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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Musial • STL 11.3
2. Boudreau • CLE 10.4
3. Sain • BSN 8.6
4. Brecheen • STL 8.5
5. Williams • BOS 8.3
6. DiMaggio • NYY 6.9
7. Newhouser • DET 6.7
8. Mize • NYG 6.6
9. Gordon • CLE 6.5
10. Lemon • CLE 6.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Brecheen • STL 8.7
2. Sain • BSN 8.5
3. Newhouser • DET 6.5
4. Leonard • PHI 6.3
5. Vander Meer • CIN 5.5
6. Schmitz • CHC 5.4
7. Scarborough • WSH 5.2
8. Garver • SLB 4.9
9. Roe • BRO 4.9
10. Lemon • CLE 4.7
Wilks • STL 4.7
Earned Run Average
1. Ricks • PS 1.56
2. Manning • NE 1.59
3. Byrd • BEG 1.75
4. Lewis • NE 1.86
5. Black • BEG 1.91
6. Romby • BEG 2.10
7. Brecheen • STL 2.24
8. Brown • PS 2.38
9. Smith • KCM 2.43
10. Bearden • CLE 2.43
Wins
1. Sain • BSN 24
2. Newhouser • DET 21
3. Bearden • CLE 20
Lemon • CLE 20
Brecheen • STL 20
6. Feller • CLE 19
Raschi • NYY 19
8. Kramer • BOS 18
Jansen • NYG 18
Schmitz • CHC 18
Win-Loss %
1. Ricks • PS 1.000
2. Fields • HG .857
3. Powell • BBB .833
4. Sewell • PIT .813
5. Kramer • BOS .783
6. Johnson • KCM .750
Newberry • BBB .750
Parker • HG .750
9. Bearden • CLE .741
Brecheen • STL .741
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Byrd • BEG 1.022
2. Brecheen • STL 1.037
3. Black • BEG 1.041
4. Roe • BRO 1.064
5. Hooker • NE 1.087
6. Manning • NE 1.112
7. Lewis • NE 1.112
8. Smith • KCM 1.114
9. Romby • BEG 1.167
10. Schmitz • CHC 1.169
Hits per 9 IP
1. Collins • KCM 5.304
2. Romby • BEG 6.400
3. Black • BEG 6.512
4. Lewis • NE 6.517
5. Parker • HG 6.659
6. Shea • NYY 6.764
7. Schmitz • CHC 6.917
8. Manning • NE 6.988
9. Barney • BRO 7.042
10. Lemon • CLE 7.079
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Scantlebury • NYC 1.543
2. Byrd • BEG 1.605
3. Hooker • NE 1.630
4. Burke • BEG 1.645
5. Roe • BRO 1.672
6. Jansen • NYG 1.755
7. LaMarque • KCM 1.831
8. Raffensberger • CIN 1.847
9. Newberry • BBB 1.851
10. Brecheen • STL 1.890
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Collins • KCM 9.964
2. Richardson • KCM 7.455
3. Brown • PS 6.988
4. Powell • BBB 6.968
5. Romby • BEG 6.800
6. Black • BEG 6.750
7. Smith • KCM 6.629
8. Stewart • CAG 6.568
9. Greason • BBB 6.557
10. Cathey • IC 6.467
Games Played
1. Gumbert • CIN 61
2. Wilks • STL 57
3. Higbe • PIT 56
4. Page • NYY 55
Jones • NYG 55
6. Dobernic • CHC 54
7. Trinkle • NYG 53
8. Widmar • SLB 49
9. Biscan • SLB 47
10. Thompson • WSH 46
Saves
1. Christopher • CLE 17
Gumbert • CIN 17
3. Page • NYY 16
4. Wilks • STL 13
5. Ferrick • WSH 10
Houtteman • DET 10
Higbe • PIT 10
8. Judson • CHW 8
9. Behrman • BRO 7
Trinkle • NYG 7
Innings Pitched
1. Sain • BSN 314.2
2. Lemon • CLE 293.2
3. Feller • CLE 280.1
4. Jansen • NYG 277.0
5. Newhouser • DET 272.1
6. Spahn • BSN 257.0
7. Dickson • STL 252.1
8. Barney • BRO 246.2
9. Dobson • BOS 245.1
10. Schmitz • CHC 242.0
Strikeouts
1. Feller • CLE 164
2. Brecheen • STL 149
