1923 in the Negro Leagues

From BR Bullpen

Jump to: navigation, search
1923 in baseball
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
Negro Leagues
<< 1922 1924 >>

1923 in the Negro Leagues


Contents

[edit] Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

[edit] Negro National League

Source: 1923 Negro National League Yearbook, Replay Games
League Games All Games
Rank Team G W L PCT GB G W L PCT GB
1 Kansas City Monarchs 86 54 32 .628 --- 101 62 38 .620 ---
2 Chicago American Giants 63 39 24 .619 3.5 79 48 29 .623 2.5
3 Detroit Stars 66 39 27 .591 5 71 41 30 .577 6.5
4 Indianapolis ABCs 76 44 32 .579 5 85 52 33 .612 2.5
5 Cuban Stars (West) 59 25 34 .424 14.5 64 28 36 .438 16
6 St. Louis Stars 72 28 44 .389 19 81 31 49 .388 21
7 Toledo Tigers 29 11 18 .379 14.5 29 11 18 .379 15.5
8 Milwaukee Bears 53 12 41 .226 25.5 67 15 51 .227 30
Associate Teams
Memphis Red Sox 23 15 8 .653 ---
Cleveland Tate Stars 26 11 14 .440 ---
Birmingham Black Barons 46 17 25 .405 ---
"All Games" include games between league teams that were not counted as league contests, and games played by associate teams.
The Tate Stars, Black Barons, and Red Sox were league associate members.

[edit] Eastern Colored League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester
Rank Team G W L PCT GB
1 Hilldale 49 32 17 .673 --
2 Cuban Stars (East) 40 23 17 .575 4.5
3 Brooklyn Royal Giants 36 18 18 .500 7.5
4 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 42 19 23 .452 9.5
5 New York Lincoln Giants 38 16 22 .421 10.5
6 Baltimore Black Sox 49 19 30 .388 13

[edit] Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

[edit] Leading Players

[edit] Batters

[edit] Negro National League

  • Slugging Percentage (280+ plate appearances)
    • Heavy Johnson (Kansas City), .722
    • Turkey Stearnes (Detroit), .710
    • Oscar Charleston (Indianapolis), .591
    • Cristobal Torriente (Chicago), .556
    • John Beckwith (Chicago), .537
  • On Base Percentage (280+ plate appearances)
    • Cristobal Torriente (Chicago), .481
    • Heavy Johnson (Kansas City), .471
    • Oscar Charleston (Indianapolis), .453
    • Dobie Moore (Kansas City), .407
    • Turkey Stearnes (Detroit), .401
  • Home Runs
  • RBI
    • Heavy Johnson (Kansas City), 120
    • Oscar Charleston (Indianapolis), 94
    • Turkey Stearnes (Detroit), 85
    • Dobie Moore (Kansas City), 79
    • John Beckwith (Chicago), 77
    • Turkey Stearnes (Detroit), 76

[edit] Eastern Colored League

[edit] Pitchers

[edit] Postseason

There were a few postseason exhibitions played by some teams, but any hope for a Colored World Series was dashed early on owing to the animosity between the two leagues and their respective presidents.

[edit] Sources

Negro League Seasons

Early Era
1800s · 1900s
1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1915 · 1916 · 1917 · 1918 · 1919
Middle Era
1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929
1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939
1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945
Late Era
1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950
1950s · 1960s

Personal tools
Advertisement