Single-Season Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1. Pud Galvin1884 20.5
2. Pud Galvin1883 11.0
3. Pud Galvin1879 8.9
4. Pud Galvin1881 8.4
5. Pud Galvin1882 4.7
6. Pud Galvin1880 3.7
7. Pud Galvin1885 1.7
8. Bill McGunnigle1879 1.3
9. Hugh Daily1882 1.0
10. Bill McGunnigle1880 0.7
Earned Run Average
1. Pud Galvin1884 1.99
2. Pud Galvin1879 2.28
3. Pud Galvin1881 2.37
4. Bill McGunnigle1879 2.62
5. Pud Galvin1880 2.71
6. Pud Galvin1883 2.72
7. Hugh Daily1882 2.99
8. Pud Galvin1882 3.17
9. George Weidman1880 3.4
10. Jack Lynch1881 3.59
Wins
1. Pud Galvin1883 46
Pud Galvin1884 46
3. Pud Galvin1879 37
4. Pud Galvin1881 28
Pud Galvin1882 28
6. Pud Galvin1880 20
7. Billy Serad1884 16
8. Hugh Daily1882 15
9. Pud Galvin1885 13
10. Pete Conway1885 10
Jack Lynch1881 10
Win-Loss %
1. Pud Galvin1884 .676
2. Bill McGunnigle1879 .643
3. Pud Galvin1883 .613
4. Pud Galvin1879 .578
5. Pud Galvin1882 .549
6. Pud Galvin1881 .538
7. Jack Lynch1881 .526
8. Hugh Daily1882 .517
9. Billy Serad1884 .444
10. Pud Galvin1885 .406
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Pud Galvin1884 0.988
2. Pud Galvin1879 1.039
3. Bill McGunnigle1879 1.075
4. Pud Galvin1883 1.106
5. Pud Galvin1882 1.159
6. Pud Galvin1880 1.221
7. Hugh Daily1882 1.236
8. Pud Galvin1881 1.249
9. George Weidman1880 1.320
10. Pud Galvin1885 1.384
Hits per 9 IP
1. Pud Galvin1884 8.005
2. Bill McGunnigle1879 8.475
3. Hugh Daily1882 8.660
4. Pud Galvin1879 8.879
5. Pud Galvin1883 9.270
6. Pud Galvin1882 9.620
7. Pud Galvin1880 10.360
8. Pud Galvin1881 10.367
9. Pete Wood1885 10.646
10. Billy Serad1884 10.899
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Pud Galvin1879 0.470
2. Pud Galvin1880 0.628
3. Pud Galvin1883 0.686
4. George Weidman1880 0.713
5. Pud Galvin1882 0.808
6. Pud Galvin1881 0.873
7. Pud Galvin1884 0.891
8. Pud Galvin1885 1.173
9. Bill McGunnigle1879 1.200
10. George Derby1883 1.254
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Pud Galvin1884 5.219
2. Bill McGunnigle1879 4.650
3. Billy Serad1884 4.383
4. Hugh Daily1882 4.083
5. Pete Conway1885 4.029
6. Pud Galvin1883 3.826
7. Billy Serad1885 3.356
8. Pud Galvin1882 3.274
9. Pud Galvin1885 2.947
10. George Derby1883 2.842
Games Played
1. Pud Galvin1883 76
2. Pud Galvin1884 72
3. Pud Galvin1879 66
4. Pud Galvin1880 58
5. Pud Galvin1881 56
6. Pud Galvin1882 52
7. Billy Serad1884 37
8. Pud Galvin1885 33
9. Billy Serad1885 30
10. Hugh Daily1882 29
Saves
1. George Derby1883 1
Pud Galvin1885 1
Jim O'Rourke1883 1
Jim O'Rourke1884 1
Tom Poorman1880 1
Innings Pitched
1. Pud Galvin1883 656.1
2. Pud Galvin1884 636.1
3. Pud Galvin1879 593.0
4. Pud Galvin1881 474.0
5. Pud Galvin1880 458.2
6. Pud Galvin1882 445.1
7. Billy Serad1884 308.0
8. Pud Galvin1885 284.0
9. Hugh Daily1882 255.2
10. Billy Serad1885 241.1
Strikeouts
1. Pud Galvin1884 369
2. Pud Galvin1883 279
3. Pud Galvin1882 162
4. Billy Serad1884 150
5. Pud Galvin1879 136
Pud Galvin1881 136
7. Pud Galvin1880 128
8. Hugh Daily1882 116
9. Pete Conway1885 94
10. Pud Galvin1885 93
Games Started
1. Pud Galvin1883 75
2. Pud Galvin1884 72
3. Pud Galvin1879 66
4. Pud Galvin1880 54
5. Pud Galvin1881 53
6. Pud Galvin1882 51
7. Billy Serad1884 37
8. Pud Galvin1885 32
9. Hugh Daily1882 29
Billy Serad1885 29
Complete Games
1. Pud Galvin1883 72
2. Pud Galvin1884 71
3. Pud Galvin1879 65
4. Pud Galvin1881 48
Pud Galvin1882 48
6. Pud Galvin1880 46
7. Billy Serad1884 34
8. Pud Galvin1885 31
9. Hugh Daily1882 29
10. Billy Serad1885 27
Shutouts
1. Pud Galvin1884 12
2. Pud Galvin1879 6
3. Pud Galvin1880 5
Pud Galvin1881 5
Pud Galvin1883 5
