1909 National League Pitching Leaders

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National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	10.6
2.	Brown • CHC	9.6
3.	Wagner • PIT	9.2
4.	Overall • CHC	8.3
5.	Rucker • BRO	7.1
6.	Fromme • CIN	5.9
7.	Bridwell • NYG	5.5
8.	Camnitz • PIT	5.5
	Mitchell • CIN	5.5
10.	Moore • PHI	5.4

WAR for Pitchers
1.	Mathewson • NYG	9.7
2.	Brown • CHC	9.5
3.	Rucker • BRO	7.6
4.	Overall • CHC	7.3
5.	Moore • PHI	5.9
6.	Reulbach • CHC	5.6
7.	Fromme • CIN	5.6
8.	Camnitz • PIT	5.5
9.	Wiltse • NYG	4.5
10.	Willis • PIT	4.4

Earned Run Average
1.	Mathewson • NYG	1.14
2.	Brown • CHC	1.31
3.	Overall • CHC	1.42
4.	Camnitz • PIT	1.62
5.	Reulbach • CHC	1.78
6.	Fromme • CIN	1.90
7.	Wiltse • NYG	2.00
8.	Gaspar • CIN	2.01
9.	Moore • PHI	2.10
10.	Corridon • PHI	2.11

Wins
1.	Brown • CHC	27
2.	Mathewson • NYG	25
	Camnitz • PIT	25
4.	Willis • PIT	22
5.	Overall • CHC	20
	Wiltse • NYG	20
7.	Gaspar • CIN	19
	Reulbach • CHC	19
	Leifield • PIT	19
	Fromme • CIN	19

Win-Loss %
1.	Mathewson • NYG	.806
	Camnitz • PIT	.806
3.	Brown • CHC	.750
4.	Pfiester • CHC	.739
5.	Leifield • PIT	.704
6.	Willis • PIT	.667
7.	Reulbach • CHC	.655
8.	Overall • CHC	.645
	Wiltse • NYG	.645
10.	Gaspar • CIN	.633

Walks & Hits per IP
1.	Mathewson • NYG	0.828
2.	Brown • CHC	0.873
3.	Camnitz • PIT	0.972
4.	Overall • CHC	0.996
5.	McQuillan • PHI	1.034
6.	Wiltse • NYG	1.036
7.	Maddox • PIT	1.043
8.	Reulbach • CHC	1.051
9.	Fromme • CIN	1.060
10.	Gaspar • CIN	1.096

Hits per 9 IP
1.	Mathewson • NYG	6.276
2.	Fromme • CIN	6.283
3.	Overall • CHC	6.442
4.	Brown • CHC	6.461
5.	Camnitz • PIT	6.583
6.	Reulbach • CHC	6.647
7.	Rucker • BRO	7.128
8.	Moore • PHI	7.148
9.	McQuillan • PHI	7.341
10.	Rowan • CIN	7.378

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1.	Mathewson • NYG	1.177
2.	Brown • CHC	1.392
3.	Wiltse • NYG	1.704
4.	Maddox • PIT	1.726
5.	McQuillan • PHI	1.962
6.	Gaspar • CIN	1.973
7.	Camnitz • PIT	2.163
8.	Pfiester • CHC	2.242
9.	Leifield • PIT	2.410
10.	Sallee • STL	2.425

Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.	Overall • CHC	6.474
2.	Rucker • BRO	5.848
3.	Ames • NYG	5.754
4.	Marquard • NYG	5.671
5.	Moore • PHI	5.196
6.	Mathewson • NYG	4.870
7.	Brown • CHC	4.518
8.	Camnitz • PIT	4.230
9.	Fromme • CIN	4.060
10.	Raymond • NYG	4.033

Games Played
1.	Brown • CHC	50
2.	Mattern • BSN	47
3.	Beebe • STL	44
	Gaspar • CIN	44
5.	McQuillan • PHI	41
	Camnitz • PIT	41
7.	Moren • PHI	40
8.	Willis • PIT	39
	Raymond • NYG	39
10.	Rucker • BRO	38
	Rowan • CIN	38
	Overall • CHC	38
	Moore • PHI	38

