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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Williams • BOS 10.6
2. Feller • CLE 9.7
3. Newhouser • DET 9.6
4. Musial • STL 9.3
5. Sain • BSN 8.0
6. Trout • DET 8.0
7. Pesky • BOS 7.2
8. Pollet • STL 6.8
9. Stanky • BRO 6.7
10. Greenberg • DET 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Feller • CLE 10.0
2. Newhouser • DET 9.7
3. Trout • DET 7.6
4. Sain • BSN 7.2
5. Pollet • STL 6.8
6. Hughson • BOS 6.0
7. Ostermueller • PIT 5.5
8. Brecheen • STL 5.5
9. Schmitz • CHC 5.4
10. Chandler • NYY 5.4
Earned Run Average
1. Paige • KCM 1.29
2. García • IC 1.36
3. Smith • KCM 1.57
4. Newhouser • DET 1.94
5. Lewis • NE 1.97
6. Heard • BBB 2.00
7. Pollet • STL 2.10
8. Chandler • NYY 2.10
9. Jessup • CAG 2.12
10. Feller • CLE 2.18
Wins
1. Feller • CLE 26
Newhouser • DET 26
3. Ferriss • BOS 25
4. Pollet • STL 21
5. Chandler • NYY 20
Hughson • BOS 20
Sain • BSN 20
8. Harris • BOS 17
Trout • DET 17
Higbe • BRO 17
Win-Loss %
1. Bremer • CBE 1.000
Heard • BBB 1.000
Paige • KCM 1.000
4. Fields • HG .889
5. Day • NE .867
6. Manning • NE .846
7. Ferriss • BOS .806
8. Lewis • NE .800
9. Caldwell • CHW .765
10. Newhouser • DET .743
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Paige • KCM 0.829
2. Smith • KCM 0.968
3. Jessup • CAG 0.980
4. Newberry • BBB 1.000
5. Newhouser • DET 1.069
6. Lewis • NE 1.073
7. Davis • IC 1.085
8. Smith • KCM 1.088
9. Hughson • BOS 1.090
10. Cooper • BSN 1.106
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • KCM 6.171
2. Newhouser • DET 6.612
3. Johnson • KCM 6.650
4. Day • NE 6.682
5. Jessup • CAG 6.706
6. Feller • CLE 6.714
7. Smith • KCM 6.968
8. Chandler • NYY 6.995
9. McCoy • CAG 7.067
10. Morris • NYC 7.075
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Byrd • BEG 1.232
2. Paige • KCM 1.286
3. Newberry • BBB 1.500
4. Godínez • IC 1.573
5. Hughson • BOS 1.651
6. Davis • IC 1.662
7. Smith • KCM 1.742
8. Cooper • BSN 1.764
9. Raffensberger • PHI 1.791
10. Manning • NE 1.795
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Bankhead • MRS 10.623
2. Hutchinson • MRS 8.845
3. Heard • BBB 8.500
4. Newhouser • DET 8.457
5. Feller • CLE 8.434
6. Johnson • KCM 8.379
7. Paige • KCM 8.229
8. García • IC 7.909
9. McCoy • CAG 7.792
10. Day • NE 7.432
Games Played
1. Feller • CLE 48
Trinkle • NYG 48
3. Behrman • BRO 47
Dickson • STL 47
5. Casey • BRO 46
6. Hatten • BRO 42
Higbe • BRO 42
8. Lombardi • BRO 41
Schmitz • CHC 41
10. Ferriss • BOS 40
Savage • PHA 40
Koslo • NYG 40
Kush • CHC 40
Pollet • STL 40
Wilks • STL 40
Wyse • CHC 40
Saves
1. Klinger • BOS 9
2. Caldwell • CHW 8
3. Murphy • NYY 7
4. Raffensberger • PHI 6
Ferrick • 2TM 6
6. Caster • DET 5
Casey • BRO 5
Herring • BRO 5
Karl • PHI 5
Pollet • STL 5
Radcliffe • HG 5
Innings Pitched
1. Feller • CLE 371.1
2. Newhouser • DET 292.2
3. Hughson • BOS 278.0
4. Trout • DET 276.1
5. Ferriss • BOS 274.0
6. Pollet • STL 266.0
