1904 Major League Pitching Leaders

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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Chesbro • NYY	11.4
2.	Waddell • PHA	10.4
3.	Young • BOS	9.6
4.	McGinnity • NYG	9.3
5.	Plank • PHA	9.3
6.	Lajoie • CLE	8.5
7.	Nichols • STL	8.5
8.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
9.	Davis • CHW	7.2
10.	Taylor • STL	6.8

WAR for Pitchers
1.	Waddell • PHA	11.3
2.	Chesbro • NYY	10.6
3.	McGinnity • NYG	9.6
4.	Young • BOS	9.3
5.	Plank • PHA	8.8
6.	Nichols • STL	8.6
7.	Hahn • CIN	6.6
8.	Taylor • STL	6.3
9.	Weimer • CHC	6.1
10.	Howell • SLB	6.0

Earned Run Average
1.	Joss • CLE	1.59
2.	McGinnity • NYG	1.61
3.	Waddell • PHA	1.62
4.	White • CHW	1.78
5.	Chesbro • NYY	1.82
6.	Brown • CHC	1.86
7.	Weimer • CHC	1.91
8.	Owen • CHW	1.94
9.	Young • BOS	1.97
10.	Nichols • STL	2.02

Wins
1.	Chesbro • NYY	41
2.	McGinnity • NYG	35
3.	Mathewson • NYG	33
4.	Plank • PHA	26
	Young • BOS	26
6.	Waddell • PHA	25
7.	Bernhard • CLE	23
	Dinneen • BOS	23
	Powell • NYY	23
	Harper • CIN	23

Win-Loss %
1.	McGinnity • NYG	.814
2.	Wiltse • NYG	.813
3.	Chesbro • NYY	.774
4.	Mathewson • NYG	.733
5.	Harper • CIN	.719
6.	Tannehill • BOS	.656
7.	Lundgren • CHC	.654
	Wicker • CHC	.654
9.	Walker • CIN	.652
10.	Smith • CHW	.640

Walks & Hits per IP
1.	Young • BOS	0.937
2.	Chesbro • NYY	0.937
3.	McGinnity • NYG	0.963
4.	Owen • CHW	0.965
5.	Brown • CHC	0.965
6.	Hahn • CIN	0.984
7.	Joss • CLE	0.988
8.	Nichols • STL	1.003
9.	Tannehill • BOS	1.026
10.	Dinneen • BOS	1.031

Hits per 9 IP
1.	Brown • CHC	6.570
2.	Chesbro • NYY	6.691
3.	Weimer • CHC	6.713
4.	McGinnity • NYG	6.772
5.	Owen • CHW	6.943
6.	Smith • CHW	6.949
7.	Taylor • NYG	7.016
8.	Gibson • BOS	7.121
9.	Waddell • PHA	7.214
10.	Moore • CLE	7.353

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1.	Young • BOS	0.687
2.	Tannehill • BOS	1.054
3.	Hahn • CIN	1.058
4.	Patterson • CHW	1.309
5.	Joss • CLE	1.404
6.	Phillippe • PIT	1.404
7.	Altrock • CHW	1.407
8.	Nichols • STL	1.420
9.	Orth • 2TM	1.448
10.	Wolfe • 2TM	1.459

Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.	Waddell • PHA	8.201
2.	Bender • PHA	6.584
3.	Wiltse • NYG	5.739
4.	Moore • CLE	5.495
5.	Mathewson • NYG	5.189
6.	Weimer • CHC	5.189
7.	Plank • PHA	5.063
8.	Willis • BSN	5.040
9.	Glade • SLB	4.858
10.	Young • BOS	4.737

Games Played
1.	Chesbro • NYY	55
2.	McGinnity • NYG	51
3.	Mathewson • NYG	48
4.	Powell • NYY	47
5.	Waddell • PHA	46
	Jones • BRO	46
7.	Mullin • DET	45
	Patten • WSH	45
9.	Plank • PHA	44
10.	Young • BOS	43
	Willis • BSN	43

