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1873 National Association Pitching Leaders
1872 NA
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1874 NA
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1873 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NA Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(ATH)
1.814
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
2.459
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
2.560
4.
Cummings
(BAL)
2.662
5.
Zettlein
(PHI)
2.700
6.
Campbell
(RES)
2.836
7.
McBride
(ATH)
3.316
8.
Britt
(BRA)
3.895
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
4.141
10.
Stearns
(WAS)
4.548
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
41
2.
Zettlein
(PHI)
36
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
29
4.
Cummings
(BAL)
28
5.
McBride
(ATH)
24
6.
Britt
(BRA)
17
7.
Stearns
(WAS)
7
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
5
9.
Fisher
(ATH)
3
10.
Campbell
(RES)
2
Wright
(BOS)
2
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
.745
2.
Zettlein
(PHI)
.706
3.
Cummings
(BAL)
.667
4.
McBride
(ATH)
.558
5.
Mathews
(NYU)
.558
6.
Fisher
(ATH)
.429
7.
Brainard
(BAL)
.417
8.
Britt
(BRA)
.321
9.
Stearns
(WAS)
.219
10.
Greason
(WAS)
.143
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(ATH)
1.186
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
1.244
3.
McBride
(ATH)
1.307
4.
Cummings
(BAL)
1.330
5.
Spalding
(BOS)
1.348
6.
Zettlein
(PHI)
1.378
7.
Britt
(BRA)
1.531
8.
Campbell
(RES)
1.558
9.
Stearns
(WAS)
1.753
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
1.758
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(ATH)
9.605
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
9.935
3.
McBride
(ATH)
10.654
4.
Cummings
(BAL)
11.191
5.
Zettlein
(PHI)
11.602
6.
Spalding
(BOS)
11.628
7.
Britt
(BRA)
13.032
8.
Campbell
(RES)
13.636
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
15.074
10.
Stearns
(WAS)
15.297
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Campbell
(RES)
.382
2.
Stearns
(WAS)
.477
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
.506
4.
Brainard
(BAL)
.745
5.
Britt
(BRA)
.749
6.
Cummings
(BAL)
.778
7.
Zettlein
(PHI)
.802
8.
Greason
(WAS)
1.000
9.
Fisher
(ATH)
1.067
10.
McBride
(ATH)
1.105
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
1.524
2.
Fisher
(ATH)
1.494
3.
Cummings
(BAL)
.730
4.
McBride
(ATH)
.588
5.
Spalding
(BOS)
.561
6.
Zettlein
(PHI)
.548
7.
Greason
(WAS)
.429
8.
Britt
(BRA)
.281
9.
Campbell
(RES)
.273
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
.248
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
60
2.
Britt
(BRA)
54
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
52
4.
Zettlein
(PHI)
51
5.
McBride
(ATH)
46
6.
Cummings
(BAL)
42
7.
Stearns
(WAS)
32
8.
Campbell
(RES)
19
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
14
10.
Fisher
(ATH)
13
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
2
2.
Wright
(BOS)
1
Fisher
(ATH)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
497.2
2.
Britt
(BRA)
480.2
3.
Zettlein
(PHI)
460.0
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
443.0
5.
McBride
(ATH)
382.2
6.
Cummings
(BAL)
382.0
7.
Stearns
(WAS)
283.0
8.
Campbell
(RES)
165.0
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
108.2
10.
Fisher
(ATH)
84.1
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
75
2.
Cummings
(BAL)
31
Spalding
(BOS)
31
4.
Zettlein
(PHI)
28
5.
McBride
(ATH)
25
6.
Britt
(BRA)
15
7.
Fisher
(ATH)
14
8.
Campbell
(RES)
5
9.
Stearns
(WAS)
4
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
3
Greason
(WAS)
3
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
55
2.
Britt
(BRA)
54
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
52
4.
Zettlein
(PHI)
51
5.
McBride
(ATH)
46
6.
Cummings
(BAL)
42
7.
Stearns
(WAS)
32
8.
Campbell
(RES)
18
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
14
10.
Greason
(WAS)
7
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
51
2.
Zettlein
(PHI)
49
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
48
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
47
5.
Cummings
(BAL)
42
6.
McBride
(ATH)
38
7.
Stearns
(WAS)
32
8.
Campbell
(RES)
18
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
12
10.
Greason
(WAS)
7
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McBride
(ATH)
3
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
2
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
1
Cummings
(BAL)
1
Britt
(BRA)
1
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Stearns
(WAS)
8
2.
Campbell
(RES)
7
3.
Britt
(BRA)
6
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
5
Spalding
(BOS)
5
6.
Cummings
(BAL)
4
7.
Stratton
(MAR)
3
McBride
(ATH)
3
Greason
(WAS)
3
Zettlein
(PHI)
3
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
62
2.
McBride
(ATH)
47
3.
Zettlein
(PHI)
41
4.
Britt
(BRA)
40
5.
Cummings
(BAL)
33
6.
Spalding
(BOS)
28
7.
Stearns
(WAS)
15
8.
Fisher
(ATH)
10
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
9
10.
Martin
(NYU)
7
Greason
(WAS)
7
Wright
(BOS)
7
Campbell
(RES)
7
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
696
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
643
3.
Zettlein
(PHI)
593
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
489
5.
Stearns
(WAS)
481
6.
Cummings
(BAL)
475
7.
McBride
(ATH)
453
8.
Campbell
(RES)
250
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
182
10.
Greason
(WAS)
112
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(ATH)
1.400
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
1.210
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
1.107
4.
Cummings
(BAL)
.939
5.
Campbell
(RES)
.714
6.
Zettlein
(PHI)
.683
7.
McBride
(ATH)
.532
8.
Greason
(WAS)
.429
9.
Britt
(BRA)
.375
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
.333
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brainard
(BAL)
0.00
2.
Zettlein
(PHI)
.059
3.
McBride
(ATH)
.071
4.
Spalding
(BOS)
.090
5.
Cummings
(BAL)
.094
6.
Mathews
(NYU)
.102
7.
Fisher
(ATH)
.107
8.
Britt
(BRA)
.112
9.
Stearns
(WAS)
.254
10.
Campbell
(RES)
.382
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
36
2.
Stearns
(WAS)
25
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
23
4.
McBride
(ATH)
19
5.
Campbell
(RES)
16
6.
Zettlein
(PHI)
15
7.
Spalding
(BOS)
14
Cummings
(BAL)
14
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
7
10.
Greason
(WAS)
6
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Britt
(BRA)
208
2.
Stearns
(WAS)
143
3.
McBride
(ATH)
141
4.
Zettlein
(PHI)
138
5.
Spalding
(BOS)
136
6.
Mathews
(NYU)
126
7.
Cummings
(BAL)
113
8.
Campbell
(RES)
52
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
50
10.
Greason
(WAS)
38
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fisher
(ATH)
188
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
132
3.
Cummings
(BAL)
125
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
122
5.
Zettlein
(PHI)
122
6.
Campbell
(RES)
118
7.
McBride
(ATH)
103
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
80
9.
Britt
(BRA)
78
10.
Stearns
(WAS)
73
1872 NA
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1874 NA
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1873 MLB
Pitching Leaders