Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Young • CLV 10.5
2. Cuppy • CLV 10.3
3. Killen • PIT 8.4
4. Jennings • BLN 8.3
5. Hawley • PIT 8.3
6. Hoffer • BLN 8.3
7. Dwyer • CIN 7.6
8. Delahanty • PHI 7.3
9. Dahlen • CHC 7.1
10. Kelley • BLN 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Young • CLV 9.9
2. Cuppy • CLV 9.7
3. Hawley • PIT 8.2
4. Killen • PIT 7.6
5. Hoffer • BLN 7.3
6. Dwyer • CIN 7.2
7. Nichols • BSN 6.7
8. Griffith • CHC 6.1
9. Ehret • CIN 6.1
10. Rhines • CIN 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Rhines • CIN 2.45
2. Nichols • BSN 2.83
3. Cuppy • CLV 3.12
4. Dwyer • CIN 3.15
5. Young • CLV 3.24
6. Wallace • CLV 3.34
7. Hoffer • BLN 3.38
8. Payne • BRO 3.39
9. Killen • PIT 3.41
10. Ehret • CIN 3.42
Wins
1. Killen • PIT 30
Nichols • BSN 30
3. Young • CLV 28
4. Meekin • NYG 26
5. Mercer • WHS 25
Cuppy • CLV 25
Hoffer • BLN 25
8. Dwyer • CIN 24
9. Griffith • CHC 23
10. Hawley • PIT 22
Stivetts • BSN 22
Win-Loss %
1. Hoffer • BLN .781
2. Esper • BLN .737
3. Hemming • BLN .714
4. Dwyer • CIN .686
5. Nichols • BSN .682
6. Griffith • CHC .676
7. Pond • BLN .667
Foreman • CIN .667
9. Wilson • CLV .654
10. Young • CLV .651
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Rhines • CIN 1.231
2. Cuppy • CLV 1.293
3. Young • CLV 1.301
4. Nichols • BSN 1.311
5. Dwyer • CIN 1.320
6. Esper • BLN 1.330
7. Hoffer • BLN 1.333
8. Ehret • CIN 1.345
9. Pond • BLN 1.348
10. Stivetts • BSN 1.374
Hits per 9 IP
1. Rhines • CIN 8.056
2. Hawley • PIT 9.095
3. Sullivan • NYG 9.129
4. Friend • CHC 9.227
5. Hoffer • BLN 9.233
6. Nichols • BSN 9.355
7. Briggs • CHC 9.371
8. Stivetts • BSN 9.657
9. Ehret • CIN 9.694
10. Esper • BLN 9.713
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Young • CLV 1.347
2. Clarke • NYG 1.538
3. Dwyer • CIN 1.871
4. Cuppy • CLV 1.885
5. Griffith • CHC 1.983
6. Fisher • CIN 2.029
7. Orth • PHI 2.112
8. Payne • BRO 2.160
9. Esper • BLN 2.255
10. Pond • BLN 2.393
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Briggs • CHC 3.897
2. Pond • BLN 3.359
3. McJames • WHS 3.307
4. Hawley • PIT 3.262
5. Young • CLV 3.041
6. Breitenstein • STL 3.021
7. Meekin • NYG 2.961
8. Hill • LOU 2.928
9. Terry • CHC 2.864
10. Wallace • CLV 2.849
Games Played
1. Killen • PIT 52
2. Young • CLV 51
3. Hawley • PIT 49
Nichols • BSN 49
5. Clarke • NYG 48
6. Cuppy • CLV 46
Mercer • WHS 46
8. Taylor • PHI 45
9. Breitenstein • STL 44
10. Fraser • LOU 43
Hill • LOU 43
Saves
1. Young • CLV 3
2. Fisher • CIN 2
Hill • LOU 2
4. Carsey • PHI 1
Clarke • NYG 1
Corbett • BLN 1
Cunningham • LOU 1
Cuppy • CLV 1
Dwyer • CIN 1
Foreman • CIN 1
Fraser • LOU 1
Gettig • NYG 1
Hastings • PIT 1
Kennedy • BRO 1
King • WHS 1
Kissinger • STL 1
Mains • BSN 1
McJames • WHS 1
Nichols • BSN 1
Sullivan • BSN 1
Taylor • PHI 1
Wilson • CLV 1
Briggs • CHC 1
German • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Killen • PIT 432.1
2. Young • CLV 414.1
3. Hawley • PIT 378.0
4. Nichols • BSN 372.1
5. Mercer • WHS 366.1
6. Taylor • PHI 359.0
7. Cuppy • CLV 358.0
8. Clarke • NYG 351.0
9. Fraser • LOU 349.1
10. Breitenstein • STL 339.2
Strikeouts
1. Young • CLV 140
2. Hawley • PIT 137
3. Killen • PIT 134
4. Breitenstein • STL 114
5. Meekin • NYG 110
6. Hill • LOU 104
7. McJames • WHS 103
8. Nichols • BSN 102
9. Taylor • PHI 97
10. Mercer • WHS 94
Games Started
1. Killen • PIT 50
2. Young • CLV 46
3. Mercer • WHS 45
4. Hawley • PIT 43
Breitenstein • STL 43
Nichols • BSN 43
7. Hart • STL 41
Taylor • PHI 41
Meekin • NYG 41
10. Cuppy • CLV 40
Clarke • NYG 40
Complete Games
1. Killen • PIT 44
2. Young • CLV 42
3. Mercer • WHS 38
4. Nichols • BSN 37
Breitenstein • STL 37
Hart • STL 37
Hawley • PIT 37
8. Fraser • LOU 36
9. Cuppy • CLV 35
Griffith • CHC 35
Taylor • PHI 35
Shutouts
1. Young • CLV 5
Killen • PIT 5
3. Rhines • CIN 3
Dwyer • CIN 3
