Negro League data [Archive]

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:16 PM

Here are Beckwith's Macmillan stats:

Year--G--AB--H--D--T-HR-SB-AVE-SLG
1920-15-046-10-01-01-00-01-217-283
1921-34-113-45-05-04-04-00-398-619
1922-48-159-48-11-02-03-03-302-453
1923-60-232-75-19-09-13-05-323-651
1924-33-119-48-08-01-07-07-403-664
1925-47-174-70-14-01-14-02-402-736
1926-34-119-43-07-01-09-01-361-664
1927-46-188-63-13-02-07-01-335-537
1928-(no data)
1929-40-163-62-10-02-11-06-380-669
1930-50-200-96-10-03-19-00-480-845
1931-51-190-66-03-00-16-00-316-616
1932-03-012-04-01-00-01-00-333-667
1933-02-009-04-00-00-00-00-444-444
1934-12-011-03-01-00-00-00-273-364
1935-01-004-00-00-00-00-00-000-000
tot-476-1739-637-103-26-104-26-366-635
John Beckwith data

From Holway

1917 .000 for Chi Giants; ss
1918 no data
1919 .188 for Chi Giants; c
1920 .280 for Chi Giants; ut
1921 .355 for Chi Giants; ss
1922 .305 for Chi Am Giants; ut
1923 .330 for Chi Am Giants, 24 2b, 9 3b, 14 hr; 3b (should be, but isn’t, all star)
1924 .382 for Bal Black Sox, 5 hr, 16 hr/550 BA leads league; ss (should be, but isn’t, all-star)
3-8, .375 with 2 HR vs. Phil A’s
1925 .406 for Bal Black Sox, 24 HR lead league, 22 2b, 50 hr/550 ab; ss, Holway all star, MVP
(constructed batting line, 264 ab, 107 hits, 22 2b, 8? 3b, 24 hr, .406 ba, .822 slg)
1926 .311 for Harrisburg Giants, 3 triples; 3b, Holway all star (as dh)
1927 .362 for Harrisburg Giants, .(223 for a few games with Homestead Grays), 9 hr, 18 2b, 16 hr/550 ab; 3b, Holway all star (constructed batting line, 309 ab, 112 hits, 18 2b, 6? 3b, 9 hr, .362 ba, .547 slg)
2-10 vs. major-league All-Stars
1928 .240 for Homestead Grays; ss
2-17 vs. major-league competition
1929 .439 for Homestead Grays, 15 hr, 25 hr/550 (330 ab, 23? 2b, 7? 3b, 15 hr, .439 ba, 144 hits, .684 slg) ; ut
1930 .493 for NY Lincoln Giants, 6 hr, 47 hr/550 ab; 3b, Holway all star, missed time with broken ankle
1-8 in playoff vs. Homestead
1931 .350 for Baltimore & Newark Browns, 16 hr, 7 2b, 53 hr/550 ab); 3b, Holway all-star
5-10 vs. major-league all stars
1932 no data (teams he played for were not in the East-West league)
1933 .391 for NY Black Yankees; 3b
1934 .286 for NY Black Yankees; 3b
1935 no data, listed in Riley as playing for the Grays, but apparently not a regular

Career data
.352 lifetime avg. 767-2176 according to Holway
mean avg. 1919-34 = .366
19-60 vs. major-league competition (.319)
80 hr in 2198 ab, according to Holway

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:17 PM

Cool Papa Bell Data

Teams

22-31 St. Louis Stars, 32 Det/KC/Homestead, 33-38 Pgh Crawfords, 37 Santa Domingo, 38-41 Mexico, 42 Chi Am Giants, 43-46 Homestead Grays

Seasonal Data from Holway

1922 No data
1923 3-1 as pitcher for Stl Stars
1924 .316 for Stl; 9 sb (4th); cf
1925 .348 for Stl; 29 2b (1st), 23 sb (1st); cf; all-star
10-33 in playoff vs. KC
1926 .355 for Stl; 17 hr (5th), 23 hr/550 (5th), 24 2b (4th), 23 sb (1st); cf, all-star
1927 .318 for Stl; 18 2b (4th), 13 sb (2nd); cf
1928 .332 for Stl; 6 3b (5th); cf
11-27 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
51-157 in Cuban Play
1929 .309 for Stl; 25 2b (2nd), 28 sb (2nd); cf, all-star
3-17 in World Series vs. Homestead
6-22 vs. major-league competition
1930 .362 for Stl; 17 2b (5th), 15 sb (4th); lf, all-star
1931 .330 for Stl; cf, all-star
1-2 vs. major-league competition
1932 .318 for Det/Pgh,/Hom, . ba 4th; cf, ut, all-star
396 for KC; 5 3b (3rd), 4 sb (2nd); cf, all-star (all-star in both East-West and South in 32)
0-3 vs. major-league competition
1933 .339 for Pgh; 15 2b (4th), 9 3b (3rd), 7 sb (3rd); cf
2-6 in playoff vs. Nashville
1934 .364 for Pgh; 5 in ba, 7 sb (1st); cf
1935 .320 for Pgh; 10 2b (4th), 8 3b (2nd), 9 sb (1st); lf
3-24 in playoff vs. NY Cubans
5-16 vs. major-league competition
1936 .301 for Pgh; cf
8-19 vs. major-league competition
3-13 vs. major-league competition
1937 .120 for Pgh; ut (spent most of season in Santa Domingo)
21-66 in Santa Domingo
1938 no data for NeL
.356 in Mexican League – In Mexico through 1941
1939 In Mexico
1940 In Mexico, 167-382, .437 (1st), 12 hr (1st), 17 hr/550 (4th)
41-168 in Cuban Play
1941 In Mexico, 132-421, .314, 12 hr (4th), 15 hr/550 (5th)
1942 .373 for Chi Am Giants; cf
1943 .297 for Homestead; 3 sb (4th); lf
8-26 in World Series vs. Birmingham
1944 .274 for Homestead; 9 2b (3rd), 4 3b (4th); lf
6-23 in World Series vs. Birmingham
1945 .253 for Homestead; 5 2b (4th); lf
4-13 in World Series vs. Buckeyes
1946 .447 for Homestead; lf, all-star

Career, according to Holway
1561-4754, .328
73 hr., 8/550 ab
52-152 vs. major-league competition
Mean avg. 320 for 19 seasons with statistics

Career data from MacMillan 10th edition
943 g, 3707 ab, 1248 hits, 194 2b, 64 3b, 63 hr, 143 sb, .337 ba, .475 slg
Season Team AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg
1928-29 Cienfuegos 157 44 51 10 7 5 -- 17 .325
1929-30 Cienfuegos 220 52 57 14 4 3 -- -- .259
1930-f Cienfuegos 16 2 4 1 1 1 -- -- .250
1930-w Cienfuegos 38 9 13 0 1 0 -- 2 .342
1940-41 Almendares 138 24 41 5 3 2 16 11 .297

Notes:

1928-29 -- Led league in runs, home runs, and stolen bases. On New Year’s Day hit 3 inside-the-park home runs at spacious Aida Park in Cienfuegos.

1929-30 -- Led league in at-bats, runs, and doubles. Cienfuegos won the pennant race; Figueredo’s text says Bell won the MVP award, though the list of MVP winners shows Bell’s teammate Willie Wells (.322, 43 runs) for that year.

1930-f -- Regular season ended after 5 games because of dispute about new stadium (La Tropical) lease.

1930-w -- A short special season (Unico) was played in place of incomplete regular season; Cienfuegos played 9 games.

The feature of his Cuban League record that seems remarkable to me is his high rate of runs scored relative to hits. It suggests a) he must have been drawing quite a few walks, and b) it seems unlikely that he was thrown out much on the bases
I wasn't sure if anybody else has the Mexican League encyclopedia. Here are Bell's stats there, which also give us some W/K data:

YR--G---AB--H---D--T-HR--R--RBI-W--K-HP-SH-SB-AVE-SLG
38-040-160-051-07-06-06-051-17-20-12--1--1-09-356-588
39-058-226-080-16-02-05-055-24-26-19--1--6-12-354-509
40-089-382-167-29-15-12-119-79-45-24--0--3-28-437-686
41-100-421-132-21-15-04-085-48-65-26--1--4-14-314-463

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:18 PM

Chet Brewer

A big challenge in analyzing Brewer is the portion of his career that may be undocumented.

Here's his career line from Macmillan 8th:

Chet Brewer
1925-1932 NeL
1933 in semipro ball
1934-37 NeL (no data for 1934-35)
1938-40 "Latin America,"
1941 NeL,
1942-45 "Latin America,"
1946-48 NeL

89-63, .596. 166 g, 115 gs, 97 cg, 1110 ip, 1075 hits, 283 bb, 552 k, 14 so, 3 sv

If some of that Latin American play is in Mexico, we should be able to get stats, but if it isn't, we won't. 5. Dr. Chaleeko Posted: May 06, 2005 at 04:28 PM (#1317359)
Here's what Riley's got for him:

1924Gilkerson's Union Giants
1925KC Monarchs
1926KC Monarchs (11-3)
1927KC Monarchs (8-7)
1928KC Monarchs (7-9)
1929KC Monarchs (17-3)
1930KC Monarchs (15-11 from 30-32)
1931KC Monarchs/Crookstone MN
1932KC Monarchs/Washington Pilots
1933KC Monarchs
1934KC Monarchs
1935KC Monarchs/Brooklyn Royal Giants/Bismark ND
1936NY Cubans (5-2)/Bismark, ND
1937Dominican Republic (2-3)/Post Tourney
1938Mexican League (8-3, 1.82)
1939Mexican League (16-6, 2.50)
1940KC Monarchs
1941KC Monarchs/Philadelphia Stars
1942Cleveland Buckeyes
1943Cleveland Buckeyes
1944Mexican League (8-12, 5.11)
1945?????
1946KC Monarchs/Cleveland Buckeyes
1947Cleveland Buckeyes (12-6)
1948Cleveland Buckeyes (5-5)
1949Cleveland Buckeyes

Lifetime Lg Total: 127-79, .617

Also
1930-1931Cuba
1933Toured Orient
????Panama
????Panama
1947Caguas (PR Lg) (7-3)
Chet Brewer Data from Holway

1925 4-1 for KC; team 63-20. #6 on team in dec.. +0.22 WAT
1926 14-1 for KC; 3rd in wins, 1st in wp, 75 K 2nd in league; team 65-19, #3 on team in dec. +2.19 WAT
1927 9-6 for KC; team 58-33, #3 (tie) on team in dec., –0.67 WAT
1928 7-9 for KC; team 49-32; #3 on team in dec., -3.34 WAT
1929 17-3 for KC; 2nd in wins, 1st in wp, 1st in TRA,; all-star, GSA; team 66-14, #2 on team in dec., +0.67 WAT
1930 13-10 for KC; 5th in wins, 109 K 2nd in league; team 54-33, #1 on team in dec., -1.7 WAT
1931 2-2 for KC; team 21-6, #3 on team in dec. (tie), -1.3 WAT
1932 5-6 total (2-6 for WAS; 3-0 for KC), #4 on WAS in dec, team 16-35, -0.49 WAT, #2 on KC in dec. (tie), team 9-5, +1.36 WAT
1933 No data for KC (barnstorming)
1934 No data for KC (barnstorming)
1935 No data for KC (barnstorming)
1936 5-7 for NY Cubans; #1 on team in dec., team 25-22, -1.9 WAT
1937 Santa Domingo (2-3)
1938 MeL (8-3)
1939 MeL (16-6)
1940 Macmillan says “Latin America”; Riley says KC; Holway has no NeL data, could have toured with the KC “B”Team. Was he in the MeL?
1941 2-6 total (0-1 for KC, 2-5 for PHI), #5 on KC in dec., team 24-6, -0.83 WAT, #2 on PHI in dec. (3-way tie), team 12-28, -.12 WAT
1942 No data. Macmillan says “Latin America,” Riley says Cleveland. Was he in the MeL?
1943 No data. Macmillan says “Latin America,” Riley says Cleveland.
1944 MeL (8-12)
1945 No data. Macmillan says “Latin America.” Riley says nothing.
1946 9-10 total (7-9 for CLE; 2-1 for CHI), #1 on CLE in dec., team 19-25, +0.14 WAT; #5 on CHI in team dec., team 19-21, +0.62 WAT
1947 12-6 for CLE, 1st in league in wins, 2nd in TRA, 3rd in K (91); team 44-17, #1 on team in dec., -1.40 WAT
1948 5-5 for CLE, 5th in league in TRA (3.22); team 26-27, #3 on team in dec., +0.12 WAT

Adding seasonal totals gives a record of 104-72, .591
Holway’s All-Time Victories list puts him at 87-63, .589 (ah, the discrepancies)
Brewer collected black or gray ink in 1926, 1929, 1930, 1947, 1948
His career wins above team are –7.8 .

Chet Brewer's Mexican League stats

Yr--W--L--ERA--G---IP---H--BB--SO-HB-WP
38-17-05-1.88-22-182.3-124-53-153--3-02
39-12-07-2.50-26-176.3-129-48-122--5-01
44-03-12-5.10-28-146.3-161-73-042--0-10

Totals:
W-32
L-24
ERA-3.03
G-76
IP-505
H-434
BB-174
SO-317
HB-8
WP-13

In the California Winter League, Brewer's record over 13 seasons was 43-13.

Comparing some of the top NeL pitchers in this league:

Chet Brewer 43-13
Andy Cooper 22-6
Reuben Currie 26-19
Bill Foster 24-1 (!)
Robert Griffith 20-2
Satchel Paige 56-7
Andrew Porter 23-6
Bullet Rogan 42-14
Jim Willis 41-10

From 1931 to 1936, Paige was 50-2 (!!); his record is brought down by a 6-5 record from 1943-47.

Not all pitchers have complete strikeout and innings pitched records; of these, the only ones whose records are complete are:

Currie, 162 K, 94 W, 402 IP
Griffith, 228 K, 29+ W, 214 IP
Paige, 770 K, 138+ W (2 seasons with 121 IP are missing walks), 572 IP
Rogan, 351 K, 189 W, 516 IP
I haven't posted them yet, but I've gotten as far as I can go on the career leaderboards.

Anyway, so here's where Brewer falls on the Holway-based career U.S. NgL leaderboards.

WINS 14th with 104

LOSSES 11th with 73

DECISIONS 12th with 177

WINNING PCT .588
(50+ decisions) 45th
(25+ decisions) 67th
(10+ decisions) 105th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISION 20.23%
(50+ decisions) 42nd
(25+ decisions) 60th
(10+ decisions) 89th

WAT 795th (out of 812)at -6.3

WAT PER DECISION -0.35
(50+ decisions) 90th (of 122)
(25+ decisions) 138th (of 205)
(10+ decisions) 211th (of 335) 24. Dr. Chaleeko Posted: May 22, 2005 at 03:32 PM (#1354572)
Brewer's place on seasonal wins leaderboards

1926: 3rd most wins in NNL with 14, 6th in NgLs.

1929: t-2nd most wins in NNL with 17, t-3rd most wins in NgLs.

1930: 4th most wins in NNL with 13, 5th most in NgLs.

1946: 2nd in NAL with 8 wins, t-6th most wins in NgLs.

1947: Led NAL with 12 wins, t-2nd most wins in NgLs.

More information:

1930: t-4th most losses in NNL and NgLs.

1936: t-4th most losses in NgLs.

1941: t-4th most losses in NNL, t-3rd most losses in NgLs (was with two teams).

1946: Led NAL and NgLs in losses.

1947: Led NAL and was 4th in NgLs in losses.

1948: t-4th most losses in NAL and t-5th in NgLs.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:20 PM

Dave Brown Data

From Riley
1920 10-2
1921 11-3
1922 8-3
1923 4-7

17-12 in three Cuban seasons
7-3 in 1923/4 Cuban league

From Holway
1918 No Data
1919 No Data
1920 11-4, 2.71 TRA for Chi Am Giants; Holway all star
1921 11-3, 2.18 TRA for Chi Am Giants; Holway all star
2-2 in World Series vs. Hilldale & Bacharach Giants
1922 16-7, 3.04 TRA for Chi Am Giants; Holway all star
2-0 with 0.82 TRA in World Series vs. Bacharachs
4-3 in Cuban Play
1923 7-9, 3.86 TRA for NY Lincoln Giants
4-2 in Cuban Play
1924 22-11 (no TRA) for NY Lincoln Giants
2-4 in Cuban play
1925 No Data

PLACEMENT OF DAVE BROWN ON HOLWAY-BASED LEADERBOARDS

WINS 29th with 67 wins

LOSSES 66th with 34 losses

DECISIONS 40th with 101

WIN PCT .663
(Minimum 50+ decisions) 16th
(Minimum 25+ decisions) 27th
(Minimum 10+ decisions) 49th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 28.8%
(Minimum 50+ decisions) 5th
(Minimum 25+ decisions) 9th
(Minimum 10+ decisions) 21st

WAT 18th with 10.9

WAT/DECISION .107
(Minimum 50+ decisions) 16th
(Minimum 25+ decisions) 29th
(Minimum 10+ decisions) 52nd

PLACEMENT ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1920 t-5th in NNL with 11 wins.

1921 t-7th in NNL with 11 wins.

1922 t-4th in NNL with 16 wins.

1923 4th in ECL with 7 wins, t-8th in NgLs.

1924 2nd in NgLs and ECL with 22 wins.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:21 PM

Ray Brown Data, from Holway

Born February 23, 1908

Teams: 1930 Dayton Marcos, 1931 Indianapolis ABCs, 1932 Detroit Wolves & Homestead Grays, 1933-45 Homestead Grays, Mexico 1939 and 1946-49

1930 no data; Riley has him pitching for Dayton, a non-league (lesser) team
1931 11-8; team 43-23, #1 in dec. , -1.9 WAT
2nd in wins
1932 4-3 for Det, 7-3 for Homestead; Det 30-12, Home 54-28; #3 in dec. –0.7 WAT
1933 6-2; team 12-3, #1 in dec. –0.9 WAT
3rd in wp, 1st in TRA,
1934 13-4; team 32-34 #1 in dec. 6.4 WAT
5th in wins, 4th in wp
1935 12-4; team 30-29 #1 in dec. 5.3 WAT
2nd in wins, 3rd in wp, 4th in TRA, 3rd in K, all-star
1936 8-6; team 19-26, #1 in dec. 3.0 WAT
1937 9-4, team 31-15, #1 in dec., 0.3 WAT
3rd in wins, 3rd in K;
1938 15-0, team 27-10 #1 in dec. 6.8 WAT
1st in wins, 1st in wp, 1st in TRA, all-star, GSA
1939 6-3, team 17-12, #1 in dec. 1.1 WAT
5th in wins, 5th in wp
Also pitched in Mexico
1940 20-4; team 42-23, #1 in dec., 7.1 WAT
1st in wins, 3rd in wp, 1st in TRA, 1st in K, all-star, GSA
1941 12-6*, team 27-17, #1 in dec. (tie) 1.6 WAT
2nd in wins, 2nd in wp, 4th in TRA, 3rd in K,
1942 13-4, team 27-15, #1 in dec. 3.5 WAT
2nd in wins, 2nd in wp, 4th in TRA
1943 8-1, team 44-14, #3 in dec. 1.5 WAT
4th in wins, 1st in wp, 4th in TRA
1944 9-3, team 32-9, #1 in dec. –0.5 WAT
2nd in wins, 2nd in wp, 1st in TRA
1945 4-1, team 32-7, #4 in dec., -0.1 WAT
1946-1949 no data, pitched in Mexico

*Holway’s data is conflicting here. The league leaderboards list Brown as 14-6, but in the team data he shows up as 12-6. I’ve gone with 12-6 here, but there’s no telling in this case which is correct.

Career Totals

157-54, .744 wp
32.5 WAT
Holway’s own totals are 146-55, .726

RAY BROWN IN MEXICO

Please consult the Re-evaluating Negro League Pitchers thread for league and team data for Brown. Generally, however, I can say this
-1946: He was probably a little below league average as he was below his team’s average in ERA and other rates. This was the only good team he played for in Mexico.
-1947: His ERA was below his team’s, his K and BB rates were not as good as his mates, but his H/9 was lower than the team. Roughly league average.
-1948: Two teams. My own estimated team splits show him as having a very good 36 innings in comparison to his teammates at Veracruz but showing the same pattern as 1947 in 117 innings with Tampico, namely a lower ERA that is driven by a lower H/9 than team, despite worse K and BB numbers.
-1949: Appears to be an excellent season. He creams his teammates in ERA, K rate, BB rate, and H/9, while going 15-11 for a 41-43 team.

YEAR 1946 1947 1948 1949
TEAM TAM TAM TAM/VER MEX
W 13 10 13 15
L 9 12 4 11
G 31 28 28 32
GS n/a 22 18 28
CG 16 15 9 15
SHO 1 0 2 4
INN 204 194.7 153 231.3
H 199 190 132 226
ER 80 70 55 83
BB 93 92 65 92
K 93 47 55 118

ERA 3.53 3.24 3.24 3.23
K/9 4.10 2.17 3.24 4.59
BB/9 4.10 4.25 3.82 3.58
K/BB 1.00 0.51 0.85 1.28
H/9 8.78 8.78 7.76 8.79
WAT 0.17 0.15 5.11 3.34

RAY BROWN'S SINGLE-SEASON LEADERBOARD PLACEMENTS

WINS
1931: 2nd in NNL, 3rd in NgLs
1932: 7th in East, 10th in NgLs
1934: 4th in EWL
1935: 2nd in EWL
1936: 4th in NNL
1937: 4th in NNL
1938: 1st in NNL and NgLs
1939: 5th in NNL and 8th in NgLs
1940: 1st in NNL and NgLs
1941: 3rd in NNL and NgLs
1942: 2nd in NNL and NgLs
1943: 4th in NNL and 5th in NgLs
1944: 2nd in NNL and 4th in NgLs
1945: 5th in NNL and 10th in NgLs
1946: 5th in MXL
1947: 10th in MXL
1948: 4th in MXL
1949: 5th in MXL

Meanwhile, he only placed in the top 10 in losses six times (1931, 1936, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1949), and three of them were in his twiglight years in Mexico.

Decisions? Top ten every season from 1931-1949 except for 1933 and 1945.

His top 8 WAT scores include
7.1
6.8
6.4
5.3
5.1
3.5
3.4
3.0
===
40.6

His worst 8 WAT scores
-1.7
-.9
-.7
-.7
-.5
-.1
+.2
+.2
+0.3
+1.1
+1.5
===
-1.3

So even in his bad seasons, he was extremely close tothe league average.
I guess Brown’s Cuban League statistics haven’t been posted yet, so I thought I’d post them.

Ray Brown pitched 5 seasons in Cuba. His first season, 1936-37, was arguably the greatest season ever by a pitcher in the Cuban League, at least according to the limited statistics that are available. He went 21-4, setting the all-time record for victories in a season, for a team that with its other pitchers went 16-28. He nearly single-handedly led his team, Santa Clara, to a tie for the lead at the end of the season, resulting in a 3-game playoff against Martín Dihigo's Marianao team. In the first game Brown beat Dihigo 6 to 1, but Marianao won the second game 4 to 2. In game 3, Brown again squared off against Dihigo with only two days rest, but this time Marianao won the game, and the pennant, 7 to 3. Reminiscent of Chesbro, 1904.

Brown's next two Cuban seasons were also very successful. Brown was the top pitcher on the pennant-winning team each season, though he received considerably more support as Santa Clara added Sam Bankhead, Lázaro Salazar, Bob Griffith, and (in 1938-39) Josh Gibson.

His last two seasons in Cuba, 1945-46 and 47-48, he had only a few decisions, so it is likely that he was being used quite a bit in relief.

Here’s his pitching record:
Year Team G CG W L Tm W* Tm L Tm Pct Pennant WAT
36-37 Santa Clara 26 23 21 4 37 32 .536 11.9
37-38 Santa Clara 20 14 12 5 35 18 .660 * 1.1
38-39 Santa Clara 22 16 11 7 34 20 .630 * -0.5
45-46 Almendares 15 4 2 2 29 31 .483 0.1
45-46 Marianao 3 0 0 1 23 37 .383 -0.4
45-46 Total 18 4 2 3 -0.3
47-48(PF) Cuba 1 0 0 0 46 45 .505 -
47-48(PF) Santiago 2 0 0 1 7 14 .333 -0.4
47-48(PF) Total 3 0 0 1 -0.4
Total 89 57 46 20 11.9
* Excludes games won/lost by forfeit: 1937-38 (9-W)

Notes:
1936-37 Set all-time Cuban League record for most wins in a season (21). Led league in percentage (.840), complete games (23), and wins (21). Pitched a no-hit, no-run game.
1937-38 Led league in percentage (.706), complete games (14); tied for lead in wins (12).
1938-39 Led league in complete games (16).
1947-48(PF) Players Federation - an independent league that operated for one season. Santiago dropped out part way through season.

Ray Brown was also a very good hitter, which can be seen in his batting statistics. He hit for a good average and with power; 6 home runs in 353 at-bats is particularly impressive in Cuba, where the ballparks were huge and home runs were rare. (Batting stats for his last two seasons were not available in Figueredo.)
Year AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg
36-37 132 23 41 5 2 1 27 2 .311
37-38 86 11 22 0 1 4 14 - .256
38-39 135 17 31 4 2 1 23 1 .230
Total 353 51 94 9 5 6 64 3 .266

Notes:
1937-38 – Tied for league lead in home runs hit (4).

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:22 PM

Willard Brown Just a reminder that this is material quoted from another board and not my words or thoughts
Born June 26, 1911, so a little older than I thought when he came up.

1934: Signed to minor league Monroe Monarchs

1935: Signed to the KC Monarchs, played SS, no data.

1936: 11 for 30 in seven league contests; t-5th in the league in AVG.

1937: .361 average; Led NAL in HR (9), HR/550 (24), doubles (13), triples (8); 6 SB tied for fourth, though KC may have been only team reported.
-8/20 in playoff series
-1/2 in WS (with CHI)
-5/13 vs. White players
-8/55 in Cuba.

1938: Switched to CF for KC. Led league in HR (6), HR/550 (29), SB (10); Second in league with 3 triples and fifth in AVG (.362).

1939: CF. Led league in doubles (9) and SB (3); Second in HR (2); Third in HR/550 (9); Fifth in AVG (.343).

1940: Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, OF. 294 ABs, .354, 18 doubles, 4 triples, 8 HR, 61 RBI, 10 BB, 15 K, 13 SB, .524 SLG.

1941: a) Mexico, Aguila, OF. 125 ABs, .256, 7 doubles, 0 tirples, 2 HR, 24 RBI, 4 BB, 5 K, 5 SB, .360 SLG

b) KC, CF. 1st in HR (2), doubles (4), HR/550 (11); 2nd in triples (4); fourth in AVG (.347)

c) 2nd in P.R. Winter League with .409 avg.

1942: KC, LF, led league in HR (9), HR/550 (24), SB (3); second in triples (3); third in doubles (4), .310 average.
-7/17 in playoffs
-2/3 vs. whites.

1943: KC, CF. Led league in HR (6); second in HR/550 (28); third in doubles (5), .309 average.

