Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rosen • CLE 10.2
2. Roberts • PHI 9.9
3. Snider • BRO 9.1
4. Spahn • MLN 9.1
5. Mathews • MLN 8.0
6. Musial • STL 7.6
7. Haddix • STL 7.3
8. Robinson • BRO 6.9
9. Campanella • BRO 6.8
10. Schoendienst • STL 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Roberts • PHI 9.8
2. Spahn • MLN 8.8
3. Haddix • STL 6.4
4. Pierce • CHW 6.2
5. Trucks • 2TM 6.0
6. Simmons • PHI 4.4
7. Mizell • STL 4.4
8. Gómez • NYG 4.4
9. Kinder • BOS 4.4
10. Erskine • BRO 4.2
Parnell • BOS 4.2
Earned Run Average
1. Spahn • MLN 2.10
2. Lopat • NYY 2.42
3. Pierce • CHW 2.72
4. Roberts • PHI 2.75
5. Trucks • 2TM 2.93
6. Buhl • MLN 2.97
7. Sain • NYY 3.00
Ford • NYY 3.00
9. McDermott • BOS 3.01
10. Haddix • STL 3.06
Wins
1. Roberts • PHI 23
Spahn • MLN 23
3. Porterfield • WSH 22
4. Lemon • CLE 21
Parnell • BOS 21
6. Erskine • BRO 20
Haddix • STL 20
Trucks • 2TM 20
9. Ford • NYY 18
Garcia • CLE 18
McDermott • BOS 18
Pierce • CHW 18
Staley • STL 18
Win-Loss %
1. Lopat • NYY .800
2. Erskine • BRO .769
3. Spahn • MLN .767
4. Ford • NYY .750
Meyer • BRO .750
Burdette • MLN .750
7. Parnell • BOS .724
8. Haddix • STL .690
9. Porterfield • WSH .688
Surkont • MLN .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Spahn • MLN 1.058
2. Roberts • PHI 1.111
3. Lopat • NYY 1.127
4. Raschi • NYY 1.133
5. Haddix • STL 1.142
6. Pierce • CHW 1.172
7. Simmons • PHI 1.231
8. Sain • NYY 1.238
9. Porterfield • WSH 1.239
10. Masterson • WSH 1.244
Hits per 9 IP
1. Spahn • MLN 7.148
2. Pierce • CHW 7.165
3. Gómez • NYG 7.324
4. McDermott • BOS 7.372
5. Raschi • NYY 7.459
6. Mizell • STL 7.743
7. Buhl • MLN 7.756
8. Erskine • BRO 7.772
9. Haddix • STL 7.826
10. Masterson • WSH 7.846
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Roberts • PHI 1.584
2. Lopat • NYY 1.615
3. Raffensberger • CIN 1.707
4. Minner • CHC 1.791
5. Staley • STL 2.113
6. Sain • NYY 2.143
7. Hacker • CHC 2.192
8. Konstanty • PHI 2.215
9. Kellner • PHA 2.276
10. Roe • BRO 2.293
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mizell • STL 6.941
2. Erskine • BRO 6.823
3. Antonelli • MLN 6.724
4. Pierce • CHW 6.170
5. Klippstein • CHC 6.066
6. Gray • DET 5.881
7. Haddix • STL 5.798
8. Lindell • 2TM 5.337
9. Simmons • PHI 5.218
10. Roberts • PHI 5.140
Games Played
1. Kinder • BOS 69
2. Wilhelm • NYG 68
3. Brazle • STL 61
4. Stuart • SLB 60
5. White • 2TM 59
6. Martin • PHA 58
7. Paige • SLB 57
8. Dorish • CHW 55
9. Hetki • PIT 54
10. Smith • CIN 50
Saves
1. Kinder • BOS 27
2. Brazle • STL 18
3. Dorish • CHW 17
4. Wilhelm • NYG 15
5. Reynolds • NYY 13
6. Paige • SLB 11
7. Burdette • MLN 9
Hughes • BRO 9
Leonard • CHC 9
10. Sain • NYY 7
Martin • PHA 7
Hooper • CLE 7
Labine • BRO 7
White • 2TM 7
Innings Pitched
1. Roberts • PHI 346.2
2. Lemon • CLE 286.2
3. Garcia • CLE 271.2
4. Pierce • CHW 271.1
5. Spahn • MLN 265.2
6. Trucks • 2TM 264.1
7. Porterfield • WSH 255.0
