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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. Gehrig • NYY 10.0
2. Dean • STL 9.5
3. Gehringer • DET 8.8
4. Jones • PS 8.7
5. Davis • PHI 8.6
6. Foxx • PHA 8.3
7. Gomez • NYY 7.9
8. Harder • CLE 7.7
9. Vaughan • PIT 7.3
10. Hubbell • NYG 7.2

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. Dean • STL 8.9
2. Davis • PHI 8.6
3. Jones • PS 8.4
4. Gomez • NYY 8.4
5. Harder • CLE 8.0
6. Hubbell • NYG 7.3
7. Newsom • SLB 6.1
8. Paige • PC 6.0
9. Rowe • DET 5.7
10. Ostermueller • BOS 5.5

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. Jones • PS 1.60
2. Paige • PC 1.61
3. Hubbell • NYG 2.30
4. Gomez • NYY 2.33
5. Harder • CLE 2.61
6. Dean • STL 2.66
7. Holmes • PS 2.72
8. McDonald • PS 2.78
9. Ellis • PS 2.82
10. Hoyt • PIT 2.93

Wins

Wins

1. Dean • STL 30
2. Gomez • NYY 26
3. Rowe • DET 24
4. Schumacher • NYG 23
5. Bridges • DET 22
Warneke • CHC 22
7. Hubbell • NYG 21
8. Harder • CLE 20
Jones • PS 20
10. Ruffing • NYY 19
Davis • PHI 19
Dean • STL 19

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. Gomez • NYY .839
2. Jones • PS .833
3. Paige • PC .813
4. Dean • STL .811
5. Marberry • DET .750
Walker • STL .750
Rowe • DET .750
Ellis • PS .750
9. Ferrell • BOS .737
10. Bell • PC .733

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Paige • PC 0.872
2. Jones • PS 0.926
3. Trent • CAG 0.989
4. Hubbell • NYG 1.032
5. McDonald • PS 1.086
6. Holmes • PS 1.129
7. Gomez • NYY 1.133
8. Ellis • PS 1.136
9. Willis • NEG 1.156
10. Warneke • CHC 1.164

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 • PC 5.993
2. Jones • PS 6.251
3. Trent • CAG 6.606
4. Gomez • NYY 7.125
5. Ellis • PS 7.322
6. Holmes • PS 7.448
7. McDonald • PS 7.897
8. Ruffing • NYY 8.146
9. Bridges • DET 8.149
10. Hubbell • NYG 8.224

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. Hubbell • NYG 1.064
2. Frey • CIN 1.541
3. Leonard • BRO 1.617
4. Roberts • CRS 1.723
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 1.743
6. Betts • BSN 1.775
7. Paige • PC 1.854
8. McDonald • PS 1.880
9. Carleton • STL 1.945
10. Swift • PIT 1.947

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Paige • PC 9.391
2. Jones • PS 7.271
3. Holmes • PS 6.207
4. Kincannon • PC 5.910
5. Dean • STL 5.786
6. Trent • CAG 5.649
7. Dean • STL 5.631
8. Griffith • NEG 5.496
9. Weaver • 2TM 5.491
10. Willis • NEG 5.430

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Russell • WSH 54
2. Davis • PHI 51
3. Dean • STL 50
Hansen • PHI 50
5. French • PIT 49
Hubbell • NYG 49
7. Hoyt • PIT 48
8. Newsom • SLB 47
Derringer • CIN 47
10. Johnson • CIN 46

Saves

Saves

1. Russell • WSH 8
Hubbell • NYG 8
3. Brown • CLE 7
Dean • STL 7
Luque • NYG 7
6. Bell • NYG 6
Smith • BSN 6
8. Harder • CLE 5
Newsom • SLB 5
Brandt • BSN 5
Cantwell • BSN 5
Davis • PHI 5
Hoyt • PIT 5
Leonard • BRO 5
Smith • NYG 5

