Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. McGinnity • NYG 11.9
2. Mathewson • NYG 10.8
3. Young • BOS 8.1
4. Donovan • DET 8.0
5. Lajoie • CLE 7.9
6. Wagner • PIT 7.6
7. Waddell • PHA 7.6
8. Hahn • CIN 7.5
9. Sheckard • BRO 7.1
10. Bradley • CLE 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. McGinnity • NYG 12.2
2. Mathewson • NYG 10.5
3. Waddell • PHA 8.3
4. Hahn • CIN 7.9
5. Donovan • DET 7.5
6. Plank • PHA 7.0
7. Dinneen • BOS 6.6
8. Sudhoff • SLB 6.6
9. Young • BOS 6.6
10. Leever • PIT 6.4
Earned Run Average
1. Moore • CLE 1.74
2. Leever • PIT 2.06
3. Young • BOS 2.08
4. Bernhard • CLE 2.12
5. White • CHW 2.13
6. Joss • CLE 2.19
7. Mullin • DET 2.25
8. Dinneen • BOS 2.26
9. Mathewson • NYG 2.26
10. Sudhoff • SLB 2.27
Wins
1. McGinnity • NYG 31
2. Mathewson • NYG 30
3. Young • BOS 28
4. Leever • PIT 25
Phillippe • PIT 25
6. Plank • PHA 23
7. Hahn • CIN 22
Schmidt • BRO 22
9. Chesbro • NYY 21
Dinneen • BOS 21
Sudhoff • SLB 21
Waddell • PHA 21
Taylor • CHC 21
Win-Loss %
1. Leever • PIT .781
2. Young • BOS .757
3. Hughes • BOS .741
4. Bernhard • CLE .737
5. Phillippe • PIT .735
6. Weimer • CHC .714
Moore • CLE .714
8. Mathewson • NYG .698
9. Wicker • 2TM .690
10. Doheny • PIT .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Joss • CLE 0.948
2. Young • BOS 0.969
3. Phillippe • PIT 1.030
4. Bernhard • CLE 1.038
5. Moore • CLE 1.042
6. Taylor • CHC 1.069
7. Dinneen • BOS 1.074
8. Sudhoff • SLB 1.083
9. White • CHW 1.090
10. Griffith • NYY 1.099
Hits per 9 IP
1. Moore • CLE 7.122
2. Donovan • DET 7.241
3. Joss • CLE 7.361
4. Waddell • PHA 7.611
5. Dinneen • BOS 7.676
6. Weimer • CHC 7.691
7. White • CHW 7.740
8. Young • BOS 7.744
9. Mathewson • NYG 7.886
10. Bender • PHA 7.967
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Phillippe • PIT 0.902
2. Young • BOS 0.975
3. Bernhard • CLE 1.141
4. Donahue • 2TM 1.143
5. Joss • CLE 1.174
6. Tannehill • NYY 1.277
7. Kitson • DET 1.327
8. Siever • SLB 1.382
9. Griffith • NYY 1.394
10. Hahn • CIN 1.429
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Waddell • PHA 8.389
2. Mathewson • NYG 6.560
3. Donovan • DET 5.482
4. Moore • CLE 5.378
5. Piatt • BSN 4.972
6. Powell • SLB 4.965
7. Mullin • DET 4.771
8. Plank • PHA 4.714
9. Garvin • BRO 4.651
10. Young • BOS 4.636
Games Played
1. McGinnity • NYG 55
2. Mathewson • NYG 45
3. Pittinger • BSN 44
4. Plank • PHA 43
5. Mullin • DET 41
6. Chesbro • NYY 40
Flaherty • CHW 40
Young • BOS 40
Schmidt • BRO 40
10. Waddell • PHA 39
Saves
1. Lundgren • CHC 3
Miller • NYG 3
3. Powell • SLB 2
Garvin • BRO 2
Mathewson • NYG 2
McGinnity • NYG 2
Duggleby • PHI 2
Doheny • PIT 2
Young • BOS 2
Phillippe • PIT 2
Schmidt • BRO 2
Currie • 2TM 2
Orth • WSH 2
Mullin • DET 2
Dinneen • BOS 2
Innings Pitched
1. McGinnity • NYG 434.0
2. Mathewson • NYG 366.1
3. Pittinger • BSN 351.2
4. Young • BOS 341.2
5. Plank • PHA 336.0
6. Chesbro • NYY 324.2
7. Jones • BRO 324.1
8. Waddell • PHA 324.0
9. Mullin • DET 320.2
10. Taylor • CHC 312.1
Strikeouts
1. Waddell • PHA 302
2. Mathewson • NYG 267
3. Donovan • DET 187
4. Plank • PHA 176
Young • BOS 176
6. McGinnity • NYG 171
7. Mullin • DET 170
8. Powell • SLB 169
9. Garvin • BRO 154
10. Dinneen • BOS 148
Moore • CLE 148
Games Started
1. McGinnity • NYG 48
2. Mathewson • NYG 42
3. Plank • PHA 40
4. Pittinger • BSN 39
5. Waddell • PHA 38
6. Chesbro • NYY 36
Mullin • DET 36
White • CHW 36
Jones • BRO 36
Schmidt • BRO 36
Complete Games
1. McGinnity • NYG 44
2. Mathewson • NYG 37
3. Pittinger • BSN 35
4. Donovan • DET 34
Waddell • PHA 34
Young • BOS 34
Hahn • CIN 34
8. Chesbro • NYY 33
Plank • PHA 33
Powell • SLB 33
Taylor • CHC 33
Shutouts
1. Young • BOS 7
Leever • PIT 7
3. Mullin • DET 6
Dinneen • BOS 6
5. Sudhoff • SLB 5
Schmidt • BRO 5
Hughes • BOS 5
Hahn • CIN 5
9. Donovan • DET 4
