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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Grove • PHA 10.3
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.6
4. Ferrell • CLE 9.4
5. Cronin • WSH 8.5
6. Terry • NYG 7.9
7. Stewart • SLB 7.8
8. Simmons • PHA 7.8
9. Wilson • CHC 7.4
10. Uhle • DET 7.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. Grove • PHA 10.4
2. Ferrell • CLE 8.3
3. Stewart • SLB 7.3
4. Vance • BRO 7.3
5. Uhle • DET 6.3
6. Sorrell • DET 5.9
7. Gaston • BOS 5.3
8. Lyons • CHW 5.3
9. Collins • PHI 5.3
10. Smith • BSN 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Grove • PHA 2.54
2. Radcliffe • SLS 2.58
3. Vance • BRO 2.61
4. Paige • BBB 2.87
5. Bell • KCM 2.95
6. Díaz • CSW 2.95
7. Cooper • DS 3.10
8. Ferrell • CLE 3.31
9. Brewer • KCM 3.32
10. Stewart • SLB 3.45
Wins
1. Grove • PHA 28
2. Ferrell • CLE 25
3. Earnshaw • PHA 22
Lyons • CHW 22
5. Stewart • SLB 20
Kremer • PIT 20
Malone • CHC 20
8. Fitzsimmons • NYG 19
9. Crowder • 2TM 18
10. Whitehill • DET 17
Brame • PIT 17
French • PIT 17
Hubbell • NYG 17
Vance • BRO 17
Walker • NYG 17
Win-Loss %
1. Grove • PHA .848
2. Radcliffe • SLS .833
3. Hensley • SLS .800
Trent • SLS .800
5. Davis • 2TM .786
6. Paige • BBB .778
7. Bell • KCM .769
8. Marberry • WSH .750
Shores • PHA .750
Cooper • KCM .750
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Paige • BBB 0.810
2. Dean • DS 1.051
3. Bell • KCM 1.055
4. Cooper • DS 1.107
5. Grove • PHA 1.144
Vance • BRO 1.144
7. Radcliffe • SLS 1.153
8. Díaz • CSW 1.216
9. Clark • BRO 1.235
10. Salmon • 2TM 1.246
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 6.212
2. Radcliffe • SLS 7.882
3. Dean • DS 8.140
4. Díaz • CSW 8.147
5. Bell • KCM 8.182
6. Gillispie • 2TM 8.328
7. Hadley • WSH 8.366
8. Vance • BRO 8.385
9. Foster • CAG 8.406
10. Grove • PHA 8.443
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 1.075
2. Salmon • 2TM 1.087
3. Pennock • NYY 1.151
4. Bell • KCM 1.309
5. Dean • DS 1.324
6. Cooper • DS 1.372
7. Clark • BRO 1.710
8. Lyons • CHW 1.723
9. Kolp • CIN 1.818
10. Johnson • STL 1.822
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Cooper • KCM 8.720
2. Paige • BBB 8.243
3. Foster • CAG 7.404
4. Hallahan • STL 6.712
5. Grove • PHA 6.464
6. Vance • BRO 6.019
7. Johnson • NYY 5.903
8. Bell • KCM 5.891
9. Shaw • DS 5.873
10. Earnshaw • PHA 5.868
Games Played
1. Grove • PHA 50
2. Earnshaw • PHA 49
3. Elliott • PHI 48
4. Collins • PHI 47
5. Bush • CHC 46
6. Malone • CHC 45
Pruett • NYG 45
8. Johnson • NYY 44
Pipgras • NYY 44
Clark • BRO 44
Frey • CIN 44
Saves
1. Grove • PHA 9
2. Bell • STL 8
3. Clark • BRO 7
4. Quinn • PHA 6
Heving • NYG 6
Lindsey • STL 6
Swetonic • PIT 6
Braxton • 2TM 6
9. Pipgras • NYY 5
Sullivan • DET 5
Malone • CHC 5
Smith • BSN 5
Innings Pitched
1. Lyons • CHW 297.2
2. Ferrell • CLE 296.2
3. Earnshaw • PHA 296.0
4. Grove • PHA 291.0
5. Crowder • 2TM 279.2
6. Kremer • PIT 276.0
7. French • PIT 274.2
8. Gaston • BOS 273.0
9. Malone • CHC 271.2
