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1931 National League Pitching Leaders
1930 NL
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1932 NL
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1931 AL
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1931 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walker
(NYG)
2.256
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
2.649
3.
Brandt
(BSN)
2.916
4.
Meine
(PIT)
2.979
5.
Johnson
(STL)
3.000
6.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
3.051
7.
Zachary
(BSN)
3.105
8.
Benge
(PHI)
3.170
9.
Clark
(BRO)
3.201
10.
Smith
(CHC)
3.221
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Meine
(PIT)
19
Elliott
(PHI)
19
Hallahan
(STL)
19
4.
Brandt
(BSN)
18
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
18
Derringer
(STL)
18
7.
Grimes
(STL)
17
Root
(CHC)
17
9.
Walker
(NYG)
16
Malone
(CHC)
16
Bush
(CHC)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Derringer
(STL)
.692
2.
Hallahan
(STL)
.679
3.
Bush
(CHC)
.667
4.
Grimes
(STL)
.654
5.
Walker
(NYG)
.640
Malone
(CHC)
.640
7.
Brandt
(BSN)
.621
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
.621
9.
Meine
(PIT)
.594
10.
Clark
(BRO)
.583
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hubbell
(NYG)
1.121
2.
Walker
(NYG)
1.153
3.
Johnson
(STL)
1.156
4.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
1.198
5.
Brandt
(BSN)
1.220
6.
Root
(CHC)
1.239
7.
Cantwell
(BSN)
1.241
8.
Smith
(CHC)
1.252
9.
Vance
(BRO)
1.253
10.
Lucas
(CIN)
1.261
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hubbell
(NYG)
7.657
2.
Walker
(NYG)
7.972
3.
Brandt
(BSN)
8.208
4.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
8.586
5.
Root
(CHC)
8.606
6.
Spencer
(PIT)
8.679
7.
Hallahan
(STL)
8.759
8.
Meine
(PIT)
8.810
9.
Smith
(CHC)
8.950
10.
Johnson
(STL)
9.000
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnson
(STL)
1.403
2.
Lucas
(CIN)
1.475
3.
Cantwell
(BSN)
1.957
4.
Clark
(BRO)
2.006
5.
Zachary
(BSN)
2.083
6.
Vance
(BRO)
2.181
7.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
2.200
8.
Benge
(PHI)
2.223
9.
Brame
(PIT)
2.254
10.
French
(PIT)
2.285
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Vance
(BRO)
6.174
2.
Hallahan
(STL)
5.755
3.
Derringer
(STL)
5.698
4.
Hubbell
(NYG)
5.625
5.
Root
(CHC)
4.697
6.
Walker
(NYG)
4.550
7.
Malone
(CHC)
4.415
8.
Benge
(PHI)
4.263
9.
Brandt
(BSN)
4.032
10.
Johnson
(STL)
3.968
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Elliott
(PHI)
52
2.
Collins
(PHI)
42
Johnson
(CIN)
42
4.
Root
(CHC)
39
French
(PIT)
39
Quinn
(BRO)
39
Bush
(CHC)
39
8.
Spencer
(PIT)
38
Watt
(PHI)
38
Benge
(PHI)
38
Benton
(CIN)
38
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Quinn
(BRO)
15
2.
Lindsey
(STL)
7
3.
Elliott
(PHI)
5
4.
Hallahan
(STL)
4
Collins
(PHI)
4
6.
Heving
(NYG)
3
Hubbell
(NYG)
3
Spencer
(PIT)
3
Stout
(STL)
3
Walker
(NYG)
3
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Meine
(PIT)
284.0
2.
French
(PIT)
275.2
3.
Johnson
(CIN)
262.1
4.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
253.2
5.
Root
(CHC)
251.0
6.
Brandt
(BSN)
250.0
7.
Elliott
(PHI)
249.0
8.
Hallahan
(STL)
248.2
9.
Hubbell
(NYG)
248.0
10.
Benge
(PHI)
247.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hallahan
(STL)
159
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
155
3.
Vance
(BRO)
150
4.
Derringer
(STL)
134
5.
Root
(CHC)
131
6.
Walker
(NYG)
121
7.
Benge
(PHI)
117
8.
Malone
(CHC)
112
Brandt
(BSN)
112
10.
Elliott
(PHI)
99
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Meine
(PIT)
35
2.
French
(PIT)
33
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
33
Johnson
(CIN)
33
5.
Benge
(PHI)
31
Root
(CHC)
31
7.
Hallahan
(STL)
30
Malone
(CHC)
30
Elliott
(PHI)
30
Kremer
(PIT)
30
Hubbell
(NYG)
30
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lucas
(CIN)
24
2.
Brandt
(BSN)
23
3.
Meine
(PIT)
22
4.
Hubbell
(NYG)
21
5.
French
(PIT)
20
6.
Root
(CHC)
19
Walker
(NYG)
19
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
19
9.
Smith
(CHC)
18
10.
