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1874 National Association Pitching Leaders
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1874 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NA Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
2.305
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
2.351
3.
McBride
(ATH)
2.550
4.
Cummings
(PHI)
2.876
5.
Fisher
(HAR)
3.038
6.
Zettlein
(CHI)
3.072
7.
Bond
(BRA)
3.187
8.
Manning
(BAL)
3.406
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
4.500
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
4.933
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
52
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
42
3.
McBride
(ATH)
33
4.
Cummings
(PHI)
28
5.
Zettlein
(CHI)
27
6.
Bond
(BRA)
22
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
14
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
5
9.
Manning
(BAL)
4
10.
Stearns
(HAR)
2
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
.765
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
.656
3.
McBride
(ATH)
.600
4.
Cummings
(PHI)
.519
5.
Zettlein
(CHI)
.474
6.
Bond
(BRA)
.407
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
.378
8.
Manning
(BAL)
.200
9.
Brainard
(BAL)
.185
10.
Stearns
(HAR)
.125
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McBride
(ATH)
1.115
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
1.187
3.
Bond
(BRA)
1.246
4.
Spalding
(BOS)
1.259
5.
Cummings
(PHI)
1.293
6.
Fisher
(HAR)
1.309
7.
Manning
(BAL)
1.341
8.
Zettlein
(CHI)
1.356
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
1.634
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
1.799
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McBride
(ATH)
9.499
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
10.074
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
10.996
4.
Bond
(BRA)
11.028
5.
Cummings
(PHI)
11.241
6.
Zettlein
(CHI)
11.397
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
11.498
8.
Manning
(BAL)
11.571
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
13.994
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
15.176
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bond
(BRA)
.181
2.
Fisher
(HAR)
.284
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
.336
4.
Cummings
(PHI)
.392
5.
Manning
(BAL)
.501
6.
McBride
(ATH)
.536
7.
Mathews
(NYU)
.607
8.
Stearns
(HAR)
.713
9.
Zettlein
(CHI)
.803
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
1.017
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Stearns
(HAR)
.768
2.
Brainard
(BAL)
.603
3.
Manning
(BAL)
.601
4.
Fisher
(HAR)
.312
5.
Zettlein
(CHI)
.209
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
.205
7.
Bond
(BRA)
.199
8.
McBride
(ATH)
.185
9.
Spalding
(BOS)
.161
10.
Mathews
(NYU)
.156
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
71
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
65
3.
Zettlein
(CHI)
57
4.
McBride
(ATH)
55
Bond
(BRA)
55
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
54
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
39
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
29
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
22
Manning
(BAL)
22
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wright
(BOS)
3
2.
Stearns
(HAR)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
616.1
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
578.0
3.
Zettlein
(CHI)
515.2
4.
Bond
(BRA)
497.0
5.
McBride
(ATH)
487.0
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
482.0
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
317.0
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
239.0
9.
Manning
(BAL)
179.2
10.
Stearns
(HAR)
164.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Collins
(CHI)
18
2.
Brainard
(BAL)
16
3.
Wright
(BOS)
15
Ferguson
(BRA)
15
5.
Stearns
(HAR)
14
6.
Bechtel
(PHI)
13
Hatfield
(NYU)
13
8.
Manning
(BAL)
12
Zettlein
(CHI)
12
10.
Fisher
(HAR)
11
Spalding
(BOS)
11
Cummings
(PHI)
11
Bond
(BRA)
11
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
69
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
65
3.
Zettlein
(CHI)
57
4.
McBride
(ATH)
55
Bond
(BRA)
55
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
54
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
35
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
27
9.
Manning
(BAL)
20
10.
Stearns
(HAR)
18
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
65
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
62
3.
Zettlein
(CHI)
57
4.
McBride
(ATH)
55
Bond
(BRA)
55
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
52
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
31
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
25
9.
Manning
(BAL)
18
10.
Stearns
(HAR)
14
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
4
Mathews
(NYU)
4
3.
Zettlein
(CHI)
3
Cummings
(PHI)
3
5.
Bond
(BRA)
1
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bond
(BRA)
16
2.
McBride
(ATH)
5
3.
Force
(CHI)
4
Cummings
(PHI)
4
5.
Zettlein
(CHI)
3
Manning
(BAL)
3
Mathews
(NYU)
3
8.
Stearns
(HAR)
1
Spalding
(BOS)
1
Brainard
(BAL)
1
Fisher
(HAR)
1
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Zettlein
(CHI)
46
2.
Mathews
(NYU)
39
3.
McBride
(ATH)
29
4.
Brainard
(BAL)
27
5.
Spalding
(BOS)
23
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
21
7.
Stearns
(HAR)
13
8.
Bond
(BRA)
10
Fisher
(HAR)
10
Manning
(BAL)
10
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
753
2.
Zettlein
(CHI)
653
3.
Mathews
(NYU)
647
4.
Bond
(BRA)
609
5.
Cummings
(PHI)
602
6.
McBride
(ATH)
514
7.
Fisher
(HAR)
405
8.
Brainard
(BAL)
403
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
255
10.
Manning
(BAL)
231
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Manning
(BAL)
1.200
2.
Fisher
(HAR)
1.100
Bond
(BRA)
1.100
4.
Stearns
(HAR)
1.077
5.
Brainard
(BAL)
.593
6.
Cummings
(PHI)
.524
7.
Spalding
(BOS)
.478
8.
McBride
(ATH)
.345
9.
Zettlein
(CHI)
.261
10.
Mathews
(NYU)
.256
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spalding
(BOS)
.015
2.
Fisher
(HAR)
.028
3.
Brainard
(BAL)
.038
4.
Mathews
(NYU)
.047
5.
Zettlein
(CHI)
.052
6.
Stearns
(HAR)
.055
7.
Cummings
(PHI)
.075
8.
McBride
(ATH)
.092
9.
Manning
(BAL)
.150
10.
Bond
(BRA)
.290
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bond
(BRA)
32
2.
Zettlein
(CHI)
30
3.
Cummings
(PHI)
26
4.
Fisher
(HAR)
23
5.
Brainard
(BAL)
22
Mathews
(NYU)
22
McBride
(ATH)
22
8.
Spalding
(BOS)
16
Manning
(BAL)
16
10.
Stearns
(HAR)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bond
(BRA)
176
Zettlein
(CHI)
176
3.
Spalding
(BOS)
161
4.
Cummings
(PHI)
154
5.
Mathews
(NYU)
148
6.
McBride
(ATH)
138
7.
Brainard
(BAL)
131
8.
Fisher
(HAR)
107
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
82
10.
Manning
(BAL)
68
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(NYU)
134
2.
Spalding
(BOS)
126
3.
McBride
(ATH)
124
4.
Cummings
(PHI)
106
5.
Fisher
(HAR)
105
6.
Zettlein
(CHI)
100
7.
Manning
(BAL)
92
8.
Bond
(BRA)
89
9.
Stearns
(HAR)
71
10.
Brainard
(BAL)
64
1873 NA
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1875 NA
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1874 MLB
Pitching Leaders