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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Alexander • CHC 12.6
2. Ruth • NYY 11.7
3. Sisler • SLB 9.9
4. Hornsby • STL 9.6
5. Bagby • CLE 9.5
6. Coveleski • CLE 8.9
7. Speaker • CLE 8.6
8. Grimes • BRO 8.4
9. Shawkey • NYY 8.0
10. Collins • CHW 7.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Alexander • CHC 11.9
2. Bagby • CLE 9.0
3. Coveleski • CLE 8.7
4. Shawkey • NYY 8.2
5. Grimes • BRO 7.1
6. Shocker • SLB 6.5
7. Mays • NYY 6.1
8. Cooper • PIT 6.1
9. Adams • PIT 5.9
10. Davis • SLB 5.7
Earned Run Average
1. Brown • CAG 1.82
2. Williams • CAG 1.83
3. Alexander • CHC 1.91
4. Leblanc • CSW 1.99
5. Adams • PIT 2.16
6. Grimes • BRO 2.22
7. Cooper • PIT 2.39
8. McClure • ABC 2.42
9. Johnson • 2TM 2.42
10. Shawkey • NYY 2.45
Wins
1. Bagby • CLE 31
2. Alexander • CHC 27
3. Mays • NYY 26
4. Coveleski • CLE 24
Cooper • PIT 24
6. Faber • CHW 23
Grimes • BRO 23
8. Williams • CHW 22
9. Cicotte • CHW 21
Kerr • CHW 21
Nehf • NYG 21
Toney • NYG 21
Win-Loss %
1. Johnson • 2TM .867
2. Brown • CAG .813
3. Gatewood • DS .750
Williams • CAG .750
5. Bagby • CLE .721
6. Mays • NYY .703
7. Kerr • CHW .700
8. Myers • 2TM .688
9. Cicotte • CHW .677
10. Grimes • BRO .676
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Brown • CAG 0.908
2. Adams • PIT 0.981
3. Williams • CAG 1.045
4. Leblanc • CSW 1.072
5. Johnson • 2TM 1.083
6. Cooper • PIT 1.098
7. Luque • CIN 1.098
8. Coveleski • CLE 1.108
9. Alexander • CHC 1.112
10. Grimes • BRO 1.113
Hits per 9 IP
1. Brown • CAG 5.085
2. Williams • CAG 7.280
3. Luque • CIN 7.281
4. Crawford • KCM 7.372
5. Leblanc • CSW 7.437
6. Dismukes • ABC 7.460
7. McClure • ABC 7.491
8. Gatewood • DS 7.698
9. Holland • DS 7.722
10. Johnson • 2TM 7.749
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Adams • PIT 0.616
2. Cooper • PIT 1.431
3. Nehf • NYG 1.443
4. Benton • NYG 1.443
5. Finner • SLG 1.627
6. Marquard • BRO 1.661
7. Quinn • NYY 1.705
8. Alexander • CHC 1.709
9. Barnes • NYG 1.722
10. Smith • PHI 1.831
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Rogan • KCM 6.620
2. Brown • CAG 6.114
3. Leblanc • CSW 5.551
4. Holland • DS 5.112
5. Donaldson • KCM 5.098
6. Gatewood • DS 5.094
7. Crawford • KCM 5.074
8. Marshall • CAG 5.003
9. Farrell • 2TM 4.909
10. Carr • SLG 4.848
Games Played
1. Bagby • CLE 48
2. Haines • STL 47
3. Ayers • DET 46
Alexander • CHC 46
Douglas • NYG 46
6. Kerr • CHW 45
Mays • NYY 45
8. Zachary • WSH 44
Cooper • PIT 44
Scott • BSN 44
Saves
1. Sherdel • STL 6
2. Shocker • SLB 5
McQuillan • BSN 5
Alexander • CHC 5
Kerr • CHW 5
6. Burwell • SLB 4
Hubbell • 2TM 4
Ehmke • DET 4
9. Ruether • CIN 3
Hamilton • PIT 3
Causey • PHI 3
Quinn • NYY 3
Mamaux • BRO 3
Carlson • PIT 3
Morton • CLE 3
Mays • NYY 3
Johnson • WSH 3
Smith • BRO 3
Holland • DS 3
Jeffries • ABC 3
Williams • CAG 3
Innings Pitched
1. Alexander • CHC 363.1
2. Bagby • CLE 339.2
3. Cooper • PIT 327.0
4. Faber • CHW 319.0