Nichols • BSN 3
Hoffer • BLN 3
Hemming • BLN 3
8. Stivetts • BSN 2
Pond • BLN 2
Payne • BRO 2
Mercer • WHS 2
Hawley • PIT 2
Wallace • CLV 2
Fisher • CIN 2
Ehret • CIN 2
Home Runs
1. Stivetts • BSN 19
2. Taylor • PHI 17
3. Nichols • BSN 14
Hill • LOU 14
5. Sullivan • BSN 13
6. Breitenstein • STL 12
Kennedy • BRO 12
8. Hart • STL 11
Friend • CHC 11
10. Orth • PHI 10
Mercer • WHS 10
Bases on Balls
1. Fraser • LOU 166
2. Hawley • PIT 157
3. Hill • LOU 155
4. Hart • STL 141
5. Friend • CHC 139
6. Breitenstein • STL 138
7. McJames • WHS 135
8. Kennedy • BRO 130
9. Meekin • NYG 127
10. Killen • PIT 119
Hits
1. Young • CLV 477
2. Killen • PIT 476
3. Taylor • PHI 459
4. Mercer • WHS 456
5. Clarke • NYG 431
6. Hart • STL 411
7. Fraser • LOU 396
8. Cuppy • CLV 388
9. Nichols • BSN 387
10. Hawley • PIT 382
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Young • CLV 2.258
2. Pond • BLN 1.404
3. Griffith • CHC 1.157
4. Cuppy • CLV 1.147
5. Killen • PIT 1.126
6. Clarke • NYG 1.100
7. Nichols • BSN 1.010
8. Hoffer • BLN 0.979
9. Dwyer • CIN 0.950
10. Wallace • CLV 0.939
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Hoffer • BLN 0.029
2. Hawley • PIT 0.048
3. Rhines • CIN 0.063
4. McJames • WHS 0.064
5. Griffith • CHC 0.085
6. Foreman • CIN 0.097
7. Wallace • CLV 0.124
8. Sullivan • NYG 0.146
9. Killen • PIT 0.146
10. Payne • BRO 0.149
Losses
1. Hart • STL 29
2. Hill • LOU 28
3. Fraser • LOU 27
4. Breitenstein • STL 26
5. Donahue • STL 24
Clarke • NYG 24
7. Hawley • PIT 21
Taylor • PHI 21
9. McJames • WHS 20
German • 2TM 20
Kennedy • BRO 20
Earned Runs
1. Hart • STL 191
Taylor • PHI 191
3. Fraser • LOU 189
4. Donahue • STL 172
5. Breitenstein • STL 169
6. Mercer • WHS 168
7. Clarke • NYG 166
8. Killen • PIT 164
9. Friend • CHC 153
Hill • LOU 153
Wild Pitches
1. Fraser • LOU 27
2. McJames • WHS 24
3. Hawley • PIT 17
4. Hart • STL 13
Clarke • NYG 13
Nichols • BSN 13
Meekin • NYG 13
8. Daub • BRO 12
9. Sullivan • NYG 11
10. Mercer • WHS 10
Young • CLV 10
Kennedy • BRO 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Friend • CHC 39
2. Fraser • LOU 29
3. Hawley • PIT 28
4. Taylor • PHI 20
Mercer • WHS 20
6. Hill • LOU 18
7. Cunningham • LOU 17
8. Meekin • NYG 15
Hart • STL 15
Briggs • CHC 15
Batters Faced
1. Killen • PIT 1,850
2. Young • CLV 1,739
3. Hawley • PIT 1,652
4. Mercer • WHS 1,645
5. Taylor • PHI 1,621
6. Fraser • LOU 1,594
7. Nichols • BSN 1,564
8. Hart • STL 1,531
9. Clarke • NYG 1,510
10. Cuppy • CLV 1,498
Games Finished
1. Fisher • CIN 11
2. Hughey • PIT 9
3. German • 2TM 8
Clarke • NYG 8
5. Kissinger • STL 7
Abbey • BRO 7
Stein • BRO 7
Daub • BRO 7
9. Payne • BRO 6
Stivetts • BSN 6
King • WHS 6
Hawley • PIT 6
Smith • LOU 6
Wallace • CLV 6
Nichols • BSN 6
Carsey • PHI 6
Cuppy • CLV 6
Adjusted ERA+
1. Rhines • CIN 189
2. Nichols • BSN 160
3. Dwyer • CIN 147
4. Cuppy • CLV 146
5. Young • CLV 140
6. Wallace • CLV 136
7. Ehret • CIN 135
8. Griffith • CHC 128
9. Hoffer • BLN 127
10. McMahon • BLN 123
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Young • CLV 3.36
2. Pond • BLN 3.67
3. Griffith • CHC 3.68
4. Hoffer • BLN 3.77
5. Cuppy • CLV 3.79
6. Killen • PIT 3.81
7. Clarke • NYG 3.86
8. Payne • BRO 3.90
9. Wallace • CLV 3.93
10. Ehret • CIN 3.99
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Young • CLV 57
2. Cuppy • CLV 56
3. Nichols • BSN 54
4. Dwyer • CIN 45
5. Hoffer • BLN 37
6. Ehret • CIN 36
7. Killen • PIT 36
8. Rhines • CIN 34
9. Hawley • PIT 34
10. Griffith • CHC 31
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Young • CLV 5.1
2. Cuppy • CLV 5.0
3. Nichols • BSN 4.8
4. Dwyer • CIN 4.0
5. Hoffer • BLN 3.3
6. Ehret • CIN 3.2
7. Rhines • CIN 3.1
8. Killen • PIT 3.1
9. Hawley • PIT 2.9
10. Griffith • CHC 2.7

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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