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Negro National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Foster • CAG 8.5
2. Suttles • SLS 6.3
3. Stearnes • DS 5.9
4. Bell • KCM 5.8
5. Harney • CAG 5.6
6. Wells • SLS 4.7
7. Curry • CAG 4.3
8. Brewer • KCM 3.8
9. Rogan • KCM 3.8
10. Hensley • SLS 3.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Foster • CAG 8.2
2. Bell • KCM 5.5
3. Harney • CAG 5.0
4. Curry • CAG 4.2
5. Brewer • KCM 3.8
6. Hensley • SLS 3.7
7. Cooper • DS 3.1
8. McCall • ABC 2.8
Rogan • KCM 2.8
10. McDonald • CAG 2.2
Earned Run Average
1. Foster • CAG 1.80
2. Brewer • KCM 2.37
3. Bell • KCM 2.39
4. Harney • CAG 2.41
5. Rogan • KCM 2.86
6. Curry • CAG 2.96
7. Bell • DS 3.12
8. McCall • ABC 3.53
9. McDonald • CAG 3.56
10. Dean • KCM 3.86
Wins
1. Hensley • SLS 18
2. Bell • KCM 15
3. Cooper • DS 13
Foster • CAG 13
5. Rogan • KCM 12
Brewer • KCM 12
7. Harney • CAG 11
Hampton • DS 11
9. McDonald • CAG 10
Ross • SLS 10
Curry • CAG 10
Win-Loss %
1. Brewer • KCM .923
2. Rogan • KCM .800
3. McDonald • CAG .769
4. Foster • CAG .765
5. Bell • KCM .714
Curry • CAG .714
7. Hensley • SLS .692
8. Harney • CAG .647
9. Bell • DS .636
Mitchell • ABC .636
Dean • KCM .636
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Foster • CAG 0.979
2. Bell • KCM 1.051
3. McDonald • CAG 1.126
4. Harney • CAG 1.143
5. Brewer • KCM 1.162
6. McCall • ABC 1.230
7. Rogan • KCM 1.239
8. Curry • CAG 1.263
9. Cooper • DS 1.269
10. Bell • DS 1.298
Hits per 9 IP
1. Foster • CAG 5.926
2. Brewer • KCM 6.973
3. Bell • KCM 7.220
4. Bell • DS 7.788
5. Harney • CAG 8.238
6. McDonald • CAG 8.355
7. McCall • ABC 8.392
8. Rogan • KCM 8.731
9. Treadwell • 2TM 9.117
10. Mitchell • ABC 9.335
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Dean • KCM 1.286
2. Cooper • DS 1.731
3. McDonald • CAG 1.779
4. Hampton • DS 1.880
5. Curry • CAG 1.971
6. Harney • CAG 2.045
7. Bell • KCM 2.237
8. Rogan • KCM 2.421
9. Miller • ABC 2.539
10. McCall • ABC 2.676
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. McDonald • CAG 5.957
2. Brewer • KCM 5.786
3. Foster • CAG 5.719
4. Treadwell • 2TM 5.260
5. McCall • ABC 5.047
6. Rogan • KCM 4.989
7. Drake • ABC 4.832
8. Hensley • SLS 4.740
9. Díaz • CSW 4.673
10. Williams • DM 4.557
Games Played
1. Hensley • SLS 40
2. Cooper • DS 37
3. Davis • SLS 36
4. Ross • SLS 32
5. Brown • SLS 31
6. Morris • DS 30
7. Harney • CAG 28
8. Foster • CAG 27
Díaz • CSW 27
10. Hampton • DS 25
Saves
1. Harney • CAG 4
Ross • SLS 4
3. Cooper • DS 3
Méndez • KCM 3
Davis • SLS 3
Alexander • CEL 3
Hensley • SLS 3
8. Hampton • DS 2
Dean • KCM 2
10. Brewer • KCM 1
Curry • CAG 1
Díaz • CSW 1
Drake • ABC 1
Foster • CAG 1
Glass • SLS 1
McDonald • CAG 1
Morris • DS 1
Padrón • ABC 1
Newsome • 2TM 1
Miller • 3TM 1
Dixon • 2TM 1
Wilson • DM 1
Rogan • KCM 1
Poindexter • CAG 1
Johnson • CEL 1
Patton • SLS 1
Innings Pitched
1. Hensley • SLS 231.2
2. Cooper • DS 182.0
3. Bell • KCM 177.0
4. Foster • CAG 174.2
5. Hampton • DS 158.0
6. Díaz • CSW 156.0
7. Harney • CAG 149.2
8. McCall • ABC 148.0
9. Rosell • CSW 147.2
Morris • DS 147.2
Strikeouts
1. Hensley • SLS 122
2. Foster • CAG 111
3. McCall • ABC 83
4. Díaz • CSW 81
5. Brewer • KCM 78
6. McDonald • CAG 77
7. Harney • CAG 72
8. Cooper • DS 70
9. Rosell • CSW 69
10. Rogan • KCM 68
Bell • KCM 68
Games Started
1. Hensley • SLS 25
2. Cooper • DS 23
3. Hampton • DS 22
4. Bell • KCM 19
5. Davis • SLS 18
Ross • SLS 18
7. Rosell • CSW 17
Foster • CAG 17
Díaz • CSW 17
Curry • CAG 17
McCall • ABC 17
Complete Games
1. Bell • KCM 16
2. Rosell • CSW 15
3. Hampton • DS 13
4. Hensley • SLS 12
McCall • ABC 12
Foster • CAG 12
Cooper • DS 12
Drake • ABC 12
9. Harney • CAG 11
Díaz • CSW 11
Shutouts
1. Foster • CAG 5
2. Bell • DS 2