Saves
1.	Brown • CHC	7
2.	Crandall • NYG	6
3.	Richie • 2TM	3
	Melter • STL	3
	Mattern • BSN	3
	Camnitz • PIT	3
	Wiltse • NYG	3
	Overall • CHC	3
9.	McQuillan • PHI	2
	Mathewson • NYG	2
	Leever • PIT	2
	Adams • PIT	2
	Gaspar • CIN	2
	Fromme • CIN	2
	Campbell • CIN	2
	Brandom • PIT	2

Innings Pitched
1.	Brown • CHC	342.2
2.	Mattern • BSN	316.1
3.	Rucker • BRO	309.1
4.	Moore • PHI	299.2
5.	Willis • PIT	289.2
6.	Beebe • STL	287.2
7.	Overall • CHC	285.0
8.	Camnitz • PIT	283.0
9.	Fromme • CIN	279.1
10.	Mathewson • NYG	275.1

Strikeouts
1.	Overall • CHC	205
2.	Rucker • BRO	201
3.	Moore • PHI	173
4.	Brown • CHC	172
5.	Ames • NYG	156
6.	Mathewson • NYG	149
7.	Camnitz • PIT	133
8.	Fromme • CIN	126
9.	Raymond • NYG	121
10.	Wiltse • NYG	119

Games Started
1.	Willis • PIT	35
2.	Fromme • CIN	34
	Beebe • STL	34
	Moore • PHI	34
	Brown • CHC	34
6.	Mathewson • NYG	33
	Rucker • BRO	33
8.	Mattern • BSN	32
	Overall • CHC	32
	Reulbach • CHC	32

Complete Games
1.	Brown • CHC	32
2.	Bell • BRO	29
3.	Rucker • BRO	28
4.	Mathewson • NYG	26
5.	Mattern • BSN	24
	Willis • PIT	24
	Moore • PHI	24
8.	Overall • CHC	23
	Reulbach • CHC	23
10.	Fromme • CIN	22

Shutouts
1.	Overall • CHC	9
2.	Mathewson • NYG	8
	Brown • CHC	8
4.	Bell • BRO	6
	Camnitz • PIT	6
	Rucker • BRO	6
	Reulbach • CHC	6
8.	Pfiester • CHC	5
9.	McQuillan • PHI	4
	Moore • PHI	4
	Maddox • PIT	4
	Gaspar • CIN	4
	Fromme • CIN	4
	Willis • PIT	4
	Wiltse • NYG	4

Home Runs
1.	Wiltse • NYG	9
2.	Moore • PHI	7
	Raymond • NYG	7
4.	Moren • PHI	6
	Rucker • BRO	6
	Harmon • STL	6
7.	McIntire • BRO	5
	Beebe • STL	5
	Bell • BRO	5
	McQuillan • PHI	5
	Crandall • NYG	5
	White • BSN	5

Bases on Balls
1.	Mattern • BSN	108
	Moore • PHI	108
3.	Beebe • STL	104
	Rowan • CIN	104
5.	Fromme • CIN	101
	Rucker • BRO	101
7.	Moren • PHI	93
8.	McIntire • BRO	91
9.	Raymond • NYG	87
10.	Ferguson • BSN	83
	Willis • PIT	83

Hits
1.	Mattern • BSN	322
2.	Beebe • STL	256
3.	Brown • CHC	246
4.	Rucker • BRO	245
5.	Willis • PIT	243
6.	Raymond • NYG	239
7.	Moore • PHI	238
8.	Bell • BRO	236
9.	Ferguson • BSN	235
10.	Wiltse • NYG	228
	Gaspar • CIN	228

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1.	Mathewson • NYG	4.139
2.	Brown • CHC	3.245
3.	Overall • CHC	2.563
4.	Wiltse • NYG	2.333
5.	Rucker • BRO	1.990
6.	Camnitz • PIT	1.956
7.	Ames • NYG	1.926
8.	McQuillan • PHI	1.778
9.	Moore • PHI	1.602
10.	Marquard • NYG	1.493

Home Runs per 9 IP
1.	Rowan • CIN	0.000
	Gaspar • CIN	0.000
	Corridon • PHI	0.000
4.	Brown • CHC	0.026
5.	Overall • CHC	0.032
6.	Camnitz • PIT	0.032
7.	Reulbach • CHC	0.034
8.	Lush • STL	0.041
9.	Ewing • CIN	0.041
10.	Pfiester • CHC	0.046

