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Detroit Wolverines Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Stump Wiedman 1.800 1881

2. Lady Baldwin 1.857 1885

3. Charlie Getzien 1.955 1884

4. George Derby 2.201 1881

5. Lady Baldwin 2.236 1886

6. Pete Conway 2.256 1888

7. Henry Gruber 2.288 1888

8. Dupee Shaw 2.498 1883

9. Stump Wiedman 2.628 1882

10. Ed Beatin 2.860 1888

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Pete Conway 2.565 628.0

2. George Derby 2.647 856.7

3. Lady Baldwin 2.709 930.3

4. Charlie Getzien 3.094 1634.7

5. Stump Wiedman 3.336 1654.0

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Lady Baldwin 42 1886

2. Pete Conway 30 1888

Charlie Getzien 30 1886

4. George Derby 29 1881

Charlie Getzien 29 1887

6. Stump Wiedman 25 1882

7. Stump Wiedman 20 1883

8. Charlie Getzien 19 1888

9. George Derby 17 1882

10. Stump Wiedman 14 1885

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Charlie Getzien 95 1634.7

2. Stump Wiedman 84 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 69 930.3

4. George Derby 46 856.7

5. Pete Conway 44 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 19 454.7

7. Henry Gruber 15 302.3

8. Larry Twitchell 11 141.3

9. Frank Meinke 8 294.0

10. Ed Beatin 6 125.0

Jack (DA) Jones 6 92.7

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Larry Twitchell .917 1887

2. Lady Baldwin .764 1886

3. Charlie Getzien .732 1886

4. Charlie Getzien .690 1887

5. Pete Conway .682 1888

6. Stump Wiedman .650 1887

7. Stump Wiedman .615 1881

8. Lady Baldwin .565 1887

9. Stump Wiedman .556 1882

10. Lady Baldwin .550 1885

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Lady Baldwin .663 930.3

2. Pete Conway .611 628.0

3. Charlie Getzien .525 1634.7

4. George Derby .500 856.7

5. Stump Wiedman .454 1654.0

6. Dupee Shaw .365 454.7

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Lady Baldwin 0.920 1885

2. Pete Conway 0.951 1888

3. Lady Baldwin 0.967 1886

4. Charlie Getzien 0.971 1884

5. Henry Gruber 0.988 1888

6. Stump Wiedman 1.044 1881

7. Stump Wiedman 1.046 1882

8. Charlie Getzien 1.151 1888

9. Ed Beatin 1.187 1888

10. George Derby 1.195 1881

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Pete Conway 1.065 628.0

2. Lady Baldwin 1.089 930.3

3. Charlie Getzien 1.231 1634.7

4. George Derby 1.235 856.7

5. Stump Wiedman 1.244 1654.0

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Lady Baldwin 6.856 1886

2. Lady Baldwin 6.875 1885

3. Charlie Getzien 7.208 1884

4. Pete Conway 7.251 1888

5. Henry Gruber 7.350 1888

6. Pete Conway 8.137 1887

7. Stump Wiedman 8.452 1881

8. Stump Wiedman 8.562 1882

9. Dupee Shaw 8.657 1884

10. Charlie Getzien 9.031 1886

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Pete Conway 7.739 628.0

2. Lady Baldwin 7.826 930.3

3. Charlie Getzien 9.084 1634.7

4. George Derby 9.361 856.7

5. Stump Wiedman 9.550 1654.0

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

1. Stump Wiedman 0.854 1882

2. Stump Wiedman 0.939 1881

3. Charlie Getzien 1.203 1888

4. Pete Conway 1.312 1888

5. Ed Beatin 1.346 1888

6. Lady Baldwin 1.405 1885

7. Charlie Getzien 1.527 1884

8. Henry Gruber 1.538 1888

9. George Derby 1.565 1881

10. Stump Wiedman 1.611 1883

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

1. Stump Wiedman 1.649 1654.0

2. George Derby 1.754 856.7

3. Pete Conway 1.849 628.0

4. Lady Baldwin 1.974 930.3

5. Charlie Getzien 1.993 1634.7

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Dan Casey 6.837 1885

2. Lady Baldwin 6.775 1885

3. Charlie Getzien 6.536 1884

4. Lady Baldwin 5.969 1886

5. Dupee Shaw 5.614 1884

6. George Derby 4.525 1882

7. Charlie Getzien 4.500 1888

8. Stump Wiedman 4.094 1883

9. Stump Wiedman 4.064 1885

10. Stump Wiedman 4.063 1884

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Lady Baldwin 5.263 930.3

2. George Derby 4.139 856.7

3. Charlie Getzien 3.997 1634.7

4. Stump Wiedman 3.651 1654.0

5. Pete Conway 3.597 628.0

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Lady Baldwin 56 1886

George Derby 56 1881

3. Stump Wiedman 52 1883

4. Charlie Getzien 46 1888

Stump Wiedman 46 1882

6. Pete Conway 45 1888

7. Charlie Getzien 43 1886

Charlie Getzien 43 1887

9. George Derby 40 1882

10. Stump Wiedman 38 1885

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Stump Wiedman 196 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 186 1634.7

