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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 12.6
2. Faber • CHW 11.1
3. Hornsby • STL 10.8
4. Shocker • SLB 8.6
5. Rogan • KCM 8.1
6. Grimes • BRO 8.0
7. Mays • NYY 7.6
8. Bancroft • NYG 7.4
9. Jones • BOS 7.2
10. Leblanc • CS 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Faber • CHW 11.4
2. Shocker • SLB 8.0
3. Grimes • BRO 7.8
4. Coveleski • CLE 7.3
5. Mogridge • WSH 6.8
6. Jones • BOS 6.7
7. Leblanc • CS 6.2
8. Mays • NYY 6.2
9. Hoyt • NYY 5.9
10. Brown • CAG 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Rogan • KCM 1.72
2. Faber • CHW 2.48
3. Brown • CAG 2.50
4. Leblanc • CS 2.53
5. Doak • STL 2.59
6. Adams • PIT 2.64
7. Glazner • PIT 2.77
8. Rixey • CIN 2.78
9. Williams • CAG 2.82
10. Grimes • BRO 2.83
Wins
1. Mays • NYY 27
Shocker • SLB 27
3. Faber • CHW 25
4. Coveleski • CLE 23
Jones • BOS 23
6. Cooper • PIT 22
Grimes • BRO 22
8. Nehf • NYG 20
Oeschger • BSN 20
10. Hoyt • NYY 19
Kerr • CHW 19
Rixey • CIN 19
Win-Loss %
1. Brown • CAG .895
2. Oldham • SLG .769
3. Mays • NYY .750
4. Adams • PIT .737
Glazner • PIT .737
6. Doak • STL .714
7. Shocker • SLB .692
Bell • KCM .692
9. Bayne • SLB .688
Collins • NYY .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Brown • CAG 1.004
2. Adams • PIT 1.081
3. Curry • KCM 1.088
4. Leblanc • CS 1.115
5. Williams • CAG 1.127
6. Faber • CHW 1.149
7. Glazner • PIT 1.162
8. Marshall • CAG 1.172
9. Rogan • KCM 1.172
10. Boada • CS 1.189
Hits per 9 IP
1. Brown • CAG 6.787
2. Gisentaner • 2TM 6.981
3. Marshall • CAG 7.391
4. Rogan • KCM 7.412
5. Roberts • COB 7.667
6. Leblanc • CS 7.730
7. Curry • KCM 7.834
8. Drake • SLG 7.858
9. Faber • CHW 7.975
10. Williams • CAG 8.061
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Adams • PIT 1.013
2. Alexander • CHC 1.179
3. Taylor • COG 1.335
4. Barnes • NYG 1.531
5. Hubbell • PHI 1.552
6. Doak • STL 1.596
7. Marquard • CIN 1.694
8. Smith • BRO 1.745
9. Johnson • ABC 1.856
10. Luque • CIN 1.895
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Brown • CAG 6.288
2. Oldham • SLG 6.192
3. Holland • 2TM 5.780
4. Drake • SLG 5.481
5. Rogan • KCM 5.471
6. Britt • 2TM 5.387
7. Gisentaner • 2TM 5.236
8. Force • DS 5.128
9. Johnson • WSH 4.875
10. Curry • KCM 4.756
Games Played
1. Mays • NYY 49
2. Bayne • SLB 47
Shocker • SLB 47
Scott • BSN 47
5. Rommel • PHA 46
Oeschger • BSN 46
7. McQuillan • BSN 45
8. Keefe • PHA 44
Kerr • CHW 44
Fillingim • BSN 44
Watson • BSN 44
Saves
1. Mays • NYY 7
North • STL 7
3. Middleton • DET 6
Barnes • NYG 6
5. Holling • DET 5
McQuillan • BSN 5
7. Bagby • CLE 4
Caldwell • CLE 4
Russell • BOS 4
Shocker • SLB 4
Betts • PHI 4
Carlson • PIT 4
Smith • BRO 4
Zinn • PIT 4
Innings Pitched
1. Mays • NYY 336.2
2. Faber • CHW 330.2
3. Cooper • PIT 327.0
4. Shocker • SLB 326.2
5. Coveleski • CLE 315.0
6. Kerr • CHW 308.2
7. Luque • CIN 304.0
8. Grimes • BRO 302.1
9. Rixey • CIN 301.0
10. Oeschger • BSN 299.0
