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Buffalo Bisons Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Russ Ford 1.819 1914

2. Gene Krapp 2.493 1914

3. Fred Anderson 2.513 1915

4. Fred Anderson 3.077 1914

5. Al Schulz 3.081 1915

6. Hugh Bedient 3.175 1915

7. Al Schulz 3.368 1914

8. Gene Krapp 3.506 1915

9. Harry Moran 4.266 1914

10. Earl Moore 4.300 1914

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Fred Anderson 2.806 500.3

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Russ Ford 21 1914

Al Schulz 21 1915

3. Fred Anderson 19 1915

4. Hugh Bedient 16 1915

Gene Krapp 16 1914

6. Fred Anderson 13 1914

7. Earl Moore 11 1914

8. Harry Moran 10 1914

9. Gene Krapp 9 1915

Al Schulz 9 1914

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Fred Anderson 32 500.3

2. Al Schulz 30 480.7

3. Russ Ford 26 374.7

4. Gene Krapp 25 483.7

5. Hugh Bedient 16 269.3

6. Earl Moore 11 194.7

7. Harry Moran 10 154.0

8. Ed Lafitte 2 50.3

Rube Marshall 2 59.3

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Russ Ford .778 1914

2. Al Schulz .600 1915

3. Fred Anderson .594 1915

4. Harry Moran .588 1914

5. Gene Krapp .533 1914

6. Hugh Bedient .471 1915

7. Fred Anderson .464 1914

8. Al Schulz .429 1914

9. Earl Moore .423 1914

10. Russ Ford .357 1915

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Al Schulz .536 480.7

2. Fred Anderson .533 500.3

3. Gene Krapp .431 483.7

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Russ Ford 0.934 1914

2. Fred Anderson 1.100 1915

3. Fred Anderson 1.179 1914

4. Gene Krapp 1.239 1914

5. Hugh Bedient 1.311 1915

6. Al Schulz 1.334 1915

7. Gene Krapp 1.346 1915

8. Harry Moran 1.377 1914

9. Al Schulz 1.386 1914

10. Earl Moore 1.454 1914

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Fred Anderson 1.141 500.3

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Russ Ford 6.914 1914

2. Gene Krapp 7.053 1914

3. Fred Anderson 7.200 1915

4. Gene Krapp 7.325 1915

5. Al Schulz 7.673 1915

6. Fred Anderson 8.401 1914

7. Al Schulz 8.421 1914

8. Earl Moore 8.507 1914

9. Harry Moran 9.292 1914

10. Hugh Bedient 9.490 1915

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Fred Anderson 7.825 500.3

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
Rank Player BB/9 Year

1. Russ Ford 1.492 1914

2. Fred Anderson 2.212 1914

3. Hugh Bedient 2.306 1915

4. Fred Anderson 2.700 1915

5. Harry Moran 3.097 1914

6. Russ Ford 3.393 1915

7. Al Schulz 4.053 1914

8. Gene Krapp 4.096 1914

9. Al Schulz 4.330 1915

10. Earl Moore 4.577 1914

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
Rank Player BB/9 IP

1. Fred Anderson 2.446 500.3

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Fred Anderson 5.325 1915

2. Fred Anderson 4.978 1914

3. Al Schulz 4.650 1915

4. Al Schulz 4.579 1914

5. Russ Ford 4.476 1914

6. Earl Moore 4.438 1914

7. Harry Moran 4.266 1914

8. Gene Krapp 3.776 1914

9. Gene Krapp 3.623 1915

10. Hugh Bedient 3.542 1915

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Fred Anderson 5.145 500.3

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Hugh Bedient 53 1915

2. Al Schulz 42 1915

3. Gene Krapp 38 1915

4. Fred Anderson 37 1914

5. Fred Anderson 36 1915

Gene Krapp 36 1914

Earl Moore 36 1914

8. Russ Ford 35 1914

9. Harry Moran 34 1914

10. Al Schulz 27 1914

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Gene Krapp 74 483.7

2. Fred Anderson 73 500.3

3. Al Schulz 69 480.7

4. Russ Ford 56 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 53 269.3

6. Earl Moore 36 194.7

7. Harry Moran 34 154.0

8. Rube Marshall 21 59.3

9. Howard Ehmke 18 53.7

Dan Woodman 18 49.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Hugh Bedient 10 1915

