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Pitching Leaders
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Single-Season Leaders Career Leaders

ERA
Rank Player    ERA    Year

1. Mordecai Brown 1.04 1906

2. Jack Pfiester 1.15 1907

3. Carl Lundgren 1.17 1907

4. Mordecai Brown 1.31 1909

5. Jack Taylor 1.33 1902

6. Mordecai Brown 1.39 1907

7. Orval Overall 1.42 1909

Ed Reulbach 1.42 1905

9. Mordecai Brown 1.47 1908

10. Jack Pfiester 1.51 1906

ERA
Rank Player    ERA    IP

1. Al Spalding 1.78 539.7

2. Mordecai Brown 1.80 2329.0

3. Jack Pfiester 1.85 1028.3

4. Orval Overall 1.91 1135.0

5. Jake Weimer 2.14 839.3

6. Ed Reulbach 2.24 1864.7

7. Larry Corcoran 2.26 2338.3

8. Phil Douglas 2.29 636.7

9. Hippo Vaughn 2.33 2216.3

10. Terry Larkin 2.34 1019.3

Wins
Rank Player    W    Year

1. John Clarkson 53 1885

2. Al Spalding 47 1876

3. Bill Hutchison 44 1891

4. Larry Corcoran 43 1880

5. Bill Hutchison 42 1890

6. John Clarkson 38 1887

7. John Clarkson 36 1886

Bill Hutchison 36 1892

9. Larry Corcoran 35 1884

10. Larry Corcoran 34 1883

Wins
Rank Player    W    IP

1. Charley Root 201 3137.3

2. Mordecai Brown 188 2329.0

3. Bill Hutchison 181 3021.0

4. Larry Corcoran 175 2338.3

5. Fergie Jenkins 167 2673.7

6. Guy Bush 152 2201.7

Clark Griffith 152 2188.7

8. Hippo Vaughn 151 2216.3

9. Bill Lee 139 2271.3

10. John Clarkson 137 1730.7

Won-Loss %
Rank Player    wlp    Year

1. Rick Sutcliffe .941 1984

2. Fred Goldsmith .875 1880

3. King Cole .833 1910

Jim McCormick .833 1885

5. Ed Reulbach .826 1906

6. Mordecai Brown .813 1906

7. Ed Reulbach .810 1907

8. Bert Humphries .800 1913

9. Al Spalding .797 1876

10. Jocko Flynn .793 1886

Won-Loss %
Rank Player    wlp    IP

1. John Clarkson .706 1730.7

2. Mordecai Brown .686 2329.0

3. Ed Reulbach .677 1864.7

4. Larry Corcoran .673 2338.3

5. Orval Overall .667 1135.0

6. Bob Wicker .646 726.3

7. Jack Pfiester .636 1028.3

8. Jake Weimer .630 839.3

9. Fred Goldsmith .629 1516.7

10. Carl Lundgren .623 1322.0

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Rank Player    WHperIP    Year

1. Mordecai Brown 0.842 1908

2. Mordecai Brown 0.873 1909

3. Pete Alexander 0.928 1919

4. Mordecai Brown 0.934 1906

5. Larry Corcoran 0.938 1880

6. Jack Pfiester 0.941 1906

7. Mordecai Brown 0.944 1907

8. Warren Hacker 0.946 1952

9. John Clarkson 0.953 1885

10. Ed Reulbach 0.963 1905

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Rank Player    WHperIP    IP

