1931 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1931 Season

Negro National League I

1930 / 1932

William Hueston (President)
Dick Kent (Vice President)
Moses Walker (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Nelson
Dean

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Turkey Stearnes	DS	8
2	Mule Suttles	SLS	7
3	George Mitchell	AB2	4
4	Clarence Palm	DS	3
5	Hoss Walker	CCU	3
6	Willie Wells	SLS	3
7	Jabbo Andrews	AB2	2
8	Lou Dials	DS	2
9	Willie Gisentaner	LOW	2
10	Wilson Redus	SLS	2

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Satchel Paige	CCU	4.50
2	Clarence White	LOW	2.78
3	Luther McDonald	CC2/DS	2.32
4	Jim Willis	CCU	2.22
5	Ray Brown	AB2	2.19
6	Ted Trent	SLS	2.17
7	Nelson Dean	DS	2.12
8	Joe Strong	SLS	1.73
9	George Mitchell	AB2	1.63
10	Bert Hunter	SLS	1.62

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	Detroit Stars	NNL	45	1626	1478	194	375	61	11	18	169	32		120			10	18			.254	.314	.346	.660	83
2	St. Louis Stars	NNL	35	1395	1181	252	320	60	22	17	211	48		172			11	31			.271	.369	.402	.771	99
3	Cleveland Cubs	NNL	33	1199	1061	157	261	51	8	10	140	18		102			9	27			.246	.317	.337	.655	80
4	Louisville White Sox	NNL	30	1089	994	127	265	37	5	10	115	6		69			11	15			.267	.321	.344	.665	84
5	Indianapolis ABCs	NNL	45	1701	1542	220	430	58	26	8	184	29		124			8	27			.279	.336	.366	.701	98
6	Chicago Columbia Giants	NNL	18	726	643	89	183	22	7	2	80	4		63			7	13			.285	.355	.350	.705	108
	6	1	231	7736	6899	1039	1834	289	79	65	899	137		650			56	131			.266	.334	.359	.693	91

