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New York Metropolitans Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Tim Keefe 2.255 1884

2. Tim Keefe 2.414 1883

3. Jack Lynch 2.667 1884

4. Ed Cushman 2.780 1885

5. Ed Cushman 3.123 1886

6. Al Mays 3.394 1886

7. Jack Lynch 3.609 1885

8. Jack Lynch 3.952 1886

9. Jack Lynch 4.094 1883

10. Al Mays 4.731 1887

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Tim Keefe 2.344 1102.0

2. Jack Lynch 3.657 1749.7

3. Ed Cushman 3.885 736.7

4. Al Mays 4.140 791.3

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Tim Keefe 41 1883

2. Tim Keefe 37 1884

Jack Lynch 37 1884

4. Jack Lynch 23 1885

5. Jack Lynch 20 1886

6. Ed Cushman 17 1886

Al Mays 17 1887

8. Jack Lynch 13 1883

9. Al Mays 11 1886

10. Ed Cushman 10 1887

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Jack Lynch 100 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 78 1102.0

3. Ed Cushman 35 736.7

4. Al Mays 28 791.3

5. Doug Crothers 7 154.0

John Shaffer 7 181.0

7. Ed Begley 4 115.0

Stump Wiedman 4 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 3 91.0

10. George McMullen 2 21.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Jack Lynch .712 1884

2. Tim Keefe .685 1884

3. Tim Keefe .603 1883

4. Jack Lynch .523 1885

5. Jack Lynch .464 1883

6. Ed Cushman .459 1886

7. Ed Cushman .400 1887

Jack Lynch .400 1886

9. Doug Crothers .389 1885

10. Ed Cushman .364 1885

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Tim Keefe .639 1102.0

2. Jack Lynch .513 1749.7

3. Ed Cushman .417 736.7

4. Al Mays .311 791.3

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Jack Lynch 0.931 1884

2. Tim Keefe 0.934 1884

3. Tim Keefe 0.944 1883

4. Ed Cushman 1.000 1885

5. Jack Lynch 1.129 1883

6. Ed Cushman 1.158 1886

7. Jack Lynch 1.193 1885

8. Al Mays 1.343 1886

9. Jack Lynch 1.389 1886

10. Jack Lynch 1.503 1887

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Tim Keefe 0.939 1102.0

2. Jack Lynch 1.191 1749.7

3. Ed Cushman 1.304 736.7

4. Al Mays 1.462 791.3

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Tim Keefe 7.066 1883

2. Tim Keefe 7.081 1884

3. Ed Cushman 7.445 1885

4. Jack Lynch 7.621 1884

5. Ed Cushman 7.683 1886

6. Al Mays 8.486 1886

7. Jack Lynch 9.282 1883

8. Jack Lynch 9.736 1885

9. Jack Lynch 10.089 1886

10. Ed Begley 10.252 1885

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Tim Keefe 7.073 1102.0

2. Ed Cushman 9.114 736.7

3. Jack Lynch 9.377 1749.7

4. Al Mays 10.020 791.3

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

1. Jack Lynch 0.762 1884

2. Jack Lynch 0.882 1883

3. Jack Lynch 0.997 1885

4. Tim Keefe 1.323 1884

5. Tim Keefe 1.425 1883

6. Ed Cushman 1.555 1885

7. Jack Lynch 1.733 1887

8. Jack Lynch 2.413 1886

9. Ed Cushman 2.736 1886

10. Al Mays 2.773 1887

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

1. Jack Lynch 1.343 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 1.380 1102.0

3. Ed Cushman 2.627 736.7

4. Al Mays 3.139 791.3

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Ed Cushman 6.267 1885

2. Tim Keefe 6.224 1884

3. Jack Lynch 5.298 1884

4. Tim Keefe 5.249 1883

5. Ed Cushman 4.615 1886

6. Jack Lynch 4.203 1885

7. Jack Lynch 4.200 1883

8. Al Mays 4.191 1886

9. Jack Lynch 4.015 1886

10. Ed Begley 3.444 1885

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Tim Keefe 5.676 1102.0

2. Ed Cushman 4.447 736.7

3. Jack Lynch 4.249 1749.7

4. Al Mays 3.264 791.3

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Tim Keefe 68 1883

2. Tim Keefe 58 1884

3. Jack Lynch 55 1884

4. Al Mays 52 1887

5. Jack Lynch 51 1886

6. Jack Lynch 44 1885

7. Al Mays 41 1886

8. Ed Cushman 38 1886

9. Jack Lynch 29 1883

10. Ed Cushman 26 1887

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Jack Lynch 200 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 126 1102.0

