1897 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1897 Season

Independent Clubs

1896 / 1898

Top Hitter

Louis
Reynolds

Top Pitcher

William
Selden

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Clarence Williams	CXG	252
2	Harry Buckner	CU	216
3	Louis Reynolds	CU	194
4	Sol White	CXG	185
5	Bob Jordan	CBG	182
6	Frank Grant	CBG	171
7	Harry Hyde	CU	157
8	Willis Jones	CU	153
9	Robert Footes	CU	144
10	William Smith	CU	140

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

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Chicago Unions	IND	8	350	320	91	123	21	6	13	80			14			0	16			.384	.410	.609	1.020	132
2	Cuban Giants	IND	4	165	140	34	37	7	1	2	28			19			0	6			.264	.352	.371	.724	73
3	Cuban X Giants	IND	5	195	162	47	33	7	2	4	37			23			3	7			.204	.314	.346	.660	59
4	Page Fence Giants	IND	1	39	35	6	8	0	0	0	5			4			0	0			.229	.308	.229	.536	29
	4	1	19	749	657	178	201	35	9	19	150			60			3	29			.306	.367	.473	.840	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Clarence Williams	CXG	C	4	16	14	7	8	2	1	0	8			1			0	1			.571	.600	.857	1.457	252
2	Louis Reynolds*	CU	1B	8	39	36	12	19	0	1	2	11			1			0	2			.528	.541	.750	1.291	194
3	Sol White	CXG	2B	5	23	19	6	6	1	1	2	8			3			0	1			.316	.409	.789	1.199	185
4	Bob Jordan^	CBG	C	4	19	13	8	5	0	0	1	3			5			0	1			.385	.556	.615	1.171	182
5	Frank Grant	CBG	3B	4	19	18	5	8	2	1	0	8			1			0	0			.444	.474	.667	1.140	171
6	Harry Hyde^	CU	3B	8	35	31	9	12	5	0	2	11			1			0	3			.387	.406	.742	1.148	157
7	Willis Jones	CU	LF	7	32	29	7	14	4	0	0	7			0			0	3			.483	.483	.621	1.103	153
8	Robert Footes^	CU	C	7	36	32	8	10	2	1	3	8			3			0	1			.313	.371	.719	1.090	144
9	William Smith^	CU	CF	8	37	37	15	16	2	1	1	8			0			0	0			.432	.432	.622	1.054	140
10	Ed Woods^	PFG	RF	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1			0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	139
11	Billy Holland^	CU/PFG	SS	8	41	37	9	14	2	2	1	10			2			0	2			.378	.410	.622	1.032	135
12	John Patterson^	PFG	3B	1	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1			2			0	0			.333	.600	.333	.933	131
13	Harry Moore	CU	2B	8	42	37	10	14	2	0	1	9			3			0	2			.378	.425	.514	.939	116
14	Robert Jackson^	CBG/CU	C	6	27	25	4	9	2	0	0	5			1			0	1			.360	.385	.440	.825	88
15	C. Smith^	CBG	LF	4	18	16	5	5	1	0	0	4			2			0	0			.313	.389	.375	.764	86
16	Abe Harrison	CBG	SS	3	15	14	3	4	2	0	0	2			1			0	0			.286	.333	.429	.762	82
17	William Malone^	CBG	1B	3	15	13	3	4	0	0	0	2			1			0	1			.308	.357	.308	.665	63
18	Ross Garrison^	CBG/CXG	2B	4	19	18	3	3	2	0	1	4			1			0	0			.167	.211	.444	.655	53
19	Andy Jackson^	CXG	3B	5	23	21	4	5	1	0	0	4			2			0	0			.238	.304	.286	.590	46
20	George Hopkins^	CU	2B	8	40	37	8	8	1	1	0	4			2			0	1			.216	.256	.297	.554	28
21	Will Jackson^	CBG/CXG	CF	8	36	27	10	4	0	0	0	3			7			1	1			.148	.343	.148	.491	25
22	Oscar Jackson^	CXG	LF	5	23	18	7	2	1	0	0	3			4			1	0			.111	.304	.167	.471	20
23	George Wilson^	PFG	P	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	20
24	Pete Burns^	PFG	C	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	20
25	Sherman Barton	CXG	RF	5	21	20	3	3	0	0	1	3			1			0	0			.150	.190	.300	.490	18
26	Doc Howard^	CBG	CF	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	2			3			0	1			.143	.294	.143	.437	10
27	Grant Johnson	PFG	SS	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	-4
28	Ray Wilson	CXG	1B	5	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	2			3			0	1			.118	.250	.118	.368	-5
29	Winslow Terrill^	CXG	SS	4	16	12	4	1	0	0	0	2			2			0	2			.083	.214	.083	.298	-23
30	William Binga^	PFG	CF	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0			1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-33
31	George Taylor^	PFG	1B	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			1			0	0			.000	.200	.000	.200	-46
32	Charlie Grant	PFG	2B	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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