National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Alexander • PHI 9.2
2. James • BSN 8.4
3. Pfeffer • BRO 7.8
4. Burns • NYG 6.5
5. Rudolph • BSN 6.1
6. Mayer • PHI 6.1
7. Sallee • STL 5.9
8. Tesreau • NYG 5.6
9. Herzog • CIN 5.3
10. Doak • STL 5.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Alexander • PHI 8.7
2. James • BSN 7.9
3. Pfeffer • BRO 7.8
4. Rudolph • BSN 6.3
5. Mayer • PHI 5.7
6. Sallee • STL 5.6
7. Doak • STL 5.6
8. Tesreau • NYG 4.9
9. Adams • PIT 3.9
Ames • CIN 3.9
Earned Run Average
1. Doak • STL 1.72
2. James • BSN 1.90
3. Pfeffer • BRO 1.97
4. Vaughn • CHC 2.05
5. Sallee • STL 2.10
6. Cooper • PIT 2.13
7. Rudolph • BSN 2.35
8. Perritt • STL 2.36
9. Tesreau • NYG 2.37
10. Alexander • PHI 2.38
Wins
1. Alexander • PHI 27
2. James • BSN 26
Tesreau • NYG 26
Rudolph • BSN 26
5. Mathewson • NYG 24
6. Pfeffer • BRO 23
7. Vaughn • CHC 21
Mayer • PHI 21
9. Cheney • CHC 20
10. Doak • STL 19
Win-Loss %
1. James • BSN .788
2. Doak • STL .760
3. Tesreau • NYG .722
Rudolph • BSN .722
5. Pfeffer • BRO .657
6. Mathewson • NYG .649
7. Alexander • PHI .643
8. Aitchison • BRO .632
9. Vaughn • CHC .618
10. Tyler • BSN .552
Perritt • STL .552
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Adams • PIT 1.032
2. Rudolph • BSN 1.038
3. Mathewson • NYG 1.080
4. Doak • STL 1.094
5. Pfeffer • BRO 1.127
6. Alexander • PHI 1.135
7. Tesreau • NYG 1.135
8. James • BSN 1.140
9. Harmon • PIT 1.147
10. Sallee • STL 1.148
Hits per 9 IP
1. Tesreau • NYG 6.645
2. Doak • STL 6.785
3. Cheney • CHC 6.909
4. Douglas • CIN 6.994
5. James • BSN 7.068
6. Vaughn • CHC 7.233
7. Benton • CIN 7.406
8. Pfeffer • BRO 7.543
9. Rudolph • BSN 7.707
10. Perritt • STL 7.804
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Mathewson • NYG 0.663
2. Adams • PIT 1.240
3. Marquard • NYG 1.578
4. Rudolph • BSN 1.632
5. Alexander • PHI 1.927
6. Humphries • CHC 1.947
7. Harmon • PIT 2.020
8. Perdue • 2TM 2.026
9. McQuillan • PIT 2.082
10. Sallee • STL 2.295
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Tincup • PHI 6.271
2. Alexander • PHI 5.425
3. Tesreau • NYG 5.277
4. Vaughn • CHC 5.057
5. Tyler • BSN 4.644
6. Ragan • BRO 4.579
7. Douglas • CIN 4.550
8. Aitchison • BRO 4.544
9. Cheney • CHC 4.539
10. James • BSN 4.225
Games Played
1. Cheney • CHC 50
2. Mayer • PHI 48
3. Ames • CIN 47
4. Alexander • PHI 46
Sallee • STL 46
James • BSN 46
7. Douglas • CIN 45
McQuillan • PIT 45
9. Reulbach • BRO 44
10. Pfeffer • BRO 43
Saves
1. Ames • CIN 6
Sallee • STL 6
3. Cheney • CHC 5
4. Pfeffer • BRO 4
McQuillan • PIT 4
6. Ragan • BRO 3
Harmon • PIT 3
Reulbach • BRO 3
James • BSN 3
Zabel • CHC 3
Innings Pitched
1. Alexander • PHI 355.0
2. Rudolph • BSN 336.1
3. James • BSN 332.1
4. Tesreau • NYG 322.1
5. Mayer • PHI 321.0
6. Pfeffer • BRO 315.0
7. Mathewson • NYG 312.0
8. Cheney • CHC 311.1
9. Ames • CIN 297.0
10. Vaughn • CHC 293.2
Strikeouts
