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1917 National League Pitching Leaders

1916 Season 1918 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 625 games, 8 teams, approx. 156 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	Grover Alexander	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	30	13	.698	1.83	2.48	45	44	0	34	8	0	388.0	336	107	79	4	56	200	6	0	1	1529	1.010	7.8	0.1	1.3	4.6	3.57
2	Fred Toney	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	24	16	.600	2.20	3.15	43	42	1	31	7	1	339.2	300	119	83	4	77	123	6	1	3	1374	1.110	7.9	0.1	2.0	3.3	1.60
3	Hippo Vaughn*	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	23	13	.639	2.01	2.95	41	38	2	27	5	0	295.2	255	97	66	3	91	195	9	0	2	1216	1.170	7.8	0.1	2.8	5.9	2.14
4	Ferdie Schupp*	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	21	7	.750	1.95	2.28	36	32	3	25	6	0	272.0	202	69	59	7	70	147	4	0	3	1067	1.000	6.7	0.2	2.3	4.9	2.10
5	Pete Schneider	21	CIN	Maj	CIN	20	19	.513	2.10	3.45	46	42	3	24	0	0	333.2	311	128	78	4	117	138	11	0	5	1387	1.283	8.4	0.1	3.2	3.7	1.18
6	Rube Marquard*	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	19	12	.613	2.55	3.25	37	29	4	14	2	0	232.2	200	84	66	5	60	117	0	0	4	942	1.117	7.7	0.2	2.3	4.5	1.95
7	Slim Sallee*	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	18	7	.720	2.17	2.92	34	24	9	18	1	4	215.2	199	70	52	4	34	54	1	1	0	861	1.080	8.3	0.2	1.4	2.3	1.59
8	Wilbur Cooper*	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	17	11	.607	2.36	2.90	40	34	5	23	7	1	297.2	276	96	78	4	54	99	4	0	1	1159	1.109	8.3	0.1	1.6	3.0	1.83
9	Art Nehf*	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	17	8	.680	2.16	3.01	38	23	8	16	4	0	233.1	197	78	56	4	39	101	4	1	5	912	1.011	7.6	0.2	1.5	3.9	2.59
10	Pol Perritt	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	17	7	.708	1.88	2.55	35	26	8	14	5	1	215.0	186	61	45	3	45	72	7	0	1	855	1.074	7.8	0.1	1.9	3.0	1.60
11	Bill Doak	26	SLN	Maj	STL	16	20	.444	3.10	3.93	44	37	7	16	3	2	281.1	257	123	97	6	85	111	9	0	2	1152	1.216	8.2	0.2	2.7	3.6	1.31
12	Eppa Rixey*	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	16	21	.432	2.27	3.26	39	36	3	23	4	1	281.1	249	102	71	1	67	121	5	2	6	1140	1.123	8.0	0.0	2.1	3.9	1.81
13	Red Ames	34	SLN	Maj	STL	15	10	.600	2.71	3.23	43	19	17	10	2	3	209.0	189	75	63	2	57	62	3	0	5	847	1.177	8.1	0.1	2.5	2.7	1.09
14	Rube Benton*	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	15	9	.625	2.72	3.27	35	25	8	14	3	3	215.0	190	78	65	5	41	70	7	0	3	865	1.074	8.0	0.2	1.7	2.9	1.71
15	Lee Meadows	22	SLN	Maj	STL	15	9	.625	3.08	3.35	43	37	6	18	4	2	265.2	253	99	91	5	90	100	4	0	4	1085	1.291	8.6	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.11
16	Joe Oeschger	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	15	14	.517	2.75	3.71	42	30	10	18	5	1	262.0	241	108	80	7	72	123	6	1	3	1064	1.195	8.3	0.2	2.5	4.2	1.71
17	Phil Douglas	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	14	20	.412	2.55	3.77	51	37	11	20	5	1	293.1	269	123	83	13	50	151	6	0	11	1161	1.088	8.3	0.4	1.5	4.6	3.02
18	Lefty Tyler*	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	14	12	.538	2.52	3.05	32	28	3	22	4	1	239.0	203	81	67	1	86	98	6	0	7	970	1.209	7.6	0.0	3.2	3.7	1.14
19	Jesse Barnes	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	13	21	.382	2.68	3.51	50	33	12	26	2	1	295.0	261	115	88	3	50	107	3	0	3	1166	1.054	8.0	0.1	1.5	3.3	2.14
