1916 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1916 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1915 / 1917

Top Hitter

Louis
Santop

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Louis Santop	BRG/NLS	33
2	Bill Pettus	NLG/NLS	31
3	Johnny Pugh	BRG/NLS	22
4	Charles Earle	BRG	17
5	Doc Wiley	NLG	17
6	Jules Thomas	NLG	16
7	Bill Handy	BRG	16
8	Luis Padrón	JPC	16
9	Louis Miller	BRG/NLS	15
10	Pearl Webster	BRG	14

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Joe Williams	NLG	299
2	Francisco Muñoz	JPC	210
3	José Suárez	CSE	194
4	String Bean Williams	BRG	184
5	Dick Redding	NLG	174
6	Gerardo Ballesteros	JPC	144
7	Gunboat Thompson	NLS	119
8	Doc Sykes	BRG/NLS	104
9	Lefty Harvey	BRG/NLS	100
10	Pablo Armenteros	CSE	96

All-1916 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Blainey Hall	NLG	0.3	0.7	-0.3
Denny Despert	BRG	0.2	-0.1	0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Oscar Charleston	NLS	0.7	0.5	0.2
Charles Earle	BRG	0.7	0.6	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jules Thomas	NLG	0.6	0.3	0.4
Johnny Pugh	BRG/NLS	0.2	0.8	-0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tomás Romañach	JPC	0.5	0.1	0.3
Julián Fabelo	CSE	0.3	-0.1	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Handy	BRG	0.7	0.5	0.2
Jesse Bragg	NLG	0.3	0.0	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bartolo Portuondo	CSE	0.5	0.1	0.3
Bill Kindle	BRG	0.4	0.4	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Pettus	NLG/NLS	2.1	1.6	0.5
Bill Pierce	NLG	0.2	0.2	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Louis Santop	BRG/NLS	2.3	2.0	0.2
Doc Wiley	NLG	0.7	0.6	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joe Williams	NLG	63.1	2.8	2.5	0.3
Francisco Muñoz	JPC	82.1	2.2	2.3	-0.1
Dick Redding	NLG	80.2	2.2	2.4	-0.1
String Bean Williams	BRG	75.1	2.1	2.3	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Tom Williams	AC	8.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Red Smith	BRG/NLS	10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

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