National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Nichols • BSN 11.1
2. Rusie • NYG 8.3
3. Breitenstein • CIN 7.9
4. Jennings • BLN 7.3
5. Keeler • BLN 7.1
6. Davis • NYG 6.9
7. Young • CLV 6.7
8. Clarke • LOU 6.6
9. Delahanty • PHI 5.7
10. Powell • CLV 5.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Nichols • BSN 10.7
2. Rusie • NYG 8.0
3. Breitenstein • CIN 7.6
4. Young • CLV 7.4
5. Powell • CLV 5.9
6. Rhines • CIN 4.9
Dwyer • CIN 4.9
8. Corbett • BLN 4.8
9. Nops • BLN 4.7
10. Griffith • CHC 4.6
Earned Run Average
1. Rusie • NYG 2.54
2. Nichols • BSN 2.64
3. Nops • BLN 2.81
4. Corbett • BLN 3.11
5. Powell • CLV 3.16
6. Mercer • WHS 3.18
7. Cuppy • CLV 3.20
8. Seymour • NYG 3.27
9. Pond • BLN 3.52
10. McJames • WHS 3.61
Wins
1. Nichols • BSN 31
2. Rusie • NYG 28
3. Klobedanz • BSN 26
4. Corbett • BLN 24
5. Breitenstein • CIN 23
6. Hoffer • BLN 22
7. Griffith • CHC 21
Mercer • WHS 21
Young • CLV 21
Rhines • CIN 21
Lewis • BSN 21
Win-Loss %
1. Klobedanz • BSN .788
2. Nops • BLN .769
3. Corbett • BLN .750
4. Nichols • BSN .738
5. Rusie • NYG .737
6. Stivetts • BSN .733
7. Hoffer • BLN .667
Pond • BLN .667
9. Breitenstein • CIN .657
10. Meekin • NYG .645
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Nichols • BSN 1.168
2. Rusie • NYG 1.244
3. Cuppy • CLV 1.275
4. Nops • BLN 1.301
5. Young • CLV 1.311
6. Breitenstein • CIN 1.361
7. Powell • CLV 1.364
8. Pond • BLN 1.367
9. Rhines • CIN 1.375
10. Tannehill • PIT 1.380
Hits per 9 IP
1. Seymour • NYG 8.069
2. Rusie • NYG 8.767
3. Nichols • BSN 8.853
4. Hill • LOU 9.452
5. Corbett • BLN 9.489
6. Nops • BLN 9.585
7. Pond • BLN 9.690
8. Breitenstein • CIN 9.693
9. Rhines • CIN 9.696
10. Kennedy • BRO 9.699
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Young • CLV 1.314
2. Tannehill • PIT 1.521
3. Nichols • BSN 1.663
4. Cuppy • CLV 1.696
5. Killen • PIT 2.028
6. Dwyer • CIN 2.038
7. Nops • BLN 2.121
8. Taylor • PHI 2.155
9. Griffith • CHC 2.252
10. Payne • BRO 2.282
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Seymour • NYG 4.898
2. McJames • WHS 4.338
3. Corbett • BLN 4.284
4. Rusie • NYG 3.769
5. Nichols • BSN 3.106
6. Briggs • CHC 2.893
7. Nops • BLN 2.814
8. Payne • BRO 2.764
9. Breitenstein • CIN 2.753
10. Klobedanz • BSN 2.677
Games Played
1. Mercer • WHS 47
2. Donahue • STL 46
Young • CLV 46
Nichols • BSN 46
5. Kennedy • BRO 44
McJames • WHS 44
7. Killen • PIT 42
8. Rhines • CIN 41
Griffith • CHC 41
10. Taylor • PHI 40
Breitenstein • CIN 40
Hawley • PIT 40
Payne • BRO 40
Saves
1. Mercer • WHS 3
Nichols • BSN 3
3. Ehret • CIN 2
Taylor • PHI 2
Sullivan • NYG 2
Sullivan • BSN 2
McJames • WHS 2
8. Donahue • STL 1
Tannehill • PIT 1
Fisher • BRO 1
Griffith • CHC 1
Seymour • NYG 1
Hickman • BSN 1
Hughey • PIT 1
Kennedy • BRO 1
Lewis • BSN 1
King • WHS 1
Innings Pitched
1. Nichols • BSN 368.0
2. Donahue • STL 348.0
3. Griffith • CHC 343.2
4. Kennedy • BRO 343.1
5. Mercer • WHS 342.0
6. Killen • PIT 337.1
7. Young • CLV 335.2
8. McJames • WHS 323.2
9. Rusie • NYG 322.1
10. Breitenstein • CIN 320.1
Strikeouts
1. Seymour • NYG 156
McJames • WHS 156
3. Corbett • BLN 149
4. Rusie • NYG 135
5. Nichols • BSN 127
6. Griffith • CHC 102
7. Killen • PIT 99
8. Breitenstein • CIN 98
9. Klobedanz • BSN 92
10. Mercer • WHS 91
Games Started
1. Mercer • WHS 43
2. Donahue • STL 42
3. Killen • PIT 41
4. Nichols • BSN 40
Kennedy • BRO 40
6. McJames • WHS 39
Hawley • PIT 39
Breitenstein • CIN 39
9. Griffith • CHC 38
Hart • STL 38
Payne • BRO 38
Young • CLV 38
Complete Games
1. Donahue • STL 38
Killen • PIT 38
Griffith • CHC 38
4. Nichols • BSN 37
5. Kennedy • BRO 36
6. Rusie • NYG 35
Mercer • WHS 35
Taylor • PHI 35
Young • CLV 35
10. Corbett • BLN 34
Shutouts
1. Mercer • WHS 3
McJames • WHS 3
3. Young • CLV 2
Breitenstein • CIN 2
Taylor • PHI 2
Seymour • NYG 2
Rusie • NYG 2
