Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Career Pitching Leaders

Team Name: Baltimore Orioles

Seasons: 18 (1882 to 1899)

Record: 1133-1049, .519 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 0

Pennants: 3

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Ned Hanlon, 555-369, .601 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. Sadie McMahon 34.7

2. Matt Kilroy 22.3

3. Bill Hoffer 17.0

4. Hardie Henderson 10.3

5. Joe McGinnity 9.4

6. Duke Esper 9.2

7. George Hemming 8.9

Jerry Nops 8.9

9. Frank Kitson 8.5

10. James McJames 8.3

Earned Run Average

1. Bob Emslie 3.08

2. Matt Kilroy 3.26

3. Hardie Henderson 3.38

4. Sadie McMahon 3.46

5. Jerry Nops 3.58

6. Phenomenal Smith 3.72

7. Bill Hoffer 3.76

8. Bert Cunningham 3.97

9. George Hemming 4.06

Wins

1. Sadie McMahon 130

2. Matt Kilroy 121

3. Bill Hoffer 78

4. Hardie Henderson 65

5. Jerry Nops 55

6. Bert Cunningham 49

7. Bob Emslie 44

8. George Hemming 39

Phenomenal Smith 39

10. Arlie Pond 35

Win-Loss %

1. Bill Hoffer .736

2. George Hemming .672

3. Jerry Nops .671

4. Arlie Pond .648

5. Duke Esper .642

6. Frank Kitson .588

Sadie McMahon .588

8. Matt Kilroy .550

9. Bob Emslie .524

10. Bill Hawke .519

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Bob Emslie 1.175

2. Matt Kilroy 1.238

3. Hardie Henderson 1.245

4. Jerry Nops 1.363

5. Phenomenal Smith 1.389

6. Sadie McMahon 1.401

7. Bill Hoffer 1.420

8. Bert Cunningham 1.438

9. George Hemming 1.462

Hits per 9 IP

1. Matt Kilroy 8.590

2. Bob Emslie 8.698

3. Bert Cunningham 8.895

4. Hardie Henderson 8.903

5. Phenomenal Smith 8.904

6. Sadie McMahon 9.413

7. Bill Hoffer 9.603

8. Jerry Nops 9.786

9. George Hemming 10.048

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. Bob Emslie 1.874

2. Hardie Henderson 2.303

3. Jerry Nops 2.480

4. Matt Kilroy 2.553

5. George Hemming 3.108

6. Bill Hoffer 3.176

7. Sadie McMahon 3.194

8. Phenomenal Smith 3.596

9. Bert Cunningham 4.044

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Hardie Henderson 5.024

2. Matt Kilroy 4.933

3. Bob Emslie 4.160

4. Phenomenal Smith 4.113

5. Bert Cunningham 3.571

6. Sadie McMahon 2.870

7. Jerry Nops 2.786

8. Bill Hoffer 2.248

9. George Hemming 1.413

Games Played

1. Matt Kilroy 236

Sadie McMahon 236

3. Hardie Henderson 177

4. Bert Cunningham 120

5. Bill Hoffer 118

6. Jerry Nops 99

7. Phenomenal Smith 93

8. Bob Emslie 87

9. Duke Esper 70

10. Arlie Pond 69

Saves

1. Tony Mullane 5

2. Thomas Burns 4

3. Duke Esper 3

Bill Hawke 3

Sadie McMahon 3

6. Joe McGinnity 2

Arlie Pond 2

8. Joe Corbett 1

Bert Cunningham 1

Kid Gleason 1

Jack Horner 1

Harry Howell 1

Bert Inks 1

Kid Madden 1

Kit McKenna 1

Ralph Miller 1

Joe Sommer 1

Ben Stephens 1

Innings Pitched

1. Matt Kilroy 1974.0

2. Sadie McMahon 1919.0

3. Hardie Henderson 1508.1

4. Bert Cunningham 970.1

5. Bill Hoffer 960.2

6. Phenomenal Smith 783.1

7. Bob Emslie 763.2

8. Jerry Nops 736.2

9. George Hemming 509.2

10. Arlie Pond 496.0

Strikeouts

1. Matt Kilroy 1082

2. Hardie Henderson 842

3. Sadie McMahon 612

4. Bert Cunningham 385

5. Phenomenal Smith 358

6. Bob Emslie 353

7. Bill Hoffer 240

8. Jerry Nops 228

9. Frank Foreman 196

10. James McJames 178

Games Started

1. Matt Kilroy 233

2. Sadie McMahon 225

3. Hardie Henderson 174

4. Bill Hoffer 110

5. Bert Cunningham 109

6. Jerry Nops 90

7. Phenomenal Smith 87

8. Bob Emslie 86

9. George Hemming 58

10. Arlie Pond 57

Complete Games

1. Matt Kilroy 222

2. Sadie McMahon 203

3. Hardie Henderson 166

4. Bert Cunningham 100

5. Bill Hoffer 97

6. Phenomenal Smith 85

7. Bob Emslie 82

8. Jerry Nops 75

9. George Hemming 50

10. Frank Foreman 47

Frank Kitson 47

Shutouts

1. Matt Kilroy 18

2. Sadie McMahon 12

