1922 Indianapolis ABCs

61 - 41 - 2

50 - 34 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1921 / 1923 (Team History)

Managed by:
Ben Taylor (61-41-2)

Top Hitter

Oscar
Charleston

Top Pitcher

Jim
Jeffries

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	111	2nd	ERA+	116	4th
OPS	.769	2nd	ERA	4.08	4th
BA	.291	2nd	BA	.262	3rd
OBP	.351	3rd	K/BB	1.28	6th
SLG	.419	2nd	K%	9.9%	6th
BB%	7.7%	5th	BB%	7.7%	4th
K%			HR%	0.9%	4th
ISO	.128	3rd	WHIP	1.33	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Washington Park (Indianapolis, IN)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Biz Mackey**	24	87	353	315	58	115	16	17	8	82	5	30	1	7	.365	.422	.600	1.022	180
1B	Ben Taylor*	33	89	394	352	75	133	34	6	2	68	3	29	1	12	.378	.427	.526	.952	162
2B	Connie Day	24	96	397	355	49	87	10	1	4	42	4	22	0	20	.245	.289	.313	.602	66
3B	Henry Blackmon	30	98	416	361	48	92	9	5	4	45	4	30	3	22	.255	.317	.341	.658	82
SS	Morten Clark*	32	78	354	300	52	67	6	1	1	25	8	32	3	19	.223	.304	.260	.564	57
LF	Namon Washington^	28	96	442	380	72	97	6	2	3	42	12	40	1	21	.255	.328	.305	.633	76
CF	Oscar Charleston*	25	98	441	389	103	146	24	18	19	100	21	40	1	11	.375	.435	.676	1.111	204
RF	Crush Holloway**	25	84	333	290	42	83	13	3	4	40	11	22	2	19	.286	.341	.393	.734	103

C	Mack Eggleston**	25	59	207	173	28	42	6	2	2	22	3	22	0	12	.243	.328	.335	.663	84
C	Eddie Huff^	19	9	22	16	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	.188	.350	.250	.600	68
LF	Charles Wesley	25	2	6	6	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	258
LF	Willie Woods*	24	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
-	Howard^		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

SP	Lewis Hampton	21	50	146	130	32	48	8	3	7	35	2	9	0	7	.369	.410	.638	1.049	187
SP	Jim Jeffries*	29	41	100	91	8	17	1	0	0	5	0	6	0	3	.187	.237	.198	.435	21
SP	William Ross^	28	27	77	70	6	23	6	1	0	11	0	3	0	4	.329	.356	.443	.799	120
SP	Wayne Carr^	24	28	66	62	9	9	0	1	1	6	0	1	1	2	.145	.172	.226	.398	9
SP	Anthony Mahoney	28	21	53	46	6	10	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	1	.217	.308	.217	.525	47
SP	Dicta Johnson	35	7	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Bob McClure	31	3	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8
	20		975	3828	3353	593	975	140	62	55	529	74	295	14	166	.291	.351	.419	.769	111

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Namon Washington^	28	LF	442	.292	.327	9.0%	7.8%	0.7%	1.1%	.050	.111
Oscar Charleston*	25	CF	441	.476	.327	9.1%	7.8%	4.3%	1.1%	.301	.111
Henry Blackmon	30	3B	416	.295	.327	7.2%	7.8%	1.0%	1.1%	.086	.111
Connie Day	24	2B	397	.270	.327	5.5%	7.8%	1.0%	1.1%	.068	.111
Ben Taylor*	33	1B	394	.423	.327	7.4%	7.8%	0.5%	1.1%	.148	.111
Morten Clark*	32	SS	354	.265	.327	9.0%	7.8%	0.3%	1.1%	.037	.111
Biz Mackey**	24	C	353	.447	.327	8.5%	7.8%	2.3%	1.1%	.235	.111
Crush Holloway**	25	RF	333	.323	.327	6.6%	7.8%	1.2%	1.1%	.107	.111
Mack Eggleston**	25	C	207	.299	.327	10.6%	7.8%	1.0%	1.1%	.092	.111
Lewis Hampton	21	SP	146	.442	.327	6.2%	7.8%	4.8%	1.1%	.269	.111
Jim Jeffries*	29	SP	100	.209	.327	6.0%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.011	.111
William Ross^	28	SP	77	.348	.327	3.9%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.114	.111
Wayne Carr^	24	SP	66	.179	.327	1.5%	7.8%	1.5%	1.1%	.081	.111
Anthony Mahoney	28	SP	53	.264	.327	11.3%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.111
Eddie Huff^	19	C	22	.284	.327	13.6%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.063	.111
Dicta Johnson	35	SP	9	.000	.327	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.111
Bob McClure	31	SP	8	.118	.327	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.111
Charles Wesley	25	LF	6	.542	.327	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.667	.111
Willie Woods*	24	LF	3	.000	.327	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.111
Howard^		-	1	.000	.327	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	1.1%		.111
20			3828	.341	.327	7.7%	7.8%	1.4%	1.1%	.128	.111

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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