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Negro National League II 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. Gibson • HG 3.8
2. Brown • HG 3.4
3. Leonard • HG 2.9
4. McDuffie • 3TM 2.6
5. Brown • NBY 2.0
6. Harris • HG 1.9
7. Morris • PC 1.8
8. Wright • WEG 1.7
9. Thompson • PS 1.7
10. Williams • HG 1.5

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. McDuffie • 2TM 2.4
2. Brown • HG 2.3
3. Thompson • PS 1.7
4. Morris • PC 1.7
5. Glover • WEG 1.6
6. Missouri • PS 1.5
7. Dula • HG 1.4
8. Welmaker • HG 1.1
9. Holland • NBY 1.1
10. Ellis • PS 1.0

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. Welmaker • HG 2.31
2. McDuffie • 2TM 2.96
3. Missouri • PS 3.00
4. Glover • WEG 3.04
5. Brown • HG 3.21
6. Dula • HG 3.25
7. Williams • NBY 3.50
8. Walker • HG 3.75
9. Thompson • PS 4.18
10. Holland • NBY 4.37

Wins

Wins

1. Brown • HG 11
2. Walker • HG 7
Parker • HG 7
4. McDuffie • 2TM 6
Dula • HG 6
6. Smith • PC 5
Thompson • PS 5
Evans • NE 5
Welmaker • HG 5
10. Morris • PC 4
Glover • WEG 4
Ellis • PS 4
Byrd • WEG 4

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. Welmaker • HG 1.000
2. Walker • HG .875
Parker • HG .875
4. Brown • HG .786
5. McDuffie • 2TM .667
Glover • WEG .667
7. Missouri • PS .600
Dula • HG .600
9. Byrd • WEG .571
10. Evans • NE .556
Thompson • PS .556

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Welmaker • HG 1.077
2. Missouri • PS 1.125
3. Dula • HG 1.145
4. Brown • HG 1.159
5. McDuffie • 2TM 1.211
6. Thompson • PS 1.260
7. Walker • HG 1.265
8. Lewis • PC 1.328
9. McDonald • PS 1.342
10. Brown • NBY 1.360

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Walker • HG 7.143
2. Welmaker • HG 7.154
3. Dula • HG 7.282
4. Brown • HG 7.786
5. McDuffie • 2TM 7.934
6. Missouri • PS 8.438
7. Williams • NBY 9.069
8. Brown • NBY 9.262
9. Glover • WEG 9.281
10. Harvey • PC 9.540

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. Missouri • PS 1.688
2. Davis • 2TM 1.736
3. Thompson • PS 1.755
4. Ellis • PS 1.845
5. McDonald • PS 1.847
6. Stanley • NBY 1.898
7. Lewis • PC 2.061
8. Welmaker • HG 2.538
9. Porter • WEG 2.564
10. Brown • HG 2.643

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Morris • PC 6.312
2. Parker • HG 6.150
3. Missouri • PS 5.813
4. Welmaker • HG 5.769
5. Stanley • NBY 5.695
6. Brown • NBY 5.651
7. Porter • WEG 5.581
8. Ellis • PS 5.366
9. Brown • HG 5.286
10. Walker • HG 5.077

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Brown • HG 21
2. Dula • HG 16
Walker • HG 16
4. Morris • PC 13
5. Smith • PC 12
Ellis • PS 12
Evans • NE 12
8. Missouri • PS 11
McDonald • PS 11
Brown • NBY 11
Parker • HG 11
Kincannon • NBY 11

Saves

Saves

1. Brown • HG 4
2. Walker • HG 2
Walker • HG 2
4. Dula • HG 1
Matlock • PC 1
Roberts • PS 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Williams • WEG 1
Day • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Brown • HG 126.0
2. Evans • NE 83.2
3. Dula • HG 80.1
4. Morris • PC 77.0
5. McDuffie • 2TM 76.0
6. Walker • HG 74.1
7. Thompson • PS 66.2
8. Smith • PC 63.2
9. McDonald • PS 63.1
10. Direaux • WEG 62.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Brown • HG 74
2. Morris • PC 54
3. McDuffie • 2TM 41
Parker • HG 41
5. Porter • WEG 37
6. Brown • NBY 36
Evans • NE 36
8. Walker • HG 34
9. Dula • HG 33
10. Ellis • PS 32

Games Started

Games Started

1. Brown • HG 12
Evans • NE 12
3. McDonald • PS 11
4. Smith • PC 10
5. McDuffie • 2TM 9
Walker • HG 9
Parker • HG 9
Morris • PC 9
9. Thompson • PS 8
Direaux • WEG 8
Dula • HG 8
Porter • WEG 8

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Brown • HG 12
2. McDuffie • 2TM 8
3. Evans • NE 7
4. Morris • PC 6
5. Smith • PC 5
Walker • HG 5
Thompson • PS 5
Glover • WEG 5
Porter • WEG 5
Davis • 2TM 5
Brown • NBY 5

