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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Gibson • PC 3.4
2. Dihigo • NYC 3.1
3. Byrd • WEG 2.7
4. Matlock • PC 2.7
5. Holland • NBY 2.6
6. Willis • WEG 2.5
7. Salazar • NYC 2.4
8. Stearnes • PS 2.2
9. Brown • HG 2.1
10. Day • NE 2.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Matlock • PC 2.6
2. Holland • NBY 2.4
3. Willis • WEG 2.3
4. Byrd • WEG 2.2
5. Griffith • WEG 1.9
6. Paige • PC 1.9
7. Stanley • NYC 1.8
8. Day • NE 1.7
9. Brown • HG 1.7
10. McHenry • NBY 1.6
Earned Run Average
1. Willis • WEG 2.84
2. Holland • NBY 3.18
3. Day • NE 3.30
4. McHenry • NBY 3.33
5. Brown • NBY 3.35
6. Griffith • WEG 3.36
7. Byrd • WEG 3.38
8. Stanley • NYC 3.41
9. Matlock • PC 3.63
10. Paige • PC 3.64
Wins
1. Matlock • PC 10
2. Byrd • WEG 9
3. Paige • PC 8
4. Brown • HG 6
Dihigo • NYC 6
Holland • NBY 6
Griffith • WEG 6
8. Hunter • 2TM 5
Yokely • PS 5
Willis • WEG 5
Stanley • NYC 5
McHenry • NBY 5
McDonald • PS 5
Brewer • NYC 5
Day • NE 5
Win-Loss %
1. Paige • PC .800
2. Matlock • PC .769
3. Dihigo • NYC .750
4. McHenry • NBY .714
5. Byrd • WEG .692
6. Brown • HG .667
Griffith • WEG .667
8. Carter • PC .600
9. Thompson • PS .571
Foster • PC .571
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Brown • HG 1.188
2. Dihigo • NYC 1.189
3. Willis • WEG 1.220
4. Stanley • NYC 1.271
5. Byrd • WEG 1.302
6. Brown • NBY 1.324
7. Matlock • PC 1.325
8. Paige • PC 1.326
9. Holland • NBY 1.336
10. Streeter • PC 1.366
Hits per 9 IP
1. Brown • HG 7.996
2. Parker • HG 8.129
3. Day • NE 8.135
4. Griffith • WEG 8.194
5. Taylor • NYC 8.204
6. Stanley • NYC 8.331
7. Paige • PC 8.414
8. Dihigo • NYC 8.683
9. Foster • PC 8.804
10. Willis • WEG 8.914
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Holland • NBY 1.702
2. Dihigo • NYC 2.022
3. Brown • NBY 2.048
4. Willis • WEG 2.067
5. Matlock • PC 2.132
6. Byrd • WEG 2.156
7. Bell • NE 2.172
8. Ellis • PS 2.198
9. Streeter • PC 2.418
10. Brown • HG 2.700
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • PC 9.042
2. Taylor • NYC 8.801
3. Brown • NBY 7.262
4. Dihigo • NYC 6.661
5. Day • NE 6.367
6. Stanley • NYC 6.223
7. Hunter • 2TM 5.529
8. Evans • NE 5.151
9. Griffith • WEG 4.836
10. McHenry • NBY 4.735
Games Played
1. McDonald • PS 19
2. Porter • WEG 18
Hunter • 2TM 18
4. Smith • PC 17
Matlock • PC 17
6. Brewer • NYC 16
Byrd • WEG 16
Yokely • PS 16
9. Ellis • PS 15
10. Stanley • NYC 14
Davis • NBY 14
Jones • PS 14
Harvey • PC 14
Griffith • WEG 14
Saves
1. Gisentaner • HG 3
2. Waites • HG 2
Griffith • WEG 2
Smith • PC 2
5. Brown • HG 1
Byrd • WEG 1
Davis • NBY 1
Evans • NE 1
Jones • PS 1
McDonald • PS 1
Albright • NYC 1
Porter • WEG 1
Streeter • PC 1
Taylor • NYC 1
Welmaker • HG 1
Willis • WEG 1
Hunter • 2TM 1
Paige • PC 1
Innings Pitched
1. Matlock • PC 114.0
2. McDonald • PS 108.1
3. Brewer • NYC 105.0
4. Hunter • 2TM 97.2
5. Byrd • WEG 96.0
6. Stanley • NYC 89.2
7. Brown • HG 86.2
8. Smith • PC 80.2
9. Holland • NBY 79.1
10. Porter • WEG 77.0
Yokely • PS 77.0
Strikeouts
1. Paige • PC 72
2. Stanley • NYC 62
3. Hunter • 2TM 60
4. Taylor • NYC 59
5. Dihigo • NYC 56
6. Day • NE 54
Brewer • NYC 54
8. Matlock • PC 44
9. Byrd • WEG 41
10. Brown • HG 39
Brown • NBY 39
Games Started
1. Matlock • PC 15
2. Brewer • NYC 12
3. McDonald • PS 11
Stanley • NYC 11
Griffith • WEG 11
Day • NE 11
7. Parker • HG 10
Paige • PC 10
Smith • PC 10
Byrd • WEG 10
Hunter • 2TM 10
Yokely • PS 10
Complete Games
