1926 Cleveland Elites Statistics

Record: 8-40-1, Finished 8th in Negro National League

Managers: Candy Jim Taylor (7-40-1) and Frank Duncan (1-1)

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	Robert Bonner	32	42	162	149	16	28	5	1	2	13	0		10		.188	.253	.275	.528	36	41		3
2	1B	Charlie Watts?		21	58	53	4	14	6	0	0	6	2		5		.264	.328	.377	.705	81	20		0
3	2B	Charles Zomphier?	20	32	93	81	17	20	1	2	1	5	4		12		.247	.344	.346	.690	78	28		0
4	SS	Eddie Woolridge	22	19	55	53	5	12	3	2	0	6	1		1		.226	.255	.358	.613	57	19		1
5	3B	J.H. Hamilton?		37	142	140	20	45	11	1	1	17	2		2		.321	.331	.436	.767	96	61		0
6	LF	Tack Summers	26	38	116	109	13	32	5	2	2	13	1		3		.294	.336	.431	.767	97	47		4
7	CF	Babe Melton	28	20	66	61	6	14	2	1	3	6	2		5		.230	.288	.443	.731	86	27		0
8	RF	Roy Tyler	26	26	99	93	10	25	4	3	0	11	5		6		.269	.313	.376	.689	77	35		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	IF	Dewitt Owens?	25	28	118	113	17	39	8	0	0	7	5		4		.345	.373	.416	.789	103	47		1
10	UT	Codie Spearman?	28	34	115	107	16	36	5	0	1	20	2		6		.336	.383	.411	.794	105	44		2
11	OF	Willie Miles		22	87	79	10	20	2	0	0	6	2		7		.253	.322	.278	.600	56	22		1
12	IF	Candy Jim Taylor	42	32	63	55	5	19	2	0	1	9	0		5		.345	.429	.436	.865	124	24		3
13	UT	Ernest Duff?	26	27	59	55	8	14	1	1	0	4	2		4		.255	.305	.309	.614	59	17		0
14	OF	Frank Duncan*	38	33	56	49	5	12	6	0	1	6	0		5		.245	.339	.429	.768	97	21		2
15	C	John Barnes*	23	10	45	40	6	13	3	0	0	7	0		4		.325	.400	.400	.800	107	16		1
16	OF	Bobo Leonard?		11	32	29	7	9	1	0	1	4	0		3		.310	.375	.448	.823	112	13		0
17	3B	Robinson?		15	31	31	2	4	1	0	0	3	0		0		.129	.129	.161	.290	-25	5		0
18	C	Joe Ranson?	25	9	18	18	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.222	.333	-16	4		0
19	SS	Elbert Norman?	29	4	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	1		0
20	1B	Goldie?		6	14	12	1	4	2	0	0	2	0		2		.333	.429	.500	.929	139	6		0
21	MI	Tiny Baldwin?	22	4	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	-6	2		0
22	2B	M. Jeffries?		1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.500	.000	.500	39	0		0
23	OF	A. Russell?		1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	159	1		0
24		Oscar Hutt	32	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	418	2		0
25	C	Jackson?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
26		Dasler?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
27	P	John Wesley Johnson?		22	40	39	2	12	3	0	1	9	0		1		.308	.325	.462	.787	101	18		0
28	P	Slim Branham	26	16	20	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	2		0
29	P	George Branigan?	20	8	18	18	3	4	1	0	1	2	0		0		.222	.222	.444	.667	68	8		0
30	P	Buck Alexander		11	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.125	.176	.125	.301	-21	2		0
31	P	Willie Spearman?	26	13	16	16	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		0		.250	.250	.313	.563	44	5		0
32	P	Square Moore	25	7	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.182	.250	.182	.432	13	2		0
33	P	Eddie Wall?	22	8	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1		0
34	P	Buddy Fields?		4	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.200	.200	.400	.600	51	2		0
35	P	Howard Ross?	23	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
36	P	Bert Redwine?		3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	418	1		0
37	P	Art Hancock?	21	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	418	1		0
38	P	Percy Miller*	29	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
39	P	Howard Black?		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
		Team Totals	27.6	49	1606	1499	182	398	74	14	15	163	28		89		.266	.314	.364	.678	75	545		18
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				7	7	7	7	7	7		7		7	2	7	7	6	7		7		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	49	1464	1360	171	368	68	14	13	147	28		86		.271	.322	.370	.692	78	503		18
		Pitcher Totals	23.6	49	142	139	11	30	6	0	2	16	0		3		.216	.232	.302	.535	37	42		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

