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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. Ferrell • BOS 10.6
2. Vaughan • PIT 9.7
3. Grove • BOS 8.8
4. Gehringer • DET 8.5
5. Gehrig • NYY 8.3
6. Foxx • PHA 7.9
7. Dean • STL 7.5
8. Greenberg • DET 7.4
9. Ott • NYG 7.2
10. Herman • CHC 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. Grove • BOS 9.4
2. Ferrell • BOS 8.2
3. Harder • CLE 7.3
4. Blanton • PIT 7.2
5. Dean • STL 7.1
6. Davis • PHI 7.1
7. Andrews • SLB 6.4
8. Dean • STL 5.7
9. Johnson • PHI 5.2
10. Hudlin • CLE 5.1

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. Matlock • PC 1.52
2. Blanton • PIT 2.58
3. Taylor • NYC 2.68
4. Swift • PIT 2.70
5. Grove • BOS 2.70
6. Stanley • NYC 2.83
7. Foster • CAG 2.84
8. Willis • CEG 2.86
9. Schumacher • NYG 2.89
10. Griffith • CEG 2.93

Wins

Wins

1. Dean • STL 28
2. Ferrell • BOS 25
3. Hubbell • NYG 23
4. Harder • CLE 22
Derringer • CIN 22
6. Bridges • DET 21
7. Grove • BOS 20
Lee • CHC 20
Warneke • CHC 20
10. Rowe • DET 19
Dean • STL 19
Schumacher • NYG 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. Matlock • PC 1.000
2. Davis • PC .833
3. Blake • NYC .800
Porter • CEG .800
Willis • CEG .800
6. Lee • CHC .769
7. Streeter • PC .750
8. Henshaw • CHC .722
9. Auker • DET .720
10. Castleman • NYG .714
Carter • PS .714
Carter • PC .714

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Matlock • PC 1.000
2. Blanton • PIT 1.081
3. Swift • PIT 1.129
4. Willis • CEG 1.129
5. Schumacher • NYG 1.166
6. Dean • STL 1.172
7. Warneke • CHC 1.173
8. Clark • BRO 1.174
9. Root • CHC 1.192
10. Hubbell • NYG 1.199

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Blake • NYC 6.460
2. Taylor • NYC 6.849
3. Matlock • PC 7.352
4. Griffith • CEG 7.448
5. Blanton • PIT 7.785
6. Foster • CAG 7.980
7. Allen • NYY 8.030
8. Tiant • NYC 8.037
9. Brown • HG 8.056
10. Schumacher • NYG 8.083

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. Clark • BRO 1.217
2. Hubbell • NYG 1.457
3. Hoyt • PIT 1.482
4. Derringer • CIN 1.594
5. Johnson • PHI 1.597
6. French • CHC 1.608
7. Swift • PIT 1.635
8. Matlock • PC 1.648
9. Harder • CLE 1.660
10. Warneke • CHC 1.720

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Blake • NYC 8.945
2. Tiant • NYC 8.037
3. Parker • HG 7.906
4. Taylor • NYC 7.147
5. Allen • NYY 6.090
6. Mungo • BRO 6.005
7. Cornelius • CAG 5.949
8. Evans • ND 5.750
9. Day • BE 5.490
10. Griffith • CEG 5.453

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Van Atta • 2TM 58
2. Walkup • SLB 55
3. Jorgens • PHI 53
4. Andrews • SLB 50
Dean • STL 50
6. Thomas • SLB 49
7. Knott • SLB 48
8. Bivin • PHI 47
9. Dean • STL 46
Smith • BSN 46

Saves

Saves

1. Leonard • BRO 8
2. Knott • SLB 7
3. Hoyt • PIT 6
Johnson • PHI 6
Stout • NYG 6
6. Hildebrand • CLE 5
Hogsett • DET 5
Hudlin • CLE 5
Murphy • NYY 5
Wyatt • CHW 5
Brennan • CIN 5
Dean • STL 5
Dean • STL 5
Smith • NYG 5
Smith • BSN 5

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Dean • STL 325.1
2. Ferrell • BOS 322.1
3. Hubbell • NYG 302.2
4. Harder • CLE 287.1
5. Whitehill • WSH 279.1
6. Derringer • CIN 276.2
7. Rowe • DET 275.2
8. Bridges • DET 274.1
9. Grove • BOS 273.0
10. Dean • STL 269.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dean • STL 190
2. Bridges • DET 163
3. Hubbell • NYG 150
4. Dean • STL 143
Mungo • BRO 143
6. Blanton • PIT 142
7. Rowe • DET 140
8. Gomez • NYY 138
9. Grove • BOS 121
10. Derringer • CIN 120
Warneke • CHC 120

