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1951 National League Pitching Leaders
1950 NL
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1952 NL
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1951 AL
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1951 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
2.885
2.
Maglie
(NYG)
2.930
3.
Spahn
(BSN)
2.984
4.
Roberts
(PHI)
3.029
5.
Jansen
(NYG)
3.036
6.
Roe
(BRO)
3.039
7.
Brazle
(STL)
3.091
8.
Bickford
(BSN)
3.115
9.
Lanier
(STL)
3.263
10.
Branca
(BRO)
3.265
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maglie
(NYG)
23
Jansen
(NYG)
23
3.
Roe
(BRO)
22
Spahn
(BSN)
22
5.
Roberts
(PHI)
21
6.
Newcombe
(BRO)
20
Dickson
(PIT)
20
8.
Staley
(STL)
19
9.
Hearn
(NYG)
17
10.
Erskine
(BRO)
16
Blackwell
(CIN)
16
Raffensberger
(CIN)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roe
(BRO)
.880
2.
Maglie
(NYG)
.793
3.
Newcombe
(BRO)
.690
4.
Jansen
(NYG)
.676
5.
King
(BRO)
.667
6.
Hearn
(NYG)
.654
7.
Leonard
(CHC)
.625
8.
Spahn
(BSN)
.611
9.
Staley
(STL)
.594
10.
Roberts
(PHI)
.583
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1.086
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.105
3.
Jansen
(NYG)
1.112
4.
Maglie
(NYG)
1.141
5.
Newcombe
(BRO)
1.199
6.
Roe
(BRO)
1.207
7.
Lanier
(STL)
1.244
8.
Spahn
(BSN)
1.246
9.
Brazle
(STL)
1.289
10.
Blackwell
(CIN)
1.294
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maglie
(NYG)
7.671
2.
Newcombe
(BRO)
7.776
3.
Blackwell
(CIN)
7.891
4.
Branca
(BRO)
7.941
5.
Queen
(PIT)
7.966
6.
Bickford
(BSN)
7.980
7.
Spahn
(BSN)
8.054
8.
Brazle
(STL)
8.106
9.
Roberts
(PHI)
8.114
10.
Wehmeier
(CIN)
8.139
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1.375
2.
Jansen
(NYG)
1.809
3.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.829
4.
Roe
(BRO)
2.235
5.
Sain
(BSN)
2.526
6.
Maglie
(NYG)
2.597
7.
Fox
(CIN)
2.724
8.
Lanier
(STL)
2.813
9.
Minner
(CHC)
2.856
10.
Rush
(CHC)
2.896
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Queen
(PIT)
6.576
2.
Rush
(CHC)
5.494
3.
Newcombe
(BRO)
5.427
4.
Branca
(BRO)
5.206
5.
Spahn
(BSN)
4.751
6.
Jansen
(NYG)
4.683
7.
Blackwell
(CIN)
4.642
8.
Wehmeier
(CIN)
4.532
9.
Erskine
(BRO)
4.508
10.
Maglie
(NYG)
4.409
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilks
(TOT)
65
2.
Werle
(PIT)
59
3.
Konstanty
(PHI)
58
4.
Spencer
(NYG)
57
5.
Brazle
(STL)
56
6.
Smith
(CIN)
50
7.
King
(BRO)
48
8.
Erskine
(BRO)
46
9.
Dickson
(PIT)
45
10.
Roberts
(PHI)
44
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilks
(TOT)
13
2.
Smith
(CIN)
11
3.
Konstanty
(PHI)
9
4.
Brazle
(STL)
7
5.
King
(BRO)
6
Werle
(PIT)
6
Spencer
(NYG)
6
8.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
5
9.
Chipman
(BSN)
4
Maglie
(NYG)
4
Erskine
(BRO)
4
Jones
(NYG)
4
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
315.0
2.
Spahn
(BSN)
310.2
3.
Maglie
(NYG)
298.0
4.
Dickson
(PIT)
288.2
5.
Jansen
(NYG)
278.2
6.
Newcombe
(BRO)
272.0
7.
Roe
(BRO)
257.2
8.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
248.2
9.
Church
(PHI)
247.0
10.
Surkont
(BSN)
237.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newcombe
(BRO)
164
Spahn
(BSN)
164
3.
Maglie
(NYG)
146
4.
Jansen
(NYG)
145
5.
Rush
(CHC)
129
6.
Roberts
(PHI)
127
7.
Queen
(PIT)
123
8.
Blackwell
(CIN)
120
9.
Branca
(BRO)
118
10.
Roe
(BRO)
113
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
39
2.
Maglie
(NYG)
37
3.
Newcombe
(BRO)
36
Spahn
(BSN)
36
5.
Dickson
(PIT)
35
6.
Jansen
(NYG)
34
Hearn
(NYG)
34
8.
Church
(PHI)
33
Surkont
(BSN)
33
Raffensberger
(CIN)
33
Roe
(BRO)
33
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(BSN)
26
2.
Maglie
(NYG)
22
Roberts
(PHI)
22
4.
Dickson
(PIT)
19
Roe
(BRO)
19
6.
Jansen
(NYG)
18
Newcombe
(BRO)
18
8.
