National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Mathewson • NYG 11.9
2. Wagner • PIT 11.4
3. Brown • CHC 9.1
4. McQuillan • PHI 8.9
5. Tinker • CHC 7.8
6. Wiltse • NYG 7.6
7. Donlin • NYG 6.0
8. Bresnahan • NYG 5.9
9. Evers • CHC 5.6
10. Rucker • BRO 5.5

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>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.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Mathewson • NYG 11.8
2. Brown • CHC 9.2
3. McQuillan • PHI 9.1
4. Wiltse • NYG 6.9
5. Wilhelm • BRO 5.9
6. Rucker • BRO 5.7
7. Willis • PIT 5.0
8. Reulbach • CHC 4.1
9. Coakley • 2TM 4.1
10. Raymond • STL 3.8

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Mathewson • NYG 1.43
2. Brown • CHC 1.47
3. McQuillan • PHI 1.53
4. Camnitz • PIT 1.56
5. Coakley • 2TM 1.78
6. Richie • PHI 1.83
7. Wilhelm • BRO 1.87
8. Overall • CHC 1.92
9. Pfiester • CHC 2.00
10. Raymond • STL 2.03

Wins

Wins

1. Mathewson • NYG 37
2. Brown • CHC 29
3. Reulbach • CHC 24
4. Wiltse • NYG 23
Willis • PIT 23
Maddox • PIT 23
McQuillan • PHI 23
8. Ewing • CIN 17
Rucker • BRO 17
Spade • CIN 17

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Reulbach • CHC .774
2. Mathewson • NYG .771
3. Brown • CHC .763
4. Maddox • PIT .742
5. Leever • PIT .682
6. Willis • PIT .676
7. Camnitz • PIT .640
8. Wiltse • NYG .622
9. McGinnity • NYG .611
10. Spade • CIN .586

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Mathewson • NYG 0.827
2. Brown • CHC 0.842
3. McQuillan • PHI 0.984
4. Willis • PIT 1.011
5. Raymond • STL 1.021
6. Wiltse • NYG 1.027
7. Ewing • CIN 1.035
8. Wilhelm • BRO 1.051
9. Camnitz • PIT 1.061
10. Overall • CHC 1.080

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • CHC 6.166
2. Mathewson • NYG 6.474
3. Raymond • STL 6.549
4. McQuillan • PHI 6.581
5. Overall • CHC 6.600
6. Reulbach • CHC 6.863
7. Leifield • PIT 6.915
8. Beebe • STL 6.918
9. Camnitz • PIT 6.921
10. Willis • PIT 7.060

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Mathewson • NYG 0.968
2. Brown • CHC 1.412
3. Sparks • PHI 1.743
4. Ewing • CIN 1.747
5. Campbell • CIN 1.789
6. McGinnity • NYG 1.790
7. Leever • PIT 1.915
8. Wiltse • NYG 1.991
9. Willis • PIT 2.038
10. Lush • STL 2.047

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Overall • CHC 6.680
2. Mathewson • NYG 5.967
3. Rucker • BRO 5.373
4. Camnitz • PIT 4.487
5. Ferguson • BSN 4.240
6. Moren • PHI 4.208
7. Pfiester • CHC 4.179
8. Raymond • STL 4.024
9. Reulbach • CHC 4.021
10. Beebe • STL 3.717

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Mathewson • NYG 56
2. McQuillan • PHI 48
Raymond • STL 48
4. Reulbach • CHC 46
5. Wiltse • NYG 44
Brown • CHC 44
7. Lindaman • BSN 43
8. Wilhelm • BRO 42
Rucker • BRO 42
10. Willis • PIT 41

Saves

Saves

1. Brown • CHC 5
McGinnity • NYG 5
Mathewson • NYG 5
4. Overall • CHC 4
5. Ewing • CIN 3
6. Leifield • PIT 2
Raymond • STL 2
McQuillan • PHI 2
McIntire • BRO 2
Malarkey • NYG 2
Sparks • PHI 2
Leever • PIT 2
Fraser • CHC 2
Taylor • NYG 2
Campbell • CIN 2
Camnitz • PIT 2
Wiltse • NYG 2
Coakley • 2TM 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Mathewson • NYG 390.2
2. McQuillan • PHI 359.2
3. Rucker • BRO 333.1
4. Wilhelm • BRO 332.0
5. Wiltse • NYG 330.0
6. Raymond • STL 324.1
7. Brown • CHC 312.1
8. Willis • PIT 304.2
9. Reulbach • CHC 297.2
10. Ewing • CIN 293.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Mathewson • NYG 259
2. Rucker • BRO 199
3. Overall • CHC 167
4. Raymond • STL 145
5. Reulbach • CHC 133
6. Brown • CHC 123
7. Camnitz • PIT 118
Wiltse • NYG 118
9. Pfiester • CHC 117
10. McQuillan • PHI 114

Games Started

Games Started

1. Mathewson • NYG 44
2. McQuillan • PHI 42
3. Willis • PIT 38
Wiltse • NYG 38
5. Rucker • BRO 37
Raymond • STL 37
7. Wilhelm • BRO 36
8. McIntire • BRO 35
Reulbach • CHC 35
10. Maddox • PIT 32
Lush • STL 32
Ewing • CIN 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Mathewson • NYG 34
2. Wilhelm • BRO 33
3. McQuillan • PHI 32
4. Rucker • BRO 30
Wiltse • NYG 30
6. Brown • CHC 27
7. McIntire • BRO 26
8. Willis • PIT 25
Reulbach • CHC 25
10. Sparks • PHI 24

