1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1916 / 1918

Top Hitter

Louis
Santop

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Blainey Hall	NLG	29
2	Jules Thomas	NLG	25
3	Ted Kimbro	NLG	25
4	Louis Santop	BRG	24
5	Ramiro Ramírez	CSE	23
6	Charles Earle	BRG	23
7	Pearl Webster	BRG/NLG	22
8	Spottswood Poles	MULT	21
9	Sam Mongin	NLG	20
10	Julián Fabelo	CSE	20

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Henry McLaughlin	NLG	0.00
2	Joe Williams	NLG	1.69
3	Leon	CSE	2.45
4	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	2.95
5	Roy Roberts	AC	3.36
6	George Dandy	NLG	3.60
7	Doc Sykes	MULT	3.68
8	Lee Wade	NLG	3.72
9	Evelio Calderin	CSE	3.84
10	José Suárez	CSE	3.94

All-1917 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jules Thomas	NLG	1.2	1.1	0.4
Pearl Webster	BRG/NLG	0.4	0.6	-0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Charles Earle	BRG	0.4	0.6	-0.1
Spottswood Poles	MULT	0.4	0.6	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Blainey Hall	NLG	0.9	0.8	0.3
Walter Cheatham	PAS	0.3	0.1	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pelayo Chacón	CSE	1.1	0.6	0.4
Dick Lundy	AC	1.0	0.3	0.6

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Handy	AC/BRG	1.0	0.9	0.1
Bunny Downs	MULT	0.2	0.2	-0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Kimbro	NLG	0.9	0.6	0.2
Julián Fabelo	CSE	0.6	0.0	0.5

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Doc Wiley	NLG	0.8	0.7	-0.2
Agustín Parpetti	CSE	0.0	0.3	-0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Louis Santop	BRG	1.4	1.3	0.1
José María Fernández	CSE	0.8	0.3	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joe Williams	NLG	101.0	4.8	4.0	0.9
Evelio Calderin	CSE	105.1	1.9	2.3	-0.4
Lefty Harvey	BRG	93.2	1.8	2.2	-0.4
String Bean Williams	BRG	57.2	1.7	1.6	0.1
Doc Sykes	MULT	66.0	1.3	1.1	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Henry McLaughlin	NLG	15.2	0.9	1.0	0.0
F. Banks	NLG	22.0	0.1	0.3	-0.1
William Tate	PHG	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh	NLG	3.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0

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