1928 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1928 Season

1927-28 / 1928-29

William Hueston (President)
R. T. Jackson (Vice President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary & Treasurer)
Harry St. Clair (Traveling Representative)
Tom Baird (Booking Agent)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ted
Trent

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Jud Wilson	BBS	.399
2	Rap Dixon	BBS	.398
3	Kid Lowe	MRS	.385
4	John Henry Lloyd	NLG	.383
5	Walter Cannady	HG/HIL	.370
6	Mule Suttles	SLS	.357
7	Willie Wells	SLS	.355
8	Babe Melton	CTG	.354
9	José María Fernández	CSE	.352
10	Goose Curry	CTG	.352

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Hubert Wilson	KCM	0.92
2	Jimmy Shields	ACB	1.73
3	Willie Powell	CAG	2.00
4	Satchel Paige	BBB	2.39
5	Ted Trent	SLS	2.52
6	Darltie Cooper	HIL	2.53
7	William Bell	KCM	2.88
8	Laymon Yokely	BBS	2.98
9	Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	3.06
10	Lefty Williams	HG	3.16

All-1928 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wilson Redus	SLS	2.1	3.6	-1.1
Chuffie Alexander	BBB	1.5	0.4	1.3
Vic Harris	HG	1.5	0.8	0.8
Isidro Fabré	CSE	1.4	-0.3	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bullet Rogan	KCM	4.4	2.3	0.0
Turkey Stearnes	DS	4.4	3.7	0.8
Cool Papa Bell	SLS	3.1	2.8	0.5
Jelly Gardner	CAG/HG	2.4	1.3	1.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rap Dixon	BBS	4.1	3.5	0.8
Clint Thomas	ACB/HIL	1.9	1.3	0.8
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	1.9	2.5	-0.2
LeRoy Taylor	KCM	1.5	0.2	1.7

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	6.4	4.7	1.1
Pythias Russ	CAG	4.7	2.8	1.3
Newt Allen	KCM	3.3	1.3	1.5
Halley Harding	DS/KCM	2.3	1.2	0.9

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Henry Russell	SLS	3.1	-0.2	3.0
Babe Melton	CTG	1.7	2.1	-0.4
Dave Thomas	MRS	1.4	1.0	0.3
Paíto Herrera	CSE	1.4	0.5	0.8

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	3.8	2.4	1.3
Ray Sheppard	BBB	1.7	0.9	0.6
Claude Johnson	DS	1.7	1.8	-0.3
Newt Joseph	KCM	1.3	1.1	-0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	SLS	4.6	4.1	0.9
Ed Rile	DS	3.1	2.9	0.2
Walter Cannady	HG/HIL	2.2	2.9	-0.5
George Giles	KCM	2.0	1.5	0.9

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Hines	CAG	2.8	1.5	1.2
Biz Mackey	BBS/HIL	2.0	2.0	-0.2
Tom Young	KCM	1.4	0.3	1.0
Frank Duncan	KCM	1.2	0.9	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ted Trent	SLS	214.0	6.7	6.8	-0.1
Laymon Yokely	BBS	175.1	4.4	5.0	-0.6
Luther Farrell	ACB/ELS	128.0	4.4	3.3	1.1
Darltie Cooper	HIL	135.1	4.1	4.0	0.0
Basilio Rosell	CSW	116.2	3.6	3.4	0.2
Willie Powell	CAG	144.0	3.3	3.5	-0.2
Harry Salmon	BBB	151.0	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	140.1	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Eggie Hensley	SLS	147.1	2.6	2.7	-0.1
Nip Winters	MULT	107.1	2.5	2.0	0.6
Goose Curry	CTG	125.2	2.4	1.3	1.0
Willie Foster	CAG	230.0	2.3	2.4	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	BBB	132.0	4.9	4.6	0.4
Carl Glass	MRS	200.2	4.9	4.9	0.1
William Bell	KCM	150.0	3.3	3.1	0.2
Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	61.2	2.6	2.7	-0.1
Connie Rector	NLG	113.1	2.1	2.2	-0.1
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	99.0	1.9	1.6	0.3
Rats Henderson	ACB	100.0	1.8	2.3	-0.5
George Nash	BBB	97.0	1.7	2.0	-0.3
George Mitchell	DS	153.2	1.3	1.2	0.1
Bullet Campbell	HIL/NLG	21.2	1.3	1.3	0.0
Luther McDonald	SLS	109.0	1.1	1.2	-0.1
Albert Davis	DS	68.0	0.7	0.9	-0.2

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