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Sell Hall
Sellers McKee Hall
(Shadow Ball)
 
Born: June 15, 1888 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: February 13, 1951 - 62 years old in New York, NY
Bats: Throws: R Ht: 5'10" Wt: 172
Pitching Ratings (?)
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Notes:
- Buried: Allegheny Cemetery; Pittsburgh, PA

Comparison

Comparison
Starting Pitchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 José Méndez
1908 - 1924
SP
208.4
  
25.4
15.2
167.7
-
2 Eustaquio Pedroso
1907 - 1924
SP
183.7
  
54.7
5.2
123.9
-
3 Dick Redding
1911 - 1928
SP
150.2
  
8.6
0.2
141.3
-
4 Joe Williams
1907 - 1928
SP
144.8
  
19.6
0.8
124.3
-
5 Rube Foster
1902 - 1917
SP
96.7
  
16.3
0.9
79.4
-
6 Juan Padrón
1915 - 1924
SP
96.4
  
3.4
0.1
93.0
-
7 Frank Wickware
1910 - 1921
SP
96.3
  
3.3
0.2
92.9
-
8 Dicta Johnson
1908 - 1923
SP
89.1
  
2.1
0.0
87.0
-
9 Dick Whitworth
1914 - 1924
SP
86.3
  
5.2
0.0
81.0
-
10 Dizzy Dismukes
1909 - 1924
SP
85.5
  
0.2
0.2
85.1
-
11 Jim Jeffries
1913 - 1928
SP
83.1
  
6.1
3.1
73.8
-
12 Pastor Pareda
1908 - 1917
SP
79.2
  
0.5
0.2
78.4
-
13 Tom Williams
1916 - 1924
SP
77.8
  
0.3
0.0
77.5
-
14 José Junco
1910 - 1922
SP
73.9
  
2.1
1.3
70.5
-
15 String Bean Williams
1910 - 1924
SP
72.0
  
8.4
0.3
63.3
-
16 Bill Gatewood
1906 - 1923
SP
70.5
  
11.8
0.3
58.4
-
17 Sam Crawford
1910 - 1928
SP
62.6
  
1.4
0.2
61.0
-
18 Harry Buckner
1899 - 1917
SP
62.2
  
20.3
1.4
40.5
-
19 Bill Drake
1916 - 1924
SP
60.6
  
2.0
0.1
58.6
-
20 Tom Johnson
1911 - 1921
SP
58.4
  
0.8
0.0
57.6
-
21 John Donaldson
1916 - 1924
SP
56.6
  
22.1
8.4
26.0
-
22 Phil Cockrell
1917 - 1933
SP
50.7
  
5.0
0.4
45.3
-
23 José Leblanc
1913 - 1921
SP
49.9
  
2.9
0.6
46.4
-
24 Walter Ball
1904 - 1921
SP
45.9
  
6.8
1.1
38.0
-
25 Adolfo Luque
1912 - 1917
SP
40.6
  
6.6
1.2
32.8
-
26 Harry Kenyon
1917 - 1928
SP
39.0
  
16.2
3.6
19.1
-
27 José Acosta
1912 - 1917
SP
38.3
  
1.9
0.1
36.3
-
28 Doc Sykes
1913 - 1924
SP
37.3
  
2.0
0.4
35.0
-
29 Tatica Campos
1912 - 1922
SP
30.8
  
9.3
5.7
15.7
-
30 Gerardo Ballesteros
1915 - 1917
SP
30.7
  
1.2
0.1
29.4
-
31 Steel Arm Johnny Taylor
1907 - 1920
SP
28.4
  
0.5
0.1
27.8
-
32 Lee Wade
1909 - 1920
SP
28.3
  
2.0
0.1
26.2
-
33 Emilio Palmero
1914 - 1917
SP
27.9
  
1.3
0.0
26.5
-
34 George Britt
1917 - 1933
SP
27.7
  
6.3
2.0
19.4
-
35 Roy Roberts
1916 - 1924
SP
27.6
  
0.6
0.1
27.0
-
36 Lefty Harvey
1912 - 1921
SP
24.1
  
0.4
0.8
22.9
-
37 Lico Mederos
1910 - 1920
SP
22.1
  
2.3
1.3
18.5
-
38 Horace Jenkins
1910 - 1921
SP
21.6
  
7.4