2. Russ Ford 6 1914

3. Bob Smith 3 1914

4. Earl Moore 2 1914

Harry Moran 2 1914

Al Schulz 2 1914

7. Ed Lafitte 1 1915

Dan Woodman 1 1914

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Hugh Bedient 10 269.3

2. Russ Ford 6 374.7

3. Bob Smith 3 37.7

4. Earl Moore 2 194.7

Harry Moran 2 154.0

Al Schulz 2 480.7

7. Ed Lafitte 1 50.3

Dan Woodman 1 49.0

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Al Schulz 309.7 1915

2. Hugh Bedient 269.3 1915

3. Fred Anderson 260.3 1914

4. Gene Krapp 252.7 1914

5. Russ Ford 247.3 1914

6. Fred Anderson 240.0 1915

7. Gene Krapp 231.0 1915

8. Earl Moore 194.7 1914

9. Al Schulz 171.0 1914

10. Harry Moran 154.0 1914

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Fred Anderson 500.3 500.3

2. Gene Krapp 483.7 483.7

3. Al Schulz 480.7 480.7

4. Russ Ford 374.7 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 269.3 269.3

6. Earl Moore 194.7 194.7

7. Harry Moran 154.0 154.0

8. Rube Marshall 59.3 59.3

9. Howard Ehmke 53.7 53.7

10. Ed Lafitte 50.3 50.3

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Al Schulz 160 1915

2. Fred Anderson 144 1914

3. Fred Anderson 142 1915

4. Russ Ford 123 1914

5. Hugh Bedient 106 1915

Gene Krapp 106 1914

7. Earl Moore 96 1914

8. Gene Krapp 93 1915

9. Al Schulz 87 1914

10. Harry Moran 73 1914

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Fred Anderson 286 500.3

2. Al Schulz 247 480.7

3. Gene Krapp 199 483.7

4. Russ Ford 157 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 106 269.3

6. Earl Moore 96 194.7

7. Harry Moran 73 154.0

8. Rube Marshall 21 59.3

9. Howard Ehmke 18 53.7

10. Ed Lafitte 17 50.3

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Al Schulz 38 1915

2. Hugh Bedient 30 1915

Gene Krapp 30 1915

4. Gene Krapp 29 1914

5. Fred Anderson 28 1914

Fred Anderson 28 1915

7. Earl Moore 27 1914

8. Russ Ford 26 1914

9. Al Schulz 23 1914

10. Harry Moran 16 1914

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Al Schulz 61 480.7

2. Gene Krapp 59 483.7

3. Fred Anderson 56 500.3

4. Russ Ford 41 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 30 269.3

6. Earl Moore 27 194.7

7. Harry Moran 16 154.0

8. Ed Lafitte 5 50.3

9. Rube Marshall 4 59.3

10. Ed Porray 3 10.3

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Al Schulz 25 1915

2. Fred Anderson 21 1914

3. Russ Ford 19 1914

4. Gene Krapp 18 1914

5. Hugh Bedient 16 1915

6. Fred Anderson 14 1915

Gene Krapp 14 1915

Earl Moore 14 1914

9. Al Schulz 10 1914

10. Russ Ford 7 1915

Harry Moran 7 1914

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Fred Anderson 35 500.3

Al Schulz 35 480.7

3. Gene Krapp 32 483.7

4. Russ Ford 26 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 16 269.3

6. Earl Moore 14 194.7

7. Harry Moran 7 154.0

8. Rube Marshall 2 59.3

9. Ed Lafitte 1 50.3

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Fred Anderson 5 1915

Russ Ford 5 1914

Al Schulz 5 1915

4. Fred Anderson 2 1914

Hugh Bedient 2 1915

Earl Moore 2 1914

Harry Moran 2 1914

8. Gene Krapp 1 1914

Gene Krapp 1 1915

Ed Lafitte 1 1915

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Fred Anderson 7 500.3

2. Russ Ford 5 374.7

Al Schulz 5 480.7

4. Hugh Bedient 2 269.3

Gene Krapp 2 483.7

Earl Moore 2 194.7

Harry Moran 2 154.0

