National League pitchers are exercising much greater control over their hitting colleagues.

He is the first National League pitcher to have 30 saves in four consecutive seasons.

No other National League pitcher has more than eight victories.

He was named the National League pitcher of the month for April.

Zambrano was the only National League pitcher to have won at least 13 games in each year from 2003 to 2008.

That should be enough for a National League pitcher of his caliber.

National League pitchers only pitch in those games.

Plenty of other National League pitchers know the feeling.

Twenty National League pitchers have performed that feat a total of 22 times.

No National League pitcher came close to his pristine 1.56 earned run average.