Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Nichols • BSN 11.7
2. Rusie • NYG 11.2
3. Breitenstein • STL 11.0
4. Young • CLV 10.6
5. Killen • PIT 8.5
6. Delahanty • PHI 6.9
7. McMahon • BLN 6.1
8. Kennedy • BRO 6.0
9. Davis • NYG 5.7
10. McGill • CHC 5.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Nichols • BSN 12.0
2. Breitenstein • STL 11.5
3. Young • CLV 11.2
4. Rusie • NYG 11.0
5. Killen • PIT 7.3
6. McMahon • BLN 6.3
7. Kennedy • BRO 5.8
8. McGill • CHC 5.4
9. Mullane • 2TM 4.9
10. Chamberlain • CIN 4.5
Earned Run Average
1. Breitenstein • STL 3.18
2. Rusie • NYG 3.23
3. Young • CLV 3.36
4. Ehret • PIT 3.44
5. Clarkson • STL 3.48
6. Nichols • BSN 3.52
7. Killen • PIT 3.64
8. Kennedy • BRO 3.72
9. Chamberlain • CIN 3.73
10. Stein • BRO 3.77
Wins
1. Killen • PIT 36
2. Nichols • BSN 34
3. Rusie • NYG 33
Young • CLV 33
5. Kennedy • BRO 25
6. McMahon • BLN 23
Weyhing • PHI 23
8. Gleason • STL 21
9. Stivetts • BSN 20
Carsey • PHI 20
Win-Loss %
1. Gastright • 2TM .750
2. Killen • PIT .720
3. Nichols • BSN .708
4. Young • CLV .673
5. Cuppy • CLV .643
Staley • BSN .643
7. Stivetts • BSN .625
8. Rusie • NYG .611
Gumbert • PIT .611
10. Terry • PIT .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Nichols • BSN 1.280
2. Young • CLV 1.289
3. Killen • PIT 1.304
4. Breitenstein • STL 1.346
5. Stein • BRO 1.384
6. Rusie • NYG 1.388
7. Ehret • PIT 1.390
8. Kennedy • BRO 1.422
9. Baldwin • 2TM 1.448
10. Clarkson • STL 1.465
Hits per 9 IP
1. Rusie • NYG 8.421
2. Breitenstein • STL 8.443
3. Killen • PIT 8.696
4. Kennedy • BRO 8.843
5. Stein • BRO 8.869
6. Nichols • BSN 9.021
7. Baldwin • 2TM 9.198
8. Ehret • PIT 9.220
9. McGill • CHC 9.248
10. Chamberlain • CIN 9.261
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Young • CLV 2.193
2. Nichols • BSN 2.499
3. Cuppy • CLV 2.770
4. Staley • BSN 2.772
5. Stratton • LOU 2.860
6. Clarkson • CLV 2.898
7. Dwyer • CIN 2.913
8. Killen • PIT 3.036
9. Ehret • PIT 3.293
10. McNabb • BLN 3.359
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Rusie • NYG 3.884
2. Meekin • WHS 3.343
3. Hawley • STL 2.894
4. Keefe • PHI 2.831
5. Terry • PIT 2.753
6. Hawke • 2TM 2.735
7. McGill • CHC 2.706
8. Baldwin • 2TM 2.697
9. Weyhing • PHI 2.632
10. Kennedy • BRO 2.517
Games Played
1. Rusie • NYG 56
2. Killen • PIT 55
3. Young • CLV 53
4. Nichols • BSN 52
5. Mullane • 2TM 49
6. Breitenstein • STL 48
Gleason • STL 48
8. Kennedy • BRO 46
Baldwin • 2TM 46
10. Hutchison • CHC 44
Saves
1. Mullane • 2TM 2
Baldwin • 2TM 2
Young • CLV 2
Dwyer • CIN 2
Donnelly • CHC 2
Colcolough • PIT 2
7. Gleason • STL 1
Hastings • CLV 1
Hawley • STL 1
Hemming • LOU 1
Johnson • CHC 1
Kennedy • BRO 1
Lovett • BRO 1
