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1953 National League Pitching Leaders
1952 NL
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1954 NL
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1953 AL
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1953 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
2.100
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
2.752
3.
Buhl
(MLN)
2.974
4.
Haddix
(STL)
3.059
5.
Antonelli
(MLN)
3.183
6.
Simmons
(PHI)
3.214
7.
Burdette
(MLN)
3.240
8.
Gomez
(NYG)
3.397
9.
Mizell
(STL)
3.490
10.
Erskine
(BRO)
3.539
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
23
Roberts
(PHI)
23
3.
Erskine
(BRO)
20
Haddix
(STL)
20
5.
Staley
(STL)
18
6.
Simmons
(PHI)
16
7.
Burdette
(MLN)
15
Meyer
(BRO)
15
9.
Konstanty
(PHI)
14
Loes
(BRO)
14
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Erskine
(BRO)
.769
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
.767
3.
Burdette
(MLN)
.750
Meyer
(BRO)
.750
5.
Haddix
(STL)
.690
6.
Surkont
(MLN)
.688
7.
Staley
(STL)
.667
8.
Labine
(BRO)
.647
9.
Loes
(BRO)
.636
10.
Buhl
(MLN)
.619
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
1.058
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.111
3.
Haddix
(STL)
1.142
4.
Simmons
(PHI)
1.231
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
1.249
6.
Hacker
(CHC)
1.259
7.
Staley
(STL)
1.291
8.
Jansen
(NYG)
1.300
9.
Gomez
(NYG)
1.309
10.
Minner
(CHC)
1.328
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
7.148
2.
Gomez
(NYG)
7.324
3.
Mizell
(STL)
7.743
4.
Buhl
(MLN)
7.756
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
7.772
6.
Haddix
(STL)
7.826
7.
Simmons
(PHI)
7.979
8.
Roberts
(PHI)
8.412
9.
Antonelli
(MLN)
8.572
10.
Lindell
(TOT)
8.819
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.584
2.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
1.707
3.
Minner
(CHC)
1.791
4.
Staley
(STL)
2.113
5.
Hacker
(CHC)
2.192
6.
Konstanty
(PHI)
2.215
7.
Roe
(BRO)
2.293
8.
Spahn
(MLN)
2.371
9.
Miller
(PHI)
2.403
10.
Drews
(PHI)
2.428
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mizell
(STL)
6.941
2.
Erskine
(BRO)
6.823
3.
Antonelli
(MLN)
6.724
4.
Klippstein
(CHC)
6.066
5.
Haddix
(STL)
5.798
6.
Lindell
(TOT)
5.337
7.
Simmons
(PHI)
5.218
8.
Roberts
(PHI)
5.140
9.
Spahn
(MLN)
5.014
10.
Meyer
(BRO)
4.986
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
68
2.
Brazle
(STL)
60
3.
Hetki
(PIT)
54
4.
Smith
(CIN)
50
5.
Lown
(CHC)
49
White
(STL)
49
7.
Hughes
(BRO)
48
Klippstein
(CHC)
48
Konstanty
(PHI)
48
Corwin
(NYG)
48
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brazle
(STL)
18
2.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
15
3.
Hughes
(BRO)
9
4.
Burdette
(MLN)
8
Leonard
(CHC)
8
6.
Labine
(BRO)
7
White
(STL)
7
8.
Klippstein
(CHC)
6
9.
Konstanty
(PHI)
5
Black
(BRO)
5
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
346.2
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
265.2
3.
Haddix
(STL)
253.0
4.
Erskine
(BRO)
246.2
5.
Simmons
(PHI)
238.0
6.
Staley
(STL)
230.0
7.
Mizell
(STL)
224.1
8.
Hacker
(CHC)
221.2
9.
Gomez
(NYG)
204.0
10.
Minner
(CHC)
201.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
198
2.
Erskine
(BRO)
187
3.
Mizell
(STL)
173
4.
Haddix
(STL)
163
5.
Spahn
(MLN)
148
6.
Simmons
(PHI)
138
7.
Antonelli
(MLN)
131
8.
Lindell
(TOT)
118
9.
Klippstein
(CHC)
113
Gomez
(NYG)
113
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
41
2.
Erskine
(BRO)
33
Mizell
(STL)
33
Haddix
(STL)
33
5.
Meyer
(BRO)
32
Hearn
(NYG)
32
Staley
(STL)
32
Hacker
(CHC)
32
Spahn
(MLN)
32
10.
Simmons
(PHI)
30
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
33
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
24
3.
Simmons
(PHI)
19
Haddix
(STL)
19
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
16
6.
Lindell
(TOT)
15
7.
Gomez
(NYG)
13
8.
Antonelli
(MLN)
11
Surkont
(MLN)
11
10.
Baczewski
(TOT)
10
Meyer
(BRO)
10
Dickson
(PIT)
10
Staley
(STL)
10
Mizell
(STL)
10
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Haddix
(STL)
6
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
5
Roberts
(PHI)
5
4.
Simmons
(PHI)
4
Erskine
(BRO)
4
6.
