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1927 St. Louis Stars Statistics

1926 Season 1928 Season

Record: 62-37-0, Finished 2nd in Negro National League

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

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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	Mitchell Murray	31	65	213	189	22	49	10	1	3	29	3		24		.259	.343	.370	.713	93	70		0
2	1B	Willie Bobo*	29	93	358	308	63	89	16	6	4	45	8		49		.289	.388	.419	.807	119	129		1
3	2B	John Henry Russell	29	86	312	292	48	87	10	5	11	45	7		20		.298	.343	.479	.822	120	140		0
4	SS	Willie Wells	22	96	418	361	90	131	21	5	29	108	9		56		.363	.450	.690	1.140	204	249		1
5	3B	Dewey Creacy	27	92	368	348	63	110	12	12	13	84	4		20		.316	.353	.532	.885	137	185		0
6	LF	Wilson Redus	22	96	390	373	66	137	19	10	18	77	2		17		.367	.395	.617	1.011	170	230		0
7	CF	Cool Papa Bell#	24	97	450	419	90	131	23	5	5	39	21		31		.313	.360	.427	.787	112	179		0
8	RF	Branch Russell*	31	96	429	391	77	125	17	9	11	57	5		38		.320	.380	.494	.874	135	193		0
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	C	Henry Williams	32	69	221	212	27	50	8	5	5	26	4		9		.236	.267	.392	.658	76	83		0
10	1B	Mule Suttles	26	36	116	98	31	44	9	4	9	37	1		18		.449	.534	.898	1.432	281	88		0
11	3B	Candy Jim Taylor	43	34	55	50	4	21	4	0	0	10	1		5		.420	.473	.500	.973	164	25		0
12	IF	Charles Zomphier?	21	10	19	18	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		1		.333	.368	.333	.702	91	6		0
13		Bill Gatewood	45	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
14		Tomlin?		1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	443	1		0
15	C	Milton Smith#	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
16	P	Ted Trent	23	33	79	71	5	8	1	0	0	1	0		8		.113	.203	.127	.329	-9	9		0
17	P	Roosevelt Davis	22	34	58	57	6	13	1	1	0	3	0		1		.228	.241	.281	.522	41	16		0
18	P	Luther McDonald?	21	27	53	52	3	10	2	0	0	3	0		1		.192	.208	.231	.438	19	12		0
19	P	John Williams?	22	23	48	46	9	13	0	2	3	11	0		2		.283	.313	.565	.878	133	26		0
20	P	Frank Stevens?		21	41	40	4	8	1	0	0	1	0		1		.200	.220	.225	.445	21	9		0
21	P	Earl Harrison?	27	21	38	35	5	8	0	1	0	5	0		2		.229	.289	.286	.575	56	10		1
22	P	Logan Hensley	27	6	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
23	P	George Brown?		11	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0		.222	.300	.556	.856	127	5		1
24	P	Tom Jackson?		9	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
25	P	Willie Spearman?	27	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1		0
26	P	Dizzy Dismukes	37	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
27	P	Edwards?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
		Team Totals	26.8	99	3701	3394	619	1044	154	66	112	584	65		303		.308	.365	.491	.856	130	1666		4
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				1	1	1	1	1	1		3		1		1	1	1	1		1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	99	3351	3061	584	981	149	62	108	557	65		288		.320	.379	.516	.895	140	1578		2
		Pitcher Totals	23.0	99	350	333	35	63	5	4	4	27	0		15		.189	.229	.264	.493	33	88		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

Team Pitching

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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	Ted Trent	23	15	10	.600	2.93	33	24		15	2	0	212.0	178	95	69		85		133	7		4		128		1.241	7.6		3.6	5.6	1.56
2	SP	Luther McDonald	21	13	4	.765	4.28	26	15		8	0	1	138.2	171	83	66		33		41	2		2		87		1.471	11.1		2.1	2.7	1.24
3	SP	John Williams	22	7	4	.636	3.77	20	11		5	0	1	105.0	109	49	44		39		63	2		2		99		1.410	9.3		3.3	5.4	1.62
4	SP	Earl Harrison?	27	7	2	.778	4.38	15	8		3	0	0	74.0	84	45	36		35		30	0		3		86		1.608	10.2		4.3	3.6	0.86
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	Roosevelt Davis	22	11	8	.579	4.30	35	17		9	0	2	169.2	204	91	81		36		67	4		0		87		1.415	10.8		1.9	3.6	1.86
6	RP	Frank Stevens*		4	1	.800	4.20	11	6		4	1	0	55.2	54	32	26		23		18	1		0		89		1.383	8.7		3.7	2.9	0.78
7	RP	George Brown		1	3	.250	8.36	11	5		1	0	0	37.2	54	39	35		26		8	0		0		45		2.124	12.9		6.2	1.9	0.31
8	RP	Tom Jackson		1	1	.500	9.13	9	4		0	0	0	23.2	38	25	24		24		6	0		1		42		2.620	14.5		9.1	2.3	0.25
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
9		Logan Hensley	27	1	3	.250	3.09	6	5		2	0	0	35.0	37	20	12		7		8	0		1		122		1.257	9.5		1.8	2.1	1.14
10		Willie Spearman	27	1	0	1.000	4.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	8	4	4		2		2	0		0		98		1.111	8.0		2.0	2.0	1.00
11		Candy Jim Taylor	43	0	1	.000	1.80	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1		0		2	0		0		224		0.800	7.2		0.0	3.6
12		Dizzy Dismukes	37	0	0		6.00	1	1		0	0	0	3.0	7	2	2		0		1	0		0		71		2.333	21.0		0.0	3.0
13		Edwards?		0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0		0		1	0		0				0.000	0.0		0.0	9.0
14		Bill Gatewood	45	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	23.1	61	37	.622	4.14	99	98		48	3	4	869.1	948	486	400		310		380	16		13		91		1.447	9.8		3.2	3.9	1.23
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		1	5		6				5	6	3	1	8	7	8		8		2
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