1928 Cleveland Tigers Statistics

Record: 20-59-0, Finished 8th in Negro National League

Managers: Frank Duncan (4-20) , Harry Jeffries (7-18) and Sam Crawford (9-21)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Eppie Hamilton	28	28	102	98	7	32	4	0	0	10	0		3		.327	.353	.367	.720	97	36		1
2	1B	Willie Bobo*	30	17	60	57	2	11	2	1	0	5	0		3		.193	.233	.263	.496	35	15		0
3	2B	Babe Melton	30	57	208	198	37	70	6	13	7	42	5		8		.354	.385	.621	1.006	170	123		2
4	SS	Saul Davis	27	42	169	163	24	47	11	1	1	21	8		6		.288	.314	.387	.700	90	63		0
5	3B	Harry Jeffries		32	127	117	22	42	10	2	1	14	6		6		.359	.409	.504	.914	148	59		4
6	LF	Tack Summers?	28	58	241	221	36	57	7	3	0	17	3		17		.258	.320	.317	.636	74	70		3
7	CF	Ernest Duff?	28	47	188	178	36	58	15	1	2	24	6		7		.326	.362	.455	.817	122	81		3
8	RF	Orville Singer?	29	38	152	147	18	51	9	3	1	23	5		3		.347	.368	.469	.838	127	69		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Frank Stevens?		35	87	82	10	27	8	2	0	15	0		4		.329	.368	.476	.843	129	39		1
10	IF	Pete Willett		25	82	79	6	23	4	1	1	8	0		2		.291	.317	.405	.722	96	32		1
11	OF	Heavy Johnson	33	20	80	75	16	29	3	3	1	15	0		5		.387	.425	.547	.972	163	41		0
12	SS	Ted Stockard	25	19	80	76	3	21	2	1	0	12	0		3		.276	.313	.329	.641	75	25		1
13	UT	Charlie Wouldridge?	30	16	52	44	2	10	0	0	0	2	0		8		.227	.346	.227	.573	59	10		0
14	1B	John Wesley Johnson?		17	52	47	4	8	2	0	0	2	0		4		.170	.250	.213	.463	27	10		1
15	IF	Charles Zomphier?	22	13	51	44	4	9	1	1	0	4	0		6		.205	.314	.273	.586	61	12		1
16	C	George Dixon*	32	19	51	45	5	10	1	0	0	3	0		6		.222	.314	.244	.558	54	11		0
17	UT	Perry Hall	30	10	39	37	4	12	1	1	1	6	0		1		.324	.359	.486	.845	129	18		1
18	IF	Bobby Williams	32	9	33	31	2	8	0	0	0	3	0		2		.258	.303	.258	.561	54	8		0
19	C	Chancelor Edwards?	27	10	29	28	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3		0
20	UT	Sam Crawford	36	12	26	23	2	5	0	0	0	2	1		1		.217	.308	.217	.525	46	5		2
21	UT	Goldie?		7	21	19	3	2	1	0	0	2	2		1		.105	.190	.158	.348	-4	3		1
22	1B	Fred Dewitt?	27	6	18	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2		.067	.222	.067	.289	-18	1		1
23	C	John Barnes*	25	6	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0		1
24	UT	Will Owens	26	5	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		.429	.500	.429	.929	156	3		0
25	IF	Chester Blanchard?	24	3	7	7	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		0		.714	.714	.714	1.429	291	5		0
26	3B	Frank Duncan*	40	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
27	1B	James Womack?		1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1		0
28	UT	Clem Turner?	22	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	448	2		0
29		Powell?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
30	OF	Orange?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
31	P	Homer Curry*	23	40	114	108	15	38	6	2	2	12	0		4		.352	.386	.500	.886	140	54		2
32	P	Nelson Dean?	29	28	56	52	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		4		.058	.125	.058	.183	-49	3		0
33	P	William Ross?	34	14	30	28	4	10	1	1	0	4	0		2		.357	.400	.464	.864	135	13		0
34	P	Johnnie Bob Dixon	29	11	18	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1		.235	.278	.294	.572	56	5		0
35	P	Square Moore	27	7	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
