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	Charles Wesley	BBB	.306
5	Mule Suttles	BBB	.290
6	Geechie Meredith	BBB	.288
7	Bobo Leonard	CTS	.288
8	Vic Harris	CTS	.288
9	Sanford Jackson	MRS/BBB	.286
10	L. Hamilton	MRS	.274

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	Square Moore	MRS/BBB	19
10	John Young	MRS	16

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Memphis Red Sox	IND	15	7	.682	31	22		15	3	1	192.0	66	48	139	1	44	102	5	1	2	769	2.25	133
2	Harrisburg Giants	IND	4	4	.500	12	8		5	0	1	69.2	32	28	66	0	30	19	0	0	6	300	3.62	113
3	Cleveland Tate Stars	IND	10	14	.417	33	25		19	1	0	211.1	115	88	210	3	52	104	3	1	6	909	3.75	104
4	Birmingham Black Barons	IND	16	25	.390	62	45		32	5	0	389.0	212	138	379	6	115	152	9	5	14	1656	3.19	99
5	Washington Potomacs	IND	7	17	.292	36	24		14	0	1	195.2	184	139	265	13	78	48	1	0	7	930	6.39	60
	5	1	52	67	.437	174	124		85	9	3	1057.2	609	441	1059	23	319	425	18	7	35	4564	3.75	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Charlie Henry^	HBG	SP	0	1	.000	1	1		1	0	0	11.2	1	1	10	0	4	4	0	0	1	45	0.77	530
2	Willie Foster*	MRS	SP	6	2	.750	9	8		6	1	0	62.0	21	12	43	0	12	46	1	1	0	249	1.74	172
3	Harold Treadwell	HBG	RP	1	0	1.000	2	1		1	0	1	10.1	3	3	8	0	3	5	0	0	0	41	2.61	157
4	Bob McClure	CTS	SP	1	5	.167	9	6		6	0	0	58.0	27	17	46	0	11	36	1	0	0	236	2.64	148
5	Harry Salmon	BBB	SP	8	3	.727	14	10		9	4	0	94.2	29	23	82	0	18	43	1	4	4	377	2.19	144
6	Johnny Juran	BBB	SP	2	2	.500	10	7		5	1	0	68.2	23	17	59	0	24	28	2	0	4	282	2.23	141
7	Curtis Green	BBB	SP	3	5	.375	8	6		5	0	0	52.0	31	14	52	2	6	10	1	1	2	217	2.42	130
8	Willie Spearman	MRS	SP	2	1	.667	5	4		2	1	0	23.1	8	6	14	0	6	12	2	0	0	92	2.31	130
9	William Ross	WP	RP	3	0	1.000	6	3		3	0	0	38.2	24	14	45	2	9	6	0	0	1	171	3.26	119
10	Slim Branham	CTS	SP	4	4	.500	9	7		5	1	0	59.0	28	23	49	2	21	32	0	0	4	249	3.51	111
11	Carl Glass*	MRS/BBB	RP	3	1	.750	5	3		3	0	0	32.1	15	10	30	1	4	15	0	0	1	134	2.78	109
12	Bill McCall*	CTS	SP	4	4	.500	10	8		7	0	0	74.0	43	32	86	0	15	31	2	1	2	330	3.89	100
13	Square Moore	MRS/BBB	RP	3	2	.600	8	5		4	1	1	47.0	19	16	36	0	16	19	2	0	1	194	3.06	100
14	Wade Thompson	HBG	RP	2	1	.667	5	3		2	0	0	25.2	12	12	24	0	10	5	0	0	4	113	4.21	97
15	John Young	MRS	RP	1	3	.250	5	3		1	0	0	35.2	18	13	31	0	14	16	0	0	0	148	3.28	92
16	Dark Night Smith	HBG	SP	1	1	.500	3	2		0	0	0	17.0	12	9	17	0	11	4	0	0	1	75	4.76	86
17	Eli Juran*	BBB	SP	0	5	.000	8	6		4	0	0	45.2	36	25	48	1	20	26	3	0	0	212	4.93	64
18	Wayne Carr	WP	SP	3	5	.375	9	8		5	0	0	65.0	58	44	84	2	22	14	0	0	5	305	6.09	63

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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