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1886 National League Pitching Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 492 games, 8 teams, approx. 123 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	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Lady Baldwin*	27	DTN	Maj	DTN	42	13	.764	2.24	3.59	56	56	0	55	7	0	487.0	371	194	121	11	100	323	0	22	1936	0.967	6.9	0.2	1.8	6.0	3.23
2	Tim Keefe	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	42	20	.677	2.56	4.21	64	64	0	62	2	0	535.0	479	250	152	9	102	297	0	40	2173	1.086	8.1	0.2	1.7	5.0	2.91
3	John Clarkson	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	36	17	.679	2.41	4.78	55	55	0	50	3	0	466.2	419	248	125	19	86	313	0	17	1914	1.082	8.1	0.4	1.7	6.0	3.64
4	Mickey Welch	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	33	22	.600	2.99	5.02	59	59	0	56	1	0	500.0	514	279	166	13	163	272	0	51	2151	1.354	9.3	0.2	2.9	4.9	1.67
5	Jim McCormick	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	31	11	.738	2.82	4.27	42	42	0	38	2	0	347.2	341	165	109	18	100	172	0	7	1449	1.268	8.8	0.5	2.6	4.5	1.72
6	Charlie Ferguson	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	30	9	.769	1.98	3.30	48	45	2	43	4	2	395.2	317	145	87	11	69	212	0	11	1582	0.976	7.2	0.3	1.6	4.8	3.07
7	Pretzels Getzien	22	DTN	Maj	DTN	30	11	.732	3.03	4.73	43	43	0	42	1	0	386.2	388	203	130	6	85	172	0	19	1640	1.223	9.0	0.1	2.0	4.0	2.02
8	Old Hoss Radbourn	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	27	31	.466	3.00	5.30	58	58	0	57	3	0	509.1	521	300	170	18	111	218	0	22	2162	1.241	9.2	0.3	2.0	3.9	1.96
9	Dan Casey*	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	24	18	.571	2.41	4.12	44	44	2	39	4	0	369.0	326	169	99	9	104	193	0	25	1566	1.165	8.0	0.2	2.5	4.7	1.86
10	Jocko Flynn	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	23	6	.793	2.24	4.45	32	29	3	28	2	1	257.0	207	127	64	9	63	146	0	28	1049	1.051	7.2	0.3	2.2	5.1	2.32
11	Bill Stemmyer	21	BSN	Maj	BSN	22	18	.550	3.02	5.63	41	41	0	41	0	0	348.2	300	218	117	11	144	239	0	63	1520	1.273	7.7	0.3	3.7	6.2	1.66
12	Egyptian Healy	19	SL5	Maj	SLM	17	23	.425	2.88	5.42	43	41	2	39	3	0	353.2	315	213	113	5	118	213	1	40	1487	1.224	8.0	0.1	3.0	5.4	1.81
13	Ed Daily	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	16	9	.640	3.06	5.08	27	23	3	22	1	0	218.0	211	123	74	7	59	95	0	16	932	1.239	8.7	0.3	2.4	3.9	1.61
14	Dupee Shaw*	27	WS8	Maj	WHS	13	31	.295	3.34	5.23	45	44	1	43	1	0	385.2	384	224	143	12	91	177	0	18	1630	1.232	9.0	0.3	2.1	4.1	1.95
15	George Weidman	25	KCN	Maj	KCN	12	36	.250	4.52	6.80	51	51	0	48	1	0	427.2	549	323	215	11	112	168	0	35	1924	1.546	11.6	0.2	2.4	3.5	1.50
16	Jim Whitney	28	KCN	Maj	KCN	12	32	.273	4.49	6.69	46	44	2	42	3	0	393.0	465	292	196	9	55	167	0	29	1691	1.323	10.6	0.2	1.3	3.8	3.04
17	Pete Conway	19	KCN,DTN	Maj	KCN-DTN	11	20	.355	4.95	7.97	34	31	3	30	0	0	271.0	329	240	149	7	86	116	0	27	1254	1.531	10.9	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.35
18	John Kirby	21	SL5	Maj	SLM	11	26	.297	3.30	6.15	41	41	0	38	1	0	325.0	329	222	119	9	134	129	1	43	1438	1.425	9.1	0.2	3.7	3.6	0.96
