Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Clarkson • BSN 9.9
2. Hutchison • CHC 9.4
3. McMahon • BAL 9.4
4. Nichols • BSN 9.3
5. Stivetts • STL 9.1
6. Rusie • NYG 8.7
7. Weyhing • PHA 7.9
8. Staley • 2TM 7.8
9. Buffinton • BOS 7.2
10. Haddock • BOS 7.1

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Hutchison • CHC 10.1
2. Weyhing • PHA 9.8
3. Clarkson • BSN 9.7
4. McMahon • BAL 9.7
5. Nichols • BSN 9.6
6. Rusie • NYG 8.4
7. Staley • 2TM 7.9
8. Stivetts • STL 7.7
9. Buffinton • BOS 7.5
10. Knell • COL 7.2

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Ewing • NYG 2.27
2. Nichols • BSN 2.39
3. Haddock • BOS 2.49
4. Buffinton • BOS 2.55
5. Rusie • NYG 2.55
6. Staley • 2TM 2.58
7. Baldwin • PIT 2.76
8. Clarkson • BSN 2.79
9. Hutchison • CHC 2.81
10. McMahon • BAL 2.81

Wins

Wins

1. Hutchison • CHC 44
2. McMahon • BAL 35
3. Haddock • BOS 34
4. Clarkson • BSN 33
Stivetts • STL 33
Rusie • NYG 33
7. Weyhing • PHA 31
8. Nichols • BSN 30
9. Buffinton • BOS 29
10. Knell • COL 28

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Buffinton • BOS .763
2. Haddock • BOS .756
3. Ewing • NYG .724
4. Hutchison • CHC .698
5. Sanders • PHA .688
6. Staley • 2TM .649
7. Nichols • BSN .638
8. Clarkson • BSN .635
9. Rusie • NYG .623
10. Griffith • 2TM .609

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Buffinton • BOS 1.163
2. Staley • 2TM 1.213
3. Nichols • BSN 1.213
4. Hutchison • CHC 1.223
5. Haddock • BOS 1.230
6. Ewing • NYG 1.270
7. Knell • COL 1.275
8. McMahon • BAL 1.276
9. Clarkson • BSN 1.279
10. Galvin • PIT 1.289

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Rusie • NYG 7.033
2. Knell • COL 7.071
3. Stivetts • STL 7.302
4. Buffinton • BOS 7.499
5. Haddock • BOS 7.823
6. Baldwin • PIT 7.917
7. Ewing • NYG 7.920
8. Hutchison • CHC 8.150
9. Mullane • CIN 8.233
10. McGill • 2TM 8.336

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Stratton • 2TM 1.844
2. Nichols • BSN 2.179
3. Staley • 2TM 2.222
4. Galvin • PIT 2.262
5. Sanders • PHA 2.297
6. Radbourn • CIN 2.560
7. McMahon • BAL 2.666
8. Ehret • LOU 2.855
9. Hutchison • CHC 2.856
10. Griffith • 2TM 2.903

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Rusie • NYG 6.062
2. Meekin • LOU 5.742
3. Stivetts • STL 5.298
4. Nichols • BSN 5.078
5. McGill • 2TM 4.983
6. Daley • BOS 4.832
7. Ewing • NYG 4.611
8. Chamberlain • PHA 4.526
9. Knell • COL 4.442
10. Foreman • WAS 4.431

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Hutchison • CHC 66
2. Stivetts • STL 64
3. McMahon • BAL 61
Rusie • NYG 61
5. Knell • COL 58
6. Clarkson • BSN 55
Young • CLV 55
8. Carsey • WAS 54
9. Baldwin • PIT 53
Gleason • PHI 53