3. Al Mays 93 791.3

4. Ed Cushman 86 736.7

5. John Shaffer 21 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 18 154.0

7. Ed Begley 15 115.0

8. Stump Wiedman 12 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 11 91.0

10. Bill Fagan 6 45.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Tim Keefe 619.0 1883

2. Jack Lynch 496.0 1884

3. Tim Keefe 483.0 1884

4. Al Mays 441.3 1887

5. Jack Lynch 432.7 1886

6. Jack Lynch 379.0 1885

7. Al Mays 350.0 1886

8. Ed Cushman 325.7 1886

9. Jack Lynch 255.0 1883

10. Ed Cushman 220.0 1887

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Jack Lynch 1749.7 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 1102.0 1102.0

3. Al Mays 791.3 791.3

4. Ed Cushman 736.7 736.7

5. John Shaffer 181.0 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 154.0 154.0

7. Ed Begley 115.0 115.0

8. Stump Wiedman 97.0 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 91.0 91.0

10. Bill Fagan 45.0 45.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Tim Keefe 361 1883

2. Tim Keefe 334 1884

3. Jack Lynch 292 1884

4. Jack Lynch 193 1886

5. Jack Lynch 177 1885

6. Ed Cushman 167 1886

7. Al Mays 163 1886

8. Ed Cushman 133 1885

9. Al Mays 124 1887

10. Jack Lynch 119 1883

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Jack Lynch 826 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 695 1102.0

3. Ed Cushman 364 736.7

4. Al Mays 287 791.3

5. John Shaffer 58 181.0

6. Ed Begley 44 115.0

7. Doug Crothers 40 154.0

8. Stump Wiedman 37 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 15 91.0

10. Bill Fagan 12 45.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Tim Keefe 68 1883

2. Tim Keefe 58 1884

3. Jack Lynch 54 1884

4. Al Mays 52 1887

5. Jack Lynch 50 1886

6. Jack Lynch 43 1885

7. Al Mays 41 1886

8. Ed Cushman 37 1886

9. Jack Lynch 29 1883

10. Ed Cushman 26 1887

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Jack Lynch 197 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 126 1102.0

3. Al Mays 93 791.3

4. Ed Cushman 85 736.7

5. John Shaffer 21 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 18 154.0

7. Ed Begley 14 115.0

8. Stump Wiedman 12 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 11 91.0

10. Bill Fagan 6 45.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Tim Keefe 68 1883

2. Tim Keefe 56 1884

3. Jack Lynch 54 1884

4. Jack Lynch 50 1886

Al Mays 50 1887

6. Jack Lynch 43 1885

7. Al Mays 39 1886

8. Ed Cushman 37 1886

9. Jack Lynch 29 1883

10. Ed Cushman 25 1887

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Jack Lynch 197 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 124 1102.0

3. Al Mays 89 791.3

4. Ed Cushman 84 736.7

5. John Shaffer 21 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 18 154.0

7. Buck Becannon 11 91.0

Stump Wiedman 11 97.0

9. Ed Begley 10 115.0

10. Bill Fagan 6 45.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Tim Keefe 5 1883

Jack Lynch 5 1884

3. Tim Keefe 4 1884

4. Ed Cushman 2 1886

5. Doug Crothers 1 1885

Jack Lynch 1 1883

Jack Lynch 1 1885

Jack Lynch 1 1886

Al Mays 1 1886

John Shaffer 1 1886

Stump Wiedman 1 1887

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Tim Keefe 9 1102.0

2. Jack Lynch 8 1749.7

3. Ed Cushman 2 736.7

4. Doug Crothers 1 154.0

Al Mays 1 791.3

John Shaffer 1 181.0

Stump Wiedman 1 97.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Jack Lynch 17 1885

