Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1. Fergie Jenkins 52.9
2. Rick Reuschel 48.3
3. Mordecai Brown 47.9
4. Clark Griffith 45.3
5. Bill Hutchison 41.6
6. Grover Alexander 41.1
7. Hippo Vaughn 40.1
8. Charlie Root 37.8
9. Carlos Zambrano 37.7
10. John Clarkson 36.8
Earned Run Average
1. Al Spalding 1.78
2. Mordecai Brown 1.8
3. Jack Pfiester 1.85
4. Orval Overall 1.94
5. Jake Weimer 2.14
6. Ed Reulbach 2.24
7. Larry Corcoran 2.26
8. Phil Douglas 2.29
9. Hippo Vaughn 2.33
10. Terry Larkin 2.34
Wins
1. Charlie Root 201
2. Mordecai Brown 188
3. Bill Hutchison 180
4. Larry Corcoran 175
5. Fergie Jenkins 167
6. Guy Bush 152
Clark Griffith 152
8. Hippo Vaughn 151
9. Bill Lee 139
10. John Clarkson 137
Win-Loss %
1. Al Spalding .797
2. Jim McCormick .773
3. King Cole .755
4. John Clarkson .706
5. Mordecai Brown .686
6. Ed Reulbach .677
7. Larry Corcoran .673
8. Orval Overall .667
9. Bob Wicker .646
10. Jon Lester .636
Jack Pfiester .636
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Mordecai Brown 0.998
2. John Clarkson 1.053
3. Jack Pfiester 1.059
4. Terry Larkin 1.065
5. Phil Douglas 1.077
6. Orval Overall 1.078
7. Al Spalding 1.084
8. Larry Corcoran 1.089
9. Jake Arrieta 1.104
10. Fergie Jenkins 1.123
Hits per 9 IP
1. Carlos Marmól 5.891
2. Orval Overall 6.859
3. Kerry Wood 7.037
4. Ed Reulbach 7.042
5. Jake Arrieta 7.074
6. Jack Pfiester 7.133
7. Mordecai Brown 7.261
8. Jake Weimer 7.313
9. Matt Clement 7.443
10. Larry Cheney 7.634
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Al Spalding 0.434
2. Terry Larkin 0.539
3. Fred Goldsmith 0.997
4. Grover Alexander 1.280
5. Bert Humphries 1.444
6. John Clarkson 1.560
7. Jon Lieber 1.637
8. Dennis Eckersley 1.662
9. Mordecai Brown 1.720
10. Phil Douglas 1.725
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Carlos Marmól 11.666
2. Mark Prior 10.370
3. Kerry Wood 10.344
4. Justin Steele 9.184
5. Matt Clement 8.821
6. Jake Arrieta 8.774
7. Jeff Samardzija 8.635
8. Lee Smith 8.507
9. Jon Lester 8.438
10. Ryan Dempster 8.143
Games Played
1. Charlie Root 605
2. Carlos Marmól 483
3. Lee Smith 458
4. Don Elston 449
5. Guy Bush 428
6. Pedro Strop 413
7. Fergie Jenkins 401
8. Ryan Dempster 374
9. Bill Hutchison 368
10. James Russell 365
Saves
1. Lee Smith 180
2. Bruce Sutter 133
3. Carlos Marmól 117
4. Randy Myers 112
5. Ryan Dempster 87
6. Héctor Rondón 77
7. Don Elston 64
8. Phil Regan 60
9. Rod Beck 58
10. Kevin Gregg 56
Innings Pitched
1. Charlie Root 3137.1
2. Bill Hutchison 3022.1
3. Fergie Jenkins 2673.2
4. Larry Corcoran 2338.1
5. Mordecai Brown 2329.0
6. Rick Reuschel 2290.0
7. Bill Lee 2271.1
8. Hippo Vaughn 2216.1
9. Guy Bush 2201.2
10. Clark Griffith 2188.2
Strikeouts
1. Fergie Jenkins 2038
