William Selden - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1887	RES/TCG	MULT	20	LF	10	41	39	6	7	0	0	1	4	3	0	1			1	0			.179	.220	.256	.476	29
1888	TCG	IND/NvM	21	LF	7	27	27	3	4	0	0	1	3	0		0			0	0			.148	.148	.259	.407	56
1891	GOR	IND/NvM	24	LF	10	49	42	10	16	1	0	3	13	4		2	5		0	5			.381	.409	.619	1.028	154
1892	GOR	NvM	25	C	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1894	CBG	IND	27	SP	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	-21
1896	CXG	IND	29	SP	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1897	CXG	IND/NvM	30	SP	4	16	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		3			1	0			.083	.313	.083	.396	6
1898	CXG	IND	31	SP	2	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.375	.375	.375	.750	123
1899	CXG	IND	32	SP	2	8	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	1			.167	.286	.333	.619	63
9	4			SP	38	161	146	27	33	2	0	5	21	7	0	7	8		2	6			.226	.271	.342	.613	68
162 Game Average						686	622	115	141	9	0	21	90	39	0	30	130		9	26			.226	.271	.342	.613	68

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
8	Negro Leagues				22	101	88	21	24	2	0	4	17	4		6	5		2	5			.273	.333	.432	.765	104
5	vs Major Leagues				14	52	50	4	8	0	0	1	4	0		1	3		0	1			.160	.176	.220	.396	15
1	vs High Minors				2	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0			0	0			.125	.125	.125	.250	-32

Year	Team	Lg	Age	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	Boston Resolutes			SP	1	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	0			.667	.800	.667	1.467	307
3	Cuban Giants I			SP	17	68	68	9	10	0	0	2	6	3	0	0			0	0			.147	.147	.235	.382	19
2	New York Gorhams			RP	11	52	45	10	16	1	0	3	13	4		2	8		0	5			.356	.383	.578	.961	134
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	9	36	30	7	5	1	0	0	1	0		4			1	1			.167	.286	.200	.486	33

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1887	RES/TCG	MULT	41		.223	.338		2.4%				4.4%					2.4%	0.7%		.077	.100
1888	TCG	IND/NvM	27		.187	.232		0.0%	4.8%			2.4%					3.7%	0.7%		.111	.079
1891	GOR	IND/NvM	49		.392	.348		4.1%	8.9%		10.2%	6.6%		0.40	0.82		6.1%	1.7%		.238	.130
1892	GOR	NvM	3		.000	.361		0.0%	13.3%		100.0%	18.7%		0.00	0.71		0.0%	0.0%		.000	.094
1894	CBG	IND	5		.190	.423		0.0%	12.5%								0.0%	2.5%		.000	.200
1896	CXG	IND	4		.000	.369		0.0%	7.9%								0.0%	2.6%		.000	.122
1897	CXG	IND/NvM	16		.267	.347		18.8%				7.5%					0.0%	1.8%		.000	.118
1898	CXG	IND	8		.352	.305		0.0%	4.9%								0.0%	1.4%		.000	.088
1899	CXG	IND	8		.255	.336		12.5%	5.7%								0.0%	1.8%		.167	.119
9	4		161		.270	.327		4.3%	5.6%		16.7%	7.1%		0.13	0.69		3.1%	1.3%		.116	.110

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
8	Negro Leagues		101		.331	.329		5.9%	6.2%		11.1%	9.5%		0.20	0.59		4.0%	1.7%		.159	.123
5	vs Major Leagues		52		.175	.319		1.9%	4.9%		100.0%	3.3%		0.00	1.56		1.9%	0.6%		.060	.092
1	vs High Minors		8		.119	.345		0.0%	3.2%								0.0%	0.3%		.000	.080

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Boston Resolutes		5		.733	.351		20.0%	5.1%								0.0%	0.3%		.000	.072
3	Cuban Giants I		68		.169	.302		0.0%	4.1%								2.9%	0.8%		.088	.100
2	New York Gorhams		52		.369	.349		3.8%	7.0%		16.7%	9.5%		0.13	0.81		5.8%	1.6%		.222	.128
4	Cuban X Giants		36		.253	.338		11.1%	6.6%								0.0%	1.8%		.033	.111

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