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1903 National League Pitching Leaders

1902 Season 1904 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 560 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Joe McGinnity	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	31	20	.608	2.43	3.36	55	48	6	44	3	2	434.0	391	162	117	4	109	171	19	0	5	1786	1.152	8.1	0.1	2.3	3.5	1.57
2	Christy Mathewson	22	NY1	Maj	NYG	30	13	.698	2.26	3.34	45	42	3	37	3	2	366.1	321	136	92	4	100	267	10	0	18	1502	1.149	7.9	0.1	2.5	6.6	2.67
3	Sam Leever	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	25	7	.781	2.06	3.10	36	34	2	30	7	1	284.1	255	98	65	2	60	90	5	0	6	1135	1.108	8.1	0.1	1.9	2.8	1.50
4	Deacon Phillippe	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	25	9	.735	2.43	3.61	36	33	3	31	4	2	289.1	269	116	78	4	29	123	4	1	5	1150	1.030	8.4	0.1	0.9	3.8	4.24
5	Noodles Hahn*	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	22	12	.647	2.52	3.80	34	34	0	34	5	0	296.0	297	125	83	3	47	127	8	0	3	1187	1.162	9.0	0.1	1.4	3.9	2.70
6	Henry Schmidt	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	22	13	.629	3.83	4.99	40	36	4	29	5	2	301.0	321	167	128	5	120	96	21	0	8	1288	1.465	9.6	0.1	3.6	2.9	0.80
7	Jack Taylor	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	21	14	.600	2.45	3.95	37	33	4	33	1	1	312.1	277	137	85	2	57	83	5	0	3	1241	1.069	8.0	0.1	1.6	2.4	1.46
8	Jake Weimer*	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	20	8	.714	2.30	3.54	35	33	2	27	3	0	282.0	241	111	72	4	104	128	11	0	5	1184	1.223	7.7	0.1	3.3	4.1	1.23
9	Bob Wicker	26	CHN,SLN	Maj	CHC-STL	20	9	.690	2.96	4.11	33	27	6	24	1	1	252.0	240	115	83	3	77	113	3	0	8	1034	1.258	8.6	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.47
10	Oscar Jones	23	BRO	Maj	BRO	19	14	.576	2.94	4.41	38	36	2	31	4	0	324.1	320	159	106	4	77	95	19	0	7	1327	1.224	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.6	1.23
11	Togie Pittinger	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	18	22	.450	3.48	5.25	44	39	5	35	3	1	351.2	396	205	136	12	143	140	17	0	14	1505	1.533	10.1	0.3	3.7	3.6	0.98
12	Ed Doheny*	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	16	8	.667	3.19	4.93	27	25	2	22	2	2	222.2	209	122	79	1	89	75	19	0	8	939	1.338	8.4	0.0	3.6	3.0	0.84
13	Jack Sutthoff	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	16	9	.640	2.80	4.17	30	27	3	21	3	0	224.2	207	104	70	2	79	76	16	0	5	935	1.273	8.3	0.1	3.2	3.0	0.96
14	Ned Garvin	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	15	18	.455	3.08	4.92	38	34	4	30	2	2	298.0	277	163	102	2	84	154	13	1	9	1216	1.211	8.4	0.1	2.5	4.7	1.83
15	Bob Ewing	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	14	13	.519	2.77	4.63	29	28	1	27	1	1	246.2	254	127	76	3	64	104	10	0	4	1034	1.289	9.3	0.1	2.3	3.8	1.63
16	Bill Duggleby	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	13	16	.448	3.75	5.52	36	30	6	28	3	2	264.1	318	162	110	4	79	57	12	0	4	1142	1.502	10.8	0.1	2.7	1.9	0.72
17	Luther Taylor	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	13	13	.500	4.23	5.26	33	31	2	18	1	0	244.2	306	143	115	6	89	94	4	1	8	1066	1.614	11.3	0.2	3.3	3.5	1.06
