1917-18 Royal Poinciana Hotel

9 - 5

(1st place in the Florida Hotel League )

1915-16 / 1918-19 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (9-5)

Top Hitter

Bill
Francis

Top Pitcher

Dick
Whitworth

League Ranks (2 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	90	1st	ERA+	111	1st
OPS	.528	1st	ERA	1.89	1st
BA	.209	1st	BA	.193	1st
OBP	.271	1st	K/BB	1.84	2nd
SLG	.257	2nd	K%	14.6%	2nd
BB%	6.5%	2nd	BB%	7.9%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.0%	1st
ISO	.049	2nd	WHIP	1.01	1st

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Unknown (Palm Beach, FL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

1917.5 Royal Poinciana Hotel

Glossary

Left Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Duncan	29	0.3	0.6	-0.3

Center Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Hill	35	0.4	0.1	0.4

Right Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Barber	29	0.5	0.6	0.0

Shortstop	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Bobby Williams	22	0.1	0.0	0.1

Second Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Bingo DeMoss	28	0.2	0.2	0.0

Third Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Francis	38	0.6	0.1	0.5

First Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Leroy Grant	28	0.3	0.4	0.0

Manager	W-L	W%
Rube Foster	9-5	.643

Catcher	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
George Dixon	21	0.3	0.2	0.0
Bruce Petway	32	0.0	0.1	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Dick Whitworth	22	42.0	1.5	1.4	0.1
Frank Wickware	29	28.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Tom Williams	21	26.1	0.4	0.4	0.0
Dick Redding	27	17.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off

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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, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

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