2. Carlos Zambrano 1542
3. Kerry Wood 1470
4. Charlie Root 1432
5. Rick Reuschel 1367
6. Greg Maddux 1305
7. Kyle Hendricks 1259
8. Bill Hutchison 1225
9. Hippo Vaughn 1138
10. Larry Corcoran 1086
Games Started
1. Fergie Jenkins 347
2. Rick Reuschel 343
3. Bill Hutchison 339
Charlie Root 339
5. Greg Maddux 298
6. Bill Lee 297
7. Bob Rush 292
8. Carlos Zambrano 282
9. Kyle Hendricks 270
Hippo Vaughn 270
Complete Games
1. Bill Hutchison 317
2. Larry Corcoran 252
3. Clark Griffith 240
4. Mordecai Brown 206
5. Jack Taylor 189
6. John Clarkson 186
7. Charlie Root 177
Hippo Vaughn 177
9. Fred Goldsmith 164
10. Grover Alexander 158
Home Runs
1. Fergie Jenkins 271
2. Charlie Root 185
3. Kyle Hendricks 184
4. Steve Trachsel 172
5. Greg Maddux 160
6. Dick Ellsworth 156
Warren Hacker 156
8. Bob Rush 152
Carlos Zambrano 152
10. Ken Holtzman 147
Bases on Balls
1. Bill Hutchison 1109
2. Charlie Root 871
3. Carlos Zambrano 823
4. Guy Bush 734
5. Bob Rush 725
6. Bill Lee 704
7. Sheriff Blake 661
8. Ed Reulbach 650
9. Rick Reuschel 640
10. Hippo Vaughn 621
Hits
1. Charlie Root 3184
2. Bill Hutchison 3055
3. Clark Griffith 2445
4. Fergie Jenkins 2402
5. Rick Reuschel 2365
6. Guy Bush 2354
7. Bill Lee 2317
8. Larry Corcoran 2084
9. Bob Rush 2043
10. Hippo Vaughn 1971
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Terry Larkin 5
2. Jon Lieber 4.025
3. Kyle Hendricks 3.459
4. Dennis Eckersley 3.418
5. Fergie Jenkins 3.397
6. Mark Prior 3.395
7. Justin Steele 3.335
8. Ted Lilly 3.25
9. Jon Lester 3.219
10. John Clarkson 3.2
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Jack Pfiester 0.053
2. Jake Weimer 0.064
3. Mordecai Brown 0.073
4. Terry Larkin 0.079
5. Orval Overall 0.087
6. Al Spalding 0.100
7. Ed Reulbach 0.101
8. Carl Lundgren 0.109
9. Jack Taylor 0.114
10. John Menefee 0.126
Losses
1. Bill Hutchison 158
2. Charlie Root 156
3. Bob Rush 140
4. Fergie Jenkins 132
5. Rick Reuschel 127
6. Bill Lee 123
7. Greg Maddux 112
8. Dick Ellsworth 110
9. Hippo Vaughn 105
10. Guy Bush 101
Earned Runs
1. Charlie Root 1236
2. Bill Hutchison 1196
3. Fergie Jenkins 952
4. Guy Bush 933
5. Rick Reuschel 891
6. Bill Lee 885
7. Bob Rush 878
8. Clark Griffith 826
9. Greg Maddux 808
10. Carlos Zambrano 731
Wild Pitches
1. Bill Hutchison 120
2. Larry Corcoran 111
3. Larry Cheney 71
4. Rick Reuschel 66
5. John Clarkson 63
6. Rick Sutcliffe 60
7. Mark Baldwin 59
8. Ken Holtzman 57
Terry Larkin 57
Carlos Zambrano 57
Hit By Pitch
1. Clark Griffith 116
2. Kerry Wood 93
3. Carlos Zambrano 92
4. Ed Reulbach 85
5. Bill Hutchison 84
6. Charlie Root 73
7. Jimmy Callahan 64
Kyle Hendricks 64
9. Jack Taylor 63
Hippo Vaughn 63
Batters Faced
1. Charlie Root 13266
2. Bill Hutchison 13196
3. Fergie Jenkins 10898
4. Larry Corcoran 9740
