National Association Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mathews • NYU 13.7
2. Spalding • BOS 10.6
3. McBride • ATH 6.3
Cummings • PHI 6.3
5. Fisher • HAR 4.2
6. McVey • BOS 3.0
7. Zettlein • CHI 3.0
8. Wright • BOS 2.8
9. Pearce • BRA 2.5
10. Pike • HAR 2.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Mathews • NYU 13.6
2. Spalding • BOS 8.9
3. McBride • ATH 6.8
4. Cummings • PHI 6.7
5. Fisher • HAR 5.0
6. Zettlein • CHI 3.7
7. Manning • 2TM 1.1
8. Bond • BRA 0.4
9. Hatfield • NYU 0.1
10. Wright • BOS 0.1
Earned Run Average
1. McBride • ATH 1.64
2. Mathews • NYU 1.90
3. Spalding • BOS 1.92
4. Cummings • PHI 1.96
5. Bond • BRA 2.03
6. Manning • 2TM 2.09
7. Fisher • HAR 2.32
8. Zettlein • CHI 2.43
9. Stearns • HAR 2.95
10. Brainard • BAL 3.71
Wins
1. Spalding • BOS 52
2. Mathews • NYU 42
3. McBride • ATH 33
4. Cummings • PHI 28
5. Zettlein • CHI 27
6. Bond • BRA 22
7. Fisher • HAR 13
8. Brainard • BAL 5
9. Manning • 2TM 4
10. Stearns • HAR 3
Win-Loss %
1. Spalding • BOS .765
2. Mathews • NYU .656
3. McBride • ATH .600
4. Cummings • PHI .519
5. Zettlein • CHI .474
6. Bond • BRA .407
7. Fisher • HAR .361
8. Manning • 2TM .200
9. Brainard • BAL .185
10. Stearns • HAR .176
Walks & Hits per IP
1. McBride • ATH 1.121
2. Mathews • NYU 1.199
3. Bond • BRA 1.235
4. Spalding • BOS 1.254
5. Cummings • PHI 1.313
6. Zettlein • CHI 1.324
7. Manning • 2TM 1.325
8. Fisher • HAR 1.331
9. Stearns • HAR 1.588
10. Brainard • BAL 1.800
Hits per 9 IP
1. McBride • ATH 9.499
2. Mathews • NYU 10.152
3. Bond • BRA 10.974
4. Spalding • BOS 11.007
5. Zettlein • CHI 11.170
6. Manning • 2TM 11.309
7. Cummings • PHI 11.478
8. Fisher • HAR 11.615
9. Stearns • HAR 13.443
10. Brainard • BAL 15.188
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Bond • BRA 0.145
2. Spalding • BOS 0.277
3. Cummings • PHI 0.335
4. Fisher • HAR 0.363
5. McBride • ATH 0.591
6. Manning • 2TM 0.611
7. Mathews • NYU 0.638
8. Zettlein • CHI 0.750
9. Stearns • HAR 0.851
10. Brainard • BAL 1.013
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mathews • NYU 1.573
2. Cummings • PHI 1.137
3. Stearns • HAR 0.794
4. Bond • BRA 0.761
5. Fisher • HAR 0.698
6. McBride • ATH 0.684
7. Manning • 2TM 0.611
8. Zettlein • CHI 0.454
9. Spalding • BOS 0.452
10. Brainard • BAL 0.300
Games Played
1. Spalding • BOS 71
2. Mathews • NYU 65
3. Zettlein • CHI 57
4. Bond • BRA 55
McBride • ATH 55
6. Cummings • PHI 54
7. Fisher • HAR 39
8. Brainard • BAL 30
9. Manning • 2TM 22
Stearns • HAR 22
Saves
1. Wright • BOS 3
Innings Pitched
1. Spalding • BOS 617.1
2. Mathews • NYU 578.0
3. Zettlein • CHI 515.2
4. Bond • BRA 497.0
5. McBride • ATH 487.0
6. Cummings • PHI 483.0
7. Fisher • HAR 322.1
8. Brainard • BAL 240.0
9. Manning • 2TM 176.2
10. Stearns • HAR 158.2
Strikeouts
1. Mathews • NYU 101
2. Cummings • PHI 61
3. Bond • BRA 42
4. McBride • ATH 37
5. Spalding • BOS 31
6. Zettlein • CHI 26
7. Fisher • HAR 25
8. Stearns • HAR 14
9. Manning • 2TM 12
10. Brainard • BAL 8
Games Started
1. Spalding • BOS 69
2. Mathews • NYU 65
3. Zettlein • CHI 57
4. Bond • BRA 55
McBride • ATH 55
6. Cummings • PHI 54
7. Fisher • HAR 35
8. Brainard • BAL 27
9. Manning • 2TM 20
10. Stearns • HAR 18
Complete Games
1. Spalding • BOS 65
2. Mathews • NYU 62
3. Zettlein • CHI 57
4. Bond • BRA 55
McBride • ATH 55
6. Cummings • PHI 52
7. Fisher • HAR 31
8. Brainard • BAL 25
9. Manning • 2TM 17
