PITTSBURGH MINERS
PITCHING LEADERS
11/01/1890
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TEAM PITCHING SINGLE SEASON LEADERS TEAM PITCHING CAREER LEADERS
140 IP required for season rate statistics. 350 IP required for career rate statistics.
ERA - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player ERA Year  
1. Gus McGuire 1.81 1882  
2. Walt Merritt 2.23 1888  
3. Charley Pfeiffer 2.24 1886  
4. Al McDonough 2.31 1886  
5. Hiram Keys 2.45 1882  
6. Jack Stamps 2.46 1882  
7. Lewis Dansby 2.46 1885  
8. Al McDonough 2.76 1885  
9. Ernest Beale 2.77 1884  
10. Gus McGuire 2.82 1883  
ERA - CAREER
Rank Player ERA IP  
1. Gus McGuire 2.37 449.0  
2. Ernest Beale 3.13 488.1  
3. Al McDonough 3.23 1777.0  
4. George Shelton 3.27 388.2  
5. Walt Merritt 3.28 511.0  
6. Ezra Lockhart 3.77 857.0  
7. Jim Cannon 4.11 359.0  
         
         
         
WINS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player W Year  
1. Al McDonough 28 1886  
2. Charley Pfeiffer 25 1886  
3. Al McDonough 21 1887  
4. Al McDonough 20 1888  
5. Ezra Lockhart 19 1887  
6. George Shelton 19 1888  
7. Jim Cannon 19 1887  
8. Abel Rucker 18 1883  
9. Ezra Lockhart 17 1886  
10. Gus McGuire 16 1883  
WINS - CAREER
Rank Player W IP  
1. Al McDonough 97 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 51 857.0  
3. Gus McGuire 31 449.0  
4. Walt Merritt 26 511.0  
5. Charley Pfeiffer 25 330.0  
6. Ernest Beale 23 488.1  
7. Jim Cannon 19 359.0  
8. George Shelton 19 388.2  
9. Abel Rucker 18 262.2  
10. Hiram Keys 15 205.2  
LOSSES - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player L Year  
1. Al McDonough 39 1888  
2. Jack Ellsworth 28 1890  
3. George Shelton 24 1888  
4. Sam Morse 22 1890  
5. Ned Okereke 22 1884  
6. Al McDonough 21 1887  
7. Ezra Lockhart 21 1887  
8. Ernest Beale 20 1885  
9. Jim Cannon 19 1887  
10. Vic Montague 19 1884  
LOSSES - CAREER
Rank Player L IP  
1. Al McDonough 103 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 41 857.0  
3. Ned Okereke 37 362.1  
4. Ernest Beale 34 488.1  
5. Jack Ellsworth 28 317.2  
6. Walt Merritt 25 511.0  
7. George Shelton 24 388.2  
8. Gus McGuire 22 449.0  
9. Sam Morse 22 205.1  
10. Vic Montague 20 253.0  
WINNING PCT - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player WPct Year  
1. Al McDonough .737 1886  
2. Charley Pfeiffer .714 1886  
3. Ezra Lockhart .654 1886  
4. Hiram Keys .625 1882  
5. Abel Rucker .600 1883  
6. Gus McGuire .600 1882  
7. Gus McGuire .571 1883  
8. Walt Merritt .565 1888  
9. Jack Stamps .560 1882  
10. Ezra Lockhart .545 1889  
WINNING PCT - CAREER
Rank Player WPct IP  
1. Gus McGuire .585 449.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart .554 857.0  
3. Walt Merritt .510 511.0  
4. Jim Cannon .500 359.0  
5. Al McDonough .485 1777.0  
6. George Shelton .442 388.2  
7. Ernest Beale .404 488.1  
         
         
         
