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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Walters • CIN 9.8
2. Feller • CLE 9.7
3. DiMaggio • NYY 8.3
4. Newsom • 2TM 7.7
5. Mize • STL 7.5
6. Foxx • BOS 6.8
7. Grove • BOS 6.8
8. Rolfe • NYY 6.7
9. Williams • BOS 6.7
10. Frey • CIN 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Feller • CLE 9.2
2. Walters • CIN 8.2
3. Newsom • 2TM 8.2
4. Grove • BOS 7.1
5. Passeau • 2TM 6.0
6. Casey • BRO 5.2
7. Bowman • STL 5.2
8. Lee • CHC 5.1
9. Hamlin • BRO 4.8
10. Leonard • WSH 4.8
Earned Run Average
1. Partlow • HG 1.74
2. Evans • IAB 1.86
3. Brown • NE 1.89
4. Walker • KCM 1.99
5. Owens • CBR 2.04
6. Walters • CIN 2.29
7. Hubert • 2TM 2.40
8. Smith • KCM 2.43
9. Grove • BOS 2.54
10. Trent • CAG 2.56
Wins
1. Walters • CIN 27
2. Derringer • CIN 25
3. Feller • CLE 24
4. Davis • STL 22
5. Ruffing • NYY 21
6. Leonard • WSH 20
Hamlin • BRO 20
Newsom • 2TM 20
9. Lee • CHC 19
10. Gumbert • NYG 18
Win-Loss %
1. Roberts • HG 1.000
2. Owens • CBR .889
Walker • KCM .889
4. Radcliffe • MRS .857
5. Hill • NE .833
6. Donald • NYY .813
7. McAllister • SL3 .800
8. Grove • BOS .789
9. Derringer • CIN .781
10. Byrd • BEG .778
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Smith • KCM 0.970
2. Walker • KCM 1.004
3. Partlow • HG 1.007
4. Radcliffe • MRS 1.011
5. Brown • NE 1.053
6. Davis • MRS 1.061
7. Owens • CBR 1.070
8. Lyons • CHW 1.089
9. Bradley • KCM 1.106
10. Walters • CIN 1.125
Hits per 9 IP
1. Partlow • HG 6.364
2. Evans • IAB 6.517
3. Brown • NE 6.632
Hill • NE 6.632
5. Feller • CLE 6.887
6. Hubert • 2TM 7.027
7. Smith • KCM 7.033
8. Walters • CIN 7.053
9. Bowe • CAG 7.128
10. Walker • KCM 7.147
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Derringer • CIN 1.047
2. Davis • MRS 1.091
3. Radcliffe • MRS 1.343
4. Lyons • CHW 1.355
5. Trent • CAG 1.397
6. Hubbell • NYG 1.403
7. Byrd • BEG 1.658
8. Smith • KCM 1.698
9. Davis • STL 1.742
10. Hamlin • BRO 1.802
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Bowe • CAG 9.504
2. Feller • CLE 7.463
3. Smith • KCM 6.871
4. Hutchinson • KCM 6.480
5. Tiant • NYC 6.339
6. Radcliffe • MRS 6.265
7. Walker • KCM 6.254
8. Bradley • KCM 6.247
9. Evans • IAB 6.207
10. Parker • HG 6.136
Games Played
1. Brown • CHW 61
2. Dean • PHA 54
3. Shoun • STL 53
4. Sewell • PIT 52
5. Bowman • STL 51
6. Davis • STL 49
7. Dickman • BOS 48
8. Brown • PIT 47
9. Heving • BOS 46
10. Cooper • STL 45
Saves
1. Murphy • NYY 19
2. Brown • CHW 18
3. Shoun • STL 9
4. Bowman • STL 8
Heving • BOS 8
6. Davis • STL 7
Dean • PHA 7
Appleton • WSH 7
Brown • PIT 7
10. Dickman • BOS 6
Brown • NYG 6
Innings Pitched
1. Walters • CIN 319.0
2. Derringer • CIN 301.0
3. Feller • CLE 296.2
4. Newsom • 2TM 291.2
5. Lee • CHC 282.1
6. Passeau • 2TM 274.1
7. Hamlin • BRO 269.2
8. Leonard • WSH 269.1
9. Davis • STL 248.0
10. Gumbert • NYG 243.2
