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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 • 3TM 7.2
2. Brewer • KCM 6.0
3. Stearnes • DS 5.2
4. Williams • SLS 5.1
5. Morris • CAG 4.4
6. Bell • KCM 4.3
7. Cooper • KCM 4.0
8. Suttles • 3TM 3.8
9. Russ • CAG 3.7
10. Paige • BBB 3.6

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. Brewer • KCM 5.6
2. Williams • SLS 5.0
3. Morris • CAG 4.4
4. Paige • BBB 3.8
5. Bell • KCM 3.6
6. Salmon • BBB 3.6
7. Cooper • KCM 3.5
8. Foster • CAG 2.9
9. Bell • MRS 2.8
10. McDonald • CAG 2.5

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. Brewer • KCM 2.12
2. Morris • CAG 2.19
3. Cooper • KCM 2.98
4. Williams • SLS 3.09
5. Bell • KCM 3.38
6. Hensley • SLS 3.50
7. Foster • CAG 3.52
8. Cooper • KCM 3.68
9. Salmon • BBB 3.75
10. Davis • 2TM 3.92

Wins

Wins

1. Williams • SLS 19
2. Cooper • KCM 15
3. Bell • KCM 14
Brewer • KCM 14
Hensley • SLS 14
6. Paige • BBB 13
7. Cooper • KCM 11
8. Trent • SLS 10
Holsey • CAG 10
10. Henry • DS 9
Salmon • BBB 9
Foster • CAG 9

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. Brewer • KCM .875
2. Cooper • KCM .789
3. Cooper • KCM .786
4. Bell • KCM .778
5. Williams • SLS .760
6. Hensley • SLS .636
7. Shaw • DS .615
Morris • CAG .615
9. Henry • DS .600
10. Paige • BBB .591

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brewer • KCM 0.979
2. Bell • KCM 1.051
3. Morris • CAG 1.109
4. Salmon • BBB 1.143
5. Williams • SLS 1.202
6. Foster • CAG 1.243
7. Davis • 2TM 1.244
8. Cooper • KCM 1.254
9. Díaz • CSW 1.254
10. Paige • BBB 1.275

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Brewer • KCM 6.429
2. Morris • CAG 7.563
3. Bell • KCM 7.682
4. Foster • CAG 8.032
5. Díaz • CSW 8.041
6. Tyler • DS 8.091
7. Williams • SLS 8.757
8. Shaw • DS 8.883
9. Hensley • SLS 9.039
10. Davis • 2TM 9.207

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. Salmon • BBB 1.080
2. Bell • MRS 1.500
3. Bell • KCM 1.777
4. Cooper • KCM 1.869
5. Davis • 2TM 1.991
6. Paige • BBB 2.002
7. Glass • MRS 2.033
8. Williams • SLS 2.060
9. Curry • MRS 2.118
10. Davis • DS 2.272

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 8.674
2. Díaz • CSW 7.451
3. Cooper • KCM 6.443
4. Trent • SLS 5.519
5. Tyler • DS 5.453
6. Foster • CAG 5.375
7. Salmon • BBB 5.343
8. Bell • KCM 5.159
9. Curry • MRS 4.235
10. Marshall • CAG 4.085

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Davis • 2TM 34
Williams • SLS 34
3. Paige • BBB 31
4. Salmon • BBB 30
5. Hensley • SLS 28
6. Birdine • BBB 27
7. Cooper • KCM 26
8. Foster • CAG 25
Bell • KCM 25
Glass • MRS 25
Trent • SLS 25

Saves

Saves

1. Cooper • KCM 5
2. Brewer • KCM 4
3. Bell • KCM 3
Foster • CAG 3
Davis • 2TM 3
6. Paige • BBB 2
Salmon • BBB 2
Williams • SLS 2
9. Cooper • KCM 1
Holsey • CAG 1
Nash • MRS 1
Trent • SLS 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Williams • SLS 209.2
2. Paige • BBB 202.1
3. Salmon • BBB 158.1
4. Bell • KCM 157.0
5. Hensley • SLS 154.1
6. Trent • SLS 151.2
7. Cooper • KCM 146.2
8. Foster • CAG 145.2
Birdine • BBB 145.2
10. Davis • 2TM 144.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Paige • BBB 195
2. Cooper • KCM 105
3. Díaz • CSW 101
4. Salmon • BBB 94
5. Trent • SLS 93
6. Bell • KCM 90
7. Foster • CAG 87
8. Williams • SLS 72
9. Tyler • DS 62
10. Davis • 2TM 58

Games Started

Games Started

1. Williams • SLS 24
2. Salmon • BBB 21
Cooper • KCM 21
4. Paige • BBB 20
5. Birdine • BBB 19
Hensley • SLS 19
7. Trent • SLS 18
8. Bell • KCM 17
Glass • MRS 17
Foster • CAG 17

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Williams • SLS 17
2. Paige • BBB 15
3. Bell • KCM 13
Foster • CAG 13
Brewer • KCM 13
6. Salmon • BBB 12
7. Trent • SLS 11
Hensley • SLS 11
Díaz • CSW 11
Morris • CAG 11
Bell • BBB 11

