1951 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. Robinson • BRO 9.6

2. Musial • STL 8.8

3. Roberts • PHI 8.7

4. Kiner • PIT 8.0

5. Spahn • BSN 7.9

6. Williams • BOS 7.1

7. Irvin • NYG 6.9

8. Campanella • BRO 6.9

9. Ashburn • PHI 6.7

10. Garver • SLB 6.5

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. Roberts • PHI 8.0

2. Spahn • BSN 7.7

3. Maglie • NYG 6.6

4. Jansen • NYG 5.5

5. Wynn • CLE 5.5

6. Garver • SLB 5.4

7. Raffensberger • CIN 5.2

8. Roe • BRO 5.1

9. Kinder • BOS 5.1

10. Rogovin • 2TM 5.0

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. Rogovin • 2TM 2.78

2. Nichols • BSN 2.88

3. Lopat • NYY 2.91

4. Maglie • NYG 2.93

5. Spahn • BSN 2.98

6. Wynn • CLE 3.02

7. Roberts • PHI 3.03

8. Pierce • CHW 3.03

9. Jansen • NYG 3.04

10. Roe • BRO 3.04

Wins

1. Jansen • NYG 23

Maglie • NYG 23

3. Feller • CLE 22

Roe • BRO 22

Spahn • BSN 22

6. Lopat • NYY 21

Raschi • NYY 21

Roberts • PHI 21

9. Garcia • CLE 20

Garver • SLB 20

Wynn • CLE 20

Dickson • PIT 20

Newcombe • BRO 20

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. Roe • BRO .880

2. Maglie • NYG .793

3. Feller • CLE .733

4. Lopat • NYY .700

5. Newcombe • BRO .690

6. Reynolds • NYY .680

7. Raschi • NYY .677

8. Jansen • NYG .676

9. King • BRO .667

10. Hearn • NYG .654

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Raffensberger • CIN 1.086

2. Roberts • PHI 1.105

3. Jansen • NYG 1.112

4. Maglie • NYG 1.141

5. Lopat • NYY 1.193

6. Newcombe • BRO 1.199

7. Roe • BRO 1.207

8. Rogovin • 2TM 1.214

9. Wynn • CLE 1.217

10. Reynolds • NYY 1.226

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Reynolds • NYY 6.964

2. McDermott • BOS 7.378

3. Wynn • CLE 7.447

4. Maglie • NYG 7.671

5. Newcombe • BRO 7.776

6. Rogovin • 2TM 7.851

7. Blackwell • CIN 7.891

8. Branca • BRO 7.941

9. Queen • PIT 7.966

10. Bickford • BSN 7.980

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Hutchinson • DET 1.290

2. Raffensberger • CIN 1.375

3. Jansen • NYG 1.809

4. Roberts • PHI 1.829

5. Roe • BRO 2.235

6. Sain • 2TM 2.417

7. Maglie • NYG 2.597

8. Lopat • NYY 2.723

9. Fox • CIN 2.724

10. Pierce • CHW 2.734

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McDermott • BOS 6.645

2. Queen • PIT 6.576

3. Gray • DET 5.975

4. Raschi • NYY 5.714

5. Rush • CHC 5.494

6. Newcombe • BRO 5.426

7. Branca • BRO 5.206

8. Reynolds • NYY 5.131

9. Spahn • BSN 4.751

10. Jansen • NYG 4.683

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wilks • 2TM 65

2. Kinder • BOS 63

3. Werle • PIT 59

4. Konstanty • PHI 58

5. Spencer • NYG 57

6. Brazle • STL 56

Brissie • 2TM 56

8. Smith • CIN 50

9. King • BRO 48

10. Garcia • CLE 47

Saves

1. Kinder • BOS 16

2. Wilks • 2TM 13

3. Smith • CIN 11

Scheib • PHA 11

5. Konstanty • PHI 9

Brissie • 2TM 9

7. Trout • DET 8

8. Reynolds • NYY 6

Brazle • STL 6

Spencer • NYG 6

King • BRO 6

Garcia • CLE 6

Ostrowski • NYY 6

Werle • PIT 6

Paige • SLB 6

Innings Pitched

1. Roberts • PHI 315.0

2. Spahn • BSN 310.2

3. Maglie • NYG 298.0

4. Dickson • PIT 288.2

5. Jansen • NYG 278.2

6. Wynn • CLE 274.1

7. Newcombe • BRO 272.0

8. Lemon • CLE 263.1

9. Raschi • NYY 258.1

10. Roe • BRO 257.2

Strikeouts

1. Raschi • NYY 164

Newcombe • BRO 164

Spahn • BSN 164

4. Maglie • NYG 146

5. Jansen • NYG 145

6. Wynn • CLE 133

7. Lemon • CLE 132

8. Gray • DET 131

9. Rush • CHC 129

10. McDermott • BOS 127

Roberts • PHI 127

Games Started

1. Roberts • PHI 39

2. Maglie • NYG 37

3. Newcombe • BRO 36

Spahn • BSN 36

5. Dickson • PIT 35

6. Lemon • CLE 34

Raschi • NYY 34

Wynn • CLE 34

Hearn • NYG 34

Jansen • NYG 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Spahn • BSN 26

2. Garver • SLB 24

3. Maglie • NYG 22

Roberts • PHI 22

5. Wynn • CLE 21

6. Lopat • NYY 20

7. Dickson • PIT 19

Roe • BRO 19

9. Pierce • CHW 18

Jansen • NYG 18

Newcombe • BRO 18

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Reynolds • NYY 7

Spahn • BSN 7

3. Roberts • PHI 6

4. Raffensberger • CIN 5

5. Raschi • NYY 4

Feller • CLE 4

Staley • STL 4

Fox • CIN 4

Church • PHI 4

Lopat • NYY 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Dickson • PIT 32

