B-R on Twitter / Facebook
S-R.com: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics
Congrats to HOFer Andre Dawson / 2010 Ballot / All in HOF

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

St. Louis Terriers 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.

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com. Your message will replace this ad.

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.

St. Louis Terriers 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. Eddie Plank 2.080 1915

2. Dave Davenport 2.200 1915

3. Doc Crandall 2.591 1915

4. Bob Groom 3.239 1914

5. Bob Groom 3.273 1915

6. Mordecai Brown 3.291 1914

7. Dave Davenport 3.464 1914

8. Doc Crandall 3.536 1914

9. Doc Watson 3.980 1915

10. Ed Willett 4.217 1914

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Dave Davenport 2.648 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 2.955 508.7

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Dave Davenport 22 1915

2. Doc Crandall 21 1915

Eddie Plank 21 1915

4. Doc Crandall 13 1914

Bob Groom 13 1914

6. Mordecai Brown 12 1914

7. Bob Groom 11 1915

8. Doc Watson 9 1915

9. Dave Davenport 8 1914

Henry Keupper 8 1914

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Doc Crandall 34 508.7

2. Dave Davenport 30 608.3

3. Bob Groom 24 489.7

4. Eddie Plank 21 268.3

5. Mordecai Brown 12 175.0

Doc Watson 12 191.7

7. Henry Keupper 8 213.0

8. Ed Willett 6 227.7

9. Ernie Herbert 2 98.3

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Mordecai Brown .667 1914

2. Eddie Plank .656 1915

3. Doc Crandall .591 1914

4. Doc Crandall .583 1915

5. Dave Davenport .550 1915

6. Bob Groom .500 1915

Doc Watson .500 1915

8. Bob Groom .394 1914

9. Dave Davenport .381 1914

10. Henry Keupper .286 1914

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Doc Crandall .586 508.7

2. Dave Davenport .492 608.3

3. Bob Groom .436 489.7

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. Eddie Plank 0.991 1915

2. Dave Davenport 1.008 1915

3. Doc Crandall 1.228 1915

4. Mordecai Brown 1.229 1914

5. Doc Crandall 1.255 1914

6. Bob Groom 1.268 1914

7. Bob Groom 1.306 1915

8. Dave Davenport 1.317 1914

9. Doc Watson 1.401 1915

10. Henry Keupper 1.432 1914

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Dave Davenport 1.118 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 1.238 508.7

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. Dave Davenport 6.876 1915

2. Eddie Plank 7.111 1915

3. Dave Davenport 8.513 1914

4. Bob Groom 8.612 1915

5. Doc Watson 8.757 1915

6. Doc Crandall 8.837 1915

7. Mordecai Brown 8.846 1914

8. Doc Crandall 8.908 1914

9. Bob Groom 9.011 1914

10. Ed Willett 10.697 1914

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Dave Davenport 7.456 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 8.864 508.7

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

1. Eddie Plank 1.811 1915

2. Henry Keupper 2.070 1914

3. Dave Davenport 2.200 1915

4. Mordecai Brown 2.211 1914

5. Doc Crandall 2.216 1915

6. Doc Crandall 2.388 1914

7. Bob Groom 2.405 1914

8. Ed Willett 2.880 1914

9. Bob Groom 3.143 1915

10. Dave Davenport 3.338 1914

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

1. Doc Crandall 2.282 508.7

2. Dave Davenport 2.604 608.3

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Dave Davenport 5.926 1914

2. Bob Groom 5.355 1914

3. Dave Davenport 5.249 1915

4. Eddie Plank 4.930 1915

5. Bob Groom 4.780 1915

6. Mordecai Brown 4.166 1914

7. Doc Crandall 3.857 1914

8. Ed Willett 3.754 1914

9. Doc Crandall 3.368 1915

10. Doc Watson 2.985 1915

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Dave Davenport 5.489 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 3.556 508.7

