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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. Barnhill • NYC 4.2
2. McDuffie • HG 3.8
3. Leonard • HG 3.5
4. Byrd • BEG 3.4
5. Irvin • NE 2.9
6. Adams • BEG 2.4
7. Brown • HG 2.3
8. Hoskins • 3TM 2.3
9. McHenry • PS 2.3
10. Day • NE 2.2

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. Barnhill • NYC 3.4
2. McDuffie • HG 3.4
3. Byrd • BEG 2.9
4. McHenry • PS 2.1
5. Brown • HG 2.1
6. Adams • BEG 1.9
7. Gaines • BEG 1.9
8. Brewer • PS 1.8
9. Wright • HG 1.7
10. Hill • NE 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. Byrd • BEG 2.23
2. Gaines • BEG 2.39
3. Wright • HG 2.75
4. McDuffie • HG 2.80
5. Adams • BEG 2.91
6. Barnhill • NYC 3.02
7. Brewer • PS 3.20
8. Brown • HG 3.41
9. McHenry • PS 3.63
10. Evans • NBY 3.77

Wins

Wins

1. McDuffie • HG 11
2. Manning • NE 9
Byrd • BEG 9
Barnhill • NYC 9
5. Brown • HG 8
6. Adams • BEG 7
McHenry • PS 7
Williams • BEG 7
9. Wright • HG 6
Hill • NE 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. Wright • HG 1.000
2. Byrd • BEG .750
3. Evans • NBY .714
4. Adams • BEG .700
5. Barnhill • NYC .692
6. McDuffie • HG .688
7. Hamilton • HG .667
8. Manning • NE .643
9. Williams • BEG .636
10. Gaines • BEG .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Byrd • BEG 0.960
2. Barnhill • NYC 0.989
3. Gaines • BEG 1.034
4. Wright • HG 1.042
5. Evans • NBY 1.223
6. McDuffie • HG 1.235
7. Adams • BEG 1.246
8. McHenry • PS 1.278
9. Brewer • PS 1.314
10. Stanley • NBY 1.338

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Wright • HG 6.144
2. Barnhill • NYC 6.916
3. Byrd • BEG 7.040
4. Adams • BEG 7.269
5. Gaines • BEG 7.315
6. Evans • NBY 7.693
7. Brewer • PS 7.828
8. McHenry • PS 8.500
9. Stanley • NBY 8.838
10. McDuffie • HG 8.864

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. Byrd • BEG 1.604
2. Barnhill • NYC 1.986
3. Gaines • BEG 1.995
4. McDuffie • HG 2.250
5. Hooker • NE 2.455
6. Manning • NE 2.495
7. Brown • HG 2.644
8. Buchanan • PS 2.912
9. Hobgood • NE 2.919
10. McHenry • PS 3.000

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Barnhill • NYC 8.019
2. Gaines • BEG 7.980
3. Manning • NE 6.457
4. Hill • NE 6.348
5. McDuffie • HG 5.591
6. Byrd • BEG 5.525
7. Brown • HG 4.871
8. Wright • HG 4.689
9. Walker • 2TM 4.571
10. Williams • BEG 4.500

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Manning • NE 23
2. McDuffie • HG 21
Hill • NE 21
4. McHenry • PS 20
Brown • HG 20
6. Stanley • NBY 19
7. Rector • NBY 18
Hobgood • NE 18
9. Williams • BEG 17
Hooker • NE 17

Saves

Saves

1. Brown • HG 3
2. Byrd • BEG 2
Gaines • BEG 2
4. Hill • NE 1
Hobgood • NE 1
Hooker • NE 1
Houston • HG 1
Howard • NYC 1
McDuffie • HG 1
Rector • NBY 1
Stanley • NBY 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. McHenry • PS 144.0
2. McDuffie • HG 132.0
3. Brown • HG 129.1
4. Manning • NE 122.2
5. Barnhill • NYC 122.1
6. Hill • NE 106.1
7. Williams • BEG 102.0
8. Byrd • BEG 101.0
9. Stanley • NBY 92.2
10. Hooker • NE 91.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Barnhill • NYC 109
2. Manning • NE 88
3. McDuffie • HG 82
4. Hill • NE 75
5. Brown • HG 70
6. McHenry • PS 67
7. Byrd • BEG 62
8. Gaines • BEG 60
9. Williams • BEG 51
10. Fillmore • 2TM 44

Games Started

Games Started

1. McHenry • PS 18
2. McDuffie • HG 16
3. Manning • NE 14
4. Adams • BEG 13
Barnhill • NYC 13
Stanley • NBY 13
Brown • HG 13
8. Hill • NE 12
Byrd • BEG 12
10. Walker • 2TM 11
Hooker • NE 11
Rector • NBY 11
Williams • BEG 11
Fillmore • 2TM 11
Anderson • NYC 11

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. McHenry • PS 15
2. Brown • HG 13
3. Barnhill • NYC 12
4. McDuffie • HG 11
5. Byrd • BEG 10
6. Anderson • NYC 9
Fillmore • 2TM 9
8. Walker • 2TM 8
Adams • BEG 8
Manning • NE 8
Williams • BEG 8

