1897 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1897 Season

Independent Clubs

1896 / 1898

Top Hitter

Louis
Reynolds

Top Pitcher

William
Selden

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Clarence Williams	CXG	.571
2	Louis Reynolds	CU	.528
3	Willis Jones	CU	.483
4	Harry Buckner	CU	.444
5	Frank Grant	CBG	.444
6	William Smith	CU	.432
7	Harry Hyde	CU	.387
8	Bob Jordan	CBG	.385
9	Billy Holland	PFG/CU	.378
10	Harry Moore	CU	.378

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	John Nelson	CXG	9.00
2	William Selden	CXG	3.50
3	Doc Howard	CBG	2.00
4	Hynes	CBG	1.00
5	Harry Moore	CU	0.75
6	Robert Shaw	CXG	0.67
7	Billy Holland	CU	0.60
8	George Hopkins	CU	0.50
9	Harry Buckner	CU	0.42
10	Alfred Jupiter	CBG	0.13

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cuban Giants	IND	4	165	140	34	37	7	1	2	28			19			0	6			.264	.352	.371	.724	72
2	Chicago Unions	IND	8	350	320	91	123	21	6	13	80			14			0	16			.384	.410	.609	1.020	140
3	Cuban X Giants	IND	5	195	162	47	33	7	2	4	37			23			3	7			.204	.314	.346	.660	55
4	Page Fence Giants	IND	1	39	35	6	8	0	0	0	5			4			0	0			.229	.308	.229	.536	30
	4	1	19	749	657	178	201	35	9	19	150			60			3	29			.306	.367	.473	.840	97

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Sherman Barton	CXG	RF	5	21	20	3	3	0	0	1	3			1			0	0			.150	.190	.300	.490	15
2	William Binga^	PFG	CF	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0			1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-33
3	Harry Buckner	CU	P	5	20	18	7	8	0	0	3	6			1			0	1			.444	.474	.944	1.418	227
4	Pete Burns^	PFG	C	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	20
5	Robert Footes^	CU	C	7	36	32	8	10	2	1	3	8			3			0	1			.313	.371	.719	1.090	152
6	Gailey^	CBG	1B	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1			0			0	1			.333	.333	.333	.667	60
7	Ross Garrison^	CBG/CXG	2B	4	19	18	3	3	2	0	1	4			1			0	0			.167	.211	.444	.655	50
8	Charlie Grant	PFG	2B	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
9	Frank Grant	CBG	3B	4	19	18	5	8	2	1	0	8			1			0	0			.444	.474	.667	1.140	168
10	Abe Harrison	CBG	SS	3	15	14	3	4	2	0	0	2			1			0	0			.286	.333	.429	.762	80
11	Billy Holland^	PFG/CU	SS	8	41	37	9	14	2	2	1	10			2			0	2			.378	.410	.622	1.032	142
12	George Hopkins^	CU	2B	8	40	37	8	8	1	1	0	4			2			0	1			.216	.256	.297	.554	32
13	Doc Howard^	CBG	CF	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	2			3			0	1			.143	.294	.143	.437	9
14	Harry Hyde^	CU	3B	8	35	31	9	12	5	0	2	11			1			0	3			.387	.406	.742	1.148	166
15	Hynes^	CBG	P	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	1			.250	.250	.250	.500	20
16	Andy Jackson^	CXG	3B	5	23	21	4	5	1	0	0	4			2			0	0			.238	.304	.286	.590	42
17	Oscar Jackson^	CXG	LF	5	23	18	7	2	1	0	0	3			4			1	0			.111	.304	.167	.471	17
18	Robert Jackson^	CU/CBG	C	6	27	25	4	9	2	0	0	5			1			0	1			.360	.385	.440	.825	94
19	Will Jackson^	CXG/CBG	CF	8	36	27	10	4	0	0	0	3			7			1	1			.148	.343	.148	.491	23
20	Grant Johnson	PFG	SS	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	-4
21	Willis Jones	CU	LF	7	32	29	7	14	4	0	0	7			0			0	3			.483	.483	.621	1.103	161
22	Bob Jordan^	CBG	C	4	19	13	8	5	0	0	1	3			5			0	1			.385	.556	.615	1.171	180
23	Bill Joyner^	CU	RF	2	9	8	2	1	1	0	0	2			1			0	0			.125	.222	.250	.472	13
24	Alfred Jupiter^	CBG	P	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
25	William Malone^	CBG	1B	3	15	13	3	4	0	0	0	2			1			0	1			.308	.357	.308	.665	61
26	John Mickey^	CBG	RF	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2			0			0	0			.375	.375	.500	.875	107
27	Harry Moore	CU	2B	8	42	37	10	14	2	0	1	9			3			0	2			.378	.425	.514	.939	123
28	John Nelson^	CXG	P	3	10	7	3	1	1	0	0	2			1			0	2			.143	.250	.286	.536	28
29	John Patterson^	PFG	3B	1	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1			2			0	0			.333	.600	.333	.933	132
30	Louis Reynolds*	CU	1B	8	39	36	12	19	0	1	2	11			1			0	2			.528	.541	.750	1.291	204
31	James Robinson^	CBG	LF	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	20
32	William Selden^	CXG	P	3	13	9	3	0	0	0	0	0			3			1	0			.000	.308	.000	.308	-17
33	Robert Shaw^	CXG	P	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	2			0			0	0			.143	.143	.571	.714	59
34	William Smith^	CU	CF	8	37	37	15	16	2	1	1	8			0			0	0			.432	.432	.622	1.054	148
35	C. Smith^	CBG	LF	4	18	16	5	5	1	0	0	4			2			0	0			.313	.389	.375	.764	84
36	George Taylor^	PFG	1B	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			1			0	0			.000	.200	.000	.200	-46
37	Winslow Terrill^	CXG	SS	4	16	12	4	1	0	0	0	2			2			0	2			.083	.214	.083	.298	-25
38	Sol White	CXG	2B	5	23	19	6	6	1	1	2	8			3			0	1			.316	.409	.789	1.199	177
39	Clarence Williams	CXG	C	4	16	14	7	8	2	1	0	8			1			0	1			.571	.600	.857	1.457	243
40	George Wilson^	PFG	P	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	20
41	Ray Wilson	CXG	1B	5	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	2			3			0	1			.118	.250	.118	.368	-8
42	Ed Woods^	PFG	RF	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1			0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	140

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

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