19	Henry Boyle	25	SL5	Maj	SLM	9	15	.375	1.76	4.54	25	24	1	23	2	0	210.0	183	106	41	5	46	101	1	12	877	1.090	7.8	0.2	2.0	4.3	2.20
20	Charlie Buffinton	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	7	10	.412	4.59	7.69	18	17	1	16	0	0	151.0	203	129	77	4	39	47	0	9	699	1.603	12.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	1.21
21	Billy Smith	25	DTN	Maj	DTN	5	4	.556	4.09	5.49	9	9	0	9	0	0	77.0	81	47	35	0	30	36	0	9	343	1.442	9.5	0.0	3.5	4.2	1.20
22	Charlie Sweeney	23	SL5	Maj	SLM	5	6	.455	4.16	7.06	11	11	0	11	0	0	93.0	108	73	43	9	39	28	0	10	418	1.581	10.5	0.9	3.8	2.7	0.72
23	Frank Gilmore	22	WS8	Maj	WHS	4	4	.500	2.52	4.20	9	9	0	9	1	0	75.0	57	35	21	3	22	75	1	4	307	1.053	6.8	0.4	2.6	9.0	3.41
24	Bob Barr	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	3	18	.143	4.41	7.18	23	23	0	21	1	0	191.2	221	153	94	7	54	80	0	22	844	1.435	10.4	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.48
25	Hardy Richardson	31	DTN	Maj	DTN	3	0	1.000	4.50	6.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	11	8	6	1	10	5	0	2	63	1.750	8.3	0.8	7.5	3.8	0.50
26	Hank O'Day	26	WS8	Maj	WHS	2	2	.500	1.65	3.12	6	6	0	6	0	0	49.0	41	17	9	1	17	47	0	3	204	1.184	7.5	0.2	3.1	8.6	2.76
27	John Cahill	21	SL5	Maj	SLM	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	11	5	4	0	3	2	0	3	44	1.167	8.3	0.0	2.3	1.5	0.67
28	Ed Crane	24	WS8	Maj	WHS	1	7	.125	7.20	10.93	10	8	2	7	1	0	70.0	91	85	56	4	53	39	0	22	344	2.057	11.7	0.5	6.8	5.0	0.74
29	John Henry	22	WS8	Maj	WHS	1	3	.250	4.23	8.78	4	4	0	4	0	0	27.2	35	27	13	1	15	19	0	3	138	1.807	11.4	0.3	4.9	6.2	1.27
30	Silver King	18	KCN	Maj	KCN	1	3	.250	4.85	8.08	5	5	0	5	0	0	39.0	43	35	21	1	9	23	0	8	186	1.333	9.9	0.2	2.1	5.3	2.56
31	William Madigan	17	WS8	Maj	WHS	1	13	.071	4.87	8.63	14	13	1	12	0	0	114.2	154	110	62	3	44	29	0	9	541	1.727	12.1	0.2	3.5	2.3	0.66
32	Phenomenal Smith*	21	DTN	Maj	DTN	1	1	.500	2.16	3.24	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	16	9	6	0	8	15	0	2	100	0.960	5.8	0.0	2.9	5.4	1.88
33	John Strike?	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	1	.500	4.80	6.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	19	10	8	1	7	11	0	2	68	1.733	11.4	0.6	4.2	6.6	1.57
34	Al Bauer*	26	SL5	Maj	SLM	0	4	.000	5.97	8.48	4	4	0	3	0	0	28.2	31	27	19	1	27	13	0	9	143	2.023	9.7	0.3	8.5	4.1	0.48
35	Larry Corcoran	26	WS8,NY1	Maj	WHS-NYG	0	1	.000	5.79	7.07	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	16	11	9	0	4	3	0	0	63	1.429	10.3	0.0	2.6	1.9	0.75
36	Hugh Daily	38	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	6	.000	7.35	11.02	6	6	0	6	0	0	49.0	69	60	40	2	40	15	0	7	248	2.224	12.7	0.4	7.3	2.8	0.38
37	Jim Devlin*	20	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	0		18.00	22.50	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	5	4	0	4	2	0	1	16	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
38	Jim Fogarty	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	0.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	28	1.167	10.5	0.0	0.0	6.0
39	John Fox	27	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	9.00	14.63	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	13	8	0	11	3	0	3	46	2.750	12.4	0.0	12.4	3.4	0.27