Shutouts

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

1. Brewer • KCM 3
Davis • 2TM 3
Salmon • BBB 3
Morris • CAG 3
5. Holsey • CAG 2
Williams • SLS 2
McDonald • CAG 2
Hensley • SLS 2
Henry • DS 2
Glass • MRS 2
Foster • CAG 2
Cooper • KCM 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Davis • DS 17
2. Mitchell • DS 15
3. Paige • BBB 13
Henry • DS 13
5. Williams • SLS 12
6. Bell • BBB 11
Glass • MRS 11
8. Trent • SLS 10
Curry • MRS 10
10. Salmon • BBB 9
Birdine • BBB 9

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hensley • SLS 68
2. Trent • SLS 58
Cooper • KCM 58
4. Mitchell • DS 57
5. Shaw • DS 56
6. Foster • CAG 51
7. Henry • DS 50
8. Williams • SLS 48
9. Marshall • CAG 47
10. Paige • BBB 45

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Paige • BBB 213
2. Birdine • BBB 211
3. Williams • SLS 204
4. Trent • SLS 172
Glass • MRS 172
6. Davis • DS 166
7. Salmon • BBB 162
8. Holsey • CAG 155
Hensley • SLS 155
10. Cooper • KCM 153

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. Salmon • BBB 4.947
2. Paige • BBB 4.333
3. Bell • KCM 2.903
4. Bell • MRS 2.714
5. Díaz • CSW 2.295
6. Curry • MRS 2.000
7. Davis • 2TM 1.813
8. Cooper • KCM 1.810
9. Glass • MRS 1.781
10. Cooper • KCM 1.741

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. Brewer • KCM 0.064
2. Cooper • KCM 0.184
3. Foster • CAG 0.185
4. Cooper • KCM 0.208
5. Díaz • CSW 0.221
6. Morris • CAG 0.227
7. Marshall • CAG 0.299
8. Davis • 2TM 0.311
9. Bell • KCM 0.344
10. Hensley • SLS 0.408

Losses

Losses

1. Salmon • BBB 14
2. Bell • MRS 13
Birdine • BBB 13
4. Bell • BBB 10
Glass • MRS 10
6. Paige • BBB 9
Davis • DS 9
8. Hensley • SLS 8
Gálvez • CSW 8
Curry • MRS 8
Díaz • CSW 8

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Birdine • BBB 110
2. Paige • BBB 97
3. Bell • BBB 92
4. Davis • DS 83
5. Glass • MRS 82
6. Trent • SLS 79
7. Henry • DS 77
8. Williams • SLS 72
9. Mitchell • DS 71
10. Salmon • BBB 66

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Paige • BBB 6
2. Cornelius • MRS 5
Shaw • DS 5
Mitchell • DS 5
5. Davis • 2TM 4
Henry • DS 4
7. Bell • BBB 3
Bell • KCM 3
Bell • MRS 3
Brewer • KCM 3
Cooper • KCM 3

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hensley • SLS 10
Trent • SLS 10
3. Shaw • DS 8
4. Bell • BBB 7
5. Williams • SLS 6
Cooper • KCM 6
Cooper • KCM 6
Holsey • CAG 6
9. Glass • MRS 5
Bell • KCM 5
Powell • CAG 5

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Paige • BBB 866
2. Williams • SLS 861
3. Hensley • SLS 700
4. Birdine • BBB 693
5. Trent • SLS 681
6. Salmon • BBB 670
7. Cooper • KCM 640
8. Bell • KCM 630
9. Davis • DS 616
10. Glass • MRS 615

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. Davis • 2TM 13
2. Paige • BBB 10
Cooper • KCM 10
Williams • SLS 10
Salmon • BBB 10
6. Bell • KCM 8
Henry • DS 8
Davis • DS 8
9. Birdine • BBB 7
Foster • CAG 7

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Brewer • KCM 213
2. Morris • CAG 207
3. Cooper • KCM 152
4. Williams • SLS 146
5. Bell • KCM 134
6. Hensley • SLS 129
7. Foster • CAG 129
8. Cooper • KCM 123
9. Salmon • BBB 121
10. Davis • 2TM 116

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 2.95
2. Díaz • CSW 3.14
3. Salmon • BBB 3.31
4. Bell • KCM 3.38
5. Cooper • KCM 3.49
6. Foster • CAG 3.51
7. Brewer • KCM 3.53
8. Cooper • KCM 3.68
9. Davis • 2TM 3.69
10. Bell • MRS 3.75

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. Brewer • KCM 38
2. Williams • SLS 33
3. Morris • CAG 30
4. Cooper • KCM 23
5. Bell • KCM 21
6. McDonald • CAG 18
7. Foster • CAG 16
8. Hensley • SLS 15
9. Salmon • BBB 13
10. Davis • 2TM 12

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. Brewer • KCM 3.8
2. Williams • SLS 3.2
3. Morris • CAG 3.0
4. Cooper • KCM 2.2
5. Bell • KCM 2.0
6. McDonald • CAG 2.0
7. Foster • CAG 1.5
8. Hensley • SLS 1.4
9. Salmon • BBB 1.2
10. Davis • 2TM 1.2

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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