36	P	Tom Jackson?		5	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1		0
37	P	George Boggs*	29	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.333	.500	.333	.833	131	1		0
38	P	Kirby?		1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	265	2		0
39	P	Tom Cox?		3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
40	P	Bill Williams?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
41	P	Owen Smaulding?	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
		Team Totals	28.4	79	2237	2096	278	606	95	36	17	253	36		113		.289	.334	.393	.727	98	824		28
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				7	7	7	5	4	4		7		8	6	2	5	3	3		7		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	79	1905	1783	240	520	79	31	15	220	36		97		.292	.337	.396	.733	99	706		25
		Pitcher Totals	26.6	79	332	313	38	86	16	5	2	33	0		16		.275	.316	.377	.693	88	118		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Nelson Dean	29	5	15	.250	4.14	26	18		10	1	1	143.1	173	86	66	6	23		70	9		2	633	98	3.27	1.367	10.9	0.4	1.4	4.4	3.04
2	SP	Homer Curry	23	7	10	.412	4.66	23	15		6	0	0	125.2	143	86	65	11	29		36	10		1	565	87	4.53	1.369	10.2	0.8	2.1	2.6	1.24
3	SP	Frank Stevens*		3	6	.333	6.17	15	9		4	0	0	81.2	98	69	56	4	39		42	7		3	385	66	4.33	1.678	10.8	0.4	4.3	4.6	1.08
4	SP	William Ross	34	2	5	.286	3.45	10	8		5	0	2	57.1	60	33	22	1	23		14	2		0	260	118	4.08	1.448	9.4	0.2	3.6	2.2	0.61
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	RP	Johnnie Bob Dixon	29	0	3	.000	12.13	11	2		1	0	1	39.1	72	59	53	6	18		14	3		0	212	34	5.90	2.288	16.5	1.4	4.1	3.2	0.78
6	RP	John Wesley Johnson?		0	0		7.88	4	0		0	0	0	16.0	27	17	14	0	7		8	3		1	84	52	3.91	2.125	15.2	0.0	3.9	4.5	1.14
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7		Square Moore	27	1	3	.250	9.58	6	4		2	0	0	20.2	37	28	22	3	6		6	1		1	111	43	5.35	2.081	16.1	1.3	2.6	2.6	1.00
8		Tom Jackson		0	1	.000	8.44	5	3		0	0	0	10.2	18	13	10	0	3		6	2		0	53	50	3.31	1.969	15.2	0.0	2.5	5.1	2.00
9		George Boggs*	29	0	0		4.05	2	1		0	0	0	6.2	7	6	3	0	4		1	1		0	33	105	4.98	1.650	9.5	0.0	5.4	1.4	0.25
10		Tom Cox?		0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	6	5	5	0	0		4	0		0	21	48	1.43	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	7.2
11		Sam Crawford	36	0	0		11.57	3	1		0	0	0	4.2	11	8	6	0	1		0	0		0	27	38	3.67	2.571	21.2	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.00
12		Kirby?		0	0		8.31	1	0		0	0	0	4.1	7	5	4	1	0		0	0		0	19	53	6.03	1.615	14.5	2.1	0.0	0.0
13		Heavy Johnson	33	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0		2	0		0	10		1.70	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
14		Bill Williams?		0	1	.000	3.86	1	1		0	0	0	2.1	3	2	1	0	1		1	1		0	12	122	4.75	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
15		Owen Smaulding?	31	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1		0	0		0	5	47	7.53	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
16		Perry Hall	30	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0
17		Eppie Hamilton	28	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	18	44	.290	5.66	79	62		28	1	4	521.1	667	418	328	32	155		204	39		8	2430	72	4.16	1.577	11.5	0.6	2.7	3.5	1.32
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		7	1		8				8	7	5	7	4	6	7	6	3		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W