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Cincinnati Reds Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Will White 1.788 1878

2. Will White 1.985 1879

3. Will White 2.140 1880

4. Cherokee Fisher 3.022 1876

5. Blondie Purcell 3.214 1880

6. Bobby Mitchell 3.510 1877

7. Dory Dean 3.735 1876

8. Bobby Mathews 4.036 1877

9. Candy Cummings 4.336 1877

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Will White 1.978 1665.3

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Will White 43 1879

2. Will White 30 1878

3. Will White 18 1880

4. Bobby Mitchell 7 1878

5. Bobby Mitchell 6 1877

6. Candy Cummings 5 1877

7. Dory Dean 4 1876

Cherokee Fisher 4 1876

9. Bobby Mathews 3 1877

Blondie Purcell 3 1880

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Will White 91 1665.3

2. Bobby Mitchell 13 180.0

3. Candy Cummings 5 155.7

4. Dory Dean 4 262.7

Cherokee Fisher 4 229.3

6. Bobby Mathews 3 129.3

Blondie Purcell 3 214.0

8. Amos Booth 1 95.7

Dale Williams 1 83.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Will White .588 1878

2. Will White .581 1879

3. Bobby Mitchell .545 1877

4. Will White .300 1880

5. Candy Cummings .263 1877

6. Bobby Mathews .200 1877

7. Cherokee Fisher .167 1876

8. Blondie Purcell .150 1880

9. Dory Dean .133 1876

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Will White .492 1665.3

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Will White 1.094 1879

2. Will White 1.115 1878

3. Will White 1.171 1880

4. Cherokee Fisher 1.308 1876

5. Bobby Mitchell 1.340 1877

6. Blondie Purcell 1.362 1880

7. Candy Cummings 1.490 1877

8. Dory Dean 1.603 1876

9. Bobby Mathews 1.740 1877

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Will White 1.124 1665.3

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Will White 8.947 1879

2. Will White 9.173 1878

3. Will White 9.568 1880

4. Blondie Purcell 10.791 1880

5. Bobby Mitchell 11.070 1877

6. Cherokee Fisher 11.538 1876

7. Candy Cummings 12.662 1877

8. Dory Dean 13.603 1876

9. Bobby Mathews 14.474 1877

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Will White 9.204 1665.3

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

1. Cherokee Fisher 0.235 1876

2. Candy Cummings 0.752 1877

3. Dory Dean 0.822 1876

4. Will White 0.865 1878

5. Will White 0.900 1879

6. Will White 0.974 1880

7. Bobby Mitchell 0.990 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 1.183 1877

9. Blondie Purcell 1.469 1880

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

1. Will White 0.913 1665.3

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Bobby Mitchell 3.690 1877

2. Will White 3.250 1878

3. Will White 3.071 1879

4. Will White 2.801 1880

5. Blondie Purcell 2.158 1880

6. Cherokee Fisher 1.138 1876

7. Dory Dean 0.754 1876

8. Candy Cummings 0.636 1877

9. Bobby Mathews 0.626 1877

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Will White 3.037 1665.3

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Will White 76 1879

2. Will White 62 1880

3. Will White 52 1878

4. Dory Dean 30 1876

5. Cherokee Fisher 28 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 25 1880

7. Candy Cummings 19 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 15 1877

9. Amos Booth 12 1877

Bobby Mitchell 12 1877

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Will White 190 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 30 262.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 28 229.3

4. Blondie Purcell 27 214.0

5. Bobby Mitchell 21 180.0

6. Candy Cummings 19 155.7

7. Amos Booth 15 95.7

Bobby Mathews 15 129.3

9. Jack Manning 10 44.0

10. Dale Williams 9 83.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Jack Manning 1 1877

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Jack Manning 1 44.0

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Will White 680.0 1879

2. Will White 517.3 1880

3. Will White 468.0 1878

4. Dory Dean 262.7 1876

5. Cherokee Fisher 229.3 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 196.0 1880

7. Candy Cummings 155.7 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 129.3 1877

9. Bobby Mitchell 100.0 1877

10. Amos Booth 86.0 1877

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Will White 1665.3 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 262.7 262.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 229.3 229.3

