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Posted By: Jeff Kennedy

Alot of you already know I am a huge Reulbach supporter and the injustice that surrounds him just floors me, but anyways I stumbled across this today and I thought that it was worth mentioning. Alot of times, you get caught up in reading individual stats and everything just kind of runs together and blah...(At least that is what ends up happening to me, Did I lock the car? What time am I getting up for work? etc.) Today I was reading one of my old Chicago Tribunes (10/13/07) where it had a breakdown of the National and American League pitching leaders for the year (1907). First check out those Cubbies taking up the first 4 of 5 positions in the National League. Can you say powerhouse? Then there is 'ole Ed, up there at the top of the NL and ranking 2nd in all of baseball behind Detroit's "Wild Bill" Donovan who just went nuts in '07. I listed the Top 5 for each league and then threw out the remaining HOFers with there respective ranks. Veterans Commitee: PUT THIS GUY IN THE HALL ALREADY!!!

NL W L % Shu 1H 2H 3H
1)Reulbach, Chi. 17 3 .850 4 0 0 0
2)Overall, Chi. 23 6 .793 9 0 0 2
3)Brown, Chi. 20 6 .769 7 0 2 2
4)Sparks, Phil. 21 8 .724 3 1 0 2
5)Lundgren, Chi. 17 8 .680 7 0 1 3
6)Willis, Pitt. 20 10 .667 6 0 3 3
7)Mathewson, N.Y. 22 13 .629 8 0 1 3
23)McGinnity, N.Y.18 19 .486 3 0 0 1

AL W L % Shu 1H 2H 3H
1)Donovan, Det. 25 4 .862 4 0 2 3
2)Joss, Cleve. 27 7 .780 6 3 0 1
3)Bender, Phil. 18 7 .720 4 0 2 3
4)Smith, Chi. 22 10 .688 3 0 0 1
5)Dygert, Phil. 19 9 .679 5 1 2 2
8)Waddell, Phil. 19 12 .613 7 0 2 1
10)Plank, Phil. 24 16 .600 8 0 1 1
11)Walsh, Chi. 25 18 .581 5 0 0 3
15)Young, Bost. 19 15 .559 6 0 0 1
16)Chesbro, N.Y. 11 9 .550 2 0 1 1
27)Johnson, Wash. 5 7 .417 2 0 0 0