Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Shantz • PHA 9.4
2. Roberts • PHI 8.6
3. Robinson • BRO 8.4
4. Musial • STL 7.5
5. Pierce • CHW 7.4
6. Doby • CLE 7.0
7. Hemus • STL 6.9
8. Spahn • BSN 6.9
9. Mantle • NYY 6.4
10. Rush • CHC 6.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Shantz • PHA 8.8
2. Roberts • PHI 8.4
3. Pierce • CHW 7.3
4. Spahn • BSN 6.6
5. Raffensberger • CIN 6.2
6. Hacker • CHC 6.2
7. Garcia • CLE 5.4
8. Porterfield • WSH 5.3
9. Rush • CHC 5.2
10. Dickson • PIT 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Reynolds • NYY 2.06
2. Garcia • CLE 2.37
3. Wilhelm • NYG 2.43
4. Shantz • PHA 2.48
5. Lemon • CLE 2.50
6. Dobson • CHW 2.51
7. Pierce • CHW 2.57
8. Hacker • CHC 2.58
9. Roberts • PHI 2.59
10. Loes • BRO 2.69
Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 28
2. Shantz • PHA 24
3. Wynn • CLE 23
4. Garcia • CLE 22
Lemon • CLE 22
6. Reynolds • NYY 20
7. Maglie • NYG 18
8. Raffensberger • CIN 17
Rush • CHC 17
Staley • STL 17
Win-Loss %
1. Wilhelm • NYG .833
2. Roberts • PHI .800
3. Black • BRO .789
4. Shantz • PHA .774
5. Raschi • NYY .727
6. Reynolds • NYY .714
7. Brazle • STL .706
8. Erskine • BRO .700
9. Maglie • NYG .692
10. Garcia • CLE .667
Hearn • NYG .667
Lemon • CLE .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hacker • CHC 0.946
2. Roberts • PHI 1.021
3. Shantz • PHA 1.048
4. Lemon • CLE 1.101
5. Dobson • CHW 1.116
6. Rush • CHC 1.142
7. Pierce • CHW 1.148
8. Erskine • BRO 1.152
9. Wilhelm • NYG 1.155
10. Spahn • BSN 1.159
Hits per 9 IP
1. Lemon • CLE 6.859
2. Hacker • CHC 7.005
3. Raschi • NYY 7.022
4. Reynolds • NYY 7.146
5. Wilhelm • NYG 7.174
6. Erskine • BRO 7.273
7. Dobson • CHW 7.355
8. Rush • CHC 7.370
9. Loes • BRO 7.399
10. Shantz • PHA 7.402
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Roberts • PHI 1.227
2. Hacker • CHC 1.508
3. Raffensberger • CIN 1.640
4. Staley • STL 1.953
5. Shantz • PHA 2.027
6. Drews • PHI 2.047
7. Roe • BRO 2.212
8. Spahn • BSN 2.266
9. Pillette • SLB 2.411
10. Dickson • PIT 2.463
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mizell • STL 6.916
2. McDermott • BOS 6.500
3. Simmons • PHI 6.303
4. Wilhelm • NYG 6.100
5. Wade • BRO 5.900
6. Reynolds • NYY 5.894
7. Trucks • DET 5.893
8. Erskine • BRO 5.705
9. Spahn • BSN 5.679
10. Rush • CHC 5.644
Games Played
1. Wilhelm • NYG 71
2. Black • BRO 56
3. Yuhas • STL 54
4. Smith • CIN 53
5. Wilks • 2TM 51
6. Main • PIT 48
7. Kennedy • CHW 47
8. Garcia • CLE 46
Paige • SLB 46
Brazle • STL 46
Saves
1. Brazle • STL 16
2. Black • BRO 15
3. Wilhelm • NYG 11
Leonard • CHC 11
Dorish • CHW 11
6. Paige • SLB 10
7. Smith • CIN 7
Sain • NYY 7
Burdette • BSN 7
10. Alomá • CHW 6
Hooper • PHA 6
Reynolds • NYY 6
Konstanty • PHI 6
Yuhas • STL 6
Benton • BOS 6
Innings Pitched
1. Roberts • PHI 330.0
2. Lemon • CLE 309.2
3. Garcia • CLE 292.1
4. Spahn • BSN 290.0
5. Wynn • CLE 285.2
6. Shantz • PHA 279.2
