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Eastern Colored League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Winters • HIL 6.7
2. Brown • NLG 6.7
3. Charleston • HBG 4.9
4. Ryan • HIL 4.4
5. Johnson • HIL 3.7
6. Flournoy • BRG 3.4
7. Scales • NLG 3.2
8. Levis • CSE 3.1
9. Lundy • AC 3.0
10. Lloyd • AC 2.8

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Brown • NLG 6.2
2. Winters • HIL 6.0
3. Ryan • HIL 4.8
4. Flournoy • BRG 3.2
5. Levis • CSE 2.8
6. Henderson • AC 2.6
7. McClure • BBS 2.3
8. Dihigo • CSE 1.8
9. Taylor • NLG 1.7
10. Williams • BRG 1.7

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Brown • NLG 2.38
2. Winters • HIL 2.52
3. Flournoy • BRG 2.53
4. Ryan • HIL 2.62
5. Henderson • AC 2.69
6. Levis • CSE 2.78
7. Henry • HBG 3.59
8. McClure • BBS 3.69
9. Lockhart • AC 3.97
10. Sykes • BBS 3.99

Wins

Wins

1. Winters • HIL 20
2. Ryan • HIL 14
Brown • NLG 14
4. Lockhart • AC 10
Force • BBS 10
Cockrell • HIL 10
Britt • BBS 10
8. Cooper • HBG 9
McClure • BBS 9
Harper • AC 9
Taylor • NLG 9

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Cockrell • HIL .909
2. McClure • BBS .818
3. Winters • HIL .800
4. Henderson • AC .714
5. Ryan • HIL .667
Lockhart • AC .667
7. Taylor • NLG .643
8. Brown • NLG .636
9. Force • BBS .625
10. Williams • 2TM .600

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Winters • HIL 1.098
2. Brown • NLG 1.116
3. Henderson • AC 1.180
4. Flournoy • BRG 1.191
5. McClure • BBS 1.195
6. Ryan • HIL 1.201
7. Cooper • HBG 1.230
8. Levis • CSE 1.235
9. Cockrell • HIL 1.260
10. Williams • BRG 1.281

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Winters • HIL 7.318
2. Brown • NLG 7.333
3. Henderson • AC 7.550
4. Flournoy • BRG 8.292
5. Cockrell • HIL 8.567
6. Henry • HBG 8.601
7. Cooper • HBG 8.786
8. Levis • CSE 8.942
9. Force • BBS 8.974
10. Gardner • HBG 8.978

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Williams • BRG 1.500
2. Ryan • HIL 1.583
3. McClure • BBS 1.730
4. Hampton • WP 2.105
5. Mirabal • CSE 2.150
6. Levis • CSE 2.170
7. Cooper • HBG 2.286
8. Redding • BRG 2.418
9. Flournoy • BRG 2.427
10. Taylor • NLG 2.429

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Levis • CSE 7.379
2. Grier • WP 6.935
3. Henderson • AC 6.526
4. Brown • NLG 5.286
5. Winters • HIL 5.257
6. Britt • BBS 5.209
7. Force • BBS 4.994
8. Williams • BRG 4.969
9. Redding • BRG 4.836
10. Flournoy • BRG 4.753

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Winters • HIL 29
2. Brown • NLG 28
3. Ryan • HIL 26
4. Force • BBS 25
5. Grier • WP 22
6. Cooper • HBG 21
Britt • BBS 21
Carr • 2TM 21
9. Taylor • NLG 19
Harper • AC 19
McClure • BBS 19
Lockhart • AC 19

Saves

Saves

1. Nuttall • AC 2
Winters • HIL 2
3. Brown • NLG 1
Cooper • HBG 1
Dihigo • CSE 1
Henry • HBG 1
Kenyon • NLG 1
McClure • BBS 1
Ryan • HIL 1
Williams • BRG 1
Starks • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Winters • HIL 214.0
2. Ryan • HIL 199.0
3. Brown • NLG 189.0
4. Carr • 2TM 138.2
5. Gardner • HBG 134.1
6. Grier • WP 133.2
7. Lockhart • AC 131.1
8. Taylor • NLG 129.2
9. Cooper • HBG 126.0
10. Harper • AC 125.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Winters • HIL 125
2. Brown • NLG 111
3. Grier • WP 103
4. Ryan • HIL 94
5. Levis • CSE 85
6. Britt • BBS 71
7. Force • BBS 64
8. Gardner • HBG 60
9. Harper • AC 57
10. Lockhart • AC 54

Games Started

Games Started

1. Winters • HIL 24
2. Ryan • HIL 22
3. Brown • NLG 19
4. Grier • WP 18
5. Lockhart • AC 16
6. Carr • 2TM 15
Britt • BBS 15
Harper • AC 15
9. Gardner • HBG 14
Taylor • NLG 14
Cockrell • HIL 14
McClure • BBS 14

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Winters • HIL 20
2. Brown • NLG 17
3. Ryan • HIL 16
4. Grier • WP 12
Gardner • HBG 12
6. Lockhart • AC 11
7. Mirabal • CSE 10
Britt • BBS 10
9. Cockrell • HIL 9
Williams • 2TM 9
Levis • CSE 9
Taylor • NLG 9
Harper • AC 9
Hampton • WP 9
Flournoy • BRG 9
Carr • 2TM 9
Cooper • HBG 9