8. Haddix • STL 253.0
9. Wynn • CLE 251.2
10. Erskine • BRO 246.2
Strikeouts
1. Roberts • PHI 198
2. Erskine • BRO 187
3. Pierce • CHW 186
4. Mizell • STL 173
5. Haddix • STL 163
6. Trucks • 2TM 149
7. Spahn • MLN 148
8. Wynn • CLE 138
Simmons • PHI 138
10. Parnell • BOS 136
Games Started
1. Roberts • PHI 41
2. Byrd • PHA 37
3. Lemon • CLE 36
4. Garcia • CLE 35
5. Parnell • BOS 34
Wynn • CLE 34
7. Pierce • CHW 33
Erskine • BRO 33
Haddix • STL 33
Mizell • STL 33
Trucks • 2TM 33
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 33
2. Porterfield • WSH 24
Spahn • MLN 24
4. Lemon • CLE 23
5. Garcia • CLE 21
6. Pierce • CHW 19
Haddix • STL 19
Simmons • PHI 19
9. Trucks • 2TM 17
10. Wynn • CLE 16
Erskine • BRO 16
Shutouts
1. Porterfield • WSH 9
2. Pierce • CHW 7
3. Haddix • STL 6
4. Trucks • 2TM 5
Parnell • BOS 5
Spahn • MLN 5
Lemon • CLE 5
Roberts • PHI 5
9. Raschi • NYY 4
McDermott • BOS 4
Masterson • WSH 4
Simmons • PHI 4
Erskine • BRO 4
Home Runs
1. Hacker • CHC 35
2. Staley • STL 31
3. Roberts • PHI 30
4. Dickson • PIT 27
Roe • BRO 27
6. Drews • PHI 26
Perkowski • CIN 26
8. Gray • DET 25
Meyer • BRO 25
Church • 2TM 25
Bases on Balls
1. Lindell • 2TM 139
2. Parnell • BOS 116
3. Byrd • PHA 115
4. Mizell • STL 114
5. Ford • NYY 110
Lemon • CLE 110
7. McDermott • BOS 109
8. Wynn • CLE 107
Klippstein • CHC 107
10. Pierce • CHW 102
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 324
2. Lemon • CLE 283
3. Byrd • PHA 279
4. Garcia • CLE 260
5. Porterfield • WSH 243
Staley • STL 243
7. Dickson • PIT 240
8. Wynn • CLE 234
Trucks • 2TM 234
10. Garver • DET 228
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.246
2. Haddix • STL 2.362
3. Roe • BRO 2.125
4. Spahn • MLN 2.114
5. Erskine • BRO 1.968
6. Hacker • CHC 1.963
7. Sain • NYY 1.867
8. Antonelli • MLN 1.845
9. Pierce • CHW 1.824
10. Simmons • PHI 1.683
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Kellner • PHA 0.357
2. Burdette • MLN 0.360
3. McDermott • BOS 0.393
4. Spahn • MLN 0.474
5. Mizell • STL 0.481
6. Lemon • CLE 0.502
7. Larsen • SLB 0.514
8. Buhl • MLN 0.525
9. Raschi • NYY 0.547
10. Parnell • BOS 0.560
Losses
1. Byrd • PHA 20
2. Dickson • PIT 19
Hacker • CHC 19
4. Lindell • 2TM 17
5. Jansen • NYG 16
LaPalme • PIT 16
Podbielan • CIN 16
Roberts • PHI 16
9. Gray • DET 15
Lemon • CLE 15
Minner • CHC 15
Earned Runs
1. Byrd • PHA 145
2. Wynn • CLE 110
3. Hacker • CHC 108
4. Lemon • CLE 107
5. Hoeft • DET 106
Roberts • PHI 106
7. Lindell • 2TM 103
8. Staley • STL 102
9. Bishop • PHA 101
Dickson • PIT 101
Wild Pitches
1. Lindell • 2TM 11
2. Kellner • PHA 10
Hearn • NYG 10
Klippstein • CHC 10
5. Lemon • CLE 9
Haddix • STL 9
LaPalme • PIT 9
Wilhelm • NYG 9
9. Blyzka • SLB 7
Brown • BOS 7
Fanovich • PHA 7
Martin • PHA 7
Parnell • BOS 7
Hall • PIT 7
Miller • PHI 7
Trucks • 2TM 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Staley • STL 17
2. Byrd • PHA 14