20	Leon Cadore	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	13	13	.500	2.45	2.93	37	30	6	21	1	3	264.0	231	86	72	3	63	115	7	0	4	1067	1.114	7.9	0.1	2.1	3.9	1.83
21	Dick Rudolph	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	13	14	.481	3.41	3.86	31	30	1	22	5	0	242.2	252	104	92	1	54	96	4	0	4	1011	1.261	9.3	0.0	2.0	3.6	1.78
22	Jeff Tesreau	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	13	8	.619	3.09	3.48	33	20	6	11	1	2	183.2	168	71	63	6	58	85	3	0	8	757	1.230	8.2	0.3	2.8	4.2	1.47
23	Sherry Smith*	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	12	12	.500	3.32	4.39	38	23	14	15	0	3	211.1	210	103	78	5	51	58	2	1	0	874	1.235	8.9	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.14
24	Erskine Mayer	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	11	6	.647	2.76	3.49	28	18	6	11	1	0	160.0	160	62	49	6	33	64	4	0	2	649	1.206	9.0	0.3	1.9	3.6	1.94
25	Jeff Pfeffer	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	11	15	.423	2.23	2.84	30	30	0	24	3	0	266.0	225	84	66	4	66	115	16	0	4	1081	1.094	7.6	0.1	2.2	3.9	1.74
26	Mike Regan	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	11	10	.524	2.71	4.42	32	26	4	16	1	0	216.0	228	106	65	4	41	50	4	0	0	909	1.245	9.5	0.2	1.7	2.1	1.22
27	Hod Eller	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	10	5	.667	2.36	3.54	37	11	21	7	1	1	152.1	131	60	40	2	37	77	3	0	1	614	1.103	7.7	0.1	2.2	4.5	2.08
28	Claude Hendrix	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	10	12	.455	2.60	3.93	40	21	15	13	1	1	215.0	202	94	62	3	72	81	4	1	8	892	1.274	8.5	0.1	3.0	3.4	1.13
29	Frank Miller	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	10	19	.345	3.13	3.94	38	28	8	14	5	1	224.0	216	98	78	1	60	92	5	0	6	962	1.232	8.7	0.0	2.4	3.7	1.53
30	Milt Watson	27	SLN	Maj	STL	10	13	.435	3.51	4.13	41	20	9	5	3	0	161.1	149	74	63	3	51	45	9	0	1	667	1.240	8.3	0.2	2.8	2.5	0.88
31	Al Demaree	32	NY1,CHN	Maj	CHC-NYG	9	14	.391	2.58	3.52	39	29	6	7	1	1	219.2	195	86	63	6	54	66	3	0	3	890	1.134	8.0	0.2	2.2	2.7	1.22
32	Oscar Horstmann	26	SLN	Maj	STL	9	4	.692	3.44	4.35	35	11	12	4	1	1	138.2	111	67	53	5	54	50	4	1	2	566	1.190	7.2	0.3	3.5	3.2	0.93
33	Clarence Mitchell*	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	9	15	.375	3.22	4.12	32	20	8	10	2	1	159.1	166	73	57	4	34	37	2	0	3	670	1.255	9.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.09
34	Gene Packard*	29	SLN,CHN	Maj	STL-CHC	9	6	.600	2.55	2.90	36	11	13	6	0	2	155.0	141	50	44	5	25	45	3	0	1	616	1.071	8.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	1.80
35	Fred Anderson	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	8	8	.500	1.44	2.22	38	18	15	8	1	3	162.0	122	40	26	1	34	69	2	0	5	632	0.963	6.8	0.1	1.9	3.8	2.03
36	Charles Bender	33	PHI	Maj	PHI	8	2	.800	1.67	1.91	20	10	9	8	4	2	113.0	84	24	21	1	26	43	7	0	3	436	0.973	6.7	0.1	2.1	3.4	1.65
37	Larry Cheney	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	8	12	.400	2.35	3.42	35	24	4	14	1	2	210.1	185	80	55	4	73	102	5	0	11	869	1.227	7.9	0.2	3.1	4.4	1.40
38	Hal Carlson	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	7	11	.389	2.90	3.57	34	17	14	9	1	1	161.1	140	64	52	0	49	68	4	0	2	657	1.171	7.8	0.0	2.7	3.8	1.39
39	Jack Coombs	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	7	11	.389	3.96	4.85	31	14	15	9	0	0	141.0	147	76	62	7	49	34	8	1	0	600	1.390	9.4	0.4	3.1	2.2	0.69
40	Vic Aldridge	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	6	6	.500	3.12	4.39	30	6	13	1	1	2	106.2	100	52	37	1	37	44	2	0	5	445	1.284	8.4	0.1	3.1	3.7	1.19
