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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. Brown • HG 5.9
2. Gibson • HG 3.3
3. Leonard • HG 3.0
4. McHenry • PS 2.6
5. Brown • NBY 2.2
6. Porter • BEG 2.0
7. Byrd • BEG 2.0
8. Griffith • BEG 2.0
9. Walker • HG 2.0
10. Morris • PC 1.9

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. Brown • HG 4.6
2. McHenry • PS 2.6
3. Porter • BEG 2.2
4. Brown • NBY 1.9
5. Morris • PC 1.8
6. Byrd • BEG 1.7
7. Griffith • BEG 1.6
8. Walker • HG 1.6
Taylor • PC 1.6
10. Holland • NBY 1.5

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. Brown • HG 2.36
2. Porter • BEG 2.96
3. Holland • NBY 3.27
4. Walker • HG 3.33
5. Morris • PC 3.59
6. McHenry • PS 3.73
7. Byrd • BEG 3.83
8. Taylor • PC 3.96
9. Griffith • BEG 4.01
10. Brown • NBY 4.13

Wins

Wins

1. Brown • HG 15
2. Walker • HG 11
3. Porter • BEG 8
4. Byrd • BEG 7
Carter • PS 7
Taylor • PC 7
McHenry • PS 7
8. Partlow • HG 6
9. McDuffie • 2TM 5
Miller • PS 5
McDonald • PS 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. Brown • HG 1.000
Walker • HG 1.000
3. Porter • BEG .889
4. McHenry • PS .875
5. Taylor • PC .778
Byrd • BEG .778
7. Carter • PS .700
8. Miller • PS .625
9. Partlow • HG .600
10. Roberts • 2TM .500
McDuffie • 2TM .500
Bruton • PS .500
Harvey • PC .500
Holland • NBY .500
Morris • PC .500

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 1.071
2. Morris • PC 1.183
3. Walker • HG 1.207
4. Griffith • BEG 1.239
5. Byrd • BEG 1.252
6. Partlow • HG 1.274
7. Taylor • PC 1.280
8. McHenry • PS 1.288
9. Holland • NBY 1.311
10. Miller • PS 1.333

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Morris • PC 7.060
2. Miller • PS 7.600
3. Partlow • HG 7.646
4. Brown • HG 7.787
5. Taylor • PC 7.800
6. Walker • HG 8.283
7. McHenry • PS 8.326
8. Bruton • PS 8.884
9. Byrd • BEG 9.035
10. Griffith • BEG 9.293

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 1.847
2. Brown • HG 1.851
3. Griffith • BEG 1.859
4. Brown • NBY 2.118
5. Byrd • BEG 2.232
6. Walker • HG 2.582
7. Smith • PC 2.908
8. Porter • BEG 3.086
9. McDonald • PS 3.094
10. Ellis • PS 3.128

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Morris • PC 6.936
2. Taylor • PC 6.120
3. Missouri • PS 5.940
4. Brown • NBY 5.506
5. Holland • NBY 5.400
6. Walker • HG 5.378
7. Partlow • HG 5.376
8. Porter • BEG 5.143
9. Miller • PS 5.000
10. Brown • HG 4.851

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Brown • HG 22
2. Carter • PS 20
3. McDonald • PS 19
4. McHenry • PS 18
5. Griffith • BEG 14
Ellis • PS 14
Missouri • PS 14
Byrd • BEG 14
9. Bruton • PS 13
Partlow • HG 13
Brown • NBY 13

Saves

Saves

1. Brown • HG 3
2. Byrd • BEG 2
Dula • HG 2
Griffith • BEG 2
McDonald • PS 2
Partlow • HG 2
7. Direaux • BEG 1
Jones • PS 1
Smith • PC 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Johnson • 3TM 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Brown • HG 141.0
2. McHenry • PS 115.2
3. Carter • PS 109.0
4. McDonald • PS 96.0
5. Griffith • BEG 92.0
6. Brown • NBY 85.0
7. Byrd • BEG 84.2
8. Walker • HG 83.2
9. McDuffie • 2TM 81.0
10. Partlow • HG 75.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Brown • HG 76
2. McHenry • PS 60
3. Morris • PC 56
4. Carter • PS 55
5. Brown • NBY 52
6. Taylor • PC 51
7. Walker • HG 50
8. Partlow • HG 45
9. Griffith • BEG 40
Porter • BEG 40

Games Started

Games Started

1. McDonald • PS 14
2. McHenry • PS 13
3. Brown • HG 12
Carter • PS 12
5. Griffith • BEG 11
Walker • HG 11
7. Partlow • HG 10
8. Byrd • BEG 9
Morris • PC 9
Taylor • PC 9
Evans • NE 9
McDuffie • 2TM 9

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Brown • HG 12
2. Griffith • BEG 10
3. McHenry • PS 9
4. Taylor • PC 8
5. Walker • HG 7
Byrd • BEG 7
Morris • PC 7
Evans • NE 7
9. Roberts • 2TM 6
Brown • NBY 6
McDonald • PS 6

