1917 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1917 Season

1916-17 / 1917-18

Top Hitter

John Henry
Lloyd

Top Pitcher

Juan
Padrón

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Joe Williams	NLG	.627
2	Bill Pettus	MULT	.581
3	Jules Thomas	NLG	.554
4	Louis Santop	BRG	.539
5	James Lynch	ABC/JBC	.491
6	Frank Blattner	ALL	.491
7	Doc Wiley	NLG	.484
8	Ted Kimbro	NLG	.456
9	Blainey Hall	NLG	.453
10	John Henry Lloyd	CAG	.442

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	John Donaldson	ALL	3.46
2	F. Banks	NLG	2.80
3	Juan Padrón	CSW	2.60
4	Dick Redding	CAG	2.52
5	Joe Williams	NLG	2.26
6	Tom Williams	CAG	1.97
7	Bill Gatewood	ABC/SLG	1.81
8	String Bean Williams	ABC/BRG	1.73
9	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	1.73
10	Gifford McDonald	AC/NLG	1.67

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Chicago American Giants	WES	524.0		1.00	13.0%	7.6%	1.72	0.1%
2	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	522.1		1.18	11.8%	8.1%	1.47	0.3%
3	Cuban Stars West	WES	391.1		1.16	8.2%	6.5%	1.27	0.2%
4	New York Lincoln Giants	EAS	288.0		1.38	12.2%	8.1%	1.51	0.0%
5	Cuban Stars East	EAS	220.0		1.48	9.7%	9.7%	1.00	0.8%
6	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	EAS	194.0		1.29	13.7%	8.9%	1.55	0.1%
7	Brooklyn Royal Giants	EAS	190.0		1.63	13.0%	10.8%	1.21	0.3%
8	Kansas City All Nations	WES	139.0		1.40	12.5%	9.5%	1.31	0.2%
9	Hilldale Club	EAS	82.0		1.49	8.6%	7.5%	1.15	0.0%
10	Jewell's ABCs	WES	60.0		1.47	7.2%	14.8%	0.49	0.0%
11	Texas All Stars	WES	56.0		1.73	7.4%	8.9%	0.83	0.0%
12	Chicago Giants	WES	32.0		1.91	9.4%	12.6%	0.75	1.3%
13	Philadelphia Giants	EAS	23.0		1.96	14.0%	7.9%	1.78	0.9%
14	Chicago Union Giants	WES	17.0		1.29	9.1%	6.5%	1.40	0.0%
15	St. Louis Giants	WES	9.0		1.44	7.7%	7.7%	1.00	0.0%
16	Pennsylvania Red Caps	EAS	8.0		1.63	7.9%	5.3%	1.50	0.0%
17	Philadelphia All Stars	EAS	7.0		1.14	18.5%	7.4%	2.50	0.0%
	17	2	2762.2		1.28	11.3%	8.4%	1.34	0.2%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Dick Redding	CAG	SP	153.2		0.85	18.9%	7.5%	2.52	0.0%
2	String Bean Williams	ABC/BRG	SP	152.0		1.19	13.7%	7.9%	1.73	0.3%
3	Juan Padrón*	CSW	SP	139.2		1.00	13.9%	5.3%	2.60	0.4%
4	Tom Williams	CAG	SP	126.2		0.84	11.7%	6.0%	1.97	0.4%
5	Bill Gatewood	ABC/SLG	SP	126.1		1.38	11.7%	6.5%	1.81	0.2%
6	José Junco*	CSW	SP	124.1		1.11	3.8%	5.7%	0.66	0.2%
7	Evelio Calderin	CSE	SP	105.1		1.42	10.7%	9.0%	1.19	1.3%
8	Joe Williams	NLG	SP	101.0		1.18	16.8%	7.5%	2.26	0.0%
9	Shang Johnson	AC/HIL	SP	100.2		1.33	14.7%	8.5%	1.73	0.2%
10	Tom Johnson	CAG	SP	98.0		1.19	9.5%	8.5%	1.12	0.2%
11	Lefty Harvey*	BRG	SP	93.2		1.60	14.2%	11.7%	1.22	0.0%
12	Jim Jeffries*	ABC	SP	86.2		1.11	11.2%	8.4%	1.33	0.3%
13	Dicta Johnson	ABC	RP	82.2		1.19	9.8%	9.2%	1.06	0.6%
14	Gifford McDonald^	AC/NLG	SP	79.0		1.48	12.6%	7.6%	1.67	0.0%
15	Dick Whitworth	CAG	SP	73.0		1.08	10.3%	7.9%	1.30	0.0%
16	Bernardo Baró*	CSW	SP	67.0		1.33	4.9%	8.8%	0.56	0.0%
17	Doc Sykes	MULT	SP	66.0		1.32	9.6%	7.1%	1.35	0.0%
