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1876 Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders
1875 MLB
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1877 MLB
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1876 NL
Pitching Leaders
MLB Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bradley
(STL)
1.225
2.
Devlin
(LOU)
1.563
3.
Cummings
(HAR)
1.667
4.
Bond
(HAR)
1.676
5.
Spalding
(CHC)
1.753
6.
Manning
(BSN)
2.144
7.
Bradley
(BSN)
2.492
8.
Knight
(ATH)
2.617
9.
Mathews
(NYU)
2.860
10.
Borden
(BSN)
2.886
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(CHC)
47
2.
Bradley
(STL)
45
3.
Bond
(HAR)
31
4.
Devlin
(LOU)
30
5.
Mathews
(NYU)
21
6.
Manning
(BSN)
18
7.
Cummings
(HAR)
16
8.
Borden
(BSN)
11
9.
Knight
(ATH)
10
10.
Bradley
(BSN)
9
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(CHC)
.797
2.
Manning
(BSN)
.783
3.
McVey
(CHC)
.714
4.
Bond
(HAR)
.705
5.
Bradley
(STL)
.703
6.
Cummings
(HAR)
.667
7.
Borden
(BSN)
.478
8.
Bradley
(BSN)
.474
9.
Devlin
(LOU)
.462
10.
Mathews
(NYU)
.382
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bradley
(STL)
.887
2.
Bond
(HAR)
.902
3.
Devlin
(LOU)
.970
4.
Cummings
(HAR)
1.060
5.
Spalding
(CHC)
1.074
6.
Manning
(BSN)
1.242
7.
Bradley
(BSN)
1.252
8.
Fisher
(CIN)
1.308
9.
Mathews
(NYU)
1.390
10.
Borden
(BSN)
1.411
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bradley
(STL)
7.382
2.
Bond
(HAR)
7.831
3.
Devlin
(LOU)
8.190
4.
Cummings
(HAR)
8.958
5.
Spalding
(CHC)
9.227
6.
Manning
(BSN)
9.715
7.
Bradley
(BSN)
10.437
8.
Borden
(BSN)
10.594
9.
Fisher
(CIN)
11.538
10.
Mathews
(NYU)
12.087
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Zettlein
(ATH)
.231
2.
Fisher
(CIN)
.236
3.
Bond
(HAR)
.287
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
.419
5.
Williams
(CIN)
.434
6.
Spalding
(CHC)
.443
7.
Devlin
(LOU)
.535
8.
Cummings
(HAR)
.583
9.
Bradley
(STL)
.597
10.
Dean
(CIN)
.822
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bond
(HAR)
1.941
2.
Devlin
(LOU)
1.765
3.
Bradley
(STL)
1.618
4.
Borden
(BSN)
1.402
5.
Fisher
(CIN)
1.138
6.
Manning
(BSN)
1.095
7.
Cummings
(HAR)
1.083
8.
Williams
(CIN)
.976
9.
Bradley
(BSN)
.831
10.
Dean
(CIN)
.754
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
68
2.
Bradley
(STL)
64
3.
Spalding
(CHC)
61
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
56
5.
Bond
(HAR)
45
6.
Knight
(ATH)
34
Manning
(BSN)
34
8.
Dean
(CIN)
30
9.
Borden
(BSN)
29
10.
Zettlein
(ATH)
28
Fisher
(CIN)
28
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Manning
(BSN)
5
2.
Zettlein
(ATH)
2
McVey
(CHC)
2
4.
White
(CHC)
1
Peters
(CHC)
1
Bradley
(BSN)
1
Borden
(BSN)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
622.0
2.
Bradley
(STL)
573.0
3.
Spalding
(CHC)
528.2
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
516.0
5.
Bond
(HAR)
408.0
6.
Knight
(ATH)
282.0
7.
Dean
(CIN)
262.2
8.
Zettlein
(ATH)
234.0
9.
Fisher
(CIN)
229.1
10.
Borden
(BSN)
218.1
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
122
2.
Bradley
(STL)
103
3.
Bond
(HAR)
88
4.
Spalding
(CHC)
39
5.
Mathews
(NYU)
37
6.
Borden
(BSN)
34
7.
Fisher
(CIN)
29
8.
Cummings
(HAR)
26
9.
Manning
(BSN)
24
10.
Dean
(CIN)
22
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
68
2.
Bradley
(STL)
64
3.
Spalding
(CHC)
60
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
56
5.
Bond
(HAR)
45
6.
Knight
(ATH)
32
7.
Dean
(CIN)
30
8.
Zettlein
(ATH)
25
9.
Borden
(BSN)
24
Fisher
(CIN)
24
Cummings
(HAR)
24
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
66
2.
Bradley
(STL)
63
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
55
4.
Spalding
(CHC)
53
5.
Bond
(HAR)
45
6.
Knight
(ATH)
27
7.
Dean
(CIN)
26
8.
Cummings
(HAR)
24
9.