1. Alexander • PHI 214
2. Tesreau • NYG 189
3. Vaughn • CHC 165
4. Cheney • CHC 157
5. James • BSN 156
6. Tyler • BSN 140
7. Rudolph • BSN 138
8. Pfeffer • BRO 135
9. Ames • CIN 128
10. Douglas • CIN 121
Benton • CIN 121
Games Started
1. Tesreau • NYG 41
2. Cheney • CHC 40
3. Alexander • PHI 39
4. Mayer • PHI 38
5. James • BSN 37
Ames • CIN 37
7. Rudolph • BSN 36
8. Adams • PIT 35
Benton • CIN 35
Mathewson • NYG 35
Vaughn • CHC 35
Complete Games
1. Alexander • PHI 32
2. Rudolph • BSN 31
3. James • BSN 30
4. Mathewson • NYG 29
5. Pfeffer • BRO 27
6. Tesreau • NYG 26
7. Mayer • PHI 24
8. Vaughn • CHC 23
9. Tyler • BSN 21
Cheney • CHC 21
Shutouts
1. Tesreau • NYG 8
2. Doak • STL 7
3. Alexander • PHI 6
Cheney • CHC 6
Rudolph • BSN 6
6. Tyler • BSN 5
Mathewson • NYG 5
8. James • BSN 4
Vaughn • CHC 4
Ames • CIN 4
Benton • CIN 4
Marquard • NYG 4
Mayer • PHI 4
Home Runs
1. Mathewson • NYG 16
2. Lavender • CHC 11
3. Marquard • NYG 9
Pfeffer • BRO 9
Cheney • CHC 9
Rudolph • BSN 9
7. Alexander • PHI 8
Tesreau • NYG 8
Perdue • 2TM 8
McQuillan • PIT 8
Mayer • PHI 8
Bases on Balls
1. Cheney • CHC 140
2. Tesreau • NYG 128
3. James • BSN 118
4. Vaughn • CHC 109
5. Tyler • BSN 101
6. Benton • CIN 95
7. Ames • CIN 94
8. Perritt • STL 93
9. Douglas • CIN 92
10. Pfeffer • BRO 91
Mayer • PHI 91
Hits
1. Alexander • PHI 327
2. Mathewson • NYG 314
3. Mayer • PHI 308
4. Rudolph • BSN 288
5. Ames • CIN 274
6. Pfeffer • BRO 264
7. James • BSN 261
Marquard • NYG 261
9. Adams • PIT 253
10. Sallee • STL 252
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Mathewson • NYG 3.478
2. Alexander • PHI 2.816
3. Adams • PIT 2.333
4. Rudolph • BSN 2.262
5. Marquard • NYG 1.957
6. Tincup • PHI 1.742
7. Humphries • CHC 1.676
8. McQuillan • PIT 1.600
9. Vaughn • CHC 1.514
10. Pfeffer • BRO 1.484
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Tincup • PHI 0.000
2. Vaughn • CHC 0.031
3. Doak • STL 0.070
4. Benton • CIN 0.100
5. Demaree • NYG 0.121
6. Cooper • PIT 0.135
7. Harmon • PIT 0.147
8. Griner • STL 0.151
9. Adams • PIT 0.159
10. Sallee • STL 0.159
Losses
1. Ames • CIN 23
2. Marquard • NYG 22
3. Mayer • PHI 19
4. Benton • CIN 18
Reulbach • BRO 18
Douglas • CIN 18
Cheney • CHC 18
8. McQuillan • PIT 17
Harmon • PIT 17
Demaree • NYG 17
Sallee • STL 17
Earned Runs
1. Mathewson • NYG 104
2. Alexander • PHI 94
3. Mayer • PHI 92
4. Marquard • NYG 91
5. Benton • CIN 89
6. Rudolph • BSN 88
Cheney • CHC 88
8. Ames • CIN 87
9. McQuillan • PIT 86
10. Tesreau • NYG 85
Wild Pitches
1. Cheney • CHC 26
2. Vaughn • CHC 13
3. Marquard • NYG 12
Ames • CIN 12
5. Benton • CIN 11
6. Aitchison • BRO 9
7. Tyler • BSN 8
Lavender • CHC 8
9. Yingling • CIN 7
Rudolph • BSN 7
Rixey • PHI 7
Doak • STL 7
Mathewson • NYG 7
Hageman • 2TM 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Perritt • STL 15
2. Tyler • BSN 14
3. Mayer • PHI 13
James • BSN 13
5. Alexander • PHI 11
