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1888 National League Pitching Leaders
1887 NL
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Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
1.741
2.
Sanders
(PHI)
1.896
3.
Buffinton
(PHI)
1.911
4.
Welch
(NYG)
1.926
5.
Sowders
(BSN)
2.073
6.
Titcomb
(NYG)
2.239
7.
Conway
(DTN)
2.256
8.
Gruber
(DTN)
2.288
9.
Morris
(PIT)
2.306
10.
Krock
(CHC)
2.438
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
35
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
33
3.
Conway
(DTN)
30
4.
Morris
(PIT)
29
5.
Buffinton
(PHI)
28
6.
Welch
(NYG)
26
7.
Krock
(CHC)
25
8.
Galvin
(PIT)
23
9.
Sanders
(PHI)
19
Sowders
(BSN)
19
Getzien
(DTN)
19
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
.745
2.
Conway
(DTN)
.682
3.
Sanders
(PHI)
.655
4.
Krock
(CHC)
.641
5.
Titcomb
(NYG)
.636
6.
Clarkson
(BSN)
.623
7.
Buffinton
(PHI)
.622
8.
Welch
(NYG)
.578
9.
Sowders
(BSN)
.559
10.
Morris
(PIT)
.558
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
.937
2.
Conway
(DTN)
.951
3.
Buffinton
(PHI)
.957
4.
Gruber
(DTN)
.988
5.
Titcomb
(NYG)
.990
6.
Sanders
(PHI)
.992
7.
Krock
(CHC)
1.001
8.
Madden
(BSN)
1.006
9.
Welch
(NYG)
1.025
10.
Sowders
(BSN)
1.107
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
6.569
2.
Titcomb
(NYG)
6.807
3.
Welch
(NYG)
6.940
4.
Conway
(DTN)
7.251
5.
Buffinton
(PHI)
7.284
6.
Gruber
(DTN)
7.350
7.
Madden
(BSN)
7.746
8.
Krock
(CHC)
7.816
9.
Sanders
(PHI)
7.845
10.
Sowders
(BSN)
7.893
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sanders
(PHI)
1.079
2.
Galvin
(PIT)
1.091
3.
Krock
(CHC)
1.192
4.
Getzien
(DTN)
1.203
5.
Madden
(BSN)
1.309
6.
Conway
(DTN)
1.312
7.
Buffinton
(PHI)
1.326
8.
Morris
(PIT)
1.388
9.
Whitney
(WHS)
1.495
10.
Casey
(PHI)
1.512
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
6.942
2.
Titcomb
(NYG)
5.893
3.
Baldwin
(CHC)
5.630
4.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
5.092
5.
Getzien
(DTN)
4.500
6.
Buffinton
(PHI)
4.474
7.
Krock
(CHC)
4.266
8.
O'Day
(WHS)
4.154
9.
Clarkson
(BSN)
4.152
10.
Conway
(DTN)
4.051
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
55
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
54
3.
Keefe
(NYG)
51
4.
Galvin
(PIT)
50
5.
Welch
(NYG)
47
6.
Buffinton
(PHI)
46
Getzien
(DTN)
46
O'Day
(WHS)
46
9.
Conway
(DTN)
45
10.
Whitney
(WHS)
39
Krock
(CHC)
39
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wood
(PHI)
2
2.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
1
Tyng
(PHI)
1
Twitchell
(DTN)
1
Crane
(NYG)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clarkson
(BSN)
483.1
2.
Morris
(PIT)
480.0
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
437.1
4.
Keefe
(NYG)
434.1
5.
Welch
(NYG)
425.1
6.
Getzien
(DTN)
404.0
7.
O'Day
(WHS)
403.0
8.
Buffinton
(PHI)
400.1
9.
Conway
(DTN)
391.0
10.
Krock
(CHC)
339.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
335
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
223
3.
Getzien
(DTN)
202
4.
Buffinton
(PHI)
199
5.
O'Day
(WHS)
186
6.
Conway
(DTN)
176
7.
Welch
(NYG)
167
8.
Krock
(CHC)
161
9.
Baldwin
(CHC)
157
10.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
139
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
55
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
54
3.
Keefe
(NYG)
51
4.
Galvin
(PIT)
50
5.
Welch
(NYG)
47
6.
Getzien
(DTN)
46
O'Day
(WHS)
46
Buffinton
(PHI)
46
9.
Conway
(DTN)
45
10.
Krock
(CHC)
39
Whitney
(WHS)
39
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
54
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
53
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
49
4.
Keefe
(NYG)
48
5.
Welch
(NYG)
47
6.
O'Day
(WHS)
46
7.
Getzien
(DTN)
45
8.
Buffinton
(PHI)
43
Conway
(DTN)
43
10.
Krock
(CHC)
39
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
8
Sanders
(PHI)
8
3.
Buffinton
(PHI)
6
Galvin
(PIT)
6
5.
Morris
(PIT)
5
Welch
(NYG)
5
7.