18	Chick Fraser	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	12	17	.414	4.50	5.76	31	29	2	26	1	1	250.0	260	160	125	8	97	104	16	0	7	1085	1.428	9.4	0.3	3.5	3.7	1.07
19	Vic Willis	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	12	18	.400	2.98	3.92	33	32	1	29	2	0	278.0	256	121	92	3	88	125	10	0	4	1117	1.237	8.3	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.42
20	Carl Lundgren	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	11	9	.550	2.94	4.80	27	20	6	16	0	3	193.0	191	103	63	1	60	67	6	0	5	796	1.301	8.9	0.0	2.8	3.1	1.12
21	John Malarkey	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	11	16	.407	3.09	5.34	32	27	5	25	2	0	253.0	266	150	87	5	96	98	11	0	6	1084	1.431	9.5	0.2	3.4	3.5	1.02
22	Fred Mitchell	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	11	16	.407	4.48	6.15	28	28	0	24	1	0	227.0	250	155	113	4	102	69	19	1	17	1002	1.551	9.9	0.2	4.0	2.7	0.68
23	Tully Sparks	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	11	15	.423	2.72	3.96	28	28	0	27	0	0	248.0	248	109	75	3	56	88	8	0	5	1008	1.226	9.0	0.1	2.0	3.2	1.57
24	Mordecai Brown	26	SLN	Maj	STL	9	13	.409	2.60	4.70	26	24	2	19	1	0	201.0	231	105	58	7	59	83	6	0	6	854	1.443	10.3	0.3	2.6	3.7	1.41
25	Brickyard Kennedy	35	PIT	Maj	PIT	9	6	.600	3.45	4.45	18	15	3	10	1	0	125.1	130	62	48	0	57	39	2	0	3	529	1.492	9.3	0.0	4.1	2.8	0.68
26	Chappie McFarland	28	SLN	Maj	STL	9	19	.321	3.07	5.23	28	26	2	25	1	0	229.0	253	133	78	2	48	76	6	2	9	944	1.314	9.9	0.1	1.9	3.0	1.58
27	Wiley Piatt*	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	9	14	.391	3.18	5.32	25	23	2	18	0	0	181.0	198	107	64	5	61	100	4	0	8	773	1.431	9.8	0.2	3.0	5.0	1.64
28	Jack Harper	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	8	9	.471	4.33	5.80	17	15	2	13	0	0	135.0	143	87	65	2	70	45	10	0	8	607	1.578	9.5	0.1	4.7	3.0	0.64
29	John Menefee	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	8	10	.444	3.00	5.20	20	17	3	13	1	0	147.0	157	85	49	3	38	39	6	0	3	615	1.327	9.6	0.2	2.3	2.4	1.03
30	Bill Phillips	34	CIN	Maj	CIN	7	6	.538	3.35	5.63	16	13	2	11	1	0	118.1	134	74	44	0	30	46	7	0	2	518	1.386	10.2	0.0	2.3	3.5	1.53
31	Ed Poole	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	7	13	.350	3.28	5.14	25	21	4	18	1	0	184.0	188	105	67	4	77	73	12	0	1	786	1.440	9.2	0.2	3.8	3.6	0.95
32	Jack Cronin	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	6	4	.600	3.81	5.21	20	11	8	8	0	1	115.2	130	67	49	5	37	50	6	0	1	501	1.444	10.1	0.4	2.9	3.9	1.35
33	Jack Dunleavy*	23	SLN	Maj	STL	6	8	.429	4.06	5.21	14	13	1	9	0	0	102.0	101	59	46	2	57	51	8	0	1	447	1.549	8.9	0.2	5.0	4.5	0.89
34	Bill Reidy	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	6	7	.462	3.46	4.67	15	13	1	11	0	0	104.0	130	54	40	0	14	21	6	0	4	433	1.385	11.3	0.0	1.2	1.8	1.50
35	Clarence Currie	24	CHN,SLN	Maj	STL-CHC	5	14	.263	3.82	5.86	28	19	8	15	1	2	181.1	190	118	77	8	69	61	13	0	4	772	1.428	9.4	0.4	3.4	3.0	0.88
36	Roy Evans	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	5	9	.357	3.27	6.14	15	12	3	9	0	0	110.0	121	75	40	1	41	42	7	0	3	455	1.473	9.9	0.1	3.4	3.4	1.02
37	Bob Rhoads	23	SLN	Maj	STL	5	8	.385	4.60	6.14	17	13	4	12	1	0	129.0	154	88	66	3	47	52	3	0	2	558	1.558	10.7	0.2	3.3	3.6	1.11
