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

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Willie Wells	SLS/CAG	109
2	Cool Papa Bell	SLS/CAG	98
3	Branch Russell	SLS	83
4	Mule Suttles	SLS/CAG	82
5	Newt Allen	KCM	65
6	Wilson Redus	SLS	65
7	Bullet Rogan	KCM	65
8	Halley Harding	KCM	64
9	Turkey Stearnes	DS	64
10	Geechie Meredith	BBB	63

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	John Williams	SLS	19
2	Chet Brewer	KCM	15
3	Andy Cooper	KCM	15
4	William Bell	KCM	14
5	Logan Hensley	SLS	14
6	Army Cooper	KCM	11
7	Satchel Paige	BBB	11
8	Frog Holsey	CAG	10
9	Ted Trent	SLS	10
10	Willie Foster	CAG	9

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	St. Louis Stars	NNL	815.2		1.41	8.9%	7.9%	1.13
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	672.0		1.44	12.8%	6.1%	2.08
3	Chicago American Giants	NNL	654.0		1.38	8.9%	8.6%	1.04
4	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	643.2		1.23	12.3%	7.3%	1.69
5	Memphis Red Sox	NNL	628.2		1.46	10.3%	5.6%	1.84
6	Detroit Stars	NNL	594.0		1.53	7.9%	9.4%	0.84
7	Cuban Stars West	NNL	363.1		1.45	10.4%	8.3%	1.25
	7	1	4371.2		1.41	10.2%	7.5%	1.35

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	John Williams	SLS	SP	202.0		1.23	7.5%	6.0%	1.26
2	Satchel Paige	BBB	RP	185.2		1.24	24.3%	5.5%	4.40
3	Logan Hensley	SLS	SP	160.0		1.45	7.9%	10.1%	0.79
4	William Bell	KCM	RP	158.2		1.08	14.0%	5.9%	2.37
5	Ted Trent	SLS	SP	152.1		1.52	12.5%	8.7%	1.44
6	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	151.0		1.38	15.9%	9.8%	1.63
7	Chet Brewer	KCM	SP	149.0		0.96	11.0%	6.7%	1.64
8	Leo Birdine	BBB	SP	147.2		1.71	6.3%	6.6%	0.96
9	Roosevelt Davis	SLS/CAG	RP	144.1		1.30	7.6%	6.1%	1.24
10	Harry Salmon	BBB	SP	139.2		1.15	14.8%	2.8%	5.25
11	Albert Davis	DS	RP	139.0		1.45	5.3%	5.9%	0.89
12	Carl Glass*	MRS	SP	133.2		1.41	8.1%	5.3%	1.52
13	Willie Foster*	CAG	SP	133.1		1.27	14.6%	8.2%	1.78
14	Frog Holsey^	CAG	RP	133.1		1.50	8.1%	7.3%	1.12
15	Cliff Bell	MRS	SP	132.1		1.23	9.8%	3.6%	2.70
16	Jute Bell	BBB	SP	131.2		1.47	5.0%	6.9%	0.73
17	Ted Shaw*	DS	RP	127.1		1.46	8.5%	10.6%	0.80
18	Army Cooper*	KCM	RP	125.2		1.33	8.4%	4.7%	1.80
19	Charlie Henry^	DS	RP	125.2		1.50	7.4%	8.6%	0.85
20	Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	SP	124.0		1.28	18.2%	8.8%	2.07
21	Yellow Horse Morris	CAG	SP	109.1		1.07	5.2%	6.6%	0.79
22	Steel Arm Tyler	DS	SP	102.1		1.34	11.5%	10.1%	1.14
23	George Mitchell	DS	SP	90.2		1.79	8.4%	12.9%	0.65
24	Jack Marshall	CAG	SP	88.2		1.74	9.0%	11.7%	0.77
25	Goose Curry	MRS	SP	84.2		1.76	7.8%	5.8%	1.35
26	Jesús Lorenzo^	CSW	SP	75.1		1.19	8.1%	7.4%	1.09
27	Cándido Gálvez^	CSW	SP	71.1		1.54	6.9%	7.9%	0.88
28	Nelson Dean	MRS	SP	70.1		1.39	11.6%	3.3%	3.50
29	Leroy Matlock*	SLS	SP	67.1		1.43	9.2%	6.5%	1.42
30	Diamond Pipkins*	BBB	RP	63.2		1.87	9.1%	10.1%	0.90
31	Hubert Wilson	KCM	SP	56.1		1.72	9.8%	11.7%	0.84
32	Ventura López^	CSW	RP	55.2		1.76	4.6%	6.5%	0.71
33	Malvin Powell	CAG	RP	51.1		1.60	10.6%	8.9%	1.19
34	Robert Poindexter	CAG/MRS	RP	48.2		1.15	14.0%	4.0%	3.50
35	Webster McDonald	CAG	SP	44.1		0.83	9.6%	6.0%	1.60
36	Willie Cornelius	MRS	SP	41.0		1.44	16.6%	5.5%	3.00
37	Herbert Gay^	CAG	RP	39.1		1.83	5.3%	16.5%	0.32
38	Luther McDonald	SLS	RP	37.1		2.17	3.2%	10.0%	0.32
39	Willie Broadnacks^	MRS	SP	34.2		1.62	13.3%	9.5%	1.40
40	Richard Cannon	SLS	SP	34.1		1.66	15.8%	11.4%	1.39
41	Guillermo Molina^	CSW	RP	27.2		1.88	5.3%	10.5%	0.50
42	Alonzo Boone	MRS	SP	25.1		1.93	11.3%	12.9%	0.88
43	Harry Kenyon	MRS	RP	21.2		1.85	3.8%	5.7%	0.67
44	Eddie Miller	CAG	SP	18.0		0.94	4.3%	5.8%	0.75
45	Alto Lane	MRS	SP	16.1		1.22	20.6%	10.3%	2.00
46	Hubert Lockhart	CAG	SP	14.2		1.43	4.6%	7.7%	0.60
47	Elliott Mayweather^	MRS	SP	14.0		1.36	1.7%	3.3%	0.50
48	Omer Newsome	MRS	RP	13.0		1.69	9.8%	8.2%	1.20
49	Candy Jim Taylor	SLS	RP	10.0		1.10	2.5%	7.5%	0.33
50	Rogelio Alonso	CSW	RP	7.1		1.77	11.8%	14.7%	0.80
51	Johnnie Vivens^	SLS	SP	7.0		1.43	20.0%	10.0%	2.00
52	Ted Radcliffe	CAG	RP	6.2		0.90	8.0%	8.0%	1.00
53	Ed Rile	DS	SP	6.2		3.15	2.4%	2.4%	1.00
54	George Nash*	MRS	RP	6.0		1.83	7.1%	7.1%	1.00
55	Dave Thomas*	BBB	RP	3.2		2.73	9.5%	23.8%	0.40
56	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	3.0		0.60	25.0%	0.0%
57	Jesse Edwards^	DS	SP	2.1		4.71	5.6%	27.8%	0.20
58	Cool Papa Bell*	SLS	RP	2.0		1.50	0.0%	11.1%	0.00
59	Armando Celada	CSW	RP	2.0		1.50	0.0%	0.0%
60	Milt Laurent	MRS	RP	1.0		3.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00
61	José Roque^	CSW	SP	0.0		0.00	0.0%	100.0%	0.00

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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