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Sports > Baseball > 1997 Season > National League Leaders

Pitching

Earned Run Average

	Arm	W	L	ERA	Gm	GS	CG	ShO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	SO	WP
Pedro Martinez, Mon	R	17	8	1.90	31	31	13	4	241.1	158	65	51	16	9	67	305	3
Greg Maddux, Atl	R	19	4	2.20	33	33	5	2	232.2	200	58	57	9	6	20	177	0
Daryl Kile, Hou	R	19	7	2.57	34	34	6	4	255.2	208	87	73	19	10	94	205	7
Ismael Valdes, LA	R	10	11	2.65	30	30	0	0	196.2	171	68	58	16	3	47	140	3
Kevin Brown, Fla	R	16	8	2.69	33	33	6	2	237.1	214	77	71	10	14	66	205	7
Rick Reed, NY	R	13	9	2.89	33	31	2	0	208.1	186	76	67	19	5	31	113	0
Tom Glavine, Atl	L	14	7	2.96	33	33	5	2	240.0	197	86	79	20	4	79	152	3
Denny Neagle, Atl	L	20	5	2.97	34	34	4	4	233.1	204	87	77	18	6	49	172	3
Curt Schilling, Phi	R	17	11	2.97	35	35	7	2	251.1	208	96	84	25	5	58	319	5
John Smoltz, Atl	R	15	12	3.02	35	35	7	2	256.0	234	97	86	21	1	63	241	10
Andy Benes, St.L	R	10	7	3.10	26	26	0	0	177.0	149	64	61	9	5	61	175	7
Shawn Estes, SF	L	19	5	3.18	32	32	3	2	201.0	162	80	71	12	8	100	81	10
Matt Morris*, St.L	R	12	9	3.19	33	33	3	0	217.0	208	88	77	12	7	69	149	5
Chan Ho Park, LA	R	14	8	3.38	32	29	2	0	192.0	149	80	72	24	8	70	166	4
Kirk Rueter, SF	L	13	6	3.45	32	32	0	0	190.2	194	83	73	17	1	51	115	3
Wilson Alvarez, SF	L	13	11	3.48	33	33	2	1	212.0	180	97	82	18	4	91	179	5
Chris Holt*, Hou	R	8	12	3.52	33	32	0	0	209.2	211	98	82	17	8	61	95	1
Alex Fernandez, Fla.	R	17	12	3.59	32	32	5	1	220.2	193	93	88	25	4	69	183	9
Francisco Cordova, Pit	R	11	8	3.63	29	29	2	2	178.2	175	80	72	14	9	49	121	4
Bobby Jones, NY	R	15	9	3.63	30	30	2	1	193.1	177	88	78	24	2	63	125	3

Wins

Neagle, Atl	20-5
Estes, SF	19-5
Kile, Hou	19-7
Maddux, Atl	19-4
Fernandez, Fla	17-12
Martinez, Mon	17-8
Schilling, Phi	17-11
Brown, Fla	16-8
Hampton, Hou	15-10
Jones, NY	15-9
Smoltz, Atl	15-12
Clark, NY-Chi	14-8
Glavine, Atl	14-7
Nomo, LA	14-12
Park, LA	14-8

Appearances

Tavarez, SF	89
Belinda, Cin	84
Shaw, Cin	78
Rojas, Chi-NY	77
Patterson, Chi	76
Spradlin, Phi	76
Radinsky, LA	75
Henry, SF	75

Complete Games

Martinez, Mon	13
Perez, Mon	8
Hampton, Hou	7
Schilling, Phi	7
Smoltz, Atl	7
Brown, Fla	6
Kile, Hou	6

Losses

Leiter, Phi	10-17
Cooke, Pit	9-15
Lieber, Pit	11-14
Mulholland, Chi-SF	6-13
Perez, Mon	12-13
Eleven tied with 12 each.

Innings

Smoltz, Atl	256.0
Kile, Hou	255.2
Schilling, Phi	254.1
Martinez, Mon	241.1
Glavine, Atl	240.0
Brown, Fla	237.1
Neagle, Atl	233.1
Maddux, Atl	232.2
Hampton, Hou	223.0
Fernandez, Fla	220.2

Shutouts

Perez, Mon	5
Kile, Hou	4
Martinez, Mon	4
Neagle, Atl	4
Ten tied with two each.

Saves

	SV	BS
Shaw, Cin	42	7
Beck, SF	37	8
Hoffman, SD	37	7
Eckersley, St.L	36	7
J. Franco, NY	36	6
Nen, Fla	35	7
Worrell, LA	35	9
Bottalico, Phi	34	7
Wohlers, Atl	33	7
Loiselle, Pit	29	5
Urbina, Mon	27	5

HRs Given Up

Trachsel, Chi	32
Gardner, SF	28
Bailey, Col	27
Foster, Chi	27
Beech, Phi	25
Castillo, Chi	25
Fernandez, Fla	25
Leiter, Phi	25
Schilling, Phi	25

Wild Pitches

Remlinger, Cin	12
Leiter, Phi	11
Estes, SF	10
Nomo, LA	10
Smoltz, Atl	10
Al. Benes, St.L	9
Fernandez, Fla	9
VanLandingham, SF	9

Strikeouts

Schilling, Phi	319
Martinez, Mon	305
Smoltz, Atl	241
Nomo, LA	233
Brown, Fla	205
Kile, Hou	205
Fernandez, Fla	183
Estes, SF	181
Maddux, Atl	177
An. Benes, St.L	175
Neagle, Atl	172
Astacio, LA-Col	166
Park, LA	166

Walks

Estes, SF	100
Kile, Hou	94
Nomo, LA	92
Leiter, Fla	91
Alvarez, SF	91
Glavine, Atl	79
Hampton, Hou	77
Cooke, Pit	77

Hit Batters

Brown, Fla	14
Bailey, Col	13
Bullinger, Mon	12
Hamilton, SD	12
Leiter, Fla	12
Loaiza, Pit	12
Stottlemyre, St.L	12

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