2. Tim Keefe 11 1884

Al Mays 11 1887

4. Jack Lynch 10 1884

Jack Lynch 10 1886

6. Ed Cushman 9 1887

7. Jack Lynch 8 1887

8. Al Mays 7 1886

9. Ed Cushman 6 1886

Tim Keefe 6 1883

Jack Lynch 6 1883

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Jack Lynch 51 1749.7

2. Al Mays 18 791.3

3. Ed Cushman 17 736.7

Tim Keefe 17 1102.0

5. Buck Becannon 5 91.0

Ed Begley 5 115.0

7. Doug Crothers 4 154.0

8. John Shaffer 3 181.0

Stump Wiedman 3 97.0

10. George McMullen 2 21.0

Dave Orr 2 10.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Al Mays 140 1886

2. Al Mays 136 1887

3. Jack Lynch 116 1886

4. Ed Cushman 99 1886

5. Tim Keefe 98 1883

6. Ed Cushman 83 1887

7. Tim Keefe 71 1884

8. John Shaffer 53 1887

9. Doug Crothers 49 1885

10. Ed Begley 48 1885

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Al Mays 276 791.3

2. Jack Lynch 261 1749.7

3. Ed Cushman 215 736.7

4. Tim Keefe 169 1102.0

5. John Shaffer 82 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 49 154.0

7. Ed Begley 48 115.0

8. Buck Becannon 26 91.0

9. Stump Wiedman 25 97.0

10. Bill Fagan 24 45.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Al Mays 551 1887

2. Tim Keefe 486 1883

3. Jack Lynch 485 1886

4. Jack Lynch 420 1884

5. Jack Lynch 410 1885

6. Tim Keefe 380 1884

7. Al Mays 330 1886

8. Ed Cushman 310 1887

9. Ed Cushman 278 1886

10. Jack Lynch 263 1883

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Jack Lynch 1823 1749.7

2. Al Mays 881 791.3

3. Tim Keefe 866 1102.0

4. Ed Cushman 746 736.7

5. Doug Crothers 192 154.0

6. John Shaffer 188 181.0

7. Ed Begley 131 115.0

8. Stump Wiedman 122 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 110 91.0

10. Bill Fagan 55 45.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Jack Lynch 6.952 1884

2. Jack Lynch 4.760 1883

3. Tim Keefe 4.704 1884

4. Jack Lynch 4.214 1885

5. Ed Cushman 4.030 1885

6. Tim Keefe 3.684 1883

7. Ed Cushman 1.687 1886

8. Jack Lynch 1.664 1886

9. Jack Lynch 1.250 1887

10. Al Mays 1.164 1886

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Tim Keefe 4.112 1102.0

2. Jack Lynch 3.165 1749.7

3. Ed Cushman 1.693 736.7

4. Al Mays 1.040 791.3

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

1. Tim Keefe 0.087 1883

2. Ed Cushman 0.094 1885

3. Ed Cushman 0.166 1886

4. Al Mays 0.180 1886

5. Jack Lynch 0.181 1884

6. Tim Keefe 0.205 1884

7. Jack Lynch 0.208 1886

8. Jack Lynch 0.212 1883

9. Al Mays 0.224 1887

10. Doug Crothers 0.234 1885

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

1. Tim Keefe 0.139 1102.0

2. Al Mays 0.205 791.3

3. Ed Cushman 0.208 736.7

4. Jack Lynch 0.262 1749.7

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Al Mays 34 1887

2. Jack Lynch 30 1886

3. Al Mays 28 1886

4. Tim Keefe 27 1883

5. Jack Lynch 21 1885

6. Ed Cushman 20 1886

7. Tim Keefe 17 1884

8. Ed Cushman 15 1887

Jack Lynch 15 1883

Jack Lynch 15 1884

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Jack Lynch 95 1749.7

2. Al Mays 62 791.3

3. Ed Cushman 49 736.7

4. Tim Keefe 44 1102.0

5. John Shaffer 14 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 11 154.0

7. Ed Begley 9 115.0

8. Buck Becannon 8 91.0

Stump Wiedman 8 97.0

10. Bill Fagan 4 45.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Al Mays 232 1887

