1896 National League Pitching Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 792 games, 12 teams, approx. 132 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Frank Killen*	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	30	18	.625	3.41	5.08	52	50	1	44	5	0	432.1	476	244	164	7	119	134	14	1	9	1850	1.376	9.9	0.1	2.5	2.8	1.13
2	Kid Nichols	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	30	14	.682	2.83	5.10	49	43	6	37	3	1	372.1	387	211	117	14	101	102	7	0	13	1564	1.311	9.4	0.3	2.4	2.5	1.01
3	Cy Young	29	CL4	Maj	CLV	28	15	.651	3.24	4.65	51	46	4	42	5	3	414.1	477	214	149	7	62	140	11	0	10	1739	1.301	10.4	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.26
4	Jouett Meekin	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	26	14	.650	3.82	5.52	42	41	1	34	0	0	334.1	378	205	142	8	127	110	15	0	13	1480	1.510	10.2	0.2	3.4	3.0	0.87
5	George Cuppy	26	CL4	Maj	CLV	25	14	.641	3.12	4.35	46	40	6	35	1	1	358.0	388	173	124	8	75	86	7	0	5	1498	1.293	9.8	0.2	1.9	2.2	1.15
6	Bill Hoffer	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	25	7	.781	3.38	4.40	35	35	0	32	3	0	309.0	317	151	116	1	95	93	12	0	7	1311	1.333	9.2	0.0	2.8	2.7	0.98
7	Win Mercer	22	WSN	Maj	WHS	25	18	.581	4.13	6.54	46	45	1	38	2	0	366.1	456	266	168	10	117	94	20	0	10	1645	1.564	11.2	0.2	2.9	2.3	0.80
8	Frank Dwyer	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	24	11	.686	3.15	4.49	36	34	2	30	3	1	288.2	321	144	101	8	60	57	11	0	3	1221	1.320	10.0	0.2	1.9	1.8	0.95
9	Clark Griffith	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	23	11	.676	3.54	5.35	36	35	1	35	0	0	317.2	370	189	125	3	70	81	12	0	1	1364	1.385	10.5	0.1	2.0	2.3	1.16
10	Pink Hawley	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	22	21	.512	3.57	4.69	49	43	6	37	2	0	378.0	382	197	150	2	157	137	28	0	17	1652	1.426	9.1	0.0	3.7	3.3	0.87
11	Jack Stivetts	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	22	14	.611	4.10	5.99	42	36	6	31	2	0	329.0	353	219	150	19	99	71	7	0	5	1403	1.374	9.7	0.5	2.7	1.9	0.72
12	Jack Taylor	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	20	21	.488	4.79	7.07	45	41	4	35	1	1	359.0	459	282	191	17	112	97	20	1	3	1621	1.591	11.5	0.4	2.8	2.4	0.87
13	Theodore Breitenstein*	27	SLN	Maj	STL	18	26	.409	4.48	6.25	44	43	1	37	1	0	339.2	376	236	169	12	138	114	5	0	4	1494	1.513	10.0	0.3	3.7	3.0	0.83
14	Red Ehret	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	18	14	.563	3.42	4.78	34	33	1	29	2	0	276.2	298	147	105	5	74	60	9	0	4	1175	1.345	9.7	0.2	2.4	2.0	0.81
15	Danny Friend*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	18	14	.563	4.74	6.07	36	33	3	28	1	0	290.2	298	196	153	11	139	86	39	0	9	1310	1.503	9.2	0.3	4.3	2.7	0.62
16	Dad Clarke	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	17	24	.415	4.26	6.31	48	40	8	33	1	1	351.0	431	246	166	9	60	66	11	0	13	1510	1.399	11.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.10
17	Brickyard Kennedy	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	17	20	.459	4.42	6.21	42	38	4	28	1	1	305.2	334	211	150	12	130	76	12	0	10	1353	1.518	9.8	0.4	3.8	2.2	0.58
18	Zeke Wilson	26	CL4	Maj	CLV	17	9	.654	4.01	5.63	33	29	3	20	1	1	240.0	265	150	107	9	81	56	8	0	5	1043	1.442	9.9	0.3	3.0	2.1	0.69
