Pittsburgh Crawfords Top 10 Single-Season Pitching Leaders

Team Names: Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords, Toledo Crawfords, Pittsburgh Crawfords

Seasons: 9 (1933 to 1940)

Record: 252-205, .551 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 3

Pennants: 3

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Oscar Charleston, 269-224, .546 W-L%

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Single-Season Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	6.1
2.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	4.0
3.	Sam Streeter • 1933	3.6
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	3.1
	Satchel Paige • 1933	3.1
6.	William Bell • 1934	2.7
7.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	2.6
8.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	2.3
9.	Satchel Paige • 1936	1.9
10.	Barney Morris • 1938	1.8

Earned Run Average
1.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	1.52
2.	Satchel Paige • 1934	1.54
3.	Satchel Paige • 1933	1.94
4.	Sam Streeter • 1933	2.25
5.	Johnny Wright • 1940	2.4
6.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	2.49
7.	Johnny Wright • 1939	2.51
8.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	2.83
9.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	3.03
10.	Spoon Carter • 1935	3.07

Wins
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	13
2.	William Bell • 1934	11
3.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	10
	Leroy Matlock • 1936	10
	Sam Streeter • 1933	10
6.	Bert Hunter • 1933	8
	Leroy Matlock • 1935	8
	Satchel Paige • 1936	8
9.	William Bell • 1933	7
	Bert Hunter • 1935	7
	Johnny Taylor • 1938	7

Win-Loss %
1.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	1.000
	Leroy Matlock • 1935	1.000
3.	Sam Streeter • 1935	.857
4.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	.833
5.	Satchel Paige • 1934	.813
6.	Bert Hunter • 1933	.800
	Satchel Paige • 1936	.800
8.	Johnny Taylor • 1938	.778
9.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	.769
10.	William Bell • 1934	.733

Walks & Hits per IP
1.	Satchel Paige • 1933	0.826
2.	Satchel Paige • 1934	0.872
3.	Johnny Wright • 1940	0.968
4.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	0.971
5.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	1.000
6.	Sam Streeter • 1933	1.052
7.	Bill Harvey • 1939	1.098
8.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	1.154
9.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	1.160
10.	Barney Morris • 1938	1.197

Hits per 9 IP
1.	Satchel Paige • 1933	5.606
2.	Satchel Paige • 1934	5.993
3.	Bill Harvey • 1939	6.585
4.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	6.943
5.	Barney Morris • 1938	7.060
6.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	7.352
7.	Sam Streeter • 1933	7.371
8.	Johnny Wright • 1940	7.621
9.	Johnny Taylor • 1938	7.800
10.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	8.308

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1.	Johnny Wright • 1940	1.089
2.	Roosevelt Davis • 1937	1.612
3.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	1.648
4.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	1.800
5.	Satchel Paige • 1933	1.831
6.	Satchel Paige • 1934	1.854
7.	William Bell • 1933	1.929
8.	Jim Lewis • 1937	2.061
9.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	2.077
10.	Sam Streeter • 1933	2.095

Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	9.391
2.	Satchel Paige • 1936	9.042
3.	Satchel Paige • 1933	8.809
4.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	8.308
5.	Barney Morris • 1938	6.812
6.	Barney Morris • 1937	6.312
7.	Johnny Taylor • 1938	6.120
8.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	6.067
9.	Bert Hunter • 1933	5.895
10.	William Bell • 1933	5.523

Games Played
1.	William Bell • 1934	21
	Leroy Matlock • 1933	21
3.	Satchel Paige • 1934	19
4.	William Bell • 1933	17
	Leroy Matlock • 1936	17
	Theolic Smith • 1936	17
	Sam Streeter • 1933	17
8.	Bert Hunter • 1934	15
	Bert Hunter • 1935	15
10.	Bill Harvey • 1936	14
	Bert Hunter • 1933	14

Saves
1.	Bert Hunter • 1935	2
	Theolic Smith • 1936	2
3.	Roosevelt Davis • 1934	1
	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	1
	Bert Hunter • 1934	1
	Harry Kincannon • 1933	1
	Harry Kincannon • 1935	1
	Leroy Matlock • 1935	1
	Leroy Matlock • 1937	1
	Satchel Paige • 1933	1
	Satchel Paige • 1936	1
	Theolic Smith • 1938	1
	Sam Streeter • 1936	1

Innings Pitched
1.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	148.1
2.	Satchel Paige • 1934	145.2
3.	William Bell • 1934	135.1
4.	Sam Streeter • 1933	116.0
5.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	114.0
6.	William Bell • 1933	102.2
7.	Bert Hunter • 1934	97.1
8.	Bert Hunter • 1935	87.0
9.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	86.0
10.	Theolic Smith • 1936	80.2

