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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. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Grove • PHA 10.4
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.6
4. Ferrell • CLE 9.4
5. Wells • SLS 8.6
6. Cronin • WSH 8.5
7. Terry • NYG 7.9
8. Stewart • SLB 7.8
9. Simmons • PHA 7.8
10. Wilson • CHC 7.4

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. Grove • PHA 10.4
2. Ferrell • CLE 8.3
3. Stewart • SLB 7.3
4. Vance • BRO 7.3
5. Uhle • DET 6.3
6. Sorrell • DET 5.9
7. Gaston • BOS 5.3
8. Lyons • CHW 5.3
9. Collins • PHI 5.3
10. Smith • BSN 4.9

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. Grove • PHA 2.54
2. Paige • BBB 2.57
3. Vance • BRO 2.61
4. Bell • KCM 2.67
5. Radcliffe • SLS 2.72
6. Foster • CAG 2.89
7. Brewer • KCM 3.17
8. Díaz • CSW 3.24
9. Ferrell • CLE 3.31
10. Gillispie • 2TM 3.32

Wins

Wins

1. Grove • PHA 28
2. Ferrell • CLE 25
3. Earnshaw • PHA 22
Lyons • CHW 22
5. Stewart • SLB 20
Kremer • PIT 20
Malone • CHC 20
8. Fitzsimmons • NYG 19
9. Crowder • 2TM 18
10. Whitehill • DET 17
Brame • PIT 17
French • PIT 17
Hubbell • NYG 17
Vance • BRO 17
Walker • NYG 17

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. Grove • PHA .848
2. Radcliffe • SLS .833
3. Hensley • SLS .800
Trent • SLS .800
5. Davis • 2TM .786
6. Paige • BBB .778
7. Marberry • WSH .750
Shores • PHA .750
Bell • KCM .750
Cooper • KCM .750

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Paige • BBB 0.842
2. Dean • DS 1.101
3. Bell • KCM 1.109
4. Grove • PHA 1.144
Vance • BRO 1.144
6. Radcliffe • SLS 1.175
7. Cooper • DS 1.182
8. Clark • BRO 1.235
9. Foster • CAG 1.264
10. Kolp • CIN 1.271

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Paige • BBB 6.475
2. Radcliffe • SLS 7.772
3. Foster • CAG 8.264
4. Gillispie • 2TM 8.301
5. Hadley • WSH 8.366
6. Vance • BRO 8.385
7. Grove • PHA 8.443
8. Bell • KCM 8.465
9. Díaz • CSW 8.605
10. Dean • DS 8.645

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. Paige • BBB 1.100
2. Pennock • NYY 1.151
3. Dean • DS 1.264
4. Salmon • 2TM 1.289
5. Bell • KCM 1.515
6. Clark • BRO 1.710
7. Lyons • CHW 1.723
8. Kolp • CIN 1.818
9. Johnson • STL 1.822
10. Grove • PHA 1.856

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Cooper • KCM 8.748
2. Paige • BBB 8.430
3. Foster • CAG 7.472
4. Hallahan • STL 6.712
5. Grove • PHA 6.464
6. Bell • KCM 6.416
7. Tiant • CSW 6.189
8. Vance • BRO 6.019
9. Shaw • DS 5.973
10. McHenry • KCM 5.933

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Grove • PHA 50
2. Earnshaw • PHA 49
3. Elliott • PHI 48
4. Collins • PHI 47
5. Bush • CHC 46
6. Malone • CHC 45
Pruett • NYG 45
8. Johnson • NYY 44
Pipgras • NYY 44
Clark • BRO 44
Frey • CIN 44

Saves

Saves

1. Grove • PHA 9
2. Bell • STL 8
3. Clark • BRO 7
4. Quinn • PHA 6
Heving • NYG 6
Lindsey • STL 6
Swetonic • PIT 6
Braxton • 2TM 6
9. Pipgras • NYY 5
Sullivan • DET 5
Malone • CHC 5
Smith • BSN 5

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Lyons • CHW 297.2
2. Ferrell • CLE 296.2
3. Earnshaw • PHA 296.0
4. Grove • PHA 291.0
5. Crowder • 2TM 279.2
6. Kremer • PIT 276.0
7. French • PIT 274.2
8. Gaston • BOS 273.0
9. Malone • CHC 271.2
10. Stewart • SLB 271.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Grove • PHA 209
2. Earnshaw • PHA 193
3. Hallahan • STL 177
4. Vance • BRO 173
5. Hadley • WSH 162
6. Ferrell • CLE 143
7. Malone • CHC 142
8. Foster • CAG 132
9. Ruffing • 2TM 131
10. Root • CHC 124

