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Pitching Leaders
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Single-Season Leaders Career Leaders

ERA
Rank Player    ERA    Year

1. Harry McCormick 1.52 1882

2. Will White 1.54 1882

3. Fred Toney 1.58 1915

4. Bob Ewing 1.73 1907

5. Noodles Hahn 1.77 1902

6. Dutch Ruether 1.82 1919

7. Andy Coakley 1.86 1908

8. Art Fromme 1.90 1909

9. Dolf Luque 1.93 1923

10. Billy Rhines 1.95 1890

ERA
Rank Player    ERA    IP

1. Andy Coakley 2.11 507.7

2. Fred Toney 2.18 999.0

3. Dutch Ruether 2.26 554.0

4. Jake Weimer 2.31 630.3

5. Bob Ewing 2.37 2020.3

6. John Franco 2.49 528.0

7. Will White 2.51 1832.3

8. Noodles Hahn 2.52 1987.3

9. Joe Beggs 2.56 569.0

10. Hod Eller 2.62 863.0

Wins
Rank Player    W    Year

1. Will White 43 1883

2. Will White 40 1882

3. Elmer Smith 34 1887

Will White 34 1884

5. Tony Mullane 33 1886

6. Jesse Duryea 32 1889

7. Tony Mullane 31 1887

8. Billy Rhines 28 1890

9. Pink Hawley 27 1898

Dolf Luque 27 1923

Lee Viau 27 1888

Bucky Walters 27 1939

Wins
Rank Player    W    IP

1. Eppa Rixey 179 2890.7

2. Tony Mullane 163 2599.0

3. Paul Derringer 161 2615.3

4. Bucky Walters 160 2355.7

5. Dolf Luque 154 2668.7

6. Will White 136 1832.3

7. Jim Maloney 134 1818.7

8. Frank Dwyer 132 1983.7

9. Joe Nuxhall 130 2169.3

10. Pete Donohue 127 1996.3

Noodles Hahn 127 1987.3

Won-Loss %
Rank Player    wlp    Year

1. Tom Seaver .875 1981

2. Elmer Riddle .826 1941

3. Tom Seaver .824 1977

Wayne Simpson .824 1970

5. Bob Purkey .821 1962

6. Don Gullett .789 1975

7. Tom Browning .783 1988

8. Paul Derringer .781 1939

9. Dolf Luque .771 1923

10. Will White .769 1882

Won-Loss %
Rank Player    wlp    IP

1. Don Gullett .674 1187.0

2. Will White .663 1832.3

3. Pedro Borbon .653 920.7

4. Clay Carroll .623 856.0

Jim Maloney .623 1818.7

6. Gary Nolan .621 1656.3

7. Tom Seaver .620 1085.7

8. Jose Rijo .614 1478.0

9. Elmer Riddle .605 757.7

10. Hod Eller .600 863.0

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Rank Player    WHperIP    Year

1. Tom Seaver 0.956 1977

2. Noodles Hahn 0.984 1904

3. Harry McCormick 0.997 1882

4. Will White 1.000 1883

5. Will White 1.004 1882

6. Gary Nolan 1.006 1972

7. Ray Fisher 1.027 1919

8. Bob Ewing 1.035 1908

9. Fred Toney 1.046 1915

10. Mel Queen 1.058 1967

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Rank Player    WHperIP    IP

