1929 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1929 Season

Negro National League I

1928 / 1930

William Hueston (President & Secretary)
R. T. Jackson (Vice President)
Moses Walker (Treasurer)
Harry St. Clair (Acting Secretary)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

John
Williams

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Clarence Palm	SLS	.682
2	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.678
3	Willie Wells	CAG/SLS	.670
4	Wade Johnston	DS	.634
5	Mule Suttles	CAG/SLS	.629
6	Bullet Rogan	KCM	.546
7	Pythias Russ	CAG	.545
8	Henry Williams	SLS	.528
9	Clarence Smith	BBB	.502
10	Johnny Jones	DS	.502

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Satchel Paige	BBB	195
2	Army Cooper	KCM	105
3	Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	101
4	Harry Salmon	BBB	94
5	Ted Trent	SLS	93
6	William Bell	KCM	90
7	Willie Foster	CAG	87
8	John Williams	SLS	72
9	Steel Arm Tyler	DS	62
10	Roosevelt Davis	CAG/SLS	58

All-1929 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wade Johnston	DS	2.6	2.7	0.2
Sandy Thompson	CAG	2.1	0.8	1.6

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	DS	5.2	3.7	1.6
Jelly Gardner	CAG	3.5	2.5	1.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Clarence Smith	BBB	3.5	2.5	1.2
LeRoy Taylor	KCM	2.3	2.9	-0.3

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	CAG/SLS	7.3	5.2	1.5
Pythias Russ	CAG	5.7	3.2	2.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Newt Allen	KCM	5.2	2.7	2.2
John Henry Russell	SLS	1.5	-0.8	2.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Claude Johnson	BBB/DS	2.3	0.6	1.6
Newt Joseph	KCM	2.2	1.5	0.6

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	CAG/SLS	2.9	3.7	-0.5
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	1.6	1.6	0.4

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Larry Brown	CAG/MRS	2.2	1.8	0.2
Clarence Palm	SLS	2.0	2.0	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
John Williams	SLS	209.1	6.1	6.3	0.3
Chet Brewer	KCM	139.1	5.7	5.3	0.4
Harry Salmon	BBB	158.1	3.9	4.4	-0.5
William Bell	KCM	158.2	3.6	3.2	0.4
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	121.0	3.4	2.6	0.8

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	BBB	202.1	4.4	4.7	-0.5
Andy Cooper	KCM	130.0	3.6	3.2	0.4
Roosevelt Davis	CAG/SLS	145.0	3.1	3.3	-0.1
Robert Poindexter	CAG/MRS	49.2	0.7	0.8	-0.1
Candy Jim Taylor	SLS	7.2	0.1	0.1	-0.1

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