1929 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1929 Season

American Negro League

1928 / 1930

Top Hitter

Charlie
Smith

Top Pitcher

Connie
Rector

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Charlie Smith	NLG	22
2	Martín Dihigo	HIL	18
3	Rap Dixon	BBS	16
4	John Beckwith	HG/NLG	14
5	Pete Washington	BBS	10
6	Jud Wilson	BBS	10
7	George Scales	NLG/HG	8
8	Oscar Charleston	HIL/HG	7
9	Judy Johnson	HIL/HG	6
10	Babe Melton	NLG/BBS	6

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Martín Dihigo	HIL	197
2	Joe Strong	HIL	192
3	Joe Williams	HG	165
4	Willis Flournoy	BBS	151
5	Laymon Yokely	BBS	146
6	Connie Rector	NLG	143
7	Script Lee	BBS	132
8	Red Ryan	BBS/HIL	129
9	Porter Charleston	HIL	128
10	Bill Holland	NLG	120

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Baltimore Black Sox	ANL	2997	672.0		22.1	8.2	3.7	10.1	0.0
2	Hilldale Club	ANL	3187	706.2		16.3	5.8	2.1	8.3	0.0
3	New York Lincoln Giants	ANL	2674	567.0		15.9	7.7	1.7	6.4	0.0
4	Homestead Grays	ANL	2500	564.0		11.5	3.4	0.5	7.7	0.0
5	Cuban Stars East	ANL	2230	483.0		1.7	-0.6	-4.5	6.8	0.0
6	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	ANL	2629	567.0		-1.6	1.1	-3.6	0.9	0.0
	6	1	16217	3559.2		66.0	25.6	-0.0	40.3	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Connie Rector	NLG	P	104	188.0		5.0	0.1	-0.0	4.9	-0.0
2	Charlie Smith	NLG	RF	304			4.8	4.3	0.8	0.0	-0.2
3	Rap Dixon	BBS	LF	320			4.6	3.9	0.9	0.0	-0.2
4	Martín Dihigo	HIL	SS	336	51.1		3.9	2.5	-0.1	1.3	0.1
5	Laymon Yokely	BBS	P	87	213.0		3.9	-0.3	0.0	4.1	0.0
6	Jud Wilson	BBS	1B	336			3.8	3.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2
7	Joe Williams	HG	P	55	129.2		3.4	-0.3	0.0	3.8	0.0
8	Sam Streeter	HG	P	84	165.2		3.2	0.5	-0.0	2.7	-0.0
9	Oscar Charleston	HIL/HG	CF	360			3.1	2.7	0.5	0.0	-0.2
10	Rats Henderson	AC	P	68	154.1		3.1	-0.2	0.0	3.3	0.0
11	Joe Strong	HIL/HG	P	49	109.2		3.0	0.1	0.0	2.9	0.0
12	George Scales	NLG/HG	2B	289			2.8	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.2
13	Willis Flournoy	BBS	P	60	121.2		2.6	0.1	-0.1	2.6	-0.0
14	Judy Johnson	HG/HIL	3B	368			2.6	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.2
15	Oscar Levis	CSE	P	58	118.0		2.5	-0.2	0.0	2.7	-0.0
16	Red Ryan	BBS/HIL	P	54	126.2		2.2	0.3	-0.0	1.9	-0.0
17	Dick Lundy	BBS	SS	294			2.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.3
18	Basilio Rosell	CSE	P	32	69.0		1.9	0.2	0.0	1.7	0.0
19	Phil Cockrell	HIL	P	70	113.2		1.8	0.3	-0.0	1.5	-0.0
20	Isidro Fabré	CSE	CF	126	93.1		1.7	-0.3	-0.4	2.4	-0.0
21	John Beckwith	HG/NLG	3B	232			1.7	2.3	-0.7	0.0	0.0
22	Jesse Hubbard	BBS	RF	132	5.0		1.5	0.9	0.4	0.3	-0.1
23	Vic Harris	HG	LF	295			1.4	0.4	1.2	0.0	-0.2
24	Fats Jenkins	AC	LF	254			1.4	1.5	0.1	0.0	-0.2
25	Bill Riggins	NLG	3B	301			1.3	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
26	Porter Charleston	HIL	P	56	120.1		1.3	-0.4	0.0	1.7	0.0
27	Pete Washington	BBS	CF	320			1.3	0.9	0.6	0.0	-0.2
28	John Henry Lloyd	NLG	1B	245			1.2	0.7	0.7	0.0	-0.2
29	Bill Holland	NLG	P	72	123.2		1.2	-0.2	-0.2	1.6	-0.0
30	Biz Mackey	HIL	C	220			1.2	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
31	Clint Thomas	AC/HG	RF	256			1.1	0.7	0.6	0.0	-0.2
32	Bob McClure	AC	P	40	115.2		1.0	-0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
33	Walter Cannady	HG	SS	202	24.1		0.9	1.1	-0.4	0.1	0.1
34	Webster McDonald	HG	P	6	11.2		0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
35	Script Lee	BBS	P	71	77.0		0.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	-0.0
36	Bun Hayes	BBS	P	21	41.2		0.8	0.0	-0.0	0.8	-0.0
37	Darltie Cooper	HIL	P	92	155.2		0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	-0.0
38	Buck Ewing	HG	C	243			0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.1
39	Chaney White	AC/HIL	CF	309			0.8	1.7	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
40	Dick Jackson	HIL	2B	274			0.8	-1.1	1.8	0.0	0.2
