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1920 Register Pitching Leaders

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	Aff	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	Jim Bagby	30	CLE	AL	Maj	31	CLE	12	.721	2.89	3.23	48	38	9	30	3	0	339.2	338	122	109	9	79	73	5	0	6	1355	1.228	9.0	0.2	2.1	1.9	0.92
2	Emilio Palmero	25	OMA,ALM	WL,CUWL	A,FgW	31		13	.705	0.41	2.71	49	8		6	0	0	395.2	306	119	18	0	91	31	3		0	261	1.003	7.0	0.0	2.1	0.7	0.34
3	Buzz Arlett	21	OLD	PCL	AA	29		17	.630	2.89	3.41	53						427.1	430	162	137		134	105					1.320	9.1		2.8	2.2	0.78
4	Bert Cole	23	TAC,SFR	PCIL,PCL	B,AA	29		8	.784	0.36	0.47	48			29			328.2	46	17	13		78	166	7	0	5		0.204	1.3		2.1	4.5	2.13
5	Grover Alexander	33	CHN	NL	Maj	27	CHC	14	.659	1.91	2.38	46	40	6	33	7	5	363.1	335	96	77	8	69	173	1	0	3	1447	1.112	8.3	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.51
6	Bugs Bennett	28	TUL	WL	A	27		9	.750		3.59	50						316.0	276	126			98						1.184	7.9		2.8
7	Wheezer Dell	34	VER	PCL	AA	27		15	.643	2.99	3.53	54						370.0	368	145	123		126						1.335	9.0		3.1
8	Charley Hall	35	STP	AA	AA	27		8	.771	2.06	2.39	48						327.0	233	87	75		88						0.982	6.4		2.4
9	Johnny Morrison	24	BIR,PIT	SOUA,NL	A,Maj	27	PIT	13	.675	0.00	2.84	49	1	1	1	1	0	326.0	252	103	0	0	74	3	0	0	0	25	1.000	7.0	0.0	2.0	0.1	0.04
10	Jack Ogden	22	BLT	IL	AA	27		9	.750	3.25	4.21	45		2	31	4		321.0	342	150	116		100	137	9	0	8	1369	1.377	9.6		2.8	3.8	1.37
11	Red Shea	21	TTO	IL	AA	27		7	.794	1.97	2.44	43		7	25	7		398.0	262	108	87		122	131	12	0	5	1229	0.965	5.9		2.8	3.0	1.07
12	George Carman	27	LON	MION	B	26		2	.929	1.55		33						249.0	181		43		54	121	3	0	1		0.944	6.5		2.0	4.4	2.24
13	Allen Conkwright	23	BMG,DET	IIIL,AL	B,Maj	26	DET	8	.765	2.08	3.13	38	3	2	0	0	0	276.1	229	96	64	0	99	4	0	0	0	89	1.187	7.5	0.0	3.2	0.1	0.04
14	George Gray	--	HRY	WA	D	26		10	.722	1.65	2.72	43						327.0	252	99	60		79	195	17	0	8		1.012	6.9		2.2	5.4	2.47
15	Carl Mays	28	NYA	AL	Maj	26	NYY	11	.703	3.06	3.66	45	37	8	26	6	3	312.0	310	127	106	13	84	92	7	0	2	1268	1.263	8.9	0.4	2.4	2.7	1.10
16	Jim Middleton	31	TOL	AA	AA	26		14	.650	2.93	3.66	46						332.0	337	135	108		66						1.214	9.1		1.8
17	Joe Pate	28	FTW	TL	B	26	DET	8	.765	1.75	2.01	41						314.0	258	70	61		52						0.987	7.4		1.5
18	Hank Robinson	32	LRK	SOUA	A	26		12	.684		2.38	52						371.0	308	98			48						0.960	7.5		1.2
19	Tom Sheehan	26	ATA	SOUA	A	26		17	.605		2.54	48						375.0	306	106			89						1.053	7.3		2.1
20	Ralph Stroud	35	SLC	PCL	AA	26		13	.667	3.20	3.76	42						323.1	292	135	115		112						1.249	8.1		3.1
