Single-Season Top 50 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1. Phil Knell • 1891 7.2
2. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 3.4
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 3.3
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 3.2
5. Mark Baldwin • 1889 1.8
6. Jack Easton • 1890 0.6
7. John Dolan • 1891 0.5
Jack Easton • 1889 0.5
9. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 0.4
10. Tom Ford • 1890 0.1
Earned Run Average
1. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 2.21
2. Frank Knauss • 1890 2.81
3. Phil Knell • 1891 2.92
4. Hank Gastright • 1890 2.94
5. Jack Easton • 1890 3.52
6. Mark Baldwin • 1889 3.61
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 3.78
8. John Dolan • 1891 4.16
9. Hank Gastright • 1889 4.57
10. Al Mays • 1889 4.82
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 5.2
Wins
1. Hank Gastright • 1890 30
2. Phil Knell • 1891 28
3. Mark Baldwin • 1889 27
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 17
5. Jack Easton • 1890 15
6. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 12
John Dolan • 1891 12
Hank Gastright • 1891 12
Wild Bill Widner • 1889 12
10. Hank Gastright • 1889 10
Al Mays • 1889 10
12. Jack Easton • 1891 5
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 4
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 2
15. Dad Clarke • 1891 1
Jack Easton • 1889 1
Larry Twitchell • 1891 1
Win-Loss %
1. Hank Gastright • 1890 .682
2. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 .667
3. Al Mays • 1889 .588
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 .586
5. John Dolan • 1891 .522
6. Jack Easton • 1890 .517
7. Phil Knell • 1891 .509
8. Mark Baldwin • 1889 .443
9. Hank Gastright • 1891 .387
10. Hank Gastright • 1889 .385
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 .375
12. Jack Easton • 1891 .333
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Hank Gastright • 1890 1.114
2. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 1.131
3. Frank Knauss • 1890 1.132
4. Phil Knell • 1891 1.275
5. Jack Easton • 1890 1.322
6. Mark Baldwin • 1889 1.425
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 1.467
8. John Dolan • 1891 1.475
9. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 1.541
10. Al Mays • 1889 1.593
11. Hank Gastright • 1889 1.612
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 6.583
2. Frank Knauss • 1890 6.726
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 6.997
4. Phil Knell • 1891 7.071
5. Jack Easton • 1890 7.498
6. Mark Baldwin • 1889 8.025
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 8.884
8. John Dolan • 1891 9.561
9. Hank Gastright • 1889 10.307
10. Al Mays • 1889 10.736
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 11.265
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 2.602
2. Hank Gastright • 1890 3.027
3. Frank Knauss • 1890 3.461
4. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 3.600
Al Mays • 1889 3.600
6. John Dolan • 1891 3.718
7. Hank Gastright • 1889 4.204
8. Hank Gastright • 1891 4.315
9. Jack Easton • 1890 4.400
10. Phil Knell • 1891 4.403
11. Mark Baldwin • 1889 4.801
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 6.448
2. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 5.863
3. Jack Easton • 1890 5.175
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 4.832
5. Hank Gastright • 1889 4.648
6. Hank Gastright • 1890 4.463
7. Phil Knell • 1891 4.442
8. Hank Gastright • 1891 3.458
9. Al Mays • 1889 3.343
10. John Dolan • 1891 3.010
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 1.929
Games Played
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 63
2. Phil Knell • 1891 58
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 48
4. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 41
5. Jack Easton • 1890 37
Frank Knauss • 1890 37
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 35
8. Hank Gastright • 1889 32
9. John Dolan • 1891 27
10. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 25
11. Al Mays • 1889 21
12. Jack Easton • 1891 18
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 13
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 6
Larry Twitchell • 1891 6
16. Dad Clarke • 1891 5
17. Jack Easton • 1889 4
18. Ed Daily • 1889 2
Jack Easton • 1891 2
Bill George • 1889 2
21. Tom Ford • 1890 1
John Lyston • 1891 1
Al Mays • 1890 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
John Weyhing • 1889 1
Saves
1. Frank Knauss • 1890 2
2. Mark Baldwin • 1889 1
Ed Daily • 1889 1
Jack Easton • 1889 1
Jack Easton • 1890 1
Wild Bill Widner • 1889 1
Innings Pitched
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 513.2
2. Phil Knell • 1891 462.0
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 401.1
4. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 294.0
5. Hank Gastright • 1891 283.2
6. Frank Knauss • 1890 275.2
7. Jack Easton • 1890 255.2
8. Hank Gastright • 1889 222.2
9. John Dolan • 1891 203.1
10. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 175.0
11. Al Mays • 1889 140.0
12. Jack Easton • 1891 135.1
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 96.0