5. Rick Reuschel 9679
6. Bill Lee 9631
7. Guy Bush 9506
8. Clark Griffith 9360
9. Hippo Vaughn 9097
10. Bob Rush 9058
Games Finished
1. Lee Smith 342
2. Carlos Marmól 245
3. Don Elston 239
4. Bruce Sutter 222
5. Ryan Dempster 183
6. Phil Regan 181
7. Charlie Root 171
8. Héctor Rondón 154
9. Randy Myers 150
10. Turk Lown 127
Adjusted ERA+
1. Mordecai Brown 152
2. John Clarkson 151
3. Jack Pfiester 139
4. Jake Weimer 136
5. Al Spalding 135
6. Lee Smith 134
7. Orval Overall 133
8. Grover Alexander 131
Lon Warneke 131
10. Jake Arrieta 129
Clark Griffith 129
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Orval Overall 2.10
2. Mordecai Brown 2.21
3. Jack Pfiester 2.29
4. Terry Larkin 2.33
5. Phil Douglas 2.36
6. Al Spalding 2.38
7. Hippo Vaughn 2.57
8. Claude Hendrix 2.72
9. Bob Wicker 2.73
10. Lee Smith 2.76
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Mordecai Brown 235
2. Clark Griffith 213
3. John Clarkson 193
4. Grover Alexander 185
5. Fergie Jenkins 172
6. Lon Warneke 160
7. Charlie Root 157
8. Carlos Zambrano 151
9. Larry Corcoran 140
Bill Hutchison 140
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Mordecai Brown 27.3
2. Grover Alexander 20.0
3. Clark Griffith 19.3
4. Fergie Jenkins 19.2
5. John Clarkson 18.2
6. Lon Warneke 17.1
7. Charlie Root 15.8
8. Carlos Zambrano 15.6
9. Hippo Vaughn 15.4
10. Ed Reulbach 14.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †
1. Charlie Root 241.75
2. Grover Alexander 208.71
3. Lon Warneke 189.04
4. Fergie Jenkins 171.33
5. Carlos Zambrano 141.80
6. Bill Lee 129.41
7. Hippo Vaughn 124.79
8. Claude Passeau 124.34
9. Pat Malone 122.16
10. Kerry Wood 104.93
Win Probability Added (WPA) †
1. Charlie Root 27.7
2. Grover Alexander 22.5
3. Hippo Vaughn 21.6
4. Lon Warneke 19.7
5. Fergie Jenkins 17.5
6. Bruce Sutter 15.5
7. Bill Lee 14.6
8. Carlos Zambrano 14.3
9. Lee Smith 12.8
10. Claude Passeau 12.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †
1. Grover Alexander 25.0
2. Charlie Root 24.3
3. Fergie Jenkins 19.8
4. Lon Warneke 18.5
5. Hippo Vaughn 15.5
6. Claude Passeau 13.7
7. Bill Lee 13.1
8. Kyle Hendricks 12.6
9. Carlos Zambrano 12.5
10. Pat Malone 12.1
Championship WPA (cWPA) †
1. Charlie Root 62.9
2. Lon Warneke 48.9
3. Bill Lee 47.6
4. Hippo Vaughn 31.9
5. Pat Malone 24.7
6. Guy Bush 23.8
7. Larry French 17.2
8. Grover Alexander 17.0
9. Hank Wyse 15.4
10. Fergie Jenkins 15.0
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †
1. Charlie Root 24.4
2. Grover Alexander 22.9
3. Lon Warneke 20.6
4. Fergie Jenkins 18.4
5. Hippo Vaughn 15.5
6. Carlos Zambrano 14.3
7. Claude Passeau 13.8
8. Bill Lee 13.7
9. Pat Malone 12.0
10. Kyle Hendricks 10.8

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