National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Clarkson • BSN 9.9
2. Hutchison • CHC 9.4
3. Nichols • BSN 9.3
4. Rusie • NYG 8.7
5. Staley • 2TM 7.8
6. Gleason • PHI 6.9
7. Hamilton • PHI 6.6
8. Young • CLV 6.1
9. Connor • NYG 5.7
10. Ewing • NYG 5.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Hutchison • CHC 10.1
2. Clarkson • BSN 9.7
3. Nichols • BSN 9.6
4. Rusie • NYG 8.4
5. Staley • 2TM 7.9
6. Young • CLV 6.6
7. Gleason • PHI 6.3
8. Ewing • NYG 5.8
9. Mullane • CIN 5.2
10. Rhines • CIN 4.0
Earned Run Average
1. Ewing • NYG 2.27
2. Nichols • BSN 2.39
3. Rusie • NYG 2.55
4. Staley • 2TM 2.58
5. Baldwin • PIT 2.76
6. Clarkson • BSN 2.79
7. Hutchison • CHC 2.81
8. Young • CLV 2.85
9. Rhines • CIN 2.87
10. Galvin • PIT 2.88
Wins
1. Hutchison • CHC 44
2. Clarkson • BSN 33
Rusie • NYG 33
4. Nichols • BSN 30
5. Young • CLV 27
6. Staley • 2TM 24
Gleason • PHI 24
8. Mullane • CIN 23
Lovett • BRO 23
10. Baldwin • PIT 21
Ewing • NYG 21
Win-Loss %
1. Ewing • NYG .724
2. Hutchison • CHC .698
3. Staley • 2TM .649
4. Nichols • BSN .638
5. Clarkson • BSN .635
6. Rusie • NYG .623
7. Gumbert • CHC .607
8. Esper • PHI .571
9. Caruthers • BRO .563
10. Young • CLV .551
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Staley • 2TM 1.213
2. Nichols • BSN 1.213
3. Hutchison • CHC 1.223
4. Ewing • NYG 1.270
5. Clarkson • BSN 1.279
6. Galvin • PIT 1.289
7. Rusie • NYG 1.305
8. Rhines • CIN 1.309
9. Lovett • BRO 1.340
10. Young • CLV 1.348
Hits per 9 IP
1. Rusie • NYG 7.033
2. Baldwin • PIT 7.917
3. Ewing • NYG 7.920
4. Hutchison • CHC 8.150
5. Mullane • CIN 8.233
6. Clarkson • BSN 8.499
7. Staley • 2TM 8.694
8. Nichols • BSN 8.739
9. Rhines • CIN 8.791
10. Lovett • BRO 8.885
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Nichols • BSN 2.179
2. Staley • 2TM 2.222
3. Galvin • PIT 2.262
4. Radbourn • CIN 2.560
5. Hutchison • CHC 2.856
6. Young • CLV 2.974
7. Rhines • CIN 2.995
8. Clarkson • BSN 3.009
9. Gruber • CLV 3.072
10. Gumbert • CHC 3.160
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Rusie • NYG 6.062
2. Nichols • BSN 5.078
3. Ewing • NYG 4.611
4. Hutchison • CHC 4.187
5. Baldwin • PIT 4.051
6. Staley • 2TM 3.861
7. King • PIT 3.747
8. Hemming • BRO 3.741
9. Viau • CLV 3.404
10. Rhines • CIN 3.333
Games Played
1. Hutchison • CHC 66
2. Rusie • NYG 61
3. Young • CLV 55
Clarkson • BSN 55
5. Gleason • PHI 53
Baldwin • PIT 53
7. Nichols • BSN 52
8. Mullane • CIN 51
9. Rhines • CIN 48
King • PIT 48
Saves
1. Nichols • BSN 3
Clarkson • BSN 3
3. Young • CLV 2
Thornton • PHI 2
5. Caruthers • BRO 1
Davis • CLV 1
Esper • PHI 1
Gleason • PHI 1
Hemming • BRO 1
Hutchison • CHC 1
King • PIT 1
Luby • CHC 1
Baldwin • PIT 1
Rhines • CIN 1
Rusie • NYG 1
Ryan • CHC 1
Terry • BRO 1
Welch • NYG 1
Keefe • 2TM 1
Maul • PIT 1
Innings Pitched
1. Hutchison • CHC 561.0
2. Rusie • NYG 500.1
3. Clarkson • BSN 460.2
4. Baldwin • PIT 437.2
5. Mullane • CIN 426.1
6. Nichols • BSN 425.1
7. Young • CLV 423.2
8. Gleason • PHI 418.0
9. King • PIT 384.1
10. Rhines • CIN 372.2
Strikeouts
1. Rusie • NYG 337
2. Hutchison • CHC 261
3. Nichols • BSN 240
4. Baldwin • PIT 197
5. King • PIT 160
6. Young • CLV 147
7. Clarkson • BSN 141
8. Staley • 2TM 139
9. Rhines • CIN 138
Ewing • NYG 138
Games Started
1. Hutchison • CHC 58
2. Rusie • NYG 57
3. Baldwin • PIT 51
Clarkson • BSN 51
5. Nichols • BSN 48
6. Mullane • CIN 47
7. Young • CLV 46
8. King • PIT 44
Gleason • PHI 44
10. Lovett • BRO 43
Rhines • CIN 43
Complete Games
1. Hutchison • CHC 56
2. Rusie • NYG 52
3. Baldwin • PIT 48
4. Clarkson • BSN 47
5. Nichols • BSN 45
6. Young • CLV 43
7. Mullane • CIN 42
8. Gleason • PHI 40
King • PIT 40
Rhines • CIN 40
Shutouts
1. Rusie • NYG 6
2. Ewing • NYG 5
