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1891 National League Pitching Leaders
1890 NL
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1891 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ewing
(NYG)
2.272
2.
Nichols
(BSN)
2.391
3.
Rusie
(NYG)
2.554
4.
Staley
(TOT)
2.583
5.
Baldwin
(PIT)
2.756
6.
Clarkson
(BSN)
2.794
7.
Hutchison
(CHC)
2.807
8.
Young
(CLV)
2.847
9.
Rhines
(CIN)
2.874
10.
Galvin
(PIT)
2.882
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
44
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
33
Rusie
(NYG)
33
4.
Nichols
(BSN)
30
5.
Young
(CLV)
27
6.
Staley
(TOT)
24
Gleason
(PHI)
24
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
23
Lovett
(BRO)
23
10.
Baldwin
(PIT)
22
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ewing
(NYG)
.724
2.
Hutchison
(CHC)
.698
3.
Staley
(TOT)
.649
4.
Nichols
(BSN)
.638
5.
Clarkson
(BSN)
.635
6.
Rusie
(NYG)
.623
7.
Gumbert
(CHC)
.607
8.
Esper
(PHI)
.571
9.
Caruthers
(BRO)
.563
10.
Young
(CLV)
.551
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Staley
(TOT)
1.213
2.
Nichols
(BSN)
1.213
3.
Hutchison
(CHC)
1.223
4.
Ewing
(NYG)
1.270
5.
Clarkson
(BSN)
1.279
6.
Galvin
(PIT)
1.289
7.
Rusie
(NYG)
1.305
8.
Rhines
(CIN)
1.310
9.
Lovett
(BRO)
1.340
10.
Young
(CLV)
1.348
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rusie
(NYG)
7.033
2.
Baldwin
(PIT)
7.917
3.
Ewing
(NYG)
7.920
4.
Hutchison
(CHC)
8.150
5.
Mullane
(CIN)
8.233
6.
Clarkson
(BSN)
8.499
7.
Staley
(TOT)
8.694
8.
Nichols
(BSN)
8.739
9.
Rhines
(CIN)
8.791
10.
Lovett
(BRO)
8.885
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
2.180
2.
Staley
(TOT)
2.222
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
2.262
4.
Radbourn
(CIN)
2.560
5.
Hutchison
(CHC)
2.856
6.
Young
(CLV)
2.974
7.
Rhines
(CIN)
2.995
8.
Clarkson
(BSN)
3.009
9.
Gruber
(CLV)
3.072
10.
Gumbert
(CHC)
3.160
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rusie
(NYG)
6.062
2.
Nichols
(BSN)
5.078
3.
Ewing
(NYG)
4.611
4.
Hutchison
(CHC)
4.187
5.
Baldwin
(PIT)
4.051
6.
Staley
(TOT)
3.861
7.
King
(PIT)
3.747
8.
Hemming
(BRO)
3.741
9.
Viau
(CLV)
3.405
10.
Rhines
(CIN)
3.333
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
66
2.
Rusie
(NYG)
61
3.
Clarkson
(BSN)
55
Young
(CLV)
55
5.
Baldwin
(PIT)
53
Gleason
(PHI)
53
7.
Nichols
(BSN)
52
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
51
9.
Rhines
(CIN)
48
King
(PIT)
48
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
3
Clarkson
(BSN)
3
3.
Young
(CLV)
2
Thornton
(PHI)
2
5.
Welch
(NYG)
1
Terry
(BRO)
1
Sharrott
(NYG)
1
Ryan
(CHC)
1
Rusie
(NYG)
1
Rhines
(CIN)
1
Caruthers
(BRO)
1
Davis
(CLV)
1
Esper
(PHI)
1
Gleason
(PHI)
1
Hemming
(BRO)
1
Hutchison
(CHC)
1
King
(PIT)
1
Luby
(CHC)
1
Maul
(PIT)
1
Keefe
(TOT)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
561.0
2.
Rusie
(NYG)
500.1
3.
Clarkson
(BSN)
460.2
4.
Baldwin
(PIT)
437.2
5.
Mullane
(CIN)
426.1
6.
Nichols
(BSN)
425.1
7.
Young
(CLV)
423.2
8.
Gleason
(PHI)
418.0
9.
King
(PIT)
384.1
10.
Rhines
(CIN)
372.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rusie
(NYG)
337
2.
Hutchison
(CHC)
261
3.
Nichols
(BSN)
240
4.
Baldwin
(PIT)
197
5.
King
(PIT)
160
6.
Young
(CLV)
147
7.
Clarkson
(BSN)
141
8.
Staley
(TOT)
139
9.
Ewing
(NYG)
138
Rhines
(CIN)
138
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
58
2.
Rusie
(NYG)
57
3.
Clarkson
(BSN)
51
4.
Baldwin
(PIT)
50
5.
Nichols
(BSN)
48
6.
Mullane
(CIN)
47
7.
Young
(CLV)
46
8.
King
(PIT)
44
Gleason
(PHI)
44
10.
Rhines
(CIN)
43
Lovett
(BRO)
43
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
56
2.
Rusie
(NYG)
52
3.
Baldwin
(PIT)
48
4.
