1923 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1923 Season

Independent Clubs

1922 / 1924

Top Hitter

Geechie
Meredith

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Ben Taylor	WP	.518
2	Bobo Leonard	CTS	.455
3	John Henry Russell	MRS	.439
4	Reuben Jones	BBB	.435
5	Charles Wesley	BBB	.410
6	Mule Suttles	BBB	.399
7	L. Hamilton	MRS	.397
8	Geechie Meredith	BBB	.371
9	Sanford Jackson	MRS/BBB	.363
10	Claude Johnson	CTS	.358

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Willie Foster	MRS	46
2	Harry Salmon	BBB	43
3	Bob McClure	CTS	36
4	Slim Branham	CTS	32
5	Bill McCall	CTS	31
6	Johnny Juran	BBB	28
7	Eli Juran	BBB	26
8	Fred Daniels	BBB	21
9	Squire Moore	MRS/BBB	19
10	John Young	MRS	16

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		5.7	1.6	0.0	4.1	0.0
2	Birmingham Black Barons	IND	1613	389.0		5.3	2.6	0.0	2.7	0.0
3	Cleveland Tate Stars	IND	923	211.1		4.6	2.1	0.0	2.6	0.0
4	Harrisburg Giants	IND	303	69.2		3.1	2.3	0.0	0.8	0.0
5	Washington Potomacs	IND	897	195.2		0.5	4.4	0.0	-3.9	-0.0
	5	1	4493	1057.2		19.2	12.9	0.0	6.2	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Harry Salmon	BBB	P	42	94.2		2.5	-0.2	0.0	2.7	-0.0
2	Johnny Juran	BBB	P	27	68.2		1.6	-0.2	0.0	1.8	0.0
3	Ben Taylor	WP	1B	101	9.0		1.5	1.4	0.0	0.2	-0.1
4	Geechie Meredith	BBB	SS	186			1.4	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
5	Willie Foster	MRS	P	26	62.0		1.3	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
6	Charles Wesley	BBB	2B	152			1.2	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
7	Squire Moore	MRS/BBB	P	24	47.0		1.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	-0.0
8	Sanford Jackson	MRS/BBB	SS	105			1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
9	Slim Branham	CTS	P	25	59.0		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
10	Bob McClure	CTS	P	30	58.0		0.8	-0.3	0.0	1.2	-0.0
11	Bill McCall	CTS	P	34	74.0		0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
12	Mule Suttles	BBB	LF	145			0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2
13	Fats Jenkins	HBG	CF	38			0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.0
14	John Henry Russell	MRS	2B	92			0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1
15	Joe Lewis	WP	C	58			0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Harold Treadwell	HBG	P	5	10.1		0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0
17	Bobo Leonard	CTS	CF	76			0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.0
18	Reuben Jones	BBB	RF	71			0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
19	Wade Thompson	HBG	P	14	25.2		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	-0.0
20	Joe Goodrich	WP	3B	84			0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
21	Willie Spearman	MRS	P	9	23.1		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
22	Claude Johnson	CTS	2B	108			0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
23	Morten Clark	WP	SS	84			0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
24	Jesse Barber	HBG	2B	28			0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Buck Ridgley	WP/HBG	2B	74			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
26	Otto Ray	CTS	C	61			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
27	L. Hamilton	MRS	3B	79			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
28	Willie Woods	WP	CF	66			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.0
29	Fred Daniels	BBB	P	19	43.0		0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
30	Carl Glass	MRS/BBB	LF	41	32.1		0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.4	-0.0
31	Bob Miller	BBB	3B	125			0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
32	George McAllister	BBB	1B	197			0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
33	Harry Jeffries	CTS	3B	32			0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Juan Padrón	BBB	P	6	15.1		0.3	-0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
35	William Ross	WP	P	26	38.2		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	-0.0
36	Maceo Clark	WP	P	7	13.1		0.3	-0.0	0.0	0.3	-0.0
37	Willie Miles	CTS	LF	107			0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
38	Vic Harris	CTS	RF	92			0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
39	Country Brown	WP	LF	42			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.0
40	Jute Bell	BBB	LF	38			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.0
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	Rube Henderson	CTS	RF	35			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
46	George Fiall	HBG	SS	31			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
47	Red Charleston	BBB	C	26			0.1	0.1	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	Bill Pettus	HBG	1B	24			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0
51	Hen Jordan	HBG	C	9			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Curtis Green	BBB	P	30	52.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
53	Mack Eggleston	WP	C	83			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
54	Tiny Baldwin	CTS	SS	4			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Willie Gray	CTS	1B	109			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
56	Howard	MRS	3B	4			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Pinky Ward	WP	CF	9			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0
58	Bill Rankin	WP	2B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	McDowell	WP	RF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
60	David Watson	BBB	P	3	7.2		0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Garnett Norman	MRS	RF	77			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
62	Fred Downer	CTS	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
63	J. Wilson	CTS	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
64	Burlin White	HBG	C	22			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	Forest Maddox	BBB	CF	19	1.1		-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.0
67	Spike	WP	LF	12			-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
68	Pete Córdova	CTS	SS	89			-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
69	John Kemp	BBB	CF	162			-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
70	Ware	MRS	-	1			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	D. Wiggins	WP	1B	4			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
72	Tubbs	BBB	-	2			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Dark Night Smith	HBG	P	8	17.0		-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
74	Walter Harper	BBB	C	5			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Elmer Wicks	HBG	3B	27			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Poindexter Williams	BBB	-	4			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Pete Washington	WP	LF	25			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
78	Ernest Gooden	CTS	SS	11			-0.0	-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	Don Hammond	CTS	3B	50			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
85	George Fisher	HBG	LF	36	5.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-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	-0.3	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	Lewis Means	BBB	C	114			-0.7	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1
100	Bullet Campbell	WP	LF	22	18.1		-0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.9	-0.0
101	Alex Albritton	WP	P	9	23.0		-0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
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		-0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
105	Wayne Carr	WP	P	32	65.0		-1.3	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.0

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