10. Stearns • HAR 14
Shutouts
1. Mathews • NYU 4
Spalding • BOS 4
3. Cummings • PHI 3
Zettlein • CHI 3
5. Bond • BRA 1
Home Runs
1. Bond • BRA 15
2. McBride • ATH 6
3. Cummings • PHI 4
Force • CHI 4
5. Mathews • NYU 3
Zettlein • CHI 3
7. Manning • 2TM 2
8. Brainard • BAL 1
Fisher • HAR 1
Spalding • BOS 1
Bases on Balls
1. Zettlein • CHI 43
2. Mathews • NYU 41
3. McBride • ATH 32
4. Brainard • BAL 27
5. Spalding • BOS 19
6. Cummings • PHI 18
7. Stearns • HAR 15
8. Fisher • HAR 13
9. Manning • 2TM 12
10. Bond • BRA 8
Hits
1. Spalding • BOS 755
2. Mathews • NYU 652
3. Zettlein • CHI 640
4. Cummings • PHI 616
5. Bond • BRA 606
6. McBride • ATH 514
7. Fisher • HAR 416
8. Brainard • BAL 405
9. Stearns • HAR 237
10. Manning • 2TM 222
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Bond • BRA 5.250
2. Cummings • PHI 3.389
3. Mathews • NYU 2.463
4. Fisher • HAR 1.923
5. Spalding • BOS 1.632
6. McBride • ATH 1.156
7. Manning • 2TM 1.000
8. Stearns • HAR 0.933
9. Zettlein • CHI 0.605
10. Brainard • BAL 0.296
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Stearns • HAR 0.000
2. Spalding • BOS 0.015
3. Fisher • HAR 0.028
4. Brainard • BAL 0.038
5. Mathews • NYU 0.047
6. Zettlein • CHI 0.052
7. Cummings • PHI 0.075
8. Manning • 2TM 0.102
9. McBride • ATH 0.111
10. Bond • BRA 0.272
Losses
1. Bond • BRA 32
2. Zettlein • CHI 30
3. Cummings • PHI 26
4. Fisher • HAR 23
5. Brainard • BAL 22
Mathews • NYU 22
McBride • ATH 22
8. Spalding • BOS 16
Manning • 2TM 16
10. Stearns • HAR 14
Earned Runs
1. Zettlein • CHI 139
2. Spalding • BOS 132
3. Mathews • NYU 122
4. Bond • BRA 112
5. Cummings • PHI 105
6. Brainard • BAL 99
7. McBride • ATH 89
8. Fisher • HAR 83
9. Stearns • HAR 52
10. Manning • 2TM 41
Wild Pitches
1. Mathews • NYU 32
2. Brainard • BAL 19
3. Spalding • BOS 18
4. Fisher • HAR 16
5. Collins • CHI 12
6. McBride • ATH 9
7. Bond • BRA 6
Zettlein • CHI 6
9. Cummings • PHI 3
Stearns • HAR 3
Batters Faced
1. Spalding • BOS 2,784
2. Mathews • NYU 2,543
3. Zettlein • CHI 2,385
4. Bond • BRA 2,288
5. Cummings • PHI 2,246
6. McBride • ATH 2,171
7. Fisher • HAR 1,513
8. Brainard • BAL 1,267
9. Manning • 2TM 846
10. Stearns • HAR 813
Games Finished
1. Fisher • HAR 5
2. Brainard • BAL 4
Wright • BOS 4
4. Hatfield • NYU 3
Stearns • HAR 3
6. Spalding • BOS 2
7. Bechtel • PHI 1
Cummings • PHI 1
Force • CHI 1
Manning • 2TM 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. McBride • ATH 139
2. Mathews • NYU 117
3. Cummings • PHI 112
4. Spalding • BOS 111
5. Manning • 2TM 109
6. Bond • BRA 101
7. Fisher • HAR 99
8. Zettlein • CHI 90
9. Stearns • HAR 78
10. Brainard • BAL 61
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Mathews • NYU 2.00
2. Cummings • PHI 2.03
3. Fisher • HAR 2.07
4. Spalding • BOS 2.08
5. Stearns • HAR 2.17
6. McBride • ATH 2.27
7. Manning • 2TM 2.28
8. Zettlein • CHI 2.29
9. Bond • BRA 2.34
10. Brainard • BAL 2.39
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. McBride • ATH 28
2. Mathews • NYU 27
3. Spalding • BOS 22
4. Cummings • PHI 9
5. Hatfield • NYU 0
6. Wright • BOS 0
7. Bechtel • PHI 0
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. McBride • ATH 2.2
2. Mathews • NYU 2.1
3. Spalding • BOS 1.7
4. Cummings • PHI 0.7
5. Hatfield • NYU 0.0
Wright • BOS 0.0

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

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