Douglas • CIN 11
Benton • CIN 11
Lavender • CHC 11
9. Cheney • CHC 10
Reulbach • BRO 10
Oeschger • PHI 10
Batters Faced
1. Alexander • PHI 1,459
2. Mayer • PHI 1,343
3. James • BSN 1,316
4. Rudolph • BSN 1,302
5. Tesreau • NYG 1,299
6. Cheney • CHC 1,295
7. Pfeffer • BRO 1,268
8. Mathewson • NYG 1,251
9. Ames • CIN 1,241
10. Vaughn • CHC 1,209
Games Finished
1. Zabel • CHC 18
2. Fromme • NYG 17
Wiltse • NYG 17
Hageman • 2TM 17
Conzelman • PIT 17
6. Sallee • STL 16
Griner • STL 16
8. Oeschger • PHI 15
9. McQuillan • PIT 14
Douglas • CIN 14
Adjusted ERA+
1. Doak • STL 162
2. James • BSN 150
3. Pfeffer • BRO 144
4. Vaughn • CHC 133
5. Sallee • STL 133
6. Cooper • PIT 123
7. Alexander • PHI 122
8. Rudolph • BSN 121
9. Perritt • STL 118
10. Douglas • CIN 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Alexander • PHI 2.26
2. Tincup • PHI 2.32
3. Adams • PIT 2.51
4. Rudolph • BSN 2.54
5. Vaughn • CHC 2.55
6. Doak • STL 2.72
7. Marquard • NYG 2.74
8. Humphries • CHC 2.78
9. Sallee • STL 2.78
10. Cooper • PIT 2.81
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. James • BSN 37
2. Pfeffer • BRO 29
3. Doak • STL 26
4. Rudolph • BSN 24
5. Sallee • STL 21
6. Alexander • PHI 19
7. Tesreau • NYG 16
8. Vaughn • CHC 13
9. Perritt • STL 13
10. Cooper • PIT 11
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. James • BSN 4.2
2. Pfeffer • BRO 3.3
3. Doak • STL 3.0
4. Rudolph • BSN 2.7
5. Sallee • STL 2.4
6. Alexander • PHI 2.1
7. Tesreau • NYG 1.7
8. Vaughn • CHC 1.4
9. Perritt • STL 1.4
10. Cooper • PIT 1.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Pfeffer • BRO 38.07
2. Rudolph • BSN 31.91
3. James • BSN 31.79
4. Alexander • PHI 30.06
5. Tesreau • NYG 27.45
6. Doak • STL 20.04
7. Sallee • STL 19.09
8. Harmon • PIT 18.53
9. Adams • PIT 16.56
10. Cooper • PIT 13.70
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Pfeffer • BRO 6.4
2. James • BSN 5.2
3. Rudolph • BSN 4.1
4. Doak • STL 3.5
5. Alexander • PHI 3.1
6. Cheney • CHC 2.7
7. Tesreau • NYG 2.6
8. Vaughn • CHC 2.6
9. Harmon • PIT 2.5
10. Adams • PIT 2.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Rudolph • BSN 3.8
2. Alexander • PHI 3.5
3. Adams • PIT 3.5
4. Pfeffer • BRO 3.3
5. James • BSN 2.9
6. Tesreau • NYG 2.5
7. Harmon • PIT 2.4
8. Doak • STL 2.1
9. Vaughn • CHC 2.0
10. Reulbach • BRO 1.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Tesreau • NYG 11.7
2. James • BSN 7.9
3. Rudolph • BSN 7.2
4. Doak • STL 5.9
5. Vaughn • CHC 4.5
6. Pfeffer • BRO 3.0
7. Adams • PIT 2.7
8. Cooper • PIT 2.6
9. Ames • CIN 2.3
10. Cheney • CHC 2.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Pfeffer • BRO 4.3
2. Rudolph • BSN 3.6
3. James • BSN 3.6
4. Alexander • PHI 3.3
5. Tesreau • NYG 3.2
6. Doak • STL 2.2
7. Harmon • PIT 2.1
8. Sallee • STL 2.1
9. Adams • PIT 1.9
10. Cooper • PIT 1.6

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