2. Roe • BRO 30

3. Raffensberger • CIN 29

4. Maglie • NYG 27

5. Jansen • NYG 26

6. Pollet • 2TM 25

7. Erskine • BRO 23

8. Feller • CLE 22

Starr • 2TM 22

10. Scarborough • BOS 21

Hearn • NYG 21

Queen • PIT 21

Spencer • NYG 21

Surkont • BSN 21

Sain • 2TM 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Byrne • 2TM 150

2. Lemon • CLE 124

3. Pillette • SLB 115

4. Spahn • BSN 109

5. Wynn • CLE 107

6. Raschi • NYY 103

7. Dickson • PIT 101

8. Reynolds • NYY 100

9. Queen • PIT 99

10. Blackwell • CIN 97

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Dickson • PIT 294

2. Roberts • PHI 284

3. Spahn • BSN 278

4. Jansen • NYG 254

Maglie • NYG 254

6. Roe • BRO 247

7. Church • PHI 246

8. Lemon • CLE 244

Staley • STL 244

10. Feller • CLE 239

Garcia • CLE 239

Fox • CIN 239

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. Jansen • NYG 2.589

2. Raffensberger • CIN 2.132

3. Roberts • PHI 1.984

4. Hutchinson • DET 1.963

5. Rush • CHC 1.897

6. Newcombe • BRO 1.802

7. Roe • BRO 1.766

8. Maglie • NYG 1.698

9. Raschi • NYY 1.592

10. Sain • 2TM 1.585

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Nichols • BSN 0.231

2. Garcia • CLE 0.354

3. Bickford • BSN 0.383

4. Marrero • WSH 0.385

5. Parnell • BOS 0.448

6. Lopat • NYY 0.460

7. McDermott • BOS 0.471

8. Reynolds • NYY 0.489

9. Holcombe • CHW 0.508

10. Pierce • CHW 0.524

Losses

1. Minner • CHC 17

Raffensberger • CIN 17

Ramsdell • CIN 17

4. Dickson • PIT 16

Surkont • BSN 16

6. Blackwell • CIN 15

Roberts • PHI 15

8. Gray • DET 14

Kellner • PHA 14

Lemon • CLE 14

Pierce • CHW 14

Pillette • SLB 14

Trout • DET 14

Fox • CIN 14

Spahn • BSN 14

Sain • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Dickson • PIT 129

2. Pillette • SLB 106

Roberts • PHI 106

4. Surkont • BSN 105

5. Kellner • PHA 104

Scarborough • BOS 104

7. Lemon • CLE 103

Spahn • BSN 103

9. Garver • SLB 102

10. Newcombe • BRO 99

Wild Pitches

1. Kellner • PHA 9

Meyer • PHI 9

Ramsdell • CIN 9

4. Raschi • NYY 8

Jones • NYG 8

Nichols • BSN 8

7. Kelly • CHC 7

Lown • CHC 7

Newcombe • BRO 7

Rush • CHC 7

Spahn • BSN 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Byrne • 2TM 15

2. Scarborough • BOS 14

Cain • 2TM 14

4. Blackwell • CIN 9

Hiller • CHC 9

6. Scheib • PHA 8

Ramsdell • CIN 8

Staley • STL 8

9. Feller • CLE 7

Nixon • BOS 7

Stuart • DET 7

Surkont • BSN 7

Batters Faced

1. Spahn • BSN 1,289

2. Roberts • PHI 1,274

3. Dickson • PIT 1,241

4. Maglie • NYG 1,210

5. Lemon • CLE 1,139

6. Wynn • CLE 1,138

7. Jansen • NYG 1,133

8. Newcombe • BRO 1,125

9. Raschi • NYY 1,081

10. Garcia • CLE 1,066

