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1885 American Association Pitching Leaders
1884 AA
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1886 AA
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1885 NL
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1885 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AA Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
2.071
2.
Hecker
(LOU)
2.175
3.
Morris
(PIT)
2.355
4.
Mathews
(PHA)
2.429
5.
Foutz
(STL)
2.627
6.
Mays
(LOU)
2.760
7.
Porter
(BRO)
2.784
8.
McKeon
(CIN)
2.855
9.
Cushman
(TOT)
3.011
10.
Henderson
(BAL)
3.187
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
40
2.
Morris
(PIT)
39
3.
Porter
(BRO)
33
Foutz
(STL)
33
5.
Hecker
(LOU)
30
Mathews
(PHA)
30
7.
Henderson
(BAL)
25
8.
Lynch
(NYP)
23
9.
McKeon
(CIN)
20
10.
White
(CIN)
18
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
.755
2.
Foutz
(STL)
.702
3.
Mathews
(PHA)
.638
4.
Morris
(PIT)
.619
5.
Porter
(BRO)
.611
6.
McKeon
(CIN)
.606
7.
Hecker
(LOU)
.566
8.
White
(CIN)
.545
9.
Knouff
(PHA)
.538
10.
Lynch
(NYP)
.523
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
.964
2.
Caruthers
(STL)
1.010
3.
McGinnis
(STL)
1.045
4.
Hecker
(LOU)
1.058
5.
Mathews
(PHA)
1.068
6.
Foutz
(STL)
1.087
7.
Porter
(BRO)
1.109
8.
Cushman
(TOT)
1.111
9.
McKeon
(CIN)
1.114
10.
Mays
(LOU)
1.147
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
7.110
2.
Mays
(LOU)
7.740
3.
Foutz
(STL)
7.749
4.
McGinnis
(STL)
7.875
5.
Porter
(BRO)
7.978
6.
Caruthers
(STL)
8.024
7.
Cushman
(TOT)
8.385
8.
Mathews
(PHA)
8.396
9.
Lovett
(PHA)
8.438
10.
McKeon
(CIN)
8.472
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lynch
(NYP)
.997
2.
Hecker
(LOU)
1.013
3.
Caruthers
(STL)
1.064
4.
Mathews
(PHA)
1.215
5.
McGinnis
(STL)
1.527
6.
McKeon
(CIN)
1.552
7.
Morris
(PIT)
1.565
8.
Cushman
(TOT)
1.619
9.
Harkins
(BRO)
1.720
10.
Terry
(BRO)
1.809
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(PHA)
6.095
2.
Cushman
(TOT)
5.504
3.
Morris
(PIT)
4.616
4.
Henderson
(BAL)
4.389
5.
Harkins
(BRO)
4.331
6.
Lynch
(NYP)
4.203
7.
Terry
(BRO)
4.134
8.
Hecker
(LOU)
3.919
9.
Porter
(BRO)
3.681
10.
Mays
(LOU)
3.660
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
63
2.
Henderson
(BAL)
61
3.
Porter
(BRO)
54
4.
Hecker
(LOU)
53
Caruthers
(STL)
53
6.
Mathews
(PHA)
48
7.
Foutz
(STL)
47
8.
Lynch
(NYP)
44
9.
Harkins
(BRO)
34
White
(CIN)
34
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Burns
(BAL)
3
2.
Corkhill
(CIN)
1
Reccius
(LOU)
1
Sommer
(BAL)
1
Terry
(BRO)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
581.0
2.
Henderson
(BAL)
539.1
3.
Caruthers
(STL)
482.1
4.
Porter
(BRO)
481.2
5.
Hecker
(LOU)
480.0
6.
Mathews
(PHA)
422.1
7.
Foutz
(STL)
407.2
8.
Lynch
(NYP)
379.0
9.
White
(CIN)
293.1
10.
Harkins
(BRO)
293.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
298
2.
Mathews
(PHA)
286
3.
Henderson
(BAL)
263
4.
Hecker
(LOU)
209
5.
Porter
(BRO)
197
6.
Caruthers
(STL)
190
7.
Lynch
(NYP)
177
8.
Cushman
(TOT)
170
9.
Foutz
(STL)
147
10.
Harkins
(BRO)
141
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
63
2.
Henderson
(BAL)
61
3.
Porter
(BRO)
54
4.
Hecker
(LOU)
53
Caruthers
(STL)
53
6.
Mathews
(PHA)
48
7.
Foutz
(STL)
46
8.
Lynch
(NYP)
43
9.
White
(CIN)
34
Harkins
(BRO)
34
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
63
2.
Henderson
(BAL)
59
3.
Porter
(BRO)
53
Caruthers
(STL)
53
5.
Hecker
(LOU)
51
6.
Foutz
(STL)
46
Mathews
(PHA)
46
8.
Lynch
(NYP)
43
9.
White
(CIN)
33
Harkins
(BRO)
33
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
7
2.
Caruthers
(STL)
6
3.
McGinnis
(STL)
3
4.