1. Brewer • NYC 9
2. Paige • PC 7
Matlock • PC 7
Holland • NBY 7
Brown • HG 7
6. McHenry • NBY 6
Day • NE 6
Dihigo • NYC 6
Hunter • 2TM 6
10. Byrd • WEG 5
Willis • WEG 5
Bell • NE 5
Parker • HG 5
Foster • PC 5
Harvey • PC 5
Shutouts
1. Byrd • WEG 2
Paige • PC 2
Smith • PC 2
4. Davis • NBY 1
Day • NE 1
Evans • NE 1
Foster • PC 1
Stanley • NYC 1
Taylor • NYC 1
Home Runs
1. Stanley • NYC 10
2. Hunter • 2TM 9
3. McDonald • PS 8
4. McDuffie • 2TM 7
Yokely • PS 7
Matlock • PC 7
Dihigo • NYC 7
8. Brewer • NYC 6
Taylor • NYC 6
Kincannon • PC 6
Holland • NBY 6
Bases on Balls
1. Taylor • NYC 44
2. McDonald • PS 42
3. Smith • PC 40
Harvey • PC 40
5. Day • NE 39
6. Parker • HG 37
7. Brewer • NYC 36
8. Hunter • 2TM 34
9. Griffith • WEG 32
10. Stanley • NYC 31
Hits
1. McDonald • PS 128
2. Matlock • PC 124
3. Brewer • NYC 108
4. Porter • WEG 104
5. Byrd • WEG 102
6. Hunter • 2TM 101
7. Smith • PC 98
8. Holland • NBY 91
9. Harvey • PC 89
10. Stanley • NYC 83
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Brown • NBY 3.545
2. Dihigo • NYC 3.294
3. Paige • PC 2.571
4. Holland • NBY 2.333
5. Ellis • PS 2.143
6. Stanley • NYC 2.000
7. Byrd • WEG 1.783
8. Hunter • 2TM 1.765
9. Matlock • PC 1.630
10. Willis • WEG 1.625
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Bell • NE 0.000
Griffith • WEG 0.000
3. McHenry • NBY 0.128
4. Gisentaner • HG 0.199
5. Willis • WEG 0.258
6. Byrd • WEG 0.281
7. Parker • HG 0.290
8. Welmaker • HG 0.333
9. Day • NE 0.354
10. Brown • NBY 0.372
Losses
1. Brewer • NYC 7
2. Stanley • NYC 6
3. McDonald • PS 5
Hunter • 2TM 5
Parker • HG 5
Yokely • PS 5
Willis • WEG 5
Holland • NBY 5
Day • NE 5
Smith • PC 5
Ellis • PS 5
Earned Runs
1. McDonald • PS 63
2. Smith • PC 61
3. Hunter • 2TM 52
4. Porter • WEG 51
5. Brewer • NYC 50
6. Harvey • PC 49
7. Matlock • PC 46
8. Yokely • PS 40
9. Ellis • PS 37
Parker • HG 37
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
Waites • HG 1
Welmaker • HG 1
Willis • WEG 1
Hit By Pitch
1. Porter • WEG 4
Parker • HG 4
3. Yokely • PS 3
Davis • NBY 3
Dihigo • NYC 3
Streeter • PC 3
Stanley • NYC 3
Smith • PC 3
Harvey • PC 3
McDonald • PS 3
Kincannon • PC 3
Batters Faced
1. McDonald • PS 494
2. Matlock • PC 487
3. Brewer • NYC 461
4. Byrd • WEG 425
5. Hunter • 2TM 420
6. Smith • PC 382
7. Stanley • NYC 381
8. Brown • HG 359
Porter • WEG 359
10. Harvey • PC 355
Adjusted ERA+
1. Willis • WEG 171
2. Holland • NBY 153
3. Day • NE 147
4. McHenry • NBY 146
5. Brown • NBY 145
6. Griffith • WEG 145
7. Byrd • WEG 144
8. Stanley • NYC 142
9. Matlock • PC 134
10. Paige • PC 133
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Brown • NBY 2.92
2. Paige • PC 3.38
3. McHenry • NBY 3.64
4. Bell • NE 3.64
5. Byrd • WEG 3.65
6. Griffith • WEG 3.67
7. Willis • WEG 3.67
8. Dihigo • NYC 3.83
9. Brown • HG 3.95
10. Day • NE 3.98
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Matlock • PC 15
2. Holland • NBY 15
3. Willis • WEG 15
4. Stanley • NYC 13
5. Byrd • WEG 13
6. Day • NE 11
7. Griffith • WEG 11
8. Paige • PC 11
9. McHenry • NBY 10
10. Brown • HG 10
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Matlock • PC 1.4
Holland • NBY 1.4
3. Willis • WEG 1.4
4. Stanley • NYC 1.2
5. Byrd • WEG 1.2
6. Day • NE 1.0
7. Griffith • WEG 1.0
8. Paige • PC 1.0
9. McHenry • NBY 0.9
10. Brown • HG 0.9
Dihigo • NYC 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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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