19	Arlie Pond	23	BLN	Maj	BLN	16	8	.667	3.49	5.58	28	26	2	21	2	0	214.1	232	133	83	4	57	80	6	0	6	910	1.348	9.7	0.2	2.4	3.4	1.40
20	George Hemming	27	BLN	Maj	BLN	15	6	.714	4.19	5.03	25	21	4	20	3	0	202.0	233	113	94	9	54	33	3	0	2	870	1.421	10.4	0.4	2.4	1.5	0.61
21	Al Orth	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	15	10	.600	4.41	5.88	25	23	2	19	0	0	196.0	244	128	96	10	46	23	3	0	4	856	1.480	11.2	0.5	2.1	1.1	0.50
22	Adonis Terry	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	15	14	.517	4.43	6.34	30	28	2	25	1	0	235.2	273	166	116	6	88	75	10	0	6	1047	1.532	10.4	0.2	3.4	2.9	0.85
23	Duke Esper*	28	BLN	Maj	BLN	14	5	.737	3.58	4.63	20	18	2	14	1	0	155.2	168	80	62	3	39	19	2	0	1	656	1.330	9.7	0.2	2.3	1.1	0.49
24	Frank Foreman	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	14	7	.667	3.97	5.33	27	22	4	17	0	1	185.2	212	110	82	2	62	33	8	0	4	815	1.476	10.3	0.1	3.0	1.6	0.53
25	Harley Payne*	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	14	16	.467	3.39	4.80	34	28	6	24	2	0	241.2	284	129	91	4	58	52	8	0	0	1044	1.415	10.6	0.1	2.2	1.9	0.90
26	Buttons Briggs	20	CHN	Maj	CHC	12	8	.600	4.31	5.98	26	21	4	19	0	1	194.0	202	129	93	6	108	84	15	0	6	882	1.598	9.4	0.3	5.0	3.9	0.78
27	Dan Daub	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	12	11	.522	3.60	4.80	32	24	7	18	0	0	225.0	255	120	90	4	63	53	8	0	12	972	1.413	10.2	0.2	2.5	2.1	0.84
28	Chick Fraser	22	LS3	Maj	LOU	12	27	.308	4.87	7.27	43	38	5	36	0	1	349.1	396	282	189	9	166	91	29	0	27	1594	1.609	10.2	0.2	4.3	2.3	0.55
29	Bill Hart	30	SLN	Maj	STL	12	29	.293	5.12	7.26	42	41	1	37	0	0	336.0	411	271	191	11	141	65	15	0	13	1531	1.643	11.0	0.3	3.8	1.7	0.46
30	James McJames	21	WSN	Maj	WHS	12	20	.375	4.27	6.68	37	33	3	29	0	1	280.1	310	208	133	2	135	103	6	0	24	1256	1.587	10.0	0.1	4.3	3.3	0.76
31	Kid Carsey	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	11	11	.500	5.62	7.88	27	21	6	18	1	1	187.1	273	164	117	4	72	36	9	0	6	892	1.842	13.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	0.50
32	Sadie McMahon	28	BLN	Maj	BLN	11	9	.550	3.48	5.58	22	22	0	19	0	0	175.2	195	109	68	4	55	33	3	0	6	757	1.423	10.0	0.2	2.8	1.7	0.60
33	Jim Sullivan	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	11	12	.478	4.03	5.91	31	26	5	21	1	1	225.1	268	148	101	13	68	33	6	0	2	989	1.491	10.7	0.5	2.7	1.3	0.49
34	Chauncey Fisher	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	10	7	.588	4.45	6.26	27	15	11	13	2	2	159.2	199	111	79	9	36	25	5	0	2	698	1.472	11.2	0.5	2.0	1.4	0.69
35	Silver King	28	WSN	Maj	WHS	10	7	.588	4.09	6.56	22	16	6	12	0	1	145.1	179	106	66	3	43	35	4	0	4	643	1.528	11.1	0.2	2.7	2.2	0.81
36	Mike Sullivan	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	10	13	.435	4.66	6.36	25	22	3	18	0	0	185.1	188	131	96	3	71	42	13	0	11	804	1.397	9.1	0.1	3.4	2.0	0.59
37	Bobby Wallace	22	CL4	Maj	CLV	10	7	.588	3.34	4.64	22	16	6	13	2	0	145.1	167	75	54	2	49	46	4	0	3	637	1.486	10.3	0.1	3.0	2.8	0.94
38	Bill Hill*	21	LS3	Maj	LOU	9	28	.243	4.31	6.45	43	39	3	32	0	2	319.2	353	229	153	14	155	104	18	1	9	1444	1.589	9.9	0.4	4.4	2.9	0.67
