1928 Season

Eastern Colored League

1927 / 1929

Top Hitter

Rap
Dixon

Top Pitcher

Laymon
Yokely

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Rap Dixon	BBS	1.180
2	Jud Wilson	BBS	1.144
3	George Scales	NLG	1.021
4	John Henry Lloyd	NLG	.972
5	Chaney White	AC	.941
6	Alejandro Oms	CSE	.929
7	Dick Lundy	AC	.898
8	George Carr	NLG/AC	.897
9	Clint Thomas	AC	.892
10	Fats Jenkins	NLG/AC	.866

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Laymon Yokely	BBS	103
2	Luther Farrell	AC	87
3	Rats Henderson	AC	61
4	Ping Gardner	AC	50
5	Nip Winters	NLG	42
6	Bob McClure	BBS	31
7	Pedro San	CSE	31
8	Jesse Hubbard	BBS	30
9	Connie Rector	NLG	27
10	Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	22

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Baltimore Black Sox	ECL	518.2	1.46	8.9%	8.8%	1.02	1.4%
2	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	ECL	475.2	1.50	11.6%	8.8%	1.32	1.8%
3	New York Lincoln Giants	ECL	311.0	1.51	7.2%	5.4%	1.33	1.3%
4	Cuban Stars East	ECL	250.0	1.48	9.0%	9.2%	0.97	2.1%
5	Philadelphia Tigers	ECL	68.0	2.03	10.0%	9.1%	1.10	1.8%
	5	1	1623.1	1.51	9.4%	8.2%	1.15	1.6%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Laymon Yokely	BBS	SP	175.1	1.19	14.0%	9.2%	1.51	0.5%
2	Luther Farrell*	AC	SP	124.0	1.44	16.1%	8.7%	1.85	2.8%
3	Ping Gardner	AC	SP	119.2	1.53	9.3%	7.9%	1.19	1.7%
4	Connie Rector	NLG	RP	113.1	1.54	5.2%	4.6%	1.13	1.0%
5	Jesse Hubbard	BBS	SP	103.2	1.34	6.6%	7.3%	0.91	1.5%
6	Rats Henderson	AC	RP	100.0	1.36	14.2%	7.4%	1.91	1.4%
7	Nip Winters*	NLG	SP	94.0	1.59	10.0%	6.6%	1.50	1.7%
8	Bob McClure	BBS	RP	82.0	1.66	7.9%	9.7%	0.82	1.3%
9	Bun Hayes	BBS	SP	67.0	1.57	5.8%	7.4%	0.78	1.6%
10	Pedro San	CSE	SP	64.0	1.89	10.0%	12.3%	0.82	2.6%
11	Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	RP	61.2	1.04	8.7%	6.3%	1.38	1.6%
12	Bill Force	BBS	RP	58.0	1.72	5.8%	7.7%	0.76	2.9%
13	Hubert Lockhart*	AC	RP	48.0	1.50	8.5%	9.4%	0.90	1.9%
14	Oscar Levis	CSE	SP	44.1	1.69	7.9%	9.9%	0.80	2.5%
15	Willie Gisentaner*	NLG	SP	43.0	1.63	7.7%	5.2%	1.50	1.5%
16	Jimmy Shields	AC	SP	41.2	1.34	8.7%	12.6%	0.70	1.1%
17	Herb Thomas*	NLG	SP	37.0	1.57	6.4%	6.4%	1.00	0.6%
18	Isidro Fabré	CSE	RP	33.0	1.03	5.5%	6.3%	0.88	1.6%
19	Silvino Ruiz	CSE	RP	29.1	1.40	11.0%	7.1%	1.56	3.1%
20	Alonzo Mitchell	AC	RP	28.1	2.08	7.4%	12.5%	0.59	1.5%
21	Joe Strong	BBS	SP	21.2	2.03	7.5%	12.3%	0.62	1.9%
22	David Gómez	PTG	SP	17.0	2.35	6.7%	8.9%	0.75	1.1%
23	Bullet Campbell	NLG	RP	16.2	0.72	5.0%	5.0%	1.00	0.0%
24	Cliff Carter	PTG	SP	16.2	1.56	19.5%	5.2%	3.75	0.0%
25	Wilbert Pritchett*	PTG	SP	16.0	1.31	7.2%	7.2%	1.00	1.4%
26	Ramón Bragaña	CSE	RP	13.2	2.05	10.3%	13.2%	0.78	0.0%
27	Henry Gillespie	PTG	RP	11.2	2.14	8.3%	10.0%	0.83	1.7%
28	George Boggs*	BBS	SP	9.1	1.82	4.8%	16.7%	0.29	0.0%
29	Curtis Green	AC	RP	9.1	1.82	4.3%	6.5%	0.67	0.0%
30	Wayne Carr	NLG	SP	7.0	1.00	10.7%	0.0%		7.1%
31	Speedball Hackett^	PTG	SP	5.2	2.65	9.7%	12.9%	0.75	6.5%
32	Rafael Pedroso^	CSE	RP	4.0	1.50	11.8%	11.8%	1.00	0.0%
33	Neck Stanley*	AC	SP	3.0	2.33	6.7%	6.7%	1.00	6.7%
34	Collins^	BBS	RP	1.0	1.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
35	Daniels^	AC	RP	1.0	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
36	Alex Cooper^	PTG	RP	0.2	9.00	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	0.0%
37	Dick Lundy	AC	RP	0.2	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
38	Powell^	BBS	SP	0.2	7.50	0.0%	14.3%	0.00	14.3%
39	Bunny Downs	PTG	RP	0.1	15.00	0.0%	0.0%		16.7%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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