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Negro National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rogan • KCM 8.7
2. Johnson • KCM 5.8
3. Rile • CAG 5.7
4. Moore • KCM 5.5
5. Torriente • CAG 4.6
6. Charleston • ABC 4.5
7. Riggins • DS 3.9
8. Curry • KCM 3.7
9. Stearnes • DS 3.7
10. McNair • KCM 3.4
WAR for Pitchers
1. Rogan • KCM 6.0
2. Rile • CAG 5.7
3. Curry • KCM 3.6
4. Corbett • ABC 3.3
5. Johnson • 3TM 3.3
6. Cooper • DS 3.0
7. Méndez • KCM 2.9
8. Williams • CAG 2.7
9. Padrón • CSW 2.6
10. Owens • CAG 2.4
Earned Run Average
1. Rile • CAG 2.53
2. Rogan • KCM 2.94
3. Williams • CAG 2.97
4. Méndez • KCM 3.18
5. Curry • KCM 3.24
6. Padrón • CSW 3.40
7. Owens • CAG 3.48
8. Cooper • DS 3.49
9. Dismukes • ABC 3.66
10. Corbett • ABC 3.69
Wins
1. Rogan • KCM 16
2. Rile • CAG 15
Cooper • DS 15
Curry • KCM 15
5. Cooper • ABC 14
6. Corbett • ABC 12
Newsome • ABC 12
Méndez • KCM 12
Drake • KCM 12
10. Bell • SLS 11
Force • DS 11
Win-Loss %
1. Williams • CAG .900
2. Cooper • ABC .778
3. Méndez • KCM .750
4. Owens • CAG .727
5. Cooper • DS .682
Rile • CAG .682
7. Combs • DS .625
Curry • KCM .625
9. Bell • SLS .611
10. Johnson • 3TM .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Cooper • DS 1.156
2. Rogan • KCM 1.164
3. Rile • CAG 1.164
4. Méndez • KCM 1.212
5. Cooper • ABC 1.257
6. Force • DS 1.277
7. Padrón • CSW 1.300
8. Dismukes • ABC 1.301
9. Curry • KCM 1.320
10. Owens • CAG 1.320
Hits per 9 IP
1. Rogan • KCM 7.683
2. Rile • CAG 8.188
3. Cooper • DS 8.247
4. Owens • CAG 8.569
5. Williams • CAG 8.809
6. Méndez • KCM 8.957
7. Marshall • CAG 9.072
8. Dismukes • ABC 9.080
9. Cooper • ABC 9.108
10. Force • DS 9.185
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Méndez • KCM 1.947
2. Bell • SLS 1.991
3. Cooper • DS 2.160
4. Cooper • ABC 2.210
5. Curry • KCM 2.232
6. Padrón • CSW 2.288
7. Rile • CAG 2.291
8. Force • DS 2.308
9. Pedroso • CSW 2.317
10. Woolfolk • CAG 2.485
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Stewart • SLS 5.537
2. Rogan • KCM 5.472
3. Padrón • CSW 5.230
4. Owens • CAG 5.093
5. Curry • KCM 5.012
6. Force • DS 4.246
7. Méndez • KCM 3.894
8. Bell • SLS 3.866
9. Gurley • SLS 3.798
10. Boggs • 2TM 3.759
Games Played
1. Force • DS 37
2. Cooper • DS 36
3. Rogan • KCM 34
4. Curry • KCM 33
5. Strong • 2TM 31
Rile • CAG 31
7. Johnson • 3TM 29
Newsome • ABC 29
Corbett • ABC 29
10. Stewart • SLS 26
Drake • KCM 26
Saves
1. Cooper • DS 6
2. Rogan • KCM 3
Curry • KCM 3
Force • DS 3
5. Méndez • KCM 2
Johnson • 3TM 2