Nichols • BSN 5
4. Hutchison • CHC 4
5. Clarkson • BSN 3
King • PIT 3
Lovett • BRO 3
8. Caruthers • BRO 2
Baldwin • PIT 2
Galvin • PIT 2
Radbourn • CIN 2
Home Runs
1. Hutchison • CHC 26
2. Clarkson • BSN 18
3. Staley • 2TM 16
4. Mullane • CIN 15
Nichols • BSN 15
6. Lovett • BRO 14
7. Radbourn • CIN 13
8. Luby • CHC 11
Gleason • PHI 11
Hemming • BRO 11
Bases on Balls
1. Rusie • NYG 262
2. Baldwin • PIT 227
3. Mullane • CIN 187
4. Hutchison • CHC 178
5. Gleason • PHI 165
6. Clarkson • BSN 154
7. King • PIT 144
8. Young • CLV 140
9. Viau • CLV 138
10. Lovett • BRO 129
Hits
1. Hutchison • CHC 508
2. Clarkson • BSN 435
3. Young • CLV 431
Gleason • PHI 431
5. Nichols • BSN 413
6. Gruber • CLV 407
7. Rusie • NYG 391
8. Mullane • CIN 390
9. Baldwin • PIT 385
10. King • PIT 382
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Nichols • BSN 2.330
2. Staley • 2TM 1.738
3. Hutchison • CHC 1.466
4. Ewing • NYG 1.314
5. Rusie • NYG 1.286
6. Rhines • CIN 1.113
7. King • PIT 1.111
8. Young • CLV 1.050
9. Lovett • BRO 1.000
10. Hemming • BRO 0.988
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Ewing • NYG 0.067
2. Viau • CLV 0.079
3. Young • CLV 0.085
4. Rhines • CIN 0.097
5. Thornton • PHI 0.100
6. Rusie • NYG 0.108
7. King • PIT 0.164
8. Gumbert • CHC 0.176
9. Baldwin • PIT 0.206
10. Caruthers • BRO 0.212
Losses
1. King • PIT 29
2. Baldwin • PIT 28
3. Mullane • CIN 26
4. Rhines • CIN 24
5. Young • CLV 22
Gruber • CLV 22
Gleason • PHI 22
8. Rusie • NYG 20
9. Lovett • BRO 19
Clarkson • BSN 19
Hutchison • CHC 19
Earned Runs
1. Hutchison • CHC 175
2. Gleason • PHI 163
3. Gruber • CLV 160
4. Mullane • CIN 153
5. Lovett • BRO 150
6. Clarkson • BSN 143
7. Rusie • NYG 142
8. Baldwin • PIT 134
Young • CLV 134
10. King • PIT 133
Wild Pitches
1. Hutchison • CHC 25
2. Baldwin • PIT 24
3. King • PIT 22
4. Lovett • BRO 21
Viau • CLV 21
6. Gruber • CLV 20
7. Mullane • CIN 18
Rhines • CIN 18
9. Rusie • NYG 17
Gleason • PHI 17
Hit By Pitch
1. Baldwin • PIT 23
2. Rhines • CIN 22
3. Lovett • BRO 20
4. Luby • CHC 19
5. Rusie • NYG 18
Mullane • CIN 18
King • PIT 18
8. Nichols • BSN 17
9. Clarkson • BSN 15
Viau • CLV 15
Batters Faced
1. Hutchison • CHC 2,371
2. Rusie • NYG 2,167
3. Clarkson • BSN 1,982
4. Baldwin • PIT 1,944
5. Mullane • CIN 1,870
6. Gleason • PHI 1,859
7. Young • CLV 1,848
8. Nichols • BSN 1,805
9. King • PIT 1,693
10. Rhines • CIN 1,625
Games Finished
1. Gleason • PHI 9
2. Young • CLV 8
Hutchison • CHC 8
4. Luby • CHC 6
Viau • CLV 6
Welch • NYG 6
Caruthers • BRO 6
8. Kling • PHI 5
Thornton • PHI 5
Maul • PIT 5
Schultz • PHI 5
Rhines • CIN 5
Hemming • BRO 5
Adjusted ERA+
1. Nichols • BSN 151
2. Ewing • NYG 139
3. Staley • 2TM 137
4. Clarkson • BSN 129
5. Rusie • NYG 123
6. Hutchison • CHC 123
7. Young • CLV 120
8. Baldwin • PIT 117
9. Rhines • CIN 115
10. Viau • CLV 113
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Nichols • BSN 2.71
2. Ewing • NYG 2.89
3. Rusie • NYG 3.02
4. Young • CLV 3.02
5. Rhines • CIN 3.10
6. Staley • 2TM 3.11
7. Hutchison • CHC 3.19
8. King • PIT 3.20
9. Viau • CLV 3.22
10. Gumbert • CHC 3.38
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Nichols • BSN 46
2. Hutchison • CHC 42
3. Clarkson • BSN 38
4. Rusie • NYG 34
5. Staley • 2TM 31
6. Ewing • NYG 27
7. Young • CLV 21
8. Rhines • CIN 11
9. Baldwin • PIT 7
10. Galvin • PIT 7
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Nichols • BSN 4.3
2. Hutchison • CHC 3.9
3. Clarkson • BSN 3.5
4. Rusie • NYG 3.1
5. Staley • 2TM 2.9
6. Ewing • NYG 2.5
7. Young • CLV 1.9
8. Rhines • CIN 1.0
9. Baldwin • PIT 0.6
10. Galvin • PIT 0.6

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

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