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Eastern Colored League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. YokelyBBS 6.0
2. FarrellAC 4.3
3. DixonBBS 3.9
4. WilsonBBS 3.5
5. ScalesNLG 2.0
6. LundyAC 2.0
7. MirabalCSE 2.0
8. HendersonAC 1.7
9. WhiteAC 1.7
10. Hubbard3TM 1.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. YokelyBBS 6.2
2. FarrellAC 2.9
3. HendersonAC 2.1
4. MirabalCSE 2.0
5. ShieldsAC 1.7
6. FabréCSE 1.4
7. Hubbard2TM 1.2
8. CampbellNLG 1.0
9. RectorNLG 1.0
10. PritchettPTG 0.8
Earned Run Average
1. ShieldsAC 1.51
2. YokelyBBS 2.77
3. MirabalCSE 2.77
4. HendersonAC 3.42
5. FarrellAC 3.63
6. Hubbard2TM 4.34
7. LockhartAC 5.25
8. WintersNLG 5.55
9. RectorNLG 5.64
10. McClureBBS 5.71
Wins
1. YokelyBBS 12
2. FarrellAC 9
3. HendersonAC 8
4. WintersNLG 6
5. Hubbard2TM 5
RectorNLG 5
7. ThomasNLG 4
GardnerAC 4
McClureBBS 4
MirabalCSE 4
Win-Loss %
1. ThomasNLG 1.000
2. HendersonAC .800
3. ForceBBS .750
4. YokelyBBS .667
5. WintersNLG .600
6. MirabalCSE .571
7. FarrellAC .563
8. LockhartAC .500
ShieldsAC .500
10. Hubbard2TM .417
Walks & Hits per IP
1. MirabalCSE 1.038
2. YokelyBBS 1.186
3. Hubbard2TM 1.341
4. ShieldsAC 1.344
5. HendersonAC 1.360
6. FarrellAC 1.444
7. LockhartAC 1.500
8. GardnerAC 1.529
9. RectorNLG 1.544
10. HayesBBS 1.567
Hits per 9 IP
1. MirabalCSE 7.005
2. ShieldsAC 7.128
3. YokelyBBS 7.186
4. Hubbard2TM 9.203
5. HendersonAC 9.360
6. FarrellAC 9.581
7. LockhartAC 9.750
8. GardnerAC 10.604
9. McClureBBS 10.756
10. HayesBBS 11.015
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. RectorNLG 1.906
2. GisentanerNLG 2.093
3. MirabalCSE 2.335
4. ThomasNLG 2.676
5. WintersNLG 2.681
6. Hubbard2TM 2.865
7. HendersonAC 2.880
8. HayesBBS 3.090
9. GardnerAC 3.159
10. ForceBBS 3.259
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. FarrellAC 6.315
2. HendersonAC 5.490
3. YokelyBBS 5.287
4. SanCSE 4.359
5. WintersNLG 4.021
6. GardnerAC 3.760
7. ShieldsAC 3.456
8. McClureBBS 3.402
9. LockhartAC 3.375
10. LevisCSE 3.248
Games Played
1. YokelyBBS 22
2. FarrellAC 20
3. GardnerAC 19
4. RectorNLG 17
5. HendersonAC 16
6. Hubbard2TM 15
McClureBBS 15
8. HayesBBS 14
SanCSE 14
10. WintersNLG 12
ForceBBS 12
Saves
1. GardnerAC 2
RectorNLG 2
3. FarrellAC 1
Innings Pitched
1. YokelyBBS 175.1
2. FarrellAC 124.0
3. GardnerAC 119.2
4. RectorNLG 113.1
5. Hubbard2TM 103.2
6. HendersonAC 100.0
7. WintersNLG 94.0
8. McClureBBS 82.0
9. HayesBBS 67.0
10. SanCSE 64.0
Strikeouts
1. YokelyBBS 103
2. FarrellAC 87
3. HendersonAC 61
4. GardnerAC 50
5. WintersNLG 42
6. SanCSE 31
McClureBBS 31
8. Hubbard2TM 30
9. RectorNLG 27
10. MirabalCSE 22
Games Started
1. YokelyBBS 20
2. GardnerAC 16
3. FarrellAC 15
4. WintersNLG 12
5. RectorNLG 11
6. Hubbard2TM 10
SanCSE 10
HendersonAC 10
HayesBBS 10
10. McClureBBS 8
Complete Games
1. YokelyBBS 17
2. FarrellAC 12
3. RectorNLG 11
4. WintersNLG 9
GardnerAC 9
6. Hubbard2TM 8
