1897 National League Pitching Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 807 games, 12 teams, approx. 134 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Kid Nichols	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	31	11	.738	2.64	3.72	46	40	6	37	2	3	368.0	362	152	108	9	68	127	3	0	6	1490	1.168	8.9	0.2	1.7	3.1	1.87
2	Amos Rusie	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	28	10	.737	2.54	3.99	38	37	1	35	2	0	322.1	314	143	91	6	87	135	10	0	6	1336	1.244	8.8	0.2	2.4	3.8	1.55
3	Fred Klobedanz*	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	26	7	.788	4.60	5.76	38	37	1	30	2	0	309.1	344	198	158	13	125	92	23	1	7	1380	1.516	10.0	0.4	3.6	2.7	0.74
4	Joe Corbett	21	BLN	Maj	BLN	24	8	.750	3.11	4.97	37	37	0	34	1	0	313.0	330	173	108	2	115	149	21	0	13	1365	1.422	9.5	0.1	3.3	4.3	1.30
5	Theodore Breitenstein*	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	23	12	.657	3.62	4.83	40	39	1	32	2	0	320.1	345	172	129	3	91	98	9	0	2	1365	1.361	9.7	0.1	2.6	2.8	1.08
6	Bill Hoffer	26	BLN	Maj	BLN	22	11	.667	4.30	5.58	38	33	4	29	1	0	303.1	350	188	145	5	104	62	17	0	4	1342	1.497	10.4	0.1	3.1	1.8	0.60
7	Clark Griffith	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	21	18	.538	3.72	6.05	41	38	3	38	1	1	343.2	410	231	142	3	86	102	17	0	11	1500	1.443	10.7	0.1	2.3	2.7	1.19
8	Ted Lewis	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	21	12	.636	3.85	5.49	38	34	4	30	2	1	290.0	316	177	124	11	125	65	10	1	8	1284	1.521	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.0	0.52
9	Win Mercer	23	WSN	Maj	WHS	21	20	.512	3.18	5.76	47	43	4	35	3	3	342.0	403	219	121	5	104	91	28	0	10	1517	1.482	10.6	0.1	2.7	2.4	0.88
10	Billy Rhines	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	21	15	.583	4.08	5.46	41	32	9	26	1	0	288.2	311	175	131	4	86	65	17	0	5	1243	1.375	9.7	0.1	2.7	2.0	0.76
11	Cy Young	30	CL4	Maj	CLV	21	19	.525	3.78	5.07	46	38	7	35	2	0	335.2	391	189	141	7	49	88	9	0	14	1413	1.311	10.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	1.80
12	Jouett Meekin	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	20	11	.645	3.76	5.22	37	34	3	30	2	0	303.2	328	176	127	9	99	83	8	0	15	1307	1.406	9.7	0.3	2.9	2.5	0.84
13	Jerry Nops*	22	BLN	Maj	BLN	20	6	.769	2.81	4.36	30	25	4	23	1	0	220.2	235	107	69	5	52	69	9	0	4	930	1.301	9.6	0.2	2.1	2.8	1.33
14	Frank Dwyer	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	18	13	.581	3.78	5.17	37	31	6	22	0	0	247.1	315	142	104	5	56	41	11	0	4	1092	1.500	11.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	0.73
15	Pink Hawley	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	18	18	.500	4.80	6.39	40	39	1	33	0	0	311.1	362	221	166	7	94	88	26	1	5	1376	1.465	10.5	0.2	2.7	2.5	0.94
16	Brickyard Kennedy	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	18	20	.474	3.91	5.40	44	40	4	36	2	1	343.1	370	206	149	6	149	81	8	0	4	1513	1.512	9.7	0.2	3.9	2.1	0.54
17	Arlie Pond	24	BLN	Maj	BLN	18	9	.667	3.52	4.75	32	28	4	23	0	0	248.0	267	131	97	4	72	59	15	0	4	1066	1.367	9.7	0.1	2.6	2.1	0.82
18	Cy Seymour*	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	18	14	.563	3.27	5.09	39	34	5	29	2	1	286.2	257	162	104	4	168	156	21	2	12	1269	1.483	8.1	0.1	5.3	4.9	0.93
