Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mathewson • NYG 10.5
2. Wagner • PIT 10.2
3. Waddell • PHA 9.3
4. Young • BSN 8.7
5. Reulbach • CHC 8.2
6. Killian • DET 8.0
7. Seymour • CIN 8.0
8. Plank • PHA 7.4
9. Davis • CHW 7.2
10. Young • BOS 7.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Young • BSN 9.9
2. Mathewson • NYG 9.6
3. Waddell • PHA 9.4
4. Reulbach • CHC 9.1
5. Young • BOS 7.1
6. Killian • DET 6.9
7. Plank • PHA 6.7
8. Ewing • CIN 6.6
9. Joss • CLE 6.2
10. Howell • SLB 5.9
Earned Run Average
1. Mathewson • NYG 1.28
2. Reulbach • CHC 1.42
3. Waddell • PHA 1.48
4. White • CHW 1.76
5. Young • BOS 1.82
6. Coakley • PHA 1.84
7. Altrock • CHW 1.88
8. Howell • SLB 1.98
9. Joss • CLE 2.01
10. Wicker • CHC 2.02
Wins
1. Mathewson • NYG 31
2. Waddell • PHA 27
3. Plank • PHA 24
4. Altrock • CHW 23
Killian • DET 23
Pittinger • PHI 23
7. Tannehill • BOS 22
Ames • NYG 22
9. Mullin • DET 21
Owen • CHW 21
McGinnity • NYG 21
Win-Loss %
1. Leever • PIT .800
2. Mathewson • NYG .775
3. Ames • NYG .733
4. Waddell • PHA .730
5. Lundgren • CHC .722
6. Wiltse • NYG .714
7. Tannehill • BOS .710
8. Coakley • PHA .692
9. Wicker • CHC .684
10. Lynch • PIT .680
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Young • BOS 0.867
2. Mathewson • NYG 0.933
3. Reulbach • CHC 0.963
4. Waddell • PHA 0.977
5. Owen • CHW 0.994
6. White • CHW 1.006
7. Phillippe • PIT 1.014
8. Joss • CLE 1.021
9. Plank • PHA 1.044
10. Wicker • CHC 1.045
Hits per 9 IP
1. Waddell • PHA 6.326
2. Reulbach • CHC 6.418
3. Smith • CHW 6.634
4. Mathewson • NYG 6.697
5. Young • BOS 6.960
6. Lundgren • CHC 7.016
7. Howell • SLB 7.022
8. Wicker • CHC 7.028
9. White • CHW 7.052
10. Wiltse • NYG 7.218
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Young • BOS 0.842
2. Joss • CLE 1.448
3. Owen • CHW 1.509
4. Phillippe • PIT 1.548
5. Brown • CHC 1.590
6. Young • BSN 1.690
7. Mathewson • NYG 1.701
8. Bernhard • CLE 1.755
9. Altrock • CHW 1.796
10. Orth • NYY 1.798
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Waddell • PHA 7.859
2. Ames • NYG 6.784
3. Young • BOS 5.894
4. Bender • PHA 5.581
5. Howell • SLB 5.517
6. Hogg • NYY 5.488
7. Wiltse • NYG 5.482
8. Mathewson • NYG 5.474
9. Plank • PHA 5.452
10. Smith • CHW 5.277
Games Played
1. Waddell • PHA 46
McGinnity • NYG 46
Pittinger • PHI 46
4. Mullin • DET 44
5. Mathewson • NYG 43
Young • BSN 43
7. Owen • CHW 42
Patten • WSH 42
Overall • CIN 42
10. Chesbro • NYY 41
Plank • PHA 41
Willis • BSN 41
Saves
1. Elliott • NYG 6
2. Wiltse • NYG 3
McGinnity • NYG 3
Mathewson • NYG 3
5. Pittinger • PHI 2
Lynch • PIT 2
Buchanan • SLB 2
8. Harper • CIN 1
Dinneen • BOS 1
Flaherty • PIT 1
Corridon • PHI 1
Case • PIT 1
Caldwell • PHI 1
Wolfe • WSH 1
Puttmann • NYY 1
Kitson • DET 1
Hogg • NYY 1
Griffith • NYY 1
Hillebrand • PIT 1
Johns • CIN 1
Leever • PIT 1
McFarland • STL 1
McIntire • BRO 1
Reulbach • CHC 1
Sparks • PHI 1
Stricklett • BRO 1
Taylor • STL 1
Weimer • CHC 1
Powell • 2TM 1
Jones • BRO 1
Innings Pitched
1. Young • BSN 378.0
2. Mullin • DET 347.2
3. Plank • PHA 346.2
4. Willis • BSN 342.0
5. Mathewson • NYG 338.2
6. Pittinger • PHI 337.1
7. Fraser • BSN 334.1
8. Owen • CHW 334.0
9. Waddell • PHA 328.2
10. Howell • SLB 323.0
Strikeouts
1. Waddell • PHA 287
2. Plank • PHA 210
Young • BOS 210
4. Mathewson • NYG 206
5. Howell • SLB 198
Ames • NYG 198
7. Overall • CIN 173
8. Smith • CHW 171
9. Mullin • DET 168
10. Ewing • CIN 164
Games Started
1. Young • BSN 42
2. Mullin • DET 41
Plank • PHA 41
Willis • BSN 41
5. Overall • CIN 39
6. Chesbro • NYY 38
Owen • CHW 38
McGinnity • NYG 38
9. Howell • SLB 37
Killian • DET 37
Orth • NYY 37
Fraser • BSN 37
Mathewson • NYG 37
Pittinger • PHI 37
Complete Games
1. Young • BSN 41
2. Willis • BSN 36
3. Howell • SLB 35
Mullin • DET 35
Plank • PHA 35
Fraser • BSN 35
7. Taylor • STL 34
8. Killian • DET 33
9. Owen • CHW 32
Mathewson • NYG 32
