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1920 Negro National League Pitching Leaders

1921 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 257 games, 8 teams, approx. 64 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Bill Gatewood	38	DS	Maj	DS	15	5	.750	2.72	3.74	24	16	11	1	2	159.0	136	66	48	6	45	90	6	0	655	1.138	7.7	0.3	2.5	5.1	2.00
2	Sam Crawford	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	14	8	.636	2.78	3.64	27	19	15	3	1	188.0	154	76	58	3	61	106	5	3	786	1.144	7.4	0.1	2.9	5.1	1.74
3	Dizzy Dismukes	30	ABC	Maj	ABC	14	9	.609	3.85	5.20	31	25	14	3	0	187.0	155	108	80	2	81	88	9	2	806	1.262	7.5	0.1	3.9	4.2	1.09
4	Dave Brown*	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	13	3	.813	1.82	2.54	20	16	13	2	0	148.2	84	42	30	0	51	101	10	1	580	0.908	5.1	0.0	3.1	6.1	1.98
5	Tom Johnson	31	CAG,DS	Maj	CAG-DS	13	2	.867	2.42	3.21	20	17	11	2	0	148.2	128	53	40	4	33	69	0	1	589	1.083	7.7	0.2	2.0	4.2	2.09
6	Cheo Hernández	26	CSH	Maj	CSW	12	10	.545	3.08	3.99	26	21	18	1	1	187.0	193	83	64	3	58	71	6	4	803	1.342	9.3	0.1	2.8	3.4	1.22
7	Tom Williams	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	12	4	.750	1.83	2.87	23	17	15	2	3	157.0	127	50	32	2	37	65	3	0	630	1.045	7.3	0.1	2.1	3.7	1.76
8	Bill Drake	25	SLG	Maj	SLG	11	14	.440	3.27	4.72	27	25	22	2	1	217.1	238	114	79	4	69	102	1	0	947	1.413	9.9	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.48
9	Bill Holland	19	DS	Maj	DS	11	6	.647	2.77	3.46	28	19	13	1	3	169.0	145	65	52	6	47	96	4	1	702	1.136	7.7	0.3	2.5	5.1	2.04
10	José Leblanc	26	CSH	Maj	CSW	11	9	.550	1.99	3.23	24	18	16	0	0	167.0	138	60	37	3	41	103	2	0	702	1.072	7.4	0.2	2.2	5.6	2.51
11	Rube Curry	21	KCM	Maj	KCM	10	11	.476	2.81	3.81	28	20	14	1	1	205.1	189	87	64	0	44	101	7	1	836	1.135	8.3	0.0	1.9	4.4	2.30
12	Dicta Johnson	33	ABC	Maj	ABC	10	8	.556	3.32	4.50	29	20	14	0	0	198.0	184	99	73	0	48	88	9	4	841	1.172	8.4	0.0	2.2	4.0	1.83
13	John Finner	34	SLG	Maj	SLG	7	8	.467	2.98	4.12	23	13	11	1	1	166.0	165	76	55	3	30	65	4	1	687	1.175	8.9	0.2	1.6	3.5	2.17
14	Jim Jeffries*	27	ABC	Maj	ABC	7	8	.467	3.77	4.70	29	14	9	1	3	155.0	147	81	65	2	48	62	6	1	665	1.258	8.5	0.1	2.8	3.6	1.29
15	Bob McClure	29	ABC	Maj	ABC	7	7	.500	2.42	3.67	19	10	7	2	0	115.1	96	47	31	5	39	61	2	1	478	1.171	7.5	0.4	3.0	4.8	1.56
16	Bullet Rogan	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	7	5	.583	3.12	4.09	14	13	12	0	0	121.0	111	55	42	2	43	89	2	3	506	1.273	8.3	0.1	3.2	6.6	2.07
17	George Britt	24	DM	Maj	DM	6	8	.429	4.02	5.16	20	13	11	1	0	134.1	117	77	60	4	56	71	6	1	572	1.288	7.8	0.3	3.8	4.8	1.27
18	Wayne Carr	23	SLG	Maj	SLG	6	9	.400	3.95	5.07	18	16	11	1	0	120.2	126	68	53	3	55	65	5	5	529	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	4.8	1.18
19	John Donaldson*	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	6	6	.500	3.78	4.72	14	10	8	1	1	95.1	100	50	40	0	25	54	1	0	400	1.311	9.4	0.0	2.4	5.1	2.16
20	Jack Marshall	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	6	7	.462	3.41	4.37	17	13	9	1	1	113.1	104	55	43	0	49	63	2	0	477	1.350	8.3	0.0	3.9	5.0	1.29
21	Faustino Valdés?	--	CSH	Maj	CSW	6	10	.375	4.18	5.48	20	17	12	0	1	131.1	146	80	61	5	58	49	2	2	596	1.553	10.0	0.3	4.0	3.4	0.84
22	Frank Wickware	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	5	3	.625	3.53	4.30	10	7	4	1	0	58.2	52	28	23	3	22	36	3	0	241	1.261	8.0	0.5	3.4	5.5	1.64