1. Will White 1.096 1832.3

2. Fred Toney 1.115 999.0

3. Noodles Hahn 1.134 1987.3

4. Gary Nolan 1.138 1656.3

5. Bob Ewing 1.160 2020.3

6. Tom Seaver 1.177 1085.7

7. Hod Eller 1.181 863.0

8. Mario Soto 1.186 1730.3

9. Jose Rijo 1.187 1478.0

10. Jake Weimer 1.190 630.3

Hits Allowed/9IP
Rank Player    Hper9IP    Year

1. Mario Soto 5.96 1980

2. Art Fromme 6.28 1909

3. Wayne Simpson 6.39 1970

4. Fred Toney 6.47 1915

5. Tom Seaver 6.49 1981

6. Tom Seaver 6.53 1977

7. Jim Maloney 6.58 1963

8. Jim Maloney 6.66 1965

9. Jose Rijo 6.67 1988

10. Tony Mullane 6.77 1892

Hits Allowed/9IP
Rank Player    Hper9IP    IP

1. Mario Soto 7.26 1730.3

2. Jim Maloney 7.34 1818.7

3. Tom Seaver 7.63 1085.7

4. Jake Weimer 7.68 630.3

5. Johnny Vander Meer 7.68 2028.0

6. Fred Toney 7.70 999.0

7. Don Gullett 7.75 1187.0

8. Norm Charlton 7.77 503.7

9. Art Fromme 7.79 888.7

10. Ray Starr 7.79 528.0

Bases on Balls/9IP
Rank Player    BBper9IP    Year

1. Red Lucas 0.74 1933

2. Slim Sallee 0.79 1919

3. Gary Nolan 1.02 1976

4. Paul Derringer 1.05 1939

5. Noodles Hahn 1.06 1904

6. Don Newcombe 1.09 1959

7. Red Lucas 1.17 1932

8. Pete Donohue 1.23 1926

9. Gary Nolan 1.24 1975

10. Eppa Rixey 1.29 1922

Bases on Balls/9IP
Rank Player    BBper9IP    IP

1. Red Lucas 1.55 1768.7

2. Will White 1.59 1832.3

3. Paul Derringer 1.69 2615.3

4. Noodles Hahn 1.70 1987.3

5. Carl Mays 1.71 703.3

6. Pete Donohue 1.75 1996.3

7. Ken Raffensberger 1.84 1490.0

8. Eppa Rixey 1.88 2890.7

9. George Suggs 1.91 1028.7

10. Bob Purkey 1.97 1588.0

Strikeouts/9IP
Rank Player    SOper9IP    Year

1. Mario Soto 9.57 1982

2. Jim Maloney 9.53 1963

3. Jose Rijo 8.93 1994

4. Jim Maloney 8.92 1964

5. Jose Rijo 8.89 1988

6. Jim Maloney 8.65 1966

7. Mario Soto 8.61 1980

8. Jim Maloney 8.60 1965

9. Aaron Harang 8.47 2007

10. Aaron Harang 8.30 2006

Strikeouts/9IP
Rank Player    SOper9IP    IP

1. Jim Maloney 7.88 1818.7

2. Scott Sullivan 7.66 662.7

3. Aaron Harang 7.65 1007.7

4. Jose Rijo 7.62 1478.0

5. Norm Charlton 7.54 503.7

6. Mario Soto 7.54 1730.3

7. Bruce Berenyi 7.13 613.3

8. Bronson Arroyo 7.01 570.3

9. Brett Tomko 6.88 508.7

10. John Smiley 6.51 775.3

Games
Rank Player    G_p    Year

1. Wayne Granger 90 1969

2. Rob Murphy 87 1987

3. Frank Williams 85 1987

4. Stan Belinda 84 1997

5. Todd Coffey 81 2006

6. Pedro Borbon 80 1973

7. Scott Sullivan 79 1999

Scott Sullivan 79 2000

Scott Sullivan 79 2001

10. Ted Abernathy 78 1968

Tom Hume 78 1980

Kent Mercker 78 2005

Ted Power 78 1984

Jeff Shaw 78 1996

Jeff Shaw 78 1997

Games
Rank Player    G_p    IP

1. Pedro Borbon 531 920.7

2. Scott Sullivan 494 662.7

3. Clay Carroll 486 856.0

4. Joe Nuxhall 484 2169.3

5. Danny Graves 465 733.0

