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| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | John Clarkson | 27 | 49 | 19 | .721 | 2.73 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 620.0 | 589 | 280 | 188 | 16 | 203 | 284 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2736 | 153 | 1.277 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.40 | |
| 2 | SP | Charley Radbourn | 34 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.67 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 277.0 | 282 | 151 | 113 | 14 | 72 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1163 | 114 | 1.278 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.38 | |
| 3 | SP | Kid Madden* | 22 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.40 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 178.0 | 194 | 131 | 87 | 7 | 71 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 769 | 95 | 1.489 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.90 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 4 | Bill Daley* | 21 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.31 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 97 | 1.604 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 0.93 | ||
| 5 | Bill Sowders | 24 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 53 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 177 | 81 | 1.810 | 11.4 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.43 | ||
| 6 | Billy Nash | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.5 | 83 | 45 | .648 | 3.36 | 133 | 133 | 12 | 121 | 10 | 4 | 1166.0 | 1152 | 626 | 435 | 41 | 413 | 497 | 45 | 0 | 31 | 5109 | 125 | 1.342 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.20 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3509 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | Gact | Gact | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clarkson | 27 | 75 | 16 | .824 | 1.81 | 826.0 | 622 | 184 | 166 | 17 | 214 | 378 | 18 | 1.012 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.77 | 0.2 | 73 | 73 |
| *Bill Daley | 21 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.49 | 76.0 | 39 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 49 | 63 | 2 | 1.158 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 1.29 | 0.1 | 9 | 9 |
| *Kid Madden | 22 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.18 | 218.0 | 196 | 86 | 77 | 7 | 72 | 78 | 16 | 1.229 | 8.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.08 | 0.3 | 22 | 22 |
| Billy Nash | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Charley Radbourn | 34 | 27 | 11 | .711 | 2.59 | 348.0 | 291 | 111 | 100 | 14 | 74 | 124 | 8 | 1.049 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.68 | 0.4 | 33 | 33 |
| Bill Sowders | 24 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.10 | 93.0 | 141 | 70 | 63 | 4 | 50 | 42 | 2 | 2.054 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 0.84 | 0.4 | 20 | 20 |
| Age | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | Gact | Gact |
| Age | Yrs | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clarkson | 27 | 7 | 220 | 98 | .692 | 2.54 | 329 | 326 | 3 | 309 | 26 | 1 | 2858.0 | 2609 | 1400 | 808 | 104 | 624 | 1470 | 35 | 0 | 115 | 11954 | 142 | 1.131 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 2.36 | 142 | |
| *Bill Daley | 21 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.31 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 97 | 1.604 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 0.93 | 97 | |
| King Kelly | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.03 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 87 | 2.239 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 0.12 | 87 | |
| *Kid Madden | 22 | 3 | 38 | 35 | .521 | 3.74 | 79 | 74 | 5 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 664.0 | 653 | 410 | 276 | 33 | 217 | 198 | 51 | 0 | 23 | 2835 | 100 | 1.310 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.91 | 100 | |
| Billy Nash | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Charley Radbourn | 34 | 9 | 271 | 170 | .615 | 2.53 | 461 | 441 | 19 | 430 | 32 | 2 | 3974.1 | 3747 | 1943 | 1119 | 96 | 713 | 1696 | 30 | 0 | 198 | 16473 | 123 | 1.122 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 2.38 | 123 | |
| Bill Sowders | 24 | 2 | 26 | 22 | .542 | 3.06 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 411.2 | 425 | 245 | 140 | 7 | 125 | 175 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1699 | 102 | 1.336 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.40 | 102 | |
| Age | Yrs | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |