Indianapolis Clowns Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Indianapolis Clowns


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Record:
227 - 330 - 15 (.408)

0 League Championships

Top Hitter


Sam
Hairston

Top Pitcher


Roosevelt
Davis

Leaders

Stolen Bases

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

Strikeouts

# Player Years SO
1
Johnny Williams
1944-1948
66
2
Roosevelt Davis
1943-1945
61
3
Preacher Henry
1943-1948
50
4
Willie Cathey
1948-1948
38
5
Manuel Godínez
1946-1948
36
6
Lázaro Medina
1944-1945
34
7
Peanuts Davis
1943-1946
32
8
Jim Colzie
1946-1947
29
9
Angel García
1945-1948
27
10
Fred Wilson
1943-1943
21


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
57
1
.380
Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
NAL
5
33
48
2
.407
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
48
36
1
.571
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
227
330
15
.408
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