Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Zettlein • CHI 4.5
2. Wolters • NYU 4.4
3. Spalding • BOS 3.6
4. McBride • ATH 3.4
5. Barnes • BOS 2.1
6. Brainard • OLY 1.9
7. Pratt • CLE 1.9
8. Wood • CHI 1.8
9. Fisher • ROK 1.8
10. Meyerle • ATH 1.7
McVey • BOS 1.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Zettlein • CHI 5.0
2. McBride • ATH 3.7
3. Spalding • BOS 3.6
4. Wolters • NYU 3.1
5. Brainard • OLY 2.2
6. Fisher • ROK 2.1
7. Pratt • CLE 1.9
8. Mathews • KEK 1.7
9. Stearns • OLY 0.7
10. Pinkham • CHI 0.3
Earned Run Average
1. Zettlein • CHI 2.73
2. Spalding • BOS 3.36
3. Wolters • NYU 3.43
4. Pratt • CLE 3.77
5. Fisher • ROK 4.35
6. Brainard • OLY 4.50
7. McBride • ATH 4.58
8. Mathews • KEK 5.17
9. McMullin • TRO 5.53
10. Pabor • CLE 6.75
Wins
1. Spalding • BOS 19
2. McBride • ATH 18
Zettlein • CHI 18
4. Wolters • NYU 16
5. Brainard • OLY 12
McMullin • TRO 12
7. Pratt • CLE 10
8. Mathews • KEK 6
9. Fisher • ROK 4
10. Stearns • OLY 2
Win-Loss %
1. McBride • ATH .783
2. Zettlein • CHI .667
3. Spalding • BOS .655
4. Wolters • NYU .500
5. Brainard • OLY .444
McMullin • TRO .444
7. Pratt • CLE .370
8. Mathews • KEK .353
9. Bechtel • ATH .333
10. Fisher • ROK .200
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Zettlein • CHI 1.342
2. Wolters • NYU 1.357
3. Spalding • BOS 1.442
4. McBride • ATH 1.464
5. Brainard • OLY 1.508
6. Pratt • CLE 1.527
7. Fisher • ROK 1.531
8. Mathews • KEK 1.669
9. Pabor • CLE 1.909
10. McMullin • TRO 2.028
Hits per 9 IP
1. Wolters • NYU 10.972
2. Zettlein • CHI 11.144
3. McBride • ATH 11.554
4. Spalding • BOS 11.646
5. Pratt • CLE 11.858
6. Brainard • OLY 12.307
7. Fisher • ROK 12.465
8. Mathews • KEK 13.899
9. Pabor • CLE 15.341
10. McMullin • TRO 15.542
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Zettlein • CHI 0.935
2. Mathews • KEK 1.118
3. Wolters • NYU 1.240
4. Brainard • OLY 1.261
5. Fisher • ROK 1.310
6. Spalding • BOS 1.329
7. McBride • ATH 1.622
8. Pabor • CLE 1.841
9. Pratt • CLE 1.883
10. McMullin • TRO 2.711
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Pratt • CLE 1.362
2. Mathews • KEK 0.905
3. Zettlein • CHI 0.823
4. Spalding • BOS 0.804
5. Wolters • NYU 0.700
6. Fisher • ROK 0.634
7. McBride • ATH 0.608
8. Brainard • OLY 0.443
9. McMullin • TRO 0.434
Games Played
1. Wolters • NYU 32
2. Spalding • BOS 31
3. Brainard • OLY 30
4. McMullin • TRO 29
5. Pratt • CLE 28
Zettlein • CHI 28
7. McBride • ATH 25
8. Fisher • ROK 24
9. Mathews • KEK 19
10. Wright • BOS 9
Saves
1. Wright • BOS 3
2. Pinkham • CHI 1
Innings Pitched
1. Wolters • NYU 283.0
2. Brainard • OLY 264.0
3. Spalding • BOS 257.1
4. McMullin • TRO 249.0
5. Zettlein • CHI 240.2
6. Pratt • CLE 224.2
7. McBride • ATH 222.0
8. Fisher • ROK 213.0
9. Mathews • KEK 169.0
10. Pabor • CLE 29.1
Strikeouts
1. Pratt • CLE 34
2. Spalding • BOS 23
3. Zettlein • CHI 22
Wolters • NYU 22
5. Mathews • KEK 17
6. McBride • ATH 15
Fisher • ROK 15
8. Brainard • OLY 13
9. McMullin • TRO 12
10. Bechtel • ATH 1
Mack • ROK 1
Games Started
1. Wolters • NYU 32
2. Spalding • BOS 31
3. Brainard • OLY 30
4. McMullin • TRO 29
5. Zettlein • CHI 28
Pratt • CLE 28
7. McBride • ATH 25
8. Fisher • ROK 24
9. Mathews • KEK 19
10. Bechtel • ATH 3
Complete Games
1. Wolters • NYU 31
2. Brainard • OLY 30
3. McMullin • TRO 28
4. McBride • ATH 25
Zettlein • CHI 25
6. Spalding • BOS 22
Pratt • CLE 22
Fisher • ROK 22
9. Mathews • KEK 19
