1880 National League Pitching Leaders

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National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. McCormick • CLV 10.8

2. Ward • PRO 7.6

3. Richmond • WOR 7.3

4. Corcoran • CHC 7.0

5. Welch • TRO 6.5

6. Anson • CHC 5.1

7. Keefe • TRO 4.6

8. Bradley • PRO 4.6

9. Gore • CHC 4.6

10. White • CIN 4.3

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. McCormick • CLV 10.5

2. Richmond • WOR 8.2

3. Corcoran • CHC 7.2

4. Ward • PRO 6.7

5. Welch • TRO 5.4

6. White • CIN 5.2

7. Keefe • TRO 4.7

8. Galvin • BUF 3.7

9. Goldsmith • CHC 3.4

10. Bradley • PRO 3.2

Earned Run Average

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

1. Keefe • TRO 0.86

2. Bradley • PRO 1.38

3. Ward • PRO 1.74

4. Goldsmith • CHC 1.75

5. McCormick • CLV 1.85

6. Corcoran • CHC 1.95

7. White • CIN 2.14

8. Richmond • WOR 2.15

9. Corey • WOR 2.43

10. Welch • TRO 2.54

Wins

1. McCormick • CLV 45

2. Corcoran • CHC 43

3. Ward • PRO 39

4. Welch • TRO 34

5. Richmond • WOR 32

6. Bond • BSN 26

7. Goldsmith • CHC 21

8. Galvin • BUF 20

9. White • CIN 18

10. Foley • BSN 14

Win-Loss %

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

1. Goldsmith • CHC .875

2. Corcoran • CHC .754

3. Bradley • PRO .619

Ward • PRO .619

5. McCormick • CLV .616

6. Welch • TRO .531

7. Foley • BSN .500

Keefe • TRO .500

Richmond • WOR .500

10. Bond • BSN .473

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Keefe • TRO 0.800

2. Bradley • PRO 0.837

3. Ward • PRO 0.918

4. Corcoran • CHC 0.938

5. Goldsmith • CHC 0.984

6. Corey • WOR 0.991

7. McCormick • CLV 1.004

8. Richmond • WOR 1.041

9. Welch • TRO 1.141

10. White • CIN 1.171

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Keefe • TRO 5.829

2. Corcoran • CHC 6.779

3. Bradley • PRO 7.255

4. Ward • PRO 7.578

5. Corey • WOR 7.948

6. McCormick • CLV 8.006

7. Goldsmith • CHC 8.087

8. Richmond • WOR 8.243

9. Welch • TRO 9.016

10. White • CIN 9.568

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Bradley • PRO 0.276

2. Galvin • BUF 0.628

3. Ward • PRO 0.681

4. Weidman • BUF 0.713

5. Goldsmith • CHC 0.770

6. Bond • BSN 0.822

7. Corey • WOR 0.971

8. White • CIN 0.974

9. McCormick • CLV 1.026

10. Richmond • WOR 1.128

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Corcoran • CHC 4.497

2. Goldsmith • CHC 3.851

3. Richmond • WOR 3.703

4. McCormick • CLV 3.558

5. Ward • PRO 3.479

6. Keefe • TRO 3.343

7. Corey • WOR 2.852

8. White • CIN 2.801

9. Foley • BSN 2.571

10. Galvin • BUF 2.512

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Richmond • WOR 74

McCormick • CLV 74

3. Ward • PRO 70

4. Welch • TRO 65

5. Bond • BSN 63

Corcoran • CHC 63

7. White • CIN 62

8. Galvin • BUF 58

9. Foley • BSN 36

10. Bradley • PRO 28

Saves

1. Richmond • WOR 3

2. Bradley • PRO 2

Corcoran • CHC 2

Corey • WOR 2

5. Goldsmith • CHC 1

Hankinson • CLV 1

Ward • PRO 1

Poorman • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

1. McCormick • CLV 657.2

2. Ward • PRO 595.0

3. Richmond • WOR 590.2

4. Welch • TRO 574.0

5. Corcoran • CHC 536.1

6. White • CIN 517.1

7. Bond • BSN 493.0

8. Galvin • BUF 458.2

9. Foley • BSN 238.0

10. Goldsmith • CHC 210.1

Strikeouts

1. Corcoran • CHC 268

2. McCormick • CLV 260

3. Richmond • WOR 243

4. Ward • PRO 230

5. White • CIN 161

6. Galvin • BUF 128

7. Welch • TRO 123

8. Bond • BSN 118

9. Goldsmith • CHC 90

10. Foley • BSN 68

Games Started

1. McCormick • CLV 74

2. Ward • PRO 67

3. Richmond • WOR 66

4. Welch • TRO 64

5. White • CIN 62

6. Corcoran • CHC 60

7. Bond • BSN 57

8. Galvin • BUF 54

9. Foley • BSN 28

10. Goldsmith • CHC 24

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. McCormick • CLV 72

2. Welch • TRO 64

3. Ward • PRO 59

4. White • CIN 58

5. Corcoran • CHC 57

Richmond • WOR 57

7. Bond • BSN 49

8. Galvin • BUF 46

9. Goldsmith • CHC 22

10. Foley • BSN 21

Purcell • CIN 21

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Ward • PRO 8

