Indianapolis Clowns Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Indianapolis Clowns


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Record:
229 - 336 - 15 (.405)

0 League Championships

Top Hitter


Sam
Hairston

Top Pitcher


Roosevelt
Davis

Leaders

Stolen Bases

# Player Years SB
1
Reinaldo Drake
1945-1948
9
2
Sam Hairston
1944-1948
8
3
Henry Merchant
1943-1948
7
4
Goose Tatum
1943-1948
6
5
Leovigildo Xiqués
1944-1947
6
6
Coco Ferrer
1946-1948
5
7
John Britton
1943-1943
4
8
Ray Neil
1946-1948
4
9
Buster Haywood
1943-1948
4
10
Clarence Lamar
1943-1943
3

Games Started

# Player Years GS
1
Johnny Williams
1944-1948
22
2
Preacher Henry
1943-1948
15
3
Roosevelt Davis
1943-1945
11
4
Lázaro Medina
1944-1945
8
5
Peanuts Davis
1943-1946
8
6
Manuel Godínez
1946-1948
7
7
Jim Cohen
1948-1948
6
8
Jim Colzie
1946-1947
6
9
Willie Cathey
1948-1948
5
10
Fred Wilson
1943-1943
5


Teams
Year
Team Lg
Rank
W
L
T
W%
LG
WS
Manager
Ballpark
NAL
5
37
67
5
.356
Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
NAL
5
35
59
1
.372
Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
NAL
5
34
49
2
.410
Hoss Walker
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
NAL
5
32
60
1
.348
Hoss Walker
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH), Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
NAL
2
49
39
1
.557
Hoss Walker
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH), Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
NAL
6
42
62
5
.404
Bunny Downs, Fred Wilson
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6
1
229
336
15
.405
0
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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James