Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 11.2
2. Wynn • CLE 8.4
3. Snider • BRO 7.6
4. Mays • NYG 7.6
5. Score • CLE 7.5
6. Aaron • MLN 7.2
7. Lary • DET 6.7
8. Kaline • DET 6.6
9. Robinson • CIN 6.5
10. Boyer • STL 6.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Wynn • CLE 7.8
2. Score • CLE 7.3
3. Antonelli • NYG 6.4
4. Lary • DET 6.3
5. Friend • PIT 5.6
6. Spahn • MLN 5.5
7. Pierce • CHW 5.2
8. Ford • NYY 5.2
9. Lemon • CLE 5.2
10. Maglie • 2TM 5.0
Earned Run Average
1. Ford • NYY 2.47
2. Score • CLE 2.53
3. Burdette • MLN 2.70
4. Wynn • CLE 2.72
5. Spahn • MLN 2.78
6. Antonelli • NYG 2.86
7. Lemon • CLE 3.03
8. Newcombe • BRO 3.06
9. Harshman • CHW 3.10
10. Conley • MLN 3.13
Wins
1. Newcombe • BRO 27
2. Lary • DET 21
3. Hoeft • DET 20
Lemon • CLE 20
Pierce • CHW 20
Score • CLE 20
Wynn • CLE 20
Antonelli • NYG 20
Spahn • MLN 20
10. Brewer • BOS 19
Ford • NYY 19
Burdette • MLN 19
Lawrence • CIN 19
Roberts • PHI 19
Win-Loss %
1. Newcombe • BRO .794
2. Ford • NYY .760
3. Freeman • CIN .737
4. Buhl • MLN .692
5. Wynn • CLE .690
Pierce • CHW .690
Score • CLE .690
8. Larsen • NYY .688
9. Brewer • BOS .679
10. Sturdivant • NYY .667
Kucks • NYY .667
Sullivan • BOS .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Newcombe • BRO 0.989
2. Spahn • MLN 1.070
3. Burdette • MLN 1.116
4. Rush • CHC 1.122
5. Donovan • CHW 1.155
6. Antonelli • NYG 1.161
7. Wynn • CLE 1.167
8. Score • CLE 1.167
9. Sturdivant • NYY 1.175
10. Ford • NYY 1.201
Hits per 9 IP
1. Score • CLE 5.848
2. Larsen • NYY 6.662
3. Harshman • CHW 7.266
4. Newcombe • BRO 7.354
5. Brewer • BOS 7.367
6. Jones • CHC 7.394
7. Foytack • DET 7.418
8. Mizell • STL 7.419
9. Ford • NYY 7.458
10. Wynn • CLE 7.552
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Roberts • PHI 1.211
2. Newcombe • BRO 1.545
3. Spahn • MLN 1.664
4. Fowler • CIN 1.773
5. Burdette • MLN 1.826
6. Poholsky • STL 1.951
7. Stobbs • WSH 2.025
8. Rush • CHC 2.216
9. Law • PIT 2.254
10. Donovan • CHW 2.263
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Score • CLE 9.493
2. Jones • CHC 8.396
3. Pascual • WSH 7.728
4. Haddix • 2TM 6.643
5. Mizell • STL 6.599
6. Foytack • DET 6.469
7. Pierce • CHW 6.253
8. Sturdivant • NYY 6.253
9. Johnson • 2TM 6.245
10. Hoeft • DET 6.242
Games Played
1. Face • PIT 68
2. Freeman • CIN 64
Wilhelm • NYG 64
4. Zuverink • BAL 62
Labine • BRO 62
6. Lown • CHC 61
7. Crimian • KCA 54
8. Gorman • KCA 52
9. Jackson • STL 51
Kinder • 2TM 51
Saves
1. Labine • BRO 19
2. Freeman • CIN 17
3. Zuverink • BAL 16
4. Lown • CHC 13
5. Morgan • NYY 11
Mossi • CLE 11
7. Jackson • STL 10
8. Delock • BOS 9
Shantz • KCA 9
Bessent • BRO 9
Kinder • 2TM 9
Innings Pitched
1. Friend • PIT 314.1
2. Roberts • PHI 297.1
3. Lary • DET 294.0
4. Spahn • MLN 281.1
5. Wynn • CLE 277.2
6. Pierce • CHW 276.1
7. Newcombe • BRO 268.0
8. Kline • PIT 264.0
9. Antonelli • NYG 258.1
