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Baltimore Canaries Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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WAR for Pitchers (?)†

Rank	Player	WAR for Pitchers	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	7.8	1873
2.	Bobby Mathews	6.3	1872
3.	Cherokee Fisher	3.0	1872
4.	Jack Manning	1.1	1874

WAR for Pitchers (?)

Rank	Player	WAR for Pitchers	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	7.8	382.0
2.	Bobby Mathews	6.3	406.0
3.	Cherokee Fisher	3.0	110.0
4.	Jack Manning	1.1	176.2

Earned Run Average (?)

Rank	Player	Earned Run Average	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	1.80	1872
2.	Jack Manning	2.09	1874
3.	Candy Cummings	2.80	1873
4.	Bobby Mathews	3.19	1872
5.	Asa Brainard	3.71	1874
6.	Asa Brainard	4.14	1873

Earned Run Average (?)

Rank	Player	Earned Run Average	IP

Wins (?)

Rank	Player	Wins	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	28	1873
2.	Bobby Mathews	25	1872
3.	Cherokee Fisher	10	1872
4.	Asa Brainard	5	1873
	Asa Brainard	5	1874
6.	Jack Manning	4	1874
7.	Davy Force	1	1873

Wins (?)

Rank	Player	Wins	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	28	382.0
2.	Bobby Mathews	25	406.0
3.	Asa Brainard	10	348.2
	Cherokee Fisher	10	110.0
5.	Jack Manning	4	176.2
6.	Davy Force	1	18.0

Win-Loss % (?)

Rank	Player	Win-Loss %	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	.909	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	.667	1873
3.	Bobby Mathews	.581	1872
4.	Asa Brainard	.417	1873
5.	Jack Manning	.200	1874
6.	Asa Brainard	.185	1874

Win-Loss % (?)

Rank	Player	Win-Loss %	IP

Walks & Hits per IP (?)

Rank	Player	Walks & Hits per IP	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	0.945	1872
2.	Bobby Mathews	1.310	1872
3.	Jack Manning	1.325	1874
4.	Candy Cummings	1.330	1873
5.	Asa Brainard	1.758	1873
6.	Asa Brainard	1.800	1874

Walks & Hits per IP (?)

Rank	Player	Walks & Hits per IP	IP

Hits per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Hits per 9 IP	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	7.609	1872
2.	Bobby Mathews	10.640	1872
3.	Candy Cummings	11.191	1873
4.	Jack Manning	11.309	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	15.074	1873
6.	Asa Brainard	15.188	1874

Hits per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Hits per 9 IP	IP

Bases On Balls per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Bases On Balls per 9 IP	Year
1.	Jack Manning	0.611	1874
2.	Asa Brainard	0.745	1873
3.	Candy Cummings	0.777	1873
4.	Cherokee Fisher	0.900	1872
5.	Asa Brainard	1.013	1874
6.	Bobby Mathews	1.153	1872

Bases On Balls per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Bases On Balls per 9 IP	IP

Strikeouts per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Strikeouts per 9 IP	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	1.636	1872
2.	Bobby Mathews	1.264	1872
3.	Candy Cummings	0.801	1873
4.	Jack Manning	0.611	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	0.300	1874
6.	Asa Brainard	0.248	1873

Strikeouts per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Strikeouts per 9 IP	IP

Games Played (?)

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	49	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	42	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	30	1874
4.	Jack Manning	22	1874
5.	Cherokee Fisher	19	1872
6.	Asa Brainard	14	1873
7.	Davy Force	3	1873
8.	Johnny Ryan	1	1874

Games Played (?)

Rank	Player	Games Played	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	49	406.0
2.	Asa Brainard	44	348.2
3.	Candy Cummings	42	382.0
4.	Jack Manning	22	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	19	110.0
6.	Davy Force	3	18.0
7.	Johnny Ryan	1	3.1

Saves (?)

Rank	Player	Saves	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	1	1872

Saves (?)

Rank	Player	Saves	IP
1.	Cherokee Fisher	1	110.0

Innings Pitched (?)

Rank	Player	Innings Pitched	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	406.0	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	382.0	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	240.0	1874
4.	Jack Manning	176.2	1874
5.	Cherokee Fisher	110.0	1872
6.	Asa Brainard	108.2	1873
7.	Davy Force	18.0	1873
8.	Johnny Ryan	3.1	1874

Innings Pitched (?)

