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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Vance • BRO 10.3
2. Ruth • NYY 10.2
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.5
4. Hornsby • BSN 8.9
5. Goslin • WSH 7.5
6. Manush • SLB 7.3
7. Grove • PHA 7.2
8. Grimes • PIT 7.1
9. Thomas • CHW 7.0
10. Waner • PIT 6.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Vance • BRO 10.1
2. Grove • PHA 7.1
3. Benton • NYG 7.0
4. Thomas • CHW 6.6
5. Yokely • BBS 6.2
6. Braxton • WSH 6.0
7. Pennock • NYY 5.9
8. Grimes • PIT 5.9
9. Sherdel • STL 5.6
10. Trent • SLS 5.6
Earned Run Average
1. Shields • AC 1.51
2. Powell • CAG 2.00
3. Vance • BRO 2.09
4. Trent • SLS 2.21
5. Paige • BBB 2.32
6. Blake • CHC 2.47
7. Braxton • WSH 2.51
8. Pennock • NYY 2.56
9. Grove • PHA 2.58
10. Bell • KCM 2.64
Wins
1. Benton • NYG 25
Grimes • PIT 25
3. Grove • PHA 24
Pipgras • NYY 24
5. Hoyt • NYY 23
6. Vance • BRO 22
7. Crowder • SLB 21
Sherdel • STL 21
9. Gray • SLB 20
Fitzsimmons • NYG 20
Haines • STL 20
Win-Loss %
1. Thomas • NLG 1.000
Davis • SLS 1.000
3. Trent • SLS .864
4. Rogan • KCM .833
5. Crowder • SLB .808
6. Henderson • AC .800
7. Hoyt • NYY .767
8. Grove • PHA .750
Force • BBS .750
Torriente • DS .750
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Braxton • WSH 1.012
2. Mirabal • CSE 1.038
3. Paige • BBB 1.045
4. Vance • BRO 1.063
5. Nash • BBB 1.072
6. Powell • CAG 1.089
7. Trent • SLS 1.107
8. Bell • KCM 1.113
9. Grove • PHA 1.116
10. Cooper • KCM 1.120
Hits per 9 IP
1. Mirabal • CSE 7.005
2. Shields • AC 7.128
3. Yokely • BBS 7.186
4. Vance • BRO 7.256
5. Braxton • WSH 7.296
6. Cooper • KCM 7.484
7. Nash • BBB 7.701
8. Paige • BBB 7.705
9. Trent • SLS 7.797
10. Powell • CAG 7.800
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Rogan • KCM 1.105
2. Salmon • BBB 1.133
3. Davis • SLS 1.194
4. Cooper • KCM 1.243
5. Rommel • PHA 1.347
6. Alexander • STL 1.367
7. Bell • KCM 1.380
8. Dean • CTG 1.444
9. Quinn • PHA 1.448
10. Harney • CAG 1.461
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 8.250
2. Cooper • KCM 7.389
3. Powell • CAG 6.800
4. Earnshaw • PHA 6.651
5. Vance • BRO 6.421
6. Díaz • CSW 6.349
7. Farrell • AC 6.315
8. Grove • PHA 6.294
9. Malone • CHC 5.565
10. Foster • CAG 5.492
Games Played
1. Marberry • WSH 48
Grimes • PIT 48
3. Morris • BOS 47
4. Pipgras • NYY 46
5. Kolp • CIN 44
6. Rommel • PHA 43
Rixey • CIN 43
8. Hoyt • NYY 42
Hudlin • CLE 42
Ruffing • BOS 42
Benton • NYG 42
Bush • CHC 42
Malone • CHC 42
McWeeny • BRO 42
Saves
1. Hoyt • NYY 8
2. Hudlin • CLE 7
Lyons • CHW 7
4. Braxton • WSH 6
5. Morris • BOS 5
Vangilder • DET 5
Haid • STL 5
Sherdel • STL 5
9. Rommel • PHA 4
Stoner • DET 4
Benton • NYG 4
Johnson • STL 4
Jones • CHC 4
Paige • BBB 4
Innings Pitched
1. Grimes • PIT 330.2
2. Benton • NYG 310.1
3. Pipgras • NYY 300.2
4. Rixey • CIN 291.1
5. Ruffing • BOS 289.1
6. Thomas • CHW 283.0
7. Vance • BRO 280.1
8. Hoyt • NYY 273.0
9. Gray • SLB 262.2
10. Grove • PHA 261.2
