Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Nichols • BSN 13.0
2. King • CHI 12.4
3. Gleason • PHI 12.0
4. Stratton • LOU 10.8
5. McMahon • 2TM 10.6
6. Rhines • CIN 10.5
7. Clarkson • BSN 8.9
8. Hutchison • CHC 8.3
9. Rusie • NYG 8.2
10. Radbourn • BOS 7.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. King • CHI 13.2
2. Nichols • BSN 12.9
3. Gleason • PHI 12.3
4. Rhines • CIN 11.0
5. McMahon • 2TM 10.7
6. Stratton • LOU 9.1
7. Hutchison • CHC 8.8
8. Clarkson • BSN 8.6
9. Radbourn • BOS 8.0
10. Baldwin • CHI 7.9
Earned Run Average
1. Rhines • CIN 1.95
2. Nichols • BSN 2.23
3. Mullane • CIN 2.24
4. Stratton • LOU 2.36
5. Ehret • LOU 2.53
6. Rusie • NYG 2.56
7. Gleason • PHI 2.63
8. King • CHI 2.69
9. Hutchison • CHC 2.70
10. Lovett • BRO 2.78
Wins
1. Hutchison • CHC 41
2. Gleason • PHI 38
3. McMahon • 2TM 36
4. Stratton • LOU 34
5. Baldwin • CHI 33
6. Gastright • COL 30
Lovett • BRO 30
King • CHI 30
Weyhing • BWW 30
10. Rusie • NYG 29
Win-Loss %
1. Lovett • BRO .732
2. Daley • BOS .720
3. Stratton • LOU .708
4. Radbourn • BOS .692
5. Gleason • PHI .691
6. Luby • CHC .690
7. Chamberlain • 2TM .682
Gastright • COL .682
9. Caruthers • BRO .676
10. Stein • CHC .667
Knell • PHQ .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Stratton • LOU 1.065
2. Gastright • COL 1.114
3. Rhines • CIN 1.121
4. Knauss • COL 1.132
5. Nichols • BSN 1.146
6. Healy • TOL 1.165
7. Hutchison • CHC 1.167
8. Young • CLV 1.185
9. Ehret • LOU 1.198
10. Luby • CHC 1.199
Hits per 9 IP
1. Knauss • COL 6.726
2. Gastright • COL 6.997
3. Rusie • NYG 7.152
4. Easton • COL 7.498
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 7.500
6. Mullane • CIN 7.536
7. Hutchison • CHC 7.537
8. Healy • TOL 7.542
9. Rhines • CIN 7.557
10. Luby • CHC 7.599
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Stratton • LOU 1.274
2. Staley • PBB 1.747
3. Sanders • PHQ 1.791
4. Young • CLV 1.828
5. Duryea • CIN 1.971
6. Ehret • LOU 1.981
7. Galvin • PBB 2.032
8. Getzien • BSN 2.109
9. Morris • PBB 2.182
10. Nichols • BSN 2.377
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ramsey • STL 6.634
2. Stivetts • STL 6.203
3. Meakim • LOU 5.766
4. Rusie • NYG 5.594
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 5.486
6. Healy • TOL 5.206
7. Easton • COL 5.175
8. McMahon • 2TM 5.145
9. Ewing • NYI 4.882
10. Knauss • COL 4.832
Games Played
1. Hutchison • CHC 71
2. Rusie • NYG 67
3. Gleason • PHI 60
McMahon • 2TM 60
5. Baldwin • CHI 58
6. Barr • ROC 57
7. King • CHI 56
8. Stivetts • STL 54
Beatin • CLV 54
10. Stratton • LOU 50
Saves
1. Goodall • LOU 4
2. Hemming • 2TM 3
O'Day • NYI 3
4. Daley • BOS 2
Ewing • NYI 2
Hutchison • CHC 2
Gleason • PHI 2
Foutz • BRO 2
Murphy • BWW 2
Knauss • COL 2
Van Haltren • BWW 2
Ehret • LOU 2
Innings Pitched
1. Hutchison • CHC 603.0
2. Rusie • NYG 548.2
3. McMahon • 2TM 509.0
4. Gleason • PHI 506.0
5. Barr • ROC 493.1
6. Baldwin • CHI 492.0
7. Beatin • CLV 474.1
8. King • CHI 461.0
9. Stratton • LOU 431.0
10. Nichols • BSN 424.0
Strikeouts
1. Rusie • NYG 341
2. McMahon • 2TM 291
3. Stivetts • STL 289
Hutchison • CHC 289
5. Ramsey • STL 257
6. Healy • TOL 225
7. Gleason • PHI 222
Nichols • BSN 222
9. Barr • ROC 209
10. Stratton • LOU 207
Games Started
1. Hutchison • CHC 66
2. Rusie • NYG 62
3. McMahon • 2TM 57
4. Baldwin • CHI 56
King • CHI 56
6. Gleason • PHI 55
7. Barr • ROC 54
Beatin • CLV 54
9. Stratton • LOU 49
10. Nichols • BSN 47
Staley • PBB 47
Complete Games
1. Hutchison • CHC 65
2. Rusie • NYG 56
3. McMahon • 2TM 55
4. Gleason • PHI 54
5. Beatin • CLV 53
Baldwin • CHI 53
7. Barr • ROC 52
8. King • CHI 48
9. Nichols • BSN 47
10. Rhines • CIN 45
Staley • PBB 45
Shutouts
1. Nichols • BSN 7
2. Gleason • PHI 6
Chamberlain • 2TM 6
Rhines • CIN 6
5. Hutchison • CHC 5
