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Negro National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Wells • SLS 6.7
2. Foster • CAG 4.3
3. Streeter • BBB 4.2
4. Radcliffe • SLS 4.1
5. Bell • KCM 4.1
6. Dean • DS 4.0
7. Suttles • SLS 3.7
8. Brewer • KCM 3.1
9. Bell • SLS 3.0
10. Giles • SLS 3.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Foster • CAG 4.1
2. Bell • KCM 3.9
3. Dean • DS 3.8
4. Streeter • BBB 3.7
5. Radcliffe • SLS 3.5
6. Brewer • KCM 3.4
7. Cooper • DS 2.7
8. Paige • BBB 2.7
9. Díaz • CSW 2.7
10. Hensley • SLS 2.4
Earned Run Average
1. Radcliffe • SLS 2.58
2. Paige • BBB 2.87
3. Bell • KCM 2.95
4. Díaz • CSW 2.95
5. Cooper • DS 3.10
6. Brewer • KCM 3.32
7. Dean • DS 3.71
8. Tiant • CSW 3.72
9. Foster • CAG 3.73
10. Willis • NEG 3.99
Wins
1. Hensley • SLS 16
2. Davis • 2TM 11
Foster • CAG 11
4. Bell • KCM 10
Salmon • 2TM 10
Streeter • BBB 10
Radcliffe • SLS 10
8. Dean • DS 9
Cooper • DS 9
Cooper • KCM 9
Strong • SLS 9
Win-Loss %
1. Radcliffe • SLS .833
2. Hensley • SLS .800
Trent • SLS .800
4. Davis • 2TM .786
5. Paige • BBB .778
6. Bell • KCM .769
7. Cooper • KCM .750
8. Strong • SLS .692
9. Matlock • SLS .667
10. Williams • SLS .615
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Paige • BBB 0.810
2. Dean • DS 1.051
3. Bell • KCM 1.055
4. Cooper • DS 1.107
5. Radcliffe • SLS 1.153
6. Díaz • CSW 1.216
7. Salmon • 2TM 1.246
8. Gillispie • 2TM 1.286
9. Foster • CAG 1.287
10. Powell • DS 1.301
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 6.212
2. Radcliffe • SLS 7.882
3. Dean • DS 8.140
4. Díaz • CSW 8.147
5. Bell • KCM 8.182
6. Gillispie • 2TM 8.328
7. Foster • CAG 8.406
8. Cooper • DS 8.591
9. Cornelius • 2TM 9.046
10. Matlock • SLS 9.067
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 1.075
2. Salmon • 2TM 1.087
3. Bell • KCM 1.309
4. Dean • DS 1.324
5. Cooper • DS 1.372
6. Streeter • BBB 1.936
7. McDonald • CAG 2.174
8. Willis • NEG 2.250
9. Powell • DS 2.263
10. Bell • BBB 2.296
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Cooper • KCM 8.720
2. Paige • BBB 8.243
3. Foster • CAG 7.404
4. Bell • KCM 5.891
5. Shaw • DS 5.873
6. Tiant • CSW 5.729
7. Vance • BBB 5.655
8. McHenry • KCM 5.521
9. Salmon • 2TM 5.492
10. Davis • 2TM 5.201
Games Played
1. Bell • 2TM 29
2. Salmon • 2TM 27
Cornelius • 2TM 27
4. Hensley • SLS 26
Foster • CAG 26
6. Streeter • BBB 25
7. Trent • SLS 23
8. McDonald • CAG 22
9. Curry • MRS 21
Holsey • CAG 21
Davis • 2TM 21
Saves
1. Hudson • LVB 3
2. Cooper • DS 2
Foster • CAG 2
Radcliffe • SLS 2
5. Curry • MRS 1
Díaz • CSW 1
Hensley • SLS 1
Holsey • CAG 1
McHenry • KCM 1
Morris • CAG 1
Paige • BBB 1
Powell • DS 1
Strong • SLS 1
Williams • SLS 1
Bell • 2TM 1
Gillispie • 2TM 1
Bell • KCM 1
Salmon • 2TM 1
Innings Pitched
1. Hensley • SLS 174.0
2. Streeter • BBB 162.2
3. Foster • CAG 161.2
4. Salmon • 2TM 157.1
5. Brewer • KCM 154.1
6. Holsey • CAG 152.0
Bell • 2TM 152.0
8. Dean • DS 136.0
9. Cornelius • 2TM 130.1
10. McDonald • CAG 128.1
Strikeouts
1. Foster • CAG 133
2. Cooper • KCM 104
3. Salmon • 2TM 96
4. Brewer • KCM 83
5. Tiant • CSW 80
6. Bell • KCM 72
Shaw • DS 72
8. Paige • BBB 69
9. Davis • 2TM 68
Cornelius • 2TM 68
Games Started
1. Hensley • SLS 20
2. Streeter • BBB 19
3. Bell • 2TM 18
4. Salmon • 2TM 17
Tiant • CSW 17
