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Negro National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rogan • KCM 9.0
2. Charleston • ABC 6.4
3. Hampton • ABC 6.2
4. Moore • KCM 5.0
5. McNair • KCM 4.9
6. Mackey • ABC 4.4
7. Jeffries • ABC 4.3
8. Johnson • KCM 4.2
9. Force • DS 4.2
10. Brown • CAG 4.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Rogan • KCM 4.6
2. Jeffries • ABC 4.4
3. Brown • CAG 4.4
4. Padrón • CAG 4.2
5. Hampton • ABC 4.2
6. Holland • DS 3.9
7. Cooper • DS 3.3
8. Branham • CTS 3.2
9. Force • DS 3.2
10. Meyers • SLS 2.9
Earned Run Average
1. Hampton • ABC 2.49
2. Padrón • CAG 2.74
3. Rogan • KCM 2.83
4. Brown • CAG 2.90
5. Holland • DS 3.01
6. Rile • CAG 3.09
7. Crawford • KCM 3.52
8. Jeffries • ABC 3.54
9. Meyers • SLS 3.67
10. Cooper • DS 3.70
Wins
1. Jeffries • ABC 21
2. Rogan • KCM 14
3. Holland • DS 13
Brown • CAG 13
5. Hampton • ABC 12
Meyers • SLS 12
Curry • KCM 12
Cooper • DS 12
Whitworth • CAG 12
10. Force • DS 11
Win-Loss %
1. Brown • CAG .813
2. Gisentaner • KCM .750
3. McClure • 2TM .714
4. Cooper • DS .706
Meyers • SLS .706
6. Hampton • ABC .667
7. Force • DS .647
8. Rogan • KCM .636
Jeffries • ABC .636
10. Curry • KCM .632
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Holland • DS 1.077
2. Rogan • KCM 1.084
3. Padrón • CAG 1.094
4. Hampton • ABC 1.107
5. Force • DS 1.134
6. Cooper • DS 1.185
7. Brown • CAG 1.232
8. Rile • CAG 1.247
9. Jeffries • ABC 1.256
10. Johnston • CTS 1.262
Hits per 9 IP
1. Force • DS 7.656
2. Rogan • KCM 7.668
3. Padrón • CAG 7.789
4. Brown • CAG 7.897
5. Holland • DS 8.044
6. Hampton • ABC 8.094
7. Jeffries • ABC 8.669
8. Johnston • CTS 8.706
9. Cooper • DS 8.764
10. Rile • CAG 8.766
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Holland • DS 1.646
2. Wilson • DS 1.680
3. Hampton • ABC 1.868
4. Cooper • DS 1.905
5. Padrón • CAG 2.053
6. Rogan • KCM 2.091
7. Curry • KCM 2.226
8. Crawford • KCM 2.269
9. McCall • 2TM 2.366
10. Rodríguez • CSW 2.437
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Force • DS 6.125
2. Brown • CAG 5.981
3. Rogan • KCM 5.484
4. Holland • DS 5.409
5. Meyers • SLS 5.121
6. Curry • KCM 5.068
7. Mahoney • ABC 5.036
8. Bell • SLS 4.974
9. Branham • CTS 4.827
10. McCall • 2TM 4.733
Games Played
1. Jeffries • ABC 38
2. McCall • 2TM 30
3. Holland • DS 29
Carr • ABC 29
Branham • CTS 29
6. Brown • CAG 28
7. Padrón • CAG 27
Force • DS 27
9. Rogan • KCM 26
10. Ross • ABC 25
Curry • KCM 25
Saves
1. Curry • KCM 2
Jeffries • ABC 2
Mahoney • ABC 2
Rogan • KCM 2
5. Brown • CAG 1
Carr • ABC 1
Cooper • DS 1
Force • DS 1
Hampton • ABC 1
Meyers • SLS 1
Oldham • SLS 1
Padrón • CAG 1
Parrado • CSW 1
Ross • ABC 1
McCall • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Jeffries • ABC 208.2
2. Rogan • KCM 193.2
3. Holland • DS 191.1
4. Curry • KCM 190.0
5. Force • DS 176.1
6. Padrón • CAG 171.0
7. Branham • CTS 169.2
8. Ross • ABC 168.1
9. Cooper • DS 165.1
10. Carr • ABC 160.2
Strikeouts
1. Force • DS 120
2. Rogan • KCM 118
3. Holland • DS 115
4. Curry • KCM 107
5. Brown • CAG 103
6. Branham • CTS 91
7. Meyers • SLS 88
Jeffries • ABC 88
9. Padrón • CAG 82
Cooper • DS 82
Games Started
1. Jeffries • ABC 21
Holland • DS 21
Cooper • DS 21
Ross • ABC 21
Curry • KCM 21
Rogan • KCM 21
7. Carr • ABC 19
Padrón • CAG 19
9. Boada • CSW 18
Force • DS 18
Complete Games
1. Rogan • KCM 20
2. Curry • KCM 17
3. Holland • DS 16
4. Cooper • DS 15
5. Jeffries • ABC 14
6. Boada • CSW 13
Padrón • CAG 13
Ross • ABC 13
Meyers • SLS 13
Force • DS 13
Shutouts
1. Padrón • CAG 4
Cooper • DS 4
3. Brown • CAG 3
4. Rogan • KCM 2
