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Columbus Solons Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Elton Chamberlain 2.211 1890

2. Frank Knauss 2.808 1890

3. Phil Knell 2.922 1891

4. Hank Gastright 2.938 1890

5. Jack Easton 3.520 1890

6. Mark Baldwin 3.609 1889

7. Hank Gastright 3.776 1891

8. John Dolan 4.161 1891

9. Jack Easton 4.522 1891

10. Hank Gastright 4.567 1889

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Hank Gastright 3.599 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 3.609 513.7

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Hank Gastright 30 1890

2. Phil Knell 28 1891

3. Mark Baldwin 27 1889

4. Frank Knauss 17 1890

5. Jack Easton 15 1890

6. Elton Chamberlain 12 1890

John Dolan 12 1891

Hank Gastright 12 1891

Wild Bill Widner 12 1889

10. Hank Gastright 10 1889

Al Mays 10 1889

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Hank Gastright 52 907.7

2. Phil Knell 28 462.0

3. Mark Baldwin 27 513.7

4. Jack Easton 21 424.0

5. Frank Knauss 17 275.7

6. Wild Bill Widner 16 390.0

7. Elton Chamberlain 12 175.0

John Dolan 12 203.3

9. Al Mays 10 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 2 45.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Hank Gastright .682 1890

2. Elton Chamberlain .667 1890

3. Al Mays .588 1889

4. Frank Knauss .586 1890

5. John Dolan .522 1891

6. Jack Easton .517 1890

7. Phil Knell .509 1891

8. Mark Baldwin .443 1889

9. Hank Gastright .387 1891

10. Hank Gastright .385 1889

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Hank Gastright .515 907.7

2. Phil Knell .509 462.0

3. Mark Baldwin .443 513.7

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Hank Gastright 1.114 1890

2. Elton Chamberlain 1.131 1890

3. Frank Knauss 1.132 1890

4. Phil Knell 1.275 1891

5. Jack Easton 1.322 1890

6. Mark Baldwin 1.425 1889

7. Hank Gastright 1.466 1891

8. John Dolan 1.475 1891

9. Jack Easton 1.507 1891

10. Wild Bill Widner 1.541 1889

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Hank Gastright 1.346 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 1.425 513.7

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Elton Chamberlain 6.583 1890

2. Frank Knauss 6.726 1890

3. Hank Gastright 6.997 1890

4. Phil Knell 7.071 1891

5. Jack Easton 7.498 1890

6. Mark Baldwin 8.025 1889

7. Hank Gastright 8.884 1891

8. John Dolan 9.561 1891

9. Jack Easton 9.643 1891

10. Hank Gastright 10.307 1889

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Mark Baldwin 8.025 513.7

2. Hank Gastright 8.399 907.7

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

1. Wild Bill Widner 2.602 1889

2. Hank Gastright 3.027 1890

3. Frank Knauss 3.461 1890

4. Elton Chamberlain 3.600 1890

Al Mays 3.600 1889

6. John Dolan 3.718 1891

7. Jack Easton 3.924 1891

8. Hank Gastright 4.204 1889

9. Hank Gastright 4.315 1891

10. Jack Easton 4.400 1890

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

1. Hank Gastright 3.718 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 4.801 513.7

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Mark Baldwin 6.448 1889

2. Elton Chamberlain 5.863 1890

3. Jack Easton 5.175 1890

4. Frank Knauss 4.832 1890

5. Hank Gastright 4.648 1889

6. Hank Gastright 4.463 1890

7. Phil Knell 4.442 1891

8. Hank Gastright 3.458 1891

9. Jack Easton 3.458 1891

10. Al Mays 3.343 1889

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Mark Baldwin 6.448 513.7

2. Hank Gastright 4.194 907.7

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Mark Baldwin 63 1889

2. Phil Knell 58 1891

3. Hank Gastright 48 1890

4. Wild Bill Widner 41 1889

5. Jack Easton 37 1890

Frank Knauss 37 1890

7. Hank Gastright 35 1891

8. Hank Gastright 32 1889

9. John Dolan 27 1891

10. Elton Chamberlain 25 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Hank Gastright 115 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 63 513.7

