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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Grove • PHA 10.0
3. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
4. Ferrell • CLE 8.0
5. Simmons • PHA 7.4
6. Cronin • WSH 6.8
7. Terry • NYG 6.6
8. Averill • CLE 6.5
9. Clark • BRO 6.3
10. Brandt • BSN 6.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Grove • PHA 10.4
2. Benge • PHI 6.2
Ferrell • CLE 6.2
4. Gomez • NYY 5.9
5. Clark • BRO 5.8
6. Walberg • PHA 5.7
7. Uhle • DET 5.6
8. Brandt • BSN 5.5
9. Walker • NYG 5.4
10. Earnshaw • PHA 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Hensley • SLS 1.63
2. Grove • PHA 2.06
3. Dean • DS 2.06
4. Walker • NYG 2.26
5. McDonald • 2TM 2.27
6. Mitchell • AB2 2.27
7. Hubbell • NYG 2.65
8. Gomez • NYY 2.67
9. Brown • AB2 2.83
10. Williams • 2TM 2.89
Wins
1. Grove • PHA 31
2. Ferrell • CLE 22
3. Earnshaw • PHA 21
Gomez • NYY 21
5. Walberg • PHA 20
6. Elliott • PHI 19
Hallahan • STL 19
Meine • PIT 19
9. Crowder • WSH 18
Brandt • BSN 18
Derringer • STL 18
Fitzsimmons • NYG 18
Win-Loss %
1. Grove • PHA .886
2. Marberry • WSH .800
Matlock • SLS .800
4. Mahaffey • PHA .789
5. Mitchell • AB2 .778
6. Earnshaw • PHA .750
7. Hunter • SLS .714
8. Dean • DS .700
Gomez • NYY .700
10. Derringer • STL .692
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Mitchell • AB2 0.906
2. Trent • SLS 1.050
3. Grove • PHA 1.077
4. Hubbell • NYG 1.121
5. Brown • AB2 1.130
6. Walker • NYG 1.153
7. Johnson • STL 1.156
8. Earnshaw • PHA 1.172
9. Gomez • NYY 1.198
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.198
Hits per 9 IP
1. Mitchell • AB2 6.015
2. Trent • SLS 6.210
3. Hadley • WSH 7.263
4. Brown • AB2 7.419
5. Gomez • NYY 7.630
6. Hubbell • NYG 7.657
7. Strong • SLS 7.757
8. Grove • PHA 7.763
9. Walker • NYG 7.972
10. Johnson • NYY 8.068
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Johnson • STL 1.403
2. Pennock • NYY 1.426
3. White • LOW 1.464
4. Lucas • CIN 1.475
5. Dean • DS 1.669
6. McDonald • 2TM 1.794
7. Gray • SLB 1.884
8. Grove • PHA 1.933
9. Cantwell • BSN 1.957
10. Clark • BRO 2.006
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Parker • AB2 7.714
2. Williams • 2TM 7.214
3. Trent • SLS 7.020
4. Hadley • WSH 6.212
5. Vance • BRO 6.174
6. Miller • CCU 6.052
7. Brown • AB2 6.042
8. Matlock • SLS 5.862
9. Hallahan • STL 5.755
10. Derringer • STL 5.698
Games Played
1. Hadley • WSH 55
2. Moore • BOS 53
3. Elliott • PHI 52
4. Caraway • CHW 51
5. Fischer • WSH 46
Frazier • CHW 46
7. Marberry • WSH 45
8. Crowder • WSH 44
Faber • CHW 44
Hudlin • CLE 44
Walberg • PHA 44
Saves
1. Quinn • BRO 13
2. Moore • BOS 8
Marberry • WSH 8
4. Kimsey • SLB 7
Lindsey • STL 7
Hadley • WSH 7
7. Earnshaw • PHA 6
8. Elliott • PHI 5
Walker • NYG 5
Grove • PHA 5
Innings Pitched
1. Walberg • PHA 291.0
2. Grove • PHA 288.2
3. Meine • PIT 284.0
4. Earnshaw • PHA 281.2
5. Ferrell • CLE 276.1
6. French • PIT 275.2
