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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. Wells • SLS 7.6
2. Foster • CAG 7.3
3. Rile • DS 6.8
4. Stearnes • DS 6.2
5. Rogan • KCM 5.8
6. Parnell • BBB 5.1
7. Bell • KCM 4.8
8. Salmon • BBB 4.2
9. Streeter • BBB 4.2
10. Davis • CAG 4.1

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. Foster • CAG 7.3
2. Rogan • KCM 4.6
3. Bell • KCM 4.3
4. Harney • CAG 4.0
5. Salmon • BBB 4.0
6. Mitchell • KCM 3.7
7. Trent • SLS 3.6
8. Powell • CAG 3.6
9. McDonald • CAG 3.5
10. Streeter • BBB 3.5

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. Foster • CAG 2.21
2. McDonald • CAG 2.45
3. Mitchell • KCM 2.45
4. Rogan • KCM 2.49
5. Harney • CAG 2.58
6. Rile • DS 2.58
7. Powell • CAG 2.63
8. Bell • KCM 2.66
9. Curry • CAG 2.83
10. Salmon • BBB 2.95

Wins

Wins

1. Foster • CAG 21
2. Trent • SLS 15
Salmon • BBB 15
4. Morris • DS 14
Streeter • BBB 14
6. McDonald • SLS 13
Bell • KCM 13
Rogan • KCM 13
9. Rile • DS 12
Powell • CAG 12

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. Foster • CAG .808
2. Paige • BBB .800
3. Harrison • SLS .778
4. Bell • KCM .765
McDonald • SLS .765
6. Powell • CAG .750
7. Salmon • BBB .714
8. Rile • DS .667
9. Rogan • KCM .650
10. McDonald • CAG .643
Mitchell • KCM .643

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. McDonald • CAG 1.022
2. Paige • BBB 1.099
3. Rogan • KCM 1.101
4. Salmon • BBB 1.132
5. Foster • CAG 1.155
6. Rile • DS 1.155
7. Powell • CAG 1.169
8. Bell • KCM 1.170
9. Harney • CAG 1.185
10. Streeter • BBB 1.193

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Paige • BBB 7.309
2. Trent • SLS 7.579
3. Foster • CAG 7.751
4. Rile • DS 7.872
5. McDonald • CAG 7.937
6. Rogan • KCM 7.938
7. Powell • CAG 7.952
8. Salmon • BBB 8.151
9. Mitchell • KCM 8.534
10. Bell • KCM 8.593

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. McDonald • CAG 1.261
2. Harney • CAG 1.516
3. Bell • KCM 1.940
4. Rogan • KCM 1.970
5. Streeter • BBB 1.978
6. Davis • SLS 1.992
7. Salmon • BBB 2.038
8. Bell • MRS 2.051
9. McDonald • SLS 2.152
10. Curry • CAG 2.213

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Paige • BBB 8.599
2. Rogan • KCM 6.026
3. Trent • SLS 5.763
4. Pryor • MRS 5.611
5. Foster • CAG 5.409
6. Williams • SLS 5.332
7. Díaz • CSW 5.307
8. Tyler • 2TM 5.070
9. Powell • CAG 5.002
10. Streeter • BBB 4.924

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Trent • SLS 34
Davis • SLS 34
3. Foster • CAG 32
Poindexter • BBB 32
5. Streeter • BBB 31
6. Glass • 2TM 29
Rogan • KCM 29
8. Tyler • 2TM 28
Bell • MRS 28
Salmon • BBB 28

Saves

Saves

1. Rogan • KCM 4
Harney • CAG 4
3. Cooper • DS 2
Davis • SLS 2
Foster • CAG 2
Morris • DS 2
7. Bell • MRS 1
Bell • KCM 1
Brewer • KCM 1
Curry • CAG 1
Bell • MRS 1
Paige • BBB 1
Rosell • CSW 1
Ross • CHT 1
Williams • SLS 1
Dean • 2TM 1
Gatewood • 2TM 1
McDonald • SLS 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Trent • SLS 228.0
2. Streeter • BBB 223.0
3. Foster • CAG 211.1
4. Morris • DS 183.0
5. Salmon • BBB 176.2
6. Davis • SLS 162.2
7. Bell • KCM 162.1
Poindexter • BBB 162.1
9. Harney • CAG 160.1
10. Bell • MRS 158.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Trent • SLS 146
2. Foster • CAG 127
3. Streeter • BBB 122
4. Rogan • KCM 104
5. Paige • BBB 100
6. Salmon • BBB 90
7. Tyler • 2TM 80
Díaz • CSW 80
9. Morris • DS 79
10. Powell • CAG 78
Harney • CAG 78

Games Started

Games Started

1. Trent • SLS 25
2. Foster • CAG 24
3. Tyler • 2TM 21
Streeter • BBB 21
5. Poindexter • BBB 20
6. Brewer • KCM 18
Salmon • BBB 18
Powell • CAG 18
Pryor • MRS 18
10. Rile • DS 17
Morris • DS 17
Davis • SLS 17
Bell • KCM 17

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Foster • CAG 20
2. Streeter • BBB 18
3. Trent • SLS 16
4. Rile • DS 15
5. Salmon • BBB 14
6. Morris • DS 13
7. Bell • KCM 12
Rogan • KCM 12
Rosell • CSW 12
10. Bell • MRS 11
Díaz • CSW 11