7. Dickson • PIT 277.2
8. Pierce • CHW 255.1
9. Rush • CHC 250.1
10. Raffensberger • CIN 247.0
Strikeouts
1. Spahn • BSN 183
2. Reynolds • NYY 160
3. Rush • CHC 157
4. Wynn • CLE 153
5. Shantz • PHA 152
6. Roberts • PHI 148
7. Mizell • STL 146
8. Pierce • CHW 144
9. Garcia • CLE 143
10. Simmons • PHI 141
Games Started
1. Roberts • PHI 37
2. Garcia • CLE 36
Lemon • CLE 36
4. Spahn • BSN 35
5. Dickson • PIT 34
Hearn • NYG 34
7. Kellner • PHA 33
Shantz • PHA 33
Wynn • CLE 33
Raffensberger • CIN 33
Staley • STL 33
Wilson • BSN 33
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 30
2. Lemon • CLE 28
3. Shantz • PHA 27
4. Reynolds • NYY 24
5. Dickson • PIT 21
6. Garcia • CLE 19
Wynn • CLE 19
Spahn • BSN 19
9. Raffensberger • CIN 18
10. Rush • CHC 17
Shutouts
1. Garcia • CLE 6
Simmons • PHI 6
Raffensberger • CIN 6
Reynolds • NYY 6
5. Hacker • CHC 5
Shantz • PHA 5
Spahn • BSN 5
Maglie • NYG 5
Drews • PHI 5
Lemon • CLE 5
Home Runs
1. Dickson • PIT 26
2. Wynn • CLE 23
Wehmeier • CIN 23
4. Pollet • PIT 22
Roberts • PHI 22
6. Gray • DET 21
Kellner • PHA 21
Scheib • PHA 21
Shantz • PHA 21
Staley • STL 21
Church • 2TM 21
Bases on Balls
1. Wynn • CLE 132
2. Byrne • SLB 112
3. Lemon • CLE 105
4. Mizell • STL 103
Wehmeier • CIN 103
6. Gray • DET 101
7. Byrd • PHA 98
8. Reynolds • NYY 97
Hearn • NYG 97
10. Wade • BRO 94
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 292
2. Garcia • CLE 284
3. Dickson • PIT 278
4. Spahn • BSN 263
5. Raffensberger • CIN 247
6. Byrd • PHA 244
7. Wynn • CLE 239
8. Staley • STL 238
9. Lemon • CLE 236
10. Meyer • PHI 235
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.289
2. Hacker • CHC 2.710
3. Spahn • BSN 2.507
4. Shantz • PHA 2.413
5. Roe • BRO 2.128
6. Raffensberger • CIN 2.067
7. Simmons • PHI 2.014
8. Rush • CHC 1.938
9. Wilhelm • NYG 1.895
10. Drews • PHI 1.846
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Porterfield • WSH 0.272
2. Garcia • CLE 0.277
3. Shea • WSH 0.320
4. Grissom • CHW 0.325
5. Reynolds • NYY 0.368
6. Meyer • PHI 0.387
7. Bickford • BSN 0.390
8. Trout • 2TM 0.392
9. Perkowski • CIN 0.418
10. Pierce • CHW 0.423
Losses
1. Dickson • PIT 21
2. Houtteman • DET 20
3. Trucks • DET 19
Spahn • BSN 19
5. Gray • DET 17
Friend • PIT 17
7. Pollet • PIT 16
8. Byrd • PHA 15
Hooper • PHA 15
Drews • PHI 15
Earned Runs
1. Kellner • PHA 112
2. Dickson • PIT 110
Wilson • BSN 110
4. Wehmeier • CIN 109
5. Houtteman • DET 107
6. Gray • DET 103
7. Byrne • SLB 102
8. Feller • CLE 101
9. Klippstein • CHC 100
10. Rogovin • CHW 99
Wild Pitches
1. Klippstein • CHC 12
2. Bearden • SLB 10
3. Lemon • CLE 8
Wight • 2TM 8
5. Friend • PIT 7
Kelly • CHC 7
Rush • CHC 7
Surkont • BSN 7
9. Erskine • BRO 6
10. Byrne • SLB 5
Grissom • CHW 5
Hoeft • DET 5
Parnell • BOS 5
Raschi • NYY 5
Trucks • DET 5
Wynn • CLE 5
LaPalme • PIT 5
Lown • CHC 5
Nuxhall • CIN 5
Spahn • BSN 5
Trout • 2TM 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Byrne • SLB 10
