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                      Bill Pettus-C/1B(Negro Leagues KC/Chicago/ NY Lincoln Giants)

                      Born: August 13, 1884, Goliad County, TX.

                      Died: August 22, 1924, New York, NY(Tuberculosis), 40 years old)

                      Drafted in the 7th round of the 1912 draft by the Superbas. (Pick #99)

                      Traded to Blue Meanies in 1915

                      Drafted in the 3rd round of the 1920 by the Stogies.(Pick #45)

                      Traded to the Miners on 6/24 for Frank Miller.

               In 11 seasons in the SCL Bill Pettus played on 7 Playoff teams, appearing in 4 World Series.(1914 Robins, 1916 Blue Meanies, 1921 Stogies, and the 1922 Miners) Winning the World Series with the Blue Meanies in 1916. He was an All-Star in 1916 and 1918, contributing a 2 run double in the 11-3 loss to the AL.

SCL STATS:

Team    Year   AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS

ARK     1912  .361  .430  .500   72  180   65   7   3   4   25   30   24   12   0  16   4   5

ARK     1913  .319  .405  .506   72  166   53   4   3   7   27   29   22   21   2  10   7   5

ARK     1914  .313  .374  .386   21   83   26   0   0   2   15   11    8   10   0   0   4   1

BBM     1915  .244  .294  .379  118  472  115  22   9   8   76   64   32   98   5   0  16   5

BBM     1916  .297  .321  .473  113  421  125  45   4   7   51   70   15   49   2   0   6   5

BBM     1917  .246  .284  .401   91  334   82  32   1   6   47   55   17   32   3   0   4   4

BBM     1918  .318  .347  .463  100  374  119  33   3   5   57   54   19   26   1   0  11   6

CBS     1919  .343  .404  .453   77  236   81   6   1   6   33   41   25   20   1   0   4   4

SS      1920  .322  .378  .409   65  115   37   4   0   2   20   20   11   14   0   0   1   0

SS      1921  .242  .313  .413  105  281   68  14   5   8   51   40   28   31   4   6   1   0

SS      1922  .338  .425  .474   63  133   45  11   2   1   31   14   18   14   2   1   1   0

KM      1922  .359  .510  .385   52   39   14   1   0   0   10    4   10    1   2   3   0   0

Total   1922  .343  .446  .453  115  172   59  12   2   1   41   18   28   15   4   4   1   0

              .293  .350  .445  949 2834  830 179  31  56  443  432  229  328  22  36  59  35

                                            G    AB    R    H   2B  3B   HR   RBI   AVG   OBP   SLG

Real Life Negro League Totals: 1909-1923  363  1357  266  431   84  28   32   256  .318  .384  .492

William Thomas “Zack” Pettus played 15 seasons in the Negro Leagues. A LH hitting power hitter during the Deadball ERA. He was a member of the 1916 Eastern League Champion NY Lincoln Stars.