Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Clarkson • CHC 12.8
2. Morris • PIT 12.7
3. Welch • NYG 10.6
4. Caruthers • STL 10.0
5. Radbourn • PRO 8.5
6. Hecker • LOU 8.2
7. Connor • NYG 8.2
8. Ferguson • PHI 8.1
9. Henderson • BAL 7.8
10. Keefe • NYG 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Morris • PIT 13.3
2. Clarkson • CHC 12.9
3. Welch • NYG 10.4
4. Caruthers • STL 9.5
5. Henderson • BAL 7.4
6. Radbourn • PRO 7.4
7. Hecker • LOU 7.4
8. Keefe • NYG 6.9
9. Daily • PHI 6.6
10. Porter • BRO 6.5
Earned Run Average
1. Keefe • NYG 1.58
2. Welch • NYG 1.66
3. Clarkson • CHC 1.85
4. Baldwin • DTN 1.86
5. Caruthers • STL 2.07
6. Hecker • LOU 2.17
7. Radbourn • PRO 2.20
8. Daily • PHI 2.21
9. Ferguson • PHI 2.22
10. Morris • PIT 2.35
Wins
1. Clarkson • CHC 53
2. Welch • NYG 44
3. Caruthers • STL 40
4. Morris • PIT 39
5. Foutz • STL 33
Porter • BRO 33
7. Keefe • NYG 32
8. Hecker • LOU 30
Mathews • PHA 30
10. Radbourn • PRO 28
Win-Loss %
1. Welch • NYG .800
2. Clarkson • CHC .768
3. Caruthers • STL .755
4. McCormick • 2TM .750
5. Keefe • NYG .711
6. Foutz • STL .702
7. Mathews • PHA .638
8. Pechiney • CIN .636
Burns • BAL .636
10. Morris • PIT .619
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Baldwin • DTN 0.920
2. Clarkson • CHC 0.953
3. Morris • PIT 0.964
4. Keefe • NYG 1.005
5. Caruthers • STL 1.010
6. Welch • NYG 1.022
7. McGinnis • STL 1.045
8. Daily • PHI 1.045
9. Ferguson • PHI 1.052
10. Hecker • LOU 1.058
Hits per 9 IP
1. Keefe • NYG 6.750
2. Welch • NYG 6.805
3. Baldwin • DTN 6.875
4. Morris • PIT 7.110
5. Clarkson • CHC 7.180
6. Daily • PHI 7.568
7. Ferguson • PHI 7.667
8. Shaw • PRO 7.724
9. Mays • LOU 7.740
10. Foutz • STL 7.749
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Whitney • BSN 0.755
2. Lynch • NYP 0.997
3. Hecker • LOU 1.013
4. Caruthers • STL 1.064
5. Mathews • PHA 1.215
6. Clarkson • CHC 1.401
7. Baldwin • DTN 1.405
8. McGinnis • STL 1.527
9. McKeon • CIN 1.552
10. Morris • PIT 1.565
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Baldwin • DTN 6.775
2. Mathews • PHA 6.095
3. Cushman • 2TM 5.504
4. Keefe • NYG 5.108
5. Buffinton • BSN 5.015
6. Welch • NYG 4.720
7. Morris • PIT 4.616
8. Clarkson • CHC 4.449
9. Henderson • BAL 4.389
10. Ferguson • PHI 4.378
Games Played
1. Clarkson • CHC 70
2. Morris • PIT 63
3. Henderson • BAL 61
4. Welch • NYG 56
5. Porter • BRO 54
6. Caruthers • STL 53
Hecker • LOU 53
8. Buffinton • BSN 51
Whitney • BSN 51
10. Daily • PHI 50
Saves
1. Burns • BAL 3
2. Pfeffer • CHC 2
Williamson • CHC 2
4. Corkhill • CIN 1
Reccius • LOU 1
Sommer • BAL 1
Terry • BRO 1
Baldwin • DTN 1
Welch • NYG 1
Galvin • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Clarkson • CHC 623.0
2. Morris • PIT 581.0
3. Henderson • BAL 539.1
4. Welch • NYG 492.0
5. Caruthers • STL 482.1
6. Porter • BRO 481.2
7. Hecker • LOU 480.0
8. Radbourn • PRO 445.2
9. Whitney • BSN 441.1
10. Daily • PHI 440.0
Strikeouts
1. Clarkson • CHC 308
2. Morris • PIT 298
3. Mathews • PHA 286
4. Henderson • BAL 263
5. Welch • NYG 258
6. Buffinton • BSN 242
7. Keefe • NYG 227
8. Hecker • LOU 209
9. Whitney • BSN 200
10. Ferguson • PHI 197
Porter • BRO 197
Games Started
1. Clarkson • CHC 70
2. Morris • PIT 63
3. Henderson • BAL 61
4. Welch • NYG 55
5. Porter • BRO 54
6. Hecker • LOU 53
Caruthers • STL 53
8. Daily • PHI 50
Whitney • BSN 50
Buffinton • BSN 50
Complete Games
1. Clarkson • CHC 68
2. Morris • PIT 63
3. Henderson • BAL 59
4. Welch • NYG 55
5. Caruthers • STL 53
Porter • BRO 53
7. Hecker • LOU 51
8. Whitney • BSN 50
9. Buffinton • BSN 49
Radbourn • PRO 49
Daily • PHI 49
Shutouts
1. Clarkson • CHC 10
2. Morris • PIT 7
Keefe • NYG 7
Welch • NYG 7
5. Shaw • PRO 6
Buffinton • BSN 6
Caruthers • STL 6
8. Ferguson • PHI 5
9. Daily • PHI 4
10. Weidman • DTN 3
McGinnis • STL 3