Conway
(DTN)
4
Titcomb
(NYG)
4
Van Haltren
(CHC)
4
Krock
(CHC)
4
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shreve
(IND)
23
2.
Krock
(CHC)
20
3.
O'Day
(WHS)
19
4.
Clarkson
(BSN)
17
5.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
15
6.
Baldwin
(CHC)
13
Getzien
(DTN)
13
Healy
(IND)
13
9.
Burdick
(IND)
12
Welch
(NYG)
12
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clarkson
(BSN)
119
2.
O'Day
(WHS)
117
3.
Welch
(NYG)
108
4.
Baldwin
(CHC)
99
5.
Shreve
(IND)
93
6.
Keefe
(NYG)
90
7.
Healy
(IND)
87
8.
Morris
(PIT)
74
9.
Sowders
(BSN)
73
10.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
60
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morris
(PIT)
470
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
448
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
446
4.
Getzien
(DTN)
411
5.
O'Day
(WHS)
359
6.
Shreve
(IND)
352
7.
Healy
(IND)
347
8.
Welch
(NYG)
328
9.
Buffinton
(PHI)
324
10.
Whitney
(WHS)
317
Keefe
(NYG)
317
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Getzien
(DTN)
3.741
2.
Keefe
(NYG)
3.722
3.
Sanders
(PHI)
3.667
4.
Krock
(CHC)
3.578
5.
Buffinton
(PHI)
3.373
6.
Conway
(DTN)
3.088
7.
Titcomb
(NYG)
2.804
8.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
2.317
9.
Casey
(PHI)
2.250
10.
Madden
(BSN)
2.208
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sowders
(BSN)
.085
2.
Sanders
(PHI)
.098
3.
Keefe
(NYG)
.104
4.
Morris
(PIT)
.131
5.
Buffinton
(PHI)
.135
6.
Titcomb
(NYG)
.183
7.
Galvin
(PIT)
.185
8.
Casey
(PHI)
.189
9.
Whitney
(WHS)
.194
10.
Conway
(DTN)
.253
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
O'Day
(WHS)
29
2.
Getzien
(DTN)
25
Galvin
(PIT)
25
4.
Shreve
(IND)
24
Healy
(IND)
24
6.
Morris
(PIT)
23
7.
Boyle
(IND)
22
8.
Whitney
(WHS)
21
9.
Clarkson
(BSN)
20
10.
Welch
(NYG)
19
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shreve
(IND)
153
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
148
3.
Healy
(IND)
139
O'Day
(WHS)
139
5.
Getzien
(DTN)
137
6.
Galvin
(PIT)
128
7.
Morris
(PIT)
123
8.
Boyle
(IND)
117
9.
Whitney
(WHS)
110
10.
Casey
(PHI)
100
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clarkson
(BSN)
33
2.
Shreve
(IND)
24
3.
Getzien
(DTN)
23
4.
Boyle
(IND)
22
5.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
21
Keefe
(NYG)
21
7.
Healy
(IND)
19
8.
Baldwin
(CHC)
18
9.
Welch
(NYG)
17
O'Day
(WHS)
17
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
O'Day
(WHS)
16
2.
Healy
(IND)
15
Madden
(BSN)
15
4.
Welch
(NYG)
14
5.
Conway
(DTN)
13
Van Haltren
(CHC)
13
Baldwin
(CHC)
13
8.
Keefe
(NYG)
12
Gleason
(PHI)
12
10.
Boyle
(IND)
10
Clarkson
(BSN)
10
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clarkson
(BSN)
2029
2.
Morris
(PIT)
2002
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
1809
4.
Keefe
(NYG)
1723
5.
Welch
(NYG)
1710
6.
Getzien
(DTN)
1697
7.
O'Day
(WHS)
1680
8.
Buffinton
(PHI)
1586
Conway
(DTN)
1586
10.
Healy
(IND)
1401
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
6
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
5
3.
Ewing
(NYG)
2
Gruber
(DTN)
2
Madden
(BSN)
2
Maul
(PIT)
2
Sanders
(PHI)
2
Schoeneck
(IND)
2
Wood
(PHI)
2
10.
Gleason
(PHI)
1
Baldwin
(DTN)
1
Gilmore
(WHS)
1
George
(NYG)
1
McGeachey
(IND)
1
Denny
(IND)
1
Daily
(WHS)
1
Crane
(NYG)
1
Shoch
(WHS)
1
Sowders
(BSN)
1
Staley
(PIT)
1
Twitchell
(DTN)
1
Tyng
(PHI)
1
Brynan
(CHC)
1
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keefe
(NYG)
156
2.
Sanders
(PHI)
155
3.
Buffinton
(PHI)
154
4.
Welch
(NYG)
141
5.
Sowders
(BSN)
139
6.
Krock
(CHC)
123
7.
Conway
(DTN)
122
8.
Titcomb
(NYG)
121
9.
Gruber
(DTN)
120
10.
Morris
(PIT)
114
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