1931 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1931 Season

Negro National League I

1930 / 1932

William Hueston (President)
Dick Kent (Vice President)
Moses Walker (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Nelson
Dean

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Turkey Stearnes	DS	1.096
2	Mule Suttles	SLS	1.046
3	Nat Rogers	CC2	1.022
4	Willie Wells	SLS	.980
5	Sammy Hughes	LOW	.895
6	George Mitchell	AB2	.878
7	Jim Williams	AB2	.824
8	Newt Allen	SLS	.817
9	Wade Johnston	DS	.815
10	Joe Scott	LOW	.815

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Ray Brown	AB2	79
2	Willie Powell	DS	56
3	Ted Trent	SLS	52
4	Luther McDonald	CC2/DS	44
5	Jim Willis	CCU	40
6	Joe Strong	SLS	38
7	Nelson Dean	DS	36
8	Cliff Bell	CCU	35
9	Elbert Williams	DS/LOW	35
10	Bert Hunter	SLS	34

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	St. Louis Stars	NNL	22	12	.647	55	35		19	3	2	311.0	141	116	290	12	111	188	2		7	1311	3.36	132
2	Cleveland Cubs	NNL	16	17	.485	53	33		20	2	0	282.0	167	129	296	16	95	162	5		6	1220	4.12	104
3	Detroit Stars	NNL	20	25	.444	61	45		34	3	0	379.0	253	180	462	14	135	182	4		17	1727	4.27	100
4	Indianapolis ABCs	NNL	21	24	.467	68	45		26	3	0	376.2	236	181	366	17	162	200	5		10	1639	4.32	98
5	Louisville White Sox	NNL	14	16	.467	37	30		24	0	1	251.1	159	127	280	10	80	88	1		10	1121	4.55	97
6	Chicago Columbia Giants	NNL	6	11	.353	23	18		13	2	0	163.2	114	87	181	5	76	73	0		10	748	4.78	82
	6	1	99	105	.485	297	206		136	13	3	1763.2	1070	820	1875	74	659	893	17		60	7766	4.18	102

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Malvin Powell	CC2	RP	0	1	.000	2	1		1	0	0	28.0	9	4	20	0	10	13	0		4	113	1.29	306
2	Logan Hensley	SLS	RP	4	2	.667	10	6		6	2	0	66.1	14	12	67	0	16	24	0		0	272	1.63	272
3	Nelson Dean	DS	SP	7	3	.700	11	10		9	1	0	91.2	39	21	102	3	17	36	0		1	384	2.06	207
4	George Mitchell	AB2	RP	7	2	.778	13	3		3	0	0	67.1	23	17	45	2	16	26	1		2	259	2.27	186
5	Luther McDonald	CC2/DS	SP	6	4	.600	13	9		9	2	0	95.1	34	24	106	1	19	44	0		4	400	2.27	181
6	Elbert Williams	DS/LOW	SP	3	2	.600	6	6		4	0	0	43.2	24	14	48	0	24	35	0		4	207	2.89	151
7	Ray Brown	AB2	SP	7	6	.538	16	14		12	1	0	117.2	55	37	97	2	36	79	0		3	482	2.83	149
8	Joe Strong	SLS	SP	4	3	.571	11	8		4	0	1	60.1	27	21	52	1	22	38	0		3	260	3.13	142
9	Ted Trent	SLS	RP	4	3	.571	14	7		3	1	1	66.2	28	24	46	3	24	52	1		2	264	3.24	137
10	Alto Lane	AB2	SP	4	3	.571	10	10		4	2	0	58.2	29	21	61	1	23	25	0		3	260	3.22	131
11	Bert Hunter	SLS	SP	5	2	.714	8	6		4	0	0	56.0	28	23	51	5	21	34	0		2	235	3.70	120
12	Lefty Capers*	LOW	SP	6	4	.600	10	10		10	0	0	84.0	43	36	77	2	29	19	0		1	358	3.86	114
13	Bill McCall*	DS	SP	2	6	.250	9	7		4	0	0	54.0	35	25	60	1	23	23	1		1	239	4.17	102
14	Percy Miller*	CCU	SP	3	2	.600	8	6		3	0	0	38.2	24	19	41	4	19	26	3		1	172	4.42	97
15	Roosevelt Davis	SLS/AB2	RP	2	4	.333	7	4		3	0	0	50.1	34	25	60	5	23	27	2		0	230	4.47	95
16	Cliff Bell	CCU	RP	3	4	.429	11	7		2	0	0	59.1	41	31	56	3	24	35	1		2	257	4.70	91
17	Leroy Matlock*	SLS	SP	4	1	.800	8	8		2	0	0	50.2	35	28	56	0	25	33	0		0	226	4.97	89
18	Willie Powell	DS	SP	5	9	.357	16	14		11	2	0	92.0	68	50	102	4	38	56	2		8	430	4.89	87
19	Clarence White*	LOW	SP	2	4	.333	8	6		5	0	1	55.1	39	31	69	2	9	25	1		2	249	5.04	87
20	Jim Willis	CCU	SP	5	4	.556	12	8		6	0	0	69.0	44	39	86	5	18	40	0		1	309	5.09	84
21	Willie Gisentaner*	LOW	SP	2	4	.333	6	5		4	0	0	40.2	36	29	58	5	10	13	0		1	190	6.42	68

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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