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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Hornsby • CHC 10.6
2. Ruth • NYY 8.1
3. Foxx • PHA 7.9
4. Simmons • PHA 7.9
5. Lazzeri • NYY 7.8
6. Gehrig • NYY 7.5
7. O'Doul • PHI 7.4
8. Grove • PHA 7.4
9. Hudlin • CLE 7.3
10. Ott • NYG 7.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Hudlin • CLE 7.5
2. Grove • PHA 7.3
3. Marberry • WSH 6.8
4. Walberg • PHA 6.3
5. Gray • SLB 6.2
6. Brewer • KCM 6.1
7. Clark • BRO 6.1
8. Ferrell • CLE 6.0
9. Earnshaw • PHA 5.7
10. Grimes • PIT 5.3
Earned Run Average
1. Brewer • KCM 1.93
2. Morris • CAG 1.98
3. Foster • CAG 2.70
4. Strong • 2TM 2.71
5. Grove • PHA 2.81
6. Lorenzo • CSW 2.99
7. Marberry • WSH 3.06
8. Cooper • KCM 3.08
9. Walker • NYG 3.09
10. Grimes • PIT 3.13
Wins
1. Earnshaw • PHA 24
2. Malone • CHC 22
3. Ferrell • CLE 21
4. Grove • PHA 20
5. Marberry • WSH 19
Lucas • CIN 19
Root • CHC 19
Williams • SLS 19
9. Gray • SLB 18
Pipgras • NYY 18
Walberg • PHA 18
Rector • NLG 18
Bush • CHC 18
Hubbell • NYG 18
Kremer • PIT 18
Win-Loss %
1. Rector • NLG .947
2. Brewer • KCM .882
3. Strong • 2TM .818
4. Cooper • KCM .789
5. Flournoy • BBS .786
Cooper • KCM .786
7. Bell • KCM .778
8. Grove • PHA .769
9. Root • CHC .760
Williams • SLS .760
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Brewer • KCM 0.960
2. Morris • CAG 1.070
3. Bell • KCM 1.084
4. Salmon • BBB 1.146
5. Lorenzo • CSW 1.195
6. Lucas • CIN 1.204
7. Marberry • WSH 1.206
8. Williams • SLS 1.228
9. Bell • MRS 1.232
10. Paige • BBB 1.244
Hits per 9 IP
1. Brewer • KCM 6.282
2. Morris • CAG 7.244
3. Bell • KCM 7.601
4. Lorenzo • CSW 8.004
5. Tyler • DS 8.179
6. Díaz • CSW 8.202
7. Earnshaw • PHA 8.234
8. Foster • CAG 8.303
9. Wells • NYY 8.333
10. Marberry • WSH 8.377
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Salmon • BBB 1.031
2. Bell • MRS 1.360
3. Russell • BOS 1.584
4. Pennock • NYY 1.602
5. Cooper • KCM 1.790
6. Vance • BRO 1.829
7. Lucas • CIN 1.933
8. Williams • HG 1.943
9. Petty • PIT 2.051
10. Thomas • CHW 2.080
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 9.162
2. Díaz • CSW 6.895
3. Cooper • KCM 6.199
4. Williams • HG 5.900
5. Malone • CHC 5.596
6. Grove • PHA 5.557
7. Foster • CAG 5.535
8. Salmon • BBB 5.413
9. Earnshaw • PHA 5.266
10. Bell • KCM 5.105
Games Played
1. Bush • CHC 50
2. Marberry • WSH 49
Willoughby • PHI 49
4. Earnshaw • PHA 44
5. Ferrell • CLE 43
Gray • SLB 43
Collins • PHI 43
Root • CHC 43
Sweetland • PHI 43
10. Blaeholder • SLB 42
Grove • PHA 42
Johnson • STL 42
Saves
1. Marberry • WSH 9
Moore • NYY 9
3. Bush • CHC 8
Morrison • BRO 8
5. Shores • PHA 7
6. Cooper • KCM 6
Koupal • 2TM 6
8. Ferrell • CLE 5
Collins • PHI 5
Root • CHC 5
Swetonic • PIT 5
Innings Pitched
1. Gray • SLB 305.0
2. Hudlin • CLE 280.1
3. Clark • BRO 279.0
4. Grove • PHA 275.1
5. Root • CHC 272.0
6. Bush • CHC 270.2
7. Lucas • CIN 270.0
8. Hubbell • NYG 268.0
9. Walberg • PHA 267.2
10. Malone • CHC 267.0
Strikeouts