18	José Suárez	CSE	SP	64.0		1.63	8.2%	10.7%	0.76	0.6%
19	John Donaldson*	ALL	SP	60.0		0.90	18.9%	5.5%	3.46	0.0%
20	Roy Roberts	AC	SP	59.0		1.22	11.6%	10.4%	1.12	0.0%
21	Dizzy Dismukes	ABC	SP	58.0		1.03	11.5%	7.2%	1.59	0.4%
22	Frank Wickware	MULT	SP	49.0		1.31	8.8%	10.7%	0.82	0.0%
23	Eustaquio Pedroso	CSW	SP	44.1		1.58	8.8%	7.8%	1.13	0.5%
24	Lee Wade	NLG	SP	36.1		1.65	6.7%	9.6%	0.71	0.0%
25	Charles Murphy^	MULT	SP	35.0		1.86	7.8%	10.0%	0.78	0.0%
26	Leon^	CSE	SP	33.0		1.21	9.4%	8.7%	1.08	0.0%
27	Henry McLaughlin^	JBC/NLG	SP	31.2		1.29	10.4%	11.9%	0.88	0.0%
28	Walter Ball	COG	SP	30.2		1.79	10.1%	12.2%	0.83	1.4%
29	Lem McDougal^	ABC	SP	29.1		1.43	13.4%	9.7%	1.38	0.7%
30	Rube Foster	CAG	SP	27.0		1.19	9.9%	9.9%	1.00	0.0%
31	Ad Lankford	MULT	SP	25.2		1.56	11.2%	7.8%	1.44	0.0%
32	O. T. Hendricks^	TAS	SP	25.0		1.60	5.4%	8.9%	0.60	0.0%
33	Mike Flanagan^	ALL	SP	24.0		1.17	10.8%	8.8%	1.22	0.0%
34	F. Banks*	NLG	RP	22.0		1.36	14.7%	5.3%	2.80	0.0%
35	George Branham^	JBC	SP	21.1		1.59	8.3%	12.5%	0.67	0.0%
36	George Dandy*	NLG	SP	20.0		1.40	8.1%	10.5%	0.78	0.0%
37	William Ross	TAS	SP	19.2		1.47	12.2%	10.0%	1.22	0.0%
38	Julio Rojo	CSE	SP	17.2		1.81	11.0%	12.2%	0.90	0.0%
39	Maywood Brown^	BRG	SP	17.1		2.48	13.7%	17.9%	0.76	1.1%
40	Oscar Charleston*	ABC	RP	16.1		0.92	10.6%	13.6%	0.78	0.0%
41	Tatica Campos	CSW	SP	16.0		1.13	5.9%	7.4%	0.80	0.0%
42	Ben Taylor*	ABC	RP	15.2		1.21	9.1%	9.1%	1.00	0.0%
43	George Britt	ABC/CAG	SP	15.2		1.21	11.4%	8.6%	1.33	0.0%
44	Jimmie Lyons*	ALL/JBC	RP	12.1		0.73	10.9%	13.0%	0.83	0.0%
45	Eddie Buell^	TAS	SP	11.1		2.47	4.5%	7.5%	0.60	0.0%
46	Miller^	ALL	RP	10.0		2.50	7.0%	19.3%	0.36	0.0%
47	Robert Yendes^	ALL	SP	9.2		1.86	10.9%	17.4%	0.63	0.0%
48	Bill Cadreau	CIU	SP	9.0		1.56	9.1%	4.5%	2.00	0.0%
49	Phil Cockrell	NLG	SP	9.0		0.89	19.4%	5.6%	3.50	0.0%
50	Bill Drake	ALL	SP	9.0		2.56	4.1%	14.3%	0.29	2.0%
51	Harding^	ALL	SP	8.1		1.44	8.1%	0.0%		0.0%
52	Dave Malarcher	ABC	SP	8.0		1.25	17.6%	0.0%		0.0%
53	Palmer Kelley^	CIU	SP	8.0		1.00	9.1%	9.1%	1.00	0.0%
54	Emerson Gray	BRG	SP	8.0		1.50	8.8%	5.9%	1.50	0.0%
55	Doc Wiley	NLG	RP	7.2		0.78	13.8%	6.9%	2.00	0.0%
56	John Ford^	HIL	SP	7.1		1.36	12.5%	6.3%	2.00	0.0%
57	Sell Hall	CAG	SP	7.0		1.29	10.3%	13.8%	0.75	0.0%
58	Red Smith^	AC/BRG	RP	7.0		1.86	11.4%	8.6%	1.33	0.0%
59	Louis Miller	AC	RP	6.2		1.65	6.7%	6.7%	1.00	0.0%
60	John Landers	ABC	RP	6.0		0.83	0.0%	4.3%	0.00	0.0%
61	Charlie Bradford^	PHG	SP	5.0		3.00	24.1%	10.3%	2.33	3.4%
62	Cristóbal Torriente*	ALL	RP	4.2		2.14	4.2%	12.5%	0.33	0.0%
63	Edgar Burch	ALL	SP	4.1		3.23	3.7%	14.8%	0.25	0.0%
64	William Tate^	PHG	RP	4.0		1.75	5.0%	5.0%	1.00	0.0%
65	Webb^	NLG	SP	4.0		2.50	0.0%	13.6%	0.00	0.0%
66	Josh^	NLG	RP	3.0		3.00	0.0%	11.8%	0.00	0.0%
67	Jules Thomas	NLG	SP	1.1		3.75	0.0%	22.2%	0.00	0.0%
68	José Méndez	ALL	SP	1.1		5.25	9.1%	18.2%	0.50	0.0%
69	Robert Prior*	SLG	SP	1.1		1.50	16.7%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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