Clarkson
(BSN)
47
5.
Nichols
(BSN)
45
6.
Young
(CLV)
43
7.
Mullane
(CIN)
42
8.
Gleason
(PHI)
40
King
(PIT)
40
Rhines
(CIN)
40
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rusie
(NYG)
6
2.
Ewing
(NYG)
5
Nichols
(BSN)
5
4.
Hutchison
(CHC)
4
5.
Clarkson
(BSN)
3
King
(PIT)
3
Lovett
(BRO)
3
8.
Caruthers
(BRO)
2
Galvin
(PIT)
2
Baldwin
(PIT)
2
Radbourn
(CIN)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
26
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
18
3.
Staley
(TOT)
15
Mullane
(CIN)
15
Nichols
(BSN)
15
6.
Lovett
(BRO)
14
7.
Radbourn
(CIN)
13
8.
Hemming
(BRO)
11
Luby
(CHC)
11
10.
Galvin
(PIT)
10
Baldwin
(PIT)
10
Gleason
(PHI)
10
Gruber
(CLV)
10
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rusie
(NYG)
262
2.
Baldwin
(PIT)
227
3.
Mullane
(CIN)
187
4.
Hutchison
(CHC)
178
5.
Gleason
(PHI)
165
6.
Clarkson
(BSN)
154
7.
King
(PIT)
144
8.
Young
(CLV)
140
9.
Viau
(CLV)
138
10.
Lovett
(BRO)
129
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
508
2.
Clarkson
(BSN)
435
3.
Gleason
(PHI)
431
Young
(CLV)
431
5.
Nichols
(BSN)
413
6.
Gruber
(CLV)
407
7.
Rusie
(NYG)
391
8.
Mullane
(CIN)
390
9.
Baldwin
(PIT)
385
10.
King
(PIT)
382
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
2.330
2.
Staley
(TOT)
1.738
3.
Hutchison
(CHC)
1.466
4.
Ewing
(NYG)
1.314
5.
Rusie
(NYG)
1.286
6.
Rhines
(CIN)
1.113
7.
King
(PIT)
1.111
8.
Young
(CLV)
1.050
9.
Lovett
(BRO)
1.000
10.
Hemming
(BRO)
.988
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ewing
(NYG)
.067
2.
Viau
(CLV)
.079
3.
Young
(CLV)
.085
4.
Rhines
(CIN)
.097
5.
Thornton
(PHI)
.100
6.
Rusie
(NYG)
.126
7.
King
(PIT)
.164
8.
Gumbert
(CHC)
.176
9.
Baldwin
(PIT)
.206
10.
Caruthers
(BRO)
.212
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
King
(PIT)
29
2.
Baldwin
(PIT)
28
3.
Mullane
(CIN)
26
4.
Rhines
(CIN)
24
5.
Young
(CLV)
22
Gleason
(PHI)
22
Gruber
(CLV)
22
8.
Rusie
(NYG)
20
9.
Clarkson
(BSN)
19
Lovett
(BRO)
19
Hutchison
(CHC)
19
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
175
2.
Gleason
(PHI)
163
3.
Gruber
(CLV)
160
4.
Mullane
(CIN)
153
5.
Lovett
(BRO)
150
6.
Clarkson
(BSN)
143
7.
Rusie
(NYG)
142
8.
Young
(CLV)
134
Baldwin
(PIT)
134
10.
King
(PIT)
133
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hutchison
(CHC)
25
2.
Baldwin
(PIT)
24
3.
King
(PIT)
22
4.
Lovett
(BRO)
21
Viau
(CLV)
21
6.
Gruber
(CLV)
20
7.
Mullane
(CIN)
18
Rhines
(CIN)
18
9.
Gleason
(PHI)
17
Rusie
(NYG)
17
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
17
2.
Radbourn
(CIN)
13
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
12
4.
Young
(CLV)
11
5.
Keefe
(TOT)
7
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Young
(CLV)
1830
2.
Nichols
(BSN)
1806
3.
Galvin
(PIT)
1093
4.
Radbourn
(CIN)
951
5.
Keefe
(TOT)
616
6.
Stephens
(CIN)
37
7.
Gormley
(PHI)
35
8.
Taylor
(NYG)
28
9.
Sullivan
(BSN)
9
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gleason
(PHI)
9
2.
Hutchison
(CHC)
8
Young
(CLV)
8
4.
Viau
(CLV)
6
Caruthers
(BRO)
6
Welch
(NYG)
6
Luby
(CHC)
6
8.
Thornton
(PHI)
5
Schultze
(PHI)
5
Rhines
(CIN)
5
Kling
(PHI)
5
Maul
(PIT)
5
Hemming
(BRO)
5
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nichols
(BSN)
152
2.
Ewing
(NYG)
141
3.
Staley
(TOT)
138
4.
Clarkson
(BSN)
130
5.
Rusie
(NYG)
126
6.
Hutchison
(CHC)
125
7.
Young
(CLV)
121
8.
Baldwin
(PIT)
119
9.
Rhines
(CIN)
118
10.
Viau
(CLV)
114
1890 NL
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Pitching Leaders