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1884 National League Pitching Leaders
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Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
1.379
2.
Sweeney
(PRO)
1.548
3.
Getzien
(DTN)
1.955
4.
Galvin
(BUF)
1.994
5.
Whitney
(BSN)
2.089
6.
Clarkson
(CHC)
2.136
7.
Buffinton
(BSN)
2.147
8.
Vinton
(PHI)
2.225
9.
Corcoran
(CHC)
2.404
10.
Welch
(NYG)
2.503
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
59
2.
Buffinton
(BSN)
48
3.
Galvin
(BUF)
46
4.
Welch
(NYG)
39
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
35
6.
Whitney
(BSN)
23
7.
Ferguson
(PHI)
21
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
19
9.
Sweeney
(PRO)
17
10.
Serad
(BUF)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
.831
2.
Clarkson
(CHC)
.769
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
.750
4.
Sweeney
(PRO)
.680
5.
Galvin
(BUF)
.676
6.
Welch
(NYG)
.650
7.
Whitney
(BSN)
.622
8.
Corcoran
(CHC)
.603
9.
Dorgan
(NYG)
.571
10.
Vinton
(PHI)
.500
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sweeney
(PRO)
.824
2.
Whitney
(BSN)
.890
3.
Radbourn
(PRO)
.922
4.
Getzien
(DTN)
.971
5.
Galvin
(BUF)
.989
6.
Buffinton
(BSN)
.992
7.
Clarkson
(CHC)
1.009
8.
Vinton
(PHI)
1.104
9.
Corcoran
(CHC)
1.140
10.
McCormick
(CLV)
1.203
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sweeney
(PRO)
6.231
2.
Radbourn
(PRO)
7.002
3.
Clarkson
(CHC)
7.170
4.
Getzien
(DTN)
7.208
5.
Whitney
(BSN)
7.286
6.
Buffinton
(BSN)
7.758
7.
Galvin
(BUF)
8.005
8.
Vinton
(PHI)
8.209
9.
Corcoran
(CHC)
8.239
10.
Welch
(NYG)
8.526
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Whitney
(BSN)
.723
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
.891
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
1.165
4.
Sweeney
(PRO)
1.181
5.
Coleman
(PHI)
1.283
6.
Radbourn
(PRO)
1.300
7.
Goldsmith
(CHC)
1.388
8.
Getzien
(DTN)
1.527
9.
Vinton
(PHI)
1.731
10.
McCormick
(CLV)
1.880
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clarkson
(CHC)
7.780
2.
Whitney
(BSN)
7.232
3.
Getzien
(DTN)
6.536
4.
Buffinton
(BSN)
6.394
5.
Sweeney
(PRO)
5.905
6.
Radbourn
(PRO)
5.848
7.
Shaw
(DTN)
5.614
8.
Welch
(NYG)
5.571
9.
Galvin
(BUF)
5.219
10.
Vinton
(PHI)
5.192
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
75
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
72
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
67
4.
Welch
(NYG)
65
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
60
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
50
7.
Harkins
(CLV)
46
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
42
9.
Whitney
(BSN)
38
10.
Serad
(BUF)
37
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morrill
(BSN)
2
2.
Sweeney
(PRO)
1
Radbourn
(PRO)
1
O'Rourke
(BUF)
1
Ferguson
(PHI)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
678.2
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
636.1
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
587.0
4.
Welch
(NYG)
557.1
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
516.2
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
416.2
7.
Harkins
(CLV)
391.0
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
359.0
9.
Whitney
(BSN)
336.0
10.
Serad
(BUF)
308.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
441
2.
Buffinton
(BSN)
417
3.
Galvin
(BUF)
369
4.
Welch
(NYG)
345
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
272
6.
Whitney
(BSN)
270
7.
Ferguson
(PHI)
194
8.
Harkins
(CLV)
192
9.
McCormick
(CLV)
182
10.
Serad
(BUF)
150
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
73
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
72
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
67
4.
Welch
(NYG)
65
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
59
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
47
7.
Harkins
(CLV)
45
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
41
9.
Whitney
(BSN)
37
Serad
(BUF)
37
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
73
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
71
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
63
4.
Welch
(NYG)
62
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
57
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
46
7.
Harkins
(CLV)
42
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
39
9.
Whitney
(BSN)
35
10.
Serad
(BUF)
34
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Galvin
(BUF)
12
2.
Radbourn
(PRO)
11
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
8
4.
Corcoran
(CHC)
7
5.
