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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Barnhill • NYC 4.1
2. McHenry • PS 3.4
3. Brown • HG 3.2
4. McDuffie • HG 3.1
5. Leonard • HG 3.1
6. Byrd • BEG 3.0
7. Irvin • NE 2.8
8. Hoskins • BEG 2.4
9. Williams • BEG 2.2
10. Adams • BEG 2.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Barnhill • NYC 3.6
2. McHenry • PS 3.1
3. McDuffie • HG 2.8
4. Brown • HG 2.5
5. Byrd • BEG 2.5
6. Adams • BEG 1.8
7. Williams • BEG 1.7
8. Brewer • PS 1.5
9. Hill • NE 1.4
10. Stanley • NBY 1.3
Earned Run Average
1. Byrd • BEG 2.02
2. McDuffie • HG 2.43
3. Brewer • PS 2.77
4. Adams • BEG 2.87
5. Gaines • BEG 2.90
6. Brown • HG 2.92
7. Barnhill • NYC 3.02
8. McHenry • PS 3.05
9. Hill • NE 3.35
10. Hooker • NE 3.64
Wins
1. Brown • HG 11
2. McDuffie • HG 9
3. Byrd • BEG 8
Barnhill • NYC 8
5. Williams • BEG 7
McHenry • PS 7
7. Hill • NE 6
Manning • NE 6
9. Stanley • NBY 5
Adams • BEG 5
Hobgood • NE 5
Win-Loss %
1. McDuffie • HG .750
2. Byrd • BEG .727
3. Williams • BEG .700
4. Hooker • NE .667
Gaines • BEG .667
Evans • NBY .667
7. Brown • HG .647
8. Adams • BEG .625
9. Barnhill • NYC .615
10. Hobgood • NE .556
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Barnhill • NYC 0.965
2. Gaines • BEG 1.067
3. Byrd • BEG 1.090
4. McHenry • PS 1.154
5. McDuffie • HG 1.174
6. Stanley • NBY 1.197
7. Hooker • NE 1.233
8. Brown • HG 1.248
9. Adams • BEG 1.304
10. Manning • NE 1.308
Hits per 9 IP
1. Barnhill • NYC 6.768
2. Gaines • BEG 6.886
3. Byrd • BEG 7.281
4. Stanley • NBY 7.342
5. McHenry • PS 7.697
6. Adams • BEG 7.826
7. Evans • NBY 8.407
8. Brewer • PS 8.507
9. Hooker • NE 8.613
10. McDuffie • HG 8.720
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. McDuffie • HG 1.845
2. Barnhill • NYC 1.913
3. Manning • NE 1.976
4. Brown • HG 2.077
5. Hobgood • NE 2.323
6. Hooker • NE 2.485
7. Byrd • BEG 2.528
8. Buchanan • PS 2.669
9. McHenry • PS 2.688
10. Gaines • BEG 2.718
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Gaines • BEG 6.886
2. Barnhill • NYC 6.695
3. Hill • NE 4.676
4. Byrd • BEG 4.551
5. McDuffie • HG 4.360
6. Fillmore • PS 4.269
7. Manning • NE 4.116
8. Buchanan • PS 4.081
9. Williams • BEG 4.045
10. McHenry • PS 3.665
Games Played
1. Manning • NE 20
McHenry • PS 20
Brown • HG 20
4. McDuffie • HG 18
Hill • NE 18
6. Barnhill • NYC 17
7. Williams • BEG 16
Stanley • NBY 16
9. Hobgood • NE 15
10. Adams • BEG 14
Saves
1. Gaines • BEG 2
2. Bernal • NYC 1
Hooker • NE 1
Rector • NBY 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Innings Pitched
1. McHenry • PS 147.1
2. Brown • HG 138.2
3. Barnhill • NYC 122.1
4. Manning • NE 109.1
5. McDuffie • HG 107.1
6. Hill • NE 102.0
7. Williams • BEG 95.2
8. Byrd • BEG 89.0
9. Fillmore • PS 78.0
10. Stanley • NBY 76.0
Strikeouts
1. Barnhill • NYC 91
2. McHenry • PS 60
3. Hill • NE 53
Brown • HG 53
5. McDuffie • HG 52
6. Manning • NE 50
7. Byrd • BEG 45
8. Williams • BEG 43
9. Gaines • BEG 38
10. Fillmore • PS 37
Games Started
1. McHenry • PS 17
2. McDuffie • HG 14
