National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Vance • BRO 10.3
2. Hornsby • BSN 8.9
3. Grimes • PIT 7.1
4. Waner • PIT 6.8
5. Benton • NYG 6.5
6. Sherdel • STL 6.1
7. Lindstrom • NYG 6.1
8. Bottomley • STL 5.6
9. Wilson • CHC 5.5
10. Blake • CHC 5.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Vance • BRO 10.1
2. Benton • NYG 7.0
3. Grimes • PIT 5.9
4. Sherdel • STL 5.6
5. Blake • CHC 5.5
6. Haines • STL 4.6
7. Clark • BRO 4.6
8. McWeeny • BRO 4.5
9. Rixey • CIN 4.3
10. Malone • CHC 4.0
Earned Run Average
1. Vance • BRO 2.09
2. Blake • CHC 2.47
3. Nehf • CHC 2.65
4. Clark • BRO 2.68
5. Benton • NYG 2.73
6. Malone • CHC 2.84
7. Sherdel • STL 2.86
8. Grimes • PIT 2.99
9. McWeeny • BRO 3.17
10. Haines • STL 3.18
Wins
1. Grimes • PIT 25
Benton • NYG 25
3. Vance • BRO 22
4. Sherdel • STL 21
5. Haines • STL 20
Fitzsimmons • NYG 20
7. Rixey • CIN 19
8. Malone • CHC 18
9. Blake • CHC 17
10. Alexander • STL 16
Hill • PIT 16
Win-Loss %
1. Benton • NYG .735
2. Haines • STL .714
Bush • CHC .714
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG .690
5. Vance • BRO .688
6. Sherdel • STL .677
7. Nehf • CHC .650
8. Grimes • PIT .641
9. Alexander • STL .640
10. Hubbell • NYG .625
Jones • CHC .625
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Vance • BRO 1.063
2. Grimes • PIT 1.173
3. Benton • NYG 1.192
4. Root • CHC 1.211
5. Alexander • STL 1.227
6. Lucas • CIN 1.231
7. Sherdel • STL 1.235
8. Genewich • 2TM 1.238
9. Clark • BRO 1.248
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.259
Hits per 9 IP
1. Vance • BRO 7.256
2. Blake • CHC 7.816
3. Malone • CHC 7.827
4. McWeeny • BRO 8.041
5. Root • CHC 8.127
6. Genewich • 2TM 8.435
7. Grimes • PIT 8.465
8. Benton • NYG 8.671
9. Hill • PIT 8.696
10. Lucas • CIN 8.821
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Alexander • STL 1.367
2. Sherdel • STL 2.027
3. Benton • NYG 2.059
4. Rixey • CIN 2.070
5. Grimes • PIT 2.096
6. Petty • BRO 2.154
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.239
8. Lucas • CIN 2.259
9. Fussell • PIT 2.311
10. Vance • BRO 2.312
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Vance • BRO 6.421
2. Malone • CHC 5.565
3. Root • CHC 4.633
4. Clark • BRO 3.930
5. Ring • PHI 3.580
6. Elliott • BRO 3.469
7. Brandt • BSN 3.355
8. Benge • PHI 3.035
9. Blake • CHC 2.917
10. McWeeny • BRO 2.914
Games Played
1. Grimes • PIT 48
2. Kolp • CIN 44
3. Rixey • CIN 43
4. Benton • NYG 42
Bush • CHC 42
Malone • CHC 42
McWeeny • BRO 42
8. Elliott • BRO 41
9. Benge • PHI 40
Clark • BRO 40
Fitzsimmons • NYG 40
Petty • BRO 40
Root • CHC 40
Saves
1. Haid • STL 5
Sherdel • STL 5
3. Johnson • STL 4
Jones • CHC 4
Benton • NYG 4
6. Carlson • CHC 3
Clark • BRO 3
Genewich • 2TM 3
Dawson • PIT 3
Delaney • BSN 3
Doak • BRO 3
Kolp • CIN 3
Rhem • STL 3
Ferguson • PHI 3
Grimes • PIT 3
Innings Pitched
1. Grimes • PIT 330.2
2. Benton • NYG 310.1
3. Rixey • CIN 291.1
4. Vance • BRO 280.1
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 261.1
