1930 Season

1929 / 1931

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

William
Bell

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Willie Wells	SLS	118
2	Cool Papa Bell	SLS	109
3	Branch Russell	SLS	96
4	George Giles	SLS	95
5	Mule Suttles	BBS/SLS	75
6	Turkey Stearnes	NLG/DS	66
7	Wade Johnston	DS	65
8	Dink Mothell	KCM	64
9	Charlie Smith	NLG	60
10	Vic Harris	HG	59

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Willie Foster	CAG	138
2	Joe Williams	HG	116
3	Army Cooper	KCM	104
4	Bill Holland	NLG	99
5	Harry Salmon	BBB/MRS	96
6	Satchel Paige	BBS/BBB	91
7	Chet Brewer	KCM	83
8	Luis Tiant	CSW	80
9	Nelson Dean	DS	79
10	Ted Shaw	DS	75

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	St. Louis Stars^*¹	69	25	1	.734	-	73	28	1	.723	7.8	5.0	John Reese	Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	40	23	0	.635	13.5	42	38	0	.525	5.7	5.1	Bullet Rogan, Dink Mothell	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
3	Detroit Stars²	52	37	0	.584	14.5	54	41	0	.568	5.4	4.7	Bingo DeMoss	Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)
4	Chicago American Giants	53	49	0	.520	20.0	54	54	0	.500	4.8	5.3	Jim Brown	South Side Park (Chicago, IL)
5	Birmingham Black Barons	46	48	2	.489	23.0	46	48	2	.489	4.8	5.2	Clarence Smith, Bill Gatewood	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6	Cuban Stars West	25	41	0	.379	30.0	25	41	0	.379	4.5	4.9	Tinti Molina	No Home Ballpark
7	Memphis Red Sox	30	51	0	.370	32.5	30	55	1	.353	4.5	6.2	Candy Jim Taylor	Lewis Park (Memphis, TN)
8	Louisville Black Caps	16	28	0	.364	28.0	16	28	0	.364	4.5	5.5	Charles Wesley	Parkway Field (Louisville, KY)
9	Nashville Elite Giants	26	55	1	.321	36.5	26	55	1	.321	4.0	6.5	Joe Hewitt	Wilson Park (Nashville, TN)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

NNL I Championship Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	St. Louis Stars	4	3	0	.571	-	6.4	5.6	John Reese	Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
2	Detroit Stars	3	4	0	.429	1.0	5.6	6.4	Bingo DeMoss	Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)

Eastern Independent Clubs

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	45	15	1	.750	-	7.1	4.8	Cum Posey	Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	New York Lincoln Giants	41	14	1	.745	1.5	8.0	5.6	John Henry Lloyd	Catholic Protectory Oval (Bronx, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
3	Baltimore Black Sox	24	20	2	.545	13.0	5.6	5.6	Frank Warfield	Maryland Park (Baltimore, MD)
4	Stars of Cuba	5	13	0	.278	19.0	4.8	6.9	Pelayo Chacón	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
5	Hilldale Club	8	30	1	.211	26.0	5.3	7.7	Phil Cockrell	Hilldale Park (Darby, PA)
6	Brooklyn Royal Giants	2	11	0	.154	19.5	3.5	7.0	Dick Redding	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Chicago American Giants	3	1	0	.750	-	5.5	6.5	Jim Brown	South Side Park (Chicago, IL)
2	American League All Stars	1	3	0	.250	2.0	6.5	5.5	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.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

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

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