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Washington Nationals Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Washington Nationals Top 10 Pitching Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA Year

1. Wild Bill Widner 2.817 1888

2. George Keefe 2.842 1888

3. Jim Whitney 3.046 1888

4. Hank O'Day 3.104 1888

5. Jim Whitney 3.225 1887

6. Dupee Shaw 3.337 1886

7. Frank Gilmore 3.874 1887

8. Alex Ferson 3.902 1889

9. Hank O'Day 4.170 1887

10. George Haddock 4.201 1889

Earned Run Average
Rank Player ERA IP

1. Jim Whitney 3.145 729.7

2. Hank O'Day 3.513 814.7

3. Dupee Shaw 4.424 592.0

Wins
Rank Player W Year

1. Jim Whitney 24 1887

2. Jim Whitney 18 1888

3. Alex Ferson 17 1889

4. Hank O'Day 16 1888

5. Dupee Shaw 13 1886

6. George Haddock 11 1889

7. George Keefe 8 1889

Hank O'Day 8 1887

9. Frank Gilmore 7 1887

Dupee Shaw 7 1887

Wins
Rank Player W IP

1. Jim Whitney 42 729.7

2. Hank O'Day 28 814.7

3. Dupee Shaw 20 592.0

4. Alex Ferson 17 288.3

5. George Keefe 14 383.3

6. Frank Gilmore 12 405.3

7. George Haddock 11 292.3

8. Wild Bill Widner 5 115.0

9. Bob Barr 3 190.7

10. Ed Daily 2 80.7

Gus Krock 2 48.0

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% Year

1. Jim Whitney .533 1887

2. Alex Ferson .500 1889

3. George Keefe .462 1888

Jim Whitney .462 1888

5. Wild Bill Widner .417 1888

6. George Haddock .367 1889

7. Hank O'Day .356 1888

8. Dupee Shaw .350 1887

9. George Keefe .308 1889

10. Dupee Shaw .295 1886

Win-Loss %
Rank Player W-L% IP

1. Jim Whitney .500 729.7

2. Hank O'Day .315 814.7

3. Dupee Shaw .299 592.0

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP Year

1. George Keefe 1.140 1888

2. Jim Whitney 1.141 1888

3. Wild Bill Widner 1.157 1888

4. Jim Whitney 1.166 1887

5. Hank O'Day 1.181 1888

6. Dupee Shaw 1.232 1886

7. Bob Barr 1.416 1886

8. Hank O'Day 1.429 1887

9. Frank Gilmore 1.445 1887

10. Alex Ferson 1.470 1889

Walks & Hits per IP
Rank Player WHIP IP

1. Jim Whitney 1.155 729.7

2. Hank O'Day 1.316 814.7

3. Dupee Shaw 1.397 592.0

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 Year

1. George Keefe 6.868 1888

2. Hank O'Day 8.017 1888

3. Wild Bill Widner 8.687 1888

4. Jim Whitney 8.778 1888

5. Dupee Shaw 8.961 1886

6. Hank O'Day 9.012 1887

7. Frank Gilmore 9.473 1887

8. Jim Whitney 9.563 1887

9. George Haddock 9.738 1889

10. Hank O'Day 9.750 1889

Hits per 9 IP
Rank Player Hits/9 IP

1. Hank O'Day 8.529 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 9.214 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 10.383 592.0

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

1. Jim Whitney 0.934 1887

2. Jim Whitney 1.495 1888

3. Wild Bill Widner 1.722 1888

4. Dupee Shaw 2.124 1886

5. Dupee Shaw 2.283 1887

6. Bob Barr 2.549 1886

7. Hank O'Day 2.613 1888

8. Alex Ferson 3.277 1889

9. John Healy 3.386 1889

10. George Keefe 3.395 1888

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

1. Jim Whitney 1.184 729.7

2. Dupee Shaw 2.189 592.0

3. Hank O'Day 3.314 814.7

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 Year

1. Frank Gilmore 4.372 1887

2. John Healy 4.366 1889

3. Hank O'Day 4.154 1888

4. Dupee Shaw 4.130 1886

5. George Keefe 4.105 1888

6. Bob Barr 3.776 1886

7. George Keefe 3.522 1889

8. George Haddock 3.452 1889

9. Jim Whitney 3.247 1887

10. Hank O'Day 3.039 1887

Strikeouts per 9 IP
Rank Player Strikeouts/9 IP

1. Hank O'Day 3.778 814.7

2. Dupee Shaw 3.527 592.0

3. Jim Whitney 2.775 729.7

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Jim Whitney 47 1887

2. Hank O'Day 46 1888

3. Dupee Shaw 45 1886

4. Jim Whitney 39 1888

5. Alex Ferson 36 1889

6. George Haddock 33 1889

7. George Keefe 30 1889

Hank O'Day 30 1887

9. Frank Gilmore 28 1887

10. Bob Barr 22 1886

Games Played
Rank Player Games IP

1. Hank O'Day 95 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 86 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 69 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 49 405.3

