Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Clarkson • BSN 9.9
2. Hutchison • CHC 9.4
3. McMahon • BAL 9.4
4. Nichols • BSN 9.3
5. Stivetts • STL 9.1
6. Rusie • NYG 8.7
7. Weyhing • PHA 7.9
8. Staley • 2TM 7.8
9. Buffinton • BOS 7.2
10. Haddock • BOS 7.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Hutchison • CHC 10.1
2. Weyhing • PHA 9.8
3. Clarkson • BSN 9.7
4. McMahon • BAL 9.7
5. Nichols • BSN 9.6
6. Rusie • NYG 8.4
7. Staley • 2TM 7.9
8. Stivetts • STL 7.7
9. Buffinton • BOS 7.5
10. Knell • COL 7.2
Earned Run Average
1. Ewing • NYG 2.27
2. Nichols • BSN 2.39
3. Haddock • BOS 2.49
4. Buffinton • BOS 2.55
5. Rusie • NYG 2.55
6. Staley • 2TM 2.58
7. Baldwin • PIT 2.76
8. Clarkson • BSN 2.79
9. Hutchison • CHC 2.81
10. McMahon • BAL 2.81
Wins
1. Hutchison • CHC 44
2. McMahon • BAL 35
3. Haddock • BOS 34
4. Clarkson • BSN 33
Stivetts • STL 33
Rusie • NYG 33
7. Weyhing • PHA 31
8. Nichols • BSN 30
9. Buffinton • BOS 29
10. Knell • COL 28
Win-Loss %
1. Buffinton • BOS .763
2. Haddock • BOS .756
3. Ewing • NYG .724
4. Hutchison • CHC .698
5. Sanders • PHA .688
6. Staley • 2TM .649
7. Nichols • BSN .638
8. Clarkson • BSN .635
9. Rusie • NYG .623
10. Griffith • 2TM .609
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Buffinton • BOS 1.163
2. Staley • 2TM 1.213
3. Nichols • BSN 1.213
4. Hutchison • CHC 1.223
5. Haddock • BOS 1.230
6. Ewing • NYG 1.270
7. Knell • COL 1.275
8. McMahon • BAL 1.276
9. Clarkson • BSN 1.279
10. Galvin • PIT 1.289
Hits per 9 IP
1. Rusie • NYG 7.033
2. Knell • COL 7.071
3. Stivetts • STL 7.302
4. Buffinton • BOS 7.499
5. Haddock • BOS 7.823
6. Baldwin • PIT 7.917
7. Ewing • NYG 7.920
8. Hutchison • CHC 8.150
9. Mullane • CIN 8.233
10. McGill • 2TM 8.336
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Nichols • BSN 2.179
2. Staley • 2TM 2.222
3. Galvin • PIT 2.262
4. Sanders • PHA 2.297
5. Radbourn • CIN 2.560
6. McMahon • BAL 2.666
7. Ehret • LOU 2.855
8. Hutchison • CHC 2.856
9. Griffith • 2TM 2.903
10. Buffinton • BOS 2.970
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Rusie • NYG 6.062
2. Meekin • LOU 5.742
3. Stivetts • STL 5.298
4. Nichols • BSN 5.078
5. McGill • 2TM 4.983
6. Daley • BOS 4.832
7. Ewing • NYG 4.611
8. Chamberlain • PHA 4.526
9. Knell • COL 4.442
10. Foreman • WAS 4.431
Games Played
1. Hutchison • CHC 66
2. Stivetts • STL 64
3. McMahon • BAL 61
Rusie • NYG 61
5. Knell • COL 58
6. Clarkson • BSN 55
Young • CLV 55
8. Carsey • WAS 54
9. Baldwin • PIT 53
Gleason • PHI 53
Saves
1. Neale • STL 3
Nichols • BSN 3
Clarkson • BSN 3
4. Daley • BOS 2
Griffith • 2TM 2
Young • CLV 2
Thornton • PHI 2
O'Brien • BOS 2
9. Buffinton • BOS 1
Gleason • PHI 1