1944-1945: Military service.

1946: KC, LF, Led league in HR (13), HR/550 (102!!!), second in AVG (.348), third in SB (13) [no data on doubles and triples]
-Playoff 7/29
-P.R. Winter league: 99/124 (.390) to lead league in average.

1947: a) KC, CF. hit .336.
b) MLB, you know the story.
c) P.R. Winter League, 101/234 (.432) to lead league, 27 HR to lead league.

1948: KC, CF. Led league in HR (18), HR/550 (101!!!); second in SB (13); third in doubles (20) and AVG (.374).
-P.R. Winter League. .323 AVG. and 18 HR (per Riley).

Holway numbers end, we're in Riley territory now.

1949: .371 AVG
-P.R. Winter League: 16 HR, .353 AVG.

1950: Border League, Ottowa. .352 AVG, 1 HR, 18 RBI*
-P.R. Winter League. 14 HR, .325 AVG.

1951: P.R. Winter League. .295.

1952: P.R. Winter League. .342.

1953: Texas League, Dallas. Hit .310 with 23 HR, 108 RBI.
-P.R. Winter League. .265.

1954: Texas League, Houston. Hit .314, 25 HR (another source, http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/majorleaguers.htm, says 35 HR), 120 RBI.

1955: Texas League. Hit .301, 19 HR, 104.

1956: a) Texas League, Austin, San Antonio, Tulsa. Hit .299, 14 HR, 73 RBI.
b) Western League, Topeka. Hit .294 with 3 HR, 14 RBI.
-P.R. Winter League, Santurce. .261, 2 HR, 23 AB, 5 RBI.

1957: Mandak League, Minot. .307 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI

*per http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/majorleaguers.htm

Brown's Puerto Rican Record:
YEAR-AB-R-H-2B-3B-HR-RBI-BA-SA
41-42 122 22 050 13 04 04 26 .409 .680
46-47 254 44 099 25 04 09 50 .390 .626
47-48 234 79 101 20 05 27 86 .432 .906
48-49 294 59 095 20 03 18 69 .323 .595
49-50 331 65 117 21 06 16 97 .354 .598
50-51 305 57 099 19 03 14 76 .325 .544
51-52 112 14 033 04 01 04 22 .295 .455
52-53 114 20 039 07 00 03 20 .342 .482
56-57 023 02 006 00 00 02 05 .261 .522
TOT 1940 378 679 135 27 101 473 .350 .604

NOTES
Played with Santurce every year except the first.
1941-42 Finished 2nd in BA (behind Josh Gibson)
1946-47 Finished 1st in R, H, BA.
1947-48 Finished 1st in R, HR, RBI, BA (Triple Crown) also finished just 1 behind the league leaders in H (101-102) and 2B (20-21).
1948-49 Finished tied for 1st in HR.
1949-50 Finished 1st in H, HR, RBI, BA (Triple Crown) and second in 2B.
1950-51 Finished 1st in RBI, 2nd in HR, 3rd in H

Of course, the most interesting thing about his PRWL career is the 1947-48 season which is pretty much entirely out of context with the rest of his PR career. He won the Triple Crown counting stats by enormous margins [27 HR to 13 (2nd), 86 RBI to 58 (2nd)] with a ridiculous .906 SA which was bettered only by the great Josh Gibson in a much shorter season.

Here are Brown's stats in the Texas League, along with league totals:

Yr age g ab h d t hr r rbi bb so sb ave oba slg
53 Brown 38 138 522 162 36 2 23 91 108 35 52 3 310 354 519
53 TexLg 620 41197 10635 1947 258 855 5486 5042 5120 5389 474 258 340 380
54 Brown 39 144 583 183 36 5 35 92 120 35 56 2 314 353 573
54 TexLg 644 42963 11209 1928 331 957 6006 5498 5231 6321 455 261 341 388
55 Brown 40 149 544 164 34 4 19 73 104 39 42 3 301 348 483
55 TexLg 646 42403 10790 1928 243 947 5594 5218 5191 6031 411 254 336 378
56 Brown 41 104 351 105 17 0 14 50 73 36 36 2 299 364 467
56 TexLg 618 41714 11049 1848 270 1027 5972 5464 5028 5727 468 265 344 396

These are his teams and games played with each:
1953: Dallas
1954: Dallas 108, Houston 36
1955: Houston
1956: Tulsa 28, San Antonio 54, Austin 22

Taking a quick look at Willard Brown's stats in 'The Negro Leagues Book' (and ignoring Holway, who I feel is statistically unreliable) Please remember these are the words of the original author and not mine. At the very least, I feel the use of the term "statistically unreliable" is unduly harsh with respect to the dedicated work of John Holway. (Jim Albright) gives Brown:

AGE YEAR AB H 2B 3B HR BA SA SB
KANSAS CITY
22 1937 143 053 10 03 08 .371 .650 04
23 1938 104 037 03 03 06 .356 .615 10
24 1939 119 040 09 01 01 .336 .454 04
TOTAL-3 366 130 22 07 15 .355 .577 18
MEXICO
25 1940 294 104 18 04 08 .354 .524 13
KANSAS CITY
26 1941 089 030 05 04 03 .337 .584 02
27 1942 181 066 07 02 07 .365 .541 04
28 1943 113 039 06 02 06 .345 .593 ??
TOTAL-3 383 135 18 08 16 .352 .567 ??

[Note- The 'Negro Leagues Book' and Holway credit Brown with playing for Pueblo in the Mexican League in 1941. This is an error. Willard Brown did not play in Mexico in 1941 and the stats are actually those of Barney Brown. This may be responsible for a lot of your confusion.]

A few notes on these stats:

1) Brown did hit better in 1937 and 1938 than he did later. Of course, 1937 and 1938 are the first and second years of the Negro American League. The League was very unstable during those first two years and probably of a lesser overall quality. This could account for Brown's good 37 and 38 season or it may just be random fluctation.

2) Brown's 1940 Mexican League season fits right into the overall pattern of his statistics except for one thing:

1937-39 366 130 22 07 15 .355 .577
1940-40 294 104 18 04 08 .354 .524
1941-43 383 135 18 08 16 .352 .567

His home runs were down. But oddly enough, this is a pattern of Brown's career. In his first exposure to a new baseball League, Brown would either hit very poorly (for neither BA or power) such as in the Majors (.179 BA) or Cuba (.145) OR he would hit ok but without the expected power.

A good example of this is Brown's time in the Texas League. In 1953, the 38-year-old Brown played 138 games, hit .310, and knocked 23 HRs. In 1954, the 39-year-old Brown played 144 games, hit .314, and crunched 35 HRs. A quite amazing increase for a player of his age.

Brown had a reputation as a bad ball hitter, but I always like to think of his type of hitter as a 'recognition' hitter. In other words, Brown was a much better hitter against a pitcher once he got comfortable with the pitcher's delivery, style, and assortment of pitches [a modern guy like this would be Alfonso Soriano or Shea Hillenbrand].

In other words, Brown was probably a better hitter the more he saw of a pitcher.

3) The Negro Leagues, like the Major Leagues, began to have trouble with the quality of their baseballs in late 1942. Brown's 1942 and 1943 stats may or may not be effected by this and the short WW2 deadball era that lasted from 1942 and into 1946.

WORLD WAR 2

Brown spent 1944 and 1945 in the U.S Army. Of course, he got to play some ball as both he and Leon Day ended up playing in the U.S. Army's 1945 European Baseball Tournament on a integrated team against various Major League players.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:23 PM

Bill Byrd
Career leaderboard information for Bill Byrd

WINS 6th at 133

LOSSES 4th at 84

DECISIONS 3rd at 217

WINNING PCT .613
(50+ Decisions) 31st
(25+ Decisions) 50th
(10+ Decisions) 84th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 28.2%
(50+ Decisions) 9th
(25+ Decisions) 13th
(10+ Decisions) 25th

WAT 4th at 19.0

WAT PER DECISION .087
(50+ Decisions) 24th
(25+ Decisions) 40th
(10+ Decisions) 68th

APPEARANCES ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1936: 2nd in NNL with 10 wins.

1937: Tied for 3rd most wins in NNL with 9, tied for 3rd most wins in NgLs.

1938: Tied for 4th most wins in NNL with 9, 5th in NgLs.

1939: 2nd in NNL with 15, 2nd in NgLs.

1941: Led NNL and NgLs in wins with 15.

1942: Led NNL and NgLs in wins with 14.

1943: 3rd in NNL in wins with 9, 4th in NgLs.

1944: t-4th in NNL in wins with 8, t-5th in NgLs.

1945: t-3rd most wins in NNL with 7, t-5th most wins in NgLs.

1947: t-4th in NNL in wins with 9, t-4th most wins in NgLs.

1948*: Led NNL in wins with 11, t-3rd in NgLs.

*NOTE: Holway's data for 1948 is extremely limited, in fact he only shows wins for nine pitchers (all of whom had 6 or more wins, so it's not like it's him and a bunch of one-win, short-timer chumps.)
Bill Byrd Data

Played most of his career for the Elite Giants: the franchise moved a lot, but it had the same owner and continuity in the core of players.

Born July 15, 1907

Since his leaderboard appearances are posted elsewhere, I’m not including them here.

Seasonal Data from Holway

1933 5-6 for Cleveland Blue Birds; team 21-26; #2 on team in decisions (tie), 0.1 WAT
1934 3-11 for Cle Red Sox; team 8-28; #1 in dec.; -0.2 WAT
1935 2-3 for Nashville Elite Giants; team 16-17; #3 in dec (3-way tie); -0.5 WAT
1936 10-5 for Was Elite Giants; team 27-18; #1 in dec; 1.5 WAT
1937 9-6 for Was Elite Giants; team 27-17; #1 in dec; -0.3 WAT
1938 9-2 for Bal Elite Giants; team 28-9; #1 in dec., 1.7 WAT
1939 15-4 for Bal Elite Giants; team 24-9; #1 in dec., 2.8 WAT
1940 In Venezuela – No Data
1941 15-6 for Bal Elite Giants; team 38-21; #1 in dec., 2.3 WAT
1942 14-4 for Bal Elite Giants; team 31-17; #1 in dec.; 3.8 WAT
1943 9-6 for Bal Elite Giants; team 15-26; #1 in dec., 5.5 WAT
1944 8-7 for Bal Elite Giants; team 21-18; #1 in dec., -0.1 WAT
1945 7-4 for Bal Elite Giants; team 19-14; #1 in dec., 1.0 WAT
1946 4-7 for Bal Elite Giants; team 21-26; #3 in dec., -1.2 WAT
1947 9-6 for Bal Elite Giants; team 44-41; #3 in dec., 1.5 WAT
1948 11-6 for Bal Elite Giants; team 38-20; #1 in dec., -0.2 WAT
1949 12-3 for Bal Elite Giants (this data from Riley, so not included in career totals)
1950 no data (started season with Elite Giants, but retired shortly thereafter)

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:23 PM

Pelayo Chacon data

(Cuban Data and U.S. separated throughout for ease of reading)

From Riley

In Negro-League play
1918 .345 (vs. all competition??)
1923-27 .302, .257, .260, .267, .302

In Cuba
.246 lifetime avg.
1914 .302
1920 .344 (led league)
1922 .316
1926 .336
(those are all of his seasons above .300)

1919 .291
1927 .290
1929 .294

Hit .350 vs. NY Giants in 1911, .364 against them in 1920 when they toured Cuba

From Holway

In Negro League Play
1910 .242 for Stars of Cuba
1911 .115 for Cuban Stars (East)
1912 .175 for Cuban Stars (West)
1913 .226 for Cuban Stars (West), led league with 6 doubles
1914 .237 for Cuban Stars (West)
1915 .222 for Cuban Stars (West); Holway all-star
1916 .299 for Cuban Stars (West)
1917 .457 for Cuban Stars (East); Holway all-star
1918 .542 for Cuban Stars (East); Holway all-star
1919 .357 for Cuban Stars (East)
1920 .071 for Cuban Stars (East)
1921 No data
1922 No data, listed as playing for Cuban Stars (East)
1923 .258 for Cuban Stars
1924 .282 for Cuban Stars
1925 .290 for Cuban Stars
1926 .261 for Cuban Stars
1927 no data (probably not a starter during these seasons)
1928 no data
1929 no data
1930 .310 for Cuban Stars
1931 .186 for Cuban Stars

Career Negro League totals
.266 mean avg. in 17 seasons (distorted upwards by very small seasons with high avg.s 1917-19)
With 1917-20 subtracted, his mean ba drops to .239

In Cuban Play
1910 16-82, .195
1911 No data (Holway does not include Chacon in stats vs. NY Giants)
1912 22-100, .220
1913 no data
1914 29-96, .308
1915 8-21, .381 vs. ABCs in Cuba
1915 34-149, .228
1916 no data
1919 6-24 vs. Pgh Pirates in Cuba
1919 25-86, .291
1920 3-13 vs. NY Giants in Cuba
32-93, .344 (Oscar Charleston led league with .410 avg., but Chacon had highest avg. among players who played the full season)
1921 5-20, .250
1922 44-139, .316
1926 44-131, .336
1927 40-138, .290
1929 53-180, .294
1930 0-4 vs. major-league “All Stars” in Cuba

Career Cuban totals
344-1214, ,283 in 11 seasons, but Holway doesn’t list all seasons.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:24 PM

Here's Oscar Charleston's data in Holway.

In Negro League Play

1914 No data
1915 .203 for Ind ABCS; 11 2b (2nd), 5 3b (1st), 19 sb (3rd); cf; 1-1 as pitcher median avg. for West teams is 226.
1915 2-5 vs. major-league competition
1915 11-69 for ABCs in Cuba
1916 .152 for Ind ABCs; cf
7-18, .389 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
2-3 vs. major-league pitching
1917 .283 for Ind ABCs; ba 2nd, 6 2b (2nd), cf; all-star
1-4 vs. major-league competition
1918 .429 for Ind ABCs (18-42); ba 1st; cf; all-star, MVP, drafted
1919 .356 for Det Stars/Chi Am Giants; ba 2nd, 4 2b (1st), 3 3b (1st); cf; all-star, MVP
2-0 as pitcher
1920 .338 for Ind ABCs; 7 hr (3rd), 18 hr/550 ab (4th); cf; all-star
2-7 vs. major-league competition
16-39 in Cuban Play
1921 .437 for Stl. Giants; ba 2nd, 17 hr (1st), 39 hr/550 (1st), 19 2b (3rd), 13 3b (3rd), 37 sb (1st); cf; all-star, MVP
7-23 vs. major-league competition
7-12 vs. major-league pitchers in California
1922 .391 for Ind ABCs; ba 5th, 20 hr (1st), 50 hr/550 (1st), 29 2b (2nd), 13 3b (2nd), 28 sb (1st); cf; all-star
6-13 vs. major-league competition
41-92 in Cuban Play
1923 .314 for Ind ABCs; 13 sb (1st); lf
.375 and .365 in 2 Cuban short seasons
1924 .342 for Harrisburg; ba 5th, 9 hr (1st), 16 hr/550 (1st), 23 2b (1st); cf; all-star
1925 .416 for Harrisburg; ba 2nd, 19 hr (2nd), 39 hr/550 ab (2nd); cf; all-star
1926 .281 for Harrisburg; 8 hr (5th), 19 hr/550 (4th); cf
1927 .342 for Harrisburg; 12 hr (1st), 24 hr/550 (3rd), 18 2b (2nd); cf; all-star
1928 .380 for Hilldale; ba 3rd, 10 hr (3rd), 26 hr/550 (5th), 9 sb (2nd); cf; all-star (dh)
1929 .370 for Hilldale; 25 2b (2nd), x 3b (4th); cf; all-star
1930 .337 for Homestead; 6 hr (4th); 42 hr/550 (3rd); 1b
1931 .341 for Homestead; 6 hr (3rd), 19 2b (1st), 5 3b (3rd); all-star (dh)
1932 .314 for Pgh Crawfords; 10 hr (1st), 10 hr/550 (3rd), 11 2b (5th), 10 3b (1st), 9 sb (2nd); 1b
1933 .388 for Pgh Crawfords; ba 4th, 22 hr (2nd), 35 hr/550 (4th), 24 2b (1st), 12 3b (1st), 14 sb (1st); 1b; all-star, MVP
1934 .285 for Pgh Crawfords; 12 hr (4th), 21 hr/550 (5th); 1b
1935 .294 for Pgh Crawfords; 9 hr (3rd); 1b
1936 .322 for Pgh Crawfords; 1b
1937 .213 for Pgh Crawfords; 1b
1938 no data; listed as manager for Pgh Crawfords
1939 .250 for Toledo Crawfords; 1b, manager

In Championship Play

1929 6-13 vs. Chi Am Giants in World Series
1930 5-29 in playoff vs. New York
1931 22-43 in World Series vs. Monarchs
1935 10-27 in Playoff vs. Cuban Stars

In Cuba

1924 40-153
1926 61-151
1927 42-120
1928 38-114

Versus Major-League competition

1923 8-18 vs. major-league competition
1928 2-12 vs. major-league competition
1932 9-28 vs. major-league competition
1936 4-10 vs. major-league competition

Career
1689-4972, .340
197 hr, 22 Hr/550 ab
66-200 vs. major-league competition

Here’s more information on Charleston’s play in the Cuba, mostly coming from Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961, by Jorge S. Figueredo.

1915

Charleston was a rookie with the Indianapolis ABCs when they visited Cuba in the fall of 1915 and played 20 games with the Cuban League teams. Their record was 8-12. His teammates included Dick Redding, Ben Taylor, Bingo DeMoss, and George Shively. I do not have Charleston’s statistics for this series.

1920-21

The Bacharach Giants joined the Cuban League. Despite having star players including Charleston, Lundy, Santop, and Redding, by January 13 they were only 4-11 in the 3-team league, when they returned to the U.S. and forfeited their remaining games.

39 AB, 7 R, 16 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 SB, .410

Note: The batting champion was Pelayo Chacón, with .344 in 93 AB.

1922-23

In an attempt to expand from their base in Havana, the league added a club from Santa Clara in the center of the island, and Charleston, Alejandro Oms, Dave Brown, and Bill Holland played for them. Santa Clara was 14-13 when they suddenly pulled out of the league in reaction to a league decision that took away a win, robbing Charleston of an opportunity to qualify for the batting championship. (Bernardo Baró won the championship with .401 in 152 AB.

92 AB, 24 R, 41 H, 7 2B, 3 3B, 0 HR, 7 SB, .436

1923-24

Considered the greatest team in the history of Cuban baseball, the Santa Clara team loaded up on stars, including Charleston, Frank Duncan, Frank Warfield, Oliver Marcelle, Dobie Moore, Alejandro Oms, Pablo Mesa, and pitchers Bill Holland, Rube Currie, Dave Brown, Merven Ryan, and José Méndez. Their team batting average was .331. The season was terminated early when Santa Clara reached a record of 36-11, 11½ games ahead of second-place Habana in the 4-team league.

176 AB, 59 R, 66 H, 9 2B, 5 3B, 3 HR, .375

Charleston led the league in runs scored and stolen bases (31? looks suspicious). Marcelle led the league in batting with .393 and Bienvenido Jiménez led in HR with 4.

1924

After the early termination of the regular season in mid-January, the weakest team (Marianao) was folded and its best players were dispersed to Habana and Almendares for a special season of 25 games. Santa Clara fielded the same team that had blown away the opposition. This time there was near parity Santa Clara won by the slimmest of margins with a 13-12 record, ½ game ahead of Habana and 1 game ahead of Almendares.

63 AB, 11 R, 23 H, 4 SB, .365

(Note: The batting champion was Torriente with .377)

1924-25

Charleston played for Almendares, which ran away with the title with a 33-16 record, 8½ games ahead of Habana in a 4-team league. Charleston’s teammates included Bullet Rogan, Adolfo Luque, José Acosta, Biz Mackey, John H. Lloyd, Newt Allen, and Dick Lundy.

153 AB, 25 R, 40 H, 10 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 0 SB, .261

At the end of the season, the players were organized by nationality into “All-Yankees” and “All-Cubans” teams, which played a series of 8 games. Charleston played for the All-Yankees, who won 5-3.

1925-26

Charleston played for Habana, which ended in second place in the 3-team league, 2 games out with a 32-15 record. However, 13 of their victories represented forfeits by San José, which withdrew with a 3-16 record and 25 games left to play. Charleston recorded only 40 AB, so I wonder if he may have left the team early or arrived late.

40 AB, 14 R, 14 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 0 SB, .350

1926-27

Adolfo Luque and Miguel Angel (Mike) González led the better players to an alternative league, the Triangular, which played their games at the University of Havana Stadium. It appears to have been more batter-friendly than spacious Almendares Park (where most games were played through 1930), since 4 players had averages above .400. (Pablo Mesa won the championship with .433.) Charleston played for the Leones, who finished in second place in the 3-team league with a 16-19 record, 5 games behind. Notable teammates included Marcelle, Emilio Palmero, and José Acosta. Charleston led the league in hits and in AB.

151 AB, 25 R, 61 H, .404

1927-28

Charleston played for “Cuba,” which placed second in the 3-team league with a 16-21 record, though 4 of their victories represented forfeits by Almendares, which withdrew before the season ended. Teammates included Bill Foster, Pelayo Chacón, and Judy Johnson.

Charleston led the league in home runs (5) and stolen bases (11). According to Roberto González Echevarría in The Pride of Havana, Almendares Park had huge dimensions. “The left-field fence was well over five hundred feet away, and according to Robreño no batter ever clouted one over it...The low fence in right field was four hundred feet away, and only the great left-handed sluggers, like Torriente, Alejandro Oms, Oscar Charleston, Jud (Jorocón) Wilson, and Esteban (Mayarí) Montalvo were able to hit one past it.”

120 AB, 22 R, 42 H, 6 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 11 SB, .350

1928-29

Charleston again played for Cuba, but when the team dropped to a 17-22 record they withdrew from the league and forfeited their last 13 games. Teammates included Adolfo Luque (9-2!), Judy Johnson, and Oliver Marcelle.

114 AB, 20 R, 38 H, 6 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 6 SB, .333

1930, Special Season

Roberto González remarks that the seasons after 1929-30 found the Cuban League in disarray. In the fall of 1930 the regular season ended after only 5 games, apparently as a result of contract problems with the new stadium, La Tropical. A special season was organized in November in the old ballpark, Almendares Park. Charleston played for Marianao, which finished second with a 9-5 record, ½ game behind in a 4-team league. Teammates included a number of future or former major leaguers: Billy Herman (.229), Howard Freigau (.239), Elias Funk (.346), Al Moore (.292),Tom Angley (.267), Claude Jonnard (5-1), Roy Wilkinson (2-1), and Bill Burwell (1-1).

Charleston led the league in average, runs scored, and triples, and tied with Lundy for the lead in hits.

51 AB, 12 R, 19 H, 0 2B, 5 3B, 0 HR, 4 SB, .373

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:25 PM

Bus Clarkson
NEGRO LEAGUES YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ---------------------------------------------------------------------
1937 NNL CRW 19 SS 28
1938 NNL CRW 20 SS 42
1939 NAL TOL 21 SS 19 5 19 8 8 0 0 0 .421 .421
1940 NAL IND 22 SS 8 16 3 6 0 0 1 .188 .375
1940 NNL NWK 22 SS 46 89 39 68 3 1 8 .438 .764
1942 NNL NWK 24
1942 NNL PHI 24 SS 31 114 41 58 11 0 2 2 .360 .509
1946 NNL PHI 28 3B/SS 46 38 146 45 62 7 2 2 8 .308 .425
1949 NNL PHI 31 3B/SS 56 192 60 .313 .313
1950 NNL PHI 32 SS/3b 44 33 108 32 56 10 1 4 8 .296 .519
MILITARY SERVICE 1943 1944 1945
MEXICAN LEAGUE YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1940 MEX NUE 22 3b/SS 91 19 80 27 40 4 3 1 1 5 19 .338 .500
1941 MEX TAM 23 3b/SS 103 82 326 109 195 23 3 19 7 43 53 .334 .598
1946 MEX VER 28 3b/SS 84 37 131 39 76 8 1 9 7 24 25 .298 .580
1947 MEX VER 29 3b/SS 119 112 390 118 202 19 7 17 20 79 65 .303 .518
CANADIAN PROVINCIAL LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1948 CPL STJ 30 3b/LF 100 84 318 110 219 14 1 31 17 .346 .689 1b
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1950 AA MIL 32 3b 154 59 205 62 96 11 1 7 0 26 30 .302 .468
1951 AA MIL 33 SS/3b 154 97 283 97 132 12 4 5 6 43 29 .343 .466
1952 AA MIL 34 SS/3b 154 74 242 77 131 14 2 12 10 56 27 .318 .541
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1952 NL BOS 34 ss/3b 154 14 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .200 .200
TEXAS LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1953 TL DAL 35 3b 154 137 445 147 235 32 1 18 11 100 51 .330 .528
1954 TL DL/BU 36 SS/3b 162 157 543 176 327 21 2 42 7 104 48 .324 .602
1956 TXL TUL 38 3B 154 48 137 35 54 4 0 5 1 38 14 .255 .394
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1955 PCL LA 37 3B 172 100 316 93 140 8 0 13 1 34 28 .294 .443
1956 PCL LA 38 3B 168 8 11 3 4 1 0 0 0 4 4 .273 .364
WESTERN LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1956 WES DES 38 3B 140 60 205 57 107 11 0 13 3 .278 .522
CUBAN WINTER LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1947 PFL ALC 29 IF 95 106 21 29 5 0 1 1 .198 .274
CARRIBEAN SERIES
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1951 PR 33 3B 20 4 7 0 0 1 0 .200 .350
1952 PR 34 3B 21 4 4 0 0 0 0 .190 .190
1953 PR 35 SS 15 7 9 0 1 0 2 .467 .600
PUERTO RICAN WINTER LEAGUE
YEAR LG TM AGE POS TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1940 PRWL MAY 22 UT 42 18
1941 PRWL MAY 23 UT 44
1946 PRWL C/G 28 UT 55 172 60 13 .349 .576
1948 PRWL PON 30 UT 80 149 46 79 7 1 8 8 .309 .530
1949 PRWL PON 31 UT 80 269 77 144 16 6 13 .286 .535
1950 PRWL SAT 32 UT 78
1951 PRWL SAT 32 UT 72 4
1952 PRWL SAT 34 3B 72 18
1953 PRWL SAT 35 UT 80 175 49 58 3 .280 .331
1954 PRWL SAT 36 UT 72 240 76 121 15 .317 .504

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:26 PM

Andy Cooper data
From Holway

1920 1-0 for Det; team 40-21; not in reg. rotation (MLE)**
1921 5-8 for Det; team 37-42; not in reg. rotation (MLE); –1.3 wins above team (WAT)*
1922 16-6 for Det; team 57-41; #3 starter (MLE); 4.1 WAT; 3.76 TRA 2nd; wp 3rd
1923 16-8 for Det; team 48-33; #1 starter (MLE); 2.5 WAT; 60 K 5th, wins 3rd, wp 5th; all-star
1924 14-6 for Det; team 38-33; #1 starter (MLE); 4.6 WAT; 76 K 5th; all-star
1925 11-3 for Det; team 55-39; #3 starter (MLE); 3.3 WAT; wp 2nd (also listed as 13-2), TRA 3.36 5th; 44 K 5th
1926 12-8 for Det; team 51-44; #2 starter (MLE); 1.6 WAT
1927 8-3 for Det; team 70-53; not in reg. Rotation (MLE) 1.9 WAT
1928 13-7 for KC; team 49-32 ; #2 starter; 1.2 WAT; all-star
1929 13-3 for KC; team 66-14; #4 starter (MLE); -0.2 WAT; 2nd in wp; TRA 3.61 4th; all-star
1930 15-6 for Detroit Stars; team 56-37; #2 starter (MLE); 3.0 WAT); wins 4th; all-star
*A Note in Holway says that Cooper hurt his arm just before the playoff between Detroit and St. Louis; arm trouble may explain the lack of data for the next two seasons.
1931 0-1 for KC Monarchs
1932 no data (Riley lists him with Monarchs)
1933 pitched for Monarchs; no data as Monarchs barnstorm
1934 pitched for Monarchs; no data as Monarchs barnstorm
1935 pitched for Monarchs; no data as Monarchs barnstorm
1936 2-0 for KC Monarchs; also manager. Team 7-0
1937 2-0 for KC Monarchs; also manager. Team 13-8
pitched 17 innings in a game that ended in a tie in playoff vs. Chicago. He gave up 2 runs in the first and then threw 16 scoreless innings. Foster gave up 2 in the seventh and left the game when he was hit in the chest by a line drive off the bat of Joe Rogan.
1938 2-0 for KC Monarchs; also manager. Team 32-15

*Wins above team have become an important part of my evaluation of NeL pitchers, so I've included the numbers in the data for Cooper; I'll post comparative data on this and on black and gray ink for Cooper, Winters, and Rogan.

