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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. Devlin • LOU 18.3

2. Bond • HAR 10.4

3. Spalding • CHC 10.2

4. Bradley • STL 9.1

5. Barnes • CHC 5.7

6. Anson • CHC 3.7

7. White • CHC 3.7

8. Cummings • HAR 3.5

9. McVey • CHC 3.5

10. Battin • STL 3.5

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. Devlin • LOU 17.7

2. Bond • HAR 10.4

3. Spalding • CHC 9.4

4. Bradley • STL 8.8

5. Cummings • HAR 4.3

6. Mathews • NYU 3.3

7. McVey • CHC 1.4

8. Lafferty • ATH 0.4

9. Bradley • BSN 0.4

10. Blong • STL 0.2

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. Bradley • STL 1.23

2. Devlin • LOU 1.56

3. Cummings • HAR 1.67

4. Bond • HAR 1.68

5. Spalding • CHC 1.75

6. Manning • BSN 2.14

7. Bradley • BSN 2.49

8. Knight • ATH 2.62

9. Mathews • NYU 2.86

10. Borden • BSN 2.89

Wins

1. Spalding • CHC 47

2. Bradley • STL 45

3. Bond • HAR 31

4. Devlin • LOU 30

5. Mathews • NYU 21

6. Manning • BSN 18

7. Cummings • HAR 16

8. Borden • BSN 11

9. Knight • ATH 10

10. Bradley • BSN 9

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 • CHC .797

2. Manning • BSN .783

3. McVey • CHC .714

4. Bond • HAR .705

5. Bradley • STL .703

6. Cummings • HAR .667

7. Borden • BSN .478

8. Bradley • BSN .474

9. Devlin • LOU .462

10. Mathews • NYU .382

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Bradley • STL 0.887

2. Bond • HAR 0.902

3. Devlin • LOU 0.969

4. Cummings • HAR 1.060

5. Spalding • CHC 1.074

6. Manning • BSN 1.242

7. Bradley • BSN 1.252

8. Fisher • CIN 1.308

9. Mathews • NYU 1.390

10. Borden • BSN 1.411

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Bradley • STL 7.382

2. Bond • HAR 7.831

3. Devlin • LOU 8.190

4. Cummings • HAR 8.958

5. Spalding • CHC 9.227

6. Manning • BSN 9.715

7. Bradley • BSN 10.437

8. Borden • BSN 10.594

9. Fisher • CIN 11.538

10. Mathews • NYU 12.087

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Zettlein • ATH 0.231

2. Fisher • CIN 0.235

3. Bond • HAR 0.287

4. Mathews • NYU 0.419

5. Williams • CIN 0.434

6. Spalding • CHC 0.443

7. Devlin • LOU 0.535

8. Cummings • HAR 0.583

9. Bradley • STL 0.597

10. Dean • CIN 0.822

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Bond • HAR 1.941

2. Devlin • LOU 1.765

3. Bradley • STL 1.618

4. Borden • BSN 1.402

5. Fisher • CIN 1.138

6. Manning • BSN 1.095

7. Cummings • HAR 1.083

8. Williams • CIN 0.976

9. Bradley • BSN 0.831

10. Dean • CIN 0.754

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Devlin • LOU 68

2. Bradley • STL 64

3. Spalding • CHC 61

4. Mathews • NYU 56

5. Bond • HAR 45

6. Knight • ATH 34

Manning • BSN 34

8. Dean • CIN 30

9. Borden • BSN 29

10. Zettlein • ATH 28

Fisher • CIN 28

Saves

1. Manning • BSN 5

2. Zettlein • ATH 2

McVey • CHC 2

4. Borden • BSN 1

Bradley • BSN 1

Peters • CHC 1

White • CHC 1

Innings Pitched

1. Devlin • LOU 622.0

2. Bradley • STL 573.0

3. Spalding • CHC 528.2

4. Mathews • NYU 516.0

5. Bond • HAR 408.0

6. Knight • ATH 282.0

7. Dean • CIN 262.2

8. Zettlein • ATH 234.0

9. Fisher • CIN 229.1

10. Borden • BSN 218.1

Strikeouts

1. Devlin • LOU 122

2. Bradley • STL 103

3. Bond • HAR 88

4. Spalding • CHC 39

5. Mathews • NYU 37

6. Borden • BSN 34

7. Fisher • CIN 29

8. Cummings • HAR 26

9. Manning • BSN 24

10. Dean • CIN 22

Games Started

1. Devlin • LOU 68

2. Bradley • STL 64

3. Spalding • CHC 60

4. Mathews • NYU 56

5. Bond • HAR 45

6. Knight • ATH 32

7. Dean • CIN 30

8. Zettlein • ATH 25

9. Borden • BSN 24

Fisher • CIN 24

Cummings • HAR 24

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Devlin • LOU 66

2. Bradley • STL 63

3. Mathews • NYU 55

4. Spalding • CHC 53

5. Bond • HAR 45

6. Knight • ATH 27

7. Dean • CIN 26

8. Cummings • HAR 24

9. Zettlein • ATH 23

10. Fisher • CIN 22

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Bradley • STL 16

2. Spalding • CHC 8

3. Bond • HAR 6

4. Cummings • HAR 5

Devlin • LOU 5

6. Borden • BSN 2

Mathews • NYU 2

8. Zettlein • ATH 1

Bradley • BSN 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mathews • NYU 8