Saves
1.	McGinnity • NYG	5
2.	Wiltse • NYG	3
	Patten • WSH	3
	Ames • NYG	3
	Briggs • CHC	3
6.	Milligan • NYG	2
	Kellum • CIN	2
8.	Clarkson • NYY	1
	Glade • SLB	1
	Owen • CHW	1
	Walsh • CHW	1
	Young • BOS	1
	Brown • CHC	1
	Duggleby • PHI	1
	Dunn • NYG	1
	Altrock • CHW	1
	Groth • CHC	1
	Lundgren • CHC	1
	Mathewson • NYG	1
	Nichols • STL	1
	Phillippe • PIT	1
	Poole • BRO	1
	Reidy • BRO	1
	Taylor • STL	1
	Fraser • PHI	1

Innings Pitched
1.	Chesbro • NYY	454.2
2.	McGinnity • NYG	408.0
3.	Powell • NYY	390.1
4.	Waddell • PHA	383.0
5.	Mullin • DET	382.1
6.	Young • BOS	380.0
7.	Jones • BRO	377.0
8.	Mathewson • NYG	367.2
9.	Patten • WSH	357.2
10.	Plank • PHA	357.1

Strikeouts
1.	Waddell • PHA	349
2.	Chesbro • NYY	239
3.	Mathewson • NYG	212
4.	Powell • NYY	202
5.	Plank • PHA	201
6.	Young • BOS	200
7.	Willis • BSN	196
8.	Weimer • CHC	177
9.	Mullin • DET	161
10.	Glade • SLB	156

Games Started
1.	Chesbro • NYY	51
2.	Waddell • PHA	46
	Mathewson • NYG	46
4.	Powell • NYY	45
5.	Mullin • DET	44
	McGinnity • NYG	44
7.	Plank • PHA	43
	Willis • BSN	43
9.	Young • BOS	41
	Jones • BRO	41

Complete Games
1.	Chesbro • NYY	48
2.	Mullin • DET	42
3.	Young • BOS	40
4.	Waddell • PHA	39
	Taylor • STL	39
	Willis • BSN	39
7.	Powell • NYY	38
	Jones • BRO	38
	McGinnity • NYG	38
10.	Dinneen • BOS	37
	Patten • WSH	37
	Plank • PHA	37

Shutouts
1.	Young • BOS	10
2.	McGinnity • NYG	9
3.	Waddell • PHA	8
4.	Mullin • DET	7
	White • CHW	7
	Plank • PHA	7
7.	Donahue • CLE	6
	Glade • SLB	6
	Harper • CIN	6
	Chesbro • NYY	6
	Altrock • CHW	6

Home Runs
1.	Powell • NYY	15
2.	Cronin • BRO	10
3.	Wiltse • NYG	8
	Wilhelm • BSN	8
	Sudhoff • SLB	8
	Dinneen • BOS	8
	McGinnity • NYG	8
	Gibson • BOS	8
9.	Mathewson • NYG	7
	Kitson • DET	7
	Pelty • SLB	7
	Jones • BRO	7
	McFarland • STL	7
	Willis • BSN	7
	Hughes • 2TM	7

Bases on Balls
1.	Pittinger • BSN	144
2.	Mullin • DET	131
3.	Sutthoff • 2TM	114
4.	Willis • BSN	109
5.	Townsend • WSH	100
	Fraser • PHI	100
7.	Weimer • CHC	97
8.	Donovan • DET	94
9.	Killian • DET	93
10.	Powell • NYY	92
	Jones • BRO	92

Hits
1.	Jones • BRO	387
2.	Patten • WSH	367
3.	Willis • BSN	357
4.	Mullin • DET	345
5.	Powell • NYY	340
6.	Chesbro • NYY	338
7.	Young • BOS	327
8.	Bernhard • CLE	323
9.	Townsend • WSH	319
10.	Wilhelm • BSN	316

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1.	Young • BOS	6.897
2.	Waddell • PHA	3.835
3.	Tannehill • BOS	3.515
4.	Phillippe • PIT	3.154
5.	Hahn • CIN	2.800
6.	Joss • CLE	2.767
7.	Mathewson • NYG	2.718
8.	Chesbro • NYY	2.716
9.	Glade • SLB	2.690
10.	Nichols • STL	2.680

