Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Young • BOS 12.5
2. Mathewson • NYG 8.8
3. Willis • BSN 8.7
4. Lajoie • PHA 8.3
5. Wallace • STL 7.8
6. Hahn • CIN 7.7
7. McGinnity • BLA 7.6
8. Griffith • CHW 7.2
Orth • PHI 7.2
10. Wagner • PIT 7.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Young • BOS 12.5
2. Mathewson • NYG 8.9
3. Willis • BSN 8.8
4. McGinnity • BLA 8.1
5. Hahn • CIN 8.0
6. Orth • PHI 6.7
7. Miller • DET 6.6
8. Donovan • BRO 6.4
9. Donahue • PHI 6.3
10. Griffith • CHW 5.7
Earned Run Average
1. Young • BOS 1.62
2. Tannehill • PIT 2.18
3. Phillippe • PIT 2.22
4. Orth • PHI 2.27
5. Willis • BSN 2.36
6. Chesbro • PIT 2.38
7. Mathewson • NYG 2.41
8. Callahan • CHW 2.42
9. Donahue • PHI 2.59
10. Yeager • DET 2.61
Wins
1. Young • BOS 33
2. McGinnity • BLA 26
3. Donovan • BRO 25
4. Griffith • CHW 24
5. Miller • DET 23
Harper • STL 23
7. Fraser • PHA 22
Hahn • CIN 22
Phillippe • PIT 22
10. Chesbro • PIT 21
Win-Loss %
1. Griffith • CHW .774
2. Young • BOS .767
3. Leever • PIT .737
4. Chesbro • PIT .677
5. Callahan • CHW .652
6. Phillippe • PIT .647
7. Tannehill • PIT .643
Patten • WSH .643
9. Harper • STL .639
Miller • DET .639
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Young • BOS 0.972
2. Orth • PHI 1.001
3. Phillippe • PIT 1.054
4. Chesbro • PIT 1.088
5. Tannehill • PIT 1.094
6. Willis • BSN 1.114
7. Callahan • CHW 1.138
8. Mathewson • NYG 1.146
9. Hahn • CIN 1.170
10. Powell • STL 1.185
Hits per 9 IP
1. Townsend • PHI 7.392
2. Mathewson • NYG 7.714
3. Willis • BSN 7.723
4. Young • BOS 7.853
5. Orth • PHI 7.988
6. Callahan • CHW 8.150
7. Chesbro • PIT 8.166
8. Donovan • BRO 8.308
9. Phillippe • PIT 8.331
10. Moore • CLE 8.379
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Young • BOS 0.897
2. Orth • PHI 1.022
3. Phillippe • PIT 1.155
4. Gear • WSH 1.215
5. Tannehill • PIT 1.284
6. Duggleby • PHI 1.296
7. Powell • STL 1.330
8. Taylor • CHC 1.437
9. Lee • WSH 1.546
10. Chesbro • PIT 1.627
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Hughes • CHC 6.568
2. Waddell • 2TM 6.159
3. Mathewson • NYG 5.920
4. Donovan • BRO 5.795
5. Hahn • CIN 5.731
6. White • PHI 5.020
7. Townsend • PHI 4.510
8. Garvin • MLA 4.267
9. Tannehill • PIT 4.209
10. Leever • PIT 4.193
Games Played
1. McGinnity • BLA 48
2. Donovan • BRO 45
Powell • STL 45
Taylor • NYG 45
5. Young • BOS 43
Dowling • 2TM 43
7. Carrick • WSH 42
Hahn • CIN 42
9. Patterson • CHW 41
10. Fraser • PHA 40
Mathewson • NYG 40
Saves
1. Powell • STL 3
Donovan • BRO 3
Hoffer • CLE 3
4. Sudhoff • STL 2
Phillippe • PIT 2
Kitson • BRO 2
7. Gear • WSH 1
