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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. Charleston • HBG 6.2
2. Winters • HIL 6.0
3. Henderson • AC 5.5
4. Beckwith • BBS 4.2
5. Johnson • HIL 4.0
6. McClure • BBS 3.5
7. Britt • BBS 3.5
8. Wilson • BBS 3.5
9. Cannady • HBG 3.4
10. Cockrell • HIL 3.2

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. Henderson • AC 5.3
2. Winters • HIL 5.0
3. McClure • BBS 3.7
4. Cockrell • HIL 2.9
5. Britt • BBS 2.9
6. Strong • BBS 2.6
7. Gardner • HBG 2.6
8. Rector • BRG 2.2
9. Farrell • 2TM 2.0
10. Dihigo • CSE 2.0

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. Winters • HIL 2.70
2. Rector • BRG 3.08
3. Britt • BBS 3.21
4. Cockrell • HIL 3.29
5. McClure • BBS 3.39
6. Gardner • HBG 3.48
7. Dihigo • CSE 3.61
8. Strong • BBS 3.73
9. Hampton • WMP 3.74
10. Fabré • CSE 3.76

Wins

Wins

1. Winters • HIL 17
2. Henderson • AC 15
McClure • BBS 15
4. Cockrell • HIL 11
Corbett • HBG 11
Curry • HIL 11
Strong • BBS 11
Gardner • HBG 11
9. Grier • 2TM 10
10. Cooper • HBG 8

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 .846
Corbett • HBG .846
Curry • HIL .846
4. McClure • BBS .789
5. Rector • BRG .714
6. Britt • BBS .667
Cooper • HBG .667
8. Winters • HIL .654
9. Gardner • HBG .647
10. Lee • HIL .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Cockrell • HIL 1.130
2. Britt • BBS 1.159
3. Winters • HIL 1.193
4. Gardner • HBG 1.234
5. Curry • HIL 1.248
6. Strong • BBS 1.257
7. Henderson • AC 1.290
8. McClure • BBS 1.304
9. Rector • BRG 1.353
10. Fabré • CSE 1.356

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Cockrell • HIL 7.233
2. Britt • BBS 7.786
3. McClure • BBS 8.022
4. Gardner • HBG 8.146
5. Winters • HIL 8.174
6. Strong • BBS 8.408
7. Henderson • AC 8.727
8. Rector • BRG 8.951
9. Levis • CSE 9.132
10. Dihigo • CSE 9.207

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. Curry • HIL 1.804
2. Fabré • CSE 2.077
3. Farrell • 2TM 2.478
4. Mirabal • CSE 2.525
5. Mitchell • AC 2.562
6. Winters • HIL 2.565
7. Henry • HBG 2.571
8. Lockhart • AC 2.593
9. Nuttall • 2TM 2.643
10. Britt • BBS 2.643

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Grier • 2TM 6.450
2. Holland • BRG 5.520
3. Farrell • 2TM 5.468
4. Henderson • AC 4.870
5. Cooper • HBG 4.464
6. Flournoy • BRG 4.339
7. Gisentaner • HBG 4.279
8. Winters • HIL 4.261
9. Force • BBS 4.205
10. McClure • BBS 4.109

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Henderson • AC 32
2. Grier • 2TM 30
3. Winters • HIL 29
Strong • BBS 29
5. McClure • BBS 26
6. Cooper • HBG 23
Gardner • HBG 23
8. Curry • HIL 20
9. Britt • BBS 19
10. Cockrell • HIL 17
Corbett • HBG 17

Saves

Saves

1. Strong • BBS 4
2. Dihigo • CSE 2
3. Britt • BBS 1
Cockrell • HIL 1
Cooper • HBG 1
Curry • HIL 1
Flournoy • BRG 1
Henderson • AC 1
Holland • BRG 1
Lucas • HBG 1
McClure • BBS 1
Rector • BRG 1
Grier • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Henderson • AC 231.0
2. Winters • HIL 207.0
3. Grier • 2TM 180.0
4. Strong • BBS 152.0
5. McClure • BBS 138.0
6. Gardner • HBG 137.0
7. Curry • HIL 134.2
8. Britt • BBS 126.0
9. Cockrell • HIL 125.2
10. Cooper • HBG 125.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Grier • 2TM 129
2. Henderson • AC 125
3. Winters • HIL 98
4. Farrell • 2TM 64
5. McClure • BBS 63
6. Cooper • HBG 62
7. Curry • HIL 56
8. Cockrell • HIL 54
9. Britt • BBS 53
10. Strong • BBS 51

Games Started

Games Started

1. Henderson • AC 25
2. Winters • HIL 22
3. Grier • 2TM 20
4. McClure • BBS 18
5. Strong • BBS 17
6. Gardner • HBG 15
7. Cooper • HBG 14
Curry • HIL 14
Levis • CSE 14
10. Cockrell • HIL 13

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Henderson • AC 22
2. Winters • HIL 17
3. Grier • 2TM 11
Cockrell • HIL 11
Strong • BBS 11
6. Gardner • HBG 10
7. Farrell • 2TM 9
McClure • BBS 9
Mirabal • CSE 9
Levis • CSE 9
Curry • HIL 9