39	Bert Abbey	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	8	8	.500	5.15	7.39	25	18	7	12	0	0	164.1	210	135	94	7	48	37	9	0	3	739	1.570	11.5	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.77
40	Billy Rhines	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	8	6	.571	2.45	3.27	19	17	2	11	3	0	143.0	128	52	39	1	48	32	9	0	7	595	1.231	8.1	0.1	3.0	2.0	0.67
41	Bert Cunningham	30	LS3	Maj	LOU	7	14	.333	5.09	7.99	27	20	5	17	0	1	189.1	242	168	107	6	74	37	17	0	5	876	1.669	11.5	0.3	3.5	1.8	0.50
42	Red Donahue	23	SLN	Maj	STL	7	24	.226	5.80	7.92	32	32	0	28	0	0	267.0	376	235	172	6	98	70	13	0	5	1253	1.775	12.7	0.2	3.3	2.4	0.71
43	Ed Doheny*	22	NY1	Maj	NYG	6	7	.462	4.49	6.48	17	15	2	9	0	0	108.1	112	78	54	3	59	39	6	0	5	488	1.578	9.3	0.2	4.9	3.2	0.66
44	Jim Hughey	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	6	8	.429	4.99	6.27	25	14	9	11	0	0	155.0	171	108	86	3	67	48	7	0	4	690	1.535	9.9	0.2	3.9	2.8	0.72
45	Fred Klobedanz*	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	6	4	.600	3.01	4.57	10	9	1	9	0	0	80.2	69	41	27	5	31	26	7	0	2	339	1.240	7.7	0.6	3.5	2.9	0.84
46	Ad Gumbert	28	BRO,PHI	Maj	PHI-BRO	5	7	.417	4.32	6.06	16	14	2	9	1	0	108.1	133	73	52	2	34	17	4	0	1	482	1.542	11.0	0.2	2.8	1.4	0.50
47	Charlie Hastings?	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	5	10	.333	5.88	7.44	17	13	4	9	0	1	104.0	126	86	68	1	44	19	7	0	5	476	1.635	10.9	0.1	3.8	1.6	0.43
48	Al Maul	30	WSN	Maj	WHS	5	2	.714	3.63	7.26	8	8	0	7	0	0	62.0	75	50	25	0	20	18	4	0	0	277	1.532	10.9	0.0	2.9	2.6	0.90
49	Willie McGill*	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	5	4	.556	5.31	7.00	12	11	1	7	0	0	79.2	87	62	47	0	53	29	4	0	2	373	1.757	9.8	0.0	6.0	3.3	0.55
50	Dad Clarkson	29	BLN	Maj	BLN	4	2	.667	4.98	7.66	7	4	3	3	0	0	47.0	72	40	26	1	18	7	2	0	2	227	1.915	13.8	0.2	3.4	1.3	0.39
51	John Foreman*	21	CIN,PIT	Maj	PIT-CIN	4	6	.400	7.87	9.04	13	13	0	8	1	0	84.2	114	85	74	6	51	27	10	0	6	418	1.949	12.1	0.6	5.4	2.9	0.53
52	George Harper	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	4	8	.333	5.55	7.53	16	11	4	7	0	0	86.0	106	72	53	4	39	22	3	0	5	395	1.686	11.1	0.4	4.1	2.3	0.56
53	Art Herman?	25	LS3	Maj	LOU	4	6	.400	5.63	6.96	14	12	2	9	0	0	94.1	122	73	59	4	36	13	2	0	2	431	1.675	11.6	0.4	3.4	1.2	0.36
54	Joe Corbett	20	BLN	Maj	BLN	3	0	1.000	2.20	3.73	8	3	5	3	0	1	41.0	31	17	10	0	17	28	5	0	1	171	1.171	6.8	0.0	3.7	6.1	1.65
55	Harry Keener	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	3	11	.214	5.88	8.10	16	13	2	11	0	0	113.1	144	102	74	5	39	28	9	0	2	517	1.615	11.4	0.4	3.1	2.2	0.72
56	Willard Mains	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	3	2	.600	5.48	7.38	8	5	2	3	0	1	42.2	43	35	26	1	31	13	2	0	3	198	1.734	9.1	0.2	6.5	2.7	0.42
57	Jerry Nops*	21	BLN,PHI	Maj	BLN-PHI	3	1	.750	5.90	6.21	4	4	0	4	0	0	29.0	40	20	19	0	3	9	0	0	1	126	1.483	12.4	0.0	0.9	2.8	3.00
58	Effie Norton	22	WSN	Maj	WHS	3	1	.750	3.07	5.11	8	5	3	2	0	0	44.0	49	25	15	2	14	13	6	0	1	195	1.432	10.0	0.4	2.9	2.7	0.93
59	Ed Stein	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	3	6	.333	4.88	7.87	17	10	7	6	0	0	90.1	130	79	49	6	51	16	2	0	5	442	2.004	13.0	0.6	5.1	1.6	0.31
60	Les German	27	NY1,WSN	Maj	WHS-NYG	2	20	.091	6.43	9.57	29	20	8	14	0	1	169.1	249	180	121	6	75	20	5	0	4	815	1.913	13.2	0.3	4.0	1.1	0.27