4. Blondie Purcell 214.0 214.0

5. Bobby Mitchell 180.0 180.0

6. Candy Cummings 155.7 155.7

7. Bobby Mathews 129.3 129.3

8. Amos Booth 95.7 95.7

9. Dale Williams 83.0 83.0

10. Jack Manning 44.0 44.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Will White 232 1879

2. Will White 169 1878

3. Will White 161 1880

4. Bobby Mitchell 51 1878

5. Blondie Purcell 47 1880

6. Bobby Mitchell 41 1877

7. Cherokee Fisher 29 1876

8. Dory Dean 22 1876

9. Amos Booth 18 1877

10. Candy Cummings 11 1877

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Will White 562 1665.3

2. Bobby Mitchell 92 180.0

3. Blondie Purcell 50 214.0

4. Cherokee Fisher 29 229.3

5. Dory Dean 22 262.7

6. Amos Booth 18 95.7

7. Candy Cummings 11 155.7

8. Bobby Mathews 9 129.3

Dale Williams 9 83.0

10. Cal McVey 7 14.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Will White 75 1879

2. Will White 62 1880

3. Will White 52 1878

4. Dory Dean 30 1876

5. Cherokee Fisher 24 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 21 1880

7. Candy Cummings 19 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 15 1877

9. Bobby Mitchell 12 1877

10. Bobby Mitchell 9 1878

Dale Williams 9 1876

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Will White 189 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 30 262.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 24 229.3

4. Blondie Purcell 23 214.0

5. Bobby Mitchell 21 180.0

6. Candy Cummings 19 155.7

7. Bobby Mathews 15 129.3

8. Amos Booth 9 95.7

Dale Williams 9 83.0

10. Jack Manning 4 44.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Will White 75 1879

2. Will White 58 1880

3. Will White 52 1878

4. Dory Dean 26 1876

5. Cherokee Fisher 22 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 21 1880

7. Candy Cummings 16 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 13 1877

9. Bobby Mitchell 11 1877

10. Bobby Mitchell 9 1878

Dale Williams 9 1876

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Will White 185 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 26 262.7

3. Blondie Purcell 23 214.0

4. Cherokee Fisher 22 229.3

5. Bobby Mitchell 20 180.0

6. Candy Cummings 16 155.7

7. Bobby Mathews 13 129.3

8. Dale Williams 9 83.0

9. Amos Booth 6 95.7

10. Jack Manning 2 44.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Will White 5 1878

2. Will White 4 1879

3. Will White 3 1880

4. Bobby Mitchell 1 1877

Bobby Mitchell 1 1878

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Will White 12 1665.3

2. Bobby Mitchell 2 180.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Will White 10 1879

2. Will White 9 1880

3. Cherokee Fisher 6 1876

4. Candy Cummings 2 1877

5. Amos Booth 1 1877

Dory Dean 1 1876

Jack Manning 1 1877

Cal McVey 1 1879

Bobby Mitchell 1 1878

Dave Pierson 1 1876

Blondie Purcell 1 1880

Will White 1 1878

Dale Williams 1 1876

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Will White 20 1665.3

2. Cherokee Fisher 6 229.3

3. Candy Cummings 2 155.7

4. Amos Booth 1 95.7

Dory Dean 1 262.7

Jack Manning 1 44.0

Cal McVey 1 14.0

Bobby Mitchell 1 180.0

Dave Pierson 1 0.0

Blondie Purcell 1 214.0

Dale Williams 1 83.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Will White 68 1879

2. Will White 56 1880

3. Will White 45 1878

4. Blondie Purcell 32 1880

5. Dory Dean 24 1876

6. Bobby Mitchell 18 1878

7. Bobby Mathews 17 1877

8. Amos Booth 13 1877

Candy Cummings 13 1877

10. Bobby Mitchell 11 1877

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Will White 169 1665.3

2. Blondie Purcell 34 214.0

3. Bobby Mitchell 29 180.0

4. Dory Dean 24 262.7

5. Bobby Mathews 17 129.3

6. Amos Booth 13 95.7

Candy Cummings 13 155.7

8. Jack Manning 7 44.0

9. Cherokee Fisher 6 229.3

10. Jack Neagle 5 13.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Will White 676 1879

2. Will White 550 1880

3. Will White 477 1878

4. Dory Dean 397 1876

5. Cherokee Fisher 294 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 235 1880

7. Candy Cummings 219 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 208 1877

9. Bobby Mitchell 123 1877

Dale Williams 123 1876

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Will White 1703 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 397 262.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 294 229.3

