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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Hornsby • STL 12.1
2. Ruth • NYY 11.4
3. Vance • BRO 10.3
4. Ehmke • BOS 8.2
5. Pennock • NYY 7.9
6. Frisch • NYG 7.5
Johnson • WSH 7.5
Winters • HIL 7.5
9. Wheat • BRO 6.8
10. Shaute • CLE 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Vance • BRO 10.5
2. Ehmke • BOS 8.3
3. Pennock • NYY 8.1
4. Johnson • WSH 6.8
5. Winters • HIL 6.6
6. Brown • NLG 5.9
7. Smith • CLE 5.9
8. Shaute • CLE 5.7
9. Streeter • BBB 5.6
10. Ferguson • BOS 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Brown • NLG 2.00
2. Vance • BRO 2.16
Foster • 2TM 2.16
4. Padrón • CAG 2.17
5. Moore • MRS 2.53
6. Henderson • AC 2.58
7. McClure • BBS 2.59
8. Glass • MRS 2.61
9. Flournoy • BRG 2.69
10. McQuillan • NYG 2.69
Wins
1. Vance • BRO 28
2. Johnson • WSH 23
3. Grimes • BRO 22
4. Pennock • NYY 21
5. Shaute • CLE 20
Thurston • CHW 20
Winters • HIL 20
Cooper • PIT 20
Mays • CIN 20
10. Ehmke • BOS 19
Win-Loss %
1. Cockrell • HIL .909
2. Foster • 2TM .875
3. Méndez • KCM .857
4. Yde • PIT .842
5. Miller • CAG .833
Rile • CAG .833
7. Vance • BRO .824
8. McClure • BBS .818
Bell • KCM .818
10. Winters • HIL .800
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Vance • BRO 1.022
2. Brown • NLG 1.041
3. Foster • 2TM 1.065
4. Winters • HIL 1.077
5. Padrón • CAG 1.092
6. Glass • MRS 1.099
7. Flournoy • BRG 1.108
8. Rixey • CIN 1.116
9. Johnson • WSH 1.116
10. Morris • KCM 1.117
Hits per 9 IP
1. Foster • 2TM 6.345
2. Glass • MRS 6.597
3. Morris • KCM 6.699
4. Vance • BRO 6.947
5. Winters • HIL 7.313
6. Brown • NLG 7.314
7. Henderson • AC 7.364
8. Johnson • WSH 7.552
9. Miller • CAG 7.737
10. Yde • PIT 7.933
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Streeter • BBB 1.168
2. Williams • BRG 1.215
3. Hampton • WP 1.272
4. Ryan • HIL 1.326
5. Benton • CIN 1.328
6. Alexander • CHC 1.329
7. Cooper • PIT 1.340
8. Mays • CIN 1.434
9. Donohue • CIN 1.457
10. Smith • CLE 1.526
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Levis • CSE 7.891
2. Vance • BRO 7.648
3. Foster • 2TM 7.155
4. Poindexter • BBB 6.587
5. Henderson • AC 6.459
6. Glass • MRS 6.443
7. Stamps • 2TM 6.361
8. Hensley • 2TM 5.769
9. Streeter • BBB 5.750
10. Grier • WP 5.574
Games Played
1. Marberry • WSH 50
2. Holloway • DET 49
3. Hoyt • NYY 46
Shaute • CLE 46
5. Ehmke • BOS 45
6. Connally • CHW 44
Quinn • BOS 44
8. Rommel • PHA 43
Vangilder • SLB 43
10. Danforth • SLB 41
Ferguson • BOS 41
Lyons • CHW 41
Kremer • PIT 41
Morrison • PIT 41
Saves
1. Marberry • WSH 15
2. Russell • WSH 8
3. Quinn • BOS 7
4. Williams • 2TM 6
May • CIN 6
Connally • CHW 6
Dauss • DET 6
8. Cooper • DS 5
Danforth • SLB 5
Ryan • NYG 5
Innings Pitched
1. Ehmke • BOS 315.0
2. Grimes • BRO 310.2
3. Vance • BRO 308.1
4. Thurston • CHW 291.0
5. Pennock • NYY 286.1
6. Shaute • CLE 283.0
7. Rommel • PHA 278.0
8. Johnson • WSH 277.2
9. Cooper • PIT 268.2
10. Barnes • BSN 267.2
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 262
2. Johnson • WSH 158
3. Grimes • BRO 135
4. Streeter • BBB 128
5. Poindexter • BBB 121
6. Ehmke • BOS 119
7. Shawkey • NYY 114
Winters • HIL 114
9. Brown • NLG 107
10. Pennock • NYY 101
Rogan • KCM 101
Games Started
1. Johnson • WSH 38
2. Ehmke • BOS 36
Thurston • CHW 36
Grimes • BRO 36
5. Cooper • PIT 35
6. Pennock • NYY 34
Rommel • PHA 34
Shaute • CLE 34
Vance • BRO 34
10. Coveleski • CLE 33
Shocker • SLB 33
Complete Games
1. Grimes • BRO 30
Vance • BRO 30
3. Thurston • CHW 28
4. Ehmke • BOS 26
5. Pennock • NYY 25
Cooper • PIT 25
7. Shaute • CLE 21
Barnes • BSN 21
9. Johnson • WSH 20
Rommel • PHA 20
Smith • CLE 20
Winters • HIL 20
Aldridge • CHC 20
Streeter • BBB 20
Shutouts
1. Johnson • WSH 6
2. Davis • SLB 5
3. Rixey • CIN 4
Shocker • SLB 4
Pennock • NYY 4
Barnes • BSN 4
Cooper • PIT 4
Kremer • PIT 4
Sothoron • STL 4
Ehmke • BOS 4
Yde • PIT 4
Home Runs
1. Kaufmann • CHC 21
2. Thurston • CHW 17
Keen • CHC 17
4. Danforth • SLB 16
5. Grimes • BRO 15
6. Glazner • PHI 14
Haines • STL 14
Nehf • NYG 14
9. Pennock • NYY 13
Stoner • DET 13
Cooper • PIT 13
Couch • PHI 13
Bases on Balls
1. Bush • NYY 109
2. Ferguson • BOS 108
Ring • PHI 108
4. Rommel • PHA 94
5. Grimes • BRO 91
6. Gray • PHA 89
7. Wingard • SLB 85
8. Sothoron • STL 84
9. Shaute • CLE 83
10. Ehmke • BOS 81
Meeker • PHA 81
Hits
1. Grimes • BRO 351
2. Thurston • CHW 330
3. Ehmke • BOS 324
4. Shaute • CLE 317
5. Pennock • NYY 302
Rommel • PHA 302
7. Cooper • PIT 296
8. Hoyt • NYY 295
9. Barnes • BSN 292
10. Coveleski • CLE 286
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Streeter • BBB 4.923
2. Williams • BRG 4.231
3. Levis • CSE 3.609
4. Vance • BRO 3.403
5. Ryan • HIL 2.964
6. McClure • BBS 2.850
7. Hampton • WP 2.846
8. Brown • NLG 2.610
9. Flournoy • BRG 2.563
10. Padrón • CAG 2.483
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Drake • KCM 0.000
Stamps • 2TM 0.000
Padrón • CAG 0.000
Foster • 2TM 0.000
5. Harney • CAG 0.072
6. Glass • MRS 0.077
7. Mogridge • WSH 0.085
8. Heimach • PHA 0.091
9. Rogan • KCM 0.103
10. Benton • CIN 0.111
Losses
1. Barnes • BSN 20
2. Genewich • BSN 19
Haines • STL 19
4. Ehmke • BOS 17
Ferguson • BOS 17
Shaute • CLE 17
Carlson • PHI 17
8. Bush • NYY 16
Coveleski • CLE 16
Glazner • PHI 16
Morrison • PIT 16
Sothoron • STL 16
Earned Runs
1. Grimes • BRO 132
2. Thurston • CHW 123
3. Rommel • PHA 122
4. Ehmke • BOS 121
5. Shaute • CLE 118
6. Lyons • CHW 117
7. Genewich • BSN 116
8. Shocker • SLB 115
9. Stoner • DET 113
10. Danforth • SLB 110
Carlson • PHI 110
Wild Pitches
1. Mitchell • PHI 9
2. Bush • NYY 7
Meeker • PHA 7
Morrison • PIT 7
5. Levis • CSE 6
Haines • STL 6
7. Coveleski • CLE 5
Jones • NYY 5
Shaute • CLE 5
Shawkey • NYY 5
Thurston • CHW 5
Uhle • CLE 5
Grimes • BRO 5
Jacobs • CHC 5
Ring • PHI 5
Bell • 2TM 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Gardner • HBG 14
