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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Grove • BOS 9.2
2. Gomez • NYY 9.0
3. Medwick • STL 8.4
4. DiMaggio • NYY 8.4
5. Gehrig • NYY 8.2
6. Gehringer • DET 7.8
7. Greenberg • DET 7.6
8. Clift • SLB 7.1
9. Ott • NYG 6.8
10. Bartell • NYG 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Grove • BOS 9.8
2. Gomez • NYY 9.2
3. Allen • CLE 6.2
Ruffing • NYY 6.2
5. Wilson • BOS 5.7
6. Smith • 2TM 5.5
Turner • BSN 5.5
8. Melton • NYG 4.9
9. Stratton • CHW 4.9
10. Grissom • CIN 4.5
Earned Run Average
1. Bremer • CT 1.47
2. Smith • 2TM 1.66
3. Barnes • KCM 2.08
4. Houston • CT 2.26
5. McHenry • KCM 2.27
6. Welmaker • HG 2.31
7. Gomez • NYY 2.33
8. Turner • BSN 2.38
9. Stratton • CHW 2.40
10. Allen • CLE 2.55
Wins
1. Hubbell • NYG 22
2. Gomez • NYY 21
3. Ruffing • NYY 20
Fette • BSN 20
Melton • NYG 20
Turner • BSN 20
7. Lawson • DET 18
Warneke • STL 18
9. Auker • DET 17
Grove • BOS 17
Win-Loss %
1. Markham • KCM 1.000
Welmaker • HG 1.000
3. Allen • CLE .938
4. Parker • HG .875
Walker • HG .875
6. Barnes • KCM .818
7. Brown • HG .786
8. Murphy • NYY .765
9. Stratton • CHW .750
Houston • CT .750
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Smith • 2TM 0.859
2. Bremer • CT 0.891
3. Cooper • 2TM 0.903
4. Welmaker • HG 1.077
5. Stratton • CHW 1.087
6. Turner • BSN 1.091
7. Houston • CT 1.093
8. Melton • NYG 1.093
9. Moss • 3TM 1.094
10. Barnes • KCM 1.125
Missouri • PS 1.125
Hits per 9 IP
1. Smith • 2TM 5.870
2. Bremer • CT 6.382
3. Cooper • 2TM 6.597
4. Walker • HG 7.143
5. Welmaker • HG 7.154
6. Cornelius • CAG 7.165
7. Dula • HG 7.282
8. Gomez • NYY 7.534
9. Mungo • BRO 7.602
10. McHenry • KCM 7.752
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Moss • 3TM 1.328
2. Dean • STL 1.505
3. Cooper • 2TM 1.534
4. Hughes • IA 1.573
5. Root • CHC 1.612
6. Bremer • CT 1.636
7. Hoyt • 2TM 1.662
8. Missouri • PS 1.688
9. Houston • CT 1.693
10. Davis • 2TM 1.736
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Markham • KCM 8.874
2. Jefferson • CT 7.551
3. Smith • 2TM 6.836
4. Mungo • BRO 6.820
5. Houston • CT 6.770
6. Moss • 3TM 6.307
7. Thomas • DTS 6.300
8. Gomez • NYY 6.273
9. Wilson • 2TM 6.244
10. Parker • HG 6.150
Games Played
1. Mulcahy • PHI 56
2. Brown • CHW 53
3. Jorgens • PHI 52
4. Wilson • BOS 51
5. Brown • PIT 50
Grissom • CIN 50
LaMaster • PHI 50
Passeau • PHI 50
9. Melton • NYG 46
10. Derringer • CIN 43
Hollingsworth • CIN 43
Root • CHC 43
Saves
1. Brown • CHW 18
2. Murphy • NYY 10
3. Wilson • BOS 7
Brown • PIT 7
Melton • NYG 7
6. Malone • NYY 6
Grissom • CIN 6
8. Heving • CLE 5
Smith • PHA 5
Hollingsworth • CIN 5
Root • CHC 5
Innings Pitched
1. Passeau • PHI 292.1
2. Ferrell • 2TM 281.0
3. Gomez • NYY 278.1
4. Newsom • 2TM 275.1
5. Lee • CHC 272.1
6. DeShong • WSH 264.1
Weiland • STL 264.1
