1928 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1928 Season

1927-28 / 1929

William Hueston (President)
Quincy Gilmore (Secretary & Treasurer)
Harry St. Clair (Traveling Representative)
Tom Baird (Booking Agent)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ted
Trent

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Rap Dixon	BBS	197
2	Jud Wilson	BBS	189
3	Willie Wells	SLS	185
4	Oscar Charleston	HIL	182
5	Mule Suttles	SLS	179
6	Turkey Stearnes	DS	170
7	Wilson Redus	SLS	162
8	Babe Melton	CTG	160
9	Walter Cannady	HG/HIL	157
10	Bullet Rogan	KCM	156

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Willie Foster	CAG	139
2	Satchel Paige	BBB	121
3	Ted Trent	SLS	121
4	Willie Powell	CAG	110
5	Laymon Yokely	BBS	103
6	Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	99
7	Luther Farrell	ELS/ACB	88
8	Army Cooper	KCM	78
9	Carl Glass	MRS	74
10	Harry Salmon	BBB	74

All-1928 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wilson Redus	SLS	2.1	3.5	-1.0
Chuffie Alexander	BBB	1.6	0.4	1.4
Vic Harris	HG	1.5	0.8	0.8
Isidro Fabré	CSE	1.3	-0.3	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bullet Rogan	KCM	4.4	2.2	0.0
Turkey Stearnes	DS	4.2	3.6	0.8
Cool Papa Bell	SLS	3.0	2.7	0.5
Oscar Charleston	HIL	2.5	3.1	-0.5

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rap Dixon	BBS	4.1	3.5	0.8
Steel Arm Davis	CAG	2.0	2.5	-0.2
Clint Thomas	HIL/ACB	1.9	1.3	0.8
LeRoy Taylor	KCM	1.5	0.2	1.6

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	SLS	6.2	4.6	1.1
Pythias Russ	CAG	4.5	2.8	1.2
Newt Allen	KCM	3.3	1.3	1.5
Halley Harding	KCM/DS	2.2	1.2	0.9

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Henry Russell	SLS	3.0	-0.2	2.9
Babe Melton	CTG	1.6	2.0	-0.4
Dan Thomas	MRS	1.4	1.0	0.3
Paíto Herrera	CSE	1.4	0.5	0.8

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	BBS	3.8	2.4	1.3
Ray Sheppard	BBB	1.8	0.9	0.6
Claude Johnson	DS	1.5	1.7	-0.5
Newt Joseph	KCM	1.3	1.1	-0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	SLS	4.6	4.0	0.9
Ed Rile	DS	3.0	2.9	0.0
Walter Cannady	HIL/HG	2.2	2.9	-0.5
George Giles	KCM	2.0	1.5	0.9

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Hines	CAG	2.9	1.4	1.4
Biz Mackey	BBS/HIL	2.0	2.0	-0.2
Tom Young	KCM	1.4	0.3	1.0
Frank Duncan	KCM	1.2	0.9	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ted Trent	SLS	214.0	6.9	6.9	-0.1
Laymon Yokely	BBS	175.1	4.3	4.9	-0.6
Luther Farrell	ACB/ELS	128.0	4.1	3.1	1.1
Darltie Cooper	HIL	135.1	4.1	4.0	0.0
Basilio Rosell	CSW	116.2	3.6	3.4	0.2
Willie Powell	CAG	144.0	3.2	3.4	-0.2
Heliodoro Díaz	CSW	140.1	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Logan Hensley	SLS	147.1	2.7	2.8	-0.1
Nip Winters	MULT	107.1	2.6	2.1	0.6
Harry Salmon	BBB	143.0	2.6	2.8	-0.2
Nelson Dean	CTG	143.1	2.3	2.7	-0.4
Willie Foster	CAG	230.0	2.1	2.2	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	BBB	132.0	5.0	4.5	0.5
Carl Glass	MRS	200.2	4.7	4.7	0.1
William Bell	KCM	150.0	3.4	3.1	0.2
Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	61.2	2.6	2.7	-0.1
Goose Curry	CTG	125.2	2.5	1.4	1.0
Connie Rector	NLG	113.1	2.2	2.3	-0.1
Roosevelt Davis	SLS	99.0	1.9	1.7	0.3
Rats Henderson	ACB	100.0	1.6	2.1	-0.5
George Nash	BBB	97.0	1.6	1.9	-0.3
George Mitchell	DS	153.2	1.4	1.4	0.1
Bullet Campbell	NLG/HIL	21.2	1.3	1.3	0.0
Luther McDonald	SLS	109.0	1.2	1.3	-0.1

If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact gary@seamheads.com..

All data, copyright 2011-2023 Agate Type Research LLC.