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Mathewson • NYG 11
2. Brown • CHC 9
3. Wiltse • NYG 7
Willis • PIT 7
Reulbach • CHC 7
McQuillan • PHI 7
7. Wilhelm • BRO 6
Rucker • BRO 6
9. McGinnity • NYG 5
Coakley • 2TM 5
Raymond • STL 5
Leifield • PIT 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McGinnity • NYG 8
2. Boultes • BSN 7
Lindaman • BSN 7
4. Lush • STL 6
Camnitz • PIT 6
Flaherty • BSN 6
7. Pastorius • BRO 5
Lundgren • CHC 5
Maddox • PIT 5
Mathewson • NYG 5
McIntire • BRO 5
Ewing • CIN 5
Taylor • NYG 5

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Rucker • BRO 125
2. Reulbach • CHC 106
3. Raymond • STL 95
4. McQuillan • PHI 91
5. McIntire • BRO 90
Maddox • PIT 90
7. Leifield • PIT 86
8. Spade • CIN 85
9. Ferguson • BSN 84
10. Wilhelm • BRO 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mathewson • NYG 281
2. Wiltse • NYG 266
Wilhelm • BRO 266
4. Rucker • BRO 265
5. McQuillan • PHI 263
6. McIntire • BRO 259
7. Sparks • PHI 251
8. Ewing • CIN 247
9. Lindaman • BSN 246
10. Willis • PIT 239

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Mathewson • NYG 6.167
2. Brown • CHC 2.510
3. Overall • CHC 2.141
4. Camnitz • PIT 1.710
5. Pfiester • CHC 1.671
6. Sparks • PHI 1.667
Ewing • CIN 1.667
8. Campbell • CIN 1.659
9. Lush • STL 1.632
10. Wiltse • NYG 1.616

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Corridon • PHI 0.000
2. McQuillan • PHI 0.025
3. Rucker • BRO 0.027
4. Brown • CHC 0.029
5. Pfiester • CHC 0.036
6. Leifield • PIT 0.041
7. Ferguson • BSN 0.043
8. Leever • PIT 0.047
9. Raymond • STL 0.055
10. Richie • PHI 0.057

Losses

Losses

1. Raymond • STL 25
2. Wilhelm • BRO 22
3. Pastorius • BRO 20
McIntire • BRO 20
5. Rucker • BRO 19
Dorner • BSN 19
7. Coakley • 2TM 18
Lush • STL 18
Flaherty • BSN 18
10. McQuillan • PHI 17

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Flaherty • BSN 88
2. McIntire • BRO 86
3. Dorner • BSN 85
4. Wiltse • NYG 82
5. Rucker • BRO 77
6. Spade • CIN 76
Sparks • PHI 76
8. Raymond • STL 73
9. Ewing • CIN 72
10. Lindaman • BSN 71

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Raymond • STL 9
2. Lush • STL 8
Foxen • PHI 8
4. Higginbotham • STL 7
Lindaman • BSN 7
Fraser • CHC 7
Ewing • CIN 7
8. Brown • CHC 6
Pastorius • BRO 6
Overall • CHC 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McIntire • BRO 20
2. Rucker • BRO 19
3. Dorner • BSN 15
4. Raymond • STL 14
5. Leifield • PIT 12
Reulbach • CHC 12
7. Maddox • PIT 11
Lush • STL 11
Pfiester • CHC 11
10. Campbell • CIN 10
Lindaman • BSN 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Mathewson • NYG 1,485
2. McQuillan • PHI 1,391
3. Wilhelm • BRO 1,317
4. Rucker • BRO 1,313
5. Wiltse • NYG 1,287
6. Raymond • STL 1,222
7. Willis • PIT 1,196
8. Reulbach • CHC 1,194
9. McIntire • BRO 1,172
10. Brown • CHC 1,168

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Ferguson • BSN 15
2. Leever • PIT 14
McGinnity • NYG 14
4. Malarkey • NYG 13
5. Brown • CHC 12
6. Lindaman • BSN 11
Moren • PHI 11
8. Holmes • BRO 10
Bell • BRO 10
Richie • PHI 10
Reulbach • CHC 10
Camnitz • PIT 10
Campbell • CIN 10

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Mathewson • NYG 169
2. Brown • CHC 160
3. McQuillan • PHI 157
4. Camnitz • PIT 146
5. Richie • PHI 132
6. Coakley • 2TM 130
7. Wilhelm • BRO 126
8. Overall • CHC 123
9. Pfiester • CHC 118
10. Reulbach • CHC 116

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Mathewson • NYG 1.29
2. Overall • CHC 1.86
3. Brown • CHC 1.87
4. Pfiester • CHC 2.19
5. Rucker • BRO 2.24
6. Moren • PHI 2.24
7. Sparks • PHI 2.28
8. Willis • PIT 2.29
9. Wiltse • NYG 2.29
10. Raymond • STL 2.30

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Mathewson • NYG 43
2. McQuillan • PHI 34
3. Brown • CHC 34
4. Reulbach • CHC 16
5. Wilhelm • BRO 15
6. Wiltse • NYG 14
7. Camnitz • PIT 13
8. Coakley • 2TM 13
9. Rucker • BRO 11
10. Willis • PIT 9

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Mathewson • NYG 5.3
2. Brown • CHC 4.1
3. McQuillan • PHI 4.1
4. Reulbach • CHC 1.9
5. Wilhelm • BRO 1.8
6. Wiltse • NYG 1.7
7. Camnitz • PIT 1.6
8. Coakley • 2TM 1.5
9. Rucker • BRO 1.3
10. Willis • PIT 1.1
Pfiester • CHC 1.1

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

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