5. George Keefe 48 383.3

6. Alex Ferson 36 288.3

7. George Haddock 35 292.3

8. Bob Barr 22 190.7

9. Tony Madigan 14 115.7

10. John Healy 13 101.0

Wild Bill Widner 13 115.0

Saves
Rank Player SV Year

Saves
Rank Player SV IP

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP Year

1. Jim Whitney 404.7 1887

2. Hank O'Day 403.0 1888

3. Dupee Shaw 385.7 1886

4. Jim Whitney 325.0 1888

5. Alex Ferson 288.3 1889

6. George Haddock 276.3 1889

7. Hank O'Day 254.7 1887

8. Frank Gilmore 234.7 1887

9. George Keefe 230.0 1889

10. Bob Barr 190.7 1886

Innings Pitched
Rank Player IP IP

1. Hank O'Day 814.7 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 729.7 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 592.0 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 405.3 405.3

5. George Keefe 383.3 383.3

6. George Haddock 292.3 292.3

7. Alex Ferson 288.3 288.3

8. Bob Barr 190.7 190.7

9. Tony Madigan 115.7 115.7

10. Wild Bill Widner 115.0 115.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Hank O'Day 186 1888

2. Dupee Shaw 177 1886

3. Jim Whitney 146 1887

4. Frank Gilmore 114 1887

5. George Haddock 106 1889

6. George Keefe 90 1889

7. Hank O'Day 86 1887

8. Alex Ferson 85 1889

9. Bob Barr 80 1886

10. Jim Whitney 79 1888

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO IP

1. Hank O'Day 342 814.7

2. Dupee Shaw 232 592.0

3. Jim Whitney 225 729.7

4. Frank Gilmore 212 405.3

5. George Keefe 147 383.3

6. George Haddock 109 292.3

7. Alex Ferson 85 288.3

8. Bob Barr 80 190.7

9. John Healy 49 101.0

10. Ed Crane 39 70.0

Games Started
Rank Player GS Year

1. Jim Whitney 47 1887

2. Hank O'Day 46 1888

3. Dupee Shaw 44 1886

4. Jim Whitney 39 1888

5. Alex Ferson 34 1889

6. George Haddock 31 1889

7. Hank O'Day 30 1887

8. Frank Gilmore 27 1887

George Keefe 27 1889

10. Bob Barr 22 1886

Games Started
Rank Player GS IP

1. Hank O'Day 95 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 86 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 67 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 47 405.3

5. George Keefe 45 383.3

6. Alex Ferson 34 288.3

7. George Haddock 33 292.3

8. Bob Barr 22 190.7

9. Tony Madigan 14 115.7

10. Wild Bill Widner 13 115.0

Complete Games
Rank Player CG Year

1. Hank O'Day 46 1888

Jim Whitney 46 1887

3. Dupee Shaw 43 1886

4. Jim Whitney 37 1888

5. George Haddock 30 1889

6. Hank O'Day 29 1887

7. Alex Ferson 28 1889

8. Frank Gilmore 27 1887

9. George Keefe 24 1889

10. Bob Barr 21 1886

Complete Games
Rank Player CG IP

1. Hank O'Day 92 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 83 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 66 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 46 405.3

5. George Keefe 42 383.3

6. George Haddock 32 292.3

7. Alex Ferson 28 288.3

8. Bob Barr 21 190.7

9. Tony Madigan 13 115.7

Wild Bill Widner 13 115.0

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO Year

1. Hank O'Day 3 1888

Jim Whitney 3 1887

3. Jim Whitney 2 1888

4. Bob Barr 1 1886

Ed Crane 1 1886

Alex Ferson 1 1889

Frank Gilmore 1 1886

Frank Gilmore 1 1887

George Keefe 1 1888

Dupee Shaw 1 1886

Shutouts
Rank Player SHO IP

1. Jim Whitney 5 729.7

2. Hank O'Day 3 814.7

3. Frank Gilmore 2 405.3

4. Bob Barr 1 190.7

Ed Crane 1 70.0

Alex Ferson 1 288.3

George Keefe 1 383.3

Dupee Shaw 1 592.0

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Hank O'Day 19 1888

2. Jim Whitney 16 1887

3. Hank O'Day 15 1887

4. Dupee Shaw 12 1886

5. George Haddock 10 1889

6. Alex Ferson 9 1889

7. Dupee Shaw 8 1887

8. Bob Barr 7 1886

Ed Daily 7 1888

Frank Gilmore 7 1887

Hank O'Day 7 1889

Jim Whitney 7 1888

Wild Bill Widner 7 1888

Home Runs
Rank Player HR IP

1. Hank O'Day 42 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 23 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 22 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 14 405.3