Riley data of note
1936 27-8 vs. all levels of competition

(this season gives a snapshot of the number of games barnstorming Negro-League teams were playing during these years, even though they are often undocumented)

Career
121-54, .691 according to Holway’s totals
130-58, .691 by adding up the seasonal data
Andy Cooper Wins above team by season

1921 –1.3 WAT; 5-8 for 37-42
1922 4.1 WAT; 16-6 for 57-41
1923 2.5 WAT; 16-8 for 48-33
1924 4.6 WAT; 14-6 for 38-33
1925 3.3 WAT; 11-3 for 55-39
1926 1.6 WAT ;12-8 for 51-44
1927 1.9 WAT; 8-3 for 70-53
1928 1.2 WAT; 13-7 for 49-32
1929 –0.2 WAT; 13-3 for 66-14
1930 3.0 WAT; 15-6 for 56-37

ANDY COOPER'S PLACEMENT ON CAREER LEADERBOARDS (per Holway's data with some help from Gary A.)

WINS 7th with 130

LOSSES 23rd with 59

DECISIONS 10th with 189

WINNING PCT .688
(50+ decisions) 10th
(25+ decisions) 18th
(10+ decisions) 33rd

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 17.8%
(50+ decisions) 67th
(25+ decisions) 89th
(10+ decisions) 126th

WAT 2nd with 21.8

WAT PER DECISION .115
(50+ decisions) 11th
(25+ decisions) 24th
(10+ decisions) 45th 26. Dr. Chaleeko Posted: May 22, 2005 at 04:18 PM (#1354781)
ANDY COOPER'S PLACEMENT ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1922 t-4th in NNL with 16 wins.

1923 Led NNL and NgLs with 16 wins.

1924 t-2nd in NNL with 14 wins, t-5th in NgLs.

1925 t-4th most wins in NNL with 11, t-8th in NgLs.

1926 t-4th most wins in NNL with 12, t-6th most wins in NgLs.

1928 t-4th most wins in NNL with 13, t-4th in NgLs.

1929 5th most wins in NNL with 13, 6th most wins in NgLs.

1930 t-3rd most wins in NNL and NgL with 15

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:26 PM

Ray Dandridge
From Riley

Born August 31, 1913

Teams: 1933 Det/Nash/Newark, 1934-39 Newark, 1939 Venezuela, 1940-41 Mexico, 1942 Newark/Mexico, 1943 Mexico, 1944 Newark, 1945-48 Mexico, 1949 NY Cubans, 1949-1951 Minneapolis in American Association, 1952 PCL, 1953 lower minor league

From Holway

1933 .218 for Det/Newark (no data from Nashville); ut
1934 .408 (1st in league); 3b, no all-stars listed
1935 .340, 9 2b (5th), 9 3b (1st); 3b, all-star
1936 .287; 3b
1937 .342; 3b
1938 .346, 2 3b (1st); 3b
1939 no data, in Venezuela
1940 .347 in Mexico
1941 .367 (3rd) in Mexico
1942 .186 for Newark, .310 in Mexico; 2b in Newark
1943 no data, in Mexico
1944 .370 (3rd); ss
1945-48 no data, in Mexico
1949-53 no data, in the minor leagues

career
.350, 406-1160
19-49, .347 vs. major-league competition

career data according to Macmillan 10th
234 g, 878 ab, 283 hits, 26 2b, 13 3b, 5 hr, .322 ba, .399 sa

Here are Dandridge's stats pulled from a nice site that has some stats for the Minneapolis Millers from1941-1950 and 1951-1960 among other years.

Ray Dandridge
Age* Year G BA HR RBI POS
35 1949 99 .362 6 64 2b-3b
36 1950 150 .311 11 80 2b-3b
37 1951 107 .324 8 61 3b
38 1952 145 .291 10 68 3b

*Riley has his birthday as 8/31/13, so I inserted his age as of July 1st
Ray Dandridge's Cuban League record:
Season Team Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg
1937-38 Almendares 3B 211 26 63 5 1 0 27 11 .299
1938-39 Cuba SS 182 18 58 5 2 1 30 3 .319
1939-40 Cienfuegos SS 116 15 36 4 1 1 11 1 .310
1940-41 Cienfuegos SS 158 16 29 2 1 0 15 4 .184
1945-46 Marianao SS 173 24 55 5 2 0 13 2 .318
1946-47 Marianao 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250
1946-47F Oriente 3B 93 15 29 -- -- -- -- -- .312
1947-48PF Cuba 66 11 14 2 0 0 3 1 .212
1949-50 Marianao 3B 318 40 84 15 3 2 28 10 .264
1950-51 Marianao 3B 278 38 83 12 1 2 24 3 .299
1951-52 Marianao 3B 224 30 64 8 2 3 16 2 .286
1952-53 Marianao 2B 305 36 85 12 1 1 21 3 .279

Notes:
1937-38 - Led league in stolen bases
1946-47F – An alternative league (Liga de la Federación) supported by American organized baseball.
1947-48PF – An alternative league (Players Federation). (Beginning in the 1947-48 season, American organized baseball gained control over the regular Cuban League; the Players Federation was organized in protest and included most of the long-time stars.)
1949-50 – Led league in at bats. Selected as third baseman on season’s all-star team.
1952-53 – Led league in at bats.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:27 PM

Real-life Info On Piper Davis
Piper Davis
Born 1918

Negro Leagues
Tm
Year Lg Tm Age Po G G Ab H Tb 2b 3b Hr Sb Bb K Avg Slg
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1942 Nal Bir 24 If 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1943 Nal Bir 25 Ss 34 57 22 36 9 1 1 1 .386 .632
1944 Nal Bir 26 2b 70 64 253 38 53 3 3 2 7 .150 .209
1945 Nal Bir 27 1b 69 58 211 66 99 10 7 3 7 .313 .469
1946 Nal Bir 28 2b 37 4 11 3 5 0 1 0 0 .273 .455
1947 Nal Bir 29 1b 56 228 82 89 1 2 .360 .390
1948 Nal Bir 30 2b 76 76 295 104 160 19 8 7 6 .353 .542
1949 Nal Bir 31 2b 82 299 113 113 .378 .378
1b/
1950 Nal Bir 32 2b 78 42 149 57 80 10 2 3 4 .383 .537

Eastern League
2b/
1950 El Scr 32 Ss 15 63 21 34 4 0 3 0 .333 .540

Mexico
1950 Mxl Jal 32 1b 84 30 116 33 61 4 3 6 6 15 3 .284 .526

Pacific Coast League
2b/
1951 Pcl Oak 33 2b 168 79 289 77 107 16 1 4 5 16 24 .266 .370
2b/3b/
1952 Pcl Oak 34 Of 180 122 399 122 182 24 6 8 1 14 28 .306 .456
2b/1b/
1953 Pcl Oak 35 Of 180 174 670 193 287 39 8 13 1 22 34 .288 .428
2b/
1954 Pcl Oak 36 Of 167 120 365 105 155 19 2 9 3 24 26 .288 .425
Oak/ 2b/
1955 Pcl Sf 37 Of 172 126 369 90 129 19 1 6 1 20 36 .244 .350
3b/
1956 Pcl La 38 Of 168 64 152 48 77 9 1 6 1 5 17 .316 .507
1957 Pcl La 39 Ph 168 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500

International League
2b
1951 Il Ott 33 1b 150 78 278 73 98 10 3 3 7 13 20 .249 .363

Texas League
1b/3b/
1957 Txl Ftw 39 Of 87 219 47 67 10 2 2 .215 .306
1b/3b/
1958 Txl Ftw 40 Of 82 220 62 79 9 1 2 3 .282 .359

Puerto Rican Winter League
1947 Prwl Cag 29 If 188 57 100 5 4 10 4 .303 .532
1948 Prwl Cag 30 If 8
1949 Prwl Pon 31 If 80 304 89 128 14 8 3 .293 .421
1950 Prwl Cag 32 If

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:29 PM

Leon Day Data

From Riley

Born: October 30, 1916
Teams: Baltimore Black Sox 1934, Brooklyn Eagles 1935, Newark Eagles 1936-39, VeL & MxL 1940, Newark Eagles 1941-43, Military Service 1944-45, Newark Eagles 1946, MxL 1947-48, Baltimore Elite Giants 1949-50, minor leagues 1950-54

From Holway

1934 0-1; team 2-10, 4th in team dec., -0.2 WAT
1935 9-4 (5th in wins); 2.87 TRA (2nd), 38 K (3rd); #1 in team dec., 3.4 WAT
1936 7-8; 1st in team dec., 1.0 WAT
1937 7-0 (5th in wins); 1st in wp, 4.48 TRA (5th), 22 K (1st); 3rd in team dec., 2.6 WAT
1938 1-2; not in top 5 in team dec., -0.9 WAT [arm injury, according to Riley]
1939 16-7 (1st in wins); 3rd in wp, 3.08 TRA (2nd), 54 K (1st); #1 in team dec., 2.4 WAT; GSA, all-star
1940 VeL 12-1 [from Riley]
1940 MxL 6-0;
1941 3-0; hit .313 as starting cf and 2b; all-star in CF; 1.3 WAT
1942 7-3 (4th in wins); 4th in wp, 1.76 TRA (2nd), 54 K (2nd); #2 in team dec., 2,4 WAT
1943 4-5; 32 K (4th); #2 in team dec., -0.5 WAT
1944 Military Service
1945 Military Service
1946 14-4 (2nd in wins); 5th in wp, 2.53 TRA (3rd), 65 K (1st); #1 in team dec. (tie), -0.3 WAT; all-star [arm injury late in season, according to Riley]
1947 MxL
1948 MxL
1949 7-5 [from Macmillan 8th]
1950 No Data

Career
75-39, .658 in Negro-League play from above.
68-30, .694 according to Holway’s career totals
11.2 WAT

Career line from Macmillan 8th

63-26, .708, 103 g, 83 gs, 63 cg, 667 ip, 442 hits, 142 bb, 256 k, 9 sho, 1 sv
Leon Day's Cuban League record
Leon Day
Yr Team G CG W L Tm W Tm L Tm Pct WAT % tm dec
37-38 Almendares 16 6 7 3 35 23 .603 1.2 17%
47-48PF Santiago 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
Total 19 6 7 3

Notes:
1947-48PF – The Players Federation was an alternative league that played for only one season. (Beginning in the 1947-48 season, American organized baseball gained control over the regular Cuban League; the Players Federation was organized in protest and included most of the long-time stars.)
Leon Day played four seasons in Puerto Rico:

Year Team W-L SO ERA
1939-40 Aguadilla 12-11 186 2.17
1940-41 Aguadilla 10-6 149 2.40
1941-42 Aguadilla 12-9 168 2.93
1949-50 Santurce 1-2 20 5.25

This team, Aguadilla, was one of the worst in le League. In 1939-40 they finished 7th (21-34), 1940-41 5th (19-22) and in 1941-42 4th (21-22). Notice that in every year he was responsible of more than 50% of the teams victories.

In that first year, 1939-40, only Satchel Paige (19), Billy Byrd (15) and José Figueroa (14), won more games. In strikeouts he was second with 186, only Paige had more (208). In ERA he was fifth (2.17) following Sylvio Garcia (1.32), Roy Partlow (1.49), Satchel Paige (1.93) and Billy Byrd (1.97).

In 1940-41 he finished third in wins (10 and tied with Luis R. Cabrera), after Billy Byrd (15), Impo Barnhill (11) and Chester Brewer (11). In SO he finishes second (149) behind Impo Barnhill (193). In ERA he was third (2.40), only Barnhill (2.12) and Byrd (2.38) were better.

In 1941-42 he lead the league in K's with 168 and was 5th in ERA (2.93) behind Raymond Brown (1.80), Barney Brown (2.57), Juan Guilbe (2.82) and Vidal López (2.88)

His batting record is:

Year Ave HR RBI
1939-40 .271 3 36
1940-41 .339 1 18
1941-42 .339 1 24
1949-50 .220 1 18

In 1941-42 he tied in the third position with Raymond Brown in stolen bases (12) behind Buster Clarkson (18) and Luis R. Cabrera (13).

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:30 PM

Bingo DeMoss data

From Holway

1912 .231 for West Baden Sprudels
1913 .091 for various teams
1914 no data
1915 .243 for Ind ABCs; Holway all star
1-9 vs. major/minor league competition
21-64 (.328) for ABCs in Cuba
1916 .231 for Ind ABCs; Holway all star
4-14 (.286) in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
0-3 vs. major-league competition
1917 .168 for Chi Am Giants
1918 .108 for Chi Am Giants; Holway all star
1919 .180 for Chi Am Giants; Holway all star
1920 .281 for Chi Am Giants
1921 .241 for Chi Am Giants
2-14 in World Series vs. Hilldale
1922 .256 for Chi Am Giants
2-16 in World Series vs. Bacharachs
1923 .252 for Chi Am Giants
4-13 (.308) vs. major-league competition
1924 .219 for Chi Am Giants
1925 .228 for Ch Am Giants
1926 .282 for Ind ABCs
1927 .210 for Detroit Stars; player-manager
1928 .155 for Detroit Stars; player-manager, listed by Holway as a utility player
1929 .314 for Detroit Stars; player-manager; ut
1930 .256 for Detroit Stars; player-manager, ut

Career totals derived from Holway
.215 Mean avg. 1912-13, 1915-1927
5-25 (.200) vs. major-league competition

From Riley

1915 .316 avg. (vs. all competition?)
1916 .250 avg.
1917 .258 avg.
1918 .201 avg.
1919 .316 avg (vs. all competition?)
1920-25, .286, .261, .254 in three seasons
1926 .303 avg. (Holway is close)
1929 .314 avg. (Holway agrees)

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:32 PM

Martin Dihigo Data

There's surely better data on Dihigo's Mexican and Cuban play out there, but here's the data from Holway and career data from MacMillan for us to get started with.

Born 1905

Teams

23-37 Cuban Stars (East), 28 Homestead Grays, 29-31 Hilldale Daisies, 32 ??, 33 Venezuela, 34 ??, 35-36 NY Cubans, 37 Santa Domingo, 38-44 Mexico, 45 NY Cubans

Batting and Position Data from Holway

NeL

1922 no ba data; 1b for Eastern Cuban Stars
1923 .242 for Cuban Stars (East); 1b
1924 .239 for Cuban Stars (East; ut & p
1925 .299 for Cuban Stars (East); 2b
9-25 in World Series vs. KC
1926 .327 for Cuban Stars (East); ba 5th, 12 hr (1st), 32 hr/550 (1st); 1b, all-star
1927 .312 for Cuban Stars (East); ss, all-star (at 2b?)
.223 for Homestead Grays; ut (late pickup)
6-16 vs. Major-League competition
1928 .167 for Homestead Grays; 3b & p
3-13 vs. major-league competition
1929 .259 for Hilldale; 18 hr (2nd), 37 hr/550 (2nd); ut & p, all-star (at ss)
1930 .404 for Cuban Stars (East); ba 5th, 7 hr (2nd), 39 hr/550 (4th), 3 3b (4th); 3b, all-star (at 2nd)
1931 .244 for Phi Stars; 5 3b (3rd); lf & p (0-1)
2-8 vs. major-league competition
1932-34 No Data
1935 .335 for NY Cubans; 9 hr (3rd), 30 hr/550 (3rd), 4 3b (4th), 6 sb (5th); ut & p
6-28 in playoff vs. Pittsburgh
1936 .331 for NY Cubans; 13 hr (4th), 60 hr/550 (2nd), 9 2b (1st); ut & p; all-star (as dh)
0-7 vs. major-league competition
1937 No Data
2-6 vs. major-league competition
1938-1944 No Data
1945 .100 for NY Cubans; of & p

Career, according to Holway
609-2034, .299
69 home runs, 18 hr/550 ab
12-49 vs. major-league competition
Mean avg. for 11 seasons with data, .287

Career, according to MacMillan 8th edition
415 g, 1435 ab, 453 hits, 53 2b, 18 3b, 64 hr, 32 sb, .316 ba, .511 sa

Cuba

1922 5-28
1923 no data
1924 15-50
1926 31-75
1927 54-130
1928 46-152
1929 51-180
1930–1934 No Data
1935 63-176 (batting title),
1936 74-229
1937 50-165
1938 25-99
1939 23-79
1940 20-110
1941 28-123
1942-44 No Data
1945 16-71

career, 501-1595, .314

Other Latin Play

1933 Venezuela (also possibly in 1932 and 1934)

1937 In Santa Domingo, 34-97
1938 In Mexico
1939 In Mexico
1940 In Mexico, 110-302, .364 (2nd), 9 hr (4th), 16 hr/550 (5th)
1941 In Mexico, 102-329, .319
1942 In Mexico, 89-279, .319
1943 In Mexico
1944 in Mexico

Pitching Data from Holway

NeL

1924 1-4
1925 no data
1926 2-2
1927 2-0
1928 1-1
1929 5-3
1935 7-3 (on pitching leaderboards)
1936 7-4 (on pitching leaderboards)
1-0 vs. major-league competition
1945 0-1

Career, 25-18
Holway gives his career record as 29-26
MacMillan 8th gives it as 27-21

Cuba

1924 2-3
1927 4-2
1928 2-1
1935 11-2 (led in wins)
1936 14-10
1937 11-5
1938 14-2 (led in wins)
1939 6-4
1940 8-3
1941 8-3
1942 4-8
1944 3-3
1945 5-4

Career, 78-50

Other Latin Pitching

1934 6-4 in Santa Domingo
1940 8-0 in Mexico
1941 9-10 in Mexico
1942 22-7 in Mexico, led league in ERA and Ks

Career, 45-21
1928 Martin Dihigo
Homestead Grays

Batting
G-19 (team 19)
AB-67
H-23
D-1
T-1
HR-4
R-15
W-8
HP-0
SF-1
SH-0
SB-0
AVE-.343 (NeL east .282)
OBA-.408 (.333)
SLG-.567 (.384)

Pitching
W-1
L-1
TRA-7.41
G-2
GS-2
CG-2
IP-17
H-27
HR-4
R-14
W-4
K-14
HB-0

Fielding-ss
G-9
DI-60
PO-16
A-14
E-1
DP-1
RF-4.50 (team 5.13; NeL east 5.07)
FPCT-.968 (team .938; NeL east .917)

Fielding-2b
G-5
DI-41
PO-7
A-13
E-1
DP-1
RF-4.39 (team 4.50; NeL east 5.39)
FPCT-.952 (team .952; NeL east .949)

Fielding-3b
G-4
DI-31
PO-1
A-6
E-2
DP-0
RF-2.03 (team 1.82; NeL east 2.73)
FPCT-.778 (team .842; NeL east .919)

Dihigo also played two games at pitcher (1 putout and 1 error in 17 innings) and one game at first base (12 putouts, 5 assists in 9 innings).
Here's Dihigo's Mexican League batting:
Yr--G--AB---H--D-T-HR--R--BI-BB-SO-SH-HP-SB-AVE-OBA-SLG
37-07-026-010-01-2-01-07-12-03-00-00-00-00-357-448-643
38-42-142-055-08-2-06-37-27-26-04-01-00-09-387-482-599
39-51-187-063-11-3-05-32-31-27-13-00-03-05-337-429-508
40-78-302-110-17-6-09-60-73-17-25-03-02-09-364-402-550
41-92-329-102-25-4-12-74-59-57-53-02-00-07-310-412-520
42-85-279-089-12-4-08-56-51-74-21-00-03-09-319-466-477
43-75-238-066-14-3-07-35-50-51-24-01-01-05-277-407-450
44-60-189-047-10-2-04-34-29-33-17-00-03-05-249-369-386
46-66-177-056-09-2-03-27-32-32-21-00-02-08-316-429-441
47-20-046-009-03-1-00-04-06-07-06-00-00-00-196-302-304
(He also played one game in the field in 1950, without coming to bat.)

Career totals:
G-577
AB-1917
H-607
D-110
T-29
HR-55
R-366
RBI-370
BB-327
SO-185
SH-7
HP-14
SB-57
AVE-317
OBA-420
SLG-490

Dihigo's Mexican League pitching:
Yr--W--L--ERA--G-CG---IP---H--BB--SO-HB-WP
37-04-00-0.93-05-04-038.7-022-03-008-03-00
38-18-02-0.92-22-16-167.0-104-32-184-04-03
39-15-08-2.90-23-20-202.0-169-42-202-09-01
40-08-06-3.54-17-08-109.3-106-48-065-00-00
41-09-10-4.01-23-09-157.0-177-43-093-00-00
42-22-07-2.53-35-26-245.3-244-77-211-00-02
43-16-08-3.10-26-18-194.3-181-64-134-02-05
44-12-10-3.14-31-18-212.3-207-88-090-01-02
46-11-04-2.83-20-11-140.0-134-49-063-02-09
47-04-02-4.37-10-03-055.7-077-13-016-00-01
50-00-00-0.00-01-00-002.0-001-01-000-00-00

Career totals:
W-119
L-57
PCT-.676
G-213
CG-133
SHO-19
IP-1523.7
H-1422
BB-465
SO-1109
HB-21
WP-23

Unfortunately, the MeL didn't count games started (until the last couple of seasons of his career), runs allowed (as opposed to earned runs), saves, or home runs allowed.
22. Gary A Posted: April 18, 2005 at 02:32 PM (#1267279)
Sorry--his career MeL ERA was 2.84.
Martin Dihigo's Cuban League batting (the second 26/27 season was in a rival league):
Yr-----AB--H--D--T-HR--R-SB-AVE-SLG-POS
22/23-028-05-00-0--0-03-00-179-179-INF
23/24-002-00-00-0--0-00-00-000-000-INF
24/25-050-15-03-3--1-12-02-300-540-OF/P
25/26-032-11-03-2--1-11-00-344-656-INF/P
26/27-075-31-04-1--3-20-06-413-613-3B/P
26/27-020-09---------------450-----INF/P
27/28-130-54-12-3--2-32-05-415-600-OF/1B/P
28/29-152-46-14-4--2-29-04-303-487-OF/1B/P
29/30-180-51-06-6--0-23----283-383-OF/INF/P
30----054-18-02-1--0-08-04-333-407-OF/P
31/32-010-03-02-0--0-02-00-300-500-OF
35/36-176-63-08-8--0-42----358-494-OF/P
36/37-229-74-10-2--4-38-10-323-437-OF/P/INF
37/38-165-50-05-4--0-21-06-303-382-1B/P/OF
38/39-145-37-06-1--1-24-05-255-331-P/OF
39/40-079-23-02-1--1-10-03-291-405-P/INF
40/41-110-20-05-2--0-16-04-182-264-P/OF
41/42-123-28-06-0--1-19-01-228-301-OF/P
42/43-135-36-06-1--1-14-02-267-348-OF/P
43/44-087-22-01-2--0-11-00-253-310-P/INF
44/45-029-06-01-0--0-03-00-207-241-P/INF
46/47-011-01-00-0--0-01-00-091-091-P/INF

Career totals:
AB-2022
H-603
D-96
T-42
HR-17
R-347
SB-52
AVE-298
SLG-412
26. Gary A Posted: April 18, 2005 at 10:32 PM (#1269202)
Martin Dihigo's Cuban League pitching:
Yr-----W-L, G-CG
24/25 2-3, 20-1
25/26 0-0, 1-0
26/27 2-0, 2-1
26/27 1-0, 2-0
27/28 4-2, 6-5
28/29 2-1, 5-2
29/30 1-2, 3-2
30 2-0, 4-2
31/32 DID NOT PITCH
35/36 11-2, 18-13
36/37 14-10, 30-22
37/38 11-5, 20-12
38/39 14-2, 21-14
39/40 6-4, 19-9
40/41 8-3, 13-10
41/42 8-3, 17-11
42/43 4-8, 14-7
43/44 8-1, 15-4
44/45 3-3, 13-2
46/47 1-3, 8-0

Career totals
W-102
L-52
PCT-.662
G-231
CG-117

Pitching stats are quite skeletal. Also, the career totals at the end of the Cuban Baseball book show a 107-56 record (he's the career leader in wins). Somewhere I missed 5 wins and 4 losses, but haven't been able to figure out where.
Here is an analysis of Dihigo’s wins above team for the Cuban League. I think these data are largely consistent with Chris Cobb # 50 showing his wins above team were much more impressive starting about 1935. I think they are also consistent with Gadfly’s assertion (#61) that as a pitcher he could have been a 20-game winner at least some years from 1935 to 1942 (Gadfly said starting with 1931, but Dihigo didn't pitch in Cuba during 1931-34).
Yr W L TPct WAT % tm dec
24/25 2 3 .500 -0.6 10%
26/27 2 0 .633# 0.8 7%
26/27(T) 1 0 .433 0.6 3%
27/28 4 2 .606#* 0.4 18%
28/29 2 1 .714#$ -0.2 7%
29/30 1 2 .469 -0.4 6%
30f(U) 2 0 .692# 0.7 15%
35/36 11 2 .708# 2.5 27%
36/37 14 10 .551# 1.2 35%
37/38 11 5 .509& 4.0 28%
38/39 14 2 .537 7.7 30%
39/40 6 4 .510 1.1 20%
40/41 8 3 .633# 1.3 22%
41/42 8 3 .523 3.0 25%
42/43 4 8 .500 -2.7 25%
43/44 8 1 .667# 2.5 19%
44/45 3 3 .521 -0.1 13%
45/46 5 4 .617# -0.6 15%
46/47 1 3 .379 -0.5 6%
# = team won pennant
* = excludes 4 games won by forfeit
$ = excludes 13 games won by forfeit
& = excludes 6 games won by forfeit

Placement of Dihigo's stateside pitching on the career leaderboards:

WINS t-103rd with 29 wins

LOSSES t-107th with 26 losses

DECISIONS t-102 with 55 decisions

WINNING PCT .527
(50+ decisions minimum) 74th
(25+ decisions minimum) 111th
(10+ decisions minimum) 169th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 11.8%
(50+ decisions minimum) 113th
(25+ decisions minimum) 173th
(10+ decisions minimum) 255th

WAT 92nd with 2.2

WAT PER DECISION .04
(50+ decisions minimum) 49th
(25+ decisions minimum) 73th
(10+ decisions minimum) 113th

PLACEMENTS ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1935 t-7th in EWL with 7.

