National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Buffinton • PHI 12.0
2. Keefe • NYG 9.1
3. Sanders • PHI 8.5
4. Welch • NYG 7.8
5. Connor • NYG 7.6
6. Conway • DTN 7.0
7. Anson • CHC 6.9
8. Brouthers • DTN 6.6
9. Krock • CHC 6.2
10. Galvin • PIT 5.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Buffinton • PHI 12.1
2. Keefe • NYG 10.3
3. Welch • NYG 8.0
4. Sanders • PHI 7.8
5. Krock • CHC 6.8
6. Galvin • PIT 6.6
7. Morris • PIT 6.4
8. Conway • DTN 5.6
9. Clarkson • BSN 4.3
10. O'Day • WHS 4.3
Earned Run Average
1. Keefe • NYG 1.74
2. Sanders • PHI 1.90
3. Buffinton • PHI 1.91
4. Welch • NYG 1.93
5. Sowders • BSN 2.07
6. Titcomb • NYG 2.24
7. Conway • DTN 2.26
8. Gruber • DTN 2.29
9. Morris • PIT 2.31
10. Krock • CHC 2.44
Wins
1. Keefe • NYG 35
2. Clarkson • BSN 33
3. Conway • DTN 30
4. Morris • PIT 29
5. Buffinton • PHI 28
6. Welch • NYG 26
7. Krock • CHC 25
8. Galvin • PIT 23
9. Sowders • BSN 19
Getzien • DTN 19
Sanders • PHI 19
Win-Loss %
1. Keefe • NYG .745
2. Conway • DTN .682
3. Sanders • PHI .655
4. Krock • CHC .641
5. Titcomb • NYG .636
6. Clarkson • BSN .623
7. Buffinton • PHI .622
8. Welch • NYG .578
9. Sowders • BSN .559
10. Morris • PIT .558
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Keefe • NYG 0.937
2. Conway • DTN 0.951
3. Buffinton • PHI 0.957
4. Gruber • DTN 0.988
5. Titcomb • NYG 0.990
6. Sanders • PHI 0.992
7. Krock • CHC 1.001
8. Madden • BSN 1.006
9. Welch • NYG 1.025
10. Sowders • BSN 1.107
Hits per 9 IP
1. Keefe • NYG 6.569
2. Titcomb • NYG 6.807
3. Welch • NYG 6.940
4. Conway • DTN 7.251
5. Buffinton • PHI 7.284
6. Gruber • DTN 7.350
7. Madden • BSN 7.745
8. Krock • CHC 7.816
9. Sanders • PHI 7.845
10. Sowders • BSN 7.893
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Sanders • PHI 1.079
2. Galvin • PIT 1.091
3. Krock • CHC 1.192
4. Getzien • DTN 1.203
5. Madden • BSN 1.309
6. Conway • DTN 1.312
7. Buffinton • PHI 1.326
8. Morris • PIT 1.388
9. Whitney • WHS 1.495
10. Casey • PHI 1.512
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Keefe • NYG 6.942
2. Titcomb • NYG 5.893
3. Baldwin • CHC 5.629
4. Van Haltren • CHC 5.092
5. Getzien • DTN 4.500
6. Buffinton • PHI 4.474
7. Krock • CHC 4.266
8. O'Day • WHS 4.154
9. Clarkson • BSN 4.152
10. Conway • DTN 4.051
Games Played
1. Morris • PIT 55
2. Clarkson • BSN 54
3. Keefe • NYG 51
4. Galvin • PIT 50
5. Welch • NYG 47
6. Buffinton • PHI 46
Getzien • DTN 46
O'Day • WHS 46
9. Conway • DTN 45
10. Whitney • WHS 39
Krock • CHC 39
Saves
1. Wood • PHI 2
2. Crane • NYG 1
Ewing • NYG 1
George • NYG 1
Twitchell • DTN 1
Tyng • PHI 1
Van Haltren • CHC 1
Innings Pitched
1. Clarkson • BSN 483.1
2. Morris • PIT 480.0
3. Galvin • PIT 437.1
4. Keefe • NYG 434.1
5. Welch • NYG 425.1
6. Getzien • DTN 404.0
7. O'Day • WHS 403.0
8. Buffinton • PHI 400.1
9. Conway • DTN 391.0
10. Krock • CHC 339.2
Strikeouts
1. Keefe • NYG 335
2. Clarkson • BSN 223
3. Getzien • DTN 202
4. Buffinton • PHI 199
5. O'Day • WHS 186
6. Conway • DTN 176
7. Welch • NYG 167
8. Krock • CHC 161
9. Baldwin • CHC 157
10. Van Haltren • CHC 139
Games Started
1. Morris • PIT 55
2. Clarkson • BSN 54
3. Keefe • NYG 51
4. Galvin • PIT 50
5. Welch • NYG 47
6. Getzien • DTN 46
Buffinton • PHI 46
O'Day • WHS 46
9. Conway • DTN 45
10. Whitney • WHS 39
Krock • CHC 39
Complete Games
1. Morris • PIT 54
2. Clarkson • BSN 53
3. Galvin • PIT 49
4. Keefe • NYG 48
5. Welch • NYG 47
6. O'Day • WHS 46
7. Getzien • DTN 45
8. Buffinton • PHI 43
Conway • DTN 43
10. Krock • CHC 39
Shutouts
1. Sanders • PHI 8
Keefe • NYG 8
3. Buffinton • PHI 6
Galvin • PIT 6
5. Welch • NYG 5
Morris • PIT 5
7. Van Haltren • CHC 4
Titcomb • NYG 4
Conway • DTN 4
Krock • CHC 4
Home Runs
1. Shreve • IND 23
2. Krock • CHC 20
3. O'Day • WHS 19