McMahon • BLN 1
Nichols • BSN 1
O'Connor • PHI 1
Rusie • NYG 1
Sharrott • BRO 1
Stivetts • BSN 1
Sullivan • CIN 1
Taylor • PHI 1
Donahue • NYG 1
Dolan • STL 1
Clausen • 2TM 1
King • 2TM 1
Breitenstein • STL 1
Parker • CHC 1
Innings Pitched
1. Rusie • NYG 482.0
2. Nichols • BSN 425.0
3. Young • CLV 422.2
4. Killen • PIT 415.0
5. Breitenstein • STL 382.2
Kennedy • BRO 382.2
7. Gleason • STL 380.1
8. Mullane • 2TM 367.0
9. Hutchison • CHC 348.1
10. McMahon • BLN 346.1
Strikeouts
1. Rusie • NYG 208
2. Kennedy • BRO 107
3. Young • CLV 102
Breitenstein • STL 102
5. Weyhing • PHI 101
6. Baldwin • 2TM 100
7. Killen • PIT 99
8. Mullane • 2TM 95
9. Nichols • BSN 94
10. McGill • CHC 91
Meekin • WHS 91
Games Started
1. Rusie • NYG 52
2. Killen • PIT 48
3. Young • CLV 46
4. Gleason • STL 45
5. Nichols • BSN 44
Kennedy • BRO 44
7. Breitenstein • STL 42
8. McMahon • BLN 40
Weyhing • PHI 40
Baldwin • 2TM 40
Hutchison • CHC 40
Complete Games
1. Rusie • NYG 50
2. Nichols • BSN 43
3. Young • CLV 42
4. Kennedy • BRO 40
5. Breitenstein • STL 38
Hutchison • CHC 38
Killen • PIT 38
8. Gleason • STL 37
9. McMahon • BLN 35
10. Mullane • 2TM 34
Stratton • LOU 34
Esper • WHS 34
Shutouts
1. Ehret • PIT 4
Rusie • NYG 4
3. Hutchison • CHC 2
Weyhing • PHI 2
Killen • PIT 2
Kennedy • BRO 2
Gumbert • PIT 2
Baldwin • 2TM 2
9. Meekin • WHS 1
Carsey • PHI 1
Breitenstein • STL 1
Maul • WHS 1
Mauck • CHC 1
Kilroy • LOU 1
Hemming • LOU 1
Gleason • STL 1
Dwyer • CIN 1
Clarkson • STL 1
Chamberlain • CIN 1
Menefee • LOU 1
Nichols • BSN 1
Parrott • 2TM 1
Scheible • CLV 1
Stein • BRO 1
Stivetts • BSN 1
Stratton • LOU 1
McGinnis • 2TM 1
King • 2TM 1
Hawke • 2TM 1
McGill • CHC 1
Young • CLV 1
Home Runs
1. Staley • BSN 22
2. Gleason • STL 18
3. Maul • WHS 17
Dwyer • CIN 17
Stivetts • BSN 17
6. Kennedy • BRO 15
Nichols • BSN 15
Rusie • NYG 15
9. Esper • WHS 14
10. Killen • PIT 12
Gastright • 2TM 12
Bases on Balls
1. Rusie • NYG 218
2. Mullane • 2TM 189
3. Gleason • STL 187
4. McGill • CHC 181
5. Hemming • LOU 175
6. Kennedy • BRO 168
7. Breitenstein • STL 156
McMahon • BLN 156
Esper • WHS 156
Hutchison • CHC 156
Hits
1. Rusie • NYG 451
2. Stratton • LOU 445
3. Esper • WHS 442
Young • CLV 442
5. Gleason • STL 436
6. Nichols • BSN 426
7. Hutchison • CHC 420
8. Mullane • 2TM 407
9. Killen • PIT 401
10. Weyhing • PHI 399
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Young • CLV 0.990
2. Rusie • NYG 0.954
3. Nichols • BSN 0.797
4. Staley • BSN 0.753
5. Hawley • STL 0.709
6. Killen • PIT 0.707
7. Baldwin • 2TM 0.704
8. Keefe • PHI 0.700
9. Weyhing • PHI 0.697
10. Stein • BRO 0.681
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Ehret • PIT 0.086
2. Parrott • 2TM 0.099