Burrell • STL 1
Fitzgerald • BOS 1
Foreman • WAS 1
Haddock • BOS 1
Keefe • WAS 1
McMahon • BAL 1
Hemming • BRO 1
Slagle • CKK 1
Stivetts • STL 1
Baldwin • PIT 1
Caruthers • BRO 1
Davis • CLV 1
Boone • LOU 1
Breitenstein • STL 1
Rettger • STL 1
McGill • 2TM 1
Madden • 2TM 1
Keefe • 2TM 1
Welch • NYG 1
Terry • BRO 1
Ryan • CHC 1
Rusie • NYG 1
Rhines • CIN 1
Maul • PIT 1
Luby • CHC 1
King • PIT 1
Esper • PHI 1
Hutchison • CHC 1
Innings Pitched
1. Hutchison • CHC 561.0
2. McMahon • BAL 503.0
3. Rusie • NYG 500.1
4. Knell • COL 462.0
5. Clarkson • BSN 460.2
6. Weyhing • PHA 450.0
7. Stivetts • STL 440.0
8. Baldwin • PIT 437.2
9. Mullane • CIN 426.1
10. Nichols • BSN 425.1
Strikeouts
1. Rusie • NYG 337
2. Hutchison • CHC 261
3. Stivetts • STL 259
4. Nichols • BSN 240
5. Knell • COL 228
6. McMahon • BAL 219
Weyhing • PHA 219
8. Chamberlain • PHA 204
9. Baldwin • PIT 197
10. Carsey • WAS 174
Games Started
1. McMahon • BAL 58
Hutchison • CHC 58
3. Rusie • NYG 57
4. Stivetts • STL 56
5. Carsey • WAS 53
6. Knell • COL 52
7. Weyhing • PHA 51
Baldwin • PIT 51
Clarkson • BSN 51
10. Nichols • BSN 48
Complete Games
1. Hutchison • CHC 56
2. McMahon • BAL 53
3. Rusie • NYG 52
4. Weyhing • PHA 51
5. Baldwin • PIT 48
6. Knell • COL 47
Clarkson • BSN 47
8. Carsey • WAS 46
9. Nichols • BSN 45
10. Chamberlain • PHA 44
Shutouts
1. Rusie • NYG 6
2. Nichols • BSN 5
Ewing • NYG 5
McMahon • BAL 5
Knell • COL 5
Haddock • BOS 5
7. Hutchison • CHC 4
8. Weyhing • PHA 3
Stivetts • STL 3
Clarkson • BSN 3
King • PIT 3
Fitzgerald • LOU 3
Lovett • BRO 3
Home Runs
1. Hutchison • CHC 26
2. Clarkson • BSN 18
3. Carsey • WAS 17
4. Staley • 2TM 16
5. Nichols • BSN 15
Mullane • CIN 15
Stivetts • STL 15
8. Lovett • BRO 14
9. Radbourn • CIN 13
McMahon • BAL 13
O'Brien • BOS 13
Bases on Balls
1. Rusie • NYG 262
2. Stivetts • STL 232
3. Baldwin • PIT 227
4. Knell • COL 226
5. Chamberlain • PHA 206
6. Crane • 2TM 203
7. Mullane • CIN 187
8. Hutchison • CHC 178
9. Gleason • PHI 165
10. McGill • 2TM 163
Hits
1. Carsey • WAS 513
2. Hutchison • CHC 508
3. McMahon • BAL 493
4. Clarkson • BSN 435
5. Gleason • PHI 431
Young • CLV 431
7. Weyhing • PHA 428
8. Dwyer • 2TM 424
9. Nichols • BSN 413
10. Gruber • CLV 407
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Nichols • BSN 2.330
2. Staley • 2TM 1.738
3. McMahon • BAL 1.470
4. Hutchison • CHC 1.466
5. Weyhing • PHA 1.360
6. Meekin • LOU 1.330
7. Buffinton • BOS 1.317
8. Ewing • NYG 1.314
9. Rusie • NYG 1.286
10. Fitzgerald • LOU 1.236
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Ewing • NYG 0.067
2. Knell • COL 0.078
3. Viau • CLV 0.079
4. Meekin • LOU 0.081
5. Ehret • LOU 0.082
6. Young • CLV 0.085
