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14 decisions or 144 IP required for season rate statistics. 65 decisions or 585 IP required for career rate statistics.
ERA - Single-Season
Rank    Player ERA Year
1.   Justin Paige 2.48 1952
2.   Michael Knepper 3.41 1953
3.   Michael Knepper 3.43 1954
4.   Justin Paige 3.65 1953
5.   William Sera 3.87 1955
6.   Michael Naron 4.03 1952
7.   Michael Knepper 4.29 1952
8.   Michael Knepper 4.37 1955
9.   Steven Caesar 4.61 1955
10.   Steven Caesar 4.61 1954
 
ERA - Career
Rank    Player ERA IP
1.   Michael Knepper 3.86 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 4.76 616.3
 
Wins - Single-Season
Rank    Player W Year
1.   Michael Knepper 25 1954
  Michael Knepper 25 1953
3.   Michael Knepper 22 1955
4.   Michael Knepper 20 1952
5.   Justin Paige 18 1952
6.   Steven Caesar 15 1954
7.   Michael Naron 14 1952
  Alexander Lenihan 14 1954
9.   Steven Caesar 11 1955
10.   Michael Naron 10 1953
 
Wins - Career
Rank    Player W IP
1.   Michael Knepper 92 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 31 616.3
3.   Alexander Lenihan 27 537.3
4.   Justin Paige 24 388.3
  Michael Naron 24 441.3
6.   Leo Perez 16 305.3
7.   Francis Osgood 11 120.3
8.   Barton Fitz 9 157.3
9.   Abraham Costillo 8 166.0
10.   Harry Robin 7 122.0
  William Sera 7 146.3
 
Losses - Single-Season
Rank    Player L Year
1.   Steven Caesar 20 1955
2.   Michael Knepper 15 1955
3.   Michael Knepper 14 1952
4.   Michael Knepper 12 1954
  Michael Naron 12 1952
  Justin Paige 12 1953
7.   Alexander Lenihan 11 1954
  Steven Caesar 11 1954
9.   Abraham Costillo 10 1954
10.   Alexander Lenihan 9 1953
  Alexander Lenihan 9 1955
  Michael Naron 9 1953
  Pat Ogren 9 1953
  Leo Perez 9 1955
 
Losses - Career
Rank    Player L IP
1.   Michael Knepper 49 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 39 616.3
3.   Alexander Lenihan 34 537.3
4.   Michael Naron 21 441.3
5.   Justin Paige 18 388.3
6.   Leo Perez 14 305.3
7.   Abraham Costillo 13 166.0
8.   Francis Osgood 9 120.3
  Pat Ogren 9 94.0
10.   William Wright 8 134.3
 
Winning Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player WPct Year
1.   Michael Knepper .758 1953
2.   Justin Paige .750 1952
3.   Michael Knepper .676 1954
4.   Michael Knepper .595 1955
5.   Michael Knepper .588 1952
6.   Steven Caesar .577 1954
7.   Alexander Lenihan .560 1954
8.   Michael Naron .538 1952
9.   Michael Naron .526 1953
10.   William Sera .500 1955
 
Winning Pct - Career
Rank    Player WPct IP
1.   Michael Knepper .652 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar .443 616.3
 
Saves - Single-Season
Rank    Player SV Year
1.   Barton Fitz 25 1953
  Francis Osgood 25 1955
3.   Barton Fitz 14 1954
4.   Francis Osgood 12 1954
5.   Jose Moncada 10 1952
6.   Tom Town 8 1952
7.   Barton Fitz 5 1955
8.   Malcolm Holliday 3 1952
  Justin Paige 3 1952
10.   Charles Ellerman 2 1954
  Marc Gibbs 2 1952
  Charles Beecher 2 1955
  Jeffery Kelley 2 1952
  Richard Hairston 2 1952
 
Saves - Career
Rank    Player SV IP
1.   Barton Fitz 44 157.3
2.   Francis Osgood 37 120.3
3.   Jose Moncada 10 49.3
4.   Tom Town 8 131.0
5.   Charles Ellerman 3 103.3
  Justin Paige 3 388.3
  Marc Gibbs 3 52.3
  Malcolm Holliday 3 28.3
9.   Jeffery Kelley 2 13.0
  Charles Beecher 2 47.3
  Richard Hairston 2 19.7
 