Losses
1.	Ferguson • BSN	23
2.	Beebe • STL	21
	Mattern • BSN	21
4.	Rucker • BRO	19
5.	Lush • STL	18
6.	McIntire • BRO	17
7.	McQuillan • PHI	16
8.	Moren • PHI	15
	Bell • BRO	15
10.	Marquard • NYG	13
	Fromme • CIN	13
	Wilhelm • BRO	13
	White • BSN	13

Earned Runs
1.	Mattern • BSN	100
2.	Ferguson • BSN	94
3.	McIntire • BRO	92
4.	Beebe • STL	90
5.	Lush • STL	77
	Bell • BRO	77
	Rucker • BRO	77
8.	Moren • PHI	76
9.	Raymond • NYG	74
10.	Ames • NYG	73

Wild Pitches
1.	Beebe • STL	15
2.	Ames • NYG	13
	Mattern • BSN	13
4.	Overall • CHC	11
5.	Brown • 2TM	10
6.	Raymond • NYG	9
	Brown • CHC	9
8.	Marquard • NYG	8
9.	Foxen • PHI	7
	Melter • STL	7
	Harmon • STL	7

Hit By Pitch
1.	McIntire • BRO	21
2.	Maddox • PIT	15
3.	Rucker • BRO	14
4.	Ferguson • BSN	12
5.	Reulbach • CHC	11
6.	Lush • STL	10
7.	Marquard • NYG	9
	Gaspar • CIN	9
	Moore • PHI	9
	Campbell • CIN	9

Batters Faced
1.	Mattern • BSN	1,314
2.	Brown • CHC	1,280
3.	Moore • PHI	1,253
4.	Beebe • STL	1,229
5.	Rucker • BRO	1,188
6.	Willis • PIT	1,141
7.	Overall • CHC	1,116
8.	Fromme • CIN	1,076
9.	Raymond • NYG	1,068
10.	Camnitz • PIT	1,057

Games Finished
1.	Crandall • NYG	21
2.	Melter • STL	18
3.	Richie • 2TM	17
4.	Brown • CHC	15
5.	More • 2TM	14
	Mattern • BSN	14
	Campbell • CIN	14
8.	Rowan • CIN	13
9.	Leever • PIT	12
10.	Adams • PIT	11
	Gaspar • CIN	11
	Dubuc • CIN	11
	McQuillan • PHI	11
	Camnitz • PIT	11

Adjusted ERA+
1.	Mathewson • NYG	224
2.	Brown • CHC	193
3.	Overall • CHC	179
4.	Camnitz • PIT	158
5.	Reulbach • CHC	143
6.	Fromme • CIN	136
7.	Gaspar • CIN	129
8.	Wiltse • NYG	128
9.	Richie • 2TM	123
10.	Corridon • PHI	122

Fielding Independent Pitching
1.	Mathewson • NYG	1.62
2.	Overall • CHC	1.75
3.	Brown • CHC	1.78
4.	Ames • NYG	2.09
5.	Camnitz • PIT	2.12
6.	Rucker • BRO	2.28
7.	Pfiester • CHC	2.36
8.	McQuillan • PHI	2.37
9.	Wiltse • NYG	2.40
10.	Ewing • CIN	2.44

Adj. Pitching Runs
1.	Brown • CHC	45
2.	Mathewson • NYG	41
3.	Overall • CHC	35
4.	Camnitz • PIT	29
5.	Reulbach • CHC	24
6.	Fromme • CIN	21
7.	Adams • PIT	21
8.	Moore • PHI	18
9.	Willis • PIT	17
10.	Rucker • BRO	17

Adj. Pitching Wins
1.	Brown • CHC	5.3
2.	Mathewson • NYG	5.0
3.	Overall • CHC	4.2
4.	Camnitz • PIT	3.4
5.	Reulbach • CHC	2.8
6.	Fromme • CIN	2.5
7.	Adams • PIT	2.4
8.	Moore • PHI	2.0
9.	Willis • PIT	2.0
10.	Rucker • BRO	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