.705	Tewksbury	ChN	1.23	Mussina	Sav	3.1
Tewksbury	ChN	.710	Schilling	Qua	1.23	Ashby	Tol	3.0
Smoltz	Ohi	.719	Lieber	BC	1.24	Lieber	BC	2.8
Pettitte	BC	.724	Smoltz	Ohi	1.27	Benes,An	Sav	2.7
Mercedes	PB	.726	Astacio	ChN	1.31	Astacio	ChN	2.5
Alvarez	Tol	.732	Mussina	Sav	1.32	Kile	Qua	2.2
Estes	Ohi	.744	Reed	Sav	1.32	Pettitte	BC	2.2
Ashby	Tol	.745	Erickson	ChN	1.35	Nomo	GC	2.0
Schilling	Qua	.746	Mulholland	PB	1.36	Alvarez	Tol	2.0


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Martinez	Tol	2.1	Martinez	Tol	1.91	Martinez	Tol	1.63
Thompson	PB	3.5	Thompson	PB	3.20	Thompson	PB	3.07
Kile	Qua	3.7	Kile	Qua	3.33	Appier	Qua	3.38
Lieber	BC	3.8	Lieber	BC	3.43	Lieber	BC	3.44
Appier	Qua	3.8	Appier	Qua	3.45	Kile	Qua	3.44
Johnson	Tol	3.9	Johnson	Tol	3.54	Tewksbury	ChN	3.48
Tewksbury	ChN	3.9	Tewksbury	ChN	3.58	Johnson	Tol	3.51
Erickson	ChN	4.2	Erickson	ChN	3.81	Mercedes	PB	3.66
Smoltz	Ohi	4.2	Smoltz	Ohi	3.86	Smoltz	Ohi	3.79
Pettitte	BC	4.3	Pettitte	BC	3.99	Erickson	ChN	3.92
Mercedes	PB	4.4	Mercedes	PB	3.99	Schilling	Qua	3.94
Schilling	Qua	4.5	Schilling	Qua	4.04	Pettitte	BC	4.05
Estes	Ohi	4.6	Estes	Ohi	4.17	Mussina	Sav	4.15
Thomson	PB	4.7	Thomson	PB	4.22	Ashby	Tol	4.18
Finley	BC	4.7	Finley	BC	4.28	Astacio	ChN	4.20


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Mercedes	PB	.224	Erickson	ChN	748	Martinez	Tol	.057
Thompson	PB	.241	Smoltz	Ohi	723	Erickson	ChN	.058
Martinez	Tol	.245	Mulholland	PB	707	Kile	Qua	.060
Kile	Qua	.247	Pettitte	BC	705	Pettitte	BC	.064
Appier	Qua	.255	Reed	Sav	699	Lieber	BC	.064
Reed	Sav	.265	Thompson	PB	692	Estes	Ohi	.064
Baldwin	GC	.271	Tewksbury	ChN	682	Johnson	Tol	.064
Gonzalez	BC	.271	Appier	Qua	675	Alvarez	Tol	.067
Mulholland	PB	.281	Kamien'cki	Ohi	662	Thomson	PB	.067
Astacio	ChN	.283	Fassero	Ohi	662	Benes,Al	GC	.067
Erickson	ChN	.283	Burkett	Qua	652	Burkett	Qua	.068
Kamien'cki	Ohi	.284	Lieber	BC	638	Thompson	PB	.069
Finley	BC	.290	Kile	Qua	636	Finley	BC	.070
Lieber	BC	.290	Olivares	ChN	613	Moehler	ChN	.070
Olivares	ChN	.297	Alvarez	Tol	609	Appier	Qua	.072


