1917 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: A
Team Record: 89-61
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: John Dobbs (89-61)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 120,064, Avg. 1,601

1917 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern League ended the 1917 season with a record of 89 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SL.

John Dobbs served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dick Robertson	21	8	.724	0.00	40						254.0	193	72			68
Roy Walker	19	11	.633	1.64	36						297.0	170	75	54		162
Pop-boy Smith	15	13	.536	0.00	33						248.0	254	100			48
Herb Kelly	12	6	.667	0.00	29						164.0	139	69			43
Ed Willett	9	6	.600	0.00	27						139.0	104	43			41
Bill Bailey	8	9	.471	0.00	21						156.0	127	55			64
Art Johnson	4	7	.364	0.00	17						90.0	99	62			39
Jesse Petty	3	3	.500	0.00	7						52.0	50	18			14
Totals	91	63	.591	0.35	210	0	0	0	0	0	1400.0	1136	494	54	0	479	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Eddie Edmonson	152	557	557		166	26	15	8						.298	.298	.442	.740	246
Howard Baker	155	551	551		146	29	17	3						.265	.265	.396	.661	218
Cotton Knaupp	143	495	495		119	17	4	1						.240	.240	.297	.537	147
Larry Gilbert	118	435	435		117	17	8	5						.269	.269	.379	.648	165
Bob Higgins	141	455	455		109	12	5	0						.240	.240	.288	.527	131
Red Bluhm	121	395	395		105	10	8	4						.266	.266	.362	.628	143
Walter Barbare	123	418	418		103	20	5	1						.246	.246	.325	.572	136
Jack Stansbury	114	356	356		86	13	7	1						.242	.242	.326	.567	116
Pete Compton	66	238	238		62	9	5	1						.261	.261	.353	.613	84
Clarence Bittle	74	255	255		49	6	2	2						.192	.192	.255	.447	65
Billy Nixon	32	123	123		28	3	1	0						.228	.228	.268	.496	33
Ed Miller	26	98	98		27	6	3	0						.276	.276	.398	.673	39
Dick Robertson	40	89	89		21	4	0	0						.236	.236	.281	.517	25
Roy Walker	38	104	104		19	5	0	1						.183	.183	.260	.442	27
Pop-boy Smith	38	97	97		16	2	0	0						.165	.165	.186	.351	18
Ed Willett	26	44	44		9	0	0	0						.205	.205	.205	.409	9
Bill Bailey	21	56	56		9	1	0	0						.161	.161	.179	.339	10
Herb Kelly	31	57	57		9	1	1	0						.158	.158	.211	.368	12
Art Johnson	18	28	28		4	1	1	0						.143	.143	.250	.393	7
Harry Swacina	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1478	4854	4854	0	1204	182	82	27	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.248	.336	.584	1631	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Red Bluhm	1B	113	1124	67	15		.988	1.540
Ed Miller	1B	26	283	10	4		.987	11.269
Cotton Knaupp	2B	131	319	393	24		.967	5.435
Howard Baker	3B	155	160	289	42		.914	2.897
Bob Higgins	C	141	624	182	16		.981	5.716
Eddie Edmonson	OF	139	247	14	6		.978	1.878
Larry Gilbert	OF	118	261	11	2		.993	2.305
Clarence Bittle	OF	74	120	5	10		.926	1.689
Pete Compton	OF	66	133	6	6		.959	2.106
Jack Stansbury	OF	62	116	14	5		.963	2.097
Billy Nixon	OF	32	77	4	1		.988	2.531
Walter Barbare	SS	123	236	394	33		.950	5.122
Totals		1180	3700	1389	164	0	.969	4.313

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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