7. HendersonAC 6
McClureBBS 6
9. MirabalCSE 5
10. ShieldsAC 4
SanCSE 4
HayesBBS 4
Shutouts
1. HendersonAC 2
YokelyBBS 2
3. McClureBBS 1
MirabalCSE 1
PritchettPTG 1
ThomasNLG 1
Hubbard2TM 1
Home Runs
1. FarrellAC 15
2. GardnerAC 9
3. ForceBBS 8
SanCSE 8
5. Hubbard2TM 7
WintersNLG 7
7. HendersonAC 6
8. McClureBBS 5
RectorNLG 5
LevisCSE 5
HayesBBS 5
Bases on Balls
1. YokelyBBS 68
2. FarrellAC 47
3. GardnerAC 42
4. SanCSE 38
McClureBBS 38
6. Hubbard2TM 33
7. HendersonAC 32
8. WintersNLG 28
9. RectorNLG 24
10. ShieldsAC 23
HayesBBS 23
Hits
1. RectorNLG 151
2. GardnerAC 141
3. YokelyBBS 140
4. FarrellAC 132
5. WintersNLG 121
6. Hubbard2TM 106
7. HendersonAC 104
8. McClureBBS 98
9. SanCSE 83
10. HayesBBS 82
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. HendersonAC 1.906
2. FarrellAC 1.851
3. YokelyBBS 1.515
4. GisentanerNLG 1.500
WintersNLG 1.500
6. MirabalCSE 1.375
7. GardnerAC 1.190
8. RectorNLG 1.125
9. ThomasNLG 1.000
10. Hubbard2TM 0.909
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. YokelyBBS 0.205
2. ThomasNLG 0.243
3. RectorNLG 0.397
4. ShieldsAC 0.432
5. HendersonAC 0.540
6. McClureBBS 0.549
7. MirabalCSE 0.584
8. Hubbard2TM 0.608
9. GisentanerNLG 0.628
10. WintersNLG 0.670
Losses
1. GardnerAC 10
2. RectorNLG 8
3. Hubbard2TM 7
FarrellAC 7
McClureBBS 7
6. YokelyBBS 6
HayesBBS 6
8. SanCSE 5
9. WintersNLG 4
GisentanerNLG 4
Earned Runs
1. GardnerAC 76
2. RectorNLG 71
3. SanCSE 62
4. WintersNLG 58
5. YokelyBBS 54
6. McClureBBS 52
7. Hubbard2TM 50
FarrellAC 50
9. HayesBBS 44
10. ForceBBS 42
Wild Pitches
1. SanCSE 4
2. CarterPTG 3
3. FarrellAC 1
GardnerAC 1
HendersonAC 1
LockhartAC 1
McClureBBS 1
Hit By Pitch
1. YokelyBBS 7
2. SanCSE 6
3. Hubbard2TM 5
GardnerAC 5
5. WintersNLG 4
McClureBBS 4
7. MirabalCSE 3
RectorNLG 3
LevisCSE 3
HayesBBS 3
Batters Faced
1. YokelyBBS 737
2. FarrellAC 542
3. GardnerAC 535
4. RectorNLG 520
5. Hubbard2TM 453
6. HendersonAC 431
7. WintersNLG 422
8. McClureBBS 393
9. SanCSE 309
HayesBBS 309
Adjusted ERA+
1. ShieldsAC 334
2. MirabalCSE 181
3. YokelyBBS 181
4. HendersonAC 147
5. FarrellAC 138
6. Hubbard2TM 116
7. LockhartAC 96
8. WintersNLG 90
9. RectorNLG 89
10. McClureBBS 88
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. YokelyBBS 3.44
2. HendersonAC 3.55
3. ThomasNLG 3.76
4. RectorNLG 3.84
5. GisentanerNLG 3.94
6. MirabalCSE 4.09
7. WintersNLG 4.13
8. GardnerAC 4.35
9. FarrellAC 4.36
10. Hubbard2TM 4.43
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. YokelyBBS 44
2. FarrellAC 18
3. HendersonAC 15
4. MirabalCSE 15
5. ShieldsAC 14
6. FabréCSE 10
7. CampbellNLG 9
8. Hubbard2TM 7
9. PritchettPTG 5
10. PedrosoCSE 1
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. YokelyBBS 4.1
2. FarrellAC 1.6
3. ShieldsAC 1.4
4. HendersonAC 1.4
MirabalCSE 1.4
6. FabréCSE 1.0
7. CampbellNLG 0.8
8. Hubbard2TM 0.6
9. PritchettPTG 0.5
10. PedrosoCSE 0.1

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