1897 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1897 Season

1896 / 1898

Top Hitter

Louis
Reynolds

Top Pitcher

William
Selden

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Clarence Williams	CXG	227
2	Harry Buckner	CU	216
3	Louis Reynolds	CU	194
4	Bob Jordan	CBG	182
5	Frank Grant	CBG	171
6	Sol White	CXG	161
7	Harry Hyde	CU	157
8	Willis Jones	CU	153
9	Robert Footes	CU	144
10	William Smith	CU	140

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Stub Brown	CIN	269
2	Harry Moore	CU	257
3	John Nelson	CXG	194
4	William Selden	CXG	184
5	Billy Holland	CU	152
6	George Wilson	PFG	145
7	Harry Buckner	CU	97
8	Robert Shaw	CXG	80
9	Alfred Jupiter	CBG	79
10	Hynes	CBG	77

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Chicago Unions	IND	72.0		1.46	5.8%	11.0%	0.53	1.8%
2	Cuban X Giants	IND/NvM	60.1		1.43	10.8%	5.0%	2.14	1.8%
3	Cuban Giants	IND	33.0		2.45	6.7%	7.2%	0.92	3.9%
4	Cincinnati Reds	NvM	16.0		1.50	6.9%	6.9%	1.00	0.0%
5	Page Fence Giants	IND	8.0		1.38	25.7%	0.0%		2.9%
	5	2	189.1		1.62	8.4%	7.6%	1.10	2.1%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Harry Buckner	CU	SP	29.0		1.83	5.7%	13.5%	0.42	0.7%
2	William Selden^	CXG	SP	25.0		1.04	16.0%	4.7%	3.40	0.9%
3	Harry Moore	CU	SP	18.0		1.00	8.5%	11.3%	0.75	4.2%
4	John Nelson^	CXG	SP	18.0		1.61	10.3%	1.1%	9.00	1.1%
5	Robert Shaw^	CXG	SP	17.1		1.79	4.7%	9.3%	0.50	3.5%
6	Billy Holland*	CU	RP	16.0		1.13	4.2%	6.9%	0.60	1.4%
7	Bill Dammann*	CIN	SP	9.0		1.33	2.6%	7.7%	0.33	0.0%
8	George Hopkins^	CU	SP	9.0		1.78	4.8%	9.5%	0.50	2.4%
9	Hynes^	CBG	SP	9.0		2.44	4.1%	4.1%	1.00	0.0%
10	Alfred Jupiter^	CBG	SP	8.0		1.75	2.6%	20.5%	0.13	0.0%
11	George Wilson*	PFG	SP	8.0		1.38	25.7%	0.0%		2.9%
12	Stub Brown*	CIN	SP	7.0		1.71	12.1%	6.1%	2.00	0.0%
13	John Mickey^	CBG	RP	5.2		2.12	7.1%	0.0%		3.6%
14	Doc Howard^	CBG	RP	4.2		2.57	7.7%	3.8%	2.00	11.5%
15	William Malone^	CBG	SP	3.1		3.90	8.7%	8.7%	1.00	8.7%
16	C. Smith^	CBG	SP	2.1		3.43	20.0%	0.0%		6.7%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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