{"id":33032,"date":"2019-10-08T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/?p=33032"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T14:19:07","slug":"negro-leagues-db-update-1929-nnl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/08\/negro-leagues-db-update-1929-nnl\/","title":{"rendered":"Negro Leagues DB Update: 1929 NNL"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we\u2019ve added the 1929 Negro National League<\/a> to the database, where it joins the 1929 American Negro League (the east coast league) for a complete view<\/a> of the black majors in that year. This update also includes the 1923 Harrisburg Giants<\/a> and 1924<\/a>–1925<\/a> Homestead Grays, both courtesy of Scott Simkus<\/strong>, along with new games for several other seasons, notably a 1932 series between the Pittsburgh Crawfords and a team of major league all-stars.<\/p>\n

The 1929 Kansas City Monarchs<\/a> managed to wrest the NNL pennant from the St. Louis Stars, with player-manager Bullet Rogan<\/strong><\/a> leading the way. In 1928<\/a> Rogan had been both the Monarchs\u2019 best pitcher and best hitter; in 1929 he stepped down as a pitcher, but continued in center field as the team\u2019s top everyday player, hitting .359\/.449\/.571. The 22-year-old Chet Brewer<\/strong><\/a> (15-2, 1.93) replaced Rogan as the ace of an incredibly good pitching staff, which also included William Bell<\/strong><\/a> (14-4, 3.29) and the southpaws Andy Cooper<\/strong><\/a> (15-4, 3.52) and Alfred \u201cArmy\u201d Cooper<\/strong><\/a> (11-3, 3.08). The Monarchs won 66 and lost only 17 for a .788 winning percentage, better than any other pennant winner in the 1920s.<\/p>\n

In winning both halves of the split season, Kansas City did away with the need for a championship series. Unfortunately the leagues could not come to an agreement about the postseason, so there was no World Series matchup with the ANL champion Baltimore Black Sox.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the 1929 NNL saw some remarkable totals compiled by players. The Black Barons\u2019 Satchel Paige<\/strong><\/a>, who turned 23 in July, struck out 189 batters in 185 innings, easily the most Ks ever recorded by a pitcher in one season against black professional competition. The second place St. Louis Stars could console themselves with Willie Wells<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 26 home runs and 116 runs scored, as well as Cool Papa Bell<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 49 stolen bases, all single-season blackball records (as far as we know at the moment). Branch Russell<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 63 walks matches Henry Kimbro<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 1948 record.<\/p>\n

Our presentation of the 1929 NNL is based on the work of Larry Lester<\/strong>, Wayne Stivers<\/strong>, and the Negro League Researchers and Authors Group. We still don\u2019t have fielding stats, HRs allowed by pitchers, and some other details, but those will be added in the future.<\/p>\n

If all that weren\u2019t enough, this update also features yet another major addition: the 1940 Mexican League<\/a>. Kevin Johnson<\/strong> will be along in the next day or so with a post about that.<\/p>\n

Next up for the DB: 1926, 1927, and 1930 Negro National League, 1932 Negro Southern League, and more Mexican League seasons.<\/p>\n

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Chet Brewer, William Bell, and Andy Cooper of the 1929 Kansas City Monarchs.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week we\u2019ve added the 1929 Negro National League to the database, where it joins the 1929 American Negro League (the east coast league) for a complete view of the black majors in that year. This update also includes the 1923 Harrisburg Giants and 1924–1925 Homestead Grays, both courtesy of Scott Simkus, along with new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,16162,4235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-negro-lgs","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t