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Reed	Sav	481	Martinez	Tol	.338	Martinez	Tol	.110
Glavine	Sav	467	Thompson	PB	.414	Mercedes	PB	.115
Smoltz	Ohi	463	Lieber	BC	.420	Baldwin	GC	.124
Mussina	Sav	451	Pettitte	BC	.425	Appier	Qua	.129
Schilling	Qua	448	Tewksbury	ChN	.425	Thompson	PB	.129
Kamien'cki	Ohi	447	Erickson	ChN	.426	Finley	BC	.134
Bailey	Sav	444	Kile	Qua	.428	Johnson	Tol	.137
Fassero	Ohi	443	Appier	Qua	.431	Kile	Qua	.142
Baldwin	GC	435	Johnson	Tol	.437	Leiter	Tol	.143
Leiter	Tol	424	Smoltz	Ohi	.441	Kamien'cki	Ohi	.144
Appier	Qua	424	Ashby	Tol	.446	Mussina	Sav	.145
Astacio	ChN	421	Alvarez	Tol	.449	Nomo	GC	.146
Mulholland	PB	421	Thomson	PB	.455	Astacio	ChN	.146
Erickson	ChN	416	Estes	Ohi	.456	Gonzalez	BC	.147
Nomo	GC	410	Schilling	Qua	.468	Benes,An	Sav	.149


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Reed	Sav	473	Martinez	Tol	.331	Kile	Qua	.025
Glavine	Sav	461	Thompson	PB	.407	Johnson	Tol	.025
Smoltz	Ohi	457	Lieber	BC	.413	Martinez	Tol	.030
Mussina	Sav	445	Kile	Qua	.414	Benes,Al	GC	.031
Schilling	Qua	441	Johnson	Tol	.419	Nomo	GC	.032
Kamien'cki	Ohi	438	Tewksbury	ChN	.421	Erickson	ChN	.035
Fassero	Ohi	438	Pettitte	BC	.421	Lieber	BC	.035
Bailey	Sav	433	Erickson	ChN	.422	Finley	BC	.035
Baldwin	GC	430	Appier	Qua	.422	Moehler	ChN	.037
Astacio	ChN	416	Smoltz	Ohi	.436	Reed	Sav	.039
Appier	Qua	415	Ashby	Tol	.441	Gonzalez	BC	.039
Leiter	Tol	414	Thomson	PB	.442	Estes	Ohi	.039
Erickson	ChN	412	Alvarez	Tol	.443	Schilling	Qua	.040
Mulholland	PB	408	Estes	Ohi	.449	Alvarez	Tol	.041
Nomo	GC	406	Mercedes	PB	.453	Thompson	PB	.041


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

Nelson	PB	.159	Martinez	Tol	.224	Finley	BC	.274
Thompson	PB	.165	Thompson	PB	.251	Nelson	PB	.275
Martinez	Tol	.171	Mulholland	PB	.269	Martinez	Tol	.285
Tomko	BC	.207	Jones	Ohi	.284	Mulholland	PB	.299
Mulholland	PB	.208	Tewksbury	ChN	.289	Thompson	PB	.315
Finley	BC	.211	Pettitte	BC	.290	Rhodes	Sav	.342
Kile	Qua	.218	Belinda	PB	.290	Patterson	PB	.346
Belinda	PB	.222	Kile	Qua	.309	Pettitte	BC	.348
Spradlin	GC	.235	Spradlin	GC	.312	Kile	Qua	.355
Benitez	PB	.240	Rhodes	Sav	.314	Quantrill	ChN	.360
Benes,An	Sav	.246	Nelson	PB	.318	Fassero	Ohi	.369
Appier	Qua	.246	Bohanon	ChN	.324	Wickman	Tol	.371
Baldwin	GC	.250	Benes,An	Sav	.326	Spradlin	GC	.379
Tewksbury	ChN	.251	Benitez	PB	.331	Tewksbury	ChN	.386
Astacio	ChN	.256	Astacio	ChN	.332	Benitez	PB	.387


