Players 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. King • CHI 12.4
2. Radbourn • BOS 7.8
3. Baldwin • CHI 7.4
4. Weyhing • BWW 6.8
5. Connor • NYI 5.9
6. Sanders • PHQ 5.8
7. Staley • PBB 5.3
8. Browning • CLE 5.3
9. Keefe • NYI 4.4
10. Duffy • CHI 4.2

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. King • CHI 13.2
2. Radbourn • BOS 8.0
3. Baldwin • CHI 7.9
4. Weyhing • BWW 7.8
5. Staley • PBB 5.2
6. Keefe • NYI 5.0
7. Sanders • PHQ 5.0
8. Knell • PHQ 3.9
9. Sowders • BWW 3.3
10. Gumbert • BOS 3.2

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. King • CHI 2.69
2. Staley • PBB 3.29
3. Radbourn • BOS 3.31
4. Baldwin • CHI 3.35
5. Daley • BOS 3.38
6. Keefe • NYI 3.38
7. O'Brien • CLE 3.40
8. Weyhing • BWW 3.60
9. Sanders • PHQ 3.76
10. Buffinton • PHQ 3.81

Wins

Wins

1. Baldwin • CHI 33
2. King • CHI 30
Weyhing • BWW 30
4. Radbourn • BOS 27
5. Gumbert • BOS 23
6. O'Day • NYI 22
Gruber • CLE 22
Knell • PHQ 22
9. Staley • PBB 21
10. Sanders • PHQ 19
Buffinton • PHQ 19
Sowders • BWW 19

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. Daley • BOS .720
2. Radbourn • BOS .692
3. Knell • PHQ .667
4. Gumbert • BOS .657
5. Weyhing • BWW .652
6. O'Day • NYI .629
7. Hemming • 2TM .615
8. Keefe • NYI .607
9. Ewing • NYI .600
Van Haltren • BWW .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Staley • PBB 1.213
2. King • CHI 1.265
3. Radbourn • BOS 1.318
4. Keefe • NYI 1.371
5. Sanders • PHQ 1.388
6. Morris • PBB 1.476
7. Bartson • CHI 1.482
8. Ewing • NYI 1.489
9. Galvin • PBB 1.493
10. Maul • PBB 1.502

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. King • CHI 8.200
2. Crane • NYI 8.800
3. Keefe • NYI 8.843
4. Hemming • 2TM 8.875
5. Daley • BOS 9.000
6. Knell • PHQ 9.010
7. Baldwin • CHI 9.037
8. Staley • PBB 9.166
9. Radbourn • BOS 9.236
10. Weyhing • BWW 9.669

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. Staley • PBB 1.747
2. Sanders • PHQ 1.791
3. Galvin • PBB 2.032
4. Morris • PBB 2.182
5. Radbourn • BOS 2.624
6. Gumbert • BOS 2.766
7. Bartson • CHI 3.015
8. King • CHI 3.182
9. Keefe • NYI 3.498
10. Ewing • NYI 3.501

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ewing • NYI 4.882
2. Daley • BOS 4.091
3. Weyhing • BWW 4.085
4. McGill • CLE 4.018
5. Haddock • BUF 3.808
6. Baldwin • CHI 3.768
7. King • CHI 3.612
8. Keefe • NYI 3.498
9. Staley • PBB 3.403
10. Crane • NYI 3.160

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Baldwin • CHI 58
2. King • CHI 56
3. Weyhing • BWW 49
4. Gruber • CLE 48
5. Staley • PBB 47
6. Bakley • CLE 43
O'Day • NYI 43
Sanders • PHQ 43
Crane • NYI 43
10. Radbourn • BOS 41

Saves

Saves

1. O'Day • NYI 3
Hemming • 2TM 3
3. Daley • BOS 2
Ewing • NYI 2
Murphy • BWW 2
Van Haltren • BWW 2
7. Bartson • CHI 1
Buffinton • PHQ 1
Dwyer • CHI 1
Kilroy • BOS 1
Madden • BOS 1
Sanders • PHQ 1
Hatfield • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Baldwin • CHI 492.0
2. King • CHI 461.0
3. Staley • PBB 396.2
4. Weyhing • BWW 390.0
5. Gruber • CLE 383.1
6. Sanders • PHQ 346.2
7. Radbourn • BOS 343.0
8. Crane • NYI 330.1
9. O'Day • NYI 329.0
10. Bakley • CLE 326.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Baldwin • CHI 206
2. King • CHI 185
3. Weyhing • BWW 177
4. Staley • PBB 150
5. Ewing • NYI 145
6. Haddock • BUF 123
7. Crane • NYI 116
8. Daley • BOS 115
9. Cunningham • 2TM 111
10. Gruber • CLE 110

Games Started

Games Started

1. Baldwin • CHI 56
King • CHI 56
3. Staley • PBB 47
4. Weyhing • BWW 46
5. Gruber • CLE 44
6. Sanders • PHQ 40
7. Bakley • CLE 38
Radbourn • BOS 38
9. Sowders • BWW 37
10. Cunningham • 2TM 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Baldwin • CHI 53
2. King • CHI 48
3. Staley • PBB 45
4. Gruber • CLE 39
5. Weyhing • BWW 38
6. Sanders • PHQ 37
7. Radbourn • BOS 36
8. Cunningham • 2TM 35
9. Bakley • CLE 32
O'Day • NYI 32