1936 t-4th most wins in NNL with 7.
127. Dr. Chaleeko Posted: June 24, 2005 at 05:00 PM (#1428855)
Here's a little more on Dihigo's pitching in Mexico.

1940
Pitched in hard luck. -.4 WAT despite ERA that was 20% less than team total and 25% better than league. Peripherals all suggest a better record than he got stuck with.

1941
No data on him.

1942
Huge year, 22-7, 6 WAT with a 2.53 ERA in a 4.38 league, on a 4.37 team that went 48-40.

1943
A very good year. 16-8 with 2 WAT and an ERA of 3.10. But team ERA was 3.22. League was 3.90.

1944
12-10, .5 WAT, 3.14 ERA for a 4.09 ERA team. I haven't compiled the league figures yet.

1945
Haven't compiled figures for the league or him.

1946
11-4, 3.3 WAT, 2.83 ERA for a 4.18 ERA team in a 3.94 ERA league.

1947
The last season I have data on him. 4-2, 1.4 WAT, 4.37 ERA for a 4.72 ERA team in a 3.96 ERA league.

All told, it's a very interesting and positive career in Mexico, probably better than I had personally credited him with initially.
128. Dr. Chaleeko Posted: June 24, 2005 at 10:15 PM (#1429674)
Hang on, I looked back, and it turns out that I'd simply missed Dihigo in my spreadsheet in 1941.

1941
9-10, .5 WAT, 4.10 ERA for a 5.08 ERA team in a 4.77 ERA league.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:34 PM

Roberto Estalella Cuban League record:
Season Team Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG
1931-32 Habana OF 37 7 13 1 1 0 4 0 .351
1932-33 Habana 3B 82 10 26 1 2 3 10 4 .317
1936-37 Habana OF 237 40 68 12 4 5 34 2 .287
1937-38 Almendares* OF 189 28 48 5 2 4 31 1 .254
1938-39 Almendares OF 150 12 34 3 0 1 18 3 .227
1939-40 Habana* OF 175 18 48 7 1 1 21 4 .274
1940-41 Habana OF 193 35 53 13 4 1 29 8 .275
1941-42 Habana OF 168 13 42 5 4 2 27 4 .250
1943-44 Habana OF 143 33 48 7 5 1 19 2 .336
1944-45 Habana OF 128 16 26 4 2 2 22 2 .203
1945-46 Marianao* OF 223 23 57 11 0 1 29 1 .256
1946-47 Marianao OF 230 30 56 12 3 1 30 1 .243
1947-48 Leones+ OF 241 44 71 12 1 8 34 2 .295
1949-50 Marianao OF 203 31 61 10 1 12 47 0 .300
1950 Havana* OF 291 51 88 18 1 9 44 4 .302
1950-51 Marianao OF 71 12 12 2 0 4 16 0 .169
1952-53 Almendares OF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Notes:
1932-33 – led league in HR (3); no Americans played.
1936-37 – tied (with Herman Andrews) for lead in HR (5).
1937-38 – tied (with Ray Brown, Willie Wells) for lead in HR (4); also played with Habana.
1939-40 – also played with Almendares.
1940-41 – Led league in 2B (13); selected to All-Star team (selection was done by writers at the end of the season).
1941-42 – Led league in 3B (4), RBI (27); selected to All-Star team.
1943-44 – Selected to All-Star team.
1945-46 – Also played with Habana.
1947-48 – Played with “Players Federation,” a break-away league; also played with Alacranes and Santiago in the same league.
1950 – Havana Cubans in Florida International League, a minor league.

All-time leader lists:
# 9 for at-bats 2,473
# 10 for runs 352
# 10 for hits 664
# 7 for doubles 105
# 7 for home runs 46
# 7 for RBIs 371

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:35 PM

Bill Foster Data from Holway

1924 6-0 for Chi Am Giants; 1-0 for Memphis Red Sox; Chi 63-28, Mem 26-36
1925 6-0 for Chi Am Giants; team 39-37; all-star
1926 11-5 for Chi Am Giants; TRA 2.03 1st, 77 K first; team 49-25; all-star
2-2 in playoff vs. KC (concluded with a double-header shutout, beating Rogan both games) 0.84 TRA
2-0, 2.57 TRA in World Series vs. AC Bacharachs
1927 21-3 for Chi Am Giants; wins 1st, TRA 2.67 3rd, .875 wp 1st, 106 K 1st; all-star, GSA (Cy Young); team 54-28
2-0, 2.00 TRA in playoff vs. Birmingham
2-2, 3.38 TRA in World Series vs. AC Bacharachs
6-8 in Cuban Play
1928 14-10 for Chi Am Giants; wins 3rd, 118 K 1st; team 46-37
2-2 5.00 TRA in Playoff vs. St. Louis
1929 15-10 for Ch Am Giants; wins 4th; team 48-25
1-0 in post-season tournament against Homestead; 0.00 TRA
2-1, 1.42 TRA vs. major-league competition
1930 16-10 fro Chi Am Giants; wins 2nd, TRA 3.71 5th, 134 K 1st; team 48-52
1-0 vs. major-league competition; TRA 1.00
1931 12-2 for Homestead Grays, 1-1 for Chi Am Giants; 1st in wins, wp .857 1st, 3.05 TRA 3rd, 111 K 1st (in 109 ip); Grays 46-19; all-star, GSA
3-0, 3.24 TRA vs. Monarchs in “Championship Series”
1-0 vs. major-league competition, 3.00 TRA
1932 19-8 for Chi Am Giants; 1st in wins, .704 wp 1st, 2.67 TRA 3rd; 73 K 1st; all-star, GSA; team 62-31
2-0, 3.50 TRA in playoff vs. Nashville
1933 12-7 for Chi Am Giants; 2nd in wins, 3.08 TRA 3rd, 52 K 3rd; team 36-18
1934 6-5 for Chi Am Giants; 2.92 TRA 4th, 49 K 3rd; team 30-20
also pitched for KC Monarchs in the Denver Post tournament
1-2, 2.00 TRA in playoff vs. Philadelphia
1935 4-2 for Chi Am Giants; team 18-24
1936 3-2 for Pgh Crawfords; team 39-27
1937 5-4 for Chi Am Giants; team 25-14
0-0, .260 TRA in playoff vs. KC
1-1 in World Series vs. Eastern all-star team (only win for West team in 9 games)

career totals
152-69, .688
146-66, according to Holway (why his career numbers don’t match his seasonal numbers in Holway’s book I have no idea)
team record 603-385, .610 wp (not counting stint with Memphis in 1924 & Chi in 1931)
teams without Foster 453-317, .588
Foster 22 wins above team

18-9, .667 in post-season competition
4-1 vs. major-league competition (Holway has 3-0, career)
6-8 in one season of Cuban play
BILL FOSTER'S PLACEMENTS ON CAREER NGL LEADERBOARDS

WINS t-4th at 144 (with Rogan)

LOSSES 14th with 70

DECISIONS t-4th at 214

WINNING PCT .673
(50+ decisions) 14th
(25+ decisions) 24th
(10+ decisions) 40th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 22.1%
(50+ decisions) 36th
(25+ decisions) 49th
(10+ decisions) 75th

WAT 5th 19.0

WAT/DEC .089
(50+ decisions) 21st
(25+ decisions) 37th
(10+ decisions) 64th

APPEARANCES ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1926 t-5th most wins in NNL with 11, t-8th most in NgLs.

1927 Led NNL and NgLs with 21 wins.

1928 t-3rd in NNL and NgLs with 14 wins.

1929 t-3rd in NNL with 15 wins, 4th in NgLs.

1930 2nd in NNL and NgLs with 16 wins.

1931 Led NgLs with 15 wins, led eastern pitchers with 12 wins.

1932 Led NSL with 19 wins, 3rd in NgLs.

1937 4th in NAL with 5 wins, 6th in NgLs.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:36 PM

Josh Gibson Data

Seasonal data from Holway

1930 .261 for Homestead; c (1 hr, according to Holway)
1931 .308 for Homestead; 14 hr (2nd), 30 hr/550 (2nd), 15 2b (2nd), 7 3b (2nd); c, all-star
1932 .303 for Pgh; 10 hr (1st), 19 hr/550 (3rd), 16 2b (2nd), 6 3b (3rd); c, all-star
1933 .352 for Pgh; 23 hr (1st), 38 hr/550 (3rd), 18 2b (2nd), 10 3b (3rd); c all-star
1934 .295 for Pgh; 16 hr (1st), 29 hr/550 (3rd), 15 2b (1st), 4 3b (4th); c
1935 .355 for Pgh; 16 hr (1st), 40 hr/550 (2nd); c, all-star
1936 .327 for Pgh; 14 hr (3rd), 72 hr/550 (1st); c, all-star
1937 .462 for Homestead (1st); 21 hr (1st), 67 hr/550 (2nd), 5 3b (1st); c, all-star, MVP
1938 .358 for Homestead; 8 hr (2nd), 28 hr/550 (5th), 2 3b (1st); c, all-star
1939 .341 for Homestead; 17 hr (1st), 105 hr/550 (1st), 2 3b (3rd); c, all-star, MVP
1940 .167 for Homestead, part-season only
1940 In Mexico, 43-92, .467, 11 hr (2nd), 65 hr/550 (1st)
1941 In Mexico, 134-368, .374 (2nd); 33 hr (1st), 49 hr/550 (1st)
1942 .347 for Homestead (4th); 14 hr (1st), 49 hr/550 (1st), 8 2b (4th), 3 sb (3rd); c, all-star, MVP
1943 .449 for Homestead (3rd); 22 hr (1st), 41 hr/550 (1st) 33 2b (1st), 8 3b (5th), c, all-star, MVP
1944 .365 for Homestead (4th); 17 hr (1st), 35 hr/550 (2nd); 8 2b (5th), 12 3b (1st); c, all-star MVP
1945 .323 for Homestead; 11 hr (1st); 60 hr/550 (1st), 4 3b (3rd); c, all-star
1946 .397 for Homestead; 17 hr (1st); 69 hr/550 (1st), 12 2b (1st), 4 3b (2nd); c, all-star MVP

Career Data from Holway
1010-2875, .351
224 HR, 43 hr/550 (n.b. – Holway lists him at 51 hr/550 ab, but he lists 2375 ab as his total here: clearly a misreading of a handwritten number 8. His hr/550 total is the highest in the NeL, but only slightly higher than Mule Suttles’ 40/550 ab.)
21-56 vs. Major-league competition, 2 hr

Gibson has some Cuban play, I think, and a number of winter seasons in Puerto Rico, for which data is also available, and I’m sure there are better stats available for his Mexican League seasons, but this is good for a start.

Gibson's fielding history is simple: he was a catcher throughout his career.

Here's his career line from Macmillan 8th

439 g, 1820 ab, 644 hits, 110 2b, 45 3b, 141 hr, 17 sb, .354 ba, .696 sa

His Cuban record consisted of two seasons:

1937-38 - Habana (apparently signed late in season)
61 AB, 11 R, 21 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .344

1938-39 - Santa Clara (won pennant)
163 AB, 50 R, 58 H, 7 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 39 RBI, 2 SB, .356

Led league in runs and HR. Set season record in HR. (I'm not sure what the previous record was, but thumbing through the book the highest earlier total I could find was 7 by Mule Suttles. The Cuban ballparks prior to 1942 were huge -- the main park in Havana, La Tropical, was listed as 498 to left, 505 to center, and 398 to right.)

Josh Gibson's Mexican League batting (he joined Veracruz late in the season, but was still only only 1 HR behind the league leader, Cool Papa Bell):

1940
G-22
AB-92
H-43
D-7
T-4
HR-11
R-32
RBI-38
BB-16
SO-6
HP-0
SH-0
SB-3
AVE-.467
OBA-.565
SLG-.989

And 1941, also with Veracruz:
G-94
AB-358
H-134
D-31
T-3
HR-33
R-100
RBI-124
BB-75
SO-25
HP-1
SH-0
SB-7
AVE-.374
OBA-.484
SLG-.754

Totals:
G-116
AB-450
H-177
D-38
T-7
HR-44
R-132
RBI-162
BB-91
SO-31
HP-1
SH-0
SB-10
AVE-.393
OBA-.496
SLG-.802

There's also his Dominican League stats from 1937, from Holway, which I think nobody's mentioned. Gibson hit 24 for 53 (.453). Next highest was Clyde Spearman, at .352, then Dihigo at .351 (in 97 ABs). Holway doesn't give extra base hits, or anything else.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:37 PM

Monte Irvin

4) MONTE IRVIN STATISTICS 1942-1948

MEXICAN STATISTICS 1942 (Vera Cruz)
YEAR-G-AB-R-H-2B-3B-HR-RBI-BA-SA-SB-BB-SO
1942: 63 237 74 94 17 6 20 79 .397 .772 11 50 19

PUBLISHED NEGRO LEAGUE STATISTICS 1945-1948 (Newark Eagles):
1945 NNL
5 G, 18 AB, 5 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, .222 BA, 444 SA, 0 SB
1946 NNL
57 G, 213 AB, 59 R, 84 H, 20 2B, 4 3B, 8 HR, 56 RBI, .394 BA, 638 SA
1947 NNL
81 G, 287 AB, 70 R, 91 H, 18 2B, 4 3B, 14 HR, 71 RBI, .317 BA, 554 SA, 19 SB
1948 NNL
42 G, 135 AB, 26 R, 43 H, .319 BA

Notes:
1): The 1945 and 1947 Statistics are final and complete. The 1946 statistics do not include the final 4 games played by the Newark Eagles, during which Irvin played 2 games, went 2 for 8 with 0 HR, and finished at 86 H in 221 AB to win the NNL Batting Title with a .389 BA. The 1948 Statistics do not include the very final Newark Eagle game of the season. The Eagles played 56 Games in 1948 and Irvin missed the first 13 games because of illness. It is unknown if he played in the final game.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:37 PM

Sam Jethroe

Year Lg Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BA SA TB SB
1944 NgL Cle 68 275 55 97 14 2 .353 .440 121 18
1945 NgL Cle 56 214 61 84 10 10 3 37 .393 .575 123 21
1946 NgL Cle 62 226 54 70 6 .310 20
1947 NgL Cle 306 90 108 35 10 7 .353 .601 184 52
1948 NgL Cle 47 186 61 55 13 4 5 30 .296 .489 91 29
1948 IL Mon 76 292 52 94 19 11 1 25 .322 .473 138 18
1949 IL Mon 153 635 154 207 34 19 17 83 .326 .520 330 89
1950 NL Bos 141 582 100 159 28 8 18 58 .273 .442 257 35
1951 NL Bos 148 572 101 160 29 10 18 65 .280 .460 263 35
1952 NL Bos 151 608 79 141 23 7 13 58 .232 .357 217 28
1953 IL Tol 145 543 137 168 32 10 28 74 .309 .560 304 27
1954 IL Tor 154 593 113 181 36 8 21 84 .305 .499 296 23
1955 IL Tor 145 485 88 127 16 4 16 66 .262 .410 199 24
1956 IL Tor 149 567 105 163 25 4 19 68 .287 .446 253 22
1957 IL Tor 130 451 83 125 16 6 15 39 .277 .439 198 24
1958 IL Tor 68 184 20 43 11 0 2 18 .234 .326 60 5

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:38 PM

Heavy Johnson Data

Negro-League Play

1922 KC 231 ab, 104 hits, 22 2b, 9 3b, 13 hr, .451 avg, .792 slg. ; leads lg in BA, all-star LF
1923 KC 186 ab, 68 hits, x 2b, 9 3b, 20 hr, .367 avg., appx. .866 slg; leads in HR, all-star CF, Holway MVP
1924 KC 296 ab, 111 hits, 16 2b, 11, 3b, 7 hr, .374 avg., .574 slg; all-star RF
1925 Bal .352, played lf
1926 Bal/Hbg 209 ab, 72 hits, 8 hr, .346 avg.; avg. 4th in lg, all-star in LF
1927 Hbg .336 played rf.
1928 Cle .279 played lf; .Memphis .331 played rf
1929 no data
1930 no data
I can find no records in Holway for Johnson after 1928. Cleveland and Memphis were not good teams in 1928, so it looks like his career was on a downward slope at that point.

vs. Major-league competition
1922 2-4 (double, home run) vs. Babe Ruth all-stars. Jack Quinn pitched.

According to Holway, he was 8-16 lifetime vs. major-league pitching, with 2 home runs.

Brief analysis: Johnson left the military and joined the Negro National League when he was 26. (That answers one of Dr. Chaleeko's questions . . . ) He was clearly an immediate star, with stunning seasons in 1922 and 1923, though he may have been assisted by a friendly home ballpark for the Monarchs. (They changed parks around this time -- I'm pretty sure the details are on the Dobie Moore thread from KJOK, but I haven't had time to cross-check.) Certainlty, the Monarchs dominated the offensive leaderboards during these years without dominating the standings, although they were the best team in the league after the light-hitting Chicago American Giants. Johnson never had seasons as good as those two again, although he remained a star from 1924 to 26. He was slightly above average at best in 1927 and 1928, playing for poor teams in 1928, and he disappears from the records of major teams after that, even though Riley has him playing for the Memphis Red Sox through 1933, and Holway has data for Memphis for most of those seasons.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:39 PM

Here's Holway's data for Judy Johnson's career

In League Play
1921 .229 for Hilldale; ss
1922 .240 for Hilldale; ss; all-star ( a _very_ dubious selection over Lloyd or Lundy)
1923 .313 for Hilldale; 3b; 21 2b (2nd), 7 sb (2nd); all-star
1924 .324 for Hilldale; 23 2b (1st), 5 3b (2nd); 3b; all-star
1925 .332 for Hilldale; 8 3b (2nd); 3b; all-star
1926 .312 for Hilldale; 16 2b (4th), 6 3b (2nd), 6 sb (3rd); all-star
1927 .220 for Hilldale; 3b
1928 .234 for Hilldale; 3b
1929 .412 for Hilldale; ba 4th in league, 22 2b (3rd), 23 sb (3rd)
1930 .250 for Homestead; 3b
1931 .248 for Phi Stars; 3b
1932 .304 for Hilldale, .235 for Pgh Crawfords; 3 3b (4th); 3b
1933 .281 for Pgh Crawfords; 13 2b (5th); 3b
1934 .232 for Pgh Crawfords; 3b
1935 .263 for Pgh Crawfords; 3b
1936 .239 for Pgh Crawfords; 3b
1937 no data

Postseason play
1921 2-18 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1924 15-44 in World Series vs. Monarchs
1925 6-24 in World Series vs. Monarchs
1929 6-14 vs. Chi Am Giants in World Series
1930 12-43 in playoff vs. New York
1935 1-10 in playoff vs. Cuban Stars

Cuban Play
1926 43-115 in Cuban Play
1927 44-133 in Cuban Play
30-88 in Cuban Play

Vs. Major-league competition
1923 6-20
1929 2-4
1931 3-11 vs. Major-League competition
1932 5-25 vs. major-league competition
1935 3-4 vs. major-league competition

Career
.275 mean average for sixteen seasons
1100-3853, .285 avg. according to Holway
28-105, .267 vs. major-league competition, according to Holway

Brief comments. It's pretty clear from this data that Judy Johnson would have been, at best, an average hitter in the majors. He probably was a top-notch defensive third baseman

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:40 PM

SLIM JONES PLACEMENT ON NGL CAREER LEADERBOARDS

WINS t-82nd with 35

LOSSES t-107th with 26

DECISIONS 91st with 61

WINNING PCT .574
(Minimum 50+ Decisions) 51st
(Minimum 25+ Decisions) 77th
(Minimum 10+ Decisions) 125th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 13.9%
(Minimum 50+ Decisions) 98th
(Minimum 25+ Decisions) 142nd
(Minimum 10+ Decisions) 206th

WAT 57th with 3.8

WAT/DECISION 0.63
(Minimum 50+ Decisions) 38th
(Minimum 25+ Decisions) 58th
(Minimum 10+ Decisions) 91st

PLACEMENT ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1934 Led EWL in wins with 21.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:43 PM

Buck Leonard Data from Holway

Teams: 1933 Brooklyn Royal Giants, 1934-50 Homestead Grays

1933 No Data
1934 .330 for Homestead, 1b
1935 .332 for Homestead, 1b
1936 .260 for Homestead, 1b
1937 .356 for Homestead, 10 hr (3rd), 33 hr/550 (3rd), 8 2b (2nd), 2 3b (5th); 1b
1938 .396 for Homestead (2nd), 8 hr (2nd), 42 hr/550 (2nd), 1b, all-star
1939 .397 for Grays (3rd), 8 hr (3rd), 57 hr/550 (2nd); 1b, all-star
1940 .378 for Grays (3rd), 11 hr (1st), 27 hr/550 (4th), 21 2b (1st), 5 3b (1st); 1b, all-star MVP
1941 .294 for Grays, 9 hr (1st), 26 hr/550 (3rd), 6 2b (5th), 9 3b (1st); 1b, all-star
1942 .172 for Grays, 1b
1943 .321 for Grays, 6 hr (3rd), 11 hr/550 (4th), 20 2b (2nd), 11 3b (2nd); 1b
1944 .350 for Grays, 9 hr (2nd), 15 hr/550 (2nd), 23 2b (1st), 7 3b (2nd); 1b
1945 .365 for Grays (5th), 4 hr (3rd), 13 hr/550 (4th); 1b, all-star
1946 .265 for Grays, 19 hr/550 (5th), 4 3b (5th); 1b
1947 .419 for Grays, 36 hr/550 (2nd); 1b, all-star
1948 .395 for Grays (1st), 13 hr (1st), 45 hr/550 (1st); 1b
1949 no data
1950 no data

Career totals from Holway
779-2325, .335
79 hr, 15 hr/550 ab
10-24, .417 vs. major-league competition

Career Totals from Macmillan 10th:
462 g, 1601 ab, 525 hits, 74 2b, 23 3b, 69 hr, .328 ba, .532 sa

After the collapse of the Homestead Grays at the end of the 1950 season, Leonard played in the Mexican League from 1951 to 1953. In those three years, he played 227 games and walked 235 times (with only 35 strikeouts).

In other words, he walked more than once a game. The published stats from his Negro League days support the fact that he was walking a ton then too (very very low AB per game ratios).

Basically Leonard was an awesome fastball hitter. His basic batting strategy seems to have been to work the count, laying off breaking stuff out of the zone, while waiting for a fastball to crush.

I think he'll end up looking pretty good.

Mexico League 1951 to 1953, reduced to 154 Games:
G-AB-R-H-2B-3B-HR-RBI-BA-SA-SB-BB-SO
154 514 104 168 37 3 18 117 .326 .515 14 159 24

The walk data I have for Leonard from Cuba is very similar, though small sample size.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:44 PM

John Henry Lloyd data

From Holway

1906 .108 for Phi X-Giants (appx. 1/11), listed as playing second base
1907 no batting data, SS for Philadelphia Giants
12-43 (.279) in Cuban play
1908 no seasonal batting data, SS for Phil Giants
10-20 in World Series vs. Leland Giants
1909 .409 (9-22) for Phil Giants, SS
8-33 (.242) vs. major-league competition in Cuba
1910 11-34 (.324) for Chicago Leland Giants, Holway all-star SS
16-40 (.400) vs. Cuban Competition for Leland Giants
11-31 (.356) vs. major-league competition in Cuba
2-13 (.154) in Cuban play
1911 18-50 (.360) for NY Lincoln Giants, Holway all-star SS
0-5 vs. Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner & a major/minor-league squad
1912 .162 for NY Lincoln Giants, SS & manager
2-4 vs. major-league competition
46-135 in Cuban play
1913 40-123 (.325) for NY Lincoln Giants, SS & manager, Holway all-star
4-14 (.286) vs. major-league competition
1914 .323 for Chi Am Giants, 8 2b, 6 3b (tied for lead), Holway all-star SS
0-3 vs. major-league competition
1915 28-79 (.354) for NY Lincoln Stars, .182 for Chi Am Giants, Holway all-star SS
24-61 (.393) in Cuban play
1916 51-110 (.373) for Chi Am Giants (led lg.), Holway all-star SS
3-16 vs. ABCS in playoff
1917 .193 for Chi Am Giants, Holway all-star SS (only one player in west hits .300)
11-29 (.359) in World Series vs. NY Lincoln Stars
1-3 vs. major-league competition
1918 .215 for Brooklyn Royal Giants, SS
1919 .310 for AC Bacharach Giants and Bkn Royal Giants, SS
2-13 vs. major-league competition
1920 11-33 (.333) for Brooklyn Royal Giants, SS & manager, Holway all-star
4-15 in playoff vs. Hilldale
2-13 vs. major-league competition [possible error repeating 1919 stats??]
1921 .331 for Columbus Buckeyes, SS & manager
1922 .310 for AC Bacharach Giants, SS
4-22 (.182) in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
45-131 (.344) in Cuban play
1923 .349 for Hilldales (2nd in lg.), leads lg with 30 2b, SS & manager
1924 .333 for AC Bacharach Giants, 2B & manager
73-196 (.372) in Cuban play
1925 .333 for AC Bacharach Giants, 2B & manager
46-126 (.371) in Cuban Play
1926 .346 for NY Lincoln Giants, 2B & manager, Holway 2B all star
1927 .350 for NY Lincoln Giants, 2B & manager
36-102 (.353) in Cuban Play
1928 .563** (not reliable avg.) for NY Lincoln Giants, 2B & manager, Holway 1B all star
1929 .362 for NY Lincoln Giants, 1B & manager, Holway 1B all star
1930.434 for NY Lincoln Giants, 1B & manager, Holway 1b all star
12-32 (.375) vs. Homestead Grays in playoff
1931.182 for NY Harlem Bombers, 1B & manager
1932 No data, played for AC Bacharach Giants

Career Totals from Holway
970-2881, .337
41-170, .241 vs. major-league competition
.320 mean avg. 06, 08-31 (25 seasons)
284-807 in Cuban play, .352 (8 seasons)
30-119, .252 in listed ab vs. major-league competition

From Riley

1907 .250 for Phil Giants
1910 .417 for Leland Giants vs. all competition
1911-1913 .475, .376, .363 for NY Lincoln Giants
1915 batted .390 in 10-game series vs. Chi Am Giants
1917 missed some playing time when spiked by Frank Warfield
1921 .336 (vs. league competition, presumably) for Columbus Buckeyes
1922 .387 for NY Bacharachs (according to Riley, they relocated to AC after this season)
1923 .418 for Hilldale (this & 1922 probably vs. all competition)
1924 .444 for Bacharachs (all competition)
1925.330 for Bacharachs
1926-7 .349 & .375 for NY Lincoln Giants
1928 .564 (must be vs. all competition)
1929 .362
1930 .312

Lifetime .368 avg. in black baseball
Lifetime .321 avg. in Cuba, in twelve seasons

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:45 PM

Dick Lundy data from Holway

In Negro Leagues
1918 .125 for Hilldale; ss
1919 .351 for Hilldale; ss; all-star
1920 .286 for Bacharach Giants; ss
1921 .361 for AC Bacharach Giants; ba 1st, 3 hr (4th), 14 hr/550 (4th) 4 3b (1st), 4 sb (4th); ss; all-star
2-15 in playoff vs. Hilldale
1922 no data (Riley lists him with AC Bacharachs, hitting .335. Lloyd was with Bacharachs this season and Holway lists him at ss and a non-entity at 2nd; I hazard a guess that Lundy moved to second, or that Lloyd actually played second. Riley says Lloyd moved to second in 1924 when he returned to the Bacharachs as player-manager)
1923 .290 for AC Bacharachs; 9 hr (2nd), 25 hr/550 (3rd), 13 2b (4th), 4 3b (5th); ss; all-star
1924 .339 for AC Bacharachs; 4? 3b (4th); ss
1925 .297 for AC Bacharachs; ss
1926 .320 for AC Bacharachs; 17 2b (1st); ss; all-star, MVP
11-36 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1927 .303 for AC Bacharachs; ss; 11 hr (2nd); ss
9-36 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1928 .414 for AC Bacharachs; ba 2nd, 4 3b (2nd); ss; all-star
1929 .336 for Bal Black Sox; ss
1930 .344 for Bal Black Sox; ss
1931 .276 for Bal Black Sox; 13 hr/550 (3rd); ss; all-star
1932 .328 for Bal Black Sox; 3rd in league; ss; all-star
1933 .167 for Phi Stars; ss
1934 .279 for Nwk Dodgers; ut (easing out as full-time player)
1935 no data (listed as manager for Nwk Dodgers)
1936 no data
1937 .167 for Nwk Eagles; ut and manager

Vs. Major-League competition
1919 1-8 vs. major-league competition
1920 1-3 vs. major-league competition
1930 2-10 vs. major-league pitching

In Cuban Play
1920 3-8 in Cuban Play
1926 52-127 in Cuban Play
1927 44-137 in Cuban Play
1929 65-195 in Cuban play

Career
938-2998, .314 according to Holway
Median avg. 1918-1934, .303

Here's a little more on his Cuban League play:

1920-21

The Bacharach Giants entered the Cuban League as the third team (to Habana and Almendares), but despite headline players including Oscar Charleston, Louis Santop, Dick Lundy, and Dick Redding, they were only 4-11 by January 13, when they decided to forfeit all remaining games and return to the U.S.