10. Burdette • MLN 256.1
Strikeouts
1. Score • CLE 263
2. Pierce • CHW 192
3. Foytack • DET 184
4. Jones • CHC 176
5. Hoeft • DET 172
6. Haddix • 2TM 170
7. Friend • PIT 166
8. Lary • DET 165
9. Pascual • WSH 162
10. Wynn • CLE 158
Games Started
1. Friend • PIT 42
2. Kline • PIT 39
3. Lary • DET 38
4. Roberts • PHI 37
5. Antonelli • NYG 36
Newcombe • BRO 36
7. Lemon • CLE 35
Wynn • CLE 35
Burdette • MLN 35
Spahn • MLN 35
Complete Games
1. Roberts • PHI 22
2. Lemon • CLE 21
Pierce • CHW 21
4. Lary • DET 20
Spahn • MLN 20
6. Friend • PIT 19
7. Ford • NYY 18
Hoeft • DET 18
Wynn • CLE 18
Newcombe • BRO 18
Shutouts
1. Burdette • MLN 6
2. Antonelli • NYG 5
Newcombe • BRO 5
Score • CLE 5
5. Friend • PIT 4
Brewer • BOS 4
Wynn • CLE 4
Garcia • CLE 4
Harshman • CHW 4
Hoeft • DET 4
Home Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 46
2. Pascual • WSH 33
Newcombe • BRO 33
4. Ditmar • KCA 30
Rush • CHC 30
6. Stobbs • WSH 29
7. Hacker • CHC 28
8. Poholsky • STL 27
9. Kline • PIT 26
Klippstein • CIN 26
Lawrence • CIN 26
Haddix • 2TM 26
Bases on Balls
1. Foytack • DET 142
2. Score • CLE 129
3. Lary • DET 116
4. Jones • CHC 115
5. Brewer • BOS 112
Wiesler • WSH 112
7. Ditmar • KCA 108
8. Buhl • MLN 105
9. Hoeft • DET 104
10. Turley • NYY 103
Hits
1. Roberts • PHI 328
2. Friend • PIT 310
3. Lary • DET 289
4. Hoeft • DET 276
5. Stobbs • WSH 264
6. Kline • PIT 263
7. Pierce • CHW 261
8. Ditmar • KCA 254
9. Sullivan • BOS 253
10. Spahn • MLN 249
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Roberts • PHI 3.925
2. Newcombe • BRO 3.022
3. Haddix • 2TM 2.615
4. Spahn • MLN 2.462
5. Fowler • CIN 2.457
6. Poholsky • STL 2.159
7. Burdette • MLN 2.115
Sturdivant • NYY 2.115
9. Score • CLE 2.039
10. Donovan • CHW 2.034
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Wight • BAL 0.361
2. Brewer • BOS 0.516
3. Ford • NYY 0.518
4. Harshman • CHW 0.556
5. Moore • BAL 0.584
6. Johnson • 2TM 0.597
7. Lary • DET 0.612
8. Wynn • CLE 0.616
9. Jeffcoat • CIN 0.632
10. Score • CLE 0.650
Losses
1. Ditmar • KCA 22
2. Pascual • WSH 18
Kline • PIT 18
Roberts • PHI 18
5. Friend • PIT 17
Gómez • NYG 17
7. Law • PIT 16
8. Stobbs • WSH 15
9. Hoeft • DET 14
Lemon • CLE 14
Jones • CHC 14
Mizell • STL 14
Poholsky • STL 14
Worthington • NYG 14
Wilson • 2TM 14
Earned Runs
1. Roberts • PHI 147
2. Ditmar • KCA 125
3. Pascual • WSH 123
4. Friend • PIT 121
5. Hoeft • DET 112
6. Lary • DET 103
7. Foytack • DET 102
Pierce • CHW 102
9. Gómez • NYG 100
10. Kline • PIT 99
Wilson • 2TM 99
Wild Pitches
1. Score • CLE 11
2. Kline • PIT 10
Roebuck • BRO 10
4. Foytack • DET 8
Law • PIT 8
McDaniel • STL 8
7. Harshman • CHW 7
Hoeft • DET 7
Lasorda • KCA 7
Pascual • WSH 7
Craig • BRO 7
Jeffcoat • CIN 7
Spahn • MLN 7
Dickson • 2TM 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Lary • DET 12
2. Kucks • NYY 10
Klippstein • CIN 10
4. Gromek • DET 9
