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Negro American 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. Smith • KCM 4.0
2. Bankhead • BBB 2.8
3. Strong • KCM 2.5
4. Brown • KCM 2.1
5. Paige • KCM 1.9
6. McKinnis • BBB 1.5
7. Smith • KCM 1.3
8. Bostock • BBB 1.3
9. Greene • KCM 1.1
10. Hyde • MRS 1.0

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. Smith • KCM 3.4
2. Bankhead • BBB 2.5
3. Paige • KCM 1.7
4. McKinnis • BBB 1.5
5. Smith • KCM 1.0
6. Ferrell • CAG 0.7
7. Cornelius • CAG 0.7
8. Johnson • KCM 0.6
9. Walker • KCM 0.6
10. Hutchinson • MRS 0.6

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. McKinnis • BBB 1.04
2. Smith • KCM 1.66
3. Bankhead • BBB 1.95
4. Paige • KCM 2.06
5. Smith • KCM 2.18
6. Walker • KCM 2.54
7. Henry • JRC 2.78
8. Johnson • KCM 2.86
9. Ferrell • CAG 2.87
10. Hutchinson • MRS 3.12

Wins

Wins

1. Smith • KCM 10
2. Bankhead • BBB 7
Paige • KCM 7
4. Johnson • KCM 6
5. Moss • MRS 4
Markham • BBB 4
7. Mathis • 2TM 3
Smith • KCM 3
McKinnis • BBB 3
Bradley • KCM 3
Ferrell • CAG 3

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. Smith • KCM 1.000
Smith • KCM 1.000
Ferrell • CAG 1.000
Paige • KCM 1.000
McKinnis • BBB 1.000
6. Bankhead • BBB .875
7. Johnson • KCM .857
8. Henry • JRC .667
Moss • MRS .667
10. Mathis • 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. Bankhead • BBB 0.837
2. Smith • KCM 0.899
3. Paige • KCM 0.953
4. Smith • KCM 1.030
5. McKinnis • BBB 1.067
6. Walker • KCM 1.094
7. McAllister • SNS 1.098
8. Hutchinson • MRS 1.154
9. Markham • BBB 1.194
10. Bradley • KCM 1.238

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Bankhead • BBB 5.322
2. McKinnis • BBB 6.231
3. Smith • KCM 7.018
4. McAllister • SNS 7.235
5. Paige • KCM 7.465
6. Smith • SNS 7.508
7. Hutchinson • MRS 7.615
8. Smith • KCM 7.636
9. Walker • KCM 7.941
10. Moss • MRS 8.151

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. Markham • BBB 1.000
2. Smith • KCM 1.072
3. Paige • KCM 1.112
4. Radcliffe • 2TM 1.256
5. Smith • KCM 1.636
6. Walker • KCM 1.906
7. Mathis • 2TM 2.139
8. Bankhead • BBB 2.207
9. Ferrell • CAG 2.389
10. Bryant • KCM 2.487

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Boone • SNS 11.753
2. Johnson • KCM 10.023
3. Hutchinson • MRS 8.308
4. Smith • SNS 8.230
5. Paige • KCM 7.624
6. Bryant • KCM 6.750
7. Bradley • KCM 6.714
8. Smith • KCM 6.531
9. Mathis • 2TM 6.416
10. Markham • BBB 6.000

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Smith • KCM 15
2. Paige • KCM 12
3. Bankhead • BBB 11
Bradley • KCM 11
Smith • SNS 11
6. Johnson • KCM 10
Gipson • BBB 10
Cornelius • CAG 10
9. Radcliffe • 2TM 9
Moss • MRS 9

Saves

Saves

1. Smith • KCM 3
2. Radcliffe • 2TM 2
3. Alexander • CAG 1
Bradley • KCM 1
Henry • JRC 1
Johnson • KCM 1
McAllister • SNS 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Smith • KCM 92.1
2. Bankhead • BBB 69.1
3. Bradley • KCM 63.0
4. Smith • SNS 62.1
5. Cornelius • CAG 61.2
6. Paige • KCM 56.2
7. Moss • MRS 53.0
8. McAllister • SNS 51.0
9. Gipson • BBB 48.1
10. Johnson • KCM 44.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Smith • KCM 67
2. Smith • SNS 57
3. Johnson • KCM 49
4. Paige • KCM 48
5. Bradley • KCM 47
6. Bankhead • BBB 38
7. Boone • SNS 37
8. Moss • MRS 34
9. McAllister • SNS 31
10. Gipson • BBB 27

Games Started

Games Started

1. Paige • KCM 11
2. Cornelius • CAG 9
3. Smith • KCM 8
Smith • SNS 8
5. Bankhead • BBB 7
Bradley • KCM 7
Gipson • BBB 7
Moss • MRS 7
9. Boone • SNS 5
McAllister • SNS 5

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Smith • KCM 7
2. Bankhead • BBB 5
McAllister • SNS 5
4. Smith • SNS 4
5. Mathis • 2TM 3
Bradley • KCM 3
Cornelius • CAG 3
McKinnis • BBB 3
Markham • BBB 3
Johnson • KCM 3

