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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 14.1
2. Luque • CIN 10.9
3. Heilmann • DET 9.4
4. Speaker • CLE 9.1
5. Rogan • KCM 8.7
6. Uhle • CLE 7.8
7. Williams • SLB 7.7
8. Sewell • CLE 7.5
9. Frisch • NYG 7.1
10. Hornsby • STL 6.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Luque • CIN 10.7
2. Ring • PHI 8.1
3. Shocker • SLB 6.3
4. Pennock • NYY 6.1
5. Ehmke • BOS 6.1
6. Rogan • KCM 6.0
7. Uhle • CLE 6.0
8. Vangilder • SLB 5.9
9. Rixey • CIN 5.9
10. Rile • CAG 5.7
Earned Run Average
1. Luque • CIN 1.93
2. Winters • HIL 2.36
3. Ryan • HIL 2.48
4. Lockhart • AC 2.50
5. Rile • CAG 2.53
6. Coveleski • CLE 2.76
7. Rixey • CIN 2.80
8. Levis • CSE 2.80
9. Flournoy • 2TM 2.83
10. Rogan • KCM 2.94
Wins
1. Luque • CIN 27
2. Uhle • CLE 26
3. Morrison • PIT 25
4. Alexander • CHC 22
5. Dauss • DET 21
Jones • NYY 21
Donohue • CIN 21
Grimes • BRO 21
9. Ehmke • BOS 20
Shocker • SLB 20
Haines • STL 20
Rixey • CIN 20
Win-Loss %
1. Williams • CAG .900
2. Lockhart • AC .778
Cooper • ABC .778
4. Luque • CIN .771
5. Winters • HIL .769
6. Ryan • NYG .762
7. Pennock • NYY .760
8. Méndez • KCM .750
9. Owens • CAG .727
10. Jones • NYY .724
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Lockhart • AC 1.099
2. Ryan • HIL 1.101
3. Alexander • CHC 1.108
4. Henderson • AC 1.114
5. Winters • HIL 1.119
6. Luque • CIN 1.140
7. Cooper • DS 1.156
8. Levis • CSE 1.160
9. Rogan • KCM 1.164
10. Rile • CAG 1.164
Hits per 9 IP
1. Winters • HIL 7.246
2. Harper • AC 7.259
3. Lockhart • AC 7.663
4. Rogan • KCM 7.683
5. Luque • CIN 7.798
6. Henderson • AC 7.900
7. Shawkey • NYY 8.072
8. Ryan • HIL 8.148
9. Rile • CAG 8.188
10. Cooper • DS 8.247
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Alexander • CHC 0.885
2. Williams • NLG 0.994
3. Fabré • CSE 1.000
4. Adams • PIT 1.418
5. Shocker • SLB 1.590
6. Hampton • 2TM 1.639
7. Coveleski • CLE 1.658
8. Thurston • 2TM 1.748
9. Ryan • HIL 1.757
10. Genewich • BSN 1.821
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Winters • HIL 7.246
2. Levis • CSE 6.623
3. Vance • BRO 6.325
4. Holland • NLG 6.000
5. Henderson • AC 5.895
6. Hubbard • BRG 5.772
7. Brown • NLG 5.716
8. Stewart • SLS 5.537
9. Rogan • KCM 5.472
10. Williams • NLG 5.466
Games Played
1. Rommel • PHA 56
2. Uhle • CLE 54
3. Cole • DET 52
Russell • WSH 52
5. Dauss • DET 50
6. Pillette • DET 47
7. Harriss • PHA 46
Thurston • 2TM 46
9. Jonnard • NYG 45
Ryan • NYG 45
Saves
1. Russell • WSH 9
2. Quinn • BOS 7
Jonnard • NYG 7
4. Harriss • PHA 6
Rommel • PHA 6
Cooper • DS 6
7. Cole • DET 5
Dauss • DET 5
Shocker • SLB 5
Uhle • CLE 5
Ryan • NYG 5
Innings Pitched
1. Uhle • CLE 357.2
2. Grimes • BRO 327.0
3. Luque • CIN 322.0
4. Ehmke • BOS 316.2
5. Dauss • DET 316.0
6. Rixey • CIN 309.0
7. Alexander • CHC 305.0
8. Ring • PHI 304.1
9. Morrison • PIT 301.2
10. Rommel • PHA 297.2
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 197
