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1892 National League Pitching Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 918 games, 12 teams, approx. 153 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	Bill Hutchison	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	36	36	.500	2.76	4.57	75	70	5	67	5	1	622.0	571	316	191	11	190	314	13	0	20	2639	1.223	8.3	0.2	2.7	4.5	1.65
2	Cy Young	25	CL4	Maj	CLV	36	12	.750	1.93	3.14	53	49	4	48	9	0	453.0	363	158	97	8	118	168	8	0	13	1847	1.062	7.2	0.2	2.3	3.3	1.42
3	Kid Nichols	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	35	16	.686	2.84	4.19	53	51	1	49	5	0	453.0	404	211	143	15	121	192	10	0	24	1893	1.159	8.0	0.3	2.4	3.8	1.59
4	Jack Stivetts	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	35	16	.686	3.03	4.83	54	48	6	45	3	1	415.2	346	223	140	12	171	180	10	0	15	1773	1.244	7.5	0.3	3.7	3.9	1.05
5	Amos Rusie	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	32	31	.508	2.84	4.82	65	62	3	59	2	0	541.0	410	290	171	7	270	304	12	0	24	2314	1.257	6.8	0.1	4.5	5.1	1.13
6	Gus Weyhing	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	32	21	.604	2.66	4.08	59	49	10	46	6	3	469.2	411	213	139	9	168	202	18	0	12	2005	1.233	7.9	0.2	3.2	3.9	1.20
7	George Haddock	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	29	13	.690	3.14	4.48	46	44	2	39	3	1	381.1	340	190	133	11	163	153	14	0	21	1660	1.319	8.0	0.3	3.8	3.6	0.94
8	Frank Killen*	21	WSN	Maj	WHS	29	26	.527	3.31	5.60	60	52	6	46	2	0	459.2	448	286	169	15	182	147	20	0	18	2028	1.371	8.8	0.3	3.6	2.9	0.81
9	George Cuppy	22	CL4	Maj	CLV	28	13	.683	2.51	4.19	47	42	5	38	1	1	376.0	333	175	105	9	121	103	10	0	6	1591	1.207	8.0	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.85
10	Ed Stein	22	BRO	Maj	BRO	27	16	.628	2.84	3.96	48	42	6	38	6	1	377.1	310	166	119	6	150	190	15	1	14	1606	1.219	7.4	0.1	3.6	4.5	1.27
11	Mark Baldwin	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	26	27	.491	3.47	5.56	56	53	3	45	0	0	440.1	447	272	170	11	194	157	22	0	17	1983	1.456	9.1	0.2	4.0	3.2	0.81
12	John Clarkson	30	BSN,CL4	Maj	CLV-BSN	25	16	.610	2.48	4.56	45	44	1	42	5	1	389.0	350	197	107	8	132	139	9	0	9	1658	1.239	8.1	0.2	3.1	3.2	1.05
13	Frank Dwyer	24	CIN,SLN	Maj	CIN-STL	22	18	.550	2.95	4.31	44	38	6	31	3	1	332.1	352	159	109	7	73	63	7	0	10	1429	1.279	9.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	0.86
14	Ad Gumbert	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	22	19	.537	3.41	5.17	46	45	1	39	0	0	382.2	399	220	145	11	107	118	14	0	11	1667	1.322	9.4	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.10
15	Silver King	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	22	24	.478	3.29	5.48	51	47	4	45	1	0	410.1	392	250	150	15	171	170	21	0	21	1814	1.372	8.6	0.3	3.8	3.7	0.99
16	Harry Staley	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	22	10	.688	3.03	4.32	37	35	2	31	3	0	299.2	273	144	101	10	97	93	3	0	7	1272	1.235	8.2	0.3	2.9	2.8	0.96