2. Uhle • CLE 13
Whitehill • DET 13
4. Quinn • BOS 12
5. Ehmke • BOS 11
6. Johnson • WSH 10
Piercy • BOS 10
Sothoron • STL 10
Poindexter • BBB 10
Stamps • 2TM 10
Batters Faced
1. Ehmke • BOS 1,349
2. Grimes • BRO 1,345
3. Thurston • CHW 1,237
4. Shaute • CLE 1,223
5. Vance • BRO 1,221
6. Pennock • NYY 1,201
7. Rommel • PHA 1,183
8. Johnson • WSH 1,148
9. Barnes • BSN 1,109
Cooper • PIT 1,109
Games Finished
1. Marberry • WSH 31
2. Connally • CHW 25
3. Holloway • DET 22
4. May • CIN 21
5. Dauss • DET 20
Gaston • NYY 20
Ross • BOS 20
Sheehan • CIN 20
Sherdel • STL 20
10. Betts • PHI 19
Adjusted ERA+
1. Brown • NLG 210
2. Foster • 2TM 201
3. Padrón • CAG 199
4. Vance • BRO 174
5. Moore • MRS 171
6. Glass • MRS 165
7. Henderson • AC 163
8. McClure • BBS 163
9. Flournoy • BRG 157
10. Winters • HIL 152
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Foster • 2TM 2.28
2. Vance • BRO 2.34
3. Padrón • CAG 2.46
4. Streeter • BBB 2.53
5. Glass • MRS 2.65
6. Hensley • 2TM 2.75
7. Rogan • KCM 2.80
8. Poindexter • BBB 2.85
9. Harney • CAG 2.86
10. Stamps • 2TM 2.89
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Vance • BRO 56
2. Pennock • NYY 45
3. Johnson • WSH 44
4. Brown • NLG 39
5. Winters • HIL 36
6. Ehmke • BOS 33
7. Padrón • CAG 31
8. Zachary • WSH 31
9. Streeter • BBB 30
10. Smith • CLE 30
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Vance • BRO 6.1
2. Pennock • NYY 4.5
3. Johnson • WSH 4.5
4. Brown • NLG 3.8
5. Winters • HIL 3.5
6. Ehmke • BOS 3.2
7. Zachary • WSH 3.1
8. Padrón • CAG 3.0
9. Smith • CLE 2.9
10. Streeter • BBB 2.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Vance • BRO 63.65
2. Johnson • WSH 53.60
3. Pennock • NYY 53.08
4. Zachary • WSH 36.88
5. Kremer • PIT 30.82
6. Collins • DET 29.50
7. Ehmke • BOS 28.36
8. Rixey • CIN 27.73
9. Barnes • NYG 27.07
10. Smith • CLE 26.85
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Vance • BRO 7.6
2. Pennock • NYY 6.5
3. Johnson • WSH 4.8
4. Marberry • WSH 4.5
5. Yde • PIT 3.4
6. Kremer • PIT 3.2
7. Rommel • PHA 3.1
8. Zachary • WSH 3.1
9. Cooper • PIT 2.8
10. Mogridge • WSH 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Johnson • WSH 5.3
3. Kremer • PIT 3.5
4. Smith • CLE 3.4
5. Rixey • CIN 3.2
6. Zachary • WSH 3.1
7. Mogridge • WSH 3.0
8. Pennock • NYY 3.0
9. Collins • DET 2.9
10. Yde • PIT 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Pennock • NYY 30.3
2. Johnson • WSH 20.3
3. Doak • 2TM 19.8
4. Zachary • WSH 19.4
5. Marberry • WSH 13.0
6. McQuillan • NYG 12.8
7. Vance • BRO 11.3
8. Jones • NYY 10.4
9. Barnes • NYG 10.3
10. Hoyt • NYY 10.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Vance • BRO 7.2
2. Johnson • WSH 5.6
3. Pennock • NYY 5.4
4. Zachary • WSH 3.8
5. Kremer • PIT 3.2
6. Collins • DET 3.0
7. Rixey • CIN 2.9
8. Barnes • NYG 2.9
9. Yde • PIT 2.8
10. Ehmke • BOS 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