23	Morris Williams	--	ABC	Maj	ABC	4	7	.364	5.25	6.86	16	15	4	1	0	84.0	93	64	49	1	40	22	7	0	389	1.583	10.0	0.1	4.3	2.4	0.55
24	Luther Farrell*	23	COG,SLG	Maj	COG-SLG	3	11	.214	5.33	6.86	17	12	8	0	0	106.1	120	81	63	3	41	58	7	0	473	1.514	10.2	0.3	3.5	4.9	1.41
25	Gifford McDonald?	29	DS	Maj	DS	3	4	.429	5.96	6.31	9	8	3	0	0	51.1	54	36	34	3	35	20	4	1	240	1.734	9.5	0.5	6.1	3.5	0.57
26	José Méndez	35	KCM	Maj	KCM	3	1	.750	2.87	4.40	9	5	3	0	0	47.0	46	23	15	3	9	10	1	0	193	1.170	8.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	1.11
27	Herlen Ragland*	24	DM,ABC	Maj	DM-ABC	3	6	.333	5.59	7.45	11	6	3	0	0	48.1	48	40	30	1	26	22	2	3	224	1.531	8.9	0.2	4.8	4.1	0.85
28	Gunboat Thompson?	--	DS	Maj	DS	3	3	.500	3.86	5.01	9	7	3	0	0	46.2	37	26	20	1	27	15	3	1	207	1.371	7.1	0.2	5.2	2.9	0.56
29	Charley Wilson?	25	DM	Maj	DM	3	4	.429	3.83	5.47	8	6	2	0	0	49.1	52	30	21	1	15	15	0	1	208	1.358	9.5	0.2	2.7	2.7	1.00
30	Slim Branham	20	DM	Maj	DM	2	3	.400	1.84	3.07	6	5	3	1	0	44.0	30	15	9	0	12	17	0	1	164	0.955	6.1	0.0	2.5	3.5	1.42
31	Prudencio Martínez?	25	CSH	Maj	CSW	2	1	.667	4.08	5.09	5	5	0	0	0	35.1	35	20	16	1	15	18	1	0	156	1.415	8.9	0.3	3.8	4.6	1.20
32	Jimmy Oldham	27	SLG	Maj	SLG	2	1	.667	3.86	4.71	5	4	2	0	0	21.0	14	11	9	0	6	9	2	0	84	0.952	6.0	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
33	Ed Rile	20	ABC	Maj	ABC	2	2	.500	2.48	2.97	7	6	3	1	0	36.1	31	12	10	0	25	21	2	0	162	1.541	7.7	0.0	6.2	5.2	0.84
34	John Taylor	--	COG	Maj	COG	2	11	.154	4.03	4.94	19	12	11	1	0	118.1	124	65	53	5	31	55	7	3	502	1.310	9.4	0.4	2.4	4.2	1.77
35	Brown	--	DS	Maj	DS	1	1	.500	9.45	10.80	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	8	7	0	4	0	0	2	33	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
36	Joe Casey*	19	SLG	Maj	SLG	1	0	1.000	2.00	3.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	5	5	1	0	40	1.222	6.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00
37	Chase?	--	COG,DS	Maj	COG-DS	1	3	.250	5.51	7.46	8	7	2	0	0	50.2	58	42	31	5	31	22	7	2	238	1.757	10.3	0.9	5.5	3.9	0.71
38	Andy Cooper*	23	DS	Maj	DS	1	2	.333	3.19	4.04	9	4	2	0	1	42.1	35	19	15	2	16	13	0	0	176	1.205	7.4	0.4	3.4	2.8	0.81
39	Lunie Danage	25	SLG	Maj	SLG	1	0	1.000	1.15	1.72	2	1	1	0	0	15.2	10	3	2	0	7	11	1	1	62	1.085	5.7	0.0	4.0	6.3	1.57
40	Zack Foreman	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	1	1	.500	5.21	8.05	3	3	2	0	0	19.0	27	17	11	1	3	8	1	1	93	1.579	12.8	0.5	1.4	3.8	2.67
41	Jimmie Lyons*	30	DS	Maj	DS	1	2	.333	3.49	5.72	5	2	0	0	0	28.1	26	18	11	0	16	12	2	0	129	1.482	8.3	0.0	5.1	3.8	0.75
42	Smith?	--	DS	Maj	DS	1	0	1.000	2.00	5.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	7	5	2	0	3	5	0	0	41	1.111	7.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
43	Herbert Smith*	--	KCM	Maj	KCM	1	0	1.000	6.14	8.59	2	1	1	0	0	7.1	10	7	5	0	1	4	2	0	36	1.500	12.3	0.0	1.2	4.9	4.00
44	Ben Taylor*	31	ABC	Maj	ABC	1	1	.500	2.70	3.09	10	1	1	1	1	23.1	20	8	7	1	4	7	0	0	92	1.029	7.7	0.4	1.5	2.7	1.75
45	Lonnie Torian	24	SLG	Maj	SLG	1	0	1.000	3.00	4.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	3	0	7	0	0	0	43	1.667	8.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.00
46	Waters?	--	COG	Maj	COG	1	0	1.000	5.84	6.57	2	1	0	0	0	12.1	15	9	8	0	6	3	0	0	58	1.703	10.9	0.0	4.4	2.2	0.50
47	Walter Ball	41	COG	Maj	COG	0	6	.000	5.95	6.80	8	8	4	0	0	42.1	47	32	28	1	32	18	4	0	208	1.866	10.0	0.2	6.8	3.8	0.56
48	Bernardo Baró*	24	CSH	Maj	CSW	0	0		7.71	9.64	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	5	4	0	3	3	0	0	21	1.714	9.6	0.0	5.8	5.8	1.00
49	John Beckwith	20	COG	Maj	COG	0	1	.000	3.38	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	7	4	3	0	4	5	1	0	36	1.375	7.9	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
50	Hugh Blackburn*	32	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	3	.000	8.53	9.95	4	2	0	0	0	12.2	18	14	12	0	10	7	0	0	65	2.211	12.8	0.0	7.1	5.0	0.70
51	Bolden?	--	COG	Maj	COG	0	0		5.40	6.75	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	4	0	1	2	0	0	29	1.500	12.2	0.0	1.4	2.7	2.00
52	Oscar Charleston*	23	ABC	Maj	ABC	0	0		3.31	7.16	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	22	13	6	0	6	5	0	1	82	1.714	12.1	0.0	3.3	2.8	0.83
53	Arthur Coleman*	22	DM	Maj	DM	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	4	3	1	0	0	12.0	17	9	9	0	8	6	2	0	60	2.083	12.8	0.0	6.0	4.5	0.75
54	Steel Arm Davis*	24	DM,COG	Maj	DM-COG	0	0		18.90	21.60	3	1	0	0	0	3.1	10	8	7	0	3	3	0	2	23	3.900	27.0	0.0	8.1	8.1	1.00
55	Willie Gray*	--	DM	Maj	DM	0	5	.000	5.63	7.28	7	5	2	0	0	38.1	48	31	24	0	13	14	3	2	175	1.591	11.3	0.0	3.1	3.3	1.08
56	Green	--	DS	Maj	DS	0	0		2.45	3.68	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	31	1.227	7.4	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
57	Chick Harper?	--	DS,KCM	Maj	DS-KCM	0	1	.000	2.45	5.73	2	1	1	0	0	11.0	11	7	3	0	3	2	0	0	49	1.273	9.0	0.0	2.5	1.6	0.67
58	Willie Haynes?	19	ABC	Maj	ABC	0	1	.000	13.50	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	4	0	3	1	1	0	18	3.000	16.9	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33
59	Ralph Jefferson?	24	ABC	Maj	ABC	0	0		20.25	20.25	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	1	0	11	5.250	27.0	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
60	Horace Jenkins?	29	COG	Maj	COG	0	3	.000	5.74	7.47	4	2	1	0	1	15.2	25	13	10	0	2	4	0	0	75	1.723	14.4	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.00
61	Isaac Lane	31	DM	Maj	DM	0	3	.000	8.24	9.61	12	4	0	0	0	39.1	56	42	36	2	22	10	1	0	194	1.983	12.8	0.5	5.0	2.3	0.45
62	Charley Lightner?	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	0		8.76	10.22	4	4	0	0	0	12.1	15	14	12	0	17	3	0	0	67	2.595	10.9	0.0	12.4	2.2	0.18
63	Biz Mackey	22	ABC	Maj	ABC	0	1	.000	14.54	14.54	2	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	7	7	0	3	6	0	0	24	2.769	18.7	0.0	6.2	12.5	2.00
64	Lem McDougal?	25	COG	Maj	COG	0	4	.000	12.96	15.66	5	4	0	0	0	16.2	36	29	24	1	12	5	0	0	99	2.880	19.4	0.5	6.5	2.7	0.42
65	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	ABC	Maj	ABC	0	0		81.00	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	6	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
66	Cristóbal Torriente*	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	1	.000	3.38	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	5	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	32	0.875	5.6	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
67	Edgar Washington?	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	0		36.00	45.00	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	9	6.000	45.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
68	David Wingfield	26	DM	Maj	DM	0	0		9.00	11.25	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	21	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00