National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Musial • STL 11.3
2. Sain • BSN 8.7
3. Brecheen • STL 8.5
4. Mize • NYG 6.6
5. Elliott • BSN 6.3
6. Kiner • PIT 6.1
Pafko • CHC 6.1
8. Leonard • PHI 6.0
9. Gordon • NYG 5.8
10. Vander Meer • CIN 5.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Brecheen • STL 8.7
2. Sain • BSN 8.5
3. Leonard • PHI 6.3
4. Vander Meer • CIN 5.5
5. Schmitz • CHC 5.4
6. Roe • BRO 4.9
7. Wilks • STL 4.7
8. Barney • BRO 4.5
9. Jansen • NYG 3.9
10. Dickson • STL 3.8
Earned Run Average
1. Brecheen • STL 2.24
2. Leonard • PHI 2.51
3. Sain • BSN 2.60
4. Roe • BRO 2.63
5. Schmitz • CHC 2.64
6. Barney • BRO 3.10
7. Jones • NYG 3.35
8. Higbe • PIT 3.36
9. Vander Meer • CIN 3.41
10. Riddle • PIT 3.49
Wins
1. Sain • BSN 24
2. Brecheen • STL 20
3. Jansen • NYG 18
Schmitz • CHC 18
5. Vander Meer • CIN 17
6. Jones • NYG 16
7. Barney • BRO 15
Spahn • BSN 15
9. Branca • BRO 14
Chesnes • PIT 14
Win-Loss %
1. Sewell • PIT .813
2. Brecheen • STL .741
3. Chesnes • PIT .700
4. Bickford • BSN .688
5. Jones • NYG .667
6. Brazle • STL .625
7. Pollet • STL .619
8. Sain • BSN .615
9. Branca • BRO .609
10. Roe • BRO .600
Jansen • NYG .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Brecheen • STL 1.037
2. Roe • BRO 1.064
3. Schmitz • CHC 1.169
4. Sain • BSN 1.208
5. Jansen • NYG 1.217
6. Spahn • BSN 1.222
7. Leonard • PHI 1.241
8. Raffensberger • CIN 1.242
9. Branca • BRO 1.247
10. Barney • BRO 1.277
Hits per 9 IP
1. Schmitz • CHC 6.917
2. Barney • BRO 7.042
3. Brecheen • STL 7.444
4. Branca • BRO 7.887
5. Roe • BRO 7.902
6. Vander Meer • CIN 7.914
7. Higbe • PIT 7.975
8. Spahn • BSN 8.300
9. Chesnes • PIT 8.336
10. Sain • BSN 8.495
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Roe • BRO 1.672
2. Jansen • NYG 1.755
3. Raffensberger • CIN 1.847
4. Brecheen • STL 1.890
5. Leonard • PHI 2.154
6. Sain • BSN 2.374
7. Spahn • BSN 2.696
8. Brazle • STL 2.878
9. Dickson • STL 3.032
10. Pollet • STL 3.236
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Brecheen • STL 5.747
2. Branca • BRO 5.091
3. Barney • BRO 5.035
4. Higbe • PIT 4.899
5. Meyer • CHC 4.864
6. Vander Meer • CIN 4.655
7. Simmons • PHI 4.553
8. Roe • BRO 4.356
9. Jansen • NYG 4.094
10. Dickson • STL 4.030
Games Played
1. Gumbert • CIN 61
2. Wilks • STL 57
3. Higbe • PIT 56
4. Jones • NYG 55
5. Dobernic • CHC 54
6. Trinkle • NYG 53
7. Barney • BRO 44
8. Peterson • CIN 43
9. Brazle • STL 42
Dickson • STL 42
Hatten • BRO 42
Jansen • NYG 42
Sain • BSN 42
Saves
1. Gumbert • CIN 17
2. Wilks • STL 13
3. Higbe • PIT 10
4. Behrman • BRO 7
Trinkle • NYG 7
6. Jones • NYG 5
7. Shoun • BSN 4
Chipman • CHC 4
Dubiel • PHI 4
Ramsdell • BRO 4
Lombardi • PIT 4
Innings Pitched
1. Sain • BSN 314.2
2. Jansen • NYG 277.0
3. Spahn • BSN 257.0
4. Dickson • STL 252.1
5. Barney • BRO 246.2
6. Schmitz • CHC 242.0
