1929 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1929 Season

Negro National League I

1928 / 1930

William Hueston (President)
Harry St. Clair (Acting Secretary)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

John
Williams

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Turkey Stearnes	DS	184
2	Bullet Rogan	KCM	176
3	Willie Wells	SLS/CAG	176
4	Pythias Russ	CAG	167
5	Wade Johnston	DS	164
6	Clarence Palm	SLS	155
7	Mule Suttles	SLS/CAG	150
8	Clarence Smith	BBB	146
9	Newt Allen	KCM	138
10	LeRoy Taylor	KCM	136

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	Cliff Bell	MRS	2.70
5	William Bell	KCM	2.37
6	Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	2.07
7	Army Cooper	KCM	1.80
8	Willie Foster	CAG	1.78
9	Chet Brewer	KCM	1.64
10	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.63

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	75	2809	2421	497	759	125	63	32	447	150		266			5	117			.314	.383	.457	.839	128
2	Detroit Stars	NNL	68	2637	2342	431	720	101	34	75	402	46		217			2	76			.307	.367	.476	.842	111
3	St. Louis Stars	NNL	95	3641	3211	649	966	181	46	91	628	114		331			8	91			.301	.368	.471	.838	109
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	82	3024	2727	383	755	93	36	36	351	51		189			3	105			.277	.324	.377	.701	92
5	Chicago American Giants	NNL	74	2630	2350	322	634	87	34	13	281	61		178			1	101			.270	.321	.352	.674	89
6	Cuban Stars West	NNL	45	1555	1397	169	354	54	15	14	145	33		118			1	39			.253	.312	.344	.656	84
7	Memphis Red Sox	NNL	75	2718	2397	285	571	66	15	19	254	46		226			4	91			.238	.305	.302	.607	62
	7	1	519	19014	16845	2736	4759	707	243	280	2508	501		1525			24	620			.283	.343	.403	.746	98

