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1888 National League Pitching Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 542 games, 8 teams, approx. 135 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	Tim Keefe	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	35	12	.745	1.74	2.96	51	51	0	48	8	0	434.1	317	143	84	5	90	335	12	0	21	1723	0.937	6.6	0.1	1.9	6.9	3.72
2	John Clarkson	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	33	20	.623	2.76	4.60	54	54	0	53	3	0	483.1	448	247	148	17	119	223	10	0	33	2029	1.173	8.3	0.3	2.2	4.2	1.87
3	Pete Conway	21	DTN	Maj	DTN	30	14	.682	2.26	3.91	45	45	0	43	4	0	391.0	315	170	98	11	57	176	13	0	8	1586	0.951	7.3	0.3	1.3	4.1	3.09
4	Ed Morris*	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	29	23	.558	2.31	4.05	55	55	0	54	5	0	480.0	470	216	123	7	74	135	8	0	13	2002	1.133	8.8	0.1	1.4	2.5	1.82
5	Charlie Buffinton	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	28	17	.622	1.91	3.12	46	46	0	43	6	0	400.1	324	139	85	6	59	199	4	0	15	1586	0.957	7.3	0.1	1.3	4.5	3.37
6	Mickey Welch	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	26	19	.578	1.93	3.30	47	47	0	47	5	0	425.1	328	156	91	12	108	167	14	0	17	1710	1.025	6.9	0.3	2.3	3.5	1.55
7	Gus Krock	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	25	14	.641	2.44	3.79	39	39	0	39	4	0	339.2	295	143	92	20	45	161	9	0	14	1351	1.001	7.8	0.5	1.2	4.3	3.58
8	Pud Galvin	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	23	25	.479	2.63	3.91	50	50	0	49	6	0	437.1	446	190	128	9	53	107	8	0	11	1809	1.141	9.2	0.2	1.1	2.2	2.02
9	Pretzels Getzien	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	19	25	.432	3.05	5.01	46	46	0	45	2	0	404.0	411	225	137	13	54	202	8	0	23	1697	1.151	9.2	0.3	1.2	4.5	3.74
10	Ben Sanders	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	19	10	.655	1.90	3.27	31	29	2	28	8	0	275.1	240	100	58	3	33	121	3	1	14	1089	0.992	7.8	0.1	1.1	4.0	3.67
11	Bill Sowders	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	19	15	.559	2.07	4.40	36	35	1	34	2	0	317.0	278	155	73	3	73	132	9	0	14	1311	1.107	7.9	0.1	2.1	3.7	1.81
12	Jim Whitney	30	WS8	Maj	WHS	18	21	.462	3.05	5.10	39	39	0	37	3	0	325.0	317	184	110	7	54	79	9	1	7	1357	1.142	8.8	0.2	1.5	2.2	1.46
13	Hank O'Day	28	WS8	Maj	WHS	16	29	.356	3.10	4.65	46	46	0	46	2	0	403.0	359	208	139	19	117	186	16	0	17	1680	1.181	8.0	0.4	2.6	4.2	1.59
14	Henry Boyle	27	IN3	Maj	IND	15	22	.405	3.26	4.99	37	37	0	36	3	0	323.0	315	179	117	11	58	98	10	0	22	1354	1.155	8.8	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.69
15	Dan Casey*	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	14	18	.438	3.15	4.91	33	33	0	31	2	0	285.2	298	156	100	6	48	108	5	0	9	1205	1.211	9.4	0.2	1.5	3.4	2.25
16	Ledell Titcomb*	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	14	8	.636	2.24	4.16	23	23	1	22	4	0	197.0	149	91	49	4	46	129	5	0	12	792	0.990	6.8	0.2	2.1	5.9	2.80
17	Mark Baldwin	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	13	15	.464	2.76	4.91	30	30	0	27	2	0	251.0	241	137	77	13	99	157	13	0	18	1079	1.355	8.6	0.5	3.5	5.6	1.59
18	George Van Haltren*	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	13	13	.500	3.52	5.46	30	24	5	24	4	1	245.2	263	149	96	15	60	139	13	1	21	1057	1.315	9.6	0.5	2.2	5.1	2.32
19	Egyptian Healy	21	IN3	Maj	IND	12	24	.333	3.89	5.57	37	37	0	36	1	0	321.1	347	199	139	13	87	124	15	1	19	1401	1.351	9.7	0.4	2.4	3.5	1.43
