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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. Manning • NE 3.3
2. Byrd • BEG 3.2
3. Black • BEG 3.2
4. Gilliam • BEG 3.1
5. Lockett • BEG 3.0
6. Austin • PS 3.0
7. Kimbro • BEG 2.8
8. Scantlebury • NYC 2.8
9. Ricks • PS 2.4
10. Easter • HG 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. Manning • NE 3.2
2. Black • BEG 2.9
3. Byrd • BEG 2.5
4. Ricks • PS 2.3
5. Lewis • NE 2.1
6. Scantlebury • NYC 1.8
7. Miller • PS 1.7
8. Barnhill • NYC 1.6
9. Hooker • NE 1.5
10. Romby • BEG 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. Ricks • PS 1.73
2. Manning • NE 1.75
3. Lewis • NE 1.86
4. Byrd • BEG 1.90
5. Black • BEG 1.99
6. Romby • BEG 2.22
7. Brown • PS 2.54
8. Gaines • BEG 3.02
9. Parker • HG 3.03
10. Barnhill • NYC 3.06

Wins

Wins

1. Byrd • BEG 10
2. Manning • NE 9
3. Black • BEG 8
4. Scantlebury • NYC 7
Miller • PS 7
McHenry • PS 7
Gaines • BEG 7
8. Romby • BEG 6
Ricks • PS 6
Parker • HG 6
Fields • HG 6
Hooker • 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. Ricks • PS 1.000
2. Fields • HG .857
3. Parker • HG .750
Griffith • NBY .750
5. Black • BEG .727
6. Byrd • BEG .714
7. Gaines • BEG .700
8. Manning • NE .692
9. Romby • BEG .600
10. Scantlebury • NYC .583

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 1.022
2. Black • BEG 1.041
3. Hooker • NE 1.087
4. Manning • NE 1.112
5. Lewis • NE 1.112
6. Romby • BEG 1.180
7. Gaines • BEG 1.200
8. Parker • HG 1.211
9. Fields • HG 1.214
10. Walker • HG 1.230

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Romby • BEG 6.472
2. Black • BEG 6.512
3. Lewis • NE 6.517
4. Parker • HG 6.659
5. Manning • NE 6.988
6. Ricks • PS 7.442
7. Walker • HG 7.525
8. Byrd • BEG 7.589
9. Golden • NE 7.875
10. Gaines • BEG 7.992

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 1.543
2. Byrd • BEG 1.605
3. Hooker • NE 1.630
4. Burke • BEG 1.645
5. Fields • HG 1.929
6. Partlow • PS 1.938
7. McHenry • PS 2.414
8. Brown • PS 2.541
9. Gaines • BEG 2.808
10. Black • BEG 2.859

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • PS 6.988
2. Romby • BEG 6.876
3. Black • BEG 6.750
4. Gaines • BEG 6.372
5. Manning • NE 5.797
6. Byrd • BEG 5.765
7. Lewis • NE 5.703
8. McHenry • PS 5.632
9. Thurman • HG 5.617
10. Miller • PS 5.481

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Miller • PS 18
2. Black • BEG 17
Byrd • BEG 17
4. McHenry • PS 16
Romby • BEG 16
Scantlebury • NYC 16
7. Williams • NE 15
Manning • NE 15
Golden • NE 15
10. Hooker • NE 14

Saves

Saves

1. Romby • BEG 3
Thompson • HG 3
3. Golden • NE 2
4. Alexander • HG 1
Barnhill • NYC 1
Black • BEG 1
Ferrell • BEG 1
Lewis • NE 1
Ricks • PS 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Trice • HG 1
Williams • NE 1
Wilmore • BEG 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Byrd • BEG 123.1
2. Scantlebury • NYC 116.2
3. Black • BEG 113.1
Manning • NE 113.1
5. Miller • PS 111.2
6. McHenry • PS 100.2
7. Romby • BEG 89.0
8. Hooker • NE 88.1
9. Barnhill • NYC 85.1
10. Gaines • BEG 83.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Black • BEG 85
2. Byrd • BEG 79
3. Manning • NE 73
4. Miller • PS 68
Romby • BEG 68
6. McHenry • PS 63
Scantlebury • NYC 63
8. Gaines • BEG 59
9. Barnhill • NYC 50
10. Lewis • NE 49

Games Started

Games Started

1. Manning • NE 14
Miller • PS 14
3. Scantlebury • NYC 13
4. Barnhill • NYC 12
Black • BEG 12
McHenry • PS 12
Byrd • BEG 12
8. Hooker • NE 11
Gaines • BEG 11
10. Romby • BEG 10

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Manning • NE 12
2. Byrd • BEG 11
3. McHenry • PS 10
4. Scantlebury • NYC 9
5. Barnhill • NYC 8
Black • BEG 8
Hooker • NE 8
8. Romby • BEG 7
Miller • PS 7
10. Parker • HG 6
Thurman • HG 6
Gaines • BEG 6

