1929 St. Louis Stars

64 - 41 - 2

56 - 31 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1930 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (64-41-2)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

John
Williams

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	110	3rd	ERA+	119	2nd
OPS	.841	2nd	ERA	4.04	3rd
BA	.300	3rd	BA	.277	3rd
OBP	.366	3rd	K/BB	1.30	5th
SLG	.475	2nd	K%	9.8%	5th
BB%	8.5%	2nd	BB%	7.5%	4th
K%			HR%	1.4%	4th
ISO	.175	1st	WHIP	1.40	3rd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• G. B. Key ( Co-Owner & President) , Dick Kent (Co-Owner & Secretary) , L. A. Brown (Co-Owner & Treasurer) , Dizzy Dismukes (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Clarence Palm	21	65	223	201	36	67	13	3	17	60	3	17	1	4	.333	.388	.682	1.070	163
1B	Mule Suttles	28	95	402	359	80	126	29	7	20	109	9	34	1	8	.351	.409	.638	1.047	158
2B	John Henry Russell	31	84	309	289	45	80	6	2	1	41	2	15	0	5	.277	.313	.322	.634	59
3B	Dewey Creacy	29	95	395	355	61	89	8	2	7	53	3	29	3	8	.251	.313	.344	.656	65
SS	Willie Wells	24	95	428	363	105	129	22	5	27	117	31	49	5	11	.355	.439	.667	1.106	173
LF	Wilson Redus	24	95	402	355	65	107	23	3	9	66	6	33	3	11	.301	.366	.459	.825	106
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	26	93	429	375	95	122	24	5	3	38	48	44	2	8	.325	.399	.440	.839	110
RF	Branch Russell*	33	91	405	324	84	102	16	11	2	47	6	58	5	18	.315	.426	.451	.877	120

C	Henry Williams	36	67	216	197	30	63	21	4	4	39	3	13	2	4	.320	.368	.528	.896	122
C	Walter Harris^	32	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	John Williams^	24	59	175	161	20	39	7	5	1	14	2	7	1	6	.242	.278	.366	.645	60
SP	Eggie Hensley	29	28	65	62	7	12	0	1	3	9	0	1	0	2	.194	.206	.371	.577	42
SP	Ted Trent	25	27	58	55	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	.073	.089	.127	.217	-46
SP	Roosevelt Davis	24	34	51	48	3	10	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.208	.240	.250	.490	23
SP	Leroy Matlock*	22	21	38	34	8	9	4	0	1	5	2	1	0	3	.265	.286	.471	.756	86
SP	Luther McDonald^	23	13	16	14	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.357	.438	.429	.866	118
SP	Richard Cannon^	19	9	11	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	-4
RP	Candy Jim Taylor	45	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Johnnie Vivens^	33	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-9
	19		977	3635	3213	649	965	178	49	95	603	115	308	23	91	.300	.366	.475	.841	110

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Cool Papa Bell**	26	CF	429	.380	.356	10.3%	8.0%	0.7%	1.6%	.115	.133
Willie Wells	24	SS	428	.469	.356	11.4%	8.0%	6.3%	1.6%	.311	.133
Branch Russell*	33	RF	405	.389	.356	14.3%	8.0%	0.5%	1.6%	.136	.133
Mule Suttles	28	1B	402	.447	.356	8.5%	8.0%	5.0%	1.6%	.287	.133
Wilson Redus	24	LF	402	.364	.356	8.2%	8.0%	2.2%	1.6%	.158	.133
Dewey Creacy	29	3B	395	.300	.356	7.3%	8.0%	1.8%	1.6%	.093	.133
John Henry Russell	31	2B	309	.292	.356	4.9%	8.0%	0.3%	1.6%	.045	.133
Clarence Palm	21	C	223	.451	.356	7.6%	8.0%	7.6%	1.6%	.348	.133
Henry Williams	36	C	216	.390	.356	6.0%	8.0%	1.9%	1.6%	.208	.133
John Williams^	24	SP	175	.281	.356	4.0%	8.0%	0.6%	1.6%	.124	.133
Eggie Hensley	29	SP	65	.243	.356	1.5%	8.0%	4.6%	1.6%	.177	.133
Ted Trent	25	SP	58	.095	.356	1.7%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.055	.133
Roosevelt Davis	24	SP	51	.226	.356	3.9%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.042	.133
Leroy Matlock*	22	SP	38	.306	.356	2.6%	8.0%	2.6%	1.6%	.206	.133
Luther McDonald^	23	SP	16	.407	.356	12.5%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.071	.133
Richard Cannon^	19	SP	11	.185	.356	9.1%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.100	.133
Candy Jim Taylor	45	RP	8	.000	.356	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.133
Johnnie Vivens^	33	SP	3	.249	.356	33.3%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.133
Walter Harris^	32	C	1	.000	.356	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.133
19			3635	.370	.356	8.5%	8.0%	2.6%	1.6%	.175	.133