Single-Season Top 50 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1. Dick McBride • 1875 9.2
2. Dick McBride • 1874 6.8
3. Dick McBride • 1873 6.1
4. Dick McBride • 1872 4.4
5. Dick McBride • 1871 3.7
6. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1.3
7. George Bechtel • 1875 0.7
8. Lon Knight • 1875 0.6
9. John McMullin • 1873 0.3
Earned Run Average
1. Dick McBride • 1874 1.64
2. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1.81
3. Lon Knight • 1875 2.27
4. Dick McBride • 1875 2.33
5. Dick McBride • 1872 2.85
6. Dick McBride • 1873 3.34
7. Dick McBride • 1871 4.58
Wins
1. Dick McBride • 1875 44
2. Dick McBride • 1874 33
3. Dick McBride • 1872 30
4. Dick McBride • 1873 24
5. Dick McBride • 1871 18
6. Lon Knight • 1875 6
7. George Bechtel • 1875 3
Cherokee Fisher • 1873 3
9. George Bechtel • 1871 1
John McMullin • 1873 1
Win-Loss %
1. Dick McBride • 1871 .783
2. Dick McBride • 1875 .759
3. Dick McBride • 1872 .682
4. Dick McBride • 1874 .600
5. Dick McBride • 1873 .558
6. Lon Knight • 1875 .545
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 .429
8. George Bechtel • 1871 .333
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Dick McBride • 1874 1.121
2. Dick McBride • 1875 1.173
3. Lon Knight • 1875 1.178
4. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1.186
5. Dick McBride • 1872 1.273
6. Dick McBride • 1873 1.307
7. Dick McBride • 1871 1.464
Hits per 9 IP
1. Dick McBride • 1874 9.499
2. Lon Knight • 1875 9.589
3. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 9.605
4. Dick McBride • 1875 10.154
5. Dick McBride • 1873 10.654
6. Dick McBride • 1872 10.903
7. Dick McBride • 1871 11.554
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Dick McBride • 1875 0.401
2. Dick McBride • 1872 0.558
3. Dick McBride • 1874 0.591
4. Lon Knight • 1875 1.009
5. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1.067
6. Dick McBride • 1873 1.105
7. Dick McBride • 1871 1.622
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1.494
2. Lon Knight • 1875 1.262
3. Dick McBride • 1872 0.944
4. Dick McBride • 1874 0.684
5. Dick McBride • 1871 0.608
6. Dick McBride • 1873 0.588
7. Dick McBride • 1875 0.452
Games Played
1. Dick McBride • 1875 60
2. Dick McBride • 1874 55
3. Dick McBride • 1872 47
4. Dick McBride • 1873 46
5. Dick McBride • 1871 25
6. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 13
Lon Knight • 1875 13
8. George Bechtel • 1875 4
9. George Bechtel • 1871 3
10. Ezra Sutton • 1875 2
11. John McMullin • 1873 1
Levi Meyerle • 1871 1
Saves
1. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 2
Innings Pitched
1. Dick McBride • 1875 538.0
2. Dick McBride • 1874 487.0
3. Dick McBride • 1872 419.1
4. Dick McBride • 1873 382.2
5. Dick McBride • 1871 222.0
6. Lon Knight • 1875 107.0
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 84.1
8. George Bechtel • 1875 36.0
9. George Bechtel • 1871 26.0
10. John McMullin • 1873 8.0
11. Ezra Sutton • 1875 6.0
12. Levi Meyerle • 1871 1.0
Strikeouts
1. Dick McBride • 1872 44
2. Dick McBride • 1874 37
3. Dick McBride • 1875 27
4. Dick McBride • 1873 25
5. Lon Knight • 1875 15
Dick McBride • 1871 15
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 14
8. George Bechtel • 1875 3
9. John McMullin • 1873 2
10. George Bechtel • 1871 1
Games Started
1. Dick McBride • 1875 60
2. Dick McBride • 1874 55
3. Dick McBride • 1872 47
4. Dick McBride • 1873 46
5. Dick McBride • 1871 25
6. Lon Knight • 1875 13
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 5
8. George Bechtel • 1875 4
9. George Bechtel • 1871 3
10. John McMullin • 1873 1
Complete Games
1. Dick McBride • 1875 59
2. Dick McBride • 1874 55
3. Dick McBride • 1872 47
4. Dick McBride • 1873 38
5. Dick McBride • 1871 25
6. Lon Knight • 1875 12
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 5
8. George Bechtel • 1875 4
9. George Bechtel • 1871 2
10. John McMullin • 1873 1
Shutouts
1. Dick McBride • 1875 6
2. Dick McBride • 1873 3
3. Dick McBride • 1872 1
Home Runs
