1945 Major League Pitching Leaders

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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Newhouser • DET 12.2

2. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.8

3. Holmes • BSN 8.3

4. Potter • SLB 7.8

5. Lake • BOS 7.1

6. Roe • PIT 6.6

7. Hack • CHC 6.5

8. Gromek • CLE 6.3

9. Cavarretta • CHC 6.0

10. Galan • BRO 5.9

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Newhouser • DET 11.3

2. Roe • PIT 7.3

3. Potter • SLB 7.2

4. Wolff • WSH 6.0

5. Gromek • CLE 5.7

6. Barrett • 2TM 5.3

7. Passeau • CHC 5.0

8. Wyse • CHC 4.9

9. Burkhart • STL 4.6

10. Brecheen • STL 4.5

Earned Run Average

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

1. Blair • HG 0.96

2. Wright • 2TM 1.38

3. Morris • NYC 1.73

4. Newhouser • DET 1.81

5. Benton • DET 2.02

6. Wolff • WSH 2.12

7. Leonard • WSH 2.13

8. Bremer • CBE 2.34

9. Prim • CHC 2.40

10. Lee • CHW 2.44

Wins

1. Newhouser • DET 25

2. Barrett • 2TM 23

3. Wyse • CHC 22

4. Ferriss • BOS 21

Borowy • 2TM 21

6. Wolff • WSH 20

7. Gromek • CLE 19

8. Reynolds • CLE 18

Trout • DET 18

Burkhart • STL 18

Gregg • BRO 18

Win-Loss %

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

1. Wright • 2TM 1.000

2. Bremer • CBE .875

3. Welmaker • HG .857

4. Blair • HG .833

5. Porter • BEG .800

Scantlebury • NYC .800

Tiant • NYC .800

8. Brecheen • STL .789

9. LaMarque • KCM .778

10. Muncrief • SLB .765

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Blair • HG 0.957

2. Morris • NYC 0.984

3. Prim • CHC 0.998

4. Wolff • WSH 1.012

5. McKinnis • CAG 1.031

6. Wright • 2TM 1.051

7. Potter • SLB 1.097

8. Newhouser • DET 1.114

9. Bremer • CBE 1.123

10. Leonard • WSH 1.125

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Morris • NYC 6.048

2. Blair • HG 6.511

3. McKinnis • CAG 6.750

4. Newhouser • DET 6.865

5. Wolff • WSH 7.200

6. Wright • 2TM 7.292

7. Jessup • CAG 7.405

8. Potter • SLB 7.473

9. Borowy • 2TM 7.492

10. Partlow • PS 7.566

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Scantlebury • NYC 1.052

2. Mathis • MRS 1.059

3. Bonham • NYY 1.096

4. Prim • CHC 1.252

5. Pearson • MRS 1.328

6. Leonard • WSH 1.458

7. Hooker • NE 1.500

8. Stanley • NBY 1.577

9. Barrett • 2TM 1.707

10. Brown • HG 1.742

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Tiant • NYC 8.679

2. McCoy • CAG 8.128

3. Paige • KCM 8.100

4. Barnhill • NYC 8.056

5. LaMarque • KCM 7.022

6. Newcombe • NE 6.995

7. McDaniel • KCM 6.897

8. Morris • NYC 6.480

9. Partlow • PS 6.372

10. Byrd • BEG 6.268

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Karl • PHI 67

2. Adams • NYG 65

3. Hutchings • BSN 57

4. Berry • PHA 52

5. Fox • CIN 45

Barrett • 2TM 45

7. Pieretti • WSH 44

Reynolds • CLE 44

Rescigno • PIT 44

10. Buker • BRO 42

Burkhart • STL 42

Gregg • BRO 42

King • BRO 42

Saves

1. Adams • NYG 15

Karl • PHI 15

3. Turner • NYY 10

4. Rescigno • PIT 9

5. McDaniel • KCM 6

6. Berry • PHA 5

Buker • BRO 5

Hendrickson • BSN 5

Schanz • PHI 5

10. Caldwell • CHW 4

Johnson • CHW 4

Klieman • CLE 4

