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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Cool Papa Bell	SLS	16
2	Willie Wells	SLS	9
3	Jim Williams	AB2	8
4	Wade Johnston	DS	7
5	Jelly Gardner	DS	6
6	Turkey Stearnes	DS	6
7	Chester Williams	AB2	6
8	Comer Cox	CCU	5
9	George Giles	SLS	5
10	Milt Laurent	CCU	5

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Malvin Powell	CC2	306
2	Logan Hensley	SLS	272
3	Nelson Dean	DS	207
4	Satchel Paige	CCU	200
5	George Mitchell	AB2	186
6	Luther McDonald	CC2/DS	181
7	Elbert Williams	DS/LOW	151
8	Ray Brown	AB2	149
9	Joe Strong	SLS	142
10	Ted Trent	SLS	137

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	St. Louis Stars	NNL	1395	311.0		11.9	4.4	1.5	6.0	0.0
2	Indianapolis ABCs	NNL	1701	376.2		9.3	5.5	1.8	1.9	0.0
3	Chicago Columbia Giants	NNL	726	163.2		4.9	3.5	1.1	0.3	0.0
4	Detroit Stars	NNL	1626	379.0		4.8	2.1	-3.2	5.9	0.0
5	Cleveland Cubs	NNL	1199	282.0		4.5	1.3	0.2	3.0	0.0
6	Louisville White Sox	NNL	1089	251.1		3.9	1.4	-0.8	3.4	0.0
	6	1	7736	1763.2		39.3	18.2	0.5	20.6	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Nelson Dean	DS	P	37	91.2		3.3	-0.2	0.0	3.5	0.0
2	Luther McDonald	CC2/DS	P	42	95.1		3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.0
3	George Mitchell	AB2	1B	130	67.1		2.8	1.0	-0.2	2.1	-0.1
4	Logan Hensley	SLS	P	32	66.1		2.8	0.1	0.0	2.7	0.0
5	Ray Brown	AB2	P	67	117.2		2.3	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
6	Willie Wells	SLS	SS	153			2.2	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.2
7	Turkey Stearnes	DS	CF	156			2.2	2.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
8	Jim Williams	AB2	LF	172			2.0	1.3	0.8	0.0	-0.2
9	Lefty Capers	LOW	P	39	84.0		1.8	-0.2	0.0	2.1	0.0
10	Newt Allen	SLS	2B	118			1.6	0.4	1.1	0.0	0.1
11	Nat Rogers	CC2	RF	83			1.5	1.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
12	Ted Trent	SLS	P	28	66.2		1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0
13	John Henry Russell	AB2/CCU	2B	176			1.4	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.1
14	Alto Lane	AB2	P	24	58.2		1.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.0
15	Wade Johnston	DS	LF	200			1.2	1.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
16	Sanford Jackson	CC2	CF	75			1.2	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0
17	Joe Strong	SLS	P	33	60.1		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
18	Dave Malarcher	CC2	3B	45			1.1	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
19	Sandy Thompson	CC2	LF	80			1.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	-0.1
20	Joe Scott	LOW	1B	127			1.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.1
21	Clarence Palm	DS	C	172			1.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1
22	Diamond Pipkins	CCU	P	7	15.2		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Sammy Hughes	LOW	2B	92			0.9	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1
24	Satchel Paige	CCU	P	7	25.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
25	Jimmy Binder	AB2	3B	186			0.9	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.1
26	Chester Williams	AB2	SS	149			0.9	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.2
27	Malvin Powell	CC2	P	13	28.0		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
28	Elbert Williams	DS/LOW	P	18	43.2		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
29	Mule Suttles	SLS	LF	148			0.8	1.4	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
30	James Pope	LOW	P	15	28.0		0.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.9	0.0
31	Poindexter Williams	LOW	C	95			0.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
32	Bill McCall	DS	P	21	54.0		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
33	Charles Zomphier	CCU/SLS	2B	54			0.7	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
34	Charley Williams	CC2	SS	35			0.7	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0
35	Bert Hunter	SLS	P	27	56.0		0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
36	Hoss Walker	CCU	SS	130			0.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2
37	Albert Davis	DS	P	4	9.0		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
38	Jim Willis	CCU	P	30	69.0		0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
39	Orville Singer	CCU	LF	90			0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
40	Cool Papa Bell	SLS	CF	157			0.5	0.8	-0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Branch Russell	SLS	RF	132			0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
42	Anthony Cooper	LOW	SS	102			0.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
43	Jimmie Crutchfield	AB2	CF	193			0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
44	Comer Cox	CCU	RF	91			0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
45	Sam Streeter	CCU	P	8	17.0		0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
46	Joe Wiggins	CCU	3B	76			0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Eddie Dwight	AB2	CF	8			0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
48	Percy Miller	CCU	P	18	38.2		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
49	Willie Powell	DS	P	35	92.0		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
50	Milt Laurent	CCU	RF	134	9.0		0.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
51	Candy Jim Taylor	AB2	3B	21	15.0		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
52	Johnny Robinson	LOW	RF	10			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Richard Cannon	CCU	P	10	20.0		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
54	Harry Jeffries	CC2	C	34			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Mitchell Murray	AB2	C	138			0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
56	George Giles	SLS	1B	155			0.2	-0.2	0.5	0.0	-0.1
57	Clarence White	LOW	P	24	55.1		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Harry Williams	AB2	C	18			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Tom Young	SLS	C	79			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Robert Lindsey	AB2	CF	33	19.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
61	Wilson Redus	SLS	RF	84			0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.1