17	Tony Mullane	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	21	13	.618	2.59	4.00	37	34	3	30	3	1	295.0	222	131	85	12	127	109	12	0	16	1246	1.183	6.8	0.4	3.9	3.3	0.86
18	Scott Stratton	22	LS3	Maj	LOU	21	19	.525	2.92	4.81	42	40	2	39	2	0	351.2	342	188	114	1	70	93	9	0	6	1475	1.172	8.8	0.0	1.8	2.4	1.33
19	Kid Gleason	26	SLN	Maj	STL	20	24	.455	3.33	5.49	47	45	0	43	2	0	400.0	389	244	148	11	151	133	10	0	9	1749	1.350	8.8	0.2	3.4	3.0	0.88
20	Kid Carsey	19	PHI	Maj	PHI	19	16	.543	3.12	4.53	43	36	7	30	1	1	317.2	317	160	110	6	104	76	12	0	11	1386	1.325	9.0	0.2	2.9	2.2	0.73
21	Ice Box Chamberlain	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	19	23	.452	3.39	5.09	52	49	3	43	2	0	406.1	391	230	153	8	170	169	17	0	16	1796	1.381	8.7	0.2	3.8	3.7	0.99
22	Tim Keefe	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	19	16	.543	2.36	4.08	39	38	1	31	2	0	313.1	279	142	82	4	98	136	13	0	9	1330	1.203	8.0	0.1	2.8	3.9	1.39
23	Sadie McMahon	24	BLN	Maj	BLN	19	25	.432	3.24	5.89	48	46	2	44	2	1	397.0	430	260	143	9	145	118	9	0	10	1774	1.448	9.7	0.2	3.3	2.7	0.81
24	Adonis Terry	27	BLN,PIT	Maj	PIT-BLN	18	8	.692	2.57	4.08	31	27	4	25	2	1	249.0	192	113	71	3	113	98	8	0	8	1060	1.225	6.9	0.1	4.1	3.5	0.87
25	Ed Crane	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	16	24	.400	3.80	6.82	47	42	5	35	2	1	364.1	350	276	154	10	189	174	12	0	31	1643	1.479	8.6	0.2	4.7	4.3	0.92
26	Red Ehret	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	16	20	.444	2.65	5.21	39	36	3	32	0	0	316.0	290	183	93	7	83	101	22	0	12	1343	1.180	8.3	0.2	2.4	2.9	1.22
27	Phil Knell*	27	WSN,PHI	Maj	WHS-PHI	14	18	.438	3.78	5.80	33	30	3	24	1	0	250.0	243	161	105	4	111	117	22	0	18	1126	1.416	8.7	0.1	4.0	4.2	1.05
28	Duke Esper*	24	PIT,PHI	Maj	PHI-PIT	13	6	.684	3.63	4.89	24	21	3	15	0	1	178.2	189	97	72	2	72	50	1	0	2	798	1.461	9.5	0.1	3.6	2.5	0.69
29	Dave Foutz	35	BRO	Maj	BRO	13	8	.619	3.41	5.28	27	20	7	17	0	1	203.0	210	119	77	3	63	56	4	0	5	886	1.345	9.3	0.1	2.8	2.5	0.89
30	Brickyard Kennedy	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	13	8	.619	3.86	5.42	26	21	5	18	0	1	191.0	189	115	82	3	95	108	4	0	11	861	1.487	8.9	0.1	4.5	5.1	1.14
31	Ben Sanders	27	LS3	Maj	LOU	12	19	.387	3.22	5.03	31	31	0	30	3	0	268.1	281	150	96	6	62	77	2	0	5	1150	1.278	9.4	0.2	2.1	2.6	1.24
32	Mike Sullivan	21	CIN	Maj	CIN	12	4	.750	3.08	4.87	21	16	5	15	0	0	166.1	179	90	57	8	74	56	9	0	10	761	1.521	9.7	0.4	4.0	3.0	0.76
33	Pat Luby	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	11	16	.407	3.07	5.60	31	27	4	24	1	0	252.1	248	157	86	10	103	66	10	0	4	1118	1.391	8.8	0.4	3.7	2.4	0.64
34	George Cobb*	26	BLN	Maj	BLN	10	37	.213	4.86	7.60	53	47	6	42	0	0	394.1	495	333	213	21	140	159	19	0	15	1836	1.610	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.6	1.14
35	George Davies	24	CL4	Maj	CLV	10	16	.385	2.59	4.67	26	26	0	23	0	0	215.2	201	112	62	4	69	95	6	0	6	923	1.252	8.4	0.2	2.9	4.0	1.38
36	Pud Galvin	35	PIT,SLN	Maj	PIT-STL	10	12	.455	2.92	4.69	24	24	0	20	0	0	188.0	206	98	61	4	54	56	3	0	4	827	1.383	9.9	0.2	2.6	2.7	1.04
