Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Mays • NYG 9.2
3. Snider • BRO 8.6
4. Kaline • DET 8.2
5. Banks • CHC 8.2
6. Mathews • MLN 7.2
7. Pierce • CHW 6.9
Williams • BOS 6.9
9. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
10. Aaron • MLN 6.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Pierce • CHW 7.0
2. Wynn • CLE 6.1
3. Friend • PIT 6.0
4. Score • CLE 5.6
5. Rush • CHC 5.5
6. Hoeft • DET 5.0
7. Sullivan • BOS 4.6
8. Nuxhall • CIN 4.3
9. Roberts • PHI 4.3
10. Antonelli • NYG 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Pierce • CHW 1.97
2. Ford • NYY 2.63
3. Wynn • CLE 2.82
4. Friend • PIT 2.83
5. Score • CLE 2.85
6. Sullivan • BOS 2.91
7. Hoeft • DET 2.99
8. Turley • NYY 3.06
9. Lary • DET 3.10
10. Byrne • NYY 3.15
Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 23
2. Newcombe • BRO 20
3. Ford • NYY 18
Lemon • CLE 18
Sullivan • BOS 18
6. Turley • NYY 17
Wynn • CLE 17
Nuxhall • CIN 17
Spahn • MLN 17
10. Byrne • NYY 16
Hoeft • DET 16
Score • CLE 16
Win-Loss %
1. Newcombe • BRO .800
2. Byrne • NYY .762
3. Labine • BRO .722
4. Ford • NYY .720
5. Hoeft • DET .696
6. Lemon • CLE .643
7. Donovan • CHW .625
Houtteman • CLE .625
9. Roberts • PHI .622
10. Trucks • CHW .619
Burdette • MLN .619
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Pierce • CHW 1.099
2. Newcombe • BRO 1.113
3. Roberts • PHI 1.131
4. Friend • PIT 1.148
5. Hacker • CHC 1.150
6. Rush • CHC 1.184
7. Ford • NYY 1.187
8. Hoeft • DET 1.191
9. Gromek • DET 1.215
10. Wilson • BAL 1.220
Hits per 9 IP
1. Turley • NYY 6.130
2. Score • CLE 6.255
3. Jones • CHC 6.517
4. Ford • NYY 6.670
5. Pierce • CHW 7.089
6. Harshman • CHW 7.227
7. Buhl • MLN 7.498
8. Wilson • BAL 7.649
9. Hoeft • DET 7.650
10. Byrne • NYY 7.706
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Newcombe • BRO 1.464
2. Roberts • PHI 1.564
3. Hacker • CHC 1.817
4. Gromek • DET 1.840
5. Donovan • CHW 2.310
6. Friend • PIT 2.336
7. Spahn • MLN 2.381
8. Garcia • CLE 2.392
9. Garver • DET 2.614
10. Hearn • NYG 2.621
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Score • CLE 9.699
2. Turley • NYY 7.662
3. Jones • CHC 7.374
4. Pierce • CHW 6.870
5. Haddix • STL 6.490
6. Podres • BRO 6.439
7. Conley • MLN 6.095
8. Harshman • CHW 5.822
9. Newcombe • BRO 5.508
10. Antonelli • NYG 5.469
Games Played
1. Narleski • CLE 60
Labine • BRO 60
3. Wilhelm • NYG 59
4. Gorman • KCA 57
Mossi • CLE 57
6. LaPalme • STL 56
7. Grissom • NYG 55
8. Freeman • 2TM 54
9. Jeffcoat • CHC 50
Meyer • PHI 50
Nuxhall • CIN 50
Saves
1. Narleski • CLE 19
2. Gorman • KCA 18
Kinder • BOS 18
4. Meyer • PHI 16
5. Konstanty • NYY 12
Roebuck • BRO 12
7. Morgan • NYY 11
Labine • BRO 11
Freeman • 2TM 11
10. Howell • CHW 9
Mossi • CLE 9
Innings Pitched
1. Roberts • PHI 305.0
2. Sullivan • BOS 260.0
3. Nuxhall • CIN 257.0
4. Ford • NYY 253.2
5. Turley • NYY 246.2
6. Spahn • MLN 245.2
7. Jones • CHC 241.2
8. Wilson • BAL 235.1
Antonelli • NYG 235.1
