1919 Independent Negro

1919 > Class > League History
Overall: 172 games, 12 teams, approx. 28 games in season
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Other Years: 1918 / 1920
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1918 / 1920

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1918 / 1920

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Dayton Marcos
Brooklyn Royal Giants
Chicago American Giants
New York Lincoln Giants
St. Louis Giants
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Detroit Stars
New York Cuban Stars
Cuban Stars of Havana
Philadelphia Hilldale Club
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs
Chicago Giants

League Batting

Tm	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
New York Lincoln Giants	5.86	21	834	724	123	219	26	5	2	110	18	79	86	.302	.371	.360	.732	261	31
Detroit Stars	5.63	41	1503	1292	231	331	53	29	32	209	41	162	138	.256	.339	.416	.755	538	49
Chicago American Giants	5.44	41	1608	1382	223	370	50	20	16	188	49	167	165	.268	.347	.368	.714	508	59
New York Cuban Stars	4.89	18	707	615	88	155	19	5	2	73	9	64	92	.252	.323	.309	.631	190	28
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs	4.54	13	506	459	59	109	23	9	3	53	13	41	54	.237	.300	.346	.646	159	6
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	4.53	19	726	633	86	158	23	13	2	71	14	63	71	.250	.318	.336	.654	213	30
Cuban Stars of Havana	4.42	31	1200	1068	137	251	32	7	6	109	42	99	112	.235	.300	.295	.595	315	33
Philadelphia Hilldale Club	3.68	19	692	615	70	148	19	13	1	60	13	49	86	.241	.297	.319	.615	196	28
Dayton Marcos	3.56	18	669	608	64	131	13	8	1	53	32	47	87	.215	.272	.268	.540	163	14
St. Louis Giants	3.50	12	440	385	42	91	11	2	3	33	10	42	49	.236	.311	.299	.610	115	13
Chicago Giants	3.50	4	156	147	14	35	4	0	1	9	2	9	34	.238	.282	.286	.568	42	0
Brooklyn Royal Giants	3.22	9	326	286	29	64	10	3	0	21	10	31	53	.224	.300	.280	.579	80	9
League Totals	4.74	246	9367	8214	1166	2062	283	114	69	989	253	853	1027	.251	.321	.338	.660	2780	300

League Pitching

Tm	R/G	W	L	W-L%	RAvg	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	BB	SO	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	2.11	12	6	.667	2.91	27	19	12	2	176.0	124	57	68	101	0	1.091	6.3	3.5	5.2	1.49
Chicago American Giants	2.86	26	15	.634	4.05	59	41	28	3	375.1	309	169	157	159	0	1.242	7.4	3.8	3.8	1.01
Detroit Stars	2.91	27	14	.659	4.02	56	41	28	4	365.0	318	163	123	195	0	1.208	7.8	3.0	4.8	1.59
Philadelphia Hilldale Club	3.17	8	11	.421	4.96	29	19	10	0	167.0	146	92	64	81	1	1.257	7.9	3.4	4.4	1.27
St. Louis Giants	3.47	4	8	.333	5.45	19	12	6	0	109.0	106	66	51	46	2	1.440	8.8	4.2	3.8	0.90
New York Lincoln Giants	3.59	14	7	.667	4.90	29	21	14	2	191.0	186	104	77	117	1	1.377	8.8	3.6	5.5	1.52
Cuban Stars of Havana	3.65	16	15	.516	5.17	43	31	20	2	273.1	300	157	87	101	0	1.416	9.9	2.9	3.3	1.16
New York Cuban Stars	3.68	7	10	.412	5.33	25	18	11	2	155.1	161	92	70	59	1	1.487	9.3	4.1	3.4	0.84
Dayton Marcos	4.09	6	12	.333	5.06	22	18	14	1	160.0	157	90	56	64	1	1.331	8.8	3.2	3.6	1.14
Brooklyn Royal Giants	4.46	1	8	.111	6.90	13	9	6	0	75.2	100	58	30	42	0	1.718	11.9	3.6	5.0	1.40
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs	5.29	1	12	.077	6.98	17	13	9	0	116.0	120	90	54	49	2	1.500	9.3	4.2	3.8	0.91
Chicago Giants	5.60	0	4	.000	7.88	5	4	3	0	32.0	35	28	16	12	0	1.594	9.8	4.5	3.4	0.75
League Totals	3.39	122	122	.500	4.78	344	246	161	16	2195.2	2062	1166	853	1026	8	1.328	8.5	3.5	4.2	1.20

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	Managers
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	19	528	254	21	11	.974	1	8	Pop Lloyd
St. Louis Giants	12	327	181	20	13	.962	1	25	Dick Wallace
Brooklyn Royal Giants	9	226	123	14	6	.961	1	11	Louis Santop and Pop Lloyd
Chicago American Giants	41	1124	543	81	35	.954	3	25	Rube Foster
Detroit Stars	41	1093	517	79	33	.953	1	39	Pete Hill
New York Cuban Stars	18	466	233	35	14	.952	1	8	Pelayo Chacon
Philadelphia Hilldale Club	19	499	252	38	11	.952	4	29	Otto Briggs and Bunny Downs
Cuban Stars of Havana	31	820	396	70	18	.946	0	25	Tinti Molina
Dayton Marcos	18	479	242	46	15	.940	0	22	Candy Jim Taylor and String Bean Williams
New York Lincoln Giants	21	572	307	58	11	.938	3	19	Smokey Joe Williams
Chicago Giants	4	96	50	10	3	.936	0	9	Joe Green
Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs	13	346	167	40	3	.928	2	33	George Abrams
League Totals	246	6576	3265	512	173	.951	17	253

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