Shutouts

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

1. Gaines • BEG 4
2. Adams • BEG 3
McDuffie • HG 3
4. Byrd • BEG 2
McHenry • PS 2
Wright • HG 2
7. Brown • BEG 1
Buchanan • PS 1
Hill • NE 1
Hobgood • NE 1
Hooker • NE 1
Partlow • HG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Howard • NYC 11
2. Barnhill • NYC 9
3. Anderson • NYC 8
Williams • BEG 8
5. Bernal • NYC 7
Manning • NE 7
7. Stanley • NBY 6
8. Hooker • NE 5
Adams • BEG 5
McHenry • PS 5
Hill • NE 5

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hill • NE 58
2. McHenry • PS 48
3. Fillmore • 2TM 43
4. Brown • HG 38
Adams • BEG 38
6. Williams • BEG 37
7. Howard • NYC 36
8. Anderson • NYC 34
Manning • NE 34
10. Stanley • NBY 33
McDuffie • HG 33
Walker • 2TM 33

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Brown • HG 137
2. McHenry • PS 136
3. Manning • NE 134
4. McDuffie • HG 130
5. Hooker • NE 112
6. Fillmore • 2TM 111
7. Hill • NE 110
8. Rector • NBY 104
9. Williams • BEG 101
10. Barnhill • NYC 94

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. Barnhill • NYC 4.037
2. Gaines • BEG 4.000
3. Byrd • BEG 3.444
4. Manning • NE 2.588
5. McDuffie • HG 2.485
6. Brown • HG 1.842
7. Hooker • NE 1.520
8. Wright • HG 1.450
9. McHenry • PS 1.396
10. Williams • BEG 1.378

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. McDuffie • HG 0.000
2. Rector • NBY 0.108
3. Gaines • BEG 0.133
4. Brown • HG 0.139
5. Byrd • BEG 0.178
6. Fillmore • 2TM 0.204
7. Walker • 2TM 0.213
8. McHenry • PS 0.313
9. Hobgood • NE 0.313
10. Brewer • PS 0.320

Losses

Losses

1. McHenry • PS 12
2. Fillmore • 2TM 10
Rector • NBY 10
4. Stanley • NBY 9
5. Anderson • NYC 8
Walker • 2TM 8
Hooker • NE 8
8. Buchanan • PS 7
9. Brown • HG 6
Howard • NYC 6
Hill • NE 6

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Manning • NE 59
2. McHenry • PS 58
3. Howard • NYC 53
4. Fillmore • 2TM 52
5. Walker • 2TM 50
Hill • NE 50
Hooker • NE 50
8. Brown • HG 49
9. Rector • NBY 48
Williams • BEG 48

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Wright • HG 5
2. Barnhill • NYC 3
McHenry • PS 3
4. Barnes • BEG 2
Brown • HG 2
Howard • NYC 2
Manning • NE 2
Blackmon • 2TM 2
9. Adams • BEG 1
Gaines • BEG 1
Hill • NE 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Williams • BEG 1
Walker • 2TM 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Anderson • NYC 6
2. Walker • 2TM 3
Fillmore • 2TM 3
McDuffie • HG 3
Manning • NE 3
Howard • NYC 3
Barnhill • NYC 3
8. Brown • NE 2
Adams • BEG 2
Williams • BEG 2
Paige • NBY 2
McHenry • PS 2
Brewer • PS 2
Brown • BEG 2
Hooker • NE 2
Hobgood • NE 2
Hamilton • HG 2
Gaines • BEG 2
Byrd • BEG 2
Brown • HG 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. McHenry • PS 617
2. Brown • HG 560
3. McDuffie • HG 557
4. Manning • NE 543
5. Barnhill • NYC 490
6. Hill • NE 487
7. Williams • BEG 444
8. Fillmore • 2TM 421
9. Byrd • BEG 410
10. Hooker • NE 408

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. Hill • NE 8
Manning • NE 8
3. Hobgood • NE 7
Bernal • NYC 7
Brown • HG 7
6. Rector • NBY 5
7. Gibbons • 2TM 4
Wright • HG 4
Williams • BEG 4
Stanley • NBY 4
McDuffie • HG 4

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Byrd • BEG 198
2. Gaines • BEG 184
3. Wright • HG 161
4. McDuffie • HG 158
5. Adams • BEG 152
6. Barnhill • NYC 146
7. Brewer • PS 138
8. Brown • HG 129
9. McHenry • PS 121
10. Evans • NBY 117

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. Gaines • BEG 1.98
2. McDuffie • HG 2.38
3. Byrd • BEG 2.43
4. Barnhill • NYC 2.72
5. Brown • HG 2.85
6. Manning • NE 3.02
7. Rector • NBY 3.22
8. McHenry • PS 3.37
9. Walker • 2TM 3.37
10. Hobgood • NE 3.45

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. McDuffie • HG 23
2. Byrd • BEG 23
3. Barnhill • NYC 20
4. Gaines • BEG 15
5. Adams • BEG 15
6. Brown • HG 14
7. Wright • HG 11
8. McHenry • PS 10
9. Brewer • PS 9
10. Houston • HG 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. Byrd • BEG 2.3
2. McDuffie • HG 2.3
3. Barnhill • NYC 2.0
4. Gaines • BEG 1.5
5. Adams • BEG 1.4
6. Brown • HG 1.3
7. Wright • HG 1.1
8. McHenry • PS 0.9
9. Brewer • PS 0.9
10. Houston • HG 0.7

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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