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+	96	6th
OPS	.856	1st	ERA	4.14	6th
BA	.308	1st	BA	.907	1st
OBP	.365	1st	K/BB	1.23	6th
SLG	.491	1st	K%	29.2%	4th
BB%	8.0%	4th	BB%	23.8%	5th
K%			HR%	1.6%	4th
ISO	.183	1st	WHIP	1.45	6th

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	225	212	27	50	8	5	5	26	4	9	0	4	.236	.267	.392	.658	64
1B	Willie Bobo*	29	93	376	308	63	89	16	6	4	45	8	49	1	18	.289	.388	.419	.807	104
2B	John Henry Russell	29	86	323	292	48	87	10	5	11	45	7	20	0	11	.298	.343	.479	.822	105
3B	Dewey Creacy	27	92	380	348	63	110	12	12	13	84	4	20	0	12	.316	.353	.532	.885	120
SS	Willie Wells	22	96	426	361	90	131	21	5	29	108	9	56	1	8	.363	.450	.690	1.140	183
LF	Wilson Redus	22	96	404	373	66	137	19	10	18	77	2	17	0	14	.367	.395	.617	1.011	151
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	24	97	460	419	90	131	23	5	5	39	21	31	0	10	.313	.360	.427	.787	98
RF	Branch Russell*	31	96	436	391	77	125	17	9	11	57	5	38	0	7	.320	.380	.494	.874	119

C	Mitchell Murray	31	65	220	189	22	49	10	1	3	29	3	24	0	7	.259	.343	.370	.713	80
RF	Mule Suttles	26	36	116	98	31	44	9	4	9	37	1	18	0	0	.449	.534	.898	1.432	255
LF	Charles Zomphier^	21	10	19	18	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	.333	.368	.333	.702	78
PH	Tomlin^		3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.333	.333	.333	.667	69
PH	Bill Gatewood	45	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Ted Trent	23	33	82	71	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	3	.113	.203	.127	.329	-15
SP	Roosevelt Davis	22	34	60	57	6	13	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	.228	.241	.281	.522	31
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	11	0	2	0	0	.283	.313	.565	.878	117
SP	Frank Stevens^		21	42	40	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.200	.220	.225	.445	12
SP	Rattler Harrison^	27	20	37	34	5	8	0	1	0	5	0	2	1	0	.235	.297	.294	.591	50
SP	Logan Hensley	27	6	10	10	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	111
SP	Tom Jackson^		9	8	8	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	27
SP	Dizzy Dismukes	37	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Milton Smith**	20	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PH	Candy Jim Taylor	43	34	57	50	4	21	4	0	0	10	1	5	0	2	.420	.473	.500	.973	146

RP	Gilbert Edwards^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27		1062	3802	3395	620	1044	154	66	112	584	65	303	4	100	.308	.365	.491	.856	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	460	.354	.355	6.7%	8.3%	1.1%	1.3%	.115	.125
Branch Russell*	31	RF	436	.389	.355	8.7%	8.3%	2.5%	1.3%	.174	.125
Willie Wells	22	SS	426	.490	.355	13.1%	8.3%	6.8%	1.3%	.327	.125
Wilson Redus	22	LF	404	.433	.355	4.2%	8.3%	4.5%	1.3%	.249	.125
Dewey Creacy	27	3B	380	.382	.355	5.3%	8.3%	3.4%	1.3%	.216	.125
Willie Bobo*	29	1B	376	.358	.355	13.0%	8.3%	1.1%	1.3%	.130	.125
John Henry Russell	29	2B	323	.358	.355	6.2%	8.3%	3.4%	1.3%	.182	.125
Henry Williams	35	C	225	.291	.355	4.0%	8.3%	2.2%	1.3%	.156	.125
Mitchell Murray	31	C	220	.324	.355	10.9%	8.3%	1.4%	1.3%	.111	.125
Mule Suttles	26	RF	116	.610	.355	15.5%	8.3%	7.8%	1.3%	.449	.125
Ted Trent	23	SP	82	.167	.355	9.8%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.014	.125
Roosevelt Davis	22	SP	60	.232	.355	1.7%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.053	.125
Candy Jim Taylor	43	PH	57	.434	.355	8.8%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.080	.125
Luther McDonald^	21	SP	54	.200	.355	1.9%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.038	.125
John Williams^	22	SP	48	.384	.355	4.2%	8.3%	6.3%	1.3%	.283	.125
Frank Stevens^		SP	42	.204	.355	2.4%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.025	.125
Rattler Harrison^	27	SP	37	.281	.355	5.4%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.059	.125
Charles Zomphier^	21	LF	19	.333	.355	5.3%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
Logan Hensley	27	SP	10	.000	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
George Brown^	31	SP	10	.378	.355	0.0%	8.3%	10.0%	1.3%	.333	.125
Tom Jackson^		SP	8	.000	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
Willie Spearman^	27	SP	4	.233	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
Tomlin^		PH	3	.310	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
Bill Gatewood	45	PH	1	.000	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
Dizzy Dismukes	37	SP	1	.000	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.125
Milton Smith**	20	C		.000	.355		8.3%		1.3%		.125
Gilbert Edwards^		RP		.000	.355		8.3%		1.3%		.125
27			3802	.377	.355	8.0%	8.3%	2.9%	1.3%	.183	.125