37	Jouett Meekin	25	LS3,WSN	Maj	LOU-WHS	10	20	.333	3.79	6.67	33	32	1	30	1	0	268.1	280	199	113	5	126	125	10	0	13	1221	1.513	9.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	0.99
38	Theodore Breitenstein*	23	SLN	Maj	STL	9	19	.321	4.69	6.12	39	32	6	28	1	0	282.1	280	192	147	8	148	126	6	0	7	1281	1.516	8.9	0.3	4.7	4.0	0.85
39	Fritz Clausen*	23	LS3	Maj	LOU	9	13	.409	3.06	5.40	24	24	0	24	2	0	200.0	181	120	68	3	87	94	3	0	6	871	1.340	8.1	0.1	3.9	4.2	1.08
40	Bill Hart	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	9	12	.429	3.28	5.03	28	23	5	16	2	1	195.0	188	109	71	3	96	65	7	0	4	876	1.456	8.7	0.1	4.4	3.0	0.68
41	Tom Vickery	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	8	10	.444	3.53	6.85	24	21	3	17	0	0	176.0	189	134	69	3	87	49	10	0	9	814	1.568	9.7	0.2	4.4	2.5	0.56
42	Pink Hawley	19	SLN	Maj	STL	6	14	.300	3.19	6.28	20	20	0	18	0	0	166.1	160	116	59	4	63	63	11	0	8	733	1.341	8.7	0.2	3.4	3.4	1.00
43	Elmer Smith*	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	6	7	.462	3.63	6.31	17	13	4	12	1	0	134.0	140	94	54	2	58	51	1	0	3	601	1.478	9.4	0.1	3.9	3.4	0.88
44	Bert Abbey	22	WSN	Maj	WHS	5	18	.217	3.45	6.39	27	22	5	19	0	1	195.2	207	139	75	7	76	77	6	0	11	876	1.446	9.5	0.3	3.5	3.5	1.01
45	Jesse Duryea	32	WSN,CIN	Maj	WHS-CIN	5	16	.238	2.82	4.43	27	22	5	18	1	2	195.0	157	96	61	9	71	69	12	0	9	825	1.169	7.2	0.4	3.3	3.2	0.97
46	Pretzels Getzien	28	SLN	Maj	STL	5	8	.385	5.67	7.25	13	13	0	12	0	0	108.0	159	87	68	5	31	32	6	0	4	520	1.759	13.3	0.4	2.6	2.7	1.03
47	Bill Hawke	22	SLN	Maj	STL	5	5	.500	3.70	5.46	14	11	3	10	1	0	97.1	108	59	40	2	45	55	8	0	5	453	1.572	10.0	0.2	4.2	5.1	1.22
48	Bert Inks*	21	BRO,WSN	Maj	BRO-WHS	5	4	.556	4.22	6.95	12	11	1	7	1	0	79.0	77	61	37	0	43	36	6	0	6	363	1.519	8.8	0.0	4.9	4.1	0.84
49	Alex Jones*	22	LS3,WSN	Maj	LOU-WHS	5	14	.263	3.42	5.86	22	20	2	16	1	0	173.2	163	113	66	3	70	51	11	0	5	765	1.342	8.4	0.2	3.6	2.6	0.73
50	Lee Viau	25	LS3,BSN,CL4	Maj	LOU-BSN-CLV	5	12	.294	3.97	5.89	18	17	1	15	1	0	140.2	166	92	62	7	61	37	0	0	4	649	1.614	10.6	0.4	3.9	2.4	0.61
51	Charlie Buffinton	31	BLN	Maj	BLN	4	8	.333	4.92	8.16	13	13	0	9	0	0	97.0	130	88	53	4	46	30	3	0	9	470	1.814	12.1	0.4	4.3	2.8	0.65
52	Egyptian Healy	25	BLN,LS3	Maj	BLN-LOU	4	7	.364	4.15	6.02	11	10	1	7	0	0	86.2	97	58	40	4	26	28	2	0	2	385	1.419	10.1	0.4	2.7	2.9	1.08
53	Hank Gastright	27	WSN	Maj	WHS	3	3	.500	5.08	6.10	11	8	3	6	0	0	79.2	94	54	45	3	38	32	3	0	5	374	1.657	10.6	0.3	4.3	3.6	0.84
54	Billy Gumbert	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	3	2	.600	1.36	3.40	6	3	3	2	0	0	39.2	30	15	6	0	23	3	1	0	0	173	1.336	6.8	0.0	5.2	0.7	0.13
55	Billy Rhines	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	3	7	.300	5.42	8.56	11	9	2	6	0	0	74.2	102	71	45	0	36	10	4	0	2	366	1.848	12.3	0.0	4.3	1.2	0.28
56	Bob Caruthers	28	SLN	Maj	STL	2	10	.167	5.84	6.64	16	10	5	10	0	1	101.2	131	75	66	10	27	21	6	0	2	469	1.554	11.6	0.9	2.4	1.9	0.78
