1872 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. Spalding • BOS 12.2

2. Cummings • NYU 8.3

3. Zettlein • 2TM 6.0

4. Mathews • BAL 5.7

5. McBride • ATH 4.7

6. Barnes • BOS 4.3

7. Wright • BOS 3.0

8. Force • 2TM 2.8

9. Eggler • NYU 2.8

10. Hatfield • NYU 2.5

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. Spalding • BOS 11.0

2. Cummings • NYU 8.8

3. Mathews • BAL 6.7

4. Zettlein • 2TM 6.4

5. McBride • ATH 4.4

6. Fisher • BAL 3.1

7. Britt • BRA 1.2

8. Wright • BOS 0.8

9. Pabor • CLE 0.4

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. Fisher • BAL 1.80

2. Spalding • BOS 1.85

3. Zettlein • 2TM 2.57

4. McBride • ATH 2.85

5. Cummings • NYU 3.01

6. Mathews • BAL 3.19

7. Martin • 2TM 4.19

8. Buttery • MAN 4.27

9. Britt • BRA 4.53

10. Pratt • CLE 5.79

Wins

1. Spalding • BOS 38

2. Cummings • NYU 33

3. McBride • ATH 30

4. Mathews • BAL 25

5. Zettlein • 2TM 15

6. Fisher • BAL 10

7. Britt • BRA 9

8. Buttery • MAN 3

Wolters • CLE 3

Martin • 2TM 3

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. Fisher • BAL .909

2. Spalding • BOS .826

3. McBride • ATH .682

4. Cummings • NYU .623

5. Buttery • MAN .600

6. Mathews • BAL .581

7. Zettlein • 2TM .484

8. Wolters • CLE .333

9. Martin • 2TM .250

10. Britt • BRA .243

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Fisher • BAL 0.945

2. Spalding • BOS 1.097

3. Zettlein • 2TM 1.243

4. McBride • ATH 1.273

5. Cummings • NYU 1.278

6. Mathews • BAL 1.310

7. Pratt • CLE 1.552

8. Wolters • CLE 1.619

9. Buttery • MAN 1.644

10. Britt • BRA 1.753

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Fisher • BAL 7.609

2. Spalding • BOS 9.274

3. Mathews • BAL 10.640

4. Zettlein • 2TM 10.711

5. McBride • ATH 10.903

6. Cummings • NYU 10.938

7. Pratt • CLE 12.776

8. Wolters • CLE 13.739

9. Buttery • MAN 14.339

10. Britt • BRA 15.214

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Stearns • NAT 0.273

2. Buttery • MAN 0.458

3. Zettlein • 2TM 0.479

4. Brainard • 2TM 0.517

5. McBride • ATH 0.558

6. Cummings • NYU 0.561

7. Britt • BRA 0.563

8. Spalding • BOS 0.600

9. Bentley • MAN 0.750

10. Martin • 2TM 0.809

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Fisher • BAL 1.636

2. Mathews • BAL 1.264

3. McBride • ATH 0.944

4. Zettlein • 2TM 0.856

5. Cummings • NYU 0.815

6. Buttery • MAN 0.763

7. Spalding • BOS 0.623

8. Pratt • CLE 0.596

9. Wolters • CLE 0.478

10. Martin • 2TM 0.368

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Cummings • NYU 55

2. Mathews • BAL 49

3. Spalding • BOS 48

4. McBride • ATH 47

5. Britt • BRA 37

6. Zettlein • 2TM 34

7. Fisher • BAL 19

8. Martin • 2TM 18

Bentley • MAN 18

10. Pratt • CLE 15

Saves

1. Wright • BOS 4

2. Fisher • BAL 1

McMullin • NYU 1

Zettlein • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

1. Cummings • NYU 497.0

2. McBride • ATH 419.1

3. Mathews • BAL 406.0

4. Spalding • BOS 404.2

5. Britt • BRA 336.0

6. Zettlein • 2TM 263.0

7. Bentley • MAN 144.0

8. Martin • 2TM 122.1

9. Fisher • BAL 110.0

10. Pratt • CLE 105.2

Strikeouts

1. Mathews • BAL 57

2. Cummings • NYU 45

3. McBride • ATH 44

4. Spalding • BOS 28

5. Zettlein • 2TM 25

6. Fisher • BAL 20

7. Britt • BRA 13

8. Pratt • CLE 7

9. Buttery • MAN 5

Martin • 2TM 5

Bentley • MAN 5

Games Started

1. Cummings • NYU 55

2. Spalding • BOS 48

3. McBride • ATH 47

Mathews • BAL 47

5. Britt • BRA 37

6. Zettlein • 2TM 31

7. Bentley • MAN 17

8. Pratt • CLE 12

Martin • 2TM 12

10. Fisher • BAL 11

Stearns • NAT 11

Brainard • 2TM 11

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Cummings • NYU 53

2. McBride • ATH 47

3. Spalding • BOS 41

4. Mathews • BAL 39

5. Britt • BRA 37

6. Zettlein • 2TM 25

7. Bentley • MAN 14

8. Stearns • NAT 11