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Smoltz	Ohi	138	Bailey	Sav	71	Martinez	Tol	.509
Moehler	ChN	136	Nomo	GC	68	Thompson	PB	.566
Lieber	BC	125	Olivares	ChN	66	Mulholland	PB	.569
Erickson	ChN	125	Mussina	Sav	63	Nelson	PB	.593
Bailey	Sav	116	Moehler	ChN	62	Pettitte	BC	.638
Schilling	Qua	109	Kamien'cki	Ohi	57	Rhodes	Sav	.657
Reed	Sav	108	Astacio	ChN	56	Kile	Qua	.664
Ashby	Tol	107	Reed	Sav	55	Finley	BC	.664
Olivares	ChN	105	Burkett	Qua	53	Tewksbury	ChN	.676
Nomo	GC	105	Foster	GC	52	Belinda	PB	.682
Kamien'cki	Ohi	105	Smoltz	Ohi	51	Spradlin	GC	.691
Burkett	Qua	104	Schilling	Qua	50	Patterson	PB	.711
Mussina	Sav	104	Erickson	ChN	50	Bohanon	ChN	.711
3 tied with		101	3 tied with		47	Benitez	PB	.718
						Jones	Ohi	.724


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Kamien'cki	Ohi	33	Nomo	GC	8	Mussina	Sav	20
Blair	Ohi	30	Leiter	Tol	7	Reed	Sav	19
Bailey	Sav	27	Benes,An	Sav	7	Schilling	Qua	19
Mercedes	PB	27	Reed	Sav	7	Bailey	Sav	17
Mussina	Sav	27	Reynoso	PB	6	Smoltz	Ohi	17
Martinez	GC	26	Tewksbury	ChN	6	Gonzalez	BC	16
Moehler	ChN	25	Mercedes	PB	5	Astacio	ChN	16
Lieber	BC	24	Astacio	ChN	5	Foster	GC	15
Ashby	Tol	23	Lieber	BC	5	Johnson	Tol	14
Appier	Qua	23	Benitez	PB	4	Rodriguez	GC	14
Baldwin	GC	21	Bailey	Sav	4	Olivares	ChN	14
Astacio	ChN	21	Benes,Al	GC	4	Nomo	GC	14
Fetters	BC	20	Olivares	ChN	4	Kile	Qua	14
Foster	GC	20	9 tied with		3	Appier	Qua	14
Benes,An	Sav	20				3 tied with		13


Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Mussina	Sav	50	Smoltz	Ohi	206	Finley	BC	.063
Kamien'cki	Ohi	49	Moehler	ChN	203	Quantrill	ChN	.066
Bailey	Sav	48	Bailey	Sav	202	Pettitte	BC	.078
Mercedes	PB	42	Mussina	Sav	197	Rhodes	Sav	.082
Astacio	ChN	42	Lieber	BC	195	Fassero	Ohi	.086
Lieber	BC	41	Reed	Sav	193	Patterson	PB	.087
Moehler	ChN	40	Schilling	Qua	186	Mesa	Ohi	.089
Reed	Sav	40	Kamien'cki	Ohi	183	Wickman	Tol	.091
Appier	Qua	40	Erickson	ChN	181	Mulholland	PB	.091
Blair	Ohi	39	Nomo	GC	180	Colon	Qua	.113
Nomo	GC	39	Astacio	ChN	180	Martinez	Tol	.114
Ashby	Tol	38	Ashby	Tol	172	Nelson	PB	.116
Schilling	Qua	37	Appier	Qua	172	Thomson	PB	.122
Benes,An	Sav	36	Olivares	ChN	171	Bohanon	ChN	.123
Baldwin	GC	36	Mercedes	PB	159	Erickson	ChN	.124