6. Tom Hume 457 921.0

7. Eppa Rixey 440 2890.7

8. Dolf Luque 395 2668.7

9. Paul Derringer 393 2615.3

John Franco 393 528.0

Saves
Rank Player    SV    Year

1. Jeff Brantley 44 1996

2. Jeff Shaw 42 1997

3. Danny Graves 41 2004

4. John Franco 39 1988

5. Clay Carroll 37 1972

6. Wayne Granger 35 1970

7. Dave Weathers 33 2007

8. John Franco 32 1987

John Franco 32 1989

Danny Graves 32 2001

Danny Graves 32 2002

Saves
Rank Player    SV    IP

1. Danny Graves 182 733.0

2. John Franco 148 528.0

3. Clay Carroll 119 856.0

4. Jeff Brantley 88 218.3

Rob Dibble 88 450.7

Tom Hume 88 921.0

7. Pedro Borbon 76 920.7

8. Wayne Granger 73 329.3

9. Jeff Shaw 69 249.0

10. Bill Henry 64 267.3

Innings
Rank Player    IP    Year

1. Will White 577.0 1883

2. Tony Mullane 529.7 1886

3. Will White 480.0 1882

4. Will White 456.0 1884

5. Elmer Smith 447.3 1887

6. Tony Mullane 426.3 1891

7. Tony Mullane 416.3 1887

8. Elton Chamberlain 406.3 1892

9. Billy Rhines 401.3 1890

10. Jesse Duryea 401.0 1889

Innings
Rank Player    IP    IP

1. Eppa Rixey 2890.7 2890.7

2. Dolf Luque 2668.7 2668.7

3. Paul Derringer 2615.3 2615.3

4. Tony Mullane 2599.0 2599.0

5. Bucky Walters 2355.7 2355.7

6. Joe Nuxhall 2169.3 2169.3

7. Johnny Vander Meer 2028.0 2028.0

8. Bob Ewing 2020.3 2020.3

9. Pete Donohue 1996.3 1996.3

10. Noodles Hahn 1987.3 1987.3

Strikeouts
Rank Player    SO_p    Year

1. Mario Soto 274 1982

2. Jim Maloney 265 1963

3. Tony Mullane 250 1886

4. Jim Maloney 244 1965

5. Mario Soto 242 1983

6. Noodles Hahn 239 1901

7. Jose Rijo 227 1993

8. Tom Seaver 226 1978

9. Aaron Harang 218 2007

10. Aaron Harang 216 2006

Jim Maloney 216 1966

Strikeouts
Rank Player    SO_p    IP

1. Jim Maloney 1592 1818.7

2. Mario Soto 1449 1730.3

3. Joe Nuxhall 1289 2169.3

4. Jose Rijo 1251 1478.0

Johnny Vander Meer 1251 2028.0

6. Paul Derringer 1062 2615.3

7. Gary Nolan 1035 1656.3

8. Jim O'Toole 1002 1561.0

9. Tom Browning 997 1911.0

10. Tony Mullane 993 2599.0

Games Started
Rank Player    GS    Year

1. Will White 64 1883

2. Tony Mullane 56 1886

3. Will White 54 1882

4. Elmer Smith 52 1887

Will White 52 1884

6. Elton Chamberlain 49 1892

7. Jesse Duryea 48 1889

Tony Mullane 48 1887

9. Tony Mullane 47 1891

10. Billy Rhines 45 1890

Games Started
Rank Player    GS    IP

1. Eppa Rixey 356 2890.7

2. Paul Derringer 322 2615.3

3. Dolf Luque 319 2668.7

4. Tom Browning 298 1911.0

5. Bucky Walters 296 2355.7

6. Tony Mullane 285 2599.0

7. Johnny Vander Meer 278 2028.0

8. Joe Nuxhall 274 2169.3

9. Jim Maloney 258 1818.7

10. Pete Donohue 256 1996.3

Comp. Games
Rank Player    CG    Year

1. Will White 64 1883

2. Tony Mullane 55 1886

3. Will White 52 1882

