American Association Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Kilroy • BAL 12.1
2. Smith • CIN 10.8
3. Caruthers • STL 10.7
4. Ramsey • LOU 7.8
5. Mullane • CIN 7.6
6. O'Neill • STL 6.9
7. Seward • PHA 6.4
8. Browning • LOU 6.0
9. King • STL 5.3
10. Lyons • PHA 5.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Kilroy • BAL 11.0
2. Smith • CIN 10.3
3. Ramsey • LOU 8.4
4. Mullane • CIN 7.3
5. Seward • PHA 7.0
6. Caruthers • STL 6.8
7. King • STL 6.1
8. Gilks • CLE 2.8
9. Weyhing • PHA 2.7
10. Terry • BRO 2.4
Earned Run Average
1. Smith • CIN 2.94
2. Kilroy • BAL 3.07
3. Mullane • CIN 3.24
4. Caruthers • STL 3.30
5. Ramsey • LOU 3.43
6. Daily • CLE 3.67
7. King • STL 3.78
8. Chamberlain • LOU 3.79
9. Smith • BAL 3.79
10. Foutz • STL 3.87
Wins
1. Kilroy • BAL 46
2. Ramsey • LOU 37
3. Smith • CIN 34
4. King • STL 32
5. Mullane • CIN 31
6. Caruthers • STL 29
7. Weyhing • PHA 26
8. Smith • BAL 25
Seward • PHA 25
Foutz • STL 25
Win-Loss %
1. Caruthers • STL .763
2. King • STL .727
3. Kilroy • BAL .708
4. Foutz • STL .676
5. Smith • CIN .667
6. Mullane • CIN .646
7. Hecker • LOU .600
8. Toole • BRO .583
9. Ramsey • LOU .578
10. Chamberlain • LOU .529
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Caruthers • STL 1.167
2. Smith • CIN 1.176
3. Seward • PHA 1.243
4. Kilroy • BAL 1.259
5. Ramsey • LOU 1.267
6. Mullane • CIN 1.285
7. King • STL 1.308
8. Hecker • LOU 1.314
9. Terry • BRO 1.352
10. Foutz • STL 1.353
Hits per 9 IP
1. Smith • CIN 8.048
2. Seward • PHA 8.509
3. Toole • BRO 8.629
4. Ramsey • LOU 8.727
5. Caruthers • STL 8.894
6. Kilroy • BAL 8.934
7. Mullane • CIN 8.950
8. Weyhing • PHA 8.974
9. King • STL 9.254
10. Terry • BRO 9.368
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hecker • LOU 1.577
2. Caruthers • STL 1.610
3. Lynch • NYP 1.733
4. Foutz • STL 2.387
5. Kilroy • BAL 2.398
6. King • STL 2.515
7. Smith • CIN 2.535
8. Porter • BRO 2.544
9. Mullane • CIN 2.616
10. Seward • PHA 2.677
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ramsey • LOU 5.695
2. Morrison • CLE 4.491
3. Terry • BRO 3.906
4. Smith • BAL 3.773
5. Weyhing • PHA 3.725
6. Smith • CIN 3.541
7. Chamberlain • LOU 3.437
8. Kilroy • BAL 3.314
9. Seward • PHA 2.964
10. King • STL 2.954
Games Played
1. Kilroy • BAL 69
2. Ramsey • LOU 65
3. Smith • BAL 58
4. Weyhing • PHA 55
Seward • PHA 55
6. Mays • NYP 52
Smith • CIN 52
8. Mullane • CIN 48
9. King • STL 46
10. Crowell • CLE 45
Saves
1. Terry • BRO 3
2. Bierbauer • PHA 1
Hecker • LOU 1
King • STL 1
Robinson • STL 1
Serad • CIN 1
Stricker • CLE 1
Innings Pitched
1. Kilroy • BAL 589.1
2. Ramsey • LOU 561.0
3. Smith • BAL 491.1
4. Seward • PHA 470.2
5. Weyhing • PHA 466.1
6. Smith • CIN 447.1
7. Mays • NYP 441.1
8. Mullane • CIN 416.1
9. King • STL 390.0
10. Crowell • CLE 389.1
Strikeouts
1. Ramsey • LOU 355
2. Kilroy • BAL 217
3. Smith • BAL 206
4. Weyhing • PHA 193
5. Smith • CIN 176
6. Morrison • CLE 158
7. Seward • PHA 155
8. Terry • BRO 138
9. King • STL 128
10. Mays • NYP 124
Games Started
1. Kilroy • BAL 69
2. Ramsey • LOU 64
3. Weyhing • PHA 55
Smith • BAL 55
5. Smith • CIN 52
Seward • PHA 52
Mays • NYP 52
8. Mullane • CIN 48
9. Crowell • CLE 45
10. King • STL 44
Complete Games
1. Kilroy • BAL 66
2. Ramsey • LOU 61
3. Smith • BAL 54
4. Weyhing • PHA 53
5. Seward • PHA 52
6. Mays • NYP 50
7. Smith • CIN 49
8. Mullane • CIN 47
9. Crowell • CLE 45
10. King • STL 43
Shutouts
1. Mullane • CIN 6
Kilroy • BAL 6
3. Seward • PHA 3
Smith • CIN 3
5. Caruthers • STL 2
Weyhing • PHA 2
Hecker • LOU 2
King • STL 2
Serad • CIN 2
10. Chamberlain • LOU 1
Crowell • CLE 1
Foutz • STL 1
Gilks • CLE 1
