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		1	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	2	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	0	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	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1894	CBG	IND/NvH	27	SP	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.111	.111	.111	.222	-53
1896	CXG	IND	29	SP	2	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	32
1897	CXG	IND/NVM	30	SP	4	16	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0		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	40	169	154	28	35	2	0	5	21	7	0	7	11	0	2	6		0	.227	.270	.338	.608	67
162 Game Average						684	624	113	142	8	0	20	85	28	0	28	61	0	8	24		0	.227	.270	.338	.608	67

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				23	105	92	22	26	2	0	4	17	4	0	6	6		2	5			.283	.340	.435	.775	106
5	vs Major Leagues				14	52	50	4	8	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	0	0	1		0	.160	.176	.220	.396	15
2	vs High Minors				3	12	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	3		0	0		0	0			.083	.083	.083	.167	-55

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	18	72	72	9	10	0	0	2	6	3		0	3	0	0	0		0	.139	.139	.222	.361	12
2	New York Gorhams			RP	11	52	45	10	16	1	0	3	13	4	0	2	8	0	0	5		0	.356	.383	.578	.961	134
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	10	40	34	8	7	1	0	0	1	0		4	0		1	1			.206	.308	.235	.543	46

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	.339		2.4%	1.9%		2.4%	4.4%		1.00			2.4%	0.7%		.077	.100
1888	TCG	IND/NvM	27		.187	.232		0.0%	7.7%		7.4%	2.4%		0.00	1.62		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/NvH	9		.106	.411		0.0%				11.5%					0.0%	1.7%		.000	.176
1896	CXG	IND	8		.242	.352		0.0%	8.6%								0.0%	2.3%		.000	.115
1897	CXG	IND/NVM	16		.267	.347		18.8%	0.1%		0.0%	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		169		.269	.328		4.1%	5.9%		8.9%	5.6%		0.36	1.52		3.0%	1.3%		.110	.111

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
8	Negro Leagues		105		.336	.329		5.7%	6.3%		8.5%	8.3%		0.67	0.68		3.8%	1.7%		.152	.122
5	vs Major Leagues		52		.175	.319		1.9%	5.0%		11.1%	2.9%		0.00	2.53		1.9%	0.6%		.060	.092
2	vs High Minors		12		.079	.362		0.0%	5.6%		0.0%	0.0%			0.00		0.0%	0.4%		.000	.102

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		72		.159	.307		0.0%	4.5%		4.8%	4.1%		0.00	1.79		2.8%	0.8%		.083	.102
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		40		.277	.338		10.0%	6.8%		0.0%	0.1%			8.00		0.0%	1.8%		.029	.110

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