National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Roberts • PHI 8.6
2. Robinson • BRO 8.4
3. Musial • STL 7.6
4. Hemus • STL 6.9
5. Spahn • BSN 6.9
6. Rush • CHC 6.1
7. Raffensberger • CIN 5.8
8. Dark • NYG 5.8
9. Hacker • CHC 5.8
10. Sauer • CHC 5.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Roberts • PHI 8.4
2. Spahn • BSN 6.6
3. Raffensberger • CIN 6.2
4. Hacker • CHC 6.2
5. Rush • CHC 5.2
6. Dickson • PIT 4.9
7. Drews • PHI 4.7
8. Black • BRO 4.3
9. Maglie • NYG 4.2
10. Loes • BRO 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Wilhelm • NYG 2.43
2. Hacker • CHC 2.58
3. Roberts • PHI 2.59
4. Loes • BRO 2.69
5. Rush • CHC 2.70
6. Erskine • BRO 2.70
7. Drews • PHI 2.72
8. Raffensberger • CIN 2.81
9. Simmons • PHI 2.82
10. Maglie • NYG 2.92
Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 28
2. Maglie • NYG 18
3. Rush • CHC 17
Raffensberger • CIN 17
Staley • STL 17
6. Black • BRO 15
Wilhelm • NYG 15
Hacker • CHC 15
9. Minner • CHC 14
Spahn • BSN 14
Hearn • NYG 14
Simmons • PHI 14
Erskine • BRO 14
Dickson • PIT 14
Drews • PHI 14
Win-Loss %
1. Wilhelm • NYG .833
2. Roberts • PHI .800
3. Black • BRO .789
4. Brazle • STL .706
5. Erskine • BRO .700
6. Maglie • NYG .692
7. Hearn • NYG .667
8. Simmons • PHI .636
9. Hacker • CHC .625
10. Loes • BRO .619
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hacker • CHC 0.946
2. Roberts • PHI 1.021
3. Rush • CHC 1.142
4. Erskine • BRO 1.152
5. Wilhelm • NYG 1.155
6. Spahn • BSN 1.159
7. Drews • PHI 1.159
8. Raffensberger • CIN 1.182
9. Simmons • PHI 1.192
10. Loes • BRO 1.201
Hits per 9 IP
1. Hacker • CHC 7.005
2. Wilhelm • NYG 7.174
3. Erskine • BRO 7.273
4. Rush • CHC 7.370
5. Loes • BRO 7.399
6. Simmons • PHI 7.599
7. Roberts • PHI 7.964
8. Mizell • STL 8.100
9. Spahn • BSN 8.162
10. Maglie • NYG 8.292
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Roberts • PHI 1.227
2. Hacker • CHC 1.508
3. Raffensberger • CIN 1.640
4. Staley • STL 1.953
5. Drews • PHI 2.047
6. Roe • BRO 2.212
7. Spahn • BSN 2.266
8. Dickson • PIT 2.463
9. Meyer • PHI 2.518
10. Jansen • NYG 2.528
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mizell • STL 6.916
2. Simmons • PHI 6.303
3. Wilhelm • NYG 6.100
4. Wade • BRO 5.900
5. Erskine • BRO 5.705
6. Spahn • BSN 5.679
7. Rush • CHC 5.644
8. Loes • BRO 5.525
9. Surkont • BSN 5.233
10. Klippstein • CHC 4.885
Games Played
1. Wilhelm • NYG 71
2. Black • BRO 56
3. Yuhas • STL 54
4. Smith • CIN 53
5. Main • PIT 48
6. Brazle • STL 46
7. Burdette • BSN 45
Leonard • CHC 45
9. Wilks • PIT 44
10. Dickson • PIT 43
Hansen • PHI 43
Saves
1. Brazle • STL 16
2. Black • BRO 15
3. Wilhelm • NYG 11
Leonard • CHC 11
5. Burdette • BSN 7
Smith • CIN 7
7. Yuhas • STL 6
Konstanty • PHI 6
9. Lanier • NYG 5
Koslo • NYG 5
Innings Pitched
1. Roberts • PHI 330.0
2. Spahn • BSN 290.0
3. Dickson • PIT 277.2
4. Rush • CHC 250.1