10. Lary • DET 235.0
Strikeouts
1. Score • CLE 245
2. Turley • NYY 210
3. Jones • CHC 198
4. Roberts • PHI 160
5. Pierce • CHW 157
6. Haddix • STL 150
7. Antonelli • NYG 143
Newcombe • BRO 143
9. Ford • NYY 137
10. Hoeft • DET 133
Games Started
1. Roberts • PHI 38
2. Sullivan • BOS 35
3. Turley • NYY 34
Antonelli • NYG 34
Jones • CHC 34
6. Ford • NYY 33
Burdette • MLN 33
Hearn • NYG 33
Nuxhall • CIN 33
Rush • CHC 33
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 26
2. Ford • NYY 18
3. Hoeft • DET 17
Newcombe • BRO 17
5. Garver • DET 16
Lary • DET 16
Pierce • CHW 16
Sullivan • BOS 16
Wynn • CLE 16
Spahn • MLN 16
Shutouts
1. Hoeft • DET 7
2. Turley • NYY 6
Wynn • CLE 6
Pierce • CHW 6
5. Nuxhall • CIN 5
Ford • NYY 5
Donovan • CHW 5
8. Dickson • PHI 4
Jones • CHC 4
Wilson • BAL 4
Home Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 41
2. Hacker • CHC 38
3. Newcombe • BRO 35
4. Erskine • BRO 29
5. Dickson • PHI 27
Haddix • STL 27
Hearn • NYG 27
8. Gromek • DET 26
Poholsky • STL 26
10. Burdette • MLN 25
Jackson • STL 25
Nuxhall • CIN 25
Spahn • MLN 25
Bases on Balls
1. Jones • CHC 185
2. Turley • NYY 177
3. Score • CLE 154
4. Stone • WSH 114
5. Ford • NYY 113
6. Buhl • MLN 109
7. McDermott • WSH 100
Sullivan • BOS 100
9. Harshman • CHW 97
10. Lary • DET 89
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 292
2. Burdette • MLN 253
3. Garver • DET 251
4. Spahn • MLN 249
5. Nuxhall • CIN 240
6. Sullivan • BOS 235
7. Lary • DET 232
8. Garcia • CLE 230
9. Hearn • NYG 225
10. Newcombe • BRO 222
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Newcombe • BRO 3.763
2. Roberts • PHI 3.019
3. Pierce • CHW 2.453
4. Haddix • STL 2.419
5. Garcia • CLE 2.143
6. Conley • MLN 2.058
7. Podres • BRO 2.000
8. Gromek • DET 1.973
9. Friend • PIT 1.885
10. Hacker • CHC 1.860
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Lary • DET 0.383
2. Nixon • BOS 0.433
3. Schmitz • WSH 0.436
4. McDermott • WSH 0.519
5. Palica • BAL 0.530
6. Buhl • MLN 0.580
7. Turley • NYY 0.584
8. Wilson • BAL 0.650
9. Byrne • NYY 0.675
10. Hoeft • DET 0.695
Losses
1. Jones • CHC 20
2. Wilson • BAL 18
3. Porterfield • WSH 17
4. Garver • DET 16
Antonelli • NYG 16
Haddix • STL 16
Hearn • NYG 16
8. Lary • DET 15
Hacker • CHC 15
10. Stobbs • WSH 14
Jackson • STL 14
Roberts • PHI 14
Spahn • MLN 14
Surkont • PIT 14
Earned Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 111
2. Jones • CHC 110
3. Burdette • MLN 103
Haddix • STL 103
Surkont • PIT 103
6. Garver • DET 102
7. Hacker • CHC 101
8. Nuxhall • CIN 99
9. Ditmar • KCA 98
10. Wehmeier • PHI 95
Wild Pitches
1. Score • CLE 12
2. Stone • WSH 9
3. Lemon • CLE 8
4. Brewer • BOS 7
Ditmar • KCA 7
Ford • NYY 7
Lary • DET 7
Turley • NYY 7
Wilson • BAL 7
Davis • CHC 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Jones • CHC 14
2. Ramos • WSH 11
Antonelli • NYG 11
4. Gromek • DET 9
McDermott • WSH 9
Jackson • STL 9
Byrd • 2TM 9
8. Brewer • BOS 8
