Single-Season Top 10 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Home Runs
1. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 11
2. Mark Baldwin • 1889 9
3. John Dolan • 1891 8
Hank Gastright • 1889 8
Hank Gastright • 1890 8
6. Hank Gastright • 1891 7
7. Jack Easton • 1890 4
Phil Knell • 1891 4
Al Mays • 1889 4
10. Jack Easton • 1891 3
Frank Knauss • 1890 3
Jack Leiper • 1891 3
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Games Finished
1. Jack Easton • 1890 8
2. Wild Bill Widner • 1889 7
3. Hank Gastright • 1889 6
4. Phil Knell • 1891 5
Larry Twitchell • 1891 5
6. Mark Baldwin • 1889 4
7. Ice Box Chamberlain • 1890 3
John Dolan • 1891 3
Jack Easton • 1889 3
Frank Knauss • 1890 3
Wild Bill Widner • 1890 3
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
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
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

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