9. Brainard • 2TM 10

10. Fisher • BAL 9

Martin • 2TM 9

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Cummings • NYU 3

Spalding • BOS 3

3. Zettlein • 2TM 2

4. Fisher • BAL 1

McBride • ATH 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Britt • BRA 6

2. Bentley • MAN 4

3. Mathews • BAL 3

McBride • ATH 3

McDermott • ECK 3

Pratt • CLE 3

Wolters • CLE 3

Zettlein • 2TM 3

9. Cummings • NYU 2

Stearns • NAT 2

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mathews • BAL 52

2. Cummings • NYU 31

3. Spalding • BOS 27

4. McBride • ATH 26

5. Britt • BRA 21

6. Zettlein • 2TM 14

Pratt • CLE 14

McDermott • ECK 14

9. Bentley • MAN 12

10. Fisher • BAL 11

Martin • 2TM 11

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cummings • NYU 604

2. Britt • BRA 568

3. McBride • ATH 508

4. Mathews • BAL 480

5. Spalding • BOS 417

6. Zettlein • 2TM 313

7. Bentley • MAN 259

8. Martin • 2TM 213

9. Stearns • NAT 193

10. Brainard • 2TM 161

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. Fisher • BAL 1.818

2. Zettlein • 2TM 1.786

3. McBride • ATH 1.692

4. Buttery • MAN 1.667

5. Cummings • NYU 1.452

6. Mathews • BAL 1.096

7. Spalding • BOS 1.037

8. Stearns • NAT 0.667

9. Britt • BRA 0.619

10. Wolters • CLE 0.571

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Fisher • BAL 0.000

Spalding • BOS 0.000

3. Cummings • NYU 0.036

4. McBride • ATH 0.064

5. Mathews • BAL 0.067

6. Martin • 2TM 0.074

7. Zettlein • 2TM 0.103

8. Brainard • 2TM 0.103

9. Buttery • MAN 0.153

10. Britt • BRA 0.161

Losses

1. Britt • BRA 28

2. Cummings • NYU 20

3. Mathews • BAL 18

4. Zettlein • 2TM 16

5. Bentley • MAN 15

6. McBride • ATH 14

7. Stearns • NAT 11

8. Pratt • CLE 9

Brainard • 2TM 9

Martin • 2TM 9

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Britt • BRA 169

2. Cummings • NYU 166

3. Mathews • BAL 144

4. McBride • ATH 133

5. Bentley • MAN 97

6. Spalding • BOS 83

7. Zettlein • 2TM 75

8. Pratt • CLE 68

Stearns • NAT 68

10. Brainard • 2TM 61

Wild Pitches

1. Spalding • BOS 39

2. Britt • BRA 26

3. Mathews • BAL 25

4. McDermott • ECK 17

5. Cummings • NYU 15

6. Pratt • CLE 14

7. Brainard • 2TM 12

8. McBride • ATH 10

9. Zettlein • 2TM 9

Martin • 2TM 9

Batters Faced

1. Cummings • NYU 2,251

2. McBride • ATH 1,944

3. Mathews • BAL 1,922

4. Britt • BRA 1,762

5. Spalding • BOS 1,738

6. Zettlein • 2TM 1,196

7. Bentley • MAN 794

8. Martin • 2TM 650

9. Stearns • NAT 572

10. Pratt • CLE 538

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. Fisher • BAL 6

Wright • BOS 6

3. Wolters • CLE 5

Martin • 2TM 5

5. Mathews • BAL 4

Zettlein • 2TM 4

7. Buttery • MAN 3

8. McMullin • NYU 2

Pratt • CLE 2

10. Bentley • MAN 1

Spalding • BOS 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Fisher • BAL 206

2. Spalding • BOS 194

3. Zettlein • 2TM 138

4. McBride • ATH 123

5. Mathews • BAL 116

6. Cummings • NYU 110

7. Britt • BRA 100

8. Buttery • MAN 87

9. Martin • 2TM 84

10. Stearns • NAT 71

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. Fisher • BAL 3.37

2. Cummings • NYU 3.49

3. Spalding • BOS 3.49

4. McBride • ATH 3.50

5. Zettlein • 2TM 3.55

6. Mathews • BAL 3.63

7. Buttery • MAN 3.63

8. Martin • 2TM 3.73

9. Brainard • 2TM 3.73

10. Stearns • NAT 3.74

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. Spalding • BOS 77

2. Cummings • NYU 34

3. McBride • ATH 30

4. Zettlein • 2TM 29

5. Mathews • BAL 24

6. Fisher • BAL 19

7. Wright • BOS 5

8. Pabor • CLE 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. Spalding • BOS 5.6

2. Cummings • NYU 2.4

3. McBride • ATH 2.1

4. Zettlein • 2TM 2.0

5. Mathews • BAL 1.7

6. Fisher • BAL 1.3

7. Wright • BOS 0.4

8. Pabor • CLE 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