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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 3.8
2. Ricks • PS 2.8
3. Leonard • HG 2.7
4. Troy • BEG 2.2
5. Miller • PS 2.2
6. Gibson • HG 1.9
7. Austin • PS 1.8
8. Byrd • 3TM 1.7
9. Campanella • 3TM 1.6
10. Glenn • PS 1.6

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 2.9
2. Ricks • PS 2.8
3. Troy • BEG 2.3
4. Byrd • 2TM 2.0
5. Miller • PS 2.0
6. Hooker • NE 1.2
7. Glenn • PS 1.2
8. Gaines • BEG 1.1
9. Morris • NYC 1.1
10. Hubert • HG 1.0

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. Troy • BEG 1.63
2. Morris • NYC 2.40
3. Miller • PS 2.75
4. Byrd • 2TM 2.77
5. Ricks • PS 2.86
6. Gaines • BEG 3.07
7. Brown • HG 3.25
8. Hooker • NE 3.64
9. Glenn • PS 3.65
10. Tiant • NYC 3.74

Wins

Wins

1. Brown • HG 10
Ricks • PS 10
3. Brown • PS 7
Hooker • NE 7
5. Miller • PS 6
Byrd • 2TM 6
Carter • HG 6
Morris • NYC 6
9. Welmaker • HG 5
Walker • HG 5
Hoskins • HG 5
Troy • BEG 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. Welmaker • HG 1.000
2. Brown • HG .909
3. Glenn • PS .800
4. Morris • NYC .750
Miller • PS .750
6. Troy • BEG .714
Hoskins • HG .714
8. Carter • HG .667
Howard • NYC .667
10. Brown • PS .636

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Troy • BEG 1.084
2. Byrd • 2TM 1.192
3. Brown • HG 1.202
4. Glenn • PS 1.277
5. Howard • NYC 1.280
6. Hooker • NE 1.283
7. Miller • PS 1.296
8. Tiant • NYC 1.315
9. Johnson • HG 1.342
10. Ricks • PS 1.351

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Troy • BEG 6.506
2. Glenn • PS 8.027
3. Johnson • HG 8.100
4. Hooker • NE 8.171
5. Morris • NYC 8.400
6. Howard • NYC 8.546
7. Byrd • 2TM 8.769
8. Ricks • PS 9.061
9. Tiant • NYC 9.138
10. Miller • PS 9.175

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. Brown • HG 1.626
2. Byrd • 2TM 1.962
3. Brown • PS 2.118
4. Hoskins • HG 2.146
5. McDuffie • 2TM 2.473
6. Miller • PS 2.490
7. Scantlebury • NYC 2.600
8. Walker • HG 2.658
9. Gaines • BEG 2.659
10. Tiant • NYC 2.700

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Tiant • NYC 7.685
2. Byrd • 2TM 6.692
3. Ricks • PS 5.595
4. Miller • PS 4.718
5. Newcombe • NE 4.696
6. Troy • BEG 4.554
7. McDuffie • 2TM 4.549
8. Walker • HG 4.477
9. Brown • PS 4.341
10. Johnson • HG 4.121

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ricks • PS 21
2. Brown • HG 17
3. Brown • PS 15
4. McDuffie • 2TM 14
Howard • NYC 14
6. Hooker • NE 13
Johnson • HG 13
8. Byrd • 2TM 12
Carter • HG 12
Morris • NYC 12

Saves

Saves

1. Johnson • HG 2
2. Brown • HG 1
Cozart • NE 1
Gaines • BEG 1
Greenidge • NYC 1
Miller • PS 1
Morris • NYC 1
Porter • BEG 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Ricks • PS 148.0
2. Brown • HG 127.1
3. Hooker • NE 101.1
4. McDuffie • 2TM 91.0
5. Brown • PS 85.0
6. Byrd • 2TM 78.0
Carter • HG 78.0
8. Howard • NYC 72.2
9. Miller • PS 68.2
10. Walker • HG 64.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ricks • PS 92
2. Byrd • 2TM 58
3. Brown • HG 50
4. McDuffie • 2TM 46
5. Brown • PS 41
6. Tiant • NYC 37
7. Miller • PS 36
8. Hooker • NE 35
9. Walker • HG 32
10. Howard • NYC 31

Games Started

Games Started

1. Ricks • PS 17
2. Brown • HG 14
3. Hooker • NE 13
4. McDuffie • 2TM 11
Brown • PS 11
6. Carter • HG 10
7. Byrd • 2TM 9
8. Forrest • 2TM 8
Miller • PS 8
10. Morris • NYC 7
Howard • NYC 7
Troy • BEG 7

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Brown • HG 12
2. Ricks • PS 10
3. Hooker • NE 9
4. McDuffie • 2TM 7
Brown • PS 7
Miller • PS 7
Byrd • 2TM 7
8. Carter • HG 6
9. Stanley • NBY 5
Troy • BEG 5
Hoskins • HG 5

