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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 12.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 11.8
3. Hornsby • NYG 10.2
4. Frisch • STL 9.4
5. Lyons • CHW 7.9
6. Thomas • CHW 7.9
7. Foster • CAG 7.5
Vance • BRO 7.5
9. Combs • NYY 7.1
10. Heilmann • DET 7.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Thomas • CHW 8.3
2. Vance • BRO 7.7
3. Foster • CAG 7.4
4. Lyons • CHW 7.3
5. Kremer • PIT 7.0
6. Moore • NYY 6.6
7. Petty • BRO 6.5
8. Alexander • STL 6.2
9. Hoyt • NYY 6.0
10. Grove • PHA 5.7
Earned Run Average
1. Foster • CAG 2.03
2. Bell • KCM 2.17
3. Powell • CAG 2.25
4. Moore • NYY 2.28
5. Rogan • KCM 2.32
6. Mitchell • KCM 2.36
7. Paige • BBB 2.39
8. Rile • DS 2.43
9. Kremer • PIT 2.47
10. Cooper • HBG 2.51
Wins
1. Root • CHC 26
2. Haines • STL 24
3. Hoyt • NYY 22
Lyons • CHW 22
Hill • PIT 22
6. Alexander • STL 21
Foster • CAG 21
8. Grove • PHA 20
9. Moore • NYY 19
Pennock • NYY 19
Thomas • CHW 19
Grimes • NYG 19
Kremer • PIT 19
Meadows • PIT 19
Win-Loss %
1. Foster • CAG .808
2. Harrison • SLS .778
Paige • BBB .778
4. Hubbard • AC .769
5. Bell • KCM .765
McDonald • SLS .765
7. Hoyt • NYY .759
8. Shocker • NYY .750
Powell • CAG .750
10. Moore • NYY .731
Walks & Hits per IP
1. McDonald • CAG 1.042
2. Paige • BBB 1.082
3. Salmon • BBB 1.094
4. Rile • DS 1.109
5. Alexander • STL 1.116
6. Lucas • CIN 1.127
7. Rogan • KCM 1.127
8. Bell • KCM 1.136
9. Vance • BRO 1.138
10. Braxton • WSH 1.139
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 7.255
2. Hubbard • AC 7.554
3. Trent • SLS 7.557
4. Rile • DS 7.614
5. Foster • CAG 7.756
6. Moore • NYY 7.817
7. Salmon • BBB 7.917
8. Thomas • CHW 7.927
9. Vance • BRO 7.968
10. Powell • CAG 7.971
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Alexander • STL 1.276
2. Harney • CAG 1.347
3. McDonald • CAG 1.361
4. Lucas • CIN 1.465
5. Donohue • CIN 1.510
6. Streeter • BBB 1.629
7. Carlson • 2TM 1.633
8. Bell • MRS 1.636
9. Quinn • PHA 1.654
10. Henry • NYG 1.705
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 8.541
2. Rogan • KCM 6.315
3. Vance • BRO 6.059
4. Grove • PHA 5.970
5. Farrell • AC 5.663
6. Trent • SLS 5.646
7. Braxton • WSH 5.562
8. Díaz • CSW 5.472
9. Williams • SLS 5.400
10. Powell • CAG 5.014
Games Played
1. Braxton • WSH 58
2. Marberry • WSH 56
3. Grove • PHA 51
4. Moore • NYY 50
5. Root • CHC 48
Scott • PHI 48
7. Walberg • PHA 46
Ehrhardt • BRO 46
9. Shaute • CLE 45
Henry • NYG 45
Saves
1. Moore • NYY 13
2. Braxton • WSH 10
3. Grove • PHA 9
4. Marberry • WSH 8
5. Holloway • DET 6
Pate • PHA 6
Sherdel • STL 6
8. Connally • CHW 5
Stoner • DET 5
Mogridge • BSN 5
Nehf • 2TM 5
Innings Pitched
1. Root • CHC 309.0
2. Lyons • CHW 307.2
Thomas • CHW 307.2
4. Haines • STL 300.2
5. Meadows • PIT 299.1
6. Hill • PIT 277.2
7. Vance • BRO 273.1
8. Petty • BRO 271.2
9. Alexander • STL 268.0
10. Hudlin • CLE 264.2
