1928 Season

Negro National League I

1927 / 1929

William Hueston (President)
R. T. Jackson (Vice President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary & Treasurer)
Harry St. Clair (Traveling Representative)
Tom Baird (Booking Agent)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ted
Trent

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Turkey Stearnes	DS	24
2	Willie Wells	SLS	22
3	Wilson Redus	SLS	22
4	Mule Suttles	SLS	21
5	Dewey Creacy	SLS	10
6	Ted Radcliffe	DS	8
7	Ed Rile	DS	8
8	Wade Johnston	DS	8
9	Babe Melton	CTG	7
10	Clarence Palm	SLS	7

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Satchel Paige	BBB	4.84
2	Harry Salmon	BBB	4.00
3	Bullet Rogan	KCM	3.86
4	Willie Powell	CAG	3.40
5	Nelson Dean	BBB/CTG	3.04
6	Andy Cooper	KCM	2.94
7	Roosevelt Davis	SLS	2.77
8	George Nash	BBB	2.62
9	Ted Trent	SLS	2.33
10	William Bell	KCM	2.13

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	St. Louis Stars	NNL	79	3119	2812	547	893	157	57	101	497	53	187	25	95	.318	.365	.522	.887	131
2	Detroit Stars	NNL	81	3111	2777	487	796	126	38	60	438	50	238	25	71	.287	.348	.424	.773	105
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	76	2901	2542	385	703	106	33	16	320	125	204	35	120	.277	.339	.363	.702	98
4	Chicago American Giants	NNL	76	2867	2564	362	708	86	28	6	320	78	160	32	111	.276	.327	.339	.665	94
5	Cleveland Tigers	NNL	62	2304	2096	278	606	95	36	17	253	36	113	28	67	.289	.334	.393	.727	91
6	Memphis Red Sox	NNL	77	2853	2499	346	664	89	35	14	308	44	230	32	92	.266	.335	.346	.682	86
7	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	88	3151	2872	344	749	102	47	20	293	65	127	25	127	.261	.298	.350	.648	81
8	Cuban Stars West	NNL	47	1751	1555	169	358	51	13	2	139	17	128	18	50	.230	.296	.284	.580	65
	8	1	625	22057	19717	2918	5477	812	287	236	2568	468	1387	220	733	.278	.332	.384	.716	96

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Mule Suttles	SLS	1B	76	333	301	72	108	17	12	21	75	6	23	1	8	.359	.406	.704	1.110	187
2	Willie Wells	SLS	SS	78	352	315	82	113	28	5	22	81	13	25	5	7	.359	.414	.689	1.103	186
3	Wilson Redus	SLS	LF	78	345	315	72	110	21	6	22	82	6	17	9	4	.349	.399	.663	1.062	175
4	Turkey Stearnes*	DS	CF	81	359	317	81	102	16	7	24	78	6	31	5	6	.322	.391	.644	1.034	171
5	Babe Melton	CTG	2B	57	210	198	37	70	6	13	7	42	5	8	2	2	.354	.385	.621	1.006	162
6	Ed Rile*	DS	1B	81	351	303	61	105	23	1	8	64	9	33	7	8	.347	.423	.508	.931	147
7	Dewey Creacy	SLS	3B	78	339	298	41	98	23	5	10	54	1	24	4	13	.329	.387	.540	.927	142
8	Roy Parnell	BBB	CF	79	331	296	45	93	19	7	7	46	9	18	4	13	.314	.362	.497	.858	138
9	Steel Arm Davis*	CAG	RF	59	243	226	38	72	12	5	2	31	7	13	3	1	.319	.364	.442	.806	134
10	Pythias Russ	CAG	SS	70	300	274	54	93	13	3	2	48	9	9	5	12	.339	.372	.431	.802	134
11	Heavy Johnson	CTG/MRS	RF	69	273	250	38	87	14	5	2	45	0	16	1	6	.348	.390	.468	.858	130
12	Cool Papa Bell**	SLS	CF	79	378	338	81	112	21	6	6	41	19	32	1	7	.331	.391	.482	.873	129
13	Claude Johnson	DS	3B	76	333	282	56	95	12	1	3	35	3	41	2	8	.337	.425	.418	.843	125
14	Dink Mothell**	KCM	2B	66	291	242	50	72	14	1	4	39	15	21	8	20	.298	.373	.413	.786	121
15	Pinky Ward^	MRS	CF	69	274	225	42	65	13	3	2	34	10	33	6	10	.289	.394	.400	.794	116
16	Bienvenido Jiménez	CSW	2B	47	215	178	34	50	7	3	0	13	4	26	10	1	.281	.402	.354	.756	116
17	Branch Russell*	SLS	RF	78	361	308	62	92	14	12	3	43	4	30	3	20	.299	.367	.451	.818	114
18	John Hines	CAG	C	67	236	203	35	58	9	3	2	34	6	12	6	15	.286	.344	.389	.733	114
19	George Giles*	KCM	1B	72	309	271	38	82	11	7	1	38	6	19	2	17	.303	.353	.406	.759	113
20	Sandy Thompson*	BBB/CAG	LF	59	246	222	30	73	5	1	0	34	5	13	2	9	.329	.371	.360	.732	112
21	George McAllister*	BBB	1B	87	371	312	47	87	9	6	4	36	5	31	2	26	.279	.348	.385	.732	105
22	Geechie Meredith	BBB	2B	83	342	311	46	95	12	4	1	34	15	16	5	10	.305	.349	.379	.729	104
23	Cando López	CSW	CF	47	203	186	20	55	6	3	1	25	3	12	1	4	.296	.342	.376	.718	104
24	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	76	297	249	35	66	13	4	3	36	0	34	4	10	.265	.362	.386	.748	103
25	Halley Harding**	DS/KCM	SS	67	298	251	47	72	11	3	2	30	11	31	2	14	.287	.370	.378	.748	103
26	Dave Thomas^	MRS	2B	69	281	258	42	81	7	4	2	39	10	12	3	8	.314	.352	.395	.747	103
27	Wade Johnston*	DS	LF	75	339	310	60	87	13	5	8	46	6	22	2	5	.281	.332	.432	.765	102
28	Hurley McNair*	DS	RF	69	286	245	44	68	8	5	3	41	7	34	0	7	.278	.366	.388	.753	101
29	Newt Allen	KCM	SS	74	329	295	43	81	13	4	2	39	19	23	2	9	.275	.331	.366	.697	96
30	Francisco Correa	CSW	SS	46	200	179	13	51	11	2	0	22	1	9	0	12	.285	.319	.369	.688	95
31	Sanford Jackson	CAG	3B	54	245	219	32	60	4	4	0	16	5	13	3	10	.274	.323	.329	.652	91
32	Charley Williams^	CAG	2B	65	257	235	26	60	10	6	0	36	4	15	2	5	.255	.306	.349	.654	91
33	Newt Joseph	KCM	3B	76	319	277	43	72	12	2	2	38	20	29	2	11	.260	.334	.339	.674	90
34	Eddie Dwight	KCM	CF	73	290	250	44	67	5	5	0	16	29	22	5	13	.268	.339	.328	.667	88
35	Ted Radcliffe	DS	C	65	269	254	29	66	9	3	8	41	2	7	3	5	.260	.288	.413	.701	85
36	Felipe Sierra	CSW	1B	47	201	172	27	44	8	0	0	13	1	17	2	10	.256	.330	.302	.632	80
37	John Henry Russell	SLS	2B	79	318	292	38	80	10	5	2	36	1	12	1	13	.274	.305	.363	.668	75
38	Grady Orange^	DS	SS	69	275	253	39	66	8	5	1	27	6	15	2	5	.261	.307	.344	.651	73
39	LeRoy Taylor*	KCM	RF	75	304	277	44	77	4	0	0	27	13	13	4	10	.278	.320	.292	.612	73
40	Saul Davis	CTG/MRS	SS	53	220	201	26	54	11	1	1	24	9	6	0	13	.269	.290	.348	.638	69
41	Tack Summers	CTG	LF	58	244	221	36	57	7	3	0	17	3	17	3	3	.258	.320	.317	.636	69
42	Bill Perkins	BBB	C	80	280	252	32	57	4	7	2	20	2	13	3	12	.226	.272	.321	.594	66
43	J. C. McHaskell^	MRS	1B	77	311	272	34	65	8	4	2	35	2	16	3	20	.239	.289	.320	.609	65
44	Dewitt Owens^	BBB	SS	80	280	257	18	58	9	1	0	16	6	10	0	13	.226	.255	.268	.523	47
45	Estéban Montalvo*	CSW	RF	47	193	169	11	23	3	3	0	9	2	16	2	6	.136	.219	.189	.409	17

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

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