Church
(PHI)
15
9.
Minner
(CHC)
14
Raffensberger
(CIN)
14
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(BSN)
7
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
6
3.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
5
4.
Staley
(STL)
4
Church
(PHI)
4
Fox
(CIN)
4
7.
Maglie
(NYG)
3
Minner
(CHC)
3
Newcombe
(BRO)
3
Jansen
(NYG)
3
Nichols
(BSN)
3
Johnson
(PHI)
3
Branca
(BRO)
3
Dickson
(PIT)
3
Bickford
(BSN)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
32
2.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
30
Roe
(BRO)
30
4.
Maglie
(NYG)
27
5.
Jansen
(NYG)
26
6.
Pollet
(TOT)
25
7.
Erskine
(BRO)
23
8.
Surkont
(BSN)
21
Spencer
(NYG)
21
Hearn
(NYG)
21
Queen
(PIT)
21
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(BSN)
109
2.
Dickson
(PIT)
101
3.
Queen
(PIT)
99
4.
Blackwell
(CIN)
97
5.
Newcombe
(BRO)
91
6.
Lown
(CHC)
90
Church
(PHI)
90
8.
Wehmeier
(CIN)
89
Surkont
(BSN)
89
10.
Chambers
(TOT)
87
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
294
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
284
3.
Spahn
(BSN)
278
4.
Jansen
(NYG)
254
Maglie
(NYG)
254
6.
Roe
(BRO)
247
7.
Church
(PHI)
246
8.
Staley
(STL)
244
9.
Fox
(CIN)
239
10.
Newcombe
(BRO)
235
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jansen
(NYG)
2.589
2.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
2.132
3.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.984
4.
Rush
(CHC)
1.897
5.
Newcombe
(BRO)
1.802
6.
Roe
(BRO)
1.766
7.
Maglie
(NYG)
1.698
8.
Spahn
(BSN)
1.505
9.
Sain
(BSN)
1.400
10.
Branca
(BRO)
1.388
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
.231
2.
Bickford
(BSN)
.383
3.
Staley
(STL)
.555
4.
Roberts
(PHI)
.571
5.
Spahn
(BSN)
.579
6.
Fox
(CIN)
.592
7.
Blackwell
(CIN)
.619
8.
Church
(PHI)
.619
9.
Newcombe
(BRO)
.629
10.
Rush
(CHC)
.681
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Minner
(CHC)
17
Raffensberger
(CIN)
17
Ramsdell
(CIN)
17
4.
Surkont
(BSN)
16
Dickson
(PIT)
16
6.
Blackwell
(CIN)
15
Roberts
(PHI)
15
8.
Spahn
(BSN)
14
Fox
(CIN)
14
10.
Pollet
(TOT)
13
Poholsky
(STL)
13
Staley
(STL)
13
Sain
(BSN)
13
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
129
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
106
3.
Surkont
(BSN)
105
4.
Spahn
(BSN)
103
5.
Newcombe
(BRO)
99
6.
Church
(PHI)
97
Maglie
(NYG)
97
Fox
(CIN)
97
9.
Poholsky
(STL)
96
Staley
(STL)
96
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Meyer
(PHI)
9
Ramsdell
(CIN)
9
3.
Jones
(NYG)
8
Nichols
(BSN)
8
5.
Rush
(CHC)
7
Spahn
(BSN)
7
Newcombe
(BRO)
7
Lown
(CHC)
7
Kelly
(CHC)
7
10.
Hatten
(TOT)
6
Hearn
(NYG)
6
Branca
(BRO)
6
King
(BRO)
6
Queen
(PIT)
6
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Blackwell
(CIN)
9
Hiller
(CHC)
9
3.
Ramsdell
(CIN)
8
Staley
(STL)
8
5.
Surkont
(BSN)
7
6.
Newcombe
(BRO)
6
Maglie
(NYG)
6
Dickson
(PIT)
6
Klippstein
(CHC)
6
Law
(PIT)
6
Raffensberger
(CIN)
6
Bickford
(BSN)
6
Werle
(PIT)
6
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(BSN)
1289
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
1274
3.
Dickson
(PIT)
1241
4.
Maglie
(NYG)
1210
5.
Jansen
(NYG)
1133
6.
Newcombe
(BRO)
1125
7.
Church
(PHI)
1046
8.
Roe
(BRO)
1031
9.
Surkont
(BSN)
1022
10.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1008
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Konstanty
(PHI)
45
2.
Wilks
(TOT)
40
3.
Smith
(CIN)
35
4.
King
(BRO)
31
5.
Leonard
(CHC)
28
Brazle
(STL)
28
7.
Werle
(PIT)
24
8.
Chipman
(BSN)
22
9.
Spencer
(NYG)
20
10.
Erskine
(BRO)
18
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maglie
(NYG)
134
2.
Jansen
(NYG)
129
3.
Roe
(BRO)
129
4.
Brazle
(STL)
128
5.
Nichols
(BSN)
128
6.
Roberts
(PHI)
127
7.
Spahn
(BSN)
123
8.
Lanier
(STL)
121
9.
Branca
(BRO)
120
10.
Newcombe
(BRO)
120
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