1. Mordecai Brown 0.998 2329.0

2. John Clarkson 1.053 1730.7

3. Jack Pfiester 1.059 1028.3

4. Terry Larkin 1.065 1019.3

5. Phil Douglas 1.077 636.7

6. Orval Overall 1.078 1135.0

7. Al Spalding 1.084 539.7

8. Larry Corcoran 1.089 2338.3

9. Fergie Jenkins 1.123 2673.7

10. Ed Reulbach 1.131 1864.7

Hits Allowed/9IP
Rank Player    Hper9IP    Year

1. Ed Reulbach 5.33 1906

2. Carl Lundgren 5.65 1907

3. Mordecai Brown 6.17 1908

4. Jack Pfiester 6.21 1906

5. Kerry Wood 6.32 1998

6. Ed Reulbach 6.42 1905

7. Mordecai Brown 6.43 1906

8. Orval Overall 6.44 1909

9. Mordecai Brown 6.46 1909

10. Kerry Wood 6.48 2003

Hits Allowed/9IP
Rank Player    Hper9IP    IP

1. Orval Overall 6.86 1135.0

2. Kerry Wood 6.94 1172.0

3. Ed Reulbach 7.04 1864.7

4. Jack Pfiester 7.13 1028.3

5. Mordecai Brown 7.26 2329.0

6. Jake Weimer 7.31 839.3

7. Matt Clement 7.44 587.7

8. Carlos Zambrano 7.45 1255.3

9. Larry Cheney 7.63 1061.0

10. Carl Lundgren 7.69 1322.0

Bases on Balls/9IP
Rank Player    BBper9IP    Year

1. Al Spalding 0.44 1876

2. Terry Larkin 0.53 1879

3. Terry Larkin 0.55 1878

4. Fred Goldsmith 0.77 1880

5. Fred Goldsmith 0.84 1882

6. Pete Alexander 0.89 1923

7. George Bradley 0.89 1877

8. Fred Goldsmith 0.92 1883

9. Dennis Eckersley 1.01 1985

10. Fergie Jenkins 1.02 1971

Bases on Balls/9IP
Rank Player    BBper9IP    IP

1. Al Spalding 0.43 539.7

2. Terry Larkin 0.54 1019.3

3. Fred Goldsmith 1.00 1516.7

4. Pete Alexander 1.28 1884.3

5. Bert Humphries 1.44 523.7

6. John Clarkson 1.56 1730.7

7. Jon Lieber 1.64 849.0

8. Dennis Eckersley 1.66 530.7

9. Mordecai Brown 1.72 2329.0

10. Phil Douglas 1.72 636.7

Strikeouts/9IP
Rank Player    SOper9IP    Year

1. Kerry Wood 12.58 1998

2. Kerry Wood 11.35 2003

3. Kerry Wood 11.20 2001

4. Mark Prior 10.43 2003

5. Mark Prior 10.15 2005

6. Matt Clement 9.45 2004

7. Matt Clement 9.44 2002

8. Kerry Wood 9.14 2002

9. Carlos Zambrano 8.83 2006

10. Dick Selma 8.59 1969

Strikeouts/9IP
Rank Player    SOper9IP    IP

1. Mark Prior 10.37 657.0

2. Kerry Wood 10.29 1172.0

3. Matt Clement 8.82 587.7

4. Lee Smith 8.51 681.3

5. Carlos Zambrano 7.78 1255.3

6. Fergie Jenkins 6.86 2673.7

7. Jon Lieber 6.61 849.0

8. Steve Trachsel 6.50 1163.7

9. Rick Sutcliffe 6.46 1267.3

10. Bill Bonham 6.33 1152.3

Games
Rank Player    G_p    Year

1. Ted Abernathy 84 1965

Bobby Howry 84 2006

Dick Tidrow 84 1980

4. Bill Campbell 82 1983

Jeff Fassero 82 2001

6. Rod Beck 81 1998

7. Bob Patterson 79 1996

8. Bobby Howry 78 2007

Will Ohman 78 2006

10. Kyle Farnsworth 77 2003

LaTroy Hawkins 77 2004

Games
Rank Player    G_p    IP

1. Charley Root 605 3137.3

2. Lee Smith 458 681.3

3. Don Elston 449 754.7

4. Guy Bush 428 2201.7

5. Fergie Jenkins 401 2673.7

