National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Devlin • LOU 18.3
2. Bond • HAR 10.4
3. Spalding • CHC 10.2
4. Bradley • STL 9.1
5. Barnes • CHC 5.7
6. Anson • CHC 3.7
7. White • CHC 3.7
8. Cummings • HAR 3.5
9. McVey • CHC 3.5
10. Battin • STL 3.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Devlin • LOU 17.7
2. Bond • HAR 10.4
3. Spalding • CHC 9.4
4. Bradley • STL 8.8
5. Cummings • HAR 4.3
6. Mathews • NYU 3.3
7. McVey • CHC 1.4
8. Lafferty • ATH 0.4
9. Bradley • BSN 0.4
10. Blong • STL 0.2
Earned Run Average
1. Bradley • STL 1.23
2. Devlin • LOU 1.56
3. Cummings • HAR 1.67
4. Bond • HAR 1.68
5. Spalding • CHC 1.75
6. Manning • BSN 2.14
7. Bradley • BSN 2.49
8. Knight • ATH 2.62
9. Mathews • NYU 2.86
10. Borden • BSN 2.89
Wins
1. Spalding • CHC 47
2. Bradley • STL 45
3. Bond • HAR 31
4. Devlin • LOU 30
5. Mathews • NYU 21
6. Manning • BSN 18
7. Cummings • HAR 16
8. Borden • BSN 11
9. Knight • ATH 10
10. Bradley • BSN 9
Win-Loss %
1. Spalding • CHC .797
2. Manning • BSN .783
3. McVey • CHC .714
4. Bond • HAR .705
5. Bradley • STL .703
6. Cummings • HAR .667
7. Borden • BSN .478
8. Bradley • BSN .474
9. Devlin • LOU .462
10. Mathews • NYU .382
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Bradley • STL 0.887
2. Bond • HAR 0.902
3. Devlin • LOU 0.969
4. Cummings • HAR 1.060
5. Spalding • CHC 1.074
6. Manning • BSN 1.242
7. Bradley • BSN 1.252
8. Fisher • CIN 1.308
9. Mathews • NYU 1.390
10. Borden • BSN 1.411
Hits per 9 IP
1. Bradley • STL 7.382
2. Bond • HAR 7.831
3. Devlin • LOU 8.190
4. Cummings • HAR 8.958
5. Spalding • CHC 9.227
6. Manning • BSN 9.715
7. Bradley • BSN 10.437
8. Borden • BSN 10.594
9. Fisher • CIN 11.538
10. Mathews • NYU 12.087
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Zettlein • ATH 0.231
2. Fisher • CIN 0.235
3. Bond • HAR 0.287
4. Mathews • NYU 0.419
5. Williams • CIN 0.434
6. Spalding • CHC 0.443
7. Devlin • LOU 0.535
8. Cummings • HAR 0.583
9. Bradley • STL 0.597
10. Dean • CIN 0.822
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Bond • HAR 1.941
2. Devlin • LOU 1.765
3. Bradley • STL 1.618
4. Borden • BSN 1.402
5. Fisher • CIN 1.138
6. Manning • BSN 1.095
7. Cummings • HAR 1.083
8. Williams • CIN 0.976
9. Bradley • BSN 0.831
10. Dean • CIN 0.754
Games Played
1. Devlin • LOU 68
2. Bradley • STL 64
3. Spalding • CHC 61
4. Mathews • NYU 56
5. Bond • HAR 45
6. Knight • ATH 34
Manning • BSN 34
8. Dean • CIN 30
9. Borden • BSN 29
10. Zettlein • ATH 28
Fisher • CIN 28
Saves
1. Manning • BSN 5
2. Zettlein • ATH 2
McVey • CHC 2
4. Borden • BSN 1
Bradley • BSN 1
Peters • CHC 1
White • CHC 1
Innings Pitched
1. Devlin • LOU 622.0
2. Bradley • STL 573.0
3. Spalding • CHC 528.2
4. Mathews • NYU 516.0
5. Bond • HAR 408.0
6. Knight • ATH 282.0
7. Dean • CIN 262.2
8. Zettlein • ATH 234.0
9. Fisher • CIN 229.1
10. Borden • BSN 218.1
Strikeouts
1. Devlin • LOU 122
2. Bradley • STL 103
3. Bond • HAR 88
4. Spalding • CHC 39
5. Mathews • NYU 37
6. Borden • BSN 34
7. Fisher • CIN 29
8. Cummings • HAR 26
9. Manning • BSN 24
10. Dean • CIN 22
Games Started
1. Devlin • LOU 68
2. Bradley • STL 64
3. Spalding • CHC 60
4. Mathews • NYU 56
5. Bond • HAR 45
6. Knight • ATH 32
7. Dean • CIN 30
8. Zettlein • ATH 25
9. Borden • BSN 24
Fisher • CIN 24
Cummings • HAR 24
Complete Games
1. Devlin • LOU 66
2. Bradley • STL 63
3. Mathews • NYU 55
4. Spalding • CHC 53
5. Bond • HAR 45
6. Knight • ATH 27
7. Dean • CIN 26
8. Cummings • HAR 24
9. Zettlein • ATH 23
10. Fisher • CIN 22
Shutouts
1. Bradley • STL 16
2. Spalding • CHC 8
3. Bond • HAR 6
4. Cummings • HAR 5
Devlin • LOU 5