1. Paige • BBB 189
2. Grove • PHA 170
3. Malone • CHC 166
4. Earnshaw • PHA 149
5. Clark • BRO 140
6. Vance • BRO 126
7. Pipgras • NYY 125
8. Root • CHC 124
9. Marberry • WSH 121
10. Gray • SLB 109
Ruffing • BOS 109
Games Started
1. Clark • BRO 39
2. Gray • SLB 37
Grove • PHA 37
4. Hubbell • NYG 35
Willoughby • PHI 35
6. Crowder • SLB 34
7. Earnshaw • PHA 33
Hudlin • CLE 33
Pipgras • NYY 33
Walberg • PHA 33
Complete Games
1. Lucas • CIN 28
2. Thomas • CHW 24
3. Gray • SLB 23
4. Hudlin • CLE 22
Uhle • DET 22
6. Lyons • CHW 21
7. Gaston • BOS 20
Walberg • PHA 20
9. Crowder • SLB 19
Grove • PHA 19
Brame • PIT 19
Clark • BRO 19
Hubbell • NYG 19
Malone • CHC 19
Root • CHC 19
Smith • BSN 19
Shutouts
1. Malone • CHC 5
2. Blaeholder • SLB 4
Crowder • SLB 4
Gray • SLB 4
MacFayden • BOS 4
Fitzsimmons • NYG 4
Root • CHC 4
8. Earnshaw • PHA 3
Heimach • NYY 3
Pipgras • NYY 3
Walberg • PHA 3
Wells • NYY 3
Benton • NYG 3
Clark • BRO 3
Johnson • STL 3
Brewer • KCM 3
Morris • CAG 3
Salmon • BBB 3
Davis • 2TM 3
Home Runs
1. Benge • PHI 24
2. Sweetland • PHI 23
3. Crowder • SLB 22
Walberg • PHA 22
5. Haines • STL 21
Kremer • PIT 21
7. Smith • BSN 20
8. Wells • NYY 19
9. Blaeholder • SLB 18
Gray • SLB 18
Collins • PHI 18
Bases on Balls
1. Earnshaw • PHA 125
2. Ruffing • BOS 118
3. Ferrell • CLE 109
4. Willoughby • PHI 108
5. Bush • CHC 107
6. Sorrell • DET 106
7. Blake • CHC 103
8. Malone • CHC 102
9. Walberg • PHA 99
10. Gray • SLB 96
Whitehill • DET 96
Hits
1. Gray • SLB 336
2. Hudlin • CLE 299
3. Clark • BRO 295
4. Willoughby • PHI 288
5. Root • CHC 286
6. Uhle • DET 283
Malone • CHC 283
8. Ruffing • BOS 280
9. Grove • PHA 278
Sherdel • STL 278
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Salmon • BBB 5.250
2. Paige • BBB 4.395
3. Williams • HG 3.036
4. Bell • MRS 2.700
5. Vance • BRO 2.681
6. Bell • KCM 2.368
7. Grove • PHA 2.099
8. Díaz • CSW 2.065
9. Charleston • HIL 2.000
10. Clark • BRO 1.972
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Williams • HG 0.181
2. Britt • 2TM 0.187
3. Marberry • WSH 0.216
4. Hudlin • CLE 0.225
5. Yokely • BBS 0.254
6. Ferrell • CLE 0.260
7. Grove • PHA 0.262
8. Rixey • CIN 0.269
9. Earnshaw • PHA 0.283
10. Braxton • WSH 0.297
Losses
1. Ruffing • BOS 22
2. Lyons • CHW 20
3. Gaston • BOS 19
Clark • BRO 19
5. MacFayden • BOS 18
Russell • BOS 18
Thomas • CHW 18
8. Carroll • DET 17
Benton • NYG 17
Seibold • BSN 17
Smith • BSN 17
Earned Runs
1. Benge • PHI 139
2. Willoughby • PHI 135
3. Ruffing • BOS 132
4. Sorrell • DET 130
5. Sherdel • STL 129
6. Gray • SLB 126
Whitehill • DET 126
8. Hadley • WSH 122
9. Smith • BSN 120
10. Lyons • CHW 118
Wild Pitches
1. Gaston • BOS 17
2. McWeeny • BRO 11
3. Brown • WSH 9
4. Earnshaw • PHA 8
Grove • PHA 8
Morris • BOS 8
7. Gray • SLB 7
Bush • CHC 7
9. Carroll • DET 6
Ruffing • BOS 6
Uhle • DET 6
Clark • BRO 6
Hallahan • STL 6
Malone • CHC 6
Willoughby • PHI 6
Paige • BBB 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Rector • NLG 11
2. McKain • CHW 10
