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Negro National League 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 • CAG 4.4
2. Charleston • ABC 4.0
3. Lyons • DS 3.9
4. Torriente • CAG 3.8
5. Crawford • KCM 3.6
6. Williams • CAG 3.5
7. Portuondo • KCM 3.4
8. Leblanc • CSW 3.3
9. Donaldson • KCM 3.2
10. Curry • KCM 2.9

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 • CAG 4.6
2. Crawford • KCM 3.7
3. Williams • CAG 3.5
4. Curry • KCM 3.2
5. Leblanc • CSW 3.1
6. Holland • DS 3.0
7. Finner • SLG 2.6
8. Drake • SLG 2.4
9. Johnson • 2TM 2.3
10. McClure • ABC 2.1

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. Brown • CAG 1.72
2. Williams • CAG 2.13
3. Leblanc • CSW 2.31
4. McClure • ABC 2.36
5. Gatewood • DS 2.73
6. Johnson • 2TM 2.77
7. Crawford • KCM 2.87
8. Holland • DS 2.92
9. Donaldson • KCM 2.98
10. Finner • SLG 3.01

Wins

Wins

1. Crawford • KCM 14
2. Brown • CAG 12
3. Williams • CAG 11
Gatewood • DS 11
5. Johnson • 2TM 10
Holland • DS 10
Dismukes • ABC 10
Drake • SLG 10
9. Hernández • CSW 9
10. Johnson • ABC 8
Curry • KCM 8

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. Johnson • 2TM .833
2. Brown • CAG .800
3. Williams • CAG .733
4. Gatewood • DS .688
5. Donaldson • KCM .667
Wickware • CAG .667
Holland • DS .667
8. Crawford • KCM .636
9. Dismukes • ABC .588
10. Rogan • KCM .545
Britt • DM .545

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brown • CAG 0.889
2. Williams • CAG 1.068
3. Leblanc • CSW 1.091
4. Finner • SLG 1.114
5. Britt • DM 1.117
6. Johnson • 2TM 1.128
7. Crawford • KCM 1.139
8. Holland • DS 1.144
9. Donaldson • KCM 1.146
10. Curry • KCM 1.146

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • CAG 4.892
2. Britt • DM 7.193
3. Crawford • KCM 7.382
4. Dismukes • ABC 7.405
5. Williams • CAG 7.480
6. Leblanc • CSW 7.714
7. Holland • DS 7.722
8. McClure • ABC 7.875
9. Gatewood • DS 7.967
10. Johnson • 2TM 8.077

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. Finner • SLG 1.507
2. Curry • KCM 1.929
3. Donaldson • KCM 2.020
4. Johnson • 2TM 2.077
5. Taylor • COG 2.083
6. Leblanc • CSW 2.104
7. Williams • CAG 2.128
8. Johnson • ABC 2.316
9. Holland • DS 2.574
10. Gatewood • DS 2.582

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Rogan • KCM 7.092
2. Brown • CAG 6.162
3. Leblanc • CSW 5.260
4. Donaldson • KCM 5.209
5. Crawford • KCM 5.053
6. Gatewood • DS 5.016
7. Marshall • CAG 4.978
8. Holland • DS 4.977
9. Carr • SLG 4.848
10. Farrell • 2TM 4.804

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Crawford • KCM 26
2. Johnson • ABC 25
Holland • DS 25
Dismukes • ABC 25
Curry • KCM 25
6. Jeffries • ABC 24
Drake • SLG 24
8. Hernández • CSW 22
Williams • CAG 22
10. Gatewood • DS 20

Saves

Saves

1. Holland • DS 3
Williams • CAG 3
3. Gatewood • DS 2
Jeffries • ABC 2
5. Cooper • DS 1
Crawford • KCM 1
Curry • KCM 1
Donaldson • KCM 1
Drake • SLG 1
Finner • SLG 1
Hernández • CSW 1
Marshall • CAG 1
Taylor • ABC 1
Valdés • CSW 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Drake • SLG 191.0
2. Curry • KCM 186.2
3. Crawford • KCM 181.2
4. Johnson • ABC 171.0
5. Holland • DS 157.1
6. Hernández • CSW 154.1
7. Williams • CAG 148.0
8. Brown • CAG 141.2
9. Finner • SLG 137.1
Dismukes • ABC 137.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Crawford • KCM 102
2. Brown • CAG 97
3. Drake • SLG 90
4. Curry • KCM 89
5. Holland • DS 87
6. Rogan • KCM 83
7. Leblanc • CSW 75
8. Johnson • ABC 72
9. Gatewood • DS 68
10. Carr • SLG 65

Games Started

Games Started

1. Drake • SLG 22
2. Dismukes • ABC 19
3. Holland • DS 18
Hernández • CSW 18
Curry • KCM 18
Crawford • KCM 18
7. Johnson • ABC 17
8. Carr • SLG 16
Williams • CAG 16
10. Valdés • CSW 15
Brown • CAG 15

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Drake • SLG 19
2. Hernández • CSW 15
3. Williams • CAG 14
Crawford • KCM 14
5. Brown • CAG 13
6. Leblanc • CSW 12
Johnson • ABC 12
Holland • DS 12
Valdés • CSW 12
Curry • KCM 12

