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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 7.9
2. Adams • BEG 5.1
3. McHenry • PS 4.8
4. Leonard • HG 2.9
5. Buchanan • PS 2.5
6. Ruiz • NYC 2.5
7. Walker • HG 2.4
8. Hill • NE 2.1
9. Irvin • NE 2.0
10. Scales • BEG 2.0

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 6.9
2. Adams • BEG 4.8
3. McHenry • PS 3.4
4. Buchanan • PS 2.6
5. Ruiz • NYC 2.4
6. Walker • HG 2.3
7. Hill • NE 1.7
8. Manning • NE 1.3
9. Moreland • BEG 1.2
10. Williams • NBY 0.6

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. Brown • HG 2.07
2. Adams • BEG 3.17
3. Ruiz • NYC 3.40
4. Hill • NE 3.70
5. Buchanan • PS 3.89
6. McHenry • PS 4.12
7. Walker • HG 4.15
8. Manning • NE 4.60
9. Moreland • BEG 4.99
10. Taylor • 2TM 5.12

Wins

Wins

1. Brown • HG 17
2. Walker • HG 13
3. Adams • BEG 12
4. McHenry • PS 11
5. Manning • NE 10
6. Barbee • 2TM 9
7. Hill • NE 8
Hubert • BEG 8
9. Ruiz • NYC 6
Moreland • BEG 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. Brown • HG .895
2. Hill • NE .800
3. Walker • HG .765
4. Hubert • BEG .727
5. Hamilton • HG .714
6. Adams • BEG .706
7. Barbee • 2TM .692
8. Ruiz • NYC .667
9. Manning • NE .625
10. McHenry • PS .611

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 1.101
2. Adams • BEG 1.262
3. McHenry • PS 1.285
4. Buchanan • PS 1.362
5. Hill • NE 1.379
6. Ruiz • NYC 1.387
7. Hamilton • HG 1.393
8. Walker • HG 1.398
9. Manning • NE 1.468
10. Hooker • NE 1.482

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Hill • NE 7.077
2. Brown • HG 7.458
3. Adams • BEG 8.054
4. Walker • HG 8.363
5. Manning • NE 9.109
6. Buchanan • PS 9.110
7. Ruiz • NYC 9.189
8. McHenry • PS 9.202
9. Barbee • 2TM 9.419
10. Taylor • 2TM 9.776

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. McHenry • PS 2.361
2. Brown • HG 2.450
3. Hamilton • HG 2.656
4. Buchanan • PS 3.147
5. Thompson • PS 3.185
6. Ruiz • NYC 3.290
7. Adams • BEG 3.301
8. Hooker • NE 3.527
9. Figueroa • NYC 3.576
10. Moreland • BEG 3.770

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Hill • NE 6.315
2. Taylor • 2TM 6.168
3. Moreland • BEG 5.706
4. Manning • NE 5.581
5. Missouri • PS 5.507
6. Walker • HG 5.334
7. McHenry • PS 5.206
8. Hooker • NE 5.180
9. Williams • NBY 5.159
10. Barbee • 2TM 5.023

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Adams • BEG 25
2. Hubert • BEG 23
McHenry • PS 23
4. Manning • NE 22
5. Walker • HG 21
Brown • HG 21
7. Barbee • 2TM 20
8. Hooker • NE 19
Missouri • PS 19
10. Buchanan • PS 17

Saves

Saves

1. Carter • 2TM 3
2. Hooker • NE 2
Manning • NE 2
McHenry • PS 2
Missouri • PS 2
Williams • BEG 2
7. Adams • BEG 1
Barnes • BEG 1
Davis • BEG 1
Hamilton • HG 1
Hubert • BEG 1
Johnson • PS 1
Moreland • BEG 1
Walker • HG 1
Ellis • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Brown • HG 165.1
2. McHenry • PS 148.2
3. Walker • HG 136.2
4. Adams • BEG 136.1
5. Hubert • BEG 121.2
6. Manning • NE 109.2
7. Buchanan • PS 108.2
8. Barbee • 2TM 100.1
9. Moreland • BEG 88.1
10. Hill • NE 82.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. McHenry • PS 86
2. Walker • HG 81
3. Brown • HG 75
4. Adams • BEG 71
5. Manning • NE 68
6. Hubert • BEG 67
7. Hill • NE 58
8. Barbee • 2TM 56
Moreland • BEG 56
10. Taylor • 2TM 53

Games Started

Games Started

1. Brown • HG 18
Walker • HG 18
3. McHenry • PS 17
4. Adams • BEG 15
Barbee • 2TM 15
Hubert • BEG 15
7. Buchanan • PS 13
8. Manning • NE 12
Hooker • NE 12
10. Taylor • 2TM 9
Ruiz • NYC 9
Hill • NE 9
Hamilton • HG 9

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Brown • HG 18
2. Walker • HG 12
3. McHenry • PS 11
4. Adams • BEG 9
5. Buchanan • PS 8
6. Manning • NE 7
7. Ruiz • NYC 6
8. Taylor • 2TM 5
Barbee • 2TM 5
Thompson • PS 5
Hill • NE 5
Hamilton • HG 5

