Major 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. Walsh • CHW 10.7
4. Young • BOS 9.7
5. Brown • CHC 9.1
6. McQuillan • PHI 8.9
7. Joss • CLE 8.8
8. Lajoie • CLE 7.9
9. Tinker • CHC 7.8
10. Wiltse • NYG 7.6

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. Walsh • CHW 10.3
3. Young • BOS 9.4
4. Brown • CHC 9.2
5. McQuillan • PHI 9.1
6. Joss • CLE 8.5
7. Plank • PHA 7.6
8. Wiltse • NYG 6.9
9. Vickers • PHA 6.2
10. Wilhelm • BRO 5.9

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. Joss • CLE 1.16
2. Young • BOS 1.26
3. Walsh • CHW 1.42
4. Mathewson • NYG 1.43
5. Brown • CHC 1.47
6. McQuillan • PHI 1.53
7. Camnitz • PIT 1.56
8. Summers • DET 1.64
9. Johnson • WSH 1.65
10. Burns • WSH 1.70

Wins

Wins

1. Walsh • CHW 40
2. Mathewson • NYG 37
3. Brown • CHC 29
4. Joss • CLE 24
Summers • DET 24
Reulbach • CHC 24
7. Maddox • PIT 23
McQuillan • PHI 23
Willis • PIT 23
Wiltse • NYG 23

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. Walsh • CHW .727
6. Donovan • DET .720
7. Joss • CLE .686
8. Leever • PIT .682
9. Willis • PIT .676
10. Dinneen • SLB .667
Summers • DET .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Joss • CLE 0.806
2. Mathewson • NYG 0.827
3. Brown • CHC 0.842
4. Walsh • CHW 0.860
5. Young • BOS 0.893
6. Burns • WSH 0.933
7. Smith • CHW 0.961
8. Johnson • WSH 0.964
9. McQuillan • PHI 0.984
10. Powell • SLB 0.996

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. Joss • CLE 6.425
3. Smith • CHW 6.440
4. Mathewson • NYG 6.474
5. Raymond • STL 6.549
6. McQuillan • PHI 6.581
7. Overall • CHC 6.600
8. Walsh • CHW 6.653
9. Johnson • WSH 6.811
10. Berger • CLE 6.863

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. Joss • CLE 0.831
2. Mathewson • NYG 0.968
3. Burns • WSH 0.988
4. Walsh • CHW 1.086
5. Young • BOS 1.114
6. Brown • CHC 1.412
7. Summers • DET 1.645
8. Powell • SLB 1.652
9. Plank • PHA 1.692
10. Sparks • PHI 1.743

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Waddell • SLB 7.309
2. Overall • CHC 6.680
3. Dygert • PHA 6.184
4. Mathewson • NYG 5.967
5. Johnson • WSH 5.618
6. Hughes • WSH 5.374
7. Rucker • BRO 5.373
8. Donovan • DET 5.229
9. Walsh • CHW 5.218
10. Liebhardt • CLE 5.015

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Walsh • CHW 66
2. Mathewson • NYG 56
3. Vickers • PHA 53
4. McQuillan • PHI 48
Raymond • STL 48
6. Reulbach • CHC 46
7. Chesbro • NYY 45
8. Brown • CHC 44
Wiltse • NYG 44
10. Hughes • WSH 43
Waddell • SLB 43
Lindaman • BSN 43

Saves

Saves

1. Walsh • CHW 6
2. McGinnity • NYG 5
Brown • CHC 5
Mathewson • NYG 5
5. Overall • CHC 4
Hughes • WSH 4
7. Ewing • CIN 3
Waddell • SLB 3
9. Pruiett • BOS 2
McIntire • BRO 2
Malarkey • NYG 2
Young • BOS 2
Leifield • PIT 2
Altrock • CHW 2
Leever • PIT 2
Camnitz • PIT 2
Campbell • CIN 2
Fraser • CHC 2
McQuillan • PHI 2
Raymond • STL 2
Cicotte • BOS 2
Coakley • 2TM 2
Foster • CLE 2
Wiltse • NYG 2
Taylor • NYG 2
Joss • CLE 2
Sparks • PHI 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Walsh • CHW 464.0
2. Mathewson • NYG 390.2
3. McQuillan • PHI 359.2
4. Rucker • BRO 333.1
5. Wilhelm • BRO 332.0
6. Wiltse • NYG 330.0
7. Joss • CLE 325.0
8. Howell • SLB 324.1
Raymond • STL 324.1
10. Vickers • PHA 317.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Walsh • CHW 269
2. Mathewson • NYG 259
3. Waddell • SLB 232
4. Rucker • BRO 199
5. Overall • CHC 167
6. Hughes • WSH 165
7. Dygert • PHA 164
8. Johnson • WSH 160
9. Vickers • PHA 156
10. Young • BOS 150

Games Started

Games Started

1. Walsh • CHW 49
2. Mathewson • NYG 44
3. McQuillan • PHI 42
4. Willis • PIT 38
Wiltse • NYG 38
6. White • CHW 37
Raymond • STL 37
Rucker • BRO 37
9. Waddell • SLB 36
Wilhelm • BRO 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Walsh • CHW 42
2. Mathewson • NYG 34
3. Wilhelm • BRO 33
4. McQuillan • PHI 32
5. Young • BOS 30
Rucker • BRO 30
Wiltse • NYG 30
8. Joss • CLE 29
9. Howell • SLB 27
Brown • CHC 27