Home Runs per 9 IP
1.	Killian • DET	0.000
	Joss • CLE	0.000
	Smith • CHW	0.000
4.	Mullin • DET	0.024
5.	Pittinger • BSN	0.027
6.	Weimer • CHC	0.029
7.	Howell • SLB	0.030
8.	Kellum • CIN	0.040
9.	Lynch • PIT	0.040
10.	O'Neill • STL	0.041

Losses
1.	Townsend • WSH	26
2.	Jones • BRO	25
	Willis • BSN	25
4.	Fraser • PHI	24
5.	Jacobson • WSH	23
	Mullin • DET	23
	Patten • WSH	23
	Cronin • BRO	23
	Hughes • 2TM	23
10.	Howell • SLB	21
	Pittinger • BSN	21

Earned Runs
1.	Patten • WSH	122
2.	Wilhelm • BSN	118
3.	Townsend • WSH	116
4.	Jones • BRO	115
5.	Willis • BSN	111
6.	Fraser • PHI	109
7.	Powell • NYY	106
8.	Hughes • 2TM	104
9.	Mullin • DET	102
10.	Altrock • CHW	101
	Fisher • BSN	101

Wild Pitches
1.	Townsend • WSH	19
2.	Moore • CLE	13
3.	Powell • NYY	12
	Smith • CHW	12
	Harper • CIN	12
	McNichol • BSN	12
7.	Donovan • DET	11
	Willis • BSN	11
9.	Mathewson • NYG	10
	Pittinger • BSN	10

Hit By Pitch
1.	Patten • WSH	20
	Pelty • SLB	20
3.	Henley • PHA	19
	Plank • PHA	19
5.	Walker • CIN	18
6.	Killian • DET	17
	Jones • BRO	17
8.	Stovall • DET	16
9.	Lynch • PIT	15
	Corridon • 2TM	15

Batters Faced
1.	Chesbro • NYY	1,720
2.	McGinnity • NYG	1,613
3.	Jones • BRO	1,583
4.	Mullin • DET	1,568
5.	Powell • NYY	1,546
6.	Waddell • PHA	1,496
7.	Willis • BSN	1,490
8.	Patten • WSH	1,478
9.	Mathewson • NYG	1,443
10.	Taylor • STL	1,437

Games Finished
1.	Walsh • CHW	10
2.	Clarkson • NYY	9
	Fisher • BSN	9
4.	Bender • PHA	8
	Camnitz • PIT	8
	Wiltse • NYG	8
7.	Kellum • CIN	7
	McGinnity • NYG	7
9.	Killian • DET	6
	Patten • WSH	6
	Puttmann • NYY	6
	Cronin • BRO	6
	Fraser • PHI	6

Adjusted ERA+
1.	McGinnity • NYG	170
2.	Waddell • PHA	167
3.	Joss • CLE	162
4.	Chesbro • NYY	148
5.	Brown • CHC	142
6.	Hahn • CIN	142
7.	Weimer • CHC	139
8.	White • CHW	138
9.	Young • BOS	136
10.	Mathewson • NYG	134

Fielding Independent Pitching
1.	Waddell • PHA	1.59
2.	Young • BOS	1.83
3.	Bender • PHA	1.95
4.	Phillippe • PIT	2.04
5.	Chesbro • NYY	2.11
6.	Joss • CLE	2.13
7.	Glade • SLB	2.17
8.	Donahue • CLE	2.18
9.	Mathewson • NYG	2.18
10.	Nichols • STL	2.22

Adj. Pitching Runs
1.	McGinnity • NYG	52
2.	Chesbro • NYY	43
3.	Waddell • PHA	40
4.	Young • BOS	33
5.	Mathewson • NYG	29
6.	Hahn • CIN	27
7.	Nichols • STL	26
8.	Weimer • CHC	26
9.	Plank • PHA	23
10.	Joss • CLE	20

Adj. Pitching Wins
1.	McGinnity • NYG	5.9
2.	Chesbro • NYY	5.1
3.	Waddell • PHA	4.7
4.	Young • BOS	3.9
5.	Mathewson • NYG	3.2
6.	Hahn • CIN	3.0
7.	Nichols • STL	2.9
8.	Weimer • CHC	2.9
9.	Plank • PHA	2.7
10.	Joss • CLE	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