10. Bechtel • ATH 2
Stearns • OLY 2
Shutouts
1. Spalding • BOS 1
Mathews • KEK 1
Wolters • NYU 1
Fisher • ROK 1
Home Runs
1. Pratt • CLE 9
2. Wolters • NYU 7
3. Zettlein • CHI 6
4. Mathews • KEK 5
5. Pabor • CLE 4
Brainard • OLY 4
McMullin • TRO 4
8. McBride • ATH 3
Fisher • ROK 3
10. Spalding • BOS 2
Bases on Balls
1. McMullin • TRO 75
2. Pratt • CLE 47
3. McBride • ATH 40
4. Wolters • NYU 39
5. Spalding • BOS 38
6. Brainard • OLY 37
7. Fisher • ROK 31
8. Zettlein • CHI 25
9. Mathews • KEK 21
10. Bechtel • ATH 11
Hits
1. McMullin • TRO 430
2. Brainard • OLY 361
3. Wolters • NYU 345
4. Spalding • BOS 333
5. Zettlein • CHI 298
6. Pratt • CLE 296
7. Fisher • ROK 295
8. McBride • ATH 285
9. Mathews • KEK 261
10. Pabor • CLE 50
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Zettlein • CHI 0.880
2. Mathews • KEK 0.810
3. Pratt • CLE 0.723
4. Spalding • BOS 0.605
5. Wolters • NYU 0.564
6. Fisher • ROK 0.484
7. McBride • ATH 0.375
8. Brainard • OLY 0.351
9. McMullin • TRO 0.160
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Spalding • BOS 0.070
2. McBride • ATH 0.122
3. Fisher • ROK 0.127
4. Brainard • OLY 0.136
5. McMullin • TRO 0.145
6. Wolters • NYU 0.223
7. Zettlein • CHI 0.224
8. Mathews • KEK 0.266
9. Pratt • CLE 0.361
10. Pabor • CLE 1.227
Losses
1. Pratt • CLE 17
2. Wolters • NYU 16
Fisher • ROK 16
4. Brainard • OLY 15
McMullin • TRO 15
6. Mathews • KEK 11
7. Spalding • BOS 10
8. Zettlein • CHI 9
9. McBride • ATH 5
10. Bechtel • ATH 2
Pabor • CLE 2
Earned Runs
1. McMullin • TRO 153
2. Brainard • OLY 132
3. McBride • ATH 113
4. Wolters • NYU 108
5. Fisher • ROK 103
6. Mathews • KEK 97
7. Spalding • BOS 96
8. Pratt • CLE 94
9. Zettlein • CHI 73
10. Bechtel • ATH 23
Wild Pitches
1. Pratt • CLE 48
2. McMullin • TRO 44
3. Zettlein • CHI 24
4. Fisher • ROK 20
5. Mathews • KEK 15
Wolters • NYU 15
7. Spalding • BOS 11
8. Bechtel • ATH 7
Brainard • OLY 7
10. Pinkham • CHI 5
Batters Faced
1. Wolters • NYU 1,349
2. McMullin • TRO 1,334
3. Brainard • OLY 1,291
4. Spalding • BOS 1,279
5. Zettlein • CHI 1,143
6. Pratt • CLE 1,117
7. Fisher • ROK 1,080
8. McBride • ATH 1,059
9. Mathews • KEK 876
10. Pabor • CLE 160
Games Finished
1. Wright • BOS 6
2. Pabor • CLE 5
3. Spalding • BOS 3
Pinkham • CHI 3
5. Meyerle • ATH 1
Pratt • CLE 1
Wolters • NYU 1
Fisher • ROK 1
Mack • ROK 1
Flowers • TRO 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. Zettlein • CHI 161
2. Spalding • BOS 127
3. Pratt • CLE 113
4. Wolters • NYU 111
5. Fisher • ROK 97
6. Brainard • OLY 94
7. McBride • ATH 90
8. Mathews • KEK 88
9. McMullin • TRO 78
10. Pabor • CLE 64
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Spalding • BOS 3.95
2. Zettlein • CHI 4.03
3. Fisher • ROK 4.06
4. Brainard • OLY 4.10
5. Mathews • KEK 4.14
6. Wolters • NYU 4.16
7. McBride • ATH 4.16
8. Pratt • CLE 4.43
9. McMullin • TRO 4.60
10. Pabor • CLE 5.97
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Zettlein • CHI 33
2. Spalding • BOS 20
3. Wolters • NYU 11
4. Stearns • OLY 4
5. Pratt • CLE 2
6. Pinkham • CHI 2
7. McBride • ATH 1
8. Flowers • TRO 1
9. Brainard • OLY 0
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Zettlein • CHI 2.2
2. Spalding • BOS 1.3
3. Wolters • NYU 0.7
4. Stearns • OLY 0.3
5. Pratt • CLE 0.2
6. McBride • ATH 0.1
Pinkham • CHI 0.1
8. Flowers • TRO 0.0

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

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