Strikeouts
1. Vance • BRO 200
2. Grove • PHA 183
3. Malone • CHC 155
4. Pipgras • NYY 139
5. Thomas • CHW 129
6. Root • CHC 122
7. Paige • BBB 121
8. Foster • CAG 119
9. Ruffing • BOS 118
10. Earnshaw • PHA 117
Games Started
1. Pipgras • NYY 38
2. Grimes • PIT 37
Rixey • CIN 37
4. Benton • NYG 36
5. Ruffing • BOS 34
6. Thomas • CHW 32
Brandt • BSN 32
McWeeny • BRO 32
Vance • BRO 32
10. Crowder • SLB 31
Gray • SLB 31
Grove • PHA 31
Hadley • WSH 31
Hoyt • NYY 31
Ogden • SLB 31
Shaute • CLE 31
Alexander • STL 31
Fitzsimmons • NYG 31
Hill • PIT 31
Kremer • PIT 31
Petty • BRO 31
Complete Games
1. Benton • NYG 28
Grimes • PIT 28
3. Ruffing • BOS 25
4. Grove • PHA 24
Thomas • CHW 24
Vance • BRO 24
7. Pipgras • NYY 22
8. Gray • SLB 21
Lyons • CHW 21
Shaute • CLE 21
Shutouts
1. Pennock • NYY 5
Powell • CAG 5
3. Grove • PHA 4
Jones • WSH 4
Pipgras • NYY 4
Quinn • PHA 4
Blake • CHC 4
Grimes • PIT 4
Lucas • CIN 4
McWeeny • BRO 4
Vance • BRO 4
Home Runs
1. Genewich • 2TM 24
2. Blaeholder • SLB 23
Ogden • SLB 23
4. Brandt • BSN 22
5. Walberg • PHA 19
6. Petty • BRO 18
7. Sherdel • STL 17
8. Hoyt • NYY 16
Johnson • NYY 16
Stoner • DET 16
Hill • PIT 16
Kremer • PIT 16
Bases on Balls
1. McWeeny • BRO 114
2. Brandt • BSN 109
3. Johnson • NYY 104
4. Pipgras • NYY 103
Ring • PHI 103
6. Blake • CHC 101
7. Earnshaw • PHA 100
Hadley • WSH 100
9. Malone • CHC 99
10. Sweetland • PHI 97
Hits
1. Rixey • CIN 317
2. Pipgras • NYY 314
3. Grimes • PIT 311
4. Ruffing • BOS 303
5. Benton • NYG 299
6. Shaute • CLE 295
7. Hoyt • NYY 279
8. Thomas • CHW 277
9. Lyons • CHW 276
10. Smith • BSN 274
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • BBB 4.840
2. Salmon • BBB 4.111
3. Rogan • KCM 3.857
4. Powell • CAG 3.400
5. Dean • CTG 3.043
6. Cooper • KCM 2.944
7. Grove • PHA 2.859
8. Vance • BRO 2.778
9. Davis • SLS 2.769
10. Nash • BBB 2.619
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Pennock • NYY 0.085
2. Tyler • MRS 0.105
3. Miller • CAG 0.107
4. Pipgras • NYY 0.120
5. Bell • KCM 0.120
6. Rixey • CIN 0.124
7. Quinn • PHA 0.128
8. Paige • BBB 0.136
9. Blake • CHC 0.150
10. Nehf • CHC 0.153
Losses
1. Ruffing • BOS 25
2. Brandt • BSN 21
3. Benge • PHI 18
Rixey • CIN 18
Root • CHC 18
6. Shaute • CLE 17
Uhle • CLE 17
Delaney • BSN 17
Ring • PHI 17
Smith • BSN 17
Earned Runs
1. Brandt • BSN 127
2. Ring • PHI 126
3. Ruffing • BOS 125
4. Shaute • CLE 114
5. Pipgras • NYY 113
Kremer • PIT 113
7. Ogden • SLB 112
8. Rixey • CIN 111
9. Grimes • PIT 110
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 107
Wild Pitches
1. Malone • CHC 10
2. Earnshaw • PHA 7
Shaute • CLE 7
Williams • SLS 7
5. Benton • NYG 6
Fitzsimmons • NYG 6
7. Grant • CLE 5
Jones • WSH 5
Pipgras • NYY 5
Walsh • CHW 5
Fussell • PIT 5
Greenfield • BSN 5
Kremer • PIT 5
Ring • PHI 5
Sweetland • PHI 5
Cannon • SLS 5
Cooper • KCM 5
Marshall • DS 5
Mitchell • DS 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Sweetland • PHI 15
2. Mitchell • DS 13
