1931 St. Louis Stars

51 - 19 - 1

44 - 11 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1932 (Team History)

Managed by:
John Reese (51-19-1)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Eggie
Hensley

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	96	3rd	ERA+	132	1st
OPS	.763	1st	ERA	3.38	1st
BA	.269	3rd	BA	.250	1st
OBP	.367	1st	K/BB	1.70	2nd
SLG	.397	1st	K%	14.4%	1st
BB%	12.3%	1st	BB%	8.5%	4th
K%			HR%	1.0%	4th
ISO	.128	1st	WHIP	1.30	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro National League I
• First Half Champions of the Negro National League I
• Second Half Champions of the Negro National League I
• Home Ballpark: Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Dick Kent (President)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Tom Young*	28	22	83	74	15	21	4	1	0	15	4	9	0	0	.284	.361	.365	.726	86
1B	George Giles*	22	34	160	133	30	32	4	2	0	17	5	19	1	7	.241	.340	.301	.641	65
2B	Newt Allen	30	27	123	109	21	32	4	3	1	18	3	13	0	1	.294	.369	.413	.782	100
3B	Dewey Creacy	31	36	144	122	21	37	5	2	0	19	2	19	0	3	.303	.397	.377	.774	99
SS	Willie Wells	26	35	157	126	35	40	12	3	3	28	9	24	2	5	.317	.434	.532	.966	147
LF	Mule Suttles	30	35	152	125	35	36	11	4	7	36	4	23	2	2	.288	.407	.608	1.015	159
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	28	34	162	137	47	39	7	2	1	18	16	24	0	1	.285	.391	.387	.778	100
RF	Branch Russell*	35	32	136	113	16	35	6	0	1	24	5	17	1	5	.310	.405	.389	.794	104

RF	Wilson Redus	26	24	85	73	11	17	2	1	2	14	0	9	3	0	.233	.341	.370	.711	82
C	Quincy Trouppe**	18	20	65	56	7	11	3	2	1	10	0	8	1	0	.196	.308	.375	.683	75
C	John Barnes*	27	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	-76
2B	Charles Zomphier^	25	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-33

SP	Joe Strong*	28	13	33	30	3	8	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	.267	.313	.300	.613	57
SP	Eggie Hensley	31	13	32	30	4	7	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	.233	.258	.400	.658	68
SP	Ted Trent	27	15	29	24	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	2	.167	.259	.208	.468	21
SP	Bert Hunter	20	10	27	24	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.125	.160	.125	.285	-26
SP	Leroy Matlock*	24	10	25	21	4	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	.238	.333	.333	.667	71
RP	Roosevelt Davis	26	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Rats Henderson	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PR	John Reese	36	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20		371	1434	1215	256	327	60	22	17	214	48	176	11	32	.269	.367	.397	.763	96

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Cool Papa Bell**	28	CF	162	.377	.369	14.8%	9.5%	0.6%	0.8%	.102	.103
George Giles*	22	1B	160	.306	.369	11.9%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.060	.103
Willie Wells	26	SS	157	.436	.369	15.3%	9.5%	1.9%	0.8%	.214	.103
Mule Suttles	30	LF	152	.452	.369	15.1%	9.5%	4.6%	0.8%	.320	.103
Dewey Creacy	31	3B	144	.371	.369	13.2%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.074	.103
Branch Russell*	35	RF	136	.374	.369	12.5%	9.5%	0.7%	0.8%	.080	.103
Newt Allen	30	2B	123	.370	.369	10.6%	9.5%	0.8%	0.8%	.119	.103
Wilson Redus	26	RF	85	.345	.369	10.6%	9.5%	2.4%	0.8%	.137	.103
Tom Young*	28	C	83	.353	.369	10.8%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.081	.103
Quincy Trouppe**	18	C	65	.326	.369	12.3%	9.5%	1.5%	0.8%	.179	.103
Joe Strong*	28	SP	33	.291	.369	6.1%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.033	.103
Eggie Hensley	31	SP	32	.292	.369	3.1%	9.5%	3.1%	0.8%	.167	.103
Ted Trent	27	SP	29	.225	.369	10.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.042	.103
Bert Hunter	20	SP	27	.135	.369	3.7%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.103
Leroy Matlock*	24	SP	25	.314	.369	8.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.095	.103
John Barnes*	27	C	11	.070	.369	9.1%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.103
Charles Zomphier^	25	2B	5	.153	.369	20.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.103
Roosevelt Davis	26	RP	4	.000	.369	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.103
Rats Henderson	34	RP	1	.000	.369	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.103
John Reese	36	PR		.000	.369		9.5%		0.8%		.103
20			1434	.359	.369	12.3%	9.5%	1.2%	0.8%	.128	.103