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Boston Red Stockings Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Al Spalding 1.518 1875

2. Al Spalding 1.979 1872

3. Jack Manning 2.191 1875

4. Al Spalding 2.351 1874

5. Al Spalding 2.459 1873

6. Al Spalding 3.358 1871

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Al Spalding 2.217 2351.0

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Al Spalding 55 1875

2. Al Spalding 52 1874

3. Al Spalding 41 1873

4. Al Spalding 38 1872

5. Al Spalding 19 1871

6. Jack Manning 15 1875

7. Harry Wright 2 1873

8. Cal McVey 1 1875

Harry Wright 1 1871

Harry Wright 1 1872

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Al Spalding 205 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 15 139.7

3. Harry Wright 4 99.3

4. Cal McVey 1 11.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Al Spalding .917 1875

2. Jack Manning .882 1875

3. Al Spalding .826 1872

4. Al Spalding .765 1874

5. Al Spalding .745 1873

6. Al Spalding .655 1871

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Al Spalding .795 2351.0

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Al Spalding 1.017 1875

2. Al Spalding 1.085 1872

3. Jack Manning 1.196 1875

4. Al Spalding 1.259 1874

5. Al Spalding 1.348 1873

6. Al Spalding 1.442 1871

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Al Spalding 1.209 2351.0

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Al Spalding 8.937 1875

2. Al Spalding 9.163 1872

3. Jack Manning 9.859 1875

4. Al Spalding 10.996 1874

5. Al Spalding 11.628 1873

6. Al Spalding 11.646 1871

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Al Spalding 10.382 2351.0

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

1. Al Spalding 0.219 1875

2. Al Spalding 0.336 1874

3. Al Spalding 0.506 1873

4. Al Spalding 0.601 1872

5. Jack Manning 0.902 1875

6. Al Spalding 1.329 1871

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

1. Al Spalding 0.498 2351.0

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Al Spalding 0.804 1871

2. Jack Manning 0.644 1875

3. Al Spalding 0.601 1872

4. Al Spalding 0.561 1873

5. Al Spalding 0.161 1874

6. Al Spalding 0.141 1875

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Al Spalding 0.387 2351.0

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Al Spalding 72 1875

2. Al Spalding 71 1874

3. Al Spalding 60 1873

4. Al Spalding 48 1872

5. Al Spalding 31 1871

6. Jack Manning 27 1875

7. Harry Wright 12 1873

8. Harry Wright 9 1871

9. Harry Wright 7 1872

10. Harry Wright 6 1874

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Al Spalding 282 2351.0

2. Harry Wright 34 99.3

3. Jack Manning 27 139.7

4. Cal McVey 3 11.0

5. Frank Heifer 2 2.3

George Wright 2 4.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Al Spalding 8 1875

2. Jack Manning 7 1875

3. Harry Wright 3 1871

Harry Wright 3 1874

5. Al Spalding 2 1873

6. Frank Heifer 1 1875

Cal McVey 1 1875

Harry Wright 1 1872

Harry Wright 1 1873

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Al Spalding 10 2351.0

2. Harry Wright 8 99.3

3. Jack Manning 7 139.7

4. Frank Heifer 1 2.3

Cal McVey 1 11.0

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Al Spalding 616.3 1874

2. Al Spalding 575.0 1875

3. Al Spalding 497.7 1873

4. Al Spalding 404.7 1872

5. Al Spalding 257.3 1871

6. Jack Manning 139.7 1875

7. Harry Wright 38.3 1873

8. Harry Wright 25.7 1872

9. Harry Wright 18.7 1871

10. Harry Wright 16.7 1874

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Al Spalding 2351.0 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 139.7 139.7