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 184
2. Grove • PHA 174
3. Root • CHC 145
4. Farrell • AC 138
5. Walberg • PHA 136
6. Trent • SLS 133
7. May • CIN 121
8. Foster • CAG 119
9. Streeter • BBB 117
10. Rogan • KCM 109
Games Started
1. Meadows • PIT 38
2. Thomas • CHW 36
Haines • STL 36
Root • CHC 36
5. Blankenship • CHW 34
Lisenbee • WSH 34
Lyons • CHW 34
Aldridge • PIT 34
Grimes • NYG 34
10. Walberg • PHA 33
Petty • BRO 33
Benton • 2TM 33
Complete Games
1. Lyons • CHW 30
2. Haines • STL 25
Meadows • PIT 25
Vance • BRO 25
5. Thomas • CHW 24
6. Hoyt • NYY 23
7. Alexander • STL 22
Hill • PIT 22
9. Gaston • SLB 21
Root • CHC 21
Foster • CAG 21
Shutouts
1. Haines • STL 6
Foster • CAG 6
3. Lisenbee • WSH 4
Lucas • CIN 4
Root • CHC 4
Bell • KCM 4
Mitchell • KCM 4
Powell • CAG 4
Rogan • KCM 4
10. Blankenship • CHW 3
Hoyt • NYY 3
Quinn • PHA 3
Ruether • NYY 3
Thomas • CHW 3
Vangilder • SLB 3
Whitehill • DET 3
Kremer • PIT 3
Paige • BBB 3
Crowder • 2TM 3
Home Runs
1. Gaston • SLB 18
2. Walberg • PHA 17
Sherdel • STL 17
4. Thomas • CHW 16
Thurston • WSH 16
Aldridge • PIT 16
Root • CHC 16
Carlson • 2TM 16
9. Ferguson • PHI 15
Fitzsimmons • NYG 15
Scott • PHI 15
Bases on Balls
1. Root • CHC 117
2. Whitehill • DET 105
3. Jones • SLB 102
Vangilder • SLB 102
5. Gaston • SLB 100
6. Thomas • CHW 94
7. Walberg • PHA 91
8. Pruett • PHI 89
9. Lundgren • BOS 87
Ruffing • BOS 87
Grimes • NYG 87
Hits
1. Meadows • PIT 315
2. Scott • PHI 304
3. Smith • BSN 297
4. Root • CHC 296
5. Hudlin • CLE 291
Lyons • CHW 291
7. Carlson • 2TM 281
8. Blankenship • CHW 280
Ferguson • PHI 280
10. Wiltse • BOS 276
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • BBB 3.444
2. Rogan • KCM 3.303
3. Harney • CAG 3.250
4. McDonald • CAG 3.222
5. Streeter • BBB 2.925
6. Braxton • WSH 2.909
7. Vance • BRO 2.667
8. Bell • MRS 2.464
9. Salmon • BBB 2.263
10. Grove • PHA 2.203
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Hadley • WSH 0.091
2. Hudlin • CLE 0.102
3. Pipgras • NYY 0.108
4. Robertson • BSN 0.117
5. Blake • CHC 0.120
6. Rixey • CIN 0.123
7. Moore • NYY 0.127
8. Bush • CHC 0.140
9. Donohue • CIN 0.142
10. Whitehill • DET 0.153
Losses
1. Harriss • BOS 21
Scott • PHI 21
3. Wiltse • BOS 18
Petty • BRO 18
Smith • BSN 18
6. Blankenship • CHW 17
Buckeye • CLE 17
Gaston • SLB 17
Pruett • PHI 17
Robertson • BSN 17
Earned Runs
1. Gaston • SLB 141
2. Blankenship • CHW 133
3. Scott • PHI 132
4. Root • CHC 129
5. Pruett • PHI 125
6. Wiltse • BOS 124
7. Ferguson • PHI 122
8. Hudlin • CLE 118
9. Wingard • SLB 114
10. Aldridge • PIT 113
Meadows • PIT 113
Wild Pitches
1. Buckeye • CLE 10
2. Carter • HBG 9
3. Gaston • SLB 8
Wingard • SLB 8
May • CIN 8
6. Lundgren • BOS 7
7. Gibson • DET 6
Hudlin • CLE 6
Stoner • DET 6
Cvengros • PIT 6
Luque • CIN 6
Rixey • CIN 6
Werts • BSN 6
Mitchell • KCM 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Ehmke • PHA 14
May • CIN 14
3. Morris • DS 13
