1927 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1927 Season

Negro National League I

1926 / 1928

William Hueston (President)
R. S. Lewis (Vice President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary & Treasurer)
G. B. Key (Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Top Hitter

Turkey
Stearnes

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Willie Wells	SLS	.690
2	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.663
3	Roy Parnell	BBB	.654
4	Ed Rile	DS	.648
5	Wilson Redus	SLS	.621
6	Bill Riggins	CHT	.575
7	Steel Arm Davis	CAG	.538
8	Dewey Creacy	SLS	.530
9	Poindexter Williams	BBB	.517
10	Cocaína García	CSW	.517

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Willie Foster	CAG	2.21
2	Webster McDonald	CAG	2.45
3	George Mitchell	KCM	2.45
4	Bullet Rogan	KCM	2.49
5	George Harney	CAG	2.58
6	Ed Rile	DS	2.58
7	Willie Powell	CAG	2.63
8	William Bell	KCM	2.66
9	Rube Curry	CAG	2.83
10	Harry Salmon	BBB	2.95

All-1927 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Parnell	BBB	5.4	6.2	-0.1
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	5.3	4.9	0.8

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	DS	6.3	5.0	1.5
Sandy Thompson	BBB	1.3	1.1	0.5

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Branch Russell	SLS	2.4	2.1	0.6
Cocaína García	CSW	2.0	1.4	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	6.2	4.8	0.9
Pythias Russ	CAG	5.2	3.4	1.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dink Mothell	KCM	3.1	1.6	1.4
John Henry Russell	SLS	1.9	1.0	0.7

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Newt Joseph	KCM	2.9	2.5	0.1
Dave Malarcher	CAG	2.1	1.5	0.3

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Rile	DS	6.3	3.7	-0.6
Jim Brown	CAG	2.1	1.7	0.7

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Poindexter Williams	BBB	2.6	2.2	0.2
Tom Young	KCM	1.7	1.1	0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Foster	CAG	211.1	4.8	4.9	-0.1
Ted Trent	SLS	228.0	4.0	4.6	-0.6
William Bell	KCM	162.1	3.8	3.4	0.5
Sam Streeter	BBB	223.0	3.7	3.1	0.6
George Mitchell	KCM	128.2	3.1	3.0	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bullet Rogan	KCM	155.1	4.6	3.8	1.3
Basilio Rosell	CSW	146.2	4.3	4.1	0.2
Harry Salmon	BBB	176.2	3.7	3.7	0.1
Satchel Paige	BBB	104.2	2.7	2.6	0.1
John Williams	SLS	106.1	2.6	2.2	0.3

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