1927 St. Louis Stars

62 - 37

59 - 36 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1928 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (62-37)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ted
Trent

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	114	1st	ERA+	102	3rd
OPS	.861	1st	ERA	4.12	5th
BA	.309	1st	BA	.284	5th
OBP	.368	1st	K/BB	1.23	5th
SLG	.493	1st	K%	10.2%	3rd
BB%	7.6%	4th	BB%	8.3%	8th
K%			HR%	1.1%	4th
ISO	.184	1st	WHIP	1.45	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	35	69	222	210	27	50	8	5	5	26	4	6	0	6	.238	.259	.395	.654	62
1B	Willie Bobo*	29	93	374	306	63	89	16	6	4	42	11	46	1	21	.291	.385	.422	.807	102
2B	John Henry Russell	29	86	319	289	48	87	10	5	11	47	7	15	2	13	.301	.340	.484	.824	104
3B	Dewey Creacy	27	92	378	346	63	110	12	12	13	81	6	17	4	11	.318	.357	.535	.892	120
SS	Willie Wells	22	96	429	359	90	131	21	5	29	105	13	55	5	10	.365	.456	.694	1.149	184
LF	Wilson Redus	22	96	404	371	65	138	19	10	18	83	7	17	4	12	.372	.406	.623	1.028	154
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	24	97	465	419	89	131	23	5	5	36	25	33	1	12	.313	.364	.427	.791	97
RF	Branch Russell*	31	96	440	390	78	125	17	10	10	53	10	40	3	7	.321	.388	.492	.880	119

C	Mitchell Murray	31	65	220	188	23	49	10	1	3	27	4	25	1	6	.261	.350	.372	.723	81
RF	Mule Suttles	26	36	116	98	31	44	9	4	9	37	1	18	0	0	.449	.534	.898	1.432	253
LF	Charles Zomphier^	21	10	19	18	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	77
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	33	82	72	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	2	.111	.200	.125	.325	-17
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	23	48	46	10	13	0	2	3	9	0	2	0	0	.283	.313	.565	.878	115
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	34	56	50	4	21	4	0	0	10	1	4	0	2	.420	.463	.500	.963	141

RP	Gilbert Edwards^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27		1065	3808	3381	620	1045	154	67	111	574	90	291	24	112	.309	.368	.493	.861	114

* = 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	465	.356	.358	7.1%	8.0%	1.1%	1.2%	.115	.126
Branch Russell*	31	RF	440	.395	.358	9.1%	8.0%	2.3%	1.2%	.172	.126
Willie Wells	22	SS	429	.493	.358	12.8%	8.0%	6.8%	1.2%	.329	.126
Wilson Redus	22	LF	404	.444	.358	4.2%	8.0%	4.5%	1.2%	.251	.126
Dewey Creacy	27	3B	378	.387	.358	4.5%	8.0%	3.4%	1.2%	.217	.126
Willie Bobo*	29	1B	374	.355	.358	12.3%	8.0%	1.1%	1.2%	.131	.126
John Henry Russell	29	2B	319	.357	.358	4.7%	8.0%	3.4%	1.2%	.183	.126
Henry Williams	35	C	222	.286	.358	2.7%	8.0%	2.3%	1.2%	.157	.126
Mitchell Murray	31	C	220	.332	.358	11.4%	8.0%	1.4%	1.2%	.112	.126
Mule Suttles	26	RF	116	.611	.358	15.5%	8.0%	7.8%	1.2%	.449	.126
Ted Trent	23	SP	82	.168	.358	8.5%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.014	.126
Roosevelt Davis	22	SP	66	.234	.358	4.5%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.052	.126
Candy Jim Taylor	43	PH	56	.430	.358	7.1%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.080	.126
Luther McDonald^	21	SP	54	.201	.358	1.9%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.038	.126
John Williams^	22	SP	48	.385	.358	4.2%	8.0%	6.3%	1.2%	.283	.126
Frank Stevens^		SP	43	.182	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.025	.126
Rattler Harrison^	27	SP	34	.285	.358	2.9%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.065	.126
Charles Zomphier^	21	LF	19	.334	.358	5.3%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
Eggie Hensley	27	SP	10	.000	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
George Brown^	31	SP	10	.378	.358	0.0%	8.0%	10.0%	1.2%	.333	.126
Tom Jackson^		SP	7	.000	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
Tomlin^		PH	6	.156	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
Willie Spearman^	27	SP	4	.234	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
Bill Gatewood	45	PH	1	.000	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
Dizzy Dismukes	37	SP	1	.000	.358	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.126
Milton Smith**	21	C		.000	.358		8.0%		1.2%		.126
Gilbert Edwards^		RP		.000	.358		8.0%		1.2%		.126
27			3808	.379	.358	7.6%	8.0%	2.9%	1.2%	.184	.126