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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Hubbell • NYG 9.0
2. Foxx • PHA 9.0
3. Klein • PHI 8.0
4. Warneke • CHC 7.8
5. Grove • PHA 7.3
6. Gehringer • DET 7.3
7. Gehrig • NYY 7.2
8. Cronin • WSH 7.1
9. Berger • BSN 6.9
10. Hadley • SLB 6.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Hubbell • NYG 9.0
2. Grove • PHA 8.4
3. Hadley • SLB 7.4
4. Warneke • CHC 6.6
5. Harder • CLE 5.6
6. Dean • STL 5.5
7. Marberry • DET 5.4
8. Schumacher • NYG 5.3
9. Mungo • BRO 5.2
10. Brandt • BSN 5.1
Earned Run Average
1. Hubbell • NYG 1.66
2. Paige • PC 1.94
3. Warneke • CHC 2.00
4. Bailey • 2TM 2.03
5. Schumacher • NYG 2.16
6. Streeter • PC 2.25
7. Foster • CAG 2.47
8. Brown • HG 2.60
9. Brandt • BSN 2.60
10. Root • CHC 2.60
Wins
1. Crowder • WSH 24
Grove • PHA 24
3. Hubbell • NYG 23
4. Whitehill • WSH 22
5. Bush • CHC 20
Cantwell • BSN 20
Dean • STL 20
8. Schumacher • NYG 19
9. Brandt • BSN 18
French • PIT 18
Warneke • CHC 18
Win-Loss %
1. Richardson • BBS .833
2. Hunter • 2TM .786
3. Van Atta • NYY .750
Brown • HG .750
Miller • NEG .750
Grove • PHA .750
7. Whitehill • WSH .733
8. Hayes • BBS .714
Stewart • WSH .714
Streeter • PC .714
Williams • CBB .714
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Paige • PC 0.826
2. Foster • CAG 0.956
3. Hubbell • NYG 0.982
4. Streeter • PC 1.052
5. Willis • NEG 1.090
6. Schumacher • NYG 1.094
7. Bailey • 2TM 1.142
8. Swift • PIT 1.145
9. Betts • BSN 1.157
10. Brandt • BSN 1.158
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • PC 5.606
2. Foster • CAG 6.777
3. Schumacher • NYG 6.924
4. Bailey • 2TM 7.004
5. Jones • BBS 7.091
6. Streeter • PC 7.371
7. Bridges • DET 7.416
8. Hubbell • NYG 7.464
9. Parmelee • NYG 7.873
10. Brandt • BSN 8.009
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lucas • CIN 0.737
2. Byrd • CBB 1.137
3. Willis • NEG 1.209
4. Hubbell • NYG 1.370
5. Swift • PIT 1.484
6. Powell • 2TM 1.548
7. Hansen • PHI 1.604
8. Brown • CLE 1.654
9. French • PIT 1.699
10. Porter • NEG 1.800
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • PC 8.809
2. Jones • BBS 6.955
3. Kincannon • PC 6.688
4. Hunter • 2TM 6.687
5. Foster • CAG 6.562
6. Gomez • NYY 6.251
7. Dean • STL 6.113
8. Matlock • PC 6.067
9. Allen • NYY 5.800
10. Bell • PC 5.523
Games Played
1. Crowder • WSH 52
2. Russell • WSH 50
3. Dean • STL 48
4. Welch • BOS 47
French • PIT 47
6. Kline • BOS 46
7. Grove • PHA 45
Hadley • SLB 45
Hogsett • DET 45
Hubbell • NYG 45
Liska • PHI 45
Saves
1. Russell • WSH 13
2. Hogsett • DET 9
3. Moore • NYY 8
4. Heving • CHW 6
Collins • PHI 6
Grove • PHA 6
7. Hubbell • NYG 5
Harris • PIT 5
Bell • NYG 5
Faber • CHW 5
McAfee • WSH 5
Dean • STL 5
Innings Pitched
1. Hadley • SLB 316.2
2. Hubbell • NYG 308.2
3. Crowder • WSH 299.1
4. Dean • STL 293.0
5. French • PIT 291.1
6. Brandt • BSN 287.2
7. Warneke • CHC 287.1
8. Carleton • STL 277.0
9. Grove • PHA 275.1