20	Harry Staley	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	12	12	.500	2.69	4.51	25	24	1	24	2	0	207.1	185	104	62	6	53	89	7	0	13	848	1.148	8.0	0.3	2.3	3.9	1.68
21	Henry Gruber	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	11	14	.440	2.29	4.54	27	25	2	25	3	0	240.0	196	121	61	8	41	71	4	0	15	966	0.988	7.4	0.3	1.5	2.7	1.73
22	Lev Shreve	22	IN3	Maj	IND	11	24	.314	4.63	6.29	35	35	0	34	1	0	297.2	352	208	153	23	93	101	8	0	24	1325	1.495	10.6	0.7	2.8	3.1	1.09
23	Bill Burdick	28	IN3	Maj	IND	10	10	.500	2.81	4.50	20	20	0	20	0	0	176.0	168	88	55	12	43	55	6	0	15	742	1.199	8.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.28
24	Kid Gleason	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	7	16	.304	2.84	5.05	24	23	1	23	0	0	199.2	199	112	63	11	53	89	12	0	11	855	1.262	9.0	0.5	2.4	4.0	1.68
25	Kid Madden*	20	BSN	Maj	BSN	7	11	.389	2.95	4.15	20	18	2	17	1	0	165.0	142	76	54	6	24	53	15	0	6	662	1.006	7.7	0.3	1.3	2.9	2.21
26	Old Hoss Radbourn	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	7	16	.304	2.87	4.78	24	24	0	24	1	0	207.0	187	110	66	8	45	64	8	0	8	852	1.121	8.1	0.3	2.0	2.8	1.42
27	John Tener	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	7	5	.583	2.74	5.21	12	12	0	11	1	0	102.0	90	59	31	6	25	39	8	0	7	427	1.127	7.9	0.5	2.2	3.4	1.56
28	George Keefe*	21	WS8	Maj	WHS	6	7	.462	2.84	4.34	13	13	0	13	1	0	114.0	87	55	36	2	43	52	4	0	7	469	1.140	6.9	0.2	3.4	4.1	1.21
29	Ed Beatin*	21	DTN	Maj	DTN	5	7	.417	2.86	5.05	12	12	0	12	1	0	107.0	111	60	34	6	16	44	2	1	9	461	1.187	9.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.75
30	Ed Crane	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	5	6	.455	2.43	4.95	12	11	1	11	2	1	92.2	70	51	25	3	40	58	2	0	10	404	1.187	6.8	0.3	3.9	5.6	1.45
31	Wild Bill Widner	21	WS8	Maj	WHS	5	7	.417	2.82	5.40	13	13	0	13	0	0	115.0	111	69	36	7	22	33	6	0	4	478	1.157	8.7	0.5	1.7	2.6	1.50
32	George Borchers	19	CHN	Maj	CHC	4	4	.500	3.49	6.04	10	10	0	7	1	0	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	0	10	302	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90
33	Dick Conway	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	4	2	.667	2.38	5.26	6	6	0	6	0	0	53.0	49	31	14	2	8	12	4	0	5	216	1.075	8.3	0.3	1.4	2.0	1.50
34	Frank Dwyer	20	CHN	Maj	CHC	4	1	.800	1.07	4.29	5	5	0	5	1	0	42.0	32	20	5	1	9	17	0	0	2	171	0.976	6.9	0.2	1.9	3.6	1.89
35	Jimmy Ryan*	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	4	0	1.000	3.05	6.81	8	2	5	1	0	0	38.1	47	29	13	2	12	11	0	0	2	170	1.539	11.0	0.5	2.8	2.6	0.92
36	Lady Baldwin*	29	DTN	Maj	DTN	3	3	.500	5.43	8.49	6	6	1	5	0	0	53.0	76	50	32	5	15	26	1	0	5	252	1.717	12.9	0.8	2.5	4.4	1.73
37	Ad Gumbert	20	CHN	Maj	CHC	3	3	.500	3.14	4.44	6	6	0	5	0	0	48.2	44	24	17	0	10	16	5	0	0	203	1.110	8.1	0.0	1.8	3.0	1.60
38	Tod Brynan	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	2	1	.667	6.48	9.36	3	3	1	2	0	0	25.0	29	26	18	2	7	11	2	0	3	116	1.440	10.4	0.7	2.5	4.0	1.57
39	Ed Daily	25	WS8	Maj	WHS	2	7	.222	4.89	8.43	9	8	1	8	0	0	73.2	88	69	40	7	19	20	3	0	10	338	1.452	10.8	0.9	2.3	2.4	1.05
40	Bill George*	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	2	1	.667	1.34	2.41	4	3	1	3	1	1	33.2	18	9	5	0	11	26	1	0	3	133	0.861	4.8	0.0	2.9	7.0	2.36
41	Sam Moffet	31	IN3	Maj	IND	2	5	.286	4.66	6.43	7	7	0	6	1	0	56.0	62	40	29	3	17	7	2	0	2	242	1.411	10.0	0.5	2.7	1.1	0.41
