1874 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. Mathews • NYU 13.7

2. Spalding • BOS 10.6

3. McBride • ATH 6.3

Cummings • PHI 6.3

5. Fisher • HAR 4.2

6. McVey • BOS 3.0

7. Zettlein • CHI 3.0

8. Wright • BOS 2.7

9. Pearce • BRA 2.5

10. Pike • HAR 2.4

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. Mathews • NYU 13.6

2. Spalding • BOS 8.9

3. McBride • ATH 6.8

4. Cummings • PHI 6.7

5. Fisher • HAR 5.0

6. Zettlein • CHI 3.7

7. Manning • 2TM 1.1

8. Bond • BRA 0.4

9. Hatfield • NYU 0.1

10. Wright • BOS 0.1

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. McBride • ATH 1.64

2. Mathews • NYU 1.90

3. Spalding • BOS 1.92

4. Cummings • PHI 1.96

5. Bond • BRA 2.03

6. Manning • 2TM 2.09

7. Fisher • HAR 2.32

8. Zettlein • CHI 2.43

9. Stearns • HAR 2.95

10. Brainard • BAL 3.71

Wins

1. Spalding • BOS 52

2. Mathews • NYU 42

3. McBride • ATH 33

4. Cummings • PHI 28

5. Zettlein • CHI 27

6. Bond • BRA 22

7. Fisher • HAR 13

8. Brainard • BAL 5

9. Manning • 2TM 4

10. Stearns • HAR 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. Spalding • BOS .765

2. Mathews • NYU .656

3. McBride • ATH .600

4. Cummings • PHI .519

5. Zettlein • CHI .474

6. Bond • BRA .407

7. Fisher • HAR .361

8. Manning • 2TM .200

9. Brainard • BAL .185

10. Stearns • HAR .176

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. McBride • ATH 1.121

2. Mathews • NYU 1.199

3. Bond • BRA 1.235

4. Spalding • BOS 1.254

5. Cummings • PHI 1.313

6. Zettlein • CHI 1.324

7. Manning • 2TM 1.325

8. Fisher • HAR 1.331

9. Stearns • HAR 1.588

10. Brainard • BAL 1.800

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. McBride • ATH 9.499

2. Mathews • NYU 10.152

3. Bond • BRA 10.974

4. Spalding • BOS 11.007

5. Zettlein • CHI 11.170

6. Manning • 2TM 11.309

7. Cummings • PHI 11.478

8. Fisher • HAR 11.615

9. Stearns • HAR 13.443

10. Brainard • BAL 15.188

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Bond • BRA 0.145

2. Spalding • BOS 0.277

3. Cummings • PHI 0.335

4. Fisher • HAR 0.363

5. McBride • ATH 0.591

6. Manning • 2TM 0.611

7. Mathews • NYU 0.638

8. Zettlein • CHI 0.750

9. Stearns • HAR 0.851

10. Brainard • BAL 1.013

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Mathews • NYU 1.573

2. Cummings • PHI 1.137

3. Stearns • HAR 0.794

4. Bond • BRA 0.761

5. Fisher • HAR 0.698

6. McBride • ATH 0.684

7. Manning • 2TM 0.611

8. Zettlein • CHI 0.454

9. Spalding • BOS 0.452

10. Brainard • BAL 0.300

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Spalding • BOS 71

2. Mathews • NYU 65

3. Zettlein • CHI 57

4. Bond • BRA 55

McBride • ATH 55

6. Cummings • PHI 54

7. Fisher • HAR 39

8. Brainard • BAL 30

9. Manning • 2TM 22

Stearns • HAR 22

Saves

1. Wright • BOS 3

Innings Pitched

1. Spalding • BOS 617.1

2. Mathews • NYU 578.0

3. Zettlein • CHI 515.2

4. Bond • BRA 497.0

5. McBride • ATH 487.0

6. Cummings • PHI 483.0

7. Fisher • HAR 322.1

8. Brainard • BAL 240.0

9. Manning • 2TM 176.2

10. Stearns • HAR 158.2

Strikeouts

1. Mathews • NYU 101

2. Cummings • PHI 61

3. Bond • BRA 42

4. McBride • ATH 37

5. Spalding • BOS 31

6. Zettlein • CHI 26

7. Fisher • HAR 25

8. Stearns • HAR 14

9. Manning • 2TM 12

10. Brainard • BAL 8

Games Started

1. Spalding • BOS 69

2. Mathews • NYU 65

3. Zettlein • CHI 57

4. Bond • BRA 55

McBride • ATH 55

6. Cummings • PHI 54

7. Fisher • HAR 35

8. Brainard • BAL 27

9. Manning • 2TM 20

10. Stearns • HAR 18

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Spalding • BOS 65

2. Mathews • NYU 62

3. Zettlein • CHI 57

4. Bond • BRA 55

McBride • ATH 55

6. Cummings • PHI 52

7. Fisher • HAR 31