Shutouts

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

1. Mathewson • NYG 11
Walsh • CHW 11
3. Joss • CLE 9
Brown • CHC 9
5. Reulbach • CHC 7
Wiltse • NYG 7
Willis • PIT 7
McQuillan • PHI 7
9. Vickers • PHA 6
Rucker • BRO 6
Johnson • WSH 6
Donovan • DET 6
Wilhelm • BRO 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

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

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Rucker • BRO 125
2. Reulbach • CHC 106
3. Dygert • PHA 97
4. Raymond • STL 95
5. McQuillan • PHI 91
6. Morgan • BOS 90
Waddell • SLB 90
Maddox • PIT 90
McIntire • BRO 90
10. Manning • NYY 86
Leifield • PIT 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Walsh • CHW 343
2. Mullin • DET 301
3. Mathewson • NYG 281
4. Howell • SLB 279
5. Chesbro • NYY 276
6. Summers • DET 271
7. Wilhelm • BRO 266
Wiltse • NYG 266
9. Rucker • BRO 265
10. Vickers • PHA 264

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. Walsh • CHW 4.804
3. Joss • CLE 4.333
4. Young • BOS 4.054
5. Burns • WSH 3.056
6. Johnson • WSH 3.019
7. Plank • PHA 2.935
8. Donovan • DET 2.660
9. Waddell • SLB 2.578
10. Brown • CHC 2.510

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
Cicotte • BOS 0.000
Waddell • SLB 0.000
Vickers • PHA 0.000
Johnson • WSH 0.000
6. McQuillan • PHI 0.025
7. Rucker • BRO 0.027
8. Howell • SLB 0.028
9. Brown • CHC 0.029
10. Young • BOS 0.030

Losses

Losses

1. Raymond • STL 25
2. Lake • NYY 22
Wilhelm • BRO 22
4. Chesbro • NYY 20
McIntire • BRO 20
Pastorius • BRO 20
7. Vickers • PHA 19
Dorner • BSN 19
Rucker • BRO 19
Winter • 2TM 19

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mullin • DET 100
2. Lake • NYY 95
3. Chesbro • NYY 94
4. Flaherty • BSN 88
5. McIntire • BRO 86
6. Dorner • BSN 85
7. White • CHW 84
8. Wiltse • NYG 82
9. Manning • NYY 80
10. Vickers • PHA 78

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cicotte • BOS 14
2. Hughes • WSH 13
Johnson • WSH 13
4. Mullin • DET 12
5. Burchell • BOS 11
Chesbro • NYY 11
7. Walsh • CHW 10
Willett • DET 10
9. Raymond • STL 9
10. Foxen • PHI 8
Lush • STL 8
Falkenberg • 2TM 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Summers • DET 20
McIntire • BRO 20
3. Rucker • BRO 19
4. Manning • NYY 18
5. Howell • SLB 17
6. Dorner • BSN 15
7. Chesbro • NYY 14
Willett • DET 14
Raymond • STL 14
10. Grahame • SLB 12
Leifield • PIT 12
Reulbach • CHC 12

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Walsh • CHW 1,755
2. Mathewson • NYG 1,485
3. McQuillan • PHI 1,391
4. Wilhelm • BRO 1,317
5. Rucker • BRO 1,313
6. Wiltse • NYG 1,287
7. Howell • SLB 1,251
8. Vickers • PHA 1,226
9. Raymond • STL 1,222
10. Joss • CLE 1,209

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. Vickers • PHA 17
2. Walsh • CHW 16
3. Manning • NYY 15
Ferguson • BSN 15
5. Leever • PIT 14
McGinnity • NYG 14
7. Chesbro • NYY 13
Cicotte • BOS 13
Malarkey • NYG 13
10. Brown • CHC 12

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Joss • CLE 204
2. Young • BOS 195
3. Mathewson • NYG 169
4. Walsh • CHW 164
5. Brown • CHC 160
6. McQuillan • PHI 157
7. Camnitz • PIT 146
8. Summers • DET 145
9. Johnson • WSH 138
10. Chech • CLE 136

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. Walsh • CHW 1.42
3. Waddell • SLB 1.51
4. Young • BOS 1.52
5. Johnson • WSH 1.60
6. Joss • CLE 1.68
7. Plank • PHA 1.72
8. Donovan • DET 1.78
9. Overall • CHC 1.86
10. Brown • CHC 1.87

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. Walsh • CHW 46
2. Mathewson • NYG 43
3. Joss • CLE 38
4. Young • BOS 36
5. McQuillan • PHI 34
6. Brown • CHC 34
7. Rhoads • CLE 16
8. Johnson • WSH 16
9. Howell • SLB 16
10. Reulbach • CHC 16

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. Walsh • CHW 5.6
2. Mathewson • NYG 5.3
3. Joss • CLE 4.7
4. Young • BOS 4.5
5. Brown • CHC 4.1
6. McQuillan • PHI 4.1
7. Rhoads • CLE 1.9
8. Johnson • WSH 1.9
9. Reulbach • CHC 1.9
10. Howell • SLB 1.9

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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