National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Carlson • PHI 8.7
2. Kremer • PIT 6.5
3. Waner • PIT 5.4
4. Wilson • CHC 5.3
5. Petty • BRO 5.1
6. Root • CHC 4.8
7. Frisch • NYG 4.6
8. Bell • STL 4.6
9. Adams • CHC 4.6
10. Cuyler • PIT 4.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Carlson • PHI 8.3
2. Kremer • PIT 6.2
3. Petty • BRO 5.4
4. Root • CHC 5.2
5. McWeeny • BRO 4.1
6. Mays • CIN 4.0
7. Alexander • 2TM 3.3
8. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.3
9. Bush • CHC 3.1
10. Barnes • NYG 3.1
Jones • CHC 3.1
Earned Run Average
1. Kremer • PIT 2.61
2. Root • CHC 2.82
3. Petty • BRO 2.84
4. Bush • CHC 2.86
5. Barnes • NYG 2.87
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.88
7. Kaufmann • CHC 3.02
8. McWeeny • BRO 3.04
9. Alexander • 2TM 3.05
10. Jones • CHC 3.09
Wins
1. Rhem • STL 20
Donohue • CIN 20
Kremer • PIT 20
Meadows • PIT 20
5. Mays • CIN 19
6. Root • CHC 18
7. Petty • BRO 17
Carlson • PHI 17
9. Sherdel • STL 16
10. Benton • BSN 14
Rixey • CIN 14
Fitzsimmons • NYG 14
Win-Loss %
1. Kremer • PIT .769
2. Haines • STL .765
3. Rhem • STL .741
4. Meadows • PIT .690
5. Rixey • CIN .636
6. Jones • CHC .632
7. Mays • CIN .613
8. Bush • CHC .591
May • CIN .591
10. Donohue • CIN .588
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Alexander • 2TM 1.108
2. Kremer • PIT 1.176
3. Petty • BRO 1.179
4. Donohue • CIN 1.180
5. Mays • CIN 1.206
6. Root • CHC 1.213
7. Bush • CHC 1.214
8. Rhem • STL 1.225
9. Lucas • CIN 1.240
10. Rixey • CIN 1.240
Hits per 9 IP
1. Petty • BRO 8.031
2. Greenfield • NYG 8.326
3. Rhem • STL 8.407
4. Jones • CHC 8.476
5. Bush • CHC 8.523
6. Alexander • 2TM 8.581
7. Kremer • PIT 8.598
8. Yde • PIT 8.696
9. Root • CHC 8.856
10. McWeeny • BRO 8.861
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Donohue • CIN 1.229
2. Alexander • 2TM 1.393
3. Carlson • PHI 1.582
4. Mays • CIN 1.698
5. Lucas • CIN 1.753
6. Sherdel • STL 1.879
7. Kremer • PIT 1.984
8. Barnes • BRO 1.994
9. Root • CHC 2.057
10. Meadows • PIT 2.065
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Vance • BRO 7.456
2. May • CIN 5.529
3. Jones • CHC 4.491
4. Blake • CHC 4.325
5. Root • CHC 4.213
6. Benton • BSN 4.001
7. McWeeny • BRO 3.994
8. Ring • NYG 3.731
9. Petty • BRO 3.297
10. Scott • NYG 3.265
Games Played
1. Scott • NYG 50
2. Donohue • CIN 47
Willoughby • PHI 47
4. May • CIN 45
Ulrich • PHI 45
6. Ehrhardt • BRO 44
7. Benton • BSN 43
8. McWeeny • BRO 42
Root • CHC 42
10. Blake • CHC 39
Greenfield • NYG 39
Lucas • CIN 39
Mays • CIN 39
Mogridge • BSN 39
Ring • NYG 39
Saves
1. Davies • NYG 6
2. Kremer • PIT 5
Scott • NYG 5
4. Ehrhardt • BRO 4
5. Bush • PIT 3
Adams • PIT 3
Mogridge • BSN 3
May • CIN 3
9. Songer • PIT 2
Smith • BSN 2
Alexander • 2TM 2
Root • CHC 2
Ring • NYG 2
Oldham • PIT 2
Morrison • PIT 2
Milstead • CHC 2
Lucas • CIN 2
Huntzinger • 2TM 2
Kaufmann • CHC 2
Jones • CHC 2
Hearn • BSN 2
Knight • PHI 2
Haines • STL 2
Genewich • BSN 2
Donohue • CIN 2
Bell • STL 2
Innings Pitched
1. Donohue • CIN 285.2