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	38	156	133	29	50	10	0	8	33	6		20			2	1			.376	.465	.632	1.096	201
2	Mule Suttles	SLS	LF	34	148	121	35	36	11	4	7	36	4		23			2	2			.298	.418	.628	1.046	167
3	George Mitchell	AB2	1B	36	130	109	16	33	2	3	4	19	0		15			1	5			.303	.392	.486	.878	148
4	Clarence Palm	DS	C	42	172	161	23	50	9	1	3	32	3		10			0	1			.311	.351	.435	.786	116
5	Hoss Walker	CCU	SS	33	130	119	22	28	9	1	3	18	0		5			2	4			.235	.278	.403	.681	86
6	Willie Wells	SLS	SS	34	153	122	35	39	12	3	3	27	9		24			2	5			.320	.439	.541	.980	152
7	Jabbo Andrews*	AB2	RF	45	186	167	22	49	6	3	2	21	2		14			2	3			.293	.355	.401	.756	114
8	Lou Dials*	DS	RF	39	162	151	18	44	8	4	2	21	0		9			0	2			.291	.331	.437	.768	111
9	Willie Gisentaner*	LOW	RF	25	98	89	9	27	4	0	2	16	0		6			1	2			.303	.354	.416	.770	112
10	Wilson Redus	SLS	RF	23	84	72	11	17	2	1	2	14	0		9			3	0			.236	.345	.375	.720	85
11	Poindexter Williams	LOW	C	25	95	89	13	28	4	1	2	16	0		5			1	0			.315	.358	.449	.807	122
12	Newt Allen	SLS	2B	26	118	104	21	32	4	3	1	18	3		13			0	1			.308	.385	.433	.817	110
13	Cool Papa Bell**	SLS	CF	33	157	132	46	38	7	2	1	18	16		24			0	1			.288	.397	.394	.791	104
14	Joe Cates^	LOW	SS	28	107	94	11	21	1	1	1	5	2		11			0	2			.223	.305	.287	.592	64
15	Alex Clark	LOW	LF	12	44	40	3	6	0	0	1	3	1		2			2	0			.150	.227	.225	.452	25
16	Comer Cox^	CCU	RF	20	91	78	20	24	2	1	1	9	5		10			0	3			.308	.386	.397	.784	116
17	Nelson Dean^	DS	P	11	37	35	5	4	0	0	1	2	0		2			0	0			.114	.162	.200	.362	0
18	Dixon^	AB2/DS	P	10	15	15	3	5	0	1	1	2	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.667	1.000	173
19	Logan Hensley	SLS	P	13	32	30	4	7	0	1	1	2	0		1			0	1			.233	.258	.400	.658	68
20	Sammy Hughes	LOW	2B	24	92	83	13	28	9	1	1	14	0		7			0	2			.337	.389	.506	.895	146
21	Heavy Johnson	LOW	RF	5	21	21	2	6	1	0	1	3	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.476	.762	109
22	Wade Johnston*	DS	LF	45	200	162	37	49	8	1	1	11	7		35			2	1			.302	.432	.383	.815	126
23	Milt Laurent	CCU	RF	33	134	122	17	27	6	2	1	18	5		10			1	1			.221	.286	.328	.614	68
24	Andy Love^	DS	1B	36	126	119	7	18	1	1	1	11	3		5			0	2			.151	.185	.202	.387	7
25	Fred McBride	AB2	1B	24	90	84	9	23	4	0	1	13	2		3			1	2			.274	.307	.357	.664	88
26	Luther McDonald^	CC2/DS	P	15	42	41	2	8	1	0	1	3	1		1			0	0			.195	.214	.293	.507	45
27	Red McNeal^	LOW	CF	26	112	100	26	27	4	0	1	7	1		11			1	0			.270	.348	.340	.688	90
28	Bill Perkins	CCU	C	5	19	18	2	5	2	0	1	2	0		1			0	0			.278	.316	.556	.871	137
29	Jack Ridley*	CCU	CF	33	145	121	25	28	1	2	1	10	4		19			2	3			.231	.345	.298	.643	77
30	Johnny Robinson^	LOW	RF	2	10	9	2	5	0	0	1	3	0		1			0	0			.556	.600	.889	1.489	308
31	Branch Russell*	SLS	RF	31	132	109	16	34	6	0	1	23	5		17			1	5			.312	.409	.394	.804	107
32	John Henry Russell	AB2/CCU	2B	42	176	152	29	45	9	1	1	20	5		20			0	4			.296	.378	.388	.766	116
33	Augustus Saunders^	DS	2B	25	91	83	5	16	1	0	1	7	0		6			1	1			.193	.256	.241	.497	37
34	Clarence Smith	CCU/CC2	1B	18	81	70	10	21	3	0	1	10	0		8			1	2			.300	.380	.386	.765	121
35	Quincy Trouppe**	SLS	C	20	65	56	7	11	3	2	1	10	0		8			1	0			.196	.308	.375	.683	75
36	Jim West**	CCU	1B	33	125	113	12	15	5	0	1	9	1		11			0	1			.133	.210	.204	.413	14
37	Joe Wiggins^	CCU	3B	18	76	67	12	19	4	1	1	12	1		5			1	3			.284	.342	.418	.760	109
38	Charles Zomphier^	CCU/SLS	2B	14	54	45	6	12	4	0	1	5	0		8			0	1			.267	.377	.422	.800	115
39	John Barnes*	SLS	C	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.091	.000	.091	-76
40	Cliff Bell	CCU	P	11	19	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		3			0	1			.133	.278	.133	.411	15
41	Jute Bell	LOW	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
42	Jimmy Binder	AB2	3B	43	186	170	20	47	2	4	0	15	1		12			0	4			.276	.324	.335	.659	87
43	Black^	AB2	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
44	Blocker^	DS	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
45	Alonzo Boone	CCU	P	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
46	Slim Branham	AB2	LF	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
47	James Bray^	CC2	C	3	15	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		4			0	0			.273	.467	.273	.739	120
48	Jim Brown**	CC2	1B	9	28	24	6	7	3	0	0	5	0		3			0	1			.292	.370	.417	.787	132
49	Ray Brown**	AB2	P	25	67	62	5	14	3	1	0	3	0		3			0	2			.226	.262	.306	.568	60
50	James Buford^	CCU	2B	5	14	14	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	57