Overall • CIN 32
Shutouts
1. Killian • DET 8
Mathewson • NYG 8
3. Young • BSN 7
Waddell • PHA 7
5. Hughes • WSH 6
Tannehill • BOS 6
Orth • NYY 6
8. Donovan • DET 5
Reulbach • CHC 5
Briggs • CHC 5
Phillippe • PIT 5
Home Runs
1. Duggleby • PHI 10
Taylor • STL 10
3. Gibson • BOS 9
4. Orth • NYY 8
Sudhoff • SLB 8
Fraser • BSN 8
7. Dinneen • BOS 7
Tannehill • BOS 7
Wilhelm • BSN 7
Willis • BSN 7
Bases on Balls
1. Fraser • BSN 149
2. Overall • CIN 147
3. Mullin • DET 138
4. Smith • CHW 107
Lynch • PIT 107
Willis • BSN 107
7. Ames • NYG 105
8. Pittinger • PHI 104
Scanlan • BRO 104
10. Killian • DET 102
Hits
1. McIntire • BRO 340
Willis • BSN 340
3. Young • BSN 337
4. Fraser • BSN 320
5. Pittinger • PHI 311
6. Mullin • DET 303
7. Taylor • STL 302
8. Patten • WSH 300
Chech • CIN 300
10. Overall • CIN 290
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Young • BOS 7.000
2. Mathewson • NYG 3.219
3. Waddell • PHA 3.189
4. Joss • CLE 2.870
5. Plank • PHA 2.800
6. Phillippe • PIT 2.771
7. Owen • CHW 2.232
8. Winter • BOS 2.204
9. Young • BSN 2.197
Chesbro • NYY 2.197
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Phillippe • PIT 0.000
Smith • CHW 0.000
Stricklett • BRO 0.000
Killian • DET 0.000
5. Reulbach • CHC 0.031
6. Weimer • CHC 0.036
7. Hess • CLE 0.042
8. Hogg • NYY 0.044
9. Wolfe • WSH 0.049
10. Briggs • CHC 0.054
Losses
1. Willis • BSN 29
2. Glade • SLB 25
McIntire • BRO 25
4. Overall • CIN 23
Wilhelm • BSN 23
6. Howell • SLB 22
7. Mullin • DET 21
Patten • WSH 21
Eason • BRO 21
Fraser • BSN 21
Taylor • STL 21
Young • BSN 21
Earned Runs
1. McIntire • BRO 127
2. Fraser • BSN 122
Wilhelm • BSN 122
Willis • BSN 122
Young • BSN 122
6. Taylor • STL 118
7. Pittinger • PHI 116
8. Patten • WSH 108
9. McFarland • STL 106
10. McGinnity • NYG 102
Wild Pitches
1. Ames • NYG 30
2. Hess • CLE 18
Overall • CIN 18
4. Hogg • NYY 14
5. Smith • CHW 13
Fraser • BSN 13
7. Bender • PHA 12
Willis • BSN 12
9. Pelty • SLB 10
Waddell • PHA 10
Wiltse • NYG 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Plank • PHA 24
2. McIntire • BRO 20
3. Moore • CLE 18
Reulbach • CHC 18
5. Corridon • PHI 16
Pittinger • PHI 16
7. Townsend • WSH 15
Case • PIT 15
Fraser • BSN 15
10. McGinnity • NYG 14
Overall • CIN 14
Stricklett • BRO 14
Batters Faced
1. Young • BSN 1,475
2. Mullin • DET 1,428
3. Fraser • BSN 1,424
4. Willis • BSN 1,403
5. Pittinger • PHI 1,378
6. Plank • PHA 1,362
7. McIntire • BRO 1,314
8. Overall • CIN 1,313
9. Mathewson • NYG 1,294
10. McGinnity • NYG 1,291
Games Finished
1. Griffith • NYY 17
2. Hogg • NYY 13
Chech • CIN 13
4. Bender • PHA 12
Wiltse • NYG 12
Powell • 2TM 12
7. Waddell • PHA 11
Lynch • PIT 11
9. Townsend • WSH 9
10. Winter • BOS 8
Corridon • PHI 8
Elliott • NYG 8
Jones • BRO 8
Pittinger • PHI 8
Sparks • PHI 8
Adjusted ERA+
1. Mathewson • NYG 233
2. Reulbach • CHC 209
3. Waddell • PHA 181
4. Wicker • CHC 147
5. Young • BOS 147
6. Coakley • PHA 146
7. White • CHW 140
8. Briggs • CHC 139
9. Brown • CHC 137
10. Phillippe • PIT 135
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Young • BOS 1.69
2. Waddell • PHA 1.89
3. Mathewson • NYG 2.03
4. Phillippe • PIT 2.19
5. Plank • PHA 2.28
6. Ames • NYG 2.35
7. Joss • CLE 2.38
8. Coakley • PHA 2.42
9. Howell • SLB 2.43
10. Reulbach • CHC 2.46
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Mathewson • NYG 58
2. Reulbach • CHC 48
3. Waddell • PHA 40
4. Young • BOS 28
5. Phillippe • PIT 24
6. White • CHW 24
7. Altrock • CHW 24
8. Ewing • CIN 23
9. Wicker • CHC 22
10. Sparks • PHI 22
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Mathewson • NYG 6.5
2. Reulbach • CHC 5.5
3. Waddell • PHA 4.7
4. Young • BOS 3.2
5. White • CHW 2.7
6. Altrock • CHW 2.7
7. Phillippe • PIT 2.6
8. Ewing • CIN 2.5
9. Wicker • CHC 2.5
10. Joss • CLE 2.3

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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