2. Luque • CIN 151
Rogan • KCM 151
4. Johnson • WSH 130
5. Bush • NYY 125
Shawkey • NYY 125
7. Ehmke • BOS 121
8. Grimes • BRO 119
Curry • KCM 119
10. Morrison • PIT 114
Games Started
1. Uhle • CLE 44
2. Dauss • DET 39
Ehmke • BOS 39
4. Cooper • PIT 38
Grimes • BRO 38
6. Luque • CIN 37
Morrison • PIT 37
Rixey • CIN 37
9. Hasty • PHA 36
Pillette • DET 36
Alexander • CHC 36
Donohue • CIN 36
Haines • STL 36
Ring • PHI 36
Complete Games
1. Grimes • BRO 33
2. Uhle • CLE 30
3. Ehmke • BOS 28
Luque • CIN 28
5. Morrison • PIT 27
6. Alexander • CHC 26
Cooper • PIT 26
8. Shocker • SLB 24
9. Haines • STL 23
Ring • PHI 23
Rixey • CIN 23
Shutouts
1. Luque • CIN 6
2. McQuillan • NYG 5
Coveleski • CLE 5
Barnes • 2TM 5
5. Vangilder • SLB 4
Rogan • KCM 4
Dauss • DET 4
8. Rommel • PHA 3
Alexander • CHC 3
Scott • NYG 3
Rixey • CIN 3
Vance • BRO 3
Shocker • SLB 3
Padrón • CSW 3
Rile • CAG 3
Mogridge • WSH 3
Bush • NYY 3
Jones • NYY 3
Glazner • 2TM 3
Johnson • WSH 3
Marquard • BSN 3
Home Runs
1. Shawkey • NYY 17
Aldridge • CHC 17
Alexander • CHC 17
4. Sherdel • STL 16
Glazner • 2TM 16
6. Genewich • BSN 15
Scott • NYG 15
Force • DS 15
9. Heimach • PHA 14
Rommel • PHA 14
Kaufmann • CHC 14
Nehf • NYG 14
Osborne • CHC 14
Bases on Balls
1. Vangilder • SLB 120
2. Ehmke • BOS 119
3. Bush • NYY 117
4. Ring • PHI 115
5. Morrison • PIT 110
6. Cvengros • CHW 108
Rommel • PHA 108
8. Robertson • CHW 104
9. Shawkey • NYY 102
Uhle • CLE 102
Hits
1. Uhle • CLE 378
2. Grimes • BRO 356
3. Ring • PHI 336
4. Rixey • CIN 334
5. Dauss • DET 331
Cooper • PIT 331
7. Ehmke • BOS 318
8. Alexander • CHC 308
Ruether • BRO 308
10. Rommel • PHA 306
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Williams • NLG 5.500
2. Levis • CSE 3.250
3. Holland • NLG 3.200
4. Henderson • AC 2.778
5. Winters • HIL 2.568
6. Ryan • HIL 2.455
7. Alexander • CHC 2.400
8. Redding • BRG 2.333
9. Padrón • CSW 2.286
10. Curry • KCM 2.245
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Flournoy • 2TM 0.000
2. Luque • CIN 0.056
3. Rixey • CIN 0.087
4. Williams • CAG 0.096
5. Donohue • CIN 0.098
6. Meadows • 2TM 0.109
7. Carr • BBS 0.123
8. Streeter • NLG 0.127
9. Rogan • KCM 0.145
10. Danforth • SLB 0.159
Losses
1. Pillette • DET 19
Rommel • PHA 19
Cooper • PIT 19
4. Robertson • CHW 18
Grimes • BRO 18
6. Ehmke • BOS 17
Piercy • BOS 17
Quinn • BOS 17
Vangilder • SLB 17
Weinert • PHI 17
Earned Runs
1. Uhle • CLE 150
2. Ehmke • BOS 133
3. Ring • PHI 131
4. Grimes • BRO 130
5. Ruether • BRO 129
6. Dauss • DET 127
7. Hasty • PHA 120
8. Cooper • PIT 117
Morrison • PIT 117
10. Vance • BRO 109
Wild Pitches
1. Ring • PHI 14
2. Bush • NYY 12
3. Dickerman • BRO 9
Morrison • PIT 9
Rogan • KCM 9
6. Shawkey • NYY 8
Weinert • PHI 8
Stewart • SLS 8
9. Blankenship • CHW 7
10. Ferguson • BOS 6
Fullerton • BOS 6
Piercy • BOS 6
Zahniser • WSH 6
Sykes • BBS 6
Grimes • BRO 6
Rixey • CIN 6
Bell • 2TM 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Ehmke • BOS 20