Shutouts

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

1. Foster • CAG 6
2. Bell • KCM 4
Rogan • KCM 4
Powell • CAG 4
Mitchell • KCM 4
6. Paige • BBB 3
7. Streeter • BBB 2
Rosell • CSW 2
Rile • DS 2
Harney • CAG 2
Trent • SLS 2
Curry • CAG 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rosell • CSW 13
2. Morris • DS 12
3. Gómez • CSW 11
4. Pryor • MRS 10
5. Trent • SLS 9
Glass • 2TM 9
Poindexter • BBB 9
García • CSW 9
9. Bell • KCM 8
Williams • SLS 8
Moore • CHT 8
Drake • DS 8

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Trent • SLS 90
2. Pryor • MRS 82
3. Morris • DS 66
4. Foster • CAG 62
5. Poindexter • BBB 58
6. Díaz • CSW 50
7. Streeter • BBB 49
8. Stevens • 2TM 46
Brewer • KCM 46
Glass • 2TM 46
Drake • DS 46

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Streeter • BBB 217
2. Poindexter • BBB 196
3. Davis • SLS 193
4. Trent • SLS 192
5. Foster • CAG 182
Morris • DS 182
7. McDonald • SLS 174
8. Bell • MRS 170
9. Harney • CAG 163
10. Salmon • BBB 160

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. Paige • BBB 3.333
2. McDonald • CAG 3.176
3. Rogan • KCM 3.059
4. Harney • CAG 2.889
5. Streeter • BBB 2.490
6. Salmon • BBB 2.250
7. Foster • CAG 2.048
8. Rosell • CSW 2.000
Bell • MRS 2.000
10. Tyler • 2TM 1.951

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. Davis • SLS 0.166
2. Brewer • KCM 0.209
3. Mitchell • KCM 0.210
4. Foster • CAG 0.213
5. McDonald • CAG 0.223
6. Powell • CAG 0.257
7. Harney • CAG 0.281
8. Streeter • BBB 0.283
9. Salmon • BBB 0.306
10. Stamps • MRS 0.315

Losses

Losses

1. Streeter • BBB 13
Stamps • MRS 13
Rosell • CSW 13
Poindexter • BBB 13
5. Glass • 2TM 12
Pryor • MRS 12
7. Trent • SLS 11
Díaz • CSW 11
9. Bell • MRS 10
10. Harney • CAG 9

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Streeter • BBB 86
2. Poindexter • BBB 84
3. Trent • SLS 78
4. Davis • SLS 75
Stamps • MRS 75
6. Morris • DS 69
7. Pryor • MRS 68
8. Glass • 2TM 67
9. Bell • MRS 65
Stevens • 2TM 65

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Stamps • MRS 7
2. Mitchell • KCM 6
Pryor • MRS 6
Brewer • KCM 6
5. Trent • SLS 5
Williams • SLS 5
Daniels • BBB 5
8. Díaz • CSW 4
Gatewood • 2TM 4
10. Cooper • DS 3
García • CSW 3
Walker • KCM 3
Dean • 2TM 3
Harrison • SLS 3

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Morris • DS 13
2. Trent • SLS 12
3. Brewer • KCM 10
Pryor • MRS 10
5. Streeter • BBB 7
Rosell • CSW 7
7. Bell • MRS 6
Salmon • BBB 6
Daniels • BBB 6
Powell • CAG 6
Foster • CAG 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Trent • SLS 949
2. Streeter • BBB 928
3. Foster • CAG 871
4. Morris • DS 804
5. Salmon • BBB 740
6. Poindexter • BBB 737
7. Davis • SLS 704
8. Bell • MRS 674
9. Harney • CAG 673
10. Bell • KCM 668

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. Bell • MRS 14
Rogan • KCM 14
3. Glass • 2TM 13
4. Davis • SLS 12
5. Poindexter • BBB 11
Harney • CAG 11
7. Morris • DS 10
McDonald • SLS 10
9. Paige • BBB 8
Rosell • CSW 8
Williams • SLS 8
Streeter • BBB 8
Stamps • MRS 8

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Foster • CAG 180
2. McDonald • CAG 163
3. Mitchell • KCM 163
4. Rogan • KCM 160
5. Harney • CAG 154
6. Rile • DS 154
7. Powell • CAG 152
8. Bell • KCM 150
9. Curry • CAG 141
10. Salmon • BBB 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. Paige • BBB 2.78
2. Rogan • KCM 3.00
3. McDonald • CAG 3.04
4. Harney • CAG 3.12
5. Streeter • BBB 3.16
6. Foster • CAG 3.16
7. Davis • SLS 3.30
8. Salmon • BBB 3.30
9. Powell • CAG 3.34
10. Tyler • 2TM 3.40

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. Foster • CAG 41
2. Rogan • KCM 27
3. Bell • KCM 24
4. Harney • CAG 23
5. Mitchell • KCM 22
6. Rile • DS 21
7. Trent • SLS 20
8. Powell • CAG 20
9. McDonald • CAG 20
10. Salmon • BBB 19

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. Foster • CAG 4.2
2. Rogan • KCM 2.7
3. Bell • KCM 2.5
4. Harney • CAG 2.3
5. Mitchell • KCM 2.2
6. Rile • DS 2.1
7. McDonald • CAG 2.0
8. Powell • CAG 2.0
9. Trent • SLS 2.0
10. Salmon • BBB 1.9

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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