7. Rhines • CIN 0.097
8. Thornton • PHI 0.100
9. Rusie • NYG 0.108
10. King • PIT 0.164
Losses
1. Carsey • WAS 37
2. King • PIT 29
3. Baldwin • PIT 28
4. Knell • COL 27
5. Mullane • CIN 26
6. McMahon • BAL 24
Rhines • CIN 24
8. Chamberlain • PHA 23
Dwyer • 2TM 23
10. Stivetts • STL 22
Gleason • PHI 22
Gruber • CLV 22
Young • CLV 22
Crane • 2TM 22
Earned Runs
1. Carsey • WAS 230
2. Chamberlain • PHA 190
3. Hutchison • CHC 175
4. Dwyer • 2TM 166
5. Gleason • PHI 163
6. Gruber • CLV 160
7. Weyhing • PHA 159
8. McMahon • BAL 157
9. Mullane • CIN 153
10. Knell • COL 150
Lovett • BRO 150
Wild Pitches
1. Carsey • WAS 29
2. Stivetts • STL 28
Weyhing • PHA 28
4. Haddock • BOS 25
Hutchison • CHC 25
6. Baldwin • PIT 24
7. Cunningham • BAL 23
Knell • COL 23
9. King • PIT 22
10. Chamberlain • PHA 21
Gastright • COL 21
Meekin • LOU 21
Lovett • BRO 21
Viau • CLV 21
Crane • 2TM 21
Hit By Pitch
1. Knell • COL 54
2. Foreman • WAS 43
3. Weyhing • PHA 31
4. Carsey • WAS 28
5. Madden • 2TM 27
6. Baldwin • PIT 23
7. Rhines • CIN 22
8. Easton • 2TM 21
9. Griffith • 2TM 20
O'Brien • BOS 20
Lovett • BRO 20
Batters Faced
1. Hutchison • CHC 2,371
2. Rusie • NYG 2,167
3. McMahon • BAL 2,155
4. Knell • COL 2,017
5. Clarkson • BSN 1,982
6. Weyhing • PHA 1,959
7. Baldwin • PIT 1,944
8. Carsey • WAS 1,937
9. Stivetts • STL 1,916
10. Mullane • CIN 1,870
Games Finished
1. Griffith • 2TM 13
2. O'Brien • BOS 9
Gleason • PHI 9
4. Daley • BOS 8
Stivetts • STL 8
Hutchison • CHC 8
Young • CLV 8
8. Caruthers • BRO 6
Luby • CHC 6
Viau • CLV 6
Welch • NYG 6
Mains • 2TM 6
Adjusted ERA+
1. Nichols • BSN 151
2. Haddock • BOS 146
3. Buffinton • BOS 143
4. Ewing • NYG 139
5. Stivetts • STL 137
6. Staley • 2TM 137
7. Mains • 2TM 131
8. McMahon • BAL 131
9. Clarkson • BSN 129
10. McGill • 2TM 124
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Nichols • BSN 2.71
2. Meekin • LOU 2.89
3. Ewing • NYG 2.89
4. McMahon • BAL 2.99
5. Buffinton • BOS 2.99
6. Rusie • NYG 3.02
7. Young • CLV 3.02
8. Ehret • LOU 3.06
9. Fitzgerald • LOU 3.08
10. Rhines • CIN 3.10
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Buffinton • BOS 50
2. Haddock • BOS 49
3. McMahon • BAL 48
4. Stivetts • STL 47
5. Nichols • BSN 46
6. Hutchison • CHC 42
7. Clarkson • BSN 38
8. Weyhing • PHA 37
9. Rusie • NYG 34
10. Knell • COL 33
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Buffinton • BOS 4.5
2. Haddock • BOS 4.4
3. McMahon • BAL 4.3
4. Nichols • BSN 4.3
5. Stivetts • STL 4.2
6. Hutchison • CHC 3.9
7. Clarkson • BSN 3.5
8. Weyhing • PHA 3.3
9. Rusie • NYG 3.1
10. Knell • COL 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

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