1909 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1909 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1908 / 1910

Top Hitter

Pete
Hill

Top Pitcher

Walter
Ball

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Andrew Skinner	KCG	.385
2	William Binga	SPG	.364
3	Pete Hill	LEL	.354
4	Candy Jim Taylor	SPG	.348
5	Joe Green	LEL	.323
6	Eugene Milliner	SPG	.304
7	Bill Pettus	KCG	.295
8	Pete Booker	LEL	.291
9	Dee Williams	BUX/KCG	.281
10	Sam Strothers	LEL	.276

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Lefty Pangburn	BUX	416
2	Walter Taylor	BUX/KCG	347
3	Walter Ball	LEL	181
4	Frank Talbott	ABC	156
5	John Lawson	LEL	149
6	Dicta Johnson	ILL/LEL	132
7	Charles Dougherty	LEL	127
8	Rube Washington	KCG	126
9	Arthur Gilliard	BG	111
10	Joe Williams	SBB	93

All-1909 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe Green	LEL	0.6	0.8	-0.1
Dee Williams	BUX/KCG	0.6	0.2	0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Hill	LEL	1.8	1.6	0.2
William Sloan	MULT	0.1	0.2	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Andrew Payne	LEL	0.8	0.5	0.4
Bingo Bingham	BG	0.3	0.2	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Wright	LEL	1.0	0.4	0.4
Johnny Pugh	BG	0.5	0.5	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dick Wallace	SPG	0.4	0.0	0.4
C. I. Taylor	BG	0.3	0.0	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Norman	KCG	0.7	0.3	0.3
Danger Talbert	LEL	0.4	0.2	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rube Foster	LEL	1.4	0.2	0.0
Baby Webb	SBB	0.6	-0.1	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Booker	LEL	0.7	0.7	-0.1
Bill Pettus	KCG	0.5	0.4	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Walter Taylor	BUX/KCG	56.1	1.3	1.3	0.0
Andrew Skinner	KCG	75.2	1.3	1.0	0.3
Charles Dougherty	LEL	42.1	1.2	1.2	0.0
John Lawson	LEL	18.0	0.7	0.8	-0.1
Rube Washington	KCG	50.1	0.5	0.6	-0.1
Bill Lindsay	KCG	9.0	0.5	0.5	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Walter Ball	LEL	60.1	1.7	1.7	0.0
Lefty Pangburn	BUX	12.1	0.4	0.4	0.0
Charles Jessup	KEY	4.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Arthur Gilliard	BG	17.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
Johnny Davis	SPG	11.2	-0.3	-0.3	0.0

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