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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Hornsby • STL 10.2
2. Rogan • KCM 9.2
3. Heilmann • DET 7.0
4. Donohue • CIN 7.0
5. Cuyler • PIT 6.9
6. Luque • CIN 6.8
7. Johnson • WSH 6.7
8. Simmons • PHA 6.6
9. Winters • HIL 6.5
10. Speaker • CLE 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Rogan • KCM 7.4
2. Pennock • NYY 6.6
3. Rixey • CIN 6.5
4. Coveleski • WSH 6.3
Luque • CIN 6.3
6. Donohue • CIN 6.1
7. Harriss • PHA 6.0
8. Vance • BRO 6.0
9. Shocker • NYY 5.7
10. Rommel • PHA 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Foster • 2TM 1.62
2. Rogan • KCM 1.74
3. Luque • CIN 2.63
4. Dean • KCM 2.74
5. Coveleski • WSH 2.84
6. Rixey • CIN 2.88
7. Cooper • DS 2.88
8. McCall • CAG 2.95
9. Pennock • NYY 2.96
10. Britt • BBS 3.01
Wins
1. Vance • BRO 22
2. Lyons • CHW 21
Rommel • PHA 21
Donohue • CIN 21
Rixey • CIN 21
6. Coveleski • WSH 20
Johnson • WSH 20
8. Harriss • PHA 19
Meadows • PIT 19
10. Ruether • WSH 18
Win-Loss %
1. Curry • HIL .917
2. Rogan • KCM .882
3. Cooper • DS .857
4. Cockrell • HIL .846
Corbett • HBG .846
6. Coveleski • WSH .800
Hensley • SLS .800
8. McClure • BBS .789
9. Dean • KCM .786
10. Bell • KCM .769
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Foster • 2TM 1.000
2. Rogan • KCM 1.011
3. Bell • KCM 1.054
4. Dean • KCM 1.062
5. Cooper • DS 1.077
6. Cockrell • HIL 1.098
7. Tyler • MRS 1.113
8. Britt • BBS 1.126
9. Padrón • CAG 1.136
10. Drake • KCM 1.156
Hits per 9 IP
1. Foster • 2TM 6.577
2. McCall • CAG 7.034
3. Dean • KCM 7.218
4. Rogan • KCM 7.300
5. Cockrell • HIL 7.377
6. Bell • KCM 7.393
7. Britt • BBS 7.443
8. Morris • DS 7.929
9. Drake • KCM 8.005
10. Padrón • CAG 8.019
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Alexander • CHC 1.106
2. Davis • SLS 1.393
3. Donohue • CIN 1.465
4. Rixey • CIN 1.472
5. Cooper • DS 1.534
6. Tyler • MRS 1.783
7. Rogan • KCM 1.796
8. Smith • CLE 1.823
9. Curry • HIL 1.828
10. Cooney • BSN 1.832
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Vance • BRO 7.496
2. Grier • 2TM 5.917
3. Holland • BRG 5.870
4. Farrell • 2TM 5.754
5. Foster • 2TM 5.654
6. Rogan • KCM 5.562
7. Grove • PHA 5.299
8. Henderson • AC 4.927
9. Tyler • MRS 4.876
10. Kenyon • DS 4.807
Games Played
1. Marberry • WSH 55
2. Walberg • PHA 53
3. Rommel • PHA 52
Vangilder • SLB 52
5. Pennock • NYY 47
6. Harriss • PHA 46
Hoyt • NYY 46
8. Doyle • DET 45
Grove • PHA 45
10. Morrison • PIT 44
Saves
1. Marberry • WSH 16
2. Doyle • DET 8
3. Connally • CHW 7
Walberg • PHA 7
5. Hoyt • NYY 6
Vangilder • SLB 6
7. Shaute • CLE 4
Strong • BBS 4
Bush • CHC 4
Morrison • PIT 4
Cooper • DS 4
Innings Pitched
1. Donohue • CIN 301.0
2. Luque • CIN 291.0
3. Rixey • CIN 287.1
4. Pennock • NYY 277.0
5. Ring • PHI 270.0
6. Vance • BRO 265.1
7. Lyons • CHW 262.2
8. Rommel • PHA 261.0
9. Ehmke • BOS 260.2
10. Meadows • PIT 255.1