8. Brainard • BAL 25

9. Manning • 2TM 17

10. Stearns • HAR 14

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Mathews • NYU 4

Spalding • BOS 4

3. Cummings • PHI 3

Zettlein • CHI 3

5. Bond • BRA 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bond • BRA 15

2. McBride • ATH 6

3. Cummings • PHI 4

Force • CHI 4

5. Mathews • NYU 3

Zettlein • CHI 3

7. Manning • 2TM 2

8. Brainard • BAL 1

Fisher • HAR 1

Spalding • BOS 1

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Zettlein • CHI 43

2. Mathews • NYU 41

3. McBride • ATH 32

4. Brainard • BAL 27

5. Spalding • BOS 19

6. Cummings • PHI 18

7. Stearns • HAR 15

8. Fisher • HAR 13

9. Manning • 2TM 12

10. Bond • BRA 8

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Spalding • BOS 755

2. Mathews • NYU 652

3. Zettlein • CHI 640

4. Cummings • PHI 616

5. Bond • BRA 606

6. McBride • ATH 514

7. Fisher • HAR 416

8. Brainard • BAL 405

9. Stearns • HAR 237

10. Manning • 2TM 222

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. Bond • BRA 5.250

2. Cummings • PHI 3.389

3. Mathews • NYU 2.463

4. Fisher • HAR 1.923

5. Spalding • BOS 1.632

6. McBride • ATH 1.156

7. Manning • 2TM 1.000

8. Stearns • HAR 0.933

9. Zettlein • CHI 0.605

10. Brainard • BAL 0.296

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Stearns • HAR 0.000

2. Spalding • BOS 0.015

3. Fisher • HAR 0.028

4. Brainard • BAL 0.038

5. Mathews • NYU 0.047

6. Zettlein • CHI 0.052

7. Cummings • PHI 0.075

8. Manning • 2TM 0.102

9. McBride • ATH 0.111

10. Bond • BRA 0.272

Losses

1. Bond • BRA 32

2. Zettlein • CHI 30

3. Cummings • PHI 26

4. Fisher • HAR 23

5. Brainard • BAL 22

Mathews • NYU 22

McBride • ATH 22

8. Spalding • BOS 16

Manning • 2TM 16

10. Stearns • HAR 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Zettlein • CHI 139

2. Spalding • BOS 132

3. Mathews • NYU 122

4. Bond • BRA 112

5. Cummings • PHI 105

6. Brainard • BAL 99

7. McBride • ATH 89

8. Fisher • HAR 83

9. Stearns • HAR 52

10. Manning • 2TM 41

Wild Pitches

1. Mathews • NYU 32

2. Brainard • BAL 19

3. Spalding • BOS 18

4. Fisher • HAR 16

5. Collins • CHI 12

6. McBride • ATH 9

7. Bond • BRA 6

Zettlein • CHI 6

9. Cummings • PHI 3

Stearns • HAR 3

Batters Faced

1. Spalding • BOS 2,784

2. Mathews • NYU 2,543

3. Zettlein • CHI 2,385

4. Bond • BRA 2,288

5. Cummings • PHI 2,246

6. McBride • ATH 2,171

7. Fisher • HAR 1,513

8. Brainard • BAL 1,267

9. Manning • 2TM 846

10. Stearns • HAR 813

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 • HAR 5

2. Brainard • BAL 4

Wright • BOS 4

4. Hatfield • NYU 3

Stearns • HAR 3

6. Spalding • BOS 2

7. Bechtel • PHI 1

Cummings • PHI 1

Force • CHI 1

Manning • 2TM 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. McBride • ATH 139

2. Mathews • NYU 117

3. Cummings • PHI 112

4. Spalding • BOS 111

5. Manning • 2TM 109

6. Bond • BRA 101

7. Fisher • HAR 99

8. Zettlein • CHI 90

9. Stearns • HAR 78

10. Brainard • BAL 61

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. Mathews • NYU 2.00

2. Cummings • PHI 2.03

3. Fisher • HAR 2.07

4. Spalding • BOS 2.08

5. Stearns • HAR 2.17

6. McBride • ATH 2.27

7. Manning • 2TM 2.28

8. Zettlein • CHI 2.29

9. Bond • BRA 2.34

10. Brainard • BAL 2.39

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. McBride • ATH 28

2. Mathews • NYU 27

3. Spalding • BOS 22

4. Cummings • PHI 9

5. Hatfield • NYU 0

6. Wright • BOS 0

7. Bechtel • PHI 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. McBride • ATH 2.2

2. Mathews • NYU 2.1

3. Spalding • BOS 1.7

4. Cummings • PHI 0.7

5. Hatfield • NYU 0.0

Wright • BOS 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