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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Gehrig • NYY 10.1
2. Dean • STL 9.5
3. Gehringer • DET 8.9
4. Jones • PS 8.7
5. Davis • PHI 8.6
6. Foxx • PHA 8.4
7. Gomez • NYY 7.9
8. Harder • CLE 7.7
9. Vaughan • PIT 7.3
10. Hubbell • NYG 7.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Dean • STL 8.9
2. Davis • PHI 8.6
3. Jones • PS 8.4
4. Gomez • NYY 8.4
5. Harder • CLE 8.0
6. Hubbell • NYG 7.3
7. Newsom • SLB 6.1
8. Paige • PC 6.1
9. Rowe • DET 5.7
10. Ostermueller • BOS 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Jones • PS 1.29
2. Paige • PC 1.54
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.30
4. Gomez • NYY 2.33
5. Holmes • PS 2.61
6. Harder • CLE 2.61
7. McDonald • PS 2.63
8. Willis • NEG 2.65
9. Dean • STL 2.66
10. Trent • CAG 2.68
Wins
1. Dean • STL 30
2. Gomez • NYY 26
3. Rowe • DET 24
4. Schumacher • NYG 23
5. Bridges • DET 22
Warneke • CHC 22
7. Hubbell • NYG 21
8. Harder • CLE 20
Jones • PS 20
10. Ruffing • NYY 19
Davis • PHI 19
Dean • STL 19
Win-Loss %
1. Gomez • NYY .839
2. Jones • PS .833
3. Paige • PC .813
4. Dean • STL .811
5. Walker • STL .750
Rowe • DET .750
Marberry • DET .750
8. Ferrell • BOS .737
9. Bell • PC .733
10. Ellis • PS .727
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Paige • PC 0.872
2. Jones • PS 0.926
3. Trent • CAG 0.989
4. Hubbell • NYG 1.032
5. McDonald • PS 1.086
6. Willis • NEG 1.092
7. Ellis • PS 1.110
8. Holmes • PS 1.112
9. Gomez • NYY 1.133
10. Warneke • CHC 1.164
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • PC 5.993
2. Jones • PS 6.251
3. Trent • CAG 6.606
4. Gomez • NYY 7.125
5. Holmes • PS 7.234
6. Ellis • PS 7.266
7. Willis • NEG 7.803
8. McDonald • PS 7.897
9. Ruffing • NYY 8.146
10. Bridges • DET 8.149
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hubbell • NYG 1.064
2. Frey • CIN 1.541
3. Leonard • BRO 1.617
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.743
5. Roberts • CRS 1.756
6. Betts • BSN 1.775
7. Paige • PC 1.854
8. McDonald • PS 1.880
9. Carleton • STL 1.945
10. Swift • PIT 1.947
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • PC 9.391
2. Jones • PS 7.271
3. Holmes • PS 6.729
4. Willis • NEG 6.087
5. Griffith • NEG 5.973
6. Trent • CAG 5.936
7. Kincannon • PC 5.910
8. Dean • STL 5.786
9. Miller • NEG 5.754
10. Dean • STL 5.631
Games Played
1. Russell • WSH 54
2. Davis • PHI 51
3. Dean • STL 50
Hansen • PHI 50
5. French • PIT 49
Hubbell • NYG 49
7. Hoyt • PIT 48
8. Newsom • SLB 47
Derringer • CIN 47
10. Johnson • CIN 46
Saves
1. Russell • WSH 8
Hubbell • NYG 8
3. Brown • CLE 7
Dean • STL 7
Luque • NYG 7
6. Bell • NYG 6
Smith • BSN 6
8. Harder • CLE 5
Newsom • SLB 5
Brandt • BSN 5
Cantwell • BSN 5
Davis • PHI 5
Hoyt • PIT 5
Leonard • BRO 5
Smith • NYG 5
Innings Pitched
1. Mungo • BRO 315.1
2. Hubbell • NYG 313.0
3. Dean • STL 311.2
4. Schumacher • NYG 297.0
5. Warneke • CHC 291.1