Waddell • PHA 4
Phillippe • PIT 4
Powell • SLB 4
Jones • BRO 4
Donahue • 2TM 4
Home Runs
1. Pittinger • BSN 12
2. Patten • WSH 11
Powell • SLB 11
4. Flaherty • CHW 9
5. Fraser • PHI 8
Orth • WSH 8
Kitson • DET 8
Currie • 2TM 8
9. Brown • STL 7
Chesbro • NYY 7
Wilson • WSH 7
Bases on Balls
1. Pittinger • BSN 143
2. Schmidt • BRO 120
3. McGinnity • NYG 109
4. Mullin • DET 106
5. Weimer • CHC 104
6. Mitchell • PHI 102
7. Mathewson • NYG 100
8. Fraser • PHI 97
9. Malarkey • BSN 96
10. Donovan • DET 95
Hits
1. Pittinger • BSN 396
2. McGinnity • NYG 391
3. Flaherty • CHW 338
4. Orth • WSH 326
5. Mathewson • NYG 321
Schmidt • BRO 321
7. Jones • BRO 320
8. Duggleby • PHI 318
9. Plank • PHA 317
10. Patten • WSH 313
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Young • BOS 4.757
2. Phillippe • PIT 4.241
3. Waddell • PHA 3.553
4. Joss • CLE 3.243
5. Tannehill • NYY 3.118
6. Powell • SLB 2.914
7. Bernhard • CLE 2.857
8. Donahue • 2TM 2.824
9. Plank • PHA 2.708
10. Hahn • CIN 2.702
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Moore • CLE 0.000
2. Doheny • PIT 0.040
3. Lundgren • CHC 0.047
4. Owen • CHW 0.054
5. Bernhard • CLE 0.054
6. Taylor • CHC 0.058
7. Garvin • BRO 0.060
8. Wolfe • NYY 0.061
9. Leever • PIT 0.063
10. McFarland • STL 0.079
Losses
1. Flaherty • CHW 25
2. Orth • WSH 22
Patten • WSH 22
Pittinger • BSN 22
5. McGinnity • NYG 20
6. Powell • SLB 19
McFarland • STL 19
8. Wilson • WSH 18
Garvin • BRO 18
Willis • BSN 18
Earned Runs
1. Pittinger • BSN 136
2. Orth • WSH 135
3. Schmidt • BRO 128
4. Fraser • PHI 125
5. Flaherty • CHW 122
6. Patten • WSH 120
7. McGinnity • NYG 117
8. Taylor • NYG 115
9. Mitchell • PHI 113
10. Duggleby • PHI 110
Wild Pitches
1. Mathewson • NYG 18
2. Mitchell • PHI 17
3. Pittinger • BSN 14
4. Waddell • PHA 9
Garvin • BRO 9
McFarland • STL 9
7. Moore • CLE 8
Plank • PHA 8
Doheny • PIT 8
Harper • CIN 8
Piatt • BSN 8
Schmidt • BRO 8
Taylor • NYG 8
Wicker • 2TM 8
Wright • 2TM 8
Rhoads • 2TM 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Bender • PHA 25
2. Plank • PHA 23
3. Schmidt • BRO 21
4. Doheny • PIT 19
Jones • BRO 19
McGinnity • NYG 19
Mitchell • PHI 19
8. Pittinger • BSN 17
9. Fraser • PHI 16
Sutthoff • CIN 16
Batters Faced
1. McGinnity • NYG 1,786
2. Pittinger • BSN 1,505
3. Mathewson • NYG 1,502
4. Plank • PHA 1,363
5. Jones • BRO 1,327
6. Young • BOS 1,314
7. Mullin • DET 1,312
8. Chesbro • NYY 1,309
9. Waddell • PHA 1,291
10. Schmidt • BRO 1,288
Games Finished
1. Howell • NYY 10
2. Cronin • NYG 8
Currie • 2TM 8
4. Henley • PHA 7
Townsend • WSH 7
Miller • NYG 7
7. Owen • CHW 6
Duggleby • PHI 6
Lundgren • CHC 6
McGinnity • NYG 6
Veil • PIT 6
Dunkle • 2TM 6
Wicker • 2TM 6
Adjusted ERA+
1. Moore • CLE 165
2. Leever • PIT 157
3. Mathewson • NYG 150
4. Young • BOS 145
5. Hahn • CIN 142
6. McGinnity • NYG 140
7. Weimer • CHC 136
8. Bernhard • CLE 136
9. Dinneen • BOS 134
10. Phillippe • PIT 133
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Waddell • PHA 1.87
2. Mathewson • NYG 2.34
3. Young • BOS 2.35
4. Moore • CLE 2.37
5. Phillippe • PIT 2.42
6. Bernhard • CLE 2.49
7. Joss • CLE 2.53
8. Tannehill • NYY 2.58
9. Hahn • CIN 2.58
10. Donahue • 2TM 2.63
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. McGinnity • NYG 49
2. Mathewson • NYG 45
3. Leever • PIT 37
4. Young • BOS 34
5. Hahn • CIN 32
6. Dinneen • BOS 28
7. Waddell • PHA 27
8. Phillippe • PIT 27
9. Weimer • CHC 26
10. Moore • CLE 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. McGinnity • NYG 5.0
2. Mathewson • NYG 4.6
3. Leever • PIT 3.8
4. Young • BOS 3.7
5. Hahn • CIN 3.2
6. Dinneen • BOS 3.0
7. Waddell • PHA 2.9
8. Moore • CLE 2.7
9. Phillippe • PIT 2.7
10. Weimer • CHC 2.6

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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