1920 Negro National League Standard Pitching

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Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Indianapolis ABCs	13	24.9	4.84	46	45	.505	3.73	95	95	52	9	9	4	834.0	778	460	346	11	305	367	39	9	3618	95	3.33	1.299	8.4	0.1	3.3	4.0	1.20
Chicago American Giants	6	25.9	3.18	47	18	.723	2.32	67	67	50	8	8	4	598.0	465	213	154	6	184	321	19	1	2400	153	2.88	1.085	7.0	0.1	2.8	4.8	1.74
Chicago Giants	10	15.7	6.00	6	34	.150	5.23	40	40	25	1	1	1	332.0	397	240	193	15	135	148	23	7	1513	68	3.93	1.602	10.8	0.4	3.7	4.0	1.10
Cuban Stars West	5	18.7	4.07	31	30	.508	3.12	61	61	46	1	1	2	525.1	517	248	182	12	175	244	11	6	2278	114	3.23	1.317	8.9	0.2	3.0	4.2	1.39
Dayton Marcos	9	21.7	5.81	13	29	.310	4.73	42	42	22	2	2	0	361.2	373	244	190	8	151	154	13	8	1587	75	3.60	1.449	9.3	0.2	3.8	3.8	1.02
Detroit Stars	12	23.1	4.36	38	26	.594	3.38	64	64	37	2	2	6	575.0	508	279	216	21	217	275	19	6	2448	105	3.55	1.261	8.0	0.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
Kansas City Monarchs	11	26.0	4.46	42	35	.545	3.34	78	78	55	5	5	3	709.0	675	348	263	9	214	382	19	9	2991	106	2.88	1.254	8.6	0.1	2.7	4.8	1.79
St. Louis Giants	8	26.4	4.70	30	37	.448	3.48	67	67	51	4	4	2	597.0	611	315	231	10	198	278	17	7	2571	102	3.17	1.355	9.2	0.2	3.0	4.2	1.40
League Average	8	23.5	4.57	32	32	.499	3.52	64	64	42	4	4	3	566	540	293	222	12	197	271	20	7	2426	101	3.26	1.303	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.3	1.37
	68	23.5	4.57	253	254	.499	3.52	514	514	338	32	32	22	4532.0	4324	2347	1775	92	1579	2169	160	53	19406	101	3.26	1.303	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.3	1.37

Player Standard Pitching

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Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Bill Drake	25	SLG	2.3	11	14	.440	3.27	27	25	22	2	1	217.1	238	114	79	4	69	102	1	0	947	108	3.07	1.413	9.9	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.48
2	Rube Curry	21	KCM	3.9	10	11	.476	2.81	28	20	14	1	1	205.1	189	87	64	0	44	101	7	1	836	126	2.56	1.135	8.3	*0.0*	1.9	4.4	2.30
3	Dicta Johnson	33	ABC	1.8	10	8	.556	3.32	29	20	14	0	0	198.0	184	99	73	0	48	88	9	4	841	106	2.78	1.172	8.4	*0.0*	2.2	4.0	1.83
4	Sam Crawford	28	KCM	4.0	14	8	.636	2.78	27	19	15	3	1	188.0	154	76	58	3	61	106	5	3	786	127	2.93	1.144	7.4	0.1	2.9	5.1	1.74
5	Dizzy Dismukes	30	ABC	0.3	14	9	.609	3.85	31	25	14	3	0	187.0	155	108	80	2	81	88	9	2	806	92	3.44	1.262	7.5	0.1	3.9	4.2	1.09
6	Cheo Hernández	26	CSW	2.8	12	10	.545	3.08	26	21	18	1	1	187.0	193	83	64	3	58	71	6	4	803	115	3.28	1.342	9.3	0.1	2.8	3.4	1.22
7	Bill Holland	19	DS	3.1	11	6	.647	2.77	28	19	13	1	3	169.0	145	65	52	6	47	96	4	1	702	128	3.03	1.136	7.7	0.3	2.5	5.1	2.04
8	José Leblanc	26	CSW	4.1	11	9	.550	1.99	24	18	16	0	0	167.0	138	60	37	3	41	103	2	0	702	177	2.57	1.072	7.4	0.2	2.2	5.6	2.51
9	John Finner	34	SLG	2.9	7	8	.467	2.98	23	13	11	1	1	166.0	165	76	55	3	30	65	4	1	687	119	2.87	1.175	8.9	0.2	1.6	3.5	2.17
10	Bill Gatewood	38	DS	2.4	15	5	.750	2.72	24	16	11	1	2	159.0	136	66	48	6	45	90	6	0	655	130	3.12	1.138	7.7	0.3	2.5	5.1	2.00