19	Frank Killen*	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	17	23	.425	4.46	6.56	42	41	1	38	1	0	337.1	417	246	167	4	76	99	8	0	5	1469	1.461	11.1	0.1	2.0	2.6	1.30
20	Jack Taylor	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	16	20	.444	4.23	5.79	40	37	3	35	2	2	317.1	376	204	149	5	76	88	28	0	16	1391	1.424	10.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	1.16
21	Zeke Wilson	27	CL4	Maj	CLV	16	11	.593	4.16	5.84	34	30	4	26	1	0	263.2	323	171	122	9	83	69	9	0	6	1172	1.540	11.0	0.3	2.8	2.4	0.83
22	Chick Fraser	23	LS3	Maj	LOU	15	19	.441	4.04	6.91	36	34	2	32	0	0	294.1	334	226	132	11	139	70	22	0	22	1340	1.607	10.2	0.3	4.3	2.1	0.50
23	James McJames	22	WSN	Maj	WHS	15	23	.395	3.61	5.89	44	39	5	33	3	2	323.2	361	212	130	7	137	156	21	0	21	1448	1.539	10.0	0.2	3.8	4.3	1.14
24	Jack Powell	22	CL4	Maj	CLV	15	10	.600	3.16	4.68	27	26	1	24	2	0	225.0	245	117	79	2	62	61	9	1	3	962	1.364	9.8	0.1	2.5	2.4	0.98
25	Bert Cunningham	31	LS3	Maj	LOU	14	13	.519	4.15	5.64	30	28	2	26	0	0	242.2	294	152	112	3	72	49	14	0	7	1077	1.508	10.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	0.68
26	Jack Dunn	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	14	9	.609	4.57	6.11	25	21	4	21	0	0	216.2	251	147	110	6	66	26	9	0	2	948	1.463	10.4	0.2	2.7	1.1	0.39
27	Al Orth	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	14	19	.424	4.62	6.18	36	34	2	29	2	0	282.1	349	194	145	12	82	64	6	0	3	1248	1.527	11.1	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.78
28	Harley Payne*	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	14	17	.452	4.63	6.91	40	38	2	30	1	0	280.0	350	215	144	8	71	86	17	1	7	1242	1.504	11.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	1.21
29	Jimmy Callahan	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	12	9	.571	4.03	5.27	23	22	1	21	1	0	189.2	221	111	85	6	55	52	8	0	6	829	1.455	10.5	0.3	2.6	2.5	0.95
30	Danny Friend*	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	12	11	.522	4.52	6.38	24	24	0	23	0	0	203.0	244	144	102	5	86	58	17	0	1	930	1.626	10.8	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.67
31	Jack Stivetts	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	11	4	.733	3.41	5.22	18	15	2	10	0	0	129.1	147	75	49	5	43	27	5	0	2	566	1.469	10.2	0.3	3.0	1.9	0.63
32	George Wheeler	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	11	10	.524	3.96	5.37	26	19	6	17	0	0	191.0	229	114	84	3	62	35	3	0	2	842	1.524	10.8	0.1	2.9	1.6	0.56
33	George Cuppy	27	CL4	Maj	CLV	10	6	.625	3.20	4.50	19	17	2	13	1	0	138.0	150	69	49	3	26	23	5	0	2	577	1.275	9.8	0.2	1.7	1.5	0.88
34	Red Donahue	24	SLN	Maj	STL	10	35	.222	6.13	7.91	46	42	4	38	1	1	348.0	485	306	237	16	106	64	22	0	9	1612	1.698	12.5	0.4	2.7	1.7	0.60
35	Chauncey Fisher	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	9	7	.563	4.23	5.80	20	13	7	11	1	1	149.0	184	96	70	5	43	31	2	0	1	657	1.523	11.1	0.3	2.6	1.9	0.72
36	Bill Hart	31	SLN	Maj	STL	9	27	.250	6.26	8.92	39	38	1	31	0	0	294.2	395	292	205	10	148	67	16	0	15	1405	1.843	12.1	0.3	4.5	2.0	0.45
37	Cy Swaim?	23	WSN	Maj	WHS	9	11	.450	4.60	6.31	26	19	6	14	0	0	184.0	219	129	94	5	59	52	10	0	7	816	1.511	10.7	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.88