Rank	Player	Innings Pitched	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	406.0	406.0
2.	Candy Cummings	382.0	382.0
3.	Asa Brainard	348.2	348.2
4.	Jack Manning	176.2	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	110.0	110.0
6.	Davy Force	18.0	18.0
7.	Johnny Ryan	3.1	3.1

Strikeouts (?)

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	57	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	34	1873
3.	Cherokee Fisher	20	1872
4.	Jack Manning	12	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	8	1874
6.	Asa Brainard	3	1873

Strikeouts (?)

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	57	406.0
2.	Candy Cummings	34	382.0
3.	Cherokee Fisher	20	110.0
4.	Jack Manning	12	176.2
5.	Asa Brainard	11	348.2

Games Started (?)

Rank	Player	Games Started	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	47	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	42	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	27	1874
4.	Jack Manning	20	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	14	1873
6.	Cherokee Fisher	11	1872
7.	Davy Force	1	1873

Games Started (?)

Rank	Player	Games Started	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	47	406.0
2.	Candy Cummings	42	382.0
3.	Asa Brainard	41	348.2
4.	Jack Manning	20	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	11	110.0
6.	Davy Force	1	18.0

Complete Games (?)

Rank	Player	Complete Games	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	42	1873
2.	Bobby Mathews	39	1872
3.	Asa Brainard	25	1874
4.	Jack Manning	17	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	12	1873
6.	Cherokee Fisher	9	1872
7.	Davy Force	1	1873

Complete Games (?)

Rank	Player	Complete Games	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	42	382.0
2.	Bobby Mathews	39	406.0
3.	Asa Brainard	37	348.2
4.	Jack Manning	17	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	9	110.0
6.	Davy Force	1	18.0

Shutouts (?)

Rank	Player	Shutouts	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	1	1873
	Cherokee Fisher	1	1872

Shutouts (?)

Rank	Player	Shutouts	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	1	382.0
	Cherokee Fisher	1	110.0

Home Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	4	1873
2.	Bobby Mathews	3	1872
3.	Jack Manning	2	1874
4.	Asa Brainard	1	1874

Home Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Home Runs	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	4	382.0
2.	Bobby Mathews	3	406.0
3.	Jack Manning	2	176.2
4.	Asa Brainard	1	348.2

Bases on Balls (?)

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	52	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	33	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	27	1874
4.	Jack Manning	12	1874
5.	Cherokee Fisher	11	1872
6.	Asa Brainard	9	1873
7.	Davy Force	1	1873

Bases on Balls (?)

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	52	406.0
2.	Asa Brainard	36	348.2
3.	Candy Cummings	33	382.0
4.	Jack Manning	12	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	11	110.0
6.	Davy Force	1	18.0

Hits (?)

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	480	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	475	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	405	1874
4.	Jack Manning	222	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	182	1873
6.	Cherokee Fisher	93	1872
7.	Davy Force	23	1873
8.	Johnny Ryan	13	1874

Hits (?)

Rank	Player	Hits	IP
1.	Asa Brainard	587	348.2
2.	Bobby Mathews	480	406.0
3.	Candy Cummings	475	382.0
4.	Jack Manning	222	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	93	110.0
6.	Davy Force	23	18.0
7.	Johnny Ryan	13	3.1

Strikeouts / Base On Balls (?)

Rank	Player	Strikeouts / Base On Balls	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	1.818	1872
2.	Bobby Mathews	1.096	1872
3.	Candy Cummings	1.030	1873
4.	Jack Manning	1.000	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	0.333	1873
6.	Asa Brainard	0.296	1874

Strikeouts / Base On Balls (?)

Rank	Player	Strikeouts / Base On Balls	IP

Home Runs per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Home Runs per 9 IP	Year
1.	Asa Brainard	0.038	1874
2.	Bobby Mathews	0.067	1872
3.	Candy Cummings	0.094	1873
4.	Jack Manning	0.102	1874

Home Runs per 9 IP (?)

Rank	Player	Home Runs per 9 IP	IP

Losses (?)

Rank	Player	Losses	Year
1.	Asa Brainard	22	1874
2.	Bobby Mathews	18	1872
3.	Jack Manning	16	1874
4.	Candy Cummings	14	1873
5.	Asa Brainard	7	1873
6.	Cherokee Fisher	1	1872
	Davy Force	1	1873

Losses (?)

