Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Alexander • PHI 12.0
2. Johnson • WSH 11.0
3. Ruth • BOS 10.4
4. Speaker • CLE 8.7
5. Cobb • DET 8.0
6. Pfeffer • BRO 7.2
7. Jackson • CHW 7.1
8. Collins • CHW 7.0
9. Coveleski • DET 7.0
10. Shawkey • NYY 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Alexander • PHI 11.0
2. Johnson • WSH 10.0
3. Ruth • BOS 8.8
4. Coveleski • DET 6.9
5. Shawkey • NYY 6.8
6. Vaughn • CHC 6.5
7. Pfeffer • BRO 6.5
8. Cooper • PIT 5.9
9. Bush • PHA 5.5
10. Leonard • BOS 5.1
Earned Run Average
1. Alexander • PHI 1.55
2. Marquard • BRO 1.58
3. Ruth • BOS 1.75
4. Cicotte • CHW 1.78
5. Rixey • PHI 1.85
6. Cooper • PIT 1.87
7. Johnson • WSH 1.90
8. Pfeffer • BRO 1.92
9. Cheney • BRO 1.92
10. Coveleski • DET 1.97
Wins
1. Alexander • PHI 33
2. Johnson • WSH 25
Pfeffer • BRO 25
4. Shawkey • NYY 24
5. Ruth • BOS 23
6. Rixey • PHI 22
7. Coveleski • DET 21
Mamaux • PIT 21
9. Dauss • DET 19
Demaree • PHI 19
Rudolph • BSN 19
Win-Loss %
1. Hughes • BSN .842
2. Alexander • PHI .733
3. Pfeffer • BRO .694
4. Rixey • PHI .688
5. Cullop • NYY .684
Marquard • BRO .684
7. Cicotte • CHW .682
8. Morton • CLE .667
Benton • NYG .667
Foster • BOS .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Russell • CHW 0.942
2. Alexander • PHI 0.959
3. Rudolph • BSN 0.974
4. McConnell • CHC 1.004
5. Johnson • WSH 1.006
6. Marquard • BRO 1.010
7. Pfeffer • BRO 1.025
8. Shawkey • NYY 1.030
9. Tyler • BSN 1.035
10. Ragan • BSN 1.044
Hits per 9 IP
1. Cheney • BRO 6.332
2. Ruth • BOS 6.395
3. Shawkey • NYY 6.636
4. Cicotte • CHW 6.642
5. Hughes • BSN 6.764
6. Cooper • PIT 6.915
7. Bush • PHA 6.970
8. Miller • PIT 7.023
9. Russell • CHW 7.048
10. Johnson • WSH 7.060
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Rudolph • BSN 1.096
2. Alexander • PHI 1.157
3. Russell • CHW 1.430
4. Demaree • PHI 1.516
5. Sallee • 2TM 1.635
6. Marquard • BRO 1.668
7. Cullop • NYY 1.725
8. Pfeffer • BRO 1.725
9. Coveleski • DET 1.748
10. Anderson • NYG 1.819
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Cheney • BRO 5.905
2. Johnson • WSH 5.551
3. Williams • CHW 5.536
4. Russell • NYY 5.463
5. Hughes • BSN 5.422
6. Harper • WSH 5.371
7. Myers • PHA 5.200
8. Bush • PHA 4.929
9. Hendrix • CHC 4.830
10. Mamaux • PIT 4.732
Games Played
1. Davenport • SLB 59
2. Russell • CHW 56
3. Shawkey • NYY 53
4. Meadows • STL 51
5. Gallia • WSH 49
6. Bagby • CLE 48
Johnson • WSH 48
Leonard • BOS 48
Alexander • PHI 48
10. Boland • DET 46
Weilman • SLB 46
Saves
1. Ames • STL 8
Shawkey • NYY 8
3. Russell • NYY 6
Leonard • BOS 6
5. Bagby • CLE 5
Marquard • BRO 5
Hughes • BSN 5
Packard • CHC 5
Cicotte • CHW 5
10. Dauss • DET 4
Groom • SLB 4
Innings Pitched
1. Alexander • PHI 389.0
2. Johnson • WSH 369.2
3. Pfeffer • BRO 328.2
4. Coveleski • DET 324.1
5. Ruth • BOS 323.2
6. Myers • PHA 315.0
7. Rudolph • BSN 312.0
8. Mamaux • PIT 310.0
9. Toney • CIN 300.0
10. Vaughn • CHC 294.0
