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Indianapolis Hoosiers Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Indianapolis Hoosiers Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Bill Burdick 2.812 1888

2. Henry Boyle 3.260 1888

3. Henry Boyle 3.649 1887

4. John Healy 3.893 1888

5. Henry Boyle 3.922 1889

6. Charlie Getzien 4.539 1889

7. Lev Shreve 4.626 1888

8. Lev Shreve 4.721 1887

9. John Healy 5.173 1887

10. Amos Rusie 5.320 1889

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Henry Boyle 3.627 1029.7

2. John Healy 4.552 662.3

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Henry Boyle 21 1889

2. Charlie Getzien 18 1889

3. Henry Boyle 15 1888

4. Henry Boyle 13 1887

5. John Healy 12 1887

John Healy 12 1888

Amos Rusie 12 1889

8. Lev Shreve 11 1888

9. Bill Burdick 10 1888

10. Lev Shreve 5 1887

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Henry Boyle 49 1029.7

2. John Healy 24 662.3

3. Charlie Getzien 18 349.0

4. Lev Shreve 16 435.3

5. Bill Burdick 12 221.7

Amos Rusie 12 225.0

7. Sam Moffett 3 106.0

Hank Morrison 3 57.0

9. Jack Fee 2 40.0

Gus Krock 2 32.0

Doc Leitner 2 65.0

Jim Whitney 2 70.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Amos Rusie .545 1889

2. Bill Burdick .500 1888

3. Henry Boyle .477 1889

4. Charlie Getzien .450 1889

5. Henry Boyle .405 1888

6. Lev Shreve .357 1887

7. Henry Boyle .351 1887

8. John Healy .333 1888

9. Lev Shreve .314 1888

10. John Healy .293 1887

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Henry Boyle .415 1029.7

2. John Healy .312 662.3

3. Lev Shreve .308 435.3

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Henry Boyle 1.155 1888

2. Bill Burdick 1.199 1888

3. Henry Boyle 1.296 1887

4. John Healy 1.351 1888

5. Henry Boyle 1.365 1889

6. Charlie Getzien 1.418 1889

7. Lev Shreve 1.495 1888

8. John Healy 1.534 1887

9. Amos Rusie 1.609 1889

10. Lev Shreve 1.688 1887

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Henry Boyle 1.277 1029.7

2. John Healy 1.445 662.3

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Bill Burdick 8.591 1888

2. Henry Boyle 8.777 1888

3. John Healy 9.719 1888

4. Henry Boyle 9.768 1887

5. Amos Rusie 9.840 1889

6. Henry Boyle 10.030 1889

7. Charlie Getzien 10.186 1889

8. Lev Shreve 10.402 1887

9. Lev Shreve 10.643 1888

10. John Healy 10.953 1887

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Henry Boyle 9.554 1029.7

2. John Healy 10.354 662.3

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

1. Henry Boyle 1.616 1888

2. Henry Boyle 1.893 1887

3. Bill Burdick 2.199 1888

4. Henry Boyle 2.258 1889

5. John Healy 2.437 1888

6. Charlie Getzien 2.579 1889

7. Lev Shreve 2.812 1888

8. John Healy 2.850 1887

9. Amos Rusie 4.640 1889

10. Lev Shreve 4.795 1887

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

1. Henry Boyle 1.940 1029.7

2. John Healy 2.650 662.3

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Amos Rusie 4.360 1889

2. Charlie Getzien 3.585 1889

3. John Healy 3.473 1888

4. Lev Shreve 3.054 1888

5. Bill Burdick 2.812 1888

6. Henry Boyle 2.731 1888

7. Henry Boyle 2.332 1887

8. Henry Boyle 2.305 1889

9. John Healy 1.980 1887

10. Lev Shreve 1.623 1887

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. John Healy 2.704 662.3

2. Henry Boyle 2.447 1029.7

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Henry Boyle 46 1889

2. Charlie Getzien 45 1889

3. John Healy 41 1887

4. Henry Boyle 38 1887

5. Henry Boyle 37 1888

John Healy 37 1888

7. Lev Shreve 35 1888

8. Amos Rusie 33 1889

9. Bill Burdick 20 1888

10. Lev Shreve 14 1887

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Henry Boyle 121 1029.7

2. John Healy 78 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 52 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 45 349.0