Whitney
(BSN)
6
6.
Welch
(NYG)
4
Sweeney
(PRO)
4
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
3
Harkins
(CLV)
3
10.
Ferguson
(PHI)
2
Serad
(BUF)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Corcoran
(CHC)
35
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
23
3.
Serad
(BUF)
21
4.
Radbourn
(PRO)
18
5.
McCormick
(CLV)
17
6.
Buffinton
(BSN)
15
7.
Ferguson
(PHI)
13
8.
Welch
(NYG)
12
Lee
(CHC)
12
Whitney
(BSN)
12
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Welch
(NYG)
146
2.
Corcoran
(CHC)
116
3.
Serad
(BUF)
111
4.
Harkins
(CLV)
108
5.
Begley
(NYG)
99
6.
Radbourn
(PRO)
98
7.
Ferguson
(PHI)
93
8.
Buffinton
(BSN)
76
9.
McCormick
(CLV)
75
10.
Shaw
(DTN)
72
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Galvin
(BUF)
566
2.
Radbourn
(PRO)
528
Welch
(NYG)
528
4.
Buffinton
(BSN)
506
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
473
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
443
7.
Harkins
(CLV)
399
8.
Serad
(BUF)
373
9.
McCormick
(CLV)
357
10.
Meinke
(DTN)
341
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Whitney
(BSN)
10.000
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
5.857
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
5.487
4.
Sweeney
(PRO)
5.000
5.
Radbourn
(PRO)
4.500
6.
Getzien
(DTN)
4.280
7.
Clarkson
(CHC)
4.080
8.
Vinton
(PHI)
3.000
9.
McCormick
(CLV)
2.427
10.
Welch
(NYG)
2.363
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Getzien
(DTN)
.122
2.
Harkins
(CLV)
.161
3.
Sweeney
(PRO)
.163
4.
Welch
(NYG)
.194
5.
Buffinton
(BSN)
.230
6.
Radbourn
(PRO)
.239
7.
Ferguson
(PHI)
.281
8.
Vinton
(PHI)
.297
9.
Begley
(NYG)
.305
10.
Meinke
(DTN)
.311
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Harkins
(CLV)
32
2.
Ferguson
(PHI)
25
3.
Corcoran
(CHC)
23
Meinke
(DTN)
23
5.
Galvin
(BUF)
22
McCormick
(CLV)
22
7.
Welch
(NYG)
21
Wiedman
(DTN)
21
9.
Serad
(BUF)
20
10.
Moffett
(CLV)
19
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ferguson
(PHI)
164
2.
Harkins
(CLV)
160
3.
Welch
(NYG)
155
4.
Serad
(BUF)
146
5.
Galvin
(BUF)
141
6.
Buffinton
(BSN)
140
7.
Corcoran
(CHC)
138
8.
Begley
(NYG)
123
9.
McCormick
(CLV)
114
10.
Radbourn
(PRO)
104
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Harkins
(CLV)
48
2.
McElroy
(PHI)
46
3.
Serad
(BUF)
42
4.
Welch
(NYG)
39
5.
Radbourn
(PRO)
34
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
33
Begley
(NYG)
33
8.
Moffett
(CLV)
29
9.
Corcoran
(CHC)
27
10.
Buffinton
(BSN)
24
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
2672
2.
Galvin
(BUF)
2554
3.
Buffinton
(BSN)
2383
4.
Welch
(NYG)
2370
5.
Corcoran
(CHC)
2180
6.
Ferguson
(PHI)
1844
7.
Harkins
(CLV)
1709
8.
McCormick
(CLV)
1518
9.
Serad
(BUF)
1440
10.
Whitney
(BSN)
1343
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morrill
(BSN)
6
2.
Meinke
(DTN)
4
3.
Sweeney
(PRO)
3
Ferguson
(PHI)
3
Ward
(NYG)
3
O'Rourke
(BUF)
3
7.
Moffett
(CLV)
2
Coleman
(PHI)
2
Serad
(BUF)
2
Glasscock
(CLV)
2
Radbourn
(PRO)
2
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radbourn
(PRO)
207
2.
Sweeney
(PRO)
185
3.
Galvin
(BUF)
157
4.
Getzien
(DTN)
148
5.
Clarkson
(CHC)
146
6.
Whitney
(BSN)
138
7.
Buffinton
(BSN)
134
8.
Vinton
(PHI)
132
9.
Corcoran
(CHC)
130
10.
Welch
(NYG)
121
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