8 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 0 XBH, 0 SB, .375.

1923-24

Lundy played with Almendares, which placed 3rd of 4 teams, 18-29. This is the year when most of the biggest stars (Charleston, Dobie Moore, Oliver Marcelle, Frank Warfield, Bill Holland, Dave Brown, Jose Mendez) were assigned to Santa Clara, which was 36-11.

90 AB, 11 R, 31 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, .344

1924 (Second season)
With Santa Clara sweeping the regular season, the 1923-24 season was ended early (in mid January), the weakest team was folded, and the players were redistributed for a special second season. This was very competitive, with Lundy's Almendares in 3rd place at 12-13, only 1 game behind first place Santa Clara.

53 AB, 3 R, 13 H, 0 SB, .245

(Bienvenido Jimenez is also listed as a SS with 46 AB, suggesting that Lundy may not have finished the second season.)

1924-25

Lundy is again with Almendares, and John H Lloyd, Oscar Charleston, Newt Allen, Biz Mackey, and Bullet Rogan also join the team, which this time won the title with a record of 33-16. Lundy leads the league in stolen bases with 11.

139 AB, 24 R, 49 H, 11 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 11 SB, .353

Note - the season was again ended early because Almendares was running away with the championship. To finish out the season, the players split into "All Cubans" and "All Yankees" squads for a contest between the Cuban and North American players. The "All Yankees" won the series 5-3.

1925-26

Lundy again played with Almendares, but has only 71 AB. John H. Lloyd is listed as the regular SS with 134 AB. Almendares has a 34-13 record, but 12 of the victories represent forfeits by a weak San Jose team. Almendares edges Habana for the title by 2 games.

71 AB, 27 R, 23 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 SB, .324
(These numbers, especially the runs scored, look suspicious.)

1926-27

Miguel Angel (Mike) Gonzalez and Dolf Luque formed a separate league, known as Triangular, taking with them most of the better players. They played at the University of Havana stadium, which appears to have been more hitter friendly than Almendares Park, where most of the Cuban League games were played until 1930. Lundy played for the Alacranes and was one of four .400 hitters (along with Pablo Mesa, George Carr, and Oscar Charleston). With Dolf Luque, George Carr, Judy Johnson, and with Jose Mendez throwing his last victory before his death of tuberculosis, the Alacranes won the pennant in a 3-team league with a record of 22-15.

127 AB, 25 R, 52 H, .410 (extra base hits not recorded)

1927-28

Dick Lundy (and the other players) returned to the Cuban League, where he again played for Almendares. Habana was running away with the pennant, and after Almendares lost a game 18-4 to Habana on January 21, they "withdrew from the league in shame" and forfeited their final 8 games. Final record (including 8 forfeit losses) was 17-23. Other players on Almendares that season included Lloyd (at 1B), Marcelle, George Scales, and Dolf Luque.

137 AB, 26 R, 44 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 1 SB, .321

1929-30

Lundy was with Almendares again. The Almendares Blues finished in 3rd place (of 4 teams) with a record of 23-26. Martin Dihigo was his most prominent teammate.

195 AB, 28 R, 65 H, 7 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, .333

1930

The regular season broke down after 5 games because of a contract dispute with the management of the new stadium (La Tropical), so a special season, known as Unico, of 25 total games was held in November in the old stadium (Almendares Park). Lundy played with Almendares, which placed first of the four teams with a 9-4 record. Other prominent players on his team were Martin Dihigo and Judy Johnson. Lundy tied with Charleston for most hits, with 19.

56 AB, 11 R, 19 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 3 SB, .339

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:47 PM

Biz Mackey Data

Teams: 20-22 ABCs, 23-31 Hilldale, 32??, 33-35 Phi Stars, 36-37 Wash Elite Giants, 38-39 Bal Elite Giants, 39-41 Newark Eagles, 42-44 ??, 45-47 Newark Eagles

1920 .315 for Ind ABCs; 3b
2-5 vs. major-league competition
1921 .317 for Ind ABCs; 13 hr (3rd), 25 hr/550 (3rd), 10 3b (5th); 2b; all-star
4-7 vs. major-leage pitchers in California league
1922 .344 for Ind ABCs; ut
1923 .441 for Hilldale; ba 1st, 9 hr (2nd), 20 hr/550 ab (5th), 4 3b (5th); c; all-star, MVP
5-20 vs. Major-League competition
1924 .357 for Hilldale; ba 3rd, 20 2b (3rd); ss; all-star
10-40 in World Series vs. KC
47-152 in Cuban Play
1925 .346 for Hilldale; 12 sb (5th); c; all-star
1926 .313 for Hilldale; 10 hr (3rd), 17 2b (1st), 14 sb (1st); c, all-star
1927 .315 for Hilldale; c, all-star
1-10 vs. major-league competition
1928 .360 for Hilldale; ba would be 5th in league, too few ab; c
3-8 vs. major-league competition
1929 .308 for Hilldale; c, all-star
1930 .397 for Hilldale; 4 3b (3rd), 2 sb (2nd); c, all-star
1931 .359 for Phi Stars; ba 1st; c, MVP
1932 No Data
1933 .298 for Phi Stars; c
1934 .299 for Phi Stars; ut
7-19 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
1935 .257 for Phi Stars; c
3-11 vs. major-league competition
1936 .257 for Was Elite Giants; 3 3b (4th); c
0-3 vs. major-league competition
1937 .375 for Was Elite Giants; (high enough to place in leaders, not enough ab); c
1938 .285 for Bal Elite Giants; c
1939 .256 for Newark Eagles; 4 hr (4th), 28 hr/550 (4th); c
6-12 in playoffs
1940 .281 for Newark Eagles; c
1941 .264 for Newark Eagles; c
1942 no data
1943 no data
1944 no data
1945 .279 for Newark Eagles; c
1946 no data, manager of Newark Eagles
1947 .220 for Newark Eagles; c and manager

Career, according to Holway
1383-4292, .322
26-74, .354, against major-league competition
50 hr, 6 hr/550 ab
MVP 1923, 1931
All-star 1921 (2b), 1923, 1924 (ss), 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930
Fielding 1920 3b, 1921 2b, 1922 ut, 1924 ss, 1923, 1925-47 c
Mean avg. for 22 seasons with data, .315

Career according to MacMillan 10th
802 g, 2925 ab, 942 hits, 117 2b, 43 3b, 60 hr, .322 ba, .453 slg

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:47 PM

MAX MANNING
NEGRO LEAGUES
&#xtm; wat/ tm avg tm
YEAR LG TEAM W L pct dec WAT dec dec decs in lg
1939 NNL NWK 4 4 .500 18% -1.4 -.18 45 33
1940 NNL NWK 14 7 .667 39% 2.5 .12 54 57
1941 NNL NWK 5 2 .714 21% .9 .12 34 41
1942 NNL NWK 6 7 .462 27% -.9 -.07 49 41
1946 NNL NWK 13 1 .929 18% 2.4 .17 76 52
1947 NNL NWK 15 6 .714 27% 4.5 .21 79 60
1948 NNL NWK 10 4 .714 100% 0.0 .00 14 37
TOTAL 67 31 .684 28% 8.0 .08 351 321

As I recollect, Manning served two or three years in the war, but I'm not sure about that.

Also, someone please correct me if I have the facts wrong, but I think he might have played minor league ball, but he hurt his arm which ruined his big-league aspirations. 3. Dr. Chaleeko Posted: July 11, 2005 at 01:48 PM (#1463917)
At lunch I was able to gather a little more info from Holway, Riley, and Cisneros.

1) Manning was indeed drafted and served 1943-1945.

2) Riley says he pitched in Cuba from 1946-1949, I assume he means in the CWL. He then spent 1950 in Venezuala in Maricaoba.

3) He finished off his career by pitching two seasons in Mexico, 1951 and 1953.

He went a combined 5-9 in 131.33 innings, sporting ERAs of 3.02 and 4.27 in the two seasons. His H, BB, and K rates seem pretty respectable given the league's propensity to high hit rates and low K/BB rates.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:48 PM

Oliver Marcelle Data

Expert Assessments
Selected by 80% of experts polled in _Cool Papas_ for HoF
BJ -- #3 Third Baseman, behind Ray Dandridge and Judy Johnson
Holway -- #3 Third Baseman, behind Jud Wilson and Ray Dandridge; selected as all-star four times by Holway

From Riley

.305 lifetime Negro-League Average
1919, 1921-29 seasonal avgs. .229, .305, .364, .295, .343, .308, .255, .306, .296, .288
.305 lifetime Cuban Winter League average (8 seasons)

From Holway

Negro-League Data
1918 .111 for Bkn Royal Giants
1919 .462 (20-50) for Bkn Royal Giants; Holway all-star
1920 .323 for AC Bacharach Giants; Holway all-star
1921 .299 for AC Bacharach Giants; Holway all-star
6-15, .400 in playoff vs. Hilldale
1922 .265 for AC Bacharach Giants
6 –24, .250 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1923, .306 for NY Lincoln Giants
1924 .316 for NY Lincoln Giants
1925 .321 for AC Bacharach Giants, .174 for NY Lincoln Giants
1926 .288 for AC Bacharach Giants
12-36 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1927 .326 for AC Bacharach Giants; Holway all-star
8-34, .235 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1928 .288 for AC Bacharach Giants
1929 .288 for Balt Black Sox
1930 .308 for Bkn Royal Giants

Career Data
.302, 723-2391

Cuban Data
1923 .393 to lead winter league
1924 .310 (39-126)
1925 .333 (26-78)
1927 .336 (40-119)
1929 .241 (38-158)

Vs. Major League Competition
1920 1-4 vs. Babe Ruth all-stars (Carl Mays and Ruth pitch)
1921 8-19 vs. Phil Athletics
1929 2-13 vs. All-Star squad (Phil A’s pitchers minus Grove plus Balt Orioles of IL)
career 11-36, .306

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:49 PM

Luis Marquez

Here's the raw stats for Marquez

ngl
YEAR LG TM AGE PO TMG G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG
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1945 nnl nyc 19 of 26
1946 nnl 2tm 20 of 22 81 25 31 3 0 1 3 .309 .383
1947 nnl hom 21 of 250 96 134 15 5 .384 .535
1948 nnl hom 22 of 39 35 52 .298 .407

international league
1949 il nwk 23 of 153 18 69 17 23 3 0 1 3 7 5 .246 .333

pacific coast league
1949 pcl por 23 of 187 132 511 150 202 26 7 4 32 40 76 .294 .395
1950 pcl por 24 of 200 194 775 241 347 41 19 9 38 64 98 .311 .448
1955 pcl por 29 of 172 112 381 119 169 24 1 8 5 24 67 .312 .444
1956 pcl por 30 of 168 155 602 207 329 27 10 25 18 43 77 .344 .547
1957 pcl por 31 of 168 167 610 169 305 31 6 31 13 47 69 .277 .500
1958 pcl por 32 of 109 335 89 138 13 6 8 2 .266 .412

american association
1952 aa mil 26 of 154 136 521 180 280 38 10 14 24 51 91 .346 .537
1953 aa tol 27 of 154 130 510 149 222 28 3 13 37 .292 .435
1954 aa tol 28 of 154 58 229 76 120 18 1 8 7 .332 .524
1955 aa tol 29 of 154 21 75 18 32 6 1 2 0 .240 .427
1959 aa dal 33 of 154 142 510 176 262 24 4 18 14 .345 .514
1960 aa dal 34 of 154 144 469 124 169 30 3 3 6 .264 .360
1961 aa dal 35 of 154 18 43 9 14 3 1 0 0 .209 .326

eastern league
1961 el wms 35 of 154 19 54 14 20 1 1 1 1 .259 .370

mexican league
1962 mxl pzr 36 of 130 126 460 164 263 28 4 21 9 58 47 .357 .572
1963 mxl pzr 37 of 134 118 401 126 211 19 3 20 8 43 63 .314 .526

prwl
1945 prw agu 19 of 40 175 10 .298 .576
1946 prw agu 20 of 60 224 78 27 14 27 .348 .684
1947 prw agu 21 of 59 65 20 .296 .482
1948 prw agu 22 of 80 108 29 .379 .618
1949 prw agu 23 of 78 233 73 10 23 .313 .572
1951 prw sj 25 of 72 275 73 3 8 23 .266 .441
1952 prw sj 26 of 72 288 88 3 .306 .438
1953 prw may 27 of 80 282 94 5 32 .333 .497
1954 prw may 28 of 72 165 60 10 5 28 .364 .667
1955 prw pon 29 of 72 191 47 74 12 3 3 5 .246 .387
1956 prw may 30 of 72 256 70 111 12 1 9 11 .273 .434
1957 prw pon 31 of 64 62 209 65 121 15 7 9 5 .311 .579
1958 prw pon 32 of 64 63 220 68 111 14 4 7 4 .309 .505
1959 prw pon 33 of 62 56 173 44 71 10 1 5 5 .254 .410
1960 prw pon 34 of 64 41 79 17 25 6 1 0 3 .215 .317
1961 prw pon 35 of 80 12 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 .083 .167

nl
1951 nl bos 25 of 154 68 122 24 31 5 1 0 4 10 20 .197 .254
1954 nl 2tm 28 of 154 31 21 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 .083 .048

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:49 PM

First, here's Matlock's data from Holway and Riley.

Leroy Matlock Data

From Riley

Born March 12, 1907

Teams: St. Louis Stars, 1929-31, Detroit/Homestead/Washington 1932, Pittsburgh Crawfords 1933-38, Santa Domingo 1937, Venezuela 1939, Mexico 1940-1942, New York Cubans 1942

Seasonal Data from Holway

1929 5-2, team 70-26, #5 in team decisons, -0.1 WAT
1930 10-3, #3 in league in wp, team 68-24, #2 in team dec. (tie), 0.5 WAT
1931 1-3, team 23-17, #5 in team dec., -1.4 WAT
1932 4-1 for Homestead (team 64-28), 2-5 for Was (team 16-35), 0.4 WAT
1933 11-4, 4th in wins, 4th in wp, 4th in TRA, 4th in K, team 49-31, #3 in team dec., 2.2 WAT, all-star
1934 14-3, 3rd in wins, 2nd in wp, 5 in K, team 63-22, #3 in team dec., 1.8 WAT
1935 17-0, 1st in wins, 1st in wp, 1st in TRA, team 47-17, #1 in team dec., 6.1 WAT, all-star, GSA
1936 9-3, 3rd in wins, 3rd in wp, 1st in TRA, team 39-27, #2 in team dec., 2.3 WAT
(Note, all his dec. came in the first half of the season. Pitched a lot then, and not at all thereafeter. Holway says he doesn’t know the reason, but Riley has him playing on a black all-star team that entered and won the Denver Post tournament.)
1937 4-1 in S.D., no team data, 1-0 for Pgh, team 12-16, 0.6 WAT
1938 3-7, team 24-18, #2 in team dec., -3.6 WAT
1939 No Data: in Venezuela
1940 15-10, 3.27 ERA, 101 K in Mexico
1941 15-7 in Mexico
1942 9-13 in Mexico, no data for NY Cubans

Career
77-31, .713 in NeL competition
4-1 in Santa Domingo
39-30 in Mexico

Yes, Matlock pitched one season in Cuba, 1938-39, splitting his time among two teams and going 6-8. With pennant-winning Santa Clara he was a teammate of Josh Gibson, Ray Brown, Sam Bankhead, Manuel García, and Lázaro Salazar. With third-place Cuba he was a teammate of Bill Holland, Ray Dandridge, and Bill Perkins.
Yr Team G CG W L Tm W Tm L Tm Pct Pennant WAT % tm dec
38-39 Santa Clara 8 3 2 4 34 20 .630 * -2.0 11%
38-39 Cuba 10 4 4 4 25 29 .463 0.3 15%
38-39 Total 18 7 6 8 -1.7

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:50 PM

Jose Mendez's placements on career NgL leaderboards are truncated to only 1920-1948 at this this time.

WINS t-113th with 26 wins

LOSSES t-247th with 9

DEICISIONS t-159th with 35

WINNING PCT .743
(50+ decisions minimum) DNQ
(25+ decisions minimum) 5th
(10+ decisions minimum) 13th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS .064
(50+ decisions minimum) DNQ
(25+ decisions minimum) 205th (out of 205)
(10+ decisions minimum) 325th (of 335)

WAT 68th with 3.5

WAT/DECISION .099
(50+ decisions minimum) DNQ
(25+ decisions minimum) 32nd
(10+ decisions minimum) 58th

YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES

1923 t-4th in wins with 12.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:51 PM

Here's all the data on Bill Monroe from Holway and Riley.

Monroe
1903 3-11 vs. Cuban X-Giants in 7-game playoff
1904 0-7 vs. Cuban X-Giants in 3-game playoff
1905 2-8 vs. Brooklyn Royal Giants in 3-game playoff
1906 listed as hitting .500 for Brooklyn Royal Giants in possibly 4 documented games
1906 18-51 in Cuban Play
1907 23-77 in Cuban Play
1908 11-47 in Cuban Play
1908 2-4 vs. Cincinnati Reds in Cuba (and Royal Giants win their game against Reds)
1909 6-8 vs. unidentified competition
1910 .171, no games or ab listed for Brooklyn Royal Giants
1911 11-37 vs. black & Cuban teams
1912 .208 no games or ab listed for Chicago American Giants
1913 .268 no games or ab listed for Chicago American Giants
1914 .239 no games or ab listed for Chicago American Giants

Totals
52-175 .297 in Cuban Play
22-71.310 in "negro-league" play
2-4 vs. major league competition

76-250 .304 total

Riley lists a .333 average for Monroe in Cuban in 1908, and a .348 average for Monroe against all competition in 1914.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:52 PM

Dobie Moore Data
Nickname “The Black Cat”

From Riley
“a superb fielder with outstanding range and a terrific arm”
1924 hit .453, led league in doubles, with 10 hr and .694 slugging %
Played ball in the army for the 25th Infantry team
1920-21 hit .274 and .264
1922 hit .385
1923 hit .365
1925 hit .325
1926 hit .381 in partial season before his career-ending injury

.365 lifetime avg.
.356 avg. in Cuban Play

Holway Data

Seasonal Totals
1920 .306 for KC Monarchs; Holway all-star
6-14 (.429) vs. major-league competition
1921 .372 for KC Monarchs; Holway all-star appx. 242 ab so 90 hits, 11 HR (5th in league), 19 doubles (3 in league) est. 5 triples for a .628 slugging percentage (home ball park was a hitters park, 3 of top 6 in HR were Monarchs)
1922 .406 for KC Monarchs (4th in league and 4th on Monarchs!); Holway all star; appx. 360 ab so 146 hits, 17 HR (3rd in league), 22 doubles (4th in league), est. 5 triples for a .636 slugging percentage.
2-4 vs. major-league competition
1923 .315 for KC Monarchs; Holway all star
.386 in Cuban Play
1924 .356 for KC Monarchs; Holway all star; in appx. 306 ab, so 109 hits, 18 HR, (4th in league), 24 doubles (1st in league), 9 triples (4th in league), for slugging % of .670
12-49 in World Series vs. Hilldale
1925 .333 for KC Monarchs; Holway all star, 25 doubles, 13 triples (2nd & 1st in league, respectively)
4-29 in playoff vs. St. Louis
8-22 in World Series vs. Hilldale

Career Totals
12-38 vs. major-league competition
50 HR in 1760 career at bats (15/550 AB)
625-1760 (.355) lifetime against negro-league competition
top three seasons hit .380 and slugged .645

Career Stats from MacMillan:
NAME Moore, Dobie
G 357
AB 1393
H 509
2B 88
3B 39
HR 41
SB 31
AVG 0.365
SA 0.573
POS SS
YR 7

Career Stats from MacMillan:
NAME Moore, Dobie
G 357
AB 1393
H 509
2B 88
3B 39
HR 41
SB 31
AVG 0.365
SA 0.573
POS SS
YR 7

CUBAN WINTER LEAGUE STATISTICS:

YEAR AB R H 2B 3B HR BA SA (REGULAR SEASON)
1923-24 184 28 71 9 6 1 .386 .516 Santa Clara

YEAR AB R H SB BA (SPECIAL SEASON)
1923-24 97 10 29 1

TOTAL BA .356 (H 100/AB 281)

CALIFORNIA WINTER LEAGUE STATISTICS:
1920-21 34 139 46 7 6 1 .331
1921-22 22 80 22 4 3 0 .275
1924-25 40 158 77 17 4 12 .487

TOTALS:
G 96 AB 377 H 145
2B 28 3B 13 HR 13
BA .385 SA .631

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:52 PM

Here is the Cuban League record of Alejandro Oms.

Year Team AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg
1922-23 Santa Clara 94 26 41 7 3 0 -- 7 .436
1923-24 Santa Clara 139 33 53 7 4 2 -- -- .381
1924w(S) Santa Clara 76 7 22 -- -- -- -- 0 .289
1924-25 Santa Clara 145 32 57 13 4 1 -- 3 .393
1925-26 San José 68 10 22 7 2 0 -- 2 .324
1926-27 Cuba 18 5 9 2 0 0 -- 1 .500
1926-27(T) Marianao 101 28 37 -- -- -- -- -- .366
1927-28 Habana 71 11 23 3 2 3 -- 1 .324
1928-29 Habana 176 38 76 18 6 1 -- 5 .432
1929-30 Santa Clara 166 37 63 9 4 5 -- -- .380
1930f Santa Clara 7 1 2 0 0 0 -- -- .286
1930f(S) Habana 55 7 10 0 0 0 -- 2 .182
1931-32 Habana 113 28 44 8 3 3 17 14 .389
1932-33 Habana 57 13 21 4 0 0 12 4 .368
1933-34 Season not held
1934-35 Did not play
1935-36 Santa Clara 180 38 56 10 3 2 30 -- .311
1936-37 Did not play
1937-38 Santa Clara 92 22 29 2 0 2 19 1 .315
1938-39 Did not play
1939-40 Almendares 101 15 23 2 0 0 9 5 .228
1940-41 Almendares/Habana 166 22 39 4 2 0 12 5 .235
1945-46 Cienfuegos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 1826 373 627 96 33 19 99 50 .343*
* Figueredo lists his career average as .345.

Notes:
1922-23 - Santa Clara withdrew mid-way through season in protest of a league decision, forfeiting 27 games. Consequently, Charleston (.446) and Oms (.436) didn't qualify for batting championship (Baró, .401)
1923-24 - This Santa Clara team is widely considered the greatest in Cuban League history. Season ended early after team went 36-11, 11.5 games ahead of their nearest rival.
1924w(S) - Special season after regular season ended early.
1924-25 - Led league in average, tied for lead in doubles (with Torriente).
1925-26 - San José withdrew early after going 3-16, forfeiting 25 games.
1926-27(T) - An independent, rival league (Triangular) was formed and signed most of the better players.
1928-29 - Led league in average, setting all-time Cuban League record for highest batting avg (min. 100 AB). Record for most consecutive games hitting safely (30). Tied record for most hits in a game (6). Also led league in at-bats, hits, and doubles.
1929-30 - Led league in average. Record for most consecutive seasons batting .300 or better (8).
1930f - Season ended after 5 games due to a contract dispute over the stadium.
1930f(S) - Special season after regular season ended early.
1931-32 - Led league in runs, hits, and stolen bases. Tied for lead in home runs.
1932-33 - Led league in doubles.
1937-38 - Tied record for most times batting .300 or better in a career (11).

Oms ranked 5th all-time in runs, 10th in doubles, 8th in triples, 2nd in career average (behind Torriente).