40	Ed Fuller	17	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	6.92	8.31	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	15	12	10	0	5	3	0	1	45	1.538	10.4	0.0	3.5	2.1	0.60
41	Frank Graves	25	SL5	Maj	SLM	0	0		9.00	12.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	10	7	0	1	2	0	0	32	1.571	12.9	0.0	1.3	2.6	2.00
42	George Keefe*	19	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	3	.000	5.17	6.32	4	4	0	4	0	0	31.1	28	22	18	0	15	5	0	5	135	1.372	8.0	0.0	4.3	1.4	0.33
43	Jim Lillie?	24	KCN	Maj	KCN	0	0		4.50	7.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	24	1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.00
44	Tommy McCarthy	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
45	Larry McKeon?	20	KCN	Maj	KCN	0	2	.000	10.71	13.71	3	3	0	3	0	0	21.0	44	32	25	0	8	3	0	2	115	2.476	18.9	0.0	3.4	1.3	0.38
46	John Morrill	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	0		0.00	2.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	16	1.250	11.3	0.0	0.0	4.5
47	Joe Murphy?	19	SL5	Maj	SLM	0	4	.000	8.18	11.18	4	4	0	3	0	0	33.0	45	41	30	3	16	11	0	10	157	1.848	12.3	0.8	4.4	3.0	0.69
48	Charlie Parsons*	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	2	.000	3.94	7.31	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	20	13	7	0	4	5	0	0	69	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	2.8	1.25
49	Jeremiah Reardon?	17	SL5	Maj	SLM	0	1	.000	6.75	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	8	6	1	5	0	0	0	36	1.875	11.3	1.1	5.6	0.0	0.00
50	Danny Richardson	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	2	.000	5.76	8.64	5	1	4	1	0	0	25.0	33	24	16	1	11	17	0	3	114	1.760	11.9	0.4	4.0	6.1	1.55
51	Jimmy Ryan*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		4.63	5.01	5	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	19	13	12	3	13	15	0	1	87	1.371	7.3	1.2	5.0	5.8	1.15
52	Emmett Seery	25	SL5	Maj	SLM	0	0		7.71	9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	7	6	1	3	2	0	0	28	1.571	10.3	1.3	3.9	2.6	0.67
53	Ledell Titcomb*	19	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	5	.000	3.73	9.88	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.0	43	45	17	1	24	24	0	5	200	1.634	9.4	0.2	5.3	5.3	1.00
54	Larry Twitchell	22	DTN	Maj	DTN	0	2	.000	6.48	7.92	4	4	0	2	0	0	25.0	35	22	18	1	12	6	0	2	113	1.880	12.6	0.4	4.3	2.2	0.50
55	Ed Williamson	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		0.00	6.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
56	George Winkelman*	21	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	10.50	16.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	11	7	0	5	4	0	5	35	2.833	18.0	0.0	7.5	6.0	0.80
57	Bill Wise?	25	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	9.00	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	3	0	2	0	0	0	17	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
58	Joe Yingling*	19	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	0		12.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	18	2.667	21.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00