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Appier	Qua	61	Martinez	Tol	153	Johnson	Tol	13
Baldwin	GC	59	Schilling	Qua	113	Glavine	Sav	6
Kamien'cki	Ohi	56	Kile	Qua	95	Rhodes	Sav	5
Tomko	BC	54	Mussina	Sav	94	Bohanon	ChN	5
Martinez	GC	54	Nomo	GC	89	Schilling	Qua	5
Benes,Al	GC	53	Astacio	ChN	83	Radinsky	BC	4
Nomo	GC	53	Benes,An	Sav	78	Alvarez	Tol	4
Kile	Qua	53	Smoltz	Ohi	76	Appier	Qua	4
Olivares	ChN	52	Appier	Qua	74	Valdes	BC	3
Finley	BC	51	Johnson	Tol	71	Estes	Ohi	3
Mussina	Sav	51	Thompson	PB	69	Fassero	Ohi	3
Bailey	Sav	49	Lieber	BC	68	Burkett	Qua	3
Erickson	ChN	49	Burkett	Qua	67	Smoltz	Ohi	3
Gonzalez	BC	48	Baldwin	GC	65	19 tied with		2
Lieber	BC	48	Finley	BC	60


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Burkett	Qua	8	Nomo	GC	8	Smoltz	Ohi	466
Kamien'cki	Ohi	8	Bohanon	ChN	5	Martinez	Tol	463
Astacio	ChN	5	Thomson	PB	5	Erickson	ChN	453
Estes	Ohi	4	Burkett	Qua	5	Lieber	BC	418
Garcia	Qua	4	Belinda	PB	4	Schilling	Qua	414
Blair	Ohi	4	Mulholland	PB	4	Appier	Qua	410
Erickson	ChN	4	Pettitte	BC	4	Kamien'cki	Ohi	403
10 tied with		3	Foster	GC	4	Kile	Qua	403
			Blair	Ohi	4	Mussina	Sav	402
			Benes,Al	GC	4	Reed	Sav	398
			Tewksbury	ChN	4	Astacio	ChN	395
			Astacio	ChN	4	Tewksbury	ChN	391
			Kamien'cki	Ohi	4	Nomo	GC	380
			13 tied with		3	Moehler	ChN	374
						Burkett	Qua	360


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Urbina	Sav	13.1	James	Qua	6.8	Erickson	ChN	507
Witt	GC	17.2	Fetters	BC	8.1	Smoltz	Ohi	507
Johnson	Tol	17.6	Hasegawa	Sav	10.3	Martinez	Tol	497
Foster	GC	17.7	Blair	Ohi	10.3	Appier	Qua	479
Rodriguez	GC	18.1	Martinez	GC	10.8	Kamien'cki	Ohi	472
Glavine	Sav	18.6	Estes	Ohi	11.8	Lieber	BC	472
Bailey	Sav	18.9	Bohanon	ChN	11.9	Kile	Qua	463
Gonzalez	BC	19.3	Bailey	Sav	11.9	Schilling	Qua	463
McMichael	Qua	19.9	Kamien'cki	Ohi	12.2	Mussina	Sav	456
Alvarez	Tol	19.9	Mercedes	PB	12.4	Astacio	ChN	451
Mussina	Sav	20.1	Colon	Qua	12.5	Nomo	GC	443
Fetters	BC	20.1	Glavine	Sav	12.7	Reed	Sav	442
Garcia	Qua	20.4	Jackson,M	Qua	12.9	Tewksbury	ChN	419
Reed	Sav	20.9	Sager	Ohi	13.0	Moehler	ChN	417
Schilling	Qua	21.8	Foster	GC	13.3	Baldwin	GC	413


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

Mercedes	PB	.186	Lieber	BC	.238	Lieber	BC	.284
Johnson	Tol	.189	Martinez	Tol	.241	Martinez	Tol	.309
Martinez	Tol	.191	Johnson	Tol	.260	Johnson	Tol	.317
Lieber	BC	.199	Appier	Qua	.265	Ashby	Tol	.325
Appier	Qua	.211	Martinez	GC	.268	Moehler	ChN	.327
Martinez	GC	.216	Mercedes	PB	.272	Appier	Qua	.330
Moehler	ChN	.219	Smoltz	Ohi	.273	Alvarez	Tol	.349
Kile	Qua	.234	Ashby	Tol	.283	Erickson	ChN	.357
Smoltz	Ohi	.239	Schilling	Qua	.284	Gonzalez	BC	.363
Nomo	GC	.240	Moehler	ChN	.292	Olivares	ChN	.366
Gonzalez	BC	.242	Kile	Qua	.293	Mercedes	PB	.367
Thompson	PB	.246	Mussina	Sav	.297	Thompson	PB	.379
Alvarez	Tol	.250	Tomko	BC	.300	Smoltz	Ohi	.380
Baldwin	GC	.250	Astacio	ChN	.302	Benes,Al	GC	.380
Ashby	Tol	.251	Erickson	ChN	.304	Estes	Ohi	.382