5. Coveleski • CLE 315.0
6. Mays • NYY 312.0
7. Grimes • BRO 303.2
8. Cicotte • CHW 303.1
9. Haines • STL 301.2
10. Vaughn • CHC 301.0
Strikeouts
1. Alexander • CHC 173
2. Coveleski • CLE 133
3. Grimes • BRO 131
Vaughn • CHC 131
5. Williams • CHW 128
6. Shawkey • NYY 126
7. Haines • STL 120
8. Schupp • STL 119
9. Cooper • PIT 114
10. Rixey • PHI 109
Games Started
1. Alexander • CHC 40
2. Faber • CHW 39
3. Bagby • CLE 38
Coveleski • CLE 38
Williams • CHW 38
Vaughn • CHC 38
7. Mays • NYY 37
Cooper • PIT 37
Doak • STL 37
Haines • STL 37
Schupp • STL 37
Toney • NYG 37
Complete Games
1. Alexander • CHC 33
2. Bagby • CLE 30
3. Cicotte • CHW 28
Faber • CHW 28
Cooper • PIT 28
6. Coveleski • CLE 26
Mays • NYY 26
8. Williams • CHW 25
Grimes • BRO 25
Rixey • PHI 25
Shutouts
1. Adams • PIT 8
2. Alexander • CHC 7
3. Mays • NYY 6
4. Oeschger • BSN 5
Doak • STL 5
Ruether • CIN 5
Grimes • BRO 5
Shawkey • NYY 5
Shocker • SLB 5
10. Vaughn • CHC 4
Pennock • BOS 4
Nehf • NYG 4
Haines • STL 4
Johnson • WSH 4
Toney • NYG 4
Benton • NYG 4
Cicotte • CHW 4
Cadore • BRO 4
Home Runs
1. Williams • CHW 15
2. Perry • PHA 14
3. Erickson • WSH 13
Mays • NYY 13
5. Shaw • WSH 12
6. Dauss • DET 11
7. Davis • SLB 10
Shawkey • NYY 10
Shocker • SLB 10
Oeschger • BSN 10
Smith • PHI 10
Bases on Balls
1. Davis • SLB 149
2. Erickson • WSH 128
3. Schupp • STL 127
4. Ehmke • DET 124
5. Oeschger • BSN 99
6. Ruether • CIN 96
7. Bush • BOS 94
8. Ring • CIN 92
9. Oldham • DET 91
10. Williams • CHW 90
Meadows • PHI 90
Hits
1. Bagby • CLE 338
2. Alexander • CHC 335
3. Faber • CHW 332
4. Cicotte • CHW 316
5. Mays • NYY 310
Perry • PHA 310
7. Dauss • DET 308
Scott • BSN 308
9. Cooper • PIT 307
10. Naylor • PHA 306
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Adams • PIT 4.667
2. Marquard • BRO 2.543
3. Leblanc • CSW 2.512
4. Alexander • CHC 2.507
5. Curry • KCM 2.295
6. Cooper • PIT 2.192
7. Finner • SLG 2.167
8. Donaldson • KCM 2.160
9. Quinn • NYY 2.104
10. Johnson • 2TM 2.091
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Marshall • CAG 0.000
Johnson • ABC 0.000
Donaldson • KCM 0.000
Curry • KCM 0.000
Brown • CAG 0.000
6. Sherdel • STL 0.053
7. Ruether • CIN 0.068
8. Hamilton • PIT 0.078
9. Mamaux • BRO 0.094
10. Dismukes • ABC 0.096
Losses
1. Perry • PHA 25
2. Naylor • PHA 23
3. Rixey • PHI 22
4. Dauss • DET 21
Fillingim • BSN 21
Scott • BSN 21
7. Haines • STL 20
8. Ehmke • DET 18
Shaw • WSH 18
Smith • PHI 18
Earned Runs
1. Williams • CHW 130
2. Jones • BOS 120
3. Bush • BOS 115
Oeschger • BSN 115
5. Sothoron • SLB 114
Scott • BSN 114
7. Shaw • WSH 112
8. Cicotte • CHW 110
Zachary • WSH 110
Rixey • PHI 110
Wild Pitches
1. Leonard • DET 13
Shaw • WSH 13
3. Naylor • PHA 11
4. Sothoron • SLB 10
Ponder • PIT 10
6. Collins • NYY 9
Harper • BOS 9
Zachary • WSH 9
Grimes • BRO 9
Scott • BSN 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Collins • NYY 14
2. Ehmke • DET 13
Scott • BSN 13
4. Williams • CHW 12
5. Erickson • WSH 11