Brewer • KCM 2
Curry • CAG 2
Rile • ABC 2
McCall • ABC 2
7. Bell • KCM 1
Cooper • DS 1
Dean • KCM 1
Díaz • CSW 1
Hampton • DS 1
Harney • CAG 1
Jackson • SLS 1
Miller • ABC 1
Poindexter • CAG 1
Rosell • CSW 1
Bell • KCM 1
Stevens • ABC 1
Home Runs
1. Hensley • SLS 20
2. Rosell • CSW 19
3. Morris • DS 14
Ross • SLS 14
5. Hampton • DS 13
Díaz • CSW 13
7. Gómez • CSW 12
8. Pedemonte • CSW 11
9. Treadwell • 2TM 10
McCall • ABC 10
Bases on Balls
1. Hensley • SLS 89
2. Brown • SLS 76
3. Díaz • CSW 63
4. Johnson • CEL 61
5. Ross • SLS 58
6. Morris • DS 57
7. Foster • CAG 56
8. Rosell • CSW 53
9. Treadwell • 2TM 51
10. Stevens • ABC 49
Gómez • CSW 49
Hits
1. Hensley • SLS 250
2. Cooper • DS 196
3. Gómez • CSW 195
4. Ross • SLS 190
5. Díaz • CSW 184
6. Davis • SLS 182
7. Rosell • CSW 176
Morris • DS 176
9. Hampton • DS 175
10. Brown • SLS 174
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. McDonald • CAG 3.348
2. Dean • KCM 2.250
3. Harney • CAG 2.118
4. Rogan • KCM 2.061
5. Cooper • DS 2.000
6. Foster • CAG 1.982
7. McCall • ABC 1.886
8. Curry • CAG 1.767
9. Brewer • KCM 1.660
10. Hampton • DS 1.606
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Brewer • KCM 0.074
2. Bell • KCM 0.153
3. Foster • CAG 0.206
4. Rogan • KCM 0.220
5. Curry • CAG 0.263
6. Brown • SLS 0.278
7. Harney • CAG 0.301
8. Mitchell • ABC 0.301
9. Cooper • DS 0.346
10. Dean • KCM 0.429
Losses
1. Rosell • CSW 15
2. Díaz • CSW 11
McCall • ABC 11
Hampton • DS 11
Treadwell • 2TM 11
6. Williams • DM 10
Pedemonte • CSW 10
Gómez • CSW 10
9. Cooper • DS 9
Johnson • CEL 9
Earned Runs
1. Hensley • SLS 107
2. Ross • SLS 105
3. Díaz • CSW 97
4. Rosell • CSW 95
5. Brown • SLS 92
6. Morris • DS 91
7. Davis • SLS 84
8. Hampton • DS 82
9. Gómez • CSW 81
10. Cooper • DS 79
Wild Pitches
1. Branham • CEL 6
Johnson • CEL 6
3. Pedemonte • CSW 5
4. Wall • CEL 4
Díaz • CSW 4
Rosell • CSW 4
7. Brewer • KCM 3
Miller • 3TM 3
Mitchell • ABC 3
10. Drake • ABC 2
Patton • SLS 2
Morris • DS 2
Bell • KCM 2
Ross • SLS 2
Hensley • SLS 2
Gómez • CSW 2
Glass • SLS 2
Stevens • ABC 2
Brown • SLS 2
Hit By Pitch
1. Brewer • KCM 12
2. Morris • DS 11
Brown • SLS 11
Davis • SLS 11
5. Johnson • CEL 10
6. Hensley • SLS 9
7. McDonald • CAG 8
8. Foster • CAG 7
Padrón • ABC 7
Ross • SLS 7
Cooper • DS 7
Batters Faced
1. Hensley • SLS 1,006
2. Cooper • DS 764
3. Bell • KCM 718
4. Díaz • CSW 701
5. Hampton • DS 676
6. Gómez • CSW 673
7. Foster • CAG 671
Morris • DS 671
9. Rosell • CSW 660
10. Ross • SLS 658
Games Finished
1. Harney • CAG 14
2. Davis • SLS 12
3. Cooper • DS 11
Hensley • SLS 11
5. Morris • DS 10
Brown • SLS 10
7. Gómez • CSW 9
Díaz • CSW 9
9. Ross • SLS 8
10. Glass • SLS 7
Rogan • KCM 7
Adjusted ERA+
1. Foster • CAG 252
2. Brewer • KCM 192
3. Bell • KCM 190
4. Harney • CAG 189
5. Rogan • KCM 159
6. Curry • CAG 154
7. Bell • DS 146
8. McCall • ABC 129
9. McDonald • CAG 128
10. Dean • KCM 118
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Rogan • KCM 3.09
2. Foster • CAG 3.14
3. Harney • CAG 3.30
4. Brewer • KCM 3.31
5. Bell • KCM 3.33
6. McDonald • CAG 3.40
7. Curry • CAG 3.40
8. Cooper • DS 3.45
9. Dean • KCM 3.47
10. McCall • ABC 3.76
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Foster • CAG 54
2. Bell • KCM 41
3. Harney • CAG 34
4. Brewer • KCM 28
5. Curry • CAG 25
6. Rogan • KCM 21
7. McCall • ABC 16
8. Cooper • DS 15
9. Bell • DS 15
10. Hensley • SLS 13
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Foster • CAG 5.3
2. Bell • KCM 3.9
3. Harney • CAG 3.2
4. Brewer • KCM 2.7
5. Curry • CAG 2.3
6. Rogan • KCM 1.9
7. McCall • ABC 1.5
8. Cooper • DS 1.4
9. Bell • DS 1.4
10. Hensley • SLS 1.2

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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