1871 National Association Pitching Leaders

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National Association 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. Zettlein • CHI 4.5

2. Wolters • NYU 4.4

3. Spalding • BOS 3.6

4. McBride • ATH 3.4

5. Barnes • BOS 2.1

6. Brainard • OLY 2.0

7. Pratt • CLE 1.9

8. Wood • CHI 1.8

9. Fisher • ROK 1.8

10. Meyerle • ATH 1.7

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. Zettlein • CHI 5.0

2. McBride • ATH 3.7

3. Spalding • BOS 3.7

4. Wolters • NYU 3.1

5. Brainard • OLY 2.2

6. Fisher • ROK 2.1

7. Pratt • CLE 1.9

8. Mathews • KEK 1.7

9. Stearns • OLY 0.7

10. Pinkham • CHI 0.3

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. Zettlein • CHI 2.73

2. Spalding • BOS 3.36

3. Wolters • NYU 3.43

4. Pratt • CLE 3.77

5. Fisher • ROK 4.35

6. Brainard • OLY 4.50

7. McBride • ATH 4.58

8. Mathews • KEK 5.17

9. McMullin • TRO 5.53

10. Pabor • CLE 6.75

Wins

1. Spalding • BOS 19

2. McBride • ATH 18

Zettlein • CHI 18

4. Wolters • NYU 16

5. Brainard • OLY 12

McMullin • TRO 12

7. Pratt • CLE 10

8. Mathews • KEK 6

9. Fisher • ROK 4

10. Stearns • OLY 2

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. McBride • ATH .783

2. Zettlein • CHI .667

3. Spalding • BOS .655

4. Wolters • NYU .500

5. Brainard • OLY .444

McMullin • TRO .444

7. Pratt • CLE .370

8. Mathews • KEK .353

9. Bechtel • ATH .333

10. Fisher • ROK .200

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Zettlein • CHI 1.342

2. Wolters • NYU 1.357

3. Spalding • BOS 1.442

4. McBride • ATH 1.464

5. Brainard • OLY 1.508

6. Pratt • CLE 1.527

7. Fisher • ROK 1.531

8. Mathews • KEK 1.669

9. Pabor • CLE 1.909

10. McMullin • TRO 2.028

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Wolters • NYU 10.972

2. Zettlein • CHI 11.144

3. McBride • ATH 11.554

4. Spalding • BOS 11.646

5. Pratt • CLE 11.858

6. Brainard • OLY 12.307

7. Fisher • ROK 12.465

8. Mathews • KEK 13.899

9. Pabor • CLE 15.341

10. McMullin • TRO 15.542

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Zettlein • CHI 0.935

2. Mathews • KEK 1.118

3. Wolters • NYU 1.240

4. Brainard • OLY 1.261

5. Fisher • ROK 1.310

6. Spalding • BOS 1.329

7. McBride • ATH 1.622

8. Pabor • CLE 1.841

9. Pratt • CLE 1.883

10. McMullin • TRO 2.711

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Pratt • CLE 1.362

2. Mathews • KEK 0.905

3. Zettlein • CHI 0.823

4. Spalding • BOS 0.804

5. Wolters • NYU 0.700

6. Fisher • ROK 0.634

7. McBride • ATH 0.608

8. Brainard • OLY 0.443

9. McMullin • TRO 0.434

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wolters • NYU 32

2. Spalding • BOS 31

3. Brainard • OLY 30

4. McMullin • TRO 29

5. Pratt • CLE 28

Zettlein • CHI 28

7. McBride • ATH 25

8. Fisher • ROK 24

9. Mathews • KEK 19

10. Wright • BOS 9

Saves

1. Wright • BOS 3

2. Pinkham • CHI 1

Innings Pitched

1. Wolters • NYU 283.0

2. Brainard • OLY 264.0

3. Spalding • BOS 257.1

4. McMullin • TRO 249.0

5. Zettlein • CHI 240.2

6. Pratt • CLE 224.2

7. McBride • ATH 222.0

8. Fisher • ROK 213.0

9. Mathews • KEK 169.0

10. Pabor • CLE 29.1

Strikeouts

1. Pratt • CLE 34

2. Spalding • BOS 23

3. Zettlein • CHI 22

Wolters • NYU 22

5. Mathews • KEK 17

6. McBride • ATH 15

Fisher • ROK 15

8. Brainard • OLY 13

9. McMullin • TRO 12

10. Bechtel • ATH 1

Mack • ROK 1

Games Started

1. Wolters • NYU 32

2. Spalding • BOS 31

3. Brainard • OLY 30

4. McMullin • TRO 29

5. Zettlein • CHI 28

Pratt • CLE 28

7. McBride • ATH 25

8. Fisher • ROK 24

9. Mathews • KEK 19

10. Bechtel • ATH 3

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Wolters • NYU 31

2. Brainard • OLY 30

3. McMullin • TRO 28

4. McBride • ATH 25

Zettlein • CHI 25

6. Spalding • BOS 22

Pratt • CLE 22