Shutouts

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

1. Dismukes • ABC 3
2. Johnson • 2TM 2
Brown • CAG 2
Williams • CAG 2
Crawford • KCM 2
6. Britt • DM 1
Carr • SLG 1
Curry • KCM 1
Donaldson • KCM 1
Drake • SLG 1
Branham • DM 1
Jeffries • ABC 1
Marshall • CAG 1
McClure • ABC 1
Rile • ABC 1
Taylor • ABC 1
Taylor • COG 1
Williams • ABC 1
Finner • SLG 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Holland • DS 6
2. Gatewood • DS 5
Valdés • CSW 5
4. Chase • COG 4
Johnson • 2TM 4
Taylor • COG 4
7. Britt • DM 3
Leblanc • CSW 3
Méndez • KCM 3
Hernández • CSW 3
Finner • SLG 3
Drake • SLG 3
Carr • SLG 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Drake • SLG 64
2. Crawford • KCM 58
3. Dismukes • ABC 57
4. Carr • SLG 55
5. Valdés • CSW 54
6. Hernández • CSW 51
7. Brown • CAG 49
8. Holland • DS 45
9. Johnson • ABC 44
10. Jeffries • ABC 42
Marshall • CAG 42

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Drake • SLG 206
2. Hernández • CSW 174
Curry • KCM 174
4. Johnson • ABC 158
5. Crawford • KCM 149
6. Valdés • CSW 136
7. Holland • DS 135
8. Finner • SLG 130
9. Carr • SLG 126
10. Williams • CAG 123

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. Donaldson • KCM 2.579
2. Leblanc • CSW 2.500
3. Curry • KCM 2.225
4. Finner • SLG 2.217
5. Rogan • KCM 2.184
6. Brown • CAG 1.980
7. Gatewood • DS 1.943
8. Holland • DS 1.933
9. Taylor • COG 1.920
10. Johnson • 2TM 1.778

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. Brown • CAG 0.000
Marshall • CAG 0.000
Johnson • ABC 0.000
Curry • KCM 0.000
Donaldson • KCM 0.000
6. Jeffries • ABC 0.073
7. Rogan • KCM 0.085
8. Crawford • KCM 0.099
9. Williams • ABC 0.109
10. Williams • CAG 0.122

Losses

Losses

1. Drake • SLG 12
2. Curry • KCM 11
3. Taylor • COG 9
Farrell • 2TM 9
Hernández • CSW 9
Carr • SLG 9
Valdés • CSW 9
8. Leblanc • CSW 8
Crawford • KCM 8
Jeffries • ABC 8

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hernández • CSW 66
Drake • SLG 66
Johnson • ABC 66
4. Curry • KCM 63
Valdés • CSW 63
Jeffries • ABC 63
7. Dismukes • ABC 58
Crawford • KCM 58
9. Farrell • 2TM 55
10. Carr • SLG 54

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Carr • SLG 5
2. Johnson • ABC 4
Hernández • CSW 4
4. Ragland • 2TM 3
Taylor • COG 3
Rogan • KCM 3
Crawford • KCM 3
8. Dismukes • ABC 2
Davis • 2TM 2
Gray • DM 2
Valdés • CSW 2
Chase • COG 2
Brown • DS 2

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Brown • CAG 10
2. Johnson • ABC 9
Dismukes • ABC 9
4. Farrell • 2TM 8
Williams • ABC 8
6. Taylor • COG 7
Chase • COG 7
Curry • KCM 7
9. Hernández • CSW 6
Gatewood • DS 6
Jeffries • ABC 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Drake • SLG 832
2. Curry • KCM 764
3. Crawford • KCM 758
4. Johnson • ABC 728
5. Hernández • CSW 680
6. Holland • DS 654
7. Williams • CAG 596
8. Dismukes • ABC 589
9. Finner • SLG 558
10. Valdés • CSW 552

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Brown • CAG 210
2. Williams • CAG 169
3. Leblanc • CSW 156
4. McClure • ABC 153
5. Gatewood • DS 132
6. Johnson • 2TM 131
7. Crawford • KCM 125
8. Holland • DS 123
9. Donaldson • KCM 121
10. Finner • SLG 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. Donaldson • KCM 2.35
2. Rogan • KCM 2.49
3. Curry • KCM 2.60
4. Brown • CAG 2.68
5. Leblanc • CSW 2.69
6. Crawford • KCM 2.86
7. Johnson • ABC 2.89
8. Finner • SLG 2.93
9. Marshall • CAG 2.93
10. Williams • CAG 2.97

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. Brown • CAG 28
2. Williams • CAG 22
3. Leblanc • CSW 16
4. Crawford • KCM 14
5. Holland • DS 14
6. Johnson • 2TM 12
7. Gatewood • DS 11
8. Curry • KCM 11
9. McClure • ABC 10
10. Finner • SLG 8

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. Brown • CAG 3.1
2. Williams • CAG 2.4
3. Leblanc • CSW 1.7
4. Crawford • KCM 1.5
5. Holland • DS 1.4
6. Johnson • 2TM 1.3
7. Gatewood • DS 1.1
8. Curry • KCM 1.1
9. McClure • ABC 1.1
10. Finner • SLG 0.8

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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