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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. McDaniel • KCM 3.3
2. Bremer • CBE 2.9
3. Robinson • KCM 2.3
4. Williams • KCM 2.1
5. Jessup • CAG 1.8
6. Steele • BBB 1.5
7. LaMarque • KCM 1.5
8. Pennington • CAG 1.5
9. Smith • KCM 1.2
10. Smith • CAG 1.2

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. McDaniel • KCM 3.1
2. Bremer • CBE 2.5
3. LaMarque • KCM 1.9
4. Jessup • CAG 1.9
5. Davis • 2TM 1.2
6. Smith • KCM 1.2
7. Pearson • MRS 0.9
8. Jefferson • CBE 0.9
9. Newberry • BBB 0.9
10. McKinnis • CAG 0.8

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. Bremer • CBE 2.34
2. LaMarque • KCM 3.16
3. McDaniel • KCM 3.18
4. Jessup • CAG 3.19
5. Smith • KCM 3.27
6. McKinnis • CAG 3.38
7. Pearson • MRS 3.54
8. Mathis • MRS 3.71
9. McCoy • CAG 3.99
Newberry • BBB 3.99

Wins

Wins

1. McDaniel • KCM 9
2. Bremer • CBE 7
LaMarque • KCM 7
4. Smith • KCM 6
Jessup • CAG 6
6. McCoy • CAG 5
7. Wylie • KCM 4
Paige • KCM 4
9. Cornelius • CAG 3
Newberry • BBB 3
Jefferson • CBE 3
Jones • MRS 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. Bremer • CBE .875
2. LaMarque • KCM .778
3. McCoy • CAG .714
4. McDaniel • KCM .643
5. Cornelius • CAG .600
Smith • KCM .600
Jefferson • CBE .600
Jessup • CAG .600
9. Wylie • KCM .500
Paige • KCM .500
Mathis • MRS .500
Markham • BBB .500
Jones • MRS .500
Brown • CBE .500

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. McKinnis • CAG 1.031
2. Bremer • CBE 1.123
3. Jessup • CAG 1.127
4. Pearson • MRS 1.131
5. LaMarque • KCM 1.143
6. McDaniel • KCM 1.179
7. Paige • KCM 1.181
8. Smith • KCM 1.234
9. Newberry • BBB 1.255
10. Mathis • MRS 1.265

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. McKinnis • CAG 6.750
2. Jessup • CAG 7.405
3. McCoy • CAG 7.577
4. LaMarque • KCM 8.011
5. Paige • KCM 8.100
6. Bremer • CBE 8.260
7. McDaniel • KCM 8.548
8. Newberry • BBB 8.679
9. Pearson • MRS 8.852
10. Smith • KCM 8.883

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. Mathis • MRS 1.059
2. Pearson • MRS 1.328
3. Bremer • CBE 1.849
4. McDaniel • KCM 2.063
5. Smith • KCM 2.221
6. LaMarque • KCM 2.275
7. Jones • MRS 2.389
8. Williams • CC 2.470
9. McKinnis • CAG 2.531
Paige • KCM 2.531

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McCoy • CAG 8.128
2. Paige • KCM 8.100
3. LaMarque • KCM 7.022
4. McDaniel • KCM 6.897
5. Medina • CC 5.464
6. Smith • KCM 4.909
7. Jessup • CAG 4.899
8. Williams • CC 4.774
9. Wylie • KCM 4.615
10. Newberry • BBB 4.546

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McDaniel • KCM 28
2. McCoy • CAG 12
LaMarque • KCM 12
4. Williams • CC 11
Newberry • BBB 11
Cornelius • CAG 11
Smith • KCM 11
8. Jessup • CAG 10
Bremer • CBE 10
Wylie • KCM 10
Paige • KCM 10

Saves

Saves

1. McDaniel • KCM 6
2. Bremer • CBE 1
Jefferson • CBE 1
Jefferson • CBE 1
Johnson • MRS 1
Markham • BBB 1
Matchett • KCM 1
McKinnis • CAG 1
Wylie • KCM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. McDaniel • KCM 152.2
2. LaMarque • KCM 91.0
3. Jessup • CAG 79.0
4. Smith • KCM 77.0
5. Bremer • CBE 73.0
6. McCoy • CAG 65.1
Newberry • BBB 65.1
8. Medina • CC 56.0
9. Williams • CC 54.2
10. Paige • KCM 53.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. McDaniel • KCM 117
2. LaMarque • KCM 71
3. McCoy • CAG 59
4. Paige • KCM 48
5. Jessup • CAG 43
6. Smith • KCM 42
7. Medina • CC 34
8. Newberry • BBB 33
9. Williams • CC 29
10. Bremer • CBE 24

Games Started

Games Started

1. McDaniel • KCM 16
2. LaMarque • KCM 10
Jessup • CAG 10
4. Bremer • CBE 9
5. Smith • KCM 8
Paige • KCM 8
7. Cornelius • CAG 7
Medina • CC 7
Newberry • BBB 7
10. Wylie • KCM 6
McCoy • CAG 6
McKinnis • CAG 6
Jefferson • CBE 6
Williams • CC 6

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. McDaniel • KCM 13
2. Jessup • CAG 7
3. Smith • KCM 6
Bremer • CBE 6
5. Newberry • BBB 5
6. LaMarque • KCM 4
Pearson • MRS 4
Jefferson • CBE 4
Mathis • MRS 4
McCoy • CAG 4
Williams • CC 4

