1929 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1929 Season


1928 / 1930

Top Hitter


Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher


John
Williams

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
Charlie Smith
NLG
.870
2
Rap Dixon
BBS
.722
3
John Beckwith
HG/NLG
.691
4
Willie Wells
CAG/SLS
.673
5
Turkey Stearnes
DS
.672
6
Clarence Palm
SLS
.667
7
Wade Johnston
DS
.635
8
Mule Suttles
CAG/SLS
.628
9
Jud Wilson
BBS
.621
10
Tom Young
KCM
.613

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Webster McDonald
HG/CAG
0.93
2
Chet Brewer
KCM
0.96
3
Yellow Horse Morris
CAG
1.07
4
Martín Dihigo
HIL
1.07
5
William Bell
KCM
1.08
6
Harry Salmon
BBB
1.15
7
Robert Poindexter
CAG/MRS
1.15
8
Jesús Lorenzo
CSW
1.19
9
Willie Foster
CAG
1.23
10
John Williams
SLS
1.23


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
31
58
1
.348
36.5
34
60
2
.362
4.4
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
23
52
1
.307
37.5
26
58
3
.310
3.7
5.6
Carl Glass
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