3. Jack Easton 61 424.0

4. Phil Knell 58 462.0

5. Wild Bill Widner 54 390.0

6. Frank Knauss 37 275.7

7. John Dolan 27 203.3

8. Elton Chamberlain 25 175.0

9. Al Mays 22 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 6 45.0

Larry Twitchell 6 31.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Frank Knauss 2 1890

2. Mark Baldwin 1 1889

Ed Daily 1 1889

Jack Easton 1 1889

Jack Easton 1 1890

Wild Bill Widner 1 1889

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Jack Easton 2 424.0

Frank Knauss 2 275.7

3. Mark Baldwin 1 513.7

Ed Daily 1 1.7

Wild Bill Widner 1 390.0

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Mark Baldwin 513.7 1889

2. Phil Knell 462.0 1891

3. Hank Gastright 401.3 1890

4. Wild Bill Widner 294.0 1889

5. Hank Gastright 283.7 1891

6. Frank Knauss 275.7 1890

7. Jack Easton 255.7 1890

8. Hank Gastright 222.7 1889

9. John Dolan 203.3 1891

10. Elton Chamberlain 175.0 1890

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Hank Gastright 907.7 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 513.7 513.7

3. Phil Knell 462.0 462.0

4. Jack Easton 424.0 424.0

5. Wild Bill Widner 390.0 390.0

6. Frank Knauss 275.7 275.7

7. John Dolan 203.3 203.3

8. Elton Chamberlain 175.0 175.0

9. Al Mays 149.0 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 45.0 45.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Mark Baldwin 368 1889

2. Phil Knell 228 1891

3. Hank Gastright 199 1890

4. Frank Knauss 148 1890

5. Jack Easton 147 1890

6. Hank Gastright 115 1889

7. Elton Chamberlain 114 1890

8. Hank Gastright 109 1891

9. John Dolan 68 1891

10. Wild Bill Widner 63 1889

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Hank Gastright 423 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 368 513.7

3. Phil Knell 228 462.0

4. Jack Easton 219 424.0

5. Frank Knauss 148 275.7

6. Elton Chamberlain 114 175.0

7. Wild Bill Widner 77 390.0

8. John Dolan 68 203.3

9. Al Mays 54 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 19 45.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Mark Baldwin 59 1889

2. Phil Knell 52 1891

3. Hank Gastright 45 1890

4. Frank Knauss 34 1890

Wild Bill Widner 34 1889

6. Hank Gastright 33 1891

7. Jack Easton 29 1890

8. Hank Gastright 26 1889

9. John Dolan 24 1891

10. Elton Chamberlain 21 1890

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Hank Gastright 104 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 59 513.7

3. Phil Knell 52 462.0

4. Jack Easton 48 424.0

5. Wild Bill Widner 44 390.0

6. Frank Knauss 34 275.7

7. John Dolan 24 203.3

8. Elton Chamberlain 21 175.0

9. Al Mays 20 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 5 45.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Mark Baldwin 54 1889

2. Phil Knell 47 1891

3. Hank Gastright 41 1890

4. Hank Gastright 28 1891

Frank Knauss 28 1890

6. Wild Bill Widner 25 1889

7. Jack Easton 23 1890

8. Hank Gastright 21 1889

9. Elton Chamberlain 19 1890

John Dolan 19 1891

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Hank Gastright 90 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 54 513.7

3. Phil Knell 47 462.0

4. Jack Easton 39 424.0

5. Wild Bill Widner 33 390.0

6. Frank Knauss 28 275.7

7. Elton Chamberlain 19 175.0

John Dolan 19 203.3

9. Al Mays 14 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 4 45.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Mark Baldwin 6 1889

