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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Williams • BOS 9.5
2. Spahn • BSN 9.4
3. Blackwell • CIN 8.7
4. Kiner • PIT 8.1
5. Mize • NYG 7.5
6. Boudreau • CLE 7.3
7. Gordon • CLE 6.6
8. Leonard • PHI 6.6
9. Elliott • BSN 6.5
Walker • 2TM 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Spahn • BSN 9.5
2. Blackwell • CIN 9.4
3. Branca • BRO 6.9
4. Leonard • PHI 6.7
5. Newhouser • DET 5.8
6. Lopat • CHW 5.5
7. Masterson • WSH 5.3
8. Jansen • NYG 5.1
9. Feller • CLE 4.9
10. Dobson • BOS 4.6
Earned Run Average
1. Richardson • KCM 1.33
2. Smith • KCM 2.00
3. Donoso • NYC 2.30
4. Watson • BEG 2.31
5. Spahn • BSN 2.33
6. Tiant • NYC 2.37
7. Haynes • CHW 2.42
8. Romby • BEG 2.43
9. Blackwell • CIN 2.47
10. Powell • BBB 2.63
Wins
1. Blackwell • CIN 22
2. Branca • BRO 21
Jansen • NYG 21
Sain • BSN 21
Spahn • BSN 21
6. Feller • CLE 20
7. Marchildon • PHA 19
Reynolds • NYY 19
9. Dobson • BOS 18
Hutchinson • DET 18
Win-Loss %
1. Clarke • CBE 1.000
Powell • BBB 1.000
Richardson • KCM 1.000
Tiant • NYC 1.000
5. Walker • HG .833
6. Jansen • NYG .808
7. Bracken • CBE .800
Miller • PS .800
9. Thompson • HG .778
10. LaMarque • KCM .769
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Thompson • HG 1.094
2. Donoso • NYC 1.098
3. Manning • NE 1.123
4. Byrd • BEG 1.130
5. Spahn • BSN 1.136
6. Romby • BEG 1.141
7. Jessup • CAG 1.156
8. Smith • KCM 1.175
9. Blackwell • CIN 1.179
10. Richardson • KCM 1.185
Hits per 9 IP
1. Romby • BEG 5.335
2. Jessup • CAG 5.450
3. Richardson • KCM 6.333
4. Shea • NYY 6.397
5. Smith • KCM 6.714
6. Feller • CLE 6.923
7. Donoso • NYC 7.009
8. Taylor • BRO 7.222
9. Marchildon • PHA 7.417
10. Blackwell • CIN 7.484
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Smith • KCM 1.546
2. Williams • IC 1.641
3. Godínez • IC 1.731
4. Byrd • BEG 1.795
5. Kaiser • HG 1.904
6. Tiant • NYC 1.921
7. Williams • NE 1.929
8. Thompson • HG 2.063
9. Jansen • NYG 2.069
10. Rowe • PHI 2.070
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Richardson • KCM 9.667
2. Powell • BBB 8.250
3. Romby • BEG 8.003
4. Gaines • BEG 7.500
5. Donoso • NYC 7.353
6. Lewis • NE 6.568
7. Blackwell • CIN 6.363
8. Miller • PS 6.329
9. Wright • HG 6.323
10. LaMarque • KCM 6.270
Games Played
1. Trinkle • NYG 62
2. Klieman • CLE 58
3. Page • NYY 56
4. Behrman • 2TM 50
Higbe • 2TM 50
6. Dickson • STL 47
Kush • CHC 47
8. Casey • BRO 46
Gumbert • CIN 46
10. Johnson • BOS 45
Saves
1. Casey • BRO 18
2. Klieman • CLE 17
Page • NYY 17
4. Christopher • PHA 12
5. Gumbert • CIN 10
Trinkle • NYG 10
7. Ferrick • WSH 9
8. Caldwell • CHW 8
Johnson • BOS 8
Behrman • 2TM 8
Innings Pitched
1. Feller • CLE 299.0
2. Spahn • BSN 289.2
3. Newhouser • DET 285.0
4. Branca • BRO 280.0
5. Marchildon • PHA 276.2
6. Blackwell • CIN 273.0
7. Sain • BSN 266.0
8. Masterson • WSH 253.0
9. Lopat • CHW 252.2
10. Jansen • NYG 248.0
Strikeouts
1. Feller • CLE 196
2. Blackwell • CIN 193
3. Newhouser • DET 176
4. Branca • BRO 148