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Dave Davenport 55 1915

2. Doc Crandall 51 1915

3. Bob Groom 42 1914

Henry Keupper 42 1914

Eddie Plank 42 1915

6. Bob Groom 37 1915

7. Dave Davenport 33 1914

Doc Watson 33 1915

9. Doc Crandall 27 1914

Ed Willett 27 1914

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Dave Davenport 88 608.3

2. Bob Groom 79 489.7

3. Doc Crandall 78 508.7

4. Ed Willett 44 227.7

5. Henry Keupper 42 213.0

Eddie Plank 42 268.3

Doc Watson 42 191.7

8. Ernie Herbert 29 98.3

9. Mordecai Brown 26 175.0

10. Ted Welch 3 6.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

1. Dave Davenport 4 1914

2. Eddie Plank 3 1915

3. Bob Groom 2 1915

Ed Willett 2 1915

5. Doc Crandall 1 1915

Dave Davenport 1 1915

Bob Groom 1 1914

Ernie Herbert 1 1914

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

1. Dave Davenport 5 608.3

2. Bob Groom 3 489.7

Eddie Plank 3 268.3

4. Ed Willett 2 227.7

5. Doc Crandall 1 508.7

Ernie Herbert 1 98.3

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Dave Davenport 392.7 1915

2. Doc Crandall 312.7 1915

3. Bob Groom 280.7 1914

4. Eddie Plank 268.3 1915

5. Dave Davenport 215.7 1914

6. Henry Keupper 213.0 1914

7. Bob Groom 209.0 1915

8. Doc Crandall 196.0 1914

9. Mordecai Brown 175.0 1914

Ed Willett 175.0 1914

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Dave Davenport 608.3 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 508.7 508.7

3. Bob Groom 489.7 489.7

4. Eddie Plank 268.3 268.3

5. Ed Willett 227.7 227.7

6. Henry Keupper 213.0 213.0

7. Doc Watson 191.7 191.7

8. Mordecai Brown 175.0 175.0

9. Ernie Herbert 98.3 98.3

10. La Rue Kirby 7.0 7.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Dave Davenport 229 1915

2. Bob Groom 167 1914

3. Eddie Plank 147 1915

4. Dave Davenport 142 1914

5. Doc Crandall 117 1915

6. Bob Groom 111 1915

7. Doc Crandall 84 1914

8. Mordecai Brown 81 1914

9. Ed Willett 73 1914

10. Henry Keupper 70 1914

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Dave Davenport 371 608.3

2. Bob Groom 278 489.7

3. Doc Crandall 201 508.7

4. Eddie Plank 147 268.3

5. Ed Willett 92 227.7

6. Mordecai Brown 81 175.0

7. Henry Keupper 70 213.0

8. Doc Watson 63 191.7

9. Ernie Herbert 47 98.3

10. La Rue Kirby 7 7.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Dave Davenport 46 1915

2. Bob Groom 34 1914

3. Doc Crandall 33 1915

4. Eddie Plank 31 1915

5. Dave Davenport 26 1914

Bob Groom 26 1915

7. Henry Keupper 25 1914

8. Doc Crandall 21 1914

Ed Willett 21 1914

10. Doc Watson 20 1915

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Dave Davenport 72 608.3

2. Bob Groom 60 489.7

3. Doc Crandall 54 508.7

4. Eddie Plank 31 268.3

5. Doc Watson 27 191.7

6. Henry Keupper 25 213.0

7. Ed Willett 23 227.7

8. Mordecai Brown 18 175.0

9. Ernie Herbert 3 98.3

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Dave Davenport 30 1915

2. Bob Groom 23 1914

Eddie Plank 23 1915

4. Doc Crandall 22 1915

5. Doc Crandall 18 1914

6. Ed Willett 14 1914

7. Mordecai Brown 13 1914

Dave Davenport 13 1914

9. Henry Keupper 12 1914

10. Bob Groom 11 1915

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Dave Davenport 43 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 40 508.7

