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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. Day • NE 5.3
2. Brown • PS 4.4
3. Kimbro • BEG 3.5
4. Butts • BEG 3.4
5. Doby • NE 3.3
6. Lewis • NE 3.0
7. Manning • NE 2.9
8. Fields • HG 2.6
9. Tiant • NYC 2.5
10. Pearson • NE 2.4

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 • PS 4.4
2. Day • NE 4.4
3. McHenry • PS 2.7
4. Tiant • NYC 2.6
5. Manning • NE 2.6
6. Lewis • NE 2.6
7. Fields • HG 2.2
8. Newkirk • NBY 1.8
9. Hooker • NE 1.7
10. Morris • NYC 1.6

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. Lewis • NE 1.97
2. Day • NE 2.44
3. Fields • HG 2.63
4. Tiant • NYC 2.70
Brown • PS 2.70
6. Manning • NE 2.99
7. Hooker • NE 3.05
8. Morris • NYC 3.47
9. Gaines • BEG 3.51
10. McHenry • PS 3.71

Wins

Wins

1. Day • NE 13
2. Manning • NE 11
3. McHenry • PS 10
Brown • PS 10
5. Lewis • NE 8
Gaines • BEG 8
Fields • HG 8
8. Scantlebury • NYC 7
Smith • HG 7
10. Black • 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. Fields • HG .889
2. Day • NE .867
3. Manning • NE .846
4. Lewis • NE .800
5. Figueroa • BEG .667
6. Scantlebury • NYC .636
7. Brown • PS .625
McHenry • PS .625
9. Gaines • BEG .615
10. Tiant • NYC .571

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Lewis • NE 1.073
2. Morris • NYC 1.107
3. Day • NE 1.120
4. Brown • PS 1.146
5. Manning • NE 1.155
6. Hooker • NE 1.167
7. Fields • HG 1.182
8. Gaines • BEG 1.260
9. Porter • BEG 1.270
10. Byrd • BEG 1.270

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Day • NE 6.632
2. Morris • NYC 7.075
3. Fields • HG 7.322
4. Lewis • NE 7.489
5. Brown • PS 7.892
6. Black • BEG 8.143
7. Gaines • BEG 8.230
8. Hooker • NE 8.300
9. Figueroa • BEG 8.343
10. Manning • NE 8.601

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 1.232
2. Manning • NE 1.795
3. Porter • BEG 2.022
4. Lewis • NE 2.168
5. Hooker • NE 2.206
6. Stanley • NBY 2.229
7. Brown • PS 2.423
8. Morris • NYC 2.888
9. McHenry • PS 3.071
10. Gaines • BEG 3.112

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Day • NE 7.376
2. Harris • PS 6.480
3. Fillmore • PS 6.171
4. Lewis • NE 5.912
5. McHenry • PS 5.758
6. Tiant • NYC 5.400
7. Smith • HG 5.324
8. Morris • NYC 5.053
9. Manning • NE 5.011
10. Black • BEG 4.929

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McHenry • PS 24
Black • BEG 24
3. Harris • PS 22
4. Manning • NE 19
Brown • PS 19
6. Smith • HG 18
7. Scantlebury • NYC 17
8. Gaines • BEG 16
9. Crue • NYC 15
Day • NE 15
Ricks • PS 15
Byrd • BEG 15
Johnson • NBY 15

Saves

Saves

1. Radcliffe • HG 5
2. Brown • PS 2
Scantlebury • NYC 2
Manning • NE 2
Hooker • NE 2
Crue • NYC 2
Byrd • BEG 2
8. Tiant • NYC 1
Black • BEG 1
Romby • BEG 1
Ricks • PS 1
Porter • BEG 1
Peace • NE 1
McHenry • PS 1
Davis • NE 1
Hairston • HG 1
Gaines • BEG 1
Fields • HG 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. McHenry • PS 140.2
2. Day • NE 133.0
3. Brown • PS 130.0
4. Black • BEG 126.0
5. Manning • NE 120.1
6. Smith • HG 118.1
7. Lewis • NE 91.1
8. Gaines • BEG 89.2
9. Porter • BEG 89.0
10. Hooker • NE 85.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Day • NE 109
2. McHenry • PS 90
3. Smith • HG 70
4. Black • BEG 69
Brown • PS 69
6. Manning • NE 67
7. Lewis • NE 60
8. Harris • PS 54
9. Porter • BEG 46
10. Gaines • BEG 45

Games Started

Games Started

1. Smith • HG 17
2. Black • BEG 15
Brown • PS 15
Day • NE 15
McHenry • PS 15
6. Gaines • BEG 13
Lewis • NE 13
8. Manning • NE 12
9. Barnhill • NYC 11
Fields • HG 11
Byrd • BEG 11

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Day • NE 14
2. Brown • PS 12
3. Manning • NE 11
4. McHenry • PS 8
Black • BEG 8
Smith • HG 8
7. Lewis • NE 7
Hooker • NE 7
9. Gaines • BEG 6
Porter • BEG 6
Newkirk • NBY 6
Fields • HG 6
Barnhill • NYC 6
Byrd • BEG 6