Saves

Saves

1. Neale • STL 3
Nichols • BSN 3
Clarkson • BSN 3
4. Daley • BOS 2
Griffith • 2TM 2
Young • CLV 2
Thornton • PHI 2
O'Brien • BOS 2
9. Buffinton • BOS 1
Gleason • PHI 1
Burrell • STL 1
Fitzgerald • BOS 1
Foreman • WAS 1
Haddock • BOS 1
Keefe • WAS 1
McMahon • BAL 1
Hemming • BRO 1
Slagle • CKK 1
Stivetts • STL 1
Baldwin • PIT 1
Caruthers • BRO 1
Davis • CLV 1
Boone • LOU 1
Breitenstein • STL 1
Rettger • STL 1
McGill • 2TM 1
Madden • 2TM 1
Keefe • 2TM 1
Welch • NYG 1
Terry • BRO 1
Ryan • CHC 1
Rusie • NYG 1
Rhines • CIN 1
Maul • PIT 1
Luby • CHC 1
King • PIT 1
Esper • PHI 1
Hutchison • CHC 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hutchison • CHC 561.0
2. McMahon • BAL 503.0
3. Rusie • NYG 500.1
4. Knell • COL 462.0
5. Clarkson • BSN 460.2
6. Weyhing • PHA 450.0
7. Stivetts • STL 440.0
8. Baldwin • PIT 437.2
9. Mullane • CIN 426.1
10. Nichols • BSN 425.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Rusie • NYG 337
2. Hutchison • CHC 261
3. Stivetts • STL 259
4. Nichols • BSN 240
5. Knell • COL 228
6. McMahon • BAL 219
Weyhing • PHA 219
8. Chamberlain • PHA 204
9. Baldwin • PIT 197
10. Carsey • WAS 174

Games Started

Games Started

1. McMahon • BAL 58
Hutchison • CHC 58
3. Rusie • NYG 57
4. Stivetts • STL 56
5. Carsey • WAS 53
6. Knell • COL 52
7. Weyhing • PHA 51
Baldwin • PIT 51
Clarkson • BSN 51
10. Nichols • BSN 48

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hutchison • CHC 56
2. McMahon • BAL 53
3. Rusie • NYG 52
4. Weyhing • PHA 51
5. Baldwin • PIT 48
6. Knell • COL 47
Clarkson • BSN 47
8. Carsey • WAS 46
9. Nichols • BSN 45
10. Chamberlain • PHA 44

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Rusie • NYG 6
2. Nichols • BSN 5
Ewing • NYG 5
McMahon • BAL 5
Knell • COL 5
Haddock • BOS 5
7. Hutchison • CHC 4
8. Weyhing • PHA 3
Stivetts • STL 3
Clarkson • BSN 3
King • PIT 3
Fitzgerald • LOU 3
Lovett • BRO 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hutchison • CHC 26
2. Clarkson • BSN 18
3. Carsey • WAS 17
4. Staley • 2TM 16
5. Nichols • BSN 15
Mullane • CIN 15
Stivetts • STL 15
8. Lovett • BRO 14
9. Radbourn • CIN 13
McMahon • BAL 13
O'Brien • BOS 13

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Rusie • NYG 262
2. Stivetts • STL 232
3. Baldwin • PIT 227
4. Knell • COL 226
5. Chamberlain • PHA 206
6. Crane • 2TM 203
7. Mullane • CIN 187
8. Hutchison • CHC 178
9. Gleason • PHI 165
10. McGill • 2TM 163

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carsey • WAS 513
2. Hutchison • CHC 508
3. McMahon • BAL 493
4. Clarkson • BSN 435
5. Gleason • PHI 431
Young • CLV 431
7. Weyhing • PHA 428
8. Dwyer • 2TM 424
9. Nichols • BSN 413
10. Gruber • CLV 407

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Nichols • BSN 2.330
2. Staley • 2TM 1.738
3. McMahon • BAL 1.470
4. Hutchison • CHC 1.466
5. Stratton • 2TM 1.462
6. Weyhing • PHA 1.360
7. Meekin • LOU 1.330
8. Buffinton • BOS 1.317
9. Ewing • NYG 1.314
10. Rusie • NYG 1.286

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Ewing • NYG 0.067
2. Knell • COL 0.078
3. Viau • CLV 0.079
4. Meekin • LOU 0.081
5. Ehret • LOU 0.082
6. Young • CLV 0.085
7. Rhines • CIN 0.097
8. Thornton • PHI 0.100
9. Rusie • NYG 0.108
10. Crane • 2TM 0.147

Losses

Losses

1. Carsey • WAS 37
2. King • PIT 29
3. Baldwin • PIT 28
4. Knell • COL 27
5. Mullane • CIN 26
6. McMahon • BAL 24
Rhines • CIN 24
8. Chamberlain • PHA 23
Dwyer • 2TM 23
10. Stivetts • STL 22
Gleason • PHI 22
Gruber • CLV 22
Young • CLV 22
Crane • 2TM 22

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Carsey • WAS 230
2. Chamberlain • PHA 190
3. Hutchison • CHC 175
4. Dwyer • 2TM 166
5. Gleason • PHI 163
6. Gruber • CLV 160
7. Weyhing • PHA 159
8. McMahon • BAL 157
9. Mullane • CIN 153
10. Knell • COL 150
Lovett • BRO 150

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Carsey • WAS 29
2. Stivetts • STL 28
Weyhing • PHA 28
4. Haddock • BOS 25
Hutchison • CHC 25
6. Baldwin • PIT 24
7. Cunningham • BAL 23
Knell • COL 23
9. King • PIT 22
10. Chamberlain • PHA 21
Gastright • COL 21
Meekin • LOU 21
Lovett • BRO 21
Viau • CLV 21
Crane • 2TM 21

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Knell • COL 54
2. Foreman • WAS 43
3. Weyhing • PHA 31
4. Carsey • WAS 28
5. Madden • 2TM 27
6. Baldwin • PIT 23
7. Rhines • CIN 22
8. Easton • 2TM 21
9. Griffith • 2TM 20
O'Brien • BOS 20
Lovett • BRO 20

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hutchison • CHC 2,371
2. Rusie • NYG 2,167
3. McMahon • BAL 2,155
4. Knell • COL 2,017
5. Clarkson • BSN 1,982
6. Weyhing • PHA 1,959
7. Baldwin • PIT 1,944
8. Carsey • WAS 1,937
9. Stivetts • STL 1,916
10. Mullane • CIN 1,870

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Griffith • 2TM 13
2. O'Brien • BOS 9
Gleason • PHI 9
4. Daley • BOS 8
Stivetts • STL 8
Hutchison • CHC 8
Young • CLV 8
8. Caruthers • BRO 6
Luby • CHC 6
Viau • CLV 6
Welch • NYG 6
Mains • 2TM 6

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Nichols • BSN 151
2. Haddock • BOS 146
3. Buffinton • BOS 143
4. Ewing • NYG 139
5. Stivetts • STL 137
6. Staley • 2TM 137
7. Mains • 2TM 131
8. McMahon • BAL 131
9. Clarkson • BSN 129
10. Crane • 2TM 128

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Nichols • BSN 2.71
2. Meekin • LOU 2.89
3. Ewing • NYG 2.89
4. McMahon • BAL 2.99
5. Buffinton • BOS 2.99
6. Rusie • NYG 3.02
7. Young • CLV 3.02
8. Ehret • LOU 3.06
9. Fitzgerald • LOU 3.08
10. Rhines • CIN 3.10

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Buffinton • BOS 50
2. Haddock • BOS 49
3. McMahon • BAL 48
4. Stivetts • STL 47
5. Nichols • BSN 46
6. Hutchison • CHC 42
7. Clarkson • BSN 38
8. Weyhing • PHA 37
9. Rusie • NYG 34
10. Knell • COL 33

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Buffinton • BOS 4.5
2. Haddock • BOS 4.4
3. McMahon • BAL 4.3
4. Nichols • BSN 4.3
5. Stivetts • STL 4.2
6. Hutchison • CHC 3.9
7. Clarkson • BSN 3.5
8. Weyhing • PHA 3.3
9. Rusie • NYG 3.1
10. Knell • COL 2.9

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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