1. Dick McBride • 1874 6
2. Dick McBride • 1875 4
3. Dick McBride • 1871 3
Dick McBride • 1872 3
Dick McBride • 1873 3
6. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1
Bases on Balls
1. Dick McBride • 1873 47
2. Dick McBride • 1871 40
3. Dick McBride • 1874 32
4. Dick McBride • 1872 26
5. Dick McBride • 1875 24
6. Lon Knight • 1875 12
7. George Bechtel • 1871 11
8. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 10
9. George Bechtel • 1875 3
10. Levi Meyerle • 1871 2
11. John McMullin • 1873 1
Hits
1. Dick McBride • 1875 607
2. Dick McBride • 1874 514
3. Dick McBride • 1872 508
4. Dick McBride • 1873 453
5. Dick McBride • 1871 285
6. Lon Knight • 1875 114
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 90
8. George Bechtel • 1871 43
9. George Bechtel • 1875 41
10. Ezra Sutton • 1875 14
11. John McMullin • 1873 10
12. Levi Meyerle • 1871 1
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Dick McBride • 1872 1.692
2. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 1.4
3. Lon Knight • 1875 1.25
4. Dick McBride • 1874 1.156
5. Dick McBride • 1875 1.125
6. Dick McBride • 1873 0.532
7. Dick McBride • 1871 0.375
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Dick McBride • 1872 0.064
2. Dick McBride • 1875 0.067
3. Dick McBride • 1873 0.071
4. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 0.107
5. Dick McBride • 1874 0.111
6. Dick McBride • 1871 0.122
Losses
1. Dick McBride • 1874 22
2. Dick McBride • 1873 19
3. Dick McBride • 1872 14
Dick McBride • 1875 14
5. Lon Knight • 1875 5
Dick McBride • 1871 5
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 4
8. George Bechtel • 1871 2
9. George Bechtel • 1875 1
Earned Runs
1. Dick McBride • 1873 142
2. Dick McBride • 1875 139
3. Dick McBride • 1872 133
4. Dick McBride • 1871 113
5. Dick McBride • 1874 89
6. Lon Knight • 1875 27
7. George Bechtel • 1871 23
8. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 17
9. George Bechtel • 1875 10
10. Ezra Sutton • 1875 7
11. John McMullin • 1873 2
12. Levi Meyerle • 1871 1
Wild Pitches
1. Dick McBride • 1872 10
2. Dick McBride • 1873 9
Dick McBride • 1874 9
4. Dick McBride • 1875 8
5. George Bechtel • 1871 7
Lon Knight • 1875 7
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 6
8. Dick McBride • 1871 3
9. George Bechtel • 1875 1
Levi Meyerle • 1871 1
Ezra Sutton • 1875 1
Batters Faced
1. Dick McBride • 1875 2294
2. Dick McBride • 1874 2171
3. Dick McBride • 1872 1944
4. Dick McBride • 1873 1778
5. Dick McBride • 1871 1059
6. Lon Knight • 1875 453
7. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 400
8. George Bechtel • 1875 150
9. George Bechtel • 1871 146
10. John McMullin • 1873 34
Ezra Sutton • 1875 34
12. Levi Meyerle • 1871 6
Games Finished
1. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 8
2. Ezra Sutton • 1875 2
3. Levi Meyerle • 1871 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 196
2. Dick McBride • 1874 139
3. Dick McBride • 1872 123
4. Lon Knight • 1875 106
Dick McBride • 1873 106
6. Dick McBride • 1875 103
7. Dick McBride • 1871 90
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Dick McBride • 1874 2.27
2. Lon Knight • 1875 2.30
3. Dick McBride • 1875 2.37
4. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 3.28
5. Dick McBride • 1873 3.44
6. Dick McBride • 1872 3.50
7. Dick McBride • 1871 4.16
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Dick McBride • 1872 30
2. Dick McBride • 1874 28
3. Dick McBride • 1875 18
4. Dick McBride • 1873 17
5. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 11
6. Lon Knight • 1875 2
7. George Bechtel • 1875 1
Dick McBride • 1871 1
John McMullin • 1873 1
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Dick McBride • 1874 2.2
2. Dick McBride • 1872 2.1
3. Dick McBride • 1875 1.6
4. Dick McBride • 1873 1.2
5. Cherokee Fisher • 1873 0.8
6. George Bechtel • 1875 0.1
Lon Knight • 1875 0.1
Dick McBride • 1871 0.1
John McMullin • 1873 0.1

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