3. Lady Baldwin 107 930.3

4. George Derby 96 856.7

5. Pete Conway 73 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 54 454.7

7. Frank Meinke 36 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 34 302.3

9. Larry Twitchell 21 141.3

10. Dick Burns 17 127.7

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Stump Wiedman 2 1883

2. Lady Baldwin 1 1885

Larry Twitchell 1 1887

Larry Twitchell 1 1888

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Larry Twitchell 2 141.3

Stump Wiedman 2 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 1 930.3

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. George Derby 494.7 1881

2. Lady Baldwin 487.0 1886

3. Stump Wiedman 411.0 1882

4. Charlie Getzien 404.0 1888

5. Stump Wiedman 402.3 1883

6. Pete Conway 391.0 1888

7. Charlie Getzien 386.7 1886

8. Charlie Getzien 366.7 1887

9. George Derby 362.0 1882

10. Charlie Getzien 330.0 1885

Stump Wiedman 330.0 1885

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Stump Wiedman 1654.0 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 1634.7 1634.7

3. Lady Baldwin 930.3 930.3

4. George Derby 856.7 856.7

5. Pete Conway 628.0 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 454.7 454.7

7. Henry Gruber 302.3 302.3

8. Frank Meinke 294.0 294.0

9. Larry Twitchell 141.3 141.3

10. Dick Burns 127.7 127.7

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Lady Baldwin 323 1886

2. George Derby 212 1881

3. Charlie Getzien 202 1888

4. Stump Wiedman 183 1883

5. George Derby 182 1882

6. Pete Conway 176 1888

7. Charlie Getzien 172 1886

8. Stump Wiedman 161 1882

9. Stump Wiedman 149 1885

10. Dupee Shaw 142 1884

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Charlie Getzien 726 1634.7

2. Stump Wiedman 671 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 544 930.3

4. George Derby 394 856.7

5. Pete Conway 251 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 215 454.7

7. Frank Meinke 124 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 83 302.3

9. Dan Casey 79 104.0

10. Ed Beatin 50 125.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Lady Baldwin 56 1886

2. George Derby 55 1881

3. Stump Wiedman 47 1883

4. Charlie Getzien 46 1888

5. Pete Conway 45 1888

Stump Wiedman 45 1882

7. Charlie Getzien 43 1886

8. Charlie Getzien 42 1887

9. George Derby 39 1882

10. Stump Wiedman 38 1885

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Stump Wiedman 190 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 185 1634.7