57	John Dolan	24	WSN	Maj	WHS	2	2	.500	4.38	6.32	5	4	1	3	0	0	37.0	39	26	18	0	15	8	1	0	1	166	1.459	9.5	0.0	3.6	1.9	0.53
58	Jack Easton?	27	SLN	Maj	STL	2	0	1.000	6.39	9.00	5	2	2	2	0	0	31.0	38	31	22	2	26	4	3	0	5	160	2.065	11.0	0.6	7.5	1.2	0.15
59	Frank Foreman	29	BLN,WSN	Maj	WHS-BLN	2	7	.222	4.34	7.20	15	10	5	6	0	0	85.0	93	68	41	7	48	21	6	0	2	402	1.659	9.8	0.7	5.1	2.2	0.44
60	George Hemming	23	LS3,CIN	Maj	LOU-CIN	2	3	.400	5.05	6.80	5	4	1	4	0	0	41.0	46	31	23	2	19	12	0	0	0	188	1.585	10.1	0.4	4.2	2.6	0.63
61	George Rettger	23	CIN,CL4	Maj	CLV-CIN	2	3	.400	4.21	6.13	7	6	1	4	0	0	47.0	40	32	22	2	41	13	2	0	5	224	1.723	7.7	0.4	7.9	2.5	0.32
62	Dad Clarkson	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	1	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	29	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
63	Dan Daub	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	1	2	.333	2.88	3.60	4	3	1	2	0	0	25.0	23	10	8	0	13	7	2	0	1	113	1.440	8.3	0.0	4.7	2.5	0.54
64	Harry DeMiller*	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	1	.500	6.38	8.25	4	2	2	2	0	0	24.0	29	22	17	1	16	15	1	0	3	118	1.875	10.9	0.4	6.0	5.6	0.94
65	Warren Fitzgerald*	24	LS3	Maj	LOU	1	3	.250	4.24	7.15	4	4	0	4	0	0	34.0	45	27	16	2	11	3	1	0	0	159	1.647	11.9	0.5	2.9	0.8	0.27
66	Bumpus Jones	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	31	0.444	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.75
67	Matt Kilroy*	26	WSN	Maj	WHS	1	1	.500	2.39	3.76	4	3	1	2	0	0	26.1	20	11	7	0	15	1	2	0	1	116	1.329	6.8	0.0	5.1	0.3	0.07
68	Willie McGill*	18	CIN	Maj	CIN	1	1	.500	5.29	7.41	3	3	0	1	0	0	17.0	18	14	10	0	5	7	0	0	1	74	1.353	9.5	0.0	2.6	3.7	1.40
69	George Meakim	26	CHN,CIN	Maj	CIN-CHC	1	2	.333	9.53	12.71	4	4	0	2	0	0	22.2	37	32	24	1	11	4	2	0	1	118	2.118	14.7	0.4	4.4	1.6	0.36
70	Crazy Schmit*	26	BLN	Maj	BLN	1	4	.200	3.23	4.94	6	6	0	6	0	0	47.1	37	26	17	0	26	17	0	0	2	205	1.331	7.0	0.0	4.9	3.2	0.65
71	Ben Stephens	24	BLN,CIN	Maj	BLN-CIN	1	2	.333	2.50	6.25	6	3	3	2	0	1	36.0	49	25	10	2	13	8	1	0	1	171	1.722	12.3	0.5	3.3	2.0	0.62
72	Jack Taylor	19	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	1.38	6.58	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.0	28	19	4	2	10	7	0	0	0	116	1.462	9.7	0.7	3.5	2.4	0.70
73	Tom Williams?	21	CL4	Maj	CLV	1	0	1.000	3.00	4.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	9	4	3	1	1	3	0	0	1	37	1.111	9.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
74	Fred Woodcock*	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	1	2	.333	3.55	7.64	5	4	1	3	0	0	33.0	42	28	13	1	17	8	2	0	0	160	1.788	11.5	0.3	4.6	2.2	0.47
75	Kid Camp	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	6.26	9.00	4	1	3	1	0	0	23.0	31	23	16	4	9	6	1	0	1	110	1.739	12.1	1.6	3.5	2.3	0.67
76	Harry Ely?	23	BLN	Maj	BLN	0	1	.000	7.71	11.57	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	14	9	6	0	7	0	2	0	4	44	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