8. Ed Lafitte 1 50.3

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Russ Ford 11 1914

2. Fred Anderson 8 1914

Al Schulz 8 1915

4. Russ Ford 7 1915

Harry Moran 7 1914

6. Gene Krapp 6 1915

7. Fred Anderson 5 1915

Hugh Bedient 5 1915

9. Gene Krapp 4 1914

10. Earl Moore 3 1914

Biff Schlitzer 3 1914

Al Schulz 3 1914

Bob Smith 3 1914

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Russ Ford 18 374.7

2. Fred Anderson 13 500.3

3. Al Schulz 11 480.7

4. Gene Krapp 10 483.7

5. Harry Moran 7 154.0

6. Hugh Bedient 5 269.3

7. Earl Moore 3 194.7

Biff Schlitzer 3 3.3

Bob Smith 3 37.7

10. Howard Ehmke 2 53.7

Ed Porray 2 10.3

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Al Schulz 149 1915

2. Gene Krapp 123 1915

3. Gene Krapp 115 1914

4. Earl Moore 99 1914

5. Al Schulz 77 1914

6. Fred Anderson 72 1915

7. Hugh Bedient 69 1915

8. Fred Anderson 64 1914

9. Harry Moran 53 1914

10. Russ Ford 48 1915

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Gene Krapp 238 483.7

2. Al Schulz 226 480.7

3. Fred Anderson 136 500.3

4. Earl Moore 99 194.7

5. Russ Ford 89 374.7

6. Hugh Bedient 69 269.3

7. Harry Moran 53 154.0

8. Rube Marshall 33 59.3

9. Howard Ehmke 25 53.7

10. Ed Lafitte 22 50.3

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Hugh Bedient 284 1915

2. Al Schulz 264 1915

3. Fred Anderson 243 1914

4. Gene Krapp 198 1914

5. Fred Anderson 192 1915

6. Russ Ford 190 1914

7. Gene Krapp 188 1915

8. Earl Moore 184 1914

9. Al Schulz 160 1914

10. Harry Moran 159 1914

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Fred Anderson 435 500.3

2. Al Schulz 424 480.7

3. Gene Krapp 386 483.7

4. Russ Ford 330 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 284 269.3

6. Earl Moore 184 194.7

7. Harry Moran 159 154.0

8. Howard Ehmke 69 53.7

9. Rube Marshall 62 59.3

10. Ed Lafitte 53 50.3

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Russ Ford 3.000 1914

2. Fred Anderson 2.250 1914

3. Fred Anderson 1.972 1915

4. Hugh Bedient 1.536 1915

5. Harry Moran 1.377 1914

6. Al Schulz 1.130 1914

7. Al Schulz 1.074 1915

8. Earl Moore 0.970 1914

9. Gene Krapp 0.922 1914

10. Gene Krapp 0.756 1915

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Fred Anderson 2.103 500.3

Home Runs per 9 IP
Rank Player Home Runs/9 Year

1. Earl Moore 0.139 1914

2. Gene Krapp 0.142 1914

3. Al Schulz 0.158 1914

4. Hugh Bedient 0.167 1915

5. Fred Anderson 0.188 1915

6. Al Schulz 0.233 1915

7. Gene Krapp 0.234 1915

8. Fred Anderson 0.277 1914

9. Russ Ford 0.400 1914

10. Harry Moran 0.409 1914

Home Runs per 9 IP
Rank Player Home Runs/9 IP

1. Fred Anderson 0.234 500.3

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Gene Krapp 19 1915

2. Hugh Bedient 18 1915

3. Fred Anderson 15 1914

Earl Moore 15 1914

5. Gene Krapp 14 1914

Al Schulz 14 1915

7. Fred Anderson 13 1915

8. Al Schulz 12 1914

9. Russ Ford 9 1915

10. Harry Moran 7 1914

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Gene Krapp 33 483.7

2. Fred Anderson 28 500.3

3. Al Schulz 26 480.7

4. Hugh Bedient 18 269.3

5. Russ Ford 15 374.7

Earl Moore 15 194.7

7. Harry Moran 7 154.0

8. Howard Ehmke 2 53.7

Ed Lafitte 2 50.3

10. Joe Houser 1 23.0

Rube Marshall 1 59.3

Ed Porray 1 10.3

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Al Schulz 106 1915

