National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Radbourn • PRO 19.4
2. Galvin • BUF 18.4
3. Buffinton • BSN 16.3
4. Welch • NYG 12.3
5. Whitney • BSN 8.4
6. Sweeney • PRO 7.1
7. McCormick • CLV 7.0
8. Corcoran • CHC 6.6
9. Sutton • BSN 6.2
10. Williamson • CHC 5.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Galvin • BUF 20.5
2. Radbourn • PRO 19.2
3. Buffinton • BSN 15.0
4. Welch • NYG 12.1
5. Whitney • BSN 7.4
6. McCormick • CLV 6.7
7. Corcoran • CHC 6.5
8. Sweeney • PRO 6.3
9. Getzien • DTN 3.5
10. Clarkson • CHC 1.7
Earned Run Average
1. Radbourn • PRO 1.38
2. Sweeney • PRO 1.55
3. Getzien • DTN 1.95
4. Galvin • BUF 1.99
5. Whitney • BSN 2.09
6. Clarkson • CHC 2.14
7. Buffinton • BSN 2.15
8. Vinton • PHI 2.23
9. Corcoran • CHC 2.40
10. Welch • NYG 2.50
Wins
1. Radbourn • PRO 60
2. Buffinton • BSN 48
3. Galvin • BUF 46
4. Welch • NYG 39
5. Corcoran • CHC 35
6. Whitney • BSN 23
7. Ferguson • PHI 21
8. McCormick • CLV 19
9. Sweeney • PRO 17
10. Serad • BUF 16
Win-Loss %
1. Radbourn • PRO .833
2. Clarkson • CHC .769
3. Buffinton • BSN .750
4. Sweeney • PRO .680
5. Galvin • BUF .676
6. Welch • NYG .650
7. Whitney • BSN .622
8. Corcoran • CHC .603
9. Dorgan • NYG .571
10. Vinton • PHI .500
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Sweeney • PRO 0.824
2. Whitney • BSN 0.890
3. Radbourn • PRO 0.922
4. Getzien • DTN 0.971
5. Galvin • BUF 0.988
6. Buffinton • BSN 0.991
7. Clarkson • CHC 1.008
8. Vinton • PHI 1.104
9. Corcoran • CHC 1.140
10. McCormick • CLV 1.203
Hits per 9 IP
1. Sweeney • PRO 6.231
2. Radbourn • PRO 7.002
3. Clarkson • CHC 7.169
4. Getzien • DTN 7.208
5. Whitney • BSN 7.286
6. Buffinton • BSN 7.758
7. Galvin • BUF 8.005
8. Vinton • PHI 8.209
9. Corcoran • CHC 8.239
10. Welch • NYG 8.526
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Whitney • BSN 0.723
2. Galvin • BUF 0.891
3. Buffinton • BSN 1.165
4. Sweeney • PRO 1.181
5. Coleman • PHI 1.283
6. Radbourn • PRO 1.300
7. Goldsmith • CHC 1.388
8. Getzien • DTN 1.527
9. Vinton • PHI 1.731
10. McCormick • CLV 1.880
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Clarkson • CHC 7.780
2. Whitney • BSN 7.232
3. Getzien • DTN 6.536
4. Buffinton • BSN 6.394
5. Sweeney • PRO 5.905
6. Radbourn • PRO 5.848
7. Shaw • DTN 5.613
8. Welch • NYG 5.571
9. Galvin • BUF 5.219
10. Vinton • PHI 5.192
Games Played
1. Radbourn • PRO 75
2. Galvin • BUF 72
3. Buffinton • BSN 67
4. Welch • NYG 65
5. Corcoran • CHC 60
6. Ferguson • PHI 50
7. Harkins • CLV 46
8. McCormick • CLV 42
9. Whitney • BSN 38
10. Serad • BUF 37
Saves
1. Morrill • BSN 2
2. Ferguson • PHI 1
O'Rourke • BUF 1
Radbourn • PRO 1
Sweeney • PRO 1
Innings Pitched
1. Radbourn • PRO 678.2
2. Galvin • BUF 636.1
3. Buffinton • BSN 587.0
4. Welch • NYG 557.1
5. Corcoran • CHC 516.2
6. Ferguson • PHI 416.2
7. Harkins • CLV 391.0
8. McCormick • CLV 359.0
9. Whitney • BSN 336.0
10. Serad • BUF 308.0
Strikeouts
1. Radbourn • PRO 441
2. Buffinton • BSN 417
3. Galvin • BUF 369
4. Welch • NYG 345
5. Corcoran • CHC 272
6. Whitney • BSN 270
7. Ferguson • PHI 194
8. Harkins • CLV 192
9. McCormick • CLV 182
10. Serad • BUF 150
Games Started
1. Radbourn • PRO 73
2. Galvin • BUF 72
3. Buffinton • BSN 67
4. Welch • NYG 65
5. Corcoran • CHC 59
6. Ferguson • PHI 47
7. Harkins • CLV 45
8. McCormick • CLV 41
9. Whitney • BSN 37
Serad • BUF 37
Complete Games
1. Radbourn • PRO 73
2. Galvin • BUF 71
3. Buffinton • BSN 63
4. Welch • NYG 62
5. Corcoran • CHC 57
6. Ferguson • PHI 46
7. Harkins • CLV 42
8. McCormick • CLV 39
9. Whitney • BSN 35
10. Serad • BUF 34
Shutouts
1. Galvin • BUF 12
2. Radbourn • PRO 11
3. Buffinton • BSN 8
