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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Grove • BOS 10.6
2. Hubbell • NYG 10.1
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.7
4. Vaughan • PIT 8.0
5. Gehringer • DET 7.9
6. Ott • NYG 7.8
7. Ferrell • BOS 7.7
8. Dean • STL 7.7
9. Appling • CHW 7.2
10. Herman • CHC 7.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Grove • BOS 11.2
2. Hubbell • NYG 9.7
3. Dean • STL 7.3
4. Allen • CLE 7.3
5. Ferrell • BOS 6.8
6. Mungo • BRO 6.6
7. Bridges • DET 6.4
8. Kelley • PHA 6.2
9. MacFayden • BSN 5.7
10. Brandt • BRO 5.2
Earned Run Average
1. Hubbell • NYG 2.31
2. Grove • BOS 2.81
3. Willis • WEG 2.84
4. MacFayden • BSN 2.87
5. Gabler • NYG 3.12
6. Dean • STL 3.17
7. Holland • NBY 3.18
Lucas • PIT 3.18
9. Day • NE 3.30
10. Lee • CHC 3.31
Wins
1. Hubbell • NYG 26
2. Dean • STL 24
3. Bridges • DET 23
4. Kennedy • CHW 21
5. Allen • CLE 20
Ferrell • BOS 20
Ruffing • NYY 20
8. Pearson • NYY 19
Rowe • DET 19
Derringer • CIN 19
Win-Loss %
1. Hubbell • NYG .813
2. Paige • PC .800
3. Lucas • PIT .789
4. Hadley • NYY .778
5. Matlock • PC .769
6. Malone • NYY .750
Dihigo • NYC .750
8. Pearson • NYY .731
9. McHenry • NBY .714
10. Kennedy • CHW .700
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hubbell • NYG 1.059
2. Dean • STL 1.152
3. Lucas • PIT 1.161
4. Brown • HG 1.188
5. Dihigo • NYC 1.189
6. Grove • BOS 1.192
7. Willis • WEG 1.220
8. Blanton • PIT 1.231
9. Davis • 2TM 1.252
10. French • CHC 1.252
Hits per 9 IP
1. Pearson • NYY 7.709
2. Hubbell • NYG 7.845
3. Mungo • BRO 7.941
4. Brown • HG 7.996
5. Parker • HG 8.129
6. Day • NE 8.135
7. Griffith • WEG 8.194
8. Taylor • NYC 8.204
9. Lee • CHC 8.281
10. Stanley • NYC 8.331
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lucas • PIT 1.332
2. Derringer • CIN 1.339
3. Dean • STL 1.514
4. Hubbell • NYG 1.688
5. Holland • NBY 1.702
6. Gabler • NYG 1.893
7. French • CHC 1.926
8. Dihigo • NYC 2.022
9. Brown • NBY 2.048
10. Willis • WEG 2.067
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • PC 9.042
2. Taylor • NYC 8.801
3. Brown • NBY 7.262
4. Mungo • BRO 6.873
5. Dihigo • NYC 6.661
6. Day • NE 6.367
7. Stanley • NYC 6.223
8. Allen • CLE 6.111
9. Dean • STL 5.571
10. Hunter • 2TM 5.529
Games Played
1. Van Atta • SLB 52
2. Dean • STL 51
Derringer • CIN 51
4. Passeau • PHI 49
5. Knott • SLB 47
Brown • PIT 47
7. Mungo • BRO 45
Swift • PIT 45
9. Blanton • PIT 44
10. Lee • CLE 43
Newsom • WSH 43
Ostermueller • BOS 43
Wilson • BOS 43
French • CHC 43
Gabler • NYG 43
Lee • CHC 43
Smith • NYG 43
Saves
1. Dean • STL 11
2. Malone • NYY 9
Brennan • CIN 9
4. Smith • BSN 8
5. Coffman • NYG 7
Johnson • PHI 7
7. Knott • SLB 6
Gabler • NYG 6
9. Brown • CHW 5
Murphy • NYY 5
Davis • CIN 5
Derringer • CIN 5
Innings Pitched
1. Dean • STL 315.0
2. Mungo • BRO 311.2
3. Hubbell • NYG 304.0
4. Ferrell • BOS 301.0
5. Bridges • DET 294.2
6. Newsom • WSH 285.2
7. Derringer • CIN 282.1
8. Kennedy • CHW 274.1