21	Paul Wachtel	32	FTW	TL	B	26	DET	10	.722	2.45	3.07	38						308.0	280	105	84		86						1.188	8.2		2.5
22	Roy Walker	27	NOR	SOUA	A	26		11	.703		2.58	47						363.0	281	104			98						1.044	7.0		2.4
23	Charles Bender	36	NHV	EL	A	25		12	.676	1.94	2.89	47						324.0	256	104	70		71						1.009	7.1		2.0
24	Paul Bennett	25	PBG	VIRL	B	25		14	.641	2.32	3.07	41						314.0	273	107	81		62						1.067	7.8		1.8
25	Jess Doyle	22	GRV	SALL	C	25		8	.758	3.03	3.78	38						288.0	224	121	97		87						1.080	7.0		2.7
26	Harry Frank	--	BLT	IL	AA	25		12	.676	3.87	4.83	48		18	18	2		270.0	287	145	116		71	96	9	0	4	1156	1.326	9.6		2.4	3.2	1.35
27	Howie Gregory	33	WCH	WL	A	25		13	.658		3.94	45						320.0	325	140			47						1.163	9.1		1.3
28	Duster Mails	25	SAC,CLE	PCL,AL	AA,Maj	25	CLE	17	.595	2.98	3.99	52	8	1	6	2	0	356.0	292	158	118	1	150	25	0	0	1	253	1.242	7.4	0.0	3.8	0.6	0.17
29	Willie Mitchell	30	VER	PCL	AA	25		13	.658	2.38	3.18	52						348.1	283	123	92		86						1.059	7.3		2.2
30	Jack Tesar	23	CDR	IIIL	B	25		11	.694	2.10	2.92	37						287.0	224	93	67		109						1.160	7.0		3.4
31	Wilbur Cooper	28	PIT	NL	Maj	24	PIT	15	.615	2.39	3.11	44	37	6	28	3	2	327.0	307	113	87	4	52	114	11	0	1	1312	1.098	8.4	0.1	1.4	3.1	2.19
32	Stan Coveleski	30	CLE	AL	Maj	24	CLE	14	.632	2.49	3.14	41	38	3	26	3	2	315.0	284	110	87	6	65	133	4	0	1	1237	1.108	8.1	0.2	1.9	3.8	2.05
33	Whitey Glazner	26	BIR,PIT	SOUA,NL	A,Maj	24	PIT	10	.706	0.08	2.64	42	0	1	0	0	0	334.2	267	98	3	0	103	1	0	0	0	33	1.106	7.2	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.01
34	Bill Whittaker	31	FTW	TL	B	24	DET	6	.800	2.21	2.59	37						281.0	256	81	69		66						1.146	8.2		2.1
35	Clyde Williams	--	OKM,KCY	WA,AA	D,AA	24		9	.727	1.98	2.79	38						313.0	240	97	69		84	153	7	1	5		1.035	6.9		2.4	4.4	1.82
36	Mutt Wilson	23	CHS,HUR,DET	SALL,SDAK,AL	C,D,Maj	24	DET	22	.522	2.09	4.16	56	2	0	1	0	0	400.0	351	185	93	0	107	52	0	0	0	55	1.145	7.9	0.0	2.4	1.2	0.49
37	Abe Bowman	27	WCH	WL	A	23		14	.622		4.13	43						292.0	275	134			101						1.288	8.5		3.1
38	Larry Cheney	34	CLM	SALL	C	23		6	.793	2.63	3.63	35						263.0	218	106	77		82						1.141	7.5		2.8
39	Tom Estell	23	BFD,LOU	MION,AA	B,AA	23		6	.793	2.02		38						241.0	215		54		45	87	8	0	5		1.079	8.0		1.7	3.2	1.93
40	Red Faber	31	CHA	AL	Maj	23	CHW	13	.639	2.99	3.84	40	39	1	28	2	1	319.0	332	136	106	8	88	108	4	0	4	1291	1.317	9.4	0.2	2.5	3.0	1.23
41	Burleigh Grimes	26	BRO	NL	Maj	23	BRO	11	.676	2.22	2.99	40	33	6	25	5	2	303.2	271	101	75	5	67	131	4	0	9	1246	1.113	8.0	0.1	2.0	3.9	1.96
