1920 Indianapolis ABCs

46 - 45 - 5

41 - 40 - 4 in the Negro National League I

1907 / 1921 (Team History)

Managed by:
C. I. Taylor (46-45-5)

Top Hitter

Oscar
Charleston

Top Pitcher

Bob
McClure

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	88	5th	ERA+	89	7th
OPS	.635	5th	ERA	4.01	6th
BA	.252	4th	BA	.252	4th
OBP	.317	6th	K/BB	1.09	8th
SLG	.318	4th	K%	9.2%	8th
BB%	8.0%	3rd	BB%	8.5%	6th
K%			HR%	0.2%	2nd
ISO	.066	3rd	WHIP	1.32	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Washington Park (Indianapolis, IN)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• C. I. Taylor (Owner & Business Manager)

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^	30	60	214	190	20	44	7	0	0	17	1	17	2	5	.232	.301	.268	.570	70
1B	Ben Taylor*	31	75	313	275	41	83	13	4	3	46	13	28	2	8	.302	.370	.411	.781	132
2B	Connie Day	22	77	300	268	23	50	4	5	2	24	2	19	2	11	.187	.246	.261	.507	51
3B	Henry Blackmon	28	36	139	120	11	28	4	1	0	13	1	10	1	8	.233	.298	.283	.581	73
SS	Morten Clark*	30	77	345	300	54	90	10	4	0	13	16	31	0	14	.300	.366	.360	.726	116
LF	Namon Washington^	26	41	178	163	20	37	2	1	0	13	7	10	1	4	.227	.276	.252	.527	57
CF	Oscar Charleston*	23	76	329	285	60	95	18	5	5	45	20	35	1	8	.333	.408	.484	.892	165
RF	Ralph Jefferson	24	48	183	174	15	45	3	2	0	18	2	7	0	2	.259	.287	.299	.586	74

RF	Jim Jeffries*	27	51	165	135	13	23	2	0	0	7	4	21	1	8	.170	.287	.185	.472	41
C	Biz Mackey**	22	39	157	145	18	43	4	2	1	17	1	10	0	2	.297	.342	.372	.714	112
LF	George Shively*	27	30	139	123	23	36	2	3	0	11	8	12	1	3	.293	.360	.358	.718	114
2B	Samuel Dewitt	26	17	74	61	7	13	2	2	0	8	1	4	0	9	.213	.262	.311	.573	70
1B	Robert Hudspeth*	26	19	39	34	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	1	.147	.237	.147	.384	14
3B	Boots McClain	21	8	28	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	1	.100	.333	.100	.433	30
C	Mitchell Murray	24	13	26	23	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	.261	.292	.261	.553	64
C	J. Brown^		6	16	15	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	112
2B	Tick Houston^		4	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.286	.375	.429	.804	139
2B	Otis Francis^	29	2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	228
2B	Davis^		1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Hay^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Dicta Johnson	33	27	77	65	7	14	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	9	.215	.250	.262	.512	52
SP	Dizzy Dismukes	30	26	57	49	1	7	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	5	.143	.192	.143	.335	0
SP	Bob McClure	29	15	30	27	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.074	.167	.074	.241	-28
SP	Morris Williams^		15	30	27	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.185	.185	.185	.370	10
SP	Ed Rile*	20	8	19	16	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	74
SP	Herlen Ragland^	24	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1.000
SP	Willie Haynes^	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000
RF	Forrest Mashaw^	22	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PR	Hill^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PH	C. I. Taylor	45	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-1
	31		788	2893	2544	323	641	75	30	11	255	78	231	13	105	.252	.317	.318	.635	88

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Morten Clark*	30	SS	345	.343	.322	9.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.060	.077
Oscar Charleston*	23	CF	329	.419	.322	10.6%	8.2%	1.5%	0.5%	.151	.077
Ben Taylor*	31	1B	313	.371	.322	8.9%	8.2%	1.0%	0.5%	.109	.077
Connie Day	22	2B	300	.243	.322	6.3%	8.2%	0.7%	0.5%	.075	.077
Russell Powell^	30	C	214	.281	.322	7.9%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.037	.077
Ralph Jefferson	24	RF	183	.284	.322	3.8%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.040	.077
Namon Washington^	26	LF	178	.259	.322	5.6%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.025	.077
Jim Jeffries*	27	RF	165	.242	.322	12.7%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.015	.077
Biz Mackey**	22	C	157	.344	.322	6.4%	8.2%	0.6%	0.5%	.076	.077
Henry Blackmon	28	3B	139	.274	.322	7.2%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.050	.077
George Shively*	27	LF	139	.346	.322	8.6%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.065	.077
Dicta Johnson	33	SP	77	.222	.322	3.9%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.046	.077
Samuel Dewitt	26	2B	74	.245	.322	5.4%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.098	.077
Dizzy Dismukes	30	SP	57	.160	.322	3.5%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Robert Hudspeth*	26	1B	39	.202	.322	10.3%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Bob McClure	29	SP	30	.140	.322	10.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Morris Williams^		SP	30	.162	.322	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Boots McClain	21	3B	28	.260	.322	21.4%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Mitchell Murray	24	C	26	.254	.322	3.8%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Ed Rile*	20	SP	19	.285	.322	10.5%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
J. Brown^		C	16	.343	.322	6.3%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.133	.077
Tick Houston^		2B	9	.347	.322	11.1%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.143	.077
Herlen Ragland^	24	SP	7	.000	.322	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
C. I. Taylor	45	PH	6	.162	.322	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Otis Francis^	29	2B	5	.541	.322	20.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Davis^		2B	4	.000	.322	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	RP	2	.756	.322	100.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%		.077
Willie Haynes^	19	SP	1	.756	.322	100.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%		.077
Hay^		PH	1	.000	.322	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Forrest Mashaw^	22	RF		.000	.322		8.2%		0.5%		.077
Hill^		PR		.000	.322		8.2%		0.5%		.077
31			2893	.304	.322	8.0%	8.2%	0.4%	0.5%	.066	.077