1897 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1897 Season

Independent Clubs

1896 / 1898

Top Hitter

Louis
Reynolds

Top Pitcher

William
Selden

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Clarence Williams	CXG	.571
2	Louis Reynolds	CU	.528
3	Willis Jones	CU	.483
4	Harry Buckner	CU	.444
5	Frank Grant	CBG	.444
6	William Smith	CU	.432
7	Harry Hyde	CU	.387
8	Bob Jordan	CBG	.385
9	Billy Holland	CU/PFG	.378
10	Harry Moore	CU	.378

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	William Selden	CXG	0.94
2	Harry Moore	CU	1.00
3	Billy Holland	CU	1.13
4	George Wilson	PFG	1.38
5	John Nelson	CXG	1.61
6	Alfred Jupiter	CBG	1.75
7	George Hopkins	CU	1.78
8	Harry Buckner	CU	1.83
9	Robert Shaw	CXG	2.00
10	John Mickey	CBG	2.12

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Chicago Unions	IND	350	72.0		1.5	1.4	0.6	-0.5	0.0
2	Cuban X Giants	IND	195	45.0		0.9	-0.3	0.0	1.3	0.0
3	Page Fence Giants	IND	39	8.0		0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.5	0.0
4	Cuban Giants	IND	165	33.0		-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
	4	1	749	158.0		2.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	William Selden	CXG	P	13	18.0		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
2	Harry Moore	CU	2B	42	18.0		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
3	John Nelson	CXG	P	10	18.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
4	Louis Reynolds	CU	1B	39			0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
5	George Wilson	PFG	P	4	8.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
6	Willis Jones	CU	LF	32			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
7	William Smith	CU	CF	37			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
8	Clarence Williams	CXG	C	16			0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
9	Hynes	CBG	P	5	9.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
10	Harry Hyde	CU	3B	35			0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
11	Frank Grant	CBG	3B	19			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Robert Footes	CU	C	36			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Sol White	CXG	2B	23			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
14	John Mickey	CBG	RF	8	5.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
15	Bob Jordan	CBG	C	19			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Alfred Jupiter	CBG	P	3	8.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
17	Robert Jackson	CBG/CU	C	27			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	James Robinson	CBG	LF	4			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
19	John Patterson	PFG	3B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Andy Jackson	CXG	3B	23			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
21	Ed Woods	PFG	RF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Abe Harrison	CBG	SS	15			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
23	Grant Johnson	PFG	SS	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Pete Burns	PFG	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	George Taylor	PFG	1B	5			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Charlie Grant	PFG	2B	4			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Gailey	CBG	1B	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
28	Bill Joyner	CU	RF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	William Binga	PFG	CF	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
30	Oscar Jackson	CXG	LF	23			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Ross Garrison	CBG/CXG	2B	19			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	C. Smith	CBG	LF	18	2.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
33	Ray Wilson	CXG	1B	21			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Doc Howard	CBG	CF	18	4.2		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
35	Harry Buckner	CU	P	20	29.0		-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
36	Winslow Terrill	CXG	SS	16			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	Robert Shaw	CXG	P	7	9.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
38	Sherman Barton	CXG	RF	21			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	George Hopkins	CU	2B	40	9.0		-0.2	-0.2	0.2	-0.2	0.0
40	Billy Holland	CU/PFG	SS	41	16.0		-0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
41	Will Jackson	CBG/CXG	CF	36			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
42	William Malone	CBG	1B	15	3.1		-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0

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