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1952 National League Pitching Leaders
1951 NL
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1953 NL
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1952 AL
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1952 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
2.429
2.
Hacker
(CHC)
2.578
3.
Roberts
(PHI)
2.591
4.
Loes
(BRO)
2.690
5.
Rush
(CHC)
2.696
6.
Erskine
(BRO)
2.700
7.
Drews
(PHI)
2.716
8.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
2.806
9.
Simmons
(PHI)
2.816
10.
Maglie
(NYG)
2.917
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
28
2.
Maglie
(NYG)
18
3.
Rush
(CHC)
17
Staley
(STL)
17
Raffensberger
(CIN)
17
6.
Hacker
(CHC)
15
Wilhelm
(NYG)
15
Black
(BRO)
15
9.
Simmons
(PHI)
14
Drews
(PHI)
14
Dickson
(PIT)
14
Erskine
(BRO)
14
Spahn
(BSN)
14
Hearn
(NYG)
14
Minner
(CHC)
14
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
.833
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
.800
3.
Black
(BRO)
.789
4.
Brazle
(STL)
.706
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
.700
6.
Maglie
(NYG)
.692
7.
Hearn
(NYG)
.667
8.
Simmons
(PHI)
.636
9.
Hacker
(CHC)
.625
10.
Loes
(BRO)
.619
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hacker
(CHC)
.946
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.021
3.
Rush
(CHC)
1.143
4.
Erskine
(BRO)
1.152
5.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
1.155
6.
Spahn
(BSN)
1.159
7.
Drews
(PHI)
1.159
8.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1.182
9.
Simmons
(PHI)
1.192
10.
Loes
(BRO)
1.201
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hacker
(CHC)
7.005
2.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
7.174
3.
Erskine
(BRO)
7.273
4.
Rush
(CHC)
7.370
5.
Loes
(BRO)
7.399
6.
Simmons
(PHI)
7.599
7.
Roberts
(PHI)
7.964
8.
Mizell
(STL)
8.100
9.
Spahn
(BSN)
8.162
10.
Maglie
(NYG)
8.292
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.227
2.
Hacker
(CHC)
1.508
3.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1.640
4.
Staley
(STL)
1.953
5.
Drews
(PHI)
2.047
6.
Roe
(BRO)
2.212
7.
Spahn
(BSN)
2.266
8.
Dickson
(PIT)
2.463
9.
Meyer
(PHI)
2.518
10.
Jansen
(NYG)
2.528
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mizell
(STL)
6.916
2.
Simmons
(PHI)
6.303
3.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
6.100
4.
Wade
(BRO)
5.900
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
5.705
6.
Spahn
(BSN)
5.679
7.
Rush
(CHC)
5.645
8.
Loes
(BRO)
5.525
9.
Surkont
(BSN)
5.233
10.
Klippstein
(CHC)
4.885
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
71
2.
Black
(BRO)
56
3.
Yuhas
(STL)
54
4.
Smith
(CIN)
53
5.
Main
(PIT)
48
6.
Brazle
(STL)
46
7.
Burdette
(BSN)
45
Leonard
(CHC)
45
9.
Wilks
(PIT)
44
10.
Dickson
(PIT)
43
Hansen
(PHI)
43
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brazle
(STL)
16
2.
Black
(BRO)
15
3.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
11
Leonard
(CHC)
11
5.
Burdette
(BSN)
7
Smith
(CIN)
7
7.
Yuhas
(STL)
6
Konstanty
(PHI)
6
9.
Koslo
(NYG)
5
Lanier
(NYG)
5
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
330.0
2.
Spahn
(BSN)
290.0
3.
Dickson
(PIT)
277.2
4.
Rush
(CHC)
250.1
5.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
247.0
6.
Staley
(STL)
239.2
7.
Wilson
(BSN)
234.0
8.
Meyer
(PHI)
232.1
9.
Drews
(PHI)
228.2
10.
Hearn
(NYG)
223.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(BSN)
183
2.
Rush
(CHC)
157
3.
Roberts
(PHI)
148
4.
Mizell
(STL)
146
5.
Simmons
(PHI)
141
6.
Erskine
(BRO)
131
7.
Surkont
(BSN)
125
8.
Wade
(BRO)
118
9.
Loes
(BRO)
115
10.
Dickson
(PIT)
112
Maglie
(NYG)
112
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
37
2.
Spahn
(BSN)
35
3.
Hearn
(NYG)
34
Dickson
(PIT)
34
5.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
33
Staley
(STL)
33
Wilson
(BSN)
33
8.
Meyer
(PHI)
32
Rush
(CHC)
32
10.
Maglie
(NYG)
31
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
30
2.
Dickson
(PIT)
21
3.
Spahn
(BSN)
19
4.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
18
5.
Rush
(CHC)
17
6.
