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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 11.4
2. Uhle • CLE 9.2
3. Carlson • PHI 8.7
4. Foster • CAG 8.5
5. Gehrig • NYY 6.9
Goslin • WSH 6.9
7. Grove • PHA 6.6
8. Kremer • PIT 6.5
9. Mostil • CHW 6.4
10. Suttles • SLS 6.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. Uhle • CLE 8.9
2. Carlson • PHI 8.3
3. Foster • CAG 8.2
4. Grove • PHA 7.5
5. Kremer • PIT 6.2
6. Lyons • CHW 5.9
7. Bell • KCM 5.5
8. Petty • BRO 5.4
9. Root • CHC 5.2
10. Henderson • AC 5.1
Earned Run Average
1. Foster • CAG 1.80
2. Flournoy • BRG 2.32
3. Brewer • KCM 2.37
4. Bell • KCM 2.39
5. Harney • CAG 2.41
6. Grove • PHA 2.51
7. Henderson • AC 2.58
8. Kremer • PIT 2.61
9. Root • CHC 2.82
10. Uhle • CLE 2.83
Wins
1. Uhle • CLE 27
2. Pennock • NYY 23
3. Donohue • CIN 20
Kremer • PIT 20
Meadows • PIT 20
Rhem • STL 20
7. Shocker • NYY 19
Mays • CIN 19
9. Lyons • CHW 18
Root • CHC 18
Hensley • SLS 18
Win-Loss %
1. Brewer • KCM .923
2. Winters • HIL .810
3. Rogan • KCM .800
4. Cooper • HBG .778
Levis • CSE .778
6. Kremer • PIT .769
McDonald • CAG .769
8. Haines • STL .765
Foster • CAG .765
10. Rhem • STL .741
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Foster • CAG 0.979
2. Bell • KCM 1.051
3. Alexander • 2TM 1.108
4. McDonald • CAG 1.126
5. Harney • CAG 1.143
6. Flournoy • BRG 1.145
7. Henderson • AC 1.152
8. Brewer • KCM 1.162
9. Winters • HIL 1.173
10. Kremer • PIT 1.176
Hits per 9 IP
1. Foster • CAG 5.926
2. Flournoy • BRG 6.823
3. Brewer • KCM 6.973
4. Grier • AC 7.176
5. Bell • KCM 7.220
6. Lee • HIL 7.225
7. Henderson • AC 7.382
8. Winters • HIL 7.583
9. Bell • DS 7.788
10. Levis • CSE 7.816
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Donohue • CIN 1.229
2. Dean • KCM 1.286
3. Alexander • 2TM 1.393
4. Pennock • NYY 1.453
5. Smith • CLE 1.481
6. Carlson • PHI 1.582
7. Mays • CIN 1.698
8. Cooper • DS 1.731
9. Lucas • CIN 1.753
10. McDonald • CAG 1.779
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Vance • BRO 7.456
2. Grier • AC 7.279
3. Grove • PHA 6.767
4. San • CSE 6.087
5. McDonald • CAG 5.957
6. Brewer • KCM 5.786
7. Foster • CAG 5.719
8. May • CIN 5.529
9. Treadwell • 2TM 5.260
10. Chambers • NLG 5.188
Games Played
1. Marberry • WSH 64
2. Scott • NYG 50
3. Pate • PHA 47
Donohue • CIN 47
Willoughby • PHI 47
6. Grove • PHA 45
May • CIN 45
Ulrich • PHI 45
9. Thomas • CHW 44
Ehrhardt • BRO 44
Saves
1. Marberry • WSH 22
2. Dauss • DET 9
3. Pate • PHA 7
4. Grove • PHA 6
Davies • NYG 6
6. Jones • NYY 5
Kremer • PIT 5
Scott • NYG 5
9. Connally • CHW 4
Hoyt • NYY 4
Shawkey • NYY 4
Ehrhardt • BRO 4
Harney • CAG 4
Ross • SLS 4
Innings Pitched
1. Uhle • CLE 318.1
2. Donohue • CIN 285.2
3. Lyons • CHW 283.2
4. Mays • CIN 281.0
5. Petty • BRO 275.2
6. Root • CHC 271.1
7. Carlson • PHI 267.1
8. Pennock • NYY 266.1
9. Johnson • WSH 260.2
10. Shocker • NYY 258.1
Strikeouts