38	Bucky Veil	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	5	3	.625	3.82	4.46	12	6	6	4	0	0	70.2	70	35	30	1	36	20	2	0	2	298	1.500	8.9	0.1	4.6	2.5	0.56
39	Irvin Wilhelm	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	5	3	.625	3.24	5.34	12	9	3	7	1	0	86.0	88	51	31	0	25	20	3	0	0	361	1.314	9.2	0.0	2.6	2.1	0.80
40	Pop Williams*	29	BSN,PHI,CHN	Maj	BSN-PHI-CHC	5	7	.417	3.99	6.28	13	13	0	12	1	0	106.0	127	74	47	3	43	30	10	0	3	473	1.604	10.8	0.3	3.7	2.5	0.70
41	Pat Carney*	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	4	5	.444	4.04	6.00	10	9	1	9	0	0	78.0	93	52	35	2	31	29	2	0	3	361	1.590	10.7	0.2	3.6	3.3	0.94
42	Ed Murphy	26	SLN	Maj	STL	4	8	.333	3.31	5.26	15	12	3	9	0	0	106.0	108	62	39	2	38	16	6	0	5	456	1.377	9.2	0.2	3.2	1.4	0.42
43	Mike O'Neill*	25	SLN	Maj	STL	4	13	.235	3.79	7.70	19	17	2	12	0	0	145.0	184	124	61	2	43	39	6	0	0	654	1.566	11.4	0.1	2.7	2.4	0.91
44	Grant Thatcher	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	3	1	.750	2.89	3.86	4	4	0	4	0	0	28.0	33	12	9	1	7	9	0	0	1	120	1.429	10.6	0.3	2.3	2.9	1.29
45	Lave Winham*	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	3	1	.750	2.25	5.00	5	4	1	3	1	0	36.0	33	20	9	0	21	22	0	0	3	164	1.500	8.3	0.0	5.3	5.5	1.05
46	Red Ames	20	NY1	Maj	NYG	2	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	2	2	0	2	1	0	14.0	5	2	2	0	8	14	0	0	0	52	0.929	3.2	0.0	5.1	9.0	1.75
47	Roscoe Miller	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	2	5	.286	4.13	5.61	15	8	7	6	0	3	85.0	101	53	39	1	24	30	1	0	0	359	1.471	10.7	0.1	2.5	3.2	1.25
48	Gus Thompson	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	2	2	.500	3.56	6.28	5	4	1	3	0	0	43.0	52	30	17	1	16	22	1	0	0	193	1.581	10.9	0.2	3.3	4.6	1.38
49	Cy Falkenberg	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	1	5	.167	3.86	6.91	10	6	4	3	0	0	56.0	65	43	24	0	32	24	2	0	1	254	1.732	10.4	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.75
50	Jim Hackett	25	SLN	Maj	STL	1	3	.250	3.72	5.21	7	6	1	5	0	1	48.1	47	28	20	0	18	21	3	0	1	210	1.345	8.8	0.0	3.4	3.9	1.17
51	Alex Hardy*	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	1	.500	6.39	7.11	3	3	0	1	0	0	12.2	21	10	9	0	7	4	1	0	0	64	2.211	14.9	0.0	5.0	2.8	0.57
52	Jack McFetridge	33	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	11	.083	4.89	6.20	14	13	1	11	0	0	103.0	120	71	56	2	49	31	3	0	3	454	1.641	10.5	0.2	4.3	2.7	0.63
53	War Sanders*	25	SLN	Maj	STL	1	6	.143	6.08	8.33	8	6	2	3	0	0	40.0	48	37	27	0	21	9	2	0	0	191	1.725	10.8	0.0	4.7	2.0	0.43
54	Bill Bartley	18	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	0		0.00	12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	15	2.333	9.0	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50
55	Harry Betts	22	SLN	Maj	STL	0	1	.000	10.00	10.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	10	10	0	5	2	2	0	0	44	1.778	11.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.40
56	Fred Burchell*	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	3	.000	2.86	5.73	6	3	3	2	0	0	44.0	48	28	14	0	14	12	2	0	2	180	1.409	9.8	0.0	2.9	2.5	0.86
57	Jack Doscher*	22	CHN,BRO	Maj	BRO-CHC	0	1	.000	9.00	11.70	4	1	3	0	0	0	10.0	14	13	10	1	11	9	2	0	0	54	2.500	12.6	0.9	9.9	8.1	0.82
58	Peaches Graham	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	5.40	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	3	4	1	0	0	25	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