5. Raffensberger • CIN 247.0
6. Staley • STL 239.2
7. Wilson • BSN 234.0
8. Meyer • PHI 232.1
9. Drews • PHI 228.2
10. Hearn • NYG 223.2
Strikeouts
1. Spahn • BSN 183
2. Rush • CHC 157
3. Roberts • PHI 148
4. Mizell • STL 146
5. Simmons • PHI 141
6. Erskine • BRO 131
7. Surkont • BSN 125
8. Wade • BRO 118
9. Loes • BRO 115
10. Dickson • PIT 112
Maglie • NYG 112
Games Started
1. Roberts • PHI 37
2. Spahn • BSN 35
3. Hearn • NYG 34
Dickson • PIT 34
5. Raffensberger • CIN 33
Staley • STL 33
Wilson • BSN 33
8. Rush • CHC 32
Meyer • PHI 32
10. Maglie • NYG 31
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 30
2. Dickson • PIT 21
3. Spahn • BSN 19
4. Raffensberger • CIN 18
5. Rush • CHC 17
6. Simmons • PHI 15
Drews • PHI 15
Staley • STL 15
9. Meyer • PHI 14
Wilson • BSN 14
Shutouts
1. Raffensberger • CIN 6
Simmons • PHI 6
3. Maglie • NYG 5
Drews • PHI 5
Hacker • CHC 5
Spahn • BSN 5
7. Loes • BRO 4
Erskine • BRO 4
Rush • CHC 4
10. Surkont • BSN 3
Roberts • PHI 3
Home Runs
1. Dickson • PIT 26
2. Wehmeier • CIN 23
3. Pollet • PIT 22
Roberts • PHI 22
5. Staley • STL 21
Church • 2TM 21
7. Spahn • BSN 19
Surkont • BSN 19
Wade • BRO 19
Wilson • BSN 19
Bases on Balls
1. Mizell • STL 103
Wehmeier • CIN 103
3. Hearn • NYG 97
4. Wade • BRO 94
5. Lown • CHC 93
6. Wilson • BSN 90
7. Klippstein • CHC 89
Perkowski • CIN 89
9. Friend • PIT 84
10. Rush • CHC 81
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 292
2. Dickson • PIT 278
3. Spahn • BSN 263
4. Raffensberger • CIN 247
5. Staley • STL 238
6. Meyer • PHI 235
7. Wilson • BSN 234
8. Pollet • PIT 217
9. Drews • PHI 213
10. Hearn • NYG 208
Klippstein • CHC 208
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.289
2. Hacker • CHC 2.710
3. Spahn • BSN 2.507
4. Roe • BRO 2.128
5. Raffensberger • CIN 2.067
6. Simmons • PHI 2.014
7. Rush • CHC 1.938
8. Wilhelm • NYG 1.895
9. Drews • PHI 1.846
10. Erskine • BRO 1.845
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Meyer • PHI 0.387
2. Bickford • BSN 0.390
3. Perkowski • CIN 0.418
4. Simmons • PHI 0.492
5. Rush • CHC 0.503
6. Drews • PHI 0.512
7. Koslo • NYG 0.541
8. Mizell • STL 0.568
9. Loes • BRO 0.577
10. Spahn • BSN 0.590
Losses
1. Dickson • PIT 21
2. Spahn • BSN 19
3. Friend • PIT 17
4. Pollet • PIT 16
5. Drews • PHI 15
6. Staley • STL 14
Klippstein • CHC 14
Wilson • BSN 14
Meyer • PHI 14
10. Raffensberger • CIN 13
Rush • CHC 13
Surkont • BSN 13
Earned Runs
1. Dickson • PIT 110
Wilson • BSN 110
3. Wehmeier • CIN 109
4. Klippstein • CHC 100
5. Pollet • PIT 98
6. Spahn • BSN 96
7. Roberts • PHI 95
8. Hearn • NYG 94
9. Surkont • BSN 90
10. Staley • STL 87
Wild Pitches
1. Klippstein • CHC 12
2. Kelly • CHC 7
Surkont • BSN 7
Friend • PIT 7
Rush • CHC 7
6. Erskine • BRO 6
7. LaPalme • PIT 5
Lown • CHC 5
Nuxhall • CIN 5
Spahn • BSN 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Wehmeier • CIN 7
