1927 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1927 Season

1926 / 1927-28

William Hueston (President)
R. S. Lewis (Vice President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary & Treasurer)
G. B. Key (Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Top Hitter

Steel Arm
Davis

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Charlie Smith	BRG	.442
2	Jud Wilson	BBS/NLG	.429
3	Roy Parnell	BBB	.409
4	Oscar Charleston	HBG	.392
5	Steel Arm Davis	CAG	.389
6	Ed Rile	DS	.385
7	Heavy Johnson	HBG	.381
8	Mack Eggleston	BBS	.374
9	Wilson Redus	SLS	.373
10	Fats Jenkins	HBG	.372

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Webster McDonald	CAG	1.08
2	Satchel Paige	BBB	1.10
3	Bullet Rogan	KCM	1.10
4	Harry Salmon	BBB	1.13
5	Ed Rile	DS	1.15
6	Willie Powell	CAG	1.16
7	William Bell	KCM	1.17
8	Willie Foster	CAG	1.17
9	George Harney	CAG	1.18
10	Maurice Young	KCM	1.20

All-1927 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	6.4	6.0	0.8
Roy Parnell	BBB	5.3	6.3	-0.2
Wade Johnston	KCM	3.0	3.2	0.2
Fats Jenkins	HBG	2.6	2.8	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	DS	6.3	5.0	1.5
Oscar Charleston	HBG	4.5	4.6	0.4
Chaney White	ACB	2.3	1.9	0.7
Pete Washington	BBS	2.2	1.4	1.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Charlie Smith	BRG	3.6	2.8	0.8
Jesse Hubbard	ACB	3.3	0.8	0.5
Branch Russell	SLS	2.4	2.1	0.6
Ruben Jones	BBB	2.1	1.6	0.9

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	6.2	4.8	0.9
Dick Lundy	ACB	5.4	2.4	2.4
Pythias Russ	CAG	5.3	3.8	1.0
Newt Allen	KCM	4.0	2.5	0.9

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dink Mothell	KCM	3.1	1.6	1.4
Connie Day	HBG	2.0	-1.2	3.0
John Henry Russell	SLS	1.9	1.0	0.7
Claude Johnson	DS	1.4	1.3	-0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS/NLG	5.0	4.8	0.1
Newt Joseph	KCM	2.9	2.5	0.1
Dave Malarcher	CAG	2.6	1.8	0.5
Oliver Marcell	ACB	1.9	1.3	0.4

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Rile	DS	6.3	3.7	-0.6
Jim Brown	CAG	2.5	2.0	0.8
Ben Taylor	BBS	1.6	1.3	0.6
George McAllister	BBB	1.5	1.7	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mack Eggleston	BBS	2.7	2.1	0.6
Poindexter Williams	BBB	2.7	2.2	0.3
Tom Young	KCM	1.7	1.1	0.3
James Bray	CAG	1.6	1.6	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Foster	CAG	253.1	5.9	6.0	0.0
Darltie Cooper	HBG	194.2	5.3	4.8	0.5
Luther Farrell	ACB	257.2	4.3	3.3	1.6
Nip Winters	HIL	176.0	4.0	3.3	0.7
Ted Trent	SLS	228.0	4.0	4.6	-0.6
William Bell	KCM	162.1	3.8	3.4	0.5
Oscar Levis	CSE	110.0	3.4	3.2	0.3
Red Ryan	HG/HIL	154.2	3.4	3.3	0.1
Sam Streeter	BBB	235.1	3.3	2.7	0.6
George Mitchell	KCM	128.2	3.1	3.0	0.1
Rats Henderson	ACB	148.1	3.0	3.3	-0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bullet Rogan	KCM	155.1	4.6	3.8	1.3
Basilio Rosell	CSW	146.2	4.3	4.1	0.2
Harry Salmon	BBB	183.2	3.9	4.0	0.1
Satchel Paige	BBB	115.0	2.9	2.8	0.1
John Williams	SLS	106.1	2.6	2.2	0.3
Carl Glass	KCM/MRS	145.0	2.1	2.0	0.2
George Harney	CAG	188.2	2.1	2.6	-0.6
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	162.2	1.9	2.0	-0.1
Joe Strong	BBS	132.0	1.7	1.7	0.0
Yellow Horse Morris	DS	183.0	1.5	1.6	-0.1
Laymon Yokely	BBS	164.2	1.2	1.7	-0.5

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