10. Stewart • SLB 271.0
Strikeouts
1. Grove • PHA 209
2. Earnshaw • PHA 193
3. Hallahan • STL 177
4. Vance • BRO 173
5. Hadley • WSH 162
6. Ferrell • CLE 143
7. Malone • CHC 142
8. Foster • CAG 133
9. Ruffing • 2TM 131
10. Root • CHC 124
Games Started
1. Earnshaw • PHA 39
2. Kremer • PIT 38
3. Lyons • CHW 36
4. Ferrell • CLE 35
French • PIT 35
Malone • CHC 35
Crowder • 2TM 35
8. Gaston • BOS 34
Hadley • WSH 34
Walker • NYG 34
Complete Games
1. Lyons • CHW 29
2. Ferrell • CLE 25
Crowder • 2TM 25
4. Stewart • SLB 23
5. Grove • PHA 22
Brame • PIT 22
Malone • CHC 22
8. Gaston • BOS 21
French • PIT 21
10. Earnshaw • PHA 20
Seibold • BSN 20
Vance • BRO 20
Shutouts
1. Root • CHC 4
Vance • BRO 4
3. Brown • CLE 3
Pipgras • NYY 3
Earnshaw • PHA 3
French • PIT 3
Hubbell • NYG 3
8. Brewer • KCM 2
Sorrell • DET 2
Bell • KCM 2
Thurston • BRO 2
Walker • NYG 2
Marberry • WSH 2
Cornelius • 2TM 2
Grove • PHA 2
Gaston • BOS 2
Trent • SLS 2
Shaw • DS 2
Ruffing • 2TM 2
Paige • BBB 2
Smith • BSN 2
Phelps • BRO 2
Davis • DS 2
Luque • BRO 2
Dean • DS 2
Kolp • CIN 2
Johnson • STL 2
Hallahan • STL 2
Frey • CIN 2
Elliott • BRO 2
Walberg • PHA 2
Wood • PIT 2
McHenry • KCM 2
Home Runs
1. Kremer • PIT 29
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 26
3. Smith • BSN 25
4. Sweetland • PHI 24
5. Benge • PHI 22
Bush • CHC 22
Collins • PHI 22
8. Stewart • SLB 21
Brame • PIT 21
Phelps • BRO 21
Bases on Balls
1. Earnshaw • PHA 139
2. Hallahan • STL 126
3. Ferrell • CLE 106
Sorrell • DET 106
5. Hadley • WSH 105
6. Johnson • NYY 104
7. Blake • CHC 99
8. Gaston • BOS 98
9. Malone • CHC 96
Crowder • 2TM 96
Hits
1. Kremer • PIT 366
2. Lyons • CHW 331
3. French • PIT 325
4. Benge • PHI 305
5. Russell • BOS 302
6. Earnshaw • PHA 299
Ferrell • CLE 299
8. Frey • CIN 295
9. MacFayden • BOS 293
10. Brame • PIT 291
Bush • CHC 291
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • BBB 7.667
2. Salmon • 2TM 5.053
3. Bell • KCM 4.500
4. Grove • PHA 3.483
5. Dean • DS 3.150
6. Vance • BRO 3.145
7. Cooper • DS 2.737
8. Johnson • STL 2.421
9. Foster • CAG 2.333
10. Pennock • NYY 2.300
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Jones • WSH 0.196
2. Hadley • WSH 0.207
3. Grove • PHA 0.247
4. Walberg • PHA 0.263
5. Brown • WSH 0.274
6. MacFayden • BOS 0.301
7. Whitehill • DET 0.326
8. Lyons • CHW 0.363
9. Pipgras • NYY 0.367
10. Faber • CHW 0.373
Losses
1. Gaston • BOS 20
Russell • BOS 20
3. Coffman • SLB 18
French • PIT 18
Frey • CIN 18
6. Henry • CHW 17
Lisenbee • BOS 17
Willoughby • PHI 17
9. Hudlin • CLE 16
Lucas • CIN 16
Seibold • BSN 16
Crowder • 2TM 16
Earned Runs
1. Bush • CHC 155
2. Kremer • PIT 154
3. Earnshaw • PHA 146
4. Benge • PHI 143
Sweetland • PHI 143
6. Russell • BOS 139
7. French • PIT 133
8. Willoughby • PHI 129
9. Frey • CIN 128
10. Collins • PHI 127
Benton • 2TM 127
Wild Pitches
1. Bush • CHC 12
2. Gaston • BOS 11
Johnson • NYY 11
Hallahan • STL 11
5. Earnshaw • PHA 10
6. Benton • 2TM 9
7. Sherid • NYY 7
Frey • CIN 7
Haines • STL 7
Spencer • PIT 7
