1920 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1920 Season

Negro National League I

1919 / 1921

Rube Foster (President)

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

José
Leblanc

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Cristóbal Torriente	CAG	.393
2	Jimmie Lyons	DS	.385
3	Oscar Charleston	ABC	.333
4	Hurley McNair	KCM	.329
5	Bernardo Baró	CSW	.323
6	Dobie Moore	KCM	.320
7	Bartolo Portuondo	KCM	.318
8	George Carr	KCM	.316
9	Valentín Dreke	CSW	.316
10	Charlie Blackwell	SLG	.311

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Slim Branham	DM	190
2	Dave Brown	CAG	180
3	José Leblanc	CSW	174
4	Bob McClure	ABC	152
5	Charley Wilson	DM	146
6	Tom Williams	CAG	145
7	Bill Gatewood	DS	141
8	Bill Holland	DS	132
9	José Méndez	KCM	131
10	George Britt	DM	124

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	2765	650.0		20.8	12.7	-1.2	9.3	0.0
2	Chicago American Giants	NNL	2146	522.0		20.1	9.9	3.8	6.4	0.0
3	Cuban Stars West	NNL	1945	438.0		14.0	6.7	0.6	6.7	0.0
4	Detroit Stars	NNL	2036	483.0		12.6	4.8	2.8	5.0	0.0
5	Indianapolis ABCs	NNL	2893	679.1		9.6	6.5	0.0	3.1	0.0
6	St. Louis Giants	NNL	2233	537.0		9.3	4.3	-0.2	5.2	0.0
7	Dayton Marcos	NNL	1279	293.2		3.7	1.9	-1.1	2.9	0.0
8	Chicago Giants	NNL	1266	281.1		0.9	1.1	-4.0	3.7	0.0
	8	1	16563	3884.1		90.9	47.8	0.7	42.3	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Cristóbal Torriente	CAG	CF	234	8.0		4.7	4.1	0.8	0.0	-0.1
2	Oscar Charleston	ABC	CF	329	16.1		4.3	3.6	1.2	-0.3	-0.2
3	José Leblanc	CSW	P	70	128.1		4.1	0.3	-0.2	4.0	0.0
4	Bartolo Portuondo	KCM	3B	334			3.9	2.7	0.9	0.0	0.3
5	Bingo DeMoss	CAG	2B	245			3.8	2.4	1.3	0.0	0.1
6	Jimmie Lyons	DS	CF	217	20.0		3.8	3.1	1.1	-0.3	-0.1
7	Sam Crawford	KCM	P	73	181.2		3.5	-0.2	0.0	3.8	0.0
8	John Donaldson	KCM	CF	299	84.2		3.2	1.6	-0.2	2.0	-0.2
9	Ben Taylor	ABC	1B	313	22.1		3.0	2.2	0.4	0.7	-0.3
10	Hurley McNair	KCM	LF	323			3.0	3.1	0.2	0.0	-0.4
11	Cheo Hernández	CSW	P	94	154.1		3.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	0.0
12	John Taylor	COG	P	44	108.0		2.9	-0.3	0.0	3.2	0.0
13	George Carr	KCM	1B	311			2.9	2.5	0.6	0.0	-0.2
14	Dave Brown	CAG	P	61	141.2		2.9	-0.3	0.0	3.2	0.0
15	Rube Curry	KCM	P	78	186.2		2.8	-0.4	0.0	3.2	0.0
16	George Britt	DM	P	66	91.1		2.8	0.3	0.1	2.3	0.0
17	Dave Malarcher	CAG	3B	226			2.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.2
18	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RF	185	105.1		2.7	1.2	-0.2	1.8	-0.1
19	Bienvenido Jiménez	CSW	2B	180			2.5	0.6	1.8	0.0	0.1
20	Bill Gatewood	DS	P	57	122.0		2.5	0.6	0.0	1.9	0.0
21	Bill Holland	DS	P	62	157.1		2.3	-0.4	0.0	2.7	0.0
22	John Finner	SLG	P	70	137.1		2.0	-0.1	-0.1	2.3	0.0
23	Tom Williams	CAG	P	56	148.0		1.9	-0.1	0.0	1.9	0.0
24	Bill Drake	SLG	P	78	191.0		1.9	-0.2	0.0	2.1	0.0
25	Valentín Dreke	CSW	LF	229			1.8	1.4	0.7	0.0	-0.3
26	Dobie Moore	KCM	SS	190			1.8	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3
27	Bob McClure	ABC	P	30	80.0		1.8	-0.2	0.0	2.0	0.0
28	Koke Alexander	DM	LF	111			1.7	1.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
29	Doc Dudley	SLG	LF	166			1.5	1.1	0.6	0.0	-0.2
30	Morten Clark	ABC	SS	345			1.4	1.9	-1.0	0.0	0.5
31	Joe Hewitt	DS	SS	201			1.4	-0.1	1.2	0.0	0.2
32	Dicta Johnson	ABC	P	77	171.0		1.3	0.0	-0.1	1.4	0.0
33	Dan Kennard	SLG	C	126			1.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.1
34	Slim Branham	DM	P	16	39.1		1.3	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
35	Lunie Danage	SLG	2B	204	15.2		1.2	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.1
36	Candy Jim Taylor	DM	3B	127			1.2	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.1
37	Matías Ríos	CSW	SS	218			1.2	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.4
38	George Dixon	CAG	C	127			1.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
39	Tom Johnson	CAG/DS	P	51	117.0		1.1	-0.3	0.0	1.4	0.0
40	Judy Gans	CAG	LF	208			1.1	0.1	1.3	0.0	-0.3
41	Pete Hill	DS	RF	150			1.1	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
42	Bernardo Baró	CSW	CF	226	4.2		1.0	2.0	-0.6	-0.2	-0.1
43	John Beckwith	COG	C	123	8.0		1.0	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.1
44	Charley Wilson	DM	P	14	43.2		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
45	Ed Rile	ABC	P	19	31.1		0.9	0.0	-0.1	0.9	0.0
46	Lee Hill	SLG	2B	147			0.9	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
47	Bobby Williams	CAG	SS	204			0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4
48	Charlie Blackwell	SLG	CF	248			0.8	1.9	-1.0	0.0	-0.1
49	Edgar Wesley	DS	1B	225			0.7	1.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
50	Bill Riggins	CAG/DS	SS	202			0.7	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3
51	Paíto Herrera	CSW	3B	225			0.7	1.2	-0.7	0.0	0.2
52	Eugene Moore	DS/SLG	LF	190			0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.2
53	Charley Hill	DS	LF	82			0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
