1938 Indianapolis ABCs Statistics

1939 Season

Record: 17-20-0, Finished 4th in Negro American League

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1	Raymond Taylor	27	C	-0.7	18	60	57	3	8	0	0	0	6	0	2	.140	.169	.140	.310	-10	.153	-3	8	0	1	2
2	Ted Strong#	21	1B	1.1	18	68	62	16	25	4	2	3	17	7	5	.403	.456	.677	1.133	223	.515	202	42	1	0	3/546	AS
3	Marshall Riddle*	20	2B	0.0	17	63	59	6	18	1	0	0	8	1	2	.305	.328	.322	.650	87	.306	88	19	0	2	4
4	Buddy Armour*	23	SS	0.0	17	70	64	11	16	3	1	0	3	5	2	.250	.284	.328	.612	75	.293	75	21	1	3	6
5	Bobby Robinson	34	3B	-0.4	14	53	46	5	8	1	0	0	5	1	5	.174	.255	.196	.451	31	.227	40	9	0	2	5
6	Quincy Trouppe#	25	LF	0.7	18	68	56	20	20	5	2	2	11	1	9	.357	.471	.625	1.096	213	.489	194	35	3	0	7/28	AS
7	John Lyles#	26	CF	-0.2	19	71	62	9	16	3	1	0	6	5	7	.258	.333	.339	.672	93	.328	96	21	0	2	8/54
8	Bill Bradford*	24	RF	-0.3	19	72	66	4	13	2	2	0	5	3	5	.197	.264	.288	.552	58	.267	62	19	1	0	9
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
9	George Mitchell	38	UT	0.1	6	18	16	2	5	0	1	0	3	1	2	.313	.389	.438	.826	137	.390	132	7	0	0	/3157
10	Harry Shepherd		OF	-0.3	7	17	16	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	.125	.176	.250	.426	22	.197	24	4	0	0	/87
11	Joe Scott	31	1B	-0.1	4	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	.188	19	2	0	0	/3
12	Clarence Mitchell		1B	0.0	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	21	.300	83	0	0	0	/3
13	Sam Jethroe#	21	C	0.1	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	183	.438	162	2	0	0	/2
14	Charley Hayes		SS	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-90	0	0	0	/6
15	Robert Hawkins	33	OF	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-89	0	0	0	/7
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
16	Lefty Calhoun*	26	P	-0.1	7	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	-23	.126	-17	2	0	0	/1
17	Frank McAllister	20	P	0.2	9	14	14	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	.214	.214	.714	.929	160	.382	131	10	0	0	/1
18	Robert Dean	22	P	0.0	5	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	.188	11	2	0	1	/1
19	Jimmie Armstead*	18	P	0.0	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	44	.236	32	1	0	1	/1
20	J. Brown		P	-0.1	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-138	0	0	1	/1
21	Ted Alexander	25	P	0.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	.314	90	1	0	0	/1
22	Fast Ball Anderson		P	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-89	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			0.2	19	638	577	86	143	20	12	6	69	24	42	.248	.306	.355	.661	90	.312	88	205	6	13
	Non-Pitcher Totals			0.1		583	525	80	134	20	10	5	67	24	42	.255	.318	.360	.678	94	.321	94	189	6	10
	Pitcher Totals			0.1		55	52	6	9	0	2	1	2	0	0	.173	.173	.308	.481	36	.212	26	16	0	3

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Frank McAllister	20	2	4	.333	3.40	9	6	3	2	0	1	42.1	36	26	16	2	18		40	0		2	175	121	3.05	1.276	7.7	0.4	3.8	8.5	2.22
2	SP	Lefty Calhoun*	26	1	2	.333	4.50	7	4	2	2	0	1	34.0	35	22	17	0	9		29	0		0	144	91	2.14	1.294	9.3	0.0	2.4	7.7	3.22
3	SP	Robert Dean	22	2	2	.500	4.88	5	4	1	2	0	0	27.2	34	20	15	0	6		12	3		1	124	84	3.16	1.446	11.1	0.0	2.0	3.9	2.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4	RP	J. Brown?		1	1	.500	11.48	4	2	1	0	0	0	13.1	29	21	17	2	2		11	0		0	75	36	3.80	2.325	19.6	1.4	1.4	7.4	5.50
5	RP	Jimmie Armstead*	18	0	1	.000	5.23	4	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	15	7	6	0	1		12	0		0	48	81	1.02	1.548	13.1	0.0	0.9	10.5	12.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6		Ted Alexander	25	0	2	.000	6.52	3	2	1	1	0	0	9.2	17	12	7	1	3		4	1		0	53	65	4.81	2.069	15.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.33
7		George Mitchell	38	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	3	0	3		0	0		1	27	81	4.85	2.000	12.6	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
8		Fast Ball Anderson?		1	0	1.000	2.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	1		6	1		0	16	198	1.55	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	13.5	6.00
		Team Totals	22.9	7	12	.368	5.04	37	19	11	7	0	2	146.1	177	113	82	5	43		114	5		4	662	82	2.92	1.503	10.9	0.3	2.6	7.0	2.65
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		5	6		6				7	5	5	7	2	2	2	1	1		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W