Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mathewson • NYG 10.6
2. Cobb • DET 9.9
3. Collins • PHA 9.7
4. Brown • CHC 9.6
5. Wagner • PIT 9.2
6. Overall • CHC 8.3
7. Smith • CHW 7.8
8. Rucker • BRO 7.1
9. Walsh • CHW 6.8
10. Bush • DET 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Mathewson • NYG 9.7
2. Brown • CHC 9.5
3. Rucker • BRO 7.6
4. Overall • CHC 7.3
5. Smith • CHW 7.1
6. Morgan • 2TM 6.6
7. Walsh • CHW 6.3
8. Moore • PHI 5.9
9. Krause • PHA 5.7
10. Reulbach • CHC 5.6
Earned Run Average
1. Mathewson • NYG 1.14
2. Brown • CHC 1.31
3. Krause • PHA 1.39
4. Walsh • CHW 1.41
5. Overall • CHC 1.42
6. Camnitz • PIT 1.62
7. Bender • PHA 1.66
8. Joss • CLE 1.71
9. Killian • DET 1.71
10. White • CHW 1.72
Wins
1. Mullin • DET 29
2. Brown • CHC 27
3. Smith • CHW 25
Camnitz • PIT 25
Mathewson • NYG 25
6. Willis • PIT 22
7. Willett • DET 21
8. Overall • CHC 20
Wiltse • NYG 20
10. Plank • PHA 19
Summers • DET 19
Young • CLE 19
Fromme • CIN 19
Gaspar • CIN 19
Leifield • PIT 19
Reulbach • CHC 19
Win-Loss %
1. Mathewson • NYG .806
Camnitz • PIT .806
3. Mullin • DET .784
4. Brown • CHC .750
5. Pfiester • CHC .739
6. Cicotte • BOS .737
7. Leifield • PIT .704
8. Bender • PHA .692
Krause • PHA .692
10. Summers • DET .679
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Mathewson • NYG 0.828
2. Brown • CHC 0.873
3. Walsh • CHW 0.938
4. Krause • PHA 0.939
5. Joss • CLE 0.944
6. Smith • CHW 0.953
7. Bender • PHA 0.964
8. Camnitz • PIT 0.972
9. Overall • CHC 0.996
10. White • CHW 1.013
Hits per 9 IP
1. Morgan • 2TM 6.259
2. Mathewson • NYG 6.276
3. Fromme • CIN 6.283
4. Krause • PHA 6.380
5. Overall • CHC 6.442
6. Brown • CHC 6.461
7. Walsh • CHW 6.486
8. Cicotte • BOS 6.487
9. Camnitz • PIT 6.583
10. Reulbach • CHC 6.647
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Joss • CLE 1.150
2. Mathewson • NYG 1.177
3. Brown • CHC 1.392
4. White • CHW 1.570
5. Powell • SLB 1.582
6. Bender • PHA 1.620
7. Summers • DET 1.662
8. Arellanes • BOS 1.678
9. Wiltse • NYG 1.704
10. Smith • CHW 1.726
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Overall • CHC 6.474
2. Berger • CLE 5.903
3. Krause • PHA 5.873
4. Rucker • BRO 5.848
5. Bender • PHA 5.796
6. Waddell • SLB 5.759
7. Ames • NYG 5.754
8. Marquard • NYG 5.671
9. Moore • PHI 5.196
10. Bailey • SLB 5.156
Games Played
1. Smith • CHW 51
2. Brown • CHC 50
3. Mattern • BSN 47
4. Arellanes • BOS 45
5. Groom • WSH 44
Beebe • STL 44
Gaspar • CIN 44
8. Willett • DET 41
Camnitz • PIT 41
McQuillan • PHI 41
Saves
1. Arellanes • BOS 8
2. Brown • CHC 7
3. Crandall • NYG 6
4. Powell • SLB 3
Richie • 2TM 3
Camnitz • PIT 3
Wiltse • NYG 3
Mattern • BSN 3
Overall • CHC 3
Melter • STL 3
Innings Pitched
1. Smith • CHW 365.0
2. Brown • CHC 342.2
3. Mattern • BSN 316.1
4. Rucker • BRO 309.1
5. Mullin • DET 303.2
6. Moore • PHI 299.2
7. Johnson • WSH 296.1
8. Young • CLE 294.1
9. Morgan • 2TM 293.1
10. Willett • DET 292.2
Strikeouts
1. Overall • CHC 205
2. Rucker • BRO 201
3. Smith • CHW 177
4. Moore • PHI 173
5. Brown • CHC 172
6. Johnson • WSH 164
7. Berger • CLE 162
8. Bender • PHA 161
9. Ames • NYG 156
10. Mathewson • NYG 149
Games Started
1. Smith • CHW 40
2. Johnson • WSH 36
Morgan • 2TM 36
4. Mullin • DET 35
Willis • PIT 35
6. Willett • DET 34
Young • CLE 34
Beebe • STL 34
Brown • CHC 34
Fromme • CIN 34
Moore • PHI 34
Complete Games
1. Smith • CHW 37
2. Brown • CHC 32
3. Young • CLE 30
4. Mullin • DET 29
Bell • BRO 29
6. Rucker • BRO 28
7. Johnson • WSH 27
8. Mathewson • NYG 26
Morgan • 2TM 26
10. Willett • DET 25
Shutouts
1. Overall • CHC 9
2. Mathewson • NYG 8
Brown • CHC 8
Walsh • CHW 8
5. Smith • CHW 7
Krause • PHA 7
7. Reulbach • CHC 6
Rucker • BRO 6
