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Negro National League II Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Kimbro • BEG 3.8
2. Romby • BEG 3.2
3. Manning • NE 3.1
4. Butts • BEG 3.0
5. Thompson • HG 2.9
6. Byrd • BEG 2.8
7. Doby • NE 2.3
8. Davis • BEG 2.2
9. Tiant • NYC 2.2
10. Donoso • NYC 2.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Manning • NE 3.5
2. Romby • BEG 3.4
3. Thompson • HG 2.7
4. Tiant • NYC 2.4
5. Watson • BEG 2.4
6. Byrd • BEG 2.3
7. Donoso • NYC 2.0
8. Wright • HG 1.8
9. Miller • PS 1.7
10. Walker • HG 1.3
Earned Run Average
1. Donoso • NYC 2.30
2. Watson • BEG 2.31
3. Tiant • NYC 2.37
4. Romby • BEG 2.43
5. Byrd • BEG 2.69
6. Thompson • HG 2.81
7. Manning • NE 2.84
8. Williams • NE 3.16
9. Walker • HG 3.19
10. Scantlebury • NYC 3.48
Wins
1. Manning • NE 12
2. Romby • BEG 10
3. Tiant • NYC 9
4. Watson • BEG 8
Byrd • BEG 8
Miller • PS 8
Lewis • NE 8
8. Thompson • HG 7
Scantlebury • NYC 7
10. Walker • HG 5
Black • BEG 5
Brown • PS 5
Donoso • NYC 5
Partlow • PS 5
Win-Loss %
1. Tiant • NYC 1.000
2. Walker • HG .833
3. Miller • PS .800
4. Thompson • HG .778
5. Manning • NE .750
6. Watson • BEG .727
7. Donoso • NYC .714
Romby • BEG .714
9. Williams • NE .667
10. Byrd • BEG .615
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Thompson • HG 1.094
2. Donoso • NYC 1.098
3. Manning • NE 1.123
4. Byrd • BEG 1.130
5. Romby • BEG 1.141
6. Tiant • NYC 1.192
7. Williams • NE 1.266
8. Wright • HG 1.271
9. Scantlebury • NYC 1.275
10. Watson • BEG 1.293
Hits per 9 IP
1. Romby • BEG 5.335
2. Donoso • NYC 7.009
3. Watson • BEG 7.638
4. Thompson • HG 7.781
5. Manning • NE 7.962
6. Morris • NYC 8.100
7. Miller • PS 8.172
8. Byrd • BEG 8.377
9. Wright • HG 8.632
10. Walker • HG 8.720
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Byrd • BEG 1.795
2. Kaiser • HG 1.904
3. Tiant • NYC 1.921
4. Williams • NE 1.929
5. Thompson • HG 2.063
6. Manning • NE 2.146
7. Griffith • NBY 2.265
8. Lewis • NE 2.432
9. Scantlebury • NYC 2.665
10. Brown • PS 2.779
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Romby • BEG 8.003
2. Gaines • BEG 7.500
3. Donoso • NYC 7.353
4. Lewis • NE 6.568
5. Miller • PS 6.329
6. Wright • HG 6.323
7. Tiant • NYC 6.100
8. Partlow • PS 5.977
9. Pope • HG 5.764
10. Manning • NE 5.331
Games Played
1. Black • BEG 22
2. Manning • NE 20
3. Romby • BEG 19
4. Thompson • HG 17
Lewis • NE 17
6. Walker • HG 16
Pope • HG 16
Byrd • BEG 16
Miller • PS 16
10. Scantlebury • NYC 15
Partlow • PS 15
Saves
1. Black • BEG 3
2. Thompson • HG 2
Hooker • NE 2
Romby • BEG 2
Partlow • PS 2
6. Brown • PS 1
Donoso • NYC 1
Fields • HG 1
Kaiser • HG 1
Lewis • NE 1
McHenry • PS 1
Miller • PS 1
Morris • NYC 1
Pereira • BEG 1
Ricks • PS 1
Scantlebury • NYC 1
Smith • HG 1
Thomas • NE 1
Walker • HG 1
Barnhill • NYC 1
Warren • HG 1
Innings Pitched
1. Manning • NE 130.0
Black • BEG 130.0
3. Byrd • BEG 120.1
4. Miller • PS 112.1
5. Romby • BEG 111.1
6. Lewis • NE 111.0
7. Watson • BEG 101.1
8. Thompson • HG 96.0
9. Wright • HG 89.2
10. Pope • HG 89.0
Strikeouts
1. Romby • BEG 99
2. Lewis • NE 81
3. Miller • PS 79
4. Manning • NE 77
5. Black • BEG 65
6. Donoso • NYC 64
7. Wright • HG 63
8. Byrd • BEG 59
9. Partlow • PS 58
10. Pope • HG 57
Watson • BEG 57
Games Started
1. Manning • NE 17
2. Romby • BEG 14
Byrd • BEG 14
4. Pope • HG 13
Miller • PS 13
Black • BEG 13
Lewis • NE 13
8. Wright • HG 12
9. Partlow • PS 11
Watson • BEG 11
Tiant • NYC 11
Complete Games
1. Manning • NE 13
2. Byrd • BEG 11
Lewis • NE 11
4. Black • BEG 10
5. Romby • BEG 9
6. Miller • PS 8
7. Wright • HG 7
Thompson • HG 7
Watson • BEG 7
10. Tiant • NYC 6
