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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. Welmaker • HG 4.5
2. Partlow • PS 3.4
3. Byrd • BEG 3.0
4. Campanella • BEG 2.8
5. Austin • PS 2.7
6. Gibson • HG 2.6
7. Ricks • PS 2.2
8. Wright • 3TM 2.1
9. Blair • HG 2.1
10. Stanley • NBY 2.1

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. Welmaker • HG 4.2
2. Partlow • PS 3.2
3. Byrd • BEG 2.9
4. Wright • 2TM 2.2
5. Stanley • NBY 2.2
6. Blair • HG 2.1
7. Morris • NYC 1.8
8. Porter • BEG 1.8
9. Ricks • PS 1.5
10. Newcombe • NE 1.4

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. Blair • HG 0.96
2. Wright • 2TM 1.38
3. Morris • NYC 1.73
4. Welmaker • HG 2.59
5. Ricks • PS 2.60
6. Partlow • PS 2.63
7. Miller • PS 2.72
8. Porter • BEG 2.94
9. Newcombe • NE 2.95
10. Byrd • BEG 3.10

Wins

Wins

1. Welmaker • HG 12
2. Byrd • BEG 11
3. Partlow • PS 8
Porter • BEG 8
5. Blair • HG 5
Newcombe • NE 5
Stanley • NBY 5
8. Wright • 2TM 4
Miller • PS 4
Glover • BEG 4
Ricks • PS 4
Scantlebury • NYC 4
Tiant • NYC 4
Walker • HG 4

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 • 2TM 1.000
2. Welmaker • HG .857
3. Blair • HG .833
4. Tiant • NYC .800
Scantlebury • NYC .800
Porter • BEG .800
7. Brown • PS .750
Sunkett • PS .750
9. Byrd • BEG .688
10. Ricks • PS .667
Partlow • PS .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Blair • HG 0.957
2. Morris • NYC 0.984
3. Wright • 2TM 1.051
4. Newcombe • NE 1.132
5. Partlow • PS 1.159
6. Welmaker • HG 1.194
7. Ricks • PS 1.197
8. Brown • HG 1.210
9. Byrd • BEG 1.232
10. Porter • BEG 1.242

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 • NYC 6.048
2. Blair • HG 6.511
3. Wright • 2TM 7.292
4. Partlow • PS 7.566
5. Newcombe • NE 7.609
6. Hinton • BEG 7.977
7. Ricks • PS 8.174
8. Welmaker • HG 8.226
9. Sunkett • PS 8.640
10. Porter • BEG 9.095

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. Scantlebury • NYC 1.052
2. Hooker • NE 1.500
3. Stanley • NBY 1.577
4. Brown • HG 1.742
5. Byrd • BEG 1.929
6. Porter • BEG 2.084
7. Blair • HG 2.106
8. Wright • 2TM 2.168
9. Barnhill • NYC 2.395
10. Welmaker • HG 2.521

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 8.679
2. Barnhill • NYC 8.056
3. Newcombe • NE 6.995
4. Morris • NYC 6.480
5. Partlow • PS 6.372
6. Byrd • BEG 6.268
7. Ricks • PS 5.945
8. Glover • BEG 5.756
9. Hinton • BEG 5.523
10. Welmaker • HG 5.307

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Byrd • BEG 18
Partlow • PS 18
3. Welmaker • HG 15
Ricks • PS 15
5. Stanley • NBY 14
Harris • PS 14
7. Porter • BEG 13
8. Walker • HG 12
Scantlebury • NYC 12
Mack • NBY 12

Saves

Saves

1. Anderson • NYC 1
Byrd • BEG 1
Carter • HG 1
Crue • NBY 1
Harris • PS 1
Hinton • BEG 1
Lewis • HG 1
Morris • NYC 1
Ricks • PS 1
Scantlebury • NYC 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Tiant • NYC 1
Walker • HG 1
Walker • HG 1
Walker • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Welmaker • HG 135.2
2. Byrd • BEG 130.2
3. Partlow • PS 113.0
4. Porter • BEG 95.0
5. Stanley • NBY 91.1
6. Newcombe • NE 73.1
7. Ricks • PS 72.2
8. Walker • HG 72.1
9. Harris • PS 68.1
10. Glover • BEG 65.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Byrd • BEG 91
2. Welmaker • HG 80
Partlow • PS 80
4. Newcombe • NE 57
5. Porter • BEG 53
6. Stanley • NBY 49
7. Ricks • PS 48
8. Tiant • NYC 45
9. Glover • BEG 42
10. Harris • PS 40

Games Started

Games Started

1. Welmaker • HG 15
Byrd • BEG 15
3. Partlow • PS 13
4. Porter • BEG 11
5. Stanley • NBY 10
6. Harris • PS 9
Walker • HG 9
8. Glover • BEG 8
Newcombe • NE 8
10. Ricks • PS 7
Hooker • NE 7
Hinton • BEG 7

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Welmaker • HG 13
Byrd • BEG 13
3. Partlow • PS 9
4. Newcombe • NE 8
5. Hooker • NE 7
Stanley • NBY 7
7. Glover • BEG 6
Porter • BEG 6
9. Wright • 2TM 4
Ricks • PS 4
Brown • HG 4
Blair • HG 4
Walker • HG 4

