1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1916 / 1918

Top Hitter

Louis
Santop

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Joe Williams	NLG	.481
2	Spottswood Poles	MULT	.463
3	Louis Santop	BRG	.460
4	Jules Thomas	NLG	.453
5	Bill Kindle	BRG	.450
6	Bill Handy	AC/BRG	.447
7	Charles Earle	BRG	.438
8	Blainey Hall	NLG	.435
9	Judy Gans	NLG	.429
10	Dick Lundy	AC	.426

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

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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