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Philadelphia White Stockings Top 50 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Cherokee Fisher 1.918 1875

2. George Zettlein 2.396 1875

3. George Zettlein 2.700 1873

4. Candy Cummings 2.876 1874

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. George Zettlein 2.614 640.3

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. George Zettlein 36 1873

2. Candy Cummings 28 1874

3. Cherokee Fisher 22 1875

4. George Zettlein 12 1875

5. Joe Borden 2 1875

6. George Bechtel 1 1874

Sam Weaver 1 1875

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. George Zettlein 48 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 28 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 22 356.7

4. Joe Borden 2 66.0

5. George Bechtel 1 58.0

Sam Weaver 1 6.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. George Zettlein .706 1873

2. George Zettlein .600 1875

3. Cherokee Fisher .537 1875

4. Candy Cummings .519 1874

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. George Zettlein .676 640.3

2. Candy Cummings .519 482.0

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Cherokee Fisher 0.993 1875

2. George Zettlein 1.209 1875

3. Candy Cummings 1.292 1874

4. George Zettlein 1.378 1873

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. George Zettlein 1.331 640.3

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Cherokee Fisher 8.706 1875

2. George Zettlein 10.381 1875

3. Candy Cummings 11.241 1874

4. George Zettlein 11.602 1873

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. George Zettlein 11.258 640.3

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

1. Cherokee Fisher 0.227 1875

2. Candy Cummings 0.392 1874

3. George Zettlein 0.499 1875

4. George Zettlein 0.802 1873

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

1. George Zettlein 0.717 640.3

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. George Zettlein 0.548 1873

2. George Zettlein 0.499 1875

3. Candy Cummings 0.205 1874

4. Cherokee Fisher 0.202 1875

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. George Zettlein 0.534 640.3

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Candy Cummings 54 1874

2. George Zettlein 51 1873

3. Cherokee Fisher 41 1875

4. George Zettlein 21 1875

5. Joe Borden 7 1875

6. George Bechtel 6 1874

7. John McMullin 4 1875

8. George Bechtel 3 1873

9. Chick Fulmer 2 1873

Bill Parks 2 1875

11. Sam Weaver 1 1875

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. George Zettlein 72 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 54 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 41 356.7

4. George Bechtel 9 58.0

5. Joe Borden 7 66.0

6. John McMullin 4 12.7

7. Chick Fulmer 2 5.0

Bill Parks 2 5.3

9. Sam Weaver 1 6.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Candy Cummings 482.0 1874

2. George Zettlein 460.0 1873

3. Cherokee Fisher 356.7 1875

4. George Zettlein 180.3 1875

5. Joe Borden 66.0 1875

6. George Bechtel 42.0 1874

7. George Bechtel 16.0 1873

8. John McMullin 12.7 1875

9. Sam Weaver 6.0 1875

10. Bill Parks 5.3 1875

11. Chick Fulmer 5.0 1873

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. George Zettlein 640.3 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 482.0 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 356.7 356.7

4. Joe Borden 66.0 66.0

5. George Bechtel 58.0 58.0

6. John McMullin 12.7 12.7

7. Sam Weaver 6.0 6.0

8. Bill Parks 5.3 5.3

9. Chick Fulmer 5.0 5.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. George Zettlein 28 1873

2. John McMullin 22 1875

3. George Bechtel 13 1874

4. Sam Weaver 12 1875

5. Candy Cummings 11 1874

6. George Zettlein 10 1875

7. Cherokee Fisher 8 1875

8. Joe Borden 7 1875

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. George Zettlein 38 640.3

2. John McMullin 22 12.7

3. George Bechtel 13 58.0

4. Sam Weaver 12 6.0

5. Candy Cummings 11 482.0

6. Cherokee Fisher 8 356.7

7. Joe Borden 7 66.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Candy Cummings 54 1874

2. George Zettlein 51 1873

3. Cherokee Fisher 41 1875

4. George Zettlein 21 1875

5. Joe Borden 7 1875

6. George Bechtel 4 1874

7. George Bechtel 2 1873

8. Sam Weaver 1 1875

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. George Zettlein 72 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 54 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 41 356.7