Shutouts

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

1. Lewis • NE 3
2. Black • BEG 2
Golden • NE 2
4. Barnhill • NYC 1
Burke • BEG 1
Fields • HG 1
Griffith • NBY 1
Manning • NE 1
McHenry • PS 1
Miller • PS 1
Ricks • PS 1
Romby • BEG 1
Scantlebury • NYC 1
Thurman • HG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Barnhill • NYC 7
2. Scantlebury • NYC 6
Miller • PS 6
4. McHenry • PS 5
5. López • NYC 3
Smith • NBY 3
Parker • HG 3
Griffith • NBY 3
Golden • NE 3
Black • BEG 3
Brown • PS 3
Davidson • NBY 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Miller • PS 51
2. Romby • BEG 41
3. Manning • NE 38
4. Black • BEG 36
5. Parker • HG 35
6. López • NYC 32
7. Golden • NE 31
8. Barnhill • NYC 30
Lewis • NE 30
10. Williams • NE 29

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Scantlebury • NYC 126
2. McHenry • PS 116
3. Miller • PS 108
4. Byrd • BEG 104
5. Manning • NE 88
6. Barnhill • NYC 87
7. Williams • NE 84
8. Black • BEG 82
9. Hooker • NE 80
10. Burke • BEG 78

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 3.591
2. Scantlebury • NYC 3.150
3. Brown • PS 2.750
4. Hooker • NE 2.563
5. Black • BEG 2.361
6. Partlow • PS 2.357
7. McHenry • PS 2.333
8. Gaines • BEG 2.269
9. Fields • HG 2.167
10. Manning • NE 1.921

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. Walker • HG 0.000
Burke • BEG 0.000
Ricks • PS 0.000
Manning • NE 0.000
5. Romby • BEG 0.101
6. Gaines • BEG 0.108
7. Lewis • NE 0.116
8. Williams • NE 0.125
9. Byrd • BEG 0.146
10. Thurman • HG 0.181

Losses

Losses

1. Barnhill • NYC 7
Williams • NE 7
3. Miller • PS 6
McHenry • PS 6
Lewis • NE 6
6. Hooker • NE 5
Brown • PS 5
Scantlebury • NYC 5
López • NYC 5
10. Manning • NE 4
Golden • NE 4
Stephens • NBY 4
Thompson • HG 4
Thurman • HG 4
Byrd • BEG 4
Romby • BEG 4

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Miller • PS 50
2. McHenry • PS 46
3. Scantlebury • NYC 40
4. Williams • NE 38
5. Hooker • NE 32
6. López • NYC 31
7. Golden • NE 30
8. Thurman • HG 29
Barnhill • NYC 29
10. Gaines • BEG 28

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Barnhill • NYC 4
2. Brown • PS 2
Burke • BEG 2
Evans • HG 2
Williams • NE 2
Lewis • NE 2
Scantlebury • NYC 2
Manning • NE 2
McHenry • PS 2
Miller • PS 2
Ricks • PS 2

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Williams • NE 4
2. López • NYC 3
Stanley • NBY 3
Smith • NBY 3
Hooker • NE 3
6. Davidson • NBY 2
Thompson • HG 2
Stephens • NBY 2
Burke • BEG 2
Romby • BEG 2
Ricks • PS 2
Partlow • PS 2
Miller • PS 2
McHenry • PS 2
Manning • NE 2
Jenkins • NYC 2
Evans • HG 2
Lewis • NE 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Scantlebury • NYC 492
2. Byrd • BEG 487
3. Miller • PS 484
4. Manning • NE 468
5. Black • BEG 446
6. McHenry • PS 436
7. Barnhill • NYC 374
8. Romby • BEG 364
Hooker • NE 364
10. Gaines • BEG 348

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. Williams • NE 6
Golden • NE 6
Romby • BEG 6
4. Jenkins • NYC 5
López • NYC 5
Byrd • BEG 5
Brown • PS 5
8. Black • BEG 4
Miller • PS 4
Bell • HG 4
Griffith • NBY 4

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Ricks • PS 207
2. Manning • NE 204
3. Lewis • NE 192
4. Byrd • BEG 188
5. Black • BEG 179
6. Romby • BEG 160
7. Brown • PS 141
8. Gaines • BEG 118
9. Parker • HG 118
10. Barnhill • NYC 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. Byrd • BEG 2.26
2. Gaines • BEG 2.49
3. Manning • NE 2.54
4. Black • BEG 2.60
5. Hooker • NE 2.79
6. Burke • BEG 2.80
7. Brown • PS 2.81
8. Romby • BEG 2.84
9. Scantlebury • NYC 2.88
10. Partlow • PS 2.90

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. Byrd • BEG 20
2. Black • BEG 20
3. Manning • NE 20
4. Lewis • NE 13
5. Romby • BEG 12
6. Ricks • PS 11
7. Brown • PS 5
8. Gaines • BEG 5
9. Parker • HG 5
10. Hooker • NE 5

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 2.2
2. Black • BEG 2.1
3. Manning • NE 2.1
4. Lewis • NE 1.3
5. Romby • BEG 1.2
6. Ricks • PS 1.1
7. Brown • PS 0.5
8. Gaines • BEG 0.5
9. Parker • HG 0.5
10. Hooker • NE 0.5

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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