38	Jesse Tannehill*	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	9	9	.500	4.25	6.15	21	16	5	11	1	1	142.0	172	97	67	1	24	40	8	0	2	612	1.380	10.9	0.1	1.5	2.5	1.67
39	Red Ehret	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	8	10	.444	4.78	6.59	34	19	11	11	0	2	184.1	256	135	98	3	47	43	13	0	2	845	1.644	12.5	0.1	2.3	2.1	0.91
40	Mike Sullivan	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	8	7	.533	5.09	6.84	23	16	7	11	1	2	148.2	183	113	84	6	71	35	14	0	13	695	1.709	11.1	0.4	4.3	2.1	0.49
41	Bill Hill*	22	LS3	Maj	LOU	7	17	.292	3.62	5.74	27	26	1	20	1	0	199.0	209	127	80	6	69	55	17	0	4	866	1.397	9.5	0.3	3.1	2.5	0.80
42	Bill Dammann*	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	6	4	.600	4.74	6.16	16	11	5	7	1	0	95.0	122	65	50	2	37	21	5	0	3	437	1.674	11.6	0.2	3.5	2.0	0.57
43	Dan Daub	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	6	11	.353	6.08	7.65	19	16	3	11	0	0	137.2	180	117	93	8	48	19	10	0	5	633	1.656	11.8	0.5	3.1	1.2	0.40
44	Jim Hughey	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	6	10	.375	5.06	6.93	25	17	7	13	0	1	149.1	193	115	84	3	45	38	7	0	7	674	1.594	11.6	0.2	2.7	2.3	0.84
45	Silver King	29	WSN	Maj	WHS	6	9	.400	4.79	6.90	23	19	4	12	0	1	154.0	196	118	82	7	45	32	11	0	3	694	1.565	11.5	0.4	2.6	1.9	0.71
46	Walter Thornton*	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	6	7	.462	4.70	6.28	16	16	0	15	0	0	130.1	164	91	68	4	51	55	6	0	2	595	1.650	11.3	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.08
47	Kid Carsey	24	PHI,SLN	Maj	STL-PHI	5	9	.357	5.81	7.16	16	15	1	13	0	0	127.0	168	101	82	5	47	15	5	0	2	584	1.693	11.9	0.4	3.3	1.1	0.32
48	Davy Dunkle	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	5	2	.714	3.48	5.95	7	7	0	7	0	0	62.0	72	41	24	0	23	9	1	0	2	274	1.532	10.5	0.0	3.3	1.3	0.39
49	Roy Evans	23	LS3,SLN	Maj	LOU-STL	5	4	.556	5.10	8.34	12	8	3	6	0	0	72.1	99	67	41	5	37	24	8	0	3	351	1.880	12.3	0.6	4.6	3.0	0.65
50	Jack Fifield	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	5	18	.217	5.51	6.96	27	26	1	21	0	0	210.2	263	163	129	8	80	38	9	0	7	957	1.628	11.2	0.3	3.4	1.6	0.48
51	Jim Gardner	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	5	5	.500	5.19	6.80	14	11	3	8	0	0	95.1	115	72	55	4	32	35	9	0	2	430	1.542	10.9	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.09
52	Charlie Hastings?	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	5	4	.556	4.58	6.41	16	10	5	9	0	0	118.0	138	84	60	3	47	42	7	0	10	531	1.568	10.5	0.2	3.6	3.2	0.89
53	Mike McDermott	22	CL4,SLN	Maj	CLV-STL	5	7	.417	5.72	7.24	13	11	2	5	0	0	83.1	98	67	53	4	44	15	3	0	4	384	1.704	10.6	0.4	4.8	1.6	0.34
54	Doc Amole*	23	BLN	Maj	BLN	4	4	.500	2.57	4.37	11	7	4	6	0	0	70.0	67	34	20	0	17	19	6	0	2	291	1.200	8.6	0.0	2.2	2.4	1.12
55	Roger Bresnahan	18	WSN	Maj	WHS	4	0	1.000	3.95	4.61	6	5	1	3	1	0	41.0	52	21	18	1	10	12	3	0	0	183	1.512	11.4	0.2	2.2	2.6	1.20
56	Buttons Briggs	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	4	17	.190	5.26	8.00	22	22	0	21	0	0	186.2	246	166	109	6	85	60	9	0	6	876	1.773	11.9	0.3	4.1	2.9	0.71
57	Dad Clarke	32	LS3,NY1	Maj	LOU-NYG	4	5	.444	4.73	7.04	13	10	3	8	0	0	85.2	117	67	45	4	21	17	4	0	3	388	1.611	12.3	0.4	2.2	1.8	0.81
