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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Manning • NE 3.3
2. Black • BEG 3.2
3. Byrd • BEG 3.2
4. Gilliam • BEG 3.1
Austin • PS 3.1
6. Lockett • BEG 3.0
7. Scantlebury • NYC 2.8
8. Kimbro • BEG 2.8
9. Ricks • PS 2.4
10. Easter • HG 2.3
WAR for Pitchers
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. Romby • BEG 1.6
10. Hooker • NE 1.5
Earned Run Average
1. Ricks • PS 1.56
2. Manning • NE 1.59
3. Byrd • BEG 1.75
4. Lewis • NE 1.86
5. Black • BEG 1.91
6. Romby • BEG 2.10
7. Brown • PS 2.38
8. Parker • HG 2.78
9. Barnhill • NYC 2.85
10. Gaines • BEG 2.92
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 %
1. Ricks • PS 1.000
2. Fields • HG .857
3. Parker • HG .750
4. Black • BEG .727
5. Byrd • BEG .714
6. Gaines • BEG .700
7. Manning • NE .692
8. Romby • BEG .600
9. Scantlebury • NYC .583
10. Hooker • NE .545
Walks & Hits per IP
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 1.167
7. Gaines • BEG 1.200
8. Parker • HG 1.211
9. Fields • HG 1.214
10. Ricks • PS 1.231
Hits per 9 IP
1. Romby • BEG 6.400
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. Byrd • BEG 7.589
8. Golden • NE 7.875
9. Gaines • BEG 7.992
10. Hooker • NE 8.151
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
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
1. Brown • PS 6.988
2. Romby • BEG 6.800
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
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
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
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 90.0
8. Hooker • NE 88.1
9. Barnhill • NYC 85.1
10. Gaines • BEG 83.1
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
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
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
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
1. Barnhill • NYC 7
2. Scantlebury • NYC 6
Miller • PS 6
4. McHenry • PS 5
5. Smith • NBY 3
Parker • HG 3
López • NYC 3
Griffith • NBY 3
Golden • NE 3
Davidson • NBY 3
Brown • PS 3
Black • BEG 3
Bases on Balls
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
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
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
1. Burke • BEG 0.000
Ricks • PS 0.000
Manning • NE 0.000
4. Romby • BEG 0.100
5. Gaines • BEG 0.108
6. Lewis • NE 0.116
7. Williams • NE 0.125
8. Byrd • BEG 0.146
9. Thurman • HG 0.181
10. Hooker • NE 0.204
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
1. Miller • PS 49
2. McHenry • PS 44
3. Scantlebury • NYC 39
4. Williams • NE 36
5. Hooker • NE 31
6. Golden • NE 28
Thurman • HG 28
López • NYC 28
9. Gaines • BEG 27
Barnhill • NYC 27
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
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
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 365
9. Hooker • NE 364
10. Gaines • BEG 347
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+
1. Ricks • PS 219
2. Manning • NE 214
3. Byrd • BEG 194
4. Lewis • NE 183
5. Black • BEG 179
6. Romby • BEG 162
7. Brown • PS 143
8. Parker • HG 122
9. Barnhill • NYC 120
10. Gaines • BEG 117
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Byrd • BEG 2.25
2. Gaines • BEG 2.47
3. Manning • NE 2.53
4. Black • BEG 2.58
5. Hooker • NE 2.77
6. Burke • BEG 2.79
7. Brown • PS 2.79
8. Romby • BEG 2.82
9. Scantlebury • NYC 2.86
10. Partlow • PS 2.88
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Byrd • BEG 20
2. Manning • NE 19
3. Black • BEG 19
4. Romby • BEG 12
5. Lewis • NE 12
6. Ricks • PS 10
7. Parker • HG 5
8. Brown • PS 5
9. Barnhill • NYC 5
10. Gaines • BEG 5
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Byrd • BEG 2.1
2. Manning • NE 2.1
3. Black • BEG 2.0
4. Lewis • NE 1.2
5. Romby • BEG 1.2
6. Ricks • PS 1.1
7. Parker • HG 0.5
8. Brown • PS 0.5
9. Barnhill • NYC 0.5
Gaines • BEG 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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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