1. Grove • PHA 194
2. Uhle • CLE 159
3. Grier • AC 141
4. Vance • BRO 140
5. Thomas • CHW 127
Root • CHC 127
7. Johnson • WSH 125
8. Hensley • SLS 122
9. Foster • CAG 111
10. Whitehill • DET 109
Games Started
1. Uhle • CLE 36
Donohue • CIN 36
3. Coveleski • WSH 34
Whitehill • DET 34
Carlson • PHI 34
Rhem • STL 34
7. Grove • PHA 33
Johnson • WSH 33
Pennock • NYY 33
Mays • CIN 33
Petty • BRO 33
Complete Games
1. Uhle • CLE 32
2. Lyons • CHW 24
Mays • CIN 24
4. Petty • BRO 23
5. Johnson • WSH 22
6. Root • CHC 21
7. Grove • PHA 20
Carlson • PHI 20
Rhem • STL 20
10. Pennock • NYY 19
Grier • AC 19
Shutouts
1. Donohue • CIN 5
Foster • CAG 5
3. Wells • DET 4
Blake • CHC 4
Smith • BSN 4
6. Collins • DET 3
Coveleski • WSH 3
Edwards • CHW 3
Lyons • CHW 3
Miller • CLE 3
Quinn • PHA 3
Rommel • PHA 3
Uhle • CLE 3
Zachary • SLB 3
Gardner • HBG 3
Carlson • PHI 3
Haines • STL 3
Kremer • PIT 3
Mays • CIN 3
Rixey • CIN 3
Sherdel • STL 3
Home Runs
1. Hensley • SLS 20
2. Rosell • CSW 19
3. Greenfield • NYG 17
4. Shocker • NYY 16
5. Keen • STL 15
Sherdel • STL 15
7. Zachary • SLB 14
Morris • DS 14
Ross • SLS 14
10. Blankenship • CHW 13
Gaston • SLB 13
Johnson • WSH 13
Knight • PHI 13
Scott • NYG 13
Díaz • CSW 13
Hampton • DS 13
Bush • 2TM 13
Bases on Balls
1. Uhle • CLE 118
2. Thomas • CHW 110
3. Lyons • CHW 106
4. Gaston • SLB 101
Grove • PHA 101
6. Wiltse • BOS 99
7. Vangilder • SLB 98
8. Zachary • SLB 97
9. Ehmke • 2TM 95
10. Blake • CHC 92
Hits
1. Uhle • CLE 300
2. Donohue • CIN 298
3. Pennock • NYY 294
4. Carlson • PHI 293
5. Mays • CIN 286
6. Coveleski • WSH 272
Shocker • NYY 272
8. Whitehill • DET 271
9. Lyons • CHW 268
10. Root • CHC 267
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. McDonald • CAG 3.348
2. Vance • BRO 2.414
3. May • CIN 2.341
4. Dean • KCM 2.250
5. Harney • CAG 2.118
6. Rogan • KCM 2.061
7. Root • CHC 2.048
8. Cooper • DS 2.000
9. Foster • CAG 1.982
10. Grove • PHA 1.921
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Harriss • 2TM 0.000
2. Coveleski • WSH 0.037
3. Brewer • KCM 0.074
4. Mays • CIN 0.096
5. Henderson • AC 0.101
6. Cooper • HBG 0.102
7. Yde • PIT 0.144
8. Faber • CHW 0.146
9. Ehmke • 2TM 0.147
10. Bell • KCM 0.153
Losses
1. Gaston • SLB 18
Zahniser • BOS 18
3. Petty • BRO 17
Root • CHC 17
5. Johnson • WSH 16
Lyons • CHW 16
Wingfield • BOS 16
Dean • PHI 16
Genewich • BSN 16
Luque • CIN 16
Earned Runs
1. Whitehill • DET 112
2. Dean • PHI 111
Willoughby • PHI 111
4. Scott • NYG 109
5. Pennock • NYY 107
Donohue • CIN 107
Hensley • SLS 107
8. Johnson • WSH 105
Thomas • CHW 105
Knight • PHI 105
Ross • SLS 105
Ehmke • 2TM 105
Ruether • 2TM 105
Wild Pitches
1. Ring • NYG 9
Willoughby • PHI 9
3. Ballou • SLB 8
Uhle • CLE 8
Boehler • BRO 8
6. Beall • NYY 7
Harriss • 2TM 7
8. Pennock • NYY 6
Stoner • DET 6
Blake • CHC 6
Dean • PHI 6
Branham • CEL 6
Johnson • CEL 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Uhle • CLE 13