62	James Bray	CC2	C	15			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Bill Perkins	CCU	C	19			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Dan Thomas	AB2	2B	16			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Bob Smith	CCU	C	23			0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Cool Turner	CCU	3B	43			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Leroy Matlock	SLS	P	25	50.2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Henry Wright	CCU	P	5	15.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
69	Will Owens	DS	SS	52			0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
70	Otto Mitchell	LOW	3B	21			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Ted Radcliffe	DS	C	6	9.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
72	Grove	CCU	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Bill Pryor	DS	P	1	3.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Joe Hewitt	CCU	3B	9			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	James Buford	CCU	2B	14			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Cliff Bell	CCU	P	19	59.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
77	Abe Gray	AB2	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Perry Hall	CC2	3B	19			0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Fred McBride	AB2	1B	90			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
80	John Reese	SLS	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	W. L. Keane	LOW	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Willie Gisentaner	LOW	RF	98	40.2		0.0	0.3	0.1	-0.4	-0.1
83	Black	AB2	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	King	LOW	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Bennie Charleston	AB2	LF				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Pepper Daniels	CC2	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Jack Marshall	CC2	1B	35			0.0	0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0
88	Roberts	CC2	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Roosevelt Davis	SLS/AB2	P	23	50.1		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
90	John Kerner	AB2	RF	6			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Slim Branham	AB2	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Jack Ridley	CCU	CF	145			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Ed Rile	AB2	P	1	4.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Dewey Creacy	SLS	3B	140			0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.1
95	Zack Spencer	CC2	P	2	9.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Quincy Trouppe	SLS	C	65	2.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
97	John Barnes	SLS	C	11			-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Jim Brown	CC2	1B	28			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
99	Red McNeal	LOW	CF	112			-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
100	Jack Wallace	CCU	3B	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Lou Dials	DS	RF	162			-0.1	0.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
102	George Dixon	CCU	C	26			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Robert Hughes	LOW	P	5	14.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
104	Lamon Dillard	LOW	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Columbus Ewing	LOW	RF	10			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	George Gill	DS	1B	14			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Ted Stockard	AB2	SS	6			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	James Winston	CC2/DS	P	10	19.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
109	Pinky Ward	CC2	CF	13			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Bill Harris	AB2	3B	7			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Walter Harper	CC2	C	21			-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
112	Louis English	LOW	C	36			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
113	Jute Bell	LOW	P	1	3.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
114	Heavy Johnson	LOW	RF	21			-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
115	Nish Williams	CCU	C	70			-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
116	Johnson	AB2	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
117	Bill Harris	AB2	C	26			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Halley Harding	CC2	2B	72			-0.2	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.1
119	Harold Thompson	DS	P	4	4.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
120	Clark	AB2	P	2	6.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
121	Frog Holsey	CC2	P	9	16.0		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Clarence Smith	CCU/CC2	1B	81			-0.2	0.4	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
123	Ulysses McAtee	LOW	2B	15			-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Henderson	AB2	SS	14			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
125	Jabbo Andrews	AB2	RF	186	7.1		-0.3	0.8	-0.2	-0.7	-0.2
126	George Harney	CC2	P	4	8.0		-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
127	Guy Ousley	CC2	SS	37			-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
128	Blocker	DS	P		1.1		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
129	Alex Clark	LOW	LF	44			-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Sam Crawford	CC2	P	3	8.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
131	Saul Davis	DS	SS	100			-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.1
132	Alonzo Boone	CCU	P	5	12.1		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
133	Bobby Robinson	DS	3B	182			-0.6	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.1
134	Robert Griffin	CC2	P	5	12.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
135	Edward Chapman	CC2	P	6	11.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
136	Felton Snow	LOW	3B	96			-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
137	Joe Cates	LOW	SS	107			-0.7	-0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.1
138	Anderson Pryor	DS	2B	79			-0.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
139	Dixon	AB2/DS	P	15	31.1		-0.7	0.2	0.0	-1.0	0.0
140	Rats Henderson	SLS/DS	P	12	27.1		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
141	Jelly Gardner	DS	RF	134			-0.8	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
142	Andy Love	DS	1B	126			-1.1	-1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
143	Jim West	CCU	1B	125			-1.2	-0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
144	Augustus Saunders	DS	2B	91			-1.3	-0.5	-0.9	0.0	0.1
145	Tom Parker	AB2	P	15	35.0		-2.0	0.2	0.0	-2.1	0.0

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