7. Whitehill • DET 271.1
8. Johnson • CIN 262.1
9. Brown • WSH 258.2
10. Gray • SLB 258.0
Stewart • SLB 258.0
Strikeouts
1. Grove • PHA 175
2. Hallahan • STL 159
3. Hubbell • NYG 155
4. Earnshaw • PHA 152
5. Gomez • NYY 150
Vance • BRO 150
7. Derringer • STL 134
8. Ruffing • NYY 132
9. Root • CHC 131
10. Hadley • WSH 124
Games Started
1. Gray • SLB 37
2. Thomas • CHW 36
3. Ferrell • CLE 35
Walberg • PHA 35
Meine • PIT 35
6. Hudlin • CLE 34
Whitehill • DET 34
8. Brown • CLE 33
Stewart • SLB 33
Fitzsimmons • NYG 33
French • PIT 33
Johnson • CIN 33
Complete Games
1. Ferrell • CLE 27
Grove • PHA 27
3. Lucas • CIN 24
4. Earnshaw • PHA 23
Brandt • BSN 23
6. Whitehill • DET 22
Meine • PIT 22
8. Hubbell • NYG 21
9. Stewart • SLB 20
French • PIT 20
Shutouts
1. Walker • NYG 6
2. Hubbell • NYG 4
Grove • PHA 4
Fitzsimmons • NYG 4
Derringer • STL 4
6. Clark • BRO 3
Zachary • BSN 3
Lucas • CIN 3
Brandt • BSN 3
Earnshaw • PHA 3
Seibold • BSN 3
Root • CHC 3
Hallahan • STL 3
Grimes • STL 3
Meine • PIT 3
Home Runs
1. Whitehill • DET 22
2. Gray • SLB 20
3. Caraway • CHW 17
Stewart • SLB 17
Thomas • CHW 17
Rhem • STL 17
7. Earnshaw • PHA 16
Walberg • PHA 16
Fitzsimmons • NYG 16
10. Blaeholder • SLB 15
Elliott • PHI 15
Bases on Balls
1. Ferrell • CLE 130
2. Frazier • CHW 127
3. Whitehill • DET 118
4. Sorrell • DET 114
5. Hallahan • STL 112
6. Walberg • PHA 109
7. Bridges • DET 108
8. Johnson • NYY 102
9. Caraway • CHW 101
10. Hadley • WSH 92
Hits
1. Gray • SLB 323
2. Hudlin • CLE 313
3. French • PIT 301
4. Russell • BOS 298
Thomas • CHW 298
Walberg • PHA 298
7. Elliott • PHI 288
8. Stewart • SLB 287
Whitehill • DET 287
10. Brown • CLE 284
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Vance • BRO 2.830
2. Johnson • STL 2.828
3. Grove • PHA 2.823
4. White • LOW 2.778
5. McDonald • 2TM 2.316
6. Hubbell • NYG 2.313
7. Willis • CCU 2.222
8. Brown • AB2 2.194
9. Pennock • NYY 2.167
Trent • SLS 2.167
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Williams • 2TM 0.000
Hensley • SLS 0.000
Matlock • SLS 0.000
4. McDonald • 2TM 0.094
5. Strong • SLS 0.149
6. Brown • AB2 0.153
7. Lane • AB2 0.153
8. Clark • BRO 0.154
9. MacFayden • BOS 0.156
10. McCall • DS 0.167
Losses
1. Caraway • CHW 24
Gray • SLB 24
3. Johnson • CIN 19
4. Russell • BOS 18
Benge • PHI 18
Seibold • BSN 18
7. Stewart • SLB 17
8. Bridges • DET 16
Whitehill • DET 16
Collins • PHI 16
Earned Runs
1. Caraway • CHW 152
2. Gray • SLB 146
3. Russell • BOS 133
4. Hudlin • CLE 130
5. Thomas • CHW 129
6. Frazier • CHW 126
Stewart • SLB 126
8. Whitehill • DET 123
9. Brown • CLE 122
10. Walberg • PHA 121
Wild Pitches
1. Hallahan • STL 11
2. Bridges • DET 9
3. Bolen • PHI 7
Dudley • PHI 7
5. Uhle • DET 6
Bush • CHC 6
Derringer • STL 6
Frankhouse • BSN 6
Spencer • PIT 6
Blake • 2TM 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Grimes • STL 10
2. Herring • DET 8
Baecht • CHC 8
Powell • DS 8
5. Caraway • CHW 7