SAVES - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player SV Year  
1. Al Batiste 4 1883  
2. Walt Merritt 4 1889  
3. Al Batiste 3 1884  
4. Anderson Ferguson 3 1886  
5. Clint Bridges 3 1889  
6. Sam Toole 2 1890  
7. Jack Ellsworth 2 1890  
8. Sam Morse 2 1890  
9. Al McDonough 1 1889  
10. Bob Blevins 1 1889  
SAVES - CAREER
Rank Player SV IP  
1. Al Batiste 8 52.2  
2. Walt Merritt 5 511.0  
3. Anderson Ferguson 4 136.2  
4. Ezra Lockhart 4 857.0  
5. Clint Bridges 3 44.2  
6. Jack Ellsworth 2 317.2  
7. Al McDonough 2 1777.0  
8. Sam Morse 2 205.1  
9. Sam Toole 2 277.1  
10. Bob Blevins 1 7.1  
WAR - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player WAR Year  
1. Al McDonough 9.0 1886  
2. Charley Pfeiffer 6.4 1886  
3. Al McDonough 5.9 1885  
4. Walt Merritt 5.7 1889  
5. Gus McGuire 5.7 1882  
6. Abel Rucker 5.6 1883  
7. Al McDonough 5.5 1888  
8. Jim Cannon 4.0 1887  
9. Walt Merritt 3.9 1888  
10. Hiram Keys 3.6 1882  
WAR - CAREER
Rank Player WAR IP  
1. Al McDonough 25.4 1777.0  
2. Walt Merritt 9.6 511.0  
3. Gus McGuire 9.1 449.0  
4. Ezra Lockhart 7.2 857.0  
5. Charley Pfeiffer 6.4 330.0  
6. Abel Rucker 5.6 262.2  
7. Jim Cannon 4.0 359.0  
8. Ernest Beale 3.7 488.1  
9. Hiram Keys 3.6 205.2  
10. Everett Thomas 2.9 260.2  
GAMES PITCHED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player G Year  
1. Al McDonough 64 1888  
2. Sam Toole 59 1890  
3. Jack Ellsworth 57 1890  
4. Walt Merritt 55 1889  
5. George Shelton 53 1888  
6. Al McDonough 51 1889  
7. Ezra Lockhart 50 1887  
8. Al McDonough 48 1886  
9. Ezra Lockhart 48 1889  
10. Al McDonough 48 1887  
GAMES PITCHED - CAREER
Rank Player G IP  
1. Al McDonough 245 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 152 857.0  
3. Walt Merritt 94 511.0  
4. Anderson Ferguson 79 136.2  
5. Ernest Beale 60 488.1  
6. Sam Toole 59 277.1  
7. Jack Ellsworth 57 317.2  
8. Gus McGuire 57 449.0  
9. George Shelton 53 388.2  
10. Ned Okereke 50 362.1  
GAMES STARTED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player GS Year  
1. Al McDonough 63 1888  
2. George Shelton 45 1888  
3. Jim Cannon 43 1887  
4. Al McDonough 43 1887  
5. Ezra Lockhart 42 1887  
6. Al McDonough 40 1886  
7. Charley Pfeiffer 37 1886  
8. Jack Ellsworth 36 1890  
9. Fred Watton 34 1886  
10. Abel Rucker 33 1883  
GAMES STARTED - CAREER
Rank Player GS IP  
1. Al McDonough 207 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 94 857.0  
3. Ernest Beale 60 488.1  
4. Gus McGuire 57 449.0  
5. Walt Merritt 54 511.0  
6. Ned Okereke 50 362.1  
7. George Shelton 45 388.2  
8. Jim Cannon 43 359.0  
9. Charley Pfeiffer 37 330.0  
10. Jack Ellsworth 36 317.2  
COMPLETE GAMES - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player CG Year  
1. Al McDonough 48 1888  
2. Al McDonough 32 1886  
3. Charley Pfeiffer 32 1886  
4. Jim Cannon 30 1887  
5. George Shelton 30 1888  
6. Al McDonough 26 1885  
7. Ezra Lockhart 26 1887  
8. Al McDonough 25 1887  
9. Ernest Beale 24 1885  
10. Everett Thomas 24 1883  
COMPLETE GAMES - CAREER
Rank Player CG IP  
1. Al McDonough 146 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 55 857.0  
3. Ernest Beale 46 488.1  
4. Gus McGuire 36 449.0  
5. Walt Merritt 32 511.0  
6. Charley Pfeiffer 32 330.0  
7. Jim Cannon 30 359.0  
8. George Shelton 30 388.2  
9. Lewis Dansby 24 245.0  
10. Everett Thomas 24 260.2  
SHUTOUTS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player SHO Year  
1. Al McDonough 6 1886  
2. Gus McGuire 3 1882  
3. Charley Pfeiffer 2 1886  
4. Jack Ellsworth 2 1890  
5. Everett Thomas 1 1883  
6. Walt Merritt 1 1889  
7. Al McDonough 1 1885  
8. Al McDonough 1 1887  
9. Al McDonough 1 1888  
10. Al McDonough 1 1889  
SHUTOUTS - CAREER