4. Clarkson • BSN 17
5. Van Haltren • CHC 15
6. Baldwin • CHC 13
Healy • IND 13
Getzien • DTN 13
9. Burdick • IND 12
Welch • NYG 12
Bases on Balls
1. Clarkson • BSN 119
2. O'Day • WHS 117
3. Welch • NYG 108
4. Baldwin • CHC 99
5. Shreve • IND 93
6. Keefe • NYG 90
7. Healy • IND 87
8. Morris • PIT 74
9. Sowders • BSN 73
10. Van Haltren • CHC 60
Hits
1. Morris • PIT 470
2. Clarkson • BSN 448
3. Galvin • PIT 446
4. Getzien • DTN 411
5. O'Day • WHS 359
6. Shreve • IND 352
7. Healy • IND 347
8. Welch • NYG 328
9. Buffinton • PHI 324
10. Keefe • NYG 317
Whitney • WHS 317
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Getzien • DTN 3.741
2. Keefe • NYG 3.722
3. Sanders • PHI 3.667
4. Krock • CHC 3.578
5. Buffinton • PHI 3.373
6. Conway • DTN 3.088
7. Titcomb • NYG 2.804
8. Van Haltren • CHC 2.317
9. Casey • PHI 2.250
10. Madden • BSN 2.208
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Sowders • BSN 0.085
2. Sanders • PHI 0.098
3. Keefe • NYG 0.104
4. Morris • PIT 0.131
5. Buffinton • PHI 0.135
6. Titcomb • NYG 0.183
7. Galvin • PIT 0.185
8. Casey • PHI 0.189
9. Whitney • WHS 0.194
10. Conway • DTN 0.253
Losses
1. O'Day • WHS 29
2. Getzien • DTN 25
Galvin • PIT 25
4. Shreve • IND 24
Healy • IND 24
6. Morris • PIT 23
7. Boyle • IND 22
8. Whitney • WHS 21
9. Clarkson • BSN 20
10. Welch • NYG 19
Earned Runs
1. Shreve • IND 153
2. Clarkson • BSN 148
3. O'Day • WHS 139
Healy • IND 139
5. Getzien • DTN 137
6. Galvin • PIT 128
7. Morris • PIT 123
8. Boyle • IND 117
9. Whitney • WHS 110
10. Casey • PHI 100
Wild Pitches
1. Clarkson • BSN 33
2. Shreve • IND 24
3. Getzien • DTN 23
4. Boyle • IND 22
5. Keefe • NYG 21
Van Haltren • CHC 21
7. Healy • IND 19
8. Baldwin • CHC 18
9. O'Day • WHS 17
Welch • NYG 17
Hit By Pitch
1. O'Day • WHS 16
2. Madden • BSN 15
Healy • IND 15
4. Welch • NYG 14
5. Baldwin • CHC 13
Van Haltren • CHC 13
Conway • DTN 13
8. Keefe • NYG 12
Gleason • PHI 12
10. Clarkson • BSN 10
Boyle • IND 10
Batters Faced
1. Clarkson • BSN 2,029
2. Morris • PIT 2,002
3. Galvin • PIT 1,809
4. Keefe • NYG 1,723
5. Welch • NYG 1,710
6. Getzien • DTN 1,697
7. O'Day • WHS 1,680
8. Buffinton • PHI 1,586
Conway • DTN 1,586
10. Healy • IND 1,401
Games Finished
1. Ryan • CHC 5
Van Haltren • CHC 5
3. Maul • PIT 2
Wood • PHI 2
Schoeneck • IND 2
Sanders • PHI 2
Madden • BSN 2
Gruber • DTN 2
9. Gilmore • WHS 1
George • NYG 1
Mains • CHC 1
Baldwin • DTN 1
McGeachey • IND 1
Ewing • NYG 1
Denny • IND 1
Gleason • PHI 1
Shoch • WHS 1
Sowders • BSN 1
Staley • PIT 1
Titcomb • NYG 1
Twitchell • DTN 1
Tyng • PHI 1
Crane • NYG 1
Brynan • CHC 1
Daily • WHS 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. Keefe • NYG 156
2. Sanders • PHI 156
3. Buffinton • PHI 154
4. Welch • NYG 141
5. Sowders • BSN 140
6. Krock • CHC 123
7. Conway • DTN 122
8. Titcomb • NYG 122
9. Gruber • DTN 120
10. Morris • PIT 114
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Keefe • NYG 1.90
2. Sanders • PHI 2.24
3. Buffinton • PHI 2.26
4. Titcomb • NYG 2.31
5. Getzien • DTN 2.46
6. Conway • DTN 2.59
7. Sowders • BSN 2.65
8. Casey • PHI 2.66
9. Morris • PIT 2.72
10. Galvin • PIT 2.78
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Keefe • NYG 48
2. Buffinton • PHI 45
3. Welch • NYG 37
4. Sanders • PHI 30
5. Krock • CHC 23
6. Conway • DTN 19
7. Sowders • BSN 18
8. Morris • PIT 14
9. Titcomb • NYG 8
10. Galvin • PIT 7
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Keefe • NYG 5.0
2. Buffinton • PHI 4.6
3. Welch • NYG 3.8
4. Sanders • PHI 3.1
5. Krock • CHC 2.3
6. Conway • DTN 2.0
7. Sowders • BSN 1.8
8. Morris • PIT 1.4
9. Titcomb • NYG 0.8
10. Galvin • PIT 0.7

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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