42	Cy Morgan	24	SPF	EL	A	23		7	.767	2.29	2.66	35						290.2	251	86	74		76						1.125	7.8		2.4
43	Buck Ramsey	21	OKC	WL	A	23		5	.821		3.52	36						233.0	220	91			67						1.232	8.5		2.6
44	Jim Scott	32	SFR	PCL	AA	23		14	.622	2.29	3.02	44						354.1	329	119	90		82						1.160	8.4		2.1
45	Johnny Couch	29	SFR	PCL	AA	22		17	.564	2.72	3.40	51						328.0	308	124	99		90						1.213	8.5		2.5
46	Rube Eldridge	31	HIP,CHR,CLB	PIED,SALL,AA	D,C,AA	22		12	.647	2.63	3.49	41						281.0	262	109	82		34	41	0		0		1.053	8.4		1.1	1.3	1.21
47	Bob Geary	29	SLE	PCL	AA	22		14	.611	2.65	3.67	49						352.2	320	144	104		71						1.109	8.2		1.8
48	Carl Holling	23	OLD	PCL	AA	22		20	.524	3.29	4.51	48						367.0	406	184	134		99						1.376	10.0		2.4
49	Sam Lewis	27	SFR	PCL	AA	22		21	.512	2.96	3.75	63						350.0	318	146	115		103						1.203	8.2		2.6
50	Dick McCabe	24	BFL	IL	AA	22		6	.786	2.56	3.65	37		11	20	2		232.0	221	94	66		40	103	5	1	5	934	1.125	8.6		1.6	4.0	2.58
51	William McGloughlin	--	PTH	VIRL	B	22		8	.733	1.49	2.18	35						277.0	215	67	46		82						1.072	7.0		2.7
52	Harry Morton	--	VIC	PCIL	B	22		8	.733			37			27			297.0					120	198	17	0	3					3.6	6.0	1.65
53	Ray Richmond	24	TUL,SLA	WL,AL	A,Maj	22	SLB	12	.647	0.41	5.11	44	2	0	1	0	0	266.0	264	151	12	0	109	4	0	0	0	75	1.402	8.9	0.0	3.7	0.1	0.04
54	Earl Smith	--	OKM	WA	D	22		15	.595	2.90	3.65	40						323.0	296	131	104		90	138	8	0	6		1.195	8.2		2.5	3.8	1.53
55	George Stueland	21	SXF	SDAK	D	22		9	.710		4.12	34						258.0	177	118			152	212					1.275	6.2		5.3	7.4	1.39
56	John Verbout	31	SHV	TL	B	22		11	.667	2.31	2.89	40						296.0	247	95	76		79						1.101	7.5		2.4
57	Lefty Williams	27	CHA	AL	Maj	22	CHW	14	.611	3.91	4.36	39	38	1	25	0	0	299.0	302	145	130	15	90	128	12	1	4	1218	1.311	9.1	0.5	2.7	3.9	1.42
58	José Acosta	29	ROC,WS1,HAB	IL,AL,CUWL	AA,Maj,FgW	21	WSH	15	.583	3.69	4.40	54	13	14	25	6	1	327.0	397	160	134	1	69	81	5	0	2	1356	1.425	10.9	0.0	1.9	2.2	1.17
59	Grady Adkins	23	HRY	WA	D	21		14	.600	1.75	3.00	43						318.0	233	106	62		67	141	15	2	6		0.943	6.6		1.9	4.0	2.10
60	William Bach	--	WCS	EL	A	21		8	.724	2.61	3.48	32						258.2	244	100	75		60						1.175	8.5		2.1
61	Eddie Cicotte	36	CHA	AL	Maj	21	CHW	10	.677	3.26	3.80	37	35	2	28	4	2	303.1	316	128	110	6	74	87	2	0	3	1225	1.286	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.6	1.18
62	Alex Ferguson	23	JER	IL	AA	21		13	.618	2.82	4.18	35		4	26	1		265.0	257	123	83		77	112	9	0	5	1114	1.260	8.7		2.6	3.8	1.45
63	Bill Fincher	26	SAN	TL	B	21		11	.656	2.22	2.69	37						284.0	258	85	70		62						1.127	8.2		2.0
