1889 Major League Pitching Leaders

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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • BSN	16.2
2.	Buffinton • PHI	11.1
3.	Chamberlain • STL	9.2
4.	Duryea • CIN	9.1
5.	Kilroy • BAL	8.7
6.	King • STL	8.5
7.	Caruthers • BRO	8.4
8.	Sanders • PHI	7.5
9.	Glasscock • IND	6.6
10.	Anson • CHC	6.4

WAR for Pitchers
1.	Clarkson • BSN	16.7
2.	Buffinton • PHI	11.3
3.	Chamberlain • STL	9.2
4.	Duryea • CIN	8.4
5.	King • STL	8.3
6.	Kilroy • BAL	7.2
7.	Sanders • PHI	6.9
8.	Welch • NYG	6.7
9.	Caruthers • BRO	6.4
10.	Boyle • IND	5.9

Earned Run Average
1.	Stivetts • STL	2.25
2.	Duryea • CIN	2.56
3.	Clarkson • BSN	2.73
4.	Kilroy • BAL	2.85
5.	Weyhing • PHA	2.95
6.	Bakley • CLV	2.96
7.	Chamberlain • STL	2.97
8.	Mullane • CIN	2.99
9.	Welch • NYG	3.02
10.	Caruthers • BRO	3.13

Wins
1.	Clarkson • BSN	49
2.	Caruthers • BRO	40
3.	King • STL	35
4.	Chamberlain • STL	32
	Duryea • CIN	32
6.	Weyhing • PHA	30
7.	Kilroy • BAL	29
8.	Buffinton • PHI	28
	Keefe • NYG	28
10.	Baldwin • COL	27
	Welch • NYG	27

Win-Loss %
1.	Caruthers • BRO	.784
2.	Clarkson • BSN	.721
3.	Welch • NYG	.692
4.	King • STL	.686
5.	Keefe • NYG	.683
6.	Chamberlain • STL	.681
7.	Radbourn • BSN	.645
8.	Buffinton • PHI	.636
9.	Stivetts • STL	.632
10.	Lovett • BRO	.630

Walks & Hits per IP
1.	Stivetts • STL	1.153
2.	Foreman • BAL	1.210
3.	Caruthers • BRO	1.231
4.	Duryea • CIN	1.244
5.	Terry • BRO	1.261
6.	Conway • KCC	1.266
7.	Clarkson • BSN	1.277
8.	Radbourn • BSN	1.278
9.	King • STL	1.282
10.	Chamberlain • STL	1.283

Hits per 9 IP
1.	Stivetts • STL	7.184
2.	Weyhing • PHA	7.657
3.	Terry • BRO	7.868
4.	Keefe • NYG	7.887
5.	Foreman • BAL	7.913
6.	Baldwin • COL	8.025
7.	Chamberlain • STL	8.025
8.	Welch • NYG	8.160
9.	Duryea • CIN	8.349
10.	Clarkson • BSN	8.550

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1.	Galvin • PIT	2.059
2.	Caruthers • BRO	2.103
3.	Boyle • IND	2.258
4.	Radbourn • BSN	2.339
5.	Dwyer • CHC	2.348
6.	Conway • KCC	2.418
7.	King • STL	2.456
8.	Sanders • PHI	2.471
9.	Staley • PIT	2.486
10.	Morris • PIT	2.541

Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.	Stivetts • STL	6.715
2.	Baldwin • COL	6.448
3.	Keefe • NYG	5.563
4.	Terry • BRO	5.135
5.	Crane • NYG	5.072
6.	Sowders • KCC	5.059
7.	Gastright • COL	4.648
8.	Ramsey • 2TM	4.624
9.	Smith • CIN	4.611
10.	Mullane • CIN	4.582

Games Played
1.	Clarkson • BSN	73
2.	Baldwin • COL	63
3.	Kilroy • BAL	59
4.	Caruthers • BRO	56
	King • STL	56
6.	Weyhing • PHA	54
7.	Chamberlain • STL	53
	Duryea • CIN	53
9.	Foreman • BAL	51
10.	Staley • PIT	49

