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1887 American Association Pitching Leaders
1886 AA
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1888 AA
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1887 NL
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1887 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AA Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CIN)
2.937
2.
Kilroy
(BAL)
3.070
3.
Mullane
(CIN)
3.243
4.
Caruthers
(STL)
3.299
5.
Ramsey
(LOU)
3.433
6.
Daily
(CLE)
3.673
7.
King
(STL)
3.785
8.
Chamberlain
(LOU)
3.786
9.
Smith
(BAL)
3.792
10.
Foutz
(STL)
3.872
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
46
2.
Ramsey
(LOU)
37
3.
Smith
(CIN)
34
4.
King
(STL)
32
5.
Mullane
(CIN)
31
6.
Caruthers
(STL)
29
7.
Weyhing
(PHA)
26
8.
Foutz
(STL)
25
Smith
(BAL)
25
Seward
(PHA)
25
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
.763
2.
King
(STL)
.727
3.
Kilroy
(BAL)
.708
4.
Foutz
(STL)
.676
5.
Smith
(CIN)
.667
6.
Mullane
(CIN)
.646
7.
Hecker
(LOU)
.600
8.
Toole
(BRO)
.583
9.
Ramsey
(LOU)
.578
10.
Chamberlain
(LOU)
.529
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruthers
(STL)
1.167
2.
Smith
(CIN)
1.176
3.
Seward
(PHA)
1.243
4.
Kilroy
(BAL)
1.259
5.
Ramsey
(LOU)
1.267
6.
Mullane
(CIN)
1.285
7.
King
(STL)
1.308
8.
Hecker
(LOU)
1.314
9.
Terry
(BRO)
1.352
10.
Foutz
(STL)
1.353
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CIN)
8.048
2.
Seward
(PHA)
8.509
3.
Toole
(BRO)
8.629
4.
Ramsey
(LOU)
8.727
5.
Caruthers
(STL)
8.894
6.
Kilroy
(BAL)
8.934
7.
Mullane
(CIN)
8.950
8.
Weyhing
(PHA)
8.974
9.
King
(STL)
9.254
10.
Terry
(BRO)
9.368
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hecker
(LOU)
1.577
2.
Caruthers
(STL)
1.610
3.
Lynch
(NYP)
1.733
4.
Foutz
(STL)
2.387
5.
Kilroy
(BAL)
2.398
6.
King
(STL)
2.515
7.
Smith
(CIN)
2.535
8.
Porter
(BRO)
2.544
9.
Mullane
(CIN)
2.616
10.
Seward
(PHA)
2.677
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramsey
(LOU)
5.695
2.
Morrison
(CLE)
4.491
3.
Terry
(BRO)
3.906
4.
Smith
(BAL)
3.773
5.
Weyhing
(PHA)
3.725
6.
Smith
(CIN)
3.541
7.
Chamberlain
(LOU)
3.437
8.
Kilroy
(BAL)
3.314
9.
Seward
(PHA)
2.964
10.
King
(STL)
2.954
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
69
2.
Ramsey
(LOU)
65
3.
Smith
(BAL)
58
4.
Weyhing
(PHA)
55
Seward
(PHA)
55
6.
Mays
(NYP)
52
Smith
(CIN)
52
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
48
9.
King
(STL)
46
10.
Crowell
(CLE)
45
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Terry
(BRO)
3
2.
Stricker
(CLE)
1
Serad
(CIN)
1
Robinson
(STL)
1
King
(STL)
1
Hecker
(LOU)
1
Bierbauer
(PHA)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
589.1
2.
Ramsey
(LOU)
561.0
3.
Smith
(BAL)
491.1
4.
Seward
(PHA)
470.2
5.
Weyhing
(PHA)
466.1
6.
Smith
(CIN)
447.1
7.
Mays
(NYP)
441.1
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
416.1
9.
King
(STL)
390.0
10.
Crowell
(CLE)
389.1
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramsey
(LOU)
355
2.
Kilroy
(BAL)
217
3.
Smith
(BAL)
206
4.
Weyhing
(PHA)
193
5.
Smith
(CIN)
176
6.
Morrison
(CLE)
158
7.
Seward
(PHA)
155
8.
Terry
(BRO)
138
9.
King
(STL)
128
10.
Mays
(NYP)
124
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
69
2.
Ramsey
(LOU)
64
3.
Smith
(BAL)
55
Weyhing
(PHA)
55
5.
Mays
(NYP)
52
Seward
(PHA)
52
Smith
(CIN)
52
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
48
9.
Crowell
(CLE)
45
10.
King
(STL)
44
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
66
2.
Ramsey
(LOU)
61
3.
Smith
(BAL)
54
4.
Weyhing
(PHA)
53
5.
Seward
(PHA)
52
6.
Mays
(NYP)
50
7.
Smith
(CIN)
49
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
47
9.
Crowell
(CLE)
45
10.
King
(STL)
43
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mullane
(CIN)
6
Kilroy
(BAL)
6
3.
