1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

1916-17 / 1917-18

Top Hitter

John Henry
Lloyd

Top Pitcher

Juan
Padrón

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Joe Williams	NLG	.627
2	Bill Pettus	MULT	.581
3	Jules Thomas	NLG	.554
4	Louis Santop	BRG	.539
5	James Lynch	ABC/JBC	.491
6	Frank Blattner	ALL	.491
7	Doc Wiley	NLG	.484
8	Ted Kimbro	NLG	.456
9	Blainey Hall	NLG	.453
10	John Henry Lloyd	CAG	.442

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Dick Redding	CAG	111
2	String Bean Williams	ABC/BRG	85
3	Juan Padrón	CSW	78
4	Joe Williams	NLG	70
5	Bill Gatewood	ABC/SLG	65
6	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	64
7	Lefty Harvey	BRG	62
8	Tom Williams	CAG	57
9	Evelio Calderin	CSE	50
10	Gifford McDonald	AC/NLG	45

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Chicago American Giants	WES	2078	524.0		20.8	12.1	5.1	3.7	0.0
2	Cuban Stars West	WES	1653	391.1		18.6	8.7	-2.1	12.1	0.0
3	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	2180	522.1		15.1	11.7	1.3	2.1	0.0
4	New York Lincoln Giants	EAS	1329	288.0		9.5	3.4	0.2	5.9	0.0
5	Brooklyn Royal Giants	EAS	897	190.0		6.1	2.9	-1.0	4.2	0.0
6	Cuban Stars East	EAS	1018	220.0		5.9	0.1	1.5	4.4	0.0
7	Jewell's ABCs	WES	266	60.0		1.1	0.8	0.5	-0.2	0.0
8	Kansas City All Nations	WES	578	139.0		0.5	1.0	-1.1	0.6	0.0
9	Chicago Union Giants	WES	72	17.0		0.5	0.2	-0.4	0.7	0.0
10	Hilldale Club	EAS	340	82.0		0.4	0.2	-0.4	0.6	0.0
11	Philadelphia All Stars	EAS	26	7.0		0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
12	Pennsylvania Red Caps	EAS	39	8.0		0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0
13	Chicago Giants	WES	149	32.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.5	0.0
14	St. Louis Giants	WES	42	9.0		-0.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	0.0
15	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	EAS	767	194.0		-0.6	-3.1	1.1	1.5	0.0
16	Texas All Stars	WES	260	56.0		-0.9	1.7	-1.3	-1.3	0.0
17	Philadelphia Giants	EAS	107	23.0		-1.2	0.5	-0.9	-0.8	0.0
	17	2	11801	2762.2		76.1	40.6	1.5	34.2	-0.2