Rank Player SHO IP  
1. Al McDonough 10 1777.0  
2. Gus McGuire 4 449.0  
3. Ernest Beale 2 488.1  
4. Jack Ellsworth 2 317.2  
5. Walt Merritt 2 511.0  
6. Charley Pfeiffer 2 330.0  
7. Lewis Dansby 1 245.0  
8. Hiram Keys 1 205.2  
9. Ezra Lockhart 1 857.0  
10. Abel Rucker 1 262.2  
INNINGS PITCHED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player IP Year  
1. Al McDonough 532.1 1888  
2. George Shelton 388.2 1888  
3. Ezra Lockhart 363.1 1887  
4. Jim Cannon 359.0 1887  
5. Al McDonough 358.2 1886  
6. Al McDonough 355.2 1887  
7. Charley Pfeiffer 330.0 1886  
8. Jack Ellsworth 317.2 1890  
9. Walt Merritt 289.1 1889  
10. Al McDonough 280.0 1885  
INNINGS PITCHED - CAREER
Rank Player IP IP  
1. Al McDonough 1777.0 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 857.0 857.0  
3. Walt Merritt 511.0 511.0  
4. Ernest Beale 488.1 488.1  
5. Gus McGuire 449.0 449.0  
6. George Shelton 388.2 388.2  
7. Ned Okereke 362.1 362.1  
8. Jim Cannon 359.0 359.0  
9. Charley Pfeiffer 330.0 330.0  
10. Jack Ellsworth 317.2 317.2  
HITS ALLOWED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player H Year  
1. Al McDonough 556 1888  
2. Al McDonough 438 1887  
3. Ezra Lockhart 430 1887  
4. Jim Cannon 381 1887  
5. Jack Ellsworth 376 1890  
6. George Shelton 373 1888  
7. Walt Merritt 352 1889  
8. Al McDonough 341 1886  
9. Fred Watton 338 1886  
10. Sam Toole 324 1890  
HITS ALLOWED - CAREER
Rank Player H IP  
1. Al McDonough 1895 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 988 857.0  
3. Walt Merritt 536 511.0  
4. Ernest Beale 509 488.1  
5. Ned Okereke 478 362.1  
6. Gus McGuire 422 449.0  
7. Jim Cannon 381 359.0  
8. Jack Ellsworth 376 317.2  
9. George Shelton 373 388.2  
10. Fred Watton 338 254.1  
HOME RUNS ALLOWED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player HR Year  
1. Ezra Lockhart 26 1887  
2. Al McDonough 22 1887  
3. George Shelton 21 1888  
4. Al McDonough 17 1888  
5. Ezra Lockhart 15 1889  
6. Jim Cannon 13 1887  
7. Herb Parker 13 1889  
8. Vic Montague 13 1884  
9. Jack Ellsworth 13 1890  
10. Sam Toole 11 1890  
HOME RUNS ALLOWED - CAREER
Rank Player HR IP  
1. Al McDonough 58 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 47 857.0  
3. George Shelton 21 388.2  
4. Ernest Beale 18 488.1  
5. Ned Okereke 16 362.1  
6. Jim Cannon 13 359.0  
7. Jack Ellsworth 13 317.2  
8. Walt Merritt 13 511.0  
9. Vic Montague 13 253.0  
10. Herb Parker 13 204.0  
WALKS ALLOWED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player BB Year  
1. Herb Parker 134 1889  
2. Fred Watton 129 1886  
3. Jack Ellsworth 115 1890  
4. George Shelton 108 1888  
5. Jim Cannon 106 1887  
6. Len Galloway 104 1890  
7. Tom Kraemer 97 1890  
8. Sam Toole 94 1890  
9. Charley Pfeiffer 85 1886  
10. Sam Morse 82 1890  
WALKS ALLOWED - CAREER
Rank Player BB IP  
1. Al McDonough 332 1777.0  
2. Ezra Lockhart 160 857.0  
3. Herb Parker 134 204.0  
4. Fred Watton 129 254.1  
5. Jack Ellsworth 115 317.2  
6. Walt Merritt 109 511.0  
7. George Shelton 108 388.2  
8. Jim Cannon 106 359.0  
9. Len Galloway 104 162.2  
10. Ned Okereke 104 362.1  
WALKS PER 9 IP - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player BB9 Year  
1. Hiram Keys 0.4 1882  
2. Everett Thomas 0.9 1883  
3. Jack Stamps 0.9 1882  
4. Abel Rucker 1.1 1883  
5. Walt Merritt 1.1 1888  
6. Al McDonough 1.3 1888  
7. Al McDonough 1.4 1886  
8. Ezra Lockhart 1.4 1887  
9. Ezra Lockhart 1.4 1886  
10. Ernest Beale 1.5 1885  
WALKS PER 9 IP - CAREER
Rank Player BB9 IP  
1. Ezra Lockhart 1.7 857.0  
2. Al McDonough 1.7 1777.0  
3. Ernest Beale 1.8 488.1  
4. Walt Merritt 1.9 511.0  
5. Gus McGuire 2.1 449.0  
6. George Shelton 2.5 388.2  
7. Ned Okereke 2.6 362.1  
         