Shutouts

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

1. Brown • HG 3
2. Byrd • 2TM 2
3. Blair • HG 1
Davis • NE 1
Hooker • NE 1
Hoskins • HG 1
Hubert • HG 1
Miller • PS 1
Taylor • NYC 1
Troy • BEG 1
Welmaker • HG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McDuffie • 2TM 5
Ricks • PS 5
3. Barnhill • NYC 4
Walker • HG 4
Howard • NYC 4
Hooker • NE 4
Brown • PS 4
Brown • HG 4
9. Forrest • 2TM 3
Glenn • PS 3
Harvey • BEG 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ricks • PS 51
2. Hooker • NE 38
3. Forrest • 2TM 28
Morris • NYC 28
Johnson • HG 28
6. Newcombe • NE 27
7. McDuffie • 2TM 25
8. Carter • HG 24
Howard • NYC 24
10. Brown • HG 23

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ricks • PS 149
2. Brown • HG 130
3. Brown • PS 105
4. Carter • HG 103
5. McDuffie • 2TM 98
6. Hooker • NE 92
7. Forrest • 2TM 85
8. Walker • HG 76
Byrd • 2TM 76
10. Stanley • NBY 74

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. Byrd • 2TM 3.412
2. Tiant • NYC 2.846
3. Brown • HG 2.174
4. Brown • PS 2.050
5. Miller • PS 1.895
6. McDuffie • 2TM 1.840
7. Ricks • PS 1.804
8. Walker • HG 1.684
9. Gaines • BEG 1.538
10. Troy • BEG 1.400

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. Gaines • BEG 0.000
Hoskins • HG 0.000
3. Byrd • 2TM 0.115
Carter • HG 0.115
5. Miller • PS 0.131
6. Morris • NYC 0.150
7. Troy • BEG 0.163
8. Stanley • NBY 0.190
9. Scantlebury • NYC 0.200
10. Brown • HG 0.283

Losses

Losses

1. McDuffie • 2TM 8
2. Ricks • PS 7
3. Johnson • HG 6
Forrest • 2TM 6
Stanley • NBY 6
Hooker • NE 6
7. Byrd • 2TM 5
8. Walker • HG 4
Brown • PS 4
Scantlebury • NYC 4
McFarland • NBY 4

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Forrest • 2TM 52
2. Ricks • PS 47
Brown • PS 47
4. McDuffie • 2TM 46
Brown • HG 46
6. Carter • HG 41
Hooker • NE 41
Stanley • NBY 41
9. Walker • HG 39
10. Johnson • HG 34

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Morris • NYC 4
2. Troy • BEG 3
Boone • 2TM 3
Forrest • 2TM 3
5. Carter • HG 2
Newcombe • NE 2
Walker • HG 2
8. Brown • PS 1
Cozart • NE 1
Hill • NE 1
Hoskins • HG 1
Mahoney • PS 1
Rector • NBY 1
Scantlebury • NYC 1
White • HG 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hooker • NE 5
2. Ricks • PS 4
Johnson • HG 4
4. Barnhill • NYC 3
Newcombe • NE 3
Troy • BEG 3
Byrd • 2TM 3
8. Glover • BEG 2
Greenidge • NYC 2
Harvey • BEG 2
Cozart • NE 2
Hoskins • HG 2
Walker • BEG 2
Walker • HG 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Ricks • PS 640
2. Brown • HG 529
3. Hooker • NE 428
4. McDuffie • 2TM 407
5. Brown • PS 385
6. Carter • HG 350
7. Byrd • 2TM 324
8. Howard • NYC 314
9. Miller • PS 288
10. Walker • HG 281

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. Sunkett • PS 6
Howard • NYC 6
3. Anderson • NYC 5
Walker • HG 5
Johnson • HG 5
6. Scantlebury • NYC 4
7. McDuffie • 2TM 3
Byrd • 2TM 3
Ricks • PS 3
Morris • NYC 3
Mahoney • PS 3
Hill • NE 3
Glover • BEG 3
Brown • HG 3
Brown • PS 3
Curry • PS 3

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Troy • BEG 270
2. Morris • NYC 183
3. Miller • PS 159
4. Byrd • 2TM 159
5. Ricks • PS 153
6. Gaines • BEG 143
7. Brown • HG 134
8. Glenn • PS 120
9. Hooker • NE 120
10. Tiant • NYC 118

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. Byrd • 2TM 2.13
2. Tiant • NYC 2.48
3. Miller • PS 2.66
4. Gaines • BEG 2.73
5. Brown • HG 2.87
6. Hoskins • HG 2.92
7. Ricks • PS 3.00
8. Scantlebury • NYC 3.04
9. Brown • PS 3.07
10. Stanley • NBY 3.13

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. Ricks • PS 21
2. Brown • HG 18
3. Troy • BEG 16
4. Byrd • 2TM 13
5. Miller • PS 13
6. Morris • NYC 10
7. Hubert • HG 7
8. Hooker • NE 7
9. Taylor • NYC 7
10. Gaines • BEG 7

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. Ricks • PS 2.0
2. Brown • HG 1.7
3. Troy • BEG 1.6
4. Byrd • 2TM 1.3
5. Miller • PS 1.2
6. Morris • NYC 1.0
7. Taylor • NYC 0.8
8. Hubert • HG 0.7
9. Hooker • NE 0.7
10. Gaines • BEG 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

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