Grimes
(STL)
17
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walker
(NYG)
6
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
4
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
4
Derringer
(STL)
4
5.
Hallahan
(STL)
3
Grimes
(STL)
3
Lucas
(CIN)
3
Meine
(PIT)
3
Zachary
(BSN)
3
Brandt
(BSN)
3
Clark
(BRO)
3
Root
(CHC)
3
Seibold
(BSN)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rhem
(STL)
17
2.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
16
3.
Elliott
(PHI)
15
4.
Brame
(PIT)
14
Collins
(PHI)
14
Hubbell
(NYG)
14
7.
Sherdel
(BSN)
13
8.
Vance
(BRO)
12
Mitchell
(NYG)
12
Benge
(PHI)
12
Seibold
(BSN)
12
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hallahan
(STL)
112
2.
Malone
(CHC)
88
3.
Meine
(PIT)
87
4.
Elliott
(PHI)
83
Collins
(PHI)
83
6.
Brandt
(BSN)
77
7.
Johnson
(CIN)
74
8.
Root
(CHC)
71
9.
French
(PIT)
70
10.
Hubbell
(NYG)
67
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
French
(PIT)
301
2.
Elliott
(PHI)
288
3.
Meine
(PIT)
278
4.
Johnson
(CIN)
273
5.
Collins
(PHI)
268
6.
Lucas
(CIN)
261
7.
Benge
(PHI)
251
8.
Kremer
(PIT)
246
9.
Clark
(BRO)
243
Zachary
(BSN)
243
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Vance
(BRO)
2.830
2.
Johnson
(STL)
2.828
3.
Hubbell
(NYG)
2.313
4.
Derringer
(STL)
2.062
5.
Benge
(PHI)
1.918
6.
Walker
(NYG)
1.891
7.
Clark
(BRO)
1.846
8.
Root
(CHC)
1.845
9.
Brandt
(BSN)
1.455
10.
Lucas
(CIN)
1.436
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clark
(BRO)
.154
2.
Johnson
(CIN)
.172
3.
Walker
(NYG)
.226
4.
Cantwell
(BSN)
.230
5.
Kremer
(PIT)
.235
6.
Root
(CHC)
.251
7.
Meine
(PIT)
.254
8.
Benton
(CIN)
.264
9.
French
(PIT)
.294
10.
Zachary
(BSN)
.314
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnson
(CIN)
19
2.
Seibold
(BSN)
18
Benge
(PHI)
18
4.
Collins
(PHI)
16
5.
Zachary
(BSN)
15
Kremer
(PIT)
15
Benton
(CIN)
15
8.
Elliott
(PHI)
14
Root
(CHC)
14
Dudley
(PHI)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Elliott
(PHI)
118
2.
Johnson
(CIN)
110
3.
Seibold
(BSN)
107
4.
Collins
(PHI)
103
5.
French
(PIT)
100
6.
Malone
(CHC)
99
7.
Root
(CHC)
97
8.
Lucas
(CIN)
95
9.
Meine
(PIT)
94
10.
Hallahan
(STL)
91
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hallahan
(STL)
11
2.
Bolen
(PHI)
7
Dudley
(PHI)
7
4.
Blake
(TOT)
6
Spencer
(PIT)
6
Bush
(CHC)
6
Derringer
(STL)
6
Frankhouse
(BSN)
6
9.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
5
Malone
(CHC)
5
French
(PIT)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Grimes
(STL)
10
2.
Baecht
(CHC)
8
3.
Meine
(PIT)
7
Root
(CHC)
7
5.
Johnson
(CIN)
6
Dudley
(PHI)
6
7.
Kremer
(PIT)
5
Benge
(PHI)
5
Sweetland
(CHC)
5
Collins
(PHI)
5
Spencer
(PIT)
5
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Meine
(PIT)
1202
2.
French
(PIT)
1170
3.
Johnson
(CIN)
1113
4.
Elliott
(PHI)
1098
5.
Hallahan
(STL)
1061
6.
Collins
(PHI)
1055
7.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
1045
8.
Benge
(PHI)
1044
9.
Root
(CHC)
1043
10.
Brandt
(BSN)
1035
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Quinn
(BRO)
29
2.
Lindsey
(STL)
19
3.
Haid
(BSN)
17
4.
Cunningham
(BSN)
16
Watt
(PHI)
16
Elliott
(PHI)
16
7.
Heimach
(BRO)
15
8.
Stout
(STL)
14
Frey
(CIN)
14
Moore
(BRO)
14
Heving
(NYG)
14
Fallenstein
(PHI)
14
Spencer
(PIT)
14
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walker
(NYG)
164
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
140
3.
Benge
(PHI)
133
4.
Johnson
(STL)
131
5.
Brandt
(BSN)
130
6.
Meine
(PIT)
130
7.
Zachary
(BSN)
122
8.
Fitzsimmons
(NYG)
122
9.
Smith
(CHC)
120
10.
Dudley
(PHI)
120
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