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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. KimbroBEG 3.8
2. RombyBEG 3.2
3. ManningNE 3.1
4. ButtsBEG 3.0
5. ThompsonHG 2.9
6. ByrdBEG 2.8
7. DobyNE 2.3
8. DavisBEG 2.2
9. TiantNYC 2.2
10. DonosoNYC 2.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. ManningNE 3.5
2. RombyBEG 3.4
3. ThompsonHG 2.7
4. TiantNYC 2.4
5. WatsonBEG 2.4
6. ByrdBEG 2.3
7. DonosoNYC 2.0
8. WrightHG 1.8
9. MillerPS 1.7
10. WalkerHG 1.3
Earned Run Average
1. DonosoNYC 2.30
2. WatsonBEG 2.31
3. TiantNYC 2.37
4. RombyBEG 2.43
5. ByrdBEG 2.69
6. ThompsonHG 2.81
7. ManningNE 2.84
8. WilliamsNE 3.16
9. WalkerHG 3.19
10. ScantleburyNYC 3.48
Wins
1. ManningNE 12
2. RombyBEG 10
3. TiantNYC 9
4. WatsonBEG 8
ByrdBEG 8
MillerPS 8
LewisNE 8
8. ThompsonHG 7
ScantleburyNYC 7
10. WalkerHG 5
BlackBEG 5
BrownPS 5
DonosoNYC 5
PartlowPS 5
Win-Loss %
1. TiantNYC 1.000
2. WalkerHG .833
3. MillerPS .800
4. ThompsonHG .778
5. ManningNE .750
6. WatsonBEG .727
7. DonosoNYC .714
RombyBEG .714
9. WilliamsNE .667
10. ByrdBEG .615
Walks & Hits per IP
1. ThompsonHG 1.094
2. DonosoNYC 1.098
3. ManningNE 1.123
4. ByrdBEG 1.130
5. RombyBEG 1.141
6. TiantNYC 1.192
7. WilliamsNE 1.266
8. WrightHG 1.271
9. ScantleburyNYC 1.275
10. WatsonBEG 1.293
Hits per 9 IP
1. RombyBEG 5.335
2. DonosoNYC 7.009
3. WatsonBEG 7.638
4. ThompsonHG 7.781
5. ManningNE 7.962
6. MorrisNYC 8.100
7. MillerPS 8.172
8. ByrdBEG 8.377
9. WrightHG 8.632
10. WalkerHG 8.720
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. ByrdBEG 1.795
2. KaiserHG 1.904
3. TiantNYC 1.921
4. WilliamsNE 1.929
5. ThompsonHG 2.063
6. ManningNE 2.146
7. GriffithNBY 2.265
8. LewisNE 2.432
9. ScantleburyNYC 2.665
10. BrownPS 2.779
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. RombyBEG 8.003
2. GainesBEG 7.500
3. DonosoNYC 7.353
4. LewisNE 6.568
5. MillerPS 6.329
6. WrightHG 6.323
7. TiantNYC 6.100
8. PartlowPS 5.977
9. PopeHG 5.764
10. ManningNE 5.331
Games Played
1. BlackBEG 22
2. ManningNE 20
3. RombyBEG 19
4. ThompsonHG 17
LewisNE 17
6. WalkerHG 16
PopeHG 16
ByrdBEG 16
MillerPS 16
10. ScantleburyNYC 15
PartlowPS 15
Saves
1. BlackBEG 3
2. ThompsonHG 2
HookerNE 2
RombyBEG 2
PartlowPS 2
6. BrownPS 1
DonosoNYC 1
FieldsHG 1
KaiserHG 1
LewisNE 1
McHenryPS 1
MillerPS 1
MorrisNYC 1
PereiraBEG 1
RicksPS 1
ScantleburyNYC 1
SmithHG 1
ThomasNE 1
WalkerHG 1
BarnhillNYC 1
WarrenHG 1
Innings Pitched
1. ManningNE 130.0
BlackBEG 130.0
3. ByrdBEG 120.1
4. MillerPS 112.1
5. RombyBEG 111.1
6. LewisNE 111.0
7. WatsonBEG 101.1
8. ThompsonHG 96.0
9. WrightHG 89.2
10. PopeHG 89.0
Strikeouts
1. RombyBEG 99
2. LewisNE 81
3. MillerPS 79
4. ManningNE 77
5. BlackBEG 65
6. DonosoNYC 64
7. WrightHG 63
8. ByrdBEG 59
9. PartlowPS 58
10. PopeHG 57
WatsonBEG 57
Games Started
1. ManningNE 17
2. RombyBEG 14
ByrdBEG 14
4. PopeHG 13
MillerPS 13
BlackBEG 13
LewisNE 13
8. WrightHG 12
9. PartlowPS 11
WatsonBEG 11
TiantNYC 11
Complete Games
1. ManningNE 13
2. ByrdBEG 11
LewisNE 11
4. BlackBEG 10
5. RombyBEG 9
6. MillerPS 8
7. WrightHG 7
ThompsonHG 7
WatsonBEG 7
10. TiantNYC 6