Rank	Player	Losses	IP
1.	Asa Brainard	29	348.2
2.	Bobby Mathews	18	406.0
3.	Jack Manning	16	176.2
4.	Candy Cummings	14	382.0
5.	Cherokee Fisher	1	110.0
	Davy Force	1	18.0

Earned Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Earned Runs	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	144	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	119	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	99	1874
4.	Asa Brainard	50	1873
5.	Jack Manning	41	1874
6.	Cherokee Fisher	22	1872
7.	Johnny Ryan	6	1874
8.	Davy Force	5	1873

Earned Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Earned Runs	IP
1.	Asa Brainard	149	348.2
2.	Bobby Mathews	144	406.0
3.	Candy Cummings	119	382.0
4.	Jack Manning	41	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	22	110.0
6.	Johnny Ryan	6	3.1
7.	Davy Force	5	18.0

Wild Pitches (?)

Rank	Player	Wild Pitches	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	25	1872
2.	Asa Brainard	19	1874
3.	Candy Cummings	10	1873
4.	Cherokee Fisher	5	1872
5.	Asa Brainard	3	1873
6.	Jack Manning	2	1874
7.	Davy Force	1	1873
	Johnny Ryan	1	1874

Wild Pitches (?)

Rank	Player	Wild Pitches	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	25	406.0
2.	Asa Brainard	22	348.2
3.	Candy Cummings	10	382.0
4.	Cherokee Fisher	5	110.0
5.	Jack Manning	2	176.2
6.	Davy Force	1	18.0
	Johnny Ryan	1	3.1

Hit By Pitch (?)

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	Year

Hit By Pitch (?)

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	IP

Batters Faced (?)

Rank	Player	Batters Faced	Year
1.	Bobby Mathews	1922	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	1768	1873
3.	Asa Brainard	1267	1874
4.	Jack Manning	846	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	568	1873
6.	Cherokee Fisher	482	1872
7.	Davy Force	90	1873
8.	Johnny Ryan	23	1874

Batters Faced (?)

Rank	Player	Batters Faced	IP
1.	Bobby Mathews	1922	406.0
2.	Asa Brainard	1835	348.2
3.	Candy Cummings	1768	382.0
4.	Jack Manning	846	176.2
5.	Cherokee Fisher	482	110.0
6.	Davy Force	90	18.0
7.	Johnny Ryan	23	3.1

Games Finished (?)

Rank	Player	Games Finished	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	6	1872
2.	Asa Brainard	4	1874
	Bobby Mathews	4	1872
4.	Davy Force	2	1873
5.	Jack Manning	1	1874

Games Finished (?)

Rank	Player	Games Finished	IP
1.	Cherokee Fisher	6	110.0
2.	Asa Brainard	4	348.2
	Bobby Mathews	4	406.0
4.	Davy Force	2	18.0
5.	Jack Manning	1	176.2

Adjusted ERA+ (?)

Rank	Player	Adjusted ERA+	Year
1.	Cherokee Fisher	204	1872
2.	Candy Cummings	124	1873
3.	Bobby Mathews	115	1872
4.	Jack Manning	108	1874
5.	Asa Brainard	84	1873
6.	Asa Brainard	61	1874

Adjusted ERA+ (?)

Rank	Player	Adjusted ERA+	IP

Adj. Pitching Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Pitching Runs	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	32	1873
2.	Bobby Mathews	23	1872
3.	Cherokee Fisher	18	1872
4.	Davy Force	1	1873

Adj. Pitching Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Pitching Runs	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	32	382.0
2.	Bobby Mathews	23	406.0
3.	Cherokee Fisher	18	110.0
4.	Davy Force	1	18.0

Adj. Pitching Wins (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Pitching Wins	Year
1.	Candy Cummings	2.3	1873
2.	Bobby Mathews	1.6	1872
3.	Cherokee Fisher	1.3	1872
4.	Davy Force	0.1	1873

Adj. Pitching Wins (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Pitching Wins	IP
1.	Candy Cummings	2.3	382.0
2.	Bobby Mathews	1.6	406.0
3.	Cherokee Fisher	1.3	110.0
4.	Davy Force	0.1	18.0

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) (?)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)	Year

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) (?)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)	IP

Win Probability Added (WPA) (?)†

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	Year

Win Probability Added (WPA) (?)

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	IP

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) (?)†

Rank	Player	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)	Year

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) (?)

Rank	Player	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)	IP

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) (?)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)	Year

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) (?)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)	IP

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