1928 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1928 Season

Negro National League I

1927 / 1929

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

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ted
Trent

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Mule Suttles	SLS	.359
2	Willie Wells	SLS	.359
3	Babe Melton	CTG	.354
4	Wilson Redus	SLS	.349
5	Bullet Rogan	KCM	.348
6	Heavy Johnson	CTG/MRS	.348
7	Ed Rile	DS	.348
8	Orville Singer	CTG	.347
9	Pythias Russ	CAG	.339
10	Claude Johnson	DS	.333

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ted Trent	SLS	190
2	Satchel Paige	BBB	171
3	Willie Powell	CAG	155
4	William Bell	KCM	144
5	Logan Hensley	SLS	134
6	Carl Glass	MRS	134
7	William Ross	CTG	131
8	Steel Arm Tyler	MRS	130
9	George Nash	BBB	129
10	Roosevelt Davis	SLS	127

All-1928 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wilson Redus	SLS	2.4	3.7	-1.0
Chuffie Alexander	BBB	1.6	0.4	1.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bullet Rogan	KCM	4.4	2.2	0.0
Turkey Stearnes	DS	4.2	3.6	0.8

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	1.6	1.9	-0.1
LeRoy Taylor	KCM	1.5	0.2	1.6

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	6.0	4.3	1.3
Pythias Russ	CAG	3.7	2.3	1.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Henry Russell	SLS	2.9	-0.2	2.9
Babe Melton	CTG	1.6	2.0	-0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sanford Jackson	CAG	1.9	0.6	1.3
Ray Sheppard	BBB	1.8	0.9	0.6

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	SLS	4.3	3.9	0.7
Ed Rile	DS	3.0	2.9	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Hines	CAG	2.4	1.2	1.1
Tom Young	KCM	1.4	0.3	1.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ted Trent	SLS	187.0	6.3	6.2	0.0
Basilio Rosell	CSW	116.2	3.6	3.4	0.2
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	140.1	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Willie Powell	CAG	135.0	2.6	2.8	-0.2
Harry Salmon	BBB	143.0	2.6	2.8	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	BBB	132.0	5.0	4.5	0.5
Carl Glass	MRS	200.2	4.7	4.7	0.1
William Bell	KCM	150.0	3.4	3.1	0.2
Goose Curry	CTG	125.2	2.5	1.4	1.0
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	98.0	2.1	1.8	0.3

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