2. Mays • CIN 281.0
3. Petty • BRO 275.2
4. Root • CHC 271.1
5. Carlson • PHI 267.1
6. Rhem • STL 258.0
7. Sherdel • STL 234.2
8. Luque • CIN 233.2
9. Rixey • CIN 233.0
10. Benton • BSN 231.2
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 140
2. Root • CHC 127
3. Benton • BSN 103
May • CIN 103
5. Petty • BRO 101
6. McWeeny • BRO 96
7. Blake • CHC 95
8. Luque • CIN 83
9. Scott • NYG 82
10. Jones • CHC 80
Games Started
1. Donohue • CIN 36
2. Rhem • STL 34
Carlson • PHI 34
4. Petty • BRO 33
Mays • CIN 33
6. Root • CHC 32
7. Luque • CIN 31
Meadows • PIT 31
9. Sherdel • STL 29
Grimes • BRO 29
Rixey • CIN 29
Complete Games
1. Mays • CIN 24
2. Petty • BRO 23
3. Root • CHC 21
4. Rhem • STL 20
Carlson • PHI 20
6. Grimes • BRO 18
Kremer • PIT 18
8. Sherdel • STL 17
Donohue • CIN 17
10. Luque • CIN 16
Shutouts
1. Donohue • CIN 5
2. Smith • BSN 4
Blake • CHC 4
4. Sherdel • STL 3
Rixey • CIN 3
Carlson • PHI 3
Mays • CIN 3
Kremer • PIT 3
Haines • STL 3
10. Alexander • 2TM 2
Root • CHC 2
Morrison • PIT 2
Jones • CHC 2
Genewich • BSN 2
Cooper • CHC 2
Barnes • NYG 2
Bush • CHC 2
Bush • PIT 2
Home Runs
1. Greenfield • NYG 17
2. Sherdel • STL 15
Keen • STL 15
4. Scott • NYG 13
Knight • PHI 13
6. McGraw • BRO 12
Rixey • CIN 12
Ring • NYG 12
Rhem • STL 12
10. Meadows • PIT 10
Smith • BSN 10
Haines • STL 10
Root • CHC 10
Benton • BSN 10
Bases on Balls
1. Blake • CHC 92
2. Jones • CHC 90
3. Dean • PHI 89
4. Grimes • BRO 88
5. McWeeny • BRO 84
6. Greenfield • NYG 82
7. Yde • PIT 81
Benton • BSN 81
9. Petty • BRO 79
10. Luque • CIN 77
Hits
1. Donohue • CIN 298
2. Carlson • PHI 293
3. Mays • CIN 286
4. Root • CHC 267
5. Sherdel • STL 255
6. Meadows • PIT 254
7. Petty • BRO 246
8. Dean • PHI 245
9. Benton • BSN 244
10. Scott • NYG 242
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Vance • BRO 2.414
2. May • CIN 2.341
3. Root • CHC 2.048
4. Donohue • CIN 1.872
5. Scott • NYG 1.547
6. Alexander • 2TM 1.516
7. Kremer • PIT 1.451
8. Werts • BSN 1.383
9. Petty • BRO 1.278
10. Benton • BSN 1.272
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Mays • CIN 0.096
2. Yde • PIT 0.144
3. Grimes • BRO 0.160
4. Jones • CHC 0.168
5. Bush • CHC 0.172
6. Donohue • CIN 0.189
7. Barnes • NYG 0.195
8. May • CIN 0.215
9. McWeeny • BRO 0.250
10. Genewich • BSN 0.250
Losses
1. Root • CHC 17
Petty • BRO 17
3. Genewich • BSN 16
Luque • CIN 16
Dean • PHI 16
6. Scott • NYG 15
7. Donohue • CIN 14
Benton • BSN 14
Mitchell • PHI 14
10. Grimes • BRO 13
McGraw • BRO 13
McWeeny • BRO 13
Smith • BSN 13
Ulrich • PHI 13
Barnes • NYG 13
Aldridge • PIT 13
Earned Runs
1. Dean • PHI 111
Willoughby • PHI 111
3. Scott • NYG 109
4. Donohue • CIN 107
5. Knight • PHI 105
6. Meadows • PIT 100
7. Benton • BSN 99
8. Greenfield • NYG 98
Mays • CIN 98
10. Carlson • PHI 96
Wild Pitches
1. Willoughby • PHI 9
Ring • NYG 9
3. Boehler • BRO 8
4. Dean • PHI 6
Blake • CHC 6
6. Genewich • BSN 5
Rhem • STL 5
8. Kaufmann • CHC 4
Haines • STL 4
Pierce • PHI 4
Piercy • CHC 4
Grimes • BRO 4
Goldsmith • BSN 4
Hit By Pitch