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • WSH 228
2. Myers • PHA 182
3. Ruth • BOS 170
4. Alexander • PHI 167
5. Cheney • BRO 166
6. Mamaux • PIT 163
7. Bush • PHA 157
8. Harper • WSH 149
9. Toney • CIN 146
10. Leonard • BOS 144
Vaughn • CHC 144
Games Started
1. Alexander • PHI 45
2. Ruth • BOS 40
3. Coveleski • DET 39
4. Johnson • WSH 38
Rudolph • BSN 38
Toney • CIN 38
7. Mamaux • PIT 37
8. Meadows • STL 36
Pfeffer • BRO 36
10. Leonard • BOS 35
Myers • PHA 35
Demaree • PHI 35
Vaughn • CHC 35
Complete Games
1. Alexander • PHI 38
2. Johnson • WSH 36
3. Myers • PHA 31
4. Pfeffer • BRO 30
5. Rudolph • BSN 27
6. Mamaux • PIT 26
7. Bush • PHA 25
Demaree • PHI 25
9. Ruth • BOS 23
Tesreau • NYG 23
Shutouts
1. Alexander • PHI 16
2. Ruth • BOS 9
3. Bush • PHA 8
4. Tyler • BSN 6
Pfeffer • BRO 6
Leonard • BOS 6
7. Cheney • BRO 5
Russell • CHW 5
Perritt • NYG 5
Tesreau • NYG 5
Rudolph • BSN 5
Home Runs
1. Perritt • NYG 11
2. Tesreau • NYG 9
3. Russell • NYY 8
McConnell • CHC 8
5. Myers • PHA 7
Anderson • NYG 7
Mayer • PHI 7
Rudolph • BSN 7
Toney • CIN 7
10. Caldwell • NYY 6
Coveleski • DET 6
Coveleski • CLE 6
Leonard • BOS 6
Alexander • PHI 6
Steele • STL 6
Tyler • BSN 6
Williams • STL 6
Knetzer • 2TM 6
Bases on Balls
1. Myers • PHA 168
2. Mamaux • PIT 136
3. Bush • PHA 130
4. Meadows • STL 119
5. Ruth • BOS 118
6. Cheney • BRO 105
7. Harper • WSH 101
8. Davenport • SLB 100
9. Gallia • WSH 99
10. Groom • SLB 98
Hits
1. Alexander • PHI 323
2. Johnson • WSH 290
3. Myers • PHA 280
4. Coveleski • DET 278
Gallia • WSH 278
6. Pfeffer • BRO 274
7. Vaughn • CHC 269
8. Davenport • SLB 267
9. Rudolph • BSN 266
10. Mamaux • PIT 264
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Rudolph • BSN 3.500
2. Alexander • PHI 3.340
3. Marquard • BRO 2.816
4. Johnson • WSH 2.780
5. Demaree • PHI 2.708
6. Russell • CHW 2.667
7. Anderson • NYG 2.579
8. Cullop • NYY 2.406
9. McConnell • CHC 2.343
10. Leonard • BOS 2.182
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Ruth • BOS 0.000
Johnson • WSH 0.000
Foster • BOS 0.000
4. Russell • CHW 0.034
5. Shore • BOS 0.040
6. Groom • SLB 0.041
7. Faber • CHW 0.044
8. Boehling • 2TM 0.045
9. Cicotte • CHW 0.048
10. Dubuc • DET 0.053
Losses
1. Bush • PHA 24
2. Myers • PHA 23
Meadows • STL 23
4. Johnson • WSH 20
Nabors • PHA 20
6. Schneider • CIN 19
Schulz • CIN 19
8. Weilman • SLB 18
9. Bagby • CLE 17
Toney • CIN 17
Earned Runs
1. Myers • PHA 128
2. Davenport • SLB 92
3. Coveleski • CLE 88
4. Gallia • WSH 87
Mamaux • PIT 87
Tesreau • NYG 87
7. Dauss • DET 85
8. Demaree • PHI 83
Meadows • STL 83
10. Bush • PHA 82
Nabors • PHA 82
Schneider • CIN 82
Wild Pitches
1. Bush • PHA 15
Cheney • BRO 15
3. Myers • PHA 13
Rixey • PHI 13
5. Meadows • STL 11
6. Harper • WSH 9
Johnson • WSH 9
Ames • STL 9
Anderson • NYG 9
Tesreau • NYG 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Pfeffer • BRO 17
2. Dauss • DET 16
3. Myers • PHA 14
Meadows • STL 14
5. Schneider • CIN 13
