1914 Indianapolis ABCs

40 - 29

(2nd place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1907 / 1915 (Team History)

Managed by:
C. I. Taylor (40-29)

Top Hitter

Ben
Taylor

Top Pitcher

Ben
Taylor

League Ranks (9 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	98	4th	ERA+	103	4th
OPS	.751	1st	ERA	3.93	4th
BA	.272	4th	BA	.243	3rd
OBP	.346	1st	K/BB	1.64	3rd
SLG	.405	1st	K%	12.0%	3rd
BB%	8.8%	2nd	BB%	7.3%	3rd
K%			HR%	1.4%	8th
ISO	.133	1st	WHIP	1.27	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Northwestern Park (Indianapolis, IN)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• C. I. Taylor (Co-Owner & Business Manager) , Tom Bowser (Co-Owner)

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	Russell Powell^	24	54	207	186	20	43	6	2	1	22	1	13	1	7	.231	.285	.301	.586	55
1B	Ben Taylor*	25	60	253	216	50	79	23	8	4	53	27	33	1	3	.366	.452	.602	1.054	177
2B	George Brown^	28	53	241	212	37	59	8	1	1	24	17	16	1	12	.278	.332	.340	.672	78
3B	Candy Jim Taylor	30	60	256	221	45	64	8	7	7	43	29	24	6	5	.290	.375	.484	.859	126
SS	Fred Hutchinson^	28	57	231	207	36	54	9	1	6	34	7	20	1	3	.261	.329	.401	.730	92
LF	George Shively*	21	54	241	216	46	74	16	3	3	25	25	20	4	1	.343	.408	.486	.894	136
CF	Joe Scotland^	32	56	220	190	32	48	6	4	3	27	15	21	3	6	.253	.336	.374	.710	87
RF	Eugene Moore^	25	28	114	101	13	28	8	3	0	20	9	9	2	2	.277	.348	.416	.764	101

RF	Wallace Gordon^	33	17	72	64	13	17	4	0	2	8	4	7	1	0	.266	.347	.422	.769	102
2B	Aggie Turner^	21	12	47	39	7	9	3	0	0	5	2	6	0	2	.231	.333	.308	.641	70
2B	Bill Kindle^	23	10	37	36	3	8	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	.222	.243	.278	.521	37
C	Luther O'Neal^	25	11	23	21	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.238	.304	.238	.542	44
2B	C. I. Taylor	39	11	19	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	.188	.316	.188	.503	35
RF	Lorenza Cobb^	26	6	18	12	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	.083	.353	.250	.603	61
RF	Bee Selden^	29	6	17	16	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.063	.118	.125	.243	-36
C	R. E. Leach^		3	13	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	57
RF	Jim Jeffries*	21	2	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-65
LF	Quack Davis^	27	2	8	7	2	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	182
LF	Ernest Burke^		1	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.750	1.150	199
SS	Frank Warfield	15	1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.600	.667	1.267	234

SP	String Bean Williams^	41	28	72	68	9	18	3	2	2	11	2	2	2	0	.265	.306	.456	.761	99
SP	Dicta Johnson	27	23	67	60	4	10	1	3	0	6	1	4	0	3	.167	.219	.283	.502	32
SP	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	34	17	50	44	5	9	3	0	0	6	0	3	1	2	.205	.271	.273	.544	44
SP	Lawrence Simpson^	23	16	37	32	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	.125	.200	.156	.356	-5
SP	Edgar Burch^	20	8	20	18	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.222	.263	.389	.652	71
SP	Sapho Bartlett^	24	5	13	10	3	3	1	1	0	6	0	3	0	0	.300	.462	.600	1.062	179
	26		601	2294	2016	341	548	106	38	29	305	145	201	27	50	.272	.346	.405	.751	98

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Candy Jim Taylor	30	3B	256	.389	.349	9.4%	8.6%	2.7%	0.9%	.195	.109
Ben Taylor*	25	1B	253	.472	.349	13.0%	8.6%	1.6%	0.9%	.236	.109
George Brown^	28	2B	241	.305	.349	6.6%	8.6%	0.4%	0.9%	.061	.109
George Shively*	21	LF	241	.415	.349	8.3%	8.6%	1.2%	0.9%	.144	.109
Fred Hutchinson^	28	SS	231	.338	.349	8.7%	8.6%	2.6%	0.9%	.140	.109
Joe Scotland^	32	CF	220	.328	.349	9.5%	8.6%	1.4%	0.9%	.121	.109
Russell Powell^	24	C	207	.271	.349	6.3%	8.6%	0.5%	0.9%	.070	.109
Eugene Moore^	25	RF	114	.351	.349	7.9%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.139	.109
String Bean Williams^	41	SP	72	.348	.349	2.8%	8.6%	2.8%	0.9%	.191	.109
Wallace Gordon^	33	RF	72	.361	.349	9.7%	8.6%	2.8%	0.9%	.156	.109
Dicta Johnson	27	SP	67	.224	.349	6.0%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.117	.109
Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	34	SP	50	.254	.349	6.0%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.068	.109
Aggie Turner^	21	2B	47	.301	.349	12.8%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.077	.109
Bill Kindle^	23	2B	37	.246	.349	0.0%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.109
Lawrence Simpson^	23	SP	37	.173	.349	8.1%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.031	.109
Luther O'Neal^	25	C	23	.271	.349	8.7%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Edgar Burch^	20	SP	20	.282	.349	5.0%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.167	.109
C. I. Taylor	39	2B	19	.271	.349	5.3%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Lorenza Cobb^	26	RF	18	.303	.349	22.2%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.167	.109
Bee Selden^	29	RF	17	.122	.349	5.9%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.063	.109
R. E. Leach^		C	13	.318	.349	23.1%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Sapho Bartlett^	24	SP	13	.476	.349	23.1%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.300	.109
Quack Davis^	27	LF	8	.496	.349	12.5%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.109
Jim Jeffries*	21	RF	8	.093	.349	12.5%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Ernest Burke^		LF	5	.485	.349	20.0%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.500	.109
Frank Warfield	15	SS	5	.565	.349	40.0%	8.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.333	.109
26			2294	.345	.349	8.8%	8.6%	1.3%	0.9%	.133	.109