Drews
(PHI)
15
Staley
(STL)
15
Simmons
(PHI)
15
9.
Meyer
(PHI)
14
Wilson
(BSN)
14
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
6
Simmons
(PHI)
6
3.
Maglie
(NYG)
5
Spahn
(BSN)
5
Drews
(PHI)
5
Hacker
(CHC)
5
7.
Rush
(CHC)
4
Loes
(BRO)
4
Erskine
(BRO)
4
10.
Surkont
(BSN)
3
Roberts
(PHI)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
26
2.
Wehmeier
(CIN)
23
3.
Pollet
(PIT)
22
Roberts
(PHI)
22
5.
Church
(TOT)
21
Staley
(STL)
21
7.
Surkont
(BSN)
19
Wade
(BRO)
19
Wilson
(BSN)
19
Spahn
(BSN)
19
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wehmeier
(CIN)
103
Mizell
(STL)
103
3.
Hearn
(NYG)
97
4.
Wade
(BRO)
94
5.
Lown
(CHC)
93
6.
Wilson
(BSN)
90
7.
Klippstein
(CHC)
89
Perkowski
(CIN)
89
9.
Friend
(PIT)
84
10.
Rush
(CHC)
81
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
292
2.
Dickson
(PIT)
278
3.
Spahn
(BSN)
263
4.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
247
5.
Staley
(STL)
238
6.
Meyer
(PHI)
235
7.
Wilson
(BSN)
234
8.
Pollet
(PIT)
217
9.
Drews
(PHI)
213
10.
Klippstein
(CHC)
208
Hearn
(NYG)
208
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
3.289
2.
Hacker
(CHC)
2.710
3.
Spahn
(BSN)
2.507
4.
Roe
(BRO)
2.128
5.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
2.067
6.
Simmons
(PHI)
2.014
7.
Rush
(CHC)
1.938
8.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
1.895
9.
Drews
(PHI)
1.846
10.
Erskine
(BRO)
1.845
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Meyer
(PHI)
.387
2.
Bickford
(BSN)
.391
3.
Perkowski
(CIN)
.418
4.
Simmons
(PHI)
.492
5.
Rush
(CHC)
.503
6.
Drews
(PHI)
.512
7.
Koslo
(NYG)
.541
8.
Mizell
(STL)
.568
9.
Loes
(BRO)
.577
10.
Spahn
(BSN)
.590
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
21
2.
Spahn
(BSN)
19
3.
Friend
(PIT)
17
4.
Pollet
(PIT)
16
5.
Drews
(PHI)
15
6.
Staley
(STL)
14
Wilson
(BSN)
14
Meyer
(PHI)
14
Klippstein
(CHC)
14
10.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
13
Surkont
(BSN)
13
Rush
(CHC)
13
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
110
Wilson
(BSN)
110
3.
Wehmeier
(CIN)
109
4.
Klippstein
(CHC)
100
5.
Pollet
(PIT)
98
6.
Spahn
(BSN)
96
7.
Roberts
(PHI)
95
8.
Hearn
(NYG)
94
9.
Surkont
(BSN)
90
10.
Staley
(STL)
87
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Klippstein
(CHC)
12
2.
Surkont
(BSN)
7
Friend
(PIT)
7
Kelly
(CHC)
7
Rush
(CHC)
7
6.
Erskine
(BRO)
6
7.
Lown
(CHC)
5
Spahn
(BSN)
5
LaPalme
(PIT)
5
Nuxhall
(CIN)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Staley
(STL)
7
Smith
(CIN)
7
Wehmeier
(CIN)
7
4.
Klippstein
(CHC)
6
Kline
(PIT)
6
Rush
(CHC)
6
Maglie
(NYG)
6
Spahn
(BSN)
6
Hiller
(CIN)
6
Jansen
(NYG)
6
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
1310
2.
Spahn
(BSN)
1190
3.
Dickson
(PIT)
1157
4.
Rush
(CHC)
1044
5.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1006
6.
Wilson
(BSN)
998
7.
Staley
(STL)
995
8.
Meyer
(PHI)
982
9.
Hearn
(NYG)
962
10.
Drews
(PHI)
917
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Black
(BRO)
41
2.
Smith
(CIN)
37
3.
Leonard
(CHC)
36
4.
Wilks
(PIT)
34
5.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
32
Brazle
(STL)
32
7.
Yuhas
(STL)
31
8.
Konstanty
(PHI)
25
9.
Burdette
(BSN)
22
10.
Nuxhall
(CIN)
21
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
154
2.
Hacker
(CHC)
149
3.
Rush
(CHC)
143
4.
Roberts
(PHI)
141
5.
Loes
(BRO)
136
6.
Erskine
(BRO)
135
7.
Drews
(PHI)
135
8.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
134
9.
Simmons
(PHI)
130
10.
Maglie
(NYG)
128
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