National Association Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Spalding • BOS 14.2
2. Cummings • HAR 11.7
3. Bond • HAR 11.5
4. McBride • ATH 9.8
5. Fisher • PHI 7.9
6. Zettlein • 2TM 7.6
7. Mathews • NYU 7.5
8. Barnes • BOS 5.2
9. McVey • BOS 4.5
10. White • BOS 4.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Spalding • BOS 12.8
2. Cummings • HAR 12.3
3. Bond • HAR 10.9
4. McBride • ATH 9.2
5. Zettlein • 2TM 8.4
6. Mathews • NYU 8.3
7. Fisher • PHI 8.2
8. Bradley • STL 3.1
9. Borden • PHI 2.0
10. Manning • BOS 0.9
Earned Run Average
1. Galvin • STL 1.16
2. Bond • HAR 1.41
3. Borden • PHI 1.50
4. Zettlein • 2TM 1.59
5. Spalding • BOS 1.59
6. Cummings • HAR 1.60
7. Golden • 2TM 1.86
8. Devlin • CHI 1.93
9. Fisher • PHI 1.99
10. Bradley • STL 2.13
Wins
1. Spalding • BOS 54
2. McBride • ATH 44
3. Cummings • HAR 35
4. Bradley • STL 33
5. Mathews • NYU 29
Zettlein • 2TM 29
7. Fisher • PHI 22
8. Bond • HAR 19
9. Manning • BOS 16
10. Devlin • CHI 7
Golden • 2TM 7
Win-Loss %
1. Spalding • BOS .915
2. Manning • BOS .889
3. McBride • ATH .759
4. Cummings • HAR .745
5. Galvin • STL .667
6. Zettlein • 2TM .569
7. Bradley • STL .559
8. Knight • ATH .545
9. Bond • HAR .543
10. Fisher • PHI .537
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Borden • PHI 0.818
2. Galvin • STL 0.871
3. Bond • HAR 0.878
4. Cummings • HAR 0.964
5. Fisher • PHI 0.989
6. Spalding • BOS 1.036
7. Bradley • STL 1.040
8. Zettlein • 2TM 1.060
9. Golden • 2TM 1.121
10. Nichols • NHV 1.146
Hits per 9 IP
1. Borden • PHI 6.409
2. Galvin • STL 7.694
3. Bond • HAR 7.722
4. Cummings • HAR 8.589
5. Fisher • PHI 8.673
6. Spalding • BOS 9.037
7. Bradley • STL 9.073
8. Zettlein • 2TM 9.227
9. Golden • 2TM 9.310
10. Manning • BOS 9.500
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Cummings • HAR 0.087
2. Blong • SLR 0.140
3. Galvin • STL 0.145
4. Bond • HAR 0.179
5. Fisher • PHI 0.226
6. Stearns • WAS 0.255
7. Nichols • NHV 0.281
8. Spalding • BOS 0.284
9. Bradley • STL 0.286
10. Mathews • NYU 0.288
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Manning • BOS 2.125
2. Bond • HAR 1.790
3. Cummings • HAR 1.774
4. Nichols • NHV 1.500
5. Golden • 2TM 1.319
6. Knight • ATH 1.262
7. Borden • PHI 1.227
8. Spalding • BOS 1.183
9. Galvin • STL 1.161
10. Mathews • NYU 1.079
Games Played
1. Spalding • BOS 72
2. Mathews • NYU 70
3. McBride • ATH 60
Bradley • STL 60
5. Zettlein • 2TM 52
6. Cummings • HAR 48
7. Fisher • PHI 41
8. Bond • HAR 40
9. Nichols • NHV 34
10. Cassidy • 2TM 30
Saves
1. Spalding • BOS 9
2. Manning • BOS 6
3. Galvin • STL 1
Heifer • BOS 1
McVey • BOS 1
Innings Pitched
1. Mathews • NYU 625.2
2. Spalding • BOS 570.2
3. McBride • ATH 538.0
4. Bradley • STL 535.2
5. Zettlein • 2TM 463.1
6. Cummings • HAR 416.0
7. Fisher • PHI 358.0
8. Bond • HAR 352.0
9. Nichols • NHV 288.0
10. Golden • 2TM 232.0
Strikeouts
1. Cummings • HAR 82
2. Spalding • BOS 75
Mathews • NYU 75
4. Bond • HAR 70
5. Bradley • STL 60
6. Nichols • NHV 48
7. Golden • 2TM 34
Manning • BOS 34
9. Zettlein • 2TM 31
10. McBride • ATH 27
Games Started
1. Mathews • NYU 70
2. Spalding • BOS 62
3. McBride • ATH 60
Bradley • STL 60
5. Zettlein • 2TM 52
6. Cummings • HAR 47
7. Fisher • PHI 41
8. Bond • HAR 39
9. Nichols • NHV 33
10. Golden • 2TM 27
Complete Games
1. Mathews • NYU 69
2. McBride • ATH 59
3. Bradley • STL 57
4. Spalding • BOS 52
5. Zettlein • 2TM 49
6. Cummings • HAR 46
7. Bond • HAR 37
8. Fisher • PHI 36
9. Nichols • NHV 30
10. Golden • 2TM 25
Shutouts
1. Cummings • HAR 7
Spalding • BOS 7
Zettlein • 2TM 7
4. Bond • HAR 6