Johnson • WSH 20
3. Piercy • BOS 14
4. Cvengros • CHW 13
5. Danforth • SLB 12
Uhle • CLE 12
7. Cooper • PIT 11
Grimes • BRO 11
Kaufmann • CHC 11
Vance • BRO 11
Batters Faced
1. Uhle • CLE 1,548
2. Grimes • BRO 1,418
3. Ehmke • BOS 1,350
4. Dauss • DET 1,340
5. Ring • PHI 1,333
6. Luque • CIN 1,301
7. Rommel • PHA 1,294
Rixey • CIN 1,294
9. Morrison • PIT 1,270
10. Cooper • PIT 1,259
Games Finished
1. Thurston • 2TM 30
2. Russell • WSH 29
3. Cole • DET 26
4. Jonnard • NYG 25
5. Barfoot • STL 22
6. Fussell • CHC 21
7. Rommel • PHA 20
8. O'Doul • BOS 18
Decatur • BRO 18
Keck • CIN 18
Oeschger • BSN 18
Ryan • NYG 18
Adjusted ERA+
1. Luque • CIN 201
2. Rile • CAG 173
3. Winters • HIL 168
4. Ryan • HIL 161
5. Lockhart • AC 160
6. Rogan • KCM 150
7. Williams • CAG 148
8. Coveleski • CLE 144
9. Levis • CSE 142
10. Flournoy • 2TM 142
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Levis • CSE 2.61
2. Williams • NLG 2.69
3. Henderson • AC 2.94
4. Ryan • HIL 2.97
5. Carr • BBS 2.98
6. Rogan • KCM 3.02
7. Streeter • NLG 3.02
8. Luque • CIN 3.05
9. Brown • NLG 3.05
10. Winters • HIL 3.05
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Luque • CIN 69
2. Rogan • KCM 39
3. Rile • CAG 38
4. Rixey • CIN 35
5. Alexander • CHC 29
6. Vangilder • SLB 28
7. Pennock • NYY 28
8. Coveleski • CLE 25
9. Hoyt • NYY 25
10. Shocker • SLB 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Luque • CIN 7.4
2. Rogan • KCM 3.6
3. Rixey • CIN 3.6
4. Rile • CAG 3.5
5. Alexander • CHC 2.9
6. Vangilder • SLB 2.9
7. Pennock • NYY 2.8
8. Coveleski • CLE 2.6
9. Hoyt • NYY 2.5
10. Shocker • SLB 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Luque • CIN 81.54
2. Pennock • NYY 43.11
3. Rixey • CIN 43.08
4. Bush • NYY 34.55
5. Hoyt • NYY 33.42
6. Alexander • CHC 32.90
7. Morrison • PIT 31.76
8. Shocker • SLB 31.72
9. Vangilder • SLB 30.99
10. Dauss • DET 27.08
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Luque • CIN 10.2
2. Rixey • CIN 5.2
3. Pennock • NYY 4.7
4. Morrison • PIT 4.0
5. Johnson • WSH 3.9
6. Haines • STL 3.8
7. Shocker • SLB 3.6
8. Dauss • DET 3.6
9. Coveleski • CLE 3.5
10. Hoyt • NYY 3.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Luque • CIN 6.8
2. Alexander • CHC 4.2
3. Shocker • SLB 3.8
4. Morrison • PIT 3.8
5. Rixey • CIN 3.6
6. Pennock • NYY 3.3
7. Hoyt • NYY 3.1
8. Uhle • CLE 2.7
9. Bush • NYY 2.7
10. Dauss • DET 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Luque • CIN 18.7
2. Rixey • CIN 12.4
3. Scott • NYG 10.5
4. Ryan • NYG 9.5
5. Morrison • PIT 7.8
6. Pennock • NYY 7.0
7. Watson • 2TM 6.8
8. Bush • NYY 6.7
9. Meadows • 2TM 6.2
10. McQuillan • NYG 5.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Luque • CIN 9.0
2. Pennock • NYY 4.5
3. Rixey • CIN 4.5
4. Bush • NYY 3.5
5. Hoyt • NYY 3.4
6. Alexander • CHC 3.3
7. Morrison • PIT 3.2
8. Shocker • SLB 3.1
9. Vangilder • SLB 3.0
10. Dauss • DET 2.7

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