6. Coveleski • DET 11
James • DET 11
8. Alexander • PHI 10
Bender • PHI 10
Benton • NYG 10
Cheney • BRO 10
Mitchell • CIN 10
Batters Faced
1. Alexander • PHI 1,500
2. Johnson • WSH 1,410
3. Myers • PHA 1,310
4. Pfeffer • BRO 1,298
5. Mamaux • PIT 1,291
6. Ruth • BOS 1,272
7. Coveleski • DET 1,248
8. Meadows • STL 1,217
9. Rudolph • BSN 1,206
10. Vaughn • CHC 1,191
Games Finished
1. Shawkey • NYY 24
2. Williams • STL 21
3. Bagby • CLE 19
Hughes • BSN 19
5. Davenport • SLB 18
Ames • STL 18
7. Packard • CHC 17
Schupp • NYG 17
9. Dubuc • DET 16
Russell • CHW 16
Adjusted ERA+
1. Alexander • PHI 172
2. Marquard • BRO 171
3. Ruth • BOS 158
4. Cicotte • CHW 156
5. Johnson • WSH 147
6. Coveleski • DET 145
7. Rixey • PHI 144
8. Cullop • NYY 142
9. Cooper • PIT 142
10. Pfeffer • BRO 141
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Johnson • WSH 1.82
2. Marquard • BRO 1.96
3. Russell • CHW 2.01
4. Alexander • PHI 2.12
5. Rudolph • BSN 2.15
6. Demaree • PHI 2.18
7. Vaughn • CHC 2.27
8. Ragan • BSN 2.27
9. Rixey • PHI 2.32
10. Cullop • NYY 2.33
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Alexander • PHI 47
2. Ruth • BOS 37
3. Johnson • WSH 36
4. Pfeffer • BRO 28
5. Coveleski • DET 27
6. Shawkey • NYY 25
7. Schupp • NYG 24
8. Marquard • BRO 22
9. Rixey • PHI 21
10. Vaughn • CHC 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Alexander • PHI 5.8
2. Ruth • BOS 4.4
3. Johnson • WSH 4.2
4. Pfeffer • BRO 3.4
5. Coveleski • DET 3.1
6. Schupp • NYG 3.0
7. Shawkey • NYY 2.8
8. Marquard • BRO 2.7
9. Rixey • PHI 2.5
10. Vaughn • CHC 2.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Alexander • PHI 51.56
2. Ruth • BOS 34.21
3. Shawkey • NYY 33.88
4. Pfeffer • BRO 32.76
5. Russell • CHW 29.68
6. Cooper • PIT 25.55
7. Schupp • NYG 24.47
8. Leonard • BOS 23.81
9. Marquard • BRO 23.76
10. Demaree • PHI 23.61
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Alexander • PHI 7.6
2. Shawkey • NYY 4.8
3. Pfeffer • BRO 4.5
4. Cicotte • CHW 3.9
5. Leonard • BOS 3.8
6. Cooper • PIT 3.8
7. Toney • CIN 3.7
8. Ruth • BOS 3.5
9. Rudolph • BSN 3.3
10. Shore • BOS 2.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Alexander • PHI 5.2
2. Shawkey • NYY 4.3
3. Pfeffer • BRO 3.6
4. Ruth • BOS 3.4
5. Russell • CHW 3.3
6. Schupp • NYG 3.2
7. Demaree • PHI 3.2
8. Cooper • PIT 2.9
9. Benz • CHW 2.5
10. Prendergast • CHC 2.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Alexander • PHI 22.0
2. Shore • BOS 17.6
3. Marquard • BRO 17.4
4. Pfeffer • BRO 16.4
5. Cicotte • CHW 12.9
6. Ruth • BOS 11.6
7. Rudolph • BSN 10.2
8. Shawkey • NYY 10.2
9. Leonard • BOS 8.0
10. Demaree • PHI 7.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Alexander • PHI 6.3
2. Ruth • BOS 4.1
3. Pfeffer • BRO 3.9
4. Shawkey • NYY 3.9
5. Russell • CHW 3.5
6. Schupp • NYG 3.1
7. Cooper • PIT 3.0
8. Marquard • BRO 2.8
9. Demaree • PHI 2.8
10. Leonard • BOS 2.8

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements