1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1916 / 1918

Top Hitter

Jules
Thomas

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Joe Williams	NLG	.403
2	Louis Santop	BRG	.393
3	Bill Handy	AC/BRG	.380
4	Jules Thomas	NLG	.380
5	Dick Lundy	AC	.367
6	Spottswood Poles	MULT	.354
7	Ted Kimbro	NLG	.352
8	Blainey Hall	NLG	.352
9	Bill Pettus	MULT	.342
10	Doc Wiley	NLG	.333

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Joe Williams	NLG	70
2	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	64
3	Lefty Harvey	BRG	62
4	Evelio Calderin	CSE	50
5	Gifford McDonald	AC/NLG	45
6	String Bean Williams	BRG	30
7	Roy Roberts	AC	28
8	Doc Sykes	MULT	27
9	José Suárez	CSE	26
10	Charles Murphy	MULT	14

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Philadelphia All Stars	EAS	1	26	25	0	7	2	1	0	0			0			0	1			.280	.280	.440	.720	111
2	New York Lincoln Giants	EAS	34	1329	1121	199	347	44	12	11	177	13		135			12	61			.310	.390	.400	.789	109
3	Brooklyn Royal Giants	EAS	24	897	771	135	213	28	9	1	115	50		92			9	25			.276	.360	.340	.700	91
4	Philadelphia Giants	EAS	3	107	96	15	25	2	1	1	12	8		8			1	2			.260	.324	.333	.657	90
5	Hilldale Club	EAS	9	340	296	48	83	12	6	1	45	1		30			0	14			.280	.347	.372	.718	88
6	Cuban Stars East	EAS	26	1018	910	126	237	29	9	0	102	13		76			2	30			.260	.319	.312	.631	79
7	Pennsylvania Red Caps	EAS	1	39	36	6	10	1	0	0	5			2			0	1			.278	.316	.306	.621	68
8	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	EAS	21	767	687	63	147	13	4	2	52	2		58			0	22			.214	.275	.253	.528	40
	8	1	158	4523	3942	592	1069	131	42	16	508	87		401			24	156			.271	.342	.338	.680	85