6. Bill Hutchison 367 3021.0

7. Bill Lee 364 2271.3

8. Rick Reuschel 358 2290.0

9. Mordecai Brown 346 2329.0

10. Kyle Farnsworth 343 478.7

Saves
Rank Player    SV    Year

1. Randy Myers 53 1993

2. Rod Beck 51 1998

3. Randy Myers 38 1995

4. Bruce Sutter 37 1979

5. Lee Smith 36 1987

Mitch Williams 36 1989

7. Joe Borowski 33 2003

Ryan Dempster 33 2005

Lee Smith 33 1984

Lee Smith 33 1985

Saves
Rank Player    SV    IP

1. Lee Smith 180 681.3

2. Bruce Sutter 133 493.3

3. Randy Myers 112 171.3

4. Ryan Dempster 87 303.3

5. Don Elston 63 754.7

6. Phil Regan 60 392.0

7. Rod Beck 58 110.3

8. Mitch Williams 52 148.0

9. Joe Borowski 44 198.0

10. Charley Root 40 3137.3

Innings
Rank Player    IP    Year

1. John Clarkson 623.0 1885

2. Bill Hutchison 622.0 1892

3. Bill Hutchison 603.0 1890

4. Bill Hutchison 561.0 1891

5. Larry Corcoran 536.3 1880

6. Al Spalding 528.7 1876

7. John Clarkson 523.0 1887

8. Larry Corcoran 516.7 1884

9. Terry Larkin 513.3 1879

10. Terry Larkin 506.0 1878

Innings
Rank Player    IP    IP

1. Charley Root 3137.3 3137.3

2. Bill Hutchison 3021.0 3021.0

3. Fergie Jenkins 2673.7 2673.7

4. Larry Corcoran 2338.3 2338.3

5. Mordecai Brown 2329.0 2329.0

6. Rick Reuschel 2290.0 2290.0

7. Bill Lee 2271.3 2271.3

8. Hippo Vaughn 2216.3 2216.3

9. Guy Bush 2201.7 2201.7

10. Clark Griffith 2188.7 2188.7

Strikeouts
Rank Player    SO_p    Year

1. Bill Hutchison 314 1892

2. John Clarkson 313 1886

3. John Clarkson 308 1885

4. Bill Hutchison 289 1890

5. Fergie Jenkins 274 1970

6. Fergie Jenkins 273 1969

7. Larry Corcoran 272 1884

8. Larry Corcoran 268 1880

9. Kerry Wood 266 2003

10. Fergie Jenkins 263 1971

Strikeouts
Rank Player    SO_p    IP

1. Fergie Jenkins 2038 2673.7

2. Charley Root 1432 3137.3

3. Rick Reuschel 1367 2290.0

4. Kerry Wood 1340 1172.0

5. Greg Maddux 1305 2016.0

6. Bill Hutchison 1224 3021.0

7. Hippo Vaughn 1138 2216.3

8. Larry Corcoran 1086 2338.3

9. Carlos Zambrano 1085 1255.3

10. Bob Rush 1076 2132.7

Games Started
Rank Player    GS    Year

1. John Clarkson 70 1885

Bill Hutchison 70 1892

3. Bill Hutchison 66 1890

4. Larry Corcoran 60 1880

Al Spalding 60 1876

6. John Clarkson 59 1887

Larry Corcoran 59 1884

8. Bill Hutchison 58 1891

Terry Larkin 58 1879

10. Terry Larkin 56 1878

Games Started
Rank Player    GS    IP

1. Fergie Jenkins 347 2673.7

2. Rick Reuschel 343 2290.0

3. Bill Hutchison 339 3021.0

Charley Root 339 3137.3

5. Greg Maddux 298 2016.0

6. Bill Lee 296 2271.3

7. Bob Rush 292 2132.7

8. Hippo Vaughn 270 2216.3

9. Larry Corcoran 262 2338.3

10. Guy Bush 252 2201.7

Clark Griffith 252 2188.7

Comp. Games
Rank Player    CG    Year

1. John Clarkson 68 1885

2. Bill Hutchison 67 1892

3. Bill Hutchison 65 1890