7. Brecheen • STL 233.1
8. Vander Meer • CIN 232.0
9. Leonard • PHI 225.2
10. Branca • BRO 215.2
Voiselle • BSN 215.2
Strikeouts
1. Brecheen • STL 149
2. Barney • BRO 138
3. Sain • BSN 137
4. Jansen • NYG 126
5. Branca • BRO 122
6. Vander Meer • CIN 120
7. Blackwell • CIN 114
Spahn • BSN 114
9. Dickson • STL 113
10. Schmitz • CHC 100
Games Started
1. Sain • BSN 39
2. Jansen • NYG 36
3. Spahn • BSN 35
4. Barney • BRO 34
5. Vander Meer • CIN 33
6. Leonard • PHI 30
Voiselle • BSN 30
Schmitz • CHC 30
Hatten • BRO 30
Brecheen • STL 30
Complete Games
1. Sain • BSN 28
2. Brecheen • STL 21
3. Schmitz • CHC 18
4. Leonard • PHI 16
Spahn • BSN 16
6. Jansen • NYG 15
Chesnes • PIT 15
8. Vander Meer • CIN 14
9. Barney • BRO 12
Riddle • PIT 12
Shutouts
1. Brecheen • STL 7
2. Barney • BRO 4
Jansen • NYG 4
Sain • BSN 4
Raffensberger • CIN 4
6. Meyer • CHC 3
Koslo • NYG 3
Poat • NYG 3
Riddle • PIT 3
Spahn • BSN 3
Vander Meer • CIN 3
Home Runs
1. Dickson • STL 39
2. Jansen • NYG 25
3. Branca • BRO 24
4. Poat • NYG 22
5. Wehmeier • CIN 21
6. Sain • BSN 19
Spahn • BSN 19
8. Bonham • PIT 18
Voiselle • BSN 18
10. Barney • BRO 17
Riddle • PIT 17
Bases on Balls
1. Vander Meer • CIN 124
2. Barney • BRO 122
3. Simmons • PHI 108
4. Schmitz • CHC 97
5. Hatten • BRO 94
6. Chesnes • PIT 90
Jones • NYG 90
Voiselle • BSN 90
9. Dickson • STL 85
McCall • CHC 85
Hits
1. Sain • BSN 297
2. Jansen • NYG 283
3. Dickson • STL 257
4. Spahn • BSN 237
5. Hatten • BRO 228
6. Leonard • PHI 226
Voiselle • BSN 226
8. Pollet • STL 216
9. Jones • NYG 204
Vander Meer • CIN 204
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Brecheen • STL 3.041
2. Roe • BRO 2.606
3. Jansen • NYG 2.333
4. Leonard • PHI 1.704
5. Sain • BSN 1.651
6. Raffensberger • CIN 1.541
7. Branca • BRO 1.525
8. Spahn • BSN 1.481
9. Dickson • STL 1.329
10. Pollet • STL 1.194
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Brecheen • STL 0.231
2. Leonard • PHI 0.359
3. Meyer • CHC 0.383
4. Hatten • BRO 0.388
5. Schmitz • CHC 0.409
6. Simmons • PHI 0.424
7. Brazle • STL 0.461
8. Pollet • STL 0.483
9. Lombardi • PIT 0.497
10. Sain • BSN 0.543
Losses
1. Leonard • PHI 17
2. Dickson • STL 16
3. Peterson • CIN 15
Sain • BSN 15
5. Vander Meer • CIN 14
6. Barney • BRO 13
McCall • CHC 13
Schmitz • CHC 13
Simmons • PHI 13
Voiselle • BSN 13
Earned Runs
1. Dickson • STL 116
2. Jansen • NYG 111
3. Spahn • BSN 106
4. Wehmeier • CIN 96
5. Pollet • STL 94
6. Simmons • PHI 92
7. Sain • BSN 91
8. Vander Meer • CIN 88
9. Voiselle • BSN 87
10. Fox • CIN 86
Wild Pitches
1. Jones • NYG 10
2. Riddle • PIT 9
Singleton • PIT 9
Branca • BRO 9
5. Simmons • PHI 6
Chesnes • PIT 6
Schmitz • CHC 6
8. Wehmeier • CIN 5
Roe • BRO 5
Heintzelman • PHI 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Barney • BRO 6
Jones • NYG 6
Peterson • CIN 6
4. Sain • BSN 5
Hartung • NYG 5
Hamner • CHC 5