Strikeouts
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	152
2.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	100
3.	Satchel Paige • 1933	77
4.	Satchel Paige • 1936	72
5.	William Bell • 1934	68
6.	Sam Streeter • 1933	65
7.	William Bell • 1933	63
8.	Barney Morris • 1938	55
9.	Harry Kincannon • 1933	54
	Barney Morris • 1937	54

Games Started
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	16
2.	William Bell • 1934	15
	Leroy Matlock • 1933	15
	Leroy Matlock • 1936	15
5.	William Bell • 1933	13
	Sam Streeter • 1933	13
7.	Bert Hunter • 1933	11
	Bert Hunter • 1934	11
9.	Bert Hunter • 1935	10
	Satchel Paige • 1933	10
	Satchel Paige • 1936	10
	Theolic Smith • 1936	10
	Theolic Smith • 1937	10

Complete Games
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	15
2.	William Bell • 1934	12
3.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	11
4.	Sam Streeter • 1933	10
5.	William Bell • 1933	9
6.	Bert Hunter • 1934	8
	Satchel Paige • 1933	8
	Johnny Taylor • 1938	8
9.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	7
	Leroy Matlock • 1936	7
	Barney Morris • 1938	7
	Satchel Paige • 1936	7

Shutouts
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	5
2.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	2
	Satchel Paige • 1936	2
	Theolic Smith • 1936	2
5.	William Bell • 1933	1
	William Bell • 1934	1
	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	1
	Bill Foster • 1936	1
	Bert Hunter • 1934	1
	Harry Kincannon • 1933	1
	Leroy Matlock • 1935	1
	Barney Morris • 1937	1
	Barney Morris • 1938	1
	Sam Streeter • 1933	1
	Sam Streeter • 1934	1

Home Runs
1.	Bill Harvey • 1937	7
	Leroy Matlock • 1936	7
	Theolic Smith • 1937	7
	Theolic Smith • 1938	7
	Sam Streeter • 1935	7
6.	Bert Hunter • 1933	6
	Bert Hunter • 1935	6
	Harry Kincannon • 1936	6
9.	William Bell • 1933	5
	William Bell • 1934	5
	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	5
	Satchel Paige • 1936	5
	Theolic Smith • 1936	5

Bases on Balls
1.	Bill Harvey • 1936	40
	Theolic Smith • 1936	40
3.	Bert Hunter • 1934	36
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	35
5.	Harry Kincannon • 1933	33
6.	William Bell • 1934	32
7.	Barney Morris • 1938	30
	Satchel Paige • 1934	30
	Johnny Taylor • 1938	30
10.	Satchel Paige • 1936	28

Hits
1.	William Bell • 1934	141
2.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	137
3.	William Bell • 1933	128
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	124
5.	Bert Hunter • 1934	105
6.	Sam Streeter • 1934	102
7.	Bert Hunter • 1935	101
8.	Bert Hunter • 1933	100
9.	Theolic Smith • 1936	98
10.	Satchel Paige • 1934	97

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	5.067
2.	Satchel Paige • 1933	4.812
3.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	4
4.	Johnny Wright • 1940	3.8
5.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	2.923
6.	William Bell • 1933	2.864
7.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	2.857
8.	Roosevelt Davis • 1937	2.75
9.	Satchel Paige • 1936	2.571
10.	Sam Streeter • 1933	2.407

Home Runs per 9 IP
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	0.124
2.	Bert Hunter • 1934	0.185
3.	Satchel Paige • 1933	0.229
4.	Sam Streeter • 1933	0.233
5.	Barney Morris • 1937	0.234
6.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	0.243
7.	Sam Streeter • 1934	0.251
8.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	0.254
9.	Bill Harvey • 1938	0.321
10.	Spoon Carter • 1935	0.323

Losses
1.	William Bell • 1933	6
	Harry Kincannon • 1933	6
	Leroy Matlock • 1933	6
4.	Bert Hunter • 1934	5
	Satchel Paige • 1933	5
	Theolic Smith • 1936	5
	Theolic Smith • 1937	5
	Theolic Smith • 1938	5
	Sam Streeter • 1934	5
10.	William Bell • 1934	4
	Roosevelt Davis • 1937	4
	Bill Harvey • 1936	4
	Bill Harvey • 1937	4
	Bert Hunter • 1935	4
	Harry Kincannon • 1934	4
	Harry Kincannon • 1935	4
	Leroy Matlock • 1934	4
	Leroy Matlock • 1938	4
	Barney Morris • 1937	4
	Barney Morris • 1938	4
	Sam Streeter • 1933	4
	Johnny Wright • 1940	4