4. Corcoran • CHC 7
5. Whitney • BSN 6
6. Sweeney • PRO 4
Welch • NYG 4
8. Harkins • CLV 3
McCormick • CLV 3
10. Ferguson • PHI 2
Serad • BUF 2
Home Runs
1. Corcoran • CHC 35
2. Galvin • BUF 23
3. Serad • BUF 21
4. Radbourn • PRO 18
5. McCormick • CLV 16
6. Buffinton • BSN 15
7. Ferguson • PHI 13
8. Lee • CHC 12
Welch • NYG 12
Whitney • BSN 12
Bases on Balls
1. Welch • NYG 146
2. Corcoran • CHC 116
3. Serad • BUF 111
4. Harkins • CLV 108
5. Bagley • NYG 99
6. Radbourn • PRO 98
7. Ferguson • PHI 93
8. Buffinton • BSN 76
9. McCormick • CLV 75
10. Shaw • DTN 72
Hits
1. Galvin • BUF 566
2. Welch • NYG 528
Radbourn • PRO 528
4. Buffinton • BSN 506
5. Corcoran • CHC 473
6. Ferguson • PHI 443
7. Harkins • CLV 399
8. Serad • BUF 373
9. McCormick • CLV 357
10. Meinke • DTN 341
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Whitney • BSN 10.000
2. Galvin • BUF 5.857
3. Buffinton • BSN 5.487
4. Sweeney • PRO 5.000
5. Radbourn • PRO 4.500
6. Getzien • DTN 4.280
7. Clarkson • CHC 4.080
8. Vinton • PHI 3.000
9. McCormick • CLV 2.427
10. Welch • NYG 2.363
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Getzien • DTN 0.122
2. Harkins • CLV 0.161
3. Sweeney • PRO 0.163
4. Welch • NYG 0.194
5. Buffinton • BSN 0.230
6. Radbourn • PRO 0.239
7. Ferguson • PHI 0.281
8. Vinton • PHI 0.297
9. Bagley • NYG 0.305
10. Meinke • DTN 0.311
Losses
1. Harkins • CLV 32
2. Ferguson • PHI 25
3. Meinke • DTN 23
Corcoran • CHC 23
5. McCormick • CLV 22
Galvin • BUF 22
7. Weidman • DTN 21
Welch • NYG 21
9. Serad • BUF 20
10. Moffet • CLV 19
Earned Runs
1. Ferguson • PHI 164
2. Harkins • CLV 160
3. Welch • NYG 155
4. Serad • BUF 146
5. Galvin • BUF 141
6. Buffinton • BSN 140
7. Corcoran • CHC 138
8. Bagley • NYG 123
9. McCormick • CLV 114
10. Radbourn • PRO 104
Wild Pitches
1. Harkins • CLV 48
2. McElroy • PHI 46
3. Serad • BUF 42
4. Welch • NYG 39
5. Radbourn • PRO 34
6. Bagley • NYG 33
Ferguson • PHI 33
8. Moffet • CLV 29
9. Corcoran • CHC 27
10. Buffinton • BSN 24
Batters Faced
1. Radbourn • PRO 2,672
2. Galvin • BUF 2,554
3. Buffinton • BSN 2,383
4. Welch • NYG 2,370
5. Corcoran • CHC 2,180
6. Ferguson • PHI 1,844
7. Harkins • CLV 1,709
8. McCormick • CLV 1,518
9. Serad • BUF 1,440
10. Whitney • BSN 1,343
Games Finished
1. Morrill • BSN 6
2. Meinke • DTN 4
3. Ferguson • PHI 3
Ward • NYG 3
Sweeney • PRO 3
6. Serad • BUF 2
O'Rourke • BUF 2
Moffet • CLV 2
McCormick • CLV 2
Lillie • BUF 2
Radbourn • PRO 2
Coleman • PHI 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Radbourn • PRO 205
2. Sweeney • PRO 183
3. Galvin • BUF 155
4. Getzien • DTN 147
5. Clarkson • CHC 146
6. Whitney • BSN 137
7. Buffinton • BSN 133
8. Vinton • PHI 132
9. Corcoran • CHC 129
10. Welch • NYG 120
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Whitney • BSN 2.37
2. Getzien • DTN 2.51
3. Buffinton • BSN 2.57
4. Sweeney • PRO 2.59
5. Radbourn • PRO 2.75
6. Galvin • BUF 2.88
7. Welch • NYG 3.10
8. Vinton • PHI 3.13
9. Clarkson • CHC 3.28
10. Harkins • CLV 3.35
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Radbourn • PRO 110
2. Galvin • BUF 78
3. Buffinton • BSN 59
4. Welch • NYG 36
5. Sweeney • PRO 34
6. Whitney • BSN 32
7. Corcoran • CHC 32
8. McCormick • CLV 13
9. Getzien • DTN 12
10. Clarkson • CHC 9
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Radbourn • PRO 10.5
2. Galvin • BUF 7.4
3. Buffinton • BSN 5.5
4. Welch • NYG 3.3
5. Sweeney • PRO 3.2
6. Whitney • BSN 3.0
7. Corcoran • CHC 2.9
8. McCormick • CLV 1.2
9. Getzien • DTN 1.1
10. Clarkson • CHC 0.9

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

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