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	John Wesley Johnson?		2	9	.182	6.03	22	13	5	5	0	1	100.0	112	87	67	9	61		44	10	0	6	481	76	5.45	1.730	10.1	0.8	5.5	4.0	0.72
2	SP	Slim Branham	26	0	7	.000	9.68	10	7	1	1	0	0	40.0	55	50	43	3	27		15	5	0	6	203	47	5.65	2.050	12.4	0.7	6.1	3.4	0.56
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
3	CL	Buck Alexander		0	6	.000	4.32	11	5	6	1	0	3	50.0	45	35	24	2	17		26	3	0	0	217	106	3.71	1.240	8.1	0.4	3.1	4.7	1.53
4	RP	George Branigan	20	2	1	.667	6.45	8	2	4	1	0	0	44.2	55	41	32	2	16		21	6	0	0	202	71	4.15	1.590	11.1	0.4	3.2	4.2	1.31
5	RP	Square Moore	25	0	2	.000	5.24	7	3	2	1	0	0	34.1	37	28	20	0	10		10	0	0	0	150	87	3.32	1.369	9.7	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
6	RP	Eddie Wall*	22	0	3	.000	11.63	8	3	3	1	0	0	21.2	30	34	28	1	21		12	1	0	4	117	40	5.57	2.354	12.5	0.4	8.7	5.0	0.57
7	RP	Willie Spearman	26	2	1	.667	9.92	9	2	4	0	0	0	16.1	30	23	18	4	17		7	2	0	1	98	47	8.85	2.878	16.5	2.2	9.4	3.9	0.41
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
8		Buddy Fields?		0	2	.000	11.77	4	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	27	27	17	1	4		8	2	0	0	76	40	4.18	2.385	18.7	0.7	2.8	5.5	2.00
9		Candy Jim Taylor	42	0	1	.000	7.59	4	1	2	0	0	0	10.2	18	9	9	2	1		5	0	0	0	49	62	4.81	1.781	15.2	1.7	0.8	4.2	5.00
10		Howard Ross*	23	0	1	.000	0.90	2	1	0	1	0	0	10.0	3	3	1	0	5		6	0	0	0	36	522	3.33	0.800	2.7	0.0	4.5	5.4	1.20
11		Art Hancock	21	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	6	4	0	3		4	0	0	0	28	80	3.20	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
12		Babe Melton	28	0	0		3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	2	0	4		1	0	0	0	27	135	5.03	2.800	18.0	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
13		Dewitt Owens	25	0	1	.000	14.54	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	11	8	7	1	2		0	0	0	0	25	34	7.41	3.000	22.8	2.1	4.2	0.0	0.00
14		Percy Miller*	29	0	3	.000	24.55	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.2	7	12	10	1	8		1	1	0	0	28	20	13.39	4.091	17.2	2.5	19.6	2.5	0.13
15		Bert Redwine?		0	0		15.43	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	7	5	4	0	0		1	0	0	0	14	34	2.17	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	3.9
16		Charles Zomphier	20	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	2	1	3		0	0	0	0	11	59	14.03	2.500	9.0	4.5	13.5	0.0	0.00
17		Howard Black*		0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	6	84	5.28	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
18		Codie Spearman	28	0	0		40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	3	0	3		0	0	0	0	7	17	16.53	7.500	27.0	0.0	40.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.6	6	38	.136	7.18	49	44	33	11	0	4	366.0	461	381	292	27	203		161	30	0	17	1775	64	5.02	1.814	11.3	0.7	5.0	4.0	0.79
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		7	4		8				8	8	5	7	2	4	4	4	4		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