Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Clarkson • CHC 15.0
2. Kilroy • BAL 12.1
3. Smith • CIN 10.8
4. Caruthers • STL 10.7
5. Ferguson • PHI 9.9
6. Casey • PHI 9.3
7. Whitney • WHS 8.4
8. Ramsey • LOU 7.8
9. Mullane • CIN 7.6
10. Keefe • NYG 7.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Clarkson • CHC 14.9
2. Kilroy • BAL 11.0
3. Casey • PHI 10.4
4. Smith • CIN 10.3
5. Ramsey • LOU 8.4
6. Ferguson • PHI 7.7
7. Whitney • WHS 7.5
8. Mullane • CIN 7.3
9. Keefe • NYG 7.1
10. Seward • PHA 7.0
Earned Run Average
1. Casey • PHI 2.86
2. Conway • DTN 2.90
3. Smith • CIN 2.94
4. Ferguson • PHI 3.00
5. Kilroy • BAL 3.07
6. Clarkson • CHC 3.08
7. Keefe • NYG 3.12
8. Whitney • WHS 3.22
9. Mullane • CIN 3.24
10. Galvin • PIT 3.29
Wins
1. Kilroy • BAL 46
2. Clarkson • CHC 38
3. Ramsey • LOU 37
4. Keefe • NYG 35
5. Smith • CIN 34
6. King • STL 32
7. Mullane • CIN 31
8. Caruthers • STL 29
Getzien • DTN 29
10. Casey • PHI 28
Galvin • PIT 28
Win-Loss %
1. Caruthers • STL .763
2. King • STL .727
3. Kilroy • BAL .708
4. Getzien • DTN .690
5. Ferguson • PHI .688
6. Casey • PHI .683
7. Foutz • STL .676
8. Smith • CIN .667
9. Keefe • NYG .648
10. Mullane • CIN .646
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Keefe • NYG 1.124
2. Clarkson • CHC 1.157
3. Ferguson • PHI 1.157
4. Whitney • WHS 1.166
5. Caruthers • STL 1.167
6. Smith • CIN 1.176
7. Conway • DTN 1.226
8. Welch • NYG 1.243
9. Seward • PHA 1.243
10. Kilroy • BAL 1.259
Hits per 9 IP
1. Smith • CIN 8.048
2. Keefe • NYG 8.081
3. Conway • DTN 8.137
4. Seward • PHA 8.509
5. Toole • BRO 8.629
6. Casey • PHI 8.693
7. Ramsey • LOU 8.727
8. Welch • NYG 8.818
9. Clarkson • CHC 8.828
10. Baldwin • CHC 8.865
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Whitney • WHS 0.934
2. Galvin • PIT 1.368
3. Ferguson • PHI 1.423
4. Hecker • LOU 1.577
5. Clarkson • CHC 1.583
6. Caruthers • STL 1.610
7. Lynch • NYP 1.733
8. Boyle • IND 1.893
9. Morris • PIT 2.012
10. Keefe • NYG 2.039
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ramsey • LOU 5.695
2. Morrison • CLE 4.491
3. Baldwin • CHC 4.419
4. Gilmore • WHS 4.372
5. Buffinton • PHI 4.333
6. Van Haltren • CHC 4.248
7. Clarkson • CHC 4.078
8. Terry • BRO 3.906
9. Ferguson • PHI 3.784
10. Smith • BAL 3.773
Games Played
1. Kilroy • BAL 69
2. Ramsey • LOU 65
3. Clarkson • CHC 60
4. Smith • BAL 58
5. Keefe • NYG 56
6. Seward • PHA 55
Weyhing • PHA 55
8. Mays • NYP 52
Smith • CIN 52
10. Radbourn • BSN 50
Saves
1. Terry • BRO 3
2. Bierbauer • PHA 1
Hecker • LOU 1
King • STL 1
Robinson • STL 1
Serad • CIN 1
Stricker • CLE 1
Baldwin • CHC 1
Fass • IND 1
Ferguson • PHI 1
Pettit • CHC 1
Stemmyer • BSN 1
Tiernan • NYG 1
Twitchell • DTN 1
Van Haltren • CHC 1
Innings Pitched
1. Kilroy • BAL 589.1
2. Ramsey • LOU 561.0
3. Clarkson • CHC 523.0
4. Smith • BAL 491.1
5. Keefe • NYG 476.2
6. Seward • PHA 470.2
7. Weyhing • PHA 466.1
8. Smith • CIN 447.1
9. Mays • NYP 441.1
10. Galvin • PIT 440.2
Strikeouts
1. Ramsey • LOU 355
2. Clarkson • CHC 237
3. Kilroy • BAL 217
4. Smith • BAL 206
5. Weyhing • PHA 193
6. Keefe • NYG 189
7. Smith • CIN 176
8. Baldwin • CHC 164
9. Buffinton • PHI 160
10. Morrison • CLE 158
Games Started
1. Kilroy • BAL 69
2. Ramsey • LOU 64
3. Clarkson • CHC 59
4. Keefe • NYG 56
5. Smith • BAL 55
Weyhing • PHA 55
7. Mays • NYP 52
Seward • PHA 52
Smith • CIN 52
10. Radbourn • BSN 50
Complete Games
1. Kilroy • BAL 66
2. Ramsey • LOU 61
3. Clarkson • CHC 56
4. Smith • BAL 54
Keefe • NYG 54
6. Weyhing • PHA 53
7. Seward • PHA 52
8. Mays • NYP 50
9. Smith • CIN 49
10. Radbourn • BSN 48
Shutouts
1. Kilroy • BAL 6
Mullane • CIN 6
3. Casey • PHI 4
4. Healy • IND 3
Madden • BSN 3
Galvin • PIT 3
Smith • CIN 3