8. Grove • BOS 262.0
9. Hubbell • NYG 261.2
10. Fette • BSN 259.0
Strikeouts
1. Gomez • NYY 194
2. Newsom • 2TM 166
3. Hubbell • NYG 159
4. Grove • BOS 153
5. Feller • CLE 150
6. Grissom • CIN 149
7. Blanton • PIT 143
8. Melton • NYG 142
9. Bridges • DET 138
10. Wilson • BOS 137
Games Started
1. Newsom • 2TM 37
2. Ferrell • 2TM 35
3. DeShong • WSH 34
Gomez • NYY 34
Blanton • PIT 34
Lee • CHC 34
Passeau • PHI 34
Walters • PHI 34
Weiland • STL 34
10. Caster • PHA 33
Fette • BSN 33
Warneke • STL 33
Complete Games
1. Ferrell • 2TM 26
2. Gomez • NYY 25
3. Turner • BSN 24
4. Fette • BSN 23
5. Ruffing • NYY 22
6. Grove • BOS 21
Weiland • STL 21
8. DeShong • WSH 20
9. Auker • DET 19
Caster • PHA 19
Shutouts
1. Gomez • NYY 6
2. Fette • BSN 5
Stratton • CHW 5
Grissom • CIN 5
Turner • BSN 5
6. Appleton • WSH 4
Whitehead • CHW 4
Dean • STL 4
Ruffing • NYY 4
French • CHC 4
Carleton • CHC 4
Hubbell • NYG 4
Blanton • PIT 4
Home Runs
1. Warneke • STL 32
2. Knott • SLB 25
Ferrell • 2TM 25
4. LaMaster • PHI 24
5. Caster • PHA 23
6. Lyons • CHW 21
Weaver • WSH 21
8. Hogsett • SLB 19
Castleman • NYG 19
Johnson • PHI 19
Bases on Balls
1. Newsom • 2TM 167
2. DeShong • WSH 124
Kennedy • CHW 124
4. Ferrell • 2TM 122
5. Wilson • BOS 119
6. Lawson • DET 115
7. Caster • PHA 107
Wade • DET 107
9. Feller • CLE 106
10. Auker • DET 97
Mulcahy • PHI 97
Hits
1. Passeau • PHI 348
2. Ferrell • 2TM 325
3. Walters • PHI 292
4. DeShong • WSH 290
5. Lee • CHC 289
6. Weiland • STL 283
7. Warneke • STL 280
8. Grove • BOS 269
Harder • CLE 269
Newsom • 2TM 269
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Moss • 3TM 4.750
2. Jefferson • CT 4.125
3. Houston • CT 4.000
Cooper • 2TM 4.000
5. Smith • 2TM 3.667
6. Dean • STL 3.636
7. Markham • KCM 3.615
8. Missouri • PS 3.444
9. Hughes • IA 3.333
10. Wilson • 2TM 3.083
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Bremer • CT 0.000
Bryant • MRS 0.000
Cook • IA 0.000
Hannibal • IA 0.000
Hughes • IA 0.000
Powell • CAG 0.000
Wilson • 2TM 0.000
8. Bauers • PIT 0.096
9. Schott • CIN 0.117
10. Walker • HG 0.121
Losses
1. Kelley • PHA 21
2. Caster • PHA 19
Hogsett • SLB 19
LaMaster • PHI 19
Ferrell • 2TM 19
6. Knott • SLB 18
Mulcahy • PHI 18
Passeau • PHI 18
9. Hildebrand • SLB 17
Smith • PHA 17
Grissom • CIN 17
Earned Runs
1. Ferrell • 2TM 153
2. Newsom • 2TM 147
3. DeShong • WSH 144
4. Passeau • PHI 141
5. LaMaster • PHI 130
Walters • PHI 130
7. Lawson • DET 127
8. Kennedy • CHW 125
9. Hogsett • SLB 124
10. Walkup • SLB 123
Mulcahy • PHI 123
Wild Pitches
1. Parmelee • CHC 11
2. Turbeville • PHA 9
3. Kennedy • CHW 8
Ross • PHA 8
Walkup • SLB 8
Grissom • CIN 8
Hollingsworth • CIN 8
Kranson • 3TM 8
9. Hubbell • NYG 7
Mulcahy • PHI 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Trotter • SLB 7
Houston • CT 7
Butcher • BRO 7
Kelleher • PHI 7
Mulcahy • PHI 7