Games Pitched - Single-Season
Rank    Player G Year
1.   Francis Osgood 63 1955
2.   Barton Fitz 58 1953
3.   Barton Fitz 50 1954
4.   Francis Osgood 43 1954
5.   Michael Knepper 40 1954
  Charles Ellerman 40 1953
  Tom Town 40 1952
8.   Michael Knepper 39 1952
  Michael Knepper 39 1955
10.   Michael Knepper 38 1953
 
Games Pitched - Career
Rank    Player G IP
1.   Michael Knepper 156 1246.3
2.   Barton Fitz 136 157.3
3.   Francis Osgood 106 120.3
4.   Steven Caesar 84 616.3
5.   Charles Ellerman 83 103.3
6.   Alexander Lenihan 72 537.3
7.   Tom Town 62 131.0
8.   Justin Paige 60 388.3
9.   Michael Naron 58 441.3
10.   Jose Moncada 49 49.3
  Abraham Costillo 49 166.0
 
Games Started - Single-Season
Rank    Player GS Year
1.   Michael Knepper 40 1954
2.   Michael Knepper 39 1955
  Michael Knepper 39 1952
4.   Michael Knepper 38 1953
5.   Steven Caesar 34 1955
6.   Alexander Lenihan 32 1954
  Michael Naron 32 1952
8.   Steven Caesar 30 1954
9.   Justin Paige 28 1952
10.   Justin Paige 25 1953
 
Games Started - Career
Rank    Player GS IP
1.   Michael Knepper 156 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 81 616.3
3.   Alexander Lenihan 72 537.3
4.   Michael Naron 56 441.3
5.   Justin Paige 53 388.3
6.   Leo Perez 39 305.3
7.   Abraham Costillo 28 166.0
8.   William Wright 18 134.3
9.   Harry Robin 15 122.0
  William Sera 15 146.3
 
Complete Games - Single-Season
Rank    Player CG Year
1.   Michael Knepper 22 1952
2.   Michael Knepper 21 1954
3.   Steven Caesar 18 1955
4.   Michael Knepper 17 1953
  Michael Knepper 17 1955
6.   Steven Caesar 14 1954
7.   Michael Naron 13 1952
8.   Michael Naron 11 1953
9.   Alexander Lenihan 10 1954
10.   Steven Caesar 7 1953
 
Complete Games - Career
Rank    Player CG IP
1.   Michael Knepper 77 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 39 616.3
3.   Michael Naron 24 441.3
4.   Alexander Lenihan 23 537.3
5.   Leo Perez 10 305.3
6.   Abraham Costillo 8 166.0
7.   William Wright 6 134.3
  Harry Robin 6 122.0
9.   Justin Paige 5 388.3
10.   Pat Ogren 3 94.0
 
Shutouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player SHO Year
1.   Michael Knepper 4 1954
2.   Justin Paige 2 1952
  Alexander Lenihan 2 1954
  Michael Knepper 2 1955
  Michael Knepper 2 1953
  Michael Knepper 2 1952
  Steven Caesar 2 1955
  Steven Caesar 2 1954
9.   William Wright 1 1952
  Harry Robin 1 1954
  Pat Ogren 1 1953
  Michael Naron 1 1952
 
Shutouts - Career
Rank    Player SHO IP
1.   Michael Knepper 10 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 4 616.3
3.   Justin Paige 2 388.3
  Alexander Lenihan 2 537.3
5.   William Wright 1 134.3
  Harry Robin 1 122.0
  Pat Ogren 1 94.0
  Michael Naron 1 441.3
 
Innings Pitched - Single-Season
Rank    Player IP Year
1.   Michael Knepper 328.3 1954
2.   Michael Knepper 316.7 1952
3.   Michael Knepper 308.7 1953
4.   Michael Knepper 292.7 1955
5.   Michael Naron 257.0 1952
6.   Steven Caesar 256.0 1955
7.   Alexander Lenihan 247.7 1954
8.   Steven Caesar 236.3 1954
9.   Justin Paige 210.7 1952
10.   Michael Naron 184.3 1953
 