Saves
1.	Mullane • CIN	5
2.	Sowders • 2TM	3
3.	Welch • NYG	2
	Stivetts • STL	2
	Bishop • CHC	2
6.	Baldwin • COL	1
	Caruthers • BRO	1
	Swartzel • KCC	1
	Stratton • LOU	1
	Sowders • KCC	1
	King • STL	1
	Easton • COL	1
	Duryea • CIN	1
	Daily • COL	1
	Cunningham • BAL	1
	Conover • CIN	1
	Chamberlain • STL	1
	Widner • COL	1
	Burdick • IND	1
	Clarkson • BSN	1
	Getzien • IND	1
	Gleason • PHI	1
	Gruber • CLV	1
	Keefe • NYG	1
	Madden • BSN	1
	Sanders • PHI	1
	Staley • PIT	1
	Mattimore • 2TM	1
	Viau • CIN	1

Innings Pitched
1.	Clarkson • BSN	620.0
2.	Baldwin • COL	513.2
3.	Kilroy • BAL	480.2
4.	King • STL	458.0
5.	Weyhing • PHA	449.0
6.	Caruthers • BRO	445.0
7.	Chamberlain • STL	421.2
8.	Staley • PIT	420.0
9.	Foreman • BAL	414.0
10.	Swartzel • KCC	410.1

Strikeouts
1.	Baldwin • COL	368
2.	Clarkson • BSN	284
3.	Keefe • NYG	225
4.	Kilroy • BAL	217
5.	Weyhing • PHA	213
6.	Chamberlain • STL	202
7.	King • STL	188
8.	Terry • BRO	186
9.	Duryea • CIN	183
10.	Foreman • BAL	180

Games Started
1.	Clarkson • BSN	72
2.	Baldwin • COL	59
3.	Kilroy • BAL	56
4.	King • STL	53
	Weyhing • PHA	53
6.	Chamberlain • STL	51
7.	Caruthers • BRO	50
8.	Duryea • CIN	48
	Foreman • BAL	48
10.	Swartzel • KCC	47
	Staley • PIT	47

Complete Games
1.	Clarkson • BSN	68
2.	Kilroy • BAL	55
3.	Baldwin • COL	54
4.	Weyhing • PHA	50
5.	King • STL	47
6.	Caruthers • BRO	46
	Staley • PIT	46
8.	Swartzel • KCC	45
9.	Chamberlain • STL	44
10.	Foreman • BAL	43

Shutouts
1.	Clarkson • BSN	8
2.	Caruthers • BRO	7
3.	Baldwin • COL	6
4.	Foreman • BAL	5
	Kilroy • BAL	5
6.	Galvin • PIT	4
	Weyhing • PHA	4
8.	Welch • NYG	3
	Keefe • NYG	3
	Hutchison • CHC	3
	Beatin • CLV	3
	Seward • PHA	3
	Chamberlain • STL	3

Home Runs
1.	Getzien • IND	27
2.	Swartzel • KCC	21
3.	Galvin • PIT	19
4.	Chamberlain • STL	18
5.	Caruthers • BRO	16
	Tener • CHC	16
	Gumbert • CHC	16
	Clarkson • BSN	16
9.	Weyhing • PHA	15
	King • STL	15

Bases on Balls
1.	Baldwin • COL	274
2.	Weyhing • PHA	212
3.	Clarkson • BSN	203
4.	O'Brien • CLV	167
5.	Chamberlain • STL	165
6.	Keefe • NYG	151
7.	Welch • NYG	149
8.	Ewing • LOU	147
9.	Keefe • WHS	143
10.	Kilroy • BAL	142

Hits
1.	Clarkson • BSN	589
2.	Swartzel • KCC	481
3.	Kilroy • BAL	476
4.	King • STL	462
5.	Baldwin • COL	458
6.	Caruthers • BRO	444
7.	Ehret • LOU	441
8.	Staley • PIT	433
9.	Boyle • IND	422
10.	Ewing • LOU	407

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1.	Stivetts • STL	2.103
2.	Kilroy • BAL	1.528
3.	King • STL	1.504
4.	Keefe • NYG	1.490
5.	Terry • BRO	1.476
6.	Duryea • CIN	1.441
7.	Lovett • BRO	1.415
8.	Clarkson • BSN	1.399
9.	Getzien • IND	1.390
10.	Radbourn • BSN	1.375

