1927 St. Louis Stars

62 - 38

59 - 37 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1928 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (62-38)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ted
Trent

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	113	1st	ERA+	103	3rd
OPS	.858	1st	ERA	4.09	5th
BA	.308	1st	BA	.283	5th
OBP	.368	1st	K/BB	1.26	5th
SLG	.490	1st	K%	10.4%	3rd
BB%	7.7%	4th	BB%	8.2%	8th
K%			HR%	1.0%	4th
ISO	.182	1st	WHIP	1.44	5th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Dick Kent (Co-Owner) , L. A. Brown (Co-Owner) , Dizzy Dismukes (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Henry Williams	34	70	224	212	27	50	8	5	5	26	4	6	0	6	.236	.257	.392	.648	60
1B	Willie Bobo*	29	94	378	310	63	90	16	6	4	42	11	46	1	21	.290	.384	.419	.803	101
2B	John Henry Russell	29	87	321	290	48	87	10	5	11	47	8	16	2	13	.300	.341	.483	.824	104
3B	Dewey Creacy	27	93	382	349	63	110	12	12	13	81	6	18	4	11	.315	.356	.530	.886	119
SS	Willie Wells	22	97	434	364	91	133	21	5	29	105	13	55	5	10	.365	.455	.690	1.145	183
LF	Wilson Redus	22	97	408	375	65	140	19	10	18	83	7	17	4	12	.373	.407	.621	1.028	154
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	24	98	470	424	89	132	23	5	5	36	25	33	1	12	.311	.362	.425	.787	96
RF	Branch Russell*	31	97	445	394	78	126	17	10	10	53	10	41	3	7	.320	.388	.490	.878	119

C	Mitchell Murray	31	66	222	189	23	50	10	1	3	28	4	26	1	6	.265	.356	.376	.732	84
RF	Mule Suttles	26	36	116	98	31	44	9	4	9	37	1	18	0	0	.449	.534	.898	1.432	253
2B	Charles Zomphier^	21	11	20	19	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.316	.350	.316	.666	68
PH	Tomlin^		6	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-16
PH	Bill Gatewood	45	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Ted Trent	23	34	86	76	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	2	.118	.202	.132	.334	-15
SP	Roosevelt Davis	22	34	66	58	6	13	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	5	.224	.262	.276	.538	35
SP	Luther McDonald^	21	27	54	52	3	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.192	.208	.231	.438	10
SP	John Williams^	22	24	49	47	10	13	0	2	3	9	0	2	0	0	.277	.306	.553	.859	111
SP	Frank Stevens^		21	43	40	4	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	.200	.200	.225	.425	6
SP	Rattler Harrison^	27	20	34	31	5	8	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	1	.258	.303	.323	.626	57
SP	Eggie Hensley	27	6	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	George Brown^	31	11	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.222	.300	.556	.856	110
SP	Tom Jackson^		9	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie Spearman^	27	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	26
SP	Dizzy Dismukes	37	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Milton Smith**	21	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PH	Candy Jim Taylor	43	35	57	51	4	21	4	0	0	10	1	4	0	2	.412	.455	.490	.945	137

RP	Gilbert Edwards^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27		1078	3848	3417	621	1054	154	67	111	575	91	295	24	112	.308	.368	.490	.858	113

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Cool Papa Bell**	24	CF	470	.354	.358	7.0%	8.1%	1.1%	1.2%	.113	.125
Branch Russell*	31	RF	445	.394	.358	9.2%	8.1%	2.2%	1.2%	.170	.125
Willie Wells	22	SS	434	.492	.358	12.7%	8.1%	6.7%	1.2%	.324	.125
Wilson Redus	22	LF	408	.444	.358	4.2%	8.1%	4.4%	1.2%	.248	.125
Dewey Creacy	27	3B	382	.385	.358	4.7%	8.1%	3.4%	1.2%	.215	.125
Willie Bobo*	29	1B	378	.354	.358	12.2%	8.1%	1.1%	1.2%	.129	.125
John Henry Russell	29	2B	321	.357	.358	5.0%	8.1%	3.4%	1.2%	.183	.125
Henry Williams	34	C	224	.283	.358	2.7%	8.1%	2.2%	1.2%	.156	.125
Mitchell Murray	31	C	222	.336	.358	11.7%	8.1%	1.4%	1.2%	.111	.125
Mule Suttles	26	RF	116	.612	.358	15.5%	8.1%	7.8%	1.2%	.449	.125
Ted Trent	23	SP	86	.172	.358	8.1%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.013	.125
Roosevelt Davis	22	SP	66	.234	.358	4.5%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.052	.125
Candy Jim Taylor	43	PH	57	.423	.358	7.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.078	.125
Luther McDonald^	21	SP	54	.201	.358	1.9%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.038	.125
John Williams^	22	SP	49	.377	.358	4.1%	8.1%	6.1%	1.2%	.277	.125
Frank Stevens^		SP	43	.183	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.025	.125
Rattler Harrison^	27	SP	34	.285	.358	2.9%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.065	.125
Charles Zomphier^	21	2B	20	.317	.358	5.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
Eggie Hensley	27	SP	10	.000	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
George Brown^	31	SP	10	.379	.358	0.0%	8.1%	10.0%	1.2%	.333	.125
Tom Jackson^		SP	7	.000	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
Tomlin^		PH	6	.156	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
Willie Spearman^	27	SP	4	.234	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
Bill Gatewood	45	PH	1	.000	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
Dizzy Dismukes	37	SP	1	.000	.358	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.125
Milton Smith**	21	C		.000	.358		8.1%		1.2%		.125
Gilbert Edwards^		RP		.000	.358		8.1%		1.2%		.125
27			3848	.378	.358	7.7%	8.1%	2.9%	1.2%	.182	.125