1929 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1929 Season


1928 / 1930

Top Hitter


Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher


John
Williams

Leaders

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
Charlie Smith
NLG
.551
2
Jud Wilson
BBS
.492
3
George Scales
HG/NLG
.484
4
Rap Dixon
BBS
.482
5
Oscar Charleston
HG/HIL
.471
6
Turkey Stearnes
DS
.468
7
Jesse Hubbard
BBS
.453
8
Biz Mackey
HIL
.449
9
Bullet Rogan
KCM
.449
10
Tetelo Vargas
CSE
.448

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Harry Salmon
BBB
5.25
2
Satchel Paige
BBB
4.40
3
Nelson Dean
MRS
3.50
4
Robert Poindexter
CAG/MRS
3.50
5
Joe Williams
HG
3.04
6
Cliff Bell
MRS
2.70
7
Jim Willis
NEG
2.63
8
Martín Dihigo
HIL
2.42
9
William Bell
KCM
2.37
10
Heliodoro Díaz
CSW
2.07


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League I

vs NNL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
63
17
0
.788
-
66
17
0
.795
6.7
3.7
Bullet Rogan
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2
56
34
1
.622
12.0
63
42
2
.600
6.6
4.8
Candy Jim Taylor
Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
3
51
40
0
.560
17.5
62
42
0
.596
4.4
3.9
Jim Brown
South Side Park (Chicago, IL)
4
39
42
0
.481
24.5
44
45
0
.494
6.1
6.1
Bingo DeMoss
Mack Park (Detroit, MI)
5
33
56
1
.371
34.5
36
58
2
.383
4.5
5.8
Charles Wesley, Clarence Smith
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6
17
37
1
.315
33.0
18
40
2
.310
3.8
5.6
Tinti Molina
No Home Ballpark
7
21
54
1
.280
39.5
24
60
3
.286
3.7
5.6
Carl Glass, Harry Kenyon
Lewis Park (Memphis, TN)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

American Negro League

vs ANL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
55
25
0
.688
-
61
28
0
.685
6.7
4.6
Frank Warfield
Maryland Park (Baltimore, MD)
2
40
26
2
.606
8.0
45
28
2
.616
7.6
6.1
John Henry Lloyd
Catholic Protectory Oval (Bronx, NY)
3
43
35
3
.551
11.0
44
36
4
.550
6.1
5.5
Oscar Charleston, Phil Cockrell
Hilldale Park (Darby, PA), Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4
32
29
3
.525
13.5
32
34
3
.485
5.5
5.9
Cum Posey
Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
5
21
50
2
.296
29.5
21
50
2
.296
5.5
8.0
Ben Taylor
Bacharach Park (Atlantic City, NJ)
6
15
41
2
.268
28.0
15
42
2
.263
5.2
7.5
José María Fernández
Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

Independent Clubs

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
2
1
0
.667
-
2.3
3.0
Pelayo Chacón
No Home Ballpark
1
2
1
0
.667
-
2.0
1.7
Bingo DeMoss
No Home Ballpark
3
3
4
0
.429
1.0
4.1
3.9
Dick Redding
Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
4
14
22
4
.389
4.5
3.6
5.6
Joe Hewitt
Wilson Park (Nashville, TN)
5
0
2
0
.000
1.5
5.5
11.0
Danny McClellan
No Home Ballpark


Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
5
2
0
.714
-
6.6
4.3
Jim Brown
South Side Park (Chicago, IL)
2
2
5
0
.286
3.0
4.3
6.6
Earle Mack
No Home Ballpark



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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James