1926 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1926 Season

1925 / 1927

Rube Foster (President)
G. B. Key (Vice President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)
A. D. Williams (Director of Records)

Top Hitter

Martín
Dihigo

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Mule Suttles	SLS	1.349
2	Martín Dihigo	CSE	1.185
3	Turkey Stearnes	DS	1.174
4	Willie Wells	SLS	1.054
5	Jud Wilson	BBS	1.046
6	Dewey Creacy	SLS	1.020
7	Robert Hudspeth	NLG	.968
8	John Beckwith	MULT	.958
9	Oscar Charleston	MULT	.948
10	Cool Papa Bell	SLS	.947

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ed Rile	ABC	191
2	Willie Foster	CAG	175
3	Chet Brewer	KCM	174
4	Willis Flournoy	BRG	169
5	William Bell	KCM	158
6	Hubert Lockhart	ACB	157
7	Rats Henderson	ACB	154
8	Fred Bell	DS	145
9	Willie Gisentaner	NLG/NS	139
10	Nip Winters	HIL	129

All-1926 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Johnny Jones	ABC/DS	2.1	1.1	1.2
Fats Jenkins	HBG	1.7	1.5	0.5
Sandy Thompson	CAG	1.7	1.8	0.3
Fred Heimach	ALS	1.1	0.1	-0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	DS	5.2	4.7	0.7
Cristóbal Torriente	KCM	3.7	3.7	0.3
Cando López	CSW	3.7	1.8	2.0
Bullet Rogan	KCM	3.7	1.2	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	4.5	3.5	1.1
Jelly Gardner	CAG	3.9	2.9	1.4
Fred Bell	DS	3.0	0.6	0.5
Ruben Jones	ABC	2.2	0.9	1.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	3.5	2.6	0.6
Newt Allen	KCM	3.4	0.1	2.8
Bill Riggins	DS	3.2	1.4	1.4
Dick Lundy	ACB	2.9	2.7	-0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dink Mothell	KCM	2.8	1.2	1.4
Bingo DeMoss	ABC	2.6	-0.3	2.7
Charlie Smith	BRG	2.0	1.8	0.2
Frank Warfield	HIL	1.1	0.0	0.9

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Judy Johnson	HIL	4.0	2.0	1.6
Dave Malarcher	CAG	3.1	1.2	1.5
John Beckwith	MULT	2.6	3.0	-0.7
Oliver Marcell	ACB	1.8	1.4	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	CSE	6.4	4.1	1.4
Mule Suttles	SLS	4.5	5.6	-0.8
Edgar Wesley	DS	2.1	1.6	0.8
Lemuel Hawkins	KCM	1.7	0.6	1.5

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Biz Mackey	HIL	3.8	3.2	0.4
Mitchell Murray	SLS	2.1	1.3	0.6
Pythias Russ	CAG	1.7	1.0	0.5
Frank Duncan	KCM	1.6	1.0	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Claude Grier	ACB	239.2	5.3	4.8	0.5
William Bell	KCM	190.0	4.6	4.2	0.4
Willie Gisentaner	NLG/NS	119.1	4.3	3.8	0.3
Nip Winters	HIL	193.2	4.1	3.7	0.6
Rats Henderson	ACB	225.2	4.0	4.7	-0.7
Chet Brewer	KCM	143.2	3.7	3.9	-0.2
Basilio Rosell	CSW	147.2	2.8	2.2	0.5
Rube Curry	CAG	177.0	2.8	3.0	-0.1
Bill McCall	ABC	148.0	2.5	2.8	-0.3
Bill Drake	ABC	117.1	2.1	1.7	0.4
Oscar Levis	CSE	100.1	2.0	1.7	0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Foster	CAG	225.2	6.6	6.7	-0.2
Eggie Hensley	SLS	230.2	5.4	5.7	-0.3
David Gómez	CSW	145.2	2.7	2.9	-0.1
George Harney	CAG	179.2	2.7	2.3	0.4
Andy Cooper	DS	182.0	2.3	2.8	-0.5
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	156.0	2.2	2.6	-0.4
Carl Glass	SLS	66.0	2.2	2.0	0.1
Rube Chambers	NLG	157.1	1.7	1.6	0.1
Hubert Lockhart	ACB	63.0	1.5	1.5	0.1
Joe Strong	BBS	103.1	1.2	1.3	0.0
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	145.1	1.2	1.7	-0.5

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