Shutouts

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

1. Brown • HG 4
2. Walker • HG 2
Roberts • 2TM 2
4. Brown • NBY 1
Day • NE 1
McHenry • PS 1
Miller • PS 1
Missouri • PS 1
Morris • PC 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Carter • PS 14
2. McDonald • PS 9
3. McDuffie • 2TM 7
Smith • PC 7
Evans • NE 7
6. Missouri • PS 5
Griffith • BEG 5
8. Roberts • 2TM 4
Davis • 3TM 4
Partlow • HG 4
McHenry • PS 4
Matlock • PC 4
Holland • NBY 4
Ellis • PS 4
Brown • NBY 4
Brown • HG 4

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Carter • PS 46
2. McHenry • PS 42
3. McDonald • PS 33
4. Partlow • HG 32
5. McDuffie • 2TM 31
Taylor • PC 31
7. Brown • HG 29
Morris • PC 29
9. Harvey • PC 27
10. Roberts • 2TM 26
Missouri • PS 26

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carter • PS 123
2. Brown • HG 122
3. McHenry • PS 107
4. McDonald • PS 106
5. Brown • NBY 95
Griffith • BEG 95
7. McDuffie • 2TM 94
8. Evans • NE 87
9. Byrd • BEG 85
10. Walker • HG 77

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. Holland • NBY 2.923
2. Brown • HG 2.621
3. Brown • NBY 2.600
4. Griffith • BEG 2.105
5. Walker • HG 2.083
6. Morris • PC 1.931
7. Porter • BEG 1.667
8. Taylor • PC 1.645
9. Byrd • BEG 1.429
McHenry • PS 1.429

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. Walker • HG 0.000
2. Porter • BEG 0.129
3. Brown • HG 0.255
4. Harvey • PC 0.277
5. McHenry • PS 0.311
6. Byrd • BEG 0.319
7. Bruton • PS 0.348
8. Taylor • PC 0.360
9. Morris • PC 0.372
10. Miller • PS 0.400

Losses

Losses

1. Brown • NBY 6
Stanley • NBY 6
McDonald • PS 6
Evans • NE 6
5. McDuffie • 2TM 5
Smith • PC 5
Missouri • PS 5
Ellis • PS 5
Griffith • BEG 5
10. Roberts • 2TM 4
Yokely • SEN 4
Partlow • HG 4
Morris • PC 4
Matlock • PC 4
Harvey • PC 4

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Carter • PS 77
2. McDonald • PS 58
3. Evans • NE 50
4. McHenry • PS 48
5. Missouri • PS 44
6. Harvey • PC 41
Griffith • BEG 41
8. McDuffie • 2TM 40
9. Brown • NBY 39
10. Partlow • HG 38

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Morris • PC 2
2. Brown • NE 1
Direaux • BEG 1
Harvey • PC 1
McDonald • PS 1
Porter • BEG 1
Wright • NE 1
Johnson • 3TM 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Harvey • PC 4
2. Lewis • PS 2
Roberts • 2TM 2
Yokely • SEN 2
Smith • PC 2
McDonald • PS 2
Brown • NBY 2
Brown • NE 2
Bruton • PS 2
10. McHenry • PS 1
Cannady • NBY 1
Britt • SEN 1
Jones • PS 1
Byrd • BEG 1
Griffith • BEG 1
Green • NE 1
Evans • NE 1
Ellis • PS 1
Dula • HG 1
Carter • PS 1
Cain • PC 1
Miller • NE 1
Missouri • PS 1
Partlow • HG 1
Phelps • BEG 1
Brown • HG 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Welmaker • HG 1
Wright • NE 1
Calhoun • 2TM 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1
Miller • PS 1

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Brown • HG 566
2. Carter • PS 497
3. McHenry • PS 492
4. McDonald • PS 432
5. Griffith • BEG 391
6. Brown • NBY 377
7. McDuffie • 2TM 362
8. Byrd • BEG 357
9. Walker • HG 347
10. Evans • NE 325

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. Brown • HG 9
2. Carter • PS 7
3. Jones • PS 6
4. Smith • PC 5
McHenry • PS 5
Byrd • BEG 5
7. Brown • NBY 4
Calhoun • 2TM 4
Missouri • PS 4
McDonald • PS 4
Ellis • PS 4
Dula • HG 4
Direaux • BEG 4

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Brown • HG 213
2. Porter • BEG 171
3. Holland • NBY 155
4. Walker • HG 151
5. Morris • PC 141
6. McHenry • PS 135
7. Byrd • BEG 132
8. Taylor • PC 127
9. Griffith • BEG 126
10. Brown • NBY 122

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. Walker • HG 2.76
2. Brown • HG 3.03
3. Porter • BEG 3.17
4. Brown • NBY 3.26
5. Morris • PC 3.29
6. Holland • NBY 3.33
7. Taylor • PC 3.50
8. Griffith • BEG 3.59
9. McHenry • PS 3.63
10. Byrd • BEG 3.63

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. Brown • HG 43
2. McHenry • PS 16
3. Porter • BEG 16
4. Walker • HG 16
5. Morris • PC 12
6. Byrd • BEG 11
7. Griffith • BEG 10
8. Holland • NBY 9
9. Taylor • PC 9
10. Brown • NE 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. Brown • HG 4.1
2. Porter • BEG 1.5
3. McHenry • PS 1.5
4. Walker • HG 1.5
5. Morris • PC 1.1
6. Byrd • BEG 1.0
7. Griffith • BEG 1.0
8. Holland • NBY 0.9
9. Taylor • PC 0.8
10. Brown • NE 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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