         
         
STRIKEOUTS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player K Year  
1. Al McDonough 197 1886  
2. Charley Pfeiffer 192 1886  
3. Gus McGuire 180 1883  
4. Al McDonough 164 1885  
5. Abel Rucker 136 1883  
6. Sam Toole 128 1890  
7. Gus McGuire 123 1882  
8. Walt Merritt 121 1889  
9. Al McDonough 118 1888  
10. Ernest Beale 105 1884  
STRIKEOUTS - CAREER
Rank Player K IP  
1. Al McDonough 581 1777.0  
2. Gus McGuire 303 449.0  
3. Walt Merritt 223 511.0  
4. Ernest Beale 194 488.1  
5. Charley Pfeiffer 192 330.0  
6. Ezra Lockhart 188 857.0  
7. Abel Rucker 136 262.2  
8. Sam Toole 128 277.1  
9. Jack Ellsworth 91 317.2  
10. George Shelton 90 388.2  
STRIKEOUTS PER 9 IP - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player K9 Year  
1. Gus McGuire 6.6 1883  
2. Gus McGuire 5.4 1882  
3. Al McDonough 5.3 1885  
4. Charley Pfeiffer 5.2 1886  
5. Al McDonough 4.9 1886  
6. Abel Rucker 4.7 1883  
7. Sam Toole 4.2 1890  
8. Walt Merritt 4.1 1888  
9. Ernest Beale 4.0 1884  
10. Walt Merritt 3.8 1889  
STRIKEOUTS PER 9 IP - CAREER
Rank Player K9 IP  
1. Gus McGuire 6.1 449.0  
2. Walt Merritt 3.9 511.0  
3. Ernest Beale 3.6 488.1  
4. Al McDonough 2.9 1777.0  
5. George Shelton 2.1 388.2  
6. Ezra Lockhart 2.0 857.0  
7. Ned Okereke 1.9 362.1  
         
         
         
K/BB - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player K/BB Year  
1. Abel Rucker 4.12 1883  
2. Hiram Keys 3.80 1882  
3. Walt Merritt 3.64 1888  
4. Al McDonough 3.52 1886  
5. Gus McGuire 3.51 1882  
6. Jack Stamps 3.33 1882  
7. Al McDonough 2.73 1885  
8. Gus McGuire 2.65 1883  
9. Everett Thomas 2.54 1883  
10. Charley Pfeiffer 2.26 1886  
K/BB - CAREER
Rank Player K/BB IP  
1. Gus McGuire 2.9 449.0  
2. Walt Merritt 2.0 511.0  
3. Ernest Beale 1.9 488.1  
4. Al McDonough 1.8 1777.0  
5. Ezra Lockhart 1.2 857.0  
6. George Shelton 0.8 388.2  
7. Ned Okereke 0.7 362.1  
         
         
         