3. Harry Wright 99.3 99.3

4. Cal McVey 11.0 11.0

5. George Wright 4.0 4.0

6. Frank Heifer 2.3 2.3

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Al Spalding 31 1873

2. Al Spalding 27 1872

3. Al Spalding 23 1871

4. Harry Wright 15 1874

5. Cal McVey 13 1875

6. Al Spalding 11 1874

George Wright 11 1875

8. Jack Manning 10 1875

9. Al Spalding 9 1875

10. Harry Wright 1 1872

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Al Spalding 101 2351.0

2. Harry Wright 16 99.3

3. Cal McVey 13 11.0

4. George Wright 11 4.0

5. Jack Manning 10 139.7

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Al Spalding 69 1874

2. Al Spalding 63 1875

3. Al Spalding 55 1873

4. Al Spalding 48 1872

5. Al Spalding 31 1871

6. Jack Manning 17 1875

7. Harry Wright 5 1873

8. Cal McVey 2 1875

Harry Wright 2 1874

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Al Spalding 266 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 17 139.7

3. Harry Wright 7 99.3

4. Cal McVey 2 11.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Al Spalding 65 1874

2. Al Spalding 52 1875

3. Al Spalding 48 1873

4. Al Spalding 41 1872

5. Al Spalding 22 1871

6. Jack Manning 8 1875

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Al Spalding 228 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 8 139.7

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Al Spalding 7 1875

2. Al Spalding 4 1874

3. Al Spalding 3 1872

4. Jack Manning 1 1875

Al Spalding 1 1871

Al Spalding 1 1873

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Al Spalding 16 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 1 139.7

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Al Spalding 5 1873

2. Al Spalding 2 1871

3. Jack Manning 1 1875

Al Spalding 1 1874

Al Spalding 1 1875

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Al Spalding 9 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 1 139.7

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Al Spalding 38 1871

2. Al Spalding 28 1873

3. Al Spalding 27 1872

4. Al Spalding 23 1874

5. Jack Manning 14 1875

Al Spalding 14 1875

7. Harry Wright 7 1873

8. Harry Wright 4 1871

Harry Wright 4 1874

10. Cal McVey 1 1875

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Al Spalding 130 2351.0

2. Harry Wright 15 99.3

3. Jack Manning 14 139.7

4. Cal McVey 1 11.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Al Spalding 753 1874

2. Al Spalding 643 1873

3. Al Spalding 571 1875

4. Al Spalding 412 1872

5. Al Spalding 333 1871

6. Jack Manning 153 1875

7. Harry Wright 65 1873

8. Harry Wright 34 1871

9. Harry Wright 26 1872

10. Harry Wright 24 1874

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Al Spalding 2712 2351.0

2. Jack Manning 153 139.7

3. Harry Wright 149 99.3

4. Cal McVey 15 11.0

5. Frank Heifer 6 2.3

6. George Wright 5 4.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Al Spalding 1.107 1873

2. Al Spalding 1.000 1872

3. Jack Manning 0.714 1875

4. Al Spalding 0.643 1875

5. Al Spalding 0.605 1871

6. Al Spalding 0.478 1874

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Al Spalding 0.777 2351.0

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

1. Al Spalding 0.015 1874

2. Al Spalding 0.016 1875

3. Jack Manning 0.064 1875

4. Al Spalding 0.070 1871

5. Al Spalding 0.090 1873

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

1. Al Spalding 0.035 2351.0

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Al Spalding 16 1874

2. Al Spalding 14 1873

3. Al Spalding 10 1871

4. Al Spalding 8 1872

5. Al Spalding 5 1875

6. Jack Manning 2 1875

Harry Wright 2 1873

Harry Wright 2 1874

9. George Wright 1 1875

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Al Spalding 53 2351.0

2. Harry Wright 4 99.3

3. Jack Manning 2 139.7

4. George Wright 1 4.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Al Spalding 161 1874

2. Al Spalding 136 1873

3. Al Spalding 97 1875

4. Al Spalding 96 1871

5. Al Spalding 89 1872

6. Jack Manning 34 1875

7. Harry Wright 18 1873

8. Harry Wright 13 1871

9. Harry Wright 6 1872

10. Harry Wright 5 1874

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Al Spalding 579 2351.0

2. Harry Wright 42 99.3

3. Jack Manning 34 139.7

4. Cal McVey 4 11.0

5. Frank Heifer 2 2.3

6. George Wright 1 4.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Al Spalding 188 1872

2. Al Spalding 155 1875

3. Al Spalding 132 1873

4. Al Spalding 126 1874

5. Al Spalding 123 1871

6. Jack Manning 108 1875

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Al Spalding 141 2351.0

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