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 221
2. Luque • CIN 140
3. Henderson • AC 125
4. Grove • PHA 116
5. Johnson • WSH 108
6. Grier • 2TM 103
7. Rogan • KCM 96
8. Ehmke • BOS 95
Harriss • PHA 95
10. Blake • CHC 93
Ring • PHI 93
Tyler • MRS 93
Games Started
1. Donohue • CIN 38
2. Ring • PHI 37
3. Luque • CIN 36
Rixey • CIN 36
5. Harriss • PHA 33
Whitehill • DET 33
Zachary • WSH 33
8. Coveleski • WSH 32
Faber • CHW 32
Lyons • CHW 32
Carlson • PHI 32
Complete Games
1. Donohue • CIN 27
2. Vance • BRO 26
3. Ehmke • BOS 22
Smith • CLE 22
Luque • CIN 22
Rixey • CIN 22
7. Pennock • NYY 21
Ring • PHI 21
9. Henderson • AC 20
Alexander • CHC 20
Cooney • BSN 20
Meadows • PIT 20
Shutouts
1. Lyons • CHW 5
2. Giard • SLB 4
Carlson • PHI 4
Luque • CIN 4
Vance • BRO 4
Gray • PHA 4
Rogan • KCM 4
8. Coveleski • WSH 3
Donohue • CIN 3
Johnson • WSH 3
Drake • KCM 3
Blankenship • CHW 3
Ruffing • BOS 3
Home Runs
1. Mitchell • PHI 23
2. Danforth • SLB 19
Carlson • PHI 19
Kremer • PIT 19
5. Bush • SLB 18
Cooney • BSN 18
Cooper • CHC 18
8. Shocker • NYY 17
Blake • CHC 17
10. Rhem • STL 16
Bases on Balls
1. Grove • PHA 131
2. Ring • PHI 119
3. Blake • CHC 114
4. Davis • SLB 106
5. Ruether • WSH 105
6. Jones • NYY 104
7. Grimes • BRO 102
8. Gaston • SLB 101
9. Harriss • PHA 95
Rommel • PHA 95
Hits
1. Ring • PHI 325
2. Donohue • CIN 310
3. Grimes • BRO 305
4. Rixey • CIN 302
5. Smith • CLE 296
6. Ehmke • BOS 285
Rommel • PHA 285
8. Gaston • SLB 284
9. Hoyt • NYY 283
10. Carlson • PHI 281
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Vance • BRO 3.348
2. Rogan • KCM 3.097
3. Tyler • MRS 2.735
4. Salmon • BBB 2.360
5. Foster • 2TM 2.333
6. Alexander • CHC 2.172
7. Farrell • 2TM 2.031
8. Padrón • CAG 2.000
9. Cooper • DS 1.960
10. Dean • KCM 1.914
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Donohue • CIN 0.090
2. Ruether • WSH 0.201
3. Greenfield • NYG 0.210
4. Genewich • BSN 0.213
5. Uhle • CLE 0.214
6. Harriss • PHA 0.214
7. Luque • CIN 0.216
8. Miller • CLE 0.236
9. Lyons • CHW 0.240
10. Benton • BSN 0.245
Losses
1. Jones • NYY 21
2. Ehmke • BOS 20
3. Wingfield • BOS 19
Grimes • BRO 19
5. Ruffing • BOS 18
Blake • CHC 18
Luque • CIN 18
8. Pennock • NYY 17
Mitchell • PHI 17
10. Barnes • BSN 16
Ring • PHI 16
Earned Runs
1. Grimes • BRO 138
2. Ring • PHI 131
3. Smith • CLE 128
4. Jones • NYY 127
5. Blake • CHC 125
6. Whitehill • DET 124
7. Ruffing • BOS 121
Thurston • CHW 121
9. Bush • SLB 118
10. Gaston • SLB 117
Mitchell • PHI 117
Wild Pitches
1. Ring • PHI 14
2. Grove • PHA 9
3. Ehrhardt • BRO 8
Grimes • BRO 8
Luque • CIN 8
6. Davis • SLB 6
Gaston • SLB 6
Spearman • MRS 6
9. Giard • SLB 5
Gray • PHA 5
Hoyt • NYY 5
Lyons • CHW 5
Rommel • PHA 5
Uhle • CLE 5
Walberg • PHA 5
Meadows • PIT 5
Tyler • MRS 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Ehmke • BOS 11
2. Whitehill • DET 10
Vance • BRO 10
4. Stoner • DET 9
Kremer • PIT 9