5. Masterson • WSH 135
6. Sain • BSN 132
7. Reynolds • NYY 129
8. Marchildon • PHA 128
9. Munger • STL 123
Spahn • BSN 123
Games Started
1. Feller • CLE 37
2. Newhouser • DET 36
Branca • BRO 36
4. Marchildon • PHA 35
Sain • BSN 35
Spahn • BSN 35
7. Blackwell • CIN 33
Higbe • 2TM 33
9. Hatten • BRO 32
10. Dobson • BOS 31
Fowler • PHA 31
Lopat • CHW 31
Masterson • WSH 31
Wynn • WSH 31
Koslo • NYG 31
Munger • STL 31
Complete Games
1. Newhouser • DET 24
2. Blackwell • CIN 23
3. Lopat • CHW 22
Wynn • WSH 22
Sain • BSN 22
Spahn • BSN 22
7. Marchildon • PHA 21
8. Feller • CLE 20
Jansen • NYG 20
10. Leonard • PHI 19
Shutouts
1. Spahn • BSN 7
2. Blackwell • CIN 6
Munger • STL 6
4. Feller • CLE 5
5. Haefner • WSH 4
Masterson • WSH 4
Reynolds • NYY 4
Branca • BRO 4
Dickson • STL 4
10. Black • CLE 3
Fowler • PHA 3
Hughson • BOS 3
Hutchinson • DET 3
Johnson • BOS 3
Lopat • CHW 3
Newhouser • DET 3
Overmire • DET 3
Shea • NYY 3
Barrett • BSN 3
Bonham • PIT 3
Hatten • BRO 3
Koslo • NYG 3
Leonard • PHI 3
Lombardi • BRO 3
Ostermueller • PIT 3
Sain • BSN 3
Schmitz • CHC 3
Vander Meer • CIN 3
Romby • BEG 3
Galehouse • 2TM 3
Home Runs
1. Reynolds • NYY 23
Koslo • NYG 23
3. Branca • BRO 22
Jansen • NYG 22
Rowe • PHI 22
Higbe • 2TM 22
7. Borowy • CHC 19
Brecheen • STL 19
Roe • PIT 19
10. Erickson • CHC 18
Ostermueller • PIT 18
Sain • BSN 18
Bases on Balls
1. Marchildon • PHA 141
2. Feller • CLE 127
3. Reynolds • NYY 123
4. Higbe • 2TM 122
5. Newhouser • DET 110
6. Hatten • BRO 105
7. Papish • CHW 98
Branca • BRO 98
9. Lemon • CLE 97
Masterson • WSH 97
Hits
1. Newhouser • DET 268
2. Sain • BSN 265
3. Wynn • WSH 251
Branca • BRO 251
5. Spahn • BSN 245
6. Ferriss • BOS 241
Lopat • CHW 241
Jansen • NYG 241
9. Rowe • PHI 232
10. Feller • CLE 230
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Tiant • NYC 3.176
2. Powell • BBB 2.750
3. Lewis • NE 2.700
4. Williams • NE 2.636
5. Donoso • NYC 2.560
6. Manning • NE 2.484
7. Byrd • BEG 2.458
8. Thompson • HG 2.455
9. LaMarque • KCM 2.429
10. Newberry • BBB 2.286
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Alexander • KCM 0.000
Bumpus • CAG 0.000
Clarke • CBE 0.000
Jessup • CAG 0.000
LaMarque • KCM 0.000
Newberry • BBB 0.000
Richardson • KCM 0.000
Williams • IC 0.000
Gaines • BEG 0.000
Romby • BEG 0.000
Losses
1. Schmitz • CHC 18
2. Newhouser • DET 17
Higbe • 2TM 17
4. Kramer • SLB 16
Masterson • WSH 16
Sanford • SLB 16
Dickson • STL 16
8. Kinder • SLB 15
Wynn • WSH 15
Judd • PHI 15
Roe • PIT 15
Earned Runs
1. Kramer • SLB 110
2. Koslo • NYG 106
3. Sain • BSN 104
4. Higbe • 2TM 102
5. Wynn • WSH 100
6. Marchildon • PHA 99
7. Ferriss • BOS 98
8. Kinder • SLB 97
9. Muncrief • SLB 96
10. Rowe • PHI 94
Wild Pitches
1. Dobson • BOS 11
Newhouser • DET 11
3. Reynolds • NYY 8
Judd • PHI 8
5. Feller • CLE 7
Branca • BRO 7
Erautt • CIN 7
Kennedy • NYG 7
Higbe • 2TM 7
10. Ferriss • BOS 6
Gebrian • CHW 6
Gillespie • CHW 6
Lemon • CLE 6
Papish • CHW 6
Scheib • PHA 6
Hatten • BRO 6