61	Bill Kissinger	24	SLN	Maj	STL	2	9	.182	6.49	9.00	20	12	7	11	0	1	136.0	209	136	98	5	55	22	8	0	4	662	1.941	13.8	0.3	3.6	1.5	0.40
62	Mike McDermott	21	LS3	Maj	LOU	2	7	.222	7.34	10.66	12	10	2	4	1	0	65.0	87	77	53	4	44	12	6	0	5	324	2.015	12.0	0.6	6.1	1.7	0.27
63	Cy Seymour*	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	2	4	.333	6.40	9.60	11	8	3	4	0	0	70.1	75	75	50	8	51	33	3	1	6	331	1.791	9.6	1.0	6.5	4.2	0.65
64	Tom Smith*	24	LS3	Maj	LOU	2	3	.400	5.40	9.00	11	5	6	4	0	0	55.0	73	55	33	2	25	14	4	0	4	260	1.782	11.9	0.3	4.1	2.3	0.56
65	Walter Thornton*	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	2	1	.667	5.70	9.89	5	5	0	2	0	0	23.2	30	26	15	1	13	10	0	0	0	111	1.817	11.4	0.4	4.9	3.8	0.77
66	Gus Weyhing	29	LS3	Maj	LOU	2	3	.400	6.64	9.86	5	5	0	4	0	0	42.0	62	46	31	6	15	9	2	0	1	200	1.833	13.3	1.3	3.2	1.9	0.60
67	Jake Boyd*	22	WSN	Maj	WHS	1	2	.333	6.75	9.56	4	2	2	2	0	0	32.0	45	34	24	0	15	6	6	0	0	158	1.875	12.7	0.0	4.2	1.7	0.40
68	Sal Campfield	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	1	.500	4.00	5.00	6	2	4	2	0	0	27.0	31	15	12	1	6	6	2	0	0	117	1.370	10.3	0.3	2.0	2.0	1.00
69	Wiley Davis	20	CIN	Maj	CIN	1	1	.500	8.31	8.31	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	22	2.308	16.6	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50
70	Cozy Dolan*	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	1	4	.200	4.83	9.66	6	5	1	3	0	0	41.0	55	44	22	1	27	14	3	0	4	203	2.000	12.1	0.2	5.9	3.1	0.52
71	Charlie Gettig?	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	0	1.000	9.64	10.93	4	1	3	1	0	1	14.0	20	17	15	0	8	5	2	0	0	70	2.000	12.9	0.0	5.1	3.2	0.63
72	Bert Inks*	25	CIN,PHI	Maj	CIN-PHI	1	2	.333	5.64	7.71	6	4	2	2	0	0	30.1	42	26	19	1	14	4	2	0	0	145	1.846	12.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	0.29
73	Ted Lewis	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	1	4	.200	3.24	6.91	6	5	1	4	0	0	41.2	37	32	15	2	27	12	0	0	6	184	1.536	8.0	0.4	5.8	2.6	0.44
74	Con Lucid?	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	4	.200	8.36	9.21	5	5	0	5	0	0	42.0	75	43	39	2	17	3	2	0	0	215	2.190	16.1	0.4	3.6	0.6	0.18
75	Harley Parker	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	5	.167	6.16	8.75	9	7	2	7	0	0	73.0	100	71	50	3	27	15	3	0	5	340	1.740	12.3	0.4	3.3	1.8	0.56
76	Tom Parrott	28	SLN	Maj	STL	1	1	.500	6.21	8.36	7	2	5	2	0	0	42.0	62	39	29	4	18	8	3	0	2	204	1.905	13.3	0.9	3.9	1.7	0.44
77	George Van Haltren*	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	2	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	29	0.750	5.6	1.1	1.1	3.4	3.00
78	George Wheeler	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	1	.500	3.86	6.06	3	2	1	2	0	0	16.1	18	11	7	0	5	2	2	0	1	72	1.408	9.9	0.0	2.8	1.1	0.40
79	Charlie Abbey*	29	WSN	Maj	WHS	0	0		4.50	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Varney Anderson	30	WSN	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	13.00	16.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.0	23	16	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	52	2.889	23.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