9. Ruffing • NYY 271.0
10. MacFayden • BSN 266.2
Strikeouts
1. Mungo • BRO 238
2. Dean • STL 195
3. Bridges • DET 175
4. Allen • CLE 165
5. Newsom • WSH 156
6. Grove • BOS 130
7. Blanton • PIT 127
8. Hubbell • NYG 123
9. Derringer • CIN 121
10. Pearson • NYY 118
Games Started
1. Bridges • DET 38
Ferrell • BOS 38
Newsom • WSH 38
4. Derringer • CIN 37
Mungo • BRO 37
6. Rowe • DET 35
7. Kennedy • CHW 34
Dean • STL 34
Hubbell • NYG 34
10. Ruffing • NYY 33
Lee • CHC 33
Walters • PHI 33
Complete Games
1. Ferrell • BOS 28
Dean • STL 28
3. Bridges • DET 26
4. Ruffing • NYY 25
Hubbell • NYG 25
6. Newsom • WSH 24
7. Grove • BOS 22
Mungo • BRO 22
9. MacFayden • BSN 21
10. Kelley • PHA 20
Kennedy • CHW 20
Lee • CHC 20
Shutouts
1. Grove • BOS 6
2. Bridges • DET 5
3. Rowe • DET 4
Walters • PHI 4
Smith • NYG 4
Warneke • CHC 4
Carleton • CHC 4
Allen • CLE 4
Newsom • WSH 4
Blanton • PIT 4
French • CHC 4
Lee • CHC 4
Home Runs
1. Rhodes • PHA 26
2. Thomas • SLB 25
3. Ruffing • NYY 22
4. Blaeholder • CLE 21
Bridges • DET 21
Kelley • PHA 21
Lyons • CHW 21
Chaplin • BSN 21
Dean • STL 21
10. Andrews • SLB 19
Bases on Balls
1. Kennedy • CHW 147
2. Newsom • WSH 146
3. Pearson • NYY 135
4. Gomez • NYY 122
5. Ferrell • BOS 119
6. Mungo • BRO 118
7. Bridges • DET 115
Walters • PHI 115
9. Parmelee • STL 107
10. Rhodes • PHA 102
Hits
1. Derringer • CIN 331
2. Ferrell • BOS 330
3. Dean • STL 310
4. Harder • CLE 294
Newsom • WSH 294
6. Bridges • DET 289
7. Hogsett • 2TM 286
8. Walters • PHI 284
9. Kennedy • CHW 282
10. Mungo • BRO 275
Swift • PIT 275
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Dean • STL 3.679
2. Brown • NBY 3.545
3. Dihigo • NYC 3.294
4. Derringer • CIN 2.881
5. Paige • PC 2.571
6. Holland • NBY 2.333
7. Blanton • PIT 2.309
8. Hubbell • NYG 2.158
9. Ellis • PS 2.143
10. Lucas • PIT 2.038
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Griffith • WEG 0.000
Bell • NE 0.000
3. McHenry • NBY 0.128
4. MacFayden • BSN 0.169
5. Allen • CLE 0.185
6. Hollingsworth • CIN 0.196
7. Gisentaner • HG 0.199
8. Hubbell • NYG 0.207
9. Mungo • BRO 0.231
10. Willis • WEG 0.258
Losses
1. Walters • PHI 21
2. Rhodes • PHA 20
Bowman • PHI 20
4. Derringer • CIN 19
Mungo • BRO 19
6. Knott • SLB 17
7. Auker • DET 16
Caldwell • SLB 16
Fink • PHA 16
Ostermueller • BOS 16
Swift • PIT 16
Hogsett • 2TM 16
Earned Runs
1. Knott • SLB 156
2. Kennedy • CHW 141
3. Ferrell • BOS 140
4. Rhodes • PHA 138
5. Newsom • WSH 137
6. Hogsett • 2TM 136
7. Ross • PHA 130
8. Harder • CLE 129
9. Caldwell • SLB 126
Derringer • CIN 126
Wild Pitches
1. Flythe • PHA 16
2. Allen • CLE 13
3. Knott • SLB 11
Hallahan • 2TM 11
5. Ross • PHA 10
Whitehead • CHW 10
Mungo • BRO 10
8. Schumacher • NYG 9
9. DeShong • WSH 8
Feller • CLE 8
Hadley • NYY 8
Kelley • PHA 8
Kennedy • CHW 8
Newsom • WSH 8
Ostermueller • BOS 8
Blanton • PIT 8
Parmelee • STL 8
Winford • STL 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Caldwell • SLB 15
Hogsett • 2TM 15