Shutouts

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

1. Dula • HG 1
Missouri • PS 1
Morris • PC 1
Parker • HG 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Thompson • PS 1
Welmaker • HG 1
Day • 2TM 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Thompson • PS 9
2. Smith • PC 7
McDonald • PS 7
Evans • NE 7
Kincannon • NBY 7
Harvey • PC 7
7. Porter • WEG 6
8. McDuffie • 2TM 5
Yokely • PS 5
10. Day • 2TM 4
Brown • HG 4
Holland • NBY 4

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Brown • HG 37
2. Walker • HG 35
3. Direaux • WEG 29
4. Evans • NE 28
5. Dula • HG 27
Kincannon • NBY 27
7. Smith • PC 26
8. McDuffie • 2TM 25
Harvey • PC 25
10. Parker • HG 24
Morris • PC 24

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Brown • HG 109
2. Evans • NE 100
3. Morris • PC 86
4. Smith • PC 83
5. McDonald • PS 72
6. Kincannon • NBY 71
Thompson • PS 71
8. Parker • HG 70
Direaux • WEG 70
10. Stanley • NBY 68

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. Missouri • PS 3.444
2. Stanley • NBY 3.000
3. Ellis • PS 2.909
4. Davis • 2TM 2.444
5. Welmaker • HG 2.273
6. Morris • PC 2.250
7. Porter • WEG 2.176
8. Thompson • PS 2.077
9. Brown • HG 2.000
10. Brown • NBY 1.895

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. Walker • HG 0.121
2. Direaux • WEG 0.144
3. Glover • WEG 0.169
4. Morris • PC 0.234
5. Brown • HG 0.286
6. Brown • NBY 0.314
7. Byrd • WEG 0.335
8. Dula • HG 0.336
9. Williams • NBY 0.412
10. Stanley • NBY 0.422

Losses

Losses

1. Porter • WEG 6
2. Smith • PC 5
Ellis • PS 5
4. Brown • NBY 4
Morris • PC 4
Stanley • NBY 4
Thompson • PS 4
Dula • HG 4
Evans • NE 4
Davis • 2TM 4
Harvey • PC 4

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Evans • NE 50
2. Brown • HG 45
3. Smith • PC 44
4. Kincannon • NBY 41
5. Morris • PC 40
6. McDonald • PS 38
7. Parker • HG 37
8. Stanley • NBY 36
9. Byrd • WEG 32
Direaux • WEG 32

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Direaux • WEG 5
2. Morris • PC 3
3. Evans • NE 2
Smith • PC 2
5. Ellis • PS 1
Walker • HG 1
Welmaker • HG 1
McDuffie • 2TM 1
Waites • 2TM 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Brown • HG 4
2. McDuffie • 2TM 3
Parker • HG 3
4. Direaux • WEG 2
Harvey • PC 2
Davis • 2TM 2
Yokely • PS 2
8. Dula • HG 1
Ellis • PS 1
Evans • NE 1
Glover • WEG 1
Kincannon • NBY 1
McDonald • PS 1
Morris • PC 1
Smith • PC 1
Thompson • PS 1
Gaines • 2TM 1
Strong • 2TM 1
Barbee • NBY 1
Waites • 2TM 1

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Brown • HG 534
2. Evans • NE 376
3. Dula • HG 335
4. Morris • PC 334
5. McDuffie • 2TM 331
6. Walker • HG 317
7. Smith • PC 300
8. Direaux • WEG 290
9. Kincannon • NBY 281
10. Thompson • PS 280

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. Brown • HG 8
2. Missouri • PS 6
Lewis • PC 6
4. Williams • NBY 5
Dula • HG 5
Ellis • PS 5
Glover • WEG 5
8. Walker • HG 4
Brown • NBY 4
Walker • HG 4
Roberts • PS 4
Williams • WEG 4
Harvey • PC 4
Gaines • 2TM 4

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Welmaker • HG 218
2. McDuffie • 2TM 170
3. Missouri • PS 168
4. Glover • WEG 165
5. Brown • HG 156
6. Dula • HG 154
7. Williams • NBY 144
8. Walker • HG 134
9. Thompson • PS 120
10. Holland • NBY 115

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. Morris • PC 3.11
2. Stanley • NBY 3.18
3. Missouri • PS 3.29
4. Brown • NBY 3.39
5. Ellis • PS 3.41
6. Brown • HG 3.42
7. Welmaker • HG 3.43
8. Byrd • WEG 3.54
9. Glover • WEG 3.65
10. Davis • 2TM 3.80

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. Brown • HG 25
2. McDuffie • 2TM 17
3. Dula • HG 16
4. Welmaker • HG 11
5. Glover • WEG 11
6. Missouri • PS 10
7. Walker • HG 8
8. Thompson • PS 8
9. Williams • NBY 5
10. Rector • NBY 5

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. Brown • HG 2.3
2. McDuffie • 2TM 1.6
3. Dula • HG 1.4
4. Welmaker • HG 1.1
5. Glover • WEG 1.0
6. Missouri • PS 0.9
7. Walker • HG 0.7
Thompson • PS 0.7
9. Rector • NBY 0.5
10. Williams • NBY 0.5

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. 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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