Shutouts

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

1. Day • NE 3
2. Brown • PS 2
Fields • HG 2
4. Barnhill • NYC 1
Crue • NYC 1
Figueroa • BEG 1
Fillmore • PS 1
Gaines • BEG 1
Hooker • NE 1
Lewis • NE 1
McHenry • PS 1
Peace • NE 1
Perry • HG 1
Porter • BEG 1
Smith • HG 1
Tiant • NYC 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Byrd • BEG 7
2. Stanley • NBY 6
Manning • NE 6
Lewis • NE 6
Crue • NYC 6
Hairston • HG 6
7. Porter • BEG 5
8. McHenry • PS 4
Brown • PS 4
Johnson • NBY 4
Gaines • BEG 4

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Smith • HG 63
2. Day • NE 51
3. Black • BEG 50
4. McHenry • PS 48
5. Harris • PS 41
6. Figueroa • BEG 40
7. Tiant • NYC 37
8. Brown • PS 35
9. Scantlebury • NYC 33
10. Gaines • BEG 31

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McHenry • PS 141
2. Smith • HG 120
3. Manning • NE 115
4. Black • BEG 114
Brown • PS 114
6. Day • NE 98
7. Stanley • NBY 95
8. Porter • BEG 93
9. Byrd • BEG 91
10. Scantlebury • NYC 90

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 • BEG 3.545
2. Manning • NE 2.792
3. Lewis • NE 2.727
4. Porter • BEG 2.300
5. Day • NE 2.137
6. Brown • PS 1.971
7. McHenry • PS 1.875
8. Stanley • NBY 1.778
9. Morris • NYC 1.750
10. Hooker • NE 1.714

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. Hooker • NE 0.000
2. Scantlebury • NYC 0.114
3. Tiant • NYC 0.129
4. Smith • HG 0.152
5. Day • NE 0.203
6. Black • BEG 0.214
7. Fields • HG 0.229
8. Newkirk • NBY 0.231
9. Harris • PS 0.240
10. McHenry • PS 0.256

Losses

Losses

1. Black • BEG 9
2. Smith • HG 7
Byrd • BEG 7
Stanley • NBY 7
5. Brown • PS 6
McHenry • PS 6
7. Gaines • BEG 5
Ricks • PS 5
Harris • PS 5
Newkirk • NBY 5
Hooker • NE 5
Johnson • NBY 5

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Smith • HG 62
2. McHenry • PS 58
3. Black • BEG 53
4. Harris • PS 51
5. Johnson • NBY 50
6. Porter • BEG 43
7. Stanley • NBY 42
Scantlebury • NYC 42
9. Byrd • BEG 40
Manning • NE 40

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Smith • HG 4
2. Fields • HG 2
Figueroa • BEG 2
Hinton • BEG 2
Jenkins • NYC 2
Anderson • NYC 2
McHenry • PS 2
Ricks • PS 2
9. Brown • PS 1
Davis • NE 1
England • NE 1
Forrest • NBY 1
Hairston • HG 1
Medley • NBY 1
Radcliffe • HG 1
Romby • BEG 1
Walker • HG 1
Williams • NE 1
Harvey • 2TM 1
Lewis • NE 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Anderson • NYC 4
Black • BEG 4
Smith • HG 4
4. McHenry • PS 3
Hoskins • HG 3
Perry • HG 3
Thurman • HG 3
Barnhill • NYC 3
9. Day • NE 2
Figueroa • BEG 2
Scantlebury • NYC 2
Porter • BEG 2
Byrd • BEG 2
Morris • NYC 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. McHenry • PS 598
2. Day • NE 552
3. Black • BEG 551
4. Smith • HG 545
5. Brown • PS 528
6. Manning • NE 499
7. Gaines • BEG 386
8. Porter • BEG 380
9. Lewis • NE 369
10. Scantlebury • NYC 359
Hooker • NE 359

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. Radcliffe • HG 11
2. McHenry • PS 8
Black • BEG 8
4. Johnson • NBY 7
Harris • PS 7
Scantlebury • NYC 7
7. Manning • NE 6
8. Thurman • HG 5
Griffith • NBY 5
Ricks • PS 5
Crue • NYC 5
Brown • PS 5
Tiant • NYC 5
Barnes • BEG 5

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Lewis • NE 225
2. Day • NE 182
3. Fields • HG 169
4. Tiant • NYC 164
5. Brown • PS 164
6. Manning • NE 148
7. Hooker • NE 145
8. Morris • NYC 128
9. Gaines • BEG 126
10. McHenry • PS 119

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. Day • NE 2.44
2. Hooker • NE 2.52
3. Brown • PS 2.73
4. Manning • NE 2.75
5. McHenry • PS 2.77
6. Lewis • NE 2.85
7. Porter • BEG 3.03
8. Fillmore • PS 3.05
9. Black • BEG 3.09
10. Newkirk • NBY 3.11

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. Day • NE 30
2. Brown • PS 26
3. Lewis • NE 21
4. Manning • NE 18
5. Fields • HG 16
6. Tiant • NYC 14
7. Hooker • NE 12
8. McHenry • PS 12
9. Hinton • BEG 8
10. Morris • NYC 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. Day • NE 3.1
2. Brown • PS 2.5
3. Lewis • NE 2.1
4. Manning • NE 1.7
5. Fields • HG 1.5
6. Tiant • NYC 1.4
7. Hooker • NE 1.1
8. McHenry • PS 1.1
9. Hinton • BEG 0.9
10. Morris • NYC 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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