Zettlein
(ATH)
23
10.
Fisher
(CIN)
22
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bradley
(STL)
16
2.
Spalding
(CHC)
8
3.
Bond
(HAR)
6
4.
Cummings
(HAR)
5
Devlin
(LOU)
5
6.
Borden
(BSN)
2
Mathews
(NYU)
2
8.
Bradley
(BSN)
1
Zettlein
(ATH)
1
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
8
2.
Spalding
(CHC)
6
Fisher
(CIN)
6
4.
Borden
(BSN)
4
5.
Bradley
(STL)
3
Devlin
(LOU)
3
7.
Bond
(HAR)
2
Zettlein
(ATH)
2
9.
Dean
(CIN)
1
McBride
(BSN)
1
Pierson
(CIN)
1
Bradley
(BSN)
1
Williams
(CIN)
1
Manning
(BSN)
1
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Borden
(BSN)
51
2.
Bradley
(STL)
38
3.
Devlin
(LOU)
37
4.
Knight
(ATH)
34
5.
Manning
(BSN)
32
6.
Spalding
(CHC)
26
7.
Mathews
(NYU)
24
Dean
(CIN)
24
9.
Bradley
(BSN)
16
10.
Cummings
(HAR)
14
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
693
2.
Devlin
(LOU)
566
3.
Spalding
(CHC)
542
4.
Bradley
(STL)
470
5.
Dean
(CIN)
397
6.
Knight
(ATH)
383
7.
Zettlein
(ATH)
358
8.
Bond
(HAR)
355
9.
Fisher
(CIN)
294
10.
Borden
(BSN)
257
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bond
(HAR)
6.769
2.
Fisher
(CIN)
4.833
3.
Devlin
(LOU)
3.297
4.
Bradley
(STL)
2.711
5.
Williams
(CIN)
2.250
6.
Cummings
(HAR)
1.857
7.
Zettlein
(ATH)
1.667
8.
Mathews
(NYU)
1.542
9.
Spalding
(CHC)
1.500
10.
Bradley
(BSN)
1.000
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Knight
(ATH)
0.00
Cummings
(HAR)
0.00
3.
Dean
(CIN)
.034
4.
Devlin
(LOU)
.043
5.
Bond
(HAR)
.044
6.
Manning
(BSN)
.046
7.
Bradley
(STL)
.047
8.
Bradley
(BSN)
.052
9.
Zettlein
(ATH)
.077
10.
Spalding
(CHC)
.102
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
35
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
34
3.
Dean
(CIN)
26
4.
Knight
(ATH)
22
5.
Fisher
(CIN)
20
Zettlein
(ATH)
20
7.
Bradley
(STL)
19
8.
Bond
(HAR)
13
9.
Spalding
(CHC)
12
Borden
(BSN)
12
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
164
2.
Dean
(CIN)
109
3.
Devlin
(LOU)
108
4.
Spalding
(CHC)
103
5.
Zettlein
(ATH)
101
6.
Knight
(ATH)
82
7.
Bradley
(STL)
78
8.
Fisher
(CIN)
77
9.
Bond
(HAR)
76
10.
Borden
(BSN)
70
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bradley
(STL)
34
2.
Knight
(ATH)
23
3.
Borden
(BSN)
21
4.
Dean
(CIN)
17
5.
Manning
(BSN)
16
6.
Devlin
(LOU)
14
7.
Bond
(HAR)
8
8.
Bradley
(BSN)
7
Ryan
(LOU)
7
Cummings
(HAR)
7
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Devlin
(LOU)
2568
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
2327
3.
Bradley
(STL)
2269
4.
Spalding
(CHC)
2219
5.
Bond
(HAR)
1623
6.
Knight
(ATH)
1324
7.
Dean
(CIN)
1257
8.
Zettlein
(ATH)
1089
9.
Fisher
(CIN)
1039
10.
Borden
(BSN)
983
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Manning
(BSN)
13
2.
Borden
(BSN)
6
3.
McVey
(CHC)
5
4.
Fisher
(CIN)
4
Zettlein
(ATH)
4
6.
Coon
(ATH)
2
7.
Ryan
(LOU)
1
Spalding
(CHC)
1
Peters
(CHC)
1
White
(CHC)
1
Pearce
(LOU)
1
Booth
(CIN)
1
Booth
(NYU)
1
Bradley
(BSN)
1
Clack
(CIN)
1
Dean
(CIN)
1
Gould
(CIN)
1
Knight
(ATH)
1
Wright
(BSN)
1
Blong
(STL)
1
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bradley
(STL)
173
2.
Devlin
(LOU)
173
3.
Cummings
(HAR)
147
4.
Bond
(HAR)
146
5.
Spalding
(CHC)
139
6.
Manning
(BSN)
105
7.
Knight
(ATH)
92
8.
Bradley
(BSN)
91
9.
Mathews
(NYU)
81
10.
Borden
(BSN)
78
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