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Kansas City Cowboys Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Peek-A-Boo Veach 2.423 1884

2. Bob Black 3.220 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 4.522 1884

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Bob Black 4 1884

Ernie Hickman 4 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 3 1884

4. Jersey Bakely 2 1884

5. Doug Crothers 1 1884

Bill Hutchison 1 1884

Barney McLaughlin 1 1884

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Bob Black 4 123.0

Ernie Hickman 4 137.3

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 3 104.0

4. Jersey Bakely 2 33.0

5. Doug Crothers 1 25.0

Bill Hutchison 1 17.0

Barney McLaughlin 1 48.7

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Bob Black .308 1884

2. Peek-A-Boo Veach .250 1884

3. Ernie Hickman .235 1884

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Peek-A-Boo Veach 1.010 1884

2. Bob Black 1.171 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 1.515 1884

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Peek-A-Boo Veach 8.221 1884

2. Bob Black 9.293 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 11.272 1884

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

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

1. Peek-A-Boo Veach 0.865 1884

2. Bob Black 1.244 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 2.359 1884

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

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Bob Black 6.805 1884

2. Peek-A-Boo Veach 5.365 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 4.456 1884

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Ernie Hickman 17 1884

2. Bob Black 16 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 1884

4. Barney McLaughlin 7 1884

Alex Voss 7 1884

6. Henry Oberbeck 6 1884

7. Jersey Bakely 5 1884

8. Dick Blaisdell 3 1884

Doug Crothers 3 1884

Frank Wyman 3 1884

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Ernie Hickman 17 137.3

2. Bob Black 16 123.0

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 104.0

4. Barney McLaughlin 7 48.7

Alex Voss 7 53.0

6. Henry Oberbeck 6 29.7

7. Jersey Bakely 5 33.0

8. Dick Blaisdell 3 26.0

Doug Crothers 3 25.0

Frank Wyman 3 21.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Ernie Hickman 137.3 1884

2. Bob Black 123.0 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 104.0 1884

4. Alex Voss 53.0 1884

5. Barney McLaughlin 48.7 1884

6. Jersey Bakely 33.0 1884

7. Henry Oberbeck 29.7 1884

8. Dick Blaisdell 26.0 1884

9. Doug Crothers 25.0 1884

10. Frank Wyman 21.0 1884

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Ernie Hickman 137.3 137.3

2. Bob Black 123.0 123.0

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 104.0 104.0

4. Alex Voss 53.0 53.0

5. Barney McLaughlin 48.7 48.7

6. Jersey Bakely 33.0 33.0

7. Henry Oberbeck 29.7 29.7

8. Dick Blaisdell 26.0 26.0

9. Doug Crothers 25.0 25.0

10. Frank Wyman 21.0 21.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Bob Black 93 1884

2. Ernie Hickman 68 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 62 1884

4. Alex Voss 17 1884

5. Barney McLaughlin 14 1884

6. Jersey Bakely 13 1884

7. Doug Crothers 11 1884

8. Frank Wyman 9 1884

9. Dick Blaisdell 8 1884

10. Jim Cudworth 6 1884

Henry Oberbeck 6 1884

Harry Wheeler 6 1884

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Bob Black 93 123.0

2. Ernie Hickman 68 137.3

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 62 104.0

4. Alex Voss 17 53.0

5. Barney McLaughlin 14 48.7

6. Jersey Bakely 13 33.0

7. Doug Crothers 11 25.0

8. Frank Wyman 9 21.0

9. Dick Blaisdell 8 26.0

10. Jim Cudworth 6 17.0

Henry Oberbeck 6 29.7

Harry Wheeler 6 8.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Ernie Hickman 17 1884

2. Bob Black 15 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 1884

4. Alex Voss 6 1884

5. Jersey Bakely 5 1884

6. Barney McLaughlin 4 1884

Henry Oberbeck 4 1884

8. Dick Blaisdell 3 1884

Doug Crothers 3 1884

10. Bill Hutchison 2 1884

John Kirby 2 1884

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Ernie Hickman 17 137.3

2. Bob Black 15 123.0

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 104.0

4. Alex Voss 6 53.0

5. Jersey Bakely 5 33.0

6. Barney McLaughlin 4 48.7

Henry Oberbeck 4 29.7

8. Dick Blaisdell 3 26.0

Doug Crothers 3 25.0

10. Bill Hutchison 2 17.0

John Kirby 2 11.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Ernie Hickman 15 1884

2. Bob Black 13 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 1884

4. Alex Voss 6 1884

5. Barney McLaughlin 4 1884

6. Jersey Bakely 3 1884

Dick Blaisdell 3 1884

Doug Crothers 3 1884

Henry Oberbeck 3 1884

10. Bill Hutchison 2 1884

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Ernie Hickman 15 137.3

2. Bob Black 13 123.0

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 104.0

4. Alex Voss 6 53.0

5. Barney McLaughlin 4 48.7

6. Jersey Bakely 3 33.0

Dick Blaisdell 3 26.0

Doug Crothers 3 25.0

Henry Oberbeck 3 29.7

10. Bill Hutchison 2 17.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Ernie Hickman 5 1884

2. Barney McLaughlin 2 1884

Alex Voss 2 1884

4. Bob Black 1 1884

Joe Connors 1 1884

Jim Cudworth 1 1884

Pat Sullivan 1 1884

Peek-A-Boo Veach 1 1884

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Ernie Hickman 5 137.3

2. Barney McLaughlin 2 48.7

Alex Voss 2 53.0

4. Bob Black 1 123.0

Joe Connors 1 12.0

Jim Cudworth 1 17.0

Pat Sullivan 1 7.0

Peek-A-Boo Veach 1 104.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Ernie Hickman 36 1884