77	Alex Ferson	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	0	1	.000	11.00	13.00	2	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	17	13	11	1	6	8	0	0	0	50	2.556	17.0	1.0	6.0	8.0	1.33
78	Bill Gilbert?	24	BLN	Maj	BLN	0	1	.000	5.79	9.64	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	14	15	9	1	17	5	0	0	1	73	2.214	9.0	0.6	10.9	3.2	0.29
79	Frank Griffith*	19	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	11.25	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	5	5	1	6	3	0	0	2	21	2.250	6.8	2.3	13.5	6.8	0.50
80	Bug Holliday	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		11.25	11.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	3.500	29.3	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.00
81	John Hollison*	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.250	2.3	2.3	0.0	4.5
82	King Kelly	34	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	0		1.50	6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	4	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	33	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
83	Bill Kling	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	0	2	.000	11.45	13.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	17	16	14	1	7	7	2	0	2	59	2.182	13.9	0.8	5.7	5.7	1.00
84	Frank Knauss*	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		3.38	10.13	1	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	9	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	42	2.250	14.6	0.0	5.6	2.3	0.40
85	John Menefee	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	0		11.25	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	10	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
86	Fred Pfeffer	32	LS3	Maj	LOU	0	0		1.80	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	24	1.800	7.2	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
87	Jack Sharrott	22	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
88	Will Thompson	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	3.00	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	5	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	18	2.667	9.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00
89	John Thornton	23	PHI,SLN	Maj	PHI-STL	0	2	.000	12.75	14.25	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.0	16	19	17	1	17	2	0	0	2	69	2.750	12.0	0.8	12.8	1.5	0.12
90	George Van Haltren*	26	BLN,PIT	Maj	BLN-PIT	0	0		9.20	10.43	4	0	4	0	0	0	14.2	28	17	15	1	7	5	0	0	0	79	2.386	17.2	0.6	4.3	3.1	0.71
91	Mickey Welch	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	0		14.40	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	11	9	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	30	3.000	19.8	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
92	J.B. Young	35	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		22.50	58.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	9	13	5	0	2	1	3	0	0	20	5.500	40.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50