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Mulholland	PB	179	Glavine	Sav	90	Lieber	BC	.522
Pettitte	BC	169	Fassero	Ohi	82	Martinez	Tol	.551
Fassero	Ohi	167	Mulholland	PB	80	Johnson	Tol	.576
Glavine	Sav	166	Pettitte	BC	77	Appier	Qua	.595
Thompson	PB	150	Leiter	Tol	76	Ashby	Tol	.608
Burkett	Qua	149	Finley	BC	70	Moehler	ChN	.619
Estes	Ohi	138	Estes	Ohi	68	Mercedes	PB	.639
Alvarez	Tol	136	Baldwin	GC	64	Smoltz	Ohi	.653
Leiter	Tol	135	Burkett	Qua	60	Erickson	ChN	.661
Finley	BC	124	Colon	Qua	59	Martinez	GC	.666
Tewksbury	ChN	122	Benes,An	Sav	59	Alvarez	Tol	.678
Smoltz	Ohi	122	Reed	Sav	58	Kile	Qua	.679
Reed	Sav	121	Alvarez	Tol	58	Gonzalez	BC	.683
Schilling	Qua	118	Kamien'cki	Ohi	57	Thompson	PB	.691
Mussina	Sav	114	2 tied with		54	Mussina	Sav	.692


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Mulholland	PB	41	Sager	Ohi	5	Glavine	Sav	26
Fassero	Ohi	38	Baldwin	GC	5	Reed	Sav	25
Smoltz	Ohi	33	Reed	Sav	5	Finley	BC	23
Leiter	Tol	32	Pettitte	BC	5	Mulholland	PB	20
Thompson	PB	32	Hasegawa	Sav	4	Johnson	Tol	19
Pettitte	BC	30	Blair	Ohi	4	Mercedes	PB	18
Alvarez	Tol	26	Mussina	Sav	4	Schilling	Qua	18
Thomson	PB	24	Mulholland	PB	4	Kile	Qua	17
Tewksbury	ChN	24	Park	Sav	3	Leiter	Tol	17
Olivares	ChN	23	Radinsky	BC	3	Colon	Qua	16
Kamien'cki	Ohi	23	Bailey	Sav	3	Astacio	ChN	16
Baldwin	GC	23	Glavine	Sav	3	Baldwin	GC	16
5 tied with		22	Smoltz	Ohi	3	4 tied with		15
			Fassero	Ohi	3
			13 tied with		2


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Mulholland	PB	65	Mulholland	PB	288	Ashby	Tol	.074
Fassero	Ohi	56	Glavine	Sav	268	Lieber	BC	.086
Reed	Sav	51	Fassero	Ohi	256	Alvarez	Tol	.099
Leiter	Tol	51	Pettitte	BC	236	Blair	Ohi	.104
Thompson	PB	49	Thompson	PB	231	Erickson	ChN	.105
Finley	BC	47	Reed	Sav	227	Olivares	ChN	.107
Glavine	Sav	47	Leiter	Tol	222	Moehler	ChN	.108
Smoltz	Ohi	47	Finley	BC	219	Burkett	Qua	.113
Baldwin	GC	44	Estes	Ohi	204	Pettitte	BC	.116
Pettitte	BC	44	Schilling	Qua	198	Martinez	Tol	.118
Schilling	Qua	42	Burkett	Qua	197	Appier	Qua	.120
Kamien'cki	Ohi	37	Smoltz	Ohi	194	Gonzalez	BC	.121
Alvarez	Tol	36	Alvarez	Tol	190	Tewksbury	ChN	.123
Bailey	Sav	35	Baldwin	GC	181	Estes	Ohi	.124
Astacio	ChN	35	Johnson	Tol	179	Thomson	PB	.127