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • WSH 143
2. Holland • 2TM 140
3. Grimes • BRO 136
Drake • SLG 136
5. Cooper • PIT 134
6. Shocker • SLB 132
7. Shawkey • NYY 126
Brown • CAG 126
Roberts • COB 126
10. Faber • CHW 124
Rogan • KCM 124
Games Started
1. Coveleski • CLE 40
2. Faber • CHW 39
3. Jones • BOS 38
Mays • NYY 38
Shocker • SLB 38
Cooper • PIT 38
7. Kerr • CHW 37
Rixey • CIN 37
9. Davis • SLB 36
Mogridge • WSH 36
Luque • CIN 36
Marquard • CIN 36
Oeschger • BSN 36
Complete Games
1. Faber • CHW 32
2. Mays • NYY 30
Shocker • SLB 30
Grimes • BRO 30
5. Cooper • PIT 29
6. Coveleski • CLE 28
7. Johnson • WSH 25
Jones • BOS 25
Kerr • CHW 25
Luque • CIN 25
Shutouts
1. Jeffries • ABC 5
Brown • CAG 5
Jones • BOS 5
4. Mogridge • WSH 4
Shocker • SLB 4
Faber • CHW 4
7. Luque • CIN 3
Shawkey • NYY 3
Alexander • CHC 3
Douglas • NYG 3
Fillingim • BSN 3
Bush • BOS 3
Mitchell • BRO 3
Morrison • PIT 3
Oeschger • BSN 3
Rogan • KCM 3
Williams • CAG 3
Erickson • WSH 3
Kerr • CHW 3
Home Runs
1. Rommel • PHA 21
Shocker • SLB 21
3. Keefe • PHA 19
4. Hubbell • PHI 18
Nehf • NYG 18
6. Cadore • BRO 17
Douglas • NYG 17
8. Harriss • PHA 16
9. Ehmke • DET 15
Leonard • DET 15
Shawkey • NYY 15
Haines • STL 15
Bases on Balls
1. Davis • SLB 123
2. Moore • PHA 122
3. Roberts • COB 99
4. Oeschger • BSN 97
5. Kerr • CHW 96
6. Bush • BOS 93
7. Johnson • WSH 92
8. McQuillan • BSN 90
9. Mails • CLE 89
10. Ring • PHI 88
Hits
1. Kerr • CHW 357
2. Shocker • SLB 345
3. Coveleski • CLE 341
Cooper • PIT 341
5. Mays • NYY 332
6. Rixey • CIN 324
7. Jones • BOS 318
Luque • CIN 318
9. Zachary • WSH 314
10. Grimes • BRO 313
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Taylor • COG 3.087
2. Adams • PIT 3.056
3. Brown • CAG 2.800
4. Holland • 2TM 2.500
5. Curry • KCM 2.429
6. Alexander • CHC 2.333
7. Doak • STL 2.243
8. Force • DS 2.127
9. Williams • CAG 2.081
10. Oldham • SLG 2.000
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Sothoron • 3TM 0.000
Gisentaner • 2TM 0.000
3. Rixey • CIN 0.030
4. Jones • BOS 0.030
5. Drake • SLG 0.040
6. Boada • CS 0.064
7. Roberts • COB 0.073
8. Hoyt • NYY 0.096
9. Brown • CAG 0.100
10. Kenyon • ABC 0.107
Losses
1. Rommel • PHA 23
2. Wilkinson • CHW 20
Smith • PHI 20
4. Luque • CIN 19
Ring • PHI 19
6. Rixey • CIN 18
7. Kerr • CHW 17
McQuillan • BSN 17
9. Davis • SLB 16
Harriss • PHA 16
Hasty • PHA 16
Jones • BOS 16
Zachary • WSH 16
Hubbell • PHI 16
Meadows • PHI 16
Roberts • COB 16
Earned Runs
1. Kerr • CHW 162
2. Davis • SLB 131
3. Shocker • SLB 129
4. Rommel • PHA 125
5. Coveleski • CLE 118
Cooper • PIT 118
7. Oeschger • BSN 117
Smith • PHI 117
9. Ring • PHI 116
10. Mays • NYY 114
Luque • CIN 114
Wild Pitches
1. Ring • PHI 14
2. Meadows • PHI 10
3. Moore • PHA 9
4. Bush • BOS 7
Courtney • WSH 7
Johnson • WSH 7
Keefe • PHA 7
Leonard • DET 7
Ruether • BRO 7
10. Collins • NYY 6
Davis • SLB 6
Grimes • BRO 6
Rixey • CIN 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Roberts • COB 22