5. Amos Rusie 33 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 30 221.7

7. Sam Moffett 13 106.0

8. Jim Whitney 9 70.0

9. John Kirby 8 62.0

Doc Leitner 8 65.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Bill Burdick 1 1889

Frederick Fass 1 1887

Charlie Getzien 1 1889

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Bill Burdick 1 221.7

Frederick Fass 1 15.7

Charlie Getzien 1 349.0

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Henry Boyle 378.7 1889

2. Charlie Getzien 349.0 1889

3. John Healy 341.0 1887

4. Henry Boyle 328.0 1887

5. Henry Boyle 323.0 1888

6. John Healy 321.3 1888

7. Lev Shreve 297.7 1888

8. Amos Rusie 225.0 1889

9. Bill Burdick 176.0 1888

10. Lev Shreve 122.0 1887

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Henry Boyle 1029.7 1029.7

2. John Healy 662.3 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 435.3 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 349.0 349.0

5. Amos Rusie 225.0 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 221.7 221.7

7. Sam Moffett 106.0 106.0

8. Jim Whitney 70.0 70.0

9. Doc Leitner 65.0 65.0

10. John Kirby 62.0 62.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Charlie Getzien 139 1889

2. John Healy 124 1888

3. Amos Rusie 109 1889

4. Lev Shreve 101 1888

5. Henry Boyle 98 1888

6. Henry Boyle 97 1889

7. Henry Boyle 85 1887

8. John Healy 75 1887

9. Bill Burdick 55 1888

10. Doc Leitner 27 1887

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Henry Boyle 280 1029.7

2. John Healy 199 662.3

3. Charlie Getzien 139 349.0

4. Lev Shreve 128 435.3

5. Amos Rusie 109 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 71 221.7

7. Doc Leitner 27 65.0

8. Jim Whitney 16 70.0

9. Hank Morrison 13 57.0

10. Jack Fee 10 40.0

Gus Krock 10 32.0

Sam Moffett 10 106.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Henry Boyle 45 1889

2. Charlie Getzien 44 1889

3. John Healy 41 1887

4. Henry Boyle 38 1887

5. Henry Boyle 37 1888

John Healy 37 1888

7. Lev Shreve 35 1888

8. Amos Rusie 22 1889

9. Bill Burdick 20 1888

10. Lev Shreve 14 1887

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Henry Boyle 120 1029.7

2. John Healy 78 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 52 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 44 349.0

5. Bill Burdick 24 221.7

6. Amos Rusie 22 225.0

7. Sam Moffett 13 106.0

8. John Kirby 8 62.0

Doc Leitner 8 65.0

Jim Whitney 8 70.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. John Healy 40 1887

2. Henry Boyle 38 1889

3. Henry Boyle 37 1887

4. Henry Boyle 36 1888

Charlie Getzien 36 1889

John Healy 36 1888

7. Lev Shreve 34 1888

8. Bill Burdick 20 1888

9. Amos Rusie 19 1889

10. Lev Shreve 14 1887

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Henry Boyle 111 1029.7

2. John Healy 76 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 49 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 36 349.0

5. Bill Burdick 22 221.7

6. Amos Rusie 19 225.0

7. Sam Moffett 12 106.0

8. Doc Leitner 8 65.0

9. Jim Whitney 7 70.0

10. John Kirby 5 62.0

Hank Morrison 5 57.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Henry Boyle 3 1888

John Healy 3 1887

3. Henry Boyle 2 1889

4. John Healy 1 1888

Sam Moffett 1 1888

Amos Rusie 1 1889

Lev Shreve 1 1887

Lev Shreve 1 1888

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Henry Boyle 5 1029.7

2. John Healy 4 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 2 435.3

4. Sam Moffett 1 106.0

Amos Rusie 1 225.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Charlie Getzien 27 1889