Will White 52 1884

5. Elmer Smith 49 1887

6. Tony Mullane 47 1887

7. Billy Rhines 45 1890

8. Elton Chamberlain 43 1892

9. Tony Mullane 42 1891

Lee Viau 42 1888

Comp. Games
Rank Player    CG    IP

1. Tony Mullane 264 2599.0

2. Noodles Hahn 209 1987.3

3. Will White 204 1832.3

4. Bucky Walters 195 2355.7

5. Paul Derringer 189 2615.3

6. Frank Dwyer 187 1983.7

7. Bob Ewing 184 2020.3

8. Dolf Luque 183 2668.7

9. Eppa Rixey 180 2890.7

10. Red Lucas 158 1768.7

Shutouts
Rank Player    SHO    Year

1. Will White 8 1882

2. Jack Billingham 7 1973

Hod Eller 7 1919

Fred Toney 7 1917

Will White 7 1884

6. Ewell Blackwell 6 1947

Noodles Hahn 6 1902

Jack Harper 6 1904

Danny Jackson 6 1988

Dolf Luque 6 1923

Jim Maloney 6 1963

Tony Mullane 6 1887

Ken Raffensberger 6 1952

Billy Rhines 6 1890

Fred Toney 6 1915

Johnny Vander Meer 6 1941

Bucky Walters 6 1944

Jake Weimer 6 1906

Will White 6 1883

Shutouts
Rank Player    SHO    IP

1. Bucky Walters 32 2355.7

2. Jim Maloney 30 1818.7

3. Johnny Vander Meer 29 2028.0

4. Ken Raffensberger 25 1490.0

5. Paul Derringer 24 2615.3

Noodles Hahn 24 1987.3

Dolf Luque 24 2668.7

8. Eppa Rixey 23 2890.7

Will White 23 1832.3

10. Joe Nuxhall 20 2169.3

Home Runs Allow.
Rank Player    HRA    Year

1. Eric Milton 40 2005

2. Tom Browning 36 1988

3. Sammy Ellis 35 1966

4. Ramon Ortiz 34 2005

Ken Raffensberger 34 1950

6. Bill Gullickson 33 1987

Jim Merritt 33 1969

8. Rob Bell 32 2000

Tom Browning 32 1991

Elmer Dessens 32 2001

Home Runs Allow.
Rank Player    HRA    IP

1. Tom Browning 234 1911.0

2. Joe Nuxhall 197 2169.3

3. Mario Soto 172 1730.3

4. Bob Purkey 156 1588.0

Ken Raffensberger 156 1490.0

6. Gary Nolan 141 1656.3

7. Jim Maloney 135 1818.7

8. Herm Wehmeier 132 1087.0

9. Aaron Harang 130 1007.7

10. Fred Norman 127 1315.0

Bases On Balls Allow.
Rank Player    BB_p    Year

1. Tony Mullane 187 1891

2. Elton Chamberlain 170 1892

3. Tony Mullane 166 1886

4. Johnny Vander Meer 162 1943

5. Orval Overall 147 1905

6. Lee Viau 136 1889

7. Herm Wehmeier 135 1950

8. George Pechiney 133 1886

9. Jesse Duryea 127 1889

Tony Mullane 127 1892

Bases On Balls Allow.
Rank Player    BB_p    IP

1. Johnny Vander Meer 1072 2028.0

2. Tony Mullane 926 2599.0

3. Bucky Walters 806 2355.7

4. Jim Maloney 786 1818.7

5. Dolf Luque 756 2668.7

6. Joe Nuxhall 706 2169.3

7. Mario Soto 657 1730.3

8. Eppa Rixey 603 2890.7

9. Herm Wehmeier 591 1087.0

10. Ewell Blackwell 532 1281.3

Hits Allowed
Rank Player    H_p    Year

1. Tony Mullane 501 1886

2. Will White 479 1884

3. Will White 473 1883

4. Frank Dwyer 471 1894

5. Tony Mullane 414 1887

6. Will White 411 1882

7. Tom Parrott 402 1894

8. Elmer Smith 400 1887

9. Elton Chamberlain 391 1892