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Bruce Hocker^	PRC	LF	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1			0			0	0			.500	.500	.750	1.250	235
2	Frank Forbes	PRC	CF	1	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1			1			0	0			.500	.600	.500	1.100	194
3	Bill Pettus*	MULT	1B	21	84	73	15	25	3	3	4	21	5		8			0	3			.342	.407	.630	1.038	175
4	Louis Santop*	BRG	C	24	101	89	24	35	8	1	1	24	9		11			0	1			.393	.460	.539	.999	172
5	Jules Thomas	NLG	LF	34	139	121	25	46	7	1	4	30	3		16			0	2			.380	.453	.554	1.006	168
6	William Parks^	PHG/PRC	2B	2	10	10	3	4	1	0	0	2	1		0			0	0			.400	.400	.500	.900	154
7	Bill Handy^	AC/BRG	2B	26	109	92	18	35	3	1	0	17	7		9			2	6			.380	.447	.435	.881	139
8	Spottswood Poles**	MULT	CF	22	97	79	21	28	6	0	0	9	3		12			4	2			.354	.463	.430	.894	138
9	Doc Wiley	NLG	1B	33	145	126	19	42	4	3	3	23	2		14			2	3			.333	.408	.484	.893	137
10	Blainey Hall**	NLG	RF	34	149	128	29	45	7	3	0	27	1		18			1	2			.352	.435	.453	.888	136
11	Ted Kimbro^	NLG	3B	34	144	125	25	44	4	3	1	21	1		14			1	4			.352	.421	.456	.877	133
12	Agustín Parpetti	CSE	1B	19	81	75	9	24	3	2	0	16	0		4			0	2			.320	.354	.413	.768	119
13	Pelayo Chacón	CSE	SS	26	122	109	19	34	5	2	0	18	3		9			1	3			.312	.370	.394	.764	118
14	Charles Earle	BRG	CF	24	98	78	23	24	4	0	0	16	6		17			1	2			.308	.438	.359	.796	117
15	José María Fernández	CSE	C	26	111	102	13	33	5	0	0	16	1		7			0	2			.324	.367	.373	.740	111
16	Pearl Webster*	BRG/NLG	LF	27	123	105	22	33	5	1	0	9	9		11			1	6			.314	.385	.381	.766	108
17	Bunny Downs	MULT	2B	19	82	74	12	24	1	2	0	8	1		7			0	1			.324	.383	.392	.775	106
18	Johnny Pugh^	BRG	RF	22	91	79	11	23	3	1	0	17	6		10			2	0			.291	.385	.354	.739	101
19	Ramiro Ramírez	CSE	CF	26	124	111	23	32	3	1	0	6	3		11			0	2			.288	.352	.333	.686	96
20	Otto Briggs*	HIL	LF	9	37	32	3	10	2	0	0	8	0		3			0	2			.313	.371	.375	.746	95
21	Julián Fabelo	CSE	3B	26	120	110	20	29	5	2	0	12	1		6			0	4			.264	.302	.345	.647	85
22	William Fuller^	MULT	2B	10	44	36	12	8	3	0	0	4	0		7			0	1			.222	.349	.306	.654	75
23	Ashby Dunbar^	PRC	RF	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1			1			0	0			.250	.400	.250	.650	74
24	Fred Pinder^	HIL	SS	9	37	33	6	9	2	0	0	4	0		2			0	2			.273	.314	.333	.648	69
25	Dick Wallace	NLG	SS	32	149	120	18	30	4	0	0	11	0		18			0	11			.250	.348	.283	.631	68
26	Thomas^	PHG	3B	3	13	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		2			1	0			.200	.385	.200	.585	67
27	Alejandro Oms*	CSE	LF	26	111	97	15	23	1	1	0	11	0		11			0	3			.237	.315	.268	.583	66
28	Joe Hewitt*	BRG	SS	24	108	97	15	23	2	1	0	12	6		9			1	1			.237	.308	.278	.587	60
29	Harry Johnson^	PHG	RF	3	11	11	1	2	0	1	0	2	1		0			0	0			.182	.182	.364	.545	57
30	Elihu Roberts^	AC	LF	21	95	89	8	21	3	1	0	9	0		6			0	0			.236	.284	.292	.576	53
31	Sam Mongin	NLG	2B	32	131	109	20	26	2	1	0	13	0		6			2	14			.239	.291	.275	.566	50
32	Francisco Rivas	CSE	2B	26	106	89	7	16	3	1	0	8	1		12			0	5			.180	.277	.236	.513	46
33	Andy Harris^	HIL	3B	8	31	27	3	6	1	0	0	4	1		3			0	1			.222	.300	.259	.559	46
34	Tomm^	AC	CF	21	86	77	7	17	2	1	0	9	0		6			0	3			.221	.277	.273	.550	46
35	Julio Rojo**	CSE	RF	26	108	96	8	20	1	0	0	6	3		8			1	3			.208	.276	.219	.495	41
36	Ernest Gatewood^	BRG	C	24	94	83	3	17	1	1	0	8	2		8			0	3			.205	.275	.241	.516	40
37	Cornelius Rhoades^	HIL	C	8	33	27	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		4			0	2			.185	.290	.185	.476	24
38	Pete Green^	PHG	LF	3	13	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.182	.250	.182	.432	24
39	Chance Cummings	AC	1B	21	87	81	6	14	2	1	0	8	0		6			0	0			.173	.230	.222	.452	20
40	Louis Miller^	AC/BRG	3B	22	93	85	7	14	1	1	0	3	1		5			0	3			.165	.211	.200	.411	10
41	Charlie Culver^	PAS/PRC	SS	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1			0			0	1			.167	.167	.167	.333	2
42	D. Bailey^	PRC	3B	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

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

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