1928 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Mule Suttles	SLS	.704
2	Willie Wells	SLS	.689
3	Wilson Redus	SLS	.663
4	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.644
5	Babe Melton	CTG	.621
6	Dewey Creacy	SLS	.540
7	Bullet Rogan	KCM	.512
8	Ed Rile	DS	.508
9	Roy Parnell	BBB	.497
10	Cool Papa Bell	SLS	.482

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Satchel Paige	BBB	121
2	Willie Foster	CAG	119
3	Ted Trent	SLS	105
4	Willie Powell	CAG	102
5	Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	99
6	Army Cooper	KCM	78
7	Harry Salmon	BBB	76
8	Carl Glass	MRS	74
9	Nelson Dean	BBB/CTG	70
10	Ted Shaw	DS	67

All-1928 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wilson Redus	SLS	2.4	3.7	-1.0
Chuffie Alexander	BBB	1.5	0.4	1.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bullet Rogan	KCM	4.4	2.3	0.0
Turkey Stearnes	DS	4.4	3.7	0.8

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	1.6	2.0	-0.1
LeRoy Taylor	KCM	1.5	0.2	1.7

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	6.1	4.3	1.3
Pythias Russ	CAG	3.9	2.3	1.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Henry Russell	SLS	3.0	-0.1	2.9
Babe Melton	CTG	1.7	2.1	-0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sanford Jackson	CAG	2.0	0.6	1.3
Ray Sheppard	BBB	1.8	0.9	0.6

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	SLS	4.4	4.0	0.7
Ed Rile	DS	3.1	2.9	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Hines	CAG	2.5	1.3	1.2
Tom Young	KCM	1.4	0.3	1.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ted Trent	SLS	187.0	6.1	6.1	0.0
Basilio Rosell	CSW	116.2	3.6	3.4	0.2
Harry Salmon	BBB	151.0	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	140.1	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Willie Powell	CAG	135.0	2.7	3.0	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	BBB	132.0	4.9	4.6	0.4
Carl Glass	MRS	200.2	4.9	4.9	0.1
William Bell	KCM	150.0	3.3	3.1	0.2
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	98.0	2.0	1.7	0.3
George Nash	BBB	97.0	1.7	2.0	-0.3

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