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Negro National League II 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. Jones • PS 8.7
2. Paige • PC 6.1
3. Gibson • PC 3.2
4. Bell • PC 3.1
5. McDonald • PS 3.1
6. Holmes • PS 2.9
7. Williams • PC 2.7
8. Trent • CAG 2.6
9. Ellis • PS 2.5
10. Stearnes • CAG 2.3

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. Jones • PS 8.4
2. Paige • PC 6.0
3. McDonald • PS 2.9
4. Trent • CAG 2.7
5. Ellis • PS 2.7
6. Bell • PC 2.6
7. Holmes • PS 2.4
8. Porter • NEG 1.9
9. Foster • CAG 1.4
10. Hunter • PC 1.4

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. Jones • PS 1.60
2. Paige • PC 1.61
3. Holmes • PS 2.72
4. McDonald • PS 2.78
5. Ellis • PS 2.82
6. Trent • CAG 2.97
7. Willis • NEG 3.02
8. Bell • PC 3.33
9. Foster • CAG 3.47
10. Hunter • PC 3.61

Wins

Wins

1. Jones • PS 20
2. Paige • PC 13
3. Bell • PC 11
4. Ellis • PS 9
5. Porter • NEG 8
6. McDonald • PS 7
Holmes • PS 7
8. Kincannon • PC 6
Trent • CAG 6
10. Matlock • PC 5

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. Jones • PS .833
2. Paige • PC .813
3. Ellis • PS .750
4. Bell • PC .733
5. Foster • CAG .600
Kincannon • PC .600
Carter • PS .600
Bailey • ND .600
9. McDonald • PS .583
10. Porter • NEG .571
Vaughan • ND .571

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Paige • PC 0.872
2. Jones • PS 0.926
3. Trent • CAG 0.989
4. McDonald • PS 1.086
5. Holmes • PS 1.129
6. Ellis • PS 1.136
7. Willis • NEG 1.156
8. Bell • PC 1.278
9. Griffith • NEG 1.301
10. Foster • CAG 1.316
Matlock • PC 1.316

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Paige • PC 5.993
2. Jones • PS 6.251
3. Trent • CAG 6.606
4. Ellis • PS 7.322
5. Holmes • PS 7.448
6. McDonald • PS 7.897
7. Griffith • NEG 8.363
8. Foster • CAG 8.368
9. Willis • NEG 8.447
10. Matlock • PC 8.763

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. Roberts • CRS 1.723
2. Paige • PC 1.854
3. McDonald • PS 1.880
4. Willis • NEG 1.961
5. Jones • PS 2.084
6. Bell • PC 2.128
7. Trent • CAG 2.298
8. Byrd • CRS 2.301
9. Powell • CAG 2.425
10. Kincannon • PC 2.687

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Paige • PC 9.391
2. Jones • PS 7.271
3. Holmes • PS 6.207
4. Kincannon • PC 5.910
5. Trent • CAG 5.649
6. Griffith • NEG 5.496
7. Willis • NEG 5.430
8. Miller • NEG 5.400
9. Bailey • ND 5.304
10. Evans • ND 5.298

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Jones • PS 30
2. Bell • PC 21
3. Porter • NEG 19
Paige • PC 19
5. Evans • ND 18
Miller • NEG 18
7. McDonald • PS 17
8. Ellis • PS 16
9. Hunter • PC 15
Holmes • PS 15

Saves

Saves

1. Jones • PS 2
2. Davis • PC 1
Evans • ND 1
Farrell • PBG 1
Hubbard • PBG 1
Hunter • PC 1
McDonald • PS 1
Miller • NEG 1
Porter • NEG 1
Powell • CAG 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Jones • PS 203.0
2. Paige • PC 145.2
3. Bell • PC 135.1
4. McDonald • PS 119.2
5. Ellis • PS 118.0
6. Holmes • PS 116.0
7. Porter • NEG 106.0
8. Hunter • PC 97.1
9. Trent • CAG 94.0
10. Evans • ND 88.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jones • PS 164
2. Paige • PC 152
3. Holmes • PS 80
4. Bell • PC 68
5. Porter • NEG 61
6. Trent • CAG 59
7. Evans • ND 52
8. Ellis • PS 47
9. Kincannon • PC 44
10. Miller • NEG 41
Hunter • PC 41

Games Started

Games Started

1. Jones • PS 22
2. Paige • PC 16
3. Bell • PC 15
Ellis • PS 15
5. Holmes • PS 13
McDonald • PS 13
7. Porter • NEG 12
8. Cornelius • CAG 11
Hunter • PC 11
10. Miller • NEG 10
Evans • ND 10
Trent • CAG 10

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Jones • PS 20
2. Paige • PC 15
3. Bell • PC 12
Holmes • PS 12
Ellis • PS 12
6. McDonald • PS 9
Trent • CAG 9
8. Hunter • PC 8
9. Cornelius • CAG 7
10. Kincannon • PC 6
Matlock • PC 6