McCormick • 2TM 3
Galvin • 2TM 3
Home Runs
1. Clarkson • CHC 21
2. Lynch • NYP 17
3. Whitney • BSN 14
4. Daily • PHI 12
5. Porter • BRO 11
6. Galvin • 2TM 10
Conway • BUF 10
Buffinton • BSN 10
9. Terry • BRO 9
White • CIN 9
McCormick • 2TM 9
Bases on Balls
1. Welch • NYG 131
2. Henderson • BAL 117
3. Buffinton • BSN 112
4. Porter • BRO 107
5. Keefe • NYG 102
6. Morris • PIT 101
7. Boyle • SLM 100
8. Shaw • PRO 99
9. Clarkson • CHC 97
10. Foutz • STL 92
Getzien • DTN 92
Hits
1. Henderson • BAL 539
2. Whitney • BSN 503
3. Clarkson • CHC 497
4. Morris • PIT 459
5. Hecker • LOU 454
6. Galvin • 2TM 453
7. Caruthers • STL 430
8. Porter • BRO 427
9. Buffinton • BSN 425
10. Radbourn • PRO 423
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Whitney • BSN 5.405
2. Mathews • PHA 5.018
3. Baldwin • DTN 4.821
4. Lynch • NYP 4.214
5. Hecker • LOU 3.870
6. Cushman • 2TM 3.400
7. Caruthers • STL 3.333
8. Clarkson • CHC 3.175
9. Morris • PIT 2.950
10. Harkins • BRO 2.518
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Kirby • SLM 0.000
2. Boyle • SLM 0.049
3. Caruthers • STL 0.056
4. Meegan • PIT 0.062
5. Mathews • PHA 0.064
6. Emslie • 2TM 0.066
7. Welch • NYG 0.073
8. Morris • PIT 0.077
9. McGinnis • STL 0.080
10. Radbourn • PRO 0.081
Losses
1. Henderson • BAL 35
2. Whitney • BSN 32
3. Buffinton • BSN 27
4. Galvin • 2TM 26
Shaw • PRO 26
6. Getzien • DTN 25
7. Boyle • SLM 24
Weidman • DTN 24
Morris • PIT 24
10. Daily • PHI 23
Hecker • LOU 23
Earned Runs
1. Henderson • BAL 191
2. Galvin • 2TM 165
3. Lynch • NYP 152
Morris • PIT 152
5. Porter • BRO 149
6. Whitney • BSN 146
7. Buffinton • BSN 139
8. Clarkson • CHC 128
9. Harkins • BRO 122
10. Sweeney • SLM 120
Wild Pitches
1. Henderson • BAL 51
2. Harkins • BRO 47
3. Daily • PHI 40
4. Welch • NYG 39
5. Serad • BUF 38
6. Morris • PIT 36
7. Keefe • NYG 35
8. Radbourn • PRO 34
9. Lynch • NYP 33
10. Shaw • PRO 32
Whitney • BSN 32
Hit By Pitch
1. White • CIN 27
2. Mathews • PHA 20
3. Henderson • BAL 19
Caruthers • STL 19
5. Hecker • LOU 18
Foutz • STL 18
7. Porter • BRO 16
8. Morris • PIT 14
9. McKeon • CIN 13
Shallix • CIN 13
Burns • BAL 13
Batters Faced
1. Clarkson • CHC 2,487
2. Morris • PIT 2,321
3. Henderson • BAL 2,268
4. Porter • BRO 2,035
5. Hecker • LOU 1,988
6. Welch • NYG 1,963
7. Caruthers • STL 1,948
8. Whitney • BSN 1,887
9. Radbourn • PRO 1,841
10. Buffinton • BSN 1,838
Games Finished
1. Corkhill • CIN 7
2. Burns • BAL 4
Coleman • PHA 4
4. Eden • PIT 3
Pfeffer • CHC 3
Ferguson • PHI 3
Boyle • SLM 3
Orr • NYP 3
9. Terry • BRO 2
Knight • 2TM 2
Wood • BUF 2
Williamson • CHC 2
Sommer • BAL 2
Reccius • LOU 2
Brown • PIT 2
Knouff • PHA 2
Meegan • PIT 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Keefe • NYG 174
2. Welch • NYG 164
3. Clarkson • CHC 163
4. Caruthers • STL 160
5. Baldwin • DTN 154
6. Hecker • LOU 149
7. Mathews • PHA 142
8. Morris • PIT 137
9. Daily • PHI 126
10. Foutz • STL 126
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Baldwin • DTN 1.99
2. Mathews • PHA 2.17
3. Cushman • 2TM 2.40
4. Morris • PIT 2.56
5. Hecker • LOU 2.62
6. Whitney • BSN 2.64
7. Caruthers • STL 2.65
8. Ferguson • PHI 2.67
9. Keefe • NYG 2.71
10. Welch • NYG 2.74
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clarkson • CHC 69
2. Caruthers • STL 63
3. Morris • PIT 61
4. Welch • NYG 59
5. Keefe • NYG 45
6. Hecker • LOU 42
7. Mathews • PHA 36
8. Foutz • STL 32
9. Porter • BRO 27
10. Daily • PHI 24
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clarkson • CHC 6.9
2. Caruthers • STL 6.1
3. Welch • NYG 5.8
4. Morris • PIT 5.7
5. Keefe • NYG 4.5
6. Hecker • LOU 3.9
7. Mathews • PHA 3.3
8. Foutz • STL 2.9
9. Porter • BRO 2.5
10. Daily • PHI 2.3

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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