Shutouts

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

1. Wright • 2TM 2
2. Blair • HG 1
Brown • HG 1
Byrd • BEG 1
Harris • PS 1
Porter • BEG 1
Ricks • PS 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Sunkett • PS 1
Tiant • NYC 1
Walker • HG 1
Welmaker • HG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mack • NBY 6
Hopkins • NE 6
3. Porter • BEG 4
Dihigo • NYC 4
Stanley • NBY 4
6. Barnhill • NYC 3
Anderson • NYC 3
Welmaker • HG 3
9. Morgan • BEG 2
Miller • PS 2
Partlow • PS 2
Glover • BEG 2
Davis • PS 2
Curry • PS 2
Byrd • BEG 2

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Welmaker • HG 38
2. Partlow • PS 36
3. Harris • PS 35
Mack • NBY 35
5. Morgan • BEG 30
6. Walker • HG 29
7. Byrd • BEG 28
8. Hinton • BEG 26
9. Sunkett • PS 24
10. Glover • BEG 22
Porter • BEG 22

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Byrd • BEG 133
2. Welmaker • HG 124
3. Stanley • NBY 104
4. Porter • BEG 96
5. Partlow • PS 95
6. Harris • PS 81
7. Walker • HG 78
8. Glover • BEG 76
9. Hooker • NE 69
10. Ricks • PS 66

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. Scantlebury • NYC 4.500
2. Barnhill • NYC 3.364
3. Byrd • BEG 3.250
4. Stanley • NBY 3.063
5. Tiant • NYC 3.000
6. Hooker • NE 2.900
7. Newcombe • NE 2.714
8. Brown • HG 2.500
9. Porter • BEG 2.409
10. Morris • NYC 2.308

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. Blair • HG 0.000
Wright • 2TM 0.000
Tiant • NYC 0.000
Scantlebury • NYC 0.000
Ricks • PS 0.000
Morris • NYC 0.000
Hooker • NE 0.000
8. Newcombe • NE 0.123
9. Walker • HG 0.124
10. Harris • PS 0.132

Losses

Losses

1. Harris • PS 8
2. Stanley • NBY 7
3. Hooker • NE 6
4. Mack • NBY 5
Byrd • BEG 5
6. Anderson • NYC 4
Partlow • PS 4
Glover • BEG 4
Walker • HG 4
10. Newcombe • NE 3
Morgan • BEG 3
Dihigo • NYC 3
Miller • PS 3
Poole • NBY 3
Walker • HG 3
Barnhill • NYC 3
Brown • HG 3

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Harris • PS 46
2. Byrd • BEG 45
3. Mack • NBY 42
4. Glover • BEG 41
5. Welmaker • HG 39
6. Stanley • NBY 34
7. Partlow • PS 33
8. Porter • BEG 31
Walker • HG 31
10. Morgan • BEG 29

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Morgan • BEG 3
Troy • BEG 3
3. Walker • HG 2
Morris • NYC 2
Blaylock • HG 2
6. Glover • BEG 1
Harris • PS 1
Hinton • BEG 1
Hopkins • NE 1
Lewis • HG 1
Peace • NE 1
Ricks • PS 1
Tiant • NYC 1
Welmaker • HG 1
Williams • NE 1
Wright • 2TM 1
Newcombe • NE 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Harris • PS 4
2. Wright • 2TM 3
Partlow • PS 3
Hoskins • HG 3
5. Poole • NBY 2
Newcombe • NE 2
Porter • BEG 2
Barnhill • NYC 2
Ricks • PS 2
Howard • NYC 2
Hopkins • NE 2
Hinton • BEG 2
Glover • BEG 2
Troy • BEG 2
Welmaker • HG 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Welmaker • HG 558
2. Byrd • BEG 551
3. Partlow • PS 467
4. Porter • BEG 408
5. Stanley • NBY 382
6. Walker • HG 331
7. Harris • PS 320
8. Newcombe • NE 310
9. Ricks • PS 304
10. Glover • BEG 302

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. Scantlebury • NYC 9
2. Ricks • PS 8
3. Mack • NBY 5
Partlow • PS 5
5. Walker • HG 4
Troy • BEG 4
Stanley • NBY 4
Harris • PS 4
Hinton • BEG 4
Morris • NYC 4

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Blair • HG 438
2. Wright • 2TM 307
3. Morris • NYC 243
4. Welmaker • HG 161
5. Ricks • PS 161
6. Partlow • PS 159
7. Miller • PS 154
8. Porter • BEG 142
9. Newcombe • NE 142
10. Byrd • BEG 135

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. Tiant • NYC 1.76
2. Scantlebury • NYC 2.08
3. Byrd • BEG 2.19
4. Morris • NYC 2.22
5. Newcombe • NE 2.29
6. Hooker • NE 2.31
7. Ricks • PS 2.35
8. Blair • HG 2.51
9. Partlow • PS 2.57
10. Wright • 2TM 2.63

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. Welmaker • HG 26
2. Partlow • PS 21
3. Byrd • BEG 17
4. Blair • HG 16
5. Wright • 2TM 15
6. Porter • BEG 12
7. Ricks • PS 12
8. Morris • NYC 11
9. Newcombe • NE 9
10. Stanley • NBY 9

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. Welmaker • HG 2.7
2. Partlow • PS 2.1
3. Blair • HG 1.7
4. Byrd • BEG 1.6
5. Wright • 2TM 1.6
6. Morris • NYC 1.2
7. Porter • BEG 1.1
8. Ricks • PS 1.1
9. Newcombe • NE 0.9
10. Stanley • NBY 0.9

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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