Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Johnson • WSH 16.5
2. Adams • PIT 9.3
3. Russell • CHW 9.2
4. Collins • PHA 9.0
5. Speaker • BOS 8.4
6. Baker • PHA 7.9
7. Jackson • CLE 7.6
8. Cobb • DET 7.4
9. Cicotte • CHW 7.2
10. Mathewson • NYG 7.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Johnson • WSH 15.1
2. Russell • CHW 8.9
3. Adams • PIT 8.3
4. Scott • CHW 7.6
5. Cicotte • CHW 7.5
6. Falkenberg • CLE 7.2
7. Mathewson • NYG 7.1
8. Alexander • PHI 6.5
9. Mitchell • CLE 6.0
10. Seaton • PHI 6.0
Earned Run Average
1. Johnson • WSH 1.14
2. Cicotte • CHW 1.58
3. Scott • CHW 1.90
4. Russell • CHW 1.90
5. Mitchell • CLE 1.91
6. Mathewson • NYG 2.06
7. Boehling • WSH 2.14
8. Adams • PIT 2.15
9. Tesreau • NYG 2.17
10. Bender • PHA 2.21
Wins
1. Johnson • WSH 36
2. Seaton • PHI 27
3. Mathewson • NYG 25
4. Falkenberg • CLE 23
Marquard • NYG 23
6. Russell • CHW 22
Alexander • PHI 22
Tesreau • NYG 22
9. Bender • PHA 21
Adams • PIT 21
Cheney • CHC 21
Win-Loss %
1. Johnson • WSH .837
2. Humphries • CHC .800
3. Demaree • NYG .765
4. Alexander • PHI .733
5. Pierce • CHC .722
6. Bush • PHA .714
7. Boehling • WSH .708
8. Collins • BOS .704
9. Houck • PHA .700
10. Falkenberg • CLE .697
Marquard • NYG .697
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Johnson • WSH 0.780
2. Mathewson • NYG 1.020
3. Adams • PIT 1.020
4. Marquard • NYG 1.031
5. Russell • CHW 1.039
6. Humphries • CHC 1.066
7. Demaree • NYG 1.072
8. Scott • CHW 1.082
9. Plank • PHA 1.104
10. Cicotte • CHW 1.108
Hits per 9 IP
1. Johnson • WSH 6.035
2. Mitchell • CLE 6.346
3. Engel • WSH 6.777
4. Leverenz • SLB 7.061
5. Tesreau • NYG 7.085
6. Russell • CHW 7.105
7. Caldwell • NYY 7.174
8. Scott • CHW 7.261
9. Seaton • PHI 7.315
10. Allen • BRO 7.420
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Mathewson • NYG 0.618
2. Johnson • WSH 0.988
3. Humphries • CHC 1.193
4. Collins • BOS 1.350
5. Adams • PIT 1.406
6. Marquard • NYG 1.531
7. Suggs • CIN 1.583
8. Perdue • BSN 1.653
9. Demaree • NYG 1.713
10. Mitchell • SLB 1.724
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Johnson • WSH 6.321
2. Mitchell • CLE 5.848
3. Plank • PHA 5.600
4. Falkenberg • CLE 5.413
5. Tesreau • NYG 5.330
6. Groom • WSH 5.311
7. Gregg • CLE 5.230
8. Hendrix • PIT 5.154
9. Bender • PHA 5.134
10. Leonard • BOS 4.997
Games Played
1. Cheney • CHC 54
2. Russell • CHW 52
Seaton • PHI 52
4. Sallee • STL 50
5. Bender • PHA 48
Johnson • WSH 48
Scott • CHW 48
8. Alexander • PHI 47
9. Camnitz • 2TM 45
10. Gregg • CLE 44
Johnson • CIN 44
Ragan • BRO 44
Saves
1. Bender • PHA 13
2. Cheney • CHC 11
3. Crandall • 2TM 6
Hughes • WSH 6
Brown • CIN 6
6. Sallee • STL 5
7. Bedient • BOS 4
Plank • PHA 4
Boehling • WSH 4
Russell • CHW 4
Innings Pitched
1. Johnson • WSH 346.0
2. Seaton • PHI 322.1
3. Russell • CHW 316.2
4. Adams • PIT 313.2
5. Scott • CHW 312.1
6. Alexander • PHI 306.1
7. Mathewson • NYG 306.0
8. Cheney • CHC 305.0
9. Tyler • BSN 290.1
10. Marquard • NYG 288.0
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • WSH 243
2. Seaton • PHI 168
3. Tesreau • NYG 167
4. Falkenberg • CLE 166
Gregg • CLE 166
6. Alexander • PHI 159
7. Scott • CHW 158
8. Groom • WSH 156
9. Plank • PHA 151
Marquard • NYG 151
Games Started
1. Scott • CHW 38
Tesreau • NYG 38
3. Adams • PIT 37
4. Falkenberg • CLE 36
Groom • WSH 36
Johnson • WSH 36
Russell • CHW 36
Alexander • PHI 36
Cheney • CHC 36
10. Brown • PHA 35
Mathewson • NYG 35
Seaton • PHI 35
Complete Games
1. Johnson • WSH 29
2. Tyler • BSN 28
3. Russell • CHW 26
4. Scott • CHW 25
Cheney • CHC 25
Mathewson • NYG 25
7. Adams • PIT 24
8. Baumgardner • SLB 23
Falkenberg • CLE 23
Gregg • CLE 23
Alexander • PHI 23
Shutouts
1. Johnson • WSH 11
2. Alexander • PHI 9
3. Russell • CHW 8
4. Plank • PHA 7
5. Falkenberg • CLE 6
6. Seaton • PHI 5