3. Bob Groom 34 489.7

4. Eddie Plank 23 268.3

5. Ed Willett 15 227.7

6. Mordecai Brown 13 175.0

7. Henry Keupper 12 213.0

8. Doc Watson 10 191.7

9. Ernie Herbert 1 98.3

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Dave Davenport 10 1915

2. Eddie Plank 6 1915

3. Doc Crandall 4 1915

Bob Groom 4 1915

5. Mordecai Brown 2 1914

Dave Davenport 2 1914

Doc Watson 2 1914

8. Doc Crandall 1 1914

Bob Groom 1 1914

Henry Keupper 1 1914

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Dave Davenport 12 608.3

2. Eddie Plank 6 268.3

3. Doc Crandall 5 508.7

Bob Groom 5 489.7

5. Mordecai Brown 2 175.0

Doc Watson 2 191.7

7. Henry Keupper 1 213.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Bob Groom 9 1914

2. Doc Crandall 8 1914

3. Mordecai Brown 7 1914

4. Bob Groom 6 1915

5. Doc Crandall 5 1915

Dave Davenport 5 1915

Ed Willett 5 1914

8. Dave Davenport 3 1914

Henry Keupper 3 1914

10. Ernie Herbert 2 1914

Ed Willett 2 1915

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Bob Groom 15 489.7

2. Doc Crandall 13 508.7

3. Dave Davenport 8 608.3

4. Mordecai Brown 7 175.0

Ed Willett 7 227.7

6. Ernie Herbert 3 98.3

Henry Keupper 3 213.0

8. Doc Watson 2 191.7

9. La Rue Kirby 1 7.0

Eddie Plank 1 268.3

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Dave Davenport 96 1915

2. Dave Davenport 80 1914

3. Doc Crandall 77 1915

4. Bob Groom 75 1914

5. Bob Groom 73 1915

6. Doc Watson 58 1915

7. Ed Willett 56 1914

8. Eddie Plank 54 1915

9. Doc Crandall 52 1914

10. Henry Keupper 49 1914

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Dave Davenport 176 608.3

2. Bob Groom 148 489.7

3. Doc Crandall 129 508.7

4. Doc Watson 82 191.7

5. Ed Willett 74 227.7

6. Eddie Plank 54 268.3

7. Henry Keupper 49 213.0

8. Ernie Herbert 45 98.3

9. Mordecai Brown 43 175.0

10. Ted Welch 3 6.0

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Doc Crandall 307 1915

2. Dave Davenport 300 1915

3. Bob Groom 281 1914

4. Henry Keupper 256 1914

5. Eddie Plank 212 1915

6. Ed Willett 208 1914

7. Dave Davenport 204 1914

8. Bob Groom 200 1915

9. Doc Crandall 194 1914

10. Mordecai Brown 172 1914

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Dave Davenport 504 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 501 508.7

3. Bob Groom 481 489.7

4. Ed Willett 269 227.7

5. Henry Keupper 256 213.0

6. Eddie Plank 212 268.3

7. Doc Watson 173 191.7

8. Mordecai Brown 172 175.0

9. Ernie Herbert 104 98.3

10. La Rue Kirby 7 7.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Eddie Plank 2.722 1915

2. Dave Davenport 2.385 1915

3. Bob Groom 2.227 1914

4. Mordecai Brown 1.884 1914

5. Dave Davenport 1.775 1914

6. Doc Crandall 1.615 1914

7. Bob Groom 1.520 1915

8. Doc Crandall 1.519 1915

9. Henry Keupper 1.429 1914

10. Ed Willett 1.304 1914

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Dave Davenport 2.108 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 1.558 508.7

