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Eastern Colored League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Winters • HIL 5.1
2. Henderson • AC 4.9
3. Dihigo • CSE 4.2
4. Grier • AC 3.7
5. Mackey • HIL 3.3
6. Gisentaner • 3TM 3.2
7. Johnson • HIL 3.2
8. Wilson • BBS 3.1
9. Thomas • HIL 2.8
10. Ryan • HIL 2.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Henderson • AC 5.1
2. Winters • HIL 4.6
3. Grier • AC 3.5
4. Gisentaner • 2TM 2.7
5. Ryan • HIL 2.6
6. Flournoy • BRG 2.0
7. Strong • BBS 1.9
8. Levis • CSE 1.8
9. Campbell • HIL 1.8
10. Cockrell • HIL 1.6
Earned Run Average
1. Flournoy • BRG 2.32
2. Henderson • AC 2.58
3. Winters • HIL 2.92
4. Grier • AC 3.30
5. Ryan • HIL 3.48
6. Gisentaner • 2TM 3.49
7. Cooper • HBG 3.67
8. Lee • HIL 3.73
9. Levis • CSE 3.79
10. Campbell • HIL 3.81
Wins
1. Winters • HIL 17
2. Grier • AC 13
3. Henderson • AC 12
4. Campbell • HIL 10
5. Cockrell • HIL 9
6. Lee • HIL 8
Chambers • NLG 8
Ryan • HIL 8
9. Levis • CSE 7
Cooper • HBG 7
Corbett • HBG 7
Gardner • HBG 7
Win-Loss %
1. Winters • HIL .810
2. Cooper • HBG .778
Levis • CSE .778
4. Lee • HIL .727
5. Flournoy • BRG .714
6. Corbett • HBG .700
7. Cockrell • HIL .692
8. Campbell • HIL .667
9. Henderson • AC .632
10. Grier • AC .619
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Flournoy • BRG 1.145
2. Henderson • AC 1.152
3. Winters • HIL 1.173
4. Levis • CSE 1.224
5. Cockrell • HIL 1.234
6. Ryan • HIL 1.245
7. Grier • AC 1.250
8. Cooper • HBG 1.257
9. Gisentaner • 2TM 1.270
10. Lee • HIL 1.310
Hits per 9 IP
1. Flournoy • BRG 6.823
2. Grier • AC 7.176
3. Lee • HIL 7.225
4. Henderson • AC 7.382
5. Winters • HIL 7.583
6. Levis • CSE 7.816
7. San • CSE 7.960
8. Cockrell • HIL 8.012
9. Gisentaner • 2TM 8.189
10. Cooper • HBG 8.457
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Ryan • HIL 2.485
2. Holland • BRG 2.578
3. Cooper • HBG 2.853
4. Winters • HIL 2.972
5. Mirabal • CSE 2.976
6. Henderson • AC 2.983
7. Cockrell • HIL 3.097
8. Strong • BBS 3.135
9. Levis • CSE 3.197
10. Gisentaner • 2TM 3.243
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Grier • AC 7.279
2. San • CSE 6.087
3. Chambers • NLG 5.188
4. Henderson • AC 5.056
5. Flournoy • BRG 4.935
6. Holland • BRG 4.613
7. Gisentaner • 2TM 4.541
8. Yokely • BBS 4.357
9. Cockrell • HIL 4.040
10. Gardner • HBG 4.026
Games Played
1. Grier • AC 26
McClure • BBS 26
3. Winters • HIL 24
4. Yokely • BBS 23
Ryan • HIL 23
6. Chambers • NLG 22
7. Henderson • AC 21
8. Gardner • HBG 20
9. Campbell • HIL 19
10. Lee • HIL 18
Saves
1. Grier • AC 2
Holland • BRG 2
Lee • HIL 2
Ryan • HIL 2
5. Campbell • HIL 1
Chambers • NLG 1
Cockrell • HIL 1
Flournoy • BRG 1
Gardner • HBG 1
Henderson • AC 1
Levis • CSE 1
Winters • HIL 1
Mitchell • 2TM 1
Pritchett • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Henderson • AC 178.0
2. Winters • HIL 175.2
3. Grier • AC 174.1
4. Ryan • HIL 163.0
5. Chambers • NLG 152.2
6. Cockrell • HIL 133.2
7. Yokely • BBS 126.0
8. Campbell • HIL 120.1
9. Lee • HIL 118.1
10. McClure • BBS 117.0
Strikeouts
1. Grier • AC 141
2. Henderson • AC 100
3. Chambers • NLG 88
4. Winters • HIL 72
5. Ryan • HIL 71
6. Yokely • BBS 61
7. Cockrell • HIL 60
8. Gisentaner • 2TM 56
9. Gardner • HBG 51
10. Campbell • HIL 50
Lee • HIL 50
Games Started
1. Grier • AC 20
2. Winters • HIL 19
3. Henderson • AC 18
4. Ryan • HIL 17
5. Yokely • BBS 16
Cockrell • HIL 16
7. Gisentaner • 2TM 14
Campbell • HIL 14
Gardner • HBG 14
10. Chambers • NLG 13
Lee • HIL 13
McClure • BBS 13
Complete Games
1. Grier • AC 19
2. Henderson • AC 16
3. Winters • HIL 15
Ryan • HIL 15
5. Cockrell • HIL 13
6. Gardner • HBG 12
7. Gisentaner • 2TM 11
8. Campbell • HIL 10
