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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Williams • BOS 10.4
2. DiMaggio • NYY 9.4
3. Lee • CHW 9.0
4. Feller • CLE 8.2
5. Reiser • BRO 8.0
6. Wyatt • BRO 7.6
7. Walters • CIN 7.0
8. Camilli • BRO 6.9
9. Travis • WSH 6.8
10. Keller • NYY 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Lee • CHW 8.6
2. Feller • CLE 8.2
3. Wyatt • BRO 6.7
4. Walters • CIN 6.6
5. Riddle • CIN 5.9
6. Benton • DET 5.7
7. White • STL 5.4
8. Smith • CHW 5.3
9. Muncrief • SLB 4.6
10. Vander Meer • CIN 4.2
Earned Run Average
1. Walker • KCM 1.46
2. Smith • KCM 1.53
3. Smith • KCM 1.77
4. Byrd • BEG 2.02
5. Henry • JRC 2.03
6. Riddle • CIN 2.24
7. Bradley • KCM 2.32
8. Wyatt • BRO 2.34
9. Lee • CHW 2.37
10. White • STL 2.40
Wins
1. Feller • CLE 25
2. Lee • CHW 22
Higbe • BRO 22
Wyatt • BRO 22
5. Newsome • BOS 19
Riddle • CIN 19
Walters • CIN 19
8. Leonard • WSH 18
9. Butcher • PIT 17
Warneke • STL 17
White • STL 17
Win-Loss %
1. Ferrell • CAG 1.000
McKinnis • BBB 1.000
Smith • KCM 1.000
Smith • KCM 1.000
5. Riddle • CIN .826
6. Bankhead • BBB .800
7. Gomez • NYY .750
Bradley • KCM .750
McDuffie • HG .750
10. Byrd • BEG .727
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Smith • KCM 0.809
2. Walker • KCM 0.932
3. Henry • JRC 0.935
4. Johnson • KCM 0.955
5. Bradley • KCM 1.008
6. Wyatt • BRO 1.058
7. Gaines • BEG 1.067
8. Smith • KCM 1.082
9. Davis • BRO 1.089
10. Byrd • BEG 1.090
Hits per 9 IP
1. Smith • KCM 6.339
2. Henry • JRC 6.387
3. Bankhead • BBB 6.545
4. Bradley • KCM 6.750
5. Vander Meer • CIN 6.839
6. Gaines • BEG 6.886
7. Walker • KCM 6.932
8. Wyatt • BRO 6.961
9. Smith • KCM 7.082
10. White • STL 7.243
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Smith • KCM 0.939
2. Bryant • KCM 1.209
3. Johnson • KCM 1.227
4. Walker • KCM 1.459
5. Davis • BRO 1.575
6. Radcliffe • MRS 1.705
7. Mathis • 2TM 1.753
8. Lyons • CHW 1.778
9. McDuffie • HG 1.845
10. Leonard • WSH 1.898
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Vander Meer • CIN 8.032
2. Smith • SNS 7.393
3. Mathis • 2TM 7.013
4. Gaines • BEG 6.886
5. Feller • CLE 6.822
6. Newsom • DET 6.292
7. Smith • KCM 6.222
8. Smith • KCM 6.197
9. Henry • JRC 6.097
10. Moss • MRS 6.058
Games Played
1. Higbe • BRO 48
2. Pearson • PHI 46
3. Casey • BRO 45
4. Feller • CLE 44
Hutchings • 2TM 44
6. Newsom • DET 43
Johnson • BSN 43
8. Melton • NYG 42
9. Brown • CLE 41
10. Ryba • BOS 40
Saves
1. Murphy • NYY 15
2. Brown • NYG 8
3. Benton • DET 7
Ferrick • PHA 7
Casey • BRO 7
Crouch • 2TM 7
7. Ryba • BOS 6
Pearson • PHI 6
9. Brown • CLE 5
Heving • CLE 5
Beggs • CIN 5
Hutchinson • STL 5
Innings Pitched
1. Feller • CLE 343.0
2. Walters • CIN 302.0
3. Lee • CHW 300.1
4. Higbe • BRO 298.0
5. Wyatt • BRO 288.1
6. Smith • CHW 263.1
7. Leonard • WSH 256.0