3. Johnson • NYY 12
Cooper • KCM 12
5. Bayne • CLE 10
Ruffing • BOS 10
Curry • CTG 10
8. Grimes • PIT 9
Dean • CTG 9
10. Hadley • WSH 8
Uhle • CLE 8
Bell • KCM 8
Brewer • KCM 8
Marshall • DS 8
Shaw • DS 8
Batters Faced
1. Grimes • PIT 1,377
2. Pipgras • NYY 1,298
3. Benton • NYG 1,263
4. Ruffing • BOS 1,246
5. Rixey • CIN 1,219
6. Thomas • CHW 1,180
7. Hoyt • NYY 1,138
8. Vance • BRO 1,126
9. Gray • SLB 1,104
10. Shaute • CLE 1,093
Games Finished
1. Marberry • WSH 26
2. Bayne • CLE 21
Smith • DET 21
Vangilder • DET 21
5. McGraw • PHI 20
6. Simmons • BOS 19
Appleton • CIN 19
8. Moore • NYY 18
Rommel • PHA 18
10. Dawson • PIT 17
Faulkner • NYG 17
Walsh • PHI 17
Adjusted ERA+
1. Shields • AC 334
2. Powell • CAG 202
3. Vance • BRO 190
4. Trent • SLS 183
5. Mirabal • CSE 181
6. Yokely • BBS 181
7. Paige • BBB 175
8. Braxton • WSH 159
9. Blake • CHC 157
10. Grove • PHA 155
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Paige • BBB 2.03
2. Grove • PHA 2.87
3. Powell • CAG 2.88
4. Vance • BRO 2.96
5. Rogan • KCM 2.96
6. Davis • SLS 2.99
7. Cooper • KCM 3.05
8. Tyler • MRS 3.09
9. Trent • SLS 3.09
10. Bell • KCM 3.17
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Vance • BRO 58
2. Yokely • BBS 44
3. Benton • NYG 43
4. Grove • PHA 40
5. Blake • CHC 38
6. Trent • SLS 37
7. Braxton • WSH 34
8. Grimes • PIT 32
9. Pennock • NYY 31
10. Sherdel • STL 31
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Benton • NYG 4.5
3. Grove • PHA 4.1
4. Yokely • BBS 4.1
5. Blake • CHC 4.0
6. Trent • SLS 3.7
7. Braxton • WSH 3.5
8. Grimes • PIT 3.3
9. Pennock • NYY 3.2
10. Sherdel • STL 3.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Vance • BRO 62.21
2. Benton • NYG 54.60
3. Grove • PHA 49.68
4. Blake • CHC 47.09
5. Pennock • NYY 38.17
6. Braxton • WSH 37.14
7. Grimes • PIT 31.45
8. Nehf • CHC 31.04
9. Haines • STL 30.87
10. Sherdel • STL 30.36
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Benton • NYG 5.7
2. Grove • PHA 5.6
3. Vance • BRO 5.5
4. Blake • CHC 5.4
5. Haines • STL 5.1
6. Pennock • NYY 4.8
7. Nehf • CHC 4.8
8. Sherdel • STL 4.7
9. Rommel • PHA 4.7
10. Hoyt • NYY 4.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Vance • BRO 6.2
2. Grove • PHA 5.4
3. Benton • NYG 4.8
4. Blake • CHC 4.5
5. Braxton • WSH 4.1
6. Grimes • PIT 3.7
7. Pennock • NYY 3.5
8. Alexander • STL 3.3
9. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.2
10. Pipgras • NYY 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Haines • STL 26.8
2. Sherdel • STL 24.2
3. Benton • NYG 17.4
4. Genewich • 2TM 15.9
5. Johnson • STL 14.7
6. Hoyt • NYY 13.2
7. Pipgras • NYY 11.4
8. Blake • CHC 11.2
9. Mitchell • 2TM 10.0
10. Hubbell • NYG 9.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Vance • BRO 6.7
2. Benton • NYG 5.9
3. Grove • PHA 5.2
4. Blake • CHC 5.1
5. Pennock • NYY 4.1
6. Braxton • WSH 3.8
7. Nehf • CHC 3.3
8. Haines • STL 3.2
9. Grimes • PIT 3.2
10. Hoyt • NYY 3.1

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