Strikeouts
1. Feller • CLE 246
2. Newsom • 2TM 192
3. Walters • CIN 137
Passeau • 2TM 137
5. Cooper • STL 130
6. Bridges • DET 129
7. Derringer • CIN 128
8. Rigney • CHW 119
9. Chase • WSH 118
10. Krakauskas • WSH 110
Games Started
1. Newsom • 2TM 37
2. Hamlin • BRO 36
Lee • CHC 36
Walters • CIN 36
5. Feller • CLE 35
Derringer • CIN 35
Passeau • 2TM 35
8. Leonard • WSH 34
Gumbert • NYG 34
10. Klinger • PIT 33
Complete Games
1. Walters • CIN 31
2. Derringer • CIN 28
3. Feller • CLE 24
Newsom • 2TM 24
5. Ruffing • NYY 22
6. Leonard • WSH 21
7. Lee • CHC 20
8. Hamlin • BRO 19
9. Posedel • BSN 18
10. Grove • BOS 17
Passeau • 2TM 17
Shutouts
1. Fette • BSN 6
2. Ruffing • NYY 5
Posedel • BSN 5
Derringer • CIN 5
5. McGee • STL 4
Feller • CLE 4
7. Thompson • CIN 3
Newsom • 2TM 3
Weiland • STL 3
Davis • STL 3
Home Runs
1. Nelson • PHA 27
Hamlin • BRO 27
3. Potter • PHA 26
Marcum • 2TM 26
5. Kennedy • 2TM 22
6. Gumbert • NYG 21
7. Mulcahy • PHI 19
Newsom • 2TM 19
9. Kramer • SLB 18
Davis • STL 18
Lee • CHC 18
Bases on Balls
1. Feller • CLE 142
2. Kramer • SLB 127
3. Newsom • 2TM 126
4. Kennedy • 2TM 124
5. Higbe • 2TM 123
6. Chase • WSH 114
Krakauskas • WSH 114
8. Mills • SLB 113
9. Walters • CIN 109
10. Milnar • CLE 99
Hits
1. Derringer • CIN 321
2. Lee • CHC 295
3. Davis • STL 279
4. Leonard • WSH 273
5. Newsom • 2TM 272
6. Kramer • SLB 269
Passeau • 2TM 269
8. Lee • CHW 260
9. Potter • PHA 258
10. Gumbert • NYG 257
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Radcliffe • MRS 4.667
2. Smith • KCM 4.048
3. Davis • MRS 4.000
4. Trent • CAG 3.667
5. Derringer • CIN 3.657
6. Walker • KCM 3.316
7. Bradley • KCM 2.682
8. Hubbell • NYG 2.583
9. Lyons • CHW 2.500
10. Tiant • NYC 2.250
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Cooper • STL 0.256
2. Trout • DET 0.278
3. Passeau • 2TM 0.295
4. Melton • NYG 0.304
5. French • CHC 0.325
6. Posedel • BSN 0.326
7. Ostermueller • BOS 0.339
8. Brown • PIT 0.359
9. Lyons • CHW 0.365
10. Shoffner • 2TM 0.371
Losses
1. Kennedy • 2TM 20
2. Chase • WSH 19
3. Krakauskas • WSH 17
Klinger • PIT 17
Butcher • 2TM 17
6. Kramer • SLB 16
Davis • STL 16
Mulcahy • PHI 16
9. Lee • CHC 15
Melton • NYG 15
Higbe • 2TM 15
Earned Runs
1. Potter • PHA 144
2. Kramer • SLB 137
Kennedy • 2TM 137
4. Mulcahy • PHI 125
5. Gumbert • NYG 117
6. Ross • PHA 116
Newsom • 2TM 116
8. Krakauskas • WSH 111
9. Lee • CHW 110
10. Hamlin • BRO 109
Klinger • PIT 109
Higbe • 2TM 109
Wild Pitches
1. Feller • CLE 14
2. Potter • PHA 12
3. Chase • WSH 11
Mulcahy • PHI 11
5. Harris • 2TM 10
6. Kramer • SLB 9
Sunkel • STL 9
8. Walters • CIN 8
9. Higbe • 2TM 7
10. Haynes • WSH 6
Leonard • WSH 6
Klinger • PIT 6
Tamulis • BRO 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Casey • BRO 11
Mulcahy • PHI 11
3. Higbe • 2TM 10
4. Mills • SLB 8
Tamulis • BRO 8
6. Bowman • PIT 7
7. Bridges • DET 6
