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1939 National League Pitching Leaders
1938 NL
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1940 NL
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1939 AL
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1939 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
2.285
2.
Bowman
(STL)
2.604
3.
Hubbell
(NYG)
2.747
4.
Casey
(BRO)
2.930
5.
Derringer
(CIN)
2.930
6.
Shoffner
(TOT)
3.176
7.
Cooper
(STL)
3.247
8.
Passeau
(TOT)
3.281
9.
French
(CHC)
3.294
10.
Brown
(PIT)
3.369
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
27
2.
Derringer
(CIN)
25
3.
Davis
(STL)
22
4.
Hamlin
(BRO)
20
5.
Lee
(CHC)
19
6.
Gumbert
(NYG)
18
7.
Passeau
(TOT)
15
Posedel
(BSN)
15
Casey
(BRO)
15
French
(CHC)
15
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Derringer
(CIN)
.781
2.
Thompson
(CIN)
.722
Bowman
(STL)
.722
4.
Walters
(CIN)
.711
5.
McGee
(STL)
.706
6.
Cooper
(STL)
.667
7.
French
(CHC)
.652
8.
Warneke
(STL)
.650
9.
Gumbert
(NYG)
.621
10.
Hamlin
(BRO)
.606
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
1.125
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
1.130
3.
Hamlin
(BRO)
1.146
4.
Derringer
(CIN)
1.183
5.
Bowman
(STL)
1.187
6.
Casey
(BRO)
1.241
7.
Passeau
(TOT)
1.247
8.
Warneke
(STL)
1.290
9.
Pressnell
(BRO)
1.302
10.
French
(CHC)
1.314
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
7.053
2.
Bowman
(STL)
7.494
3.
Moore
(CIN)
8.489
4.
Hamlin
(BRO)
8.511
5.
Hubbell
(NYG)
8.766
6.
Passeau
(TOT)
8.825
7.
Cooper
(STL)
8.886
8.
Warneke
(STL)
8.889
9.
McGee
(STL)
8.942
10.
Posedel
(BSN)
9.014
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Derringer
(CIN)
1.047
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
1.403
3.
Davis
(STL)
1.742
4.
Hamlin
(BRO)
1.802
5.
Root
(CHC)
1.829
6.
Pressnell
(BRO)
1.896
7.
Bowman
(PIT)
2.096
8.
Casey
(BRO)
2.138
9.
Lohrman
(NYG)
2.181
10.
French
(CHC)
2.320
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cooper
(STL)
5.554
2.
Tamulis
(BRO)
4.708
3.
French
(CHC)
4.546
4.
Passeau
(TOT)
4.495
5.
Bowman
(STL)
4.146
6.
Melton
(NYG)
4.124
7.
Higbe
(TOT)
4.071
8.
Moore
(CIN)
3.885
9.
Walters
(CIN)
3.865
10.
Derringer
(CIN)
3.827
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shoun
(STL)
53
2.
Sewell
(PIT)
52
3.
Bowman
(STL)
51
4.
Davis
(STL)
49
5.
Brown
(PIT)
47
6.
Cooper
(STL)
45
7.
McGee
(STL)
43
Higbe
(TOT)
43
9.
Passeau
(TOT)
42
Thompson
(CIN)
42
Moore
(CIN)
42
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bowman
(STL)
9
Shoun
(STL)
9
3.
Brown
(PIT)
7
Brown
(NYG)
7
Davis
(STL)
7
6.
Melton
(NYG)
5
7.
Frankhouse
(BSN)
4
Mulcahy
(PHI)
4
Root
(CHC)
4
Swift
(PIT)
4
Cooper
(STL)
4
Tamulis
(BRO)
4
Lanning
(BSN)
4
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
319.0
2.
Derringer
(CIN)
301.0
3.
Lee
(CHC)
282.1
4.
Passeau
(TOT)
274.1
5.
Hamlin
(BRO)
269.2
6.
Davis
(STL)
248.0
7.
Gumbert
(NYG)
243.2
8.
Casey
(BRO)
227.1
9.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
225.2
10.
Klinger
(PIT)
225.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Passeau
(TOT)
137
Walters
(CIN)
137
3.
Cooper
(STL)
130
4.
Derringer
(CIN)
128
5.
Lee
(CHC)
105
6.
Vander Meer
(CIN)
102
7.
French
(CHC)
98
8.
Higbe
(TOT)
95
Melton
(NYG)
95
10.
Hamlin
(BRO)
88
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hamlin
(BRO)
36
Walters
(CIN)
36
Lee
(CHC)
36
4.
Derringer
(CIN)
35
Passeau
(TOT)
35
6.
Gumbert
(NYG)
34
7.
Klinger
(PIT)
33
8.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
31
Davis
(STL)
31
10.
Posedel
(BSN)
29
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
31
2.
Derringer
(CIN)
28
3.
Lee
(CHC)
20
4.
Hamlin
(BRO)
19
5.
Posedel
(BSN)
18
6.
Passeau
(TOT)
17
7.
Casey
(BRO)
15
8.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
14
Higbe
(TOT)
14
Gumbert
(NYG)
14
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fette
(BSN)
6
2.
