Al Spalding (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

He also threw 575 innings that season, which wasn't even his career high.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spaldal01.shtml

I found him because I was researching which pitcher has the lowest BB/9 IP for a career, and he was the one.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/BBp9_career.shtml

 

[LTsharks]

He also threw 575 innings that season, which wasn't even his career high.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spaldal01.shtml

I found him because I was researching which pitcher has the lowest BB/9 IP for a career, and he was the one.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/BBp9_career.shtml

And he gave up 97 earned runs but 241 runs overall? WTF???? Did they score things differently back then?Are all pitcher's stats from that time period like that for runs vs earned runs?