1920 Indianapolis ABCs Statistics

1921 Season

Record: 44-38-4, Finished 4th in Negro National League

Manager: C.I. Taylor (49-43-5)

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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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Russell Powell?	30	69	250	221	27	55	10	0	0	25	1		20		.249	.317	.294	.611	82	65		2	7
2	1B	Ben Taylor*	31	93	389	343	57	110	20	5	4	64	13		31		.321	.379	.443	.822	145	152		1	14
3	2B	Connie Day	22	95	369	325	28	64	4	5	2	31	2		27		.197	.263	.258	.521	55	84		2	15
4	SS	Morten Clark*	30	95	429	376	67	108	12	5	1	24	16		36		.287	.350	.354	.703	110	133		0	17
5	3B	Henry Blackmon	28	46	180	155	15	36	5	1	0	17	1		13		.232	.300	.277	.577	72	43		2	10
6	LF	Namon Washington?	26	49	212	191	22	38	2	1	0	15	7		13		.199	.254	.220	.474	41	42		1	7
7	CF	Oscar Charleston*	23	92	398	346	80	122	20	11	5	59	20		37		.353	.418	.517	.936	179	179		2	13
8	RF	Ralph Jefferson	24	58	224	209	19	56	4	3	0	27	2		12		.268	.308	.316	.623	86	66		0	3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Jim Jeffries*	27	62	208	172	19	29	2	0	0	10	4		27		.169	.285	.180	.465	39	31		1	8
10	C	Biz Mackey#	22	48	191	173	23	54	6	3	1	21	1		13		.312	.360	.399	.759	126	69		0	5
11	OF	George Shively*	27	38	176	156	35	49	5	4	0	15	8		15		.314	.378	.397	.775	131	62		1	4
12	2B	Samuel Dewitt	26	23	98	80	11	16	3	2	0	11	1		8		.200	.273	.288	.560	67	23		0	10
13	UT	Robert Hudspeth*	26	19	42	36	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		5		.167	.268	.167	.435	30	6		0	1
14	IF	Boots McClain	21	9	32	24	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		6		.125	.323	.125	.448	34	3		1	1
15	UT	Mitchell Murray	24	14	30	26	1	7	0	0	0	2	1		2		.269	.321	.269	.591	76	7		0	2
16	UT	J. Brown?		7	19	18	0	5	2	0	0	3	0		1		.278	.316	.389	.705	110	7		0	0
17	2B	Tick Houston?		5	14	11	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		1		.364	.417	.455	.871	160	5		0	2
18	OF	Herlen Ragland?	24	6	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0		0	0
19	OF	Forrest Mashaw?	22	4	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2		.286	.444	.286	.730	118	2		0	0
20	OF	C.I. Taylor	45	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-1	1		0	0
21	2B	Otis Francis?	29	2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.500	.600	.500	1.100	228	2		0	0
22	2B	Davis?		1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
23		Hay?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
24		Hill?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
25	P	Dicta Johnson	33	31	88	73	9	17	1	1	0	4	0		6		.233	.291	.274	.565	69	20		0	9
26	P	Dizzy Dismukes	30	32	81	72	3	11	0	0	0	4	1		4		.153	.197	.153	.350	5	11		0	5
27	P	Bob McClure	29	19	45	41	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3		.049	.114	.049	.162	-51	2		0	1
28	P	Morris Williams?		16	30	28	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		1		.179	.207	.179	.385	15	5		0	1
29	P	Ed Rile*	20	9	21	18	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		2		.222	.300	.222	.522	56	4		0	1
30	P	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			1.000				0		0	0
31	P	Willie Haynes?	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				0		0	0
		Team Totals	26.7	86	3564	3125	430	806	97	41	13	346	78		290		.258	.324	.328	.651	94	1024		13	136
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				1	1	1	2	1	3		3		1	8	2	4	3	4		1		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.5	86	3286	2884	416	767	96	40	13	333	77		270		.266	.332	.340	.672	100	982		13	119
		Pitcher Totals	29.8	86	278	241	14	39	1	1	0	13	1		20		.162	.226	.174	.400	20	42		0	17
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

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	Dicta Johnson	33	10	8	.556	3.32	29	20		14	0	0	198.0	184	99	73	0	48		88	9		4	841	106	2.78	1.172	8.4	0.0	2.2	4.0	1.83
2	SP	Dizzy Dismukes	30	14	9	.609	3.85	31	25		14	3	0	187.0	155	108	80	2	81		88	9		2	806	92	3.44	1.262	7.5	0.1	3.9	4.2	1.09
3	SP	Bob McClure	29	7	7	.500	2.42	19	10		7	2	0	115.1	96	47	31	5	39		61	2		1	478	146	3.37	1.171	7.5	0.4	3.0	4.8	1.56
4	SP	Morris Williams		4	7	.364	5.25	16	15		4	1	0	84.0	93	64	49	1	40		22	7		0	389	67	4.11	1.583	10.0	0.1	4.3	2.4	0.55
5	SP	Ed Rile	20	2	2	.500	2.48	7	6		3	1	0	36.1	31	12	10	0	25		21	2		0	162	144	3.88	1.541	7.7	0.0	6.2	5.2	0.84
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	CL	Jim Jeffries*	27	7	8	.467	3.77	29	14		9	1	3	155.0	147	81	65	2	48		62	6		1	665	94	3.21	1.258	8.5	0.1	2.8	3.6	1.29
7	RP	Ben Taylor*	31	1	1	.500	2.70	10	1		1	1	1	23.1	20	8	7	1	4		7	0		0	92	133	3.27	1.029	7.7	0.4	1.5	2.7	1.75
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
8		Oscar Charleston*	23	0	0		3.31	3	1		0	0	0	16.1	22	13	6	0	6		5	0		1	82	109	3.29	1.714	12.1	0.0	3.3	2.8	0.83
9		Herlen Ragland*	24	1	1	.500	7.20	3	1		0	0	0	10.0	10	10	8	0	3		5	1		0	44	51	3.00	1.300	9.0	0.0	2.7	4.5	1.67
10		Biz Mackey	22	0	1	.000	14.54	2	1		0	0	0	4.1	9	7	7	0	3		6	0		0	24	27	2.11	2.769	18.7	0.0	6.2	12.5	2.00
11		Willie Haynes?	19	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1		0	0	0	2.2	5	5	4	0	3		1	1		0	18	30	6.55	3.000	16.9	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33
12		Ralph Jefferson?	24	0	0		20.25	1	0		0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	3		1	1		0	11	23	10.30	5.250	27.0	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
13		Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	0	0		81.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	2		0	1		0	6	10	29.80	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.2	46	45	.505	3.73	86	95		52	9	4	834.0	778	460	346	11	305		367	39		9	3618	95	3.33	1.299	8.4	0.1	3.3	4.0	1.20
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		1	2		6				2	1	2	1	8	8	8	5	8		2
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