1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1916 / 1918

Top Hitter

Louis
Santop

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Bill Pettus	MULT	.630
2	Joe Williams	NLG	.627
3	Jules Thomas	NLG	.554
4	Louis Santop	BRG	.539
5	Doc Wiley	NLG	.484
6	Bill Kindle	BRG	.469
7	Ted Kimbro	NLG	.456
8	Blainey Hall	NLG	.453
9	Bill Handy	AC/BRG	.435
10	Spottswood Poles	MULT	.430

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

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	New York Lincoln Giants	EAS	1329	288.0		9.5	3.4	0.2	5.9	0.0
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants	EAS	897	190.0		6.1	2.9	-1.0	4.2	0.0
3	Cuban Stars East	EAS	1018	220.0		5.9	0.1	1.5	4.4	0.0
4	Hilldale Club	EAS	340	82.0		0.4	0.2	-0.4	0.6	0.0
5	Philadelphia All Stars	EAS	26	7.0		0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
6	Pennsylvania Red Caps	EAS	39	8.0		0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0
7	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	EAS	767	194.0		-0.6	-3.1	1.1	1.5	0.0
8	Philadelphia Giants	EAS	107	23.0		-1.2	0.5	-0.9	-0.8	0.0
	8	1	4523	1012.0		20.6	4.0	0.3	16.2	-0.1

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Joe Williams	NLG	P	79	101.0		4.8	0.9	-0.1	4.0	0.0
2	Evelio Calderin	CSE	P	50	105.1		1.9	-0.4	0.0	2.3	0.0
3	Lefty Harvey	BRG	P	47	93.2		1.8	-0.4	0.1	2.2	0.0
4	String Bean Williams	BRG	P	30	57.2		1.7	0.1	-0.1	1.6	0.0
5	Louis Santop	BRG	C	101			1.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
6	Doc Sykes	MULT	P	27	66.0		1.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
7	Jules Thomas	NLG	LF	139	1.1		1.2	1.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.1
8	Leon	CSE	P	33	33.0		1.2	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
9	José Suárez	CSE	P	39	64.0		1.1	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
10	Pelayo Chacón	CSE	SS	122			1.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.2
11	Bill Handy	AC/BRG	2B	109			1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
12	Dick Lundy	AC	SS	55			1.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1
13	Ted Kimbro	NLG	3B	144			0.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
14	Henry McLaughlin	NLG	P	12	15.2		0.9	0.0	-0.1	1.0	0.0
15	Blainey Hall	NLG	RF	149			0.9	0.8	0.3	0.0	-0.1
16	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	P	43	100.2		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
17	José María Fernández	CSE	C	111			0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
18	Doc Wiley	NLG	1B	145	7.2		0.8	0.7	-0.2	0.2	0.0
19	Julián Fabelo	CSE	3B	120			0.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
20	Ad Lankford	MULT	P	12	25.2		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
21	Bill Pettus	MULT	1B	84			0.6	0.9	-0.4	0.0	0.0
22	Phil Cockrell	NLG	P	4	9.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
23	Charles Earle	BRG	CF	98			0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Bill Kindle	BRG	3B	41			0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
25	Spottswood Poles	MULT	CF	97			0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
26	Pearl Webster	BRG/NLG	LF	123			0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
27	Roy Roberts	AC	P	29	59.0		0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.6	0.0
28	Gifford McDonald	AC/NLG	P	42	79.0		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
29	Walter Cheatham	PAS	RF	3			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
30	Fred Pinder	HIL	SS	37			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
31	Emerson Gray	BRG	P	4	8.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
32	Ernest Gatewood	BRG	C	94			0.2	-0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
33	Lee Wade	NLG	P	17	36.1		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
34	Bunny Downs	MULT	2B	82			0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Yank Deas	AC/PAS	C	49			0.1	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
36	F. Banks	NLG	P	15	22.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
37	Ramiro Ramírez	CSE	CF	124			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
38	Judy Gans	NLG	CF	72			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	George Dandy	NLG	P	12	20.0		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0
40	Frank Forbes	PRC	CF	5			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Agustín Parpetti	CSE	1B	81			0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
42	William Baynard	HIL	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
43	Alejandro Oms	CSE	LF	111			0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
44	Jackson	PRC	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	Bill Pierce	NLG/PRC	1B	12			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Lee	PHG	SS	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Butler	NLG	RF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Roy Morse	BRG	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	G. Banks	PHG	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Murray Swiggett	PAS	LF	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
51	William Parks	PHG/PRC	2B	10			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
52	William Tate	PHG	P	4	4.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Otis Starks	PRC	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Bruce Hocker	PRC	LF	4			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Ashby Dunbar	PRC	RF	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Frank Wilson	AC	SS	7			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Burlin White	AC	C	29			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Johnny Pugh	BRG	RF	91			-0.1	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
59	Lafayette Gould	AC	RF	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Otis Franklin	AC	RF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	John Ford	HIL	P	3	7.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Andy Harris	HIL	3B	31			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Paul Mack	AC	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Elihu Roberts	AC	LF	95			-0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
65	Pete Green	PHG	LF	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	D. Bailey	PRC	3B	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Knucks James	MULT	2B	18			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Norman Triplett	HIL	CF	8			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
69	William Fuller	MULT	2B	44			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Josh	NLG	P	2	3.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
71	Dan Kennard	NLG	C	87			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
72	Jay Valentine	HIL	RF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Webb	NLG	P	1	4.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
74	Charlie Culver	PAS/PRC	SS	7			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Panier	CSE	RF	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Dick Wallace	NLG	SS	149			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
77	Louis Burgee	HIL	RF	22			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Champ Cooper	NLG/PHG	1B	18			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	George Mayo	HIL	1B	20			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Thomas	PHG	3B	13			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
81	Otto Briggs	HIL	LF	37			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
82	Harry Johnson	PHG	RF	11			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
83	Tomm	AC	CF	86			-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Francisco Rivas	CSE	2B	106			-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Sam Mongin	NLG	2B	131			-0.3	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
86	Cornelius Rhoades	HIL	C	33			-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
87	Red Smith	AC/BRG	RF	27	7.0		-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
88	Charlie Bradford	PHG	CF	7	5.0		-0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.5	0.0
89	Maywood Brown	BRG	P	9	17.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
90	William Clinton	AC	RF	57			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Jesse Bragg	BRG/PHG	3B	61			-0.5	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
92	Julio Rojo	CSE	RF	108	17.2		-0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.0
93	Joe Hewitt	BRG	SS	108			-0.8	-0.1	-0.8	0.0	0.1
94	Chance Cummings	AC	1B	87			-0.8	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
95	Louis Miller	AC/BRG	3B	93	6.2		-0.8	-0.7	0.1	-0.3	0.1
96	Charles Murphy	MULT	P	15	35.0		-0.9	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	0.0

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