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1917 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1916 / 1918

Top Hitter

Louis
Santop

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Blainey Hall	NLG	29
2	Jules Thomas	NLG	25
3	Ted Kimbro	NLG	25
4	Louis Santop	BRG	24
5	Ramiro Ramírez	CSE	23
6	Charles Earle	BRG	23
7	Pearl Webster	BRG / NLG	22
8	Spottswood Poles	MULT	21
9	Sam Mongin	NLG	20
10	Julián Fabelo	CSE	20

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Henry McLaughlin	NLG	0.00
2	Joe Williams	NLG	1.69
3	Leon	CSE	2.45
4	Shang Johnson	AC / HIL	2.95
5	Roy Roberts	AC	3.36
6	George Dandy	NLG	3.60
7	Doc Sykes	MULT	3.68
8	Lee Wade	NLG	3.72
9	Evelio Calderin	CSE	3.84
10	José Suárez	CSE	3.94

Advanced Batting

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K
1	New York Lincoln Giants	EAS	34	1329	.375	10.2%	0.8%	.090
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants	EAS	24	897	.345	10.3%	0.1%	.064
3	Hilldale Club	EAS	9	340	.341	8.8%	0.3%	.091
4	Philadelphia All Stars	EAS	1	26	.325	0.0%	0.0%	.160
5	Philadelphia Giants	EAS	3	107	.323	7.5%	0.9%	.073
6	Cuban Stars East	EAS	26	1018	.308	7.5%	0.0%	.052
7	Pennsylvania Red Caps	EAS	1	39	.304	5.1%	0.0%	.028
8	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	EAS	21	767	.263	7.6%	0.3%	.039
	8	1	158	4523	.330	8.9%	0.4%	.067

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K
1	Bruce Hocker ^	PRC	LF	4	.593	0.0%	0.0%	.250
2	Frank Forbes	PRC	CF	5	.553	20.0%	0.0%	.000
3	Louis Santop *	BRG	C	101	.479	10.9%	1.0%	.146
4	Jules Thomas	NLG	LF	139	.477	11.5%	2.9%	.174
5	Bill Pettus *	MULT	1B	84	.467	9.5%	4.8%	.288
6	Spottswood Poles **	MULT	CF	97	.441	12.4%	0.0%	.076
7	William Parks ^	PHG / PRC	2B	10	.435	0.0%	0.0%	.100
8	Blainey Hall	NLG	RF	149	.433	12.1%	0.0%	.102
9	Doc Wiley	NLG	1B	145	.425	9.7%	2.1%	.151
10	Ted Kimbro ^	NLG	3B	144	.419	9.7%	0.7%	.104
11	Bill Handy ^	AC / BRG	2B	109	.415	8.3%	0.0%	.054
12	Charles Earle	BRG	CF	98	.403	17.3%	0.0%	.051
13	Bunny Downs	MULT	2B	82	.380	8.5%	0.0%	.068
14	Johnny Pugh ^	BRG	RF	91	.375	11.0%	0.0%	.063
15	Pelayo Chacón	CSE	SS	122	.369	7.4%	0.0%	.083
16	Agustín Parpetti	CSE	1B	81	.365	4.9%	0.0%	.093
17	Pearl Webster *	BRG / NLG	LF	123	.364	8.9%	0.0%	.067
18	José María Fernández	CSE	C	111	.361	6.3%	0.0%	.049
19	Ashby Dunbar ^	PRC	RF	5	.355	20.0%	0.0%	.000
20	Otto Briggs *	HIL	LF	37	.352	8.1%	0.0%	.063
21	Ramiro Ramírez	CSE	CF	124	.340	8.9%	0.0%	.045
22	Thomas ^	PHG	3B	13	.336	15.4%	0.0%	.000
23	William Fuller ^	MULT	2B	44	.332	15.9%	0.0%	.083
24	Julián Fabelo	CSE	3B	120	.307	5.0%	0.0%	.082
25	Dick Wallace	NLG	SS	149	.305	12.1%	0.0%	.033
26	Fred Pinder ^	HIL	SS	37	.304	5.4%	0.0%	.061
27	Joe Hewitt *	BRG	SS	108	.298	8.3%	0.0%	.041
28	Alejandro Oms *	CSE	LF	111	.293	9.9%	0.0%	.031
29	Elihu Roberts ^	AC	LF	95	.289	6.3%	0.0%	.056
30	Andy Harris ^	HIL	3B	31	.280	9.7%	0.0%	.037
31	Tomm ^	AC	CF	86	.268	7.0%	0.0%	.052
32	Ernest Gatewood ^	BRG	C	94	.258	8.5%	0.0%	.036
33	Sam Mongin	NLG	2B	131	.256	4.6%	0.0%	.037
34	Francisco Rivas	CSE	2B	106	.256	11.3%	0.0%	.056
35	Julio Rojo **	CSE	RF	108	.253	7.4%	0.0%	.010
36	Harry Johnson ^	PHG	RF	11	.248	0.0%	0.0%	.182
37	Cornelius Rhoades ^	HIL	C	33	.245	12.1%	0.0%	.000
38	Chance Cummings	AC	1B	87	.231	6.9%	0.0%	.049
39	Pete Green ^	PHG	LF	13	.213	7.7%	0.0%	.000
40	Louis Miller ^	AC / BRG	3B	93	.203	5.4%	0.0%	.035
41	Charlie Culver ^	PAS / PRC	SS	7	.141	0.0%	0.0%	.000
42	D. Bailey ^	PRC	3B	4	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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