1.8
12.3
-
39 William Ross
1917 - 1924
SP
21.5
  
2.6
0.0
18.8
-
40 José Suárez
1916 - 1921
SP
20.5
  
2.4
0.3
17.9
-
41 Otis Starks
1917 - 1933
SP
18.4
  
0.3
0.0
18.1
-
42 Ad Lankford
1913 - 1920
SP
16.5
  
2.7
0.1
13.7
-
43 José Hernández
1916 - 1920
SP
14.9
  
1.8
0.1
13.0
-
44 Evelio Calderín
1917 - 1924
SP
14.3
  
0.0
0.3
14.0
-
45 Shang Johnson
1917 - 1921
SP
9.4
  
0.8
0.0
8.6
-
46 Pedro Dibut
1917 - 1923
SP
9.4
  
0.2
0.0
9.1
-
47 Gunboat Thompson
1913 - 1920
SP
7.7
  
0.3
0.0
7.3
-
48 Henry McLaughlin
1912 - 1919
SP
7.5
  
1.4
0.6
5.5
-
49 Agapito Lázaga
1912 - 1922
SP
7.0
  
0.7
0.7
5.6
-
50 Sapho Bartlett
1910 - 1919
SP
5.9
  
0.7
0.0
5.2
-
51 Lawrence Simpson
1913 - 1917
SP
5.7
  
0.6
0.1
5.0
-
52 Edgar Burch
1914 - 1917
SP
5.2
  
0.1
0.0
5.1
-
53 Faustino Valdés
1916 - 1920
SP
4.9
  
0.1
0.0
4.8
-
54 Leon
1915 - 1920
SP
4.8
  
1.1
0.1
3.6
-
55 Gifford McDonald
1910 - 1921
SP
3.5
  
0.0
0.2
3.3
-
56 Ruby Tyrees
1916 - 1924
SP
1.9
  
0.0
0.0
1.9
-
57 Robert Prior
1914 - 1917
SP
1.6
  
0.8
0.0
0.8
-
58 Earl Hamilton
1917 - 1917
SP
1.4
  
0.0
0.0
1.4
-
59 George Branham
1917 - 1917
SP
1.3
  
0.2
0.0
1.1
-
60 Sell Hall
1917 - 1917
SP
1.3
  
0.0
0.0
1.3
-
61 Lem McDougal
1917 - 1920
SP
0.9
  
0.2
0.0
0.8
-
62 Bill Cadreau
1917 - 1917
SP
0.9
  
0.0
0.0
0.9
-
63 Charlie Bradford
1912 - 1922
SP
0.7
  
0.4
0.0
0.3
-
64 F. Banks
1914 - 1920
SP
0.6
  
0.0
0.0
0.6
-
65 Mike Flanagan
1917 - 1917
SP
0.6
  
0.0
0.0
0.6
-
66 Palmer Kelley
1916 - 1917
SP
0.4
  
0.0
0.0
0.4
-
67 Herlen Ragland
1914 - 1921
SP
0.4
  
0.0
0.0
0.4
-
68 George Robinson
1910 - 1923
SP
0.3
  
0.0
0.0
0.3
-
69 George Dandy
1912 - 1917
SP
0.2
  
0.0
0.0
0.2
-
70 Harding
1917 - 1917
SP
0.2
  
0.0
0.0
0.2
-
71 John Ford
1917 - 1917
SP
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
72 Maywood Brown
1917 - 1921
SP
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
73 Buell
1917 - 1917
SP
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
                   
  Sell Hall
1917 - 1917
SP
1.3
  
0.0
0.0
1.3
-

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Statistical and biographical data for the The Negro Leagues Database, except 1923 and 1933, were compiled by Gary Ashwill. Copyright 2011-2013 Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved. Playing statistics for 1923 were compiled by Patrick Rock. Copyright 2011-2013 Patrick Rock. All rights reserved. Playing statistics for 1933 were compiled by Scott Simkus. Copyright 2013 Scott Simkus. All rights reserved.

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