4. Larry Corcoran 57 1880

Larry Corcoran 57 1884

Terry Larkin 57 1879

7. John Clarkson 56 1887

Bill Hutchison 56 1891

Terry Larkin 56 1878

10. Al Spalding 53 1876

Comp. Games
Rank Player    CG    IP

1. Bill Hutchison 317 3021.0

2. Larry Corcoran 252 2338.3

3. Clark Griffith 240 2188.7

4. Mordecai Brown 206 2329.0

5. Jack Taylor 188 1801.0

6. John Clarkson 186 1730.7

7. Charley Root 177 3137.3

Hippo Vaughn 177 2216.3

9. Fred Goldsmith 164 1516.7

10. Pete Alexander 159 1884.3

Shutouts
Rank Player    SHO    Year

1. John Clarkson 10 1885

2. Pete Alexander 9 1919

Mordecai Brown 9 1906

Mordecai Brown 9 1908

Bill Lee 9 1938

Orval Overall 9 1909

7. Mordecai Brown 8 1909

Orval Overall 8 1907

Al Spalding 8 1876

Hippo Vaughn 8 1918

Shutouts
Rank Player    SHO    IP

1. Mordecai Brown 48 2329.0

2. Hippo Vaughn 35 2216.3

3. Ed Reulbach 31 1864.7

4. Fergie Jenkins 29 2673.7

5. Orval Overall 28 1135.0

6. Bill Lee 25 2271.3

7. Pete Alexander 24 1884.3

8. Larry Corcoran 22 2338.3

Claude Passeau 22 1914.7

10. Larry French 21 1486.0

Bill Hutchison 21 3021.0

Charley Root 21 3137.3

Home Runs Allow.
Rank Player    HRA    Year

1. Warren Hacker 38 1955

2. Jon Lieber 36 2000

3. Larry Corcoran 35 1884

Warren Hacker 35 1953

Fergie Jenkins 35 1973

Greg Maddux 35 2004

Kevin Tapani 35 2000

8. Dick Ellsworth 34 1964

9. Kevin Foster 32 1995

Fergie Jenkins 32 1972

Steve Trachsel 32 1997

Steve Trachsel 32 1999

Home Runs Allow.
Rank Player    HRA    IP

1. Fergie Jenkins 271 2673.7

2. Charley Root 183 3137.3

3. Steve Trachsel 172 1163.7

4. Greg Maddux 160 2016.0

5. Dick Ellsworth 156 1613.3

Warren Hacker 156 1091.7

7. Bob Rush 153 2132.7

8. Ken Holtzman 147 1447.0

9. Rick Reuschel 140 2290.0

10. Bill Hands 132 1564.0

Bases On Balls Allow.
Rank Player    BB_p    Year

1. Bill Hutchison 199 1890

2. Bill Hutchison 190 1892

3. Sam Jones 185 1955

4. Willie McGill 181 1893

5. Bill Hutchison 178 1891

6. Bill Hutchison 156 1893

7. Larry Cheney 140 1914

Bill Hutchison 140 1894

9. Danny Friend 139 1896

10. Adonis Terry 131 1895

Bases On Balls Allow.
Rank Player    BB_p    IP

1. Bill Hutchison 1109 3021.0

2. Charley Root 871 3137.3

3. Guy Bush 734 2201.7

4. Bob Rush 725 2132.7

5. Bill Lee 704 2271.3

6. Sheriff Blake 661 1455.3

7. Ed Reulbach 650 1864.7

8. Rick Reuschel 640 2290.0

9. Hippo Vaughn 621 2216.3

10. Fergie Jenkins 600 2673.7

Hits Allowed
Rank Player    H_p    Year

1. Bill Hutchison 571 1892

2. Al Spalding 542 1876

3. Terry Larkin 514 1879

4. John Clarkson 513 1887

5. Terry Larkin 511 1878

6. Bill Hutchison 508 1891

7. Bill Hutchison 505 1890

8. John Clarkson 497 1885

9. Larry Corcoran 483 1883

10. Larry Corcoran 473 1884

Hits Allowed
