1908 Chicago Leland Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1908 Chicago Leland Giants


15 - 7


(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1901 / 1909 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (15-7)

Top Hitter


Danger
Talbert

Top Pitcher


Rube
Foster

League Ranks (3 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
97
1st ERA+
100
2nd
OPS
.769
2nd ERA
3.25
1st
BA
.303
1st BA
.259
2nd
OBP
.368
1st K/BB
0.75
3rd
SLG
.401
3rd K%
8.3%
3rd
BB%
8.5%
1st BB%
11.0%
3rd
K%
HR%
0.1%
1st
ISO
.098
3rd WHIP
1.45
3rd

Notes:


• Home Ballpark: Logan Square Park (Chicago, IL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Frank Leland (General Manager)


Roster
Pos Uni Bats Throws
29
LF
107
5'6"
185
L
8/27/1878 (Brookland, VA)
9/15/1952 (Richmond, VA)
25
CF
97
5'8"
180
L
R
10/12/1882 (Buena, VA)
12/19/1951 (Buffalo, NY)
30
3B
96
R
3/8/1878 (Platte City, MO)
1913 (Omaha, NE)
28
RF
94
5'5"
143
R
R
12/6/1879 (Washington, DC)
8/22/1942 (New York, NY)
32
1B
90
R
R
10/9/1875 (Detroit, MI)
9/2/1917 (Chicago, IL)
28
2B
76
R
R
25
SS
74
5'10"
164
R
8/1/1882 (Norfolk, VA)
22
C
60
R
R
1886 (Richmond, VA)
9/26/1922 (Chicago, IL)
28
SP
44
54.0
5'9"
230
R
R
9/17/1879 (La Grange, TX)
12/9/1930 (Kankakee, IL)
28
C
33
8/1879 (Clay Center, KS)
8/26/1942 (Chicago, IL)
30
SP
21
45.2
R
R
9/12/1877 (Detroit, MI)
12/16/1946 (Chicago, IL)
22
2B
19
9.0
R
8/24/1885 (Allegheny, PA)
2/28/1912 (Coraopolis, PA)
33
SP
18
40.0
9/5/1874 (Rome, GA)
9/1/1946 (Chicago, IL)
34
SS
17
R
2/1874 (birthplace unknown)
12/24/1960 (Saginaw, MI)
22
SP
8
18.0
3/3/1886 (Topeka, KS)
22
SP
5
11.0
5'5"
145
5/28/1886 (Pittsburgh, PA)
SP
3
9.0
28
SP
3
9.0
5'9"
180
5/30/1880 (Nashville, TN)
12/29/1955 (Chicago, IL)
RP
1
4.0

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