2. Brewer • KCM 12
3. Songer • PIT 11
Brown • SLS 11
Davis • SLS 11
Morris • DS 11
7. Yokely • BBS 10
Werts • BSN 10
Johnson • CEL 10
10. Lee • HIL 9
Donohue • CIN 9
Hensley • SLS 9
Batters Faced
1. Uhle • CLE 1,367
2. Lyons • CHW 1,208
3. Donohue • CIN 1,191
4. Mays • CIN 1,158
5. Petty • BRO 1,152
6. Pennock • NYY 1,124
7. Carlson • PHI 1,110
Root • CHC 1,110
9. Shocker • NYY 1,108
10. Johnson • WSH 1,101
Games Finished
1. Marberry • WSH 47
2. Pate • PHA 33
3. Davies • NYG 29
Ehrhardt • BRO 29
5. Mogridge • BSN 24
Scott • NYG 24
7. Braxton • NYY 23
Dauss • DET 23
9. Ballou • SLB 22
Russell • BOS 22
May • CIN 22
Adjusted ERA+
1. Foster • CAG 252
2. Brewer • KCM 192
3. Bell • KCM 190
4. Harney • CAG 189
5. Flournoy • BRG 187
6. Henderson • AC 168
7. Grove • PHA 165
8. Rogan • KCM 159
9. Curry • CAG 154
10. Kremer • PIT 150
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Vance • BRO 2.96
2. May • CIN 3.02
3. Grove • PHA 3.07
4. Rogan • KCM 3.09
5. Henderson • AC 3.10
6. Foster • CAG 3.14
7. Grier • AC 3.21
8. Donohue • CIN 3.30
9. Harney • CAG 3.30
10. Brewer • KCM 3.31
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Foster • CAG 54
2. Uhle • CLE 45
3. Grove • PHA 41
4. Bell • KCM 41
5. Harney • CAG 34
6. Kremer • PIT 33
7. Henderson • AC 33
8. Root • CHC 31
9. Lyons • CHW 30
10. Winters • HIL 30
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Foster • CAG 5.3
2. Uhle • CLE 4.7
3. Grove • PHA 4.2
4. Bell • KCM 3.9
5. Kremer • PIT 3.5
6. Henderson • AC 3.3
7. Harney • CAG 3.2
8. Root • CHC 3.2
9. Lyons • CHW 3.1
10. Winters • HIL 2.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Uhle • CLE 59.40
2. Grove • PHA 49.48
3. Kremer • PIT 40.44
4. Lyons • CHW 35.42
5. Root • CHC 35.12
6. Mays • CIN 30.70
7. Rommel • PHA 29.26
8. Alexander • 2TM 23.68
9. Coveleski • WSH 22.76
10. Rhem • STL 21.49
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Uhle • CLE 6.9
2. Kremer • PIT 5.5
3. Grove • PHA 5.1
4. Lyons • CHW 4.3
5. Jones • CHC 3.9
6. Mays • CIN 3.5
7. Alexander • 2TM 3.3
8. Root • CHC 3.2
9. Rommel • PHA 3.2
10. Carlson • PHI 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Grove • PHA 3.9
2. Uhle • CLE 3.6
3. Alexander • 2TM 3.5
4. Rhem • STL 3.5
5. Mays • CIN 3.1
6. Kremer • PIT 3.0
7. Root • CHC 3.0
8. Lyons • CHW 2.9
9. Rommel • PHA 2.7
10. Donohue • CIN 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Kremer • PIT 18.5
2. Alexander • 2TM 16.5
3. Mays • CIN 15.2
4. Uhle • CLE 14.1
5. Donohue • CIN 10.9
6. Haines • STL 8.0
7. May • CIN 7.1
8. Rhem • STL 6.0
9. Aldridge • PIT 5.7
10. Grove • PHA 4.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Uhle • CLE 6.2
2. Grove • PHA 5.0
3. Kremer • PIT 4.2
4. Lyons • CHW 3.7
5. Root • CHC 3.6
6. Mays • CIN 3.2
7. Rommel • PHA 2.9
8. Alexander • 2TM 2.4
9. Coveleski • WSH 2.3
10. Rhem • STL 2.2

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