Games Started

Games Started

1. Ferrell • BOS 38
2. Dean • STL 36
3. Harder • CLE 35
Hubbell • NYG 35
5. Bridges • DET 34
Rowe • DET 34
Whitehill • WSH 34
8. Dean • STL 33
Derringer • CIN 33
Schumacher • NYG 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Ferrell • BOS 31
2. Dean • STL 29
3. Hubbell • NYG 24
4. Bridges • DET 23
Grove • BOS 23
Blanton • PIT 23
7. Rowe • DET 21
8. Derringer • CIN 20
Warneke • CHC 20
10. Lyons • CHW 19
Marcum • PHA 19
Ruffing • NYY 19
Whitehill • WSH 19
Davis • PHI 19
Dean • STL 19

Shutouts

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

1. Rowe • DET 6
2. Bridges • DET 4
Fitzsimmons • NYG 4
French • CHC 4
Blanton • PIT 4
Weaver • PIT 4
Mungo • BRO 4
Harder • CLE 4
9. Schumacher • NYG 3
Lyons • CHW 3
Derringer • CIN 3
Henshaw • CHC 3
Lee • CHC 3
Tamulis • NYY 3
Hudlin • CLE 3
Ferrell • BOS 3
Swift • PIT 3
Dean • STL 3
Davis • PHI 3
Tiant • NYC 3
Wilshere • PHA 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hubbell • NYG 27
2. Bridges • DET 22
3. Bivin • PHI 20
Parmelee • NYG 20
5. Warneke • CHC 19
6. Gomez • NYY 18
Hadley • WSH 18
8. Kennedy • CHW 17
Ruffing • NYY 17
Walkup • SLB 17
Whitehead • CHW 17
Carleton • CHC 17

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cain • 2TM 123
2. Bridges • DET 113
3. Ferrell • BOS 108
4. Walkup • SLB 104
Whitehill • WSH 104
6. Pearson • CLE 103
7. Hadley • WSH 102
8. Dietrich • PHA 101
Whitehead • CHW 101
10. Parmelee • NYG 97
Newsom • 2TM 97

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ferrell • BOS 336
2. Dean • STL 324
3. Whitehill • WSH 318
4. Hubbell • NYG 314
5. Harder • CLE 313
6. Derringer • CIN 295
7. French • CHC 279
8. Frankhouse • BSN 278
9. Bridges • DET 277
10. Newsom • 2TM 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. Hubbell • NYG 3.061
2. Matlock • PC 2.923
3. Johnson • PHI 2.871
4. Dean • STL 2.600
5. Blanton • PIT 2.582
6. Dean • STL 2.468
7. Derringer • CIN 2.449
8. Warneke • CHC 2.400
9. Hoyt • PIT 2.333
10. Bell • 2TM 2.143

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. Taylor • NYC 0.099
2. Blanton • PIT 0.106
3. Stanley • NYC 0.129
4. Harvey • PC 0.159
5. Harder • CLE 0.188
6. Grove • BOS 0.198
7. Foster • CAG 0.219
8. Carter • PC 0.229
9. Matlock • PC 0.254
10. Hollingsworth • CIN 0.260

Losses

Losses

1. Cantwell • BSN 25
2. Brandt • BSN 19
3. Smith • BSN 18
Newsom • 2TM 18
5. Van Atta • 2TM 16
6. Gomez • NYY 15
Hadley • WSH 15
Thomas • SLB 15
Tietje • CHW 15
Frankhouse • BSN 15
Jorgens • PHI 15
MacFayden • 2TM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Whitehill • WSH 133
2. Ferrell • BOS 126
Hadley • WSH 126
Walkup • SLB 126
5. Frankhouse • BSN 122
6. Newsom • 2TM 121
7. Cain • 2TM 117
8. Crowder • DET 114
9. Rowe • DET 113
10. Dietrich • PHA 111