Home Runs per 9 IP
1.	Lovett • BRO	0.118
2.	Kilroy • BAL	0.150
3.	Baldwin • COL	0.158
4.	Ewing • LOU	0.163
5.	Mullane • CIN	0.164
6.	Terry • BRO	0.166
7.	Foreman • BAL	0.174
8.	McMahon • PHA	0.186
9.	Stivetts • STL	0.188
10.	Viau • CIN	0.193

Losses
1.	Baldwin • COL	34
2.	Ewing • LOU	30
3.	Ehret • LOU	29
4.	Swartzel • KCC	27
5.	Staley • PIT	26
6.	Kilroy • BAL	25
7.	Boyle • IND	23
8.	Bakley • CLV	22
	Getzien • IND	22
10.	Foreman • BAL	21
	Weyhing • PHA	21

Earned Runs
1.	Baldwin • COL	206
2.	Swartzel • KCC	197
3.	Ehret • LOU	194
4.	Clarkson • BSN	188
5.	Ewing • LOU	179
6.	Getzien • IND	176
7.	Widner • COL	170
8.	Boyle • IND	165
9.	Staley • PIT	164
10.	Foreman • BAL	162

Wild Pitches
1.	Baldwin • COL	83
2.	Swartzel • KCC	37
	Weyhing • PHA	37
4.	King • STL	36
	Foreman • BAL	36
6.	Ehret • LOU	35
7.	Gastright • COL	32
	Kilroy • BAL	32
9.	Cunningham • BAL	31
10.	Staley • PIT	30

Hit By Pitch
1.	Foreman • BAL	40
2.	Weyhing • PHA	34
3.	Kilroy • BAL	27
4.	O'Brien • CLV	24
5.	Swartzel • KCC	23
6.	King • STL	21
7.	Baldwin • COL	20
8.	Keefe • NYG	18
	Widner • COL	18
	Ehret • LOU	18

Batters Faced
1.	Clarkson • BSN	2,641
2.	Baldwin • COL	2,275
3.	Kilroy • BAL	2,070
4.	King • STL	1,966
5.	Weyhing • PHA	1,959
6.	Caruthers • BRO	1,880
7.	Swartzel • KCC	1,837
8.	Chamberlain • STL	1,808
9.	Staley • PIT	1,798
10.	Foreman • BAL	1,768

Games Finished
1.	Rusie • IND	11
2.	Mullane • CIN	9
3.	Smith • CIN	7
	Widner • COL	7
	Gleason • PHI	7
	Ehret • LOU	7
7.	Caruthers • BRO	6
	Gastright • COL	6
	Foutz • BRO	6
	Sullivan • WHS	6
	Stivetts • STL	6

Adjusted ERA+
1.	Stivetts • STL	186
2.	Duryea • CIN	155
3.	Clarkson • BSN	150
4.	Chamberlain • STL	141
5.	Bakley • CLV	140
6.	Kilroy • BAL	134
7.	King • STL	133
8.	Mullane • CIN	133
9.	Welch • NYG	132
10.	Buffinton • PHI	132

Fielding Independent Pitching
1.	Stivetts • STL	2.93
2.	Lovett • BRO	3.33
3.	Kilroy • BAL	3.37
4.	Terry • BRO	3.41
5.	Duryea • CIN	3.45
6.	Staley • PIT	3.47
7.	Keefe • NYG	3.48
8.	Clarkson • BSN	3.49
9.	Sanders • PHI	3.49
10.	Baldwin • COL	3.52

Adj. Pitching Runs
1.	Clarkson • BSN	93
2.	Chamberlain • STL	55
3.	Duryea • CIN	54
4.	King • STL	50
5.	Buffinton • PHI	43
6.	Kilroy • BAL	41
7.	Welch • NYG	38
8.	Stivetts • STL	36
9.	Weyhing • PHA	34
10.	Bakley • CLV	33

Adj. Pitching Wins
1.	Clarkson • BSN	8.5
2.	Chamberlain • STL	4.8
3.	Duryea • CIN	4.8
4.	King • STL	4.4
5.	Buffinton • PHI	3.9
6.	Kilroy • BAL	3.6
7.	Welch • NYG	3.4
8.	Stivetts • STL	3.2
9.	Weyhing • PHA	3.0
10.	Bakley • CLV	2.9

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