Players League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. King • CHI 12.4
2. Radbourn • BOS 7.8
3. Baldwin • CHI 7.4
4. Weyhing • BWW 6.8
5. Connor • NYI 6.0
6. Sanders • PHQ 5.8
7. Staley • PBB 5.3
8. Browning • CLE 5.3
9. Keefe • NYI 4.4
10. Duffy • CHI 4.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. King • CHI 13.2
2. Radbourn • BOS 8.0
3. Baldwin • CHI 7.9
4. Weyhing • BWW 7.8
5. Staley • PBB 5.2
6. Keefe • NYI 5.0
7. Sanders • PHQ 5.0
8. Knell • PHQ 3.9
9. Sowders • BWW 3.3
10. Gumbert • BOS 3.2
Earned Run Average
1. King • CHI 2.69
2. Staley • PBB 3.29
3. Radbourn • BOS 3.31
4. Baldwin • CHI 3.35
5. Daley • BOS 3.38
6. Keefe • NYI 3.38
7. O'Brien • CLE 3.40
8. Weyhing • BWW 3.60
9. Sanders • PHQ 3.76
10. Buffinton • PHQ 3.81
Wins
1. Baldwin • CHI 33
2. King • CHI 30
Weyhing • BWW 30
4. Radbourn • BOS 27
5. Gumbert • BOS 23
6. O'Day • NYI 22
Gruber • CLE 22
Knell • PHQ 22
9. Staley • PBB 21
10. Sanders • PHQ 19
Buffinton • PHQ 19
Sowders • BWW 19
Win-Loss %
1. Daley • BOS .720
2. Radbourn • BOS .692
3. Knell • PHQ .667
4. Gumbert • BOS .657
5. Weyhing • BWW .652
6. O'Day • NYI .629
7. Hemming • 2TM .615
8. Keefe • NYI .607
9. Ewing • NYI .600
Van Haltren • BWW .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Staley • PBB 1.213
2. King • CHI 1.265
3. Radbourn • BOS 1.318
4. Keefe • NYI 1.371
5. Sanders • PHQ 1.388
6. Morris • PBB 1.476
7. Bartson • CHI 1.482
8. Ewing • NYI 1.489
9. Galvin • PBB 1.493
10. Maul • PBB 1.502
Hits per 9 IP
1. King • CHI 8.200
2. Crane • NYI 8.800
3. Keefe • NYI 8.843
4. Hemming • 2TM 8.875
5. Daley • BOS 9.000
6. Knell • PHQ 9.010
7. Baldwin • CHI 9.037
8. Staley • PBB 9.166
9. Radbourn • BOS 9.236
10. Weyhing • BWW 9.669
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Staley • PBB 1.747
2. Sanders • PHQ 1.791
3. Galvin • PBB 2.032
4. Morris • PBB 2.182
5. Radbourn • BOS 2.624
6. Gumbert • BOS 2.766
7. Bartson • CHI 3.015
8. King • CHI 3.182
9. Keefe • NYI 3.498
10. Ewing • NYI 3.501
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ewing • NYI 4.882
2. Daley • BOS 4.091
3. Weyhing • BWW 4.085
4. McGill • CLE 4.018
5. Haddock • BUF 3.808
6. Baldwin • CHI 3.768
7. King • CHI 3.612
8. Keefe • NYI 3.498
9. Staley • PBB 3.403
10. Crane • NYI 3.160
Games Played
1. Baldwin • CHI 58
2. King • CHI 56
3. Weyhing • BWW 49
4. Gruber • CLE 48
5. Staley • PBB 47
6. Bakley • CLE 43
O'Day • NYI 43
Sanders • PHQ 43
Crane • NYI 43
10. Radbourn • BOS 41
Saves
1. O'Day • NYI 3
Hemming • 2TM 3
3. Daley • BOS 2
Ewing • NYI 2
Murphy • BWW 2
Van Haltren • BWW 2
7. Bartson • CHI 1
Buffinton • PHQ 1
Dwyer • CHI 1
Kilroy • BOS 1
Madden • BOS 1
Sanders • PHQ 1
Hatfield • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Baldwin • CHI 492.0
2. King • CHI 461.0
3. Staley • PBB 396.2
4. Weyhing • BWW 390.0
5. Gruber • CLE 383.1
6. Sanders • PHQ 346.2
7. Radbourn • BOS 343.0
8. Crane • NYI 330.1
9. O'Day • NYI 329.0
10. Bakley • CLE 326.1
Strikeouts
1. Baldwin • CHI 206
2. King • CHI 185
3. Weyhing • BWW 177
4. Staley • PBB 150
5. Ewing • NYI 145
6. Haddock • BUF 123
7. Crane • NYI 116
8. Daley • BOS 115
9. Cunningham • 2TM 111
10. Gruber • CLE 110
Games Started
1. Baldwin • CHI 56
King • CHI 56
3. Staley • PBB 47
4. Weyhing • BWW 46
5. Gruber • CLE 44
6. Sanders • PHQ 40
7. Bakley • CLE 38
Radbourn • BOS 38
9. Sowders • BWW 37
10. Cunningham • 2TM 36
Complete Games
1. Baldwin • CHI 53
2. King • CHI 48
3. Staley • PBB 45
4. Gruber • CLE 39
5. Weyhing • BWW 38
6. Sanders • PHQ 37
7. Radbourn • BOS 36
8. Cunningham • 2TM 35
9. Bakley • CLE 32
O'Day • NYI 32
Shutouts
1. King • CHI 4
2. Weyhing • BWW 3
Staley • PBB 3
4. Daley • BOS 2
Cunningham • 2TM 2
Sanders • PHQ 2
Maul • PBB 2
Knell • PHQ 2
9. Baldwin • CHI 1
Ewing • NYI 1
Galvin • PBB 1