Alejandro Oms data

DoB, from Riley, March 13, 1895

Teams, from Riley: 1917 Cuban Stars East, 1921 All Cubans, 1922-32 Cuban Stars East, 1935 NY Cubans

Seasonal data from Holway

1917 .114; lf
1921 no data
1922 no ba data; cf (listed with Cuban Stars, but no batting average available)
1923 .349 (#4 in league); cf, all-star
1924 .281; cf
1925 .376, 14 hr (3rd in league), 32 hr/550 ab (3rd in league); lf [should have been named all-star by Holway, but wasn’t]
1926 .321; cf
1927 .287; cf
1928 .362, 11 2b (4th in league); rf
1929 no data (team listed, but not Oms)
1930 .320; cf, all-star
1931 .118; cf
1932 no data (Cuban Stars not listed in Holway)
1935 .396 (3rd in league), 13 2b (2nd in league); lf [should have been named all-star]

Career data from Holway
432-1308, .330
33 hr, 13 hr/550 ab
black ink/gray ink 0/19
mean avg. for 10 recorded seasons, .292

Career data from Macmillan 10th
247 g, 913 ab, 279 hits, 66 2b, 15 3b, 29 hr, .306 ba, .506 sa

There are significant discrepancies between the two career records, obviously.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:53 PM

Satchel Paige Data

From Riley

Born July 7, 1906

Teams: Birmingham Black Barons (1927-30), Baltimore Black Sox (1930), Cleveland Cubs (1931), Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931-37), Bismarck semi-pro team 1935, Santa Domingo 1937, Mexican League 1938, Kansas City Monarchs (1935-36, 1939-48, 1950), Cleveland Indians (1948-49), St. Louis Browns (1951-53). Appeared also with NY Black Yankees and Memphis Red Sox (1943), and the Philadelphia Stars (1946, 1950)

Seasonal Data from Holway

1927 8-3, .738 wp 2nd in league. 4th in team dec. 2.0 WAT
1928 13-4, 5th in wins, .765 wp 4th, 3.06 TRA 2nd, 112 K 2nd. 3rd in team dec. 6.2 WAT
1929 11-11, 194 K 1st. 1st in team dec. (tie). 4.3 WAT
1930 9-4, 3.07 TRA 3rd. 4th in team dec. 3.4 WAT
1931 6-3 for Clv., 1-2 for Pgh. 2.0 WAT Clv, -0.8 WAT Pgh, 1.2 WAT total
1932 21-9, 1st in wins, .700 wp 4th, 2.79 TRA 2nd, 113 K 1st. 1st in team dec. 4.5 WAT
1933 7-9, 3.50 TRA 5th, 69 K 1st. 2nd in team dec., -3.5 WAT.
1934 20-5, 2nd in wins, .800 wp 3rd, 1.84 TRA 1st, 134 K 1st. GSA. 1st in team dec., 2.1 WAT
1935 In Bismarck
1936 11-3, 1st in wins, .786 wp 1st, 3.15 TRA 4th, 68 K 1st, GSA, all-star. 1st in team dec., 3.5 WAT
1937 8-2 in Santa Domingo
1938 0-1 in Mexico in 3 games (arm trouble develops)
1939 pitching for KC Monarchs “B” Team (minor-league equivalent)
19-3 in Puerto Rican winter league (1st in wins, 3rd in TRA, 1st in K)
1940 2-0. Not in top 5 dec., 0.4 WAT
1941 7-0, 2nd in wins, 1st in wp, 2.11 TRA 3rd, 1st in K. 2nd in team dec., 1.8 WAT
1942 7-5, 3rd in wins, 1.95 TRA 3rd (in league & on team), 42 K 1st. 1st in team dec. –2.7 WAT
1943 9-15 for KC, 1-0 for Mem., 3rd in wins, 71 K 1st. 1st in team dec., -5.1 WAT
1944 5-6. 1st in team dec., 0.2 WAT
1945 5-9. 1st in team dec., -3.8 WAT
1946 5-1. 1.32 TRA 1st in league, 27 K 3rd. 4th in team dec., 0.6 WAT
1947 1-1. Not in top 5 dec., -0.6 WAT
1948-49 in majors
1950 No data
1951-53 in majors

Career Totals
147-88, .626 adding numbers above
147-92, .630 according to Holway (147-92 is a .615 wp, of course)
14.5 WAT (was 23.7 WAT from 1927-1936)

A more complex career record than the legend would suggest. Not that it matters that much, I suppose. He has enough value from 1927 to 1937 to merit induction. I'd like to have a more exact account of how Satchel was being used and against whom in the 1940s. His w-l record from those years is not impressive, and his WAT are poor, but he was leading his team in decisions. Was he pitching too much because he was the gate attraction? Was he facing the best pitcher on his opponents' teams every time? (eventually, someone did document that he was doing so to an inordinate degree-ED) Or was Satchel's image just far better than his actual talent during these years?

The following is Paige's Negro League career according to Holway's book *Josh and Satch.* It's clearly based on a less complete set of data than the *complete Book*, but I thought the details about walks, strikeouts, complete games, TRA, and so on would help to fill in gaps. (Note the small differences between this and my compilation of the 1928 season above.)

Yr W-L TRA G GS CG IP H BB SO
27 8-3 3.27 20 9 6 93 63 19 80
28 12-4 3.07 26 16 10 120 107 19 112
29 11-11 5.28 31 20 15 196 191 39 184
30 11-4 2.84 18 13 12 120 92 15 86
31 5-5 4.47 12 6 5 60 36 4 23
32 14-8 3.79 29 23 19 181 92 13 109
33 5-7 3.68 13 12 10 95 39 10 57
34 13-3 1.99 20 17 15 154 85 21 97
35 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 7 0 0 10
36 7-2 2.70 9 9 9 70 54 11 59
37 1-2 3.46 3 3 2 26 22 6 11
40 1-1 4.50 2 2 2 12 10 ? 15
41 7-1 2.21 13 11 3 67 38 6 61
42 8-5 2.88 20 18 6 100 68 12 78
43 5-9 4.26 24 20 4 88 80 16 54
44 5-5 1.28 13 ?? ? 78 47 8 70
45 3-5 ??? 13 7 1 38 22 2 23
46 5-1 ??? 9 9 1 68 65 12 48
47 1-1 1.64 2 2 2 11 5 ? ??
50 1-2 5.88 8 ? ? 26 28 ? ??

PITCHERS OVER 40:
RSAA RSAA IP N_W N_L
1 Hoyt Wilhelm 100 744 62 26
2 Jack Quinn 95 1205.1 87 64
3 Cy Young 44 883.2 60 39
4 Nolan Ryan 43 1060 61 52
5 Satchel Paige 40 476 35 24
6 Ted Lyons 35 223 18 7
7 Roger Clemens 32 214.1 15 7
8 Red Faber 29 545 36 29
9 Dutch Leonard 28 286 19 12
T10 Doug Jones 18 262.2 14 12
T10 Connie Marrero 18 396 23 20

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:54 PM

Bruce Petway data

Summary of Expert Evaluations

HF% Career Name-pos (born) BJ – MVP - All-Star
44% 06-25 Bruce Petway-C (1883) #5 c - 1 - 7*

From Holway

1906 – no batting data, played for Chicago Leland Giants
1907 – no batting data, played for Philadelphia Giants
1907 – 6-33 (.182) for Phil Giants in Cuba
1908 – 3-22 (.137) in world series for Phil Giants vs. Leland Giants
1909 -- .150 for Phil Giants (teammates listed with 20-22 ab) mostly in series vs. Leland Giants
1909 – 2-10 vs. major-league all-star team in Cuba
1910 – 13-30 (.433) for Chicago Leland Giants; Holway all-star
1910 – 6-41 for Leland Giants in Cuba
1910 – 5-23 vs. Tigers and Athletics in Cuba
1911 -- .238 for Chicago American Giants (teammates listed with 32 & 37 ab); Holway all-star
1911 – 16-96 (.167) in Cuban Play
1912 -- .200 for Chi Am Giants (teammates listed with 96 & 112 ab)
1913 -- .262 for Chi Am Giants (teammates listed with 95, 150, 152 ab)
1914 -- .311 for Chi Am Giants (no ab data available); Holway all-star
1915 -- .182 for Chi Am Giants (no ab data available)
1915 – 18-51 (.353) in Cuban Play
1916 -- .189 for Chi Am Giants (no ab data available)
1917 -- .136 for Chi Am Giants (no ab data, listed as “ut” not “c” by Holway)
1917 – 5-19 in world series for Chi Am Giants vs. NY Lincoln Stars
1918 -- .235 for Chi Am. Giants (no ab data listed); Holway all-star
1919 -- .209 for Detroit Stars (no ab data listed, listed as “of” by Holway)
1920 -- .193 for Detroit Stars (no ab data listed)
1921 -- .310 for Detroit Stars (no ab data listed); Holway all-star
1922 -- .244 for Detroit Stars
1923 -- .320 for Detroit Stars; Holway all-star
1923 – 2-8 vs. St. Louis Browns
1924 -- .324 for Detroit Stars (listed as “ut” by Holway); Holway all-star
1925 – not listed as playing

totals derived from Holway
46-221 (.208) in Cuban Play
9-46 (.196) vs. white major-leaguers
.226 mean average, 1907-1924

From Riley
1910 -- .397 vs. all competition for Leland Giants
1914-16 – missed substantial time due to injuries
1916 – 1918 hit .253, .208, .200 (vs. all competition?)
1916 -- .333 in Cuba
1921-25 in Detroit hit .313, .268, .337, .341, .156

Riley lists him as hitting .210 in Cuba, lifetime
.171 avg. vs. major-leaguers in exhibitions

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:55 PM

Spotswood Poles

Brent Posted: October 22, 2005 at 02:11 AM (#1697684)
Spottswood Poles played four winters in the Cuban League: 1910-11, 1912w, 1913w,
and 1914-15. (The winter of 1913-14 no North Americans played in Cuba.) Here is
his record:
Season Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB Avg Slg
10-11 Fe 26 89 20 32 5 0 0 - .360 .416
12w Fe 23 86 10 22 1 2 0 11 .256 .314
13w Fe - 151 40 55 3 8 1 21 .364 .510
14-15 Fe 14 57 9 13 0 2 0 4 .228 .298
Total 383 79 122 9 12 1 .319 .413

Notes:
During these four years the Cuban League consisted of only three teams. Most
of the top black American stars of the time played in Cuba at least some of
those winters.
1910-11: Poles led league in doubles; was second in average and slugging behind
Pete Hill.
1913w: Poles led league in at-bats, runs, hits, triples, and slugging. His team
(Fe) won the pennant.

As Gary has reminded us, offensive context is important, so I’ve calculated the
offensive context from the statistics shown in Figueredo’s Cuban Baseball: A
Statistical History, 1878-1961. These batting statistics follow Figueredo in
excluding most pitchers. (Apparently pitchers batting records are included if
they also played in the field, so the batting records for Méndez and Pedroso are
included.) In 1910-11 the ball was still quite dead, but it became more lively
in the following seasons:
Season Lg Avg Lg Slg
10-11 .224 .270
12w .255 .314
13w .276 .336
14-15 .266 .313

Spotswood Poles Data

Summary of expert rankings

HF% Career Name-pos (born) BJ – MVP - All-Star
52% 09-23 Spotswood Poles-CF (1889) #4 cf - 3 - 3*

Note that his all-star count from Holway is probably too low as Holway did not name an east all-star team in 1909 or 1912, both seasons in which Poles might well have been named.

From Holway

1909 – .263 for Philadelphia Giants no ab listed, but 3 teammates listed with 20 and 22 so I estimate 5-19)
1910 – 14-42 for Phil Giants (his .333 avg. is 4th best in the East); Holway all-star
1910 – 32-89 (.360) in Cuban Play (2nd best in league; Pete Hill best at .365)
1911 -- .268 for NY Lincoln Giants (3 teammates listed with 37, 48, and 50 ab, so I estimate 12-45)
1911 – 22-86 (.258) in Cuban play; HR Johnson wins batting title with .410 clip; Hill is 3rd listed at .284.
1912 – 12-34 (.308) for NY Lincoln Giants and one game for Brooklyn Royal Giants
1912 – 0-4 vs. a Giants/Highlanders ML team
1912 – 55-151 (.364) in Cuban play; wins batting title
1913 – 39-130 (.300) for NY Lincoln Giants; teammates Johnson and Lloyd hit .382 and .325; Holway all star
1913 – 10-15 vs. Pete Alexander and Walter Johnson
1914 -- .481 for NY Lincoln Giants (no ab listed); Holway all star
1914 – 16-52 (.306) for Lincolns touring Cuba
1914 – 13-57 (.228) in Cuban play
1915 -- .255 for NY Lincoln Stars (4 teammates listed with 50, 50, 65, & 79 ab, so I estimate 14-55)
1915 – 5-13 vs. NY Giants and Philadelphia Phillies
1916 -- .185 for NY Lincoln Giants (no ab listed)
1916 – 6-15 in winter ball in Florida
1917 -- .265 for NY Lincoln Giants (no ab listed)
1917 – 4-12 vs. Joe Bush all-star team
1918 – Military Service, earned 5 battle stars and a Purple Heart
1919 -- .310 for AC Bacharach Giants (no ab listed)
1919 – 3-12 vs. a mix of ML competition
1920 – no ba listed in play for NY Lincoln Giants
1921 – no records listed
1922 – no ba listed in play for NY Lincoln Giants
1923 -- .248 for NY Lincoln Giants, but fuller records probably available, as this was first year of Eastern Colored League

Totals
102-340 (.300) vs. Black Teams, 1909-1913, 1915, 1916 winter ball
.297 mean avg. for 10 seasons as regular, 09-17, 19
138-435 (.317) in Cuban Play (including 4 seasons +1914 Lincolns’ tour)
22-56 (.393) vs. Major-League competition

262-831 (.315) grand total

Holway doesn’t give career totals for Poles

From Riley
Poles’ averages vs. all competition for NY Lincoln Giants, 1911-1914
.440, .398, .414, .487
lists him as batting over .400 in his career against all competition
hitting .319 in Cuba (his avg. without the Lincolns’ tour)
hitting .594 against major-league competition

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:56 PM

Here's Holway's data on Dick Redding. For each season, I have included Redding's w-l record, his team's w-l record, and runs allowed, when available.

I'm not certain how I'm going to rank Redding myself, but I am certain that his own w-l record needs to be evaluated in the context of his teams.

Dick Redding in the Negro Leagues
1911 5-1, TRA 5.35 for NY Lincoln Giants; team 7-5 or 6-4
1912 2-2 for NY Lincoln Giants; team 5-4; (other dec. Joe Williams)
1913 0-0 for NY Lincoln Giants
1914 4-4 for NY Lincoln Giants; team 15-14 or 14-16 (Joe Williams 6-4)
1915 6-2 for NY Stars, TRA 2.55; team 10-9; Holway George Stovey Award. All-star
1916 4-1, 5.59 TRA for NY Lincoln Giants; team 10-9 (Joe Williams 5-6); GSA
1917 14-5, 1.57 TRA for Chi Am Giants; team 30-7
1918 2-0 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 5-3; military service
1919 3-3 for AC Bacharach Giants; team 6-5; military service
1920 8-7, 3.87 TRA for AC Bacharach Giants; team 12-12; GSA
1921 15-11, 3.36 TRA for AC Bacharach Giants, team 34-28, 2-0 in playoff vs. Hilldale; 0-2 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
1922 9-6, 1.65 TRA for AC Bach Giants; team 20-24; GSA, All-star; 0-1 in WS vs. CAG
1923 3-2 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 18-18
1924 1-5 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 12-23 (Joe Williams 3-4)
1925 2-1 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 16-16
1926 0-3 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 3-15
1927 2-5 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 14-26
1928 2-0 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 3-6
1929 no data; pitched for Bkn Royal Giants, who were not in ECL
1930 0-2 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 0-6
1931 0-1 for Bkn Royal Giants; team 0-7
1932 no data; pitched for Bkn Royal Giants, who were not in East-West league

Total 82-61, .573 WP
Holway’s total, 89-63 (often Holway's own posted career totals don't quite match what I get when I add up the posted seasonal data)

Teams 218-238, .478 WP
Teams w/out Redding 136-177, .434 WP

2. Chris Cobb Posted: October 11, 2004 at 10:52 AM (#909713)
P.S. GSA = George Stovey Award, Holway's Negro-League Cy Young award

Dick Redding's Cuban League record (from Jorge Figueredo), also including "American Series" record (games between Cuban teams and barnstorming North American teams):

1912 Fe 4-8, .333 (team 14-18, .438; w/o Redding, 10-10, .500)
1912 Lincoln Gts 2-1 (team 4-8; w/o Redding, 2-7)
1913 Fe 7-2, .778 (team 21-11, .656; w/o Redding, 14-9, .609)
1914 Lincoln Gts 2-3-1 (team 5-8-1; w/o Redding, 3-5)
1914-15 Fe 2-6, .250 (team 5-28, .152; w/o Redding, 3-22, .120)
1915 Indianapolis 6-5, .545 (team 8-11, .421; w/o Redding , 2-6, .250)
1920 Bacharach Gts 1-1 (team 1-3)
1920-21 Bacharach Gts 2-6, .250 (team 4-11 , .267; w/o Redding, 2-5, .286)
1922-23 Habana 3-1, .750 (team 20-22, .476; w/o Redding, 17-21, .447)

TOTALS 29-33-1, .468 (teams 82-120-1, .406; w/o Redding 53-87, .379)

DICK REDDING'S PLACEMENT ON NGL CAREER LEADERBOARDS, 1920-1948

Basically this is the second-half or final two-fifths of Redding's career as I understand it.

WINS t-65th with 42

LOSSES t-51st with 43

DECISIONS t-57th with 85

WINNING PCT .494
(50 Decisions Minimum) 85th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 128th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 191st

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS .287
(50 Decisions Minimum) 6th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 10th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 22nd

WAT 34th at 7.0

WAT PER DECISION .082
(50 Decisions Minimum) 26th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 43rd
(10 Decisions Minimum) 72nd

YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1920 led East in wins with 8, 8th in NgLs.

1921 led East in wins with 15, t-3rd in NgLs.

1922 led East in wins with 9.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:58 PM

Here's the data I have on Joe Rogan as a hitter/fielder. Pitching data to follow shortly.

All play for KC Monarchs

From Holway

1920 .273; rf
3-15 vs. major-league competition
1921 .293; cf
1922 .439, 18 HR, 13 3B, 41 hr/550 ab; MVP; cf
0-1 vs. major-league competition (Jack Quinn)
1923 .355, 43 hr/550 ab; cf
1924 .409 (led league); MVP; rf
13-40 in WS vs. Hilldale
1925 .374, 10 3B; MVP; cf
10-22 in playoff vs. Stl
1926 .329; ut
7-12 in playoff vs. Chicago
1927 .330; cf (also manager from henceforth)
1928 .358; ut
1929 .325; cf
1930 no data – Riley lists Rogan as “seriously ill”; at the end of this season KC Monarchs disband
1931 .200; ut – Monarchs reform in August, 1931, according to Riley, with Rogan as manager; Holway has them barnstorming against the white House of David until mid-August, when they began playing black teams
1932-35 Monarchs not in NeL (barnstorming) Rogan listed as lf in Holway’s 1934-5 rosters
1935 Rogan goes 1-7 vs. Dizzy Dean all-stars
1936 .600; ut (in 7 games)
1937 .410; ut
0-6 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
3-4 vs. Bob Feller all-stars
1938 .263; ut

Career
709-2038, .348, 62 HR according to Holway
20-54 vs. major-league competition

mean avg. 1920-29 = .349

From Riley

For the seasons 1922-30, Rogan hit .351, .416, .412, .366, .314, .330, .353, .341, .311
Average vs. ML competition, .329 3. Chris Cobb Posted: November 22, 2004 at 08:32 PM (#978362)
Joe Rogan Pitching

All play for KC Monarchs

From Holway

1920 10-4; team 45-31, led league with 154 K
1-1 vs. major league competition (Casey Stengel all-stars)
1921 20-11; team 54-35, TRA 2.87, 108 K
1922 20-11; 4.09 TRA, 96 K, GSA, all-star; team 77-37
1-0? vs. major-league competition (unclear if he or Currie got the win)
1923 20-19; TRA 3.61, 61 K; team 78-49
1924 17-5, 4.35 TRA, 101 K, GSA, all-star; team 60-27
2-1, 2.89 ERA in WS vs. Hilldale
9-4 in Cuban play
1925 20-2, 2.95 TRA, 90 K, GSA, all-star; team 63-20
4-0 in playoff vs. Stl, 3.00 TRA, MVP of series
1926 14-4; team 65-19
3-3, 3.33 TRA in playoff vs. Chicago
1927 15-6, 2.84 TRA, 89 K; team 59-33, all-star
1928 11-3, 3.52 TRA; team 49-32
1929 no data
1936 1-0; team 7-0
1937 0-0; team 13-8

career
151-65, according to Holway
(seasons add up to 148-65 1925 listed as both 22-2 and 20-2, w/22 wins Rogan has 150)

From Riley

1922-28 w-l of 13-6, 12-8, 16-5, 15-2, 12-4, 15-6, 9-3

BULLET ROGAN'S PLACEMENTS ON HOLWAY-BASED CAREER NGL LEADERBOARDS (1920-1948, 1923 KC Monarchs used courtesy of Gary A.---thanks, Gary!)

WINS t-4th at 144

LOSSES t-24th with 57

DECISIONS 9th with 201

WINNING PCT .716
(50 Decisions Minimum) 6th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 10th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 21st

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 24.8%
(50 Decisions Minimum) 18th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 26th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 42nd

WAT 9th with 13.7

WAT PER DECISION .068
(50 Decisions Minimum) 37th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 55th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 85th

APPEARANCES ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1920 6th in NNL and NgLs with 10 wins

1921 2nd in NNL and NgLs with 20 wins (note here Holway and Gary differ; I'm only going with Holway here because I don't have complete team figures for KC.)

1922 Led NgLs and NNL with 20 wins.

1923 Led NgLs and NNL with 16 wins (tied).

1924 Led NNL with 17 wins, 4th in NgLs.

1925 Led NNL with 20 wins, 2nd in NgLs.

1926 t-3rd in NNL with 14 wins, 6th in NgLs.

1927 t-3rd in NNL with 15 wins, t-4th in NgLs.

1928 t-6th in NNL and NgLs with 11 wins.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:59 PM

Louis Santop Data

Expert Evaluations summary

HF% Career Name-pos (born) BJ – MVP - All-Star
76% 09-26 Louis Santop-C (1890) #2 c - 7 - 7*

Note: "MVP" is the sum of Bill James and John Holway MVP awards. Santop was probably did not play at MVP level for seven seasons, but Holway and James agree that he was the best player in 3 or 4 seasons.

From Holway

Seasonal listings
1909 no data; Riley lists Santop as ending season with Phi Giants
1910 no data; Riley lists Santop with Philadelphia, but no listing in Holway
1911 .333 for NY Lincoln Giants (no ab data), split catching duties w/ Pete Booker
1911 1-14 in Cuban Play
1912 .412 for NY Lincoln Giants (7-17) listed as outfielder
1913 .264 for NY Lincoln Giants, listed as outfielder; Holway all-star
3-13 vs. Pete Alexander & Walter Johnson
1914 .517 for NY Lincoln Giants, listed as outfielder; Holway all-star
13-36 in Cuban Play for NY Lincolns
1915 .259 for NY Lincoln Stars; listed as outfielder
2-8 vs. major-league competition
1916 .250 for NY Lincoln Stars; listed as catcher
1-3 in winter ball in Florida
1917 .414 for Bkn Royal Giants (12-29); c, Holway all-star
8-28 vs. Chicago Am Giants in World Series
4-12 vs. Joe Bush & a partly big-league squad
1918 .444 for Bkn and Phil (12-27); c, Holway all-star, drafted
1919 .464 for Bkn (13-28); c. missed part of season in army
1920 .265 for Phi Hilldales; c
6-16 in playoff vs. Bkn
7-24 vs. major-league competition
9-17 in Cuban Play
1921 .340 or .354 for Phil Hilldales; c, Holway all-star
0-10 in play-off vs. AC Bacharachs
5-13 in “World Series” vs. Chi Am Giants
1922 .404 or .286 for Phil Hilldales, .404 best in east; c, Holway all-star
1923 .230 for Phil Hilldales; c
4-17 vs. major-league competition, mostly Phil Athletics
1924 .328 for Phi Hilldale Giants; c, Holway all-star
8-24 in World Series vs. Monarchs; fielding error loses game 8
1925 .240 for Phil Hilldale
0-2 in World Seies vs. Monarchs
1926 no data; released by Hilldales mid-season

Career Totals
.318 (297-933) career avg. by Holway’s calculation
13-45 (.289) vs. major-league competition by Holway’s calculation

My totals from Holway
.343 (23-97) in Cuban Play
.341 mean avg., 1911-1925
.270 (20-74) vs. major-league competition

From Riley

.406 lifetime avg. vs. all competition
1911-1914 hit .470, .422, .429, .455 vs. all competition
.316 lifetime avg. vs. major-league pitching
1921-24 hit .373, .358, .364, .389 for Hilldales, .333 in 1924 world series (matches Holway)
1925-6 hit composite .268 as pinch hitter, primarily.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 08:59 PM

HILTON SMITH'S CAREER LEADERBOARD RANKINGS

WINS 24th with 70 wins.

LOSSES t-97th with 28 losses.

DECISIONS t-45th with 98 dec.

WIN PCT .714
(minimum 50 dec) 7th
(minimum 25 dec) t-11th
(minimum 10 dec) t-22nd

% ADJ DEC OF TEAM .202
(minimum 50 dec) 44th
(minimum 25 dec) 62nd
(minimum 10 dec) 91st

WAT 43rd at 5.1

WAT/DEC .052
(minimum 50 dec) 44th
(minimum 25 dec) 65th
(minimum 10 dec) 102nd

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SEASONAL RANKINGS

1937 t-3rd in NAL in wins with 6, t-6th in NgLs.

1938 1st in NAL in wins with 12, 3rd in NgLs.

1939 3rd in NAL in wins with 8, 5th in NgLs.

1940 t-1st in NAL in wins with 6, t-9th in NgLs; t-3rd in NAL in losses with 4, t-7th in NgLs.

1941 1st in NAL in wins with 10, t-4th in NgLs.

1942 t-6th in NAL in wins with 4, t-7th in NgLs.

1946 t-5th in NAL in wins with 5, t-9th in NgLs.

1947 t-3rd in NAL in wins with 7, t-6th in NgLs.

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NOTES ON USAGE
1937: 1st on team in dec
1938: 1st on team in dec
1939: 1st on team in dec
1940: 1st on team in dec
1941: 1st on team in dec
1942: 3rd on team in dec
1943: 4th on team in dec
1944: t-4th on team in dec
1945: 4th on team in dec
1946: t-2nd on team in dec
1947: 2nd on team in dec
1948: 5th on team in dec

Holway lists no decisions for Smith from 1932-1936.

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OPPORTUNITY SCORES (OPP+)

OPP+: 114
485 adj team decisions vs
426 league-average team decisions

hOPP+: 79
485 adj team decisions vs
612 historicaly average team decisions

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Other notes:

It would be really helpful to know what to do with Smith's 1932-1936 years. Riley is a bit inconsistent with regard to how he treats the two NO teams Smith played on as well as with the Monroe Monarchs. On one hand, he doesn't treat them as MiL in the headnotes, but he does suggest in the biography that they are. Either way, Holway has no recorded decisions for Smith from that period.