3. Lady Baldwin 106 930.3

4. George Derby 94 856.7

5. Pete Conway 73 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 53 454.7

7. Henry Gruber 32 302.3

Frank Meinke 32 294.0

9. Larry Twitchell 16 141.3

10. Ed Beatin 14 125.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Lady Baldwin 55 1886

George Derby 55 1881

3. Charlie Getzien 45 1888

4. Pete Conway 43 1888

Stump Wiedman 43 1882

6. Charlie Getzien 42 1886

7. Charlie Getzien 41 1887

Stump Wiedman 41 1883

9. George Derby 38 1882

10. Charlie Getzien 37 1885

Stump Wiedman 37 1885

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Charlie Getzien 182 1634.7

2. Stump Wiedman 178 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 103 930.3

4. George Derby 93 856.7

5. Pete Conway 70 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 48 454.7

7. Henry Gruber 32 302.3

8. Frank Meinke 31 294.0

9. Ed Beatin 14 125.0

10. Dick Burns 13 127.7

Larry Twitchell 13 141.3

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. George Derby 9 1881

2. Lady Baldwin 7 1886

3. Pete Conway 4 1888

Stump Wiedman 4 1882

5. George Derby 3 1882

Henry Gruber 3 1888

Stump Wiedman 3 1883

Stump Wiedman 3 1885

9. Charlie Getzien 2 1887

Charlie Getzien 2 1888

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. George Derby 12 856.7

2. Stump Wiedman 11 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 9 930.3

4. Charlie Getzien 7 1634.7

5. Pete Conway 4 628.0

6. Henry Gruber 3 302.3

7. Ed Beatin 1 125.0

Frank Brill 1 103.0

Dan Casey 1 104.0

Jack (DA) Jones 1 92.7

Frank Meinke 1 294.0

Dupee Shaw 1 454.7

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Charlie Getzien 24 1887

2. Charlie Getzien 13 1888

3. Lady Baldwin 11 1886

Pete Conway 11 1888

5. Frank Meinke 10 1884

Stump Wiedman 10 1882

7. Stump Wiedman 9 1884

Stump Wiedman 9 1887

9. Lady Baldwin 8 1887

Dick Burns 8 1883

George Derby 8 1882

Charlie Getzien 8 1885

Henry Gruber 8 1888

Dupee Shaw 8 1884

Stump Wiedman 8 1883

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Charlie Getzien 53 1634.7

2. Stump Wiedman 44 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 26 930.3

4. Pete Conway 15 628.0

5. George Derby 11 856.7

Henry Gruber 11 302.3

Dupee Shaw 11 454.7

8. Frank Meinke 10 294.0

9. Ed Beatin 8 125.0

Dick Burns 8 127.7

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Charlie Getzien 106 1887

2. Lady Baldwin 100 1886

3. Charlie Getzien 92 1885

4. George Derby 86 1881

5. Charlie Getzien 85 1886

6. George Derby 81 1882

7. Dupee Shaw 72 1884

Stump Wiedman 72 1883

9. Frank Meinke 63 1884

Stump Wiedman 63 1885

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Charlie Getzien 362 1634.7

2. Stump Wiedman 303 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 204 930.3

4. George Derby 167 856.7

5. Pete Conway 129 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 116 454.7

7. Frank Meinke 67 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 62 302.3

9. Larry Twitchell 48 141.3

10. Dan Casey 35 104.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. George Derby 505 1881

2. Stump Wiedman 435 1883

3. Charlie Getzien 411 1888

4. Stump Wiedman 391 1882

5. Charlie Getzien 388 1886

6. George Derby 386 1882

7. Charlie Getzien 373 1887

8. Lady Baldwin 371 1886

9. Charlie Getzien 360 1885

10. Stump Wiedman 343 1885

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Stump Wiedman 1755 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 1650 1634.7

3. George Derby 891 856.7

4. Lady Baldwin 809 930.3

5. Pete Conway 540 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 457 454.7

7. Frank Meinke 354 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 259 302.3

9. Dick Burns 172 127.7

10. Larry Twitchell 161 141.3

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Lady Baldwin 4.821 1885

2. Charlie Getzien 4.280 1884

3. Stump Wiedman 4.128 1882

4. Charlie Getzien 3.741 1888

5. Lady Baldwin 3.230 1886

6. Pete Conway 3.088 1888

7. Ed Beatin 2.750 1888

8. Stump Wiedman 2.542 1883

9. George Derby 2.465 1881

10. Stump Wiedman 2.365 1885

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Lady Baldwin 2.667 930.3

2. George Derby 2.359 856.7

3. Stump Wiedman 2.215 1654.0

4. Charlie Getzien 2.006 1634.7

5. Pete Conway 1.946 628.0

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

1. George Derby 0.055 1881

2. Stump Wiedman 0.078 1881

3. Dan Casey 0.086 1885

4. Lady Baldwin 0.100 1885

5. Dupee Shaw 0.119 1883

6. Charlie Getzien 0.122 1884

7. Charlie Getzien 0.140 1886

8. Stump Wiedman 0.179 1883

9. Pete Conway 0.185 1887

10. Stump Wiedman 0.191 1885

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

1. George Derby 0.116 856.7

2. Pete Conway 0.215 628.0

3. Stump Wiedman 0.239 1654.0

4. Lady Baldwin 0.252 930.3

5. Charlie Getzien 0.292 1634.7

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. George Derby 26 1881

2. Charlie Getzien 25 1885

Charlie Getzien 25 1888

4. Stump Wiedman 24 1883

Stump Wiedman 24 1885

6. Frank Meinke 23 1884

7. Stump Wiedman 21 1884

8. George Derby 20 1882

Stump Wiedman 20 1882

10. Dupee Shaw 18 1884

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Stump Wiedman 101 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 86 1634.7

3. George Derby 46 856.7

4. Lady Baldwin 35 930.3

5. Dupee Shaw 33 454.7

6. Pete Conway 28 628.0

7. Frank Meinke 24 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 17 302.3

9. Dick Burns 12 127.7

10. Frank Brill 10 103.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Stump Wiedman 158 1883

2. Charlie Getzien 152 1887

3. Charlie Getzien 137 1888

4. George Derby 131 1882

5. Charlie Getzien 130 1886

6. Lady Baldwin 121 1886

George Derby 121 1881

8. Stump Wiedman 120 1882

9. Stump Wiedman 115 1885

10. Charlie Getzien 111 1885

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Stump Wiedman 613 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 562 1634.7

