1916 Negro League Baseball League Encyclopedia

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League-by-League Batting

Rk	Lg	Lev	Tms	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
1	Independent Negro		14		4.66	310	11433	10075	1444	2587	364	111	47	1217	369		998	1345	.257	.324	.329	.653	3314			360

League-by-League Pitching

Rk	Lg	Lev	Tms	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Independent Negro		14		3.60	150	150	.500	3.49	401	310	82	228	24	8	2666.1	2587	1444	1033	47	998		1345			35	11524	1.345	8.7	0.2	3.4	4.5	1.35

League-by-League Fielding

Rk	Lg	Lev	Tms	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Attendance
1	Independent Negro		14	310		7987	3999	664	221	.948	49	369

Pro Baseball Map for 1916

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League Teams

Lg	Lev	Tm
Independent Negro		Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Chicago Union Giants, Cuban Stars of Havana, Indianapolis ABCs, Indianapolis Bowser's ABCs, Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans, Kansas City All Nations, New York Cuban Stars, New York Lincoln Giants, New York Lincoln Stars, St. Louis Giants

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