Seward • PHA 3
9. King • STL 2
Welch • NYG 2
Serad • CIN 2
Hecker • LOU 2
Whitney • WHS 2
Getzien • DTN 2
Keefe • NYG 2
Ferguson • PHI 2
Weyhing • PHA 2
Clarkson • CHC 2
Shreve • 2TM 2
Caruthers • STL 2
Home Runs
1. Healy • IND 24
Getzien • DTN 24
3. Baldwin • CHC 22
4. Radbourn • BSN 21
5. Madden • BSN 19
Clarkson • CHC 19
7. Whitney • WHS 16
Buffinton • PHI 16
9. O'Day • WHS 15
Casey • PHI 15
Bases on Balls
1. Morrison • CLE 205
2. Smith • BAL 176
3. Ramsey • LOU 167
Weyhing • PHA 167
5. Kilroy • BAL 157
6. Seward • PHA 140
7. Crowell • CLE 138
8. Mays • NYP 136
9. Radbourn • BSN 133
10. Smith • CIN 126
Hits
1. Kilroy • BAL 585
2. Mays • NYP 551
3. Ramsey • LOU 544
4. Crowell • CLE 541
5. Smith • BAL 526
6. Clarkson • CHC 513
7. Radbourn • BSN 505
8. Galvin • PIT 490
9. Weyhing • PHA 465
10. Seward • PHA 445
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Whitney • WHS 3.476
2. Ferguson • PHI 2.660
3. Clarkson • CHC 2.576
4. Ramsey • LOU 2.126
5. Keefe • NYG 1.750
6. Buffinton • PHI 1.739
7. Smith • CIN 1.397
8. Terry • BRO 1.394
9. Kilroy • BAL 1.382
10. Baldwin • CHC 1.344
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Toole • BRO 0.046
2. Daily • CLE 0.064
3. King • STL 0.092
4. Smith • CIN 0.101
5. Smith • BAL 0.128
6. Seward • PHA 0.134
7. Kilroy • BAL 0.137
8. Ramsey • LOU 0.144
9. Caruthers • STL 0.158
10. Welch • NYG 0.182
Losses
1. Mays • NYP 34
2. Crowell • CLE 31
3. Smith • BAL 30
4. Healy • IND 29
5. Weyhing • PHA 28
6. Ramsey • LOU 27
7. Morrison • CLE 25
Seward • PHA 25
9. Boyle • IND 24
Porter • BRO 24
Earned Runs
1. Mays • NYP 232
2. Weyhing • PHA 221
3. Seward • PHA 216
4. Radbourn • BSN 215
5. Ramsey • LOU 214
6. Crowell • CLE 211
7. Smith • BAL 207
8. Kilroy • BAL 201
9. Healy • IND 196
10. Clarkson • CHC 179
Wild Pitches
1. Morrison • CLE 62
2. Seward • PHA 58
3. Weyhing • PHA 49
4. Kilroy • BAL 46
Ramsey • LOU 46
6. Baldwin • CHC 41
7. Healy • IND 39
8. Keefe • NYG 37
9. Mays • NYP 36
10. Smith • CIN 31
O'Day • WHS 31
Hit By Pitch
1. Weyhing • PHA 37
2. Mullane • CIN 32
3. Seward • PHA 24
4. Morrison • CLE 22
5. Mays • NYP 20
Madden • BSN 20
Crowell • CLE 20
Kilroy • BAL 20
9. Baldwin • CHC 17
King • STL 17
Batters Faced
1. Kilroy • BAL 2,492
2. Ramsey • LOU 2,430
3. Smith • BAL 2,204
4. Clarkson • CHC 2,183
5. Weyhing • PHA 2,042
6. Mays • NYP 2,002
7. Seward • PHA 1,990
8. Keefe • NYG 1,981
9. Radbourn • BSN 1,915
10. Galvin • PIT 1,897
Games Finished
1. Cahill • IND 5
Terry • BRO 5
3. Ferguson • PHI 4
Corkhill • CIN 4
Ryan • CHC 4
Tiernan • NYG 4
7. Stricker • CLE 3
Kelly • BSN 3
Smith • BAL 3
Twitchell • DTN 3
Adjusted ERA+
1. Smith • CIN 148
2. Casey • PHI 147
3. Clarkson • CHC 145
4. Ferguson • PHI 141
5. Conway • DTN 140
6. Caruthers • STL 137
7. Mullane • CIN 134
8. Kilroy • BAL 133
9. Baldwin • CHC 131
10. Ramsey • LOU 128
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Ramsey • LOU 3.20
2. Clarkson • CHC 3.42
3. Whitney • WHS 3.50
4. Keefe • NYG 3.53
5. Smith • CIN 3.54
6. Ferguson • PHI 3.59
7. Kilroy • BAL 3.64
8. Welch • NYG 3.71
9. King • STL 3.72
10. Caruthers • STL 3.75
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Smith • CIN 72
2. Clarkson • CHC 71
3. Kilroy • BAL 68
4. Casey • PHI 54
5. Ramsey • LOU 53
6. Mullane • CIN 52
7. Caruthers • STL 48
8. King • STL 39
9. Ferguson • PHI 38
10. Keefe • NYG 37
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clarkson • CHC 6.3
2. Smith • CIN 6.1
3. Kilroy • BAL 5.7
4. Casey • PHI 4.8
5. Ramsey • LOU 4.4
6. Mullane • CIN 4.4
7. Caruthers • STL 4.1
8. Ferguson • PHI 3.4
9. King • STL 3.3
10. Keefe • NYG 3.2

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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