6. King • CHI 4
Getzien • BSN 4
Lovett • BRO 4
Rusie • NYG 4
Stratton • LOU 4
Gastright • COL 4
Ehret • LOU 4
Home Runs
1. Hutchison • CHC 20
2. Gumbert • BOS 18
3. Gruber • CLE 15
Haddock • BUF 15
5. Stivetts • STL 14
Clarkson • BSN 14
Lovett • BRO 14
Kilroy • BOS 14
Maul • PBB 14
10. Smith • TOL 13
Bakley • CLE 13
Sanders • PHQ 13
Bases on Balls
1. Rusie • NYG 289
2. Baldwin • CHI 249
3. Barr • ROC 219
4. Crane • NYI 208
5. Gruber • CLE 204
6. Cunningham • 2TM 201
7. Hutchison • CHC 199
8. Beatin • CLV 186
9. Vickery • PHI 184
10. Stivetts • STL 179
Weyhing • BWW 179
Hits
1. Beatin • CLV 518
2. Hutchison • CHC 505
3. McMahon • 2TM 498
4. Baldwin • CHI 494
5. Gleason • PHI 479
6. Gruber • CLE 464
7. Barr • ROC 458
8. Rusie • NYG 436
9. King • CHI 420
10. Weyhing • BWW 419
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Stratton • LOU 3.393
2. Ramsey • STL 2.520
3. Ehret • LOU 2.203
4. Nichols • BSN 1.982
5. Meakim • LOU 1.952
6. Staley • PBB 1.948
7. Duryea • CIN 1.800
8. Healy • TOL 1.772
9. McMahon • 2TM 1.753
10. Getzien • BSN 1.707
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Sprague • TOL 0.000
2. Rusie • NYG 0.049
3. Stratton • LOU 0.063
4. Terry • BRO 0.073
5. Sowders • BWW 0.087
6. King • CHI 0.098
7. Knauss • COL 0.098
8. McMahon • 2TM 0.106
9. Healy • TOL 0.116
10. Calihan • ROC 0.121
Losses
1. Rusie • NYG 34
2. Beatin • CLV 30
3. Haddock • BUF 26
4. Hutchison • CHC 25
Bakley • CLE 25
Staley • PBB 25
7. Barr • ROC 24
Keefe • SYR 24
Baldwin • CHI 24
Cunningham • 2TM 24
Earned Runs
1. Beatin • CLV 202
2. Cunningham • 2TM 200
3. Haddock • BUF 186
4. McMahon • 2TM 185
5. Baldwin • CHI 183
6. Gruber • CLE 182
7. Hutchison • CHC 181
8. Barr • ROC 178
9. Crane • NYI 170
10. Keefe • SYR 169
Wild Pitches
1. Rusie • NYG 36
Crane • NYI 36
Gruber • CLE 36
4. Gastright • COL 31
5. Nichols • BSN 30
Cunningham • 2TM 30
7. Stivetts • STL 29
Morrison • 2TM 29
9. Barr • ROC 28
Ramsey • STL 28
Hit By Pitch
1. Vickery • PHI 29
2. Knell • PHQ 28
3. Rusie • NYG 26
McMahon • 2TM 26
Daily • 3TM 26
6. Keefe • SYR 25
7. Healy • TOL 24
8. Knauss • COL 21
Van Haltren • BWW 21
10. Easton • COL 20
Baker • PIT 20
Foreman • CIN 20
Batters Faced
1. Hutchison • CHC 2,506
2. Rusie • NYG 2,379
3. Baldwin • CHI 2,242
4. McMahon • 2TM 2,197
5. Gleason • PHI 2,163
6. Barr • ROC 2,152
7. Beatin • CLV 2,127
8. King • CHI 1,988
9. Gruber • CLE 1,839
10. Stivetts • STL 1,837
Games Finished
1. Hemming • 2TM 10
2. Easton • COL 8
Stivetts • STL 8
Daley • BOS 8
5. Meakim • LOU 7
Burkett • NYG 7
Crane • NYI 7
O'Day • NYI 7
9. Sharrott • NYG 6
Bartson • CHI 6
Dwyer • CHI 6
Gumbert • BOS 6
Murphy • BWW 6
Adjusted ERA+
1. Rhines • CIN 186
2. Nichols • BSN 170
3. Stratton • LOU 164
4. Mullane • CIN 163
5. King • CHI 162
6. Ehret • LOU 153
7. Gleason • PHI 139
8. Healy • TOL 138
9. Hutchison • CHC 137
10. Keefe • NYI 134
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Stratton • LOU 2.56
2. Ramsey • STL 2.76
3. Ehret • LOU 2.93
4. Meakim • LOU 2.97
5. Nichols • BSN 2.98
6. Staley • PBB 3.02
7. Getzien • BSN 3.03
8. McMahon • 2TM 3.06
9. Healy • TOL 3.09
10. Rhines • CIN 3.16
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. King • CHI 82
2. Stratton • LOU 67
3. Nichols • BSN 67
4. Rhines • CIN 66
5. Hutchison • CHC 57
6. Gleason • PHI 52
7. Baldwin • CHI 49
8. Ehret • LOU 43
9. Radbourn • BOS 42
10. Healy • TOL 42
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. King • CHI 6.9
2. Nichols • BSN 6.3
3. Rhines • CIN 6.3
4. Stratton • LOU 6.3
5. Hutchison • CHC 5.3
6. Gleason • PHI 4.8
7. Baldwin • CHI 4.1
8. Ehret • LOU 4.0
9. Healy • TOL 3.8
10. Radbourn • BOS 3.5

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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