64	Bill James	33	MNE	AA	AA	21		17	.553	3.22	4.12	45						299.0	259	137	107		110						1.234	7.8		3.3
65	Johnny Jones	27	INA,BSN	AA,NL	AA,Maj	21	BSN	13	.618	2.65	3.41	43	1	2	0	0	0	295.2	269	112	87	1	97	6	0	0	0	48	1.238	8.2	0.0	3.0	0.2	0.06
66	Dickey Kerr	26	CHA	AL	Maj	21	CHW	9	.700	3.37	4.12	45	27	14	19	3	5	253.2	266	116	95	7	72	72	4	1	3	1033	1.332	9.4	0.2	2.6	2.6	1.00
67	Frank Larisey	--	BRD	FLOR	D	21		11	.656	2.35	3.31							283.0	223	104	74		53						0.975	7.1		1.7
68	John Merritt	25	STP	AA	AA	21		10	.677	2.63	3.31	47						291.0	285	107	85		81						1.258	8.8		2.5
69	Bill Morrisette	25	HAM,DET	MION,AL	B,Maj	21	DET	7	.750	1.34	0.72	39	3	4	1	0	0	261.0	176	21	39	0	121	196	22	0	6	124	1.138	6.1	0.0	4.2	6.8	1.62
70	Art Nehf	27	NY1	NL	Maj	21	NYG	12	.636	3.08	3.62	40	33	5	22	4	0	280.2	273	113	96	8	45	79	1	1	3	1128	1.133	8.8	0.3	1.4	2.5	1.76
71	Suds Sutherland	26	POR	PCL	AA	21		17	.553	2.68	3.35	45						352.0	326	131	105		102						1.216	8.3		2.6
72	Claude Thomas	30	LOS	PCL	AA	21		19	.525	3.02	4.11	49						304.1	325	139	102		78						1.324	9.6		2.3
73	Fred Toney	31	NY1	NL	Maj	21	NYG	11	.656	2.65	3.27	42	37	5	17	4	1	278.1	266	101	82	8	57	81	6	0	6	1120	1.160	8.6	0.3	1.8	2.6	1.42
74	Moses Yellow Horse	22	LRK	SOUA	A	21		7	.750		3.72	46						278.0	255	115			55						1.115	8.3		1.8
75	Jesse Barnes	27	NY1	NL	Maj	20	NYG	15	.571	2.64	3.32	43	34	8	23	2	0	292.2	271	108	86	9	56	63	2	0	4	1186	1.117	8.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	1.13
76	George Boehler	27	JOP,SLA	WL,AL	A,Maj	20	SLB	18	.526	0.16	3.54	42	1	1	0	0	0	341.0	306	134	6	1	87	2	0	0	0	37	1.152	8.1	0.0	2.3	0.1	0.02
77	Ray Caldwell	32	CLE	AL	Maj	20	CLE	10	.667	3.86	5.11	34	33	0	20	1	0	237.2	286	135	102	9	63	80	4	0	1	1010	1.468	10.8	0.3	2.4	3.0	1.27
78	Joe Dailey	25	SLE,REG	PCL,WCAN	AA,B	20		9	.690	12.34	2.70	38						46.2	36	14	64		113						1.029	6.9		21.8
79	Bill Doak	29	SLN	NL	Maj	20	STL	12	.625	2.53	3.13	39	37	2	20	5	1	270.0	256	94	76	7	80	90	6	0	1	1117	1.244	8.5	0.2	2.7	3.0	1.13
80	Logan Drake	20	BRD	FLOR	D	20		13	.606	2.17	2.93							320.0	212	104	77		130						1.069	6.0		3.7
81	Joseph Finneran	29	AKR	IL	AA	20		11	.645	3.69	5.28	39		8	23	0		249.0	318	146	102		81	62	7	1	4	1117	1.602	11.5		2.9	2.2	0.77
82	Oscar Fuhr	26	OMA	WL	A	20		17	.541		4.10	44						338.0	299	154			89						1.148	8.0		2.4
83	Harry Gardner	33	SLE	PCL	AA	20		15	.571	2.52	3.84	46						279.0	263	119	78		54						1.136	8.5		1.7
84	Earl Johnson	23	CED	GASL	D	20		8	.714		3.79	36						252.0	238	106			40						1.103	8.5		1.4
85	Joe Martina	30	BMT	TL	B	20		14	.588	2.92	3.72	39						259.0	239	107	84		79						1.228	8.3		2.7
