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

Turkey
Stearnes

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Mule Suttles	SLS	.425
2	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.383
3	Halley Harding	ABC	.378
4	Martín Dihigo	CSE	.375
5	Willie Wells	SLS	.373
6	Jud Wilson	BBS	.373
7	Robert Hudspeth	NLG	.372
8	Stack Martin	ABC	.354
9	Cristóbal Torriente	KCM	.352
10	Heavy Johnson	BBS	.350

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Willie Foster	CAG	1.05
2	William Bell	KCM	1.06
3	Willis Flournoy	BRG	1.15
4	Chet Brewer	KCM	1.16
5	Nip Winters	HIL	1.16
6	Rats Henderson	ACB	1.17
7	Phil Cockrell	HIL	1.19
8	George Harney	CAG	1.20
9	Webster McDonald	CAG	1.21
10	Red Ryan	HIL	1.22

All-1926 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Johnny Jones	ABC/DS	2.0	1.0	1.2
Fats Jenkins	HBG	1.7	1.5	0.5
Sandy Thompson	CAG	1.7	1.9	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	3.5	1.7	2.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	4.1	3.3	0.9
Jelly Gardner	CAG	4.0	2.9	1.4
Fred Bell	DS	3.0	0.6	0.5
Ruben Jones	ABC	2.2	1.0	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	2.5	0.0

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	1.8	1.4	0.2
Frank Warfield	HIL	1.4	0.1	1.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Judy Johnson	HIL	3.8	2.0	1.4
Dave Malarcher	CAG	3.2	1.3	1.5
John Beckwith	MULT	2.4	2.7	-0.7
Oliver Marcell	ACB	1.7	1.3	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	CSE	5.5	3.5	1.3
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	0.7
Pythias Russ	CAG	1.8	1.1	0.5
Frank Duncan	KCM	1.6	1.0	0.5

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
William Bell	KCM	190.0	4.8	4.4	0.4
Nip Winters	HIL	193.2	4.4	3.9	0.6
Willie Gisentaner	NLG/NS	111.0	4.0	3.5	0.4
Chet Brewer	KCM	143.2	3.8	4.0	-0.2
Rats Henderson	ACB	209.1	3.6	4.2	-0.5
Rube Curry	CAG	177.0	2.9	3.1	-0.1
Basilio Rosell	CSW	147.2	2.6	2.0	0.5
Claude Grier	ACB	202.0	2.5	2.2	0.3
Bill McCall	ABC	148.0	2.5	2.8	-0.3
Oscar Levis	CSE	76.0	2.1	2.1	0.1
Bill Drake	ABC	117.1	2.1	1.7	0.4

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Foster	CAG	225.2	6.8	7.0	-0.1
Eggie Hensley	SLS	230.2	5.6	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	152.2	1.9	1.8	0.1
Hubert Lockhart	ACB	63.0	1.4	1.4	0.1
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	145.1	1.3	1.8	-0.5
Joe Strong	BBS	103.1	1.3	1.4	-0.1

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