Detroit Wolverines Top 10 Career Pitching Leaders

Team Name: Detroit Wolverines

Seasons: 8 (1881 to 1888)

Record: 426-437, .494 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 0

Pennants: 1

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Bill Watkins, 249-161, .607 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. George Weidman 18.4

2. Lady Baldwin 15.1

3. Pretzels Getzien 12.9

4. George Derby 9.2

5. Pete Conway 6.9

6. Dupee Shaw 4.7

7. Henry Gruber 3.2

8. Dan Casey 1.0

9. Phenomenal Smith 0.7

10. Jack Jones 0.6

Earned Run Average

1. Pete Conway 2.57

2. George Derby 2.65

3. Lady Baldwin 2.71

4. Pretzels Getzien 3.09

5. George Weidman 3.34

Wins

1. Pretzels Getzien 95

2. George Weidman 84

3. Lady Baldwin 69

4. George Derby 46

5. Pete Conway 44

6. Dupee Shaw 19

7. Henry Gruber 15

8. Larry Twitchell 11

9. Frank Meinke 8

10. Ed Beatin 6

Jack Jones 6

Win-Loss %

1. Lady Baldwin .663

2. Pete Conway .611

3. Pretzels Getzien .525

4. George Derby .500

5. George Weidman .454

6. Dupee Shaw .365

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Pete Conway 1.065

2. Lady Baldwin 1.089

3. Pretzels Getzien 1.231

4. George Derby 1.235

5. George Weidman 1.244

Hits per 9 IP

1. Pete Conway 7.739

2. Lady Baldwin 7.826

3. Pretzels Getzien 9.084

4. George Derby 9.361

5. George Weidman 9.550

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. George Weidman 1.649

2. George Derby 1.754

3. Pete Conway 1.849

4. Lady Baldwin 1.973

5. Pretzels Getzien 1.993

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Lady Baldwin 5.263

2. George Derby 4.139

3. Pretzels Getzien 3.997

4. George Weidman 3.651

5. Pete Conway 3.597

Games Played

1. George Weidman 196

2. Pretzels Getzien 186

3. Lady Baldwin 107

4. George Derby 96

5. Pete Conway 73

6. Dupee Shaw 54

7. Frank Meinke 36

8. Henry Gruber 34

9. Larry Twitchell 21

10. Dick Burns 17

Saves

1. Larry Twitchell 2

George Weidman 2

3. Lady Baldwin 1

Innings Pitched

1. George Weidman 1654.0

2. Pretzels Getzien 1634.2

3. Lady Baldwin 930.1

4. George Derby 856.2

5. Pete Conway 628.0

6. Dupee Shaw 454.2

7. Henry Gruber 302.1

8. Frank Meinke 294.0

9. Larry Twitchell 141.1

10. Dick Burns 127.2

Strikeouts

1. Pretzels Getzien 726

2. George Weidman 671

3. Lady Baldwin 544

4. George Derby 394

5. Pete Conway 251

6. Dupee Shaw 215

7. Frank Meinke 124

8. Henry Gruber 83

9. Dan Casey 79

10. Ed Beatin 50

Games Started

1. George Weidman 190

2. Pretzels Getzien 185

3. Lady Baldwin 106

4. George Derby 94

5. Pete Conway 73

6. Dupee Shaw 53

7. Henry Gruber 32

Frank Meinke 32

9. Larry Twitchell 16

10. Ed Beatin 14

Complete Games

1. Pretzels Getzien 182

2. George Weidman 178

3. Lady Baldwin 103

4. George Derby 93

5. Pete Conway 70

6. Dupee Shaw 48

7. Henry Gruber 32

8. Frank Meinke 31

9. Ed Beatin 14

10. Dick Burns 13

Larry Twitchell 13

Shutouts

1. George Derby 12

2. George Weidman 11

3. Lady Baldwin 9

4. Pretzels Getzien 7

5. Pete Conway 4

6. Henry Gruber 3

7. Ed Beatin 1

Frank Brill 1

Dan Casey 1

Jack Jones 1

Frank Meinke 1

Dupee Shaw 1

Home Runs