6. Johnson • NYY 8
Ruether • WSH 8
Uhle • CLE 8
Wingfield • BOS 8
Cooper • HBG 8
Gardner • HBG 8
Meadows • PIT 8
Batters Faced
1. Ring • PHI 1,239
2. Donohue • CIN 1,232
3. Luque • CIN 1,196
4. Rixey • CIN 1,186
5. Rommel • PHA 1,154
6. Pennock • NYY 1,143
7. Ehmke • BOS 1,134
8. Grimes • BRO 1,129
9. Lyons • CHW 1,110
10. Wingfield • BOS 1,105
Games Finished
1. Marberry • WSH 39
2. Doyle • DET 34
3. Connally • CHW 28
4. Fuhr • BOS 23
Vangilder • SLB 23
Walberg • PHA 23
7. Rommel • PHA 20
8. Sheehan • 2TM 19
9. Dyer • STL 18
10. Bush • CHC 17
Adjusted ERA+
1. Foster • 2TM 327
2. Rogan • KCM 302
3. Dean • KCM 192
4. Cooper • DS 182
5. McCall • CAG 178
6. Padrón • CAG 170
7. Bell • KCM 164
8. Britt • BBS 163
9. Winters • HIL 162
10. McClure • BBS 157
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Vance • BRO 1.78
2. Donohue • CIN 2.32
3. Luque • CIN 2.37
4. Rixey • CIN 2.64
5. Johnson • WSH 2.76
6. Scott • NYG 2.81
7. Faber • CHW 2.81
8. Quinn • 2TM 2.86
9. Sherdel • STL 2.86
10. Pennock • NYY 2.87
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Rogan • KCM 59
2. Luque • CIN 47
3. Rixey • CIN 41
4. Coveleski • WSH 41
5. Winters • HIL 40
6. Dean • KCM 39
7. Pennock • NYY 38
8. Donohue • CIN 36
9. Cooper • DS 36
10. Blankenship • CHW 32
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Rogan • KCM 6.0
2. Luque • CIN 4.7
3. Rixey • CIN 4.1
4. Coveleski • WSH 4.0
5. Dean • KCM 3.8
6. Winters • HIL 3.8
7. Pennock • NYY 3.7
8. Donohue • CIN 3.6
9. Cooper • DS 3.4
10. Blankenship • CHW 3.1
Foster • 2TM 3.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Luque • CIN 55.62
2. Rixey • CIN 48.47
3. Donohue • CIN 46.00
4. Coveleski • WSH 45.96
5. Pennock • NYY 40.61
6. Lyons • CHW 39.74
7. Johnson • WSH 39.19
8. Vance • BRO 38.52
9. Blankenship • CHW 37.43
10. Sherdel • STL 34.69
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Luque • CIN 6.5
2. Coveleski • WSH 5.5
3. Vance • BRO 5.2
4. Lyons • CHW 5.1
5. Johnson • WSH 4.7
6. Gray • PHA 4.1
7. Aldridge • PIT 4.0
8. Donohue • CIN 4.0
9. Rixey • CIN 3.7
10. Scott • NYG 3.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Luque • CIN 5.0
2. Donohue • CIN 5.0
3. Pennock • NYY 5.0
4. Rixey • CIN 4.3
5. Vance • BRO 4.2
6. Coveleski • WSH 3.7
7. Johnson • WSH 3.4
8. Scott • NYG 3.4
9. Blankenship • CHW 3.2
10. Lyons • CHW 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Coveleski • WSH 16.4
2. Johnson • WSH 15.7
3. Scott • NYG 9.9
4. Harriss • PHA 9.3
5. Walberg • PHA 8.3
6. Aldridge • PIT 8.0
7. Gray • PHA 7.6
8. Meadows • PIT 7.1
9. Marberry • WSH 6.8
10. Luque • CIN 6.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Luque • CIN 5.8
2. Rixey • CIN 5.0
3. Coveleski • WSH 4.7
4. Donohue • CIN 4.7
5. Pennock • NYY 4.0
6. Lyons • CHW 4.0
7. Johnson • WSH 4.0
8. Vance • BRO 3.9
9. Blankenship • CHW 3.8
10. Sherdel • STL 3.4

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