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Juan Padrón	CSW	P	57	139.2		6.0	-0.2	0.0	6.2	0.0
2	Joe Williams	NLG	P	79	101.0		4.8	0.9	-0.1	4.0	0.0
3	José Junco	CSW	P	63	124.1		4.4	0.2	-0.4	4.5	0.0
4	John Henry Lloyd	CAG	SS	228			4.3	3.0	0.9	0.0	0.5
5	Dick Redding	CAG	P	60	153.2		4.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	0.0
6	String Bean Williams	ABC/BRG	P	72	152.0		3.7	0.5	-0.1	3.3	0.0
7	Pete Hill	CAG	CF	245			3.5	2.5	1.2	0.0	-0.2
8	Bienvenido Jiménez	CSW	2B	196			3.4	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
9	Ben Taylor	ABC	1B	242	15.2		2.6	2.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.2
10	Marcelino Guerra	CSW	LF	179			2.4	1.6	1.1	0.0	-0.3
11	Bill Francis	CAG	3B	211			2.1	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.3
12	Evelio Calderin	CSE	P	50	105.1		1.9	-0.4	0.0	2.3	0.0
13	Oscar Charleston	ABC	CF	205	16.1		1.9	1.8	-0.1	0.3	-0.2
14	John Donaldson	ALL	RF	60	60.0		1.8	0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0
15	Bernardo Baró	CSW	CF	182	67.0		1.8	2.2	-0.8	0.6	-0.1
16	Lefty Harvey	BRG	P	47	93.2		1.8	-0.4	0.1	2.2	0.0
17	Candy Jim Taylor	ABC	3B	245			1.7	2.0	-0.5	0.0	0.2
18	Leroy Grant	CAG	1B	200			1.6	1.7	0.1	0.0	-0.3
19	Bartolo Portuondo	CSW	3B	170			1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.2
20	Louis Santop	BRG	C	101			1.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
21	George Dixon	CAG	C	129			1.4	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
22	Doc Sykes	MULT	P	27	66.0		1.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
23	Tom Williams	CAG	P	49	126.2		1.3	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
24	Jules Thomas	NLG	LF	139	1.1		1.2	1.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.1
25	Leon	CSE	P	33	33.0		1.2	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
26	Frank Duncan	CAG	LF	221			1.1	1.1	0.5	0.0	-0.4
27	Russell Powell	ABC	C	156			1.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3
28	Jimmie Lyons	MULT	LF	88	12.1		1.1	0.7	-0.2	0.7	-0.1
29	Bingo DeMoss	CAG	2B	250			1.1	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0
30	José Suárez	CSE	P	39	64.0		1.1	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
31	Pelayo Chacón	CSE	SS	122			1.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.2
32	Morten Clark	ABC	SS	212			1.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3
33	Jesse Barber	CAG	RF	246			1.0	1.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3
34	Dave Malarcher	ABC	RF	226	8.0		1.0	0.9	0.3	0.0	-0.2
35	Bill Handy	AC/BRG	2B	109			1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
36	Dick Lundy	AC	SS	55			1.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1
37	Ted Kimbro	NLG	3B	144			0.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
38	Charlie Blackwell	MULT	LF	185			0.9	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3
39	Blainey Hall	NLG	RF	149			0.9	0.8	0.3	0.0	-0.1
40	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	P	43	100.2		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
41	Bruce Petway	CAG	C	140			0.8	-0.3	1.0	0.0	0.1
42	Jim Jeffries	ABC	CF	80	86.2		0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.1	-0.1
43	Bill Pettus	MULT	1B	101			0.8	1.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
44	José María Fernández	CSE	C	111			0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
45	Doc Wiley	NLG	1B	145	7.2		0.8	0.7	-0.2	0.2	0.0
46	Lorenza Cobb	ABC/SLG	C	68			0.7	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.1
47	Walter Ball	COG	P	14	30.2		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
48	James Lynch	ABC/JBC	CF	61			0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
49	Julián Fabelo	CSE	3B	120			0.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
50	Frank Warfield	ABC	2B	237			0.6	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
51	Ad Lankford	MULT	P	12	25.2		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
52	Matías Ríos	CSW	SS	165			0.6	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4
53	Connie Day	JBC	1B	25			0.6	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
54	Edgar Wesley	TAS	1B	31			0.6	0.9	-0.3	0.0	0.0
55	Phil Cockrell	NLG	P	4	9.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
56	George Shively	ABC	LF	91			0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
57	Mike Flanagan	ALL	P	10	24.0		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
58	Cristóbal Torriente	ALL	CF	65	4.2		0.5	0.6	0.2	-0.3	0.0
59	Frank Blattner	ALL	2B	58			0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Henry McLaughlin	JBC/NLG	P	29	31.2		0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.8	0.0
61	Dizzy Dismukes	ABC	P	24	58.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
62	Charles Earle	BRG	CF	98			0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Bill Cadreau	CIU	P	4	9.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
64	Bill Kindle	BRG	3B	41			0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Spottswood Poles	MULT	CF	97			0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Pearl Webster	BRG/NLG	LF	123			0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
67	Horace Jenkins	CIU	CF	8			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Roy Roberts	AC	P	29	59.0		0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.6	0.0
69	Gifford McDonald	AC/NLG	P	42	79.0		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
70	Walter Cheatham	PAS	RF	3			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Eustaquio Pedroso	CSW	RF	123	44.1		0.3	0.6	-0.9	0.8	-0.2
72	Henry Blackmon	TAS	3B	30			0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
73	Palmer Kelley	CIU	P	2	8.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
74	Jack Watts	ABC	C	12			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
75	Sam Bennett	SLG	RF	5			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	John Landers	ABC	P	3	6.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
77	Johnie Watson	TAS	RF	23			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
78	Fred Pinder	HIL	SS	37			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Oscar Goines	JBC	C	10			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
80	Emerson Gray	BRG	P	4	8.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
81	Ernest Gatewood	BRG	C	94			0.2	-0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
82	Stanley Beckwith	COG/JBC	SS	20			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
83	Bob Bailey	TAS	2B	31			0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Andrew Payne	CIU	LF	8			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Lee Wade	NLG	P	17	36.1		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
86	Bunny Downs	MULT	2B	82			0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Judy Gans	MULT	CF	106			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.1
88	Kid Cary	SLG	3B	4			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Otis Francis	JBC	2B	32			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Harry Kenyon	TAS	C	11			0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
91	Hurley McNair	ALL	RF	25			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Yank Deas	AC/PAS	C	49			0.1	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
93	Sell Hall	CAG	P	3	7.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
94	Harding	ALL	RF	11	8.1		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
95	Dicta Johnson	ABC	P	30	82.2		0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
96	F. Banks	NLG	P	15	22.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
97	Ramiro Ramírez	CSE	CF	124			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
98	George Dandy	NLG	P	12	20.0		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0
99	Joe Scotland	JBC	CF	12			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	John Cunningham	SLG	SS	4			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Frank Forbes	PRC	CF	5			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Agustín Parpetti	CSE	1B	81			0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
103	William Baynard	HIL	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Alejandro Oms	CSE	LF	111			0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