Camnitz • PIT 6
Bell • BRO 6
Coombs • PHA 6
Home Runs
1. Wiltse • NYG 9
2. Moore • PHI 7
Raymond • NYG 7
4. Harmon • STL 6
Moren • PHI 6
Rucker • BRO 6
Smith • 2TM 6
8. Willett • DET 5
Beebe • STL 5
Bell • BRO 5
Crandall • NYG 5
McIntire • BRO 5
McQuillan • PHI 5
White • BSN 5
Bases on Balls
1. Mattern • BSN 108
Moore • PHI 108
3. Groom • WSH 105
4. Beebe • STL 104
Rowan • CIN 104
6. Morgan • 2TM 102
7. Fromme • CIN 101
Rucker • BRO 101
9. Scott • CHW 93
Moren • PHI 93
Hits
1. Mattern • BSN 322
2. Smith • CHW 278
3. Young • CLE 267
4. Mullin • DET 258
5. Beebe • STL 256
6. Johnson • WSH 247
7. Brown • CHC 246
8. Rucker • BRO 245
9. Summers • DET 243
Willis • PIT 243
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Mathewson • NYG 4.139
2. Bender • PHA 3.578
3. Brown • CHC 3.245
4. Krause • PHA 2.837
5. Berger • CLE 2.793
6. Overall • CHC 2.563
7. Walsh • CHW 2.540
8. Smith • CHW 2.529
9. White • CHW 2.484
10. Waddell • SLB 2.474
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Rowan • CIN 0.000
Corridon • PHI 0.000
Gaspar • CIN 0.000
Walsh • CHW 0.000
Falkenberg • CLE 0.000
Scott • CHW 0.000
Joss • CLE 0.000
8. Smith • CHW 0.025
9. Brown • CHC 0.026
10. Mullin • DET 0.030
Losses
1. Groom • WSH 26
2. Johnson • WSH 25
3. Ferguson • BSN 23
4. Beebe • STL 21
Mattern • BSN 21
6. Gray • WSH 19
Rucker • BRO 19
8. Lush • STL 18
9. Smith • CHW 17
McIntire • BRO 17
Morgan • 2TM 17
Earned Runs
1. Mattern • BSN 100
2. Ferguson • BSN 94
3. McIntire • BRO 92
4. Beebe • STL 90
5. Gray • WSH 87
6. Groom • WSH 83
7. Bell • BRO 77
Lush • STL 77
Rucker • BRO 77
10. Willett • DET 76
Moren • PHI 76
Wild Pitches
1. Beebe • STL 15
2. Berger • CLE 13
Ames • NYG 13
Mattern • BSN 13
5. Johnson • WSH 12
6. Lake • NYY 11
Willett • DET 11
Overall • CHC 11
Morgan • 2TM 11
Smith • 2TM 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Warhop • NYY 26
2. Morgan • 2TM 22
3. McIntire • BRO 21
4. Scott • CHW 16
5. Johnson • WSH 15
Willett • DET 15
Maddox • PIT 15
8. Rucker • BRO 14
9. Groom • WSH 13
Krause • PHA 13
Batters Faced
1. Smith • CHW 1,376
2. Mattern • BSN 1,314
3. Brown • CHC 1,280
4. Moore • PHI 1,253
5. Beebe • STL 1,229
6. Johnson • WSH 1,219
7. Mullin • DET 1,189
8. Rucker • BRO 1,188
9. Willett • DET 1,173
10. Willis • PIT 1,141
Games Finished
1. Crandall • NYG 21
2. Melter • STL 18
3. Richie • 2TM 17
4. Arellanes • BOS 15
Brown • CHC 15
6. Campbell • CIN 14
Mattern • BSN 14
More • 2TM 14
9. Dygert • PHA 13
Rowan • CIN 13
Adjusted ERA+
1. Mathewson • NYG 224
2. Brown • CHC 193
3. Overall • CHC 179
4. Krause • PHA 174
5. Walsh • CHW 169
6. Camnitz • PIT 158
7. Joss • CLE 150
8. Killian • DET 148
9. Bender • PHA 147
10. Reulbach • CHC 143
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Bender • PHA 1.58
2. Mathewson • NYG 1.62
3. Overall • CHC 1.75
4. Brown • CHC 1.78
5. Walsh • CHW 1.82
6. Berger • CLE 1.86
7. Waddell • SLB 1.87
8. Krause • PHA 1.91
9. Smith • CHW 1.91
10. Plank • PHA 2.06
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Brown • CHC 45
2. Mathewson • NYG 41
3. Overall • CHC 35
4. Camnitz • PIT 29
5. Walsh • CHW 25
6. Morgan • 2TM 24
7. Reulbach • CHC 24
8. Krause • PHA 24
9. Smith • CHW 24
10. Fromme • CIN 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Brown • CHC 5.3
2. Mathewson • NYG 5.0
3. Overall • CHC 4.2
4. Camnitz • PIT 3.4
5. Walsh • CHW 3.1
6. Morgan • 2TM 2.9
Krause • PHA 2.9
8. Reulbach • CHC 2.8
9. Smith • CHW 2.8
10. Bender • PHA 2.5

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

More 1909 Major League Pages

1909 Major League Season

Minor Leagues

Standings

Schedule

Fielding

Batting

Pitching

Managers

Fielding

Batting

Pitching

Leaders & Awards

Other