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1899 Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders
1898 MLB
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1900 MLB
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1899 NL
Pitching Leaders
MLB Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Willis
(BSN)
2.495
2.
Young
(STL)
2.583
3.
McGinnity
(BLN)
2.678
4.
Hahn
(CIN)
2.680
5.
Hughes
(BRO)
2.685
6.
Tannehill
(PIT)
2.732
7.
Kitson
(BLN)
2.774
8.
Griffith
(CHC)
2.787
9.
Kennedy
(BRO)
2.791
10.
Garvin
(CHC)
2.849
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hughes
(BRO)
28
McGinnity
(BLN)
28
3.
Willis
(BSN)
27
4.
Young
(STL)
26
5.
Tannehill
(PIT)
24
6.
Powell
(STL)
23
Piatt
(PHI)
23
Hahn
(CIN)
23
Dunn
(BRO)
23
10.
Kennedy
(BRO)
22
Griffith
(CHC)
22
Kitson
(BLN)
22
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Orth
(PHI)
.824
Hughes
(BRO)
.824
3.
Willis
(BSN)
.771
4.
Hahn
(CIN)
.742
5.
Donahue
(PHI)
.724
6.
Kennedy
(BRO)
.710
7.
Phillips
(CIN)
.654
8.
Dunn
(BRO)
.639
9.
Callahan
(CHC)
.636
Fraser
(PHI)
.636
McGinnity
(BLN)
.636
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Young
(STL)
1.116
2.
Hahn
(CIN)
1.126
3.
Willis
(BSN)
1.150
4.
Nichols
(BSN)
1.188
5.
Kitson
(BLN)
1.202
6.
Garvin
(CHC)
1.226
7.
Phillippe
(LOU)
1.231
8.
McGinnity
(BLN)
1.231
9.
Griffith
(CHC)
1.233
10.
Leever
(PIT)
1.253
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Willis
(BSN)
7.275
2.
Hughes
(BRO)
7.714
3.
Hahn
(CIN)
8.155
4.
Seymour
(NYG)
8.285
5.
Leever
(PIT)
8.383
6.
Nichols
(BSN)
8.546
7.
McGinnity
(BLN)
8.795
8.
Young
(STL)
8.968
9.
Kitson
(BLN)
9.037
10.
Garvin
(CHC)
9.136
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Young
(STL)
1.072
2.
Cuppy
(STL)
1.363
3.
Tannehill
(PIT)
1.466
4.
Kitson
(BLN)
1.785
5.
Woods
(LOU)
1.787
6.
Phillippe
(LOU)
1.794
7.
Griffith
(CHC)
1.830
8.
Garvin
(CHC)
1.900
9.
Hahn
(CIN)
1.981
10.
Donahue
(PHI)
2.032
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Seymour
(NYG)
4.763
2.
Hahn
(CIN)
4.223
3.
Doheny
(NYG)
3.901
4.
McJames
(BRO)
3.432
5.
Willis
(BSN)
3.152
6.
Garvin
(CHC)
3.121
7.
Hughes
(BRO)
3.055
8.
Leever
(PIT)
2.873
9.
Nichols
(BSN)
2.831
10.
Dinneen
(WHS)
2.814
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leever
(PIT)
51
2.
Powell
(STL)
48
McGinnity
(BLN)
48
4.
Young
(STL)
44
Carrick
(NYG)
44
6.
Weyhing
(WHS)
43
7.
Phillippe
(LOU)
42
Nichols
(BSN)
42
9.
Willis
(BSN)
41
Dunn
(BRO)
41
Taylor
(CHC)
41
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leever
(PIT)
3
2.
Dunn
(BRO)
2
Taylor
(CIN)
2
Willis
(BSN)
2
Kennedy
(BRO)
2
McGinnity
(BLN)
2
7.
Yeager
(BRO)
1
Dammann
(CIN)
1
Waddell
(LOU)
1
Tannehill
(PIT)
1
Reidy
(BRO)
1
Young
(STL)
1
Fifield
(TOT)
1
Phyle
(CHC)
1
Orth
(PHI)
1
Nichols
(BSN)
1
McKenna
(BLN)
1
McJames
(BRO)
1
Howell
(BLN)
1
Hickman
(BSN)
1
Hawley
(CIN)
1
Donovan
(BRO)
1
Phillips
(CIN)
1
Phillippe
(LOU)
1
Hill
(TOT)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leever
(PIT)
379.0
2.
Powell
(STL)
373.0
3.
Young
(STL)
369.1
4.
McGinnity
(BLN)
366.1
5.
Carrick
(NYG)
361.2
6.
Taylor
(CHC)
354.2
7.
Nichols
(BSN)
343.1
8.
Willis
(BSN)
342.2
9.
Weyhing
(WHS)
334.2
10.
Kitson
(BLN)
327.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hahn
(CIN)
145
2.
Seymour
(NYG)
142
3.
Leever
(PIT)
121
4.
Willis
(BSN)
120
5.
Doheny
(NYG)
115
6.
Young
(STL)
111
7.
Nichols
(BSN)
108
8.
McJames
(BRO)
105
9.
Hughes
(BRO)
99
10.
Weyhing
(WHS)
96
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Powell
(STL)
43
Carrick
(NYG)
43
3.
Young
(STL)
42
4.
McGinnity
(BLN)
41
5.
Leever
(PIT)
39
Taylor
(CHC)
39
7.
Griffith
(CHC)
38
Piatt
(PHI)
38
Phillippe
(LOU)
38
Weyhing
(WHS)
38
Willis
(BSN)
38
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Powell
(STL)
40
Carrick
(NYG)
40
Young
(STL)
40
4.
Taylor
(CHC)
39
5.
McGinnity
(BLN)
38
6.
Nichols
(BSN)
37
7.
