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1917 Independent Negro

1917 > Class > League History
Overall: 179.5 games, 17 teams, approx. 21 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1916 / 1918
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1916 / 1918

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1916 / 1918

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm W L W-L% GB
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Kansas City All Nations
Chicago American Giants
Pennsylvania Red Caps
Chicago Union Giants
Brooklyn Royal Giants
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs
Philadelphia All-Stars
Philadelphia Hilldale Club
New York Lincoln Giants
Chicago Giants
St. Louis Giants
Texas All Stars
Cuban Stars of Havana
New York Cuban Stars
Indianapolis ABCs

League Batting

Tm BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Pennsylvania Red Caps 6.00 1 39 36 6 10 1 0 0 5 0 2 6 .278 .316 .306 .621 11 1
St. Louis Giants 6.00 1 42 37 6 12 1 0 0 5 0 3 4 .324 .375 .351 .726 13 2
New York Lincoln Giants 5.97 29 1108 937 173 295 40 10 9 158 10 120 101 .315 .393 .408 .800 382 51
Philadelphia Hilldale Club 5.33 9 340 296 48 83 12 6 1 45 1 30 33 .280 .347 .372 .718 110 14
Brooklyn Royal Giants 5.06 18 656 562 91 154 20 7 0 74 31 75 75 .274 .359 .335 .694 188 19
New York Cuban Stars 4.80 25 971 866 120 231 26 8 0 97 12 76 116 .267 .326 .315 .641 273 29
Kansas City All Nations 4.00 15 577 516 60 116 13 1 3 48 14 47 99 .225 .290 .271 .561 140 14
Indianapolis ABCs 3.76 59 2158 1919 222 475 61 33 4 189 53 165 226 .248 .307 .320 .627 614 74
Chicago American Giants 3.74 54 1912 1652 202 371 70 11 0 169 59 191 171 .225 .305 .280 .585 463 69
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs 3.29 7 266 226 23 48 1 0 2 20 2 32 38 .212 .310 .243 .553 55 8
Cuban Stars of Havana 3.05 42 1498 1335 128 287 37 20 3 105 40 109 181 .215 .274 .279 .554 373 54
Texas All Stars 3.00 7 259 244 21 58 9 3 1 18 4 11 37 .238 .271 .311 .582 76 4
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 2.75 12 415 372 33 72 8 2 2 30 2 33 52 .194 .259 .242 .501 90 10
Chicago Giants 2.75 4 148 129 11 26 2 0 0 11 2 15 14 .202 .285 .217 .502 28 4
Chicago Union Giants 2.50 2 72 68 5 15 1 1 0 5 1 2 11 .221 .243 .265 .508 18 2
Philadelphia All-Stars 0.00 1 26 25 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 .280 .280 .440 .720 11 1
League Totals 4.02 286 10487 9220 1149 2260 304 103 25 979 231 911 1169 .245 .313 .309 .622 2845 356

League Pitching

Tm PitchAge R/G W L W-L% RAvg G GS CG SHO IP H R BB SO HBP WP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Chicago American Giants 1.80 40 13 .755 2.16 65 54 43 12 488.0 331 117 149 257 0 0.984 6.1 2.7 4.7 1.72
Philadelphia All-Stars 2.00 0 1 .000 2.57 1 1 1 0 7.0 6 2 2 5 0 1.143 7.7 2.6 6.4 2.50
Cuban Stars of Havana 2.52 18 24 .429 3.05 48 42 37 2 357.1 315 121 94 123 1 1.145 7.9 2.4 3.1 1.31
Indianapolis ABCs 2.70 27 29 .482 3.81 82 59 38 6 522.1 440 221 175 257 4 1.177 7.6 3.0 4.4 1.47
New York Lincoln Giants 3.61 17 11 .607 5.16 38 29 22 4 239.0 257 137 95 127 3 1.473 9.7 3.6 4.8 1.34
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs 3.63 3 4 .429 4.35 8 7 6 0 60.0 49 29 39 19 0 1.467 7.4 5.8 2.8 0.49
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 3.87 5 7 .417 4.88 15 12 9 1 107.0 97 58 44 58 0 1.318 8.2 3.7 4.9 1.32
Chicago Union Giants 4.00 1 1 .500 4.24 2 2 2 0 17.0 17 8 5 7 0 1.294 9.0 2.6 3.7 1.40
Philadelphia Hilldale Club 4.15 4 5 .444 5.93 13 9 5 0 82.0 95 54 27 31 0 1.488 10.4 3.0 3.4 1.15
New York Cuban Stars 4.21 12 13 .480 5.03 28 25 21 4 211.0 220 118 96 92 0 1.498 9.4 4.1 3.9 0.96
Kansas City All Nations 4.35 5 8 .385 5.63 20 15 10 0 139.0 136 87 59 77 1 1.403 8.8 3.8 5.0 1.31
Chicago Giants 4.40 0 4 .000 6.19 5 4 4 0 32.0 41 22 20 15 0 1.906 11.5 5.6 4.2 0.75
Brooklyn Royal Giants 4.64 7 10 .412 6.65 22 18 14 0 138.0 162 102 77 75 0 1.732 10.6 5.0 4.9 0.97
St. Louis Giants 5.00 0 1 .000 10.00 2 1 0 0 9.0 10 10 3 3 0 1.444 10.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
Texas All Stars 6.22 0 7 .000 9.00 9 7 5 0 56.0 73 56 24 20 5 1.732 11.7 3.9 3.2 0.83
Pennsylvania Red Caps 7.00 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 1 0 8.0 11 7 2 3 0 1.625 12.4 2.2 3.4 1.50
League Totals 3.20 139 139 .500 4.18 359 286 218 29 2472.2 2260 1149 911 1169 14 1.282 8.2 3.3 4.3 1.28

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Pennsylvania Red Caps 1 24 11 1 1 .972 0 0 Charles Culver
Philadelphia Hilldale Club 9 245 105 10 7 .972 0 0 Otto Briggs
Philadelphia All-Stars 1 20 12 1 1 .970 0 0 George Victory
Chicago American Giants 54 1462 702 74 30 .967 2 21 Rube Foster
Chicago Giants 4 96 51 5 3 .967 0 6 Joe Green
Cuban Stars of Havana 42 1071 573 58 29 .966 2 31 Tinti Molina
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs 7 180 105 11 3 .963 2 1 n/a
New York Cuban Stars 25 632 298 41 20 .958 1 9 Pelayo Chacon
Indianapolis ABCs 59 1563 777 113 43 .954 4 82 C.I. Taylor
Chicago Union Giants 2 51 28 4 2 .952 0 2 William Peters
St. Louis Giants 1 27 11 2 1 .950 0 0 Bill Pettus
Brooklyn Royal Giants 18 413 204 33 12 .949 0 16 Charles Earle
New York Lincoln Giants 29 717 305 61 23 .944 0 26 Smokey Joe Williams
Kansas City All Nations 15 417 203 39 12 .941 4 17 J.L. Wilkinson
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 12 321 149 31 9 .938 2 5 n/a
Texas All Stars 7 167 86 26 6 .907 2 15 n/a
League Totals 286 7406 3620 510 202 .956 19 231