Gómez • NYG 9
6. Nixon • BOS 8
Sullivan • BOS 8
Jones • CHC 8
9. Ditmar • KCA 7
Larsen • NYY 7
Sisler • BOS 7
Stone • WSH 7
Mizell • STL 7
Phillips • MLN 7
Batters Faced
1. Friend • PIT 1,315
2. Lary • DET 1,269
3. Roberts • PHI 1,228
4. Pierce • CHW 1,166
5. Wynn • CLE 1,144
6. Spahn • MLN 1,113
7. Kline • PIT 1,102
8. Ditmar • KCA 1,101
9. Foytack • DET 1,098
10. Hoeft • DET 1,094
Games Finished
1. Freeman • CIN 47
Labine • BRO 47
Lown • CHC 47
4. Zuverink • BAL 40
5. Wilhelm • NYG 38
6. Kinder • 2TM 36
7. Face • PIT 34
8. Aber • DET 28
Delock • BOS 28
10. Shantz • KCA 26
Jackson • STL 26
Adjusted ERA+
1. Score • CLE 166
2. Ford • NYY 157
3. Wynn • CLE 154
4. Lemon • CLE 139
5. Sullivan • BOS 135
6. Antonelli • NYG 132
7. Brewer • BOS 132
8. Lary • DET 132
9. Harshman • CHW 132
10. Newcombe • BRO 131
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Score • CLE 2.78
2. Johnson • 2TM 2.92
3. Ford • NYY 3.04
4. Fowler • CIN 3.09
5. Wynn • CLE 3.16
6. Antonelli • NYG 3.16
7. Friend • PIT 3.18
8. Spahn • MLN 3.20
9. Pierce • CHW 3.23
10. Wight • BAL 3.27
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Wynn • CLE 46
2. Score • CLE 45
3. Ford • NYY 38
4. Lary • DET 33
5. Lemon • CLE 30
6. Brewer • BOS 29
7. Newcombe • BRO 28
8. Pierce • CHW 27
9. Spahn • MLN 27
10. Harshman • CHW 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Wynn • CLE 4.8
2. Score • CLE 4.7
3. Ford • NYY 4.0
4. Lary • DET 3.4
5. Lemon • CLE 3.1
6. Brewer • BOS 3.0
7. Newcombe • BRO 3.0
8. Spahn • MLN 2.9
9. Antonelli • NYG 2.8
10. Pierce • CHW 2.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Wynn • CLE 51.68
2. Score • CLE 46.89
3. Ford • NYY 44.02
4. Lary • DET 36.75
5. Harshman • CHW 36.34
6. Pierce • CHW 35.07
7. Spahn • MLN 34.16
8. Brewer • BOS 33.62
9. Lemon • CLE 31.65
10. Newcombe • BRO 31.05
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Score • CLE 5.3
2. Wynn • CLE 5.1
3. Ford • NYY 4.9
4. Newcombe • BRO 4.1
5. Lemon • CLE 4.1
6. Harshman • CHW 3.9
7. Pierce • CHW 3.8
8. Spahn • MLN 3.6
9. Lary • DET 3.0
10. Antonelli • NYG 2.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Wynn • CLE 4.9
2. Newcombe • BRO 4.2
3. Ford • NYY 4.0
4. Score • CLE 3.9
5. Spahn • MLN 3.2
6. Harshman • CHW 3.2
7. Pierce • CHW 2.9
8. Maglie • 2TM 2.7
9. Donovan • CHW 2.6
10. Brewer • BOS 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Spahn • MLN 25.7
2. Maglie • 2TM 24.3
3. Phillips • MLN 12.1
4. Newcombe • BRO 11.5
5. Sturdivant • NYY 7.6
6. Ford • NYY 7.5
7. Labine • BRO 7.3
8. Bessent • BRO 6.5
9. Score • CLE 6.0
10. Pierce • CHW 5.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Wynn • CLE 5.4
2. Score • CLE 4.9
3. Ford • NYY 4.9
4. Spahn • MLN 3.9
5. Harshman • CHW 3.8
6. Lary • DET 3.8
7. Pierce • CHW 3.7
8. Brewer • BOS 3.3
9. Newcombe • BRO 3.2
10. Lemon • CLE 3.2

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