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Mungo • BRO 315.1
2. Hubbell • NYG 313.0
3. Dean • STL 311.2
4. Schumacher • NYG 297.0
5. Warneke • CHC 291.1
6. Gomez • NYY 281.2
7. Bridges • DET 275.0
8. Davis • PHI 274.1
9. Rowe • DET 266.0
10. French • PIT 263.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dean • STL 195
2. Mungo • BRO 184
3. Jones • PS 164
4. Gomez • NYY 158
5. Paige • PC 152
6. Bridges • DET 151
7. Dean • STL 150
8. Rowe • DET 149
Ruffing • NYY 149
10. Warneke • CHC 143

Games Started

Games Started

1. Mungo • BRO 38
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 37
3. Schumacher • NYG 36
4. Bridges • DET 35
Hubbell • NYG 35
Warneke • CHC 35
7. French • PIT 34
8. Blaeholder • SLB 33
Gomez • NYY 33
Pearson • CLE 33
Dean • STL 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Gomez • NYY 25
Hubbell • NYG 25
3. Dean • STL 24
4. Bridges • DET 23
Warneke • CHC 23
6. Mungo • BRO 22
7. Lyons • CHW 21
8. Rowe • DET 20
Brandt • BSN 20
Jones • PS 20

Shutouts

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

1. Dean • STL 7
2. Gomez • NYY 6
Jones • PS 6
Harder • CLE 6
5. Dean • STL 5
Paige • PC 5
Hubbell • NYG 5
Ruffing • NYY 5
9. Dietrich • PHA 4
Lee • CHC 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Collins • PHI 30
2. Earnshaw • CHW 28
3. Tietje • CHW 20
4. Dean • STL 19
5. Ruffing • NYY 18
6. Knott • SLB 17
Betts • BSN 17
Hubbell • NYG 17
9. Blaeholder • SLB 16
Bridges • DET 16
Gaston • CHW 16
Jones • CHW 16
Pearson • CLE 16
Weaver • WSH 16
Schumacher • NYG 16
Warneke • CHC 16
Johnson • 2TM 16

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Newsom • SLB 149
2. Pearson • CLE 130
3. Cain • PHA 128
4. Hadley • SLB 127
5. Dietrich • PHA 114
6. Bridges • DET 104
Cascarella • PHA 104
Earnshaw • CHW 104
Ruffing • NYY 104
Mungo • BRO 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mungo • BRO 300
2. French • PIT 299
Schumacher • NYG 299
4. Derringer • CIN 297
5. Dean • STL 288
Frey • CIN 288
7. Hubbell • NYG 286
8. Davis • PHI 283
9. Collins • PHI 277
10. Blaeholder • SLB 276

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 • PC 5.067
2. Jones • PS 3.489
3. Hubbell • NYG 3.189
4. Dean • STL 2.885
5. Willis • NEG 2.769
6. Dean • STL 2.600
7. Trent • CAG 2.458
8. Hoyt • PIT 2.442
9. Holmes • PS 2.286
10. Kincannon • PC 2.200

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. Cockrell • PS 0.000
Foster • CAG 0.000
3. Porter • NEG 0.085
4. Burke • WSH 0.107
5. Hallahan • STL 0.111
6. Matlock • PC 0.118
7. Paige • PC 0.124
8. Holmes • PS 0.155
9. Hunter • PC 0.185
10. Ferrell • BOS 0.199

Losses

Losses

1. Johnson • CIN 22
2. Derringer • CIN 21
3. Newsom • SLB 20
4. Gaston • CHW 19
5. Blaeholder • SLB 18
Collins • PHI 18
French • PIT 18
8. Cain • PHA 17
Davis • PHI 17
10. Hadley • SLB 16
Frey • CIN 16
Mungo • BRO 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Pearson • CLE 128
2. Gaston • CHW 126
3. Johnson • CIN 125
4. Whitehill • WSH 118
Collins • PHI 118
Mungo • BRO 118
7. Newsom • SLB 117
8. Marcum • PHA 116
9. Earnshaw • CHW 114
Carleton • STL 114

