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1916 Independent Negro
1916 > Class > League History
Overall: 200.5 games, 14 teams, approx. 28 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1915 / 1917
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1915 / 1917
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1915 / 1917
League Standings
Regular Season
League Batting
| Tm | BatAge | R/G | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Lincoln Stars | 5.92 | 25 | 1008 | 885 | 148 | 237 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 131 | 29 | 97 | 121 | .268 | .340 | .358 | .698 | 317 | 26 | ||||||
| Brooklyn Royal Giants | 5.91 | 22 | 849 | 749 | 130 | 211 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 107 | 47 | 71 | 88 | .282 | .344 | .359 | .703 | 269 | 29 | ||||||
| New York Lincoln Giants | 5.53 | 19 | 731 | 635 | 105 | 196 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 92 | 20 | 64 | 80 | .309 | .372 | .400 | .772 | 254 | 32 | ||||||
| Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans | 5.24 | 17 | 659 | 585 | 89 | 165 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 16 | 58 | 73 | .282 | .347 | .338 | .685 | 198 | 16 | ||||||
| Indianapolis ABCs | 5.07 | 41 | 1432 | 1262 | 208 | 348 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 180 | 77 | 122 | 193 | .276 | .340 | .352 | .691 | 444 | 48 | ||||||
| Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | 5.00 | 1 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .129 | .182 | .129 | .311 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| St. Louis Giants | 4.45 | 33 | 1259 | 1092 | 147 | 283 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 121 | 60 | 120 | 135 | .259 | .333 | .355 | .688 | 388 | 47 | ||||||
| Chicago American Giants | 4.35 | 62 | 2172 | 1907 | 270 | 482 | 65 | 18 | 7 | 229 | 45 | 195 | 230 | .253 | .322 | .317 | .639 | 604 | 70 | ||||||
| New York Cuban Stars | 4.27 | 11 | 418 | 374 | 47 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 33 | 75 | .246 | .307 | .310 | .617 | 116 | 11 | ||||||
| Kansas City All Nations | 4.14 | 7 | 243 | 216 | 29 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 30 | .241 | .308 | .310 | .618 | 67 | 6 | ||||||
| Indianapolis Bowser's ABCs | 4.00 | 5 | 188 | 174 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 25 | .264 | .301 | .374 | .674 | 65 | 5 | ||||||
| Chicago Union Giants | 4.00 | 2 | 75 | 66 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .197 | .284 | .212 | .496 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
| Cuban Stars of Havana | 3.77 | 62 | 2266 | 2007 | 234 | 443 | 67 | 12 | 6 | 190 | 38 | 191 | 257 | .221 | .288 | .275 | .563 | 552 | 68 | ||||||
| Chicago Giants | 1.33 | 3 | 99 | 92 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .163 | .222 | .239 | .461 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| League Totals | 4.66 | 310 | 11433 | 10075 | 1444 | 2587 | 364 | 111 | 47 | 1217 | 369 | 998 | 1345 | .257 | .324 | .329 | .653 | 3314 | 360 |
League Pitching
| Tm | PitchAge | R/G | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | BB | SO | HBP | WP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago American Giants | 2.41 | 38 | 21 | .644 | 3.41 | 85 | 62 | 43 | 10 | 541.1 | 424 | 205 | 232 | 292 | 4 | 1.212 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 1.26 | ||
| Cuban Stars of Havana | 2.85 | 30 | 30 | .500 | 3.78 | 78 | 62 | 47 | 8 | 528.2 | 460 | 222 | 154 | 292 | 3 | 1.161 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 1.90 | ||
| Indianapolis ABCs | 3.23 | 22 | 16 | .579 | 4.47 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 344.1 | 291 | 171 | 140 | 156 | 6 | 1.252 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 1.11 | ||
| Kansas City All Nations | 3.67 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.40 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 53 | 33 | 25 | 41 | 0 | 1.418 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 1.64 | ||
| New York Lincoln Giants | 3.88 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 5.01 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 167.0 | 186 | 93 | 60 | 97 | 5 | 1.473 | 10.0 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 1.62 | ||
| Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.333 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.33 | ||
| Brooklyn Royal Giants | 4.12 | 13 | 9 | .591 | 5.00 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 185.1 | 199 | 103 | 62 | 110 | 3 | 1.408 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.77 | ||
| New York Cuban Stars | 4.40 | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6.34 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 93.2 | 101 | 66 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 1.559 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 0.78 | ||
| St. Louis Giants | 4.48 | 11 | 21 | .344 | 6.05 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 293.0 | 307 | 197 | 87 | 125 | 5 | 1.345 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.44 | ||
| Chicago Giants | 4.50 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.36 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1.364 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 0.83 | ||
| Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans | 4.84 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 5.34 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 155.0 | 165 | 92 | 59 | 87 | 2 | 1.445 | 9.6 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 1.47 | ||
| New York Lincoln Stars | 5.26 | 7 | 18 | .280 | 7.70 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 215.0 | 303 | 184 | 82 | 74 | 1 | 1.791 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 0.90 | ||
| Indianapolis Bowser's ABCs | 5.83 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.68 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 41.0 | 54 | 35 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1.902 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 0.58 | ||
| Chicago Union Giants | 8.50 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.56 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1.875 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 0.62 | ||
| League Totals | 3.60 | 150 | 150 | .500 | 4.87 | 401 | 310 | 228 | 24 | 2666.1 | 2587 | 1444 | 998 | 1345 | 35 | 1.345 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 1.35 |
League Fielding
| Tm | Aff | G | CG | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | PB | SB | CS | CS% | lgCS% | PO | Attendance | Managers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago American Giants | 62 | 1624 | 806 | 82 | 46 | .967 | 7 | 18 | Rube Foster | |||||||
| Kansas City All Nations | 7 | 163 | 75 | 10 | 4 | .960 | 1 | 24 | J.L. Wilkinson | |||||||
| Cuban Stars of Havana | 62 | 1585 | 756 | 107 | 39 | .956 | 9 | 47 | Tinti Molina | |||||||
| Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans | 17 | 463 | 228 | 35 | 17 | .952 | 7 | 26 | Richard Henriquez | |||||||
| Brooklyn Royal Giants | 22 | 555 | 269 | 44 | 16 | .949 | 1 | 31 | Charles Earle | |||||||
| Indianapolis Bowser's ABCs | 5 | 123 | 78 | 12 | 1 | .944 | 1 | 6 | n/a | |||||||
| Indianapolis ABCs | 41 | 1033 | 571 | 98 | 34 | .942 | 5 | 51 | C.I. Taylor | |||||||
| New York Cuban Stars | 11 | 279 | 139 | 29 | 8 | .935 | 3 | 18 | Pelayo Chacon | |||||||
| New York Lincoln Stars | 25 | 642 | 332 | 69 | 21 | .934 | 3 | 47 | Bill Pettus | |||||||
| Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | 1 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1 | 5 | n/a | |||||||
| New York Lincoln Giants | 19 | 501 | 238 | 53 | 14 | .933 | 6 | 29 | Smokey Joe Williams | |||||||
| St. Louis Giants | 33 | 878 | 442 | 101 | 16 | .929 | 2 | 34 | Dick Wallace | |||||||
| Chicago Giants | 3 | 66 | 31 | 10 | 3 | .907 | 1 | 17 | Joe Green | |||||||
| Chicago Union Giants | 2 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 0 | .859 | 2 | 16 | William Peters | |||||||
| League Totals | 310 | 7987 | 3999 | 664 | 221 | .948 | 49 | 369 |
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