1939 Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

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Negro National League II 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. Byrd • BEG 2.5

2. Gibson • HG 2.4

3. Suttles • NE 2.4

4. Hill • NE 2.1

5. Leonard • HG 2.1

6. Hubert • 3TM 2.0

7. Partlow • HG 2.0

8. Stone • NE 1.9

9. Day • NE 1.8

10. McHenry • PS 1.8

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. Hubert • 2TM 2.1

2. Partlow • HG 1.9

3. Hill • NE 1.9

4. McHenry • PS 1.7

5. Ruiz • NYC 1.5

6. Byrd • BEG 1.5

7. McDuffie • NBY 1.3

8. Day • NE 1.1

9. Stanley • NBY 1.0

10. Johnson • TC2 0.9

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. Hubert • 2TM 2.09

2. Partlow • HG 2.78

3. Brown • NE 3.20

4. Hill • NE 3.30

5. Johnson • TC2 3.34

6. Roberts • HG 3.83

7. Walker • HG 3.88

8. Ruiz • NYC 3.91

9. McDuffie • NBY 4.20

10. Day • NE 4.26

Wins

1. McHenry • PS 10

2. Day • NE 9

3. Byrd • BEG 8

4. Brown • HG 6

Hill • NE 6

6. Partlow • HG 5

Hubert • 2TM 5

Walker • HG 5

Roberts • HG 5

Ruiz • NYC 5

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. Roberts • HG 1.000

2. Brown • HG .857

Hill • NE .857

4. Williams • NBY .750

5. Hubert • 2TM .714

Partlow • HG .714

McHenry • PS .714

8. Byrd • BEG .667

Brown • NE .667

10. Walker • HG .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Partlow • HG 1.036

2. Johnson • TC2 1.143

3. Hubert • 2TM 1.232

4. Byrd • BEG 1.242

5. Williams • NBY 1.244

6. Roberts • HG 1.277

7. Brown • NE 1.289

8. Walker • HG 1.306

9. McDuffie • NBY 1.321

10. Hill • NE 1.330

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Partlow • HG 6.124

2. Johnson • TC2 6.943

3. Brown • NE 7.000

4. Hubert • 2TM 7.071

5. Hill • NE 7.575

6. Roberts • HG 7.851

7. Parker • HG 8.452

8. Day • NE 8.603

9. Walker • HG 8.625

10. McHenry • PS 8.852

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Byrd • BEG 1.326

2. Holland • NBY 1.742

3. Williams • NBY 2.195

4. Brown • HG 2.427

5. McDuffie • NBY 2.518

6. Gaines • BEG 2.525

7. McDonald • PS 2.721

8. Ellis • PS 2.727

9. Tiant • NYC 2.935

10. Stanley • NBY 3.000

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Tiant • NYC 8.217

2. Hill • NE 6.109

3. Parker • HG 6.104

4. Stanley • NBY 5.520

5. Welmaker • 2TM 5.335

6. Day • NE 5.196

7. Partlow • HG 5.149

8. Walker • HG 5.000

9. Roberts • HG 4.979

10. McDuffie • NBY 4.756

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McHenry • PS 18

Day • NE 18

3. Thompson • PS 15

4. Missouri • PS 14

5. Byrd • BEG 13

Stanley • NBY 13

7. McDuffie • NBY 12

Welmaker • 2TM 12

9. Holland • NBY 11

Partlow • HG 11

Walker • HG 11

Brown • NE 11

McDonald • PS 11

Saves

1. Holland • NBY 2

McDuffie • NBY 2

3. Byrd • BEG 1

Hill • NE 1

McHenry • PS 1

Partlow • HG 1

Roberts • HG 1

Thompson • PS 1

Harvey • 2TM 1

Hubert • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

1. Day • NE 105.2

2. McHenry • PS 101.2

3. Byrd • BEG 95.0

4. Ruiz • NYC 78.1

5. Stanley • NBY 75.0

6. Hill • NE 73.2

7. Walker • HG 72.0

8. Missouri • PS 66.0

9. Partlow • HG 64.2

10. McDuffie • NBY 64.1

Strikeouts

1. Day • NE 61

2. Hill • NE 50

3. Stanley • NBY 46

4. Byrd • BEG 44

5. Tiant • NYC 42

6. Walker • HG 40

7. McHenry • PS 39

8. Partlow • HG 37

9. McDuffie • NBY 34

10. Welmaker • 2TM 33

Games Started

1. Day • NE 13

2. Ruiz • NYC 10

Stanley • NBY 10

Byrd • BEG 10

5. Missouri • PS 9

Walker • HG 9

7. McHenry • PS 8

McDuffie • NBY 8

Hill • NE 8

10. Brown • HG 7

Partlow • HG 7

Welmaker • 2TM 7

Brown • NE 7

Thompson • PS 7

Holland • NBY 7

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Day • NE 9

Byrd • BEG 9

3. Ruiz • NYC 7

McHenry • PS 7

Walker • HG 7

6. Brown • HG 6

Partlow • HG 6

Hill • NE 6

Holland • NBY 6

10. Roberts • HG 5

Gaines • BEG 5

Hubert • 2TM 5

McDuffie • NBY 5

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Brown • NE 2

Day • NE 2