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Pearson • CLE 15
2. Gaston • CHW 13
3. Schumacher • NYG 10
Weaver • 2TM 10
5. Fitzsimmons • NYG 9
Lee • CHC 9
7. Carroll • BRO 8
8. Hudlin • CLE 7
Derringer • CIN 7
10. Earnshaw • CHW 6
Gallivan • CHW 6
Jones • CHW 6
Mahaffey • PHA 6
Ostermueller • BOS 6
Carleton • STL 6
Mungo • BRO 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Welch • BOS 8
Swift • PIT 8
3. Harder • CLE 7
Carleton • STL 7
Davis • PHI 7
Johnson • CIN 7
7. Hadley • SLB 6
Dean • STL 6
Parmelee • NYG 6
Holley • 2TM 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Mungo • BRO 1,329
2. Dean • STL 1,291
3. Hubbell • NYG 1,255
4. Schumacher • NYG 1,254
5. Warneke • CHC 1,198
6. Newsom • SLB 1,159
7. Bridges • DET 1,153
8. Gomez • NYY 1,142
9. French • PIT 1,141
10. Pearson • CLE 1,136

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. McColl • WSH 26
2. Smith • BSN 25
3. Heving • CHW 21
Johnson • 2TM 21
5. Gallivan • CHW 20
Pennock • BOS 20
Russell • WSH 20
Hoyt • PIT 20
9. Andrews • SLB 19
Luque • NYG 19
Kline • 2TM 19

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Jones • PS 282
2. Paige • PC 280
3. Gomez • NYY 176
4. Harder • CLE 173
5. Hubbell • NYG 168
6. Holmes • PS 166
7. McDonald • PS 162
8. Davis • PHI 160
9. Ellis • PS 159
10. Dean • STL 159

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 • PC 1.97
2. Jones • PS 2.74
3. Holmes • PS 2.97
4. Willis • NEG 3.15
5. Porter • NEG 3.21
6. Kincannon • PC 3.23
7. Hoyt • PIT 3.23
8. Dean • STL 3.33
9. Bailey • ND 3.35
10. Derringer • CIN 3.41

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. Jones • PS 64
2. Gomez • NYY 60
3. Hubbell • NYG 54
4. Dean • STL 51
5. Harder • CLE 49
6. Paige • PC 44
7. Davis • PHI 43
8. Rowe • DET 32
9. Bridges • DET 28
10. Murphy • NYY 27

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. Jones • PS 6.7
2. Gomez • NYY 6.1
3. Hubbell • NYG 5.6
4. Dean • STL 5.3
5. Harder • CLE 4.8
6. Paige • PC 4.7
7. Davis • PHI 4.4
8. Rowe • DET 3.0
9. Bridges • DET 2.7
10. Warneke • CHC 2.6

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. Gomez • NYY 65.70
2. Hubbell • NYG 58.59
3. Dean • STL 58.07
4. Harder • CLE 53.39
5. Rowe • DET 45.68
6. Bridges • DET 43.00
7. Warneke • CHC 39.24
8. Davis • PHI 36.61
9. Murphy • NYY 34.93
10. Dean • STL 33.67

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Dean • STL 6.6
2. Hubbell • NYG 6.0
3. Harder • CLE 5.8
4. Gomez • NYY 5.7
5. Rowe • DET 5.1
6. Warneke • CHC 4.6
7. Bridges • DET 4.5
8. Dean • STL 4.2
9. Lee • CHC 3.9
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 3.7

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. Hubbell • NYG 6.2
2. Gomez • NYY 6.1
3. Dean • STL 4.7
4. Harder • CLE 4.6
5. Davis • PHI 4.2
6. Rowe • DET 4.2
7. Warneke • CHC 4.1
8. Bridges • DET 3.7
9. Murphy • NYY 3.2
10. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Dean • STL 22.3
2. Rowe • DET 17.3
3. Gomez • NYY 16.2
4. Hubbell • NYG 14.5
5. Dean • STL 13.0
6. Fitzsimmons • NYG 11.7
7. Warneke • CHC 10.3
8. Bridges • DET 10.2
9. Parmelee • NYG 8.8
10. Lee • CHC 8.6

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. Gomez • NYY 7.1
2. Hubbell • NYG 6.3
3. Dean • STL 5.9
4. Harder • CLE 5.3
5. Rowe • DET 4.5
6. Bridges • DET 4.3
7. Warneke • CHC 4.1
8. Murphy • NYY 3.6
9. Davis • PHI 3.4
10. Dean • STL 3.4

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