Griffith • CHW 1
Husting • MLA 1
Lewis • BOS 1
McGinnity • BLA 1
Mercer • WSH 1
Miller • DET 1
Nops • BLA 1
Scott • CLE 1
Yeager • DET 1
Chesbro • PIT 1
Garvin • MLA 1
Orth • PHI 1
Phyle • NYG 1
Tannehill • PIT 1
Dowling • 2TM 1
Foreman • 2TM 1
Harvey • 2TM 1
Piatt • 2TM 1
Donahue • PHI 1
Innings Pitched
1. McGinnity • BLA 382.0
2. Hahn • CIN 375.1
3. Young • BOS 371.1
4. Taylor • NYG 353.1
5. Donovan • BRO 351.0
6. Powell • STL 338.1
7. Mathewson • NYG 336.0
8. Miller • DET 332.0
9. Fraser • PHA 331.0
10. Carrick • WSH 324.0
Strikeouts
1. Hahn • CIN 239
2. Donovan • BRO 226
3. Hughes • CHC 225
4. Mathewson • NYG 221
5. Waddell • 2TM 172
6. Young • BOS 158
7. Nichols • BSN 143
8. Dinneen • BSN 141
9. Taylor • NYG 136
10. Powell • STL 133
Willis • BSN 133
Games Started
1. McGinnity • BLA 43
Taylor • NYG 43
3. Hahn • CIN 42
4. Young • BOS 41
5. Donovan • BRO 38
Mathewson • NYG 38
7. Carrick • WSH 37
Fraser • PHA 37
Harper • STL 37
Powell • STL 37
Complete Games
1. Hahn • CIN 41
2. McGinnity • BLA 39
3. Young • BOS 38
4. Taylor • NYG 37
5. Donovan • BRO 36
Mathewson • NYG 36
7. Fraser • PHA 35
Miller • DET 35
9. Carrick • WSH 34
10. Donahue • PHI 33
Nichols • BSN 33
Powell • STL 33
Willis • BSN 33
Shutouts
1. Chesbro • PIT 6
Willis • BSN 6
Orth • PHI 6
4. Mathewson • NYG 5
Young • BOS 5
Duggleby • PHI 5
Kitson • BRO 5
Griffith • CHW 5
9. Tannehill • PIT 4
Nichols • BSN 4
Moore • CLE 4
Taylor • NYG 4
Patten • WSH 4
Patterson • CHW 4
Home Runs
1. Lee • WSH 14
Lewis • BOS 14
Reidy • MLA 14
Powell • STL 14
5. Carrick • WSH 12
Hahn • CIN 12
7. Patterson • CHW 11
8. Stimmel • CIN 10
9. Gear • WSH 9
Siever • DET 9
Duggleby • PHI 9
Eason • CHC 9
Kitson • BRO 9
Bases on Balls
1. Donovan • BRO 152
2. Fraser • PHA 132
3. Dowling • 2TM 118
4. Hughes • CHC 115
5. Taylor • NYG 112
6. Moore • CLE 107
7. Hughes • BRO 102
8. Harper • STL 99
9. Miller • DET 98
10. Mathewson • NYG 97
Hits
1. McGinnity • BLA 412
2. Taylor • NYG 377
3. Hahn • CIN 370
4. Carrick • WSH 367
5. Reidy • MLA 364
Phillips • CIN 364
7. Powell • STL 351
8. Patterson • CHW 345
9. Fraser • PHA 344
10. Taylor • CHC 341
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Young • BOS 4.270
2. Hahn • CIN 3.464
3. Tannehill • PIT 3.278
4. Orth • PHI 2.875
5. Phillippe • PIT 2.711
6. Powell • STL 2.660
7. Chesbro • PIT 2.481
8. White • PHI 2.357
9. Duggleby • PHI 2.317
10. Waddell • 2TM 2.293
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Donovan • BRO 0.026
2. Miller • DET 0.027
3. Tannehill • PIT 0.036
4. Dowling • 2TM 0.059
5. Donahue • PHI 0.061
6. White • PHI 0.076