Rank Player    H_p    IP

1. Charley Root 3184 3137.3

2. Bill Hutchison 3054 3021.0

3. Clark Griffith 2445 2188.7

4. Fergie Jenkins 2402 2673.7

5. Rick Reuschel 2365 2290.0

6. Guy Bush 2354 2201.7

7. Bill Lee 2317 2271.3

8. Larry Corcoran 2084 2338.3

9. Bob Rush 2043 2132.7

10. Hippo Vaughn 1971 2216.3

SO to Walk
Rank Player    SOperBB    Year

1. Fergie Jenkins 7.11 1971

2. Dennis Eckersley 6.16 1985

3. Terry Larkin 5.26 1878

4. Fred Goldsmith 5.00 1880

5. Mark Prior 4.90 2003

6. Terry Larkin 4.73 1879

7. Greg Maddux 4.58 2004

8. Fergie Jenkins 4.57 1970

9. Bill Hands 4.11 1968

10. Jon Lieber 4.04 1999

SO to Walk
Rank Player    SOperBB    IP

1. Terry Larkin 5.00 1019.3

2. Jon Lieber 4.03 849.0

3. Dennis Eckersley 3.42 530.7

4. Fergie Jenkins 3.40 2673.7

5. Mark Prior 3.39 657.0

6. John Clarkson 3.20 1730.7

7. Scott Sanderson 2.78 737.7

8. Kevin Tapani 2.75 804.0

9. Larry Jackson 2.53 838.0

10. Lee Smith 2.44 681.3

Losses
Rank Player    L    Year

1. Bill Hutchison 36 1892

2. Terry Larkin 26 1878

3. Bill Hutchison 25 1890

4. Bill Hutchison 24 1893

5. George Bradley 23 1877

Larry Corcoran 23 1884

Tom Hughes 23 1901

Terry Larkin 23 1879

9. Bill Bonham 22 1974

Dick Ellsworth 22 1966

Losses
Rank Player    L    IP

1. Bill Hutchison 158 3021.0

2. Charley Root 156 3137.3

3. Bob Rush 140 2132.7

4. Fergie Jenkins 132 2673.7

5. Rick Reuschel 127 2290.0

6. Bill Lee 123 2271.3

7. Greg Maddux 112 2016.0

8. Dick Ellsworth 110 1613.3

9. Hippo Vaughn 105 2216.3

10. Guy Bush 101 2201.7

Earned Runs Allow.
Rank Player    ER    Year

1. Bill Hutchison 191 1892

2. Bill Hutchison 187 1894

3. Bill Hutchison 184 1893

4. Bill Hutchison 181 1890

5. John Clarkson 179 1887

6. Bill Hutchison 175 1891

7. Adonis Terry 166 1895

8. Guy Bush 155 1930

Willie McGill 155 1893

10. Clark Griffith 154 1895

Earned Runs Allow.
Rank Player    ER    IP

1. Charley Root 1236 3137.3

2. Bill Hutchison 1196 3021.0

3. Fergie Jenkins 952 2673.7

4. Guy Bush 933 2201.7

5. Rick Reuschel 891 2290.0

6. Bill Lee 885 2271.3

7. Bob Rush 878 2132.7

8. Clark Griffith 826 2188.7

9. Greg Maddux 808 2016.0

10. Dick Ellsworth 663 1613.3

Wild Pitches
Rank Player    WP    Year

1. Mark Baldwin 41 1887

2. George Bradley 39 1877

3. Terry Larkin 37 1878

4. Jocko Flynn 28 1886

5. Larry Corcoran 27 1881

Larry Corcoran 27 1884

Bill Hutchison 27 1890

8. Larry Cheney 26 1914

9. John Clarkson 25 1887

Bill Hutchison 25 1891

Wild Pitches
Rank Player    WP    IP

1. Bill Hutchison 120 3021.0

2. Larry Corcoran 111 2338.3

3. Larry Cheney 71 1061.0

4. Rick Reuschel 66 2290.0

5. John Clarkson 63 1730.7

6. Rick Sutcliffe 60 1267.3

7. Mark Baldwin 59 585.0

8. Ken Holtzman 57 1447.0

Terry Larkin 57 1019.3