Schmitz • CHC 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Watson • BEG 8
2. Ferriss • BOS 7
Marchildon • PHA 7
4. Branca • BRO 6
5. Drews • NYY 5
Wynn • WSH 5
LaMarque • KCM 5
Bagby • PIT 5
Erickson • CHC 5
Hatten • BRO 5
Taylor • BRO 5
Batters Faced
1. Feller • CLE 1,218
2. Newhouser • DET 1,216
3. Spahn • BSN 1,174
4. Marchildon • PHA 1,172
5. Branca • BRO 1,158
6. Sain • BSN 1,131
7. Blackwell • CIN 1,086
8. Wynn • WSH 1,058
9. Higbe • 2TM 1,051
10. Lopat • CHW 1,047
Games Finished
1. Page • NYY 44
2. Christopher • PHA 38
Trinkle • NYG 38
4. Casey • BRO 37
5. Klieman • CLE 34
Gumbert • CIN 34
7. Caldwell • CHW 30
8. Moulder • SLB 25
9. Ferrick • WSH 24
10. Kush • CHC 23
Adjusted ERA+
1. Richardson • KCM 364
2. Smith • KCM 241
3. Powell • BBB 185
4. Jessup • CAG 178
5. Clarke • CBE 176
6. Donoso • NYC 175
7. Watson • BEG 174
8. Spahn • BSN 170
9. Tiant • NYC 169
10. Blackwell • CIN 168
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Tiant • NYC 2.16
2. LaMarque • KCM 2.27
3. Richardson • KCM 2.30
4. Gaines • BEG 2.33
5. Manning • NE 2.40
6. Thompson • HG 2.40
7. Newberry • BBB 2.41
8. Williams • NE 2.50
9. Partlow • PS 2.53
10. Romby • BEG 2.54
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Spahn • BSN 53
2. Blackwell • CIN 48
3. Branca • BRO 42
4. Leonard • PHI 32
5. Feller • CLE 30
6. Newhouser • DET 27
7. Fowler • PHA 26
8. Lopat • CHW 24
9. Jansen • NYG 24
10. Dobson • BOS 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Spahn • BSN 5.7
2. Blackwell • CIN 5.1
3. Branca • BRO 4.4
4. Leonard • PHI 3.4
5. Feller • CLE 3.3
6. Newhouser • DET 3.0
7. Fowler • PHA 2.9
8. Lopat • CHW 2.6
9. Jansen • NYG 2.5
10. Dobson • BOS 2.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Spahn • BSN 65.40
2. Blackwell • CIN 50.94
3. Branca • BRO 44.43
4. Feller • CLE 38.46
5. Page • NYY 32.03
6. Dickson • STL 29.30
7. Leonard • PHI 27.80
8. Shea • NYY 26.25
9. Taylor • BRO 24.31
10. Munger • STL 22.98
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Spahn • BSN 7.3
2. Blackwell • CIN 7.1
3. Feller • CLE 4.8
4. Shea • NYY 4.0
5. Dickson • STL 3.6
6. Page • NYY 3.4
7. Branca • BRO 3.3
8. Donnelly • PHI 3.2
9. Hatten • BRO 3.0
10. Johnson • BOS 2.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Spahn • BSN 5.7
2. Blackwell • CIN 4.7
3. Feller • CLE 3.6
4. Dickson • STL 3.5
5. Branca • BRO 3.3
6. Jansen • NYG 2.6
7. Page • NYY 2.5
8. Shea • NYY 2.5
9. Sain • BSN 2.4
10. Hatten • BRO 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Shea • NYY 10.3
2. Branca • BRO 9.7
3. Spahn • BSN 7.7
4. Hatten • BRO 7.2
5. Taylor • BRO 6.9
6. Blackwell • CIN 5.7
7. Lombardi • BRO 5.6
8. Chandler • NYY 5.2
9. Dickson • STL 5.1
10. Page • NYY 4.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Spahn • BSN 7.2
2. Blackwell • CIN 5.4
3. Branca • BRO 4.6
4. Feller • CLE 4.4
5. Page • NYY 3.5
6. Shea • NYY 3.0
7. Dickson • STL 3.0
8. Leonard • PHI 2.9
9. Taylor • BRO 2.5
10. Hutchinson • DET 2.4

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