Susce • BOS 8
10. Abernathy • WSH 7
Boyer • KCA 7
Byrne • NYY 7
Ditmar • KCA 7
Schmitz • WSH 7
Sullivan • BOS 7
Turley • NYY 7
Gómez • NYG 7
Lawrence • STL 7
Batters Faced
1. Roberts • PHI 1,256
2. Sullivan • BOS 1,105
3. Turley • NYY 1,075
4. Jones • CHC 1,070
5. Nuxhall • CIN 1,061
6. Ford • NYY 1,027
7. Spahn • MLN 1,025
8. Burdette • MLN 1,001
9. Lary • DET 997
10. Garver • DET 992
Games Finished
1. Kinder • BOS 38
2. Narleski • CLE 36
Meyer • PHI 36
4. Gorman • KCA 35
5. Grissom • NYG 32
Labine • BRO 32
7. Konstanty • NYY 30
8. Mossi • CLE 27
Roebuck • BRO 27
Freeman • 2TM 27
Adjusted ERA+
1. Pierce • CHW 200
2. Sullivan • BOS 149
3. Friend • PIT 144
4. Ford • NYY 144
5. Wynn • CLE 142
6. Score • CLE 141
7. Hoeft • DET 130
8. Newcombe • BRO 128
9. Lary • DET 125
10. Turley • NYY 123
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Pierce • CHW 2.83
2. Garcia • CLE 3.12
3. Hoeft • DET 3.27
4. Rush • CHC 3.27
5. Score • CLE 3.29
6. Lary • DET 3.30
7. Podres • BRO 3.31
8. Nixon • BOS 3.35
9. Friend • PIT 3.37
10. Donovan • CHW 3.43
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Pierce • CHW 46
2. Sullivan • BOS 34
3. Ford • NYY 34
4. Wynn • CLE 28
5. Score • CLE 27
6. Hoeft • DET 26
7. Friend • PIT 24
8. Nuxhall • CIN 22
9. Turley • NYY 22
10. Schmidt • STL 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Pierce • CHW 5.0
2. Sullivan • BOS 3.6
3. Ford • NYY 3.6
4. Wynn • CLE 3.0
5. Score • CLE 2.9
6. Hoeft • DET 2.7
7. Friend • PIT 2.4
8. Turley • NYY 2.3
9. Nuxhall • CIN 2.2
10. Schmidt • STL 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Pierce • CHW 50.08
2. Ford • NYY 47.57
3. Hoeft • DET 33.97
4. Turley • NYY 33.57
5. Sullivan • BOS 29.82
6. Wynn • CLE 29.63
7. Nuxhall • CIN 27.81
8. Score • CLE 27.29
9. Spahn • MLN 26.36
10. Rush • CHC 24.75
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Narleski • CLE 6.1
2. Pierce • CHW 5.4
3. Ford • NYY 4.3
4. Hoeft • DET 3.6
5. Wynn • CLE 3.3
6. Roberts • PHI 3.0
7. Turley • NYY 3.0
8. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
9. Wight • 2TM 2.6
10. Meyer • PHI 2.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Pierce • CHW 4.2
2. Hoeft • DET 3.4
3. Ford • NYY 3.3
4. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
5. Schmidt • STL 2.6
6. Turley • NYY 2.4
7. Wynn • CLE 2.3
8. Rush • CHC 2.0
9. Roberts • PHI 2.0
10. Donovan • CHW 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Narleski • CLE 18.3
2. Byrne • NYY 15.4
3. Ford • NYY 15.2
4. Pierce • CHW 14.3
5. Wynn • CLE 10.3
6. Mossi • CLE 9.7
7. Erskine • BRO 9.6
8. Larsen • NYY 8.5
9. Newcombe • BRO 6.9
10. Turley • NYY 6.9
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Pierce • CHW 5.5
2. Ford • NYY 5.3
3. Hoeft • DET 3.7
4. Turley • NYY 3.7
5. Wynn • CLE 3.1
6. Sullivan • BOS 3.0
7. Score • CLE 2.9
8. Spahn • MLN 2.8
9. Nuxhall • CIN 2.8
10. Schmidt • STL 2.6

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