8. Newsom • DET 250.1
9. Hudson • WSH 249.2
10. Sewell • PIT 249.0
Strikeouts
1. Feller • CLE 260
2. Vander Meer • CIN 202
3. Wyatt • BRO 176
4. Newsom • DET 175
5. Lee • CHW 130
6. Walters • CIN 129
7. Higbe • BRO 121
8. Rigney • CHW 119
9. Cooper • STL 118
10. White • STL 117
Games Started
1. Feller • CLE 40
2. Higbe • BRO 39
3. Newsom • DET 36
4. Walters • CIN 35
Wyatt • BRO 35
6. Lee • CHW 34
7. Hudson • WSH 33
Leonard • WSH 33
Smith • CHW 33
10. Butcher • PIT 32
Sewell • PIT 32
Vander Meer • CIN 32
Complete Games
1. Lee • CHW 30
2. Feller • CLE 28
3. Walters • CIN 27
4. Wyatt • BRO 23
5. Smith • CHW 21
6. Passeau • CHC 20
Tobin • BSN 20
8. Leonard • WSH 19
Lyons • CHW 19
Butcher • PIT 19
Higbe • BRO 19
Shutouts
1. Wyatt • BRO 7
2. Feller • CLE 6
Vander Meer • CIN 6
4. Davis • BRO 5
Walters • CIN 5
6. Humphries • CHW 4
Leonard • WSH 4
Chandler • NYY 4
Riddle • CIN 4
Warneke • STL 4
Home Runs
1. Rigney • CHW 21
2. Auker • SLB 20
Knott • PHA 20
4. Warneke • STL 19
5. Harris • SLB 18
Lee • CHW 18
Muncrief • SLB 18
Sewell • PIT 18
9. Niggeling • SLB 17
Higbe • BRO 17
Bases on Balls
1. Feller • CLE 194
2. Newhouser • DET 137
3. Higbe • BRO 132
4. Vander Meer • CIN 126
5. Marchildon • PHA 118
Newsom • DET 118
7. Milnar • CLE 116
8. Chase • WSH 115
9. Smith • CHW 114
10. Gomez • NYY 103
Hits
1. Walters • CIN 292
2. Feller • CLE 284
3. Leonard • WSH 271
4. Auker • SLB 268
5. Newsom • DET 265
6. Passeau • CHC 262
7. Lee • CHW 258
8. Butcher • PIT 249
9. Higbe • BRO 244
10. Smith • CHW 243
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Smith • KCM 6.625
2. Bryant • KCM 5.000
3. Mathis • 2TM 4.000
4. Radcliffe • MRS 3.167
5. Henry • JRC 3.000
Johnson • KCM 3.000
7. Gaines • BEG 2.533
8. McDuffie • HG 2.364
9. Smith • KCM 2.333
10. Walker • KCM 2.250
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Leonard • WSH 0.211
2. Lee • CHC 0.269
3. Chandler • NYY 0.275
4. Harris • BOS 0.278
5. Javery • BSN 0.280
6. Walters • CIN 0.298
7. Lanning • PIT 0.307
8. Newhouser • DET 0.312
Wyatt • BRO 0.312
10. Vander Meer • CIN 0.318
Losses
1. Newsom • DET 20
2. Milnar • CLE 19
3. Chase • WSH 18
4. Smith • CHW 17
Sewell • PIT 17
6. Salvo • BSN 16
7. Auker • SLB 15
Bagby • CLE 15
Marchildon • PHA 15
Johnson • BSN 15
Walters • CIN 15
Earned Runs
1. Auker • SLB 132
2. Newsom • DET 128
3. Feller • CLE 120
4. Chase • WSH 116
5. Milnar • CLE 111
6. Harris • SLB 108
7. Higbe • BRO 104
8. Sewell • PIT 103
9. Rigney • CHW 101
10. Sundra • WSH 99
Wild Pitches
1. Marchildon • PHA 12
2. Chase • WSH 11
3. Leonard • WSH 9
Higbe • BRO 9
5. Knott • PHA 8
Smith • CLE 8
Sewell • PIT 8
Grissom • 2TM 8
Allen • 2TM 8
Hadley • 2TM 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Pearson • PHI 8
2. Newsome • BOS 7
3. Bagby • CLE 6
Higbe • BRO 6
Javery • BSN 6
White • STL 6
7. Feller • CLE 5
Muncrief • SLB 5