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Leiter	Tol	93	Johnson	Tol	223	Mercedes	PB	13
Fassero	Ohi	70	Martinez	Tol	171	Kile	Qua	12
Alvarez	Tol	65	Smoltz	Ohi	159	Mulholland	PB	11
Estes	Ohi	61	Schilling	Qua	150	Bailey	Sav	10
Finley	BC	57	Mussina	Sav	132	Reynoso	PB	8
Pettitte	BC	56	Alvarez	Tol	131	Foster	GC	8
Thompson	PB	55	Estes	Ohi	128	Thomson	PB	8
Johnson	Tol	51	Finley	BC	123	Kamien'cki	Ohi	8
Glavine	Sav	46	Leiter	Tol	111	Leiter	Tol	8
Mulholland	PB	45	Lieber	BC	109	Martinez	GC	7
Nomo	GC	40	Appier	Qua	109	Reed	Sav	7
Spoljaric	BC	39	Fassero	Ohi	105	Valdes	BC	6
Baldwin	GC	39	Nomo	GC	101	Lieber	BC	6
Gonzalez	BC	38	Pettitte	BC	101	Mussina	Sav	6
Olivares	ChN	37	2 tied with		92	Martinez	Tol	6


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Pettitte	BC	12	Wright	ChN	7	Thompson	PB	610
Bailey	Sav	10	Fassero	Ohi	6	Mulholland	PB	608
Nomo	GC	9	Rodriguez	GC	5	Fassero	Ohi	589
Leiter	Tol	9	Leiter	Tol	5	Pettitte	BC	580
Schilling	Qua	8	13 tied with		4	Johnson	Tol	565
Martinez	Tol	8				Alvarez	Tol	544
Glavine	Sav	8				Estes	Ohi	534
Finley	BC	8				Smoltz	Ohi	511
Estes	Ohi	8				Glavine	Sav	493
Johnson	Tol	8				Finley	BC	491
Ashby	Tol	7				Leiter	Tol	470
Reed	Sav	7				Schilling	Qua	462
Alvarez	Tol	7				Appier	Qua	460
Thompson	PB	7				Martinez	Tol	456
8 tied with		6				Mussina	Sav	446


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Reed	Sav	17.4	Bailey	Sav	13.6	Thompson	PB	679
Mercedes	PB	18.8	Martinez	GC	13.9	Fassero	Ohi	673
Glavine	Sav	19.0	Foster	GC	14.2	Mulholland	PB	670
Finley	BC	21.3	Leiter	Tol	14.7	Pettitte	BC	653
Benes,An	Sav	22.1	Thomson	PB	14.8	Johnson	Tol	632
Astacio	ChN	24.6	Mulholland	PB	14.8	Alvarez	Tol	621
Baldwin	GC	25.0	Smoltz	Ohi	15.5	Estes	Ohi	610
Kile	Qua	25.2	Fassero	Ohi	15.5	Leiter	Tol	585
Schilling	Qua	25.7	Olivares	ChN	15.9	Finley	BC	563
Nomo	GC	25.7	Kamien'cki	Ohi	16.7	Glavine	Sav	550
Kamien'cki	Ohi	27.5	Tewksbury	ChN	17.0	Smoltz	Ohi	542
Leiter	Tol	27.6	Baldwin	GC	17.4	Appier	Qua	505
Foster	GC	28.5	Thompson	PB	19.1	Martinez	Tol	497
Martinez	GC	29.1	Blair	Ohi	19.2	Schilling	Qua	494
Johnson	Tol	29.7	Burkett	Qua	19.3	Mussina	Sav	480

NL Pitching Leaders -- NRegular season -- as of 9/28/1997

NL Pitching Leaders -- N
Regular season -- as of 9/28/1997