Games Started

Games Started

1. Earnshaw • PHA 39
2. Kremer • PIT 38
3. Lyons • CHW 36
4. Ferrell • CLE 35
French • PIT 35
Malone • CHC 35
Crowder • 2TM 35
8. Gaston • BOS 34
Hadley • WSH 34
Walker • NYG 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lyons • CHW 29
2. Ferrell • CLE 25
Crowder • 2TM 25
4. Stewart • SLB 23
5. Grove • PHA 22
Brame • PIT 22
Malone • CHC 22
8. Gaston • BOS 21
French • PIT 21
10. Earnshaw • PHA 20
Seibold • BSN 20
Vance • BRO 20

Shutouts

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

1. Vance • BRO 4
Root • CHC 4
3. Brown • CLE 3
Pipgras • NYY 3
Earnshaw • PHA 3
French • PIT 3
Hubbell • NYG 3
8. McHenry • KCM 2
Wood • PIT 2
Walberg • PHA 2
Elliott • BRO 2
Frey • CIN 2
Hallahan • STL 2
Johnson • STL 2
Kolp • CIN 2
Dean • DS 2
Davis • DS 2
Luque • BRO 2
Phelps • BRO 2
Smith • BSN 2
Brewer • KCM 2
Bell • KCM 2
Thurston • BRO 2
Walker • NYG 2
Sorrell • DET 2
Cornelius • 2TM 2
Grove • PHA 2
Gaston • BOS 2
Trent • SLS 2
Shaw • DS 2
Marberry • WSH 2
Ruffing • 2TM 2
Paige • BBB 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Kremer • PIT 29
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 26
3. Smith • BSN 25
4. Sweetland • PHI 24
5. Benge • PHI 22
Bush • CHC 22
Collins • PHI 22
8. Stewart • SLB 21
Brame • PIT 21
Phelps • BRO 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Earnshaw • PHA 139
2. Hallahan • STL 126
3. Ferrell • CLE 106
Sorrell • DET 106
5. Hadley • WSH 105
6. Johnson • NYY 104
7. Blake • CHC 99
8. Gaston • BOS 98
9. Malone • CHC 96
Crowder • 2TM 96

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kremer • PIT 366
2. Lyons • CHW 331
3. French • PIT 325
4. Benge • PHI 305
5. Russell • BOS 302
6. Earnshaw • PHA 299
Ferrell • CLE 299
8. Frey • CIN 295
9. MacFayden • BOS 293
10. Brame • PIT 291
Bush • CHC 291

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. Paige • BBB 7.667
2. Salmon • 2TM 4.409
3. Bell • KCM 4.235
4. Dean • DS 3.895
5. Grove • PHA 3.483
6. Vance • BRO 3.145
7. Johnson • STL 2.421
8. Foster • CAG 2.400
9. Pennock • NYY 2.300
10. Shaw • DS 2.273

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. Curry • MRS 0.106
2. Paige • BBB 0.122
3. Cooper • KCM 0.168
4. Bell • 2TM 0.172
5. Brewer • KCM 0.173
6. Holsey • CAG 0.196
7. Jones • WSH 0.196
8. Hadley • WSH 0.207
9. Salmon • 2TM 0.234
10. Lorenzo • CSW 0.247

Losses

Losses

1. Gaston • BOS 20
Russell • BOS 20
3. Coffman • SLB 18
French • PIT 18
Frey • CIN 18
6. Henry • CHW 17
Lisenbee • BOS 17
Willoughby • PHI 17
9. Hudlin • CLE 16
Lucas • CIN 16
Seibold • BSN 16
Crowder • 2TM 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Bush • CHC 155
2. Kremer • PIT 154
3. Earnshaw • PHA 146
4. Benge • PHI 143
Sweetland • PHI 143
6. Russell • BOS 139
7. French • PIT 133
8. Willoughby • PHI 129
9. Frey • CIN 128
10. Collins • PHI 127
Benton • 2TM 127

