1929 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1929 Season

1928 / 1930

William Hueston (President & Secretary)
R. T. Jackson (Vice President)
Moses Walker (Treasurer)
Harry St. Clair (Acting Secretary)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

John
Williams

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Charlie Smith	NLG	.595
2	Rap Dixon	BBS	.514
3	Jud Wilson	BBS	.491
4	John Beckwith	HG/NLG	.490
5	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.489
6	George Scales	HG/NLG	.486
7	Willie Wells	CAG/SLS	.475
8	Tetelo Vargas	CSE	.465
9	Oscar Charleston	HG/HIL	.458
10	Martín Dihigo	HIL	.457

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Harry Salmon	BBB	4.95
2	Satchel Paige	BBB	4.33
3	Nelson Dean	MRS	3.60
4	Joe Williams	HG	3.14
5	William Bell	KCM	2.90
6	Jim Willis	NEG	2.80
7	Robert Poindexter	CAG/MRS	2.80
8	Cliff Bell	MRS	2.71
9	Martín Dihigo	HIL	2.42
10	Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	2.30

All-1929 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rap Dixon	BBS	4.7	4.0	0.9
Wade Johnston	DS	2.6	2.7	0.2
Sandy Thompson	CAG	2.1	0.8	1.6
Rogelio Alonso	CSW	1.6	0.3	1.5

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	DS	5.2	3.7	1.6
Jelly Gardner	CAG	3.5	2.6	1.1
Bullet Rogan	KCM	3.2	4.0	-0.9
Oscar Charleston	HG/HIL	3.0	2.7	0.5

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Charlie Smith	NLG	4.8	4.3	0.7
Clarence Smith	BBB	3.5	2.5	1.2
LeRoy Taylor	KCM	2.3	2.9	-0.3
Branch Russell	SLS	1.8	2.0	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	CAG/SLS	8.2	5.7	1.8
Pythias Russ	CAG	5.7	3.2	2.1
Martín Dihigo	HIL	3.9	2.5	0.0
Halley Harding	KCM	3.3	2.8	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Newt Allen	KCM	5.2	2.7	2.2
George Scales	HG/NLG	3.1	2.2	0.7
John Henry Russell	SLS	1.5	-0.8	2.1
Grady Orange	DS	0.9	0.3	0.5

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Judy Johnson	MULT	2.6	1.8	0.7
Claude Johnson	BBB/DS	2.3	0.6	1.6
Newt Joseph	KCM	2.2	1.5	0.6
John Beckwith	HG/NLG	1.7	2.3	-0.7

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	3.8	3.5	0.5
Mule Suttles	CAG/SLS	3.2	4.3	-0.7
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	1.9	1.8	0.4
Dave Thomas	BBB	1.3	0.9	1.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Larry Brown	CAG/MRS	2.4	1.9	0.2
Clarence Palm	SLS	2.0	2.0	-0.1
Tom Young	KCM	1.9	1.8	-0.1
Frank Duncan	KCM	1.8	1.6	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
John Williams	SLS	209.1	6.1	6.3	0.3
Chet Brewer	KCM	139.1	5.7	5.3	0.4
Connie Rector	NLG	188.0	5.1	5.0	0.1
Laymon Yokely	BBS	213.1	3.9	4.2	-0.3
Harry Salmon	BBB	158.1	3.9	4.4	-0.5
Joe Williams	HG	138.2	3.7	4.1	-0.4
William Bell	KCM	158.2	3.6	3.2	0.4
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	121.0	3.4	2.6	0.8
Sam Streeter	HG	165.2	3.2	2.7	0.5
Rats Henderson	ACB	154.1	3.1	3.3	-0.2
Eggie Hensley	SLS	153.2	3.0	3.1	-0.1
Oscar Levis	CSE	127.0	2.6	2.8	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	BBB	202.1	4.4	4.7	-0.5
Andy Cooper	KCM	130.0	3.6	3.2	0.4
Roosevelt Davis	CAG/SLS	155.2	3.5	3.7	-0.2
Joe Strong	HG/HIL	110.0	2.8	2.7	0.1
Willis Flournoy	BBS	121.2	2.7	2.6	0.1
Porter Charleston	HIL	120.1	1.4	1.8	-0.3
Bob McClure	ACB	115.2	1.0	1.0	0.0
Script Lee	BBS	77.0	0.9	0.8	0.1
Bun Hayes	BBS	41.2	0.9	0.8	0.0
Robert Poindexter	CAG/MRS	49.2	0.7	0.8	-0.1
Alonzo Mitchell	ACB	14.0	0.6	0.5	0.1
Henry Wright	NEG	39.1	0.6	0.6	0.0

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