Mahoney • ABC 2
6. Branham • CTS 1
Corbett • PK 1
Crawford • KCM 1
Curry • KCM 1
Force • DS 1
Bell • SLS 1
Holland • DS 1
Jeffries • ABC 1
Pedroso • CSW 1
Ross • ABC 1
Johnson • 2TM 1
Hampton • ABC 1
Home Runs
1. Force • DS 16
2. Cooper • DS 13
3. Pedroso • CSW 12
4. Marshall • DS 11
5. Finner • SLS 10
6. Silva • CSW 9
Oldham • SLS 9
Holland • DS 9
9. Boada • CSW 8
Carr • ABC 8
Corbett • PK 8
Bases on Balls
1. Silva • CSW 69
Whitworth • CAG 69
3. Carr • ABC 62
4. Jeffries • ABC 61
5. Branham • CTS 60
6. Mahoney • ABC 55
Brown • CAG 55
8. Ross • ABC 51
9. Force • DS 50
10. Gisentaner • KCM 47
Curry • KCM 47
Hits
1. Curry • KCM 204
2. Jeffries • ABC 201
3. Branham • CTS 181
4. Boada • CSW 176
5. Ross • ABC 173
6. McCall • 2TM 172
7. Holland • DS 171
8. Corbett • PK 166
Carr • ABC 166
10. Silva • CSW 165
Rogan • KCM 165
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Holland • DS 3.286
2. Rogan • KCM 2.622
3. Force • DS 2.400
4. Cooper • DS 2.343
5. Curry • KCM 2.277
6. Padrón • CAG 2.103
7. Meyers • SLS 2.095
8. McCall • 2TM 2.000
9. Brown • CAG 1.873
10. Johnston • CTS 1.762
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Hampton • ABC 0.113
2. Brown • CAG 0.116
3. Whitworth • CAG 0.127
4. Rogan • KCM 0.139
5. Gisentaner • KCM 0.165
6. Padrón • CAG 0.211
7. Jeffries • ABC 0.259
8. Branham • CTS 0.265
9. Curry • KCM 0.284
10. Drake • 2TM 0.287
Losses
1. Jeffries • ABC 12
Holland • DS 12
3. Boada • CSW 11
Drake • 2TM 11
Silva • CSW 11
6. Branham • CTS 10
McCall • 2TM 10
8. Padrón • CAG 9
Pedroso • CSW 9
10. Rodríguez • CSW 8
Rogan • KCM 8
Corbett • PK 8
Whitworth • CAG 8
Earned Runs
1. Silva • CSW 102
2. McCall • 2TM 92
3. Ross • ABC 87
4. Boada • CSW 83
5. Jeffries • ABC 82
Pedroso • CSW 82
7. Carr • ABC 81
8. Branham • CTS 79
Curry • KCM 79
10. Force • DS 75
Wild Pitches
1. Jeffries • ABC 7
2. Gisentaner • KCM 5
3. Rogan • KCM 4
4. Boada • CSW 3
Silva • CSW 3
Pedroso • CSW 3
Crawford • KCM 3
Meyers • SLS 3
9. Lázaga • CSW 2
Drake • 2TM 2
Owens • PK 2
Mahoney • ABC 2
Gurley • SLS 2
Finner • SLS 2
Branham • CTS 2
Dickey • SLS 2
Curry • KCM 2
Carr • ABC 2
Gatewood • SLS 2
Hit By Pitch
1. Brown • CAG 10
Force • DS 10
3. Mahoney • ABC 9
Silva • CSW 9
5. Jeffries • ABC 8
Cooper • DS 8
7. Boada • CSW 7
Pedroso • CSW 7
9. Meyers • SLS 6
Ross • ABC 6
Branham • CTS 6
Batters Faced
1. Jeffries • ABC 891
2. Curry • KCM 818
3. Rogan • KCM 789
4. Holland • DS 781
5. Branham • CTS 736
Force • DS 736
7. Ross • ABC 725
8. Padrón • CAG 705
9. Carr • ABC 703
10. Cooper • DS 702
Adjusted ERA+
1. Hampton • ABC 181
2. Padrón • CAG 165
3. Rogan • KCM 159
4. Brown • CAG 156
5. Holland • DS 150
6. Rile • CAG 146
7. Crawford • KCM 129
8. Jeffries • ABC 128
9. Meyers • SLS 123
10. Cooper • DS 122
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Rogan • KCM 2.91
2. Holland • DS 3.19
3. Curry • KCM 3.21
4. Brown • CAG 3.25
5. Padrón • CAG 3.27
6. Hampton • ABC 3.42
7. McCall • 2TM 3.49
8. Meyers • SLS 3.53
9. Branham • CTS 3.63
10. Jeffries • ABC 3.67
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Rogan • KCM 32
2. Hampton • ABC 32
3. Padrón • CAG 30
4. Brown • CAG 28
5. Holland • DS 27
6. Jeffries • ABC 26
7. Rile • CAG 17
8. Cooper • DS 17
9. Force • DS 15
10. Curry • KCM 14
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Hampton • ABC 3.0
2. Rogan • KCM 3.0
3. Padrón • CAG 2.8
4. Brown • CAG 2.6
5. Holland • DS 2.5
6. Jeffries • ABC 2.4
7. Rile • CAG 1.6
8. Cooper • DS 1.6
9. Force • DS 1.4
10. Curry • KCM 1.3

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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