3. Chamberlain • CIN 0.112
4. Stein • BRO 0.121
5. Mauck • CHC 0.126
6. Keefe • PHI 0.152
7. McMahon • BLN 0.156
8. Baldwin • 2TM 0.162
9. McGill • CHC 0.178
10. Breitenstein • STL 0.188
Losses
1. Esper • WHS 28
2. Breitenstein • STL 24
Hutchison • CHC 24
4. Stratton • LOU 23
5. Mullane • 2TM 22
Gleason • STL 22
7. Rusie • NYG 21
Maul • WHS 21
9. Kennedy • BRO 20
Baldwin • 2TM 20
Earned Runs
1. Gleason • STL 195
2. Stratton • LOU 190
3. Hemming • LOU 188
4. Hutchison • CHC 184
5. Weyhing • PHI 182
6. Mullane • 2TM 181
7. Maul • WHS 175
Esper • WHS 175
9. Rusie • NYG 173
10. Carsey • PHI 170
Wild Pitches
1. Mullane • 2TM 29
2. Rusie • NYG 26
3. Stein • BRO 17
McMahon • BLN 17
5. Gleason • STL 16
6. Chamberlain • CIN 15
Clarkson • CLV 15
8. Young • CLV 14
9. Baldwin • 2TM 13
10. Hutchison • CHC 12
Hawke • 2TM 12
Kennedy • BRO 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Ehret • PIT 23
2. Weyhing • PHI 20
Hawley • STL 20
4. Carsey • PHI 19
5. Maul • WHS 18
6. Sullivan • CIN 17
7. Mullane • 2TM 16
Rusie • NYG 16
9. Nichols • BSN 15
Killen • PIT 15
Hemming • LOU 15
Chamberlain • CIN 15
Batters Faced
1. Rusie • NYG 2,111
2. Nichols • BSN 1,817
3. Young • CLV 1,806
4. Killen • PIT 1,784
5. Gleason • STL 1,758
6. Mullane • 2TM 1,698
7. Kennedy • BRO 1,683
8. Breitenstein • STL 1,655
9. Hutchison • CHC 1,620
10. Esper • WHS 1,599
Games Finished
1. Mullane • 2TM 10
2. Hemming • LOU 9
Taylor • PHI 9
Sullivan • CIN 9
5. Hawley • STL 7
McGinnis • 2TM 7
Chamberlain • CIN 7
Young • CLV 7
Sharrott • PHI 7
Nichols • BSN 7
McNabb • BLN 7
Dwyer • CIN 7
Adjusted ERA+
1. Breitenstein • STL 148
2. Young • CLV 144
3. Rusie • NYG 143
4. Nichols • BSN 139
5. Clarkson • STL 136
6. Ehret • PIT 132
7. Chamberlain • CIN 127
8. Killen • PIT 124
9. Kennedy • BRO 118
10. Stein • BRO 116
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Young • CLV 3.87
2. Stein • BRO 4.15
3. Nichols • BSN 4.20
4. Ehret • PIT 4.24
5. Rusie • NYG 4.24
6. Baldwin • 2TM 4.26
7. Killen • PIT 4.26
8. Breitenstein • STL 4.27
9. Cuppy • CLV 4.29
10. Clarkson • CLV 4.33
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Rusie • NYG 71
2. Nichols • BSN 68
3. Young • CLV 66
4. Breitenstein • STL 64
5. Killen • PIT 44
6. Ehret • PIT 28
7. Kennedy • BRO 26
8. Chamberlain • CIN 25
9. Clarkson • STL 21
10. Dwyer • CIN 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Rusie • NYG 6.1
2. Nichols • BSN 5.8
3. Young • CLV 5.7
4. Breitenstein • STL 5.5
5. Killen • PIT 3.7
6. Ehret • PIT 2.4
7. Kennedy • BRO 2.2
8. Chamberlain • CIN 2.2
9. Clarkson • STL 1.8
10. Dwyer • CIN 1.7

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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