2. Jack Lynch 190 1886

3. Tim Keefe 166 1883

4. Jack Lynch 152 1885

5. Jack Lynch 147 1884

6. Ed Cushman 146 1887

7. Al Mays 132 1886

8. Tim Keefe 121 1884

9. Jack Lynch 116 1883

10. Ed Cushman 113 1886

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Jack Lynch 711 1749.7

2. Al Mays 364 791.3

3. Ed Cushman 318 736.7

4. Tim Keefe 287 1102.0

5. John Shaffer 92 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 87 154.0

7. Ed Begley 63 115.0

8. Buck Becannon 60 91.0

9. Stump Wiedman 50 97.0

10. Bill Fagan 20 45.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Jack Lynch 39 1886

Al Mays 39 1886

3. Jack Lynch 28 1885

4. Tim Keefe 26 1883

5. Ed Cushman 21 1885

6. Ed Cushman 19 1886

7. Ed Begley 17 1885

8. Jack Lynch 15 1883

9. Buck Becannon 13 1885

John Shaffer 13 1887

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Jack Lynch 82 1749.7

2. Ed Cushman 40 736.7

3. Al Mays 39 791.3

4. Tim Keefe 26 1102.0

5. John Shaffer 20 181.0

6. Ed Begley 17 115.0

7. Buck Becannon 13 91.0

8. Doug Crothers 12 154.0

9. Dave Orr 1 10.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Al Mays 20 1887

2. Tim Keefe 15 1884

3. Al Mays 14 1886

4. Jack Lynch 12 1886

5. John Shaffer 11 1887

6. Jack Lynch 10 1884

7. Ed Cushman 9 1887

8. Ed Begley 8 1885

9. Buck Becannon 5 1885

10. Jack Lynch 4 1887

John Shaffer 4 1886

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Al Mays 34 791.3

2. Jack Lynch 29 1749.7

3. Tim Keefe 15 1102.0

John Shaffer 15 181.0

5. Ed Cushman 13 736.7

6. Ed Begley 8 115.0

7. Buck Becannon 5 91.0

8. Doug Crothers 2 154.0

Bill Fagan 2 45.0

Chief Roseman 2 16.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Tim Keefe 2418 1883

2. Jack Lynch 2002 1884

Al Mays 2002 1887

4. Tim Keefe 1950 1884

5. Jack Lynch 1918 1886

6. Jack Lynch 1606 1885

7. Al Mays 1528 1886

8. Ed Cushman 1365 1886

9. Ed Cushman 1047 1887

10. Jack Lynch 1040 1883

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Jack Lynch 7409 1749.7

2. Tim Keefe 4368 1102.0

3. Al Mays 3530 791.3

4. Ed Cushman 3202 736.7

5. John Shaffer 819 181.0

6. Doug Crothers 706 154.0

7. Ed Begley 527 115.0

8. Stump Wiedman 444 97.0

9. Buck Becannon 418 91.0

10. Bill Fagan 206 45.0

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Dave Orr 3 1885

2. Ed Begley 1 1885

Ed Cushman 1 1886

Charley Jones 1 1887

Jack Lynch 1 1884

Jack Lynch 1 1885

Jack Lynch 1 1886

Al Mays 1 1887

George McMullen 1 1887

Paul Radford 1 1887

Chief Roseman 1 1886

Chief Roseman 1 1887

Cyclone Ryan 1 1887

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Jack Lynch 3 1749.7

Dave Orr 3 10.0

3. Chief Roseman 2 16.0

4. Ed Begley 1 115.0

Ed Cushman 1 736.7

Charley Jones 1 3.0

Al Mays 1 791.3

George McMullen 1 21.0

Paul Radford 1 5.0

Cyclone Ryan 1 2.3

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Tim Keefe 145 1883

2. Tim Keefe 138 1884

3. Jack Lynch 117 1884

4. Ed Cushman 110 1886

5. Al Mays 101 1886

6. Ed Cushman 100 1885

7. Al Mays 91 1887

8. Jack Lynch 87 1886

9. Jack Lynch 85 1883

10. Jack Lynch 84 1887

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Tim Keefe 142 1102.0

2. Al Mays 95 791.3

3. Ed Cushman 91 736.7

4. Jack Lynch 90 1749.7

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