Smith played for outstanding teams, thus his WAT is not very high.

Riley lists him as going 8-5 in VZ for the 1946 winter season (for the champion team).

Holway's Latin America numbers for Smith:
6-3 in Cuba in 1937.
4-2 in Cuba in 1939.
3-5 in Mexico in 1941, with a 3.88 ERA.
13-11 in Mexico in 1942.

26-21: .553

Hilton Smith's year by year numbers as requested (I don't have the Mexican team totals handy):

YEAR LG TM W L PCT WAT
----------------------------
1937 NAL KC 6 4 0.600 -0.4
1938 NAL KC 12 2 0.857 3.1
1939 NAL KC 8 2 0.800 1.9
1940 NAL KC 6 4 0.600 -2.8
1941 NAL KC 10 1 0.909 1.9
1941 TOR MX 3 5 0.375 ?
1942 NAL KC 4 3 0.571 -1.4
1942 TOR MX 13 11 0.542 ?
1943 NAL KC 4 2 0.667 1.1
1944 NAL KC 2 4 0.333 -0.8
1945 NAL KC 5 2 0.714 1.4
1946 NAL KC 5 2 0.714 -0.3
1947 NAL KC 7 0 1.000 1.8
1948 NAL CL 1 2 0.333 -0.5
============================
TOTAL 74 28 0.725 5.1

Hilton Smith pitched two seasons in the Cuban League. Here's his record:
Year Team G CG W L Tm W* Tm L Tm Pct WAT % tm dec
37-38 Marianao 14 7 6 3 29 28 .509 1.7 16%
39-40 Santa Clara 9 2 4 2 24 27 .471 1.3 12%
Total 23 9 10 5 3.0
* Excludes games won by forfeit: 1937-38 (6-W)

Notes:
1937-38 - Team's no. 3 pitcher (in decisions) behind Dihigo and Barney Brown
1939-40 - Team's no. 5 pitcher behind René Monteagudo, Roy Partlow, Armando Torres, and Andy Porter.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:00 PM

Turkey Stearnes data

Mostly from Holway, with career data from MacMillan 8th & 10th editions.

Teams: 23-31 Det Stars, 32-35 Chi American Giants, 36 Phil Stars, 37 Det Stars, 38-41 KC Monarchs

Park Factors, as far as I know: Detroit played in a hitter’s park, though not an extreme one. The Chi Am Giants park was an extreme pitcher’s park. KC Monarchs’ park, if it is the same as their late 1920s park, probably played as a pitcher’s park.

Seasonal Data from Holway

1923 .360 for Det Stars; ba 5th, 17 hr (2nd), 33 hr/550 (5th), 16 2b (5th), 15 3b (1st); cf; all-star
6-13 vs. major-league competition
1924 .359 for Det Stars; ba 5th, 10 hr (1st) 23 hr/550 (2nd), 13 3b (1st); lf, all-star
1925 .364 for Det Stars; 18 hr (1st), 27 hr/550 (5th), 22 2b (3rd) 11 3b (3rd); cf; all-star
1926 .375 for Det Stars; ba 3rd, 20 hr (3rd), 36 hr/550 (2nd), 24 2b (2nd), 10 3b (3rd), 13 sb (4th); cf; all-star
1927 .339 for Det Stars; 20 hr (2nd), 35 hr/550 (2nd), 24 2b (1st), 12 3b (1st), 11 sb (3rd); cf, all-star
1928 .324 for Det Stars; 24 hr (1st), 42 hr/550 (1st), 18 2b (3rd), 7 3b (2nd); cf, all-star, MVP
1929 .378 for Det Stars; ba 3rd, 19 hr (3rd), 40 hr/550 (3rd); cf, all-star
1930 .339 for Det Stars; 10 3b (2nd); lf
.377 for NY Lincoln Giants; 5 3b (1st), 4 sb (1st); ut
1931 .370 for Det Stars, .095 for KC; 11 hr (1st), 28 hr/550 (2nd), 14 2b (1st), 6 sb (1st); cf, all-star
4-27 in World Series vs. Grays
1932 .297 for Chi Am Giants; 7 hr (1st), 20 hr/550 (1st), 12 2b (1st), 7 3b (1st), 14 sb (1st); cf, all-star, MVP
7-10 in playoff vs. Nashville
1933 .358 for Chi Am Giants; 11 hr (4th), 33 hr/550 (5th); cf
1934 .398 for Chi Am Giants; ba 3rd; 13 hr (2nd), 37 hr/550 (2nd), 13 2b (2nd), 5 3b (2nd); cf, MVP
6-16 in playoff vs. Phi Stars (also won best player award for Denver Post Tournament)
1935 .409 for Phi/Chi; ba 2nd, 8 hr (5th); cf, all-star
7-15 vs. major-league competition
1936 .308 for Phi Stars; 17 hr (1st), 47 hr/550 (5th); cf
1937 .382 for Det Stars; 3 hr (4th), 24 hr/550 (1st); cf
6-23 in playoff vs. KC
7-17 in World Series vs. Homestead
1938 .292 for KC, .280 for Chi Am Giants; 3 hr (2nd), 22 hr/550 (3rd), 6 2b (2nd), 2 3b (3rd); rf
1939 .453 for KC, 2 hr (2nd), 9 hr/550 (4th), 8 2b (2nd), 3 sb (1st); rf, all-star, MVP
1940 .287 for KC, 5 hr (2nd), 25 hr/550 (2nd); cf, all-star
1941 no data

Career Batting

1308-3937, .332
197 hr, 27/550 ab
37-98, .378 vs. major-league competition
.355 mean avg. for 18 documented seasons

There’s something odd in Turkey Stearnes’ career record. With only 5 seasons listed as below his career avg., it’s hard to believe that unevenness of games recorded could produce a career avg. that low. Either some of his seasonal averages are his “published” averages rather than statistically documented ones, or Holway’s career data is in error, or something else is strange.

Career data from MacMillan 8th edition
905 g, 3372 ab, 1186 hits, 199 2b, 106 3b, 185 hr, .352 ba, .638 slg
(note: ba printed as .359 . . . The NeL players really need some devoted historians who are deeply deeply deeply detail-oriented . . . )

Career data from MacMillan 10th edition
903 g 3358 ab, 1183 hits, 201 2b, 107 3b, 181 hr, .352 ba, .638 slg

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:01 PM

Mule Suttles Data, mostly from Holway

Teams: 23-25 Bir Black Barons, 26-31 Stl Stars, 32 Det/Was, 33-35 Chi Am Giants, 36-40 Newark Eagles, 41 NY Black Yankees, 42-44 Newark Eagles

Park Effects: (as far as I know) Birmingham played in a very good pitcher’s park, St. Louis played in an all-time great hitter’s park, Chi Am Giants an all-time great pitchers’ park, Newark in a very good hitter’s park.

Seasonal Data from Holway

1923 .243 for Bir Black Barons; lf
1924 .317 for Bir; lf
1925 .428 for Bir; 1st in ba, 14 hr (3rd), 36 hr/550 ab (3rd); 1b
1926 .498 for Stl; ba 1st, 27 hr (1st), 70 hr/550 (1st), 27 2b (1st), 21 3b (1st), 11 sb; 1b; all-star, MVP
1927 .476 for Stl; (1/4 season, was beaned & missed the rest of the year) 53 hr/550 (1st); 1b
1928 .372 for Stl; ba 3rd, 19 hr (3rd), 38 hr/550 (4th), 9 3b (1st); 1b, all-star
9-27 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
1929 .351 for Stl; 20 hr (2nd), 35 hr/550 (4th), 29 2b (1st); 1b, all-star
3-13 in World Series vs. Homestead
7-20 vs. major-league competition
55-175 in Cuban Play
1930 .422 for Stl.; ba 1st, 12 hr (2nd), 43 hr/550 (1st), 9 3b (3rd); ut, all-star (as dh)
.389 for Bal Black Sox; 10 hr (1st), 73/hr 550 (1st) [57/550 combined], 7 2b (4th); 1b
1931 .349 for Stl; ba 4th; lf
2-4 vs. major-league competition
1932 .315 for Det, .322 for Was; 9 hr (3rd), 31 hr/550 (1st), 12 2b (3rd); 1b, all-star
1933 .254 for Chi Am Giants; 5 sb (4th); 1b
1934 .254 for Chi Am Giants; 12 hr (3rd), 32 hr/550 (4th); 1b
3-15 in playoff vs. Phi Stars
1935 .263 for Chi Am Giants; 13 hr (2nd), 40 hr/550 (1st); 1b
5-12 vs. major-league competition
1936 .365 for Newark Eagles; ba 4th, 15 hr (2nd), 57 hr/550 (3rd); 1b, all-star
1937 .345 for Newark Eagles; 16 hr (2nd), 80 hr/550 (1st); lf
1938 .282 for Newark Eagles; 14 hr (1st), 51 hr/550 (1st); 1b
1939 .282 for Newark Eagles; 12 hr (2nd), 46 hr/550 (3rd), 6 2b (5th), 2 3b (3rd); 1b
4-15 in playoffs
0-4 vs. major-league competition
31-142 in Cuban Play
1940 .262 for Newark Eagles; 8 hr (4th), 26 hr/550 (5th), 11 2b (5th), 3 sb (1st); lf
1941 .222 for NY Black Yankees; lf
1942 .385 for Newark Eagles; ut
1943 no data, manager of Newark Eagles
1944 .250 for Newark Eagles; ut and manager

Career Batting
1103-3230, .341
237 hr, 40/550 ab
58-170, .341 vs. major-league pitching
.329 mean avg. for 21 seasons with data

Career from MacMillan 8th ed.
830 g, 2962 ab, 1001 hits, 167 2b, 63 3b, 183 hr, .338 ba

Career from MacMillan 10th ed.
870 g, 3077 ab, 1011 hits, 171 2b, 65 3b, 190 hr, .329 ba

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:02 PM

Here's the Ben Taylor data I've gathered

Expert Assessments
Bill James -- #3 First Baseman
CPPD -- 80% of experts voted to elect to HoF
Holway -- 8 all-star selections; 3rd team first-baseman on all-time Negro-League all-star team (Mule Suttles & Buck Leonard were selected for the first and second team)

From Riley

.334 lifetime batting average
1909 22-3 with Birmingham Giants
1911 30-1 with St. Louis Giants (vs. all levels of competion)
1912 .379 with St. Louis Giants and NY Lincoln Giants (vs. all levels?)
1914 .333 with Ind ABCs
1915 .308 with ABCs
.500 in Cuban play
1916 .335 with ABCs
1920-22, .323, .407, .358 with ABCs
1923 player-manager for Washington Potomacs, not of ML caliber
1924 .314 and p-manager of Potomacs
1925 .328 with Harrisburg, p-manager
1926-28 .242, .307, .336 with Baltimore, p-manager
1929 .322 with Bacharachs, p-manager

From Holway
1910 0-3, .125 ba for West Baden Sprudels
1911 2-0, ..667 ba for St. Louis Giants
2-0 for West Baden Sprudels; Holway all-star at pitcher
1912 .375 for West Baden, 0-1 as pitcher
1913 .400 for West Baden
.347 for Chi Am Giants; Holway all-star
1914 .323/.318 for Ind ABCs; 5-3 as pitcher; Holway all-star, MVP
7 HR (22/550 ab), 24 2b, 6 3b, 19 sb (all lead league). Appx. 175 ab
Totals 175 ab, 56 hits, slg % of .646
1915 .356/.280 for ABCs; 19 2b, 0-1 as pitcher; Holway all-star
1-9 vs. major-league competition
1916 .327 for Ind ABCs; Holway all-star
4-19 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
0-3 vs. major-league pitching
7-18 in Florida Winter League
1917 .234 for ABCs, 0-1 as pitcher
3-3 vs. major-league competition
1918 .229 for ABCs
1919 .200 for AC Bacharach Giants
3-13 vs. major-league competition
1920 .359 for Ind ABCs; Holway all-star
1921 .374 for Ind ABCs, 22 2b leads league; Holway all-star
1922 .364 for Ind ABCs, 30 2b leads league
1923 no data
1924 .319 for Was Potomacs
1925 .333 for Har Giants
1926 .181 for Bal Black Sox
1927 .282 for Bal Black Sox; Holway all-star
1928 .322 for Bal Black Sox
0-4 vs. major-league competition
1929 .306 for AC Bacharach Giants

Holway Career totals
1909-34 937-2920, .321
16-50, .320 vs. major-league competition
.335 mean avg., 1911-1922, 1924-29

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:03 PM

Clint Thomas Data

Seasonal Data from Holway

1920 no data, rookie with Brooklyn Royal Giants; 2b
1921 .264 for Columbus Buckeyes; 2b
1922 .339 for Detroit Stars; cf
1923 .254 for Hilldale; cf; 7 sb 2nd in league
8-24 vs. major-league competition
1924 .295 for Hilldale; rf; 7 hr 2nd in league; 13 hr/550 ab 3rd, 5 3b 2nd
8-38 in World Series vs. Monarchs
39-105 in Cuban Play
1925 .314 for Hilldale; cf; 20 2b 4th in league, 16 sb 3rd; all-star
6-22 in World Series vs. Monarchs
1926 .271 for Hilldale; cf; 12 hr 1st in league, 17 hr/550 5th, 17 2b 1st, 7 3b 1st, 12 sb 2nd; not all-star but should have been
39-118 in Cuban Play
1927 .269 for Hilldale; cf
1928 .250 for Hilldale; ut; 5 3b 1st in league
.275 for AC Bacharach Giants; cf
40-138 in Cuban Play
1929 .342 for AC Bacharach Giants
1930 .437 for NY Lincoln Giants; lf; ba 2nd in league, 14 2b 2nd; all-star
9-37 in World Series vs. Homestead
1931 .132 for NY Harlem Stars/Bombers; cf
1932 .317 for NY Black Yankees; cf
1933 .318 for NY Black Yankees; cf; all-star
1934 .221 for NY Black Yankees; cf
1935 no data, played for NY Black Yankees
1936 .333 for NY Cubans; cf; 6 2b 2nd in league
1937 .278 for NY Black Yankees; cf
1938 no data, played for NY Black Yankees

career, calculated from seasonal data
.290 mean avg. for 16 seasons with data
8-24 vs. major league competition
118-361, .327 in Cuban play
23-97, .237 in post-season play
3-time all-star

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:03 PM

Jules Thomas Data

From Holway

1909 -- listed as pitcher for Brooklyn Royal Giants – no dec.
1910 -- .371 (13-35) for Bkn Royal Giants; Holway all-star
1911 -- .350 for Bkn Royal Giants; Holway all-star
1912 -- .357 (35-98) for Stl Giants; avg. was 6th highest in west, led west w/ 3 HR
.100 for Bkn. Royal Giants
1913 -- .235 for Bkn Royal Giants
1914 -- .286 (18-64 ish) for Bkn Royal Giants; led east w/2 HR, 17 HR/550 ab, tied with five others for lead in doubles with 3; Holway all-star
5-39 for Lincolns in Cuba
1915 -- .429 for NY Lincoln Giants; Holway all-star
6-16 vs. major-league competition
1916 -- .308 for NY Lincoln Giants
4-13 in Florida Winter Ball
1917 -- .359 for NY Lincoln Giants; Holway all-star
0-7 vs. major-league competition
1918 -- .275 for NY Lincoln Giants
1919 -- .246 for NY Lincoln Giants
1920 -- .500 for NY Lincoln Giants; Holway all-star
1921 -- no ba listed for NY Lincoln Giants
1922 – listed as manager of NY Lincoln Giants, not player
1923 -- .264 for NY Lincoln Giants
1924 -- .281 for Bkn Royal Giants
1925 -- listed as manager of NY Lincoln Stars, hit .407 in utility role
1926 – no data
1927 – no data
1928 -- no BA data, listed as outfielder for NY Lincoln Giants, 0-1 as pitcher

Career Totals

13 documented seasons as regular, 1910-20, 23-34, probably a regular but undocumented in 1921 and 1922
.320 mean avg. for 13 documented seasons
5-39 (.128) in Cuban Play
6-23 (.261) vs. major-league competition

6 time Holway all-star

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:04 PM

Here's the data I've gathered for Christobal Torriente

Expert Evaluations
Bill James -- #2 Negro-League CF, #67 in top 100 players all-time
CPPD -- 96% of experts vote for HoF induction
Holway -- 9 all-star selections; first-string outfielder on his all-time Negro-League all-star team, with Oscar Charleston and Turkey Stearnes (second team is Cool Papa Bell, Pete Hill, and Wild Bill Wright)

From Holway

1913 .383 (23-60) for Cubans (west); Holway all-star
35-104 in Cuban play (.337)
1914 .358 for Cuban Stars, 4-3 as pitcher; Holway all-star
48-186 in Cuban Play (.387)
1915 . 317 for Cuban Stars; Holway all-star
9-23 (.391) vs. ABCs in Cuba
56-139 (.403) in Cuban Play
1916 .357 for Cuban Stars; Holway all-star
1917 .500 for Cuban Stars, .250 for All Nations
1918 .318 for Cuban Stars; 2-2 as pitcher Holway all-star
1919 .280 for Chi Am Giants; 5-1 as pitche; Holway all-star (dh)
21-73 vs. major-league competition in Cuba
36-100 in Cuban Play
1920 .361 for Chi Am Giants; Holway all-star, 0-1 as pitcher
9-31 vs. major-league competition in Cuba
29-98 (.296) in Cuban Play
1921 .346 for Chi Am Giants, 6-1 as pitcher
4-15 in playoff vs. Hilldale
7-20 (.350) in Cuban Play
1922 .393 for Chi Am Giants
3-19 vs. Bacharachs in World Series
61-194 (.351) in Cuban Play
1923 .395 for Chi Am Giants; Holway all-star
1-6 vs. Detroit Tigers
.377 in Cuban Play
1924 .333 for Chi Am Giants
62-163 (.380) in Cuban Play
1925 .241 for Chi Am Giants
43-122 (.344) in Cuban Play
1926 .371 for KC Monarchs; Holway all-star
11-31 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
1927 .326 for Detroit Stars
1928 .333 for Detroit Stars listed as in a utility role

Career Totals
15 documented seasons as regular
856-2548 (.336) lifetime in Negro-League Play, 53 HR
mean avg. .343 in 15 seasons as regular
mean avg. .352 adj. for Chi Am Giants park
48-110 (.436) vs. major-league competition
386-1149 (.336) lifetime in Cuban Play
17-9 as pitcher

From Riley

Avgs. 1919-23 of ..325, 411, .338, .342, .412
Avg. 1926 .381
Avgs. 1927-28 .339, .320

Hit .352 in 13 Cuban Winter League seasons, with avgs. Of
.265, .337, .387, .402, .360, .296, .350, .346, .380, .344, .375, .222

Avg. vs. major-league competition, .313

WINS t-155th with 18 wins

LOSSES t-294th with 6 losses

DECISIONS t-206th with 24 decisions

WINNING PCT .750
(50 Decisions Minimum) DNQ
(25 Decisions Minimum) DNQ
(10 Decisions Minimum) 11th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 5.8%
(50 Decisions Minimum) DNQ
(25 Decisions Minimum) DNQ
(10 Decisions Minimum) 329th (of 225)

WAT 69th with 3.4

WAT PER DECISION .142
(50 Decisions Minimum) DNQ
(25 Decisions Minimum) DNQ
(10 Decisions Minimum) 27th

He didn't pitch much, but when he did, he was very effective.

Hit .352 in 13 Cuban Winter League seasons, with avgs. Of
.265, .337, .387, .402, .360, .296, .350, .346, .380, .344, .375, .222

Avg. vs. major-league competition, .313

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:05 PM

Quincy Troupe's Mexican League Performances

Mexican Counting Stats
Year Team Age G Ab H Tb 2b 3b Hr Bb Sb
----------------------------------------------
1939 Mon 26 38 137 42 71 11 3 4 24 7
1940 Mon 27 76 276 93 150 25 7 6 48 9
1941 Mon 28 98 363 111 171 25 4 9 66 9
1942 Mex 29 70 269 98 171 27 5 12 62 20
1943 Mex 30 76 276 83 143 18 3 12 60 5
1944 Mex 31 57 197 47 82 12 1 7 40 4
1950 Jal 37 67 206 58 92 10 0 8 55 3
1951 Jal 38 63 177 45 70 6 5 3 52 2
==============================================
Total 545 1901 577 950 134 28 61 407 59

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:05 PM

Willie Wells Seasonal and Career Data, from Holway

Teams: 24-31 Stl Stars, 32 Det/Homestead/KC, 33-35 Cole’s Am Giants, 36-39 Newark Eagles, 40-41 Mexico, 42 Newark, 43-44 Mexico, 45 Newark, 46 several teams

1924 .263 for Stl; ss
1925 .270 for Stl; 14 sb (5th); ss
4-27 in playoff vs. KC
1926 .371 for Stl; 4th in ba, 23 hr/550 (5th); ss, all-star
1927 .380 for Stl; 5th in ba, 23 hr (1st), 34 hr/550 (3rd), 20 2b (2nd); ss, all-star, MVP
1928 .353 for Stl; 17 hr (4th), 32 hr/550 (5th), 22 2b (2nd); ss, all-star
8-25 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
1929 .373 for Stl; 4th in ba, 27 hr (1st), 44 hr/550 (2nd), 21 sb; ss, all-star, MVP
8-16 in World Series vs. Homestead
9-22 vs. major-league competition
57-177 in Cuban play
1930 .403 for Stl; ba 2nd, 15 hr (1st), 29 hr/550 (2nd), 32 2b (1st), 17 sb (2nd); ss, all-star, MVP
1931 .263 for Stl; 5 hr (2nd), 30 hr/550 (1st); ss
3-10 vs. major-leageu competition
1932 .330 for Det, .255 for KC; 14 2b (2nd), 3 3b (4th), 7 sb (3rd); ss
2-3 vs. major-league competition (home run)
1933 .265 for Chi Am Giants; ss
1934 .264 for Chi Am Giants; 10 2b (3rd), 8 3b (1st), 3 sb (4th); ss
3-15 in playoff vs. Phi Stars
1935 .270 for Chi Am Giants; 7 sb (2nd); ss
2-4 vs. major league pitching (backed by semipro teams)
1936 .237 for Newark Eagles; ss
30-88 in Cuban Play
1937 .320 for Newark Eagles; ss
0-18 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
36-126 in Cuban Play
1938 .404 for Newark Eagles; ba 1st, 6 hr (5th), 34 hr/550 (3rd), 4 2b (5th), 3 sb (1st); ss, all-star
36-117 in Cuban Play
1939 .355 for Newark Eagles; ba 5th, 3 sb (1st); ss, all-star
1-14 in playoffs
6-20 on Homestead’s Cuban tour
63-192 in Cuban Play
1940 In Mexico
117-330, .345
1941 In Mexico, 140-403, .347; ss
In Puerto Rico, .378, 17 2b (2nd)
1942 .358 for Newark Eagles; ba 3rd, 6 hr (3rd), 24 hr/550 (3rd), 5 sb (1st); ss, all-star
1943 In Mexico
1944 In Mexico and .500 for NY Black Yankees; ss
1945 .216 for Newark Eagles; ss and manager

Career
1306-3981, .328
138 hr, 20/550 ab
41-116, .353 vs. major-league competition
Mean avg. 316

Willie Wells, Mexican League

Yr--G---AB---H--D-T-HR---R-RBI-BB-SO-HP-SH-SB-AVE-OBA-SLG
40-084-339-117-30-2-03-095--57-35-21--3-06-17-345-411-472
41-100-403-140-29-6-09-102--77-57-20--1-07-14-347-430-516
43-087-319-094-15-4-04-041--51-44-11--2-06-10-295-384-404
44-083-293-086-13-3-10-063--52-65-11--1-10-09-294-423-461

Totals
G-354
AB-1354
H-437
D-87
T-15
HR-26
R-301
RBI-237
BB-201
SO-63
HP-7
SH-29
SB-50
AVE-.323
OBA-.413
SLG-.467

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:06 PM

Chaney White Data

Seasonal Data from Holway

1919 no data, rookie with Hilldale Daisies; cf
1920 .094 for Hilldale; cf
2-15 in playoff vs. Bkn Royal Giants
3-24 vs. major-league competition
1921 .270 for Hilldale; cf
2-10 in playoff vs. Bacharachs
6-17 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1922 .270 for Hilldale; lf
1923 .295 for AC Bacharach Giants; cf
1924 .287 for AC Bacharach Giants; cf
1925 .321 for AC Bacharach Giants; cf
1926 .281 for AC Bacharach Giants; cf ;17 2b 1st in league, 4 3b 3rd
8-33 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1927 .279 for AC Bacharach Giants; cf
5-33 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1928 .342 for AC Bacharach Giants; rf
1929 .357 for AC Bacharach Giants; rf; 12 3b 1st in league
1930 .312 for Homestead Grays; cf
.315 for Hilldale; cf
9-38 in World Series for Grays vs. NY Lincoln Giants
1931 .272 for Phi Stars/Hilldale; cf
1932 .173 for Hilldale; cf
.240 for Bal Black Sox; ut
2-11 vs. major-league pitching
1933 .318 for Phi Stars; cf; all-star
1934 .295 for Phi Stars; cf
1935 .258 for Phi Stars; cf
1936 .410 for NY Cubans; ut

Career, calculated from Seasonal data

.286 mean avg. for 17 seasons with data
5-35 vs. major-league competition
27-113, ,239 in post-season play
1-time all star

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:07 PM

Here are the published numbers on Smokey Joe Williams from Riley and Holway.