Powell • CLV 2
Orth • PHI 2
Nichols • BSN 2
Meekin • NYG 2
Lewis • BSN 2
Klobedanz • BSN 2
Kennedy • BRO 2
Home Runs
1. Donahue • STL 16
2. Klobedanz • BSN 13
3. Orth • PHI 12
4. Fraser • LOU 11
Lewis • BSN 11
6. Hart • STL 10
7. Meekin • NYG 9
Wilson • CLV 9
Nichols • BSN 9
10. Fifield • PHI 8
Sudhoff • STL 8
Daub • BRO 8
Payne • BRO 8
Bases on Balls
1. Seymour • NYG 168
2. Kennedy • BRO 149
3. Hart • STL 148
4. Fraser • LOU 139
5. McJames • WHS 137
6. Lewis • BSN 125
Klobedanz • BSN 125
8. Corbett • BLN 115
9. Donahue • STL 106
10. Mercer • WHS 104
Hoffer • BLN 104
Hits
1. Donahue • STL 485
2. Killen • PIT 417
3. Griffith • CHC 410
4. Mercer • WHS 403
5. Hart • STL 395
6. Young • CLV 391
7. Taylor • PHI 376
8. Kennedy • BRO 370
9. Hawley • PIT 362
Nichols • BSN 362
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Nichols • BSN 1.868
2. Young • CLV 1.796
3. Tannehill • PIT 1.667
4. Rusie • NYG 1.552
5. Nops • BLN 1.327
6. Killen • PIT 1.303
7. Corbett • BLN 1.296
8. Payne • BRO 1.211
9. Griffith • CHC 1.186
10. Taylor • PHI 1.158
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Corbett • BLN 0.058
2. Tannehill • PIT 0.063
3. Griffith • CHC 0.079
4. Powell • CLV 0.080
5. Breitenstein • CIN 0.084
6. Killen • PIT 0.107
7. Cunningham • LOU 0.111
8. Rhines • CIN 0.125
9. Seymour • NYG 0.126
10. Mercer • WHS 0.132
Losses
1. Donahue • STL 35
2. Hart • STL 27
3. Killen • PIT 23
McJames • WHS 23
5. Mercer • WHS 20
Kennedy • BRO 20
Taylor • PHI 20
8. Young • CLV 19
Orth • PHI 19
Fraser • LOU 19
Earned Runs
1. Donahue • STL 237
2. Hart • STL 205
3. Killen • PIT 167
4. Hawley • PIT 166
5. Klobedanz • BSN 158
6. Kennedy • BRO 149
Taylor • PHI 149
8. Orth • PHI 145
Hoffer • BLN 145
10. Payne • BRO 144
Wild Pitches
1. Fraser • LOU 22
2. McJames • WHS 21
3. Taylor • PHI 16
4. Meekin • NYG 15
Hart • STL 15
6. Young • CLV 14
7. Sullivan • NYG 13
Corbett • BLN 13
9. Seymour • NYG 12
10. Griffith • CHC 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Mercer • WHS 28
Taylor • PHI 28
3. Hawley • PIT 26
4. Klobedanz • BSN 23
5. Donahue • STL 22
Fraser • LOU 22
7. Seymour • NYG 21
Corbett • BLN 21
McJames • WHS 21
10. Hoffer • BLN 17
Hill • LOU 17
Payne • BRO 17
Griffith • CHC 17
Friend • CHC 17
Rhines • CIN 17
Batters Faced
1. Donahue • STL 1,612
2. Mercer • WHS 1,517
3. Kennedy • BRO 1,513
4. Griffith • CHC 1,500
5. Nichols • BSN 1,490
6. Killen • PIT 1,469
7. McJames • WHS 1,448
8. Young • CLV 1,413
9. Hart • STL 1,405
10. Taylor • PHI 1,391
Games Finished
1. Ehret • CIN 11
2. German • WHS 9
Rhines • CIN 9
4. Sullivan • NYG 7
Fisher • BRO 7
Coleman • STL 7
Hughey • PIT 7
Young • CLV 7
9. Magee • LOU 6
Nichols • BSN 6
Swaim • WHS 6
Dwyer • CIN 6
Wheeler • PHI 6
Adjusted ERA+
1. Nichols • BSN 168
2. Rusie • NYG 163
3. Nops • BLN 149
4. Powell • CLV 147
5. Cuppy • CLV 146
6. Mercer • WHS 135
7. Corbett • BLN 135
8. Seymour • NYG 127
9. Breitenstein • CIN 125
10. Young • CLV 123
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Tannehill • PIT 3.52
2. Nichols • BSN 3.53
3. Young • CLV 3.58
4. Rusie • NYG 3.63
5. Killen • PIT 3.63
6. Griffith • CHC 3.74
7. Corbett • BLN 3.75
8. Breitenstein • CIN 3.77
9. Nops • BLN 3.82
10. Powell • CLV 3.84
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Nichols • BSN 72
2. Rusie • NYG 55
3. Breitenstein • CIN 34
4. Young • CLV 34
5. Powell • CLV 33
6. Corbett • BLN 32
7. Nops • BLN 31
8. Mercer • WHS 26
9. Seymour • NYG 24
10. Dwyer • CIN 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Nichols • BSN 6.6
2. Rusie • NYG 5.0
3. Breitenstein • CIN 3.1
4. Young • CLV 3.0
5. Powell • CLV 3.0
6. Nops • BLN 2.8
7. Corbett • BLN 2.8
8. Mercer • WHS 2.3
9. Seymour • NYG 2.1
10. Cuppy • CLV 1.9

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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