2. McCormick • CLV 7

3. Galvin • BUF 5

Richmond • WOR 5

5. Bradley • PRO 4

Corcoran • CHC 4

Goldsmith • CHC 4

Welch • TRO 4

9. Bond • BSN 3

White • CIN 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. White • CIN 9

2. Welch • TRO 7

Richmond • WOR 7

4. Corcoran • CHC 6

Corey • WOR 6

6. Galvin • BUF 5

Ward • PRO 5

8. Poorman • 2TM 3

9. Bradley • PRO 2

McCormick • CLV 2

Goldsmith • CHC 2

Gardner • CLV 2

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Corcoran • CHC 99

2. Welch • TRO 80

3. McCormick • CLV 75

4. Richmond • WOR 74

5. White • CIN 56

6. Bond • BSN 45

Ward • PRO 45

8. Foley • BSN 40

9. Purcell • CIN 32

Galvin • BUF 32

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McCormick • CLV 585

2. Welch • TRO 575

3. Bond • BSN 559

4. White • CIN 550

5. Richmond • WOR 541

6. Galvin • BUF 528

7. Ward • PRO 501

8. Corcoran • CHC 404

9. Foley • BSN 264

10. Purcell • CIN 235

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

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

1. Bradley • PRO 9.000

2. Ward • PRO 5.111

3. Goldsmith • CHC 5.000

4. Galvin • BUF 4.000

5. McCormick • CLV 3.467

6. Richmond • WOR 3.284

7. Corey • WOR 2.938

8. White • CIN 2.875

9. Weidman • BUF 2.778

10. Corcoran • CHC 2.707

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Keefe • TRO 0.000

2. Bond • BSN 0.018

3. McCormick • CLV 0.027

4. Foley • BSN 0.038

5. Purcell • CIN 0.046

6. Ward • PRO 0.076

7. Weidman • BUF 0.079

8. Goldsmith • CHC 0.086

9. Bradley • PRO 0.092

10. Galvin • BUF 0.098

Losses

1. White • CIN 42

2. Galvin • BUF 35

3. Richmond • WOR 32

4. Welch • TRO 30

5. Bond • BSN 29

6. McCormick • CLV 28

7. Ward • PRO 24

8. Purcell • CIN 17

9. Corcoran • CHC 14

Foley • BSN 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Welch • TRO 162

2. Bond • BSN 146

3. Richmond • WOR 141

4. Galvin • BUF 138

5. McCormick • CLV 135

6. White • CIN 123

7. Corcoran • CHC 116

8. Ward • PRO 115

9. Foley • BSN 103

10. Purcell • CIN 70

Wild Pitches

1. White • CIN 35

2. Richmond • WOR 29

3. Welch • TRO 26

4. Bond • BSN 24

Galvin • BUF 24

6. McCormick • CLV 21

7. Corcoran • CHC 19

Ward • PRO 19

9. Foley • BSN 15

10. Gardner • CLV 10

Goldsmith • CHC 10

Purcell • CIN 10

Batters Faced

1. McCormick • CLV 2,669

2. Richmond • WOR 2,410

3. Welch • TRO 2,387

4. Ward • PRO 2,351

5. White • CIN 2,217

6. Corcoran • CHC 2,133

7. Bond • BSN 2,082

8. Galvin • BUF 1,969

9. Foley • BSN 1,004

10. Purcell • CIN 899

Games Finished

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

1. Richmond • WOR 9

2. Foley • BSN 8

3. Bradley • PRO 7

4. Bond • BSN 6

Corey • WOR 6

6. Weidman • BUF 4

Ward • PRO 4

Galvin • BUF 4

Purcell • CIN 4

10. Poorman • 2TM 3

Corcoran • CHC 3

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Keefe • TRO 293

2. Bradley • PRO 159

3. Goldsmith • CHC 137

4. McCormick • CLV 126

5. Ward • PRO 126

6. Corcoran • CHC 123

7. Richmond • WOR 119

8. White • CIN 114

9. Corey • WOR 106

10. Welch • TRO 98

Fielding Independent Pitching

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

1. Goldsmith • CHC 2.06

2. Ward • PRO 2.10

3. McCormick • CLV 2.12

4. Bradley • PRO 2.21

5. Corcoran • CHC 2.23

6. Richmond • WOR 2.24

7. Keefe • TRO 2.25

8. Galvin • BUF 2.32

9. Bond • BSN 2.35

10. Weidman • BUF 2.44

Adj. Pitching Runs

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

1. McCormick • CLV 35

2. Ward • PRO 32

3. Corcoran • CHC 30

4. Richmond • WOR 27

5. Bradley • PRO 18

6. Keefe • TRO 17

7. Goldsmith • CHC 16

8. Corey • WOR 4

9. Hankinson • CLV 3

10. Morrill • BSN 2

Adj. Pitching Wins

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

1. McCormick • CLV 3.5

2. Ward • PRO 3.2

3. Corcoran • CHC 3.0

4. Richmond • WOR 2.6

5. Bradley • PRO 1.8

6. Keefe • TRO 1.8

7. Goldsmith • CHC 1.6

8. Corey • WOR 0.4

9. Hankinson • CLV 0.3

10. Morrill • BSN 0.2

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