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 45.0
15. Larry Twitchell • 1891 31.0
16. Dad Clarke • 1891 23.0
17. Jack Easton • 1889 18.0
18. Jack Easton • 1891 15.0
19. Al Mays • 1890 9.0
Jim Sullivan • 1891 9.0
21. Bill George • 1889 8.0
22. John Lyston • 1891 6.0
23. Tom Ford • 1890 2.0
24. Ed Daily • 1889 1.2
25. John Weyhing • 1889 1.0
Strikeouts
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 368
2. Phil Knell • 1891 228
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 199
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 148
5. Jack Easton • 1890 147
6. Hank Gastright • 1889 115
7. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 114
8. Hank Gastright • 1891 109
9. John Dolan • 1891 68
10. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 63
11. Jack Easton • 1891 52
Al Mays • 1889 52
13. Jack Leiper • 1891 19
14. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 14
15. Jack Easton • 1891 13
16. Larry Twitchell • 1891 8
17. Jack Easton • 1889 7
18. Dad Clarke • 1891 3
Bill George • 1889 3
20. Ed Daily • 1889 2
Al Mays • 1890 2
22. John Lyston • 1891 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
Games Started
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 59
2. Phil Knell • 1891 52
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 45
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 34
Wild Bill Widner • 1889 34
6. Hank Gastright • 1891 33
7. Jack Easton • 1890 29
8. Hank Gastright • 1889 26
9. John Dolan • 1891 24
10. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 21
11. Al Mays • 1889 19
12. Jack Easton • 1891 16
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 10
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 5
15. Dad Clarke • 1891 3
16. Jack Easton • 1891 2
17. Jack Easton • 1889 1
John Lyston • 1891 1
Al Mays • 1890 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
Larry Twitchell • 1891 1
Complete Games
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 54
2. Phil Knell • 1891 47
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 41
4. Hank Gastright • 1891 28
Frank Knauss • 1890 28
6. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 25
7. Jack Easton • 1890 23
8. Hank Gastright • 1889 21
9. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 19
John Dolan • 1891 19
11. Jack Easton • 1891 13
Al Mays • 1889 13
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 8
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 4
15. Dad Clarke • 1891 2
Jack Easton • 1891 2
17. Jack Easton • 1889 1
John Lyston • 1891 1
Al Mays • 1890 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
Larry Twitchell • 1891 1
Shutouts
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 6
Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 6
3. Phil Knell • 1891 5
4. Hank Gastright • 1890 4
5. Frank Knauss • 1890 3
6. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 2
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 1
Al Mays • 1889 1
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 1
Bases on Balls
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 274
2. Phil Knell • 1891 226
3. Hank Gastright • 1891 136
4. Hank Gastright • 1890 135
5. Jack Easton • 1890 125
6. Frank Knauss • 1890 106
7. Hank Gastright • 1889 104
8. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 85
9. John Dolan • 1891 84
10. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 70
11. Jack Easton • 1891 59
12. Al Mays • 1889 56
13. Jack Leiper • 1891 39
14. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 24
15. Jack Easton • 1889 21
16. Dad Clarke • 1891 16
17. Larry Twitchell • 1891 13
18. Al Mays • 1890 8
19. John Lyston • 1891 6
20. Jim Sullivan • 1891 5
21. Ed Daily • 1889 4
Jack Easton • 1891 4
John Weyhing • 1889 4
24. Tom Ford • 1890 3
Bill George • 1889 3
Hits
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 458
2. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 368
3. Phil Knell • 1891 363
4. Hank Gastright • 1890 312
5. Hank Gastright • 1891 280
6. Hank Gastright • 1889 255
7. John Dolan • 1891 216
8. Jack Easton • 1890 213
9. Frank Knauss • 1890 206
10. Al Mays • 1889 167
11. Jack Easton • 1891 145
12. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 128
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 103
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 41
15. Dad Clarke • 1891 32
16. Larry Twitchell • 1891 29
17. Jack Easton • 1891 15
18. Al Mays • 1890 14
19. Jack Easton • 1889 13
20. Bill George • 1889 11
21. John Lyston • 1891 10
Jim Sullivan • 1891 10
23. Ed Daily • 1889 1
John Weyhing • 1889 1
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 1.629
2. Hank Gastright • 1890 1.474
3. Frank Knauss • 1890 1.396
4. Mark Baldwin • 1889 1.343
5. Jack Easton • 1890 1.176
6. Hank Gastright • 1889 1.106
7. Phil Knell • 1891 1.009
8. Al Mays • 1889 0.929
9. John Dolan • 1891 0.81
10. Hank Gastright • 1891 0.801
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 0.741
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Phil Knell • 1891 0.078
2. Frank Knauss • 1890 0.098
3. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 0.103
4. Jack Easton • 1890 0.141
5. Mark Baldwin • 1889 0.158