7. Koslo • NYG 265.1
8. Sain • BSN 265.0
9. Chandler • NYY 257.1
10. Bevens • NYY 249.2
Strikeouts
1. Feller • CLE 348
2. Newhouser • DET 275
3. Hughson • BOS 172
4. Trucks • DET 161
5. Trout • DET 151
6. Chandler • NYY 138
Hutchinson • DET 138
8. Schmitz • CHC 135
9. Higbe • BRO 134
10. Harris • BOS 131
Games Started
1. Feller • CLE 42
2. Ferriss • BOS 35
Hughson • BOS 35
Koslo • NYG 35
5. Newhouser • DET 34
Sain • BSN 34
7. Chandler • NYY 32
Trout • DET 32
Pollet • STL 32
10. Bevens • NYY 31
Schmitz • CHC 31
Newsom • 2TM 31
Complete Games
1. Feller • CLE 36
2. Newhouser • DET 29
3. Ferriss • BOS 26
4. Sain • BSN 24
5. Trout • DET 23
6. Pollet • STL 22
7. Hughson • BOS 21
8. Chandler • NYY 20
Lopat • CHW 20
10. Bevens • NYY 18
Shutouts
1. Feller • CLE 10
2. Chandler • NYY 6
Ferriss • BOS 6
Hughson • BOS 6
Newhouser • DET 6
6. Trout • DET 5
Blackwell • CIN 5
Brecheen • STL 5
9. Flores • PHA 4
Cooper • BSN 4
Pollet • STL 4
Vander Meer • CIN 4
Home Runs
1. Trucks • DET 23
2. Gromek • CLE 20
3. Harris • BOS 18
Lopat • CHW 18
5. Fowler • PHA 16
Cooper • BSN 16
7. Embree • CLE 15
Hughson • BOS 15
Beggs • CIN 15
Koslo • NYG 15
Bases on Balls
1. Feller • CLE 153
2. Kennedy • NYG 116
3. Marchildon • PHA 114
4. Hatten • BRO 110
5. Reynolds • CLE 108
6. Higbe • BRO 107
7. Shirley • SLB 105
8. Koslo • NYG 101
9. Newhouser • DET 98
10. Trout • DET 97
Hits
1. Feller • CLE 277
2. Ferriss • BOS 274
3. Hughson • BOS 252
4. Koslo • NYG 251
5. Trout • DET 244
6. Harris • BOS 236
7. Pollet • STL 228
8. Sain • BSN 225
9. Newsom • 2TM 224
10. Haefner • WSH 220
Borowy • CHC 220
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • KCM 6.400
2. Newberry • BBB 4.250
Heard • BBB 4.250
4. Godínez • IC 4.000
5. Byrd • BEG 3.545
6. Hughson • BOS 3.373
7. Newhouser • DET 2.806
8. Manning • NE 2.792
9. Lewis • NE 2.727
10. Smith • KCM 2.714
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Wylie • KCM 0.000
Alexander • KCM 0.000
Bankhead • MRS 0.000
Colzie • IC 0.000
Cornelius • CAG 0.000
García • IC 0.000
Jessup • CAG 0.000
LaMarque • KCM 0.000
McCoy • CAG 0.000
Paige • KCM 0.000
Powell • BBB 0.000
Hooker • NE 0.000
Losses
1. Koslo • NYG 19
2. Fowler • PHA 16
Knerr • PHA 16
Marchildon • PHA 16
5. Feller • CLE 15
Gromek • CLE 15
Reynolds • CLE 15
Savage • PHA 15
Brecheen • STL 15
Raffensberger • PHI 15
Strincevich • PIT 15
Voiselle • NYG 15
Earned Runs
1. Koslo • NYG 107
2. Ferriss • BOS 99
3. Feller • CLE 90
Harris • BOS 90
5. Knerr • PHA 89
6. Marchildon • PHA 88
7. Hughson • BOS 85
Trucks • DET 85
9. Borowy • CHC 84
10. Reynolds • CLE 79
Raffensberger • PHI 79
Wild Pitches
1. Grove • CHW 10
2. Newhouser • DET 8
3. Marchildon • PHA 7
4. Galehouse • SLB 6
Hudson • WSH 6
Smith • CHW 6
Higbe • BRO 6
Schanz • PHI 6
9. Caldwell • CHW 5
Lemon • CLE 5
Trucks • DET 5
Brazle • STL 5
Hatten • BRO 5
Kennedy • NYG 5
Koslo • NYG 5
Mulcahy • PHI 5
Wallace • BSN 5
Stanceu • 2TM 5
Hit By Pitch
1. Hatten • BRO 7