2. Oeschger • BSN 15
Crawford • KCM 15
4. Dauss • DET 13
Ehmke • DET 13
Finner • SLG 13
7. Glazner • PIT 12
Suárez • CS 12
9. Kerr • CHW 11
Curry • KCM 11
Gatewood • DS 11
Batters Faced
1. Shocker • SLB 1,401
2. Mays • NYY 1,400
3. Cooper • PIT 1,377
4. Kerr • CHW 1,360
5. Coveleski • CLE 1,358
6. Faber • CHW 1,350
7. Rixey • CIN 1,260
8. Luque • CIN 1,259
9. Jones • BOS 1,257
10. Grimes • BRO 1,253
Games Finished
1. North • STL 27
2. Betts • PHI 22
3. Burwell • SLB 21
4. Middleton • DET 20
5. Carlson • PIT 19
Sallee • NYG 19
7. Caldwell • CLE 18
Hodge • CHW 18
Karr • BOS 18
Keefe • PHA 18
Russell • BOS 18
Adjusted ERA+
1. Rogan • KCM 223
2. Faber • CHW 170
3. Brown • CAG 154
4. Leblanc • CS 152
5. Adams • PIT 145
6. Doak • STL 140
7. Mays • NYY 139
8. Grimes • BRO 139
9. Glazner • PIT 138
10. Hoyt • NYY 137
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Brown • CAG 2.76
2. Drake • SLG 3.09
3. Adams • PIT 3.11
4. Doak • STL 3.12
5. Taylor • COG 3.17
6. Holland • 2TM 3.24
7. Grimes • BRO 3.30
8. Leblanc • CS 3.31
9. Boada • CS 3.33
10. Rogan • KCM 3.34
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Faber • CHW 66
2. Mays • NYY 42
3. Rogan • KCM 40
4. Jones • BOS 37
5. Mogridge • WSH 36
6. Hoyt • NYY 35
7. Shocker • SLB 34
8. Grimes • BRO 34
9. Coveleski • CLE 34
10. Leblanc • CS 31
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Faber • CHW 6.7
2. Mays • NYY 4.1
3. Rogan • KCM 4.1
4. Jones • BOS 3.6
5. Grimes • BRO 3.6
6. Mogridge • WSH 3.5
7. Hoyt • NYY 3.4
8. Shocker • SLB 3.3
9. Coveleski • CLE 3.3
10. Leblanc • CS 3.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Faber • CHW 78.00
2. Mays • NYY 56.61
3. Hoyt • NYY 45.28
4. Coveleski • CLE 44.16
5. Mogridge • WSH 42.91
6. Grimes • BRO 39.77
7. Shocker • SLB 37.59
8. Jones • BOS 36.84
9. Glazner • PIT 33.50
10. Rixey • CIN 29.13
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Faber • CHW 8.8
2. Mogridge • WSH 5.9
3. Shocker • SLB 5.8
4. Glazner • PIT 5.1
5. Mays • NYY 5.0
6. Grimes • BRO 4.5
7. Jones • BOS 4.3
8. Coveleski • CLE 4.2
9. Rixey • CIN 3.7
10. Hoyt • NYY 3.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Faber • CHW 6.2
2. Mays • NYY 5.1
3. Hoyt • NYY 4.2
4. Mogridge • WSH 3.8
5. Jones • BOS 3.7
6. Grimes • BRO 3.5
7. Shocker • SLB 3.4
8. Glazner • PIT 3.3
9. Coveleski • CLE 3.2
10. Adams • PIT 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hoyt • NYY 22.8
2. Mays • NYY 17.1
3. Adams • PIT 16.3
4. Glazner • PIT 15.2
5. Morrison • PIT 12.5
6. Sothoron • 3TM 11.0
7. Morton • CLE 10.3
8. Cooper • PIT 8.3
9. Nehf • NYG 7.5
10. Mogridge • WSH 7.0
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Faber • CHW 8.1
2. Mays • NYY 5.7
3. Hoyt • NYY 4.5
4. Coveleski • CLE 4.4
5. Mogridge • WSH 4.4
6. Grimes • BRO 4.1
7. Jones • BOS 3.6
8. Shocker • SLB 3.6
9. Glazner • PIT 3.5
10. Rixey • CIN 3.1

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 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