7. Mathewson • NYG 0.080
8. Orth • PHI 0.096
9. Leever • PIT 0.102
10. Plank • PHA 0.104
Losses
1. Taylor • NYG 27
2. Dowling • 2TM 25
3. Hughes • CHC 23
4. Carrick • WSH 22
5. Howell • BLA 21
6. Garvin • MLA 20
McGinnity • BLA 20
Reidy • MLA 20
9. Hahn • CIN 19
Powell • STL 19
Taylor • CHC 19
Earned Runs
1. McGinnity • BLA 151
2. Phillips • CIN 145
3. Reidy • MLA 141
Dowling • 2TM 141
5. Fraser • PHA 140
6. Carrick • WSH 135
7. Powell • STL 133
8. Bernhard • PHA 129
9. Lee • WSH 128
10. Taylor • NYG 125
Wild Pitches
1. Mathewson • NYG 23
2. Harper • STL 19
3. Hughes • CHC 16
4. Plank • PHA 13
Garvin • MLA 13
6. Moore • CLE 12
7. Fraser • PHA 11
8. Hahn • CIN 10
Patterson • CHW 10
Nops • BLA 10
Dinneen • BSN 10
Donovan • BRO 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Fraser • PHA 32
2. McGinnity • BLA 21
Newton • 2TM 21
4. Carrick • WSH 20
5. Dowling • 2TM 19
6. Sudhoff • STL 18
7. Patten • WSH 17
Hughes • CHC 17
9. Harper • STL 16
Taylor • NYG 16
Batters Faced
1. McGinnity • BLA 1,631
2. Hahn • CIN 1,524
3. Taylor • NYG 1,518
4. Donovan • BRO 1,490
5. Fraser • PHA 1,463
6. Young • BOS 1,440
7. Carrick • WSH 1,415
8. Miller • DET 1,408
9. Powell • STL 1,383
10. Mathewson • NYG 1,361
Games Finished
1. Sudhoff • STL 11
2. Garvin • MLA 10
3. Gear • WSH 8
Husting • MLA 8
Chesbro • PIT 8
Powell • STL 8
7. Donovan • BRO 7
Dowling • 2TM 7
9. Hoffer • CLE 6
Patterson • CHW 6
Duggleby • PHI 6
Kennedy • BRO 6
Kitson • BRO 6
Sutthoff • CIN 6
Harvey • 2TM 6
Adjusted ERA+
1. Young • BOS 219
2. Willis • BSN 154
3. Tannehill • PIT 150
4. Orth • PHI 150
5. Phillippe • PIT 147
6. Yeager • DET 146
7. Callahan • CHW 144
8. Mathewson • NYG 138
9. Chesbro • PIT 137
10. Donahue • PHI 131
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Tannehill • PIT 2.59
2. Young • BOS 2.64
3. Hahn • CIN 2.69
4. Mathewson • NYG 2.71
5. White • PHI 2.81
6. Waddell • 2TM 2.83
7. Orth • PHI 2.84
8. Chesbro • PIT 2.90
9. Hughes • CHC 2.92
10. Leever • PIT 2.93
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Young • BOS 78
2. Willis • BSN 40
3. Orth • PHI 34
4. Mathewson • NYG 33
5. Phillippe • PIT 31
6. Chesbro • PIT 30
7. Miller • DET 29
8. Donahue • PHI 29
9. Tannehill • PIT 28
10. Griffith • CHW 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Young • BOS 7.8
2. Willis • BSN 4.2
3. Orth • PHI 3.5
4. Mathewson • NYG 3.4
5. Phillippe • PIT 3.1
6. Chesbro • PIT 3.1
7. Donahue • PHI 3.0
8. Tannehill • PIT 2.9
9. Miller • DET 2.7
10. Griffith • CHW 2.6

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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