1927 Negro National League Fielding Leaders

Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL, ECL, NL

Pennant Winner: Chicago American Giants

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Rankings of Negro League players should consider that Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Negro National League Fielding Leaders

Def. Games as C
1.	Daniels • DS	79
2.	Brown • 2TM	74
	Young • KCM	74
4.	Williams • BBB	63
5.	Murray • SLS	57

Def. Games as 1B
1.	Bobo • SLS	92
2.	McAllister • BBB	88
3.	McHaskell • MRS	80
4.	Giles • KCM	59
5.	Brown • CAG	57

Def. Games as 2B
1.	Williams • CAG	86
2.	Russell • SLS	84
3.	Meredith • 2TM	66
4.	Mothell • KCM	63
	Johnson • DS	63

Def. Games as 3B
1.	Creacy • SLS	89
2.	Malarcher • CAG	86
3.	Joseph • KCM	79
4.	Robinson • 2TM	72
5.	Jeffries • DS	64

Def. Games as SS
1.	Wells • SLS	95
2.	Allen • KCM	86
3.	Harding • DS	70
4.	Owens • BBB	66
5.	Russ • CAG	54

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1.	Redus • SLS	85
2.	Johnston • KCM	82
3.	Davis • CAG	67
4.	Parnell • BBB	57
5.	Rogers • 2TM	51

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1.	Bell • SLS	95
2.	Stearnes • DS	91
3.	Ward • 2TM	84
4.	Thompson • BBB	74
5.	Sweatt • CAG	52

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1.	Torriente • DS	84
2.	Russell • SLS	82
3.	McNair • KCM	80
4.	Hines • CAG	53
5.	Jones • BBB	46

Def. Games as P
1.	Trent • SLS	33
	Davis • SLS	33
3.	Poindexter • BBB	32
4.	Foster • CAG	31
	Streeter • BBB	31

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements