1931 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1931 Season

Negro National League I

1930 / 1932

William Hueston (President)
Dick Kent (Vice President)
Moses Walker (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Nelson
Dean

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.498
2	Nat Rogers	CC2	.481
3	Mule Suttles	SLS	.464
4	Willie Wells	SLS	.441
5	Sammy Hughes	LOW	.407
6	Wade Johnston	DS	.401
7	George Mitchell	AB2	.395
8	Joe Scott	LOW	.394
9	Jim Williams	AB2	.392
10	Newt Allen	SLS	.385

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Malvin Powell	CC2	1.29
2	Logan Hensley	SLS	1.63
3	Nelson Dean	DS	2.06
4	Satchel Paige	CCU	2.13
5	Luther McDonald	CC2/DS	2.27
6	George Mitchell	AB2	2.27
7	Ray Brown	AB2	2.83
8	Elbert Williams	DS/LOW	2.89
9	Joe Strong	SLS	3.13
10	James Pope	LOW	3.21

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Chicago Columbia Giants	NNL	18	726	643	89	183	22	7	2	80	4		63			7	13			.285	.355	.350	.705	108
2	St. Louis Stars	NNL	35	1395	1181	252	320	60	22	17	211	48		172			11	31			.271	.369	.402	.771	99
3	Indianapolis ABCs	NNL	45	1701	1542	220	430	58	26	8	184	29		124			8	27			.279	.336	.366	.701	98
4	Louisville White Sox	NNL	30	1089	994	127	265	37	5	10	115	6		69			11	15			.267	.321	.344	.665	84
5	Detroit Stars	NNL	45	1626	1478	194	375	61	11	18	169	32		120			10	18			.254	.314	.346	.660	83
6	Cleveland Cubs	NNL	33	1199	1061	157	261	51	8	10	140	18		102			9	27			.246	.317	.337	.655	80
	6	1	231	7736	6899	1039	1834	289	79	65	899	137		650			56	131			.266	.334	.359	.693	91

Players

#	Player	Team	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	Turkey Stearnes*	DS	CF	38	156	133	29	50	10	0	8	33	6		20			2	1			.376	.465	.632	1.096	201
2	Nat Rogers*	CC2	RF	18	83	74	16	31	5	2	0	16	0		9			0	0			.419	.482	.541	1.022	201
3	Mule Suttles	SLS	LF	34	148	121	35	36	11	4	7	36	4		23			2	2			.298	.418	.628	1.046	167
4	Willie Wells	SLS	SS	34	153	122	35	39	12	3	3	27	9		24			2	5			.320	.439	.541	.980	152
5	Jim Williams	AB2	LF	40	172	161	30	57	4	4	0	29	8		11			0	0			.354	.395	.429	.824	133
6	Sandy Thompson*	CC2	LF	18	80	75	14	26	2	1	0	13	0		4			0	1			.347	.380	.400	.780	130
7	Wade Johnston*	DS	LF	45	200	162	37	49	8	1	1	11	7		35			2	1			.302	.432	.383	.815	126
8	Joe Scott^	LOW	1B	30	127	116	18	41	6	0	0	17	1		9			2	0			.353	.409	.405	.815	125
9	Poindexter Williams	LOW	C	25	95	89	13	28	4	1	2	16	0		5			1	0			.315	.358	.449	.807	122
10	Clarence Smith	CCU/CC2	1B	18	81	70	10	21	3	0	1	10	0		8			1	2			.300	.380	.386	.765	121
11	John Henry Russell	AB2/CCU	2B	42	176	152	29	45	9	1	1	20	5		20			0	4			.296	.378	.388	.766	116
12	Clarence Palm	DS	C	42	172	161	23	50	9	1	3	32	3		10			0	1			.311	.351	.435	.786	116
13	Jabbo Andrews*	AB2	RF	45	186	167	22	49	6	3	2	21	2		14			2	3			.293	.355	.401	.756	114
14	Willie Gisentaner*	LOW	RF	25	98	89	9	27	4	0	2	16	0		6			1	2			.303	.354	.416	.770	112
15	Lou Dials*	DS	RF	39	162	151	18	44	8	4	2	21	0		9			0	2			.291	.331	.437	.768	111
16	Newt Allen	SLS	2B	26	118	104	21	32	4	3	1	18	3		13			0	1			.308	.385	.433	.817	110
17	Branch Russell*	SLS	RF	31	132	109	16	34	6	0	1	23	5		17			1	5			.312	.409	.394	.804	107
18	Halley Harding**	CC2	2B	15	72	67	7	20	4	0	0	2	0		4			0	1			.299	.338	.358	.696	105
19	Cool Papa Bell**	SLS	CF	33	157	132	46	38	7	2	1	18	16		24			0	1			.288	.397	.394	.791	104
20	Jimmie Crutchfield*	AB2	CF	41	193	176	33	51	6	4	0	18	3		14			0	3			.290	.342	.369	.711	101
21	Dewey Creacy	SLS	3B	35	140	119	21	36	5	2	0	19	2		18			0	3			.303	.394	.378	.772	99
22	Red McNeal^	LOW	CF	26	112	100	26	27	4	0	1	7	1		11			1	0			.270	.348	.340	.688	90
23	Jimmy Binder	AB2	3B	43	186	170	20	47	2	4	0	15	1		12			0	4			.276	.324	.335	.659	87
24	Hoss Walker	CCU	SS	33	130	119	22	28	9	1	3	18	0		5			2	4			.235	.278	.403	.681	86
25	Anthony Cooper	LOW	SS	24	102	91	11	26	4	0	0	9	0		4			2	5			.286	.330	.330	.660	82
26	Jack Ridley*	CCU	CF	33	145	121	25	28	1	2	1	10	4		19			2	3			.231	.345	.298	.643	77
27	Chester Williams	AB2	SS	35	149	140	16	37	6	1	0	19	6		6			1	2			.264	.299	.321	.621	76
28	Sanford Jackson	CC2	CF	16	75	68	13	18	1	0	0	3	2		4			0	3			.265	.306	.279	.585	73
29	Bobby Robinson	DS	3B	45	182	171	29	45	7	1	0	16	3		9			2	0			.263	.308	.316	.623	72
30	Milt Laurent	CCU	RF	33	134	122	17	27	6	2	1	18	5		10			1	1			.221	.286	.328	.614	68
31	Joe Cates^	LOW	SS	28	107	94	11	21	1	1	1	5	2		11			0	2			.223	.305	.287	.592	64
32	George Giles*	SLS	1B	33	155	131	28	31	4	2	0	17	5		17			1	6			.237	.329	.298	.627	62
33	Felton Snow	LOW	3B	26	96	91	6	21	0	1	0	11	0		3			0	2			.231	.255	.253	.508	40
34	Jim West**	CCU	1B	33	125	113	12	15	5	0	1	9	1		11			0	1			.133	.210	.204	.413	14

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

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