10. Tony Mullane 390 1891

Hits Allowed
Rank Player    H_p    IP

1. Eppa Rixey 3115 2890.7

2. Paul Derringer 2755 2615.3

3. Dolf Luque 2619 2668.7

4. Tony Mullane 2391 2599.0

5. Frank Dwyer 2350 1983.7

6. Pete Donohue 2263 1996.3

7. Joe Nuxhall 2168 2169.3

8. Bucky Walters 2142 2355.7

9. Tom Browning 1918 1911.0

10. Noodles Hahn 1878 1987.3

SO to Walk
Rank Player    SOperBB    Year

1. Joe Nuxhall 4.33 1963

2. Aaron Harang 4.19 2007

Gary Nolan 4.19 1976

4. Jose Rijo 3.89 1992

5. Aaron Harang 3.86 2006

Mario Soto 3.86 1982

7. Joey Jay 3.72 1964

8. Don Newcombe 3.70 1959

9. Paul Derringer 3.66 1939

Jose Rijo 3.66 1993

SO to Walk
Rank Player    SOperBB    IP

1. Aaron Harang 3.34 1007.7

2. John Smiley 2.92 775.3

3. Jose Rijo 2.76 1478.0

4. Bronson Arroyo 2.63 570.3

5. Gary Nolan 2.52 1656.3

6. Noodles Hahn 2.40 1987.3

7. Brett Tomko 2.27 508.7

8. Scott Sullivan 2.25 662.7

9. Mario Soto 2.21 1730.3

10. Jim Merritt 2.19 600.0

Losses
Rank Player    L    Year

1. Tony Mullane 27 1886

2. Tony Mullane 26 1891

3. Paul Derringer 25 1933

4. Billy Rhines 24 1891

5. Red Ames 23 1914

Elton Chamberlain 23 1892

Dolf Luque 23 1922

Orval Overall 23 1905

9. Frank Dwyer 22 1894

Si Johnson 22 1934

Will White 22 1883

Losses
Rank Player    L    IP

1. Dolf Luque 152 2668.7

2. Paul Derringer 150 2615.3

3. Eppa Rixey 148 2890.7

4. Tony Mullane 124 2599.0

5. Johnny Vander Meer 116 2028.0

6. Pete Donohue 110 1996.3

7. Joe Nuxhall 109 2169.3

8. Bucky Walters 107 2355.7

9. Bob Ewing 103 2020.3

10. Frank Dwyer 101 1983.7

Earned Runs Allow.
Rank Player    ER    Year

1. Tony Mullane 218 1886

2. Frank Dwyer 196 1894

3. Tom Parrott 192 1894

4. Will White 168 1884

5. Tom Parrott 160 1895

6. Lee Viau 157 1889

7. Elton Chamberlain 153 1892

Tony Mullane 153 1891

9. George Pechiney 152 1886

10. Tony Mullane 150 1887

Earned Runs Allow.
Rank Player    ER    IP

1. Eppa Rixey 1068 2890.7

2. Paul Derringer 975 2615.3

3. Dolf Luque 917 2668.7

4. Joe Nuxhall 916 2169.3

5. Tony Mullane 911 2599.0

6. Frank Dwyer 833 1983.7

7. Tom Browning 832 1911.0

8. Pete Donohue 827 1996.3

9. Johnny Vander Meer 768 2028.0

10. Bucky Walters 766 2355.7

Wild Pitches
Rank Player    WP    Year

1. Tony Mullane 51 1886

2. Will White 25 1885

3. Tony Mullane 21 1889

Scott Williamson 21 2000

5. Jesse Duryea 20 1889

6. Jim Maloney 19 1963

Jim Maloney 19 1965

8. Bill Mountjoy 18 1884

Tony Mullane 18 1891

Orval Overall 18 1905

Billy Rhines 18 1891

Wild Pitches
Rank Player    WP    IP

1. Tony Mullane 126 2599.0

2. Jim Maloney 121 1818.7

3. Billy Rhines 55 1557.0

4. Scott Williamson 51 322.3

5. Jesse Duryea 50 820.0

6. Jack Billingham 46 1270.0

7. Rube Benton 45 1504.7

