1923 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1923 Season

Independent Clubs

1922 / 1924

Top Hitter

Geechie
Meredith

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Ben Taylor	WP	.376
2	Ruben Jones	BBB	.323
3	John Henry Russell	MRS	.317
4	Otto Ray	CTS	.310
5	Charles Wesley	BBB	.306
6	Mule Suttles	BBB	.290
7	Geechie Meredith	BBB	.288
8	Bobo Leonard	CTS	.288
9	Vic Harris	CTS	.288
10	Sanford Jackson	MRS/BBB	.286

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Willie Foster	MRS	1.74
2	Harry Salmon	BBB	2.19
3	Johnny Juran	BBB	2.23
4	Willie Spearman	MRS	2.31
5	Curtis Green	BBB	2.42
6	Bob McClure	CTS	2.64
7	Carl Glass	MRS/BBB	2.78
8	Fred Daniels	BBB	2.93
9	Square Moore	MRS/BBB	3.06
10	William Ross	WP	3.26

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Memphis Red Sox	IND	757	192.0		5.5	1.6	0.0	3.9	0.0
2	Birmingham Black Barons	IND	1613	389.0		4.9	2.6	0.0	2.3	0.0
3	Cleveland Tate Stars	IND	923	211.1		4.6	1.7	0.0	3.0	0.0
4	Harrisburg Giants	IND	303	69.2		2.9	1.8	0.0	1.0	0.0
5	Washington Potomacs	IND	897	195.2		0.9	4.3	0.0	-3.4	-0.0
	5	1	4493	1057.2		18.7	11.9	0.0	6.7	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Harry Salmon	BBB	P	42	94.2		2.4	-0.2	0.0	2.6	-0.0
2	Ben Taylor	WP	1B	101	9.0		1.5	1.4	0.0	0.2	-0.1
3	Johnny Juran	BBB	P	27	68.2		1.5	-0.2	0.0	1.7	0.0
4	Geechie Meredith	BBB	SS	186			1.4	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
5	Willie Foster	MRS	P	26	62.0		1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
6	Charles Wesley	BBB	2B	152			1.2	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
7	Slim Branham	CTS	P	25	59.0		1.0	-0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
8	Sanford Jackson	MRS/BBB	SS	105			1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
9	Square Moore	MRS/BBB	P	24	47.0		1.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	-0.0
10	Bob McClure	CTS	P	30	58.0		1.0	-0.3	0.0	1.3	-0.0
11	Bill McCall	CTS	P	34	74.0		0.9	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
12	Mule Suttles	BBB	LF	145			0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2
13	John Henry Russell	MRS	2B	92			0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1
14	Joe Lewis	WP	C	58			0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Fats Jenkins	HBG	CF	38			0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.0
16	Wade Thompson	HBG	P	14	25.2		0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	-0.0
17	Harold Treadwell	HBG	P	5	10.1		0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
18	Ruben Jones	BBB	RF	71			0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
19	Bobo Leonard	CTS	CF	76			0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.0
20	Joe Goodrich	WP	3B	84			0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
21	Morten Clark	WP	SS	84			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
22	Willie Spearman	MRS	P	9	23.1		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
23	Claude Johnson	CTS	2B	108			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
24	L. Hamilton	MRS	3B	79			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
25	Buck Ridgley	WP/HBG	2B	74			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Jesse Barber	HBG	2B	28			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Otto Ray	CTS	C	61			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
28	William Ross	WP	P	26	38.2		0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.0
29	Willie Woods	WP	CF	66			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.0
30	Bob Miller	BBB	3B	125			0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
31	Carl Glass	BBB/MRS	LF	41	32.1		0.3	-0.0	0.0	0.4	-0.0
32	George McAllister	BBB	1B	197			0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
33	Fred Daniels	BBB	P	19	43.0		0.3	-0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	Harry Jeffries	CTS	3B	32			0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Maceo Clark	WP	P	7	13.1		0.3	-0.0	0.0	0.3	-0.0
36	Juan Padrón	BBB	P	6	15.1		0.3	-0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
37	Country Brown	WP	LF	42			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.0
38	Jute Bell	BBB	LF	38			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.0
39	Vic Harris	CTS	RF	92			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
40	Willie Miles	CTS	LF	107			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
41	Cannonball Johnson	HBG	1B	8			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.0
42	Jesse Edwards	MRS	CF	82	7.0		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.4	-0.1
43	Mooney Ellis	MRS	1B	65			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
44	Ralph Jefferson	WP	LF	102			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
45	Red Charleston	BBB	C	26			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Rube Henderson	CTS	RF	35			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.0
47	George Fiall	HBG	SS	31			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	John Young	MRS	P	14	35.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
49	Dick Jackson	HBG	2B	15			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Hen Jordan	HBG	C	9			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
51	Tiny Baldwin	CTS	SS	4			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Mack Eggleston	WP	C	83			0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
53	Howard	MRS	3B	4			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Bill Pettus	HBG	1B	24			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0
55	Pinky Ward	WP	CF	9			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0
56	Dark Night Smith	HBG	P	8	17.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Bill Rankin	WP	2B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	McDowell	WP	RF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
59	Curtis Green	BBB	P	30	52.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.0
60	Garnett Norman	MRS	RF	77			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
61	Willie Gray	CTS	1B	109			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
62	David Watson	BBB	P	3	7.2		0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Fred Downer	CTS	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
64	J. Wilson	CTS	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
65	Charlie Henry	HBG	P	4	11.2		0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Spike	WP	LF	12			-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
67	Forest Maddox	BBB	CF	19	1.1		-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.0
68	John Kemp	BBB	CF	162			-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
69	Ware	MRS	-	1			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	D. Wiggins	WP	1B	4			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
71	Tubbs	BBB	-	2			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Burlin White	HBG	C	22			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Walter Harper	BBB	C	5			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Poindexter Williams	BBB	-	4			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Pete Córdova	CTS	SS	89			-0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
76	Pete Washington	WP	LF	25			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
77	Ernest Gooden	CTS	SS	11			-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Elmer Wicks	HBG	3B	27			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Arthur	WP	3B	8			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Mathis Williams	CTS	3B	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Eppie Hamilton	MRS	C	47			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Carlisle Perry	WP	2B	14			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Will Owens	WP	SS	28			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	George Fisher	HBG	LF	36	5.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
85	Don Hammond	CTS	3B	50			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	John Cason	BBB	C	21			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Parker	MRS	LF	51			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
88	Rap Dixon	HBG	RF	25			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.0
89	Carpenter	MRS	CF	24			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.0
90	John Barnes	CTS	C	41			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Felton Stratton	BBB	3B	52			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Willie Gisentaner	WP	P	1	6.0		-0.3	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
93	Logan Hensley	CTS	P	8	20.1		-0.3	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
94	Larry Brown	MRS/BBB	C	45			-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Punch	WP	P	3	6.0		-0.3	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0
96	H. Smith	WP	P		0.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
97	Robert Mitchell	BBB	RF	104			-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
98	String Bean Williams	WP	P	7	16.0		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
99	Bullet Campbell	WP	LF	22	18.1		-0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.8	-0.0
100	Alex Albritton	WP	P	9	23.0		-0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
101	Lewis Means	BBB	C	114			-0.7	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1
102	Lefty Robinson	BBB	P	3	12.0		-0.8	-0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
103	Buck	BBB	P	13	33.1		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
104	Eli Juran	BBB	P	18	45.2		-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
105	Wayne Carr	WP	P	32	65.0		-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.0

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

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Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James