Cornelius • 2TM 17
7. Brewer • KCM 16
Vance • BBB 16
9. Mitchell • CAG 15
Powell • DS 15
McDonald • CAG 15
Holsey • CAG 15
Willis • NEG 15
Foster • CAG 15
Davis • DS 15
Cooper • KCM 15
Complete Games
1. Brewer • KCM 15
Streeter • BBB 15
3. Hensley • SLS 14
4. Foster • CAG 13
5. Salmon • 2TM 12
Bell • KCM 12
Tiant • CSW 12
8. Cooper • DS 11
Holsey • CAG 11
10. Shaw • DS 10
Davis • DS 10
Shutouts
1. Cornelius • 2TM 2
Trent • SLS 2
Shaw • DS 2
Paige • BBB 2
Bell • KCM 2
Dean • DS 2
Davis • DS 2
Brewer • KCM 2
McHenry • KCM 2
10. Wright • NEG 1
Williams • SLS 1
Willis • NEG 1
Cooper • DS 1
Tiant • CSW 1
Cunningham • MRS 1
Radcliffe • SLS 1
Powell • DS 1
McCauley • NEG 1
Markham • KCM 1
Hudson • LVB 1
Holsey • CAG 1
Foster • CAG 1
Bases on Balls
1. Cornelius • 2TM 69
2. Mitchell • CAG 58
Hensley • SLS 58
4. Foster • CAG 57
5. Strong • SLS 55
Trent • SLS 55
7. Cooper • KCM 53
8. Bell • 2TM 50
9. Brewer • KCM 46
10. Holsey • CAG 44
Hits
1. Hensley • SLS 184
2. Streeter • BBB 178
3. Salmon • 2TM 177
4. Brewer • KCM 161
Bell • 2TM 161
6. McDonald • CAG 156
7. Holsey • CAG 155
8. Foster • CAG 151
9. Davis • 2TM 143
10. Trent • SLS 139
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • BBB 7.667
2. Salmon • 2TM 5.053
3. Bell • KCM 4.500
4. Dean • DS 3.150
5. Cooper • DS 2.737
6. Foster • CAG 2.333
7. Shaw • DS 2.250
8. Cooper • KCM 1.962
9. Tiant • CSW 1.905
10. McHenry • KCM 1.882
Losses
1. Bell • 2TM 14
2. Willis • NEG 12
3. Tiant • CSW 11
4. Holsey • CAG 10
Cornelius • 2TM 10
6. Salmon • 2TM 9
Brewer • KCM 9
McDonald • CAG 9
Vance • BBB 9
10. Streeter • BBB 8
Foster • CAG 8
Dean • DS 8
Earned Runs
1. Bell • 2TM 85
Cornelius • 2TM 85
3. Salmon • 2TM 83
4. Holsey • CAG 81
5. Hensley • SLS 79
6. Vance • BBB 77
7. Cunningham • MRS 76
8. Streeter • BBB 75
9. Wright • NEG 74
10. McDonald • CAG 67
Foster • CAG 67
Wild Pitches
1. Gillispie • 2TM 4
Vance • BBB 4
Cornelius • 2TM 4
4. Streeter • BBB 3
Markham • KCM 3
Díaz • CSW 3
Foster • CAG 3
8. Salmon • 2TM 2
Taylor • MRS 2
Paige • BBB 2
Mitchell • CAG 2
Hensley • SLS 2
Gisentaner • LVB 2
Wright • NEG 2
Bell • 2TM 2
Cunningham • MRS 2
Capers • LVB 2
Brewer • KCM 2
Hit By Pitch
1. Brewer • KCM 8
2. Cooper • KCM 5
3. Williams • SLS 4
4. Shaw • DS 3
Powell • DS 3
Strong • SLS 3
Davis • 2TM 3
8. Wright • NEG 2
Radcliffe • SLS 2
Tiant • CSW 2
Mitchell • CAG 2
Hensley • SLS 2
Foster • CAG 2
Davis • CAG 2
Gillispie • 2TM 2
Curry • MRS 2
Cunningham • MRS 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Radcliffe • SLS 185
2. Paige • BBB 166
3. Bell • KCM 161
4. Díaz • CSW 161
5. Cooper • DS 153
6. Brewer • KCM 143
7. Dean • DS 128
8. Tiant • CSW 128
9. Foster • CAG 127
10. Willis • NEG 119
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Radcliffe • SLS 28
2. Bell • KCM 24
3. Brewer • KCM 22
4. Foster • CAG 20
5. Dean • DS 19
6. Díaz • CSW 19
7. Cooper • DS 19
8. Paige • BBB 16
9. Streeter • BBB 15
10. Hensley • SLS 15
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Radcliffe • SLS 2.6
2. Bell • KCM 2.3
3. Brewer • KCM 2.1
4. Foster • CAG 1.9
5. Dean • DS 1.8
6. Cooper • DS 1.7
Díaz • CSW 1.7
8. Paige • BBB 1.6
9. Streeter • BBB 1.4
10. Hensley • SLS 1.4

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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