51	Richard Cannon^	CCU	P	3	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	2			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
52	Lefty Capers^	LOW	P	17	39	36	4	5	2	0	0	2	0		2			0	1			.139	.184	.194	.379	5
53	Edward Chapman^	CC2	P	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.000	.200	.000	.200	-39
54	Bennie Charleston	AB2	LF	1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
55	Clark^	AB2	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
56	Anthony Cooper	LOW	SS	24	102	91	11	26	4	0	0	9	0		4			2	5			.286	.330	.330	.660	82
57	Sam Crawford	CC2	P	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
58	Dewey Creacy	SLS	3B	35	140	119	21	36	5	2	0	19	2		18			0	3			.303	.394	.378	.772	99
59	Jimmie Crutchfield*	AB2	CF	41	193	176	33	51	6	4	0	18	3		14			0	3			.290	.342	.369	.711	101
60	Pepper Daniels	CC2	C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
61	Albert Davis^	DS	P	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	176
62	Roosevelt Davis	SLS/AB2	P	7	23	21	1	4	2	0	0	4	0		2			0	0			.190	.261	.286	.547	55
63	Saul Davis	DS	SS	25	100	95	6	23	6	1	0	12	1		3			1	1			.242	.273	.326	.599	65
64	Lamon Dillard^	LOW	RF	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
65	George Dixon*	CCU	C	8	26	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	0		4			1	2			.158	.333	.158	.491	37
66	Eddie Dwight	AB2	CF	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	42
67	Louis English^	LOW	C	11	36	35	5	12	1	1	0	6	0		1			0	0			.343	.361	.429	.790	117
68	Columbus Ewing^	LOW	RF	3	10	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			1	0			.333	.400	.333	.733	103
69	Jelly Gardner*	DS	RF	35	134	121	19	26	6	0	0	9	6		10			0	3			.215	.275	.264	.539	49
70	George Giles*	SLS	1B	33	155	131	28	31	4	2	0	17	5		17			1	6			.237	.329	.298	.627	62
71	George Gill	DS	1B	5	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.214	.214	.214	.429	18
72	Abe Gray^	AB2	C	2	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0			1	0			.250	.400	.500	.900	154
73	Robert Griffin^	CC2	P	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
74	Grove^	CCU	-	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	450
75	Perry Hall	CC2	3B	6	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.118	.211	.118	.328	-2
76	Halley Harding**	CC2	2B	15	72	67	7	20	4	0	0	2	0		4			0	1			.299	.338	.358	.696	105
77	George Harney	CC2	P	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	195
78	Walter Harper^	CC2	C	8	21	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.048	.048	.048	.095	-72
79	Bill Harris^	AB2	3B	2	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	1			.000	.333	.000	.333	-2
80	Bill Harris^	AB2	C	8	26	24	0	5	0	0	0	1	0		0			2	0			.208	.269	.208	.478	36
81	Rats Henderson	SLS/DS	P	6	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.091	.091	.091	.182	-49
82	Henderson^	AB2	SS	4	14	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		3			0	0			.182	.357	.273	.630	79
83	Joe Hewitt*	CCU	3B	8	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.125	.222	.125	.347	-3
84	Frog Holsey^	CC2	P	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
85	Robert Hughes^	LOW	P	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
86	Bert Hunter	SLS	P	10	27	24	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		1			0	2			.125	.160	.125	.285	-26
87	Sanford Jackson	CC2	CF	16	75	68	13	18	1	0	0	3	2		4			0	3			.265	.306	.279	.585	73
88	Harry Jeffries	CC2	C	8	34	31	3	10	1	0	0	4	0		1			2	0			.323	.382	.355	.737	118
89	Johnson^	AB2	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
90	W. L. Keane	LOW	C	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
91	John Kerner	AB2	RF	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
92	King^	LOW	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
93	Alto Lane^	AB2	P	10	24	22	4	8	4	0	0	3	0		2			0	0			.364	.417	.545	.962	171
94	Robert Lindsey^	AB2	CF	16	33	29	1	7	2	0	0	1	1		4			0	0			.241	.333	.310	.644	83
95	Dave Malarcher**	CC2	3B	12	45	36	2	11	0	0	0	4	1		5			3	1			.306	.432	.306	.737	119
96	Jack Marshall	CC2	1B	8	35	29	6	10	1	2	0	9	0		6			0	0			.345	.457	.517	.974	187
97	Leroy Matlock*	SLS	P	10	25	21	4	5	0	1	0	2	0		2			1	1			.238	.333	.333	.667	72
98	Ulysses McAtee^	LOW	2B	7	15	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	1			.167	.286	.167	.452	26
