Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Bond • BSN 13.4
2. Weaver • MLG 10.2
3. Larkin • CHC 5.6
4. Ward • PRO 4.7
5. Shafer • IND 3.5
6. Ferguson • CHC 3.1
7. Hines • PRO 2.8
8. Jones • CIN 2.8
9. Gerhardt • CIN 2.5
10. White • CIN 2.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Bond • BSN 13.9
2. Weaver • MLG 10.4
3. Ward • PRO 4.6
4. Larkin • CHC 4.1
5. McCormick • IND 2.3
6. White • CIN 2.1
7. Mitchell • CIN 1.5
8. Corey • PRO 0.4
9. Ellick • MLG 0.2
10. Healey • 2TM 0.0
Earned Run Average
1. Ward • PRO 1.51
2. McCormick • IND 1.69
3. White • CIN 1.79
4. Weaver • MLG 1.95
5. Bond • BSN 2.06
6. Mitchell • CIN 2.14
7. Larkin • CHC 2.24
8. Healey • 2TM 2.39
9. Nolan • IND 2.57
10. Wheeler • PRO 3.48
Wins
1. Bond • BSN 40
2. White • CIN 30
3. Larkin • CHC 29
4. Ward • PRO 22
5. Nolan • IND 13
6. Weaver • MLG 12
7. Mitchell • CIN 7
8. Wheeler • PRO 6
Healey • 2TM 6
10. McCormick • IND 5
Win-Loss %
1. Wheeler • PRO .857
2. Mitchell • CIN .778
3. Bond • BSN .678
4. Ward • PRO .629
5. White • CIN .588
6. Larkin • CHC .527
7. Healey • 2TM .462
8. McCormick • IND .385
9. Nolan • IND .371
10. Nichols • PRO .364
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Weaver • MLG 1.023
2. Ward • PRO 1.024
3. Larkin • CHC 1.071
4. Mitchell • CIN 1.088
5. White • CIN 1.115
6. Bond • BSN 1.134
7. Nolan • IND 1.190
8. McCormick • IND 1.222
9. Healey • 2TM 1.283
10. Wheeler • PRO 1.532
Hits per 9 IP
1. Mitchell • CIN 7.763
2. Ward • PRO 8.299
3. Weaver • MLG 8.718
4. Larkin • CHC 9.089
5. White • CIN 9.173
6. Nolan • IND 9.259
7. Bond • BSN 9.648
8. McCormick • IND 9.846
9. Healey • 2TM 9.956
10. Wheeler • PRO 10.161
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Weaver • MLG 0.493
2. Larkin • CHC 0.551
3. Bond • BSN 0.558
4. Nichols • PRO 0.735
5. White • CIN 0.865
6. Ward • PRO 0.916
7. McCormick • IND 1.154
8. Nolan • IND 1.452
9. Healey • 2TM 1.593
10. Golden • MLG 1.845
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mitchell • CIN 5.738
2. Wheeler • PRO 3.629
3. White • CIN 3.250
4. Nolan • IND 3.242
5. Ward • PRO 3.126
6. Bond • BSN 3.075
7. Golden • MLG 2.907
8. Larkin • CHC 2.899
9. McCormick • IND 2.769
10. Weaver • MLG 2.232
Games Played
1. Bond • BSN 59
2. Larkin • CHC 56
3. White • CIN 52
4. Weaver • MLG 45
5. Nolan • IND 38
6. Ward • PRO 37
7. Golden • MLG 22
8. Healey • 2TM 14
McCormick • IND 14
10. Nichols • PRO 11
Saves
1. Healey • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Bond • BSN 532.2
2. Larkin • CHC 506.0
3. White • CIN 468.0
4. Weaver • MLG 383.0
5. Nolan • IND 347.0
6. Ward • PRO 334.0
7. Golden • MLG 161.0
8. McCormick • IND 117.0
9. Healey • 2TM 113.0
10. Nichols • PRO 98.0
Strikeouts
1. Bond • BSN 182
2. White • CIN 169
3. Larkin • CHC 163
4. Nolan • IND 125
5. Ward • PRO 116
6. Weaver • MLG 95
7. Golden • MLG 52
8. Mitchell • CIN 51
9. McCormick • IND 36
10. Wheeler • PRO 25
Games Started
1. Bond • BSN 59
2. Larkin • CHC 56
3. White • CIN 52
4. Weaver • MLG 43
5. Nolan • IND 38
6. Ward • PRO 37
7. Golden • MLG 18
8. McCormick • IND 14
9. Healey • 2TM 13
10. Nichols • PRO 10
Complete Games
1. Bond • BSN 57
2. Larkin • CHC 56
3. White • CIN 52
4. Weaver • MLG 39
5. Ward • PRO 37
Nolan • IND 37
7. Golden • MLG 15
8. Healey • 2TM 12
McCormick • IND 12
10. Nichols • PRO 10
Shutouts
1. Bond • BSN 9
