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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. Gibson • PC 3.8
2. Day • NE 3.2
3. Dihigo • NYC 3.0
4. Salazar • NYC 2.8
5. Stearnes • PS 2.7
6. Brown • HG 2.7
7. Holland • NBY 2.6
8. Byrd • WEG 2.5
9. Suttles • NE 2.3
10. Willis • WEG 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. Day • NE 2.9
2. Griffith • WEG 2.5
3. Holland • NBY 2.4
4. Willis • WEG 2.2
5. Paige • PC 2.2
6. Brown • HG 2.2
7. Stanley • NYC 2.0
8. Byrd • WEG 2.0
9. Matlock • PC 1.9
10. Bell • NE 1.6

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. Holland • NBY 3.16
2. Day • NE 3.38
3. Brown • HG 3.49
4. Stanley • NYC 3.52
5. Willis • WEG 3.56
6. Paige • PC 3.57
Griffith • WEG 3.57
8. McHenry • NBY 3.74
9. Byrd • WEG 3.93
10. Davis • NBY 4.03

Wins

Wins

1. Matlock • PC 10
2. Byrd • WEG 9
Paige • PC 9
4. Griffith • WEG 8
5. Day • NE 7
Holland • NBY 7
7. Hunter • 2TM 6
Brown • HG 6
Dihigo • NYC 6
Stanley • NYC 6
McDonald • PS 6

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. Paige • PC .818
2. Dihigo • NYC .750
3. Griffith • WEG .727
4. Matlock • PC .714
5. Byrd • WEG .643
6. Thompson • PS .625
McHenry • NBY .625
8. Brown • HG .600
Carter • PC .600
10. Day • NE .583
Holland • NBY .583

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brown • HG 1.112
2. Dihigo • NYC 1.189
3. Stanley • NYC 1.204
4. Willis • WEG 1.251
5. Paige • PC 1.277
6. Byrd • WEG 1.300
7. Griffith • WEG 1.326
8. Bell • NE 1.328
9. Day • NE 1.332
10. Holland • NBY 1.336

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Taylor • NYC 7.269
2. Griffith • WEG 7.587
3. Brown • HG 7.714
4. Stanley • NYC 7.766
5. Paige • PC 8.256
6. Day • NE 8.260
7. Dihigo • NYC 8.683
8. Parker • HG 8.819
9. Yokely • PS 8.929
10. Thompson • PS 9.237

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. Holland • NBY 1.582
2. Willis • WEG 1.953
3. Bell • NE 2.015
4. Dihigo • NYC 2.022
5. Ellis • PS 2.054
6. Brown • NBY 2.104
7. Byrd • WEG 2.173
8. Matlock • PC 2.244
9. Brown • HG 2.296
10. Brewer • NYC 2.914

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Taylor • NYC 9.115
2. Paige • PC 9.037
3. Brown • NBY 6.838
4. Dihigo • NYC 6.661
5. Stanley • NYC 6.592
6. Day • NE 6.306
7. Evans • NE 5.659
8. Ellis • PS 5.429
9. Hunter • 2TM 5.277
10. Griffith • WEG 4.686

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McDonald • PS 21
2. Byrd • WEG 20
3. Hunter • 2TM 19
Porter • WEG 19
Smith • PC 19
6. Matlock • PC 18
Yokely • PS 18
8. Griffith • WEG 16
Brewer • NYC 16
Ellis • PS 16
Stanley • NYC 16

Saves

Saves

1. Gisentaner • HG 3
2. Welmaker • HG 2
Evans • NE 2
Griffith • WEG 2
Waites • HG 2
Smith • PC 2
7. Brown • NBY 1
Brown • HG 1
Byrd • WEG 1
Davis • NBY 1
Jones • PS 1
McDonald • PS 1
Paige • PC 1
Albright • NYC 1
Stanley • NYC 1
Streeter • PC 1
Taylor • NYC 1
Thompson • PS 1
Willis • WEG 1
Hunter • 2TM 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1
Porter • WEG 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. McDonald • PS 124.2
2. Matlock • PC 116.1
3. Byrd • WEG 107.2
4. Brewer • NYC 105.0
5. Hunter • 2TM 102.1
6. Day • NE 101.1
7. Stanley • NYC 99.2
8. Brown • HG 98.0
9. Smith • PC 94.0
10. Holland • NBY 85.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Paige • PC 81
2. Taylor • NYC 79
3. Stanley • NYC 73
4. Day • NE 71
5. Hunter • 2TM 60
6. Dihigo • NYC 56
7. McDonald • PS 53
Brewer • NYC 53
9. Brown • HG 48
10. Byrd • WEG 44
Matlock • PC 44
Harvey • PC 44

Games Started

Games Started

1. Matlock • PC 16
2. Day • NE 14
3. McDonald • PS 13
4. Brewer • NYC 12
Stanley • NYC 12
Smith • PC 12
Griffith • WEG 12
8. Yokely • PS 11
Hunter • 2TM 11
Paige • PC 11
Byrd • WEG 11
Brown • HG 11

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Brewer • NYC 9
Brown • HG 9
3. Paige • PC 8
Day • NE 8
5. McHenry • NBY 7
Matlock • PC 7
Holland • NBY 7
8. Dihigo • NYC 6
Willis • WEG 6
Bell • NE 6
Harvey • PC 6
Hunter • 2TM 6