Smith
(CIN)
3
Seward
(PHA)
3
5.
Hecker
(LOU)
2
King
(STL)
2
Serad
(CIN)
2
Weyhing
(PHA)
2
Caruthers
(STL)
2
10.
Porter
(BRO)
1
Gilks
(CLE)
1
Foutz
(STL)
1
Shreve
(BAL)
1
Crowell
(CLE)
1
Smith
(BAL)
1
Terry
(BRO)
1
Toole
(BRO)
1
Chamberlain
(LOU)
1
Wiedman
(NYP)
1
Knouff
(TOT)
1
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morrison
(CLE)
13
2.
Weyhing
(PHA)
12
3.
Mays
(NYP)
11
Mullane
(CIN)
11
5.
Terry
(BRO)
10
6.
Kilroy
(BAL)
9
Hecker
(LOU)
9
Ramsey
(LOU)
9
Crowell
(CLE)
9
Cushman
(NYP)
9
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morrison
(CLE)
205
2.
Smith
(BAL)
176
3.
Weyhing
(PHA)
167
Ramsey
(LOU)
167
5.
Kilroy
(BAL)
157
6.
Seward
(PHA)
140
7.
Crowell
(CLE)
138
8.
Mays
(NYP)
136
9.
Smith
(CIN)
126
10.
Mullane
(CIN)
121
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
585
2.
Mays
(NYP)
551
3.
Ramsey
(LOU)
544
4.
Crowell
(CLE)
541
5.
Smith
(BAL)
526
6.
Weyhing
(PHA)
465
7.
Seward
(PHA)
445
8.
Porter
(BRO)
416
9.
Mullane
(CIN)
414
10.
King
(STL)
401
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramsey
(LOU)
2.126
2.
Smith
(CIN)
1.397
3.
Terry
(BRO)
1.394
4.
Kilroy
(BAL)
1.382
5.
Lynch
(NYP)
1.250
6.
Caruthers
(STL)
1.213
7.
King
(STL)
1.174
8.
Smith
(BAL)
1.171
9.
Hecker
(LOU)
1.160
10.
Weyhing
(PHA)
1.156
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Toole
(BRO)
.046
2.
Daily
(CLE)
.064
3.
King
(STL)
.092
4.
Smith
(CIN)
.101
5.
Smith
(BAL)
.128
6.
Seward
(PHA)
.134
7.
Kilroy
(BAL)
.137
8.
Ramsey
(LOU)
.144
9.
Caruthers
(STL)
.158
10.
Porter
(BRO)
.186
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYP)
34
2.
Crowell
(CLE)
31
3.
Smith
(BAL)
30
4.
Weyhing
(PHA)
28
5.
Ramsey
(LOU)
27
6.
Seward
(PHA)
25
Morrison
(CLE)
25
8.
Porter
(BRO)
24
9.
Kilroy
(BAL)
19
10.
Smith
(CIN)
17
Mullane
(CIN)
17
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYP)
232
2.
Weyhing
(PHA)
221
3.
Seward
(PHA)
216
4.
Ramsey
(LOU)
214
5.
Crowell
(CLE)
211
6.
Smith
(BAL)
207
7.
Kilroy
(BAL)
201
8.
Morrison
(CLE)
173
9.
King
(STL)
164
10.
Porter
(BRO)
159
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shaffer
(NYP)
13
2.
Sweeney
(CLE)
7
3.
Scheibeck
(CLE)
2
4.
Widner
(CIN)
1
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Weyhing
(PHA)
37
2.
Mullane
(CIN)
32
3.
Seward
(PHA)
24
4.
Morrison
(CLE)
22
5.
Mays
(NYP)
20
Kilroy
(BAL)
20
Crowell
(CLE)
20
8.
King
(STL)
17
9.
Knouff
(TOT)
16
Caruthers
(STL)
16
Ramsey
(LOU)
16
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kilroy
(BAL)
2492
2.
Ramsey
(LOU)
2430
3.
Smith
(BAL)
2204
4.
Weyhing
(PHA)
2042
5.
Mays
(NYP)
2002
6.
Seward
(PHA)
1990
7.
Smith
(CIN)
1872
8.
Crowell
(CLE)
1812
9.
Mullane
(CIN)
1763
10.
King
(STL)
1666
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Terry
(BRO)
5
2.
Corkhill
(CIN)
4
3.
Stricker
(CLE)
3
Smith
(BAL)
3
5.
King
(STL)
2
Seward
(PHA)
2
Hecker
(LOU)
2
Foutz
(STL)
2
Atkinson
(PHA)
2
Burns
(BAL)
2
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CIN)
148
2.
Caruthers
(STL)
138
3.
Mullane
(CIN)
134
4.
Kilroy
(BAL)
133
5.
Ramsey
(LOU)
127
6.
King
(STL)
120
7.
Daily
(CLE)
118
8.
Foutz
(STL)
117
9.
Chamberlain
(LOU)
116
10.
Smith
(BAL)
108
1886 AA
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1888 AA
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1887 NL
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1887 MLB
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