Shutouts

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

1. King • CHI 4
2. Weyhing • BWW 3
Staley • PBB 3
4. Daley • BOS 2
Cunningham • 2TM 2
Sanders • PHQ 2
Maul • PBB 2
Knell • PHQ 2
9. Baldwin • CHI 1
Ewing • NYI 1
Galvin • PBB 1
Sowders • BWW 1
Gruber • CLE 1
Radbourn • BOS 1
O'Day • NYI 1
Morris • PBB 1
Gumbert • BOS 1
Madden • BOS 1
Keefe • NYI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gumbert • BOS 18
2. Haddock • BUF 15
Gruber • CLE 15
4. Maul • PBB 14
Kilroy • BOS 14
6. Sanders • PHQ 13
Bakley • CLE 13
8. Crane • NYI 12
9. Keefe • BUF 11
O'Day • NYI 11

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Baldwin • CHI 249
2. Crane • NYI 208
3. Gruber • CLE 204
4. Cunningham • 2TM 201
5. Weyhing • BWW 179
6. Daley • BOS 178
7. Knell • PHQ 166
8. King • CHI 163
9. O'Day • NYI 161
Sowders • BWW 161

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Baldwin • CHI 494
2. Gruber • CLE 464
3. King • CHI 420
4. Weyhing • BWW 419
5. Bakley • CLE 412
Sanders • PHQ 412
7. Staley • PBB 404
8. Cunningham • 2TM 384
9. Haddock • BUF 366
10. Sowders • BWW 358

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. Staley • PBB 1.948
2. Sanders • PHQ 1.551
3. Ewing • NYI 1.394
4. King • CHI 1.135
5. Keefe • NYI 1.000
6. Weyhing • BWW 0.989
7. Gumbert • BOS 0.932
8. McGill • CLE 0.854
9. Maul • PBB 0.829
10. Baldwin • CHI 0.827

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. Sowders • BWW 0.087
2. King • CHI 0.098
3. Galvin • PBB 0.124
4. Murphy • BWW 0.129
5. Staley • PBB 0.136
6. Baldwin • CHI 0.183
7. Ewing • NYI 0.202
8. Radbourn • BOS 0.210
9. Cunningham • 2TM 0.225
10. Weyhing • BWW 0.231

Losses

Losses

1. Haddock • BUF 26
2. Bakley • CLE 25
Staley • PBB 25
4. Baldwin • CHI 24
Cunningham • 2TM 24
6. Gruber • CLE 23
7. King • CHI 22
8. Crane • NYI 19
9. Sanders • PHQ 18
10. Sowders • BWW 16
O'Brien • CLE 16
Weyhing • BWW 16
Keefe • BUF 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Cunningham • 2TM 200
2. Haddock • BUF 186
3. Baldwin • CHI 183
4. Gruber • CLE 182
5. Crane • NYI 170
6. Bakley • CLE 162
7. Weyhing • BWW 156
8. O'Day • NYI 154
9. Sanders • PHQ 145
Staley • PBB 145

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Crane • NYI 36
Gruber • CLE 36
3. Cunningham • 2TM 30
4. Baldwin • CHI 25
5. Haddock • BUF 24
6. Weyhing • BWW 21
Daley • BOS 21
8. O'Brien • CLE 19
9. Maul • PBB 18
10. Bakley • CLE 16
O'Day • NYI 16
Knell • PHQ 16

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Knell • PHQ 28
2. Van Haltren • BWW 21
3. O'Brien • CLE 19
4. O'Day • NYI 18
5. Weyhing • BWW 17
6. Baldwin • CHI 16
Ewing • NYI 16
8. Twitchell • 2TM 15
King • CHI 15
Kilroy • BOS 15
Gruber • CLE 15

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Baldwin • CHI 2,242
2. King • CHI 1,988
3. Gruber • CLE 1,839
4. Weyhing • BWW 1,791
5. Staley • PBB 1,688
6. Cunningham • 2TM 1,562
7. Bakley • CLE 1,550
8. Crane • NYI 1,537
9. Sanders • PHQ 1,536
10. O'Day • NYI 1,526

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. Hemming • 2TM 10
2. Daley • BOS 8
3. Crane • NYI 7
O'Day • NYI 7
5. Bartson • CHI 6
Dwyer • CHI 6
Murphy • BWW 6
Gumbert • BOS 6
9. Bakley • CLE 5
10. Ewing • NYI 4
Knell • PHQ 4
McGill • CLE 4
Gruber • CLE 4

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. King • CHI 162
2. Keefe • NYI 134
3. Baldwin • CHI 130
4. Radbourn • BOS 127
5. Daley • BOS 124
6. Weyhing • BWW 123
7. Staley • PBB 118
8. O'Brien • CLE 117
9. Sowders • BWW 116
10. Sanders • PHQ 115

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. Staley • PBB 3.02
2. King • CHI 3.41
3. Ewing • NYI 3.47
4. Sanders • PHQ 3.47
5. Galvin • PBB 3.57
6. Radbourn • BOS 3.72
7. Keefe • NYI 3.75
8. Morris • PBB 3.81
9. Weyhing • BWW 3.85
10. Baldwin • CHI 3.96

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. King • CHI 82
2. Baldwin • CHI 49
3. Radbourn • BOS 42
4. Weyhing • BWW 38
5. Keefe • NYI 29
6. Staley • PBB 24
7. Sanders • PHQ 23
8. Knell • PHQ 17
9. Sowders • BWW 17
10. Daley • BOS 15

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. King • CHI 6.9
2. Baldwin • CHI 4.1
3. Radbourn • BOS 3.5
4. Weyhing • BWW 3.1
5. Keefe • NYI 2.4
6. Staley • PBB 1.9
7. Sanders • PHQ 1.8
8. Knell • PHQ 1.4
9. Sowders • BWW 1.4
10. Daley • BOS 1.2

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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