League Leaders Who Led?

George Zettlein

1871–1876  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 162 lb  ·  b. 1844 Williamsburg, NY

Career 129–112 · 2.55 ERA · 143 SO · 2176.2 IP · 255 G · 232 H · 105 RBI · .210 AVG

Seasons leading his league
3
3 best in baseball
29 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1871 Best season

Spanning 1871–1875, peaking at 2 titles in 1871.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 635th League titles 3
  • 274th Best in baseball 3
  • 306th Top-5 finishes 29

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Shutouts 1 1st — 1875 7 1872 #3 1874 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1871 1.34 1872 #3
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1871 2.73 1872 #3 1875 #3
Complete Games — #2 — 1873 #2 1874 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #3 — 1871 #3
Innings Pitched — #3 — 1873 #3 1874 #3
Saves — #2 — 1872 #2 1876 #2
Strikeouts — #3 — 1871 #3
Wins — #2 — 1871 #2 1873 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1875 1 SHO 7
1871 2 ERA 2.73 WHIP 1.34

Pitching

6 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1871 CH1 NA 18 9 2.73 28 28 0 240.2 298 73 6 25 22 1.34
1872 TRO +1 NA 15 16 2.57 34 31 1 263.0 313 75 3 14 25 1.24
1873 PH2 NA 36 15 2.86 51 51 0 460.0 594 146 3 41 29 1.38
1874 CH2 NA 27 30 2.43 57 57 0 515.2 640 139 3 43 26 1.32
1875 CH2 +1 NA 29 22 1.59 52 52 0 463.1 475 82 0 16 31 1.06
1876 PHN NL 4 20 3.88 28 25 2 234.0 358 101 2 6 10 1.56
Career — — 129 112 2.55 250 244 3 2176.2 2,678 616 17 145 143 1.30

Batting

6 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1871 CH1 NA 28 128 23 32 3 0 0 18 2 4 4 .250 .262 .273 .535
1872 TRO +1 NA 34 148 26 32 9 0 0 22 0 4 0 .216 .216 .277 .493
1873 PH2 NA 51 241 39 50 2 0 0 21 1 4 4 .208 .211 .216 .427
1874 CH2 NA 57 244 26 47 7 0 0 18 1 5 0 .193 .196 .221 .417
1875 CH2 +1 NA 53 216 17 44 0 0 0 15 0 12 1 .204 .204 .204 .407
1876 PHN NL 32 128 11 27 2 1 0 11 0 5 0 .211 .211 .242 .453
Career — — 255 1,105 142 232 23 1 0 105 4 34 9 .210 .213 .233 .445

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 250 111 411 88 12 .856
OF 13 8 2 3 1 .769
1B 11 84 2 11 4 .887
2B 1 0 0 0 0 —