Posedel
(BSN)
5
Derringer
(CIN)
5
4.
McGee
(STL)
4
5.
Thompson
(CIN)
3
Weiland
(STL)
3
Davis
(STL)
3
8.
Klinger
(PIT)
2
Hamlin
(BRO)
2
Gumbert
(NYG)
2
Cooper
(STL)
2
Dean
(CHC)
2
French
(CHC)
2
Bowman
(STL)
2
Warneke
(STL)
2
Walters
(CIN)
2
Wyatt
(BRO)
2
Pressnell
(BRO)
2
Butcher
(TOT)
2
Passeau
(TOT)
2
Moore
(CIN)
2
Melton
(NYG)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hamlin
(BRO)
27
2.
Gumbert
(NYG)
21
3.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
19
4.
Davis
(STL)
18
Lee
(CHC)
18
6.
Lohrman
(NYG)
15
Derringer
(CIN)
15
Bowman
(PIT)
15
Walters
(CIN)
15
Pearson
(PHI)
15
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Higbe
(TOT)
123
2.
Walters
(CIN)
109
3.
Cooper
(STL)
97
4.
Vander Meer
(CIN)
95
Moore
(CIN)
95
6.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
93
7.
Schumacher
(NYG)
89
8.
Lee
(CHC)
85
9.
Gumbert
(NYG)
81
Klinger
(PIT)
81
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Derringer
(CIN)
321
2.
Lee
(CHC)
295
3.
Davis
(STL)
279
4.
Passeau
(TOT)
269
5.
Gumbert
(NYG)
257
6.
Hamlin
(BRO)
255
7.
Klinger
(PIT)
251
8.
Walters
(CIN)
250
9.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
246
10.
Butcher
(TOT)
235
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Derringer
(CIN)
3.657
2.
Hubbell
(NYG)
2.583
3.
French
(CHC)
1.960
4.
Root
(CHC)
1.912
5.
Passeau
(TOT)
1.877
6.
Tamulis
(BRO)
1.844
7.
Hamlin
(BRO)
1.630
8.
Lohrman
(NYG)
1.556
9.
Casey
(BRO)
1.463
10.
Melton
(NYG)
1.462
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cooper
(STL)
.256
2.
Passeau
(TOT)
.295
3.
Melton
(NYG)
.304
4.
French
(CHC)
.325
5.
Posedel
(BSN)
.326
6.
Brown
(PIT)
.359
7.
Shoffner
(TOT)
.371
8.
Walters
(CIN)
.423
9.
Bowman
(STL)
.425
10.
Higbe
(TOT)
.429
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Klinger
(PIT)
17
Butcher
(TOT)
17
3.
Davis
(STL)
16
Mulcahy
(PHI)
16
5.
Higbe
(TOT)
15
Melton
(NYG)
15
Lee
(CHC)
15
8.
Bowman
(PIT)
14
MacFayden
(BSN)
14
Beck
(PHI)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
125
2.
Gumbert
(NYG)
117
3.
Klinger
(PIT)
109
Higbe
(TOT)
109
Hamlin
(BRO)
109
6.
Lee
(CHC)
108
7.
Passeau
(TOT)
100
Davis
(STL)
100
9.
Derringer
(CIN)
98
Butcher
(TOT)
98
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
11
2.
Sunkel
(STL)
9
3.
Walters
(CIN)
8
4.
Higbe
(TOT)
7
5.
Tamulis
(BRO)
6
Klinger
(PIT)
6
7.
Lohrman
(NYG)
5
Harrell
(TOT)
5
Schumacher
(NYG)
5
Gumbert
(NYG)
5
French
(CHC)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Casey
(BRO)
11
Mulcahy
(PHI)
11
3.
Higbe
(TOT)
10
4.
Tamulis
(BRO)
8
5.
Bowman
(PIT)
7
6.
Weiland
(STL)
6
Walters
(CIN)
6
Moore
(CIN)
6
9.
Whitehill
(CHC)
5
Salvo
(NYG)
5
Pearson
(PHI)
5
Passeau
(TOT)
5
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
1283
2.
Derringer
(CIN)
1245
3.
Lee
(CHC)
1202
4.
Passeau
(TOT)
1150
5.
Hamlin
(BRO)
1100
6.
Davis
(STL)
1059
7.
Gumbert
(NYG)
1047
8.
Mulcahy
(PHI)
1006
9.
Klinger
(PIT)
989
10.
Higbe
(TOT)
965
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shoun
(STL)
25
2.
Russell
(CHC)
24
3.
Hutchinson
(BRO)
21
4.
Sewell
(PIT)
20
Brown
(NYG)
20
Coffman
(NYG)
20
7.
Bowman
(STL)
19
Thompson
(CIN)
19
9.
Swift
(PIT)
18
Brown
(PIT)
18
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walters
(CIN)
168
2.
Bowman
(STL)
158
3.
Hubbell
(NYG)
143
4.
Casey
(BRO)
138
5.
Derringer
(CIN)
131
6.
Cooper
(STL)
127
7.
Passeau
(TOT)
121
8.
French
(CHC)
120
9.
Shoffner
(TOT)
117
10.
Lee
(CHC)
115
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