2. Spalding • CHC 6

Fisher • CIN 6

4. Borden • BSN 4

5. Devlin • LOU 3

Bradley • STL 3

7. Zettlein • ATH 2

Bond • HAR 2

9. Bradley • BSN 1

Manning • BSN 1

McBride • BSN 1

Dean • CIN 1

Pierson • CIN 1

Williams • CIN 1

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Borden • BSN 51

2. Bradley • STL 38

3. Devlin • LOU 37

4. Knight • ATH 34

5. Manning • BSN 32

6. Spalding • CHC 26

7. Dean • CIN 24

Mathews • NYU 24

9. Bradley • BSN 16

10. Cummings • HAR 14

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mathews • NYU 693

2. Devlin • LOU 566

3. Spalding • CHC 542

4. Bradley • STL 470

5. Dean • CIN 397

6. Knight • ATH 383

7. Zettlein • ATH 358

8. Bond • HAR 355

9. Fisher • CIN 294

10. Borden • BSN 257

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 • HAR 6.769

2. Fisher • CIN 4.833

3. Devlin • LOU 3.297

4. Bradley • STL 2.711

5. Williams • CIN 2.250

6. Cummings • HAR 1.857

7. Zettlein • ATH 1.667

8. Mathews • NYU 1.542

9. Spalding • CHC 1.500

10. Bradley • BSN 1.000

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Knight • ATH 0.000

Cummings • HAR 0.000

3. Dean • CIN 0.034

4. Devlin • LOU 0.043

5. Bond • HAR 0.044

6. Manning • BSN 0.046

7. Bradley • STL 0.047

8. Bradley • BSN 0.052

9. Zettlein • ATH 0.077

10. Spalding • CHC 0.102

Losses

1. Devlin • LOU 35

2. Mathews • NYU 34

3. Dean • CIN 26

4. Knight • ATH 22

5. Zettlein • ATH 20

Fisher • CIN 20

7. Bradley • STL 19

8. Bond • HAR 13

9. Spalding • CHC 12

Borden • BSN 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mathews • NYU 164

2. Dean • CIN 109

3. Devlin • LOU 108

4. Spalding • CHC 103

5. Zettlein • ATH 101

6. Knight • ATH 82

7. Bradley • STL 78

8. Fisher • CIN 77

9. Bond • HAR 76

10. Borden • BSN 70

Wild Pitches

1. Bradley • STL 34

2. Knight • ATH 23

3. Borden • BSN 21

4. Dean • CIN 17

5. Manning • BSN 16

6. Devlin • LOU 14

7. Bond • HAR 8

8. Bradley • BSN 7

Ryan • LOU 7

Cummings • HAR 7

Batters Faced

1. Devlin • LOU 2,568

2. Mathews • NYU 2,327

3. Bradley • STL 2,269

4. Spalding • CHC 2,219

5. Bond • HAR 1,623

6. Knight • ATH 1,324

7. Dean • CIN 1,257

8. Zettlein • ATH 1,089

9. Fisher • CIN 1,039

10. Borden • BSN 983

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. Manning • BSN 13

2. Borden • BSN 6

3. Zettlein • ATH 4

McVey • CHC 4

Fisher • CIN 4

6. Spalding • CHC 2

Coon • ATH 2

8. Knight • ATH 1

Bradley • BSN 1

Wright • BSN 1

Peters • CHC 1

Booth • CIN 1

Clack • CIN 1

Dean • CIN 1

Gould • CIN 1

Pearce • LOU 1

Ryan • LOU 1

Booth • NYU 1

Blong • STL 1

White • CHC 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Bradley • STL 170

2. Devlin • LOU 168

3. Cummings • HAR 144

4. Bond • HAR 143

5. Spalding • CHC 137

6. Manning • BSN 104

7. Knight • ATH 90

8. Bradley • BSN 89

9. Mathews • NYU 79

10. Borden • BSN 77

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. Bond • HAR 1.96

2. Devlin • LOU 2.08

3. Bradley • STL 2.14

4. Cummings • HAR 2.19

5. Williams • CIN 2.32

6. Zettlein • ATH 2.34

7. Spalding • CHC 2.38

8. Dean • CIN 2.39

9. Fisher • CIN 2.40

10. Bradley • BSN 2.40

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. Devlin • LOU 59

2. Bradley • STL 53

3. Spalding • CHC 43

4. Bond • HAR 37

5. Cummings • HAR 18

6. McVey • CHC 6

7. Lafferty • ATH 2

8. Blong • STL 1

9. Nichols • BSN 1

10. White • CHC 1

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. Devlin • LOU 5.4

2. Bradley • STL 4.9

3. Spalding • CHC 3.9

4. Bond • HAR 3.4

5. Cummings • HAR 1.6

6. McVey • CHC 0.6

7. Lafferty • ATH 0.2

8. Blong • STL 0.1

9. Nichols • BSN 0.1

10. White • CHC 0.1

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 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