4. Pruett • PHI 12
5. Hudlin • CLE 11
6. Connally • CHW 9
Hadley • WSH 9
Harriss • BOS 9
Uhle • CLE 9
Whitehill • DET 9
Root • CHC 9
Brewer • KCM 9
Batters Faced
1. Root • CHC 1,316
2. Meadows • PIT 1,263
3. Lyons • CHW 1,262
4. Thomas • CHW 1,252
5. Haines • STL 1,228
6. Hill • PIT 1,165
7. Hudlin • CLE 1,156
8. Petty • BRO 1,137
9. Vance • BRO 1,123
10. Gaston • SLB 1,117
Games Finished
1. Braxton • WSH 31
2. Marberry • WSH 30
Moore • NYY 30
4. Ehrhardt • BRO 26
5. Connally • CHW 19
Pate • PHA 19
Clark • BRO 19
Nehf • 2TM 19
9. Burke • WSH 18
Cole • CHW 18
Grove • PHA 18
Scott • PHI 18
Werts • BSN 18
Willoughby • PHI 18
Adjusted ERA+
1. Foster • CAG 184
2. Cooper • HBG 176
3. Bell • KCM 173
4. Moore • NYY 171
5. Kremer • PIT 168
6. Powell • CAG 166
7. Rogan • KCM 161
8. Alexander • STL 160
9. Mitchell • KCM 158
10. Paige • BBB 157
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Braxton • WSH 2.36
2. Grove • PHA 2.40
3. Vance • BRO 2.55
4. Donohue • CIN 2.72
5. May • CIN 2.77
6. Elliott • BRO 2.77
7. Farrell • AC 2.80
8. Moore • NYY 2.83
9. Lucas • CIN 2.89
10. Rixey • CIN 2.93
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Thomas • CHW 43
2. Alexander • STL 42
3. Kremer • PIT 40
4. Haines • STL 40
5. Foster • CAG 39
6. Moore • NYY 39
7. Lyons • CHW 39
8. Hoyt • NYY 38
9. Vance • BRO 37
10. Cooper • HBG 36
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Alexander • STL 4.4
2. Thomas • CHW 4.3
3. Kremer • PIT 4.2
4. Haines • STL 4.2
5. Foster • CAG 4.0
6. Vance • BRO 3.9
7. Lyons • CHW 3.9
8. Moore • NYY 3.9
9. Hoyt • NYY 3.9
10. Cooper • HBG 3.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Moore • NYY 54.98
2. Hoyt • NYY 50.23
3. Thomas • CHW 49.91
4. Lyons • CHW 45.43
5. Haines • STL 45.29
6. Kremer • PIT 43.91
7. Alexander • STL 42.39
8. Vance • BRO 36.26
9. Quinn • PHA 32.93
10. Lucas • CIN 31.31
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Moore • NYY 8.7
2. Grove • PHA 5.9
3. Haines • STL 5.8
4. Braxton • WSH 5.5
5. Lyons • CHW 5.3
6. Lucas • CIN 5.0
7. Alexander • STL 4.7
8. Thomas • CHW 4.5
9. Hoyt • NYY 3.7
10. Hill • PIT 3.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Lyons • CHW 5.8
2. Moore • NYY 4.7
3. Haines • STL 4.5
4. Thomas • CHW 4.2
5. Kremer • PIT 4.2
6. Lucas • CIN 4.0
7. Hoyt • NYY 4.0
8. Vance • BRO 3.4
Alexander • STL 3.4
10. Hill • PIT 3.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Kremer • PIT 17.1
2. Alexander • STL 14.3
3. Haines • STL 14.1
4. Moore • NYY 9.6
5. Aldridge • PIT 8.9
6. Hill • PIT 8.8
7. Meadows • PIT 8.6
8. Lyons • CHW 7.7
9. Miljus • PIT 7.5
10. Thomas • CHW 6.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Moore • NYY 5.7
2. Hoyt • NYY 5.3
3. Thomas • CHW 5.1
4. Haines • STL 4.7
5. Lyons • CHW 4.6
6. Kremer • PIT 4.5
7. Alexander • STL 4.4
8. Vance • BRO 3.8
9. Lucas • CIN 3.3
10. Quinn • PHA 3.3

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