7. Branca • BRO 4
Leonard • PHI 4
Chesnes • PIT 4
Roberts • PHI 4
Blackwell • CIN 4
Batters Faced
1. Sain • BSN 1,313
2. Jansen • NYG 1,137
3. Dickson • STL 1,064
Spahn • BSN 1,064
5. Barney • BRO 1,028
6. Vander Meer • CIN 993
7. Schmitz • CHC 986
8. Voiselle • BSN 940
9. Brecheen • STL 931
10. Leonard • PHI 920
Games Finished
1. Gumbert • CIN 46
2. Higbe • PIT 31
Trinkle • NYG 31
4. Dobernic • CHC 27
Wilks • STL 27
6. Heusser • PHI 21
7. Hearn • STL 17
Jones • NYG 17
Kush • CHC 17
Nahem • PHI 17
Singleton • PIT 17
Adjusted ERA+
1. Brecheen • STL 182
2. Leonard • PHI 156
3. Roe • BRO 152
4. Sain • BSN 149
5. Schmitz • CHC 147
6. Barney • BRO 129
7. Higbe • PIT 121
8. Jones • NYG 118
9. Riddle • PIT 117
10. Vander Meer • CIN 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Brecheen • STL 2.47
2. Leonard • PHI 3.23
3. Roe • BRO 3.41
4. Sain • BSN 3.51
5. Jansen • NYG 3.64
6. Meyer • CHC 3.65
7. Brazle • STL 3.68
8. Pollet • STL 3.71
9. Spahn • BSN 3.74
10. Schmitz • CHC 3.75
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Brecheen • STL 48
2. Sain • BSN 45
3. Leonard • PHI 30
4. Schmitz • CHC 29
5. Roe • BRO 26
6. Barney • BRO 23
7. Wilks • STL 22
8. Vander Meer • CIN 15
9. Potter • BSN 14
10. Branca • BRO 13
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Brecheen • STL 5.3
2. Sain • BSN 4.8
3. Leonard • PHI 3.1
4. Schmitz • CHC 3.1
5. Roe • BRO 2.8
6. Barney • BRO 2.3
7. Wilks • STL 2.3
8. Vander Meer • CIN 1.5
9. Potter • BSN 1.5
10. Branca • BRO 1.3
Riddle • PIT 1.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Sain • BSN 50.24
2. Brecheen • STL 49.04
3. Roe • BRO 31.78
4. Barney • BRO 27.58
5. Schmitz • CHC 24.17
6. Wilks • STL 19.42
7. Potter • BSN 17.29
8. Koslo • NYG 15.99
9. Vander Meer • CIN 15.89
10. Leonard • PHI 15.54
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Brecheen • STL 5.2
2. Sain • BSN 5.0
3. Roe • BRO 4.2
4. Spahn • BSN 3.2
5. Schmitz • CHC 3.1
6. Potter • BSN 2.8
7. Barney • BRO 2.5
8. Vander Meer • CIN 2.0
9. Jansen • NYG 1.9
10. Donnelly • PHI 1.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Brecheen • STL 4.9
2. Sain • BSN 3.7
3. Schmitz • CHC 2.9
4. Barney • BRO 2.8
5. Roe • BRO 2.8
6. Jansen • NYG 2.3
7. Branca • BRO 1.8
8. Spahn • BSN 1.7
9. Leonard • PHI 1.7
10. Wilks • STL 1.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Spahn • BSN 22.5
2. Sain • BSN 18.0
3. Brecheen • STL 7.3
4. Hatten • BRO 7.1
5. Potter • BSN 7.0
6. Barney • BRO 6.5
7. Roe • BRO 5.7
8. Hogue • BSN 2.9
9. Barrett • BSN 2.6
10. Branca • BRO 2.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Sain • BSN 5.5
2. Brecheen • STL 5.3
3. Roe • BRO 3.3
4. Barney • BRO 2.8
5. Schmitz • CHC 2.5
6. Wilks • STL 2.0
7. Potter • BSN 1.9
8. Koslo • NYG 1.6
Vander Meer • CIN 1.6
10. Leonard • PHI 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