42	Dad Clarke	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	0	1.000	5.06	9.56	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	23	17	9	2	6	6	2	0	3	81	1.813	12.9	1.1	3.4	3.4	1.00
43	Frank Gilmore	24	WS8	Maj	WHS	1	9	.100	6.59	9.50	12	11	1	10	0	0	95.2	131	101	70	4	29	23	7	0	6	442	1.672	12.3	0.4	2.7	2.2	0.79
44	Hardie Henderson	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	1	3	.250	5.35	7.90	5	5	0	4	0	0	35.1	43	31	21	0	20	9	2	0	4	171	1.783	11.0	0.0	5.1	2.3	0.45
45	Phil Knell*	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	1	2	.333	3.76	6.49	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.1	20	19	11	1	18	15	5	0	4	115	1.443	6.8	0.3	6.2	5.1	0.83
46	Willard Mains	19	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	1	.500	4.91	8.18	2	2	1	1	0	0	11.0	8	10	6	0	6	5	1	0	1	45	1.273	6.5	0.0	4.9	4.1	0.83
47	George Weidman	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	1	.500	3.50	10.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	17	20	7	2	8	5	2	0	0	84	1.389	8.5	1.0	4.0	2.5	0.63
48	Jerry Denny	29	IN3	Maj	IND	0	0		9.00	11.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	4	1	4	1	0	0	3	22	2.250	11.3	2.3	9.0	2.3	0.25
49	Buck Ewing	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	0		2.57	11.57	2	0	1	0	0	1	7.0	8	9	2	1	4	6	1	0	2	51	1.714	10.3	1.3	5.1	7.7	1.50
50	Jack Glasscock	30	IN3	Maj	IND	0	0		54.00	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	9.000	27.0	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50
51	John Greenig	40	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	11.00	13.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	17	13	11	2	4	2	0	0	4	46	2.333	17.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.50
52	George Haddock	21	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	2	.000	2.25	4.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	9	8	4	0	2	3	1	0	1	64	0.688	5.1	0.0	1.1	1.7	1.50
53	Al Maul	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	6.35	10.59	3	1	2	1	0	0	17.0	26	20	12	0	5	12	0	0	2	81	1.824	13.8	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.40
54	Jack McGeachey	24	IN3	Maj	IND	0	0		7.20	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	24	1.600	9.0	1.8	5.4	0.0	0.00
55	Jumbo Schoeneck	26	IN3	Maj	IND	0	0		0.00	8.31	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	23	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
56	Dupee Shaw*	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	3	.000	6.48	8.64	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	36	24	18	2	7	8	0	0	2	115	1.720	13.0	0.7	2.5	2.9	1.14
57	George Shoch	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
58	Larry Twitchell	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	0	0		6.75	6.75	2	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	6	3	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	1.500	13.5	2.3	0.0	6.8
59	Jim Tyng	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	0		4.50	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	8	4	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	24	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
60	George Wood	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	0		4.50	13.50	2	0	2	0	0	2	2.0	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00