5. George Haddock 10 292.3

6. Alex Ferson 9 288.3

George Keefe 9 383.3

8. Bob Barr 7 190.7

Ed Daily 7 80.7

Wild Bill Widner 7 115.0

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. George Keefe 143 1889

2. George Haddock 123 1889

3. Hank O'Day 117 1888

4. Hank O'Day 109 1887

5. Alex Ferson 105 1889

6. Frank Gilmore 92 1887

7. Dupee Shaw 91 1886

8. Hank O'Day 57 1889

9. Bob Barr 54 1886

Jim Whitney 54 1888

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB IP

1. Hank O'Day 300 814.7

2. George Keefe 205 383.3

3. Dupee Shaw 144 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 143 405.3

5. George Haddock 125 292.3

6. Alex Ferson 105 288.3

7. Jim Whitney 96 729.7

8. Bob Barr 54 190.7

9. Ed Crane 53 70.0

10. Tony Madigan 44 115.7

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Jim Whitney 430 1887

2. Dupee Shaw 384 1886

3. Hank O'Day 359 1888

4. Alex Ferson 319 1889

5. Jim Whitney 317 1888

6. George Haddock 299 1889

7. George Keefe 266 1889

8. Dupee Shaw 263 1887

9. Hank O'Day 255 1887

10. Frank Gilmore 247 1887

Hits
Rank Player Hits IP

1. Hank O'Day 772 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 747 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 683 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 435 405.3

