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Negro National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Foster • CAG 7.5
2. Rile • DS 6.9
3. Wells • SLS 6.9
4. Rogan • KCM 6.5
5. Bell • KCM 5.5
6. Stearnes • DS 5.2
7. Parnell • BBB 5.0
8. Redus • SLS 4.2
9. Salmon • BBB 4.1
10. Streeter • BBB 4.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Foster • CAG 7.4
2. Bell • KCM 4.9
3. Rogan • KCM 4.8
4. Harney • CAG 4.2
5. Salmon • BBB 3.8
6. Mitchell • KCM 3.7
7. Powell • CAG 3.6
8. Trent • SLS 3.5
9. McDonald • CAG 3.4
10. Streeter • BBB 3.4
Earned Run Average
1. Foster • CAG 2.03
2. Bell • KCM 2.17
3. Powell • CAG 2.25
4. Rogan • KCM 2.32
5. Mitchell • KCM 2.36
6. Paige • BBB 2.39
7. Rile • DS 2.43
8. Harney • CAG 2.64
9. McDonald • CAG 2.72
10. Streeter • BBB 2.85
Wins
1. Foster • CAG 21
2. Trent • SLS 15
Salmon • BBB 15
4. Morris • DS 14
Streeter • BBB 14
Rogan • KCM 14
7. McDonald • SLS 13
Bell • KCM 13
9. Powell • CAG 12
10. Davis • SLS 11
Rile • DS 11
Win-Loss %
1. Foster • CAG .808
2. Paige • BBB .778
Harrison • SLS .778
4. Bell • KCM .765
McDonald • SLS .765
6. Powell • CAG .750
7. Salmon • BBB .714
8. Rogan • KCM .667
9. Rile • DS .647
10. McDonald • CAG .643
Mitchell • KCM .643
Walks & Hits per IP
1. McDonald • CAG 1.042
2. Paige • BBB 1.082
3. Salmon • BBB 1.094
4. Rile • DS 1.109
5. Rogan • KCM 1.127
6. Bell • KCM 1.136
7. Harney • CAG 1.141
8. Streeter • BBB 1.154
9. Foster • CAG 1.161
10. Powell • CAG 1.179
Hits per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 7.255
2. Trent • SLS 7.557
3. Rile • DS 7.614
4. Foster • CAG 7.756
5. Salmon • BBB 7.917
6. Powell • CAG 7.971
7. McDonald • CAG 8.017
8. Rogan • KCM 8.227
9. Bell • KCM 8.389
10. Mitchell • KCM 8.640
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Harney • CAG 1.347
2. McDonald • CAG 1.361
3. Streeter • BBB 1.629
4. Bell • MRS 1.636
5. Bell • MRS 1.759
6. Bell • KCM 1.833
7. Davis • SLS 1.910
8. Rogan • KCM 1.912
9. Salmon • BBB 1.929
10. Curry • CAG 1.949
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Paige • BBB 8.541
2. Rogan • KCM 6.315
3. Trent • SLS 5.646
4. Díaz • CSW 5.472
5. Williams • SLS 5.400
6. Powell • CAG 5.014
7. Pryor • MRS 5.000
8. Tyler • 2TM 4.954
9. Foster • CAG 4.935
10. Streeter • BBB 4.765
Games Played
1. Davis • SLS 35
2. Trent • SLS 33
3. Poindexter • BBB 32
4. Foster • CAG 31
Streeter • BBB 31
6. Glass • 2TM 30
7. Rogan • KCM 29
8. Tyler • 2TM 28
Salmon • BBB 28
Bell • MRS 28
Saves
1. Harney • CAG 4
2. Rogan • KCM 3
3. Cooper • DS 2
Davis • SLS 2
Morris • DS 2
6. Bell • MRS 1
Bell • KCM 1
Brewer • KCM 1
Curry • CAG 1
Foster • CAG 1
Bell • MRS 1
Paige • BBB 1
Rosell • CSW 1
Ross • CHT 1
Williams • SLS 1
Dean • 2TM 1
Gatewood • 2TM 1
McDonald • SLS 1
Innings Pitched
1. Streeter • BBB 221.0
2. Foster • CAG 217.0
3. Trent • SLS 212.0
4. Morris • DS 185.0
5. Salmon • BBB 177.1
6. Davis • SLS 169.2
7. Bell • KCM 162.0
8. Harney • CAG 160.1
9. Poindexter • BBB 157.0
10. Rogan • KCM 155.1
Glass • 2TM 155.1
Strikeouts
1. Trent • SLS 133
2. Foster • CAG 119
3. Streeter • BBB 117
