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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. ManningNE 3.3
2. BlackBEG 3.2
3. ByrdBEG 3.2
4. GilliamBEG 3.1
AustinPS 3.1
6. LockettBEG 3.0
7. ScantleburyNYC 2.8
8. KimbroBEG 2.8
9. RicksPS 2.4
10. EasterHG 2.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. ManningNE 3.2
2. BlackBEG 2.9
3. ByrdBEG 2.5
4. RicksPS 2.3
5. LewisNE 2.1
6. ScantleburyNYC 1.8
7. MillerPS 1.7
8. BarnhillNYC 1.6
9. RombyBEG 1.6
10. HookerNE 1.5
Earned Run Average
1. RicksPS 1.56
2. ManningNE 1.59
3. ByrdBEG 1.75
4. LewisNE 1.86
5. BlackBEG 1.91
6. RombyBEG 2.10
7. BrownPS 2.38
8. ParkerHG 2.78
9. BarnhillNYC 2.85
10. GainesBEG 2.92
Wins
1. ByrdBEG 10
2. ManningNE 9
3. BlackBEG 8
4. ScantleburyNYC 7
MillerPS 7
McHenryPS 7
GainesBEG 7
8. RombyBEG 6
RicksPS 6
ParkerHG 6
FieldsHG 6
HookerNE 6
Win-Loss %
1. RicksPS 1.000
2. FieldsHG .857
3. ParkerHG .750
4. BlackBEG .727
5. ByrdBEG .714
6. GainesBEG .700
7. ManningNE .692
8. RombyBEG .600
9. ScantleburyNYC .583
10. HookerNE .545
Walks & Hits per IP
1. ByrdBEG 1.022
2. BlackBEG 1.041
3. HookerNE 1.087
4. ManningNE 1.112
5. LewisNE 1.112
6. RombyBEG 1.167
7. GainesBEG 1.200
8. ParkerHG 1.211
9. FieldsHG 1.214
10. RicksPS 1.231
Hits per 9 IP
1. RombyBEG 6.400
2. BlackBEG 6.512
3. LewisNE 6.517
4. ParkerHG 6.659
5. ManningNE 6.988
6. RicksPS 7.442
7. ByrdBEG 7.589
8. GoldenNE 7.875
9. GainesBEG 7.992
10. HookerNE 8.151
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. ScantleburyNYC 1.543
2. ByrdBEG 1.605
3. HookerNE 1.630
4. BurkeBEG 1.645
5. FieldsHG 1.929
6. PartlowPS 1.938
7. McHenryPS 2.414
8. BrownPS 2.541
9. GainesBEG 2.808
10. BlackBEG 2.859
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. BrownPS 6.988
2. RombyBEG 6.800
3. BlackBEG 6.750
4. GainesBEG 6.372
5. ManningNE 5.797
6. ByrdBEG 5.765
7. LewisNE 5.703
8. McHenryPS 5.632
9. ThurmanHG 5.617
10. MillerPS 5.481
Games Played
1. MillerPS 18
2. BlackBEG 17
ByrdBEG 17
4. McHenryPS 16
RombyBEG 16
ScantleburyNYC 16
7. WilliamsNE 15
ManningNE 15
GoldenNE 15
10. HookerNE 14
Saves
1. RombyBEG 3
ThompsonHG 3
3. GoldenNE 2
4. AlexanderHG 1
BarnhillNYC 1
BlackBEG 1
FerrellBEG 1
LewisNE 1
RicksPS 1
StanleyNBY 1
TriceHG 1
WilliamsNE 1
WilmoreBEG 1
Innings Pitched
1. ByrdBEG 123.1
2. ScantleburyNYC 116.2
3. BlackBEG 113.1
ManningNE 113.1
5. MillerPS 111.2
6. McHenryPS 100.2
7. RombyBEG 90.0
8. HookerNE 88.1
9. BarnhillNYC 85.1
10. GainesBEG 83.1
Strikeouts
1. BlackBEG 85
2. ByrdBEG 79
3. ManningNE 73
4. MillerPS 68
RombyBEG 68
6. McHenryPS 63
ScantleburyNYC 63
8. GainesBEG 59
9. BarnhillNYC 50
10. LewisNE 49
Games Started
1. ManningNE 14
MillerPS 14
3. ScantleburyNYC 13
4. BarnhillNYC 12
BlackBEG 12
McHenryPS 12
ByrdBEG 12
8. HookerNE 11
GainesBEG 11
10. RombyBEG 10
Complete Games
1. ManningNE 12
2. ByrdBEG 11
3. McHenryPS 10
4. ScantleburyNYC 9
5. BarnhillNYC 8
BlackBEG 8
HookerNE 8
8. RombyBEG 7
MillerPS 7
10. ParkerHG 6
ThurmanHG 6
GainesBEG 6
Shutouts
1. LewisNE 3
2. BlackBEG 2
GoldenNE 2
4. BarnhillNYC 1
BurkeBEG 1
FieldsHG 1
GriffithNBY 1