6. Malone • CHC 250.2
7. Sherdel • STL 248.2
8. Smith • BSN 244.1
9. McWeeny • BRO 244.0
10. Alexander • STL 243.2
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 200
2. Malone • CHC 155
3. Root • CHC 122
4. Grimes • PIT 97
5. Benton • NYG 90
6. Clark • BRO 85
7. Brandt • BSN 84
8. McWeeny • BRO 79
9. Blake • CHC 78
10. Haines • STL 77
Games Started
1. Grimes • PIT 37
Rixey • CIN 37
3. Benton • NYG 36
4. Vance • BRO 32
McWeeny • BRO 32
Brandt • BSN 32
7. Petty • BRO 31
Hill • PIT 31
Fitzsimmons • NYG 31
Kremer • PIT 31
Alexander • STL 31
Complete Games
1. Grimes • PIT 28
Benton • NYG 28
3. Vance • BRO 24
4. Haines • STL 20
Sherdel • STL 20
6. Alexander • STL 18
7. Rixey • CIN 17
Kremer • PIT 17
9. Hill • PIT 16
Fitzsimmons • NYG 16
Blake • CHC 16
Malone • CHC 16
Shutouts
1. Blake • CHC 4
Grimes • PIT 4
McWeeny • BRO 4
Lucas • CIN 4
Vance • BRO 4
6. Rixey • CIN 3
7. Elliott • BRO 2
Nehf • CHC 2
Petty • BRO 2
Fussell • PIT 2
Clark • BRO 2
Bush • CHC 2
Genewich • 2TM 2
Benton • NYG 2
Malone • CHC 2
Home Runs
1. Genewich • 2TM 24
2. Brandt • BSN 22
3. Petty • BRO 18
4. Sherdel • STL 17
5. Hill • PIT 16
Kremer • PIT 16
7. Sweetland • PHI 15
Malone • CHC 15
Root • CHC 15
Benge • PHI 15
Alexander • STL 15
Bases on Balls
1. McWeeny • BRO 114
2. Brandt • BSN 109
3. Ring • PHI 103
4. Blake • CHC 101
5. Malone • CHC 99
6. Sweetland • PHI 97
7. Benge • PHI 88
8. Bush • CHC 86
9. Luque • CIN 84
10. Willoughby • PHI 83
Hits
1. Rixey • CIN 317
2. Grimes • PIT 311
3. Benton • NYG 299
4. Smith • BSN 274
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 264
Petty • BRO 264
7. Alexander • STL 262
8. Luque • CIN 254
9. Kremer • PIT 253
10. Sherdel • STL 251
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Vance • BRO 2.778
2. Clark • BRO 1.700
3. Root • CHC 1.671
4. Alexander • STL 1.595
5. Malone • CHC 1.566
6. Petty • BRO 1.321
7. Sherdel • STL 1.286
8. Benton • NYG 1.268
9. Grimes • PIT 1.260
10. Elliott • BRO 1.156
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Rixey • CIN 0.124
2. Blake • CHC 0.150
3. Nehf • CHC 0.153
4. Clark • BRO 0.185
5. Jones • CHC 0.234
6. Grimes • PIT 0.299
7. Elliott • BRO 0.328
8. Fussell • PIT 0.338
9. Vance • BRO 0.353
10. Kolp • CIN 0.388
Losses
1. Brandt • BSN 21
2. Benge • PHI 18
Rixey • CIN 18
Root • CHC 18
5. Ring • PHI 17
Delaney • BSN 17
Smith • BSN 17
8. Petty • BRO 15
Sweetland • PHI 15
10. Grimes • PIT 14
Elliott • BRO 14
McWeeny • BRO 14
Earned Runs
1. Brandt • BSN 127
2. Ring • PHI 126
3. Kremer • PIT 113
4. Rixey • CIN 111
5. Grimes • PIT 110
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 107
7. Petty • BRO 105
Smith • BSN 105
9. Benge • PHI 102
10. Sweetland • PHI 99
Wild Pitches
1. Malone • CHC 10
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 6
Benton • NYG 6
4. Ring • PHI 5
Fussell • PIT 5
Greenfield • BSN 5
Sweetland • PHI 5
Kremer • PIT 5
9. Brandt • BSN 4
Hill • PIT 4
Aldridge • NYG 4
Hit By Pitch
1. Sweetland • PHI 15
2. Grimes • PIT 9
