1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1916 / 1918

Top Hitter

John Henry
Lloyd

Top Pitcher

Juan
Padrón

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Jimmie Lyons	MULT	.303
2	John Henry Lloyd	CAG	.301
3	James Lynch	JBC/ABC	.298
4	Ben Taylor	ABC	.294
5	Oscar Charleston	ABC	.292
6	José Méndez	ALL	.288
7	Dick Redding	CAG	.286
8	Cristóbal Torriente	ALL	.286
9	Frank Blattner	ALL	.283
10	George Shively	ABC	.279

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	John Donaldson	ALL	3.46
2	Juan Padrón	CSW	2.60
3	Dick Redding	CAG	2.52
4	Tom Williams	CAG	1.97
5	Bill Gatewood	SLG/ABC	1.81
6	String Bean Williams	ABC	1.77
7	Dizzy Dismukes	ABC	1.59
8	Lem McDougal	ABC	1.38
9	Jim Jeffries	ABC	1.33
10	Dick Whitworth	CAG	1.30

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Chicago American Giants	WES	524.0		1.00	13.0%	7.6%	1.72	0.1%
2	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	522.1		1.18	11.8%	8.1%	1.47	0.3%
3	Cuban Stars West	WES	391.1		1.16	8.2%	6.5%	1.27	0.2%
4	Kansas City All Nations	WES	139.0		1.40	12.5%	9.5%	1.31	0.2%
5	Jewell's ABCs	WES	60.0		1.47	7.2%	14.8%	0.49	0.0%
6	Texas All Stars	WES	56.0		1.73	7.4%	8.9%	0.83	0.0%
7	Chicago Giants	WES	32.0		1.91	9.4%	12.6%	0.75	1.3%
8	Chicago Union Giants	WES	17.0		1.29	9.1%	6.5%	1.40	0.0%
9	St. Louis Giants	WES	9.0		1.44	7.7%	7.7%	1.00	0.0%
	9	1	1750.2		1.18	11.0%	8.1%	1.37	0.2%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Dick Redding	CAG	SP	153.2		0.85	18.9%	7.5%	2.52	0.0%
2	Juan Padrón*	CSW	SP	139.2		1.00	13.9%	5.3%	2.60	0.4%
3	Tom Williams	CAG	SP	126.2		0.84	11.7%	6.0%	1.97	0.4%
4	Bill Gatewood	SLG/ABC	SP	126.1		1.38	11.7%	6.5%	1.81	0.2%
5	José Junco*	CSW	SP	124.1		1.11	3.8%	5.7%	0.66	0.2%
6	Tom Johnson	CAG	SP	98.0		1.19	9.5%	8.5%	1.12	0.2%
7	String Bean Williams	ABC	SP	94.1		1.04	15.1%	8.5%	1.77	0.0%
8	Jim Jeffries*	ABC	SP	86.2		1.11	11.2%	8.4%	1.33	0.3%
9	Dicta Johnson	ABC	RP	82.2		1.19	9.8%	9.2%	1.06	0.6%
10	Dick Whitworth	CAG	SP	73.0		1.08	10.3%	7.9%	1.30	0.0%
11	Bernardo Baró*	CSW	SP	67.0		1.33	4.9%	8.8%	0.56	0.0%
12	John Donaldson*	ALL	SP	60.0		0.90	18.9%	5.5%	3.46	0.0%
13	Dizzy Dismukes	ABC	SP	58.0		1.03	11.5%	7.2%	1.59	0.4%
14	Frank Wickware	MULT	SP	49.0		1.31	8.8%	10.7%	0.82	0.0%
15	Eustaquio Pedroso	CSW	SP	44.1		1.58	8.8%	7.8%	1.13	0.5%
16	Walter Ball	COG	SP	30.2		1.79	10.1%	12.2%	0.83	1.4%
17	Lem McDougal^	ABC	SP	29.1		1.43	13.4%	9.7%	1.38	0.7%
18	Rube Foster	CAG	SP	27.0		1.19	9.9%	9.9%	1.00	0.0%
19	O. T. Hendricks^	TAS	SP	25.0		1.60	5.4%	8.9%	0.60	0.0%
20	Mike Flanagan^	ALL	SP	24.0		1.17	10.8%	8.8%	1.22	0.0%
21	George Branham^	JBC	SP	21.1		1.59	8.3%	12.5%	0.67	0.0%
22	William Ross	TAS	SP	19.2		1.47	12.2%	10.0%	1.22	0.0%
23	Oscar Charleston*	ABC	RP	16.1		0.92	10.6%	13.6%	0.78	0.0%
24	Tatica Campos	CSW	SP	16.0		1.13	5.9%	7.4%	0.80	0.0%
25	Henry McLaughlin^	JBC	SP	16.0		1.81	7.9%	17.1%	0.46	0.0%
26	George Britt	ABC/CAG	SP	15.2		1.21	11.4%	8.6%	1.33	0.0%
27	Ben Taylor*	ABC	RP	15.2		1.21	9.1%	9.1%	1.00	0.0%
28	Jimmie Lyons*	JBC/ALL	RP	12.1		0.73	10.9%	13.0%	0.83	0.0%
29	Eddie Buell^	TAS	SP	11.1		2.47	4.5%	7.5%	0.60	0.0%
30	Miller^	ALL	RP	10.0		2.50	7.0%	19.3%	0.36	0.0%
31	Robert Yendes^	ALL	SP	9.2		1.86	10.9%	17.4%	0.63	0.0%
32	Bill Cadreau	CIU	SP	9.0		1.56	9.1%	4.5%	2.00	0.0%
33	Bill Drake	ALL	SP	9.0		2.56	4.1%	14.3%	0.29	2.0%
34	Harding^	ALL	SP	8.1		1.44	8.1%	0.0%		0.0%
35	Palmer Kelley^	CIU	SP	8.0		1.00	9.1%	9.1%	1.00	0.0%
36	Dave Malarcher	ABC	SP	8.0		1.25	17.6%	0.0%		0.0%
37	Sell Hall	CAG	SP	7.0		1.29	10.3%	13.8%	0.75	0.0%
38	John Landers	ABC	RP	6.0		0.83	0.0%	4.3%	0.00	0.0%
39	Cristóbal Torriente*	ALL	RP	4.2		2.14	4.2%	12.5%	0.33	0.0%
40	Edgar Burch	ALL	SP	4.1		3.23	3.7%	14.8%	0.25	0.0%
41	José Méndez	ALL	SP	1.1		5.25	9.1%	18.2%	0.50	0.0%
42	Robert Prior*	SLG	SP	1.1		1.50	16.7%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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