PartlowPS 6
Shutouts
1. RombyBEG 3
2. LewisNE 2
3. BarnhillNYC 1
BrownPS 1
DonosoNYC 1
FieldsHG 1
HarrisPS 1
ManningNE 1
MillerPS 1
ScantleburyNYC 1
StanleyNBY 1
ThompsonHG 1
TiantNYC 1
WatsonBEG 1
WrightHG 1
Home Runs
1. GriffithNBY 8
GouldPS 8
3. BarbeeNBY 7
4. MillerPS 6
ScantleburyNYC 6
HookerNE 6
7. NewkirkNBY 5
LewisNE 5
9. DonosoNYC 4
BlackBEG 4
MorrisNYC 4
Bases on Balls
1. RombyBEG 61
2. BlackBEG 58
3. MillerPS 48
4. WatsonBEG 45
5. BarbeeNBY 44
6. PopeHG 34
7. SmithHG 32
8. ManningNE 31
9. LewisNE 30
10. PartlowPS 29
Hits
1. BlackBEG 138
2. LewisNE 116
3. ManningNE 115
4. ByrdBEG 112
5. MillerPS 102
6. PartlowPS 98
7. HookerNE 95
8. PopeHG 93
9. WrightHG 86
WatsonBEG 86
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. TiantNYC 3.176
2. LewisNE 2.700
3. WilliamsNE 2.636
4. DonosoNYC 2.560
5. ManningNE 2.484
6. ByrdBEG 2.458
7. ThompsonHG 2.455
8. WrightHG 2.250
9. GriffithNBY 2.231
10. GainesBEG 2.115
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. GainesBEG 0.000
RombyBEG 0.000
3. ManningNE 0.069
4. ThompsonHG 0.094
5. PartlowPS 0.103
6. TiantNYC 0.113
7. ByrdBEG 0.150
8. WalkerHG 0.168
9. WilliamsNE 0.175
10. WatsonBEG 0.178
Losses
1. BlackBEG 10
2. PopeHG 8
3. PartlowPS 6
LewisNE 6
HookerNE 6
GriffithNBY 6
7. WrightHG 5
SmithHG 5
BrownPS 5
ScantleburyNYC 5
ByrdBEG 5
NewkirkNBY 5
MorrisNYC 5
Earned Runs
1. BlackBEG 57
LewisNE 57
3. MillerPS 48
4. BarbeeNBY 44
5. NewkirkNBY 43
6. ManningNE 41
7. HookerNE 38
8. PopeHG 36
PartlowPS 36
ByrdBEG 36
Wild Pitches
1. RombyBEG 4
WatsonBEG 4
3. BlackBEG 3
WilmorePS 3
BarbeeNBY 3
MillerPS 3
7. WrightHG 2
PereiraBEG 2
StanleyNBY 2
LewisNE 2
CrueNYC 2
Hit By Pitch
1. WatsonBEG 8
2. ManningNE 4
GulleyNE 4
4. BarbeeNBY 3
ThurmanHG 3
PereiraBEG 3
MillerPS 3
LewisNE 3
GainesBEG 3
BarnhillNYC 3
Batters Faced
1. BlackBEG 583
2. ManningNE 531
3. ByrdBEG 496
4. MillerPS 477
5. LewisNE 470
6. RombyBEG 453
7. WatsonBEG 430
8. ThompsonHG 400
9. PopeHG 395
10. PartlowPS 384
Games Finished
1. BlackBEG 8
2. WalkerHG 7
3. GriffithNBY 6
WilliamsNE 6
CrueNYC 6
6. ScantleburyNYC 5
NewkirkNBY 5
WarrenHG 5
9. PartlowPS 4
RombyBEG 4
ThompsonHG 4
FieldsHG 4
KaiserHG 4
ThomasNE 4
Adjusted ERA+
1. DonosoNYC 175
2. WatsonBEG 174
3. TiantNYC 169
4. RombyBEG 165
5. ByrdBEG 149
6. ThompsonHG 143
7. ManningNE 141
8. WilliamsNE 127
9. WalkerHG 126
10. ScantleburyNYC 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. TiantNYC 2.16
2. GainesBEG 2.33
3. ManningNE 2.40
4. ThompsonHG 2.40
5. WilliamsNE 2.50
6. PartlowPS 2.53
7. RombyBEG 2.54
8. ByrdBEG 2.56
9. DonosoNYC 2.66
10. LewisNE 2.69
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. RombyBEG 21
2. ManningNE 18
3. WatsonBEG 17
4. ByrdBEG 16
5. TiantNYC 15
6. DonosoNYC 14
7. ThompsonHG 13
8. WrightHG 6
9. ScantleburyNYC 5
10. WalkerHG 5
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. RombyBEG 2.0
2. ManningNE 1.7
3. WatsonBEG 1.7
4. ByrdBEG 1.6
5. TiantNYC 1.5
6. DonosoNYC 1.4
7. ThompsonHG 1.2
8. WrightHG 0.6
9. ThomasNE 0.5
ScantleburyNYC 0.5

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