League Leaders Who Led?

Lucius Hampton

1921–1927  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 180 lb  ·  b. 1897 Albany, GA

Career 49–43 · 4.17 ERA · 243 SO · 768.0 IP · 201 G · 153 H · 21 HR · 100 RBI · .305 AVG

Seasons leading his league
3
2 best in baseball 1 league only
14 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1922 Best season

Spanning 1921–1922, peaking at 2 titles in 1922.

Team records #1 Wilmington Potomacs career SV #1 Indianapolis ABCs 1922 ERA #1 Wilmington Potomacs 1925 SV #1 Indianapolis ABCs 1922 WHIP #2 Wilmington Potomacs career W #2 Wilmington Potomacs career SO #2 Indianapolis ABCs career SV #2 Wilmington Potomacs career IP #2 Columbus Buckeyes 1921 ERA #2 Wilmington Potomacs 1924 ERA

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,713th League titles 3
  • 1,227th Best in baseball 2
  • 2,083rd Top-5 finishes 14

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 2 1st 2 yrs (1921–1922) 1921 1.000 1922 1.000 1923 #3
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1922 NNL 2.66
Pitcher Range Factor — #3 — 1924 #3
Complete Games — #3 — 1926 #3
Shutouts — #2 — 1923 #2 1925 #2
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1922 #2
Saves — #2 — 1925 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1922 2 ERA 2.66 P FPCT 1.000
1921 1 P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

  led the league   7 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1921 COB NNL 6 4 3.89 12 9 0 83.1 90 36 1 30 24 1.44
1922 ABC NNL 11 5 2.66 19 16 1 138.2 123 41 2 27 35 1.08
1923 HIL +1 ECL 6 5 3.47 17 12 0 93.1 109 36 7 17 33 1.35
1924 WP ECL 6 8 4.76 16 13 0 98.1 120 52 3 23 27 1.45
1925 WMP +1 ECL 7 8 4.60 24 15 1 141.0 149 72 0 39 50 1.33
1926 DS NNL 11 11 4.90 25 21 2 158.0 175 86 13 33 53 1.32
1927 DS NNL 2 2 5.37 11 5 0 55.1 72 33 7 19 21 1.65
Career — — 49 43 4.17 124 91 4 768.0 838 356 33 188 243 1.34

Batting

7 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1921 COB NNL 13 41 6 13 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 .317 .333 .439 .772
1922 ABC NNL 47 128 30 44 9 3 5 27 7 3 2 .344 .378 .578 .956
1923 HIL +1 ECL 19 42 8 13 2 1 2 7 0 0 1 .310 .326 .548 .873
1924 WP ECL 35 91 17 29 3 0 4 19 5 0 3 .319 .354 .484 .838
1925 DS +1 NNL 42 106 17 27 3 3 4 19 13 0 1 .255 .336 .453 .789
1926 DS NNL 33 67 9 20 2 0 4 16 6 0 1 .299 .356 .508 .864
1927 DS NNL 12 26 6 7 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 .269 .296 .615 .912
Career — — 201 501 93 153 23 9 21 100 32 3 8 .305 .350 .513 .863

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1921 COB NNL P 12 9 83.1 6 26 0 0 32 1.000 2.67
OF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1922 ABC NNL OF 20 15 143.0 28 3 0 0 31 1.000 1.55
P 19 16 138.2 7 36 0 2 43 1.000 2.26
1923 HIL ECL P 17 12 93.1 4 24 1 0 29 .966 1.65
1924 WP ECL P 16 13 98.1 7 40 2 1 49 .959 2.94
OF 14 9 84.1 26 1 2 0 29 .931 1.93
1925 DS NNL P 24 15 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
OF 15 — 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1B 1 — 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1926 DS NNL P 25 21 158.0 6 50 2 5 58 .966 2.24
1927 DS NNL P 11 5 55.1 1 15 1 1 17 .941 1.46
Career — — P 124 91 627.0 31 191 6 9 228 .974 1.79
— — OF 50 25 235.1 55 4 2 0 61 .967 1.18
— — 1B 1 — 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00