2. Hugh Bedient 95 1915

3. Earl Moore 93 1914

4. Gene Krapp 90 1915

5. Fred Anderson 89 1914

6. Harry Moran 73 1914

7. Gene Krapp 70 1914

8. Fred Anderson 67 1915

9. Russ Ford 64 1915

Al Schulz 64 1914

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Al Schulz 170 480.7

2. Gene Krapp 160 483.7

3. Fred Anderson 156 500.3

4. Russ Ford 114 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 95 269.3

6. Earl Moore 93 194.7

7. Harry Moran 73 154.0

8. Howard Ehmke 33 53.7

9. Rube Marshall 26 59.3

10. Ed Lafitte 19 50.3

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Gene Krapp 10 1914

2. Fred Anderson 9 1914

Earl Moore 9 1914

4. Gene Krapp 6 1915

5. Fred Anderson 4 1915

Hugh Bedient 4 1915

Al Schulz 4 1915

8. Howard Ehmke 3 1915

Russ Ford 3 1915

Rube Marshall 3 1915

Harry Moran 3 1914

Al Schulz 3 1914

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Gene Krapp 16 483.7

2. Fred Anderson 13 500.3

3. Earl Moore 9 194.7

4. Al Schulz 7 480.7

5. Hugh Bedient 4 269.3

6. Howard Ehmke 3 53.7

Russ Ford 3 374.7

Rube Marshall 3 59.3

Harry Moran 3 154.0

10. Ed Lafitte 1 50.3

Biff Schlitzer 1 3.3

Bob Smith 1 37.7

Dan Woodman 1 49.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Gene Krapp 12 1914

2. Harry Moran 11 1914

3. Earl Moore 10 1914

4. Russ Ford 7 1914

5. Al Schulz 6 1915

6. Howard Ehmke 5 1915

7. Gene Krapp 4 1915

8. Fred Anderson 3 1915

Hugh Bedient 3 1915

Russ Ford 3 1915

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Gene Krapp 16 483.7

2. Harry Moran 11 154.0

3. Russ Ford 10 374.7

Earl Moore 10 194.7

5. Al Schulz 8 480.7

6. Fred Anderson 5 500.3

Howard Ehmke 5 53.7

8. Hugh Bedient 3 269.3

9. Ed Lafitte 2 50.3

Rube Marshall 2 59.3

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Al Schulz 1263 1915

2. Hugh Bedient 1110 1915

3. Gene Krapp 1069 1914

4. Fred Anderson 1040 1914

5. Russ Ford 948 1914

6. Gene Krapp 946 1915

7. Fred Anderson 938 1915

8. Earl Moore 809 1914

9. Al Schulz 697 1914

10. Harry Moran 640 1914

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Gene Krapp 2015 483.7

2. Fred Anderson 1978 500.3

3. Al Schulz 1960 480.7

4. Russ Ford 1507 374.7

5. Hugh Bedient 1110 269.3

6. Earl Moore 809 194.7

7. Harry Moran 640 154.0

8. Rube Marshall 256 59.3

9. Howard Ehmke 242 53.7

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Hugh Bedient 19 1915

2. Rube Marshall 12 1915

Harry Moran 12 1914

4. Howard Ehmke 11 1915

5. Dan Woodman 10 1914

6. Russ Ford 9 1914

Ed Lafitte 9 1915

Bob Smith 9 1914

9. Fred Anderson 7 1914

Gene Krapp 7 1915

Earl Moore 7 1914

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Hugh Bedient 19 269.3

2. Russ Ford 14 374.7

3. Dan Woodman 13 49.0

4. Fred Anderson 12 500.3

Gene Krapp 12 483.7

Rube Marshall 12 59.3

Harry Moran 12 154.0

8. Howard Ehmke 11 53.7

9. Bob Smith 10 37.7

10. Ed Lafitte 9 50.3

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Russ Ford 181 1914

2. Gene Krapp 132 1914

3. Fred Anderson 124 1915

4. Fred Anderson 107 1914

5. Al Schulz 101 1915

6. Hugh Bedient 98 1915

7. Al Schulz 98 1914

8. Gene Krapp 89 1915

9. Harry Moran 77 1914

10. Earl Moore 77 1914

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Fred Anderson 115 500.3

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