Moore • CIN 6
Walters • CIN 6
Weiland • STL 6
Batters Faced
1. Walters • CIN 1,283
2. Newsom • 2TM 1,261
3. Derringer • CIN 1,245
4. Feller • CLE 1,243
5. Lee • CHC 1,202
6. Passeau • 2TM 1,150
7. Leonard • WSH 1,133
8. Hamlin • BRO 1,100
9. Davis • STL 1,059
10. Gumbert • NYG 1,047
Games Finished
1. Brown • CHW 56
2. Dean • PHA 38
3. Murphy • NYY 34
4. Appleton • WSH 27
5. Heving • BOS 26
6. Shoun • STL 25
7. Russell • CHC 24
8. Dickman • BOS 23
9. Hutchinson • BRO 21
10. Brown • NYG 20
Coffman • NYG 20
Sewell • PIT 20
Adjusted ERA+
1. Partlow • HG 273
2. Brown • NE 251
3. Evans • IAB 212
4. Hubert • 2TM 198
5. Walker • KCM 197
6. Owens • CBR 193
7. Grove • BOS 185
8. Brown • NBY 180
9. Lyons • CHW 173
10. Walters • CIN 170
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Derringer • CIN 2.77
2. Lyons • CHW 2.84
3. French • CHC 2.84
4. Passeau • 2TM 2.87
5. Feller • CLE 2.97
6. Bridges • DET 3.03
7. Melton • NYG 3.11
8. Cooper • STL 3.14
9. Brown • PIT 3.21
10. Grove • BOS 3.22
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Walters • CIN 55
2. Feller • CLE 55
3. Grove • BOS 45
4. Newsom • 2TM 42
5. Ruffing • NYY 39
6. Lyons • CHW 33
7. Derringer • CIN 31
8. Bridges • DET 29
9. Bowman • STL 28
10. Casey • BRO 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Walters • CIN 6.0
2. Feller • CLE 5.4
3. Grove • BOS 4.6
4. Newsom • 2TM 4.2
5. Ruffing • NYY 3.8
6. Lyons • CHW 3.3
7. Derringer • CIN 3.3
8. Bowman • STL 2.9
9. Bridges • DET 2.8
10. Casey • BRO 2.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Feller • CLE 65.64
2. Walters • CIN 62.58
3. Grove • BOS 50.69
4. Ruffing • NYY 48.31
5. Newsom • 2TM 44.51
6. Bowman • STL 37.08
7. Derringer • CIN 35.51
8. Harder • CLE 33.71
9. Leonard • WSH 33.51
10. Bridges • DET 32.64
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Walters • CIN 6.3
2. Ruffing • NYY 5.9
3. Bowman • STL 5.2
4. Grove • BOS 5.1
5. Derringer • CIN 5.1
6. Feller • CLE 4.6
7. Leonard • WSH 4.5
8. Lyons • CHW 3.7
9. Bridges • DET 3.2
10. Russo • NYY 2.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Feller • CLE 5.8
2. Walters • CIN 5.3
3. Ruffing • NYY 4.0
4. Grove • BOS 3.5
5. Gomez • NYY 3.4
6. Lyons • CHW 3.4
7. Bowman • STL 3.2
8. Russo • NYY 3.1
9. Newsom • 2TM 3.0
10. Derringer • CIN 3.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Walters • CIN 20.0
2. Derringer • CIN 16.9
3. Ruffing • NYY 10.2
4. Bowman • STL 10.1
5. Thompson • CIN 7.3
6. Donald • NYY 6.4
7. McGee • STL 6.0
8. Gomez • NYY 5.3
9. Grove • BOS 5.0
10. Brown • CHW 4.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Walters • CIN 7.0
2. Feller • CLE 6.8
3. Grove • BOS 5.2
4. Ruffing • NYY 5.0
5. Newsom • 2TM 4.2
6. Derringer • CIN 3.8
7. Bowman • STL 3.8
8. Harder • CLE 3.4
9. Leonard • WSH 3.4
10. Gomez • NYY 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