1929 Season

American Negro League

1928 / 1930

Top Hitter

Charlie
Smith

Top Pitcher

Connie
Rector

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Charlie Smith	NLG	.551
2	Jud Wilson	BBS	.492
3	George Scales	NLG/HG	.484
4	Rap Dixon	BBS	.482
5	Oscar Charleston	HIL/HG	.471
6	Biz Mackey	HIL	.449
7	Martín Dihigo	HIL	.448
8	John Beckwith	HG/NLG	.448
9	Fats Jenkins	AC	.446
10	Bill Riggins	NLG	.444

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Joe Williams	HG	3.04
2	Martín Dihigo	HIL	2.42
3	Porter Charleston	HIL	2.00
4	Bill Holland	NLG	1.89
5	George Britt	HIL/HG	1.53
6	Sam Streeter	HG	1.45
7	Basilio Rosell	CSE	1.22
8	Joe Strong	HIL	1.22
9	Phil Cockrell	HIL	1.11
10	Laymon Yokely	BBS	1.09

All-1929 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rap Dixon	BBS	4.6	3.9	0.9
Vic Harris	HG	1.4	0.4	1.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Oscar Charleston	HIL/HG	3.1	2.7	0.5
Isidro Fabré	CSE	1.7	-0.3	-0.4

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Charlie Smith	NLG	4.8	4.3	0.8
Jesse Hubbard	BBS	1.5	0.9	0.4

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	HIL	3.9	2.5	-0.1
Dick Lundy	BBS	2.1	1.3	0.5

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Scales	NLG/HG	2.8	2.2	0.4
Dick Jackson	HIL	0.8	-1.1	1.8

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Judy Johnson	HG/HIL	2.6	1.7	0.7
John Beckwith	HG/NLG	1.7	2.3	-0.7

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	3.8	3.4	0.5
John Henry Lloyd	NLG	1.2	0.7	0.7

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Biz Mackey	HIL	1.2	1.2	-0.1
Buck Ewing	HG	0.8	0.5	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Connie Rector	NLG	188.0	5.0	4.9	0.1
Laymon Yokely	BBS	213.0	3.9	4.1	-0.3
Joe Williams	HG	129.2	3.4	3.8	-0.3
Sam Streeter	HG	165.2	3.2	2.7	0.5

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joe Strong	HIL/HG	109.2	3.0	2.9	0.1
Willis Flournoy	BBS	121.2	2.6	2.6	0.1
Porter Charleston	HIL	120.1	1.3	1.7	-0.4
Bob McClure	AC	115.2	1.0	1.0	-0.0

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

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.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

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

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