1928 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1928 Season

1927-28 / 1929

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

Leaders

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Rap Dixon	BBS	.701
2	Willie Wells	SLS	.695
3	Mule Suttles	SLS	.686
4	Jud Wilson	BBS	.652
5	Turkey Stearnes	DS	.644
6	Wilson Redus	SLS	.630
7	Babe Melton	CTG	.621
8	Oscar Charleston	HIL	.618
9	George Scales	NLG	.605
10	Walter Cannady	HG / HIL	.567

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Hubert Wilson	KCM	436
2	Jimmy Shields	ACB	314
3	Juanelo Mirabal	CSE	204
4	Darltie Cooper	HIL	184
5	Ted Trent	SLS	178
6	Satchel Paige	BBB	178
7	Willie Powell	CAG	165
8	Laymon Yokely	BBS	164
9	Lefty Williams	HG	147
10	Rats Henderson	ACB	147

Standings

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	St. Louis Stars ^* ¹	63	26	0	.708	-	67	26	0	.720	7.5	5.0	Candy Jim Taylor	Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	50	29	1	.633	8.0	50	29	1	.633	5.2	3.8	Bullet Rogan	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
3	Detroit Stars	53	36	0	.596	10.0	55	38	0	.591	6.0	5.7	Bingo DeMoss	Mack Park (Detroit, MI)
4	Chicago American Giants ²	55	38	1	.591	10.0	58	40	1	.592	4.6	3.3	Dave Malarcher , George Harney	Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
5	Birmingham Black Barons	46	53	0	.465	22.0	46	53	0	.465	3.9	4.8	Poindexter Williams , Charles Wesley	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6	Memphis Red Sox	33	51	0	.393	27.5	33	51	0	.393	4.5	5.3	Carl Glass	Lewis Park (Memphis, TN)
7	Cleveland Tigers	20	59	0	.253	38.0	20	59	0	.253	4.5	6.9	Frank Duncan , Harry Jeffries , Sam Crawford	Luna Park (Cleveland, OH)
8	Cuban Stars West	13	41	0	.241	32.5	13	41	0	.241	3.8	6.4	Tinti Molina	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	St. Louis Stars	5	4	0	.556	-		7.2	5.0	Candy Jim Taylor	Stars Park (St. Louis, MO)
2	Chicago American Giants	4	5	0	.444	1.0		5.0	7.2	Dave Malarcher	Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	18	12	1	.600	-	30	31	2	.492	5.5	5.3	Dick Lundy	Bacharach Park (Atlantic City, NJ)
2	New York Lincoln Giants	8	6	1	.571	2.0	21	17	2	.553	6.5	6.0	John Henry Lloyd	Catholic Protectory Oval (Bronx, NY)
3	Baltimore Black Sox	19	15	3	.559	1.0	29	28	3	.509	5.7	5.4	Ben Taylor	Maryland Park (Baltimore, MD)
4	Cuban Stars East	6	13	3	.316	6.5	9	18	3	.333	5.6	6.3	José María Fernández	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
5	Philadelphia Tigers	2	7	0	.222	5.5	2	7	0	.222	4.0	9.1	Bill Johnson	Pencoyd Field (Philadelphia, PA)

* = League Champion

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Hilldale Club	35	28	1	.556	-	5.0	5.0	Otto Briggs	Hilldale Park (Yeadon, PA)
2	Homestead Grays	11	9	0	.550	2.5	6.4	5.7	Cumberland Posey	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
3	Eastern League Stars	1	1	0	.500	3.5	9.0	5.5	Bill Johnson	No Home Ballpark
4	Brooklyn Royal Giants	4	6	0	.400	4.5	5.0	7.0	Dick Redding	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
5	Colored All Stars	1	2	1	.333	4.0	4.3	3.8	Danny McClellan	No Home Ballpark

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	American League All Stars	4	4	0	.500	-		5.6	5.9	Earle Mack	No Home Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	4	0	.500	-		5.9	5.6	Cumberland Posey	Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)

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