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Turkey Stearnes*	DS	CF	68	304	259	64	101	17	4	16	91	12		38			0	7			.390	.468	.672	1.140	184
2	Bullet Rogan	KCM	CF	72	308	259	65	93	16	9	7	69	26		41			1	7			.359	.449	.571	1.020	176
3	Willie Wells	SLS/CAG	SS	99	444	377	109	137	24	6	26	128	31		53			2	12			.363	.444	.666	1.110	176
4	Pythias Russ	CAG	SS	64	257	233	53	86	10	11	3	51	15		18			0	6			.369	.414	.545	.959	167
5	Wade Johnston*	DS	LF	68	293	249	50	89	13	4	16	64	3		31			0	13			.357	.429	.635	1.063	164
6	Mule Suttles	SLS/CAG	1B	99	417	372	82	127	31	7	18	110	10		37			0	8			.341	.401	.608	1.009	150
7	Clarence Smith	BBB	RF	68	284	264	39	96	10	7	6	54	16		9			0	11			.364	.385	.523	.907	146
8	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	74	327	295	65	98	27	6	3	54	23		24			0	8			.332	.382	.495	.877	138
9	LeRoy Taylor*	KCM	RF	73	305	274	60	98	8	10	1	51	34		18			1	12			.358	.399	.471	.870	136
10	Jelly Gardner*	CAG	CF	70	293	245	48	77	10	5	0	27	9		43			0	5			.314	.417	.396	.813	129
11	Halley Harding**	KCM	SS	74	348	305	64	96	23	9	0	34	13		34			0	9			.315	.383	.449	.833	126
12	Johnny Jones	DS	RF	68	321	292	51	94	14	5	11	50	6		27			0	2			.322	.379	.517	.896	124
13	L. D. Livingston^	KCM	LF	74	301	255	51	70	9	12	5	50	6		32			0	14			.275	.355	.463	.818	121
14	Branch Russell*	SLS	RF	91	406	324	83	102	16	10	2	52	5		63			1	18			.315	.428	.444	.872	119
15	Steel Arm Davis*	CAG	1B	70	271	246	39	69	15	6	5	45	9		17			0	8			.280	.327	.451	.778	116
16	Larry Brown**	MRS/CAG	C	78	324	263	39	75	14	5	3	47	2		48			0	13			.285	.395	.411	.806	115
17	Ed Rile*	DS/CAG	1B	71	308	261	53	75	13	3	9	47	2		37			2	8			.287	.380	.464	.844	113
18	George McAllister*	BBB	1B	80	339	285	51	86	11	2	3	34	8		34			1	19			.302	.378	.386	.764	110
19	Newt Joseph	KCM	3B	69	272	226	37	65	7	2	4	40	7		32			1	13			.288	.378	.389	.768	110
20	Cool Papa Bell**	SLS/CAG	CF	97	447	391	98	125	26	5	3	40	49		49			1	6			.320	.397	.435	.832	109
21	Geechie Meredith	BBB	2B	80	355	306	63	86	13	4	5	38	5		37			0	12			.281	.359	.399	.757	107
22	Bienvenido Jiménez	CSW	2B	41	163	141	21	40	6	3	0	10	4		16			0	6			.284	.357	.369	.725	104
23	Wilson Redus	SLS	LF	95	404	357	65	107	21	3	9	69	5		36			1	10			.300	.365	.451	.816	104
24	Dave Thomas*	BBB	1B	80	324	283	46	76	13	5	6	42	2		26			1	14			.269	.332	.413	.746	103
25	José Roque^	CSW	RF	43	166	150	17	38	7	3	3	19	3		13			0	3			.253	.313	.400	.713	99
26	Pinky Ward^	MRS	LF	66	278	222	36	57	8	2	3	18	9		46			0	10			.257	.384	.351	.736	97
27	Bobby Robinson	DS	SS	68	308	283	63	86	12	6	4	25	8		20			0	5			.304	.350	.431	.781	96
28	Claude Johnson	DS	3B	68	291	252	50	70	8	3	6	37	3		27			0	12			.278	.348	.405	.752	89
29	Sandy Thompson*	CAG	LF	69	274	246	27	72	10	0	0	26	5		14			0	14			.293	.331	.333	.664	87
30	Cando López	CSW	CF	43	184	166	22	41	5	3	2	16	9		16			0	2			.247	.313	.349	.663	86
31	Dink Mothell**	KCM	1B	70	315	263	53	64	12	2	4	40	16		32			1	19			.243	.328	.350	.678	85
32	Felipe Sierra	CSW	SS	37	156	138	15	36	6	1	0	22	2		15			0	3			.261	.333	.319	.652	84
33	Charley Williams^	CAG	2B	73	287	266	20	73	6	3	0	24	5		13			0	8			.274	.308	.320	.628	76
34	Rogelio Alonso	CSW	LF	42	178	165	21	43	4	2	1	16	7		9			0	4			.261	.299	.327	.626	76
35	Dewey Creacy	SLS	3B	95	396	353	61	91	9	1	7	60	3		34			2	7			.258	.326	.348	.675	70
36	Julius Green^	MRS	RF	72	290	250	35	61	3	0	2	19	11		33			1	6			.244	.335	.280	.615	65
37	John Henry Russell	SLS	2B	84	308	289	46	81	7	2	1	43	2		16			0	3			.280	.318	.329	.647	63
38	Aurelio Cortés	CSW	C	43	170	155	17	34	6	0	1	16	2		11			0	4			.219	.271	.277	.549	54
39	Milt Laurent	MRS	2B	74	285	265	32	61	8	0	2	29	11		9			0	11			.230	.255	.283	.538	43
40	J. C. McHaskell^	MRS	1B	55	233	213	21	50	4	0	0	16	1		11			0	9			.235	.272	.254	.526	40
41	Will Owens	MRS	SS	62	249	232	24	51	3	0	0	16	1		11			0	6			.220	.255	.233	.488	30

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

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