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William Selden

William H. Selden

Born: October 10, 1866 in Norfolk, VA
Died: August 26, 1926 in Boston, MA
(59 years old)

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Notes:

• Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery (Boston, MA)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1887	RES/TCG	MULT	20	LF	2	2	.500	4	4	0	4	0	0	33.0	36	13	47	3	13	16	3	0	2	161	3.55	99
1888	TCG	IND/NvM	21	LF	0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	13	10	18	0	2	8	0		0	47	11.25	21
1891	GOR	IND/NvM	24	LF	3	1	.750	6	3	3	3	1	0	39.1	11	2	26	0	7	24	1		0	153	0.46	513
1892	GOR	NvM	25	C	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	18	3	11	0	7	1	1	0	0	39	4.76	87
1894	CBG	IND	27	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	4	11	0	3	4	0		0	41	4.00	159
1896	CXG	IND	29	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	6	9	1	1	3	0		0	36	6.00	76
1897	CXG	IND/NvM	30	SP	2	1	.667	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	13	8	21	1	5	17	0		2	106	2.88	186
1898	CXG	IND	31	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	12	0	1	4	0		0	39	2.00	107
1899	CXG	IND	32	SP	2	0	1.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	9	6	22	2	3	2	0		1	77	3.00	123
9	4			SP	12	5	.706	20	16	4	16	1	0	156.0	122	54	177	7	42	79	5	0	5	699	3.12	113
162 Game Average					23	9	.706	38	30	8	30	2	0	294.2	230	102	334	13	79	149	9	0	9	1320	3.12	113

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
7	Negro Leagues				11	0	1.000	13	10	3	10	1	0	102.1	49	28	87	5	18	57	1		1	412	2.46	165
5	vs Major Leagues				0	5	.000	6	5	1	5	0	0	44.2	69	24	80	2	19	22	4	0	2	250	4.84	63
1	vs High Minors				1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	2	10	0	5	0	0	0	2	37	2.00	180

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Boston Resolutes			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	2	4	1	2	13	0		0	33	2.00	166
3	Cuban Giants I			SP	2	3	.400	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.0	53	25	72	2	16	15	3	0	2	216	5.49	58
2	New York Gorhams			RP	3	1	.750	7	3	4	3	1	0	45.0	29	5	37	0	14	25	2	0	0	192	1.00	337
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	6	1	.857	7	7	0	7	0	0	61.0	37	22	64	4	10	26	0		3	258	3.25	126

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1887	RES/TCG	MULT	20	LF	33.0		1.82	1.56		9.9%	9.6%		8.1%	4.6%		1.23	2.14		1.9%	0.5%
1888	TCG	IND/NvM	21	LF	8.0		2.50	1.21		17.0%	11.3%		4.3%	3.3%		4.00	3.40		0.0%	0.3%
1891	GOR	IND/NvM	24	LF	39.1		0.84	1.41		15.7%	13.9%		4.6%	8.3%		3.43	1.53		0.0%	1.5%
1892	GOR	NvM	25	C	5.2		3.18	3.20		2.6%	23.0%		17.9%	31.5%		0.14	0.73		0.0%	0.0%
1894	CBG	IND	27	SP	9.0		1.56	1.78		9.8%	13.8%		7.3%	19.0%		1.33	0.73		0.0%	4.6%
1896	CXG	IND	29	SP	9.0		1.11	1.36		8.3%	11.1%		2.8%	8.8%		3.00	1.26		2.8%	4.0%
1897	CXG	IND/NvM	30	SP	25.0		1.04	1.64		16.0%	8.5%		4.7%	8.2%		3.40	1.06		0.9%	1.4%
1898	CXG	IND	31	SP	9.0		1.44	1.33		10.3%	10.3%		2.6%	5.5%		4.00	1.87		0.0%	1.1%
1899	CXG	IND	32	SP	18.0		1.39	1.31		2.6%	7.8%		3.9%	6.1%		0.67	1.28		2.6%	1.8%
9	4			SP	156.0		1.40	1.54		11.3%	11.2%		6.0%	8.6%		1.88	1.58		1.0%	1.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
7	Negro Leagues				102.1		1.03	1.49		13.8%	10.1%		4.4%	8.4%		3.17	1.33		1.2%	2.3%
5	vs Major Leagues				44.2		2.22	1.64		8.8%	13.4%		7.6%	9.8%		1.16	1.94		0.8%	0.5%
1	vs High Minors				9.0		1.67	1.52		0.0%	9.2%		13.5%	3.5%		0.00	2.61		0.0%	0.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Boston Resolutes			SP	9.0		0.67	1.67		39.4%	8.9%		6.1%	5.2%		6.50	1.72		3.0%	0.2%
3	Cuban Giants I			SP	41.0		2.15	1.52		6.9%	11.2%		7.4%	7.1%		0.94	2.17		0.9%	1.3%
2	New York Gorhams			RP	45.0		1.13	1.63		13.0%	14.5%		7.3%	12.7%		1.79	1.43		0.0%	1.4%
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	61.0		1.21	1.46		10.1%	9.1%		3.9%	7.4%		2.60	1.27		1.6%	2.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1887	RES/TCG	MULT	20	LF	4	161	146	36	47	7	4	3	16		13	16		2	0		3	.322	.385	.486	.871
1888	TCG	IND/NvM	21	LF	1	47	45	13	18	2	3	0	0		2	8		0	0		0	.400	.426	.578	1.003
1891	GOR	IND/NvM	24	LF	6	153	141	11	26	4	0	0	10		7	24		0	5		5	.184	.223	.213	.436
1892	GOR	NvM	25	C	1	39	32	18	11	3	0	0	10		7	1		0	0		0	.344	.462	.438	.899
1894	CBG	IND	27	SP	1	41	36	7	11	1	0	0	0		3	4		0	2		1	.306	.359	.333	.692
1896	CXG	IND	29	SP	1	36	35	9	9	2	0	1	0		1	3		0	0		0	.257	.278	.400	.678
1897	CXG	IND/NvM	30	SP	3	106	96	13	21	1	1	1			5	17		2	3		1	.219	.272	.281	.553
1898	CXG	IND	31	SP	1	39	38	6	12	1	1	0	2		1	4		0	0		1	.316	.333	.395	.728
1899	CXG	IND	32	SP	2	77	69	9	22	2	0	2	0		3	2		1	4		3	.319	.356	.435	.791
9	4			SP	20	699	638	122	177	23	9	7	38		42	79		5	14		14	.277	.327	.375	.702

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
7	Negro Leagues				13	412	383	49	87	11	2	5	8		18	57		1	10		10	.227	.264	.305	.569
5	vs Major Leagues				6	250	225	69	80	11	6	2	23		19	22		2	4		2	.356	.411	.484	.895
1	vs High Minors				1	37	30	4	10	1	1	0	7		5	0		2	0		2	.333	.459	.433	.893

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Boston Resolutes			SP	1	33	31	3	4	1	0	1	1		2	13		0			0	.129	.182	.258	.440
3	Cuban Giants I			SP	5	216	196	53	72	9	7	2	15		16	15		2	2		4	.367	.421	.515	.936
2	New York Gorhams			RP	7	192	173	29	37	7	0	0	20		14	25		0	5		5	.214	.273	.254	.527
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	7	258	238	37	64	6	2	4	2		10	26		3	7		5	.269	.307	.361	.668

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