11	Tom Williams	23	CAG	4.0	12	4	.750	1.83	23	17	15	2	3	157.0	127	50	32	2	37	65	3	0	630	193	2.90	1.045	7.3	0.1	2.1	3.7	1.76
12	Jim Jeffries*	27	ABC	1.1	7	8	.467	3.77	29	14	9	1	3	155.0	147	81	65	2	48	62	6	1	665	94	3.21	1.258	8.5	0.1	2.8	3.6	1.29
13	Dave Brown*	23	CAG	4.5	13	3	.813	*1.82*	20	16	13	2	0	148.2	84	42	30	0	51	101	10	1	580	*195*	2.67	*0.908*	*5.1*	*0.0*	3.1	6.1	1.98
14	Tom Johnson	31	2TM	3.2	13	2	*.867*	2.42	20	17	11	2	0	148.2	128	53	40	4	33	69	0	1	589	146	2.89	1.083	7.7	0.2	2.0	4.2	2.09
14	Tom Johnson	31	CAG	3.1	11	0	1.000	1.84	16	13	8	2	0	112.1	93	34	23	1	23	55	0	0	440	192	2.55	1.033	7.5	0.1	1.8	4.4	2.39
14	Tom Johnson	31	DS	0.1	2	2	.500	4.21	4	4	3	0	0	36.1	35	19	17	3	10	14	0	1	149	85	3.93	1.239	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.5	1.40
15	George Britt	24	DM	0.9	6	8	.429	4.02	20	13	11	1	0	134.1	117	77	60	4	56	71	6	1	572	88	3.52	1.288	7.8	0.3	3.8	4.8	1.27
16	Faustino Valdés		CSW	-0.2	6	10	.375	4.18	20	17	12	0	1	131.1	146	80	61	5	58	49	2	2	596	85	3.92	1.553	10.0	0.3	4.0	3.4	0.84
17	Bullet Rogan	26	KCM	1.8	7	5	.583	3.12	14	13	12	0	0	121.0	111	55	42	2	43	89	2	3	506	113	2.66	1.273	8.3	0.1	3.2	*6.6*	2.07
18	Wayne Carr	23	SLG	0.8	6	9	.400	3.95	18	16	11	1	0	120.2	126	68	53	3	55	65	5	5	529	89	3.54	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	4.8	1.18
19	John Taylor		COG	1.8	2	11	.154	4.03	19	12	11	1	0	118.1	124	65	53	5	31	55	7	3	502	88	3.39	1.310	9.4	0.4	2.4	4.2	1.77
20	Bob McClure	29	ABC	2.3	7	7	.500	2.42	19	10	7	2	0	115.1	96	47	31	5	39	61	2	1	478	146	3.37	1.171	7.5	0.4	3.0	4.8	1.56
21	Jack Marshall	25	CAG	0.8	6	7	.462	3.41	17	13	9	1	1	113.1	104	55	43	0	49	63	2	0	477	104	3.04	1.350	8.3	*0.0*	3.9	5.0	1.29
22	Luther Farrell*	23	2TM	-0.8	3	11	.214	5.33	17	12	8	0	0	106.1	120	81	63	3	41	58	7	0	473	67	3.43	1.514	10.2	0.3	3.5	4.9	1.41
22	Luther Farrell*	23	SLG	-1.0	1	5	.167	6.57	8	6	2	0	0	38.1	44	36	28	0	19	21	3	0	179	54	3.43	1.643	10.3	0.0	4.5	4.9	1.11
22	Luther Farrell*	23	COG	0.2	2	6	.250	4.63	9	6	6	0	0	68.0	76	45	35	3	22	37	4	0	294	77	3.43	1.441	10.1	0.4	2.9	4.9	1.68
23	John Donaldson*	29	KCM	0.8	6	6	.500	3.78	14	10	8	1	1	95.1	100	50	40	0	25	54	1	0	400	94	*2.49*	1.311	9.4	*0.0*	2.4	5.1	2.16
24	Morris Williams		ABC	-1.3	4	7	.364	5.25	16	15	4	1	0	84.0	93	64	49	1	40	22	7	0	389	67	4.11	1.583	10.0	0.1	4.3	2.4	0.55
25	Frank Wickware	32	CAG	0.5	5	3	.625	3.53	10	7	4	1	0	58.2	52	28	23	3	22	36	3	0	241	101	3.52	1.261	8.0	0.5	3.4	5.5	1.64
26	Gifford McDonald	29	DS	-0.6	3	4	.429	5.96	9	8	3	0	0	51.1	54	36	34	3	35	20	4	1	240	60	5.06	1.734	9.5	0.5	6.1	3.5	0.57
27	Chase		2TM	-0.6	1	3	.250	5.51	8	7	2	0	0	50.2	58	42	31	5	31	22	7	2	238	65	5.47	1.757	10.3	0.9	5.5	3.9	0.71
27	Chase		COG	-0.5	1	3	.250	5.48	7	6	2	0	0	42.2	54	35	26	5	23	17	7	2	202	65	5.64	1.805	11.4	1.1	4.9	3.6	0.74
27	Chase		DS	-0.2	0	0		5.63	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	7	5	0	8	5	0	0	36	66	4.55	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	5.6	0.63
28	Charley Wilson	25	DM	0.2	3	4	.429	3.83	8	6	2	0	0	49.1	52	30	21	1	15	15	0	1	208	93	3.37	1.358	9.5	0.2	2.7	2.7	1.00