Newsom • 2TM 7
3. Jessup • CAG 6
Rowe • PHI 6
5. Haefner • WSH 5
Hamner • CHW 5
Wolff • WSH 5
Bahr • PIT 5
Koslo • NYG 5
Mulcahy • PHI 5
Pollet • STL 5
Schanz • PHI 5
Batters Faced
1. Feller • CLE 1,512
2. Newhouser • DET 1,176
3. Trout • DET 1,142
4. Ferriss • BOS 1,141
5. Koslo • NYG 1,136
6. Hughson • BOS 1,128
7. Sain • BSN 1,086
8. Pollet • STL 1,083
9. Chandler • NYY 1,028
10. Bevens • NYY 1,014
Games Finished
1. Caldwell • CHW 37
2. Casey • BRO 27
Thompson • NYG 27
4. Murphy • NYY 24
5. Karl • PHI 23
6. Ferrick • 2TM 22
7. Klinger • BOS 20
8. Caster • DET 19
Gumbert • CIN 19
Kush • CHC 19
Adjusted ERA+
1. Paige • KCM 323
2. García • IC 305
3. Smith • KCM 264
4. Lewis • NE 223
5. Heard • BBB 210
6. Jessup • CAG 196
7. Newhouser • DET 190
8. Newberry • BBB 186
9. Day • NE 184
10. Fields • HG 167
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Paige • KCM 1.18
2. García • IC 2.01
3. Heard • BBB 2.08
4. Bankhead • MRS 2.14
5. Newhouser • DET 2.16
6. Godínez • IC 2.18
7. Newberry • BBB 2.21
8. Feller • CLE 2.35
9. Day • NE 2.43
10. Hooker • NE 2.51
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Newhouser • DET 53
2. Feller • CLE 51
3. Trout • DET 39
4. Chandler • NYY 39
5. Pollet • STL 35
6. Sain • BSN 35
7. Bevens • NYY 34
8. Hughson • BOS 31
9. Day • NE 29
10. Brecheen • STL 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Newhouser • DET 6.1
2. Feller • CLE 5.7
3. Chandler • NYY 4.4
4. Trout • DET 4.4
5. Pollet • STL 3.9
Sain • BSN 3.9
7. Bevens • NYY 3.8
8. Hughson • BOS 3.4
9. Day • NE 3.0
10. Brecheen • STL 2.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Feller • CLE 54.22
2. Newhouser • DET 53.68
3. Pollet • STL 44.30
4. Chandler • NYY 43.85
5. Trout • DET 41.89
6. Bevens • NYY 37.05
7. Hughson • BOS 35.85
8. Sain • BSN 32.16
9. Brecheen • STL 30.30
10. Newsom • 2TM 26.65
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Newhouser • DET 7.5
2. Feller • CLE 7.1
3. Pollet • STL 6.3
4. Trout • DET 4.8
5. Hughson • BOS 4.3
6. Brecheen • STL 4.3
7. Chandler • NYY 4.0
8. Sain • BSN 3.6
9. Bevens • NYY 3.3
10. Schmitz • CHC 3.3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Newhouser • DET 5.4
2. Feller • CLE 4.9
3. Pollet • STL 4.3
4. Hughson • BOS 3.9
5. Chandler • NYY 3.9
6. Sain • BSN 3.3
7. Bevens • NYY 3.2
8. Brecheen • STL 2.9
9. Trout • DET 2.9
10. Schmitz • CHC 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Pollet • STL 22.9
2. Brecheen • STL 19.1
3. Casey • BRO 11.1
4. Dickson • STL 9.9
5. Behrman • BRO 8.4
6. Hughson • BOS 8.1
7. Higbe • BRO 6.7
8. Gregg • BRO 6.0
9. Newhouser • DET 5.3
10. Ferriss • BOS 5.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Feller • CLE 6.3
2. Newhouser • DET 6.0
3. Chandler • NYY 5.1
4. Pollet • STL 5.0
5. Trout • DET 4.6
6. Bevens • NYY 4.3
7. Hughson • BOS 3.9
8. Sain • BSN 3.6
9. Brecheen • STL 3.4
10. Newsom • 2TM 3.1

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