Parmelee • CHC 7
7. Auker • DET 6
Whitehill • CLE 6
Miller • DTS 6
Melton • NYG 6
Kranson • 3TM 6
Newsom • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Passeau • PHI 1,276
2. Ferrell • 2TM 1,266
3. Newsom • 2TM 1,247
4. DeShong • WSH 1,179
5. Gomez • NYY 1,148
6. Weiland • STL 1,146
7. Lee • CHC 1,145
8. Grove • BOS 1,127
9. Walters • PHI 1,094
10. Hubbell • NYG 1,087
Games Finished
1. Brown • CHW 48
2. Murphy • NYY 30
3. Brown • PIT 27
4. Wilson • BOS 23
5. Ryba • STL 22
6. Cohen • WSH 21
Nelson • PHA 21
Coffman • NYG 21
9. Heving • CLE 20
Root • CHC 20
Adjusted ERA+
1. Bremer • CT 306
2. Smith • 2TM 271
3. Welmaker • HG 218
4. Barnes • KCM 217
5. Houston • CT 199
6. McHenry • KCM 198
7. Gomez • NYY 193
8. Stratton • CHW 193
9. Allen • CLE 176
10. Trent • CAG 174
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Wilson • 2TM 2.49
2. Smith • 2TM 2.50
3. Hughes • IA 2.56
4. Cooper • 2TM 2.62
5. Houston • CT 2.68
6. Bremer • CT 2.69
7. Moss • 3TM 2.87
8. Markham • KCM 2.93
9. Jefferson • CT 2.95
10. Mungo • BRO 3.03
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Gomez • NYY 67
2. Grove • BOS 50
3. Ruffing • NYY 43
4. Smith • 2TM 41
5. Allen • CLE 39
6. Stratton • CHW 39
7. Turner • BSN 37
8. Melton • NYG 33
9. Lee • CHW 26
10. Brown • HG 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Gomez • NYY 6.8
2. Grove • BOS 5.0
3. Ruffing • NYY 4.2
4. Allen • CLE 3.9
5. Stratton • CHW 3.9
Smith • 2TM 3.9
7. Turner • BSN 3.9
8. Melton • NYG 3.4
9. Dean • STL 2.6
10. Lee • CHW 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Gomez • NYY 77.06
2. Grove • BOS 60.58
3. Ruffing • NYY 50.48
4. Turner • BSN 44.50
5. Allen • CLE 42.79
6. Stratton • CHW 42.09
7. Melton • NYG 34.21
8. Hubbell • NYG 28.09
9. Root • CHC 27.98
10. Carleton • CHC 27.84
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Grove • BOS 6.3
2. Gomez • NYY 5.3
3. Fette • BSN 5.2
4. Turner • BSN 5.2
5. Melton • NYG 5.0
6. Allen • CLE 4.4
7. Stratton • CHW 4.4
8. Hubbell • NYG 3.7
9. Ruffing • NYY 3.3
10. Root • CHC 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Gomez • NYY 6.4
2. Turner • BSN 5.2
3. Grove • BOS 4.7
4. Melton • NYG 4.7
5. Ruffing • NYY 4.7
6. Stratton • CHW 3.9
7. Fette • BSN 3.5
8. Allen • CLE 3.3
9. Hubbell • NYG 2.9
10. Dean • STL 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Melton • NYG 20.5
2. Root • CHC 12.6
3. Stratton • CHW 8.2
4. Ruffing • NYY 7.9
5. Gomez • NYY 7.0
6. Hubbell • NYG 6.2
7. Carleton • CHC 6.0
8. Lee • CHC 5.5
9. Grove • BOS 5.1
10. Murphy • NYY 4.9
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Gomez • NYY 8.1
2. Grove • BOS 6.0
3. Ruffing • NYY 5.1
4. Turner • BSN 5.1
5. Allen • CLE 4.4
6. Stratton • CHW 4.3
7. Melton • NYG 3.6
8. Hubbell • NYG 2.9
9. Carleton • CHC 2.9
10. Root • CHC 2.9

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