Owens • CAG 2
8. Strong • 2TM 1
Cooper • ABC 1
Hensley • 2TM 1
Gordon • 2TM 1
Finner • 2TM 1
Boggs • 2TM 1
Bell • 2TM 1
Corbett • ABC 1
Davis • DS 1
Newsome • ABC 1
Boada • CSW 1
Marshall • CAG 1
Drake • KCM 1
Farrell • CAG 1
Innings Pitched
1. Rogan • KCM 248.1
2. Curry • KCM 213.2
3. Force • DS 195.0
4. Corbett • ABC 190.0
5. Strong • 2TM 187.2
6. Drake • KCM 185.0
7. Rile • CAG 184.2
8. Cooper • DS 183.1
9. Johnson • 3TM 175.1
10. Newsome • ABC 175.0
Strikeouts
1. Rogan • KCM 151
2. Curry • KCM 119
3. Force • DS 92
4. Padrón • CSW 80
5. Stewart • SLS 73
6. Drake • KCM 69
Rile • CAG 69
8. Cooper • DS 68
Strong • 2TM 68
10. Corbett • ABC 66
Bell • SLS 66
Games Started
1. Rogan • KCM 24
2. Curry • KCM 23
3. Drake • KCM 22
4. Strong • 2TM 21
5. Newsome • ABC 20
6. Cooper • ABC 19
Cooper • DS 19
8. Corbett • ABC 18
Johnson • 3TM 18
Force • DS 18
Complete Games
1. Rogan • KCM 20
2. Curry • KCM 18
3. Corbett • ABC 16
4. Rile • CAG 14
Drake • KCM 14
6. Strong • 2TM 13
Cooper • ABC 13
8. Cooper • DS 12
Newsome • ABC 12
10. Méndez • KCM 11
Shutouts
1. Rogan • KCM 4
2. Padrón • CSW 3
Rile • CAG 3
4. Owens • CAG 2
5. Bell • KCM 1
Cooper • DS 1
Cooper • ABC 1
Curry • KCM 1
Dibut • CSW 1
Méndez • KCM 1
Torriente • CAG 1
Williams • CAG 1
Woolfolk • CAG 1
Bell • 2TM 1
Johnson • 3TM 1
Strong • 2TM 1
Home Runs
1. Force • DS 15
2. Cooper • DS 13
3. Boada • CSW 12
4. Cooper • ABC 11
Corbett • ABC 11
Stewart • SLS 11
7. Newsome • ABC 10
Padrón • CSW 10
Dibut • CSW 10
10. Bell • SLS 9
Oldham • SLS 9
Gordon • 2TM 9
Boggs • 2TM 9
Curry • KCM 9
Bases on Balls
1. Rogan • KCM 77
2. Strong • 2TM 66
3. Corbett • ABC 61
4. Drake • KCM 59
5. Boggs • 2TM 53
Curry • KCM 53
7. Marshall • CAG 52
8. Newsome • ABC 50
Force • DS 50
10. Bell • 2TM 49
Johnson • 3TM 49
Hits
1. Curry • KCM 229
2. Strong • 2TM 222
3. Newsome • ABC 212
Rogan • KCM 212
5. Drake • KCM 203
6. Force • DS 199
7. Corbett • ABC 198
8. Johnson • 3TM 190
9. Bell • SLS 180
10. Cooper • ABC 169
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Padrón • CSW 2.286
2. Curry • KCM 2.245
3. Méndez • KCM 2.000
4. Rogan • KCM 1.961
5. Bell • SLS 1.941
6. Force • DS 1.840
7. Stewart • SLS 1.587
8. Cooper • DS 1.545
9. Owens • CAG 1.537
10. Rile • CAG 1.468
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Williams • CAG 0.096
2. Rogan • KCM 0.145
3. Rile • CAG 0.195
4. Woolfolk • CAG 0.226
5. Drake • KCM 0.243
6. Méndez • KCM 0.260
7. Pedroso • CSW 0.302
8. Gurley • SLS 0.308
9. Johnson • 3TM 0.359
10. Curry • KCM 0.379
Losses