Foutz
(STL)
2
Hecker
(LOU)
2
Mathews
(PHA)
2
McKeon
(CIN)
2
Porter
(BRO)
2
Vinton
(PHA)
2
White
(CIN)
2
Mountjoy
(TOT)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lynch
(NYP)
17
2.
Porter
(BRO)
11
3.
Terry
(BRO)
9
White
(CIN)
9
5.
Foutz
(STL)
8
6.
Harkins
(BRO)
7
Henderson
(BAL)
7
8.
Mountjoy
(TOT)
6
Hecker
(LOU)
6
10.
Becannon
(NYP)
5
Begley
(NYP)
5
McKeon
(CIN)
5
Morris
(PIT)
5
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henderson
(BAL)
117
2.
Porter
(BRO)
107
3.
Morris
(PIT)
101
4.
Foutz
(STL)
92
5.
Baker
(LOU)
69
6.
Mountjoy
(TOT)
65
7.
White
(CIN)
64
8.
Mathews
(PHA)
57
Caruthers
(STL)
57
10.
Harkins
(BRO)
56
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henderson
(BAL)
539
2.
Morris
(PIT)
459
3.
Hecker
(LOU)
454
4.
Caruthers
(STL)
430
5.
Porter
(BRO)
427
6.
Lynch
(NYP)
410
7.
Mathews
(PHA)
394
8.
Foutz
(STL)
351
9.
Harkins
(BRO)
303
10.
White
(CIN)
295
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(PHA)
5.018
2.
Lynch
(NYP)
4.214
3.
Hecker
(LOU)
3.870
4.
Cushman
(TOT)
3.400
5.
Caruthers
(STL)
3.333
6.
Morris
(PIT)
2.951
7.
Harkins
(BRO)
2.518
8.
McKeon
(CIN)
2.340
9.
Terry
(BRO)
2.286
10.
Henderson
(BAL)
2.248
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
.056
2.
Meegan
(PIT)
.062
3.
Mathews
(PHA)
.064
4.
Emslie
(TOT)
.066
5.
Morris
(PIT)
.078
6.
McGinnis
(STL)
.080
7.
Cushman
(TOT)
.097
8.
Hecker
(LOU)
.113
9.
Henderson
(BAL)
.117
10.
Baker
(LOU)
.124
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henderson
(BAL)
35
2.
Morris
(PIT)
24
3.
Hecker
(LOU)
23
4.
Cushman
(TOT)
21
Porter
(BRO)
21
Lynch
(NYP)
21
7.
Harkins
(BRO)
20
8.
Terry
(BRO)
17
Mathews
(PHA)
17
10.
White
(CIN)
15
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henderson
(BAL)
191
2.
Morris
(PIT)
152
Lynch
(NYP)
152
4.
Porter
(BRO)
149
5.
Harkins
(BRO)
122
6.
Foutz
(STL)
119
7.
Hecker
(LOU)
116
8.
White
(CIN)
115
9.
Mathews
(PHA)
114
10.
Caruthers
(STL)
111
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henderson
(BAL)
55
2.
Harkins
(BRO)
39
3.
Cushman
(TOT)
34
4.
Lynch
(NYP)
28
5.
Porter
(BRO)
26
6.
Morris
(PIT)
25
White
(CIN)
25
8.
Burns
(BAL)
23
9.
Foutz
(STL)
22
10.
Caruthers
(STL)
21
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
White
(CIN)
27
2.
Mathews
(PHA)
20
3.
Henderson
(BAL)
19
Caruthers
(STL)
19
5.
Foutz
(STL)
18
Hecker
(LOU)
18
7.
Porter
(BRO)
16
8.
Morris
(PIT)
14
9.
Burns
(BAL)
13
Shallix
(CIN)
13
McKeon
(CIN)
13
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
2321
2.
Henderson
(BAL)
2268
3.
Porter
(BRO)
2035
4.
Hecker
(LOU)
1988
5.
Caruthers
(STL)
1948
6.
Mathews
(PHA)
1766
7.
Foutz
(STL)
1659
8.
Lynch
(NYP)
1606
9.
Harkins
(BRO)
1276
10.
White
(CIN)
1249
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Corkhill
(CIN)
7
2.
Coleman
(PHA)
4
Burns
(BAL)
4
4.
Eden
(PIT)
3
Orr
(NYP)
3
6.
Meegan
(PIT)
2
Sommer
(BAL)
2
Brown
(PIT)
2
Terry
(BRO)
2
Reccius
(LOU)
2
Knouff
(PHA)
2
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
158
2.
Hecker
(LOU)
149
3.
Mathews
(PHA)
142
4.
Morris
(PIT)
136
5.
Foutz
(STL)
125
6.
Porter
(BRO)
119
7.
Mays
(LOU)
118
8.
McKeon
(CIN)
114
9.
Henderson
(BAL)
102
10.
Cushman
(TOT)
99
1884 AA
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1886 AA
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1885 NL
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1885 MLB
Pitching Leaders