41	Marv Goodwin	26	SLN	Maj	STL	6	4	.600	2.21	3.48	14	12	1	6	3	0	85.1	70	33	21	1	19	38	0	0	1	339	1.043	7.4	0.1	2.0	4.0	2.00
42	Elmer Jacobs	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	6	19	.240	2.81	3.44	38	25	12	10	1	2	227.1	214	87	71	3	76	58	5	2	1	941	1.276	8.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	0.76
43	Jimmy Lavender	33	PHI	Maj	PHI	6	8	.429	3.55	4.24	28	14	9	7	0	1	129.1	119	61	51	5	44	52	3	0	4	536	1.260	8.3	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.18
44	Pat Ragan	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	6	9	.400	2.93	3.60	30	13	12	5	1	1	147.2	138	59	48	6	35	61	1	0	1	611	1.172	8.4	0.4	2.1	3.7	1.74
45	Bob Steele*	23	PIT,SLN	Maj	PIT-STL	6	14	.300	2.84	3.57	39	25	11	14	1	1	221.2	191	88	70	1	72	105	5	2	8	920	1.186	7.8	0.0	2.9	4.3	1.46
46	Paul Carter	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	5	8	.385	3.26	3.73	23	13	3	6	0	2	113.1	115	47	41	2	19	34	3	1	1	453	1.182	9.1	0.2	1.5	2.7	1.79
47	Tom Hughes	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	5	3	.625	1.95	2.55	11	8	3	6	2	0	74.0	54	21	16	1	30	40	3	0	1	299	1.135	6.6	0.1	3.6	4.9	1.33
48	Tom Seaton	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	5	4	.556	2.53	3.62	16	9	5	3	1	1	74.2	60	30	21	0	23	27	1	0	1	295	1.112	7.2	0.0	2.8	3.3	1.17
49	Frank Allen*	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	3	10	.231	3.94	4.90	29	14	6	2	0	0	112.0	124	61	49	3	47	56	6	0	4	490	1.527	10.0	0.2	3.8	4.5	1.19
50	Burleigh Grimes	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	3	16	.158	3.53	4.69	37	17	18	8	1	0	194.0	186	101	76	5	70	72	6	2	5	824	1.320	8.6	0.2	3.2	3.3	1.03
51	Mike Prendergast	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	3	6	.333	3.35	3.81	35	8	16	1	0	1	99.1	112	42	37	6	21	43	0	0	3	411	1.339	10.1	0.5	1.9	3.9	2.05
52	Jimmy Ring	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	3	7	.300	4.40	4.81	24	7	12	3	0	2	88.0	90	47	43	2	35	33	1	1	1	375	1.420	9.2	0.2	3.6	3.4	0.94
53	Dutch Ruether*	23	CIN,CHN	Maj	CHC-CIN	3	2	.600	3.00	3.63	17	8	8	2	1	0	72.0	80	29	24	0	26	35	5	0	1	307	1.472	10.0	0.0	3.3	4.4	1.35
54	Al Mamaux	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	2	11	.154	5.25	6.20	16	13	3	5	0	0	85.2	92	59	50	1	50	22	3	0	3	394	1.658	9.7	0.1	5.3	2.3	0.44
55	Paul Fittery*	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	1	1	.500	4.53	5.82	17	2	15	1	0	0	55.2	69	36	28	1	27	13	5	1	1	256	1.725	11.2	0.2	4.4	2.1	0.48
56	George Kelly	21	PIT,NY1	Maj	PIT-NYG	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	20	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
57	Jim Middleton	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	1	.500	2.75	4.50	13	0	8	0	0	1	36.0	35	18	11	1	8	9	1	0	2	154	1.194	8.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.13
58	George Pierce*	29	SLN	Maj	STL	1	1	.500	3.48	6.10	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	7	7	4	0	3	4	1	0	0	45	0.968	6.1	0.0	2.6	3.5	1.33
59	Elmer Ponder	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	1.69	2.11	3	2	1	1	1	0	21.1	12	5	4	0	6	11	1	0	1	80	0.844	5.1	0.0	2.5	4.6	1.83
60	Jack Scott	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	1	2	.333	1.82	2.72	7	3	4	3	0	0	39.2	36	12	8	0	5	21	3	0	1	158	1.034	8.2	0.0	1.1	4.8	4.20
61	Harry Weaver	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	1	.500	2.75	4.58	4	2	2	1	1	0	19.2	17	10	6	0	7	8	0	0	1	82	1.220	7.8	0.0	3.2	3.7	1.14