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Grier • WP 2
Ryan • HIL 2
Winters • HIL 2
4. Britt • BBS 1
Brown • NLG 1
Force • BBS 1
Kenyon • NLG 1
Lockhart • AC 1
Sykes • BBS 1
Williams • BRG 1
Williams • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Taylor • NLG 8
Harper • AC 8
3. Lockhart • AC 7
Holland • NLG 7
Gardner • HBG 7
Rector • BRG 7
Ryan • HIL 7
8. Britt • BBS 6
Henry • HBG 6
Grier • WP 6
Redding • BRG 6
Fabré • CSE 6

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Winters • HIL 61
2. Grier • WP 57
Brown • NLG 57
4. Britt • BBS 51
5. Carr • 2TM 49
6. Gardner • HBG 45
Harper • AC 45
8. Lockhart • AC 44
9. Starks • 2TM 42
10. Ryan • HIL 35
Taylor • NLG 35

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ryan • HIL 204
2. Winters • HIL 174
3. Taylor • NLG 172
4. Brown • NLG 154
5. Carr • 2TM 150
6. Britt • BBS 148
7. Harper • AC 144
8. Grier • WP 142
9. Gardner • HBG 134
Lockhart • AC 134

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Levis • CSE 3.400
2. Williams • BRG 3.313
3. Ryan • HIL 2.686
4. McClure • BBS 2.304
5. Henderson • AC 2.125
6. Winters • HIL 2.049
7. Redding • BRG 2.000
8. Flournoy • BRG 1.958
9. Brown • NLG 1.947
10. Force • BBS 1.939

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Corbett • HBG 0.000
Williams • BRG 0.000
Sykes • BBS 0.000
Henderson • AC 0.000
5. Carr • 2TM 0.065
6. Winters • HIL 0.126
7. Brown • NLG 0.143
8. Force • BBS 0.234
9. Starks • 2TM 0.264
10. Hampton • WP 0.275

Losses

Losses

1. Grier • WP 10
2. Carr • 2TM 9
Cooper • HBG 9
4. Starks • 2TM 8
Britt • BBS 8
Brown • NLG 8
Williams • BRG 8
Hampton • WP 8
Mirabal • CSE 8
Levis • CSE 8

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Grier • WP 85
2. Carr • 2TM 79
3. Britt • BBS 65
4. Harper • AC 64
Starks • 2TM 64
6. Gardner • HBG 63
7. Winters • HIL 60
8. Taylor • NLG 59
Force • BBS 59
10. Lockhart • AC 58
Ryan • HIL 58

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Levis • CSE 6
2. Brown • NLG 4
Winters • HIL 4
Flournoy • BRG 4
Force • BBS 4
Grier • WP 4
7. Williams • 2TM 3
Britt • BBS 3
López • CSE 3
Hampton • WP 3

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gardner • HBG 14
2. Britt • BBS 7
3. Grier • WP 6
Taylor • NLG 6
5. Bell • HBG 5
Brown • NLG 5
Carr • 2TM 5
Force • BBS 5
9. Haynes • HBG 4
Hampton • WP 4
Hubbard • BRG 4
Corbett • HBG 4
Cooper • HBG 4

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Winters • HIL 869
2. Ryan • HIL 839
3. Brown • NLG 779
4. Carr • 2TM 610
5. Grier • WP 593
6. Taylor • NLG 584
7. Gardner • HBG 581
8. Britt • BBS 576
9. Harper • AC 568
10. Lockhart • AC 559

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Force • BBS 11
2. Brown • NLG 9
3. Cooper • HBG 8
4. Britt • BBS 6
5. Carr • 2TM 5
Winters • HIL 5
Dihigo • CSE 5
Curry • HIL 5
9. Harper • AC 4
Grier • WP 4
Smith • WP 4
McClure • BBS 4

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Brown • NLG 185
2. Flournoy • BRG 174
3. Winters • HIL 174
4. Ryan • HIL 168
5. Henderson • AC 164
6. Levis • CSE 159
7. Henry • HBG 123
8. McClure • BBS 119
9. Lockhart • AC 111
10. Sykes • BBS 111

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Williams • BRG 2.63
2. Henderson • AC 2.82
3. Levis • CSE 2.95
4. Winters • HIL 3.08
5. Brown • NLG 3.22
6. Ryan • HIL 3.28
7. McClure • BBS 3.41
8. Force • BBS 3.42
9. Grier • WP 3.66
10. Cooper • HBG 3.71

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Winters • HIL 43
2. Brown • NLG 40
3. Ryan • HIL 37
4. Flournoy • BRG 18
5. Levis • CSE 17
6. Henderson • AC 15
7. McClure • BBS 12
8. Dihigo • CSE 10
9. Henry • HBG 9
10. Lee • HIL 6

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Winters • HIL 4.2
2. Brown • NLG 3.8
3. Ryan • HIL 3.5
4. Flournoy • BRG 1.7
5. Levis • CSE 1.6
6. Henderson • AC 1.4
7. McClure • BBS 1.1
8. Dihigo • CSE 1.0
9. Henry • HBG 0.8
10. Lee • HIL 0.6

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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