Smith • CHW 5
Wilson • BOS 5
Smith • SNS 5
Johnson • BSN 5
Riddle • CIN 5
Schumacher • NYG 5
Batters Faced
1. Feller • CLE 1,466
2. Higbe • BRO 1,266
3. Walters • CIN 1,252
4. Lee • CHW 1,224
5. Wyatt • BRO 1,147
6. Newsom • DET 1,130
7. Smith • CHW 1,125
8. Leonard • WSH 1,073
9. Hudson • WSH 1,071
10. Sewell • PIT 1,055
Games Finished
1. Murphy • NYY 31
2. Pearson • PHI 30
3. Brown • CLE 28
4. Beggs • CIN 27
5. Brown • NYG 26
6. Ferrick • PHA 25
Ryba • BOS 25
Casey • BRO 25
9. Branch • NYY 22
Hutchings • 2TM 22
Adjusted ERA+
1. Walker • KCM 260
2. Smith • KCM 246
3. Smith • KCM 215
4. Byrd • BEG 200
5. Henry • JRC 186
6. Lee • CHW 174
7. McDuffie • HG 166
8. Bradley • KCM 162
9. Riddle • CIN 161
10. Wyatt • BRO 159
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Wyatt • BRO 2.44
2. Leonard • WSH 2.59
3. Vander Meer • CIN 2.69
4. Davis • BRO 2.75
5. Lee • CHC 2.79
6. Walters • CIN 2.80
7. Passeau • CHC 2.89
8. Lohrman • NYG 2.89
9. Lyons • CHW 2.94
10. Harris • BOS 2.95
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Lee • CHW 56
2. Wyatt • BRO 43
3. Feller • CLE 36
4. Riddle • CIN 31
5. White • STL 29
6. Smith • CHW 28
7. Walters • CIN 28
8. Benton • DET 24
9. Wagner • BOS 22
10. Russo • NYY 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Lee • CHW 5.9
2. Wyatt • BRO 4.7
3. Feller • CLE 3.7
4. Riddle • CIN 3.4
5. White • STL 3.1
6. Walters • CIN 3.0
7. Smith • CHW 2.8
8. Benton • DET 2.4
9. Wagner • BOS 2.2
10. Smith • KCM 2.1
Vander Meer • CIN 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Feller • CLE 52.19
2. Wyatt • BRO 50.14
3. Lee • CHW 43.74
4. Walters • CIN 37.08
5. Benton • DET 35.66
6. Riddle • CIN 34.73
7. White • STL 31.98
8. Russo • NYY 26.52
9. Warneke • STL 24.63
10. Harris • BOS 24.09
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Feller • CLE 6.6
2. Lee • CHW 5.3
3. Wyatt • BRO 4.8
4. Vander Meer • CIN 4.2
5. Riddle • CIN 3.9
6. Walters • CIN 3.9
7. Benton • DET 3.5
8. Russo • NYY 3.4
9. Derringer • CIN 3.3
10. Warneke • STL 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Wyatt • BRO 5.5
2. Feller • CLE 4.2
3. Riddle • CIN 3.7
4. Lee • CHW 3.6
5. Walters • CIN 3.3
6. Benton • DET 3.1
7. Lanier • STL 3.0
8. White • STL 2.8
9. Russo • NYY 2.8
10. Smith • CHW 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Wyatt • BRO 26.6
2. Lanier • STL 14.1
3. Feller • CLE 13.7
4. Warneke • STL 11.5
5. Allen • 2TM 11.3
6. Gumbert • 2TM 8.2
7. White • STL 7.2
8. Pollet • STL 6.1
9. Higbe • BRO 6.1
10. Hutchinson • STL 5.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Feller • CLE 5.6
2. Wyatt • BRO 5.5
3. Lee • CHW 4.6
4. Walters • CIN 4.1
5. Riddle • CIN 3.8
6. Benton • DET 3.5
7. White • STL 3.4
8. Russo • NYY 2.8
9. Warneke • STL 2.6
10. Harris • BOS 2.4

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