Dudley • BRO 10
4. Faber • CHW 9
Sweetland • PHI 9
Vance • BRO 9
7. Bayne • BOS 8
Carroll • DET 8
Hensley • SLS 8
10. Miller • CLE 7
Levis • CSE 7
Yokely • BBS 7
Johnson • STL 7
Meine • PIT 7
Moss • BRO 7
Bell • KCM 7
Shaw • DS 7
Trent • SLS 7
Batters Faced
1. Gray • SLB 1,310
2. Hudlin • CLE 1,201
3. Clark • BRO 1,189
4. Bush • CHC 1,176
5. Grove • PHA 1,168
6. Root • CHC 1,158
7. Malone • CHC 1,152
8. Walberg • PHA 1,139
9. Hubbell • NYG 1,130
10. Crowder • SLB 1,128
Games Finished
1. Moore • NYY 28
2. McGraw • PHI 24
3. Morrison • BRO 22
4. Marberry • WSH 21
5. Collins • PHI 20
6. Shores • PHA 19
Mays • NYG 19
8. Ash • CIN 17
Moore • BRO 17
Swetonic • PIT 17
Adjusted ERA+
1. Brewer • KCM 222
2. Morris • CAG 217
3. Strong • 2TM 195
4. Williams • HG 161
5. Foster • CAG 159
6. Grimes • PIT 154
7. Flournoy • BBS 151
8. Grove • PHA 149
9. Walker • NYG 148
10. Yokely • BBS 146
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Grove • PHA 2.85
2. Williams • HG 2.88
3. Marberry • WSH 3.04
4. Britt • 2TM 3.11
5. Uhle • DET 3.18
6. Clark • BRO 3.24
7. Vance • BRO 3.27
8. Malone • CHC 3.35
9. Root • CHC 3.40
10. Charleston • HIL 3.42
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Grove • PHA 42
2. Brewer • KCM 39
3. Yokely • BBS 38
4. Grimes • PIT 36
5. Root • CHC 35
6. Marberry • WSH 34
7. Hudlin • CLE 33
8. Lucas • CIN 33
9. Malone • CHC 32
10. Walker • NYG 30
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Grove • PHA 4.2
2. Brewer • KCM 3.9
3. Grimes • PIT 3.5
4. Yokely • BBS 3.3
5. Root • CHC 3.3
6. Marberry • WSH 3.3
7. Hudlin • CLE 3.3
8. Lucas • CIN 3.1
9. Malone • CHC 3.0
10. Walker • NYG 2.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Grove • PHA 51.43
2. Marberry • WSH 49.43
3. Root • CHC 43.88
4. Lucas • CIN 39.43
5. Walker • NYG 38.21
6. Walberg • PHA 37.03
7. Malone • CHC 36.41
8. Earnshaw • PHA 35.65
9. Hubbell • NYG 34.30
10. Grimes • PIT 33.21
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Grove • PHA 5.4
2. Root • CHC 5.1
3. Bush • CHC 4.9
4. Marberry • WSH 4.4
5. Walker • NYG 4.2
6. Vance • BRO 3.8
7. Earnshaw • PHA 3.7
8. Hudlin • CLE 3.7
9. Walberg • PHA 3.7
10. Shores • PHA 3.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Marberry • WSH 4.6
2. Grove • PHA 4.2
3. Root • CHC 3.8
4. Clark • BRO 3.4
5. Hubbell • NYG 3.4
6. Hudlin • CLE 3.3
7. Lucas • CIN 3.1
8. Walberg • PHA 3.1
9. Malone • CHC 3.1
10. Vance • BRO 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Bush • CHC 15.0
2. Grimes • PIT 12.1
3. Grove • PHA 12.0
4. Root • CHC 10.7
5. Walberg • PHA 7.4
6. Kremer • PIT 7.0
7. Earnshaw • PHA 6.5
8. Gray • SLB 5.7
9. Uhle • DET 5.1
10. Malone • CHC 4.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Grove • PHA 5.2
2. Marberry • WSH 4.9
3. Root • CHC 4.3
4. Lucas • CIN 3.9
5. Walker • NYG 3.8
6. Walberg • PHA 3.7
7. Earnshaw • PHA 3.5
8. Malone • CHC 3.5
9. Hubbell • NYG 3.3
10. Grimes • PIT 3.1

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