Elton Chamberlain 6 1890

3. Phil Knell 5 1891

4. Hank Gastright 4 1890

5. Frank Knauss 3 1890

6. Wild Bill Widner 2 1889

7. Hank Gastright 1 1891

Al Mays 1 1889

Wild Bill Widner 1 1890

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Mark Baldwin 6 513.7

Elton Chamberlain 6 175.0

3. Hank Gastright 5 907.7

Phil Knell 5 462.0

5. Frank Knauss 3 275.7

Wild Bill Widner 3 390.0

7. Al Mays 1 149.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Wild Bill Widner 11 1889

2. Mark Baldwin 9 1889

3. John Dolan 8 1891

Hank Gastright 8 1889

Hank Gastright 8 1890

6. Hank Gastright 7 1891

7. Jack Easton 4 1890

Phil Knell 4 1891

Al Mays 4 1889

10. Jack Easton 3 1891

Frank Knauss 3 1890

Jack Leiper 3 1891

Wild Bill Widner 3 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Hank Gastright 23 907.7

2. Wild Bill Widner 14 390.0

3. Mark Baldwin 9 513.7

Jack Easton 9 424.0

5. John Dolan 8 203.3

6. Phil Knell 4 462.0

Al Mays 4 149.0

8. Frank Knauss 3 275.7

Jack Leiper 3 45.0

10. Elton Chamberlain 2 175.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Mark Baldwin 274 1889

2. Phil Knell 226 1891

3. Hank Gastright 136 1891

4. Hank Gastright 135 1890

5. Jack Easton 125 1890

6. Frank Knauss 106 1890

7. Hank Gastright 104 1889

8. Wild Bill Widner 85 1889

9. John Dolan 84 1891

10. Elton Chamberlain 70 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Hank Gastright 375 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 274 513.7

3. Phil Knell 226 462.0

4. Jack Easton 209 424.0

5. Wild Bill Widner 109 390.0

6. Frank Knauss 106 275.7

7. John Dolan 84 203.3

8. Elton Chamberlain 70 175.0

9. Al Mays 64 149.0

10. Jack Leiper 39 45.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Mark Baldwin 458 1889

2. Wild Bill Widner 368 1889

3. Phil Knell 363 1891

4. Hank Gastright 312 1890

5. Hank Gastright 280 1891

6. Hank Gastright 255 1889

7. John Dolan 216 1891

8. Jack Easton 213 1890

9. Frank Knauss 206 1890

10. Al Mays 167 1889

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Hank Gastright 847 907.7

2. Wild Bill Widner 471 390.0

3. Mark Baldwin 458 513.7

4. Jack Easton 386 424.0

5. Phil Knell 363 462.0

6. John Dolan 216 203.3

7. Frank Knauss 206 275.7

8. Al Mays 181 149.0

9. Elton Chamberlain 128 175.0

10. Jack Leiper 41 45.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Elton Chamberlain 1.629 1890

2. Hank Gastright 1.474 1890

3. Frank Knauss 1.396 1890

4. Mark Baldwin 1.343 1889

5. Jack Easton 1.176 1890

6. Hank Gastright 1.106 1889

7. Phil Knell 1.009 1891

8. Al Mays 0.929 1889

9. Jack Easton 0.881 1891

10. John Dolan 0.809 1891

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Mark Baldwin 1.343 513.7

2. Hank Gastright 1.128 907.7

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

1. Phil Knell 0.078 1891

2. Frank Knauss 0.098 1890

3. Elton Chamberlain 0.103 1890

4. Jack Easton 0.141 1890

5. Mark Baldwin 0.158 1889

6. Hank Gastright 0.179 1890

7. Jack Easton 0.200 1891

8. Hank Gastright 0.222 1891

9. Al Mays 0.257 1889

10. Hank Gastright 0.323 1889

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

1. Mark Baldwin 0.158 513.7

2. Hank Gastright 0.228 907.7

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Mark Baldwin 34 1889

2. Phil Knell 27 1891

3. Wild Bill Widner 20 1889

4. Hank Gastright 19 1891

5. Hank Gastright 16 1889

6. Jack Easton 14 1890

Hank Gastright 14 1890

8. Frank Knauss 12 1890

9. John Dolan 11 1891

10. Jack Easton 10 1891

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Hank Gastright 49 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 34 513.7