62	Rube Bressler*	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		6.00	11.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	15	11	6	0	5	2	0	0	0	44	2.222	15.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.40
63	Cal Crum	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
64	Wheezer Dell	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	4	.000	3.72	5.43	17	4	6	0	0	1	58.0	55	35	24	3	25	28	2	0	2	246	1.379	8.5	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.12
65	Rich Durning*	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Joe Engel*	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	5.63	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	8	5	0	6	2	0	0	0	42	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
67	Bill Evans	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	4	.000	3.38	4.73	8	2	4	1	0	0	26.2	24	14	10	0	14	5	1	0	2	123	1.425	8.1	0.0	4.7	1.7	0.36
68	Bruce Hitt	20	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		9.00	13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	7	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	20	2.000	15.8	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.00
69	Elmer Knetzer	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		2.96	5.93	11	0	6	0	0	1	27.1	29	18	9	0	12	7	2	0	1	128	1.500	9.5	0.0	4.0	2.3	0.58
70	Jakie May*	21	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		3.38	3.99	15	1	10	0	0	0	29.1	29	13	11	0	11	18	3	1	2	116	1.364	8.9	0.0	3.4	5.5	1.64
71	Johnny Miljus	22	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	1	.000	0.60	1.80	4	1	3	1	0	0	15.0	14	3	1	0	8	9	3	1	1	70	1.467	8.4	0.0	4.8	5.4	1.13
72	Tim Murchison*	20	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	18.0	1.00
73	Lou North	26	SLN	Maj	STL	0	0		3.97	3.97	5	0	5	0	0	0	11.1	14	5	5	1	4	4	0	0	4	46	1.588	11.1	0.8	3.2	3.2	1.00
74	Scott Perry	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		6.75	10.13	4	1	2	0	0	0	13.1	17	15	10	0	8	4	1	0	1	65	1.875	11.5	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
75	Herman Pillette	21	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	36.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Ed Reulbach	34	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	1	.000	2.82	5.24	5	2	2	0	0	0	22.1	21	13	7	0	15	9	1	0	0	103	1.612	8.5	0.0	6.0	3.6	0.60
77	John Russell*	22	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	1	.000	4.50	4.50	5	1	4	1	0	0	16.0	12	8	8	1	6	1	0	0	0	61	1.125	6.8	0.6	3.4	0.6	0.17
78	Roy Sanders	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	4.50	4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	12	7	7	0	16	3	1	0	1	65	2.000	7.7	0.0	10.3	1.9	0.19
79	George Smith	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	3	.000	2.84	3.08	14	1	6	1	0	0	38.0	38	13	12	1	11	16	1	0	2	159	1.289	9.0	0.2	2.6	3.8	1.45
80	Ad Swigler	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	1	.000	6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	4	0	8	4	0	0	0	30	2.500	10.5	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50
81	Paul Wachtel	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	0	0		10.50	10.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	9	7	7	0	4	3	0	0	0	30	2.167	13.5	0.0	6.0	4.5	0.75
82	Roy Walker	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	3.86	6.43	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	3	0	5	4	0	0	1	34	1.857	10.3	0.0	6.4	5.1	0.80
83	Ed Walsh	36	BSN	Maj	BSN	0	1	.000	3.50	4.50	4	3	1	1	0	0	18.0	22	9	7	0	9	4	1	1	1	82	1.722	11.0	0.0	4.5	2.0	0.44