5. George Keefe 397 383.3

6. Alex Ferson 319 288.3

7. George Haddock 308 292.3

8. Bob Barr 216 190.7

9. Tony Madigan 159 115.7

10. John Healy 139 101.0

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB Year

1. Jim Whitney 3.476 1887

2. Dupee Shaw 1.945 1886

3. Hank O'Day 1.590 1888

4. Wild Bill Widner 1.500 1888

5. Bob Barr 1.482 1886

6. Jim Whitney 1.463 1888

7. John Healy 1.289 1889

8. Frank Gilmore 1.239 1887

9. George Keefe 1.209 1888

10. Dupee Shaw 1.022 1887

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
Rank Player SO/BB IP

1. Jim Whitney 2.344 729.7

2. Dupee Shaw 1.611 592.0

3. Hank O'Day 1.140 814.7

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

1. George Keefe 0.158 1888

2. John Healy 0.178 1889

3. Jim Whitney 0.194 1888

4. Tony Madigan 0.233 1886

5. George Keefe 0.235 1889

6. Frank Gilmore 0.269 1887

7. Dupee Shaw 0.280 1886

8. Alex Ferson 0.281 1889

9. George Haddock 0.326 1889

10. Bob Barr 0.330 1886

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

1. Jim Whitney 0.284 729.7

2. Dupee Shaw 0.335 592.0

3. Hank O'Day 0.464 814.7

Losses
Rank Player L Year

1. Dupee Shaw 31 1886

2. Hank O'Day 29 1888

3. Jim Whitney 21 1887

Jim Whitney 21 1888

5. Frank Gilmore 20 1887

Hank O'Day 20 1887

7. George Haddock 19 1889

8. Bob Barr 18 1886

George Keefe 18 1889

10. Alex Ferson 17 1889

Losses
Rank Player L IP

1. Hank O'Day 61 814.7

2. Dupee Shaw 47 592.0

3. Jim Whitney 42 729.7

4. Frank Gilmore 33 405.3

5. George Keefe 29 383.3

6. George Haddock 21 292.3

7. Bob Barr 18 190.7

8. Alex Ferson 17 288.3

9. Tony Madigan 13 115.7

10. John Healy 11 101.0

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER Year

1. Jim Whitney 145 1887

2. Dupee Shaw 143 1886

3. Hank O'Day 139 1888

4. George Keefe 131 1889

5. Dupee Shaw 130 1887

6. George Haddock 129 1889

7. Alex Ferson 125 1889

8. Hank O'Day 118 1887

9. Jim Whitney 110 1888

10. Frank Gilmore 101 1887

Earned Runs
Rank Player ER IP

1. Hank O'Day 318 814.7

2. Dupee Shaw 291 592.0

3. Jim Whitney 255 729.7

4. George Keefe 193 383.3

5. Frank Gilmore 192 405.3

6. George Haddock 133 292.3

7. Alex Ferson 125 288.3

8. Bob Barr 91 190.7

9. John Healy 70 101.0

10. Tony Madigan 65 115.7

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP Year

1. Hank O'Day 31 1887

2. Bob Barr 22 1886

Ed Crane 22 1886

4. Dupee Shaw 18 1886

5. Hank O'Day 17 1888

6. George Haddock 16 1889

7. Frank Gilmore 14 1887

Jim Whitney 14 1887

9. Ed Daily 10 1888

John Healy 10 1889

Wild Pitches
Rank Player WP IP

1. Hank O'Day 55 814.7

2. Frank Gilmore 24 405.3

3. Dupee Shaw 23 592.0

4. Bob Barr 22 190.7

Ed Crane 22 70.0

George Keefe 22 383.3

7. Jim Whitney 21 729.7

8. George Haddock 17 292.3

9. Ed Daily 11 80.7

10. John Healy 10 101.0

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Hank O'Day 16 1888

Jim Whitney 16 1887

3. Frank Gilmore 13 1887

4. Alex Ferson 12 1889

5. George Haddock 9 1889

Hank O'Day 9 1887

Jim Whitney 9 1888

8. Frank Gilmore 7 1888

9. Hank O'Day 6 1889

Wild Bill Widner 6 1888

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch IP

1. Hank O'Day 31 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 25 729.7

3. Frank Gilmore 20 405.3

4. Alex Ferson 12 288.3

5. George Haddock 10 292.3

George Keefe 10 383.3

7. Wild Bill Widner 6 115.0

8. John Healy 5 101.0

9. Ed Daily 3 80.7

Dupee Shaw 3 592.0

Mike Sullivan 3 41.0

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF Year

1. Jim Whitney 1718 1887

2. Hank O'Day 1680 1888

3. Dupee Shaw 1630 1886

4. Jim Whitney 1357 1888

5. Alex Ferson 1274 1889

6. George Haddock 1229 1889

7. George Keefe 1124 1889

8. Hank O'Day 1122 1887

9. Frank Gilmore 1047 1887

10. Dupee Shaw 852 1887

Batters Faced
Rank Player BF IP

1. Hank O'Day 3522 814.7

2. Jim Whitney 3075 729.7

3. Dupee Shaw 2597 592.0

4. Frank Gilmore 1796 405.3

5. George Keefe 1778 383.3

6. George Haddock 1293 292.3

7. Alex Ferson 1274 288.3

8. Bob Barr 844 190.7

9. Tony Madigan 541 115.7

10. John Healy 505 101.0

Games Finished
Rank Player GF Year

1. Mike Sullivan 6 1889

2. George Keefe 3 1889

3. Ed Crane 2 1886

Alex Ferson 2 1889

George Haddock 2 1889

6. Larry Corcoran 1 1886

Ed Daily 1 1888

Ed Fuller 1 1886

Frank Gilmore 1 1887

Frank Gilmore 1 1888

John Healy 1 1889

Dupee Shaw 1 1886

Dupee Shaw 1 1887

George Shoch 1 1888

Joe Yingling 1 1886

Games Finished
Rank Player GF IP

1. Mike Sullivan 6 41.0

2. George Keefe 3 383.3

3. Ed Crane 2 70.0

Alex Ferson 2 288.3

Frank Gilmore 2 405.3

George Haddock 2 292.3

Dupee Shaw 2 592.0

8. Larry Corcoran 1 14.0

Ed Daily 1 80.7

Ed Fuller 1 13.0

John Healy 1 101.0

George Shoch 1 3.0

Joe Yingling 1 3.0

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ Year

1. Jim Whitney 125 1887

2. Frank Gilmore 104 1887

3. Alex Ferson 101 1889

4. Wild Bill Widner 98 1888

5. George Keefe 98 1888

6. Dupee Shaw 98 1886

7. Hank O'Day 97 1887

8. George Haddock 94 1889

9. Jim Whitney 91 1888

10. Hank O'Day 91 1889

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player ERA+ IP

1. Jim Whitney 111 729.7

2. Hank O'Day 96 814.7

3. Dupee Shaw 79 592.0

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