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Chicago Pirates Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Chicago Pirates Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Silver King 2.694 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 3.305 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 4.261 1890

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Mark Baldwin 3.305 501.0

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Mark Baldwin 34 1890

2. Silver King 30 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 8 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 3 1890

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Mark Baldwin 34 501.0

2. Silver King 30 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 8 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 3 69.3

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Mark Baldwin .586 1890

2. Silver King .577 1890

3. Charlie Bartson .444 1890

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Mark Baldwin .586 501.0

2. Silver King .577 461.0

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Silver King 1.265 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 1.491 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 1.532 1890

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Mark Baldwin 1.491 501.0

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Silver King 8.200 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 8.946 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 10.628 1890

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Mark Baldwin 8.946 501.0

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

1. Charlie Bartson 3.160 1890

2. Silver King 3.182 1890

3. Mark Baldwin 4.473 1890

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

1. Mark Baldwin 4.473 501.0

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Mark Baldwin 3.790 1890

2. Silver King 3.612 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 2.250 1890

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Mark Baldwin 3.790 501.0

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Mark Baldwin 59 1890

2. Silver King 56 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 25 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 12 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Mark Baldwin 59 501.0

2. Silver King 56 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 25 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 12 69.3

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Charlie Bartson 1 1890

Frank Dwyer 1 1890

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Charlie Bartson 1 188.0

Frank Dwyer 1 69.3

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Mark Baldwin 501.0 1890

2. Silver King 461.0 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 188.0 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 69.3 1890

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Mark Baldwin 501.0 501.0

2. Silver King 461.0 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 188.0 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 69.3 69.3

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Mark Baldwin 211 1890

2. Silver King 185 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 47 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 17 1890

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Mark Baldwin 211 501.0

2. Silver King 185 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 47 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 17 69.3

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Mark Baldwin 57 1890

2. Silver King 56 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 19 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 6 1890

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Mark Baldwin 57 501.0

2. Silver King 56 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 19 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 6 69.3

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Mark Baldwin 54 1890

2. Silver King 48 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 16 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 6 1890

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Mark Baldwin 54 501.0

2. Silver King 48 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 16 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 6 69.3

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Silver King 4 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 1 1890

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Silver King 4 461.0

2. Mark Baldwin 1 501.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Mark Baldwin 10 1890

2. Charlie Bartson 8 1890

3. Silver King 5 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 4 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Mark Baldwin 10 501.0

2. Charlie Bartson 8 188.0

3. Silver King 5 461.0

4. Frank Dwyer 4 69.3

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Mark Baldwin 249 1890

2. Silver King 163 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 66 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 25 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Mark Baldwin 249 501.0

2. Silver King 163 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 66 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 25 69.3

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Mark Baldwin 498 1890

2. Silver King 420 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 222 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 98 1890

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Mark Baldwin 498 501.0

2. Silver King 420 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 222 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 98 69.3

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Silver King 1.135 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 0.847 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 0.712 1890

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Mark Baldwin 0.847 501.0

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

1. Silver King 0.098 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 0.180 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 0.383 1890

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

1. Mark Baldwin 0.180 501.0

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Mark Baldwin 24 1890

2. Silver King 22 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 10 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 6 1890

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Mark Baldwin 24 501.0

2. Silver King 22 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 10 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 6 69.3

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Mark Baldwin 184 1890

2. Silver King 138 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 89 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 48 1890

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Mark Baldwin 184 501.0

2. Silver King 138 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 89 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 48 69.3

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Mark Baldwin 31 1890

2. Silver King 13 1890

3. Frank Dwyer 5 1890

4. Charlie Bartson 4 1890

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Mark Baldwin 31 501.0

2. Silver King 13 461.0

3. Frank Dwyer 5 69.3

4. Charlie Bartson 4 188.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Silver King 17 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 12 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 9 1890

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Silver King 17 461.0

2. Mark Baldwin 12 501.0

3. Charlie Bartson 9 188.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Mark Baldwin 2225 1890

2. Silver King 1975 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 901 1890

4. Frank Dwyer 339 1890

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Mark Baldwin 2225 501.0

2. Silver King 1975 461.0

3. Charlie Bartson 901 188.0

4. Frank Dwyer 339 69.3

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Charlie Bartson 6 1890

Frank Dwyer 6 1890

3. Mark Baldwin 2 1890

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Charlie Bartson 6 188.0

Frank Dwyer 6 69.3

3. Mark Baldwin 2 501.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Silver King 162 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 132 1890

3. Charlie Bartson 102 1890

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Mark Baldwin 132 501.0

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