9. Chambers • NLG 9
Lee • HIL 9
Shutouts
1. Gardner • HBG 3
2. Gillespie • HBG 2
Levis • CSE 2
McClure • BBS 2
5. Campbell • HIL 1
Cooper • HBG 1
Corbett • HBG 1
Dihigo • CSE 1
Force • BBS 1
Grier • AC 1
Mungin • BBS 1
Ryan • HIL 1
Strong • BBS 1
Mitchell • 2TM 1
Home Runs
1. Cockrell • HIL 11
2. Winters • HIL 8
3. Gisentaner • 2TM 7
Yokely • BBS 7
Corbett • HBG 7
Ryan • HIL 7
7. Pritchett • 2TM 6
Strong • BBS 6
Campbell • HIL 6
Henry • HIL 6
Rector • BRG 6
Bases on Balls
1. Grier • AC 79
2. Chambers • NLG 76
3. Lee • HIL 60
4. Henderson • AC 59
5. Winters • HIL 58
6. Yokely • BBS 57
7. McClure • BBS 53
8. Campbell • HIL 51
9. Corbett • HBG 48
10. Cockrell • HIL 46
Hits
1. Ryan • HIL 158
Chambers • NLG 158
3. Winters • HIL 148
4. Henderson • AC 146
5. Grier • AC 139
6. McClure • BBS 132
7. Gardner • HBG 131
8. Yokely • BBS 130
9. Cockrell • HIL 119
10. Campbell • HIL 118
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Holland • BRG 1.789
2. Grier • AC 1.785
3. Henderson • AC 1.695
4. Ryan • HIL 1.578
5. Flournoy • BRG 1.417
6. Gisentaner • 2TM 1.400
7. Cockrell • HIL 1.304
8. San • CSE 1.258
9. Winters • HIL 1.241
10. Gardner • HBG 1.214
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Henderson • AC 0.101
2. Cooper • HBG 0.102
3. San • CSE 0.156
4. Grier • AC 0.207
5. Mirabal • CSE 0.220
6. Chambers • NLG 0.295
7. Gilmore • NLG 0.361
8. Force • BBS 0.365
9. Lee • HIL 0.380
10. McClure • BBS 0.385
Losses
1. Ryan • HIL 11
2. McClure • BBS 10
Yokely • BBS 10
4. Chambers • NLG 9
5. Gardner • HBG 8
Gilmore • NLG 8
Grier • AC 8
8. Gisentaner • 2TM 7
Henderson • AC 7
10. Holland • BRG 6
Henry • HIL 6
Pritchett • 2TM 6
Earned Runs
1. Chambers • NLG 86
2. Grier • AC 64
McClure • BBS 64
4. Ryan • HIL 63
5. Yokely • BBS 60
Gilmore • NLG 60
7. Winters • HIL 57
Cockrell • HIL 57
Gardner • HBG 57
10. Henderson • AC 51
Campbell • HIL 51
Wild Pitches
1. Gisentaner • 2TM 4
Pritchett • 2TM 4
3. Cooper • HBG 3
4. Carter • HBG 2
Chambers • NLG 2
Flournoy • BRG 2
Grier • AC 2
Yokely • BBS 2
9. Force • BBS 1
Gardner • HBG 1
Hubbard • BRG 1
McClure • BBS 1
Mirabal • CSE 1
Roberts • AC 1
Mitchell • 2TM 1
Hit By Pitch
1. Yokely • BBS 10
2. Lee • HIL 9
3. Chambers • NLG 8
Grier • AC 8
5. Ryan • HIL 7
6. Gisentaner • 2TM 6
Cockrell • HIL 6
Gilmore • NLG 6
9. Campbell • HIL 5
McClure • BBS 5
Gardner • HBG 5
Strong • BBS 5
Flournoy • BRG 5
Batters Faced
1. Grier • AC 752
2. Winters • HIL 740
3. Henderson • AC 725
4. Chambers • NLG 693
5. Ryan • HIL 688
6. Yokely • BBS 598
7. Cockrell • HIL 568
8. McClure • BBS 529
9. Gardner • HBG 522
10. Campbell • HIL 520
Adjusted ERA+
1. Flournoy • BRG 187
2. Henderson • AC 168
3. Winters • HIL 149
4. Grier • AC 131
5. Gisentaner • 2TM 125
6. Ryan • HIL 125
7. Cooper • HBG 118
8. Lee • HIL 116
9. Levis • CSE 115
10. Campbell • HIL 114
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Henderson • AC 3.10
2. Grier • AC 3.21
3. Holland • BRG 3.45
4. Cooper • HBG 3.58
5. San • CSE 3.67
6. Ryan • HIL 3.67
7. Winters • HIL 3.86
8. Mirabal • CSE 3.92
9. Gardner • HBG 3.94
10. Chambers • NLG 3.95
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Henderson • AC 33
2. Winters • HIL 30
3. Grier • AC 20
4. Ryan • HIL 16
5. Flournoy • BRG 13
6. Gisentaner • 2TM 10
7. Campbell • HIL 9
8. Lee • HIL 9
9. Lockhart • AC 8
10. Cockrell • HIL 8
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Henderson • AC 3.3
2. Winters • HIL 2.9
3. Grier • AC 1.9
4. Ryan • HIL 1.5
5. Flournoy • BRG 1.3
6. Gisentaner • 2TM 1.0
7. Campbell • HIL 0.8
8. Lockhart • AC 0.8
9. Lee • HIL 0.8
10. Cockrell • HIL 0.8

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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