3. Lemon • CLE 11
4. Drews • PHI 10
5. Gromek • 2TM 9
Houtteman • 2TM 9
7. Martin • PHA 8
Klippstein • CHC 8
Nuxhall • CIN 8
Podbielan • CIN 8
Batters Faced
1. Roberts • PHI 1,412
2. Lemon • CLE 1,216
3. Garcia • CLE 1,133
4. Pierce • CHW 1,113
5. Trucks • 2TM 1,101
6. Byrd • PHA 1,090
7. Wynn • CLE 1,077
8. Spahn • MLN 1,055
9. Parnell • BOS 1,037
10. Porterfield • WSH 1,036
Games Finished
1. Kinder • BOS 51
2. Martin • PHA 41
3. Wilhelm • NYG 39
4. Dorish • CHW 36
5. Brazle • STL 35
6. Paige • SLB 34
7. Hetki • PIT 31
8. Stuart • SLB 30
9. Leonard • CHC 27
Smith • CIN 27
Adjusted ERA+
1. Spahn • MLN 188
2. Roberts • PHI 153
3. Lopat • NYY 152
4. Pierce • CHW 147
5. Trucks • 2TM 139
6. Haddix • STL 139
7. McDermott • BOS 138
8. Parnell • BOS 136
9. Buhl • MLN 133
10. Simmons • PHI 131
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Spahn • MLN 2.97
2. Roberts • PHI 3.12
3. Kellner • PHA 3.12
4. Mizell • STL 3.32
5. Pierce • CHW 3.34
6. Erskine • BRO 3.38
7. Garcia • CLE 3.40
8. Larsen • SLB 3.40
9. Haddix • STL 3.40
10. Simmons • PHI 3.43
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 58
2. Spahn • MLN 57
3. Pierce • CHW 38
4. Haddix • STL 34
5. Trucks • 2TM 33
6. Parnell • BOS 26
7. Lopat • NYY 25
8. Kinder • BOS 24
9. Simmons • PHI 24
10. McDermott • BOS 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Spahn • MLN 6.0
2. Roberts • PHI 6.0
3. Pierce • CHW 4.0
4. Trucks • 2TM 3.5
5. Haddix • STL 3.4
6. Lopat • NYY 2.7
Parnell • BOS 2.7
8. Kinder • BOS 2.5
9. McDermott • BOS 2.5
10. Simmons • PHI 2.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Roberts • PHI 68.37
2. Spahn • MLN 61.76
3. Pierce • CHW 44.16
4. Trucks • 2TM 38.07
5. Erskine • BRO 30.81
6. Lopat • NYY 29.06
7. Garcia • CLE 29.05
8. Haddix • STL 27.78
9. Burdette • MLN 27.45
10. Simmons • PHI 26.37
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Spahn • MLN 7.0
2. Pierce • CHW 5.5
3. Burdette • MLN 5.0
4. Roberts • PHI 4.9
5. Haddix • STL 3.9
6. Kinder • BOS 3.7
7. Erskine • BRO 3.6
8. Garcia • CLE 3.5
9. McDermott • BOS 3.3
10. Porterfield • WSH 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Spahn • MLN 5.5
2. Roberts • PHI 5.0
3. Pierce • CHW 4.6
4. Simmons • PHI 3.3
5. Raschi • NYY 3.0
6. Garcia • CLE 2.8
7. Porterfield • WSH 2.7
8. Gómez • NYG 2.7
9. Erskine • BRO 2.7
10. Trucks • 2TM 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Spahn • MLN 10.9
2. Burdette • MLN 10.1
3. Erskine • BRO 9.5
4. Pierce • CHW 9.2
5. Ford • NYY 5.9
6. Trucks • 2TM 5.8
7. Roberts • PHI 5.2
8. Garcia • CLE 5.2
9. Lopat • NYY 4.5
10. Raschi • NYY 4.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Roberts • PHI 7.3
2. Spahn • MLN 6.9
3. Pierce • CHW 4.7
4. Trucks • 2TM 4.0
5. Lopat • NYY 3.3
6. Garcia • CLE 3.2
7. Erskine • BRO 3.1
8. Burdette • MLN 2.9
9. Haddix • STL 2.8
10. McDermott • BOS 2.7

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