Shutouts

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

1. Gardner • HBG 2
Strong • BBS 2
3. Campbell • HIL 1
Cockrell • HIL 1
Cooper • HBG 1
Fabré • CSE 1
Force • BBS 1
Gisentaner • HBG 1
Henderson • AC 1
Lee • HIL 1
Lucas • HBG 1
McClure • BBS 1
Ryan • HIL 1
Winters • HIL 1
Farrell • 2TM 1
Grier • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Winters • HIL 12
2. Henderson • AC 11
Farrell • 2TM 11
4. Mirabal • CSE 10
Taylor • NLG 10
Gardner • HBG 10
Grier • 2TM 10
8. Curry • HIL 9
Mitchell • AC 9
Evans • 2TM 9
Cooper • HBG 9
Nuttall • 2TM 9

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Grier • 2TM 96
2. Henderson • AC 74
3. Winters • HIL 59
4. McClure • BBS 57
5. Strong • BBS 49
6. Gardner • HBG 45
7. Levis • CSE 44
8. Cockrell • HIL 41
9. Cooper • HBG 39
Chambers • 2TM 39

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Henderson • AC 224
2. Grier • 2TM 195
3. Winters • HIL 188
4. Strong • BBS 142
5. Cooper • HBG 141
Curry • HIL 141
7. Farrell • 2TM 128
8. Mirabal • CSE 127
9. Gardner • HBG 124
10. McClure • BBS 123

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. Farrell • 2TM 2.207
2. Curry • HIL 2.074
3. Holland • BRG 1.917
4. Henderson • AC 1.689
5. Winters • HIL 1.661
6. Cooper • HBG 1.590
7. Britt • BBS 1.432
8. Henry • HBG 1.375
9. Force • BBS 1.357
10. Grier • 2TM 1.344

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. Force • BBS 0.111
2. Britt • BBS 0.214
3. Cockrell • HIL 0.215
4. Rector • BRG 0.293
5. McClure • BBS 0.326
6. Strong • BBS 0.355
7. Flournoy • BRG 0.362
8. Dihigo • CSE 0.373
9. Levis • CSE 0.397
10. Henderson • AC 0.429

Losses

Losses

1. Henderson • AC 11
Mirabal • CSE 11
3. Strong • BBS 10
4. Winters • HIL 9
Grier • 2TM 9
6. Taylor • NLG 8
Hampton • WMP 8
8. Farrell • 2TM 7
Chambers • 2TM 7
Mitchell • AC 7

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Henderson • AC 100
2. Grier • 2TM 98
3. Cooper • HBG 65
4. Curry • HIL 63
Strong • BBS 63
6. Winters • HIL 62
7. Taylor • NLG 61
8. Farrell • 2TM 58
Carr • 2TM 58
10. Henry • HBG 57

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Grier • 2TM 4
Chambers • 2TM 4
Strong • BBS 4
Holland • BRG 4
5. Nuttall • 2TM 3
Winters • HIL 3
Pritchett • HBG 3
McClure • BBS 3
Heywood • NLG 3
10. Dihigo • CSE 2
Mitchell • AC 2
Henry • HBG 2
Henderson • AC 2
Hampton • WMP 2
Gisentaner • HBG 2
Gardner • HBG 2
Force • BBS 2

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Cooper • HBG 11
2. Gardner • HBG 9
3. Strong • BBS 8
4. Henderson • AC 7
5. Grier • 2TM 6
Henry • HBG 6
7. Chambers • 2TM 5
8. Mitchell • AC 4
Taylor • NLG 4
Gisentaner • HBG 4
Harper • NLG 4
Gillespie • 2TM 4
Hubbard • BRG 4

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Henderson • AC 982
2. Winters • HIL 855
3. Grier • 2TM 829
4. Strong • BBS 652
5. McClure • BBS 585
6. Gardner • HBG 580
7. Curry • HIL 570
8. Cooper • HBG 561
9. Britt • BBS 525
10. Cockrell • HIL 514

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. Strong • BBS 11
2. Grier • 2TM 8
Cooper • HBG 8
4. Britt • BBS 7
Corbett • HBG 7
Henderson • AC 7
Winters • HIL 7
8. Williams • NLG 6
Ryan • HIL 6
McDonald • WMP 6
McClure • BBS 6

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Winters • HIL 176
2. Rector • BRG 155
3. Britt • BBS 148
4. Cockrell • HIL 144
5. McClure • BBS 140
6. Gardner • HBG 137
7. Dihigo • CSE 132
8. Strong • BBS 127
9. Hampton • WMP 127
10. Fabré • CSE 127

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. Force • BBS 3.53
2. Britt • BBS 3.63
3. Cockrell • HIL 3.71
4. Henderson • AC 3.82
5. Curry • HIL 3.89
6. Winters • HIL 3.92
7. Flournoy • BRG 4.03
8. McClure • BBS 4.07
9. Holland • BRG 4.08
10. Rector • BRG 4.18

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 44
2. McClure • BBS 24
3. Henderson • AC 23
4. Cockrell • HIL 22
5. Britt • BBS 21
6. Gardner • HBG 20
7. Strong • BBS 17
8. Rector • BRG 12
9. Dihigo • CSE 11
10. Lucas • HBG 10

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. McClure • BBS 2.2
3. Henderson • AC 2.1
Cockrell • HIL 2.1
5. Britt • BBS 1.9
6. Gardner • HBG 1.8
7. Strong • BBS 1.5
8. Rector • BRG 1.1
9. Dihigo • CSE 1.0
10. Lucas • HBG 1.0

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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