MacFayden • BOS 7
Meine • PIT 7
Root • CHC 7
9. Connally • CLE 6
Harder • CLE 6
Ruffing • NYY 6
Dudley • PHI 6
Johnson • CIN 6
Batters Faced
1. Walberg • PHA 1,248
2. Ferrell • CLE 1,227
3. Meine • PIT 1,202
4. Whitehill • DET 1,197
5. Earnshaw • PHA 1,174
6. French • PIT 1,170
7. Grove • PHA 1,160
8. Gray • SLB 1,158
9. Frazier • CHW 1,143
10. Hudlin • CLE 1,139
Games Finished
1. Kimsey • SLB 35
2. Moore • BOS 31
3. Quinn • BRO 29
4. Hadley • WSH 28
5. Sullivan • DET 19
Lindsey • STL 19
7. Braxton • 2TM 18
8. Haid • BSN 17
9. Appleton • CLE 16
Moore • CHW 16
Cunningham • BSN 16
Elliott • PHI 16
Watt • PHI 16
Adjusted ERA+
1. Hensley • SLS 258
2. Grove • PHA 217
3. Dean • DS 204
4. McDonald • 2TM 186
5. Mitchell • AB2 185
6. Walker • NYG 163
7. Gomez • NYY 150
8. Brown • AB2 148
9. Williams • 2TM 147
10. Hadley • WSH 141
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Brown • AB2 3.01
2. Grove • PHA 3.03
3. McDonald • 2TM 3.07
4. Hensley • SLS 3.14
5. Vance • BRO 3.21
6. Clark • BRO 3.22
7. Walker • NYG 3.29
8. White • LOW 3.30
9. Matlock • SLS 3.31
10. Trent • SLS 3.33
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Grove • PHA 74
2. Gomez • NYY 38
3. Walker • NYG 36
4. Hubbell • NYG 29
5. Brown • WSH 27
6. Walberg • PHA 27
7. Earnshaw • PHA 27
8. Brandt • BSN 26
9. Ferrell • CLE 26
10. Benge • PHI 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Grove • PHA 7.5
2. Walker • NYG 3.8
3. Gomez • NYY 3.7
4. Hubbell • NYG 3.0
5. Brandt • BSN 2.7
6. Brown • WSH 2.6
7. Walberg • PHA 2.6
8. Benge • PHI 2.6
9. Earnshaw • PHA 2.6
10. Ferrell • CLE 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Grove • PHA 87.84
2. Walker • NYG 42.83
3. Walberg • PHA 41.36
4. Gomez • NYY 33.57
5. Earnshaw • PHA 29.29
6. Zachary • BSN 28.46
7. Hubbell • NYG 27.90
8. Clark • BRO 27.81
9. Ferrell • CLE 27.66
10. Brandt • BSN 26.30
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Grove • PHA 11.8
2. Moore • BOS 4.0
3. Walker • NYG 4.0
4. Uhle • DET 4.0
5. Walberg • PHA 3.5
6. Brandt • BSN 3.4
7. Gomez • NYY 3.3
8. Clark • BRO 3.2
9. Marberry • WSH 3.2
10. Earnshaw • PHA 3.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Grove • PHA 8.0
2. Earnshaw • PHA 3.9
3. Walker • NYG 3.8
4. Gomez • NYY 3.2
5. Brown • WSH 3.1
6. Walberg • PHA 3.1
7. Hadley • WSH 3.0
8. Clark • BRO 2.9
9. Hubbell • NYG 2.7
10. Root • CHC 2.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Grove • PHA 20.1
2. Walberg • PHA 7.1
3. Walker • NYG 6.0
4. Marberry • WSH 5.8
5. Hallahan • STL 5.3
6. Haines • STL 4.9
7. Earnshaw • PHA 4.8
8. Mahaffey • PHA 4.3
9. Johnson • STL 4.3
10. Gomez • NYY 3.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Grove • PHA 9.1
2. Walker • NYG 4.7
3. Walberg • PHA 4.0
4. Gomez • NYY 3.4
5. Zachary • BSN 3.0
6. Hubbell • NYG 3.0
7. Clark • BRO 2.9
8. Earnshaw • PHA 2.8
9. Brandt • BSN 2.8
10. Ferrell • CLE 2.6

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