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. Konstanty • PHI 45

2. Kinder • BOS 41

3. Wilks • 2TM 40

4. Smith • CIN 35

5. Scheib • PHA 34

6. King • BRO 31

7. Harris • WSH 29

8. Brazle • STL 28

Leonard • CHC 28

10. Brissie • 2TM 26

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Rogovin • 2TM 146

2. Parnell • BOS 137

3. Maglie • NYG 134

4. Pierce • CHW 133

5. McDermott • BOS 133

6. Lopat • NYY 132

7. Jansen • NYG 129

8. Roe • BRO 129

9. Brazle • STL 128

10. Nichols • BSN 128

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. Garcia • CLE 3.07

2. Roberts • PHI 3.14

3. Hutchinson • DET 3.21

4. Pierce • CHW 3.22

5. Nichols • BSN 3.25

6. Rush • CHC 3.25

7. Newcombe • BRO 3.25

8. Jansen • NYG 3.29

9. Lopat • NYY 3.30

10. Spahn • BSN 3.32

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. Maglie • NYG 33

2. Roberts • PHI 32

3. Rogovin • 2TM 30

4. Jansen • NYG 30

5. Roe • BRO 29

6. Spahn • BSN 29

7. Pierce • CHW 27

8. Wynn • CLE 27

9. Lopat • NYY 26

10. Kinder • BOS 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. Maglie • NYG 3.5

2. Roberts • PHI 3.3

3. Rogovin • 2TM 3.3

4. Jansen • NYG 3.1

5. Roe • BRO 3.1

6. Spahn • BSN 3.0

7. Pierce • CHW 2.8

8. Wynn • CLE 2.7

9. Lopat • NYY 2.7

10. Kinder • BOS 2.5

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. Maglie • NYG 41.13

2. Spahn • BSN 38.39

3. Wynn • CLE 36.03

4. Roe • BRO 35.19

5. Lopat • NYY 31.87

6. Roberts • PHI 31.76

7. Rogovin • 2TM 31.67

8. Jansen • NYG 29.24

9. Kinder • BOS 27.98

10. Reynolds • NYY 27.49

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Maglie • NYG 5.4

2. Spahn • BSN 4.4

3. Pierce • CHW 4.4

4. Roberts • PHI 4.4

5. Lopat • NYY 4.1

6. Kinder • BOS 4.0

7. Wynn • CLE 3.6

8. Roe • BRO 3.5

9. Garcia • CLE 3.5

10. Newcombe • BRO 3.3

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. Maglie • NYG 4.4

2. Reynolds • NYY 3.6

3. Roberts • PHI 3.6

4. Spahn • BSN 3.5

5. Wynn • CLE 3.5

6. Garcia • CLE 3.4

7. Lopat • NYY 3.1

8. Newcombe • BRO 3.1

9. Jansen • NYG 3.0

10. Raffensberger • CIN 2.6

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Wynn • CLE 21.5

2. Newcombe • BRO 19.3

3. Lopat • NYY 19.0

4. Hearn • NYG 12.9

5. Kinder • BOS 10.3

6. Raschi • NYY 9.6

7. Lemon • CLE 9.1

8. Kuzava • 2TM 9.0

9. McDermott • BOS 8.6

10. Labine • BRO 8.5

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. Maglie • NYG 4.4

2. Spahn • BSN 4.2

3. Wynn • CLE 3.9

4. Roe • BRO 3.8

5. Lopat • NYY 3.5

6. Rogovin • 2TM 3.4

7. Roberts • PHI 3.4

8. Jansen • NYG 3.1

9. Reynolds • NYY 2.9

10. Kinder • BOS 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