John Reese - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

John Reese

John Edward Reese
(Pepper; Bubbles; Speedboy)

Born: April 19, 1895 in Pensacola, FL
Died: October 5, 1966 in Washington, DC
(71 years old)

Bats: R

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Biographical
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Notes:

• College: Morris Brown College (Atlanta, GA)
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Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1918	HIL/AC	EAS	23	CF	17	71	59	9	9	2	0	1	6	0		6			0	6			.153	.231	.237	.468	29
1919	HIL	EAS	24	LF	17	70	64	8	18	3	3	0	12	0		3			0	3			.281	.313	.422	.735	137
1920	CAG	NNL	25	LF	41	158	141	15	23	3	0	0	7	4		13			0	4			.163	.234	.184	.418	32
1921	CAG/DS	NNL/NvS	26	LF	38	123	107	13	21	3	1	0	7	1	0	11	1		2	3			.196	.283	.243	.526	53
1922	CAG	NNL	27	LF	37	110	90	19	18	2	0	0	8	8		8			1	11			.200	.273	.222	.495	44
1923	TT/SLS	NNL	28	RF	47	191	162	37	48	9	2	2	18	8		16			1	12			.296	.363	.414	.777	93
1924	SLS	NNL	29	RF	51	176	158	17	35	2	2	1	14	9		9			0	9			.222	.263	.278	.542	39
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	30	RF	46	65	49	14	15	4	1	0	1	3		10			0	6	0		.306	.424	.429	.852	117
1926	SLS	NNL	31	RF	24	33	29	6	7	0	1	0	1	5		2			0	2			.241	.290	.310	.601	43
1928	SLS	NNL	33	3B	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	35	PR	14	8	8	6	2	0	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.500	.750	86
1931	SLS	NNL	36	PR	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0
12	6			LF	335	1009	870	144	196	28	11	4	74	38	0	78	1		4	57	0		.225	.292	.297	.589	61
162 Game Average						488	421	70	95	14	5	2	36	20	0	38	162		2	28	0		.225	.292	.297	.589	61

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
12	Negro Leagues				334	1006	867	144	195	28	11	4	74	38		78			4	57	0		.225	.292	.296	.588	61
1	vs Semipros				1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	77

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Bacharach Giants			CF	8	37	32	4	3	1	0	0	3	0		3			0	2			.094	.171	.125	.296	-16
2	Hilldale Club			LF	26	104	91	13	24	4	3	1	15	0		6			0	7			.264	.309	.407	.716	118
3	Chicago American Giants			LF	105	345	297	41	52	7	1	0	19	13	0	29	1		2	17			.175	.253	.205	.458	39
1	Detroit Stars I			LF	11	46	41	6	10	1	0	0	3	0		3			1	1			.244	.311	.268	.579	61
1	Toledo Tigers			RF	18	87	67	22	18	1	0	1	4	5		13			1	6			.269	.395	.328	.723	83
7	St. Louis Stars I			RF	167	390	342	58	89	14	7	2	30	20		24			0	24	0		.260	.309	.360	.668	68

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1918	HIL/AC	EAS	71		.219	.350		8.5%				8.7%					1.4%	0.3%		.085	.068
1919	HIL	EAS	70		.339	.302		4.3%	8.2%								0.0%	0.2%		.141	.063
1920	CAG	NNL	158		.212	.304		8.2%	7.8%								0.0%	0.5%		.021	.073
1921	CAG/DS	NNL/NvS	123		.258	.318		8.9%			0.8%	7.2%		11.00			0.0%	0.9%		.047	.096
1922	CAG	NNL	110		.223	.314		7.3%	7.5%								0.0%	1.1%		.022	.106
1923	TT/SLS	NNL	191		.338	.360		8.4%				8.5%					1.0%	1.3%		.117	.126
1924	SLS	NNL	176		.247	.359		5.1%	8.6%								0.6%	0.9%		.057	.112
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	65		.361	.349		15.4%				8.9%					0.0%	1.3%		.122	.132
1926	SLS	NNL	33		.265	.376		6.1%	8.8%								0.0%	1.4%		.069	.138
1928	SLS	NNL	4		.000	.342		0.0%	6.8%								0.0%	1.1%		.000	.116
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	8		.320	.356		0.0%				8.4%					0.0%	1.1%		.250	.123
1931	SLS	NNL			.000	.367			9.5%									0.9%			.104
12	6		1009		.269	.336		7.7%	8.2%		33.3%	0.8%		0.00	9.94		0.4%	0.9%		.071	.101

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Negro Leagues		1006		.269	.336		7.8%	8.2%								0.4%	0.9%		.072	.101
1	vs Semipros		3		.307	.334		0.0%	7.7%		33.3%	0.8%		0.00	9.94		0.0%	2.7%		.000	.141

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Bacharach Giants		37		.154	.343		8.1%	8.5%								0.0%	0.4%		.031	.067
2	Hilldale Club		104		.323	.320		5.8%	8.4%								1.0%	0.2%		.143	.065
3	Chicago American Giants		345		.223	.308		8.4%	7.5%		33.3%	0.8%		0.00	9.94		0.0%	0.8%		.030	.088
1	Detroit Stars I		46		.282	.334		6.5%	7.6%								0.0%	0.8%		.024	.100
1	Toledo Tigers		87		.333	.358		14.9%	8.4%								1.1%	1.3%		.060	.125
7	St. Louis Stars I		390		.292	.360		6.2%	8.6%								0.5%	1.1%		.099	.121

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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.

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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