Staley • STL 7
Smith • CIN 7
4. Kline • PIT 6
Klippstein • CHC 6
Jansen • NYG 6
Hiller • CIN 6
Maglie • NYG 6
Rush • CHC 6
Spahn • BSN 6
Batters Faced
1. Roberts • PHI 1,310
2. Spahn • BSN 1,190
3. Dickson • PIT 1,157
4. Rush • CHC 1,044
5. Raffensberger • CIN 1,006
6. Wilson • BSN 998
7. Staley • STL 995
8. Meyer • PHI 982
9. Hearn • NYG 962
10. Drews • PHI 917
Games Finished
1. Black • BRO 41
2. Smith • CIN 37
3. Leonard • CHC 36
4. Wilks • PIT 34
5. Brazle • STL 32
Wilhelm • NYG 32
7. Yuhas • STL 30
8. Konstanty • PHI 25
9. Burdette • BSN 22
10. Nuxhall • CIN 21
Adjusted ERA+
1. Wilhelm • NYG 152
2. Hacker • CHC 149
3. Rush • CHC 143
4. Roberts • PHI 141
5. Loes • BRO 136
6. Erskine • BRO 136
7. Drews • PHI 135
8. Raffensberger • CIN 133
9. Simmons • PHI 130
10. Maglie • NYG 127
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Simmons • PHI 2.76
2. Spahn • BSN 2.80
3. Roberts • PHI 2.82
4. Rush • CHC 2.91
5. Meyer • PHI 3.02
6. Drews • PHI 3.03
7. Raffensberger • CIN 3.16
8. Loes • BRO 3.18
9. Wilhelm • NYG 3.18
10. Hacker • CHC 3.20
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 41
2. Hacker • CHC 27
3. Raffensberger • CIN 26
4. Rush • CHC 25
5. Drews • PHI 24
6. Black • BRO 24
7. Erskine • BRO 22
8. Loes • BRO 21
9. Spahn • BSN 21
10. Simmons • PHI 19
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 4.6
2. Hacker • CHC 2.9
3. Raffensberger • CIN 2.9
4. Rush • CHC 2.7
5. Drews • PHI 2.6
6. Black • BRO 2.5
7. Erskine • BRO 2.3
8. Loes • BRO 2.3
9. Spahn • BSN 2.3
10. Simmons • PHI 2.0
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Roberts • PHI 38.55
2. Hacker • CHC 32.97
3. Simmons • PHI 30.54
4. Black • BRO 29.66
5. Drews • PHI 26.08
6. Spahn • BSN 25.75
7. Koslo • NYG 23.71
8. Loes • BRO 23.06
9. Raffensberger • CIN 22.96
10. Erskine • BRO 21.76
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Roberts • PHI 4.7
2. Black • BRO 4.0
3. Wilhelm • NYG 3.6
4. Maglie • NYG 3.5
5. Spahn • BSN 3.1
6. Simmons • PHI 3.0
7. Hacker • CHC 2.9
8. Brazle • STL 2.5
9. Koslo • NYG 2.3
10. Miller • STL 1.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Roberts • PHI 4.3
2. Spahn • BSN 3.5
3. Simmons • PHI 3.3
4. Hacker • CHC 3.2
5. Black • BRO 2.8
6. Loes • BRO 2.4
7. Raffensberger • CIN 2.1
8. Rush • CHC 2.1
9. Brazle • STL 2.0
10. Meyer • PHI 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Black • BRO 11.5
2. Wilhelm • NYG 9.8
3. Maglie • NYG 7.3
4. Roe • BRO 5.0
5. Wade • BRO 4.6
6. Erskine • BRO 3.3
7. Koslo • NYG 3.2
8. Hearn • NYG 2.5
9. Klippstein • CHC 2.4
10. Hughes • BRO 2.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Roberts • PHI 4.3
2. Hacker • CHC 3.6
3. Simmons • PHI 3.4
4. Black • BRO 3.2
5. Drews • PHI 2.9
6. Spahn • BSN 2.8
7. Koslo • NYG 2.6
8. Loes • BRO 2.5
9. Raffensberger • CIN 2.5
10. Erskine • BRO 2.4

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