3. Lemon • CLE 147
4. Newhouser • DET 143
5. Barney • BRO 138
6. Sain • BSN 137
7. Brissie • PHA 127
8. Jansen • NYG 126
9. Raschi • NYY 124
10. Trucks • DET 123
Games Started
1. Sain • BSN 39
2. Feller • CLE 38
3. Lemon • CLE 37
4. Jansen • NYG 36
5. Newhouser • DET 35
Spahn • BSN 35
7. Barney • BRO 34
8. Sanford • SLB 33
Vander Meer • CIN 33
10. Dobson • BOS 32
Wight • CHW 32
Complete Games
1. Sain • BSN 28
2. Brecheen • STL 21
3. Lemon • CLE 20
4. Newhouser • DET 19
5. Feller • CLE 18
Raschi • NYY 18
Schmitz • CHC 18
8. Dobson • BOS 16
Fowler • PHA 16
Parnell • BOS 16
Leonard • PHI 16
Spahn • BSN 16
Shutouts
1. Lemon • CLE 10
2. Brecheen • STL 7
3. Bearden • CLE 6
Raschi • NYY 6
5. Dobson • BOS 5
6. Jansen • NYG 4
Raffensberger • CIN 4
Sain • BSN 4
Barney • BRO 4
10. Lewis • NE 3
Koslo • NYG 3
Shea • NYY 3
Vander Meer • CIN 3
Spahn • BSN 3
Riddle • PIT 3
Poat • NYG 3
Meyer • CHC 3
Coleman • PHA 3
Lopat • NYY 3
Fannin • SLB 3
Home Runs
1. Dickson • STL 39
2. Hutchinson • DET 32
3. Jansen • NYG 25
4. Branca • BRO 24
5. Poat • NYG 22
6. Wehmeier • CIN 21
7. Feller • CLE 20
8. Marchildon • PHA 19
Sanford • SLB 19
Sain • BSN 19
Spahn • BSN 19
Bases on Balls
1. Wight • CHW 135
2. Marchildon • PHA 131
3. Lemon • CLE 129
4. Vander Meer • CIN 124
5. Masterson • WSH 122
Barney • BRO 122
7. Kennedy • 2TM 117
8. Feller • CLE 116
9. Reynolds • NYY 111
10. Simmons • PHI 108
Hits
1. Sain • BSN 297
2. Jansen • NYG 283
3. Dickson • STL 257
4. Feller • CLE 255
5. Sanford • SLB 250
6. Newhouser • DET 249
7. Lopat • NYY 246
8. Reynolds • NYY 240
9. Wight • CHW 238
10. Dobson • BOS 237
Spahn • BSN 237
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Byrd • BEG 3.591
2. LaMarque • KCM 3.333
3. Smith • KCM 3.154
4. Scantlebury • NYC 3.150
5. Brecheen • STL 3.041
6. Brown • PS 2.750
Newberry • BBB 2.750
8. Cathey • IC 2.667
9. Roe • BRO 2.606
10. Hooker • NE 2.563
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Brewer • CBE 0.000
Burke • BEG 0.000
Stewart • CAG 0.000
Manning • NE 0.000
Smith • KCM 0.000
Collins • KCM 0.000
Greason • BBB 0.000
Ricks • PS 0.000
9. Romby • BEG 0.100
10. Gaines • BEG 0.108
Losses
1. Sanford • SLB 21
2. Wight • CHW 20
3. Wynn • WSH 19
4. Leonard • PHI 17
5. Houtteman • DET 16
Hudson • WSH 16
Dickson • STL 16
8. Feller • CLE 15
Marchildon • PHA 15
Masterson • WSH 15
Peterson • CIN 15
Sain • BSN 15
Earned Runs
1. Wynn • WSH 128
2. Hudson • WSH 119
Wight • CHW 119
4. Sanford • SLB 117
5. Dickson • STL 116
6. Marchildon • PHA 114
7. Feller • CLE 111
Jansen • NYG 111
9. Hutchinson • DET 106
Spahn • BSN 106
Wild Pitches
1. Jones • NYG 10
2. Reynolds • NYY 9
Branca • BRO 9
Riddle • PIT 9
Singleton • PIT 9
6. Brissie • PHA 7
Marchildon • PHA 7
Stephens • SLB 7
Trucks • DET 7
10. Biscan • SLB 6
Coleman • PHA 6
Dobson • BOS 6
Widmar • SLB 6
Chesnes • PIT 6
Schmitz • CHC 6
Simmons • PHI 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Biscan • SLB 9
Byrne • NYY 9
3. LaMarque • KCM 8