58	Ed Doheny*	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	4	4	.500	2.12	4.76	10	10	0	10	0	0	85.0	69	45	20	0	45	37	8	0	7	366	1.341	7.3	0.0	4.8	3.9	0.82
59	Bill Magee	21	LS3	Maj	LOU	4	12	.250	5.41	7.89	23	17	6	13	1	0	156.1	187	137	94	6	101	44	10	0	6	747	1.842	10.8	0.3	5.8	2.5	0.44
60	Jim Sullivan	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	4	5	.444	3.94	5.66	13	9	4	8	1	2	89.0	91	56	39	1	26	17	2	0	2	375	1.315	9.2	0.1	2.6	1.7	0.65
61	Les German	28	WSN	Maj	WHS	3	5	.375	5.59	7.96	15	5	9	4	0	0	83.2	117	74	52	2	33	2	7	0	1	397	1.793	12.6	0.2	3.5	0.2	0.06
62	George Hemming	28	LS3	Maj	LOU	3	4	.429	5.10	7.93	9	8	1	7	0	0	67.0	80	59	38	5	25	7	1	0	1	298	1.567	10.7	0.7	3.4	0.9	0.28
63	George Blackburn	27	BLN	Maj	BLN	2	2	.500	6.82	8.18	5	4	1	3	0	0	33.0	34	30	25	2	12	1	1	0	0	142	1.394	9.3	0.5	3.3	0.3	0.08
64	Roger Denzer	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	2	8	.200	5.13	8.65	12	10	2	8	0	0	94.2	125	91	54	4	34	17	2	0	4	433	1.680	11.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	0.50
65	Effie Norton	23	WSN	Maj	WHS	2	1	.667	6.88	9.53	4	2	1	1	0	0	17.0	31	18	13	0	11	3	0	0	1	91	2.471	16.4	0.0	5.8	1.6	0.27
66	Willie Sudhoff	22	SLN	Maj	STL	2	7	.222	4.47	6.99	11	9	2	9	0	0	92.2	126	72	46	8	21	19	4	0	1	417	1.586	12.2	0.8	2.0	1.8	0.90
67	Charlie Brown*	25	CL4	Maj	CLV	1	2	.333	7.77	9.25	4	4	0	2	0	0	24.1	30	25	21	2	17	8	5	0	1	122	1.932	11.1	0.7	6.3	3.0	0.47
68	Percy Coleman	20	SLN	Maj	STL	1	2	.333	7.19	10.31	13	5	7	3	0	0	66.1	108	76	53	0	33	10	8	0	4	339	2.126	14.7	0.0	4.5	1.4	0.30
69	Pete Dowling*	20	LS3	Maj	LOU	1	2	.333	5.88	10.38	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.0	39	30	17	0	8	3	6	0	1	128	1.808	13.5	0.0	2.8	1.0	0.38
70	Duke Esper*	29	SLN	Maj	STL	1	6	.143	5.28	7.48	8	8	0	7	0	0	61.1	95	51	36	5	12	8	1	0	0	284	1.745	13.9	0.7	1.8	1.2	0.67
71	Charlie Gettig?	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	1	.500	5.21	10.89	3	2	0	2	0	0	19.0	23	23	11	0	9	7	2	0	2	89	1.684	10.9	0.0	4.3	3.3	0.78
72	Bill Hutchison	37	SLN	Maj	STL	1	4	.200	6.08	9.23	6	5	1	2	0	0	40.0	55	41	27	5	22	5	2	0	2	194	1.925	12.4	1.1	5.0	1.1	0.23
73	Youngy Johnson	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	2	.333	4.66	7.45	5	2	3	1	0	0	29.0	39	24	15	0	12	7	2	0	2	136	1.759	12.1	0.0	3.7	2.2	0.58
74	Jim Korwan*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	2	.333	5.82	9.53	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.0	47	36	22	1	28	12	1	1	1	174	2.206	12.4	0.3	7.4	3.2	0.43
75	Con Lucid?	23	SLN	Maj	STL	1	5	.167	3.67	8.45	6	6	0	5	0	0	49.0	66	46	20	0	26	4	0	0	1	233	1.878	12.1	0.0	4.8	0.7	0.15
76	Sport McAllister	22	CL4	Maj	CLV	1	2	.333	4.50	6.43	4	3	1	3	0	0	28.0	29	20	14	3	9	10	0	0	0	118	1.357	9.3	1.0	2.9	3.2	1.11
77	Dave Wright	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	0	1.000	15.43	18.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	17	14	12	1	2	4	2	0	1	41	2.714	21.9	1.3	2.6	5.1	2.00
78	Bob Becker*	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	2	.000	5.63	6.75	5	2	3	2	0	0	24.0	32	18	15	0	7	10	1	0	1	109	1.625	12.0	0.0	2.6	3.8	1.43
79	John Brown	20	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	1	.000	7.20	14.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	8	4	0	4	0	3	0	1	28	2.200	12.6	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.00