29	Herlen Ragland*	24	2TM	-0.8	3	6	.333	5.59	11	6	3	0	0	48.1	48	40	30	1	26	22	2	3	224	64	3.90	1.531	8.9	0.2	4.8	4.1	0.85
29	Herlen Ragland*	24	ABC	-0.4	1	1	.500	7.20	3	1	0	0	0	10.0	10	10	8	0	3	5	1	0	44	51	3.00	1.300	9.0	0.0	2.7	4.5	1.67
29	Herlen Ragland*	24	DM	-0.5	2	5	.286	5.17	8	5	3	0	0	38.1	38	30	22	1	23	17	1	3	180	69	4.13	1.591	8.9	0.2	5.4	4.0	0.74
30	José Méndez	35	KCM	0.6	3	1	.750	2.87	9	5	3	0	0	47.0	46	23	15	3	9	10	1	0	193	124	3.84	1.170	8.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	1.11
31	Gunboat Thompson		DS	0.0	3	3	.500	3.86	9	7	3	0	0	46.2	37	26	20	1	27	15	3	1	207	92	4.37	1.371	7.1	0.2	5.2	2.9	0.56
32	Slim Branham	20	DM	1.5	2	3	.400	1.84	6	5	3	1	0	44.0	30	15	9	0	12	17	0	1	164	193	2.85	0.955	6.1	0.0	2.5	3.5	1.42
33	Walter Ball	41	COG	-0.2	0	6	.000	5.95	8	8	4	0	0	42.1	47	32	28	1	32	18	4	0	208	60	4.81	1.866	10.0	0.2	6.8	3.8	0.56
34	Andy Cooper*	23	DS	0.5	1	2	.333	3.19	9	4	2	0	1	42.1	35	19	15	2	16	13	0	0	176	112	3.94	1.205	7.4	0.4	3.4	2.8	0.81
35	Isaac Lane	31	DM	-1.4	0	3	.000	8.24	12	4	0	0	0	39.1	56	42	36	2	22	10	1	0	194	43	4.71	1.983	12.8	0.5	5.0	2.3	0.45
36	Willie Gray*		DM	-0.5	0	5	.000	5.63	7	5	2	0	0	38.1	48	31	24	0	13	14	3	2	175	63	3.32	1.591	11.3	0.0	3.1	3.3	1.08
37	Ed Rile	20	ABC	1.0	2	2	.500	2.48	7	6	3	1	0	36.1	31	12	10	0	25	21	2	0	162	144	3.88	1.541	7.7	0.0	6.2	5.2	0.84
38	Prudencio Martínez	25	CSW	0.1	2	1	.667	4.08	5	5	0	0	0	35.1	35	20	16	1	15	18	1	0	156	88	3.51	1.415	8.9	0.3	3.8	4.6	1.20
39	Jimmie Lyons*	30	DS	-0.2	1	2	.333	3.49	5	2	0	0	0	28.1	26	18	11	0	16	12	2	0	129	102	3.86	1.482	8.3	0.0	5.1	3.8	0.75
40	Ben Taylor*	31	ABC	0.6	1	1	.500	2.70	10	1	1	1	1	23.1	20	8	7	1	4	7	0	0	92	133	3.27	1.029	7.7	0.4	1.5	2.7	1.75
41	Jimmy Oldham	27	SLG	0.2	2	1	.667	3.86	5	4	2	0	0	21.0	14	11	9	0	6	9	2	0	84	93	3.09	0.952	6.0	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
42	Zack Foreman	26	KCM	-0.4	1	1	.500	5.21	3	3	2	0	0	19.0	27	17	11	1	3	8	1	1	93	69	3.28	1.579	12.8	0.5	1.4	3.8	2.67
43	Lem McDougal	25	COG	-1.2	0	4	.000	12.96	5	4	0	0	0	16.2	36	29	24	1	12	5	0	0	99	28	5.14	2.880	19.4	0.5	6.5	2.7	0.42
44	Oscar Charleston*	23	ABC	-0.3	0	0		3.31	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	22	13	6	0	6	5	0	1	82	109	3.29	1.714	12.1	0.0	3.3	2.8	0.83
45	Lunie Danage	25	SLG	0.8	1	0	1.000	1.15	2	1	1	0	0	15.2	10	3	2	0	7	11	1	1	62	315	2.93	1.085	5.7	0.0	4.0	6.3	1.57
46	Horace Jenkins	29	COG	-0.2	0	3	.000	5.74	4	2	1	0	1	15.2	25	13	10	0	2	4	0	0	75	63	2.67	1.723	14.4	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.00
47	Hugh Blackburn*	32	KCM	-0.5	0	3	.000	8.53	4	2	0	0	0	12.2	18	14	12	0	10	7	0	0	65	43	4.07	2.211	12.8	0.0	7.1	5.0	0.70
48	Charley Lightner	27	KCM	-0.6	0	0		8.76	4	4	0	0	0	12.1	15	14	12	0	17	3	0	0	67	42	6.45	2.595	10.9	0.0	12.4	2.2	0.18
49	Waters		COG	0.0	1	0	1.000	5.84	2	1	0	0	0	12.1	15	9	8	0	6	3	0	0	58	63	3.77	1.703	10.9	0.0	4.4	2.2	0.50
50	Arthur Coleman*	22	DM	-0.1	0	1	.000	6.75	4	3	1	0	0	12.0	17	9	9	0	8	6	2	0	60	54	4.30	2.083	12.8	0.0	6.0	4.5	0.75
51	Chick Harper		DS	-0.1	0	1	.000	2.45	2	1	1	0	0	11.0	11	7	3	0	3	2	0	0	49	149	3.26	1.273	9.0	0.0	2.5	1.6	0.67