3. Parmelee • STL 10
4. Jeffcoat • BRO 8
Stine • CIN 8
6. Bowman • PHI 7
Jorgens • PHI 7
8. Ferrell • BOS 6
Harder • CLE 6
Turbeville • PHA 6
Carleton • CHC 6
French • CHC 6
Cascarella • 2TM 6
Earnshaw • 2TM 6
Batters Faced
1. Ferrell • BOS 1,341
2. Mungo • BRO 1,313
3. Dean • STL 1,303
4. Bridges • DET 1,272
5. Newsom • WSH 1,258
6. Kennedy • CHW 1,214
7. Derringer • CIN 1,207
8. Hubbell • NYG 1,202
9. Walters • PHI 1,159
10. Ruffing • NYY 1,151
Games Finished
1. Brown • CHW 29
2. Malone • NYY 25
3. Coffman • NYG 24
Reis • BSN 24
5. Brennan • CIN 23
6. Passeau • PHI 22
7. Brown • PIT 21
Gabler • NYG 21
9. Van Atta • SLB 20
Cantwell • BSN 20
Smith • BSN 20
Adjusted ERA+
1. Grove • BOS 189
2. Willis • WEG 171
3. Hubbell • NYG 169
4. Holland • NBY 153
5. Allen • CLE 149
6. Day • NE 147
7. McHenry • NBY 146
8. Brown • NBY 145
9. Griffith • WEG 145
10. Byrd • WEG 144
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Brown • NBY 2.92
2. Mungo • BRO 3.29
3. Paige • PC 3.38
4. Hubbell • NYG 3.42
5. Allen • CLE 3.43
6. Derringer • CIN 3.45
7. Blanton • PIT 3.47
8. Dean • STL 3.48
9. McHenry • NBY 3.64
10. Bell • NE 3.64
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Grove • BOS 67
2. Hubbell • NYG 60
3. Allen • CLE 44
4. Bridges • DET 42
5. Ferrell • BOS 35
6. Kelley • PHA 33
7. MacFayden • BSN 31
8. Dean • STL 29
9. Pearson • NYY 28
10. Appleton • WSH 27
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Grove • BOS 6.5
2. Hubbell • NYG 6.4
3. Allen • CLE 4.2
4. Bridges • DET 3.9
5. Ferrell • BOS 3.3
6. MacFayden • BSN 3.2
7. Kelley • PHA 3.0
8. Dean • STL 2.9
9. Mungo • BRO 2.7
10. Pearson • NYY 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Hubbell • NYG 78.19
2. Grove • BOS 76.14
3. Allen • CLE 50.28
4. Bridges • DET 47.82
5. Ruffing • NYY 42.68
6. Ferrell • BOS 42.12
7. Pearson • NYY 39.48
8. Dean • STL 39.18
9. MacFayden • BSN 33.47
10. Lee • CHC 33.40
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hubbell • NYG 10.3
2. Grove • BOS 6.7
3. MacFayden • BSN 5.6
4. Allen • CLE 5.2
5. Ruffing • NYY 4.9
6. Dean • STL 4.8
7. Bridges • DET 4.7
8. Lee • CHC 4.5
9. Ferrell • BOS 4.5
10. Malone • NYY 4.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Hubbell • NYG 7.5
2. Grove • BOS 5.2
3. Bridges • DET 3.8
4. Ruffing • NYY 3.8
5. MacFayden • BSN 3.6
6. Allen • CLE 3.6
7. Ferrell • BOS 3.5
8. Mungo • BRO 3.3
9. Lee • CHC 3.3
10. Dean • STL 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hubbell • NYG 29.4
2. Dean • STL 17.1
3. Ruffing • NYY 12.9
4. Lee • CHC 9.9
5. French • CHC 8.0
6. Grove • BOS 6.9
7. Fitzsimmons • NYG 6.9
8. Malone • NYY 6.5
9. Gabler • NYG 4.5
10. Ferrell • BOS 4.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Hubbell • NYG 8.7
2. Grove • BOS 7.2
3. Allen • CLE 4.7
4. Bridges • DET 4.5
5. Ruffing • NYY 4.2
6. Dean • STL 4.0
7. Pearson • NYY 3.9
8. Ferrell • BOS 3.8
9. MacFayden • BSN 3.5
10. Lee • CHC 3.4

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