Fisher • ROK 22

9. Mathews • KEK 19

10. Bechtel • ATH 2

Stearns • OLY 2

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Spalding • BOS 1

Mathews • KEK 1

Wolters • NYU 1

Fisher • ROK 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Pratt • CLE 9

2. Wolters • NYU 7

3. Zettlein • CHI 6

4. Mathews • KEK 5

5. Pabor • CLE 4

Brainard • OLY 4

McMullin • TRO 4

8. McBride • ATH 3

Fisher • ROK 3

10. Spalding • BOS 2

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McMullin • TRO 75

2. Pratt • CLE 47

3. McBride • ATH 40

4. Wolters • NYU 39

5. Spalding • BOS 38

6. Brainard • OLY 37

7. Fisher • ROK 31

8. Zettlein • CHI 25

9. Mathews • KEK 21

10. Bechtel • ATH 11

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McMullin • TRO 430

2. Brainard • OLY 361

3. Wolters • NYU 345

4. Spalding • BOS 333

5. Zettlein • CHI 298

6. Pratt • CLE 296

7. Fisher • ROK 295

8. McBride • ATH 285

9. Mathews • KEK 261

10. Pabor • CLE 50

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. Zettlein • CHI 0.880

2. Mathews • KEK 0.810

3. Pratt • CLE 0.723

4. Spalding • BOS 0.605

5. Wolters • NYU 0.564

6. Fisher • ROK 0.484

7. McBride • ATH 0.375

8. Brainard • OLY 0.351

9. McMullin • TRO 0.160

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Spalding • BOS 0.070

2. McBride • ATH 0.122

3. Fisher • ROK 0.127

4. Brainard • OLY 0.136

5. McMullin • TRO 0.145

6. Wolters • NYU 0.223

7. Zettlein • CHI 0.224

8. Mathews • KEK 0.266

9. Pratt • CLE 0.361

10. Pabor • CLE 1.227

Losses

1. Pratt • CLE 17

2. Wolters • NYU 16

Fisher • ROK 16

4. Brainard • OLY 15

McMullin • TRO 15

6. Mathews • KEK 11

7. Spalding • BOS 10

8. Zettlein • CHI 9

9. McBride • ATH 5

10. Bechtel • ATH 2

Pabor • CLE 2

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. McMullin • TRO 153

2. Brainard • OLY 132

3. McBride • ATH 113

4. Wolters • NYU 108

5. Fisher • ROK 103

6. Mathews • KEK 97

7. Spalding • BOS 96

8. Pratt • CLE 94

9. Zettlein • CHI 73

10. Bechtel • ATH 23

Wild Pitches

1. Pratt • CLE 48

2. McMullin • TRO 44

3. Zettlein • CHI 24

4. Fisher • ROK 20

5. Mathews • KEK 15

Wolters • NYU 15

7. Spalding • BOS 11

8. Bechtel • ATH 7

Brainard • OLY 7

10. Pinkham • CHI 5

Batters Faced

1. Wolters • NYU 1,349

2. McMullin • TRO 1,334

3. Brainard • OLY 1,291

4. Spalding • BOS 1,279

5. Zettlein • CHI 1,143

6. Pratt • CLE 1,117

7. Fisher • ROK 1,080

8. McBride • ATH 1,059

9. Mathews • KEK 876

10. Pabor • CLE 160

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. Wright • BOS 6

2. Pabor • CLE 5

3. Spalding • BOS 3

Pinkham • CHI 3

5. Meyerle • ATH 1

Pratt • CLE 1

Wolters • NYU 1

Fisher • ROK 1

Mack • ROK 1

Flowers • TRO 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Zettlein • CHI 161

2. Spalding • BOS 127

3. Pratt • CLE 113

4. Wolters • NYU 111

5. Fisher • ROK 97

6. Brainard • OLY 94

7. McBride • ATH 90

8. Mathews • KEK 88

9. McMullin • TRO 77

10. Pabor • CLE 64

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. Spalding • BOS 3.95

2. Zettlein • CHI 4.03

3. Fisher • ROK 4.06

4. Brainard • OLY 4.10

5. Mathews • KEK 4.14

6. Wolters • NYU 4.16

7. McBride • ATH 4.16

8. Pratt • CLE 4.43

9. McMullin • TRO 4.60

10. Pabor • CLE 5.97

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. Zettlein • CHI 33

2. Spalding • BOS 20

3. Wolters • NYU 11

4. Stearns • OLY 4

5. Pratt • CLE 2

6. Pinkham • CHI 2

7. McBride • ATH 1

8. Flowers • TRO 1

9. Brainard • OLY 0

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. Zettlein • CHI 2.2

2. Spalding • BOS 1.3

3. Wolters • NYU 0.7

4. Stearns • OLY 0.3

5. Pratt • CLE 0.2

6. McBride • ATH 0.1

Pinkham • CHI 0.1

8. Flowers • TRO 0.0

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