Partlow • HG 2

4. Brown • NBY 1

Gaines • BEG 1

Hill • NE 1

Manning • NE 1

McDuffie • NBY 1

Missouri • PS 1

Stanley • NBY 1

Tiant • NYC 1

Harvey • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McHenry • PS 11

2. Missouri • PS 8

Roberts • HG 8

Day • NE 8

Holland • NBY 8

6. Ruiz • NYC 7

Thompson • PS 7

8. Byrd • BEG 6

McDuffie • NBY 6

10. Williams • NBY 5

Ellis • PS 5

Stanley • NBY 5

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Day • NE 44

2. McHenry • PS 37

3. Hill • NE 36

4. Ruiz • NYC 28

Missouri • PS 28

6. Thompson • PS 25

Welmaker • 2TM 25

Walker • HG 25

Stanley • NBY 25

Hubert • 2TM 25

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Byrd • BEG 104

2. Day • NE 101

3. McHenry • PS 100

4. Stanley • NBY 90

5. Ruiz • NYC 81

6. Holland • NBY 80

7. Welmaker • 2TM 74

8. Thompson • PS 73

9. Walker • HG 69

Brown • HG 69

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. Byrd • BEG 3.143

2. Tiant • NYC 2.800

3. Williams • NBY 2.000

4. McDuffie • NBY 1.889

5. Stanley • NBY 1.840

6. Holland • NBY 1.750

7. Partlow • HG 1.609

8. Walker • HG 1.600

9. Gaines • BEG 1.538

10. Ellis • PS 1.400

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Gaines • BEG 0.000

Johnson • TC2 0.000

3. Partlow • HG 0.139

4. Brown • HG 0.152

5. Hubert • 2TM 0.161

6. McDonald • PS 0.209

7. Manning • NE 0.214

8. Hill • NE 0.367

9. Walker • HG 0.375

10. Tiant • NYC 0.391

Losses

1. Day • NE 6

2. Holland • NBY 5

Ruiz • NYC 5

4. Welmaker • 2TM 4

McHenry • PS 4

McDonald • PS 4

Gaines • BEG 4

Thompson • PS 4

Tiant • NYC 4

Byrd • BEG 4

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. McHenry • PS 50

Day • NE 50

3. Byrd • BEG 47

4. Thompson • PS 42

5. Missouri • PS 41

Welmaker • 2TM 41

7. Stanley • NBY 38

8. Ruiz • NYC 34

9. Holland • NBY 33

10. Ellis • PS 32

Wild Pitches

1. Hill • NE 2

2. Cozart • NE 1

Day • NE 1

Gaines • BEG 1

Glover • BEG 1

Johnson • TC2 1

Parker • HG 1

Welmaker • 2TM 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stanley • NBY 4

2. Glover • BEG 3

3. Brown • NE 2

Williams • NBY 2

Johnson • TC2 2

Manning • NE 2

McDonald • PS 2

McDuffie • NBY 2

McHenry • PS 2

10. Byrd • BEG 1

Carter • PS 1

Cozart • NE 1

Day • NE 1

Fernández • NYC 1

Hill • NE 1

Missouri • PS 1

Parker • HG 1

Partlow • HG 1

Roberts • HG 1

Ruiz • NYC 1

Tiant • NYC 1

Harvey • 2TM 1

Hubert • 2TM 1

Batters Faced

1. Day • NE 456

2. McHenry • PS 439

3. Byrd • BEG 392

4. Ruiz • NYC 338

5. Stanley • NBY 330

6. Walker • HG 314

7. Hill • NE 310

8. Missouri • PS 299

9. McDuffie • NBY 287

10. Holland • NBY 280

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. McHenry • PS 8

2. Thompson • PS 6

3. Welmaker • 2TM 5

Miller • PS 5

5. Day • NE 4

McDuffie • NBY 4

Holland • NBY 4

8. Byrd • BEG 3

Torres • NYC 3

Rector • NYC 3

Partlow • HG 3

Missouri • PS 3

Evans • NE 3

Ellis • PS 3

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Hubert • 2TM 236

2. Partlow • HG 176

3. Brown • NE 154

4. Hill • NE 149

5. Johnson • TC2 147

6. Roberts • HG 128

7. Walker • HG 127

8. Ruiz • NYC 126

9. McDuffie • NBY 117

10. Day • NE 115

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. Tiant • NYC 2.85

2. Gaines • BEG 3.05

3. Partlow • HG 3.24

4. Byrd • BEG 3.44

5. Johnson • TC2 3.44

6. Walker • HG 3.54

7. Brown • HG 3.63

8. McDonald • PS 3.63

9. Hill • NE 3.75

10. Hubert • 2TM 3.80

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. Hubert • 2TM 16

2. Partlow • HG 16

3. Hill • NE 14

4. Day • NE 8

5. Brown • NE 7

6. Ruiz • NYC 7

7. Roberts • HG 7

8. Walker • HG 7

9. McHenry • PS 6

10. Johnson • TC2 6

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. Hubert • 2TM 1.7

2. Partlow • HG 1.6

3. Hill • NE 1.3

4. Day • NE 0.7

5. Brown • NE 0.7

Ruiz • NYC 0.7

Roberts • HG 0.7

8. Walker • HG 0.6

9. Johnson • TC2 0.6

McHenry • PS 0.6

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