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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Day • 3TM 4.5
2. Partlow • HG 3.7
3. Clarkson • 4TM 2.9
4. Byrd • BEG 2.7
5. Gibson • HG 2.7
6. Gaines • BEG 2.6
7. Pearson • 3TM 2.5
8. Brown • HG 2.5
9. Manning • NE 2.2
10. Wells • NE 1.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Partlow • HG 3.5
2. Day • 2TM 3.5
3. Gaines • BEG 2.7
4. Manning • NE 2.5
5. Brown • HG 2.2
6. Byrd • BEG 2.0
7. Brown • PS 1.8
8. Wright • HG 1.2
9. Blair • HG 1.1
10. McDuffie • PS 1.0
Earned Run Average
1. Partlow • HG 1.69
2. Day • 2TM 1.73
3. Gaines • BEG 2.35
4. Manning • NE 2.63
5. Barnhill • NYC 2.87
6. Byrd • BEG 2.91
7. Brown • PS 3.23
8. Wright • HG 3.23
9. Brown • HG 3.30
10. Glover • BEG 3.38
Smith • NBY 3.38
Wins
1. Brown • HG 10
Byrd • BEG 10
3. Day • 2TM 8
Brown • PS 8
Smith • NBY 8
6. McDuffie • PS 7
Manning • NE 7
8. Partlow • HG 6
Hooker • NE 6
10. Welmaker • HG 5
Glover • BEG 5
Win-Loss %
1. Hooker • NE .857
2. Day • 2TM .800
Buchanan • PS .800
4. Byrd • BEG .769
5. Partlow • HG .750
6. Wright • HG .667
Brown • HG .667
8. McDuffie • PS .636
9. Glover • BEG .625
10. Barnes • BEG .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Day • 2TM 0.912
2. Partlow • HG 0.988
3. Gaines • BEG 1.055
4. Manning • NE 1.097
5. Byrd • BEG 1.111
6. Wright • HG 1.206
7. Fillmore • PS 1.219
8. Glover • BEG 1.245
9. Brown • PS 1.246
10. McDuffie • PS 1.286
Hits per 9 IP
1. Day • 2TM 5.292
2. Partlow • HG 6.247
3. Gaines • BEG 6.296
4. Smith • NBY 6.577
5. Manning • NE 6.977
6. Adams • BEG 7.200
7. Hill • NE 7.831
8. Byrd • BEG 7.909
9. Wright • HG 8.397
10. Hooker • NE 8.467
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Welmaker • HG 1.952
2. Glover • BEG 2.025
3. Byrd • BEG 2.091
4. Barnhill • NYC 2.217
5. Fillmore • PS 2.259
6. Wright • HG 2.455
7. Brown • PS 2.524
8. Buchanan • PS 2.581
9. Morris • NYC 2.619
10. Partlow • HG 2.647
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Day • 2TM 9.288
2. Gaines • BEG 6.723
3. Smith • NBY 5.885
4. Barnhill • NYC 5.609
5. Hill • NE 5.377
6. Buchanan • PS 5.360
7. Partlow • HG 4.976
8. Byrd • BEG 4.818
9. Manning • NE 4.711
10. Brown • PS 4.520
Games Played
1. Brown • PS 22
2. Brown • HG 18
3. Hooker • NE 17
Hill • NE 17
Byrd • BEG 17
6. Fillmore • PS 15
McDuffie • PS 15
Manning • NE 15
Harvey • BEG 15
Smith • NBY 15
Saves
1. Barnes • BEG 1
Brown • PS 1
Brown • HG 1
Byrd • BEG 1
Fillmore • PS 1
Harvey • BEG 1
Hill • NE 1
Wright • HG 1
Evans • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Brown • PS 153.1
2. Brown • HG 122.2
3. Smith • NBY 104.0
4. Manning • NE 99.1
5. Byrd • BEG 99.0
6. Hooker • NE 95.2
7. Partlow • HG 85.0
8. Gaines • BEG 84.1
9. Fillmore • PS 83.2
10. Day • 2TM 83.1
Strikeouts
1. Day • 2TM 86
2. Brown • PS 77
3. Smith • NBY 68
4. Gaines • BEG 63
5. Byrd • BEG 53
6. Manning • NE 52
7. Brown • HG 51
8. Partlow • HG 47
9. Hill • NE 46
10. Barnhill • NYC 43
Games Started
1. Brown • PS 16