54	Dizzy Dismukes	ABC	P	57	137.1		0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0
55	Faustino Valdés	CSW	P	72	122.2		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
56	Biz Mackey	ABC	C	157	3.1		0.5	0.6	0.2	-0.4	0.1
57	Frank Warfield	CAG/DS	2B	263			0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
58	Mitchell Murray	ABC/DM	C	41			0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
59	Wayne Carr	SLG	P	50	120.2		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
60	Henry Blackmon	ABC	3B	139			0.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
61	Jimmy Oldham	SLG	P	7	20.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
62	Jack Marshall	CAG	P	38	106.2		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
63	Andy Cooper	DS	P	16	42.1		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
64	Luther Farrell	COG/SLG	P	53	93.2		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
65	Joe Casey	SLG	P	4	9.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
66	Waters	COG	P	2	5.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
67	Jim Brown	CAG	C	179			0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Frank Wickware	CAG	P	18	37.0		0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.1	0.0
69	Roberts	COG	SS	20			0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
70	José Méndez	KCM	2B	224	47.0		0.2	0.2	-0.7	0.6	0.2
71	Clarence Orme	KCM	2B	9			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
72	Marcelino Guerra	CSW	RF	190			0.2	0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
73	Dick Wallace	SLG	3B	189			0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
74	Lorenza Cobb	SLG	C	98			0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
75	Boots McClain	ABC/DM	SS	67			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
76	Otis Francis	ABC	2B	5			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	José López	CSW	RF	71			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Otto Ray	KCM	C	100			0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Butler White	COG	1B	114			0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
80	Smith	DS	P	5	9.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Lonnie Torian	SLG	P	4	9.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Chick Harper	DS/KCM	RF	162	11.0		0.1	0.6	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2
83	Jelly Gardner	CAG/DM	RF	123			0.1	0.8	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
84	Carl Rolling	SLG	RF				0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Willie Green	COG	3B	150			0.1	1.0	-1.0	0.0	0.1
86	Russell Powell	ABC	C	214			0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
87	Bruce Hocker	DM	1B	135			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
88	Brown	DS	P	2	5.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
89	Bobby Winston	COG	LF	117			0.1	0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
90	Walter Ball	COG	P	16	35.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
91	William Webster	DM	C	101			0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
92	Arthur Coleman	DM	P	12	12.0		0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
93	Gifford McDonald	DS	P	12	33.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
94	Fred Long	DS	RF	11			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	J. Brown	ABC	C	16			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Bruce Petway	DS	C	136			0.0	-0.6	0.5	0.0	0.1
97	Heavy Johnson	SLG	1B	8			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Gunboat Thompson	DS	P	21	46.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Hill	ABC	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Mose Herring	SLG	3B	41			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Harry Jeffries	COG	LF	92			0.0	-0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
102	Gerhart	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Hay	ABC	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Don Jefferson	DM	C				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	P. Burgett	SLG	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Forrest Mashaw	ABC	RF				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Buck Ewing	CAG	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Chappie Gray	KCM	2B	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Davis	ABC	2B	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Taylor	CAG	3B	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Sidney Brooks	SLG	RF	161			0.0	0.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
112	Fred Hicks	KCM	3B	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Johnny Carr	DM	CF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Stewart	SLG	SS	23			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Shaw	SLG	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Prudencio Martínez	CSW	P	12	28.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Bus Gordon	KCM	2B	40			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Edgar Washington	KCM	1B	90	0.2		-0.1	0.6	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1