41	Babe Melton	BBS/NLG	CF	165			0.8	0.9	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
42	Lefty Williams	HG	P	49	99.2		0.7	-0.1	-0.1	0.9	-0.0
43	Tetelo Vargas	CSE	SS	117			0.7	0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.0
44	Ángel Alfonso	CSE	2B	239			0.7	0.9	-0.3	0.0	0.1
45	Alonzo Mitchell	AC	P	8	14.0		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
46	Jasper Washington	HG	1B	166			0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
47	Herb Smith	BBS	P	10	27.2		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
48	Cool Turner	HG	3B	169			0.6	-0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
49	Robert Hudspeth	NLG/HIL	1B	187			0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.2
50	Lefty Holmes	NLG	P	11	17.0		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
51	Frank McCoy	CSE	P	6	10.0		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
52	Neck Stanley	HIL/NLG	P	34	78.0		0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
53	George Britt	HIL/HG	C	74	96.1		0.4	-0.4	-0.3	1.1	0.0
54	Néstor Lambertus	CSE	CF	83			0.4	-0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.0
55	Thomas Albright	AC	P	19	48.1		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
56	Sijo Gómez	CSE	P	27	63.1		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
57	Frank Warfield	BBS	2B	364			0.2	-0.5	0.5	0.0	0.2
58	George Carr	AC/HIL	1B	97			0.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
59	Julio Rojo	NLG	C	159	1.2		0.2	0.0	0.1	-0.0	0.1
60	William Ross	HG	P	16	29.0		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Oliver Marcell	BBS	3B	298			0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
62	Bullet Campbell	NLG	P	1	1.2		0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
63	Willie Gray	NLG	CF	185			0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
64	Cliff Carter	HIL	P	15	38.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Duke Lattimore	BBS	C	42			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
66	Bill Force	BBS	P	11	21.0		0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.0
67	Perry Hall	AC	3B	3			0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Bobby Dean	HG	2B	2			-0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Davidson	AC	-	1			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Kerry	AC	-	1			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	José Pérez	CSE	1B	239			-0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.2
72	Luis Castro	CSE	C	6			-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Ormsby Roy	HG	SS	3			-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Joe Cade	AC	P	22	35.2		-0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0
75	Rich Gee	NLG	C	3			-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Earl Harrison	HG	P	2	5.1		-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0
77	Eggie Dallard	HIL	LF	282			-0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.2
78	Jimmy Everett	NLG	P	20	44.2		-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0
79	Namon Washington	NLG	LF	310			-0.1	-0.4	0.6	0.0	-0.2
80	Joe Lewis	HIL	C	138			-0.1	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
81	Sam Cooper	AC	P	23	47.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
82	Scrappy Brown	AC	SS	5			-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Charlie Spearman	NLG	C	149			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
84	Willis Moody	HG	LF	4			-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
85	Otto Briggs	AC/HIL	RF	14			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
86	Bunny Downs	HIL	2B	6			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Silvino Ruiz	CSE	P	18	33.0		-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0
88	Otis Starks	AC	P	3	4.1		-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