WHIP - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player WHIP Year  
1. Walt Merritt 0.96 1888  
2. Charley Pfeiffer 1.07 1886  
3. Gus McGuire 1.07 1882  
4. Jack Stamps 1.08 1882  
5. Al McDonough 1.11 1886  
6. Abel Rucker 1.11 1883  
7. Lewis Dansby 1.17 1885  
8. Al McDonough 1.18 1885  
9. Hiram Keys 1.18 1882  
10. Al McDonough 1.19 1888  
WHIP - CAREER
Rank Player WHIP IP  
1. Gus McGuire 1.17 449.0  
2. George Shelton 1.24 388.2  
3. Ernest Beale 1.25 488.1  
4. Al McDonough 1.25 1777.0  
5. Walt Merritt 1.26 511.0  
6. Ezra Lockhart 1.34 857.0  
7. Jim Cannon 1.36 359.0  
         
         
         
OAVG - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player OAVG Year  
1. Charley Pfeiffer .217 1886  
2. Walt Merritt .217 1888  
3. Gus McGuire .220 1882  
4. Lewis Dansby .227 1885  
5. Abel Rucker .235 1883  
6. Gus McGuire .236 1883  
7. Jack Stamps .238 1882  
8. Al McDonough .243 1886  
9. Al McDonough .244 1885  
10. George Shelton .251 1888  
OAVG - CAREER
Rank Player OAVG IP  
1. Gus McGuire .229 449.0  
2. George Shelton .251 388.2  
3. Walt Merritt .262 511.0  
4. Ernest Beale .264 488.1  
5. Al McDonough .268 1777.0  
6. Jim Cannon .269 359.0  
7. Ezra Lockhart .286 857.0  
         
         
         
OSLG - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player OSLG Year  
1. Gus McGuire .294 1882  
2. Walt Merritt .296 1888  
3. Charley Pfeiffer .306 1886  
4. Lewis Dansby .320 1885  
5. Abel Rucker .323 1883  
6. Al McDonough .326 1886  
7. Al McDonough .335 1885  
8. Gus McGuire .339 1883  
9. Jack Stamps .355 1882  
10. Everett Thomas .359 1883  
OSLG - CAREER
Rank Player OSLG IP  
1. Gus McGuire .319 449.0  
2. Walt Merritt .349 511.0  
3. George Shelton .363 388.2  
4. Ernest Beale .370 488.1  
5. Al McDonough .373 1777.0  
6. Jim Cannon .376 359.0  
7. Ezra Lockhart .410 857.0  
         
         
         
OOPS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player OOPS Year  
1. Walt Merritt .545 1888  
2. Gus McGuire .554 1882  
3. Charley Pfeiffer .574 1886  
4. Abel Rucker .583 1883  
5. Al McDonough .601 1886  
6. Lewis Dansby .613 1885  
7. Jack Stamps .618 1882  
8. Al McDonough .621 1885  
9. Gus McGuire .629 1883  
10. Hiram Keys .644 1882  
OOPS - CAREER
Rank Player OOPS IP  
1. Gus McGuire .595 449.0  
2. Walt Merritt .652 511.0  
3. George Shelton .672 388.2  
4. Ernest Beale .674 488.1  
5. Al McDonough .676 1777.0  
6. Jim Cannon .700 359.0  
7. Ezra Lockhart .730 857.0  
         
         
         
RWAR - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player rWAR Year  
1. Al McDonough 12.2 1886  
2. Charley Pfeiffer 11.2 1886  
3. Al McDonough 6.1 1888  
4. Jim Cannon 5.5 1887  
5. Ezra Lockhart 4.9 1886  
6. Gus McGuire 4.5 1882  
7. Ezra Lockhart 4.1 1887  
8. Walt Merritt 3.7 1888  
9. Ernest Beale 3.7 1884  
10. Lewis Dansby 3.2 1885  
RWAR - CAREER
Rank Player rWAR IP  
1. Al McDonough 25.9 1777.0  
2. Charley Pfeiffer 11.2 330.0  
3. Ezra Lockhart 10.4 857.0  
4. Walt Merritt 6.2 511.0  
5. Gus McGuire 5.7 449.0  
6. Jim Cannon 5.5 359.0  
7. Ernest Beale 5.3 488.1  
8. Lewis Dansby 3.2 245.0  
9. Jack Stamps 3.2 207.0  
10. Hiram Keys 3.1 205.2  
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