1929 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1928 / 1930

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Mule Suttles	CAG	312
2	Willie Wells	CAG	243
3	Wally Schang	ALS	203
4	Art Shires	ALS	180
5	Harry Heilmann	ALS	148
6	Bill Sweeney	ALS	138
7	Charlie Gehringer	ALS	112
8	George Uhle	ALS	104
9	Red Kress	ALS	92
10	Larry Brown	CAG	92

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Willis Hudlin	ALS	14
2	Willie Foster	CAG	9
3	George Harney	CAG	7
4	Roosevelt Davis	CAG	6
5	George Uhle	ALS	6
6	Earl Whitehill	ALS	6
7	Ted Radcliffe	CAG	4
8	Frog Holsey	CAG	3
9	Webster McDonald	CAG	2
10	Jake Miller	ALS	1

Fielding

Position:

League:

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1	Chicago American Giants	NvM	57	405.0	135	62	7	3	.966	.955	4.38	4.62	-2.9	-8.0	-3.9
2	American League All Stars	NvM	47	369.0	122	78	10	14	.952	.955	4.88	4.62	3.9	11.9	4.8
	2	1	104	774.0	257	140	17	17	.959	.955	4.62	4.62	1.0	1.5	1.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1	Cool Papa Bell**	CAG	CF	5	45.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.40	1.36	-0.1	-3.1	-0.1
2	Larry Brown**	CAG	C	5	43.0	38	7	1	0	.978	.988	9.42	8.69	0.6	14.0	0.0
3	Charlie Gehringer*	ALS	2B	5	41.0	9	22	2	5	.939	.968	6.80	6.28	1.3	31.8	1.3
4	Red Kress	ALS	SS	5	41.0	1	11	0	3	1.000	.978	2.63	4.71	-3.0	-73.4	-3.0
5	Heinie Manush*	ALS	CF	5	41.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.32	1.36	0.2	5.4	0.2
6	Art Shires*	ALS	1B	5	41.0	57	8	4	5	.942	.964	14.27	11.09	3.1	76.7	3.1
7	Bill Sweeney	ALS	3B	5	41.0	2	12	2	0	.875	.903	3.07	2.93	0.6	13.5	0.6
8	Willie Wells	CAG	SS	5	45.0	15	18	1	1	.971	.978	6.60	4.71	3.2	72.2	3.2
9	Charlie Williams^	CAG	2B	5	45.0	14	15	0	1	1.000	.968	5.80	6.28	-1.0	-22.4	-1.0
10	Harry Heilmann	ALS	RF	4	31.0	8	1	1	0	.900	.870	2.61	2.09	1.6	52.4	1.4
11	Steel Arm Davis*	CAG	RF	3	22.0	5	1	1	0	.857	.870	2.45	2.09	0.3	12.2	0.0
12	Jelly Gardner*	CAG	LF	3	22.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0.41	0.63	-0.5	-22.4	-0.5
13	Eddie Miller^	CAG	3B	3	23.1	4	3	0	0	1.000	.903	2.70	2.93	-0.6	-25.1	-0.6
14	Ted Radcliffe	CAG	P	3	6.2	0	0	0	0		.923	0.00	3.77
15	Wally Schang**	ALS	C	3	25.0	23	1	0	0	1.000	.988	8.64	8.69	-1.9	-74.0	0.0
16	Mule Suttles	CAG	1B	3	27.0	24	0	0	0	1.000	.964	8.00	11.09	-1.8	-68.3	-1.8
17	Roosevelt Davis	CAG	P	2	10.2	2	3	0	0	1.000	.923	4.22	3.77
18	Willie Foster**	CAG	P	2	9.1	0	3	2	0	.600	.923	2.89	3.77
19	Jelly Gardner*	CAG	RF	2	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.870	1.50	2.09	-0.3	-53.4	-0.2
20	Willis Hudlin	ALS	LF	2	15.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.80	0.63	1.3	88.6	1.3
21	Willis Hudlin	ALS	P	2	16.0	1	9	0	0	1.000	.923	5.63	3.77
22	Sanford Jackson	CAG	3B	2	3.2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.903	2.45	2.93	0.2	62.8	0.2
23	Sanford Jackson	CAG	RF	2	17.0	3	0	1	0	.750	.870	1.59	2.09	-0.8	-47.4	-0.6
24	Harry Jeffries	CAG	3B	2	18.0	3	3	1	0	.857	.903	3.00	2.93	0.0	-1.9	0.0
25	Steve O'Neill	ALS	C	2	16.0	9	3	0	0	1.000	.988	6.75	8.69	0.9	55.1	0.0
26	Ed Rile*	CAG	1B	2	18.0	17	0	0	1	1.000	.964	8.50	11.09	-1.2	-68.7	-1.2
27	Mule Suttles	CAG	LF	2	18.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	0.63	-0.9	-50.2	-0.9
28	George Uhle	ALS	LF	2	16.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.13	0.63	0.7	42.9	0.7
29	Steel Arm Davis*	CAG	LF	1	5.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	0.63	-0.3	-50.2	-0.3
30	George Harney	CAG	P	1	3.2	0	2	0	0	1.000	.923	4.91	3.77
31	Frog Holsey^	CAG	P	1	6.1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.923	1.42	3.77
32	Willis Hudlin	ALS	RF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.870	0.00	2.09	-0.3	-125.3	-0.2
33	Webster McDonald*	CAG	P	1	6.1	0	3	0	0	1.000	.923	4.26	3.77
34	Jake Miller*	ALS	LF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	0.63	-0.1	-33.4	-0.1
35	Jake Miller*	ALS	P	1	8.0	0	4	1	0	.800	.923	4.50	3.77
36	Mitchell Murray	CAG	C	1	2.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	.988	9.00	8.69	0.4	194.7	0.0
37	Ed Rile*	CAG	P	1	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.923	4.50	3.77
38	Wally Schang**	ALS	LF	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	0.63	-0.3	-33.4	-0.3
39	George Uhle	ALS	P	1	8.0	0	5	0	1	1.000	.923	5.63	3.77
40	George Uhle	ALS	RF	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.870	1.13	2.09	-0.4	-49.1	-0.3
41	Earl Whitehill*	ALS	P	1	9.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	.923	2.00	3.77

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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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.

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