80	Stub Brown*	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	4.15	5.54	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	17	8	6	1	8	2	0	0	0	62	1.923	11.8	0.7	5.5	1.4	0.25
81	Henry Clarke	21	CL4	Maj	CLV	0	4	.000	5.87	8.51	5	4	1	3	0	0	30.2	32	29	20	4	12	3	3	0	0	135	1.435	9.4	1.2	3.5	0.9	0.25
82	Dick Cogan	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	13	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
83	John Grimes	28	SLN	Maj	STL	0	2	.000	5.95	10.53	3	1	2	1	0	0	19.2	24	23	13	0	8	4	6	0	0	94	1.627	11.0	0.0	3.7	1.8	0.50
84	Art Herman?	26	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	4.00	7.00	3	2	1	1	0	0	18.0	23	14	8	1	5	4	0	0	0	80	1.556	11.5	0.5	2.5	2.0	0.80
85	Charlie Hickman	21	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	0		5.87	5.87	2	0	2	0	0	1	7.2	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	37	1.957	11.7	0.0	5.9	0.0	0.00
86	Jim Jones	20	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	0		18.90	29.70	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	19	22	14	1	5	0	2	0	0	45	3.600	25.7	1.4	6.8	0.0	0.00
87	Bill Kissinger	25	SLN	Maj	STL	0	4	.000	11.49	14.36	7	4	3	2	0	0	31.1	51	50	40	2	15	5	8	0	3	164	2.106	14.6	0.6	4.3	1.4	0.33
88	Tom Lipp	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	15.00	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	19	3.333	24.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
89	Mike Mahoney?	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
90	Al Maul	31	WSN,BLN	Maj	BLN-WHS	0	1	.000	7.45	9.31	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	10	8	0	9	2	4	0	0	54	2.276	12.1	0.0	8.4	1.9	0.22
91	Sadie McMahon	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	6	.000	5.86	8.00	9	7	2	5	0	0	63.0	75	56	41	1	29	13	3	0	2	288	1.651	10.7	0.1	4.1	1.9	0.45
92	Bert Miller?	21	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	7.94	12.18	4	1	3	1	0	0	17.0	32	23	15	0	3	3	0	0	1	84	2.059	16.9	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.00
93	John Pappalau	22	CL4	Maj	CLV	0	1	.000	10.50	12.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	22	16	14	0	6	3	2	0	0	64	2.333	16.5	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
94	Heinie Peitz	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	7.88	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	0	4	0	2	0	0	38	1.625	10.1	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
95	Tully Sparks	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	10.13	10.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	9	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	39	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
96	Joe Stanley	16	WSN	Maj	WHS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Adonis Terry	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	10.13	11.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	10	9	0	6	1	2	0	0	42	2.125	12.4	0.0	6.8	1.1	0.17
98	Rube Waddell*	20	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	3.21	3.86	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	17	6	5	0	6	5	1	0	0	64	1.643	10.9	0.0	3.9	3.2	0.83