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Bush • CHC 12
2. Gaston • BOS 11
Johnson • NYY 11
Hallahan • STL 11
5. Earnshaw • PHA 10
6. Benton • 2TM 9
7. Sherid • NYY 7
Frey • CIN 7
Haines • STL 7
Spencer • PIT 7
Grimes • 2TM 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hubbell • NYG 11
2. Collins • PHI 10
3. Hogsett • DET 9
4. Pipgras • NYY 8
Whitehill • DET 8
Brewer • KCM 8
Wright • NEG 8
8. Rixey • CIN 7
Root • CHC 7
Walker • NYG 7
Grimes • 2TM 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Earnshaw • PHA 1,299
2. Ferrell • CLE 1,274
3. Lyons • CHW 1,258
4. French • PIT 1,232
Kremer • PIT 1,232
6. Malone • CHC 1,197
7. Grove • PHA 1,191
8. Crowder • 2TM 1,188
9. Gaston • BOS 1,175
10. MacFayden • BOS 1,169

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. Kimsey • SLB 30
2. Heving • NYG 22
Spencer • PIT 22
4. Walsh • CHW 21
5. Appleton • CLE 20
Rommel • PHA 20
Elliott • PHI 20
8. Johnson • NYY 19
McKain • CHW 19
Smith • BOS 19
Lindsey • STL 19

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Vance • BRO 189
2. Grove • PHA 185
3. Paige • BBB 179
4. Bell • KCM 171
5. Radcliffe • SLS 168
6. Foster • CAG 158
7. Ferrell • CLE 145
8. Brewer • KCM 144
9. Díaz • CSW 141
10. Stewart • SLB 140

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. Paige • BBB 2.27
2. Bell • KCM 3.05
3. Salmon • 2TM 3.08
4. Grove • PHA 3.15
5. Dean • DS 3.41
6. Cooper • KCM 3.46
7. Foster • CAG 3.62
8. Vance • BRO 3.67
9. Willis • NEG 3.75
10. Brewer • KCM 3.78

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. Grove • PHA 68
2. Vance • BRO 63
3. Ferrell • CLE 43
4. Stewart • SLB 42
5. Uhle • DET 31
6. Crowder • 2TM 29
7. Foster • CAG 28
8. Hadley • WSH 28
9. Malone • CHC 26
10. Hubbell • NYG 25

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. Grove • PHA 6.5
2. Vance • BRO 6.1
3. Ferrell • CLE 4.0
4. Stewart • SLB 4.0
5. Uhle • DET 3.0
6. Crowder • 2TM 2.7
7. Foster • CAG 2.6
8. Hadley • WSH 2.6
9. Malone • CHC 2.3
10. Sorrell • DET 2.3

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Grove • PHA 81.84
2. Vance • BRO 62.52
3. Stewart • SLB 49.57
4. Ferrell • CLE 41.52
5. Uhle • DET 36.75
6. Hubbell • NYG 33.95
7. Crowder • 2TM 32.65
8. Sorrell • DET 31.33
9. Malone • CHC 31.14
10. Elliott • BRO 29.28

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Grove • PHA 9.8
2. Stewart • SLB 6.5
3. Vance • BRO 6.2
4. Seibold • BSN 4.9
5. Malone • CHC 4.9
6. Lyons • CHW 4.7
7. Hadley • WSH 4.4
8. Ferrell • CLE 3.8
9. Marberry • WSH 3.3
10. Smith • BSN 3.2

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Grove • PHA 6.6
2. Vance • BRO 5.7
3. Stewart • SLB 4.5
4. Hubbell • NYG 3.6
5. Lyons • CHW 3.5
6. Ferrell • CLE 3.2
7. Uhle • DET 3.2
8. Crowder • 2TM 3.1
9. Hadley • WSH 3.1
10. Gaston • BOS 2.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Vance • BRO 32.9
2. Malone • CHC 19.3
3. Grove • PHA 18.7
4. Hallahan • STL 11.0
5. Clark • BRO 10.9
6. Phelps • BRO 9.0
7. Marberry • WSH 8.4
8. Elliott • BRO 7.9
9. Grimes • 2TM 6.1
10. Hadley • WSH 5.9

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Grove • PHA 8.0
2. Vance • BRO 6.0
3. Stewart • SLB 4.7
4. Ferrell • CLE 3.9
5. Uhle • DET 3.5
6. Hubbell • NYG 3.2
7. Crowder • 2TM 3.1
8. Sorrell • DET 2.9
9. Malone • CHC 2.9
10. Hadley • WSH 2.7

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