Partlow • PS 6
Shutouts
1. Romby • BEG 3
2. Lewis • NE 2
3. Barnhill • NYC 1
Brown • PS 1
Donoso • NYC 1
Fields • HG 1
Harris • PS 1
Manning • NE 1
Miller • PS 1
Scantlebury • NYC 1
Stanley • NBY 1
Thompson • HG 1
Tiant • NYC 1
Watson • BEG 1
Wright • HG 1
Home Runs
1. Griffith • NBY 8
Gould • PS 8
3. Barbee • NBY 7
4. Miller • PS 6
Scantlebury • NYC 6
Hooker • NE 6
7. Newkirk • NBY 5
Lewis • NE 5
9. Donoso • NYC 4
Black • BEG 4
Morris • NYC 4
Bases on Balls
1. Romby • BEG 61
2. Black • BEG 58
3. Miller • PS 48
4. Watson • BEG 45
5. Barbee • NBY 44
6. Pope • HG 34
7. Smith • HG 32
8. Manning • NE 31
9. Lewis • NE 30
10. Partlow • PS 29
Hits
1. Black • BEG 138
2. Lewis • NE 116
3. Manning • NE 115
4. Byrd • BEG 112
5. Miller • PS 102
6. Partlow • PS 98
7. Hooker • NE 95
8. Pope • HG 93
9. Wright • HG 86
Watson • BEG 86
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Tiant • NYC 3.176
2. Lewis • NE 2.700
3. Williams • NE 2.636
4. Donoso • NYC 2.560
5. Manning • NE 2.484
6. Byrd • BEG 2.458
7. Thompson • HG 2.455
8. Wright • HG 2.250
9. Griffith • NBY 2.231
10. Gaines • BEG 2.115
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Gaines • BEG 0.000
Romby • BEG 0.000
3. Manning • NE 0.069
4. Thompson • HG 0.094
5. Partlow • PS 0.103
6. Tiant • NYC 0.113
7. Byrd • BEG 0.150
8. Walker • HG 0.168
9. Williams • NE 0.175
10. Watson • BEG 0.178
Losses
1. Black • BEG 10
2. Pope • HG 8
3. Partlow • PS 6
Lewis • NE 6
Hooker • NE 6
Griffith • NBY 6
7. Wright • HG 5
Smith • HG 5
Brown • PS 5
Scantlebury • NYC 5
Byrd • BEG 5
Newkirk • NBY 5
Morris • NYC 5
Earned Runs
1. Black • BEG 57
Lewis • NE 57
3. Miller • PS 48
4. Barbee • NBY 44
5. Newkirk • NBY 43
6. Manning • NE 41
7. Hooker • NE 38
8. Pope • HG 36
Partlow • PS 36
Byrd • BEG 36
Wild Pitches
1. Romby • BEG 4
Watson • BEG 4
3. Black • BEG 3
Wilmore • PS 3
Barbee • NBY 3
Miller • PS 3
7. Wright • HG 2
Pereira • BEG 2
Stanley • NBY 2
Lewis • NE 2
Crue • NYC 2
Hit By Pitch
1. Watson • BEG 8
2. Manning • NE 4
Gulley • NE 4
4. Barbee • NBY 3
Thurman • HG 3
Pereira • BEG 3
Miller • PS 3
Lewis • NE 3
Gaines • BEG 3
Barnhill • NYC 3
Batters Faced
1. Black • BEG 583
2. Manning • NE 531
3. Byrd • BEG 496
4. Miller • PS 477
5. Lewis • NE 470
6. Romby • BEG 453
7. Watson • BEG 430
8. Thompson • HG 400
9. Pope • HG 395
10. Partlow • PS 384
Games Finished
1. Black • BEG 8
2. Walker • HG 7
3. Griffith • NBY 6
Williams • NE 6
Crue • NYC 6
6. Scantlebury • NYC 5
Newkirk • NBY 5
Warren • HG 5
9. Partlow • PS 4
Romby • BEG 4
Thompson • HG 4
Fields • HG 4
Kaiser • HG 4
Thomas • NE 4
Adjusted ERA+
1. Donoso • NYC 175
2. Watson • BEG 174
3. Tiant • NYC 169
4. Romby • BEG 165
5. Byrd • BEG 149
6. Thompson • HG 143
7. Manning • NE 141
8. Williams • NE 127
9. Walker • HG 126
10. Scantlebury • NYC 115
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Tiant • NYC 2.16
2. Gaines • BEG 2.33
3. Manning • NE 2.40
4. Thompson • HG 2.40
5. Williams • NE 2.50
6. Partlow • PS 2.53
7. Romby • BEG 2.54
8. Byrd • BEG 2.56
9. Donoso • NYC 2.66
10. Lewis • NE 2.69
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Romby • BEG 21
2. Manning • NE 18
3. Watson • BEG 17
4. Byrd • BEG 16
5. Tiant • NYC 15
6. Donoso • NYC 14
7. Thompson • HG 13
8. Wright • HG 6
9. Scantlebury • NYC 5
10. Walker • HG 5
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Romby • BEG 2.0
2. Manning • NE 1.7
3. Watson • BEG 1.7
4. Byrd • BEG 1.6
5. Tiant • NYC 1.5
6. Donoso • NYC 1.4
7. Thompson • HG 1.2
8. Wright • HG 0.6
9. Thomas • NE 0.5
Scantlebury • NYC 0.5

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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