10. Whitehill • WSH 270.0
Strikeouts
1. Dean • STL 199
2. Gomez • NYY 163
3. Hubbell • NYG 156
4. Hadley • SLB 149
5. Carleton • STL 147
6. Warneke • CHC 133
7. Parmelee • NYG 132
8. Ruffing • NYY 122
9. Bridges • DET 120
10. Allen • NYY 119
Games Started
1. Whitehill • WSH 37
2. Blaeholder • SLB 36
Hadley • SLB 36
4. Crowder • WSH 35
Beck • BRO 35
Fitzsimmons • NYG 35
French • PIT 35
8. Dean • STL 34
Warneke • CHC 34
10. Carleton • STL 33
Hubbell • NYG 33
Schumacher • NYG 33
Derringer • 2TM 33
Complete Games
1. Dean • STL 26
Warneke • CHC 26
3. Brandt • BSN 23
4. Hubbell • NYG 22
5. Grove • PHA 21
French • PIT 21
Lucas • CIN 21
Schumacher • NYG 21
9. Bush • CHC 20
Root • CHC 20
Shutouts
1. Hubbell • NYG 10
2. Schumacher • NYG 7
3. Hildebrand • CLE 6
4. French • PIT 5
5. Warneke • CHC 4
Brandt • BSN 4
Johnson • CIN 4
Bush • CHC 4
Carleton • STL 4
Gomez • NYY 4
Home Runs
1. Blaeholder • SLB 24
2. Stewart • WSH 19
Weiland • BOS 19
4. Cain • PHA 18
Sorrell • DET 18
Holley • PHI 18
7. Hadley • SLB 17
8. Gomez • NYY 16
9. Carleton • STL 15
10. Crowder • WSH 14
Fitzsimmons • NYG 14
Root • CHC 14
Bases on Balls
1. Hadley • SLB 141
2. Cain • PHA 137
3. Bridges • DET 110
4. Gomez • NYY 106
5. Weiland • BOS 100
Whitehill • WSH 100
7. Hallahan • STL 98
8. Carleton • STL 97
9. Walberg • PHA 95
10. Rhodes • BOS 93
Ruffing • NYY 93
Hits
1. Crowder • WSH 311
2. Hadley • SLB 309
3. French • PIT 290
4. Blaeholder • SLB 283
5. Grove • PHA 280
6. Dean • STL 279
7. Whitehill • WSH 271
8. Beck • BRO 270
9. Derringer • 2TM 264
10. Carleton • STL 263
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • PC 4.813
2. Foster • CAG 3.588
3. Hubbell • NYG 3.319
4. Willis • NEG 3.111
5. Dean • STL 3.109
6. Bell • PC 2.864
7. Matlock • PC 2.857
8. Byrd • CBB 2.750
9. Powell • 2TM 2.688
10. Brown • HG 2.563
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Powell • 2TM 0.097
2. Kincannon • PC 0.124
3. Derringer • 2TM 0.145
4. Tinning • CHC 0.154
5. Williams • CBB 0.156
6. Hubbell • NYG 0.175
7. Byrd • CBB 0.189
8. Davis • CBB 0.205
Waddy • ID 0.205
10. Foster • CAG 0.215
Losses
1. Derringer • 2TM 27
2. Lyons • CHW 21
3. Hadley • SLB 20
Beck • BRO 20
5. Blaeholder • SLB 19
6. Dean • STL 18
Johnson • CIN 18
8. Harder • CLE 17
Benge • BRO 17
Brown • 2TM 17
Earned Runs
1. Hadley • SLB 138
2. Blaeholder • SLB 134
3. Crowder • WSH 132
4. Lyons • CHW 111
5. Walberg • PHA 109
6. Rhodes • BOS 104
Carleton • STL 104
Brown • 2TM 104
9. Cain • PHA 103
Mahaffey • PHA 103
Wild Pitches
1. Parmelee • NYG 14
2. Allen • NYY 10
Lyons • CHW 10
Carroll • BRO 10
Brown • 2TM 10
6. McDonald • 2TM 9
7. Hadley • SLB 8
Hallahan • STL 8
9. Mungo • BRO 7
Derringer • 2TM 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Parmelee • NYG 14
2. Holley • PHI 13
3. Beck • BRO 11
4. Root • CHC 10
5. Carroll • BRO 7
6. Bridges • DET 6
Kline • BOS 6
Miller • CHW 6
Benge • BRO 6
Collins • PHI 6
Thurston • BRO 6