105	Harry Buckner	COG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Jackson	PRC	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Bill Pierce	NLG/PRC	1B	12			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Lee	PHG	SS	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Butler	NLG	RF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	George Britt	ABC/CAG	P	5	15.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Roy Morse	BRG	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	G. Banks	PHG	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Jean Ellison	CIU	1B	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Tinti Molina	CSW	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Lawrence Simpson	CIU	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Rigsby	ALL	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Murray Swiggett	PAS	LF	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	William Parks	PHG/PRC	2B	10			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	William Tate	PHG	P	4	4.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Otis Starks	PRC	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Frank Wickware	MULT	P	20	49.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Sandy Thompson	TAS	CF	29			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	C. I. Taylor	ABC	RF	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Tullie McAdoo	SLG	1B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Bruce Hocker	PRC	LF	4			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Todd Allen	JBC	3B	25			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Ashby Dunbar	PRC	RF	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Frank Wilson	AC	SS	7			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Burlin White	AC	C	29			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Johnny Pugh	BRG	RF	91			-0.1	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
131	Clarence Coleman	ALL/CIU	C	71			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
132	Lafayette Gould	AC	RF	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Otis Franklin	AC	RF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	John Ford	HIL	P	3	7.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Andy Harris	HIL	3B	31			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	José Méndez	ALL	SS	67	1.1		-0.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.4	0.1
137	Paul Mack	AC	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
138	Elihu Roberts	AC	LF	95			-0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
139	Pete Green	PHG	LF	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
140	D. Bailey	PRC	3B	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
141	Frank Peters	CIU	SS	8			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
142	Knucks James	MULT	2B	18			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Charley Hill	COG	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Fred Hutchinson	JBC	SS	23			-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
145	Norman Triplett	HIL	CF	8			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	William Fuller	MULT	2B	44			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
147	Joe Green	COG	RF	16			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
148	Josh	NLG	P	2	3.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
149	Watkins	ALL	3B	7			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
150	Dan Kennard	NLG	C	87			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
151	Thurman Jennings	COG	2B	17			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
152	Jay Valentine	HIL	RF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
153	George Branham	JBC	P	10	21.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Webb	NLG	P	1	4.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
155	Walter Bribeck	ALL	1B	31			-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
156	George Brown	SLG	2B	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Charlie Culver	PAS/PRC	SS	7			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Panier	CSE	RF	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
159	Dick Wallace	NLG	SS	149			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
160	Louis Burgee	HIL	RF	22			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
161	Willie Green	CIU/COG	3B	26			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
162	Champ Cooper	NLG/PHG	1B	18			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
163	George Mayo	HIL	1B	20			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
164	Thomas	PHG	3B	13			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Robert Prior	SLG	P		1.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
166	Jelly Gardner	TAS	LF	32			-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
167	Bobby Winston	COG	LF	17			-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
168	Jess Turner	ALL	1B	23			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
169	Harry Bauchman	CIU	2B	8			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
170	William Webster	JBC	C	17			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
171	Otto Briggs	HIL	LF	37			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
172	Bingo Bingham	CIU	RF	9			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
173	Harry Johnson	PHG	RF	11			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
174	Tomm	AC	CF	86			-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
175	Francisco Rivas	CSE	2B	106			-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
176	William Ross	TAS	P	9	19.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
177	Sam Mongin	NLG	2B	131			-0.3	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
178	Emmie Scott	TAS	C	20			-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
179	Lem McDougal	ABC	P	12	29.1		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
180	C. M. Olson	ALL	3B	45			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
181	Pete Booker	COG	C	17			-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
182	O. T. Hendricks	TAS	P	12	25.0		-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
183	Cornelius Rhoades	HIL	C	33			-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
184	Red Smith	AC/BRG	RF	27	7.0		-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
185	Vicente Rodríguez	CSW	C	168			-0.4	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.4
186	Edgar Burch	ALL	P	2	4.1		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
187	Rube Foster	CAG	P	15	27.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
188	Loney Clark	TAS	SS	27			-0.4	0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.1
189	Bill Drake	ALL	P	4	9.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
190	Charlie Bradford	PHG	CF	7	5.0		-0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.5	0.0
191	Maywood Brown	BRG	P	9	17.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
192	William Clinton	AC	RF	57			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
193	Miller	ALL	P	4	10.0		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
194	Robert Yendes	ALL	P	9	9.2		-0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
195	Jesse Bragg	BRG/PHG	3B	61			-0.5	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
196	Tom Johnson	CAG	P	37	98.0		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
197	Tatica Campos	CSW	RF	159	16.0		-0.6	0.4	-0.8	0.0	-0.2
198	Julio Rojo	CSE	RF	108	17.2		-0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.0
199	Dick Whitworth	CAG	P	28	73.0		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
200	Eddie Buell	TAS	P	5	11.1		-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
201	Gervasio González	CSW	1B	190			-0.8	0.9	-1.5	0.0	-0.2
202	Joe Hewitt	BRG	SS	108			-0.8	-0.1	-0.8	0.0	0.1
203	Chance Cummings	AC	1B	87			-0.8	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
204	Gus Steno	ALL	LF	68			-0.8	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
205	Louis Miller	AC/BRG	3B	93	6.2		-0.8	-0.7	0.1	-0.3	0.1
206	Charles Murphy	MULT	P	15	35.0		-0.9	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	0.0
207	Bill Gatewood	ABC/SLG	P	62	126.1		-1.2	0.4	0.0	-1.6	0.0

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