2. Bob Black 17 1884

3. Barney McLaughlin 15 1884

4. Peek-A-Boo Veach 10 1884

5. Alex Voss 7 1884

6. Doug Crothers 6 1884

7. Frank Kreeger 5 1884

Pat Sullivan 5 1884

9. Jersey Bakely 4 1884

Dick Blaisdell 4 1884

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Ernie Hickman 36 137.3

2. Bob Black 17 123.0

3. Barney McLaughlin 15 48.7

4. Peek-A-Boo Veach 10 104.0

5. Alex Voss 7 53.0

6. Doug Crothers 6 25.0

7. Frank Kreeger 5 7.0

Pat Sullivan 5 7.0

9. Jersey Bakely 4 33.0

Dick Blaisdell 4 26.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Ernie Hickman 172 1884

2. Bob Black 127 1884

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 95 1884

4. Alex Voss 74 1884

5. Barney McLaughlin 62 1884

6. Dick Blaisdell 49 1884

7. Henry Oberbeck 47 1884

8. Frank Wyman 37 1884

9. Jersey Bakely 29 1884

10. Doug Crothers 26 1884

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Ernie Hickman 172 137.3

2. Bob Black 127 123.0

3. Peek-A-Boo Veach 95 104.0

4. Alex Voss 74 53.0

5. Barney McLaughlin 62 48.7

6. Dick Blaisdell 49 26.0

7. Henry Oberbeck 47 29.7

8. Frank Wyman 37 21.0

9. Jersey Bakely 29 33.0

10. Doug Crothers 26 25.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Peek-A-Boo Veach 6.200 1884

2. Bob Black 5.471 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 1.889 1884

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

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

1. Bob Black 0.073 1884

2. Peek-A-Boo Veach 0.086 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 0.328 1884

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

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Ernie Hickman 13 1884

2. Bob Black 9 1884

Peek-A-Boo Veach 9 1884

4. Alex Voss 6 1884

5. Henry Oberbeck 5 1884

6. Jersey Bakely 3 1884

Dick Blaisdell 3 1884

Barney McLaughlin 3 1884

9. Doug Crothers 2 1884

10. Jim Chatterton 1 1884

Joe Connors 1 1884

Frank Foreman 1 1884

Bill Hutchison 1 1884

John Kirby 1 1884

Frank Kreeger 1 1884

Pat Sullivan 1 1884

Harry Wheeler 1 1884

Frank Wyman 1 1884

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Ernie Hickman 13 137.3

2. Bob Black 9 123.0

Peek-A-Boo Veach 9 104.0

4. Alex Voss 6 53.0

5. Henry Oberbeck 5 29.7

6. Jersey Bakely 3 33.0

Dick Blaisdell 3 26.0

Barney McLaughlin 3 48.7

9. Doug Crothers 2 25.0

10. Jim Chatterton 1 5.0

Joe Connors 1 12.0

Frank Foreman 1 8.0

Bill Hutchison 1 17.0

John Kirby 1 11.0

Frank Kreeger 1 7.0

Pat Sullivan 1 7.0

Harry Wheeler 1 8.0

Frank Wyman 1 21.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Ernie Hickman 69 1884

2. Bob Black 44 1884

3. Barney McLaughlin 29 1884

4. Peek-A-Boo Veach 28 1884

5. Dick Blaisdell 25 1884

Alex Voss 25 1884

7. Henry Oberbeck 19 1884

8. Frank Wyman 16 1884

9. Jersey Bakely 9 1884

Pat Sullivan 9 1884

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Ernie Hickman 69 137.3

2. Bob Black 44 123.0

3. Barney McLaughlin 29 48.7

4. Peek-A-Boo Veach 28 104.0

5. Dick Blaisdell 25 26.0

Alex Voss 25 53.0

7. Henry Oberbeck 19 29.7

8. Frank Wyman 16 21.0

9. Jersey Bakely 9 33.0

Pat Sullivan 9 7.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Barney McLaughlin 3 1884

2. Henry Oberbeck 2 1884

Frank Wyman 2 1884

4. Bob Black 1 1884

Joe Connors 1 1884

Jim Cudworth 1 1884

Frank McLaughlin 1 1884

Alex Voss 1 1884

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Barney McLaughlin 3 48.7

2. Henry Oberbeck 2 29.7

Frank Wyman 2 21.0

4. Bob Black 1 123.0

Joe Connors 1 12.0

Jim Cudworth 1 17.0

Frank McLaughlin 1 10.0

Alex Voss 1 53.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Peek-A-Boo Veach 115 1884

2. Bob Black 87 1884

3. Ernie Hickman 62 1884

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

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