ManningNE 1
McHenryPS 1
MillerPS 1
RicksPS 1
RombyBEG 1
ScantleburyNYC 1
ThurmanHG 1
Home Runs
1. BarnhillNYC 7
2. ScantleburyNYC 6
MillerPS 6
4. McHenryPS 5
5. SmithNBY 3
ParkerHG 3
LópezNYC 3
GriffithNBY 3
GoldenNE 3
DavidsonNBY 3
BrownPS 3
BlackBEG 3
Bases on Balls
1. MillerPS 51
2. RombyBEG 41
3. ManningNE 38
4. BlackBEG 36
5. ParkerHG 35
6. LópezNYC 32
7. GoldenNE 31
8. BarnhillNYC 30
LewisNE 30
10. WilliamsNE 29
Hits
1. ScantleburyNYC 126
2. McHenryPS 116
3. MillerPS 108
4. ByrdBEG 104
5. ManningNE 88
6. BarnhillNYC 87
7. WilliamsNE 84
8. BlackBEG 82
9. HookerNE 80
10. BurkeBEG 78
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. ByrdBEG 3.591
2. ScantleburyNYC 3.150
3. BrownPS 2.750
4. HookerNE 2.563
5. BlackBEG 2.361
6. PartlowPS 2.357
7. McHenryPS 2.333
8. GainesBEG 2.269
9. FieldsHG 2.167
10. ManningNE 1.921
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. BurkeBEG 0.000
RicksPS 0.000
ManningNE 0.000
4. RombyBEG 0.100
5. GainesBEG 0.108
6. LewisNE 0.116
7. WilliamsNE 0.125
8. ByrdBEG 0.146
9. ThurmanHG 0.181
10. HookerNE 0.204
Losses
1. BarnhillNYC 7
WilliamsNE 7
3. MillerPS 6
McHenryPS 6
LewisNE 6
6. HookerNE 5
BrownPS 5
ScantleburyNYC 5
LópezNYC 5
10. ManningNE 4
GoldenNE 4
StephensNBY 4
ThompsonHG 4
ThurmanHG 4
ByrdBEG 4
RombyBEG 4
Earned Runs
1. MillerPS 49
2. McHenryPS 44
3. ScantleburyNYC 39
4. WilliamsNE 36
5. HookerNE 31
6. GoldenNE 28
ThurmanHG 28
LópezNYC 28
9. GainesBEG 27
BarnhillNYC 27
Wild Pitches
1. BarnhillNYC 4
2. BrownPS 2
BurkeBEG 2
EvansHG 2
WilliamsNE 2
LewisNE 2
ScantleburyNYC 2
ManningNE 2
McHenryPS 2
MillerPS 2
RicksPS 2
Hit By Pitch
1. WilliamsNE 4
2. LópezNYC 3
StanleyNBY 3
SmithNBY 3
HookerNE 3
6. DavidsonNBY 2
ThompsonHG 2
StephensNBY 2
BurkeBEG 2
RombyBEG 2
RicksPS 2
PartlowPS 2
MillerPS 2
McHenryPS 2
ManningNE 2
JenkinsNYC 2
EvansHG 2
LewisNE 2
Batters Faced
1. ScantleburyNYC 492
2. ByrdBEG 487
3. MillerPS 484
4. ManningNE 468
5. BlackBEG 446
6. McHenryPS 436
7. BarnhillNYC 374
8. RombyBEG 365
9. HookerNE 364
10. GainesBEG 347
Games Finished
1. WilliamsNE 6
GoldenNE 6
RombyBEG 6
4. JenkinsNYC 5
LópezNYC 5
ByrdBEG 5
BrownPS 5
8. BlackBEG 4
MillerPS 4
BellHG 4
GriffithNBY 4
Adjusted ERA+
1. RicksPS 219
2. ManningNE 214
3. ByrdBEG 194
4. LewisNE 183
5. BlackBEG 179
6. RombyBEG 162
7. BrownPS 143
8. ParkerHG 122
9. BarnhillNYC 120
10. GainesBEG 117
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. ByrdBEG 2.25
2. GainesBEG 2.47
3. ManningNE 2.53
4. BlackBEG 2.58
5. HookerNE 2.77
6. BurkeBEG 2.79
7. BrownPS 2.79
8. RombyBEG 2.82
9. ScantleburyNYC 2.86
10. PartlowPS 2.88
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. ByrdBEG 20
2. ManningNE 19
3. BlackBEG 19
4. RombyBEG 12
5. LewisNE 12
6. RicksPS 10
7. ParkerHG 5
8. BrownPS 5
9. BarnhillNYC 5
10. GainesBEG 5
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. ByrdBEG 2.1
2. ManningNE 2.1
3. BlackBEG 2.0
4. LewisNE 1.2
5. RombyBEG 1.2
6. RicksPS 1.1
7. ParkerHG 0.5
8. BrownPS 0.5
9. BarnhillNYC 0.5
GainesBEG 0.5

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