McBride • ATH 6
6. Bradley • STL 5
7. Mathews • NYU 3
8. Borden • PHI 2
Fisher • PHI 2
10. Blong • SLR 1
Manning • BOS 1
Morgan • SLR 1
Golden • 2TM 1
Home Runs
1. Fisher • PHI 6
2. Mathews • NYU 4
McBride • ATH 4
4. Bond • HAR 3
Bradley • STL 3
O'Neil • BRA 3
Stearns • WAS 3
Cassidy • 2TM 3
Parks • 2TM 3
10. Luff • NHV 2
Nichols • NHV 2
Bases on Balls
1. McBride • ATH 24
2. Golden • 2TM 20
Mathews • NYU 20
4. Spalding • BOS 18
5. Bradley • STL 17
6. Zettlein • 2TM 16
7. Manning • BOS 14
8. Devlin • CHI 12
Knight • ATH 12
10. Cassidy • 2TM 11
Hits
1. Mathews • NYU 711
2. McBride • ATH 607
3. Spalding • BOS 573
4. Bradley • STL 540
5. Zettlein • 2TM 475
6. Cummings • HAR 397
7. Fisher • PHI 345
8. Nichols • NHV 321
9. Bond • HAR 302
10. Cassidy • 2TM 284
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Cummings • HAR 20.500
2. Bond • HAR 10.000
3. Galvin • STL 8.000
4. Blong • SLR 7.000
5. Nichols • NHV 5.333
6. Spalding • BOS 4.167
7. Mathews • NYU 3.750
8. Bradley • STL 3.529
9. Manning • BOS 2.429
10. Fisher • PHI 2.000
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Zettlein • 2TM 0.000
Borden • PHI 0.000
Clinton • BRA 0.000
Cummings • HAR 0.000
Devlin • CHI 0.000
Golden • 2TM 0.000
Galvin • STL 0.000
Knight • ATH 0.000
Bechtel • 2TM 0.000
Blong • SLR 0.000
Losses
1. Mathews • NYU 38
2. Nichols • NHV 29
3. Bradley • STL 26
4. Zettlein • 2TM 22
5. Cassidy • 2TM 21
6. Golden • 2TM 19
Fisher • PHI 19
8. Bond • HAR 16
Devlin • CHI 16
10. McBride • ATH 14
Stearns • WAS 14
Earned Runs
1. Mathews • NYU 173
2. McBride • ATH 139
3. Bradley • STL 127
4. Spalding • BOS 101
5. Zettlein • 2TM 82
6. Fisher • PHI 79
7. Nichols • NHV 76
8. Cummings • HAR 74
9. Cassidy • 2TM 72
10. Stearns • WAS 63
Wild Pitches
1. Mathews • NYU 28
2. Golden • 2TM 25
3. Bradley • STL 23
4. Cassidy • 2TM 20
Nichols • NHV 20
6. Bond • HAR 17
Clinton • BRA 17
Cummings • HAR 17
Spalding • BOS 17
10. Zettlein • 2TM 16
Batters Faced
1. Mathews • NYU 2,759
2. Spalding • BOS 2,354
3. McBride • ATH 2,294
4. Bradley • STL 2,258
5. Zettlein • 2TM 1,966
6. Cummings • HAR 1,696
7. Fisher • PHI 1,517
8. Bond • HAR 1,408
9. Nichols • NHV 1,333
10. Golden • 2TM 1,037
Games Finished
1. Spalding • BOS 12
2. Cassidy • 2TM 8
3. Manning • BOS 7
4. Parks • 2TM 4
Devlin • CHI 4
6. McMullin • PHI 3
Ryan • NHV 3
Clinton • BRA 3
9. Bond • HAR 2
Luff • NHV 2
Sutton • ATH 2
Morgan • SLR 2
Nichols • NHV 2
Fisher • PHI 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Galvin • STL 169
2. Bond • HAR 167
3. Borden • PHI 154
4. Cummings • HAR 146
5. Zettlein • 2TM 144
6. Spalding • BOS 136
7. Golden • 2TM 127
8. Devlin • CHI 118
9. Fisher • PHI 116
10. Knight • ATH 106
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Cummings • HAR 1.87
2. Bond • HAR 2.01
3. Galvin • STL 2.03
4. Blong • SLR 2.07
5. Nichols • NHV 2.09
6. Spalding • BOS 2.09
7. Manning • BOS 2.15
8. Mathews • NYU 2.18
9. Bradley • STL 2.18
10. Devlin • CHI 2.19
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Spalding • BOS 44
2. Cummings • HAR 36
3. Bond • HAR 35
4. Zettlein • 2TM 29
5. McBride • ATH 18
6. Fisher • PHI 17
7. Borden • PHI 6
8. Golden • 2TM 4
9. Galvin • STL 3
10. Gedney • NYU 2
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Spalding • BOS 3.9
2. Cummings • HAR 3.2
3. Bond • HAR 3.1
4. Zettlein • 2TM 2.5
5. McBride • ATH 1.6
6. Fisher • PHI 1.5
7. Borden • PHI 0.5
8. Golden • 2TM 0.3
9. Galvin • STL 0.3
10. Gedney • NYU 0.2

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

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