3. Wild Bill Widner 28 390.0

4. Phil Knell 27 462.0

5. Jack Easton 26 424.0

6. Frank Knauss 12 275.7

7. John Dolan 11 203.3

8. Al Mays 8 149.0

9. Elton Chamberlain 6 175.0

10. Dad Clarke 2 21.0

Jack Leiper 2 45.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Mark Baldwin 206 1889

2. Wild Bill Widner 170 1889

3. Phil Knell 150 1891

4. Hank Gastright 131 1890

5. Hank Gastright 119 1891

6. Hank Gastright 113 1889

7. Jack Easton 100 1890

8. John Dolan 94 1891

9. Frank Knauss 86 1890

10. Al Mays 75 1889

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Hank Gastright 363 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 206 513.7

3. Wild Bill Widner 205 390.0

4. Jack Easton 181 424.0

5. Phil Knell 150 462.0

6. John Dolan 94 203.3

7. Frank Knauss 86 275.7

8. Al Mays 83 149.0

9. Elton Chamberlain 43 175.0

10. Jack Leiper 27 45.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Mark Baldwin 39 1889

2. Hank Gastright 32 1890

3. Hank Gastright 27 1889

4. Phil Knell 24 1891

5. Jack Easton 23 1890

6. Hank Gastright 20 1891

7. Jack Easton 15 1891

8. Frank Knauss 14 1890

9. Al Mays 10 1889

Wild Bill Widner 10 1889

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Hank Gastright 79 907.7

2. Jack Easton 40 424.0

3. Mark Baldwin 39 513.7

4. Phil Knell 24 462.0

5. Wild Bill Widner 15 390.0

6. Frank Knauss 14 275.7

7. Al Mays 10 149.0

8. John Dolan 7 203.3

9. Jim Sullivan 1 9.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Jack Easton 27 1890

2. Frank Knauss 24 1890

3. Hank Gastright 20 1890

4. Wild Bill Widner 3 1890

5. John Lyston 1 1891

Jim Sullivan 1 1891

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Jack Easton 27 424.0

2. Frank Knauss 24 275.7

3. Hank Gastright 20 907.7

4. Wild Bill Widner 3 390.0

5. John Lyston 1 6.0

Jim Sullivan 1 9.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Mark Baldwin 2256 1889

2. Phil Knell 1745 1891

3. Hank Gastright 1571 1890

4. Wild Bill Widner 1304 1889

5. Hank Gastright 1200 1891

6. Jack Easton 1108 1890

7. Frank Knauss 1071 1890

8. Hank Gastright 1017 1889

9. John Dolan 783 1891

10. Elton Chamberlain 765 1890

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Hank Gastright 3788 907.7

2. Mark Baldwin 2256 513.7

3. Wild Bill Widner 1754 390.0

4. Phil Knell 1745 462.0

5. Jack Easton 1108 424.0

6. Frank Knauss 1071 275.7

7. John Dolan 783 203.3

8. Elton Chamberlain 765 175.0

9. Al Mays 641 149.0

10. Jim Sullivan 40 9.0

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Jack Easton 8 1890

2. Wild Bill Widner 7 1889

3. Hank Gastright 6 1889

4. Phil Knell 5 1891

Larry Twitchell 5 1891

6. Mark Baldwin 4 1889

7. Elton Chamberlain 3 1890

John Dolan 3 1891

Jack Easton 3 1889

Frank Knauss 3 1890

Wild Bill Widner 3 1890

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Jack Easton 11 424.0

2. Hank Gastright 10 907.7

Wild Bill Widner 10 390.0

4. Phil Knell 5 462.0

Larry Twitchell 5 31.0

6. Mark Baldwin 4 513.7

7. Elton Chamberlain 3 175.0

John Dolan 3 203.3

Frank Knauss 3 275.7

10. Bill George 2 8.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Elton Chamberlain 162 1890

2. Frank Knauss 128 1890

3. Hank Gastright 122 1890

4. Phil Knell 118 1891

5. Jack Easton 102 1890

6. Mark Baldwin 100 1889

7. Hank Gastright 92 1891

8. John Dolan 83 1891

9. Hank Gastright 79 1889

10. Jack Easton 76 1891

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Mark Baldwin 100 513.7

2. Hank Gastright 99 907.7

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