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1872 National Association Pitching Leaders
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1872 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NA Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
1.979
2.
Cummings
(NYU)
2.517
3.
Fisher
(BAL)
2.529
4.
Zettlein
(TOT)
2.669
5.
McBride
(ATH)
3.007
6.
Mathews
(BAL)
3.153
7.
Pratt
(CLE)
4.385
8.
Martin
(TOT)
4.856
9.
Britt
(BRA)
5.063
10.
Buttery
(MAN)
5.143
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
38
2.
Cummings
(NYU)
33
3.
McBride
(ATH)
30
4.
Mathews
(BAL)
25
5.
Zettlein
(TOT)
15
6.
Fisher
(BAL)
10
7.
Britt
(BRA)
9
8.
Wolters
(CLE)
3
Martin
(TOT)
3
Buttery
(MAN)
3
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(BAL)
.909
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
.826
3.
McBride
(ATH)
.682
4.
Cummings
(NYU)
.623
5.
Buttery
(MAN)
.600
6.
Mathews
(BAL)
.581
7.
Zettlein
(TOT)
.484
8.
Wolters
(CLE)
.333
9.
Martin
(TOT)
.250
10.
Britt
(BRA)
.243
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(BAL)
.906
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
1.085
3.
Zettlein
(TOT)
1.247
4.
Cummings
(NYU)
1.268
5.
McBride
(ATH)
1.286
6.
Mathews
(BAL)
1.305
7.
Pratt
(CLE)
1.567
8.
Wolters
(CLE)
1.651
9.
Buttery
(MAN)
1.674
10.
Britt
(BRA)
1.726
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(BAL)
7.260
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
9.163
3.
Mathews
(BAL)
10.591
4.
Zettlein
(TOT)
10.745
5.
Cummings
(NYU)
10.865
6.
McBride
(ATH)
11.019
7.
Pratt
(CLE)
12.898
8.
Wolters
(CLE)
14.031
9.
Buttery
(MAN)
14.878
10.
Britt
(BRA)
15.027
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Buttery
(MAN)
.184
2.
Stearns
(NAT)
.273
3.
Martin
(TOT)
.441
4.
Zettlein
(TOT)
.479
5.
Britt
(BRA)
.509
6.
Brainard
(TOT)
.517
7.
Cummings
(NYU)
.543
8.
McBride
(ATH)
.559
9.
Spalding
(BOS)
.601
10.
Bentley
(MAN)
.701
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(BAL)
1.631
2.
Mathews
(BAL)
1.221
3.
McBride
(ATH)
.945
4.
Zettlein
(TOT)
.856
5.
Cummings
(NYU)
.779
6.
Pratt
(CLE)
.602
7.
Spalding
(BOS)
.601
8.
Wolters
(CLE)
.472
9.
Britt
(BRA)
.348
10.
Bentley
(MAN)
.292
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cummings
(NYU)
55
2.
Mathews
(BAL)
49
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
48
4.
McBride
(ATH)
47
5.
Britt
(BRA)
37
6.
Zettlein
(TOT)
34
7.
Fisher
(BAL)
19
8.
Martin
(TOT)
18
Bentley
(MAN)
18
10.
Pratt
(CLE)
15
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wright
(BOS)
1
Fisher
(BAL)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cummings
(NYU)
497.0
2.
McBride
(ATH)
419.0
3.
Mathews
(BAL)
405.1
4.
Spalding
(BOS)
404.2
5.
Britt
(BRA)
336.0
6.
Zettlein
(TOT)
263.0
7.
Bentley
(MAN)
154.0
8.
Martin
(TOT)
122.1
9.
Fisher
(BAL)
110.1
10.
Pratt
(CLE)
104.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(BAL)
55
2.
McBride
(ATH)
44
3.
Cummings
(NYU)
43
4.
Spalding
(BOS)
27
5.
Zettlein
(TOT)
25
6.
Fisher
(BAL)
20
7.
Britt
(BRA)
13
8.
Pratt
(CLE)
7
9.
Bentley
(MAN)
5
10.