Earned Runs
1.	William Bell • 1933	62
2.	Theolic Smith • 1936	61
3.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	50
4.	Bill Harvey • 1936	49
5.	William Bell • 1934	48
	Bert Hunter • 1935	48
7.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	46
	Sam Streeter • 1934	46
9.	Theolic Smith • 1937	44
10.	Bert Hunter • 1933	40
	Barney Morris • 1937	40

Wild Pitches
1.	Barney Morris • 1937	3
2.	William Bell • 1934	2
	Bill Harvey • 1936	2
	Harry Kincannon • 1934	2
	Barney Morris • 1938	2
	Theolic Smith • 1937	2
7.	Spoon Carter • 1935	1
	Bill Harvey • 1938	1
	Bert Hunter • 1934	1
	Bert Hunter • 1935	1
	Connie Johnson • 1940	1
	Harry Kincannon • 1933	1
	Leroy Matlock • 1933	1
	Theolic Smith • 1936	1
	Sam Streeter • 1936	1
	Johnny Wright • 1940	1

Hit By Pitch
1.	Oscar Charleston • 1933	4
	Bill Harvey • 1938	4
3.	Bill Harvey • 1936	3
	Bert Hunter • 1935	3
	Harry Kincannon • 1936	3
	Theolic Smith • 1936	3
	Sam Streeter • 1933	3
	Sam Streeter • 1936	3
9.	William Bell • 1934	2
	Spoon Carter • 1935	2
	Roosevelt Davis • 1937	2
	Bill Harvey • 1937	2
	Bert Hunter • 1933	2
	Harry Kincannon • 1933	2
	Satchel Paige • 1934	2
	Theolic Smith • 1938	2
	Johnny Wright • 1940	2

Batters Faced
1.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	606
2.	William Bell • 1934	567
3.	Satchel Paige • 1934	561
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	487
5.	Sam Streeter • 1933	479
6.	William Bell • 1933	449
7.	Bert Hunter • 1934	419
8.	Bert Hunter • 1935	386
9.	Theolic Smith • 1936	382
10.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	361

Games Finished
1.	Jim Lewis • 1937	6
2.	Theolic Smith • 1938	5
3.	Bill Harvey • 1937	4
4.	Bill Harvey • 1938	3
	Barney Morris • 1937	3
6.	Marion Cain • 1938	2
	Leroy Matlock • 1938	2
8.	Spoon Carter • 1937	1
	Roosevelt Davis • 1937	1
	Charles Dunklin • 1937	1
	Jimmy Johnson • 1940	1
	Leroy Matlock • 1937	1
	Frank McAllister • 1937	1
	Barney Morris • 1938	1
	Theolic Smith • 1937	1
	Johnny Taylor • 1938	1
	Clarence White • 1940	1

Adjusted ERA+
1.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	336
2.	Satchel Paige • 1934	269
3.	Satchel Paige • 1933	221
4.	Sam Streeter • 1933	191
5.	Johnny Wright • 1940	175
6.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	168
7.	Spoon Carter • 1935	166
8.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	163
9.	Jimmy Johnson • 1939	159
	Johnny Wright • 1939	159

Fielding Independent Pitching
1.	Satchel Paige • 1933	1.88
2.	Satchel Paige • 1934	1.93
3.	Johnny Wright • 1940	2.59
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	2.63
5.	Sam Streeter • 1933	2.89
6.	William Bell • 1933	2.95
7.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	3.03
8.	Barney Morris • 1937	3.11
9.	Barney Morris • 1938	3.31
10.	Satchel Paige • 1936	3.38

Adj. Pitching Runs
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	40
2.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	27
3.	Sam Streeter • 1933	24
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	22
5.	Satchel Paige • 1933	20
6.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	18
7.	Leroy Matlock • 1936	15
8.	William Bell • 1934	14
9.	Spoon Carter • 1935	11
	Barney Morris • 1938	11
	Satchel Paige • 1936	11

Adj. Pitching Wins
1.	Satchel Paige • 1934	4.2
2.	Leroy Matlock • 1935	2.6
3.	Sam Streeter • 1933	2.3
4.	Leroy Matlock • 1933	2.1
5.	Satchel Paige • 1933	2.0
6.	Roosevelt Davis • 1935	1.7
7.	William Bell • 1934	1.4
	Leroy Matlock • 1936	1.4
9.	Barney Morris • 1938	1.1
10.	Spoon Carter • 1935	1.0
	Satchel Paige • 1936	1.0