Innings Pitched - Career
Rank    Player IP IP
1.   Michael Knepper 1246.3 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 616.3 616.3
3.   Alexander Lenihan 537.3 537.3
4.   Michael Naron 441.3 441.3
5.   Justin Paige 388.3 388.3
6.   Leo Perez 305.3 305.3
7.   Abraham Costillo 166.0 166.0
8.   Barton Fitz 157.3 157.3
9.   William Sera 146.3 146.3
10.   William Wright 134.3 134.3
 
Hits Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player H Year
1.   Michael Knepper 298 1952
2.   Alexander Lenihan 296 1954
3.   Steven Caesar 287 1955
4.   Michael Knepper 282 1955
5.   Michael Knepper 278 1954
6.   Michael Knepper 266 1953
7.   Michael Naron 248 1952
8.   Steven Caesar 238 1954
9.   Leo Perez 205 1955
10.   Michael Naron 194 1953
 
Hits Allowed - Career
Rank    Player H IP
1.   Michael Knepper 1124 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 657 616.3
3.   Alexander Lenihan 651 537.3
4.   Michael Naron 442 441.3
5.   Leo Perez 366 305.3
6.   Justin Paige 300 388.3
7.   Abraham Costillo 214 166.0
8.   Barton Fitz 172 157.3
9.   William Wright 153 134.3
10.   Tom Town 145 131.0
 
Homeruns Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player HR Year
1.   Michael Knepper 36 1954
2.   Michael Knepper 30 1955
3.   Alexander Lenihan 29 1954
4.   Michael Knepper 26 1952
5.   Michael Naron 23 1953
  Steven Caesar 23 1954
  Steven Caesar 23 1955
8.   Alexander Lenihan 20 1955
9.   Justin Paige 18 1952
10.   Michael Naron 17 1952
  Michael Knepper 17 1953
 
Homeruns Allowed - Career
Rank    Player HR IP
1.   Michael Knepper 109 1246.3
2.   Alexander Lenihan 66 537.3
3.   Steven Caesar 61 616.3
4.   Michael Naron 40 441.3
5.   Justin Paige 29 388.3
6.   Leo Perez 26 305.3
7.   Barton Fitz 19 157.3
8.   Abraham Costillo 18 166.0
9.   William Wright 15 134.3
  Charles Ellerman 15 103.3
 
Strikeouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player K Year
1.   Michael Knepper 330 1952
2.   Michael Knepper 296 1953
3.   Michael Knepper 272 1955
4.   Michael Knepper 262 1954
5.   Justin Paige 233 1952
6.   Alexander Lenihan 196 1954
7.   Steven Caesar 194 1955
8.   Justin Paige 172 1953
9.   Michael Naron 161 1952
10.   Steven Caesar 136 1954
 
Strikeouts - Career
Rank    Player K IP
1.   Michael Knepper 1160 1246.3
2.   Alexander Lenihan 437 537.3
3.   Steven Caesar 412 616.3
4.   Justin Paige 405 388.3
5.   Michael Naron 276 441.3
6.   Leo Perez 172 305.3
7.   Harry Robin 104 122.0
8.   Barton Fitz 99 157.3
9.   William Sera 96 146.3
10.   Pat Ogren 83 94.0
 
Walks Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB Year
1.   Michael Knepper 125 1953
2.   Michael Knepper 118 1952
3.   Michael Knepper 113 1954
4.   Michael Knepper 106 1955
5.   Michael Naron 99 1952
6.   Justin Paige 96 1952
7.   Steven Caesar 95 1955
8.   Michael Naron 87 1953
9.   Steven Caesar 83 1954
10.   Justin Paige 67 1953
 
Walks Allowed - Career
Rank    Player BB IP
1.   Michael Knepper 462 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 227 616.3
3.   Michael Naron 186 441.3
4.   Justin Paige 163 388.3
5.   Alexander Lenihan 130 537.3
6.   Leo Perez 94 305.3
7.   Tom Town 68 131.0
8.   William Sera 57 146.3
9.   Harry Robin 53 122.0
10.   Abraham Costillo 48 166.0
 
Walks per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB9 Year
1.   Alexander Lenihan 2.0 1954
2.   Abraham Costillo 2.3 1954
3.   Leo Perez 2.8 1955
4.   Michael Knepper 3.1 1954
5.   Steven Caesar 3.2 1954
6.   Michael Knepper 3.3 1955
7.   Steven Caesar 3.3 1955
8.   Michael Knepper 3.4 1952
9.   Justin Paige 3.4 1953
10.   Michael Naron 3.5 1952
 
