Eric C Negro League MLEs

Player Name Age Lg Pos G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR
Newt Allen 28 NL 2B 146 640 34 0 0 14 4 53 4.8 20 73 6.7
Jud Wilson 33 NL 3B 144 630 38 1 0 4 3 46 4.1 20 65 5.9
Turkey Stearnes 28 NL CF 153 670 42 0 0 2 -3 42 3.8 21 63 5.8
Willie Wells 23 NL SS 153 670 18 1 0 6 9 34 3.1 21 55 5.1
John Beckwith 29 NL 3B 133 580 38 0 0 -4 3 37 3.3 18 55 5.0
Martin Dihigo 24 NL CF 142 620 26 1 0 7 -3 30 2.8 19 50 4.6
George Scales 28 NL 2B 133 580 27 0 0 3 4 33 3.0 18 51 4.6
Oscr Charleston 32 NL 1B 144 630 26 2 0 1 -6 23 2.1 20 43 3.9
Dick Lundy 30 NL SS 133 580 11 0 0 5 8 24 2.2 18 42 3.8
Bullet Rogan 35 NL RF 117 510 30 1 0 -1 -5 25 2.3 16 41 3.8
Mule Suttles 28 NL 1B 146 640 22 0 0 2 -6 19 1.7 20 39 3.6
Biz Mackey 31 NL C 110 480 14 0 0 1 3 18 1.7 15 33 3.1
Cool Papa Bell 26 NL CF 151 660 9 2 0 -1 -3 7 0.6 21 27 2.5
Alejandro Oms 33 NL CF 139 610 9 0 0 -1 -2 6 0.6 21 27 2.5
Heavy Johnson 34 NL RF 101 440 10 0 0 -1 -4 5 0.5 15 20 1.9

Pitcher Name Age Lg G IP R RA9 lgRA9 RAA WAA pWAR Rrep RAR PA Rbat Rpos RAA bWAR WAR
Dick Redding 39 NL 33 180 57 2.83 5.36 51 4.9 6.7 20 71 60 -3 7 4 0.2 6.9
William Bell 31 NL 37 230 104 4.05 5.36 34 3.2 5.6 26 59 77 -2 9 6 0.4 6.0
Webstr McDonald 29 NL 34 200 88 3.96 5.36 31 3.0 5.1 22 54 67 -7 8 0 0.0 5.1
Willie Foster 25 NL 40 270 145 4.84 5.36 16 1.5 4.4 30 46 90 -7 10 3 0.2 4.5
Bullet Rogan 35 NL 34 200 101 4.57 5.36 18 1.7 3.8 22 40 67 4 8 11 0.7 4.4
Bill Holland 28 NL 40 250 142 5.10 5.36 7 0.7 3.4 28 35 83 -10 9 0 -0.1 3.3
Satchel Paige 22 AL 34 200 105 4.75 5.07 7 0.7 2.8 21 28 67 -6 8 2 0.1 2.9
Martin Dihigo 24 NL 33 180 108 5.40 5.36 -1 -0.1 1.9 20 19 60 1 7 8 0.5 2.3
Ramon Bragana 20 NL 8 50 19 3.36 5.36 11 1.1 1.6 6 17 17 -1 2 1 0.1 1.7 
Joe Williams 43 NL 3 20 9 3.96 5.36 3 0.3 0.5 2 5 7 0 1 1 0.0 0.5

I am not at all comfortable with that Dick Redding MLE for his age 39 season. He only has one game documented on Seamheads.

1929 Prelim

1) Rogers Hornsby - this one is easy
2) Mel Ott
3) Al Simmons
4) Jimmie Foxx
5) Willie Wells - best NGL player
6) Lefty O'Doul
7) Babe Ruth
8) Tony Lazzeri
9) Lou Gehrig
10) Chet Brewer - not an impressive year for pitchers

I'm inclined to give Dihigo credit for both his batting and his pitching lines. He was truly a standout utility player. That will probably bump Gehrig or Brewer off my ballot.

Just off ballot: Red Lucas, Charlie Gehringer, Willis Hudlin, Firpo Marberry, Lefty Grove, Mickey Cochrane, Newt Allen, Paul Waner, Turkey Stearnes, Travis Jackson, William Bell, John Beckwith, Willie Foster

I am not at all comfortable with that Dick Redding MLE for his age 39 season. He only has one game documented on Seamheads.

Agreed. I was one of Redding's biggest advocates for the Hall of Merit. However, at this point in his career, Redding was primarily a manager. He'd put himself into a game every once in a while as needed.* And, he could still be effective- as evidenced by his complete game shutout in his only recorded game this season. But any MLE that extrapolates his results to a full season is making an unwarranted and erroneous assumption.




