1926 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1926 Season

1925 / 1927

Rube Foster (President)
G. B. Key (Vice President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)
A. D. Williams (Director of Records)

Top Hitter

Martín
Dihigo

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Mule Suttles	SLS	.877
2	Martín Dihigo	CSE	.724
3	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.716
4	Dewey Creacy	SLS	.632
5	Willie Wells	SLS	.584
6	John Beckwith	MULT	.574
7	Jud Wilson	BBS	.567
8	Robert Hudspeth	NLG	.558
9	Cool Papa Bell	SLS	.534
10	Oscar Charleston	MULT	.533

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Webster McDonald	CAG	2.58
2	Carl Glass	SLS	2.13
3	Nelson Dean	KCM	2.08
4	Andy Cooper	DS	2.00
5	Bullet Rogan	KCM	1.91
6	Claude Grier	ACB	1.89
7	Rube Curry	CAG	1.89
8	Bill McCall	ABC	1.89
9	Ed Rile	ABC	1.86
10	Willie Foster	CAG	1.82

All-1926 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Johnny Jones	ABC/DS	2.1	1.1	1.2
Fats Jenkins	HBG	1.7	1.5	0.5
Sandy Thompson	CAG	1.7	1.8	0.3
Fred Heimach	ALS	1.1	0.1	-0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	DS	5.1	4.7	0.7
Bullet Rogan	KCM	3.8	1.2	0.1
Cristóbal Torriente	KCM	3.7	3.7	0.3
Cando López	CSW	3.6	1.7	2.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	4.5	3.5	1.1
Jelly Gardner	CAG	4.0	2.9	1.5
Fred Bell	DS	3.0	0.6	0.5
Ruben Jones	ABC	2.2	0.9	1.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	3.6	2.6	0.6
Newt Allen	KCM	3.4	0.1	2.8
Bill Riggins	DS	3.2	1.4	1.4
Dick Lundy	ACB	2.9	2.7	-0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dink Mothell	KCM	2.8	1.2	1.4
Bingo DeMoss	ABC	2.6	-0.3	2.7
Charlie Smith	BRG	2.0	1.7	0.2
Frank Warfield	HIL	1.1	0.0	0.9

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Judy Johnson	HIL	4.0	2.0	1.6
Dave Malarcher	CAG	3.2	1.3	1.5
John Beckwith	MULT	2.6	3.0	-0.7
Oliver Marcell	ACB	1.8	1.4	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	CSE	6.3	4.0	1.4
Mule Suttles	SLS	4.5	5.6	-0.8
Edgar Wesley	DS	2.1	1.6	0.8
Lemuel Hawkins	KCM	1.7	0.6	1.5

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Biz Mackey	HIL	3.8	3.2	0.4
Mitchell Murray	SLS	2.2	1.4	0.6
Pythias Russ	CAG	1.7	1.1	0.5
Frank Duncan	KCM	1.6	1.0	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Claude Grier	ACB	239.2	5.1	4.6	0.5
William Bell	KCM	190.0	4.8	4.4	0.4
Willie Gisentaner	NLG/NS	119.1	4.4	3.9	0.3
Nip Winters	HIL	193.2	4.3	3.8	0.6
Rats Henderson	ACB	225.2	3.8	4.6	-0.7
Chet Brewer	KCM	143.2	3.8	3.9	-0.2
Rube Curry	CAG	177.0	2.9	3.1	-0.1
Basilio Rosell	CSW	147.2	2.6	2.0	0.5
Bill McCall	ABC	148.0	2.5	2.8	-0.3
Bill Drake	ABC	117.1	2.1	1.7	0.4
Red Ryan	HIL	182.0	2.0	2.2	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Foster	CAG	225.2	6.8	7.0	-0.1
Eggie Hensley	SLS	230.2	5.5	5.9	-0.3
George Harney	CAG	179.2	2.9	2.5	0.4
David Gómez	CSW	145.2	2.5	2.7	-0.1
Andy Cooper	DS	182.0	2.4	2.9	-0.5
Carl Glass	SLS	66.0	2.2	2.1	0.1
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	156.0	2.0	2.3	-0.4
Rube Chambers	NLG	157.1	1.8	1.7	0.1
Hubert Lockhart	ACB	63.0	1.5	1.4	0.1
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	145.1	1.3	1.8	-0.5
Joe Strong	BBS	103.1	1.2	1.3	0.0

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