Walks per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player BB9 IP
1.   Steven Caesar 3.3 616.3
2.   Michael Knepper 3.3 1246.3
 
Hits per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player H9 Year
1.   Justin Paige 5.9 1952
2.   Michael Knepper 7.6 1954
3.   Michael Knepper 7.8 1953
4.   William Sera 7.9 1955
5.   Justin Paige 8.2 1953
6.   Michael Knepper 8.5 1952
7.   Michael Knepper 8.7 1955
8.   Michael Naron 8.7 1952
9.   Steven Caesar 9.1 1954
10.   Michael Naron 9.5 1953
 
Hits per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player H9 IP
1.   Michael Knepper 8.1 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 9.6 616.3
 
Strikeouts per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player K9 Year
1.   Justin Paige 10.0 1952
2.   Michael Knepper 9.4 1952
3.   Justin Paige 8.7 1953
4.   Michael Knepper 8.6 1953
5.   Michael Knepper 8.4 1955
6.   Michael Knepper 7.2 1954
7.   Alexander Lenihan 7.1 1954
8.   Steven Caesar 6.8 1955
9.   William Sera 5.9 1955
10.   Michael Naron 5.6 1952
 
Strikeouts per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player K9 IP
1.   Michael Knepper 8.4 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 6.0 616.3
 
WHiP - Single-Season
Rank    Player WHiP Year
1.   Justin Paige 1.11 1952
2.   Michael Knepper 1.19 1954
3.   Michael Knepper 1.27 1953
4.   William Sera 1.27 1955
5.   Justin Paige 1.29 1953
6.   Michael Knepper 1.31 1952
7.   Michael Knepper 1.33 1955
8.   Michael Naron 1.35 1952
9.   Steven Caesar 1.36 1954
10.   Alexander Lenihan 1.42 1954
 
WHiP - Career
Rank    Player WHiP IP
1.   Michael Knepper 1.27 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar 1.43 616.3
 
OAVG - Single-Season
Rank    Player OAVG Year
1.   Justin Paige .183 1952
2.   Michael Knepper .229 1954
3.   Michael Knepper .233 1953
4.   William Sera .238 1955
5.   Justin Paige .244 1953
6.   Michael Knepper .247 1952
7.   Michael Knepper .252 1955
8.   Michael Naron .253 1952
9.   Steven Caesar .262 1954
10.   Michael Naron .273 1953
 
OAVG - Career
Rank    Player OAVG IP
1.   Michael Knepper .240 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar .272 616.3
 
OOBP - Single-Season
Rank    Player OOBP Year
1.   Justin Paige .274 1952
2.   Michael Knepper .299 1954
3.   William Sera .312 1955
4.   Justin Paige .312 1953
5.   Michael Knepper .314 1953
6.   Michael Knepper .317 1952
7.   Michael Knepper .318 1955
8.   Michael Naron .320 1952
9.   Steven Caesar .325 1954
10.   Alexander Lenihan .331 1954
 
OOBP - Career
Rank    Player OOBP IP
1.   Michael Knepper .312 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar .335 616.3
 
OSLG - Single-Season
Rank    Player OSLG Year
1.   Justin Paige .303 1952
2.   Michael Knepper .342 1953
3.   Michael Naron .362 1952
4.   Justin Paige .367 1953
5.   William Sera .368 1955
6.   Michael Knepper .372 1954
7.   Michael Knepper .377 1952
8.   Michael Knepper .406 1955
9.   Steven Caesar .410 1954
10.   Steven Caesar .410 1955
 
OSLG - Career
Rank    Player OSLG IP
1.   Michael Knepper .374 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar .415 616.3
 
OOPS - Single-Season
Rank    Player OOPS Year
1.   Justin Paige .577 1952
2.   Michael Knepper .656 1953
3.   Michael Knepper .671 1954
4.   Justin Paige .679 1953
5.   William Sera .680 1955
6.   Michael Naron .682 1952
7.   Michael Knepper .694 1952
8.   Michael Knepper .724 1955
9.   Steven Caesar .735 1954
10.   Steven Caesar .753 1955
 
OOPS - Career
Rank    Player OOPS IP
1.   Michael Knepper .686 1246.3
2.   Steven Caesar .751 616.3