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Sports > Baseball > 2002 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
Randy Johnson, Ari	L	24	5	2.32	35	35	8	4	260.0	197	78	67	26	13	71	334	3
Greg Maddux, Atl	R	16	6	2.62	34	34	0	0	199.1	194	67	58	14	4	45	118	1
Tom Glavine, Atl	L	18	11	2.96	36	36	2	1	224.2	210	85	74	21	8	78	127	2
Odalis Perez, LA	L	15	10	3.00	32	32	4	2	222.1	182	76	74	21	4	38	155	2
Roy Oswalt, Hou	R	19	9	3.01	35	34	0	0	233.0	215	86	78	17	5	62	208	3
Elmer Dessens, Cin	R	7	8	3.03	30	30	0	0	178.0	173	70	60	24	7	49	93	3
Tomokazu Ohka, Mon	R	13	8	3.18	32	31	2	0	192.2	194	83	68	19	7	45	118	2
Randy Wolf, Phi	L	11	9	3.20	31	31	3	2	210.2	172	77	75	23	7	63	172	4
Kirk Rueter, SF	L	14	8	3.23	33	33	0	0	203.2	204	83	73	22	1	54	76	3
Curt Schilling, Ari	R	23	7	3.23	36	35	5	1	259.1	218	95	93	29	3	33	316	6
Kevin Millwood, Atl	R	18	8	3.24	35	34	1	1	217.0	186	83	78	16	8	65	178	4
Vicente Padilla, Phi	R	14	11	3.28	32	32	1	1	206.0	198	83	75	16	15	53	128	6
Wade Miller, Hou	R	15	4	3.28	26	26	1	1	164.2	151	63	60	14	6	62	144	4
A.J. Burnett, Fla	R	12	9	3.30	31	29	7	5	204.1	153	84	75	12	9	90	203	14
Steve Trachsel, NY	R	11	11	3.37	30	30	1	1	173.2	170	80	65	16	0	69	105	4

Note: Pitchers must have one inning pitched per their team's games played to qualify.

Wins

Johnson, Ari	24-5
Schilling, Ari	23-7
Oswalt, Hou	19-9
Millwood, Atl	18-8
Glavine, Atl	18-11
Morris, St.L	17-9
Maddux, Atl	16-6
Nomo, LA	16-6
Jennings*, Col	16-8

Appearances

Quantrill, LA	86
Dotel, Hou	83
Worrell, SF	80
Jones, Col	79
Looper, Fla	78
Sauerbeck, Pit	78
Stone*, Hou	78
Gagne, LA	77
V. Nunez, Fla	77

Complete Games

Johnson, Ari	8
Burnett, Fla	7
Hernandez, SF	5
Schilling, Ari	5
Five tied with 4 each.

Shutouts

Burnett, Fla	5
Johnson, Ari	4
Hernandez, SF	3
Six tied with 2 each.

Losses

Rusch, Mil	10-16
Sheets, Mil	11-16
Hernandez, SF	12-16
Hampton, Col	7-15
Thomson, NY-Col	9-14
Wells, Pit	12-14
Wright, Mil	5-13
Anderson, Pit	8-13
Ashby, LA	9-13
Vazquez, Mon	10-13
Dempster, Fla-Cin	10-13
Leiter, NY	13-13

Innings

Johnson, Ari	260.0
Schilling, Ari	259.1
Oswalt, Hou	233.0
Vazquez, Mon	230.1
Glavine, Atl	224.2
Perez, LA	222.1
Nomo, LA	220.1
Millwood, Atl	217.0
Sheets, Mil	216.2
Hernandez, SF	216.0

Saves

	SV	BS
Smoltz, Atl	55	4
Gagne, LA	52	4
M. Williams, Pit	46	4
Mesa, Phi	45	9
Nen, SF	43	8
Jimenez, Col	41	6
Hoffman, SD	38	3
Kim, Ari	36	6
Wagner, Hou	35	6
Benitez, NY	33	4

Walks

Ishii*, LA	106
Nomo, LA	101
Wood, Chi	97
Ortiz, SF	94
Dempster, Cin-Fla	93
Hampton, Col	91
Burnett, Fla	90
Moss*, Atl	89

HR Allowed

Astacio, NY	32
Helling, Ari	31
Tomko, SD	31
Rusch, Mil	30
Schilling, Ari	29
Five tied with 28 each.

Wild Pitches

Armas Jr., Mon	14
Burnett, Fla	14
Moss*, Atl	13
Schmidt, SF	12
Coggin, Phi	11
Duckworth, Phi	10
Jennings*, Col	10

SB Allowed

Leiter, NY	29
Nomo, LA	28
Maddux, Atl	24
Duckworth, Phi	24
Hernandez, SF	22
Trachsel, NY	21
Millwood, Atl	21
Anderson, Pit	21

Strikeouts

Johnson, Ari	334
Schilling, Ari	316
Wood, Chi	217
Clement, Chi	215
Oswalt, Hou	208
Burnett, Fla	203
Schmidt, SF	196
Nomo, LA	193
Vazquez, Mon	179
Millwood, Atl	178

Opp. Batting Average

Johnson, Ari	.208
Burnett, Fla	.209
Clement, Chi	.215
Schmidt, SF	.218
Moss*, Atl	.221
Wood, Chi	.221
Wolf, Phi	.223
Schilling, Ari	.224
Perez, LA	.226
Millwood, Atl	.230

WHIP

(Walks + Hits/IP)

Schilling, Ari	0.97
Perez, LA	0.99
Johnson, Ari	1.03
Wolf, Phi	1.12
Millwood, Atl	1.16
Oswalt, Hou	1.19
Burnett, Fla	1.19
Schmidt, SF	1.19

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