Overmire • DET 4

Reynolds • CLE 4

Derringer • CHC 4

Lombardi • BRO 4

Innings Pitched

1. Newhouser • DET 313.1

2. Barrett • 2TM 284.2

3. Wyse • CHC 278.1

4. Ferriss • BOS 264.2

5. Newsom • PHA 257.1

6. Potter • SLB 255.1

7. Tobin • 2TM 255.0

8. Borowy • 2TM 254.2

9. Gregg • BRO 254.1

10. Gromek • CLE 251.0

Strikeouts

1. Newhouser • DET 212

2. Roe • PIT 148

3. Gregg • BRO 139

4. Potter • SLB 129

5. Newsom • PHA 127

6. McDaniel • KCM 117

7. Voiselle • NYG 115

8. Reynolds • CLE 112

9. Lee • CHW 108

Wolff • WSH 108

Games Started

1. Newhouser • DET 36

2. Voiselle • NYG 35

3. Newsom • PHA 34

Gregg • BRO 34

Wyse • CHC 34

Barrett • 2TM 34

7. Potter • SLB 32

Borowy • 2TM 32

9. Ferriss • BOS 31

Trout • DET 31

Roe • PIT 31

Tobin • 2TM 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Newhouser • DET 29

2. Ferriss • BOS 26

3. Barrett • 2TM 24

4. Wyse • CHC 23

5. Gromek • CLE 21

Potter • SLB 21

Wolff • WSH 21

8. Haefner • WSH 19

Lee • CHW 19

Passeau • CHC 19

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Newhouser • DET 8

2. Benton • DET 5

Ferriss • BOS 5

Passeau • CHC 5

5. Flores • PHA 4

Grove • CHW 4

Leonard • WSH 4

Trout • DET 4

Wolff • WSH 4

Burkhart • STL 4

Donnelly • STL 4

Heusser • CIN 4

Voiselle • NYG 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hutchings • BSN 21

2. Barrett • 2TM 18

3. Wyse • CHC 17

4. Voiselle • NYG 15

5. Brewer • NYG 14

Feldman • NYG 14

7. Kramer • SLB 13

8. Bevens • NYY 12

Grove • CHW 12

Newsom • PHA 12

Lisenbee • CIN 12

Kennedy • 2TM 12

Tobin • 2TM 12

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Reynolds • CLE 130

2. Gregg • BRO 120

3. O'Neill • BOS 117

4. Newhouser • DET 110

5. Borowy • 2TM 105

6. Newsom • PHA 103

7. Voiselle • NYG 97

8. Shirley • SLB 93

9. Barrett • PHI 92

10. Pieretti • WSH 91

Sewell • PIT 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Barrett • 2TM 287

2. Tobin • 2TM 281

3. Wyse • CHC 272

4. Ferriss • BOS 263

5. Newsom • PHA 255

6. Trout • DET 252

7. Voiselle • NYG 249

8. Heusser • CIN 248

9. Newhouser • DET 239

10. Pieretti • WSH 235

Strincevich • PIT 235

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

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

1. Scantlebury • NYC 4.500

2. Mathis • MRS 4.000

3. Prim • CHC 3.826

4. Barnhill • NYC 3.364

5. McDaniel • KCM 3.343

6. Byrd • BEG 3.250

7. Roe • PIT 3.217

8. Paige • KCM 3.200

9. LaMarque • KCM 3.087

10. Stanley • NBY 3.063

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Tiant • NYC 0.000

Ricks • PS 0.000

Jessup • CAG 0.000

Scantlebury • NYC 0.000

Mathis • MRS 0.000

McKinnis • CAG 0.000

Morris • NYC 0.000

Paige • KCM 0.000

Pearson • MRS 0.000

Hooker • NE 0.000

Wright • 2TM 0.000

Blair • HG 0.000

Losses

1. Newsom • PHA 20

Barrett • PHI 20

3. Tobin • 2TM 19

4. Heusser • CIN 16

5. Kramer • SLB 15

Trout • DET 15

Schanz • PHI 15

Kennedy • 2TM 15

Bowman • 2TM 15

10. Haefner • WSH 14

Humphries • CHW 14

Voiselle • NYG 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Voiselle • NYG 116