4. Joe Borden 7 66.0

5. George Bechtel 6 58.0

6. Sam Weaver 1 6.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Candy Cummings 52 1874

2. George Zettlein 49 1873

3. Cherokee Fisher 36 1875

4. George Zettlein 20 1875

5. Joe Borden 7 1875

6. George Bechtel 4 1874

7. George Bechtel 1 1873

Sam Weaver 1 1875

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. George Zettlein 69 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 52 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 36 356.7

4. Joe Borden 7 66.0

5. George Bechtel 5 58.0

6. Sam Weaver 1 6.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Candy Cummings 3 1874

2. Joe Borden 2 1875

Cherokee Fisher 2 1875

4. George Zettlein 1 1875

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Candy Cummings 3 482.0

2. Joe Borden 2 66.0

Cherokee Fisher 2 356.7

4. George Zettlein 1 640.3

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Cherokee Fisher 6 1875

2. Candy Cummings 4 1874

3. George Zettlein 3 1873

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Cherokee Fisher 6 356.7

2. Candy Cummings 4 482.0

3. George Zettlein 3 640.3

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. George Zettlein 41 1873

2. Candy Cummings 21 1874

3. George Zettlein 10 1875

4. Cherokee Fisher 9 1875

5. Joe Borden 7 1875

6. George Bechtel 2 1873

Sam Weaver 2 1875

8. Chick Fulmer 1 1873

John McMullin 1 1875

Bill Parks 1 1875

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. George Zettlein 51 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 21 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 9 356.7

4. Joe Borden 7 66.0

5. George Bechtel 2 58.0

Sam Weaver 2 6.0

7. Chick Fulmer 1 5.0

John McMullin 1 12.7

Bill Parks 1 5.3

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Candy Cummings 602 1874

2. George Zettlein 593 1873

3. Cherokee Fisher 345 1875

4. George Zettlein 208 1875

5. George Bechtel 64 1874

6. Joe Borden 47 1875

7. John McMullin 31 1875

8. George Bechtel 27 1873

9. Bill Parks 13 1875

10. Chick Fulmer 7 1873

11. Sam Weaver 6 1875

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. George Zettlein 801 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 602 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 345 356.7

4. George Bechtel 91 58.0

5. Joe Borden 47 66.0

6. John McMullin 31 12.7

7. Bill Parks 13 5.3

8. Chick Fulmer 7 5.0

9. Sam Weaver 6 6.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. George Zettlein 1.000 1875

2. Cherokee Fisher 0.889 1875

3. George Zettlein 0.683 1873

4. Candy Cummings 0.524 1874

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. George Zettlein 0.745 640.3

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

1. George Zettlein 0.059 1873

2. Candy Cummings 0.075 1874

3. Cherokee Fisher 0.151 1875

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

1. George Zettlein 0.042 640.3

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Candy Cummings 26 1874

2. Cherokee Fisher 19 1875

3. George Zettlein 15 1873

4. George Zettlein 8 1875

5. Joe Borden 4 1875

6. George Bechtel 3 1874

7. George Bechtel 2 1873

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Candy Cummings 26 482.0

2. George Zettlein 23 640.3

3. Cherokee Fisher 19 356.7

4. George Bechtel 5 58.0

5. Joe Borden 4 66.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Candy Cummings 154 1874

2. George Zettlein 138 1873

3. Cherokee Fisher 76 1875

4. George Zettlein 48 1875

5. George Bechtel 18 1874

6. Joe Borden 12 1875

7. John McMullin 9 1875

8. George Bechtel 8 1873

9. Bill Parks 4 1875

10. Chick Fulmer 2 1873

11. Sam Weaver 1 1875

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. George Zettlein 186 640.3

2. Candy Cummings 154 482.0

3. Cherokee Fisher 76 356.7

4. George Bechtel 26 58.0

5. Joe Borden 12 66.0

6. John McMullin 9 12.7

7. Bill Parks 4 5.3

8. Chick Fulmer 2 5.0

9. Sam Weaver 1 6.0

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

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Cherokee Fisher 131 1875

2. George Zettlein 122 1873

3. Candy Cummings 106 1874

4. George Zettlein 105 1875

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. George Zettlein 117 640.3

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