Doc Sykes

Frank Jehoy Sykes
(Sally)

Born: April 10, 1892 in Decatur, AL
Died: November 10, 1986 in Baltimore, MD
(94 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 185

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Notes:

• College: Atlanta Baptist College (Atlanta, GA) , Howard University (Washington, DC)
• Buried: Cremated
• Relatives: Melvin Sykes (Brother)
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Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1921	BBS	EAS	29	SP	1	0	1.000	3	1		1	0	0	15.1	4	4	14	0	1	16	1	0	0	60	2.35	186
1922	MULT	IND/NVM	30	SP	12	5	.706	20	18		16	3	0	159.2	54	33	124	5	37	69	0	0	4	647	1.86	196
1919	PRC	EAS/NvS	27	RF	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.2	5	4	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	30	5.40	61
1917	MULT	EAS	25	SP	4	4	.500	10	8		6	0	0	66.0	34	27	67	0	20	27	0		0	282	3.68	106
1916	BRG/NLS	EAS	24	SP	3	10	.231	14	12		8	0	1	99.1	65	49	120	1	36	39	1		4	442	4.44	105
1915	NLS/PHG	EAS	23	SP	5	3	.625	13	10		5	1	1	82.2	39	29	78	1	30	48	0		0	357	3.16	107
1914	BRG/NLG	EAS	22	SP	0	5	.000	6	6		3	0	0	38.2	28	21	40	2	18	19	0		2	171	4.89	79
1924	BBS	ECL	32	SP	3	2	.600	9	8		4	1	0	67.2	35	30	72	0	24	22	1	0	3	297	3.99	99
1923	BBS	ECL	31	SP	4	7	.364	13	13		6	0	0	78.0	68	52	95	5	22	41	6	0	3	352	6.00	59
1920	BBS	EAS	28	SP	1	1	.500	2	2		2	0	0	14.0	4	3	11	0	5	8	0	0	0	57	1.93	95
1918	HIL	EAS	26	SP	1	1	.500	2	2		1	0	0	12.1	11	9	13	0	4	2	0		0	49	6.57	50
11	9			SP	34	39	.466	93	80		52	5	2	640.1	347	261	641	14	200	291	9	0	16	2744	3.67	103
162 Game Average					13	15	.466	37	31		20	2	1	251.2	136	103	252	6	79	114	4	0	6	1079	3.67	103

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
11	Negro Leagues				33	39	.458	92	79		51	4	2	631.1	347	261	633	14	199	285	9	0	16	2710	3.72	101
1	vs Major Leagues				1	0	1.000	1	1		1	1	0	9.0	0	0	8	0	1	6	0		0	34	0.00	0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	2	4	.333	7	7		4	0	0	51.0	28	19	51	3	20	20	1		2	221	3.35	127
2	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	1	2	.333	3	3		2	0	0	17.2	17	12	21	0	5	9	0		0	81	6.11	63
1	Philadelphia Giants II			1B	0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	4.1	10	9	12	1	4	2	0		0	27	18.69	20
2	New York Lincoln Stars			SP	6	11	.353	23	18		11	1	2	154.2	81	60	161	0	55	77	0		4	673	3.49	117
1	Philadelphia All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	1		1	0	0	7.0	2	1	6	0	2	5	0		0	27	1.29	296
3	Hilldale Club			SP	5	5	.500	12	10		7	0	0	82.1	44	39	82	0	26	26	0	0	0	344	4.26	87
1	Pennsylvania Red Caps			-	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.2	5	4	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	30	5.40	61
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	20	13	.606	44	39		26	4	0	307.2	152	112	290	9	83	149	8	0	10	1300	3.28	109
1	Harrisburg Giants			RP	0	1	.000	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	8	5	11	1	2	3	0	0	0	41	5.00	77