2. Barrett • PHI 114

3. Tobin • 2TM 107

4. Gregg • BRO 98

5. Barrett • 2TM 95

6. Newsom • PHA 94

7. Haefner • WSH 92

Heusser • CIN 92

Kennedy • 2TM 92

10. Lopat • CHW 91

Wild Pitches

1. Newhouser • DET 10

2. Barrett • PHI 8

3. Knerr • PHA 7

Gregg • BRO 7

Borowy • 2TM 7

Judd • 2TM 7

7. Grove • CHW 6

O'Neill • BOS 6

Andrews • BSN 6

Branca • BRO 6

Kennedy • 2TM 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lee • CHW 10

2. Christopher • PHA 9

Schanz • PHI 9

Tobin • 2TM 9

5. Gregg • BRO 8

6. Ferriss • BOS 7

Gettel • NYY 7

Haefner • WSH 7

Barrett • PHI 7

Erickson • CHC 7

Bowman • 2TM 7

Batters Faced

1. Newhouser • DET 1,261

2. Barrett • 2TM 1,175

3. Wyse • CHC 1,139

4. Tobin • 2TM 1,118

5. Newsom • PHA 1,116

6. Ferriss • BOS 1,103

7. Gregg • BRO 1,092

8. Reynolds • CLE 1,074

9. Borowy • 2TM 1,060

10. Trout • DET 1,041

Games Finished

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

1. Adams • NYG 50

2. Karl • PHI 41

3. Berry • PHA 40

4. Hendrickson • BSN 27

Rescigno • PIT 27

6. Barrett • BOS 26

Turner • NYY 26

8. King • BRO 25

9. Buker • BRO 22

Hutchings • BSN 22

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Blair • HG 438

2. Wright • 2TM 307

3. Morris • NYC 243

4. Newhouser • DET 195

5. Bremer • CBE 182

6. Benton • DET 175

7. Welmaker • HG 161

8. Ricks • PS 161

9. Partlow • PS 159

10. Miller • PS 154

Fielding Independent Pitching

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

1. Tiant • NYC 1.76

2. Paige • KCM 1.77

3. Scantlebury • NYC 2.08

4. Byrd • BEG 2.19

5. Morris • NYC 2.22

6. McDaniel • KCM 2.24

7. Newcombe • NE 2.29

8. Hooker • NE 2.31

9. Mathis • MRS 2.31

10. Ricks • PS 2.35

Adj. Pitching Runs

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

1. Newhouser • DET 58

2. Passeau • CHC 33

3. Wyse • CHC 33

4. Potter • SLB 32

5. Roe • PIT 32

6. Wolff • WSH 30

7. Barrett • 2TM 28

8. Welmaker • HG 26

9. Borowy • 2TM 24

10. Burkhart • STL 24

Adj. Pitching Wins

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

1. Newhouser • DET 6.8

2. Potter • SLB 3.7

3. Passeau • CHC 3.5

4. Wyse • CHC 3.4

5. Wolff • WSH 3.4

6. Roe • PIT 3.4

7. Barrett • 2TM 2.9

8. Welmaker • HG 2.7

9. Benton • DET 2.7

10. Borowy • 2TM 2.6

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

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

1. Newhouser • DET 46.32

2. Passeau • CHC 38.28

3. Wolff • WSH 36.65

4. Wyse • CHC 33.37

5. Roe • PIT 30.95

6. Burkhart • STL 29.17

7. Potter • SLB 28.70

8. Ferriss • BOS 26.46

9. Brecheen • STL 25.98

10. Borowy • 2TM 21.98

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Wolff • WSH 5.5

2. Wyse • CHC 4.9

3. Brecheen • STL 4.7

4. Newhouser • DET 4.3

5. Ferriss • BOS 3.3

6. Passeau • CHC 3.1

7. Christopher • PHA 3.1

8. Burkhart • STL 3.0

9. Berry • PHA 3.0

10. Barrett • 2TM 2.9

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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

1. Wolff • WSH 4.5

2. Newhouser • DET 4.2

3. Passeau • CHC 3.6

4. Potter • SLB 3.1

5. Borowy • 2TM 3.0

6. Prim • CHC 2.6

7. Roe • PIT 2.6

8. Brecheen • STL 2.5

9. Barrett • 2TM 2.4

10. Berry • PHA 2.3

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Wolff • WSH 18.2

2. Newhouser • DET 16.1

3. Wyse • CHC 14.7

4. Brecheen • STL 14.6

5. Prim • CHC 10.8

6. Burkhart • STL 10.0

7. Barrett • 2TM 9.7

8. Mueller • DET 8.4

9. Gregg • BRO 8.0

10. Borowy • 2TM 6.3

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

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

1. Newhouser • DET 5.2

2. Wolff • WSH 4.4

3. Passeau • CHC 4.2

4. Wyse • CHC 3.6

5. Roe • PIT 3.2

6. Potter • SLB 3.2

7. Burkhart • STL 3.1

8. Ferriss • BOS 3.0

9. Brecheen • STL 2.8

10. Borowy • 2TM 2.4

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