6. Hank Gastright • 1890 0.179
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 0.222
8. Al Mays • 1889 0.257
9. Hank Gastright • 1889 0.323
10. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 0.337
11. John Dolan • 1891 0.354
Losses
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 34
2. Phil Knell • 1891 27
3. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 20
4. Hank Gastright • 1891 19
5. Hank Gastright • 1889 16
6. Jack Easton • 1890 14
Hank Gastright • 1890 14
8. Frank Knauss • 1890 12
9. John Dolan • 1891 11
10. Jack Easton • 1891 10
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 8
12. Al Mays • 1889 7
13. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 6
14. Dad Clarke • 1891 2
Jack Easton • 1891 2
Jack Leiper • 1891 2
17. John Lyston • 1891 1
Al Mays • 1890 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
Larry Twitchell • 1891 1
Earned Runs
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 206
2. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 170
3. Phil Knell • 1891 150
4. Hank Gastright • 1890 131
5. Hank Gastright • 1891 119
6. Hank Gastright • 1889 113
7. Jack Easton • 1890 100
8. John Dolan • 1891 94
9. Frank Knauss • 1890 86
10. Al Mays • 1889 75
11. Jack Easton • 1891 68
12. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 43
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 35
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 27
15. Dad Clarke • 1891 16
16. Larry Twitchell • 1891 14
17. Al Mays • 1890 8
18. Jack Easton • 1889 7
Bill George • 1889 7
John Lyston • 1891 7
21. Jack Easton • 1891 6
22. Ed Daily • 1889 4
Jim Sullivan • 1891 4
24. John Weyhing • 1889 3
Wild Pitches
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 83
2. Hank Gastright • 1889 32
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 31
4. Jack Easton • 1890 25
5. Phil Knell • 1891 23
6. Hank Gastright • 1891 21
7. Frank Knauss • 1890 17
8. Al Mays • 1889 13
9. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 12
10. John Dolan • 1891 8
11. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 7
12. Dad Clarke • 1891 6
Jack Easton • 1891 6
14. Jack Easton • 1889 3
Jack Leiper • 1891 3
Larry Twitchell • 1891 3
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 3
18. Jack Easton • 1891 2
19. Bill George • 1889 1
Al Mays • 1890 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
Hit By Pitch
1. Phil Knell • 1891 54
2. Frank Knauss • 1890 21
3. Mark Baldwin • 1889 20
Jack Easton • 1890 20
5. Hank Gastright • 1890 18
Wild Bill Widner • 1889 18
7. Jack Easton • 1891 15
8. Hank Gastright • 1891 11
9. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 8
10. Hank Gastright • 1889 5
11. Jack Leiper • 1891 4
Al Mays • 1889 4
13. Jack Easton • 1889 3
Larry Twitchell • 1891 3
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 3
16. Jack Easton • 1891 2
17. Dad Clarke • 1891 1
John Lyston • 1891 1
Al Mays • 1890 1
Jim Sullivan • 1891 1
Batters Faced
1. Mark Baldwin • 1889 2275
2. Phil Knell • 1891 2017
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 1654
4. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 1342
5. Hank Gastright • 1891 1271
6. Frank Knauss • 1890 1149
7. Jack Easton • 1890 1115
8. Hank Gastright • 1889 1024
9. John Dolan • 1891 905
10. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 724
11. Al Mays • 1889 642
12. Jack Easton • 1891 622
13. Wild Bill Widner • 1890 414
14. Jack Leiper • 1891 218
15. Larry Twitchell • 1891 137
16. Dad Clarke • 1891 117
17. Jack Easton • 1889 90
18. Jack Easton • 1891 66
19. Al Mays • 1890 50
20. Jim Sullivan • 1891 43
21. Bill George • 1889 38
22. John Lyston • 1891 35
23. Ed Daily • 1889 10
24. Tom Ford • 1890 9
25. John Weyhing • 1889 8
Adjusted ERA+
1. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 165
2. Frank Knauss • 1890 130
3. Hank Gastright • 1890 124
4. Phil Knell • 1891 117
5. Jack Easton • 1890 103
6. Mark Baldwin • 1889 100
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 90
8. John Dolan • 1891 82
9. Hank Gastright • 1889 79
10. Al Mays • 1889 75
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 70
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 3.10
2. Hank Gastright • 1890 3.33
3. Frank Knauss • 1890 3.36
4. Phil Knell • 1891 3.47
5. Mark Baldwin • 1889 3.52
6. John Dolan • 1891 3.61
7. Hank Gastright • 1891 3.64
8. Jack Easton • 1890 3.67
9. Hank Gastright • 1889 3.91
10. Al Mays • 1889 3.92
11. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 4.11
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Phil Knell • 1891 33
2. Hank Gastright • 1890 31
3. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 28
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 26
5. Jack Easton • 1890 4
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 4
7. Jack Easton • 1889 2
8. Tom Ford • 1890 1
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Phil Knell • 1891 2.9
2. Hank Gastright • 1890 2.8
3. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 2.6
4. Frank Knauss • 1890 2.4
5. Jack Easton • 1890 0.4
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 0.4
7. Jack Easton • 1889 0.1
Tom Ford • 1890 0.1

Data Notes