Shutouts

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

1. McDaniel • KCM 2
McKinnis • CAG 2
3. Bremer • CBE 1
Gipson • BBB 1
Jessup • CAG 1
LaMarque • KCM 1
Newberry • BBB 1
Paige • KCM 1
Davis • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. LaMarque • KCM 5
2. Williams • CC 4
McDaniel • KCM 4
4. Saylor • BBB 3
Jefferson • CBE 3
Medina • CC 3
7. Bremer • CBE 2
Wylie • KCM 2
Smith • KCM 2
Keyes • MRS 2
McMeans • CAG 2
McCoy • CAG 2

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McDaniel • KCM 35
2. McCoy • CAG 30
3. Wylie • KCM 28
4. Jessup • CAG 24
5. LaMarque • KCM 23
6. West • CAG 20
7. Jefferson • CBE 19
Newberry • BBB 19
Smith • KCM 19
10. Brown • CBE 18

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McDaniel • KCM 145
2. LaMarque • KCM 81
3. Smith • KCM 76
4. Cornelius • CAG 71
5. Williams • CC 69
6. Bremer • CBE 67
7. Jessup • CAG 65
8. Newberry • BBB 63
9. Medina • CC 61
10. McCoy • CAG 55

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. Mathis • MRS 4.000
2. McDaniel • KCM 3.343
3. Paige • KCM 3.200
4. LaMarque • KCM 3.087
5. Pearson • MRS 3.000
6. Smith • KCM 2.211
7. Medina • CC 2.125
8. McCoy • CAG 1.967
9. Williams • CC 1.933
10. Jessup • CAG 1.792

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. Jessup • CAG 0.000
Pearson • MRS 0.000
Paige • KCM 0.000
Mathis • MRS 0.000
McKinnis • CAG 0.000
6. Newberry • BBB 0.138
7. Cornelius • CAG 0.176
8. Smith • KCM 0.234
9. McDaniel • KCM 0.236
10. Jones • MRS 0.239

Losses

Losses

1. Medina • CC 6
2. McDaniel • KCM 5
3. Wylie • KCM 4
Williams • CC 4
Paige • KCM 4
Newberry • BBB 4
Smith • KCM 4
McKinnis • CAG 4
Jessup • CAG 4
10. Jones • MRS 3
Saylor • BBB 3
Pearson • MRS 3
McMeans • CAG 3
Huber • BBB 3

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. McDaniel • KCM 54
2. Cornelius • CAG 44
3. Williams • CC 34
4. Medina • CC 33
5. LaMarque • KCM 32
6. Newberry • BBB 29
McCoy • CAG 29
8. Jessup • CAG 28
Smith • KCM 28
10. Paige • KCM 24

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Medina • CC 3
Wylie • KCM 3
3. Baker • MRS 2
Boone • BBB 2
5. Bremer • CBE 1
Brown • CBE 1
Chatman • MRS 1
Cornelius • CAG 1
Jefferson • CBE 1
Jones • MRS 1
Keyes • MRS 1
McCoy • CAG 1
Paige • KCM 1
Shields • CAG 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Medina • CC 3
2. Bremer • CBE 2
West • CAG 2
Thompson • BBB 2
Pearson • MRS 2
McMeans • CAG 2
Mathis • MRS 2
8. Davis • 2TM 1
Wiggins • MRS 1
Boone • BBB 1
Cornelius • CAG 1
Smith • KCM 1
Shields • CAG 1
Saylor • BBB 1
García • CC 1
Gipson • BBB 1
Jefferson • CBE 1
McKinnis • CAG 1
McDaniel • KCM 1
Lawson • CBE 1

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. McDaniel • KCM 625
2. LaMarque • KCM 371
3. Jessup • CAG 326
4. Smith • KCM 319
5. Bremer • CBE 297
6. Newberry • BBB 283
7. McCoy • CAG 278
8. Medina • CC 247
9. Williams • CC 246
10. Cornelius • CAG 244

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. McDaniel • KCM 12
2. McCoy • CAG 6
3. Wylie • KCM 4
Williams • CC 4
West • CAG 4
Watson • CC 4
Jefferson • CBE 4
8. Boone • BBB 3
McKinnis • CAG 3
Matchett • KCM 3
Huber • BBB 3

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Bremer • CBE 182
2. LaMarque • KCM 135
3. Jessup • CAG 134
4. McDaniel • KCM 134
5. Smith • KCM 130
6. McKinnis • CAG 127
7. Pearson • MRS 121
8. Mathis • MRS 116
9. McCoy • CAG 107
Newberry • BBB 107

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 1.77
2. McDaniel • KCM 2.24
3. Mathis • MRS 2.31
4. Pearson • MRS 2.43
5. Jessup • CAG 2.54
6. LaMarque • KCM 2.63
7. McCoy • CAG 2.69
8. Smith • KCM 2.75
9. Newberry • BBB 2.78
10. McKinnis • CAG 2.79

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. McDaniel • KCM 19
2. Bremer • CBE 17
3. LaMarque • KCM 12
4. Jessup • CAG 10
5. Davis • 2TM 9
6. Smith • KCM 8
7. Jefferson • CBE 7
8. Brown • CBE 6
9. McKinnis • CAG 4
10. Pearson • MRS 4

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. McDaniel • KCM 1.8
2. Bremer • CBE 1.7
3. LaMarque • KCM 1.1
4. Davis • 2TM 1.0
Jessup • CAG 1.0
6. Smith • KCM 0.7
7. Jefferson • CBE 0.7
8. Brown • CBE 0.6
9. McKinnis • CAG 0.4
10. Pearson • 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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