1. Strong • 2TM 15
2. Boada • CSW 13
Boggs • 2TM 13
4. Rogan • KCM 11
5. Corbett • ABC 10
Newsome • ABC 10
Drake • KCM 10
8. Curry • KCM 9
Force • DS 9
10. Finner • 2TM 8
Padrón • CSW 8
Gurley • SLS 8
Dibut • CSW 8
Earned Runs
1. Newsome • ABC 93
2. Strong • 2TM 89
3. Force • DS 84
4. Rogan • KCM 81
5. Johnson • 3TM 80
6. Drake • KCM 79
7. Corbett • ABC 78
8. Cooper • ABC 77
Curry • KCM 77
Bell • SLS 77
Wild Pitches
1. Rogan • KCM 9
2. Stewart • SLS 8
3. Bell • 2TM 6
4. Bell • SLS 4
5. Strong • 2TM 3
Woolfolk • CAG 3
Miller • SLS 3
Johnson • 3TM 3
Curry • KCM 3
10. Kenyon • CAG 2
Gordon • 2TM 2
Boggs • 2TM 2
Moore • ABC 2
Newsome • ABC 2
Drake • KCM 2
Crawford • KCM 2
Wilson • MB 2
Rile • CAG 2
Charleston • ABC 2
Torriente • CAG 2
Hit By Pitch
1. Stewart • SLS 10
2. Drake • KCM 8
3. Bell • SLS 7
Strong • 2TM 7
Curry • KCM 7
Corbett • ABC 7
7. Walker • MB 6
Gatewood • 2TM 6
Gordon • 2TM 6
10. Boggs • 2TM 5
Rogan • KCM 5
Finner • 2TM 5
Newsome • ABC 5
Méndez • KCM 5
Batters Faced
1. Rogan • KCM 1,013
2. Curry • KCM 903
3. Force • DS 852
4. Strong • 2TM 845
5. Corbett • ABC 822
6. Drake • KCM 806
7. Rile • CAG 767
8. Newsome • ABC 763
9. Cooper • DS 758
10. Johnson • 3TM 757
Games Finished
1. Force • DS 16
2. Cooper • DS 14
3. Rile • CAG 13
4. Corbett • ABC 10
Curry • KCM 10
6. Bell • SLS 9
Rogan • KCM 9
8. Newsome • ABC 8
Strong • 2TM 8
10. Méndez • KCM 7
Oldham • SLS 7
Williams • CAG 7
Johnson • 3TM 7
Boada • CSW 7
Adjusted ERA+
1. Rile • CAG 173
2. Rogan • KCM 150
3. Williams • CAG 148
4. Méndez • KCM 138
5. Curry • KCM 135
6. Padrón • CSW 129
7. Owens • CAG 127
8. Cooper • DS 126
9. Dismukes • ABC 120
10. Corbett • ABC 119
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Rogan • KCM 3.02
2. Méndez • KCM 3.30
3. Curry • KCM 3.31
4. Rile • CAG 3.38
5. Owens • CAG 3.62
6. Padrón • CSW 3.67
7. Woolfolk • CAG 3.70
8. Pedroso • CSW 3.72
9. Drake • KCM 3.73
10. Bell • SLS 3.74
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Rogan • KCM 39
2. Rile • CAG 38
3. Curry • KCM 24
4. Méndez • KCM 19
5. Cooper • DS 18
6. Williams • CAG 16
7. Corbett • ABC 16
8. Padrón • CSW 13
9. Owens • CAG 13
10. Drake • KCM 12
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Rogan • KCM 3.6
2. Rile • CAG 3.5
3. Curry • KCM 2.2
4. Méndez • KCM 1.7
5. Cooper • DS 1.6
6. Williams • CAG 1.5
7. Corbett • ABC 1.4
8. Padrón • CSW 1.2
9. Owens • CAG 1.2
10. Drake • KCM 1.0

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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