Fred Norman 45 1315.0

Bucky Walters 45 2355.7

10. Elton Chamberlain 42 825.0

Bob Ewing 42 2020.3

Hit Batsmen
Rank Player    HBP    Year

1. Will White 35 1884

2. Tony Mullane 32 1887

3. Will White 27 1885

4. Gus Shallix 26 1884

5. Jake Weimer 23 1907

6. Pink Hawley 22 1898

7. Pink Hawley 20 1899

8. Henry Thielman 19 1902

9. Rube Benton 18 1912

Tony Mullane 18 1886

Tom Walker 18 1904

Hit Batsmen
Rank Player    HBP    IP

1. Will White 68 1832.3

2. Rube Benton 66 1504.7

Joe Nuxhall 66 2169.3

4. Bill Phillips 56 1213.7

5. Scott Sullivan 52 662.7

6. Tony Mullane 50 2599.0

7. Noodles Hahn 49 1987.3

Pete Schneider 49 1245.0

9. Bob Ewing 48 2020.3

Bob Purkey 48 1588.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player    BFP    Year

1. Will White 2320 1883

2. Tony Mullane 2258 1886

3. Will White 1986 1884

4. Will White 1900 1882

5. Elmer Smith 1872 1887

6. Tony Mullane 1763 1887

7. Jesse Duryea 1731 1889

8. Lee Viau 1612 1889

9. Noodles Hahn 1550 1901

10. Tony Mullane 1504 1888

Batters Faced
Rank Player    BFP    IP

1. Eppa Rixey 12127 2890.7

2. Dolf Luque 11099 2668.7

3. Paul Derringer 10947 2615.3

4. Bucky Walters 9796 2355.7

5. Joe Nuxhall 9204 2169.3

6. Johnny Vander Meer 8679 2028.0

7. Pete Donohue 8517 1996.3

8. Tom Browning 8017 1911.0

9. Jim Maloney 7598 1818.7

10. Will White 7571 1832.3

Games Finished
Rank Player    GF    Year

1. Tom Hume 62 1980

Jeff Shaw 62 1997

3. Ted Abernathy 61 1967

Jeff Brantley 61 1996

John Franco 61 1988

6. John Franco 60 1987

Dave Weathers 60 2007

8. Rawly Eastwick 59 1976

Wayne Granger 59 1970

Danny Graves 59 2004

Randy Myers 59 1990

Games Finished
Rank Player    GF    IP

1. Danny Graves 337 733.0

2. John Franco 286 528.0

3. Clay Carroll 282 856.0

4. Pedro Borbon 255 920.7

Tom Hume 255 921.0

6. Rob Dibble 196 450.7

7. Frank Smith 161 456.7

8. Ted Power 158 719.7

9. Wayne Granger 155 329.3

10. Jeff Brantley 154 218.3

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player    ERA+    Year

1. Dolf Luque 201 1923

2. Billy Rhines 184 1890

3. Fred Toney 181 1915

4. Harry McCormick 175 1882

5. Will White 173 1882

6. Noodles Hahn 170 1902

7. Tom Seaver 169 1977

8. Bucky Walters 168 1939

9. Ewell Blackwell 166 1947

10. Jose Rijo 163 1993

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player    ERA+    IP

1. John Franco 153 528.0

2. Jose Rijo 138 1478.0

3. Joe Beggs 136 569.0

4. Noodles Hahn 134 1987.3

5. Clay Carroll 129 856.0

6. Dutch Ruether 128 554.0

7. Will White 124 1832.3

8. Bucky Walters 124 2355.7

9. Billy Rhines 123 1557.0

10. Jesse Duryea 123 820.0

Stats updated through July 25, 2008.

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