4. Blondie Purcell 262 214.0

5. Candy Cummings 219 155.7

6. Bobby Mathews 208 129.3

7. Bobby Mitchell 192 180.0

8. Amos Booth 136 95.7

9. Dale Williams 123 83.0

10. Jack Manning 83 44.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Cherokee Fisher 4.833 1876

2. Will White 3.756 1878

3. Bobby Mitchell 3.727 1877

4. Will White 3.412 1879

5. Will White 2.875 1880

6. Blondie Purcell 1.469 1880

7. Dory Dean 0.917 1876

8. Candy Cummings 0.846 1877

9. Bobby Mathews 0.529 1877

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Will White 3.325 1665.3

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

1. Will White 0.019 1878

2. Dory Dean 0.034 1876

3. Blondie Purcell 0.046 1880

4. Candy Cummings 0.116 1877

5. Will White 0.132 1879

6. Will White 0.157 1880

7. Cherokee Fisher 0.235 1876

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

1. Will White 0.108 1665.3

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Will White 42 1880

2. Will White 31 1879

3. Dory Dean 26 1876

4. Will White 21 1878

5. Cherokee Fisher 20 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 17 1880

7. Candy Cummings 14 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 12 1877

9. Dale Williams 8 1876

10. Amos Booth 7 1877

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Will White 94 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 26 262.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 20 229.3

4. Blondie Purcell 19 214.0

5. Candy Cummings 14 155.7

6. Bobby Mathews 12 129.3

7. Amos Booth 8 95.7

Dale Williams 8 83.0

9. Bobby Mitchell 7 180.0

10. Jack Manning 4 44.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Will White 150 1879

2. Will White 123 1880

3. Dory Dean 109 1876

4. Will White 93 1878

5. Cherokee Fisher 77 1876

6. Candy Cummings 75 1877

7. Blondie Purcell 70 1880

8. Bobby Mathews 58 1877

9. Bobby Mitchell 39 1877

Dale Williams 39 1876

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Will White 366 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 109 262.7

3. Blondie Purcell 78 214.0

4. Cherokee Fisher 77 229.3

5. Candy Cummings 75 155.7

6. Bobby Mathews 58 129.3

Bobby Mitchell 58 180.0

8. Amos Booth 44 95.7

9. Dale Williams 39 83.0

10. Jack Manning 34 44.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Will White 49 1879

2. Will White 40 1878

3. Will White 35 1880

4. Dory Dean 17 1876

5. Candy Cummings 15 1877

6. Jack Manning 11 1877

7. Bobby Mathews 10 1877

Blondie Purcell 10 1880

9. Amos Booth 7 1877

10. Cherokee Fisher 6 1876

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Will White 124 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 17 262.7

3. Candy Cummings 15 155.7

4. Blondie Purcell 13 214.0

5. Jack Manning 11 44.0

6. Bobby Mathews 10 129.3

7. Amos Booth 7 95.7

Bobby Mitchell 7 180.0

9. Cherokee Fisher 6 229.3

10. Dale Williams 5 83.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Will White 2906 1879

2. Will White 2217 1880

3. Will White 1939 1878

4. Dory Dean 1257 1876

5. Cherokee Fisher 1039 1876

6. Blondie Purcell 899 1880

7. Candy Cummings 709 1877

8. Bobby Mathews 631 1877

9. Bobby Mitchell 448 1877

10. Amos Booth 398 1877

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Will White 7062 1665.3

2. Dory Dean 1257 262.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 1039 229.3

4. Blondie Purcell 977 214.0

5. Bobby Mitchell 776 180.0

6. Candy Cummings 709 155.7

7. Bobby Mathews 631 129.3

8. Amos Booth 449 95.7

9. Dale Williams 367 83.0

10. Jack Manning 226 44.0

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Jack Manning 6 1877

2. Amos Booth 4 1877

Cherokee Fisher 4 1876

Blondie Purcell 4 1880

5. Amos Booth 1 1876

Bobby Clack 1 1876

Dory Dean 1 1876

Charlie Gould 1 1876

Cal McVey 1 1879

Will White 1 1879

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Jack Manning 6 44.0

2. Amos Booth 5 95.7

3. Cherokee Fisher 4 229.3

Blondie Purcell 4 214.0

5. Bobby Clack 1 2.0

Dory Dean 1 262.7

Charlie Gould 1 4.3

Cal McVey 1 14.0

Will White 1 1665.3

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Will White 119 1878

2. Will White 118 1879

3. Will White 115 1880

4. Blondie Purcell 77 1880

5. Bobby Mitchell 75 1877

6. Cherokee Fisher 73 1876

7. Bobby Mathews 65 1877

8. Candy Cummings 61 1877

9. Dory Dean 59 1876

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Will White 117 1665.3

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