*John McGraw did something similar when he became manager of the Giants, playing 5, 3, 4 and 1 game in his last four "seasons."

One thing to note in my reading is the American Negro League took the step of compiling statistics and having them published in the Pittsburgh Courier (?) after the completion of the season. This is one of the best documented NGL seasons.

1. Rogers Hornsby - Great season. B-R has him as deserving a Gold Glove this season (had they existed), which I'm a little dubious of, but even decent defending makes this a top-notch season.
2. Willie Wells - Best NgL player, and I even flirted with having him ahead of Hornsby. Not sure exactly how strong the NNL was - the ANL looks a bit better - so he slides down here.
3. Charlie "Chino" Smith - Absolutely tore up the ANL. Terrific hitting season. I don't know much about his defence, and since he's in right I'm guessing he's no Speaker, but still. .837 slugging
4. Mel Ott
5. Jimmie Foxx - Couple of big seasons for the sluggers
6. Al Simmons - Gets credit for what appears to have been an outstanding year defensively in left, which pushes him pretty close to the bigger bats in front of him.
7. Rap Dixon - Another great hitting season from the ANL.
8. Hack Wilson - Position adjustment still leaves him short of the corner outfielder glut.
9. Lefty Grove - Best pitcher, though as DL says, it was not an impressive year for pitchers.
10. Babe Ruth - Barely makes the ballot. End of an era.

Close to ballot: Chet Brewer (best NgL pitcher), Mickey Cochrane, Lefty O'Doul, Lou Gehrig, Martin Dihigo

Not close to ballot: Pat Malone (best NL pitcher).

1929 All-Star Team
SS: Willie Wells
2B: Rogers Hornsby
RF: Chino Smith
1B: Jimmie Foxx
LF: Al Simmons
CF: Hack Wilson
C: Mickey Cochrane
3B: Judy Johnson (Pitcher wasn't the only weak position this year)

Starting Rotation: Lefty Grove, Chet Brewer, William Bell, Laymon Yokely, Firpo Marberry

Bench: Clarence Palm, Tony Lazzeri, Jimmy Dykes, Martin Dihigo, Rap Dixon, Bullet Rogan, Mel Ott
Bullpen: Pat Malone, Red Lucas, Joe Strong, John Williams

1929 Preliminary ballot

1. Rogers Hornsby 10.41 WARR
2. Mel Ott 8.22 WARR
3. Babe Ruth 7.20 WARR
4. Charlie Smith 7.06 WARR
5. Al Simmons 6.94 WARR
6. Lefty O'Doul 6.81 WARR
7. Jimmie Foxx 6.76 WARR
8. Willie Wells 6.74 WARR
9. Firpo Marberry 6.48 WARR
10. Lefty Grove 6.44 WARR

Rest of the top 20
11. Lou Gehrig
12. Tony Lazzeri
13. Red Lucas
14. Chet Brewer
15. George Uhle
16. Kiki Cuyler
17. Connie Rector
18. Rap Dixon
19. Watty Clark
20.John Williams

1929 World Series Stats

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Mickey Cochrane* 5 15 5 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 .400 .591 .467 1.058 0 0 0 0.16
Jimmy Dykes 5 19 2 8 1 0 0 4 1 1 .421 .450 .474 .924 0 0 2 0.21
Jimmie Foxx 5 20 5 7 1 0 2 5 1 1 .350 .381 .700 1.081 0 0 0 0.36
Bing Miller 5 19 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 2 .368 .400 .421 .821 0 2 1 0.29
Al Simmons 5 20 6 6 1 0 2 5 1 4 .300 .333 .650 .983 0 0 0 -0.12

Kiki Cuyler 5 20 4 6 1 0 0 4 1 7 .300 .333 .350 .683 0 0 1 0.15
Rogers Hornsby 5 21 4 5 1 1 0 1 1 8 .238 .273 .381 .654 0 0 1 -0.24
Riggs Stephenson 5 19 3 6 1 0 0 3 2 2 .316 .381 .368 .749 0 0 0 -0.14
Hack Wilson 5 17 2 8 0 1 0 0 4 3 .471 .571 .588 1.160 0 0 1 0.02

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
George Earnshaw 2 2 2.63 1 1 0 1 13.2 14 6 4 6 17 1.463 0.08
Lefty Grove* 2 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 6.1 3 0 0 1 10 0.632 0.35
Rube Walberg* 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 6.1 3 1 0 0 8 0.474 0.19

Pat Malone 3 2 4.15 0 2 0 1 13.0 12 9 6 7 11 1.462 -0.78
Charlie Root 2 2 4.73 0 1 0 0 13.1 12 7 7 2 8 1.050 0.46

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