6. Borden • BSN 2
Mathews • NYU 2
8. Zettlein • ATH 1
Bradley • BSN 1
Home Runs
1. Mathews • NYU 8
2. Spalding • CHC 6
Fisher • CIN 6
4. Borden • BSN 4
5. Devlin • LOU 3
Bradley • STL 3
7. Zettlein • ATH 2
Bond • HAR 2
9. Bradley • BSN 1
Manning • BSN 1
McBride • BSN 1
Dean • CIN 1
Pierson • CIN 1
Williams • CIN 1
Bases on Balls
1. Borden • BSN 51
2. Bradley • STL 38
3. Devlin • LOU 37
4. Knight • ATH 34
5. Manning • BSN 32
6. Spalding • CHC 26
7. Dean • CIN 24
Mathews • NYU 24
9. Bradley • BSN 16
10. Cummings • HAR 14
Hits
1. Mathews • NYU 693
2. Devlin • LOU 566
3. Spalding • CHC 542
4. Bradley • STL 470
5. Dean • CIN 397
6. Knight • ATH 383
7. Zettlein • ATH 358
8. Bond • HAR 355
9. Fisher • CIN 294
10. Borden • BSN 257
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Bond • HAR 6.769
2. Fisher • CIN 4.833
3. Devlin • LOU 3.297
4. Bradley • STL 2.711
5. Williams • CIN 2.250
6. Cummings • HAR 1.857
7. Zettlein • ATH 1.667
8. Mathews • NYU 1.542
9. Spalding • CHC 1.500
10. Bradley • BSN 1.000
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Knight • ATH 0.000
Cummings • HAR 0.000
3. Dean • CIN 0.034
4. Devlin • LOU 0.043
5. Bond • HAR 0.044
6. Manning • BSN 0.046
7. Bradley • STL 0.047
8. Bradley • BSN 0.052
9. Zettlein • ATH 0.077
10. Spalding • CHC 0.102
Losses
1. Devlin • LOU 35
2. Mathews • NYU 34
3. Dean • CIN 26
4. Knight • ATH 22
5. Zettlein • ATH 20
Fisher • CIN 20
7. Bradley • STL 19
8. Bond • HAR 13
9. Spalding • CHC 12
Borden • BSN 12
Earned Runs
1. Mathews • NYU 164
2. Dean • CIN 109
3. Devlin • LOU 108
4. Spalding • CHC 103
5. Zettlein • ATH 101
6. Knight • ATH 82
7. Bradley • STL 78
8. Fisher • CIN 77
9. Bond • HAR 76
10. Borden • BSN 70
Wild Pitches
1. Bradley • STL 34
2. Knight • ATH 23
3. Borden • BSN 21
4. Dean • CIN 17
5. Manning • BSN 16
6. Devlin • LOU 14
7. Bond • HAR 8
8. Bradley • BSN 7
Ryan • LOU 7
Cummings • HAR 7
Batters Faced
1. Devlin • LOU 2,568
2. Mathews • NYU 2,327
3. Bradley • STL 2,269
4. Spalding • CHC 2,219
5. Bond • HAR 1,623
6. Knight • ATH 1,324
7. Dean • CIN 1,257
8. Zettlein • ATH 1,089
9. Fisher • CIN 1,039
10. Borden • BSN 983
Games Finished
1. Manning • BSN 13
2. Borden • BSN 6
3. Zettlein • ATH 4
McVey • CHC 4
Fisher • CIN 4
6. Spalding • CHC 2
Coon • ATH 2
8. Knight • ATH 1
Bradley • BSN 1
Wright • BSN 1
Peters • CHC 1
Booth • CIN 1
Clack • CIN 1
Dean • CIN 1
Gould • CIN 1
Pearce • LOU 1
Ryan • LOU 1
Booth • NYU 1
Blong • STL 1
White • CHC 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. Bradley • STL 170
2. Devlin • LOU 168
3. Cummings • HAR 144
4. Bond • HAR 143
5. Spalding • CHC 137
6. Manning • BSN 104
7. Knight • ATH 90
8. Bradley • BSN 89
9. Mathews • NYU 79
10. Borden • BSN 77
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Bond • HAR 1.96
2. Devlin • LOU 2.08
3. Bradley • STL 2.14
4. Cummings • HAR 2.19
5. Williams • CIN 2.32
6. Zettlein • ATH 2.34
7. Spalding • CHC 2.38
8. Dean • CIN 2.39
9. Fisher • CIN 2.40
10. Bradley • BSN 2.40
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Devlin • LOU 59
2. Bradley • STL 53
3. Spalding • CHC 43
4. Bond • HAR 37
5. Cummings • HAR 18
6. McVey • CHC 6
7. Lafferty • ATH 2
8. Blong • STL 1
9. Nichols • BSN 1
10. White • CHC 1
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Devlin • LOU 5.4
2. Bradley • STL 4.9
3. Spalding • CHC 3.9
4. Bond • HAR 3.4
5. Cummings • HAR 1.6
6. McVey • CHC 0.6
7. Lafferty • ATH 0.2
8. Blong • STL 0.1
9. Nichols • BSN 0.1
10. White • CHC 0.1

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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