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1915 Independent Negro

1915 > Class > League History
Overall: 207.5 games, 14 teams, approx. 29 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1914 / 1916
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1914 / 1916

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1914 / 1916

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm W L W-L% GB
Chicago Giants
West Baden Sprudels
Cuban Stars of Havana
Louisville White Sox
Indianapolis ABCs
Long Branch Cubans
St. Louis Giants
Chicago Black Sox
Havana Reds
Philadelphia Giants
Chicago American Giants
Almendares Cubans
New York Lincoln Giants
New York Lincoln Stars

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
New York Lincoln Giants 7.94 18 742 647 143 224 30 17 10 129 19 64 60 .346 .405 .491 .897 318 31
St. Louis Giants 5.67 18 660 578 102 156 23 5 6 88 41 63 73 .270 .342 .358 .700 207 19
New York Lincoln Stars 5.38 34 1306 1174 183 333 51 7 9 157 24 86 133 .284 .333 .362 .695 425 46
Indianapolis ABCs 4.60 60 2173 1877 276 417 62 18 13 222 127 237 311 .222 .309 .295 .605 554 59
Chicago American Giants 4.27 56 2043 1815 239 431 68 6 10 190 13 165 218 .237 .301 .298 .599 541 63
Long Branch Cubans 4.26 19 655 583 81 157 20 3 0 69 21 46 79 .269 .323 .314 .637 183 26
Cuban Stars of Havana 3.94 50 1832 1673 197 404 54 14 15 156 40 111 220 .241 .289 .317 .606 531 48
Almendares Cubans 3.86 7 256 230 27 49 5 2 0 18 2 19 47 .213 .273 .252 .525 58 7
West Baden Sprudels 3.78 18 640 582 68 132 22 7 8 54 10 43 96 .227 .280 .330 .610 192 15
Havana Reds 3.75 4 154 137 15 35 2 0 0 8 9 11 23 .255 .311 .270 .581 37 6
Chicago Black Sox 3.40 5 210 184 17 40 3 0 0 13 5 20 22 .217 .294 .234 .528 43 6
Chicago Giants 2.88 8 261 243 23 37 6 1 0 20 2 14 49 .152 .198 .185 .384 45 4
Louisville White Sox 2.71 14 499 462 38 93 15 1 0 28 11 21 73 .201 .236 .238 .474 110 16
Philadelphia Giants 2.00 7 239 223 14 39 2 0 0 9 4 12 44 .175 .217 .184 .401 41 4
League Totals 4.47 318 11670 10408 1423 2547 363 81 71 1161 328 912 1448 .245 .306 .316 .621 3285 350

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 Black Sox 2.57 3 2 .600 3.38 7 5 3 1 48.0 38 18 17 17 0 1.146 7.1 3.2 3.2 1.00
New York Lincoln Stars 2.82 17 15 .531 3.86 45 34 24 2 296.0 248 127 107 175 0 1.199 7.5 3.3 5.3 1.64
Chicago American Giants 2.83 28 25 .528 4.09 82 56 39 5 510.0 409 232 163 250 1 1.122 7.2 2.9 4.4 1.53
Indianapolis ABCs 3.00 35 24 .593 3.64 73 60 49 4 542.0 460 219 130 270 8 1.089 7.6 2.2 4.5 2.08
Cuban Stars of Havana 3.36 21 27 .438 4.75 67 50 36 2 426.0 389 225 159 262 4 1.286 8.2 3.4 5.5 1.65
Long Branch Cubans 3.38 12 5 .706 4.50 24 19 14 4 162.0 175 81 51 68 0 1.395 9.7 2.8 3.8 1.33
New York Lincoln Giants 3.52 13 4 .765 4.61 23 18 13 0 158.0 158 81 41 94 7 1.259 9.0 2.3 5.4 2.29
Louisville White Sox 3.80 4 10 .286 5.55 20 14 9 1 123.1 113 76 48 61 0 1.305 8.2 3.5 4.5 1.27
Philadelphia Giants 4.00 0 7 .000 6.87 11 7 3 0 57.2 71 44 24 22 0 1.647 11.1 3.7 3.4 0.92
St. Louis Giants 4.05 9 8 .529 5.26 22 18 14 0 152.1 147 89 56 81 1 1.333 8.7 3.3 4.8 1.45
West Baden Sprudels 4.40 7 11 .389 5.25 20 18 16 0 151.0 143 88 35 89 0 1.179 8.5 2.1 5.3 2.54
Havana Reds 4.50 0 4 .000 7.52 6 4 2 0 32.1 46 27 11 13 0 1.763 12.8 3.1 3.6 1.18
Almendares Cubans 5.86 3 4 .429 6.36 7 7 7 0 58.0 74 41 19 22 0 1.603 11.5 2.9 3.4 1.16
Chicago Giants 9.38 1 7 .125 10.55 8 8 8 0 64.0 76 75 51 24 4 1.984 10.7 7.2 3.4 0.47
League Totals 3.43 153 153 .500 4.61 415 318 237 19 2780.2 2547 1423 912 1448 25 1.244 8.2 3.0 4.7 1.59

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Almendares Cubans 7 174 98 7 5 .975 1 0 n/a
Chicago Black Sox 5 144 66 7 4 .968 3 4 Steel Arm Johnny Taylor
Havana Reds 4 97 56 5 3 .968 2 7 Jose Massaguer
Long Branch Cubans 19 482 210 31 14 .957 1 13 Richard Henriquez
New York Lincoln Stars 34 886 373 63 20 .952 8 24 Pop Lloyd and Bill Pettus
Indianapolis ABCs 60 1625 832 132 38 .949 7 59 C.I. Taylor
Philadelphia Giants 7 173 87 14 6 .949 1 9 Jimmy Fuller
St. Louis Giants 18 454 238 38 13 .948 0 10 Dick Wallace
Cuban Stars of Havana 50 1277 624 117 28 .942 13 44 Tinti Molina
Chicago American Giants 56 1530 722 139 29 .942 4 33 Rube Foster
West Baden Sprudels 18 451 199 43 8 .938 2 34 Chappie Johnson
Chicago Giants 8 191 115 22 7 .933 2 39 Joe Green
Louisville White Sox 14 370 189 43 10 .929 3 25 Steel Arm Johnny Taylor
New York Lincoln Giants 18 470 203 56 12 .923 3 27 Charles Earle
League Totals 318 8324 4012 717 197 .945 50 328