Smokey Joe Williams Data

From Riley

1905-1909 (in Texas play) 28-4, 15-9, 20-8, 32-8

1911 – 10-7 in Cuban play; 22-15 lifetime in Cuba
1912 – 9-1 for Chi American Giants against PCL teams; 8-2 for NY Lincoln Giants
1913 – 18-3 for NY Lincoln Giants
1914 – 41-3 vs. all levels of competition; 12-2 vs. black teams, 100 K in 17 games, all for NY Lincoln Giants
1921 18-2 “through mid-August” for NY Lincoln Giants
1929 12-7 for Homestead Grays

20-7 vs. major-league competition, lifetime

Batting
1912-1914 Hit .320, .299, .175
1917 hits .281

From Holway

1910 3-4 for Chicago Giants, TRA 3.12 (4th in West – 4 teams, top TRA 2.00)
7 decisions out of 13 recorded for team.
1911 1-0 for Chicago Leland Giants (of 5 team decisions)
10-7 in Cuban play (Frank Wickware 10-4, Jose Mendez 9-5, Dick Redding 4-8)
1912 3-2 for NY Lincoln Giants, TRA 2.20 (9 team decisions)
9-7 in Cuban play (Dick Redding, 7-2, Jose Mendez 7-5)
2-0 vs. major-league competition (beat a Giants/Yankees mixed squad, 6-0, 6-0). May have won a third game against the Giants, 2-0
1913 12-5 for NY Lincoln Giants, TRA 3.87 (23 team decisions); Holway all-star, Holway George Stovey award
1-0 vs. major-league competition (beat Phillies & Pete Alexander, 9-2)
1914 6-4 for NY Lincoln Giants, (29 team dec.)
1-0-1 vs. major-league competition (beat Phillies, 10-4, tied Rube Marquard & a part-Giants team 1-1)
1915 2-0 for NY Lincoln Giants (5 team dec.)
Missed time due to broken arm and broken wrist
2-2 vs. major-league competition (beat Buffalo of Federal League, 3-0, lost to NY Giants, 2-4, beat the Phillies (less Gavvy Cravath), 1-0, lost to the Phillies, 2-4)
3-3 in Cuban play (Dolf Luque 12-5, Frank Wickware 2-4)
1916 5-6 for NY Lincoln Giants (19 team dec.), TRA 4.60
1-0 vs. “Major-League” competition – beat Rube Marquard, backed by a minor-league squad, 5-4.
2-1 in resort ball in Florida
1917 9-1 for NY Lincoln Giants, 3.22 TRA (of 14 team decisions); Holway All Star, George Stovey award, Fleet Walker award
1-1 vs. major league competition (beat Joe Bush & a weak, part big-league squad 6-2, lost to Bush and a stronger squad 4-10) .
1918 7-2 for NY Lincoln Giants, TRA 2.23 (19 team decisions); Holway all star, George Stovey award, Fleet Walker award
1-0 vs. major-league competition (won by forfeit while trailing 3-4 in the ninth), 4-0 vs. big-league pitchers backed by minor-league squads (8-0, 2-0, 1-0, 14-1)
1919 9-2 for NY Lincoln Giants, 2.32 TRA (of 20 team decisions); Holway all-star, George Stovey award
1920 0-3 for NY Lincoln Giants (two losses to Dick Redding; Redding pitched shutouts in both) (4 team decisions)
1921 7-1 for NY Lincoln Giants (17 team decisions); Holway all-star, George Stovey Award
1922 4-1 for NY Lincoln Giants (12 team decisions), 5.40 TRA
1923 5-4 for NY Lincoln Giants (38 team decisons)
1924 3-4 for Bkn Royal Giants (35 team decisions)
1925 2-2 for Homestead Grays (? Team decisions)
1926 1-0 for Homestead Grays (6 team decisions)
1-0 vs. major-league competition (beat AL all-star team (good team!), 6-5)
1927 2-0 for Homestead Grays (7 team decisions)
1-0 vs. major league competition (beat good AL all-star team, 5-0. Joe’s pitching was obviously good; opposing pitcher Rube Walberg was pitching his second game of the day)
1928 2-1 for Homestead Grays (13 team decisions)
1-0 vs. major-league competition (beat good AL all-star team, no box score, but Holway says he and his opponent, Rube Walberg, were “hit hard.”)
1929 8-2 for Homestead Grays (58 team decisions), 4.76 TRA
1930 7-2 for Homestead Grays (18 team decisions), 3.00 TRA
1-2 in playoff vs. Lincoln Giants (2-6, 11-3, 2-6)
1931 10-6 for Homestead Grays (65 team decisions), 2.54 TRA
0-1, 6.57 TRA in “World Series” against KC Monarchs
1932 6-2, 3.29 TRA for Homestead Grays (82 team dec)

Holway’s listed career totals
107-57, .652 wp
8-4 vs. major-league competition.

From Holway’s listed seasonal records, I count
114-52, .687 wp

10-4-1, .700 wp vs. major-league competition (counts forfeit win as a loss, doesn’t count victory against Rube Marquard & a minor-league squad, does count victory vs. Federal League team, calculates the tie as 1/2 win)

Total score in 13 games with box-scores: 64-36, so Williams’ record is pretty much in line with expectation, given the scoring.

In the 11 seasons for which Holway lists a total run average for Williams, he pitched 107 games. Treating each game as complete, Williams' career TRA comes out at 3.47. (4 of the 11 seasons are the last 4 of Williams' career.)

SMOKEY JOE WILLIAMS PLACEMENTS ON CAREER NGL LEADERBOARDS (1920-1948)

I guess this represents a little less than half of Williams's career, and, like Redding, it's not a particularly well document phase either.

WINS t-40th with 57

LOSSES t-91st with 29

DECISIONS t-55th with 86

WINNING PCT .663
(50 Decisions Minimum) 17th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 28th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 50th

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 23%
(50 Decisions Minimum) 30th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 42nd
(10 Decisions Minimum) 66th

WAT 31st at 7.3

WAT PER DECISION .085
(50 Decisions Minimum) 25th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 41st
(10 Decisions Minimum) 70th

APPEARANCE ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1921 3rd in East with 7 wins.

1922 4th in East 4 wins.

1923 6th in ECL with 5 wins.

1929 t-7th in ANL with 8 wins.

1930 4th in East with 7 wins.

1931 3rd in East with 10 wins, 5th in NgLs.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:07 PM

Here's the real-life info on Artie Wilson

NEGRO LEAGUES
TM
YEAR LG TM AGE PO G G AB H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB K AVG SLG
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1944 NAL BIR 23 SS 70 65 266 92 113 9 6 0 17 .346 .425
1945 NAL BIR 24 SS 69 63 249 90 111 8 2 3 17 .361 .446
1946 NAL BIR 25 SS 37 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1947 NAL BIR 26 SS 53 212 79 100 .373 .473
1948 NAL BIR 27 SS 76 76 333 134 175 19 8 2 10 .402 .526

PCL
SD/
1949 PCL OAK 28 SS 187 165 607 211 248 19 9 0 47 62 58 .348 .409
1950 PCL OAK 29 SS 200 196 848 264 328 27 17 1 31 68 79 .311 .387
1951 PCL OAK 30 SS 168 81 349 89 99 8 1 0 6 14 36 .255 .284
1952 PCL SEA 31 SS 180 160 683 216 250 15 8 1 25 35 20 .316 .366
1953 PCL SEA 32 SS 180 177 638 212 269 23 14 2 9 76 25 .332 .422
SS/
1954 PCL SEA 33 IF 162 163 660 222 278 24 16 0 20 32 28 .336 .421
2B/
1955 PCL POR 34 1B 172 155 616 189 219 20 2 2 12 34 36 .307 .356
SEA/
1956 PCL POR 35 IF 168 101 273 80 97 9 4 0 6 24 19 .293 .355
1957 PCL SAC 36 2B 168 75 315 83 105 10 6 0 3 11 12 .263 .333
2B/
1962 PCL POR 41 3B 25 55 9 11 0 1 0 0 .164 .200

AA
IF/
1951 AA MIN 30 OF 152 17 59 23 33 2 1 2 0 13 8 .390 .559

NL SS/
1951 NL NY 30 IF 154 19 22 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 .182 .182

INT
1951 INT OTT 30 OF 150 2 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 .286 .429

NWL
1962 NWL KEN 41 2B 14 42 9 9 0 0 0 1 .214 .214

PRWL
1947 PRWL MAY 26 SS 60 252 102 137 .405 .542
1948 PRWL MAY 27 SS 80 338 126 163 3 9 .373 .481
1949 PRWL MAY 28 SS 77 262 87 117 .332 .445
1950 PRWL MAY 29 SS 65 232 56 83 10 1 5 2 .241 .358

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:08 PM

Jud Wilson Data

Seasonal Data from holway

1922 .438 for Bal Black Sox (too few ab to qualify for title); 1b; all-star
1923 .369 for Bal Black Sox; ba 3rd; 1b; all-star
1924 .381 for Bal Black Sox; ba 2nd; 1b; all-star
4-7 vs. major-league competition
1925 .419 for Bal Black Sox; ba 1st, 5 3b (5th); 1b; all-star
64-149 in Cuban Play (top in league)
1926 .351 for Bal Black Sox; ba 1st, 6 sb (3rd); 3b
1927 .416 for Bal Black Sox; ba 2nd, 10 hr (3rd), 22 hr/550 (4th), 22 2b (1st), 9 3b (2nd), 8 sb (4th); 3b; all-star (as SS??)
50-118 in Cuban Play (1st in league)
1928 .375 for Bal Black Sox; ba 4th, 13 2b (3rd); 2b; all-star (as 3b??)
3-4 vs. Major-league competition
1929 .405 for Bal Black sox; ba 5th, 11 hr (5th), 24 hr/550 (5th), 20 2b (5th), x 3b (4th); 1b (should have been all-star, but Holway gives it to Pop Lloyd)
4-8 vs. major-league competition
58-160 in Cuban Play
1930 .415 for Bal Black Sox, ba 4th, 10 2b (3rd); 3b; all-star (dh)
1931 .352 for Homestead, ba 2nd, 6 hr (3rd); 13 hr/550 (3rd), 13 2b, (4th), 5 3b (3rd); 3b
11-28 in World Series vs. Monarchs
1932 .317 for Pgh Crawfords/Homestead; ba 5th; 3b; all-star
9-28 vs. major-league competition
3-6 vs. major-league pitching (2 hr)
1933 .416 for Phi Stars; ba 2nd; 3b; all-star
1934 .333 for Phi Stars, 10 hr (5th); 1b
5-16 in playoff vs. Chi Am Giants
1935 .312 for Phi Stars; 1b
1-11 vs. major-league competition
1936 .333 for Phi Stars; 10 hr (5th); 1b
1937 .351 for Phi Stars; 1b
1938 .222 for Phi Stars; 2 3b (1st); 3b
1939 .276 for Phi Stars; 9 2b (3rd); 3b
1940 .250 for Homestead; ut
1941 .454 for Homestead; 6 2b (5th); ut; all-star (3b)
1942 .243 for Homestead; 2b
2-7 in World Series vs. Monarchs
1943 .327 for Homestead; 13 3b (1st); 2b
1944 no data
1945 .400 for Homestead; ut

Career, according to Holway
1484-4188, .354
94 home runs, 12/550 ab
39-132 vs. major-league competition, 6 hr

Career data from MacMillan, 10th ed.
781 g, 2763 ab, 960 hits, 151 2b, 32 3b, 63 hr, .347 ba, .494 slg

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:08 PM

Nip Winters

Expert Assessments

Received 20% of expert vote for HoF in _Cool Papas_
6-time Holway all-star
5.5 times listed as best pitcher in his league by James or Holway
Ranked by Holway as #3 left-handed Negro-League pitcher of all time (I think -- don't have the book with me at work and forgot to double-check this one)

Here's the data I've gathered on Nip Winters from Holway.

Nip Winters

Negro-League Record
1920 no data, pitched for Baltimore Black Sox
1921 3-3 for AC Bach Giants, team 34-28; 0-1, 4.50 TRA in playoff vs. Hilldale; 1-0-1, 0.50 TRA in World Series vs. Chicago Am Giants
1922 7-10 for AC Bacharach Giants, team 20-24; 1-0 in World Series vs. Chi Am Giants
1923 10-3, TRA 3.03 for Phi Hilldales, team 32-17; GSA, All-Star
1924 27-4 for Phi Hilldales, team 58-23; GSA, All-star; 3-1, 1.16 ERA in WS vs. Monarchs
1925 21-13, TRA 3.88 for Phi Hilldales, team 65-26, all-star; 1-0, 3.00 TRA? In WS vs. Monarchs
1926 23-4, 2.23 TRA for Phi Hilldales, team 58-34; GSA, all-star
1927 18-16, 2.96 TRA for Phi Hilldales, team 47-70; all-star
1928 10-11 for Phi Hilldales & NY Lincoln Giants, teams 26-27, 17-21
1929 2-4 for NY Lincoln Giants, team 38-18
1930 No data, may not have pitched for a top team
1931 1-2 for Phi/Hilldale Stars, team 44-16
1-1 for Nwk Browns, team 3-9
0-2 for NY Bacharach Giants, team 0-4
pitched for Was Potomacs, no record
1932 1-2 for Was Pilots, team 16-35
1933 no data, pitched for AC Bacharach Giants, who were not in league

Totals
124-75, .623
Holway lists 126-74, .630

Teams 405-309, .567
Teams without Winters, 281-234, .546
Record adj. to .500 teams behind him 115-84, .577

Vs. Major-League competition
1923 2-1 vs. Phil Athletics
1926 2-0 vs. All-Star team (a good one), lp Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg

NIP WINTERS PLACEMENTS ON CAREER NGL LEADERBOARDS

WINS 8th with 127 wins.

LOSSES 7th with 79 losses.

DECISIONS 8th with 208 decisions.

WINNING PCT .617
(50 Decisions Minimum) 29th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 48th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 81st

ADJ PCT OF TEAM DECISIONS 28.5%
(50 Decisions Minimum) 8th
(25 Decisions Minimum) 12th
(10 Decisions Minimum) 24th

WAT 6th with 18.1 WAT

WAT PER DECISION .088
(50 Decisions Minimum) 23rd
(25 Decisions Minimum) 39rd
(10 Decisions Minimum) 66th

RANKINGS ON YEARLY WINS LEADERBOARDS

1922 2nd in East with 6 wins.

1923 Led ECL with 10 wins (tied), 5th in NgLs.

1924 Led ECL and NgLs with 27 wins.

1925 Led ECL and NgLs with 21 wins.

1926 2nd in ECL and NgLs with 23 wins.

1927 t-2nd in ECL with 18 wins, t-3rd in NgLs.

1928 t-3rd in ECL with 10 wins, t-7th in NgLs.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:09 PM

Wild Bill Wright Data

From Riley

Born June 6, 1914

Teams: Elite Giants of Nashville (1932-34), of Columbus (1935), of Washington (36-37), of Baltimore (1938-39, 42, 45). In Mexico, 1940-41, 43-44, 46-56

From Holway

1932 .300; cf
1933 .328, rf
1934 .252, 3 3b (5th in league); cf
1935 .298; lf
1936 .356, 7 3b (1st); lf, all-star
1937 .370 (5th), 10 hr (3rd), 29 hr/550 (4th) , 8 2b (2nd), 5 3b (1st); cf, all-star
1938 .273, 5 2b (2nd), 3 sb (1st); cf
1939 .398 (2nd), 4 3b (1st), 2 sb (2nd); lf, all-star
1940 .360 in Mexico, 3rd in ba
1941 .390 in Mexico, 1st in ba, 17 hr (3rd), 24 hr/550 (3rd), 26 sb (1st)
1942 .273, 8 2b (3rd); rf
1943 In Mexico, no data in Holway
1944 In Mexico, no data in Holway (he says no Americans went to Mexico, but he’s incorrect)
1945 .397, 3rd in ba, 5 hr (2nd), 21 hr/550 (2nd), 9 2b (1st); cf, all-star
1946-on All play in Mexico

career
488-1429, .341
11-39, .282 vs. major-league competition
.332 mean avg., including listed Mexican seasons

career data from Macmillan 8th
251 g, 915 ab, 287 hits, 33 2b, 21 3b, 20 hr, 22 sb, .314 ba, .461 sa

Mexican League Info for Wild Bill Wright.

LG LG LG
YEAR TEAM G AB AVG OBP SLG AVG SLG OBP OPS+
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1940 SR/MX 87 350 .360 .436 .571 .290 .420 .379 151
1941 MEX 100 387 .390 .486 .633 .288 .396 .390 184
1943 MEX 88 352 .366 .419 .577 .273 .367 .366 172
1944 MEX 87 334 .335 .410 .539 .284 .387 .380 147
1946 MEX 85 316 .301 .369 .434 .281 .381 .362 116
1947 MEX 79 249 .305 .359 .414 .278 .366 .363 112
1948 MON 66 258 .333 .377 .419 .273 .378 .364 114
1949 MEX/TOR 73 293 .276 .333 .416 .276 .369 .370 103
1950 MEX 63 248 .302 .364 .375 .260 .335 .361 113
1951 MEX/NUE 30 104 .365 .416 .558 .272 .367 .384 160
================================================== ====
TOTAL 758 2891 .335 .402 .501 .279 .379 .372 140

MEXICAN LEAGUE CAREER RELATIVE AVERAGES
AVG+ = 120
OBP+ = 108
SLG+ = 132
OPS+ = 140

Some quick notes:
1) Wright was born in 1914, per Riley and confirmed by Cisneros, so these seasons represent his age 26-37 seasons.

2) I do not have any park factors available for these seasons, so you're seeing unadjusted numbers.

3) The AVG and SLG for each season are based on pitcher-excluded batting totals, as are the OBP data for seasons 1939 and 1948-1951. Due to time constraints (I'm going to a wedding and moving in the next five days) I used BB data that was already available in the Re-eval NgL Pitchers thread, basing my calcultions on BB/H because it proves easier to use that combo than any others when I have to extrapolate walk rates into NgL seasons.

jalbright

06-13-2006, 09:10 PM

Pitching Leader Boards

These leader boards are a bit preliminary because I've still have got a few identity questions to resolve and some data-neatening to do (they look pretty rough, I know), but I think I'm close enough along that it won't make a tremendous difference. Also, I don't know if I'll finish it by Monday, so I figured better to post now. If/when any of these change, I'll repost.

Remember, everything is based on Holway's data except where Gary has kindly supplied new data. That means only U.S. league and regional data is supplied for the years 1920-1948. (I may return to the pre-league years in the near future, no promises). This also includes data for the 1931 Negro Southern League because a) Holway supplied complete W-L data and b) a lot of top players were in the league that year. Holway's published career data often conflicts with itself (as Chris and Gary have recently pointed out), and I'm basing % of team decisions strictly on the sum of individual pitchers' wins and losses.

Top 25ish totals are shown for each leaderboard.

PRELIMINARY CAREER LEADER-BOARD LISTS

WINS
brown, ray …………………158
paige, satchel ………154
bell, william …………145
foster, bill ……………144
rogan, bullet …………144
byrd, bill …………………133
cooper, andy ……………130
winters, nip ……………127
holland, bill …………118
mcdonald, webster 117
…
LOSSES
holland, bill ……………105
mcdonald, webster …96
paige, satchel …………93
byrd, bill ……………………84
yokely, laymon …………80
…
DECISIONS
paige, satchel ………247
holland, bill …………223
byrd, bill …………………217
brown, ray …………………214
foster, bill ……………214
…
WAT (wins above team)
brown, ray …………………32.75639
cooper, andy ……………21.75161
salmon, harry …………21.63823
byrd, bill …………………18.98093
foster, bill ……………18.9751
winters, nip ……………18.1168
paige, satchel ………17.75274
mchenry, henry ………16.07841
rogan, bullet …………13.7111
rector, connie ………13.63975

WJackman

06-14-2006, 12:49 PM

Some partial stats for Baseball's greatest unknown - Cannonball Bill Jackman.

1925: 15-2 record in known games for the Philadelphia Giants. Victories over major league pitchers Buck O'Brien (2), King Bader and Earl Hanson. No decisions or saves versus major league pitchers Bump Hadley, Chippy Gaw and Cy Morgan.

1926: 14-6 in known games for the Philadelphia Giants. Victories over major league pitchers Haskell Billings and King Bader. 2-0 record versus Class B New England League teams. 14-strikeout game versus top semi-pro team. 2-hit shutout and 14 K game versus Cape Cod League (with major leaguers) All-Star team.

1927: 18-6 record in known games for the Philadelphia Giants. 3-0 versus opposing pitchers with big league time. 16-K game versus a semi-pro team that had 7 players in the lineup with big league time. 10 or more strikeouts in 7 of 22 known starts.

1928: 12-8 record in known games for Philadelphia Giants. Tossed 3-hit shutout versus Pop Lloyd-lead Lincoln Giants and 2-hit shutout versus Boston Colored Tigers. Lost a one-hitter with 12 K's versus Cape Cod League All-Star team. 3-2 record versus Cape Cod League teams and 1-4 record versus Lincoln Giants. Note that players with professional experience, including many with big league time, were eligible and did play in the Cape Cod League up through 1934.

1929: 16-7 record in known games for the Philadelphia Giants. 0-1 versus Lincoln Giants and 1-0 versus Brooklyn Cubans. Pitched perfect game versus the Philadelphia Red Caps. 15-K, 3-hit shutout versus Cape Cod League all-star team in which Vito Tamulis was the opposing pitcher. Also had 14-K game while pitching for the East Douglas team in the Blackstone Valley League where future major league Hank Greenberg was his first baseman and Gene Desautels was his catcher.

Keep in mind this data just reflects a small portion of Jackman's career, and that he pitched professionally from 1917 to 1952.

Schoolboy Johnny Taylor tossed a no-hitter verus Satchel Paige in the Polo Grounds in 1937. A few years earlier Taylor beat Jackman, 5-4 in 22 innings. In 1938 Taylor told the Boston Chronicle that he win versus Jackman, and not his no-hitter versus Paige, was his biggest accomplishment to date. He also called Jackman a "smarter" pitcher than Paige.

jalbright

06-24-2006, 06:39 AM

Some pitching data from Shades of Glory (from the HOF's study of Negro League stats for the recently elected class of Negro Leaguers).

Please note that the data begins in 1920 and is limited to the American Negro Leagues (not Mexico or the winter leagues), so I won't report Joe Williams because the best of his career was already over. I've also taken the career data and translated it to 275 IP. I used the ERA and winning percentage from the book, rather than calculating it from the data presented.

Name games GS CG IP hits runs ER ERA K BB WP HB SV W L Pct name
Leon Day 44 35 21 275.0 235 138 91 2.98 154 83 1 4 3 20 10 .661 Leon Day
Bill Foster 43 30 24 275.0 225 103 73 2.40 150 76 2 5 3 21 10 .675 Bill Foster
Satchel Paige 48 36 20 275.0 215 101 62 2.02 225 46 3 3 2 19 11 .628 Satchel Paige
Hilton Smith 49 28 18 275.0 228 103 52 1.68 159 33 2 4 2 24 11 .696 Hilton Smith

jalbright

06-24-2006, 11:00 AM

I'll try my two pitcher-hitters, Martin Dihigo and Bullet Joe Rogan. The caveats from the previous post about this material only being from post 1920 American summer Negro Leagues and that pitchers are converted to 275 IP hold here. I've also done hitting on a 550 AB basis. ERA, winning percentage, average and slugging are taken from the book rather than calculated from this converted career data.

Name games GS CG IP hits runs ER ERA K BB WP HB SV W L Pct Name
Martin Dihigo 43 29 23 275.0 247 122 89 2.92 137 62 2 3 2 20 15 .578 Martin Dihigo
Joe Rogan 40 29 25 275.0 294 112 79 2.59 162 69 5 2 3 22 10 .699 Joe Rogan

Name AB runs hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB Sac SB avg obp slg Name
Martin Dihigo 550 114 169 24 7 25 89 56 8 16 .307 .371 .511 Martin Dihigo
Joe Rogan 550 99 186 28 16 12 68 66 15 28 .338 .409 .515 Joe Rogan

jalbright

06-24-2006, 11:13 AM

Some hitting data from Shades of Glory, with career numbers from 1920 (the earliest year of stats given in the book) modified to 550 AB. Average and slugging percentages come from the book rather than calculated from the converted numbers. Also, please note these stats come only from the American Negro Leagues, not winter leagues or Mexico.

Since I initially didn't get it to display very well (at least IMO), I've attached a word document with the same info.

Name AB runs hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB Sac SB avg obp slg Name
Cool Papa Bell 550 118 175 25 8 6 38 54 7 23 .317 .379 .425 Cool Papa Bell
Oscar Charleston----550 127 192 34 11 23 91 74 13 33 .348 .425 .576 Oscar Charleston
Ray Dandridge-------550 81 174 22 9 2 41 29 2 12 .315 .351 .400 Ray Dandridge
Josh Gibson 550 138 197 32 12 34 128 75 2 7 .359 .435 .648 Josh Gibson
Monte Irvin 550 117 197 32 8 22 137 53 9 14 .358 .415 .564 Monte Irvin
Judy Johnson 550 88 161 23 9 5 54 29 10 12 .293 .328 .395 Judy Johnson
Buck Leonard 550 132 176 27 10 22 103 96 12 9 .320 .421 .527 Buck Leonard
Pop Lloyd 550 99 189 28 6 6 53 46 15 19 .343 .394 .450 Pop Lloyd
Turkey Stearnes 550 112 190 32 16 29 113 61 7 20 .345 .411 .618 Turkey Stearnes
Willie Wells 550 123 175 33 8 19 7 66 11 19 .319 .391 .510 Willie Wells

jalbright

06-24-2006, 11:14 AM

I can get the HTML to display correctly at home, but not in the post. What gives?

jalbright

06-25-2006, 09:32 AM

Thanks to Ubi and SABR Matt, I've got the data displayed halfway decently.

Skin & Bones

07-24-2006, 08:25 PM

This is some fantastic data on these players. Best I've seen so far. Thanks for sharing.

mtortolero

07-26-2006, 12:12 PM

Josh Gibson Data

Seasonal data from Holway

....
1940 .167 for Homestead, part-season only
1940 In Mexico, 43-92, .467, 11 hr (2nd), 65 hr/550 (1st)
1941 In Mexico, 134-368, .374 (2nd); 33 hr (1st), 49 hr/550 (1st)
. Major-league competition, 2 hr

Gibson has some Cuban play, I think, and a number of winter seasons in Puerto Rico, for which data is also available, and I’m sure there are better stats available for his Mexican League seasons, but this is good for a start.

His Cuban record consisted of two seasons:

1937-38 - Habana (apparently signed late in season)
61 AB, 11 R, 21 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .344

1938-39 - Santa Clara (won pennant)
163 AB, 50 R, 58 H, 7 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 39 RBI, 2 SB, .356

Led league in runs and HR. Set season record in HR. (I'm not sure what the previous record was, but thumbing through the book the highest earlier total I could find was 7 by Mule Suttles. The Cuban ballparks prior to 1942 were huge -- the main park in Havana, La Tropical, was listed as 498 to left, 505 to center, and 398 to right.)

Josh Gibson's Mexican League batting (he joined Veracruz late in the season, but was still only only 1 HR behind the league leader, Cool Papa Bell):

1940
G-22
AB-92
H-43
D-7
T-4
HR-11
R-32
RBI-38
BB-16
SO-6
HP-0
SH-0
SB-3
AVE-.467
OBA-.565
SLG-.989

And 1941, also with Veracruz:
G-94
AB-358
H-134
D-31
T-3
HR-33
R-100
RBI-124
BB-75
SO-25
HP-1
SH-0
SB-7
AVE-.374
OBA-.484
SLG-.754

Totals:
G-116
AB-450
H-177
D-38
T-7
HR-44
R-132
RBI-162
BB-91
SO-31
HP-1
SH-0
SB-10
AVE-.393
OBA-.496
SLG-.802

There's also his Dominican League stats from 1937, from Holway, which I think nobody's mentioned. Gibson hit 24 for 53 (.453). Next highest was Clyde Spearman, at .352, then Dihigo at .351 (in 97 ABs). Holway doesn't give extra base hits, or anything else.

Joshua "Trucutru" Gibson played baseball in Venezuela in 1940 and 1941 in our prior profesional league. He is mentioned as the player with the longest homerun in our baseball, around 570 ft which go out from San Agustin Stadium, crossed one street and land in the backyards of a auto repair garage.
In fact there is similar story in Dominican Republic with a homerun hit in a park beside the sea that landed in a ship property of the dictator Trujillo.
There is not much stats regarding our championships in those times but Gibson is well remember (and beloved) for people who saw him playing here.