1920 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1920 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1918 / 1921

Top Hitter

Oscar
Charleston

Top Pitcher

John
Finner

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Oscar Charleston	SLG	.722
2	Pickles Dillhoefer	STL	.588
3	Cotton Tierney	STS	.500
4	Otto Briggs	HIL	.500
5	Eddie Douglass	BRG	.455
6	Jack Fournier	STL	.444
7	Pelayo Chacón	HIL	.429
8	Irvin Brooks	BRG	.417
9	Buck Ridgley	BRG	.400
10	Tullie McAdoo	SLG	.364

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Joe Williams	NLG	189
2	Lee Meadows	STS	170
3	Bullet Rogan	KCM	154
4	Ping Gardner	BRG	131
5	Roy Roberts	BRG	126
6	José Acosta	JAS	110
7	Speed Martin	STS	85
8	Bill Gatewood	SLG	81
9	Wayne Carr	SLG	77
10	George Lyons	STL	65

All-1920 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Otto Briggs	HIL	0.5	0.2	0.3
Doc Dudley	SLG	0.4	0.0	0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Oscar Charleston	SLG	0.8	0.8	-0.1
Sam Rice	JAS	0.6	0.1	0.5

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pickles Dillhoefer	STL	0.4	0.5	-0.2
Irvin Brooks	BRG	0.2	0.2	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cotton Tierney	STS	0.4	0.4	-0.1
Pelayo Chacón	HIL	0.3	0.1	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Ridgley	BRG	0.7	0.1	0.6
Joaquín Arumís	KCM	0.1	-0.1	0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Milt Stock	STL	0.5	0.0	0.5
Tony Boeckel	STS	0.3	0.2	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jack Fournier	STL	0.3	0.3	0.0
Joe Judge	JAS	0.2	-0.1	0.3

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Earl Smith	NYG	0.3	0.1	0.2
Louis Santop	HIL	0.3	0.1	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Hubbell	STS	17.0	0.3	0.2	0.1
Slim Harriss	AS2	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Speed Martin	STS	9.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Roy Roberts	BRG	8.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Jesse Barnes	NYG	4.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Juan Padrón	BRG	8.0	0.1	0.1	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
John Finner	SLG	13.1	0.8	0.8	-0.1
Dave Keefe	AS2	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Rollie Naylor	AS2	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Bill Gatewood	SLG	13.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Pol Perritt	NYG	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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