Grimes • 2TM 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Hubbell • NYG 11
2. Collins • PHI 10
3. Hogsett • DET 9
4. Pipgras • NYY 8
Whitehill • DET 8
Brewer • KCM 8
7. Rixey • CIN 7
Root • CHC 7
Walker • NYG 7
Grimes • 2TM 7
Batters Faced
1. Earnshaw • PHA 1,299
2. Ferrell • CLE 1,274
3. Lyons • CHW 1,258
4. French • PIT 1,232
Kremer • PIT 1,232
6. Malone • CHC 1,197
7. Grove • PHA 1,191
8. Crowder • 2TM 1,188
9. Gaston • BOS 1,175
10. MacFayden • BOS 1,169
Games Finished
1. Kimsey • SLB 30
2. Heving • NYG 22
Spencer • PIT 22
4. Walsh • CHW 21
5. Appleton • CLE 20
Rommel • PHA 20
Elliott • PHI 20
8. Johnson • NYY 19
McKain • CHW 19
Smith • BOS 19
Lindsey • STL 19
Adjusted ERA+
1. Vance • BRO 189
2. Grove • PHA 185
3. Radcliffe • SLS 185
4. Paige • BBB 166
5. Bell • KCM 161
6. Díaz • CSW 161
7. Cooper • DS 153
8. Ferrell • CLE 145
9. Brewer • KCM 143
10. Stewart • SLB 140
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Grove • PHA 2.45
2. Vance • BRO 2.97
3. Hadley • WSH 3.19
4. Ruffing • 2TM 3.28
5. Pennock • NYY 3.32
6. Hubbell • NYG 3.34
7. Pipgras • NYY 3.44
8. Johnson • STL 3.45
9. Lyons • CHW 3.51
10. Jones • WSH 3.53
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Grove • PHA 68
2. Vance • BRO 63
3. Ferrell • CLE 43
4. Stewart • SLB 42
5. Uhle • DET 31
6. Crowder • 2TM 29
7. Radcliffe • SLS 28
8. Hadley • WSH 28
9. Malone • CHC 26
10. Hubbell • NYG 25
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Grove • PHA 6.5
2. Vance • BRO 6.1
3. Ferrell • CLE 4.0
4. Stewart • SLB 4.0
5. Uhle • DET 3.0
6. Crowder • 2TM 2.7
7. Radcliffe • SLS 2.6
8. Hadley • WSH 2.6
9. Malone • CHC 2.3
Bell • KCM 2.3
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Grove • PHA 81.84
2. Vance • BRO 62.52
3. Stewart • SLB 49.57
4. Ferrell • CLE 41.52
5. Uhle • DET 36.75
6. Hubbell • NYG 33.95
7. Crowder • 2TM 32.65
8. Sorrell • DET 31.33
9. Malone • CHC 31.14
10. Elliott • BRO 29.28
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Grove • PHA 9.8
2. Stewart • SLB 6.5
3. Vance • BRO 6.2
4. Malone • CHC 4.9
5. Lyons • CHW 4.7
6. Seibold • BSN 4.6
7. Hadley • WSH 4.4
8. Ferrell • CLE 3.8
9. Marberry • WSH 3.3
10. Smith • BSN 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Grove • PHA 6.5
2. Vance • BRO 5.7
3. Stewart • SLB 4.5
4. Hubbell • NYG 3.6
5. Lyons • CHW 3.5
6. Ferrell • CLE 3.2
7. Uhle • DET 3.2
8. Crowder • 2TM 3.1
9. Hadley • WSH 3.0
10. Gaston • BOS 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Vance • BRO 32.9
2. Malone • CHC 19.3
3. Grove • PHA 18.7
4. Hallahan • STL 11.0
5. Clark • BRO 10.9
6. Phelps • BRO 9.0
7. Marberry • WSH 8.4
8. Elliott • BRO 7.9
9. Grimes • 2TM 6.1
10. Hadley • WSH 5.9
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Grove • PHA 8.0
2. Vance • BRO 6.0
3. Stewart • SLB 4.7
4. Ferrell • CLE 3.9
5. Uhle • DET 3.5
6. Hubbell • NYG 3.2
7. Crowder • 2TM 3.1
8. Sorrell • DET 2.9
9. Malone • CHC 2.9
10. Hadley • WSH 2.7

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