Wolters
(CLE)
4
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cummings
(NYU)
55
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
48
3.
Mathews
(BAL)
47
McBride
(ATH)
47
5.
Britt
(BRA)
37
6.
Zettlein
(TOT)
31
7.
Bentley
(MAN)
17
8.
Martin
(TOT)
12
Pratt
(CLE)
12
10.
Stearns
(NAT)
11
Brainard
(TOT)
11
Fisher
(BAL)
11
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cummings
(NYU)
53
2.
McBride
(ATH)
47
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
41
4.
Mathews
(BAL)
39
5.
Britt
(BRA)
37
6.
Zettlein
(TOT)
25
7.
Bentley
(MAN)
16
8.
Stearns
(NAT)
11
9.
Brainard
(TOT)
10
10.
Martin
(TOT)
9
Fisher
(BAL)
9
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
3
Cummings
(NYU)
3
3.
Zettlein
(TOT)
2
4.
McBride
(ATH)
1
Fisher
(BAL)
1
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
6
2.
Bentley
(MAN)
4
3.
Zettlein
(TOT)
3
Mathews
(BAL)
3
McBride
(ATH)
3
McDermott
(ECK)
3
Pratt
(CLE)
3
Wolters
(CLE)
3
9.
Cummings
(NYU)
2
Stearns
(NAT)
2
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(BAL)
52
2.
Cummings
(NYU)
30
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
27
4.
McBride
(ATH)
26
5.
Britt
(BRA)
19
6.
Pratt
(CLE)
14
Zettlein
(TOT)
14
8.
McDermott
(ECK)
12
Bentley
(MAN)
12
10.
Fisher
(BAL)
11
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cummings
(NYU)
600
2.
Britt
(BRA)
561
3.
McBride
(ATH)
513
4.
Mathews
(BAL)
477
5.
Spalding
(BOS)
412
6.
Zettlein
(TOT)
314
7.
Bentley
(MAN)
273
8.
Martin
(TOT)
215
9.
Stearns
(NAT)
194
10.
Brainard
(TOT)
161
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(BAL)
1.818
2.
Zettlein
(TOT)
1.786
3.
McBride
(ATH)
1.692
4.
Cummings
(NYU)
1.433
5.
Mathews
(BAL)
1.058
6.
Spalding
(BOS)
1.000
7.
Britt
(BRA)
.684
8.
Stearns
(NAT)
.667
9.
Wolters
(CLE)
.571
10.
Pratt
(CLE)
.500
Martin
(TOT)
.500
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(BAL)
0.00
Buttery
(MAN)
0.00
Spalding
(BOS)
0.00
4.
Cummings
(NYU)
.036
5.
McBride
(ATH)
.064
6.
Mathews
(BAL)
.067
7.
Martin
(TOT)
.074
8.
Zettlein
(TOT)
.103
9.
Brainard
(TOT)
.103
10.
Britt
(BRA)
.161
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
28
2.
Cummings
(NYU)
20
3.
Mathews
(BAL)
18
4.
Zettlein
(TOT)
16
5.
Bentley
(MAN)
15
6.
McBride
(ATH)
14
7.
Stearns
(NAT)
11
8.
Brainard
(TOT)
9
Martin
(TOT)
9
Pratt
(CLE)
9
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
189
2.
Mathews
(BAL)
142
3.
McBride
(ATH)
140
4.
Cummings
(NYU)
139
5.
Bentley
(MAN)
105
6.
Spalding
(BOS)
89
7.
Zettlein
(TOT)
78
8.
Stearns
(NAT)
76
9.
Martin
(TOT)
66
10.
Brainard
(TOT)
63
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
188
2.
Fisher
(BAL)
151
3.
Zettlein
(TOT)
138
4.
Cummings
(NYU)
136
5.
McBride
(ATH)
124
6.
Mathews
(BAL)
121
7.
Britt
(BRA)
93
8.
Pratt
(CLE)
83
9.
Martin
(TOT)
75
10.
Buttery
(MAN)
75
1871 NA
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1873 NA
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1872 MLB
Pitching Leaders