10. Bill Bonham 54 1152.3

Dick Ellsworth 54 1613.3

Fred Goldsmith 54 1516.7

Hit Batsmen
Rank Player    HBP    Year

1. Nixey Callahan 24 1899

2. Nixey Callahan 22 1900

Jack Taylor 22 1899

4. Kerry Wood 21 2003

5. Clark Griffith 20 1898

Carlos Zambrano 20 2004

7. Ned Garvin 18 1900

Ed Reulbach 18 1905

Walter Thornton 18 1898

10. Mark Baldwin 17 1887

Danny Friend 17 1897

Clark Griffith 17 1897

Tom Hughes 17 1901

Hit Batsmen
Rank Player    HBP    IP

1. Ed Reulbach 85 1864.7

Kerry Wood 85 1172.0

3. Charley Root 73 3137.3

4. Clark Griffith 67 2188.7

Carlos Zambrano 67 1255.3

6. Nixey Callahan 64 1043.7

7. Hippo Vaughn 63 2216.3

8. Jack Taylor 61 1801.0

9. Greg Maddux 60 2016.0

10. Rick Reuschel 59 2290.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player    BFP    Year

1. John Clarkson 2487 1885

2. Al Spalding 2219 1876

3. John Clarkson 2183 1887

4. Larry Corcoran 2180 1884

5. Terry Larkin 2176 1879

6. Larry Corcoran 2133 1880

7. Terry Larkin 2105 1878

8. Larry Corcoran 2041 1883

9. John Clarkson 1914 1886

10. George Bradley 1719 1877

Batters Faced
Rank Player    BFP    IP

1. Charley Root 13266 3137.3

2. Fergie Jenkins 10898 2673.7

3. Larry Corcoran 9740 2338.3

4. Rick Reuschel 9679 2290.0

5. Bill Lee 9632 2271.3

6. Guy Bush 9506 2201.7

7. Mordecai Brown 9135 2329.0

8. Hippo Vaughn 9097 2216.3

9. Bob Rush 9058 2132.7

10. Greg Maddux 8416 2016.0

Games Finished
Rank Player    GF    Year

1. Rod Beck 70 1998

2. Randy Myers 69 1993

3. Ryan Dempster 64 2006

4. Ted Abernathy 62 1965

5. Mitch Williams 61 1989

6. Phil Regan 60 1968

7. Joe Borowski 59 2003

Lee Smith 59 1984

Lee Smith 59 1986

10. Ryan Dempster 58 2007

Games Finished
Rank Player    GF    IP

1. Lee Smith 342 681.3

2. Don Elston 240 754.7

3. Bruce Sutter 222 493.3

4. Ryan Dempster 183 303.3

5. Phil Regan 181 392.0

6. Charley Root 170 3137.3

7. Randy Myers 150 171.3

8. Turk Lown 127 661.7

9. Terry Adams 121 330.7

10. Dick Tidrow 120 397.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player    ERA+    Year

1. Mordecai Brown 253 1906

2. Jack Pfiester 216 1907

3. Carl Lundgren 212 1907

4. Ed Reulbach 209 1905

5. Jack Taylor 202 1902

6. Mordecai Brown 193 1909

7. Clark Griffith 190 1898

8. Mordecai Brown 179 1907

9. Orval Overall 178 1909

10. Mark Prior 178 2003

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player    ERA+    IP

1. Mordecai Brown 153 2329.0

2. John Clarkson 152 1730.7

3. Jack Pfiester 139 1028.3

4. Al Spalding 138 539.7

5. Jake Weimer 136 839.3

6. Orval Overall 135 1135.0

7. Lee Smith 134 681.3

8. Carlos Zambrano 133 1255.3

9. Pete Alexander 131 1884.3

10. Lon Warneke 131 1624.7

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