99	Bill McCall*	DS	P	9	21	19	0	2	0	1	0	1	0		1			0	1			.105	.150	.211	.361	-1
100	Percy Miller*	CCU	P	9	18	15	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		2			1	0			.200	.333	.267	.600	66
101	Otto Mitchell^	LOW	3B	5	21	17	3	4	1	0	0	1	1		4			0	0			.235	.381	.294	.675	87
102	Mitchell Murray	AB2	C	36	138	125	17	31	4	2	0	8	0		11			0	2			.248	.309	.312	.621	76
103	Guy Ousley^	CC2	SS	10	37	32	2	5	0	0	0	4	0		5			0	0			.156	.270	.156	.427	27
104	Will Owens	DS	SS	13	52	48	4	12	2	0	0	4	0		4			0	0			.250	.308	.292	.599	66
105	Satchel Paige	CCU	P	5	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.167	.286	.167	.452	26
106	Tom Parker	AB2	P	11	15	15	4	4	1	2	0	4	0		0			0	0			.267	.267	.600	.867	142
107	Diamond Pipkins*	CCU	P	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
108	James Pope^	LOW	P	6	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.067	.000	.067	-81
109	Malvin Powell	CC2	P	3	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3			1	0			.000	.308	.000	.308	-6
110	Willie Powell*	DS	P	17	35	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.091	.118	.091	.209	-42
111	Anderson Pryor	DS	2B	20	79	71	5	16	1	0	0	5	2		5			1	2			.225	.286	.239	.525	46
112	Bill Pryor^	DS	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
113	Ted Radcliffe	DS	C	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			1	0			.200	.333	.200	.533	49
114	John Reese	SLS	-	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
115	Ed Rile*	AB2	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
116	Roberts^	CC2	C	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
117	Bobby Robinson	DS	3B	45	182	171	29	45	7	1	0	16	3		9			2	0			.263	.308	.316	.623	72
118	Nat Rogers*	CC2	RF	18	83	74	16	31	5	2	0	16	0		9			0	0			.419	.482	.541	1.022	201
119	Joe Scott^	LOW	1B	30	127	116	18	41	6	0	0	17	1		9			2	0			.353	.409	.405	.815	125
120	Orville Singer^	CCU	LF	24	90	79	12	26	3	0	0	15	2		9			0	2			.329	.398	.367	.765	111
121	Bob Smith	CCU	C	7	23	19	1	4	1	0	0	4	0		2			0	2			.211	.286	.263	.549	51
122	Felton Snow	LOW	3B	26	96	91	6	21	0	1	0	11	0		3			0	2			.231	.255	.253	.508	40
123	Zack Spencer	CC2	P	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
124	Ted Stockard	AB2	SS	2	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	-6
125	Sam Streeter	CCU	P	4	8	8	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.625	1.125	208
126	Joe Strong*	SLS	P	13	33	30	3	8	1	0	0	5	0		2			0	1			.267	.313	.300	.613	58
127	Candy Jim Taylor	AB2	3B	11	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		2			0	0			.105	.190	.105	.296	-15
128	Dan Thomas^	AB2	2B	4	16	14	2	3	1	1	0	1	0		2			0	0			.214	.313	.429	.741	109
129	Harold Thompson^	DS	P	2	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.500	.750	105
130	Sandy Thompson*	CC2	LF	18	80	75	14	26	2	1	0	13	0		4			0	1			.347	.380	.400	.780	130
131	Ted Trent	SLS	P	14	28	23	3	4	1	0	0	4	0		3			0	2			.174	.269	.217	.487	26
132	Cool Turner	CCU	3B	11	43	42	7	13	2	1	0	5	0		1			0	0			.310	.326	.405	.730	100
133	Jack Wallace	CCU	3B	1	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.333	.500	.333	.833	131
134	Pinky Ward^	CC2	CF	4	13	11	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	0			.273	.385	.273	.657	95
135	Clarence White^	LOW	P	10	24	24	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.125	.125	.125	.250	-31
136	Charley Williams^	CC2	SS	8	35	31	5	16	3	2	0	9	1		3			0	1			.516	.559	.742	1.301	282
137	Chester Williams	AB2	SS	35	149	140	16	37	6	1	0	19	6		6			1	2			.264	.299	.321	.621	76
138	Elbert Williams^	DS/LOW	P	7	18	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
139	Jim Williams	AB2	LF	40	172	161	30	57	4	4	0	29	8		11			0	0			.354	.395	.429	.824	133
140	Nish Williams	CCU	C	24	70	63	7	19	5	0	0	11	0		6			0	1			.302	.362	.381	.743	104
141	Harry Williams	AB2	C	6	18	18	5	7	1	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.389	.389	.444	.833	135
142	Jim Willis^	CCU	P	12	30	30	3	9	3	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.300	.300	.400	.700	92
143	James Winston^	CC2/DS	P	3	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.125	.222	.125	.347	5
144	Henry Wright^	CCU	P	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	10
145	Tom Young*	SLS	C	21	79	71	14	19	4	1	0	14	4		8			0	0			.268	.342	.352	.694	79

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