4. Rogan • KCM 109
5. Paige • BBB 93
6. Salmon • BBB 86
7. Tyler • 2TM 80
8. Harney • CAG 78
Powell • CAG 78
10. Morris • DS 77
Games Started
1. Foster • CAG 25
2. Trent • SLS 24
3. Tyler • 2TM 21
Poindexter • BBB 21
5. Streeter • BBB 20
6. Brewer • KCM 18
Salmon • BBB 18
Powell • CAG 18
9. Glass • 2TM 17
Bell • KCM 17
Morris • DS 17
Davis • SLS 17
Pryor • MRS 17
Complete Games
1. Foster • CAG 21
2. Streeter • BBB 16
3. Trent • SLS 15
4. Rile • DS 14
Salmon • BBB 14
6. Morris • DS 13
7. Rosell • CSW 12
Rogan • KCM 12
Bell • KCM 12
10. Powell • CAG 11
Glass • 2TM 11
Bell • MRS 11
Shutouts
1. Foster • CAG 6
2. Bell • KCM 4
Rogan • KCM 4
Mitchell • KCM 4
Powell • CAG 4
6. Paige • BBB 3
7. Rosell • CSW 2
Curry • CAG 2
Rile • DS 2
Trent • SLS 2
Harney • CAG 2
Bases on Balls
1. Trent • SLS 85
2. Pryor • MRS 79
3. Foster • CAG 65
4. Morris • DS 64
5. Poindexter • BBB 51
6. Díaz • CSW 50
7. Drake • DS 49
8. Stevens • 2TM 47
9. Glass • 2TM 45
Brewer • KCM 45
Hits
1. Streeter • BBB 215
2. Davis • SLS 204
3. Poindexter • BBB 191
4. Foster • CAG 187
5. Morris • DS 182
6. Trent • SLS 178
7. McDonald • SLS 171
8. Glass • 2TM 168
9. Bell • MRS 160
10. Harney • CAG 159
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Paige • BBB 3.444
2. Rogan • KCM 3.303
3. Harney • CAG 3.250
4. McDonald • CAG 3.222
5. Streeter • BBB 2.925
6. Bell • MRS 2.464
7. Salmon • BBB 2.263
8. Rosell • CSW 2.118
9. Tyler • 2TM 1.951
10. Powell • CAG 1.902
Losses
1. Streeter • BBB 13
Stamps • MRS 13
Rosell • CSW 13
Poindexter • BBB 13
5. Glass • 2TM 12
Pryor • MRS 12
7. Bell • MRS 10
Trent • SLS 10
Díaz • CSW 10
10. Dean • 2TM 9
Harney • CAG 9
Earned Runs
1. Davis • SLS 81
2. Stamps • MRS 80
3. Poindexter • BBB 73
4. Streeter • BBB 70
5. Trent • SLS 69
6. Stevens • 2TM 66
McDonald • SLS 66
8. Morris • DS 65
9. Bell • MRS 60
10. Salmon • BBB 58
Glass • 2TM 58
Wild Pitches
1. Mitchell • KCM 6
2. Pryor • MRS 5
3. Stamps • MRS 4
Brewer • KCM 4
Daniels • BBB 4
Díaz • CSW 4
Trent • SLS 4
8. Cooper • DS 3
García • CSW 3
Gatewood • 2TM 3
Harrison • SLS 3
Hit By Pitch
1. Morris • DS 13
2. Brewer • KCM 9
3. Trent • SLS 7
4. Pryor • MRS 6
Salmon • BBB 6
Daniels • BBB 6
Foster • CAG 6
8. Rosell • CSW 5
9. Tyler • 2TM 4
McDonald • CAG 4
Davis • SLS 4
Adjusted ERA+
1. Foster • CAG 184
2. Bell • KCM 173
3. Powell • CAG 166
4. Rogan • KCM 161
5. Mitchell • KCM 158
6. Paige • BBB 157
7. Rile • DS 154
8. Harney • CAG 142
9. McDonald • CAG 137
10. Streeter • BBB 131
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Foster • CAG 39
2. Bell • KCM 27
3. Rogan • KCM 25
4. Powell • CAG 20
5. Mitchell • KCM 20
6. Harney • CAG 20
7. Rile • DS 18
8. Trent • SLS 18
9. Streeter • BBB 16
10. Salmon • BBB 16
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Foster • CAG 4.0
2. Bell • KCM 2.7
3. Rogan • KCM 2.5
4. Powell • CAG 2.0
5. Mitchell • KCM 2.0
6. Harney • CAG 1.9
7. Rile • DS 1.8
8. Trent • SLS 1.8
9. Streeter • BBB 1.6
Salmon • BBB 1.6

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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