119	William Carter	DS	C	27			-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
120	C. I. Taylor	ABC	RF	6			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Albert McNeal	DM	C	8			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Eddie Boyd	CAG	RF	7			-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
123	Nolan	KCM	1B	7			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Joe Green	COG	LF	33			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Bill Johnson	DM	RF	41			-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Bob Scott	SLG	LF	8			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Oscar Hutt	SLG	RF	8			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Frank Evans	KCM	RF	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Mack Eggleston	DS	LF	89			-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
130	C. Anderson	SLG	RF	12			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Frank Duncan	COG	C	58			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
132	Herbert Smith	KCM	P	5	7.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	ABC	P	2	0.1		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	George Brown	DM	CF	151			-0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
135	Harry Bauchman	COG	2B	34			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Hugh Blackburn	KCM	P	4	5.1		-0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.0
137	Sam Bennett	SLG	C	30			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
138	Jim Jeffries	ABC	RF	165	123.1		-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.3	-0.1
139	Willie Haynes	ABC	P	1	2.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
140	Fred Goliah	COG	RF	12			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
141	Connie Day	ABC	2B	300			-0.2	-0.8	0.4	0.0	0.2
142	Rudolph Ash	CAG	LF	22			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Chase	COG	P	15	35.1		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Ralph Jefferson	ABC	RF	183	1.1		-0.3	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	-0.2
145	Namon Washington	ABC	LF	178			-0.3	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2
146	Alonzo Longware	DS	3B	69			-0.3	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
147	Tullie McAdoo	SLG	1B	238			-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
148	Zack Foreman	KCM	P	13	19.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
149	Joaquín Arumís	KCM	2B	74			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
150	Charley Lightner	KCM	P	6	12.1		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
151	Steel Arm Davis	COG/DM	P	1	3.1		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
152	Thurman Jennings	COG	2B	50			-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
153	Tompkins	DM	RF	43			-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
154	Eustaquio Pedroso	CSW	1B	158			-0.5	0.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
155	Leroy Grant	CAG	1B	194			-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
156	Robert Hudspeth	ABC	1B	39			-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
157	Frank Duncan	COG	RF	123			-0.5	0.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
158	John Reese	CAG	LF	138			-0.6	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
159	Willie Gray	DM	P	14	33.2		-0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
160	Eugene Scott	DS	C	23			-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
161	George Shively	ABC	LF	139			-0.6	0.8	-1.2	0.0	-0.1
162	David Wingfield	DM	2B	150	4.0		-0.6	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
163	Vicente Rodríguez	KCM	C	210			-0.6	-0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.3
164	John Cunningham	DM	SS	81			-0.7	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.1
165	Eufemio Abreu	CSW	C	200			-0.7	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.2
166	Lem McDougal	COG	P	6	15.1		-0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
167	Tick Houston	ABC/KCM	2B	43			-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
168	Herlen Ragland	ABC/DM	P	19	37.2		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
169	Eddie Holtz	SLG	SS	185			-0.9	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	0.3
170	Isaac Lane	DM	3B	107	37.1		-0.9	0.3	-0.7	-0.4	0.0
171	Dink Mothell	CAG/KCM	3B	74			-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.1
172	Horace Jenkins	COG	CF	143	14.0		-1.0	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	-0.1
173	Samuel Dewitt	ABC/DM	2B	101			-1.1	-0.2	-0.9	0.0	0.0
174	Morris Williams	ABC	P	30	82.2		-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
175	Bobby Anderson	COG	2B	85			-1.2	0.3	-1.6	0.0	0.1

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