2. John Healy 24 1887

3. Lev Shreve 23 1888

4. Henry Boyle 14 1889

5. John Healy 13 1888

6. Bill Burdick 12 1888

Amos Rusie 12 1889

8. Henry Boyle 11 1887

Henry Boyle 11 1888

10. Bill Burdick 7 1889

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. John Healy 37 662.3

2. Henry Boyle 36 1029.7

3. Lev Shreve 31 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 27 349.0

5. Bill Burdick 19 221.7

6. Amos Rusie 12 225.0

7. Doc Leitner 6 65.0

8. Jack McGeachey 5 16.0

9. Sam Moffett 4 106.0

Jim Whitney 4 70.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Amos Rusie 116 1889

2. John Healy 108 1887

3. Charlie Getzien 100 1889

4. Henry Boyle 95 1889

5. Lev Shreve 93 1888

6. John Healy 87 1888

7. Henry Boyle 69 1887

8. Lev Shreve 65 1887

9. Henry Boyle 58 1888

10. Bill Burdick 43 1888

John Kirby 43 1887

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Henry Boyle 222 1029.7

2. John Healy 195 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 170 435.3

4. Amos Rusie 116 225.0

5. Charlie Getzien 100 349.0

6. Bill Burdick 56 221.7

7. John Kirby 43 62.0

8. Doc Leitner 41 65.0

9. Sam Moffett 40 106.0

10. Jack Fee 31 40.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Henry Boyle 422 1889

2. John Healy 415 1887

3. Charlie Getzien 395 1889

4. Henry Boyle 356 1887

5. Lev Shreve 352 1888

6. John Healy 347 1888

7. Henry Boyle 315 1888

8. Amos Rusie 246 1889

9. Bill Burdick 168 1888

10. Lev Shreve 141 1887

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Henry Boyle 1093 1029.7

2. John Healy 762 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 518 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 395 349.0

5. Amos Rusie 246 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 226 221.7

7. Sam Moffett 109 106.0

8. Jim Whitney 106 70.0

9. Hank Morrison 79 57.0

10. John Kirby 70 62.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Henry Boyle 1.690 1888

2. John Healy 1.425 1888

3. Charlie Getzien 1.390 1889

4. Bill Burdick 1.279 1888

5. Henry Boyle 1.232 1887

6. Lev Shreve 1.086 1888

7. Henry Boyle 1.021 1889

8. Amos Rusie 0.940 1889

9. John Healy 0.694 1887

10. Lev Shreve 0.339 1887

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Henry Boyle 1.261 1029.7

2. John Healy 1.020 662.3

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

1. Henry Boyle 0.302 1887

2. Henry Boyle 0.306 1888

3. Henry Boyle 0.333 1889

4. John Healy 0.364 1888

5. Lev Shreve 0.369 1887

6. Amos Rusie 0.480 1889

7. Bill Burdick 0.614 1888

8. John Healy 0.633 1887

9. Lev Shreve 0.695 1888

10. Charlie Getzien 0.696 1889

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

1. Henry Boyle 0.315 1029.7

2. John Healy 0.503 662.3

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. John Healy 29 1887

2. Henry Boyle 24 1887

John Healy 24 1888

Lev Shreve 24 1888

5. Henry Boyle 23 1889

6. Henry Boyle 22 1888

Charlie Getzien 22 1889

8. Bill Burdick 10 1888

Amos Rusie 10 1889

10. Lev Shreve 9 1887

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Henry Boyle 69 1029.7

2. John Healy 53 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 36 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 22 349.0

5. Bill Burdick 14 221.7

6. Sam Moffett 10 106.0

Amos Rusie 10 225.0

8. Jim Whitney 7 70.0

9. John Kirby 6 62.0

Doc Leitner 6 65.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. John Healy 196 1887

2. Charlie Getzien 176 1889

3. Henry Boyle 165 1889

4. Lev Shreve 153 1888

5. John Healy 139 1888

6. Henry Boyle 133 1887

Amos Rusie 133 1889

8. Henry Boyle 117 1888

9. Lev Shreve 64 1887

10. Bill Burdick 55 1888

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Henry Boyle 415 1029.7

2. John Healy 335 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 241 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 176 349.0