Shutouts

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

1. Bankhead • BBB 2
Markham • BBB 2
Smith • KCM 2
4. Bryant • KCM 1
Evans • MRS 1
Ferrell • CAG 1
Keyes • MRS 1
McKinnis • BBB 1
Walker • KCM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Smith • SNS 5
2. Moss • MRS 3
3. Mathis • 2TM 2
Broome • JRC 2
Smith • KCM 2
Cornelius • CAG 2
McAllister • SNS 2
8. Boone • SNS 1
Bradley • KCM 1
Brewer • KCM 1
Calhoun • SNS 1
Gipson • BBB 1
Gipson • CAG 1
Hudson • CAG 1
Bankhead • BBB 1
Johnson • KCM 1
McKinnis • BBB 1
Sutton • SNS 1
Washington • SNS 1
Hutchinson • MRS 1

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Smith • SNS 27
2. Cornelius • CAG 23
3. Gipson • BBB 20
4. Johnson • KCM 19
5. Moss • MRS 18
Bradley • KCM 18
Boone • SNS 18
8. Bankhead • BBB 17
9. McAllister • SNS 15
Calhoun • SNS 15

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Smith • KCM 72
2. Bradley • KCM 60
3. Gipson • BBB 58
4. Cornelius • CAG 57
5. Smith • SNS 52
6. Moss • MRS 48
7. Paige • KCM 47
8. Johnson • KCM 45
9. Bankhead • BBB 41
Mathis • 2TM 41
McAllister • SNS 41

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. Paige • KCM 6.857
2. Smith • KCM 6.091
3. Markham • BBB 6.000
4. Radcliffe • 2TM 4.500
5. Mathis • 2TM 3.000
Hutchinson • MRS 3.000
7. Smith • KCM 2.833
8. Bryant • KCM 2.714
9. Bradley • KCM 2.611
10. Johnson • KCM 2.579

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. Markham • BBB 0.000
Radcliffe • 2TM 0.000
Walker • KCM 0.000
Smith • KCM 0.000
Paige • KCM 0.000
Henry • JRC 0.000
Ferrell • CAG 0.000
Bryant • KCM 0.000
9. Bankhead • BBB 0.130
10. Bradley • KCM 0.143

Losses

Losses

1. Cornelius • CAG 7
2. Smith • SNS 6
Gipson • BBB 6
4. McAllister • SNS 4
Radcliffe • 2TM 4
6. Bradley • KCM 3
Calhoun • SNS 3
Gipson • CAG 3
Walker • KCM 3
Sarvis • JRC 3
Markham • BBB 3

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Smith • SNS 35
2. Gipson • BBB 33
3. Cornelius • CAG 24
Calhoun • SNS 24
5. Moss • MRS 23
6. Bradley • KCM 22
7. McAllister • SNS 20
8. Boone • SNS 19
9. Mathis • 2TM 18
10. Smith • KCM 17

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Smith • SNS 4
2. Cornelius • CAG 2
Ferrell • CAG 2
Johnson • KCM 2
Keyes • MRS 2
Paige • KCM 2
7. Blackmon • SNS 1
Boone • SNS 1
Brewer • KCM 1
Gipson • BBB 1
Hutchinson • MRS 1
McKinnis • BBB 1
Ware • BBB 1
Jessup • 2TM 1
Mathis • 2TM 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Smith • SNS 9
2. Bankhead • BBB 5
Jessup • 2TM 5
Johnson • KCM 5
5. Cornelius • CAG 4
Moss • MRS 4
7. Radcliffe • 2TM 3
Allen • JRC 3
Walker • KCM 3
Bradley • KCM 3
Paige • KCM 3

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Smith • KCM 347
2. Smith • SNS 276
3. Bradley • KCM 272
4. Bankhead • BBB 269
5. Cornelius • CAG 266
6. Paige • KCM 229
7. Gipson • BBB 225
8. Moss • MRS 221
9. McAllister • SNS 211
10. Johnson • KCM 193

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. Radcliffe • 2TM 7
2. Smith • KCM 6
3. Johnson • KCM 5
4. Markham • BBB 4
5. Bankhead • BBB 3
Bradley • KCM 3
Jessup • 2TM 3
Smith • KCM 3
Gipson • BBB 3
Smith • SNS 3

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. McKinnis • BBB 371
2. Smith • KCM 231
3. Bankhead • BBB 197
4. Paige • KCM 186
5. Smith • KCM 177
6. Walker • KCM 152
7. Henry • JRC 139
8. Ferrell • CAG 134
9. Johnson • KCM 134
10. Hutchinson • MRS 124

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. Paige • KCM 1.64
2. Markham • BBB 1.81
3. Smith • KCM 2.00
4. Bryant • KCM 2.26
5. Radcliffe • 2TM 2.28
6. Smith • KCM 2.32
7. Hutchinson • MRS 2.38
8. Johnson • KCM 2.51
9. Bradley • KCM 2.52
10. Boone • SNS 2.67

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. Smith • KCM 23
2. Bankhead • BBB 15
3. Paige • KCM 12
4. McKinnis • BBB 10
5. Smith • KCM 7
6. Johnson • KCM 5
7. Walker • KCM 4
8. Bradley • KCM 4
9. Ferrell • CAG 3
10. Dumas • MRS 3

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. Smith • KCM 2.4
2. Bankhead • BBB 1.6
3. Paige • KCM 1.2
4. McKinnis • BBB 1.1
5. Smith • KCM 0.7
6. Johnson • KCM 0.5
7. Walker • KCM 0.4
8. Dumas • MRS 0.4
9. Bradley • KCM 0.4
Evans • MRS 0.4

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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