Shutouts

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

1. Jones • PS 6
2. Paige • PC 5
3. Ellis • PS 2
Holmes • PS 2
5. Bell • PC 1
Carter • PBG 1
Carter • PS 1
Foster • CAG 1
Hunter • PC 1
McDonald • PS 1
Parker • NEG 1
Porter • NEG 1
Powell • CAG 1
Streeter • PC 1
Trent • CAG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McDonald • PS 6
Jones • PS 6
3. Bell • PC 5
Trent • CAG 5
5. Allen • BBS 4
Bailey • CAG 4
Evans • ND 4
Cornelius • CAG 4
Ellis • PS 4
10. Powell • CAG 3
Miller • NEG 3
Wright • NEG 3
Cooper • PBG 3
Britt • ND 3
Byrd • CRS 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Jones • PS 47
2. Miller • NEG 38
Ellis • PS 38
4. Hunter • PC 36
5. Holmes • PS 35
6. Porter • NEG 34
Cornelius • CAG 34
8. Bell • PC 32
9. Paige • PC 30
10. Evans • ND 28

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Jones • PS 141
Bell • PC 141
3. Evans • ND 116
4. Porter • NEG 106
5. Hunter • PC 105
McDonald • PS 105
7. Cornelius • CAG 103
8. Streeter • PC 102
9. Paige • PC 97
10. Holmes • PS 96
Ellis • PS 96

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 • PC 5.067
2. Jones • PS 3.489
3. Willis • NEG 2.769
4. Trent • CAG 2.458
5. Holmes • PS 2.286
6. Kincannon • PC 2.200
7. Bell • PC 2.125
8. Evans • ND 1.857
9. Bailey • ND 1.833
10. Porter • NEG 1.794

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. Cockrell • PS 0.000
Foster • CAG 0.000
3. Porter • NEG 0.085
4. Matlock • PC 0.118
5. Paige • PC 0.124
6. Holmes • PS 0.155
7. Hunter • PC 0.185
8. Dixon • CRS 0.231
9. Griffith • NEG 0.239
10. Bailey • ND 0.241

Losses

Losses

1. Byrd • CRS 8
2. Holmes • PS 7
Cornelius • CAG 7
Evans • ND 7
5. Miller • NEG 6
Porter • NEG 6
7. McDonald • PS 5
Hunter • PC 5
Trent • CAG 5
Streeter • PC 5

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Evans • ND 66
2. Cornelius • CAG 54
3. Bell • PC 50
4. Byrd • CRS 49
Miller • NEG 49
Streeter • PC 49
7. Porter • NEG 44
8. Hunter • PC 39
9. Bailey • CAG 37
McDonald • PS 37
Ellis • PS 37

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Carter • PS 3
2. Bell • PC 2
Cornelius • CAG 2
Holmes • PS 2
Kincannon • PC 2
6. Craig • ND 1
Hunter • PC 1
Jones • PS 1
Trent • CAG 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Ellis • PS 4
Jones • PS 4
3. McDonald • PS 3
4. Byrd • CRS 2
Bell • PC 2
Day • BBS 2
Dixon • CRS 2
Farrell • PBG 2
Foster • CAG 2
Porter • NEG 2
Paige • PC 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Jones • PS 790
2. Bell • PC 567
3. Paige • PC 561
4. Ellis • PS 488
5. McDonald • PS 479
6. Holmes • PS 475
7. Porter • NEG 449
8. Hunter • PC 419
9. Evans • ND 401
10. Cornelius • CAG 384

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. Bailey • CAG 1
Evans • ND 1
Farrell • PBG 1
Foster • CAG 1
Miller • NEG 1
Porter • NEG 1
Willis • NEG 1

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Jones • PS 282
2. Paige • PC 280
3. Holmes • PS 166
4. McDonald • PS 162
5. Ellis • PS 159
6. Trent • CAG 152
7. Willis • NEG 150
8. Bell • PC 135
9. Foster • CAG 130
10. Hunter • PC 125

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 • PC 1.97
2. Jones • PS 2.74
3. Holmes • PS 2.97
4. Willis • NEG 3.15
5. Porter • NEG 3.21
6. Kincannon • PC 3.23
7. Bailey • ND 3.35
8. Trent • CAG 3.42
9. Matlock • PC 3.43
10. Bell • PC 3.45

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. Jones • PS 64
2. Paige • PC 44
3. McDonald • PS 23
4. Ellis • PS 21
5. Holmes • PS 20
6. Trent • CAG 17
7. Bell • PC 16
8. Porter • NEG 10
9. Willis • NEG 9
10. Hunter • PC 8

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. Jones • PS 6.7
2. Paige • PC 4.7
3. McDonald • PS 2.3
4. Ellis • PS 2.1
5. Holmes • PS 2.1
6. Trent • CAG 1.7
7. Bell • PC 1.6
8. Porter • NEG 0.9
9. Willis • NEG 0.9
10. Hunter • PC 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 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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