3. Jones • CHC 7
Root • CHC 7
Brandt • BSN 7
Vance • BRO 7
7. Ferguson • PHI 6
Elliott • BRO 6
Malone • CHC 6
Haines • STL 6
Batters Faced
1. Grimes • PIT 1,377
2. Benton • NYG 1,263
3. Rixey • CIN 1,219
4. Vance • BRO 1,126
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1,084
6. McWeeny • BRO 1,073
7. Smith • BSN 1,056
8. Malone • CHC 1,048
9. Sherdel • STL 1,041
10. Luque • CIN 1,010
Games Finished
1. McGraw • PHI 20
2. Appleton • CIN 19
3. Dawson • PIT 17
Faulkner • NYG 17
Walsh • PHI 17
6. Johnson • STL 15
7. Haid • STL 14
Malone • CHC 14
9. Clark • BRO 13
Cooney • BSN 13
Delaney • BSN 13
Kolp • CIN 13
Miller • PHI 13
Adjusted ERA+
1. Vance • BRO 190
2. Blake • CHC 157
3. Clark • BRO 148
4. Nehf • CHC 146
5. Benton • NYG 142
6. Sherdel • STL 141
7. Malone • CHC 137
8. Grimes • PIT 136
9. Haines • STL 127
10. McWeeny • BRO 125
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Vance • BRO 2.96
2. Clark • BRO 3.21
3. Rixey • CIN 3.53
4. Grimes • PIT 3.66
5. Nehf • CHC 3.70
6. Benton • NYG 3.72
7. Fussell • PIT 3.77
8. Alexander • STL 3.83
9. Elliott • BRO 3.83
10. Malone • CHC 3.83
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Vance • BRO 58
2. Benton • NYG 43
3. Blake • CHC 38
4. Grimes • PIT 32
5. Sherdel • STL 31
6. Malone • CHC 27
7. Clark • BRO 25
8. Nehf • CHC 25
9. Haines • STL 23
10. Rixey • CIN 19
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Benton • NYG 4.5
3. Blake • CHC 4.0
4. Grimes • PIT 3.3
5. Sherdel • STL 3.2
6. Malone • CHC 2.8
7. Clark • BRO 2.5
8. Nehf • CHC 2.5
9. Haines • STL 2.4
10. Rixey • CIN 1.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Vance • BRO 62.21
2. Benton • NYG 54.60
3. Blake • CHC 47.09
4. Sherdel • STL 31.77
5. Grimes • PIT 31.45
6. Nehf • CHC 31.04
7. Haines • STL 30.87
8. Alexander • STL 26.92
9. Mitchell • 2TM 25.96
10. Malone • CHC 24.73
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Benton • NYG 5.7
2. Vance • BRO 5.5
3. Blake • CHC 5.4
4. Haines • STL 5.1
5. Sherdel • STL 4.8
6. Nehf • CHC 4.8
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.8
8. McWeeny • BRO 2.9
9. Mitchell • 2TM 2.9
10. Root • CHC 2.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Benton • NYG 4.8
3. Blake • CHC 4.4
4. Grimes • PIT 3.7
5. Alexander • STL 3.3
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.2
7. Sherdel • STL 3.0
8. Root • CHC 2.8
9. Mitchell • 2TM 2.6
10. Rixey • CIN 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Haines • STL 26.8
2. Sherdel • STL 24.6
3. Benton • NYG 17.4
4. Genewich • 2TM 15.9
5. Johnson • STL 13.5
6. Blake • CHC 11.2
7. Mitchell • 2TM 10.0
8. Hubbell • NYG 9.1
9. Fitzsimmons • NYG 8.0
10. Alexander • STL 6.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Vance • BRO 6.7
2. Benton • NYG 5.9
3. Blake • CHC 5.1
4. Nehf • CHC 3.3
5. Sherdel • STL 3.2
6. Haines • STL 3.2
7. Grimes • PIT 3.2
8. Mitchell • 2TM 2.8
9. Alexander • STL 2.7
10. Malone • CHC 2.5

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