1. Pretzels Getzien 53

2. George Weidman 45

3. Lady Baldwin 25

4. Pete Conway 15

5. George Derby 11

Henry Gruber 11

Dupee Shaw 11

8. Frank Meinke 10

9. Ed Beatin 8

Dick Burns 8

Bases on Balls

1. Pretzels Getzien 362

2. George Weidman 303

3. Lady Baldwin 204

4. George Derby 167

5. Pete Conway 129

6. Dupee Shaw 116

7. Frank Meinke 67

8. Henry Gruber 62

9. Larry Twitchell 48

10. Dan Casey 35

Hits

1. George Weidman 1755

2. Pretzels Getzien 1650

3. George Derby 891

4. Lady Baldwin 809

5. Pete Conway 540

6. Dupee Shaw 457

7. Frank Meinke 354

8. Henry Gruber 259

9. Dick Burns 172

10. Larry Twitchell 161

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Lady Baldwin 2.667

2. George Derby 2.359

3. George Weidman 2.215

4. Pretzels Getzien 2.006

5. Pete Conway 1.946

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. George Derby 0.116

2. Pete Conway 0.215

3. Lady Baldwin 0.242

4. George Weidman 0.245

5. Pretzels Getzien 0.292

Losses

1. George Weidman 101

2. Pretzels Getzien 86

3. George Derby 46

4. Lady Baldwin 35

5. Dupee Shaw 33

6. Pete Conway 28

7. Frank Meinke 24

8. Henry Gruber 17

9. Dick Burns 12

10. Frank Brill 10

Earned Runs

1. George Weidman 613

2. Pretzels Getzien 562

3. Lady Baldwin 280

4. George Derby 252

5. Pete Conway 179

6. Dupee Shaw 140

7. Frank Meinke 104

8. Henry Gruber 80

9. Larry Twitchell 75

10. Dick Burns 64

Wild Pitches

1. Pretzels Getzien 82

2. George Weidman 50

3. Lady Baldwin 42

4. George Derby 30

5. Pete Conway 25

6. Henry Gruber 16

7. Frank Meinke 15

Dupee Shaw 15

9. Ed Beatin 10

Frank Mountain 10

Hit By Pitch

1. Pete Conway 18

2. Pretzels Getzien 10

Larry Twitchell 10

4. George Weidman 9

5. Lady Baldwin 6

6. Henry Gruber 4

7. Ed Beatin 3

8. William Burke 2

Batters Faced

1. George Weidman 7162

2. Pretzels Getzien 6974

3. Lady Baldwin 3813

4. George Derby 3691

5. Pete Conway 2588

6. Dupee Shaw 1972

7. Frank Meinke 1337

8. Henry Gruber 1227

9. Larry Twitchell 623

10. Dick Burns 604

Games Finished

1. George Weidman 6

2. Dick Burns 4

Frank Meinke 4

Hardy Richardson 4

Larry Twitchell 4

6. Lady Baldwin 2

George Derby 2

Henry Gruber 2

George Wood 2

10. Fred Dunlap 1

Bill Geiss 1

Pretzels Getzien 1

Tom Mansell 1

Gene Moriarty 1

William Robinson 1

Dupee Shaw 1

Art Whitney 1

Adjusted ERA+

1. Lady Baldwin 122

Pete Conway 122

3. George Derby 110

4. Pretzels Getzien 103

5. George Weidman 92

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. George Derby 2.55

2. Lady Baldwin 2.93

3. Pete Conway 3.03

4. George Weidman 3.13

5. Pretzels Getzien 3.20

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Lady Baldwin 63

2. Pete Conway 30

3. Pretzels Getzien 18

4. Henry Gruber 16

5. George Derby 11

6. Dupee Shaw 4

7. Phenomenal Smith 3

8. Frank McIntyre 1

William Robinson 1

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Lady Baldwin 6.1

2. Pete Conway 2.9

3. Pretzels Getzien 1.5

Henry Gruber 1.5

5. George Derby 1.1

6. Dupee Shaw 0.4

7. Phenomenal Smith 0.3

8. Frank McIntyre 0.1

William Robinson 0.1

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