1916 Eastern Independent Clubs   Overall Run   Runs Scored Runs Allowed Rnk Team G W - L - T % GB Diff R / Exp +/- RA / Exp +/- 1 Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans * 21 14 - 7 - 0 .667 - +10   113 / 142 -29 103 / 149 +46 2 New York Lincoln Giants 21 13 - 8 - 0 .619 1.0 +11   116 / 76 +40 105 / 140 +35 3 Brooklyn Royal Giants 25 15 - 10 - 0 .600 1.0 +31   151 / 96 +55 120 / 163 +43 4 New York Lincoln Stars 29 8 - 21 - 0 .276 10.0 -49   159 / 149 +10 208 / 146 -62 5 New York Cuban Stars 12 2 - 10 - 0 .167 7.5 -22   53 / 46 +7 75 / 80 +5 6 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1 0 - 1 - 0 .000 4.0 -3   5 / 4 +1 8 / 8 0

1916 Western Independent Clubs   Overall Run   Runs Scored Runs Allowed Rnk Team G W - L - T % GB Diff R / Exp +/- RA / Exp +/- 1 Chicago American Giants * 69 40 - 26 - 3 .601 - +59   290 / 335 -45 231 / 282 +51 2 Indianapolis ABCs 44 23 - 18 - 3 .557 4.5 +31   218 / 175 +43 187 / 163 -24 3 Cuban Stars of Havana 71 35 - 34 - 2 .507 6.5 +22   271 / 315 -44 249 / 296 +47 4 Kansas City All Nations 13 5 - 6 - 2 .462 7.5 -9   57 / 49 +8 66 / 51 -15 5 St. Louis Giants 44 18 - 24 - 2 .432 10.0 -43   192 / 213 -21 235 / 172 -63 6 Bowser's ABCs of Indianapolis 5 1 - 4 - 0 .200 8.5 -15   20 / 24 -4 35 / 19 -16 7 Chicago Union Giants 2 0 - 2 - 0 .000 8.0 -9   8 / 9 -1 17 / 9 -8 8 Chicago Giants 3 0 - 3 - 0 .000 8.5 -14   4 / 14 -10 18 / 12 -6

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