Sowders • BWW 1
Gruber • CLE 1
Radbourn • BOS 1
O'Day • NYI 1
Morris • PBB 1
Gumbert • BOS 1
Madden • BOS 1
Keefe • NYI 1
Home Runs
1. Gumbert • BOS 18
2. Haddock • BUF 15
Gruber • CLE 15
4. Maul • PBB 14
Kilroy • BOS 14
6. Sanders • PHQ 13
Bakley • CLE 13
8. Crane • NYI 12
9. Keefe • BUF 11
O'Day • NYI 11
Bases on Balls
1. Baldwin • CHI 249
2. Crane • NYI 208
3. Gruber • CLE 204
4. Cunningham • 2TM 201
5. Weyhing • BWW 179
6. Daley • BOS 178
7. Knell • PHQ 166
8. King • CHI 163
9. O'Day • NYI 161
Sowders • BWW 161
Hits
1. Baldwin • CHI 494
2. Gruber • CLE 464
3. King • CHI 420
4. Weyhing • BWW 419
5. Bakley • CLE 412
Sanders • PHQ 412
7. Staley • PBB 404
8. Cunningham • 2TM 384
9. Haddock • BUF 366
10. Sowders • BWW 358
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Staley • PBB 1.948
2. Sanders • PHQ 1.551
3. Ewing • NYI 1.394
4. King • CHI 1.135
5. Keefe • NYI 1.000
6. Weyhing • BWW 0.989
7. Gumbert • BOS 0.932
8. McGill • CLE 0.854
9. Maul • PBB 0.829
10. Baldwin • CHI 0.827
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Sowders • BWW 0.087
2. King • CHI 0.098
3. Galvin • PBB 0.124
4. Murphy • BWW 0.129
5. Staley • PBB 0.136
6. Baldwin • CHI 0.183
7. Ewing • NYI 0.202
8. Radbourn • BOS 0.210
9. Cunningham • 2TM 0.225
10. Weyhing • BWW 0.231
Losses
1. Haddock • BUF 26
2. Bakley • CLE 25
Staley • PBB 25
4. Baldwin • CHI 24
Cunningham • 2TM 24
6. Gruber • CLE 23
7. King • CHI 22
8. Crane • NYI 19
9. Sanders • PHQ 18
10. Sowders • BWW 16
O'Brien • CLE 16
Weyhing • BWW 16
Keefe • BUF 16
Earned Runs
1. Cunningham • 2TM 200
2. Haddock • BUF 186
3. Baldwin • CHI 183
4. Gruber • CLE 182
5. Crane • NYI 170
6. Bakley • CLE 162
7. Weyhing • BWW 156
8. O'Day • NYI 154
9. Sanders • PHQ 145
Staley • PBB 145
Wild Pitches
1. Crane • NYI 36
Gruber • CLE 36
3. Cunningham • 2TM 30
4. Baldwin • CHI 25
5. Haddock • BUF 24
6. Weyhing • BWW 21
Daley • BOS 21
8. O'Brien • CLE 19
9. Maul • PBB 18
10. Bakley • CLE 16
O'Day • NYI 16
Knell • PHQ 16
Hit By Pitch
1. Knell • PHQ 28
2. Van Haltren • BWW 21
3. O'Brien • CLE 19
4. O'Day • NYI 18
5. Weyhing • BWW 17
6. Baldwin • CHI 16
Ewing • NYI 16
8. Twitchell • 2TM 15
King • CHI 15
Kilroy • BOS 15
Gruber • CLE 15
Batters Faced
1. Baldwin • CHI 2,242
2. King • CHI 1,988
3. Gruber • CLE 1,839
4. Weyhing • BWW 1,791
5. Staley • PBB 1,688
6. Cunningham • 2TM 1,562
7. Bakley • CLE 1,550
8. Crane • NYI 1,537
9. Sanders • PHQ 1,536
10. O'Day • NYI 1,526
Games Finished
1. Hemming • 2TM 10
2. Daley • BOS 8
3. Crane • NYI 7
O'Day • NYI 7
5. Bartson • CHI 6
Dwyer • CHI 6
Murphy • BWW 6
Gumbert • BOS 6
9. Bakley • CLE 5
10. Ewing • NYI 4
Knell • PHQ 4
McGill • CLE 4
Gruber • CLE 4
Adjusted ERA+
1. King • CHI 162
2. Keefe • NYI 134
3. Baldwin • CHI 130
4. Radbourn • BOS 127
5. Daley • BOS 124
6. Weyhing • BWW 123
7. Staley • PBB 118
8. O'Brien • CLE 117
9. Sowders • BWW 116
10. Sanders • PHQ 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Staley • PBB 3.02
2. King • CHI 3.41
3. Ewing • NYI 3.47
4. Sanders • PHQ 3.47
5. Galvin • PBB 3.57
6. Radbourn • BOS 3.72
7. Keefe • NYI 3.75
8. Morris • PBB 3.81
9. Weyhing • BWW 3.85
10. Baldwin • CHI 3.96
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. King • CHI 82
2. Baldwin • CHI 49
3. Radbourn • BOS 42
4. Weyhing • BWW 38
5. Keefe • NYI 29
6. Staley • PBB 24
7. Sanders • PHQ 23
8. Knell • PHQ 17
9. Sowders • BWW 17
10. Daley • BOS 15
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. King • CHI 6.9
2. Baldwin • CHI 4.1
3. Radbourn • BOS 3.5
4. Weyhing • BWW 3.1
5. Keefe • NYI 2.4
6. Staley • PBB 1.9
7. Sanders • PHQ 1.8
8. Knell • PHQ 1.4
9. Sowders • BWW 1.4
10. Daley • BOS 1.2

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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