5. Amos Rusie 133 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 78 221.7

7. Jim Whitney 53 70.0

8. Sam Moffett 50 106.0

9. Hank Morrison 48 57.0

10. John Kirby 42 62.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. John Healy 39 1887

2. Lev Shreve 24 1888

3. Henry Boyle 22 1888

4. John Healy 19 1888

5. Bill Burdick 15 1888

6. Charlie Getzien 14 1889

7. Henry Boyle 13 1887

8. Doc Leitner 12 1887

9. Henry Boyle 10 1889

10. Amos Rusie 9 1889

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. John Healy 58 662.3

2. Henry Boyle 45 1029.7

3. Lev Shreve 32 435.3

4. Bill Burdick 16 221.7

5. Charlie Getzien 14 349.0

6. Doc Leitner 12 65.0

7. Amos Rusie 9 225.0

8. Hank Morrison 7 57.0

9. Sam Moffett 5 106.0

10. John Cahill 4 22.0

Frederick Fass 4 15.7

Jack Fee 4 40.0

John Kirby 4 62.0

John Sowders 4 3.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. John Healy 15 1887

John Healy 15 1888

3. Henry Boyle 14 1889

4. Henry Boyle 12 1887

5. Henry Boyle 10 1888

6. Charlie Getzien 9 1889

Amos Rusie 9 1889

8. Lev Shreve 8 1888

9. Bill Burdick 6 1888

10. Sam Moffett 4 1887

Lev Shreve 4 1887

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Henry Boyle 36 1029.7

2. John Healy 30 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 12 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 9 349.0

Amos Rusie 9 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 6 221.7

Sam Moffett 6 106.0

8. Varney Anderson 3 12.0

9. John Cahill 2 22.0

Larry Corcoran 2 15.0

Frederick Fass 2 15.7

John Kirby 2 62.0

Jim Whitney 2 70.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Henry Boyle 1691 1889

2. Charlie Getzien 1655 1889

3. John Healy 1535 1887

4. Henry Boyle 1424 1887

5. John Healy 1401 1888

6. Henry Boyle 1354 1888

7. Lev Shreve 1325 1888

8. Amos Rusie 953 1889

9. Bill Burdick 742 1888

10. Lev Shreve 576 1887

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Henry Boyle 4469 1029.7

2. John Healy 2936 662.3

3. Lev Shreve 1901 435.3

4. Charlie Getzien 1655 349.0

5. Amos Rusie 953 225.0

6. Bill Burdick 905 221.7

7. Sam Moffett 463 106.0

8. Jim Whitney 309 70.0

9. Doc Leitner 307 65.0

10. John Kirby 302 62.0

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Amos Rusie 11 1889

2. Bill Burdick 5 1889

John Cahill 5 1887

4. Jack Fee 4 1889

5. Jumbo Schoeneck 2 1888

6. Varney Anderson 1 1889

Henry Boyle 1 1889

Jerry Denny 1 1888

Frederick Fass 1 1887

Charlie Getzien 1 1889

Jack Glasscock 1 1887

Jack Glasscock 1 1889

Jack McGeachey 1 1887

Jack McGeachey 1 1888

Jack McGeachey 1 1889

John Sowders 1 1887

Jim Whitney 1 1889

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Amos Rusie 11 225.0

2. Bill Burdick 5 221.7

John Cahill 5 22.0

4. Jack Fee 4 40.0

5. Jack McGeachey 3 16.0

6. Jack Glasscock 2 2.0

Jumbo Schoeneck 2 4.3

8. Varney Anderson 1 12.0

Henry Boyle 1 1029.7

Jerry Denny 1 4.0

Frederick Fass 1 15.7

Charlie Getzien 1 349.0

John Sowders 1 3.0

Jim Whitney 1 70.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Henry Boyle 113 1887

2. Henry Boyle 107 1889

3. Bill Burdick 105 1888

4. Charlie Getzien 92 1889

5. Henry Boyle 90 1888

6. Lev Shreve 87 1887

7. John Healy 80 1887

8. Amos Rusie 79 1889

9. John Healy 76 1888

10. Lev Shreve 64 1888

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Henry Boyle 104 1029.7

2. John Healy 78 662.3

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