Jones • BBS 6
Derringer • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Hadley • SLB 1,365
2. Crowder • WSH 1,268
3. French • PIT 1,209
4. Hubbell • NYG 1,206
5. Dean • STL 1,202
6. Warneke • CHC 1,175
7. Grove • PHA 1,173
8. Carleton • STL 1,168
9. Brandt • BSN 1,162
10. Whitehill • WSH 1,149
Games Finished
1. Hogsett • DET 34
2. Russell • WSH 31
3. Welch • BOS 30
4. Moore • NYY 26
Liska • PHI 26
6. Faber • CHW 24
Johnson • STL 24
8. Bell • NYG 22
Luque • NYG 22
10. Gray • SLB 21
Kline • BOS 21
Frey • CIN 21
Shaute • BRO 21
Adjusted ERA+
1. Paige • PC 221
2. Bailey • 2TM 212
3. Hubbell • NYG 193
4. Streeter • PC 191
5. Foster • CAG 174
6. Brown • HG 166
7. Warneke • CHC 165
8. Davis • CBB 162
9. Willis • NEG 160
10. Miller • NEG 153
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Paige • PC 1.88
2. Foster • CAG 2.54
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.63
4. Matlock • PC 2.63
5. Powell • 2TM 2.70
6. Dean • STL 2.74
7. Byrd • CBB 2.89
8. Streeter • PC 2.89
9. Willis • NEG 2.90
10. Brown • HG 2.92
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Hubbell • NYG 55
2. Warneke • CHC 39
3. Harder • CLE 35
4. Grove • PHA 34
5. Schumacher • NYG 33
6. Pearson • CLE 30
7. Marberry • DET 28
8. Whitehill • WSH 28
9. Bridges • DET 28
10. Hadley • SLB 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Hubbell • NYG 6.3
2. Warneke • CHC 4.5
3. Schumacher • NYG 3.7
4. Harder • CLE 3.5
5. Grove • PHA 3.3
6. Pearson • CLE 3.1
7. Marberry • DET 2.8
8. Whitehill • WSH 2.7
9. Bridges • DET 2.7
10. Hadley • SLB 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Hubbell • NYG 68.78
2. Warneke • CHC 45.56
3. Schumacher • NYG 41.77
4. Grove • PHA 39.05
5. Marberry • DET 33.60
6. Brandt • BSN 32.98
7. Whitehill • WSH 32.24
8. Pearson • CLE 29.80
9. Harder • CLE 28.68
10. Betts • BSN 26.77
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hubbell • NYG 10.7
2. Grove • PHA 5.5
3. Harder • CLE 4.5
4. Warneke • CHC 4.3
5. Bridges • DET 4.1
6. Schumacher • NYG 4.0
7. Brandt • BSN 3.8
8. Brown • CLE 3.8
9. Weiland • BOS 3.7
10. Whitehill • WSH 3.3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Hubbell • NYG 6.6
2. Schumacher • NYG 4.6
3. Warneke • CHC 3.6
4. Brandt • BSN 3.5
5. Dean • STL 3.2
6. Harder • CLE 3.1
7. Grove • PHA 3.1
8. French • PIT 2.9
9. Whitehill • WSH 2.7
10. Bridges • DET 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hubbell • NYG 33.5
2. Schumacher • NYG 11.1
3. Whitehill • WSH 9.1
4. Carleton • STL 7.0
5. Stewart • WSH 6.6
6. Warneke • CHC 5.8
7. Parmelee • NYG 5.6
8. Crowder • WSH 5.6
9. Root • CHC 4.9
10. French • PIT 4.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Hubbell • NYG 8.3
2. Warneke • CHC 5.3
3. Schumacher • NYG 4.9
4. Brandt • BSN 3.9
5. Grove • PHA 3.9
6. Marberry • DET 3.3
7. Whitehill • WSH 3.2
8. Betts • BSN 3.1
9. Pearson • CLE 3.0
10. French • PIT 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