This list of Hilldale Club seasons compiles games played by the Hilldale Club. Seasons in which Hilldale were league members (or an associate team), only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons in which they had no league membership and played an independent/barnstorming schedule include games against primarily major-league-caliber teams.
Contemporary coverage of games and won-loss standings was spotty and inconsistent. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games, while some games are probably lost forever. Therefore, Negro league seasonal finishes will likely remain incomplete and subjective.
Negro World Series Champions (1924–1927 & 1942–1948) * |
League Champions ‡ | Other playoff ^ |
Season | Level | League | Season finish | Games | Wins | Loses | Ties | Win%[a] | Postseason | Ref | |
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Full[b] | Split[c] | ||||||||||
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1916 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
1917 | Independent | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | [1] | |
1918 | Independent | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | [2] | |
1919^ | Independent | — | — | — | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | Lost challenge to East-region championship (Bacharach Giants) 9–5 | [3][4] |
1920^ | Independent | — | — | — | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .500 | Won challenge to East-region championship (Brooklyn Royal Giants) 2–0–2 | [5][6] |
1921^ | Independent | — | — | — | 47 | 28 | 18 | 1 | .609 | Tied challenge to East-region championship (Bacharach Giants) 2–2 | [7][8] |
1922 | Independent | — | — | — | 48 | 20 | 26 | 2 | .435 | [9] | |
1923‡ | Major | ECL | 1 | — | 59 | 37 | 21 | 1 | .638 | Won pennant outright | [10] |
1924‡ | Major | ECL | 1 | — | 73 | 47 | 26 | 0 | .644 | Lost Colored World Series (Kansas City Monarchs) 5–4–1 Won pennant outright |
[11] |
1925* | Major | ECL | 1 | — | 72 | 53 | 18 | 1 | .746 | Won Colored World Series (Kansas City Monarchs) 5–1 Won pennant outright |
[12] |
1926 | Major | ECL | 1 | — | 88 | 53 | 33 | 2 | .616 | [13] | |
1927 | Major | ECL | 5 | — | 87 | 38 | 48 | 1 | .442 | [14] | |
1928 | Independent | — | — | — | 64 | 35 | 28 | 1 | .556 | [15] | |
1929 | Major | ANL | 3 | — | 81 | 43 | 35 | 3 | .551 | [16] | |
1930 | Independent | — | — | — | 39 | 8 | 30 | 1 | .211 | [17] | |
1931 | Independent | — | — | — | 53 | 38 | 14 | 1 | .731 | [18] | |
1932 | Major | EWL | 5 | — | 29 | 11 | 18 | 0 | .379 | [19] |