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1914	BRG/NLG	EAS	22	SP	38.2	1.50	1.48	11.1%	13.0%	10.5%	7.8%	1.06	1.66	1.2%	0.5%
1915	NLS/PHG	EAS	23	SP	82.2	1.31	1.30	13.4%	12.8%	8.4%	8.3%	1.60	1.60	0.3%	0.3%
1916	BRG/NLS	EAS	24	SP	99.1	1.57	1.61	8.8%	11.3%	8.1%	9.1%	1.08	1.25	0.2%	0.5%
1917	MULT	EAS	25	SP	66.0	1.32	1.45	9.6%	12.1%	7.1%	9.3%	1.35	1.32	0.0%	0.3%
1918	HIL	EAS	26	SP	12.1	1.38	1.42	4.1%	11.1%	8.2%	8.2%	0.50	1.36	0.0%	0.4%
1919	PRC	EAS/NvS	27	RF	6.2	1.50	1.23	0.0%	12.2%	10.0%	8.0%	0.00	1.52	0.0%	0.3%
1920	BBS	EAS	28	SP	14.0	1.14	0.93	14.0%	13.0%	8.8%	6.0%	1.60	2.15	0.0%	0.2%
1921	BBS	EAS	29	SP	15.1	0.98	1.38	26.7%	11.5%	1.7%	7.9%	16.00	1.45	0.0%	0.9%
1922	MULT	IND/NVM	30	SP	159.2	1.01	1.26	10.7%	13.2%	5.7%	8.0%	1.86	1.68	0.8%	0.9%
1923	BBS	ECL	31	SP	78.0	1.50	1.27	11.6%	11.5%	6.3%	6.4%	1.86	1.80	1.4%	0.9%
1924	BBS	ECL	32	SP	67.2	1.42	1.33	7.4%	10.9%	8.1%	7.0%	0.92	1.56	0.0%	1.1%
11	9			SP	640.1	1.31	1.36	10.6%	12.4%	7.3%	8.0%	1.46	1.56	0.5%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
11	Negro Leagues				631.1	1.32	1.36	10.5%	12.3%	7.3%	8.0%	1.43	1.56	0.5%	0.7%
1	vs Major Leagues				9.0	1.00	1.27	17.6%	13.8%	2.9%	8.1%	6.00	1.69	0.0%	0.5%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	51.0	1.39	1.56	9.0%	12.1%	9.0%	8.3%	1.00	1.46	1.4%	0.5%
2	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	17.2	1.47	1.51	11.1%	12.4%	6.2%	8.4%	1.80	1.49	0.0%	0.4%
1	Philadelphia Giants II			1B	4.1	3.69	1.39	7.4%	12.1%	14.8%	8.2%	0.50	1.49	3.7%	0.3%
2	New York Lincoln Stars			SP	154.2	1.40	1.44	11.4%	12.6%	8.2%	8.9%	1.40	1.44	0.0%	0.4%
1	Philadelphia All Stars			-	7.0	1.14	1.43	18.5%	12.0%	7.4%	9.0%	2.50	1.34	0.0%	0.3%
3	Hilldale Club			SP	82.1	1.31	1.41	7.6%	12.4%	7.6%	8.9%	1.00	1.39	0.0%	0.5%
1	Pennsylvania Red Caps			-	6.2	1.50	1.23	0.0%	12.2%	10.0%	8.0%	0.00	1.52	0.0%	0.3%
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	307.2	1.21	1.26	11.5%	12.3%	6.4%	7.2%	1.80	1.70	0.7%	1.0%
1	Harrisburg Giants			RP	9.0	1.44	1.30	7.3%	12.7%	4.9%	7.8%	1.50	1.63	2.4%	1.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1914	BRG/NLG	EAS	22	SP	6	171	146	28	40	9	1	2	6		18	19		2	5		6	.274	.361	.390	.752
1915	NLS/PHG	EAS	23	SP	13	357	315	39	78	12	2	1	7		30	48		0	12		5	.248	.313	.308	.621
1916	BRG/NLS	EAS	24	SP	14	442	385	65	120	12	6	1	15		36	39		4	17		11	.312	.376	.382	.758
1917	MULT	EAS	25	SP	10	282	251	34	67	4	1	0	1		20	27		0	11		3	.267	.321	.291	.612
1918	HIL	EAS	26	SP	2	49	43	11	13	3	2	0	0		4	2		0	2		0	.302	.362	.465	.827
1919	PRC	EAS/NvS	27	RF	1	30	26	5	7	1	0	0	1		3	0		0	1		0	.269	.345	.308	.653
1920	BBS	EAS	28	SP	2	57	50	4	11	0	0	0	0		5	8		0	2		1	.220	.291	.220	.511
1921	BBS	EAS	29	SP	3	60	57	4	14	1	1	0	4		1	16		0	2		1	.246	.259	.298	.557
1922	MULT	IND/NVM	30	SP	20	647	588	54	124	14	4	5	18	0	37	69		4	18		15	.211	.262	.274	.536
1923	BBS	ECL	31	SP	13	352	315	68	95	16	8	5			22	41		3	12		3	.302	.353	.451	.804
1924	BBS	ECL	32	SP	9	297	256	35	72	19	5	0	4		24	22		3	14		2	.281	.350	.395	.744
11	9			SP	93	2744	2432	347	641	91	30	14	56	0	200	291		16	96		47	.264	.324	.343	.667

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
11	Negro Leagues				92	2710	2399	347	633	91	30	14	55		199	285		16	96		46	.264	.324	.344	.669
1	vs Major Leagues				1	34	33	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	6		0	0		1	.242	.265	.242	.507

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	7	221	194	28	51	7	2	3	5		20	20		2	5		7	.263	.338	.366	.704
2	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	3	81	73	17	21	7	1	0	2		5	9		0	3		1	.288	.333	.411	.744
1	Philadelphia Giants II			1B	1	27	21	10	12	1	2	1	2		4	2		0	2		1	.571	.640	.952	1.592
2	New York Lincoln Stars			SP	23	673	589	81	161	19	4	0	20		55	77		4	25		13	.273	.340	.319	.659
1	Philadelphia All Stars			-	1	27	24	2	6	1	0	0	0		2	5		0	1		1	.250	.308	.292	.599
3	Hilldale Club			SP	12	344	305	44	82	8	5	0	0		26	26		0	13		3	.269	.326	.328	.654
1	Pennsylvania Red Caps			-	1	30	26	5	7	1	0	0	1		3	0		0	1		0	.269	.345	.308	.653
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	44	1300	1163	152	290	46	15	9	24	0	83	149		10	44		21	.249	.305	.338	.643
1	Harrisburg Giants			RP	1	41	37	8	11	1	1	1	2		2	3		0	2		0	.297	.333	.459	.793

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