52	Joe Casey*	19	SLG	0.3	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	5	5	1	0	40	185	3.69	1.222	6.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00
53	Smith		DS	0.0	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	7	5	2	0	3	5	0	0	41	185	2.69	1.111	7.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
54	Lonnie Torian	24	SLG	0.2	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	3	0	7	0	0	0	43	123	5.14	1.667	8.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.00
55	John Beckwith	20	COG	0.2	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	7	4	3	0	4	5	1	0	36	110	3.43	1.375	7.9	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
56	Cristóbal Torriente*	26	CAG	0.0	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	5	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	32	110	3.68	0.875	5.6	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
57	Green		DS	0.1	0	0		2.45	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	31	152	3.21	1.227	7.4	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
58	Herbert Smith*		KCM	-0.2	1	0	1.000	6.14	2	1	1	0	0	7.1	10	7	5	0	1	4	2	0	36	61	2.94	1.500	12.3	0.0	1.2	4.9	4.00
59	Bolden		COG	0.0	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	4	0	1	2	0	0	29	70	2.65	1.500	12.2	0.0	1.4	2.7	2.00
60	Brown		DS	-0.4	1	1	.500	9.45	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	8	7	0	4	0	0	2	33	40	4.60	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
61	Bernardo Baró*	24	CSW	-0.2	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	5	4	0	3	3	0	0	21	50	3.44	1.714	9.6	0.0	5.8	5.8	1.00
62	Biz Mackey	22	ABC	-0.4	0	1	.000	14.54	2	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	7	7	0	3	6	0	0	24	27	2.11	2.769	18.7	0.0	6.2	12.5	2.00
63	David Wingfield	26	DM	-0.2	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	21	43	2.05	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
64	Steel Arm Davis*	24	2TM	-0.5	0	0		18.90	3	1	0	0	0	3.1	10	8	7	0	3	3	0	2	23	24	3.70	3.900	27.0	0.0	8.1	8.1	1.00
64	Steel Arm Davis*	24	DM	-0.3	0	0		22.50	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	13	19	3.30	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
64	Steel Arm Davis*	24	COG	-0.2	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	10	35	4.30	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
65	Willie Haynes	19	ABC	-0.3	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	4	0	3	1	1	0	18	30	6.55	3.000	16.9	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33
66	Ralph Jefferson	24	ABC	-0.2	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	1	0	11	23	10.30	5.250	27.0	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
67	Edgar Washington	22	KCM	-0.3	0	0		36.00	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	9	14	5.80	6.000	45.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
68	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	ABC	-0.2	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	6	10	29.80	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	3.52																100	3.26	1.303	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.3	1.37