Harrist • SLB 10
3. Byrd • PHA 7
Garcia • CLE 7
Pillette • SLB 7
Reynolds • NYY 7
Trucks • DET 7
Smith • CIN 7
Staley • STL 7
Wehmeier • CIN 7
Hudson • 2TM 7
Batters Faced
1. Roberts • PHI 1,310
2. Lemon • CLE 1,252
3. Garcia • CLE 1,236
4. Wynn • CLE 1,190
Spahn • BSN 1,190
6. Dickson • PIT 1,157
7. Shantz • PHA 1,103
8. Rush • CHC 1,044
9. Pierce • CHW 1,042
10. Byrd • PHA 1,008
Games Finished
1. Black • BRO 41
2. Smith • CIN 37
3. Leonard • CHC 36
Wilks • 2TM 36
5. Paige • SLB 35
6. Brazle • STL 32
Wilhelm • NYG 32
8. White • DET 31
9. Yuhas • STL 30
10. Dorish • CHW 27
Adjusted ERA+
1. Reynolds • NYY 161
2. Shantz • PHA 159
3. Wilhelm • NYG 152
4. Hacker • CHC 149
5. Dobson • CHW 145
6. Rush • CHC 143
7. Pierce • CHW 142
8. Roberts • PHI 141
9. Garcia • CLE 141
10. Loes • BRO 136
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Simmons • PHI 2.76
2. Garcia • CLE 2.78
3. Spahn • BSN 2.80
4. Roberts • PHI 2.82
5. Pierce • CHW 2.84
6. Reynolds • NYY 2.89
7. Rush • CHC 2.91
8. Dobson • CHW 2.99
9. Shantz • PHA 3.00
10. Meyer • PHI 3.02
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Shantz • PHA 43
2. Roberts • PHI 41
3. Reynolds • NYY 35
4. Pierce • CHW 34
5. Garcia • CLE 32
6. Lemon • CLE 29
7. Hacker • CHC 27
8. Raffensberger • CIN 26
9. Rush • CHC 25
10. Dobson • CHW 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Shantz • PHA 4.8
2. Roberts • PHI 4.6
3. Reynolds • NYY 3.8
4. Pierce • CHW 3.8
5. Garcia • CLE 3.5
6. Lemon • CLE 3.2
7. Hacker • CHC 2.9
8. Raffensberger • CIN 2.9
9. Rush • CHC 2.7
10. Dobson • CHW 2.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Shantz • PHA 44.15
2. Lemon • CLE 39.54
3. Roberts • PHI 38.55
4. Pierce • CHW 37.29
5. Hacker • CHC 35.24
6. Garcia • CLE 34.76
7. Simmons • PHI 30.54
8. Black • BRO 29.66
9. Reynolds • NYY 28.09
10. Drews • PHI 26.08
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Shantz • PHA 6.9
2. Lemon • CLE 4.8
3. Reynolds • NYY 4.7
4. Dorish • CHW 4.7
5. Roberts • PHI 4.7
6. Garcia • CLE 4.0
7. Black • BRO 4.0
8. Porterfield • WSH 3.8
9. Maglie • NYG 3.5
10. Pierce • CHW 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Roberts • PHI 4.3
2. Pierce • CHW 4.2
3. Lemon • CLE 4.1
4. Shantz • PHA 3.9
5. Dobson • CHW 3.7
6. Hacker • CHC 3.6
7. Spahn • BSN 3.5
8. Simmons • PHI 3.3
9. Black • BRO 2.8
10. Rush • CHC 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Lemon • CLE 17.7
2. Reynolds • NYY 16.3
3. Raschi • NYY 15.8
4. Wynn • CLE 13.4
5. Garcia • CLE 11.5
6. Black • BRO 11.5
7. Lopat • NYY 9.7
8. Wilhelm • NYG 9.1
9. Maglie • NYG 7.3
10. Dorish • CHW 6.9
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Shantz • PHA 4.8
2. Lemon • CLE 4.6
3. Roberts • PHI 4.3
4. Pierce • CHW 4.2
5. Garcia • CLE 4.0
6. Hacker • CHC 3.8
7. Simmons • PHI 3.4
8. Reynolds • NYY 3.3
9. Black • BRO 3.2
10. Raschi • NYY 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