6. Gomez • NYY 281.2
7. Bridges • DET 275.0
8. Davis • PHI 274.1
9. Rowe • DET 266.0
10. French • PIT 263.2
Strikeouts
1. Dean • STL 195
2. Mungo • BRO 184
3. Jones • PS 164
4. Gomez • NYY 158
5. Paige • PC 152
6. Bridges • DET 151
7. Dean • STL 150
8. Rowe • DET 149
Ruffing • NYY 149
10. Warneke • CHC 143
Games Started
1. Mungo • BRO 38
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 37
3. Schumacher • NYG 36
4. Bridges • DET 35
Hubbell • NYG 35
Warneke • CHC 35
7. French • PIT 34
8. Blaeholder • SLB 33
Gomez • NYY 33
Pearson • CLE 33
Dean • STL 33
Complete Games
1. Gomez • NYY 25
Hubbell • NYG 25
3. Dean • STL 24
4. Bridges • DET 23
Warneke • CHC 23
6. Mungo • BRO 22
7. Lyons • CHW 21
8. Rowe • DET 20
Brandt • BSN 20
Jones • PS 20
Shutouts
1. Dean • STL 7
2. Gomez • NYY 6
Jones • PS 6
Harder • CLE 6
5. Dean • STL 5
Paige • PC 5
Hubbell • NYG 5
Ruffing • NYY 5
9. Dietrich • PHA 4
Lee • CHC 4
Home Runs
1. Collins • PHI 30
2. Earnshaw • CHW 28
3. Tietje • CHW 20
4. Dean • STL 19
5. Ruffing • NYY 18
6. Knott • SLB 17
Betts • BSN 17
Hubbell • NYG 17
9. Blaeholder • SLB 16
Bridges • DET 16
Gaston • CHW 16
Jones • CHW 16
Pearson • CLE 16
Weaver • WSH 16
Schumacher • NYG 16
Warneke • CHC 16
Johnson • 2TM 16
Bases on Balls
1. Newsom • SLB 149
2. Pearson • CLE 130
3. Cain • PHA 128
4. Hadley • SLB 127
5. Dietrich • PHA 114
6. Bridges • DET 104
Cascarella • PHA 104
Earnshaw • CHW 104
Ruffing • NYY 104
Mungo • BRO 104
Hits
1. Mungo • BRO 300
2. French • PIT 299
Schumacher • NYG 299
4. Derringer • CIN 297
5. Dean • STL 288
Frey • CIN 288
7. Hubbell • NYG 286
8. Davis • PHI 283
9. Collins • PHI 277
10. Blaeholder • SLB 276
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • PC 5.067
2. Jones • PS 3.489
3. Hubbell • NYG 3.189
4. Willis • NEG 3.000
5. Dean • STL 2.885
6. Dean • STL 2.600
7. Trent • CAG 2.583
8. Hoyt • PIT 2.442
9. Holmes • PS 2.424
10. Kincannon • PC 2.200
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Cockrell • PS 0.000
Foster • CAG 0.000
3. Porter • NEG 0.088
4. Burke • WSH 0.107
5. Hallahan • STL 0.111
6. Paige • PC 0.124
7. Matlock • PC 0.134
8. Holmes • PS 0.168
9. Hunter • PC 0.185
10. Ferrell • BOS 0.199
Losses
1. Johnson • CIN 22
2. Derringer • CIN 21
3. Newsom • SLB 20
4. Gaston • CHW 19
5. Blaeholder • SLB 18
Collins • PHI 18
French • PIT 18
8. Cain • PHA 17
Davis • PHI 17
10. Hadley • SLB 16
Frey • CIN 16
Mungo • BRO 16
Earned Runs
1. Pearson • CLE 128
2. Gaston • CHW 126
3. Johnson • CIN 125
4. Whitehill • WSH 118
Collins • PHI 118
Mungo • BRO 118
7. Newsom • SLB 117
8. Marcum • PHA 116
9. Earnshaw • CHW 114
Carleton • STL 114
Wild Pitches
1. Pearson • CLE 15
2. Gaston • CHW 13
3. Schumacher • NYG 10
Weaver • 2TM 10
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 9
Lee • CHC 9
7. Carroll • BRO 8
8. Hudlin • CLE 7
Derringer • CIN 7
10. Earnshaw • CHW 6
Gallivan • CHW 6
Jones • CHW 6
Mahaffey • PHA 6
Ostermueller • BOS 6
Carleton • STL 6