Shutouts

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

1. Byrd • WEG 2
Davis • NBY 2
Paige • PC 2
Smith • PC 2
5. Bell • NE 1
Brown • HG 1
Day • NE 1
Evans • NE 1
Foster • PC 1
Stanley • NYC 1
Taylor • NYC 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stanley • NYC 10
Hunter • 2TM 10
3. McDonald • PS 8
Matlock • PC 8
5. Yokely • PS 7
Dihigo • NYC 7
McDuffie • 2TM 7
8. Brewer • NYC 6
Taylor • NYC 6
Smith • PC 6
Kincannon • PC 6
Jones • PS 6
Holland • NBY 6

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Taylor • NYC 60
2. McDonald • PS 47
3. Smith • PC 46
4. Harvey • PC 43
5. Day • NE 42
6. Parker • HG 40
7. Griffith • WEG 39
8. Yokely • PS 34
Hunter • 2TM 34
Stanley • NYC 34
Brewer • NYC 34

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McDonald • PS 145
2. Matlock • PC 131
3. Smith • PC 116
4. Byrd • WEG 114
5. Porter • WEG 112
6. Hunter • 2TM 111
7. Brewer • NYC 109
8. Holland • NBY 99
9. Day • NE 93
10. Harvey • PC 92

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. Dihigo • NYC 3.294
2. Brown • NBY 3.250
3. Paige • PC 2.793
4. Ellis • PS 2.643
5. Holland • NBY 2.467
6. Stanley • NYC 2.147
7. Brown • HG 1.920
8. Hunter • 2TM 1.765
9. Byrd • WEG 1.692
10. Day • NE 1.690

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. Griffith • WEG 0.000
Bell • NE 0.000
3. Willis • WEG 0.230
4. Day • NE 0.266
5. Parker • HG 0.271
6. Welmaker • HG 0.293
7. Brown • NBY 0.351
8. Brown • HG 0.367
9. Byrd • WEG 0.418
10. Harvey • PC 0.424

Losses

Losses

1. Brewer • NYC 7
McDonald • PS 7
3. Willis • WEG 6
Smith • PC 6
Stanley • NYC 6
6. Taylor • NYC 5
Holland • NBY 5
Parker • HG 5
Ellis • PS 5
Day • NE 5
Byrd • WEG 5
Yokely • PS 5
Hunter • 2TM 5

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. McDonald • PS 74
2. Smith • PC 72
3. Porter • WEG 61
4. Hunter • 2TM 57
5. Matlock • PC 56
6. Brewer • NYC 53
7. Harvey • PC 51
8. Byrd • WEG 47
Parker • HG 47
10. Ellis • PS 41
Yokely • PS 41

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Evans • NE 2
Harvey • PC 2
3. Brewer • NYC 1
Byrd • WEG 1
McHenry • NBY 1
Smith • PC 1
Streeter • PC 1
Taylor • NYC 1
Tiant • NYC 1
Waites • HG 1
Welmaker • HG 1
Willis • WEG 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McDonald • PS 4
Davis • NBY 4
Parker • HG 4
Porter • WEG 4
5. Kincannon • PC 3
Yokely • PS 3
Byrd • WEG 3
Dihigo • NYC 3
Streeter • PC 3
Stanley • NYC 3
Smith • PC 3
Harvey • PC 3

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. McDonald • PS 569
2. Matlock • PC 501
3. Byrd • WEG 479
4. Brewer • NYC 463
5. Smith • PC 445
6. Hunter • 2TM 442
7. Day • NE 431
8. Stanley • NYC 423
9. Brown • HG 397
10. Harvey • PC 389

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. McDonald • PS 2
McDuffie • 2TM 2
Hunter • 2TM 2
Waites • HG 2
Thompson • PS 2
Salazar • NYC 2
Jones • PS 2
Harvey • PC 2
Griffith • WEG 2
Gisentaner • HG 2
Byrd • WEG 2
Evans • NE 2

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Holland • NBY 158
2. Day • NE 148
3. Brown • HG 143
4. Stanley • NYC 142
5. Willis • WEG 140
6. Paige • PC 140
Griffith • WEG 140
8. McHenry • NBY 134
9. Byrd • WEG 127
10. Brown • NBY 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. Brown • NBY 3.04
2. Paige • PC 3.22
3. Bell • NE 3.59
4. Day • NE 3.63
5. Willis • WEG 3.68
6. Brown • HG 3.69
7. Griffith • WEG 3.76
8. Dihigo • NYC 3.86
9. Ellis • PS 3.89
10. Byrd • WEG 3.94

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. Day • NE 18
2. Holland • NBY 17
3. Stanley • NYC 16
4. Brown • HG 15
5. Griffith • WEG 14
6. Paige • PC 14
7. Willis • WEG 13
8. Salazar • NYC 12
9. Byrd • WEG 10
10. McHenry • NBY 10

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. Day • NE 1.7
2. Holland • NBY 1.6
3. Stanley • NYC 1.5
4. Brown • HG 1.4
5. Griffith • WEG 1.3
6. Paige • PC 1.3
7. Salazar • NYC 1.2
8. Willis • WEG 1.2
9. Byrd • WEG 0.9
10. McHenry • NBY 0.9

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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