89	Sanford Jackson	HG	CF	159			-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0
90	Millito Navarro	CSE	2B	109			-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
91	Gilbert Coleman	AC	RF	9			-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0
92	Bud Mitchell	HIL	RF	7			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
93	Frank Stephens	AC	P		0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
94	Ben Taylor	AC	1B	132			-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
95	Clarence Lindsay	AC	3B	266	4.0		-0.2	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	0.2
96	Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	P	18	43.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
97	Elbert Williams	HG	P	2	6.0		-0.2	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
98	Miller	AC	P	1	2.0		-0.3	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
99	William Craddock	BBS/AC	RF	9			-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.0
100	Márgaro Gámiz	BBS/CSE	C	49			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Bobby Williams	AC	SS	45			-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Brown	HIL	P		1.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
103	Eddie Miller	HG	SS	79	14.0		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.1
104	Crush Holloway	HIL	RF	379			-0.3	-0.5	0.4	0.0	-0.3
105	Oscar Owens	HG	LF	87	15.1		-0.4	0.4	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1
106	Mack Eggleston	AC	C	225			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
107	Nat Howard	NLG	P	17	34.1		-0.4	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0
108	Jake Stephens	HIL/HG	SS	57			-0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.1
109	Dennis Graham	HG	RF	207			-0.4	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
110	Francisco Correa	CSE	SS	230			-0.4	0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.2
111	Hoss Walker	AC	SS	187			-0.5	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.2
112	Sam Warmack	HIL	LF	156			-0.5	0.4	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
113	Obie Lackey	HG/HIL	SS	137			-0.5	-0.6	-0.0	0.0	0.2
114	Nip Winters	NLG/BBS	1B	158	101.1		-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
115	Luther Farrell	AC	RF	31	22.1		-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.0
116	Agustín Bejerano	CSE	CF	129			-0.5	0.2	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
117	Buddy Burbage	BBS	LF	156			-0.6	-0.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
118	Bob Clarke	BBS	C	254			-0.6	-0.9	0.2	0.0	0.1
119	Willie Gisentaner	CSE	P	27	53.0		-0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
120	Roy Roberts	AC	P	11	17.2		-0.6	-0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
121	Charlie Mason	AC/HG	LF	154	3.2		-0.6	-0.4	0.5	-0.6	-0.1
122	José María Fernández	CSE	C	195			-0.7	-0.7	-0.0	0.0	0.1
123	Ping Gardner	AC	P	26	53.0		-0.8	-0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
124	Bill Yancey	NLG	SS	276			-0.8	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	0.3
125	Herb Thomas	NLG	P	20	43.2		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.0
126	Willie Jones	AC	C	154			-0.9	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.1
127	Cheo Ramos	CSE	LF	207			-1.2	-0.1	-0.9	0.0	-0.2
128	Mo Harris	HG	2B	162			-1.2	-0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.1
129	Wilbert Pritchett	HIL	P	22	51.0		-1.3	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	0.0
130	Ambrose Reid	AC	1B	194			-1.3	0.0	-1.3	0.0	-0.1
131	Miguel Solís	CSE	3B	142			-1.5	-0.7	-0.8	0.0	0.1
132	Bernardo Baró	CSE	RF	191			-1.6	-0.4	-1.0	0.0	-0.2
133	Connie Day	AC	2B	207			-1.6	-1.1	-0.7	0.0	0.1
134	Jimmy Shields	AC	P	33	48.0		-1.6	0.0	0.1	-1.8	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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