2. Smith • NBY 13
3. Brown • HG 12
Welmaker • HG 12
5. Hill • NE 11
Manning • NE 11
Byrd • BEG 11
8. Partlow • HG 10
McDuffie • PS 10
Hooker • NE 10
Complete Games
1. Brown • PS 13
2. Smith • NBY 11
Brown • HG 11
4. Day • 2TM 9
5. Manning • NE 8
Gaines • BEG 8
7. Welmaker • HG 7
Byrd • BEG 7
Partlow • HG 7
10. Barnhill • NYC 6
Fillmore • PS 6
Hooker • NE 6
Shutouts
1. Brown • PS 3
Partlow • HG 3
3. Day • 2TM 2
4. Barnhill • NYC 1
Blair • HG 1
Brown • HG 1
Byrd • BEG 1
Gaines • BEG 1
Harvey • BEG 1
Jefferson • PS 1
Manning • NE 1
McAllister • NBY 1
McDuffie • PS 1
Parker • NBY 1
Smith • NBY 1
Bases on Balls
1. Hill • NE 58
Smith • NBY 58
3. Brown • PS 43
4. Hooker • NE 39
5. Brown • HG 37
6. Barnes • BEG 33
7. Manning • NE 32
8. Gaines • BEG 30
9. Adams • BEG 28
10. Day • 2TM 27
Hobgood • NE 27
Hits
1. Brown • PS 148
2. Brown • HG 124
3. Welmaker • HG 92
4. Hooker • NE 90
5. Byrd • BEG 87
6. Fillmore • PS 81
7. Manning • NE 77
8. Smith • NBY 76
9. McDuffie • PS 75
10. Barnhill • NYC 72
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Day • 2TM 3.185
2. Barnhill • NYC 2.529
3. Byrd • BEG 2.304
4. Welmaker • HG 2.222
5. Gaines • BEG 2.100
6. Buchanan • PS 2.077
7. Glover • BEG 2.000
8. Partlow • HG 1.880
9. Fillmore • PS 1.810
10. Brown • PS 1.791
Losses
1. Brown • PS 9
2. Hill • NE 7
3. Smith • NBY 6
Barnhill • NYC 6
5. Welmaker • HG 5
Morris • NYC 5
Manning • NE 5
Brown • HG 5
Fillmore • PS 5
10. McDuffie • PS 4
Hobgood • NE 4
Carter • HG 4
Gaines • BEG 4
Earned Runs
1. Brown • PS 55
2. Hooker • NE 47
3. Brown • HG 45
4. Hill • NE 40
5. Smith • NBY 39
Fillmore • PS 39
7. Welmaker • HG 36
8. Hobgood • NE 33
9. McDuffie • PS 32
Byrd • BEG 32
Harvey • BEG 32
Wild Pitches
1. Byrd • BEG 2
Manning • NE 2
Smith • NBY 2
4. Barnes • BEG 1
Barnhill • NYC 1
Blair • HG 1
Brown • PS 1
Buchanan • PS 1
Gaines • BEG 1
Glover • BEG 1
Harvey • BEG 1
Hobgood • NE 1
Burns • 2TM 1
Day • 2TM 1
Hit By Pitch
1. Smith • NBY 7
Hooker • NE 7
3. Byrd • BEG 5
4. Barnes • BEG 3
Gaines • BEG 3
6. Calhoun • 2TM 2
McAllister • NBY 2
Manning • NE 2
Hobgood • NE 2
Brown • HG 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Partlow • HG 228
2. Day • 2TM 225
3. Gaines • BEG 165
4. Manning • NE 147
5. Barnhill • NYC 135
6. Byrd • BEG 133
7. Wright • HG 120
8. Brown • PS 120
9. Brown • HG 117
10. Glover • BEG 115
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Day • 2TM 21
2. Partlow • HG 21
3. Gaines • BEG 15
4. Manning • NE 14
5. Byrd • BEG 10
6. Brown • HG 9
7. Brown • PS 9
8. Blair • HG 7
9. Wright • HG 5
10. Barnhill • NYC 4
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Day • 2TM 2.3
2. Partlow • HG 2.2
3. Gaines • BEG 1.5
4. Manning • NE 1.4
5. Byrd • BEG 1.0
6. Brown • HG 0.9
7. Brown • PS 0.9
8. Blair • HG 0.7
9. Wright • HG 0.5
10. Barnhill • NYC 0.4

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 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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