1. Songer • PIT 11
2. Werts • BSN 10
3. Donohue • CIN 9
4. McWeeny • BRO 8
5. May • CIN 7
Benton • BSN 7
Cooney • BSN 7
8. Root • CHC 6
Genewich • BSN 6
Piercy • CHC 6
Kaufmann • CHC 6
Blake • CHC 6
Batters Faced
1. Donohue • CIN 1,191
2. Mays • CIN 1,158
3. Petty • BRO 1,152
4. Carlson • PHI 1,110
Root • CHC 1,110
6. Rhem • STL 1,068
7. Benton • BSN 996
Grimes • BRO 996
9. Luque • CIN 993
10. Sherdel • STL 992
Games Finished
1. Ehrhardt • BRO 29
Davies • NYG 29
3. Mogridge • BSN 24
Scott • NYG 24
5. May • CIN 22
6. Lucas • CIN 21
7. Hearn • BSN 16
8. Adams • PIT 14
Willoughby • PHI 14
10. Bush • CHC 13
Adjusted ERA+
1. Kremer • PIT 150
2. Root • CHC 137
3. Bush • CHC 135
4. Petty • BRO 133
5. Carlson • PHI 132
6. Barnes • NYG 130
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 129
8. Kaufmann • CHC 128
9. Alexander • 2TM 128
10. Jones • CHC 125
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Vance • BRO 2.96
2. May • CIN 3.02
3. Donohue • CIN 3.30
4. Root • CHC 3.32
5. Mays • CIN 3.36
6. Alexander • 2TM 3.57
7. Carlson • PHI 3.61
8. Kremer • PIT 3.61
9. Petty • BRO 3.61
10. Werts • BSN 3.66
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Kremer • PIT 33
2. Root • CHC 31
3. Carlson • PHI 27
4. Petty • BRO 24
5. Mays • CIN 20
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 19
7. Bush • CHC 18
8. Alexander • 2TM 18
9. Barnes • NYG 17
10. Rhem • STL 15
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Kremer • PIT 3.5
2. Root • CHC 3.2
3. Carlson • PHI 2.8
4. Petty • BRO 2.4
5. Mays • CIN 2.0
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.9
7. Bush • CHC 1.9
8. Alexander • 2TM 1.9
9. Barnes • NYG 1.7
10. Rhem • STL 1.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Kremer • PIT 40.44
2. Root • CHC 35.77
3. Mays • CIN 30.70
4. Carlson • PHI 23.86
5. Jones • CHC 22.41
6. Rhem • STL 21.49
7. May • CIN 20.56
8. Haines • STL 20.47
9. Alexander • 2TM 18.96
10. Kaufmann • CHC 17.63
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Kremer • PIT 5.5
2. Jones • CHC 4.5
3. Carlson • PHI 4.1
4. Mays • CIN 3.5
5. Root • CHC 3.3
6. Alexander • 2TM 2.9
7. Petty • BRO 2.8
8. Haines • STL 2.3
9. May • CIN 2.3
10. Rhem • STL 2.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Rhem • STL 3.5
2. Alexander • 2TM 3.2
3. Mays • CIN 3.1
4. Root • CHC 3.1
5. Kremer • PIT 3.0
6. Donohue • CIN 2.6
7. Bush • CHC 2.3
8. Petty • BRO 2.3
9. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.1
10. Haines • STL 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Kremer • PIT 18.5
2. Alexander • 2TM 15.8
3. Mays • CIN 15.2
4. Donohue • CIN 10.9
5. Haines • STL 8.0
6. May • CIN 7.1
7. Rhem • STL 6.0
8. Aldridge • PIT 5.7
9. Jones • CHC 5.1
10. Bush • PIT 4.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Kremer • PIT 4.2
2. Root • CHC 3.7
3. Mays • CIN 3.2
4. Carlson • PHI 2.3
5. Jones • CHC 2.3
6. Rhem • STL 2.2
7. May • CIN 2.1
8. Haines • STL 2.1
9. Alexander • 2TM 1.9
10. Kaufmann • CHC 1.8

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