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Hallahan • STL 10
Warneke • CHC 10
3. Thomas • SLB 9
Leonard • BRO 9
5. Gomez • NYY 8
Parmelee • NYG 8
7. Kennedy • CHW 7
Knott • SLB 7
Mahaffey • PHA 7
Turbeville • PHA 7
Whitehill • WSH 7
Babich • BRO 7
Blanton • PIT 7
Castleman • NYG 7
Hubbell • NYG 7
Lee • CHC 7
Weaver • PIT 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Day • BE 11
2. Wilshere • PHA 10
3. Auker • DET 9
Dean • STL 9
Parmelee • NYG 9
Williams • BE 9
7. Herrmann • CIN 8
Jorgens • PHI 8
9. Whitehill • WSH 7
Davis • PHI 7
Pezzullo • PHI 7
Smith • NYG 7
Walters • PHI 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Ferrell • BOS 1,391
2. Dean • STL 1,362
3. Hubbell • NYG 1,265
4. Whitehill • WSH 1,239
5. Harder • CLE 1,206
6. Bridges • DET 1,195
7. Derringer • CIN 1,153
8. Rowe • DET 1,146
9. Grove • BOS 1,137
10. Dean • STL 1,125

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. Hogsett • DET 30
2. Wyatt • CHW 25
Van Atta • 2TM 25
4. Russell • WSH 24
5. Stout • NYG 23
6. Pettit • WSH 22
Smith • BSN 22
8. Malone • NYY 21
9. Brown • CLE 19
Murphy • NYY 19
Benton • BSN 19
Betts • BSN 19
Hoyt • PIT 19

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Matlock • PC 338
2. Taylor • NYC 192
3. Stanley • NYC 182
4. Foster • CAG 181
5. Willis • CEG 180
6. Griffith • CEG 176
7. Grove • BOS 175
8. Brown • HG 172
9. Blake • NYC 163
10. Blanton • PIT 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. Blanton • PIT 2.91
2. Matlock • PC 3.05
3. Blake • NYC 3.29
4. Taylor • NYC 3.31
5. Grove • BOS 3.35
6. Harder • CLE 3.36
7. Swift • PIT 3.42
8. Dean • STL 3.42
9. Rowe • DET 3.46
10. Thompson • CEG 3.50

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 • BOS 54
2. Blanton • PIT 40
3. Dean • STL 39
4. Ferrell • BOS 39
5. Harder • CLE 39
6. Lyons • CHW 30
7. Swift • PIT 30
8. Schumacher • NYG 29
9. French • CHC 28
10. Andrews • SLB 28

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 • BOS 5.4
2. Blanton • PIT 4.1
3. Dean • STL 4.0
4. Ferrell • BOS 3.9
5. Harder • CLE 3.8
6. Lyons • CHW 3.0
7. Swift • PIT 3.0
8. Schumacher • NYG 3.0
9. French • CHC 2.9
10. Warneke • CHC 2.8

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 • BOS 52.89
2. Dean • STL 47.95
3. Harder • CLE 42.20
4. Schumacher • NYG 41.27
5. Dean • STL 38.89
6. Ferrell • BOS 38.74
7. Blanton • PIT 37.00
8. Ruffing • NYY 35.43
9. Hubbell • NYG 35.28
10. Rowe • DET 34.80

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 • BOS 6.4
2. Dean • STL 5.4
3. Ferrell • BOS 5.2
4. French • CHC 4.7
5. Harder • CLE 4.7
6. Hubbell • NYG 4.7
7. Lyons • CHW 4.5
8. Dean • STL 4.5
9. Andrews • SLB 4.2
10. Schumacher • NYG 3.8

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. Dean • STL 5.2
2. Grove • BOS 5.0
3. Blanton • PIT 4.3
Dean • STL 4.3
5. Schumacher • NYG 4.3
6. Rowe • DET 4.2
7. Harder • CLE 4.0
8. Swift • PIT 3.4
9. Ruffing • NYY 3.3
10. Warneke • CHC 3.3

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. Dean • STL 23.5
2. Warneke • CHC 18.3
3. Hubbell • NYG 15.2
4. French • CHC 15.0
5. Dean • STL 14.1
6. Schumacher • NYG 12.3
7. Root • CHC 10.3
8. Lyons • CHW 7.7
9. Rowe • DET 6.7
10. Allen • NYY 6.4

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 • BOS 5.2
2. Dean • STL 4.9
3. Schumacher • NYG 4.4
4. Harder • CLE 4.1
5. Dean • STL 3.9
6. Blanton • PIT 3.8
7. Ruffing • NYY 3.7
8. Ferrell • BOS 3.7
9. Hubbell • NYG 3.7
10. Rowe • DET 3.5

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