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1928 Cleveland Tigers

20 - 60

20 - 59 in the Negro National League I

1927 / 1929 (Team History)

Managed by:
Frank Duncan (4-20)
Harry Jeffries (7-18)
Sam Crawford (9-22)

Top Hitter

Babe
Melton

Top Pitcher

Nelson
Dean

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting				Pitching
OPS+	91	5th		ERA+	79	8th
OPS	.727	3rd		ERA	5.96	8th
BA	.289	2nd		BA	.309	8th
OBP	.334	5th		K/BB	1.32	7th
SLG	.393	3rd		K%	8.4%	7th
BB%	4.9%	7th		BB%	6.4%	6th
K%				HR%	1.3%	8th
ISO	.104	3rd		WHIP	1.58	8th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Luna Park (Cleveland, OH)
• M. C. Barkin (Owner) , Sam Terrell (Business Manager)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Player	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
Goose Curry	23	SP	118	125.2		2.4	1.0	0.2	1.3	-0.1
Nelson Dean	29	SP	59	143.1		2.1	-0.4	0.0	2.6	0.0
Babe Melton	30	2B	210			1.7	2.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
Orville Singer	29	CF	158			1.5	0.8	0.8	0.0	-0.1
William Ross	34	SP	30	57.1		1.4	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
Saul Davis	27	2B	181			1.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.2
Harry Jeffries	29	3B	133			1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
Heavy Johnson	33	RF	81	3.0		0.4	0.7	-0.4	0.2	-0.1
Ernest Duff	28	CF	192			0.4	0.9	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
Eppie Hampton	29	C	106			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Pete Willett	25	SS	86			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Will Owens	26	SS	9			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Frank Stevens		RF	90	81.2		0.2	0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.0
Odis Turner	21	1B	3			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chester Blanchard	24	3B	7			0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Perry Hall	30	2B	41			0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Orange		LF				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Powell		PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Williams		SP	1	2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Boggs	29	SP	4	6.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Owen Smaulding	31	RP		0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kirby		RP	3	4.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Frank Duncan	40	PH	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Barnes	24	C	15			-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
James Womack	27	1B	5			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Cox	32	RP	2	5.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Bobby Williams	32	SS	34			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Dixon	32	C	52			-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Tack Summers	28	LF	244			-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Fred Dewitt	27	1B	18			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Everett Goldie	24	1B	22			-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Tom Jackson		SP	5	10.2		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
Charlie Wooldridge	30	1B	54			-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
Chancelor Edwards	27	C	30			-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
Willie Bobo	30	1B	62			-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
Ted Stockard	25	SS	80			-0.8	-0.1	-0.8	0.0	0.1
Sam Crawford	36	2B	26	4.2		-0.8	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
Charles Zomphier	22	2B	51			-0.9	-0.1	-0.8	0.0	0.0
Square Moore	27	SP	13	20.2		-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
John Wesley Johnson		1B	53	16.0		-1.0	-0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.1
Johnnie Bob Dixon	29	RP	18	39.1		-2.0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	0.0
41			2304	521.1		2.6	5.3	-3.3	0.6	0.0

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