Play Index Relaunched--Free Trial / Blog Post
B-R on Twitter / Facebook
S-R.com: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > Pitching Leaders

Kansas City Cowboys Top 10 Pitching Leaders

Team Encyclopedia
  Starters: Positional / Pitching - Players: Batting / Pitching - Teams: Batting / Pitching
  Leaders: Batting / Pitching - Managers - Attendance/Parks
  Hall of Fame Register - Opening Day Starters
  Logos from SportsLogos.net. Page: none available.

Create Custom Leaderboards

The Baseball-Reference.com Play Index's Batting Season Finder lets you create your own custom leaderboards by team, age, position, years, or any other common criteria. View Sample Leaderboards created with the batting season finder.

Kansas City Cowboys Top 10 Pitching Leaders

See Also: Top 10 / Top 50
Click on the Player for player statistics, biography, and information.
Click on the Year for team roster, statistics, and leaders.
500 IP or 50 decisions required for career rate statistics.

Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Jim Whitney 4.489 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 4.504 1886

3. Pete Conway 5.750 1886

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Jim Whitney 12 1886

Stump Wiedman 12 1886

3. Pete Conway 5 1886

4. Silver King 1 1886

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Jim Whitney 12 393.0

Stump Wiedman 12 427.7

3. Pete Conway 5 180.0

4. Silver King 1 39.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Jim Whitney .273 1886

2. Pete Conway .250 1886

Stump Wiedman .250 1886

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Jim Whitney 1.323 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 1.546 1886

3. Pete Conway 1.650 1886

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Jim Whitney 10.649 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 11.553 1886

3. Pete Conway 11.800 1886

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

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

1. Jim Whitney 1.260 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 2.357 1886

3. Pete Conway 3.050 1886

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

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Pete Conway 4.050 1886

2. Jim Whitney 3.824 1886

3. Stump Wiedman 3.535 1886

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Stump Wiedman 51 1886

2. Jim Whitney 46 1886

3. Pete Conway 23 1886

4. Silver King 5 1886

5. Larry McKeon 3 1886

6. Jim Lillie 1 1886

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Stump Wiedman 51 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 46 393.0

3. Pete Conway 23 180.0

4. Silver King 5 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 3 21.0

6. Jim Lillie 1 6.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Stump Wiedman 427.7 1886

2. Jim Whitney 393.0 1886

3. Pete Conway 180.0 1886

4. Silver King 39.0 1886

5. Larry McKeon 21.0 1886

6. Jim Lillie 6.0 1886

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Stump Wiedman 427.7 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 393.0 393.0

3. Pete Conway 180.0 180.0

4. Silver King 39.0 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 21.0 21.0

6. Jim Lillie 6.0 6.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Stump Wiedman 168 1886

2. Jim Whitney 167 1886

3. Pete Conway 81 1886

4. Silver King 23 1886

5. Larry McKeon 3 1886

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Stump Wiedman 168 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 167 393.0

3. Pete Conway 81 180.0

4. Silver King 23 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 3 21.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Stump Wiedman 51 1886

2. Jim Whitney 44 1886

3. Pete Conway 20 1886

4. Silver King 5 1886

5. Larry McKeon 3 1886

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Stump Wiedman 51 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 44 393.0

3. Pete Conway 20 180.0

4. Silver King 5 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 3 21.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Stump Wiedman 48 1886

2. Jim Whitney 42 1886

3. Pete Conway 19 1886

4. Silver King 5 1886

5. Larry McKeon 3 1886

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Stump Wiedman 48 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 42 393.0

3. Pete Conway 19 180.0

4. Silver King 5 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 3 21.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Jim Whitney 3 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 1 1886

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Jim Whitney 3 393.0

2. Stump Wiedman 1 427.7

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Stump Wiedman 11 1886

2. Jim Whitney 9 1886

3. Pete Conway 6 1886

4. Silver King 1 1886

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Stump Wiedman 11 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 9 393.0

3. Pete Conway 6 180.0

4. Silver King 1 39.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Stump Wiedman 112 1886

2. Pete Conway 61 1886

3. Jim Whitney 55 1886

4. Silver King 9 1886

5. Larry McKeon 8 1886

6. Jim Lillie 1 1886

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Stump Wiedman 112 427.7

2. Pete Conway 61 180.0

3. Jim Whitney 55 393.0

4. Silver King 9 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 8 21.0

6. Jim Lillie 1 6.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Stump Wiedman 549 1886

2. Jim Whitney 465 1886

3. Pete Conway 236 1886

4. Larry McKeon 44 1886

5. Silver King 43 1886

6. Jim Lillie 8 1886

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Stump Wiedman 549 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 465 393.0

3. Pete Conway 236 180.0

4. Larry McKeon 44 21.0

5. Silver King 43 39.0

6. Jim Lillie 8 6.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Jim Whitney 3.036 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 1.500 1886

3. Pete Conway 1.328 1886

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

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

1. Jim Whitney 0.206 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 0.232 1886

3. Pete Conway 0.300 1886

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

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Stump Wiedman 36 1886

2. Jim Whitney 32 1886

3. Pete Conway 15 1886

4. Silver King 3 1886

5. Larry McKeon 2 1886

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Stump Wiedman 36 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 32 393.0

3. Pete Conway 15 180.0

4. Silver King 3 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 2 21.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Stump Wiedman 214 1886

2. Jim Whitney 196 1886

3. Pete Conway 115 1886

4. Larry McKeon 25 1886

5. Silver King 21 1886

6. Jim Lillie 3 1886

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Stump Wiedman 214 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 196 393.0

3. Pete Conway 115 180.0

4. Larry McKeon 25 21.0

5. Silver King 21 39.0

6. Jim Lillie 3 6.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Stump Wiedman 35 1886

2. Jim Whitney 29 1886

3. Pete Conway 21 1886

4. Silver King 8 1886

5. Larry McKeon 2 1886

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Stump Wiedman 35 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 29 393.0

3. Pete Conway 21 180.0

4. Silver King 8 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 2 21.0

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. Stump Wiedman 1924 1886

2. Jim Whitney 1691 1886

3. Pete Conway 865 1886

4. Silver King 188 1886

5. Larry McKeon 115 1886

6. Jim Lillie 24 1886

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Stump Wiedman 1924 427.7

2. Jim Whitney 1691 393.0

3. Pete Conway 865 180.0

4. Silver King 188 39.0

5. Larry McKeon 115 21.0

6. Jim Lillie 24 6.0

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Pete Conway 3 1886

2. Jim Whitney 2 1886

3. Jim Lillie 1 1886

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Pete Conway 3 180.0

2. Jim Whitney 2 393.0

3. Jim Lillie 1 6.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Jim Whitney 83 1886

2. Stump Wiedman 83 1886

3. Pete Conway 65 1886

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

Site last updated Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 07:09:43 AM

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Probability and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.