Miller
(PHI)
3
Gomez
(NYG)
3
Buhl
(MLN)
3
Maglie
(NYG)
3
10.
Minner
(CHC)
2
Miller
(STL)
2
Perkowski
(CIN)
2
Meyer
(BRO)
2
Antonelli
(MLN)
2
Surkont
(MLN)
2
Worthington
(NYG)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hacker
(CHC)
35
2.
Staley
(STL)
31
3.
Roberts
(PHI)
30
4.
Roe
(BRO)
27
Dickson
(PIT)
27
6.
Perkowski
(CIN)
26
Drews
(PHI)
26
8.
Meyer
(BRO)
25
Church
(TOT)
25
10.
Jansen
(NYG)
24
Haddix
(STL)
24
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lindell
(TOT)
139
2.
Mizell
(STL)
114
3.
Klippstein
(CHC)
107
4.
Gomez
(NYG)
101
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
95
6.
Lown
(CHC)
84
Hearn
(NYG)
84
8.
Simmons
(PHI)
82
9.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
77
10.
Buhl
(MLN)
73
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
324
2.
Staley
(STL)
243
3.
Dickson
(PIT)
240
4.
Minner
(CHC)
227
5.
Hacker
(CHC)
225
6.
Haddix
(STL)
220
7.
Drews
(PHI)
218
8.
Podbielan
(CIN)
214
9.
Erskine
(BRO)
213
10.
Spahn
(MLN)
211
Simmons
(PHI)
211
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
3.246
2.
Haddix
(STL)
2.362
3.
Roe
(BRO)
2.125
4.
Spahn
(MLN)
2.114
5.
Erskine
(BRO)
1.968
6.
Hacker
(CHC)
1.963
7.
Antonelli
(MLN)
1.845
8.
Simmons
(PHI)
1.683
9.
Meyer
(BRO)
1.683
10.
Staley
(STL)
1.630
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Burdette
(MLN)
.360
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
.474
3.
Mizell
(STL)
.481
4.
Buhl
(MLN)
.525
5.
Simmons
(PHI)
.643
6.
Minner
(CHC)
.672
7.
Gomez
(NYG)
.750
8.
Erskine
(BRO)
.766
9.
Lindell
(TOT)
.769
10.
Antonelli
(MLN)
.770
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dickson
(PIT)
19
Hacker
(CHC)
19
3.
Lindell
(TOT)
17
4.
Roberts
(PHI)
16
Jansen
(NYG)
16
LaPalme
(PIT)
16
Podbielan
(CIN)
16
8.
Minner
(CHC)
15
9.
Raffensberger
(CIN)
14
Rush
(CHC)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hacker
(CHC)
108
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
106
3.
Lindell
(TOT)
103
4.
Staley
(STL)
102
5.
Dickson
(PIT)
101
6.
Hearn
(NYG)
99
7.
Podbielan
(CIN)
98
8.
Perkowski
(CIN)
97
Meyer
(BRO)
97
Erskine
(BRO)
97
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lindell
(TOT)
11
2.
Hearn
(NYG)
10
Klippstein
(CHC)
10
4.
LaPalme
(PIT)
9
Wilhelm
(NYG)
9
Haddix
(STL)
9
7.
Hall
(PIT)
7
Miller
(PHI)
7
9.
Lown
(CHC)
6
10.
Erskine
(BRO)
4
Meyer
(BRO)
4
Milliken
(BRO)
4
Mizell
(STL)
4
Smith
(CIN)
4
Presko
(STL)
4
Dickson
(PIT)
4
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Staley
(STL)
17
2.
Drews
(PHI)
10
3.
Podbielan
(CIN)
8
Klippstein
(CHC)
8
Nuxhall
(CIN)
8
6.
Lindell
(TOT)
6
Collum
(TOT)
6
8.
Ridzik
(PHI)
5
Rush
(CHC)
5
Burdette
(MLN)
5
Jones
(CHC)
5
Presko
(STL)
5
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
1412
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
1055
3.
Haddix
(STL)
1031
4.
Erskine
(BRO)
1030
5.
Simmons
(PHI)
993
6.
Mizell
(STL)
980
Staley
(STL)
980
8.
Hacker
(CHC)
955
9.
Lindell
(TOT)
910
10.
Dickson
(PIT)
877
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(NYG)
39
2.
Brazle
(STL)
33
3.
Hetki
(PIT)
31
4.
Smith
(CIN)
27
Leonard
(CHC)
27
6.
White
(STL)
24
Burdette
(MLN)
24
8.
Klippstein
(CHC)
21
Labine
(BRO)
21
10.
Konstanty
(PHI)
20
Hughes
(BRO)
20
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
188
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
152
3.
Haddix
(STL)
139
4.
Buhl
(MLN)
132
5.
Simmons
(PHI)
131
6.
Gomez
(NYG)
127
7.
Antonelli
(MLN)
124
8.
Burdette
(MLN)
122
9.
Mizell
(STL)
121
10.
Erskine
(BRO)
121
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