81	Cy Bowen	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	1	.000	6.00	9.75	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	12	13	8	0	9	3	3	0	1	58	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
82	Ice Box Chamberlain	28	CL4	Maj	CLV	0	1	.000	7.36	9.82	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	21	12	9	0	5	2	1	0	0	59	2.364	17.2	0.0	4.1	1.6	0.40
83	Fritz Clausen*	27	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	2	.000	6.55	10.64	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	17	13	8	1	6	4	3	0	0	58	2.091	13.9	0.8	4.9	3.3	0.67
84	Charlie Emig*	21	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	7.88	19.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	17	7	1	7	1	3	0	0	45	2.375	13.5	1.1	7.9	1.1	0.14
85	Carney Flynn*	21	NY1,WSN	Maj	WHS-NYG	0	3	.000	9.68	15.55	7	3	3	2	0	0	30.2	61	53	33	0	18	7	7	0	2	174	2.576	17.9	0.0	5.3	2.1	0.39
86	Ned Garvin	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	7.62	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	19	13	11	0	7	4	0	0	1	63	2.000	13.2	0.0	4.8	2.8	0.57
87	Hank Gastright	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		4.50	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	26	1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.00
88	Dale Gear	24	CL4	Maj	CLV	0	2	.000	5.48	9.00	3	2	1	2	0	0	23.0	35	23	14	1	6	6	2	0	0	109	1.783	13.7	0.4	2.3	2.3	1.00
89	John Gilroy?	20	WSN	Maj	WHS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
90	Jot Goar	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	16.88	22.28	3	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	36	33	25	1	8	3	1	0	2	83	3.300	24.3	0.7	5.4	2.0	0.38
91	Bill Hallman	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
92	Bug Holliday	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		0.00	27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	10	6.000	36.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
93	Ducky Holmes	27	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	7.50	17.25	2	1	1	0	0	0	12.0	26	23	10	0	8	3	0	0	0	68	2.833	19.5	0.0	6.0	2.3	0.38
94	Elmer Horton	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	9.60	10.80	2	2	0	2	0	0	15.0	22	18	16	0	9	3	1	0	0	75	2.067	13.2	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
95	Charlie Jordan?	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	9	4	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	24	2.357	17.4	0.0	3.9	5.8	1.50
96	Malachi Kittridge	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		5.40	10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
97	Joe Kostal	20	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	0		0.00	18.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	John Malarkey	24	WSN	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	1.29	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	32	1.714	11.6	1.3	3.9	0.0	0.00
99	Sport McAllister	21	CL4	Maj	CLV	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	22	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
100	Tom McCreery	21	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	36.00	90.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	10	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	12	9.000	36.0	9.0	45.0	0.0	0.00