6. Pud Galvin1882 3
Pud Galvin1885 3
8. Bill McGunnigle1879 2
Billy Serad1884 2
10. Pete Conway1885 1
Bill McGunnigle1880 1
Home Runs
1. Pud Galvin1884 23
2. Billy Serad1884 21
3. Pete Conway1885 10
4. Pud Galvin1883 9
5. Pud Galvin1882 8
Pud Galvin1885 8
Pete Wood1885 8
8. Hugh Daily1882 7
9. Pud Galvin1880 5
Billy Serad1885 5
Bases on Balls
1. Billy Serad1884 111
2. Billy Serad1885 80
3. Hugh Daily1882 70
4. Pete Wood1885 66
5. Pud Galvin1884 63
6. Pud Galvin1883 50
7. Pud Galvin1881 46
8. Pete Conway1885 44
9. Pud Galvin1882 40
10. Pud Galvin1885 37
Hits
1. Pud Galvin1883 676
2. Pud Galvin1879 585
3. Pud Galvin1884 566
4. Pud Galvin1881 546
5. Pud Galvin1880 528
6. Pud Galvin1882 476
7. Billy Serad1884 373
8. Pud Galvin1885 356
9. Billy Serad1885 299
10. Pete Conway1885 256
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Pud Galvin1884 5.857
2. Pud Galvin1883 5.58
3. Pud Galvin1879 4.387
4. Pud Galvin1882 4.05
5. Pud Galvin1880 4
6. Bill McGunnigle1879 3.875
7. Pud Galvin1881 2.957
8. George Weidman1880 2.778
9. Pud Galvin1885 2.514
10. George Derby1883 2.267
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Pud Galvin1879 0.046
2. Pud Galvin1881 0.076
3. George Weidman1880 0.079
4. Pud Galvin1880 0.098
5. Jack Lynch1881 0.109
6. Pud Galvin1883 0.123
7. Pud Galvin1882 0.162
8. Billy Serad1885 0.186
9. Hugh Daily1882 0.246
10. George Derby1883 0.251
Losses
1. Pud Galvin1880 35
2. Pud Galvin1883 29
3. Pud Galvin1879 27
4. Pud Galvin1881 24
5. Pud Galvin1882 23
6. Pud Galvin1884 22
7. Billy Serad1885 21
8. Billy Serad1884 20
9. Pud Galvin1885 19
10. Pete Conway1885 17
Earned Runs
1. Pud Galvin1883 198
2. Pud Galvin1882 157
3. Pud Galvin1879 150
4. Billy Serad1884 146
5. Pud Galvin1884 141
6. Pud Galvin1880 138
7. Pud Galvin1885 129
8. Pud Galvin1881 125
9. Billy Serad1885 110
10. Pete Conway1885 109
Wild Pitches
1. Billy Serad1884 42
2. Billy Serad1885 38
3. Pud Galvin1881 31
4. Pud Galvin1883 28
5. Pud Galvin1880 24
6. Pud Galvin1879 23
7. Pete Conway1885 21
Pete Wood1885 21
9. Pud Galvin1882 19
10. Pud Galvin1884 16
Batters Faced
1. Pud Galvin1883 2741
2. Pud Galvin1884 2554
3. Pud Galvin1879 2436
4. Pud Galvin1881 2037
5. Pud Galvin1880 1969
6. Pud Galvin1882 1900
7. Billy Serad1884 1440
8. Pud Galvin1885 1255
9. Hugh Daily1882 1120
10. Billy Serad1885 1102
Games Finished
1. Pud Galvin1880 4
Blondie Purcell1881 4
George Weidman1880 4
4. Curry Foley1881 3
Pud Galvin1881 3
Pud Galvin1882 3
Jim Lillie1883 3
8. Denny Driscoll1880 2
Jim Lillie1884 2
Jim O'Rourke1884 2
Tom Poorman1880 2
Blondie Purcell1882 2
Billy Serad1884 2
Pete Wood1885 2
Adjusted ERA+
1. Pud Galvin1884 155
2. Pud Galvin1883 117
3. Pud Galvin1879 116
Pud Galvin1881 116
5. Bill McGunnigle1879 101
6. Hugh Daily1882 98
7. Pud Galvin1882 92
8. Pud Galvin1880 90
9. Jack Lynch1881 77
10. Billy Serad1884 73
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Bill McGunnigle1879 2.11
2. Pud Galvin1880 2.32
3. George Weidman1880 2.44
4. Pud Galvin1879 2.50
5. Pud Galvin1881 2.51
6. Pud Galvin1882 2.54
7. Pud Galvin1883 2.81
8. Pud Galvin1884 2.88
9. Pud Galvin1885 2.98
Jack Lynch1881 2.98
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Pud Galvin1884 78
2. Pud Galvin1883 34
3. Pud Galvin1879 27
4. Pud Galvin1881 15
5. Bill McGunnigle1879 2
6. Curry Foley1883 1
Jim O'Rourke1884 1
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Pud Galvin1884 7.4
2. Pud Galvin1883 3.1
3. Pud Galvin1879 2.6
4. Pud Galvin1881 1.4
5. Bill McGunnigle1879 0.2
6. Curry Foley1883 0.1
Jim O'Rourke1884 0.1

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