Brown • HG 14
4. Barnhill • NYC 13
5. Hill • NE 12
6. Adams • BEG 11
Manning • NE 11
Byrd • BEG 11
9. Anderson • NYC 10
Williams • BEG 10
Stanley • NBY 10
Fillmore • PS 10
Complete Games
1. McHenry • PS 14
Brown • HG 14
3. Barnhill • NYC 11
4. McDuffie • HG 8
Williams • BEG 8
Byrd • BEG 8
7. Walker • 2TM 6
Manning • NE 6
Stanley • NBY 6
Hill • NE 6
Adams • BEG 6
Fillmore • PS 6
Shutouts
1. Adams • BEG 3
2. Byrd • BEG 2
Gaines • BEG 2
McDuffie • HG 2
McHenry • PS 2
Wright • HG 2
7. Brown • HG 1
Buchanan • PS 1
Hill • NE 1
Hooker • NE 1
Partlow • HG 1
Bases on Balls
1. Hill • NE 48
2. McHenry • PS 44
3. Williams • BEG 32
Brown • HG 32
5. Adams • BEG 30
6. Anderson • NYC 29
Stanley • NBY 29
8. Fillmore • PS 28
9. Barnhill • NYC 26
10. Walker • 2TM 25
Howard • NYC 25
Byrd • BEG 25
Hits
1. Brown • HG 141
2. McHenry • PS 126
3. Manning • NE 119
4. McDuffie • HG 104
5. Hill • NE 103
6. Williams • BEG 97
Fillmore • PS 97
8. Barnhill • NYC 92
9. Buchanan • PS 79
10. Hobgood • NE 76
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Barnhill • NYC 3.500
2. Gaines • BEG 2.533
3. McDuffie • HG 2.364
4. Manning • NE 2.083
5. Byrd • BEG 1.800
6. Brown • HG 1.656
7. Buchanan • PS 1.529
8. Hooker • NE 1.400
9. McHenry • PS 1.364
10. Williams • BEG 1.344
Losses
1. McHenry • PS 12
2. Anderson • NYC 8
Fillmore • PS 8
Buchanan • PS 8
5. Rector • NBY 7
6. Walker • 2TM 6
Hill • NE 6
Brown • HG 6
9. Stanley • NBY 5
Barnhill • NYC 5
Manning • NE 5
Howard • NYC 5
Earned Runs
1. Manning • NE 53
2. Fillmore • PS 52
3. McHenry • PS 50
4. Brown • HG 45
5. Barnhill • NYC 41
6. Williams • BEG 40
7. Hill • NE 38
8. Rector • NBY 36
9. Anderson • NYC 35
Buchanan • PS 35
Hobgood • NE 35
Wild Pitches
1. Wright • HG 5
2. Barnhill • NYC 3
3. Barnes • BEG 2
Hill • NE 2
Blackmon • 2TM 2
6. Adams • BEG 1
Brown • BEG 1
Brown • HG 1
Buchanan • PS 1
Howard • NYC 1
Manning • NE 1
McHenry • PS 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Williams • BEG 1
Hit By Pitch
1. Hooker • NE 4
Barnhill • NYC 4
3. Anderson • NYC 3
McDuffie • HG 3
5. Brown • BEG 2
Brown • HG 2
Fillmore • PS 2
McHenry • PS 2
Gaines • BEG 2
10. Adams • BEG 1
Griffith • BEG 1
Hill • NE 1
Brown • NE 1
Brewer • PS 1
Pearson • NE 1
Rector • NBY 1
Williams • BEG 1
Adjusted ERA+
1. Byrd • BEG 200
2. McDuffie • HG 166
3. Brewer • PS 146
4. Adams • BEG 141
5. Gaines • BEG 140
6. Brown • HG 138
7. Barnhill • NYC 134
8. McHenry • PS 132
9. Hill • NE 120
10. Hooker • NE 111
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. McDuffie • HG 18
2. Byrd • BEG 18
3. Barnhill • NYC 16
4. Brown • HG 16
5. McHenry • PS 14
6. Adams • BEG 10
7. Gaines • BEG 7
8. Brewer • PS 7
9. Hill • NE 7
10. Williams • BEG 6
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Byrd • BEG 1.8
2. McDuffie • HG 1.7
3. Barnhill • NYC 1.6
4. Brown • HG 1.5
5. McHenry • PS 1.3
6. Adams • BEG 1.0
7. Gaines • BEG 0.7
8. Brewer • PS 0.7
9. Hill • NE 0.6
10. Williams • BEG 0.6

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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