1926 Cleveland Elites

7 - 44 - 1

6 - 42 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1925 / 1927 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (6-43-1)
Frank Duncan (1-1)

Tack
Summers

Buck
Alexander

• Home Ballpark: Hooper Field (Newburgh Heights, OH)
• Samuel Shepard (Owner) , Lorenza Cobb (Secretary & Business Manager)

1926 Cleveland Elites

Glossary

Left Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Tack Summers	26	0.5	0.2	0.4

Center Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Miles		-0.2	-0.2	0.1
Babe Melton	28	0.1	0.0	0.2
Bobo Leonard	28	-0.2	0.1	-0.3

Right Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Codie Spearman	30	0.1	0.3	0.1
Roy Tyler	26	0.3	0.0	0.3
Ernest Duff	26	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2
Frank Duncan	38	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
A. Russell		0.0	0.0	0.0

Shortstop	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Eddie Woolridge	22	-0.5	-0.2	-0.4
Elbert Norman	29	-0.2	-0.2	0.0

Second Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Dewitt Owens	25	-0.7	0.3	-0.7
Charles Zomphier	20	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
Tiny Baldwin	22	-0.1	-0.1	0.1
Harry Jeffries	27	0.1	0.0	0.1

Third Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
J. H. Hamilton	28	-0.6	0.2	-0.9
Candy Jim Taylor	42	0.4	0.3	0.0
Robinson		-0.7	-0.4	-0.4

First Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Charlie Watt	26	0.5	0.0	0.5
Everett Goldie	22	0.1	0.1	0.0

Manager	W-L	W%
Candy Jim Taylor	6-43	.122
Frank Duncan	1-1	.500

Catcher	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Robert Bonner	32	-0.3	-0.9	0.6
John Barnes	22	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Joe Ranson	25	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1
Jackson		0.0	0.0	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
John Wesley Johnson		100.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Buck Alexander	31	50.0	0.6	0.7	-0.1
Slim Branham	26	40.0	-1.3	-1.1	-0.2
Square Moore	25	34.1	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Eddie Wall	22	21.2	-1.2	-1.1	-0.1
James Field	35	13.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.0
Howard Ross	23	10.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Art Hancock	21	6.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Percy Miller	29	3.2	-0.6	-0.6	0.0
Bert Redwine		2.1	-0.2	-0.2	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit
George Branigan	20	44.2	-0.1	-0.2
Willie Spearman	26	16.1	-0.8	-0.7
Howard Black		1.1	0.0	0.0