3. Bill Hoffer 8

4. Bob Emslie 5

Frank Foreman 5

Jay Hughes 5

Jerry Nops 5

8. George Hemming 4

Hardie Henderson 4

Joe McGinnity 4

Home Runs

1. Sadie McMahon 41

2. Matt Kilroy 32

3. Bert Cunningham 27

4. George Cobb 21

5. Hardie Henderson 20

6. George Hemming 19

7. Bill Hawke 17

8. Bill Hoffer 15

9. Frank Foreman 12

Phenomenal Smith 12

Bases on Balls

1. Sadie McMahon 681

2. Matt Kilroy 560

3. Bert Cunningham 436

4. Hardie Henderson 386

5. Bill Hoffer 339

6. Phenomenal Smith 313

7. Tony Mullane 214

8. Jerry Nops 203

9. Bill Hawke 186

10. George Hemming 176

Hits

1. Sadie McMahon 2007

2. Matt Kilroy 1884

3. Hardie Henderson 1492

4. Bill Hoffer 1025

5. Bert Cunningham 959

6. Jerry Nops 801

7. Phenomenal Smith 775

8. Bob Emslie 738

9. George Hemming 569

10. Duke Esper 523

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Bob Emslie 2.22

2. Hardie Henderson 2.181

3. Matt Kilroy 1.932

4. Phenomenal Smith 1.144

5. Jerry Nops 1.123

6. Sadie McMahon 0.899

7. Bert Cunningham 0.883

8. Bill Hoffer 0.708

9. George Hemming 0.455

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Bob Emslie 0.094

2. Hardie Henderson 0.119

3. Jerry Nops 0.134

4. Phenomenal Smith 0.138

5. Bill Hoffer 0.141

6. Matt Kilroy 0.146

7. Sadie McMahon 0.192

8. Bert Cunningham 0.250

9. George Hemming 0.336

Losses

1. Hardie Henderson 105

2. Matt Kilroy 99

3. Sadie McMahon 91

4. Bert Cunningham 62

5. Phenomenal Smith 49

6. Bob Emslie 40

7. George Cobb 37

8. Bill Hoffer 28

Doc Landis 28

10. Jerry Nops 27

Earned Runs

1. Sadie McMahon 738

2. Matt Kilroy 715

3. Hardie Henderson 567

4. Bert Cunningham 428

5. Bill Hoffer 401

6. Phenomenal Smith 324

7. Jerry Nops 293

8. Bob Emslie 261

9. Bill Hawke 252

10. George Hemming 230

Wild Pitches

1. Matt Kilroy 184

2. Hardie Henderson 151

3. Bert Cunningham 101

4. Bob Emslie 68

5. Sadie McMahon 60

6. Frank Foreman 43

7. Phenomenal Smith 37

8. Tony Mullane 31

9. Doc Landis 30

10. Thomas Burns 25

Hit By Pitch

1. Matt Kilroy 89

2. Sadie McMahon 57

3. Bert Cunningham 56

4. Bill Hoffer 49

5. Hardie Henderson 44

6. Frank Foreman 42

7. Phenomenal Smith 38

8. Jerry Nops 36

9. Joe Corbett 26

Joe McGinnity 26

Batters Faced

1. Matt Kilroy 8438

2. Sadie McMahon 8402

3. Hardie Henderson 6572

4. Bert Cunningham 4339

5. Bill Hoffer 4179

6. Phenomenal Smith 3485

7. Bob Emslie 3299

8. Jerry Nops 3148

9. George Hemming 2227

10. Arlie Pond 2115

Games Finished

1. Duke Esper 17

2. Tony Mullane 14

3. Thomas Burns 11

Sadie McMahon 11

Arlie Pond 11

6. Bert Cunningham 10

7. Dad Clarkson 9

George Van Haltren 9

9. Jerry Nops 8

10. Bill Hawke 7

Bill Hoffer 7

Bert Inks 7

Frank Kitson 7

Joe McGinnity 7

Peter McNabb 7

Adjusted ERA+

1. Sadie McMahon 122

2. Bill Hoffer 116

3. George Hemming 114

4. Bob Emslie 111

Matt Kilroy 111

6. Jerry Nops 109

7. Hardie Henderson 100

8. Phenomenal Smith 98

9. Bert Cunningham 85

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Hardie Henderson 3.02

2. Bob Emslie 3.12

3. Matt Kilroy 3.15

4. Jerry Nops 3.56

5. Phenomenal Smith 3.65

6. Sadie McMahon 3.77

7. Bert Cunningham 3.78

8. Bill Hoffer 4.29

9. George Hemming 4.76

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Sadie McMahon 156

2. Matt Kilroy 83

3. Bill Hoffer 82

4. Duke Esper 57

5. James McJames 49

6. Joe McGinnity 48

7. George Hemming 47

8. Frank Kitson 43

9. Al Maul 40

10. Joe Corbett 39

Arlie Pond 39

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Sadie McMahon 13.3

2. Bill Hoffer 7.3

3. Matt Kilroy 7.0

4. James McJames 4.9

5. Duke Esper 4.8

6. Joe McGinnity 4.6

7. Frank Kitson 4.1

Al Maul 4.1

9. George Hemming 3.9

10. Arlie Pond 3.6

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