Leever
(PIT)
35
Griffith
(CHC)
35
Willis
(BSN)
35
10.
Kitson
(BLN)
34
Weyhing
(WHS)
34
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Willis
(BSN)
5
2.
Leever
(PIT)
4
Nichols
(BSN)
4
Hahn
(CIN)
4
Garvin
(CHC)
4
Fraser
(PHI)
4
Donahue
(PHI)
4
McGinnity
(BLN)
4
Young
(STL)
4
10.
Callahan
(CHC)
3
Tannehill
(PIT)
3
Orth
(PHI)
3
Carrick
(NYG)
3
Hughes
(BRO)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Powell
(STL)
15
2.
Kennedy
(BRO)
11
Knepper
(CLV)
11
Nichols
(BSN)
11
5.
Phillippe
(LOU)
10
Lewis
(BSN)
10
Young
(STL)
10
8.
Woods
(LOU)
9
Sudhoff
(TOT)
9
Hughey
(CLV)
9
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Seymour
(NYG)
170
2.
Doheny
(NYG)
156
3.
McJames
(BRO)
122
Carrick
(NYG)
122
Leever
(PIT)
122
6.
Hughes
(BRO)
119
7.
Willis
(BSN)
117
8.
Bates
(TOT)
110
9.
Dinneen
(WHS)
106
10.
Dowling
(LOU)
93
McGinnity
(BLN)
93
Meekin
(TOT)
93
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Carrick
(NYG)
485
2.
Powell
(STL)
433
3.
Weyhing
(WHS)
414
4.
Hughey
(CLV)
403
5.
Cunningham
(LOU)
385
6.
Taylor
(CHC)
380
7.
Young
(STL)
368
8.
McGinnity
(BLN)
358
9.
Tannehill
(PIT)
354
10.
Leever
(PIT)
353
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Young
(STL)
2.523
2.
Hahn
(CIN)
2.132
3.
Garvin
(CHC)
1.643
4.
Nichols
(BSN)
1.317
5.
Weyhing
(WHS)
1.263
6.
Tannehill
(PIT)
1.196
7.
Kitson
(BLN)
1.154
8.
Griffith
(CHC)
1.123
9.
Phillippe
(LOU)
1.063
10.
Piatt
(PHI)
1.035
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fraser
(PHI)
.033
2.
Nops
(BLN)
.035
3.
Howell
(BLN)
.043
4.
Garvin
(CHC)
.045
5.
Sparks
(PIT)
.053
6.
Doheny
(NYG)
.068
7.
McGinnity
(BLN)
.074
8.
Breitenstein
(CIN)
.085
9.
Hahn
(CIN)
.087
10.
Mercer
(WHS)
.097
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hughey
(CLV)
30
2.
Carrick
(NYG)
27
3.
Leever
(PIT)
23
4.
Knepper
(CLV)
22
5.
Weyhing
(WHS)
21
Taylor
(CHC)
21
7.
Dinneen
(WHS)
20
8.
Nichols
(BSN)
19
Powell
(STL)
19
10.
Seymour
(NYG)
18
McFarlan
(TOT)
18
Bates
(TOT)
18
Sudhoff
(TOT)
18
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Carrick
(NYG)
187
2.
Hughey
(CLV)
170
3.
Weyhing
(WHS)
169
4.
Taylor
(CHC)
148
5.
Powell
(STL)
146
6.
Sudhoff
(TOT)
143
7.
Knepper
(CLV)
141
8.
Cunningham
(LOU)
138
9.
Leever
(PIT)
134
10.
Doheny
(NYG)
133
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Doheny
(NYG)
21
2.
Fraser
(PHI)
17
3.
McJames
(BRO)
16
4.
Seymour
(NYG)
14
5.
Willis
(BSN)
12
6.
Carrick
(NYG)
11
7.
Hughey
(CLV)
10
Callahan
(CHC)
10
9.
Hughes
(BRO)
9
10.
McBride
(STL)
8
Dinneen
(WHS)
8
Knepper
(CLV)
8
Leever
(PIT)
8
Nichols
(BSN)
8
McKenna
(BLN)
8
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Doheny
(NYG)
37
2.
Willis
(BSN)
30
3.
Weyhing
(WHS)
28
McGinnity
(BLN)
28
5.
Callahan
(CHC)
24
Piatt
(PHI)
24
7.
Magee
(TOT)
23
Bates
(TOT)
23
Carrick
(NYG)
23
10.
Hughey
(CLV)
22
Fraser
(PHI)
22
Taylor
(CHC)
22
Sudhoff
(TOT)
22
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McGinnity
(BLN)
1573
2.
Young
(STL)
1541
3.
Nichols
(BSN)
1404
4.
Magee
(TOT)
869
5.
Chesbro
(PIT)
664
6.
Waddell
(LOU)
324
7.
Frisk
(CIN)
311
8.
Payne
(PIT)
117
9.
Donovan
(BRO)
116
10.
Gaston
(BRO)
16
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leever
(PIT)
11
2.
Sparks
(PIT)
10
3.
Bernhard
(PHI)
9
4.
McGinnity
(BLN)
7
5.
Kennedy
(BRO)
6
Phillips
(CIN)
6
Orth
(PHI)
6
Dunn
(BRO)
6
Taylor
(CIN)
6
Yeager
(BRO)
6
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Willis
(BSN)
167
2.
Young
(STL)
153
3.
McGinnity
(BLN)
148
4.
Hahn
(CIN)
146
5.
Hughes
(BRO)
146
6.
Kitson
(BLN)
143
7.
Kennedy
(BRO)
141
8.
Tannehill
(PIT)
139
9.
Nichols
(BSN)
139
10.
Griffith
(CHC)
134
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1900 MLB
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1899 NL
Pitching Leaders