7. Adams • PIT 4
Mitchell • CLE 4
Mitchell • SLB 4
Marquard • NYG 4
Mathewson • NYG 4
Scott • CHW 4
Groom • WSH 4
Rucker • BRO 4
Tyler • BSN 4
Home Runs
1. Hess • BSN 13
2. Griner • STL 12
3. Sallee • STL 11
4. Humphries • CHC 10
Marquard • NYG 10
Ragan • BRO 10
7. Ford • NYY 9
Johnson • WSH 9
Alexander • PHI 9
Perritt • STL 9
Bases on Balls
1. Seaton • PHI 136
2. Gregg • CLE 124
3. Houck • PHA 122
4. Tesreau • NYG 119
5. Tyler • BSN 108
6. Camnitz • 2TM 107
7. Harmon • STL 99
8. Cheney • CHC 98
Lavender • CHC 98
10. Leonard • BOS 94
Hits
1. Harmon • STL 291
Mathewson • NYG 291
3. Alexander • PHI 288
4. Ragan • BRO 284
5. Griner • STL 279
6. Adams • PIT 271
Cheney • CHC 271
8. Baumgardner • SLB 267
9. Mitchell • SLB 265
10. Weilman • SLB 262
Seaton • PHI 262
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Johnson • WSH 6.395
2. Mathewson • NYG 4.429
3. Marquard • NYG 3.082
4. Adams • PIT 2.939
5. Plank • PHA 2.649
6. Humphries • CHC 2.542
7. Collins • BOS 2.378
8. Perdue • BSN 2.333
9. Bender • PHA 2.288
10. Alexander • PHI 2.120
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Bedient • BOS 0.000
Willett • DET 0.000
Leonard • BOS 0.000
4. Dubuc • DET 0.037
5. Mitchell • CLE 0.041
6. Hall • DET 0.055
7. Russell • CHW 0.057
8. Scott • CHW 0.058
9. Tyler • BSN 0.062
10. Gregg • CLE 0.063
Losses
1. Griner • STL 22
2. Scott • CHW 21
Harmon • STL 21
4. Baumgardner • SLB 20
Camnitz • 2TM 20
6. Weilman • SLB 19
7. Ford • NYY 18
Allen • BRO 18
Ragan • BRO 18
10. Leonard • BOS 17
Leverenz • SLB 17
Hess • BSN 17
Tyler • BSN 17
Earned Runs
1. Griner • STL 127
2. Harmon • STL 119
3. Ragan • BRO 111
4. Perritt • STL 102
5. Camnitz • 2TM 100
6. Groom • WSH 95
Weilman • SLB 95
Alexander • PHI 95
9. Hess • BSN 93
Seaton • PHI 93
Wild Pitches
1. Cheney • CHC 19
2. Dubuc • DET 13
Falkenberg • CLE 13
4. Tyler • BSN 12
Ames • 2TM 12
6. Houck • PHA 10
7. Brown • PHA 9
Gregg • CLE 9
Groom • WSH 9
Seaton • PHI 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Hughes • WSH 15
2. Dauss • DET 13
Gregg • CLE 13
Lavender • CHC 13
5. Leverenz • SLB 12
Warhop • NYY 12
7. Engel • WSH 11
Willett • DET 11
Tyler • BSN 11
10. Baumgardner • SLB 10
Brown • PHA 10
Allen • BRO 10
Griner • STL 10
Seaton • PHI 10
Camnitz • 2TM 10
Batters Faced
1. Seaton • PHI 1,324
2. Johnson • WSH 1,281
3. Cheney • CHC 1,255
4. Russell • CHW 1,247
5. Scott • CHW 1,238
6. Alexander • PHI 1,234
7. Adams • PIT 1,227
8. Mathewson • NYG 1,195
9. Tyler • BSN 1,189
10. Gregg • CLE 1,180
Games Finished
1. Crandall • 2TM 27
2. Bender • PHA 24
3. Hall • BOS 22
4. Brown • CIN 21
5. Bush • PHA 20
Geyer • STL 20
7. Hughes • WSH 18
Cheney • CHC 18
9. Blanding • CLE 16
Gallia • WSH 16
Packard • CIN 16
Stack • 2TM 16
Adjusted ERA+
1. Johnson • WSH 259
2. Cicotte • CHW 186
3. Mitchell • CLE 160
4. Scott • CHW 154
5. Russell • CHW 154
6. Mathewson • NYG 153
7. Tesreau • NYG 145
8. Demaree • NYG 142
9. Adams • PIT 140
10. Boehling • WSH 138
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Johnson • WSH 1.90
2. Plank • PHA 2.24
3. Bender • PHA 2.31
4. Adams • PIT 2.40
5. Falkenberg • CLE 2.46
6. Bedient • BOS 2.46
7. Collins • BOS 2.48
8. Mathewson • NYG 2.49
9. Marquard • NYG 2.50
10. Scott • CHW 2.54
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Johnson • WSH 71
2. Russell • CHW 37
3. Mathewson • NYG 36
4. Cicotte • CHW 35
5. Scott • CHW 33
6. Adams • PIT 33
7. Tesreau • NYG 27
8. Falkenberg • CLE 27
9. Mitchell • CLE 27
10. Seaton • PHI 26
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Johnson • WSH 8.3
2. Russell • CHW 4.1
3. Mathewson • NYG 4.0
4. Cicotte • CHW 4.0
5. Scott • CHW 3.7
6. Adams • PIT 3.6
7. Falkenberg • CLE 3.0
8. Mitchell • CLE 3.0
9. Tesreau • NYG 3.0
10. Seaton • PHI 2.8

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