3. Lady Baldwin 280 930.3

4. George Derby 252 856.7

5. Pete Conway 179 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 140 454.7

7. Frank Meinke 104 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 80 302.3

9. Larry Twitchell 75 141.3

10. Dick Burns 64 127.7

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Charlie Getzien 23 1888

2. Lady Baldwin 22 1886

3. Charlie Getzien 19 1886

4. Charlie Getzien 18 1887

5. George Derby 16 1882

6. Henry Gruber 15 1888

Frank Meinke 15 1884

Stump Wiedman 15 1885

9. George Derby 14 1881

10. Charlie Getzien 13 1885

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Charlie Getzien 82 1634.7

2. Stump Wiedman 50 1654.0

3. Lady Baldwin 42 930.3

4. George Derby 30 856.7

5. Pete Conway 25 628.0

6. Henry Gruber 16 302.3

7. Frank Meinke 15 294.0

Dupee Shaw 15 454.7

9. Ed Beatin 10 125.0

Frank Mountain 10 60.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Pete Conway 13 1888

2. Larry Twitchell 10 1887

3. Stump Wiedman 9 1887

4. Charlie Getzien 8 1888

5. Lady Baldwin 5 1887

Pete Conway 5 1887

7. Henry Gruber 4 1888

8. Ed Beatin 2 1888

Bill Burke 2 1887

Charlie Getzien 2 1887

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Pete Conway 18 628.0

2. Charlie Getzien 10 1634.7

Larry Twitchell 10 141.3

4. Stump Wiedman 9 1654.0

5. Lady Baldwin 6 930.3

6. Henry Gruber 4 302.3

7. Ed Beatin 3 125.0

8. Bill Burke 2 15.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. George Derby 2101 1881

2. Lady Baldwin 1936 1886

3. Stump Wiedman 1762 1883

4. Charlie Getzien 1697 1888

Stump Wiedman 1697 1882

6. Charlie Getzien 1640 1886

7. George Derby 1590 1882

8. Pete Conway 1586 1888

9. Charlie Getzien 1578 1887

10. Charlie Getzien 1455 1885

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Stump Wiedman 7162 1654.0

2. Charlie Getzien 6974 1634.7

3. Lady Baldwin 3813 930.3

4. George Derby 3691 856.7

5. Pete Conway 2588 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 1972 454.7

7. Frank Meinke 1337 294.0

8. Henry Gruber 1227 302.3

9. Larry Twitchell 623 141.3

10. Dick Burns 604 127.7

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Stump Wiedman 5 1883

2. Dick Burns 4 1883

Frank Meinke 4 1884

Hardy Richardson 4 1886

5. Larry Twitchell 3 1887

6. Henry Gruber 2 1888

7. Lady Baldwin 1 1885

Lady Baldwin 1 1888

George Derby 1 1881

George Derby 1 1882

Fred Dunlap 1 1887

Bill Geiss 1 1884

Charlie Getzien 1 1887

Tom Mansell 1 1883

Gene Moriarity 1 1885

Yank Robinson 1 1882

Dupee Shaw 1 1883

Larry Twitchell 1 1888

Art Whitney 1 1882

Stump Wiedman 1 1882

George Wood 1 1883

George Wood 1 1885

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Stump Wiedman 6 1654.0

2. Dick Burns 4 127.7

Frank Meinke 4 294.0

Hardy Richardson 4 12.0

Larry Twitchell 4 141.3

6. Lady Baldwin 2 930.3

George Derby 2 856.7

Henry Gruber 2 302.3

George Wood 2 9.0

10. Fred Dunlap 1 2.0

Bill Geiss 1 5.0

Charlie Getzien 1 1634.7

Tom Mansell 1 6.7

Gene Moriarity 1 2.0

Yank Robinson 1 2.0

Dupee Shaw 1 454.7

Art Whitney 1 18.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Stump Wiedman 162 1881

2. Lady Baldwin 153 1885

3. Charlie Getzien 148 1884

4. Lady Baldwin 147 1886

5. Pete Conway 140 1887

6. George Derby 132 1881

7. Dupee Shaw 124 1883

8. Pete Conway 122 1888

9. Henry Gruber 120 1888

10. Stump Wiedman 111 1882

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Lady Baldwin 123 930.3

2. Pete Conway 122 628.0

3. George Derby 110 856.7

4. Charlie Getzien 103 1634.7

5. Stump Wiedman 92 1654.0

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