2. Ward • PRO 6
3. White • CIN 5
4. Larkin • CHC 1
McCormick • IND 1
Mitchell • CIN 1
Nolan • IND 1
Weaver • MLG 1
Home Runs
1. Bond • BSN 5
2. Larkin • CHC 4
3. Ward • PRO 3
4. Weaver • MLG 2
Healey • 2TM 2
6. Golden • MLG 1
Manning • BSN 1
McKelvy • IND 1
Mitchell • CIN 1
Nolan • IND 1
Wheeler • PRO 1
White • CIN 1
Bases on Balls
1. Nolan • IND 56
2. White • CIN 45
3. Ward • PRO 34
4. Bond • BSN 33
Golden • MLG 33
6. Larkin • CHC 31
7. Wheeler • PRO 25
8. Weaver • MLG 21
9. Healey • 2TM 20
10. Mitchell • CIN 18
Hits
1. Bond • BSN 571
2. Larkin • CHC 511
3. White • CIN 477
4. Weaver • MLG 371
5. Nolan • IND 357
6. Ward • PRO 308
7. Golden • MLG 217
8. Nichols • PRO 157
9. McCormick • IND 128
10. Healey • 2TM 125
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Bond • BSN 5.515
2. Larkin • CHC 5.258
3. Weaver • MLG 4.524
4. White • CIN 3.756
5. Ward • PRO 3.412
6. Mitchell • CIN 2.833
7. Nichols • PRO 2.625
8. McCormick • IND 2.400
9. Nolan • IND 2.232
10. Golden • MLG 1.576
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. McCormick • IND 0.000
Nichols • PRO 0.000
3. White • CIN 0.019
4. Nolan • IND 0.026
5. Weaver • MLG 0.047
6. Golden • MLG 0.056
7. Larkin • CHC 0.071
8. Ward • PRO 0.081
9. Bond • BSN 0.084
10. Mitchell • CIN 0.113
Losses
1. Weaver • MLG 31
2. Larkin • CHC 26
3. Nolan • IND 22
4. White • CIN 21
5. Bond • BSN 19
6. Golden • MLG 13
Ward • PRO 13
8. McCormick • IND 8
9. Healey • 2TM 7
Nichols • PRO 7
Earned Runs
1. Larkin • CHC 126
2. Bond • BSN 122
3. Nolan • IND 99
4. White • CIN 93
5. Weaver • MLG 83
6. Golden • MLG 74
7. Ward • PRO 56
8. Nichols • PRO 46
9. Healey • 2TM 30
10. Wheeler • PRO 24
Wild Pitches
1. White • CIN 40
2. Larkin • CHC 37
3. Ward • PRO 26
4. Weaver • MLG 25
5. Golden • MLG 24
6. Nolan • IND 21
7. Wheeler • PRO 13
Bond • BSN 13
9. Nichols • PRO 9
10. Healey • 2TM 8
Batters Faced
1. Bond • BSN 2,159
2. Larkin • CHC 2,105
3. White • CIN 1,939
4. Weaver • MLG 1,589
5. Nolan • IND 1,469
6. Ward • PRO 1,365
7. Golden • MLG 769
8. McCormick • IND 490
9. Healey • 2TM 480
10. Nichols • PRO 464
Games Finished
1. Golden • MLG 4
2. McKelvy • IND 3
3. Weaver • MLG 2
4. Allison • PRO 1
Bond • BSN 1
Ellick • MLG 1
Manning • BSN 1
Nichols • PRO 1
Wheeler • PRO 1
Healey • 2TM 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. Ward • PRO 147
2. Weaver • MLG 135
3. McCormick • IND 122
4. White • CIN 120
5. Bond • BSN 115
6. Larkin • CHC 109
7. Mitchell • CIN 101
8. Healey • 2TM 88
9. Nolan • IND 80
10. Wheeler • PRO 64
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Mitchell • CIN 2.10
2. White • CIN 2.13
3. Bond • BSN 2.16
4. Larkin • CHC 2.18
5. Ward • PRO 2.26
6. Weaver • MLG 2.27
7. McCormick • IND 2.31
8. Nolan • IND 2.34
9. Nichols • PRO 2.35
10. Golden • MLG 2.59
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Bond • BSN 29
2. Ward • PRO 21
3. Weaver • MLG 20
4. White • CIN 10
5. Larkin • CHC 10
6. McCormick • IND 6
7. Mitchell • CIN 3
8. Corey • PRO 1
9. Ellick • MLG 0
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Bond • BSN 2.8
2. Ward • PRO 2.1
3. Weaver • MLG 1.9
4. White • CIN 1.0
5. Larkin • CHC 0.9
6. McCormick • IND 0.6
7. Mitchell • CIN 0.3
8. Corey • PRO 0.1
9. Ellick • MLG 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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