86	Pete McGuire	--	ENI	WA	D	20		8	.714	2.10	3.30	35						240.0	172	88	56		78	128	19	0	5		1.042	6.5		2.9	4.8	1.64
87	Henry Meade	--	MWL	WTXL	D	20		14	.588		4.15							245.0	248	113			61						1.261	9.1		2.2
88	Paul Musser	31	WCH	WL	A	20		11	.645		3.99	36						257.0	211	114			117						1.276	7.4		4.1
89	Jake Northrop	32	MLW	AA	AA	20		17	.541	3.53	4.57	39						339.0	372	172	133		48						1.239	9.9		1.3
90	Bill Prough	32	SAC	PCL	AA	20		20	.500	3.21	3.70	48						347.2	361	143	124		40						1.153	9.3		1.0
91	Frank Rapp	--	VAN	PCIL	B	20		10	.667			33			23			254.0					87	105	18	0	2					3.1	3.7	1.21
92	Joseph Reddy	--	HAM	MION	B	20		3	.870	1.70		33						217.0	189		41		57	114	7	1	1		1.134	7.8		2.4	4.7	2.00
93	Dick Robertson	28	FTW	TL	B	20	DET	7	.741	1.96	2.54	30						248.0	208	70	54		38						0.992	7.5		1.4
94	Bob Shawkey	29	NYA	AL	Maj	20	NYY	13	.606	2.45	2.96	38	31	6	20	5	2	267.2	246	88	73	10	85	126	1	0	3	1079	1.237	8.3	0.3	2.9	4.2	1.48
95	Urban Shocker	29	SLA	AL	Maj	20	SLB	10	.667	2.71	3.55	38	28	10	22	5	5	245.2	224	97	74	10	70	107	4	0	0	978	1.197	8.2	0.4	2.6	3.9	1.53
96	William Shoup	--	LUD	CENL	B	20		11	.645		3.46	36			26			263.0	236	101			40	107	3		0		1.049	8.1		1.4	3.7	2.68
97	Earl Whitehill	21	CLM,BIR	SALL,SOUA	C,A	20		11	.645	2.33	3.73	34	1					270.0	235	112	70		71						1.133	7.8		2.4
98	Steamboat Williams	28	STP	AA	AA	20		6	.769	3.34	3.90	46						256.0	263	111	95		50						1.223	9.2		1.8
99	Grover Young	--	RFD,JOP	IIIL,WL	B,A	20		11	.645	1.81	3.61	37						259.0	220	104	52		90						1.197	7.6		3.1
100	Karl Adams	28	TUL	WL	A	19		14	.576		5.21	40						259.0	286	150			85						1.432	9.9		3.0

About the Register Data

Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

About the Negro League Data

Sources

This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators.

The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here.

The Hall of Fame dataset

This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change.

Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics.Â Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history.

The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database

Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball.

The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.

Completeness

Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players.

Details about our NLB Data

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Completeness

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