4. Ferriss • BOS 7
5. Gromek • CLE 6
Haefner • WSH 6
Hudson • WSH 6
Clarke • CBE 6
Barney • BRO 6
Jones • NYG 6
Peterson • CIN 6
Harrist • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Sain • BSN 1,313
2. Lemon • CLE 1,214
3. Feller • CLE 1,186
4. Newhouser • DET 1,146
5. Jansen • NYG 1,137
6. Dickson • STL 1,064
Spahn • BSN 1,064
8. Dobson • BOS 1,044
9. Barney • BRO 1,028
10. Reynolds • NYY 1,017
Games Finished
1. Gumbert • CIN 46
2. Page • NYY 38
3. Higbe • PIT 31
Trinkle • NYG 31
5. Christopher • CLE 28
6. Dobernic • CHC 27
Wilks • STL 27
8. Ferrick • WSH 26
9. Thompson • WSH 24
10. Biscan • SLB 22
Adjusted ERA+
1. Ricks • PS 219
2. Manning • NE 214
3. Smith • KCM 200
4. Byrd • BEG 194
5. Newberry • BBB 184
6. Lewis • NE 183
7. Brecheen • STL 182
8. Black • BEG 179
9. Powell • BBB 174
10. Bearden • CLE 168
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Byrd • BEG 2.25
2. Smith • KCM 2.26
3. Gaines • BEG 2.47
4. Brecheen • STL 2.47
5. Newberry • BBB 2.52
6. Manning • NE 2.53
7. Richardson • KCM 2.53
8. LaMarque • KCM 2.55
9. Black • BEG 2.58
10. Brewer • CBE 2.70
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Brecheen • STL 48
2. Sain • BSN 45
3. Bearden • CLE 43
4. Lemon • CLE 43
5. Newhouser • DET 37
6. Leonard • PHI 30
7. Schmitz • CHC 29
8. Scarborough • WSH 28
9. Parnell • BOS 27
10. Roe • BRO 26
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Brecheen • STL 5.3
2. Sain • BSN 4.8
3. Bearden • CLE 4.4
4. Lemon • CLE 4.4
5. Newhouser • DET 3.8
6. Leonard • PHI 3.1
7. Schmitz • CHC 3.1
8. Scarborough • WSH 2.9
9. Roe • BRO 2.8
10. Parnell • BOS 2.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Lemon • CLE 53.69
2. Bearden • CLE 51.39
3. Sain • BSN 50.24
4. Brecheen • STL 49.04
5. Roe • BRO 31.78
6. Barney • BRO 27.58
7. Scarborough • WSH 27.51
8. Gromek • CLE 25.12
9. Feller • CLE 24.73
10. Schmitz • CHC 24.17
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Brecheen • STL 5.2
2. Sain • BSN 5.0
3. Bearden • CLE 4.6
4. Roe • BRO 4.2
5. Scarborough • WSH 3.2
6. Spahn • BSN 3.2
7. Schmitz • CHC 3.1
8. Newhouser • DET 3.1
9. Potter • 3TM 2.8
10. Feller • CLE 2.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Lemon • CLE 5.5
2. Brecheen • STL 4.9
3. Feller • CLE 3.7
4. Sain • BSN 3.7
5. Bearden • CLE 3.0
6. Schmitz • CHC 2.9
7. Newhouser • DET 2.8
8. Barney • BRO 2.8
9. Roe • BRO 2.8
10. Jansen • NYG 2.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Bearden • CLE 29.4
2. Spahn • BSN 22.5
3. Sain • BSN 18.0
4. Feller • CLE 11.5
5. Gromek • CLE 9.7
6. Potter • 3TM 8.0
7. Zoldak • 2TM 7.6
8. Brecheen • STL 7.3
9. Hatten • BRO 7.1
10. Barney • BRO 6.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Lemon • CLE 5.8
2. Bearden • CLE 5.6
3. Sain • BSN 5.5
4. Brecheen • STL 5.3
5. Roe • BRO 3.3
6. Barney • BRO 2.8
7. Scarborough • WSH 2.8
8. Gromek • CLE 2.6
9. Schmitz • CHC 2.5
10. Feller • CLE 2.5

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