59	Buck Hooker	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.00
60	Pat Hynes*	19	SLN	Maj	STL	0	1	.000	4.00	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	6	4	0	6	1	0	0	0	40	1.778	10.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.17
61	John Lovett?	26	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		5.40	9.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	3	0	5	3	1	0	1	26	2.200	10.8	0.0	9.0	5.4	0.60
62	Warren McLaughlin*	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	3	.000	7.04	9.39	3	2	1	2	0	0	23.0	38	24	18	0	11	3	1	0	0	113	2.130	14.9	0.0	4.3	1.2	0.27
63	George Merritt	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	0		2.25	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
64	Larry Milton	24	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.00
65	Charlie Moran	25	SLN	Maj	STL	0	1	.000	5.25	10.88	3	2	1	2	0	0	24.0	30	29	14	0	19	7	1	0	2	121	2.042	11.3	0.0	7.1	2.6	0.37
66	Lew Moren	19	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	9.00	10.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	9	7	6	0	2	2	1	0	1	29	1.833	13.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
67	Jack Pfiester*	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	3	.000	6.16	9.95	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	26	21	13	0	10	15	2	0	0	93	1.895	12.3	0.0	4.7	7.1	1.50
68	Bill Pounds*	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	0		6.00	7.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	25	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00
69	Arthur Ragan	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	2	.000	6.00	15.00	3	2	1	2	0	0	18.0	40	30	12	0	7	7	1	0	1	96	2.611	20.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
70	Doc Scanlan	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	4.00	7.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	7	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	36	1.222	5.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
71	Joe Stanley	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	4	4	1	0	1	19	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
72	Ed Taylor*	26	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
73	Henry Thielman	22	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	3	.000	4.66	6.21	4	3	1	3	0	0	29.0	31	20	15	3	14	10	2	0	1	110	1.552	9.6	0.9	4.3	3.1	0.71
74	Rube Vickers	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	1	.000	10.93	14.79	4	1	3	1	0	0	14.0	27	23	17	0	9	5	1	0	2	75	2.571	17.4	0.0	5.8	3.2	0.56
75	Libe Washburn*	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	4	.000	4.37	5.91	4	4	0	4	0	0	35.0	44	23	17	0	11	9	0	0	0	146	1.571	11.3	0.0	2.8	2.3	0.82
76	Jimmy Wiggs	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	5.40	12.60	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	12	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	27	2.800	21.6	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
77	Stan Yerkes	28	SLN	Maj	STL	0	1	.000	1.80	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	24	1.600	14.4	0.0	0.0	5.4