Porter • BRO 1
Shreve • BAL 1
Smith • BAL 1
Terry • BRO 1
Toole • BRO 1
Weidman • NYP 1
Knouff • 2TM 1
Home Runs
1. Morrison • CLE 13
2. Weyhing • PHA 12
3. Mays • NYP 11
Mullane • CIN 11
5. Terry • BRO 10
6. Cushman • NYP 9
Ramsey • LOU 9
Hecker • LOU 9
Kilroy • BAL 9
Crowell • CLE 9
Bases on Balls
1. Morrison • CLE 205
2. Smith • BAL 176
3. Ramsey • LOU 167
Weyhing • PHA 167
5. Kilroy • BAL 157
6. Seward • PHA 140
7. Crowell • CLE 138
8. Mays • NYP 136
9. Smith • CIN 126
10. Mullane • CIN 121
Hits
1. Kilroy • BAL 585
2. Mays • NYP 551
3. Ramsey • LOU 544
4. Crowell • CLE 541
5. Smith • BAL 526
6. Weyhing • PHA 465
7. Seward • PHA 445
8. Porter • BRO 416
9. Mullane • CIN 414
10. King • STL 401
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Ramsey • LOU 2.126
2. Smith • CIN 1.397
3. Terry • BRO 1.394
4. Kilroy • BAL 1.382
5. Lynch • NYP 1.250
6. Caruthers • STL 1.213
7. King • STL 1.174
8. Smith • BAL 1.170
9. Hecker • LOU 1.160
10. Weyhing • PHA 1.156
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Toole • BRO 0.046
2. Daily • CLE 0.064
3. King • STL 0.092
4. Smith • CIN 0.101
5. Smith • BAL 0.128
6. Seward • PHA 0.134
7. Kilroy • BAL 0.137
8. Ramsey • LOU 0.144
9. Caruthers • STL 0.158
10. Porter • BRO 0.185
Losses
1. Mays • NYP 34
2. Crowell • CLE 31
3. Smith • BAL 30
4. Weyhing • PHA 28
5. Ramsey • LOU 27
6. Morrison • CLE 25
Seward • PHA 25
8. Porter • BRO 24
9. Kilroy • BAL 19
10. Smith • CIN 17
Mullane • CIN 17
Earned Runs
1. Mays • NYP 232
2. Weyhing • PHA 221
3. Seward • PHA 216
4. Ramsey • LOU 214
5. Crowell • CLE 211
6. Smith • BAL 207
7. Kilroy • BAL 201
8. Morrison • CLE 173
9. King • STL 164
10. Porter • BRO 159
Wild Pitches
1. Morrison • CLE 62
2. Seward • PHA 58
3. Weyhing • PHA 49
4. Kilroy • BAL 46
Ramsey • LOU 46
6. Mays • NYP 36
7. Smith • CIN 31
8. Terry • BRO 30
9. Mullane • CIN 27
10. Foutz • STL 26
Hit By Pitch
1. Weyhing • PHA 37
2. Mullane • CIN 32
3. Seward • PHA 24
4. Morrison • CLE 22
5. Kilroy • BAL 20
Crowell • CLE 20
Mays • NYP 20
8. King • STL 17
9. Knouff • 2TM 16
Ramsey • LOU 16
Caruthers • STL 16
Batters Faced
1. Kilroy • BAL 2,492
2. Ramsey • LOU 2,430
3. Smith • BAL 2,204
4. Weyhing • PHA 2,042
5. Mays • NYP 2,002
6. Seward • PHA 1,990
7. Smith • CIN 1,872
8. Crowell • CLE 1,812
9. Mullane • CIN 1,763
10. King • STL 1,666
Games Finished
1. Terry • BRO 5
2. Corkhill • CIN 4
3. Smith • BAL 3
Stricker • CLE 3
5. Atkinson • PHA 2
Seward • PHA 2
King • STL 2
Hecker • LOU 2
Foutz • STL 2
Burns • BAL 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Smith • CIN 148
2. Caruthers • STL 137
3. Mullane • CIN 134
4. Kilroy • BAL 133
5. Ramsey • LOU 128
6. King • STL 119
7. Daily • CLE 118
8. Foutz • STL 116
9. Chamberlain • LOU 116
10. Smith • BAL 108
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Ramsey • LOU 3.20
2. Smith • CIN 3.54
3. Kilroy • BAL 3.64
4. King • STL 3.72
5. Caruthers • STL 3.75
6. Smith • BAL 3.78
7. Terry • BRO 3.84
8. Seward • PHA 3.86
9. Foutz • STL 3.88
10. Hecker • LOU 3.91
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Smith • CIN 72
2. Kilroy • BAL 68
3. Ramsey • LOU 53
4. Mullane • CIN 52
5. Caruthers • STL 48
6. King • STL 39
7. Seward • PHA 21
8. Foutz • STL 20
9. Chamberlain • LOU 14
10. Gilks • CLE 13
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Smith • CIN 6.1
2. Kilroy • BAL 5.7
3. Ramsey • LOU 4.4
4. Mullane • CIN 4.4
5. Caruthers • STL 4.1
6. King • STL 3.3
7. Seward • PHA 1.7
8. Foutz • STL 1.6
9. Chamberlain • LOU 1.2
10. Gilks • CLE 1.1

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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