Cooper • PIT 11
Sherdel • STL 11
8. Bush • BOS 10
Brown • CAG 10
10. Courtney • WSH 9
Haines • STL 9
Ruether • CIN 9
Schupp • STL 9
Dismukes • ABC 9
Johnson • ABC 9
Batters Faced
1. Alexander • CHC 1,447
2. Bagby • CLE 1,355
3. Cooper • PIT 1,312
4. Faber • CHW 1,291
5. Mays • NYY 1,268
6. Haines • STL 1,258
7. Vaughn • CHC 1,255
8. Oeschger • BSN 1,250
9. Grimes • BRO 1,246
10. Scott • BSN 1,243
Games Finished
1. Sherdel • STL 30
2. Karr • BOS 19
3. Burwell • SLB 18
Wilkinson • CHW 18
Betts • PHI 18
6. Rommel • PHA 17
7. Ayers • DET 16
Mamaux • BRO 16
Smith • BRO 16
10. Keefe • PHA 15
Douglas • NYG 15
Adjusted ERA+
1. Brown • CAG 195
2. Williams • CAG 193
3. Leblanc • CSW 177
4. Alexander • CHC 166
5. Shawkey • NYY 156
6. Coveleski • CLE 154
7. Adams • PIT 150
8. Johnson • 2TM 146
9. McClure • ABC 146
10. Shocker • SLB 144
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Donaldson • KCM 2.49
2. Curry • KCM 2.56
3. Leblanc • CSW 2.57
4. Rogan • KCM 2.66
5. Brown • CAG 2.67
6. Adams • PIT 2.68
7. Alexander • CHC 2.71
8. Marquard • BRO 2.78
9. Johnson • ABC 2.78
10. Cooper • PIT 2.84
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Alexander • CHC 51
2. Coveleski • CLE 47
3. Shawkey • NYY 42
4. Bagby • CLE 41
5. Shocker • SLB 30
6. Grimes • BRO 30
7. Mays • NYY 29
8. Adams • PIT 29
9. Cooper • PIT 28
10. Brown • CAG 28
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Alexander • CHC 5.8
2. Coveleski • CLE 4.8
3. Shawkey • NYY 4.4
4. Bagby • CLE 4.2
5. Grimes • BRO 3.3
6. Adams • PIT 3.3
7. Cooper • PIT 3.1
8. Shocker • SLB 3.1
9. Mays • NYY 2.9
10. Brown • CAG 2.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Coveleski • CLE 60.40
2. Bagby • CLE 60.14
3. Shawkey • NYY 52.25
4. Mays • NYY 38.82
5. Shocker • SLB 36.70
6. Alexander • CHC 35.93
7. Faber • CHW 34.14
8. Adams • PIT 30.97
9. Cooper • PIT 30.24
10. Ruether • CIN 27.71
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Alexander • CHC 5.7
2. Shocker • SLB 5.7
3. Coveleski • CLE 5.4
4. Shawkey • NYY 5.0
5. Cooper • PIT 4.7
6. Bagby • CLE 4.4
7. Adams • PIT 4.0
8. Mays • NYY 3.9
9. Grimes • BRO 3.5
10. Oeschger • BSN 3.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Coveleski • CLE 5.4
2. Bagby • CLE 4.9
3. Cooper • PIT 4.0
4. Adams • PIT 4.0
5. Shocker • SLB 3.7
6. Shawkey • NYY 3.6
7. Grimes • BRO 3.6
8. Alexander • CHC 3.5
9. Mays • NYY 3.0
10. Luque • CIN 3.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Coveleski • CLE 21.8
2. Mails • CLE 18.9
3. Bagby • CLE 16.5
4. Shawkey • NYY 14.1
5. Grimes • BRO 13.4
6. Kerr • CHW 12.2
7. Mays • NYY 11.2
8. Faber • CHW 7.6
9. Williams • CHW 7.2
10. Cooper • PIT 6.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Coveleski • CLE 6.3
2. Bagby • CLE 6.2
3. Shawkey • NYY 5.4
4. Alexander • CHC 4.0
5. Mays • NYY 3.9
6. Shocker • SLB 3.7
7. Faber • CHW 3.5
8. Adams • PIT 3.5
9. Cooper • PIT 3.3
10. Ruether • CIN 3.2

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