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

1. Eddie Plank 0.034 1915

2. Doc Watson 0.066 1915

3. Dave Davenport 0.115 1915

4. Dave Davenport 0.125 1914

5. Henry Keupper 0.127 1914

6. Doc Crandall 0.144 1915

7. Ed Willett 0.257 1914

8. Bob Groom 0.258 1915

9. Bob Groom 0.289 1914

10. Mordecai Brown 0.360 1914

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

1. Dave Davenport 0.118 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 0.230 508.7

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Bob Groom 20 1914

Henry Keupper 20 1914

3. Dave Davenport 18 1915

4. Ed Willett 16 1914

5. Doc Crandall 15 1915

6. Dave Davenport 13 1914

7. Bob Groom 11 1915

Eddie Plank 11 1915

9. Doc Crandall 9 1914

Doc Watson 9 1915

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Dave Davenport 31 608.3

Bob Groom 31 489.7

3. Doc Crandall 24 508.7

4. Henry Keupper 20 213.0

5. Ed Willett 19 227.7

6. Doc Watson 13 191.7

7. Eddie Plank 11 268.3

8. Mordecai Brown 6 175.0

9. Ernie Herbert 1 98.3

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Bob Groom 101 1914

Henry Keupper 101 1914

3. Dave Davenport 96 1915

4. Doc Crandall 90 1915

5. Dave Davenport 83 1914

6. Ed Willett 82 1914

7. Doc Crandall 77 1914

8. Bob Groom 76 1915

9. Mordecai Brown 64 1914

10. Eddie Plank 62 1915

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Dave Davenport 179 608.3

2. Bob Groom 177 489.7

3. Doc Crandall 167 508.7

4. Ed Willett 109 227.7

5. Henry Keupper 101 213.0

6. Doc Watson 72 191.7

7. Mordecai Brown 64 175.0

8. Eddie Plank 62 268.3

9. Ernie Herbert 39 98.3

10. La Rue Kirby 4 7.0

Ted Welch 4 6.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Bob Groom 9 1914

Ed Willett 9 1914

3. Dave Davenport 7 1914

Dave Davenport 7 1915

5. Mordecai Brown 4 1914

Bob Groom 4 1915

Eddie Plank 4 1915

8. Ernie Herbert 3 1915

9. Ernie Herbert 2 1914

Henry Keupper 2 1914

Doc Watson 2 1915

Ed Willett 2 1915

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Dave Davenport 14 608.3

2. Bob Groom 13 489.7

3. Ed Willett 11 227.7

4. Ernie Herbert 5 98.3

5. Mordecai Brown 4 175.0

Eddie Plank 4 268.3

7. Doc Watson 3 191.7

8. Doc Crandall 2 508.7

Henry Keupper 2 213.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Doc Crandall 12 1914

2. Doc Crandall 10 1915

Ed Willett 10 1914

4. Dave Davenport 7 1914

5. Mordecai Brown 5 1914

Dave Davenport 5 1915

7. Bob Groom 4 1914

Ernie Herbert 4 1914

Henry Keupper 4 1914

Doc Watson 4 1915

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Doc Crandall 22 508.7

2. Ed Willett 13 227.7

3. Dave Davenport 12 608.3

4. Ernie Herbert 7 98.3

Doc Watson 7 191.7

6. Bob Groom 6 489.7

7. Mordecai Brown 5 175.0

8. Henry Keupper 4 213.0

9. Eddie Plank 3 268.3

Ted Welch 3 6.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Dave Davenport 1527 1915

2. Doc Crandall 1256 1915

3. Bob Groom 1153 1914

4. Eddie Plank 1044 1915

5. Henry Keupper 932 1914

6. Dave Davenport 899 1914

7. Bob Groom 841 1915

8. Doc Crandall 812 1914

9. Ed Willett 771 1914

10. Mordecai Brown 724 1914

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Dave Davenport 2426 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 2068 508.7

3. Bob Groom 1994 489.7

4. Eddie Plank 1044 268.3

5. Ed Willett 999 227.7

6. Henry Keupper 932 213.0

7. Mordecai Brown 724 175.0

8. Doc Watson 546 191.7

9. Ernie Herbert 433 98.3

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Ernie Herbert 15 1914

2. Ed Willett 13 1915

3. Henry Keupper 12 1914

4. Doc Crandall 11 1915

5. Eddie Plank 10 1915

6. Ernie Herbert 9 1915

7. Doc Watson 8 1915

8. Mordecai Brown 7 1914

Dave Davenport 7 1914

10. Bob Groom 6 1915

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Ernie Herbert 24 98.3

2. Doc Crandall 16 508.7

Ed Willett 16 227.7

4. Dave Davenport 12 608.3

Henry Keupper 12 213.0

6. Bob Groom 10 489.7

Eddie Plank 10 268.3

Doc Watson 10 191.7

9. Mordecai Brown 7 175.0

10. Ted Welch 3 6.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Eddie Plank 153 1915

2. Dave Davenport 145 1915

3. Doc Crandall 123 1915

4. Bob Groom 104 1914

5. Mordecai Brown 102 1914

6. Bob Groom 97 1915

7. Dave Davenport 97 1914

8. Doc Crandall 95 1914

9. Doc Watson 80 1915

10. Ed Willett 80 1914

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Dave Davenport 123 608.3

2. Doc Crandall 110 508.7

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.