Mungo • BRO 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Welch • BOS 8
Swift • PIT 8
3. Harder • CLE 7
Carleton • STL 7
Davis • PHI 7
Johnson • CIN 7
7. Hadley • SLB 6
Dean • STL 6
Parmelee • NYG 6
Holley • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Mungo • BRO 1,329
2. Dean • STL 1,291
3. Hubbell • NYG 1,255
4. Schumacher • NYG 1,254
5. Warneke • CHC 1,198
6. Newsom • SLB 1,159
7. Bridges • DET 1,153
8. Gomez • NYY 1,142
9. French • PIT 1,141
10. Pearson • CLE 1,136
Games Finished
1. McColl • WSH 26
2. Smith • BSN 25
3. Heving • CHW 21
Johnson • 2TM 21
5. Gallivan • CHW 20
Pennock • BOS 20
Russell • WSH 20
Hoyt • PIT 20
9. Andrews • SLB 19
Luque • NYG 19
Kline • 2TM 19
Adjusted ERA+
1. Jones • PS 323
2. Paige • PC 269
3. Gomez • NYY 176
4. Harder • CLE 173
5. Hubbell • NYG 168
6. Davis • PHI 160
7. Holmes • PS 160
8. Dean • STL 159
9. McDonald • PS 158
10. Willis • NEG 157
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Paige • PC 1.93
2. Jones • PS 2.69
3. Holmes • PS 2.86
4. Willis • NEG 3.01
5. Kincannon • PC 3.20
6. Hoyt • PIT 3.20
7. Porter • NEG 3.20
8. Dean • STL 3.30
9. Bailey • ND 3.32
10. Trent • CAG 3.32
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Jones • PS 61
2. Gomez • NYY 60
3. Hubbell • NYG 54
4. Dean • STL 51
5. Harder • CLE 49
6. Davis • PHI 43
7. Paige • PC 40
8. Rowe • DET 32
9. Bridges • DET 28
10. Murphy • NYY 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Jones • PS 6.4
2. Gomez • NYY 6.1
3. Hubbell • NYG 5.6
4. Dean • STL 5.3
5. Harder • CLE 4.8
6. Davis • PHI 4.4
7. Paige • PC 4.2
8. Rowe • DET 3.0
9. Bridges • DET 2.7
10. Warneke • CHC 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Gomez • NYY 65.70
2. Hubbell • NYG 60.52
3. Dean • STL 57.97
4. Harder • CLE 53.39
5. Rowe • DET 45.68
6. Bridges • DET 43.00
7. Davis • PHI 36.61
8. Warneke • CHC 36.58
9. Murphy • NYY 34.64
10. Dean • STL 33.67
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Dean • STL 6.7
2. Hubbell • NYG 5.9
3. Harder • CLE 5.8
4. Gomez • NYY 5.7
5. Rowe • DET 5.1
6. Bridges • DET 4.5
7. Warneke • CHC 4.4
8. Dean • STL 4.2
9. Lee • CHC 3.9
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Hubbell • NYG 6.4
2. Gomez • NYY 6.1
3. Dean • STL 4.9
4. Harder • CLE 4.6
5. Davis • PHI 4.2
6. Rowe • DET 4.2
7. Warneke • CHC 3.9
8. Bridges • DET 3.6
9. Murphy • NYY 3.2
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Dean • STL 22.3
2. Rowe • DET 17.3
3. Gomez • NYY 16.2
4. Hubbell • NYG 14.1
5. Dean • STL 13.0
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 11.7
7. Bridges • DET 10.2
8. Warneke • CHC 9.7
9. Lee • CHC 8.7
10. Parmelee • NYG 8.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Gomez • NYY 7.1
2. Hubbell • NYG 6.5
3. Dean • STL 5.9
4. Harder • CLE 5.3
5. Rowe • DET 4.5
6. Bridges • DET 4.3
7. Warneke • CHC 3.8
8. Murphy • NYY 3.5
9. Davis • PHI 3.4
10. Dean • 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