Shutouts

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

1. Brown • HG 4
2. Adams • BEG 2
3. Hill • NE 1
Jeffries • HG 1
Ruiz • NYC 1
Walker • HG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Adams • BEG 12
2. Hubert • BEG 11
3. Barnes • BEG 8
McHenry • PS 8
Moreland • BEG 8
6. Taylor • 2TM 7
Buchanan • PS 7
Barbee • 2TM 7
9. Williams • NBY 5
Thompson • PS 5
Figueroa • NYC 5
Hill • NE 5

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Barbee • 2TM 70
2. Walker • HG 64
3. Hubert • BEG 61
4. Adams • BEG 50
Manning • NE 50
6. Hill • NE 49
7. Brown • HG 45
8. McHenry • PS 39
9. Taylor • 2TM 38
Buchanan • PS 38

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McHenry • PS 152
2. Hubert • BEG 143
3. Brown • HG 137
4. Walker • HG 127
5. Adams • BEG 122
6. Manning • NE 111
7. Buchanan • PS 110
8. Barbee • 2TM 105
9. Moreland • BEG 96
10. Hooker • NE 89

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. McHenry • PS 2.205
2. Hamilton • HG 1.778
3. Brown • HG 1.667
4. Moreland • BEG 1.514
5. Thompson • PS 1.476
6. Hooker • NE 1.469
7. Adams • BEG 1.420
8. Missouri • PS 1.409
9. Taylor • 2TM 1.395
10. Manning • NE 1.360

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. Missouri • PS 0.000
2. Brown • HG 0.054
3. Ruiz • NYC 0.227
4. Manning • NE 0.246
5. Walker • HG 0.263
6. Hooker • NE 0.331
7. McHenry • PS 0.484
8. Hill • NE 0.544
9. Buchanan • PS 0.580
10. Hamilton • HG 0.590

Losses

Losses

1. Taylor • 2TM 8
2. Stanley • NBY 7
McHenry • PS 7
Buchanan • PS 7
5. Manning • NE 6
Johnson • PS 6
Figueroa • NYC 6
8. Evans • NBY 5
Barnes • BEG 5
Williams • NBY 5
Thompson • PS 5
Adams • BEG 5
Hooker • NE 5

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hubert • BEG 75
2. McHenry • PS 68
3. Walker • HG 63
4. Barbee • 2TM 62
5. Manning • NE 56
6. Hooker • NE 53
7. Stanley • NBY 49
Moreland • BEG 49
9. Adams • BEG 48
10. Buchanan • PS 47

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Howard • NYC 3
2. Walker • HG 2
Thompson • PS 2
Figueroa • NYC 2
McHenry • PS 2
6. Barnes • BEG 1
Buchanan • PS 1
Evans • NBY 1
Hicks • HG 1
Hill • NE 1
Holmes • NYC 1
Adams • BEG 1
Missouri • PS 1
Ruiz • NYC 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Taylor • 2TM 1
Hooker • NE 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Manning • NE 7
2. Barbee • 2TM 4
Hamilton • HG 4
4. Taylor • 2TM 3
Howard • NYC 3
Adams • BEG 3
Figueroa • NYC 3
8. Hicks • HG 2
Walker • HG 2
Thompson • PS 2
Evans • NBY 2
Buchanan • PS 2
Hubert • BEG 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Brown • HG 661
2. McHenry • PS 638
3. Walker • HG 610
4. Hubert • BEG 570
5. Adams • BEG 569
6. Manning • NE 495
7. Barbee • 2TM 480
8. Buchanan • PS 463
9. Moreland • BEG 395
10. Hooker • NE 372

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. Manning • NE 8
2. Adams • BEG 7
Evans • NBY 7
4. Johnson • PS 6
Hubert • BEG 6
Hooker • NE 6
Missouri • PS 6
Moreland • BEG 6
9. McHenry • PS 5
Barbee • 2TM 5

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Brown • HG 253
2. Adams • BEG 165
3. Ruiz • NYC 154
4. Hill • NE 142
5. Buchanan • PS 134
6. McHenry • PS 127
7. Walker • HG 126
8. Manning • NE 114
9. Moreland • BEG 105
10. Taylor • 2TM 103

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 • HG 2.99
2. Missouri • PS 3.08
3. McHenry • PS 3.33
4. Hooker • NE 3.54
5. Walker • HG 3.65
6. Manning • NE 3.68
7. Ruiz • NYC 3.74
8. Hamilton • HG 3.89
9. Moreland • BEG 4.17
10. Hill • NE 4.20

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 58
2. Adams • BEG 34
3. McHenry • PS 18
4. Walker • HG 17
5. Ruiz • NYC 16
6. Buchanan • PS 15
7. Hill • NE 13
8. Manning • NE 8
9. Davis • BEG 5
10. Moreland • BEG 4

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 5.6
2. Adams • BEG 3.1
3. McHenry • PS 1.6
4. Walker • HG 1.5
5. Ruiz • NYC 1.4
6. Buchanan • PS 1.3
7. Hill • NE 1.2
8. Manning • NE 0.7
9. Davis • BEG 0.4
10. Moreland • BEG 0.4

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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