What is the Midwest 6 Negro League?
A custom fantasy all-star negro league played using primarily the 103 player All-Star Negro League roster and computer baseball game from Strat-o-Matic. Six teams, put together after thorough data analysis, playing 60 games each for a total of 180 league games.
The Names – Satch, Josh, Cool Papa, Turkey, Fats, Slim, Boojum, Dobie, Biz, Pop, El Maestro, Mule, Ghost, Needle Nose, Count, Home Run, Candy, El Diablo, Tubby, Flash, Rap, Hooks, Heavy, Bingo, Cannonball, Cyclone, Spot, Frog, Spoony, Superman, Double Duty, Bullet, and Buck all play here.
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Inside the Numbers
Team Batting Averages
.284 – Chicago Giants
.270 – Kansas City Monarchs
.263 – League Average
.260 – Pittsburgh Crawfords
.258 – Detroit Stars
.258 – Homestead Grays
.245 – Indianapolis ABC’s
Team ERA’s
3.30 – Pittsburgh Crawfords
3.45 – Kansas City Monarchs
3.51 – Chicago Giants
3.59 – League Average
3.62 – Homestead Grays
3.69 – Indianapolis ABC’s
3.99 – Detroit Stars
Game Scores
81 – Leon Day
81 – Frank Wickware
81 – Slim Jones
79 – Juan Padron
79 – Bullet Rogan
78 – Smokey Joe Williams
League News and Rules
Backup Catchers
Every 5th game, starting with game 5, backup catchers will start. Every fifth game ensures that all starting pitchers(4-man rotation) will pitch to the backup catcher at some point.
Bench Players
Every 5th game, starting with game 8, the non-catcher bench player with the least amount of at-bats will start.
Extra Innings
If tied after 11 innings, position players on the pitching staff (Torriente, B. Taylor, Lyons, O. Charleston, McNair, Baro) must start the 12th inning.
Batting Average
.372 – Jud Wilson
.372 – Turkey Stearnes
.370 – Chino Smith
.354 – Tubby Scales
.348 – Pop Lloyd
.338 – Buck Leonard
.329 – Mule Suttles
OBP
.447 – Chino Smith
.433 – Jud Wilson
.432 – Oscar Charleston
.429 – Buck Leonaards
.427 – Tubby Scales
.419 – Turkey Stearnes
.404 – Willie Wells
Hits
31 – Pop Lloyd
29 – Turkey Stearnes
29 – Jud Wilson
28 – Tubby Scales
27 – Willie Wells
27 – Chino Smith
27 – Mule Suttles
Walks
14 – Oscar Charleston
13 – Buck Leonard
13 – Josh Gibson
12 – John Beckwith
11 – Newt Allen
10 – many tied
Stolen Bases
6 – Spot Poles
2 – Alejandro Oms
2 – Pete Hill
2 – Homerun Johnson
2 – Ray Dandridge
1 – many tied
Slugging
.846 – Turkey Stearnes
.675 – Willie Wells
.630 – Chino Smith
.587 – Red Parnell
.582 – Tubby Scales
.569 – Oscar Charleston
.545 – Buck Leonard
Doubles
9 – Turkey Stearnes
8 – Pop Lloyd
7 – Red Parnell
7 – Tubby Scales
7 – Mule Suttles
6 – four tied with
Triples
3 – Oscar Charleston
3 – Wild Bill Wright
3 – Chino Smith
3 – Ray Dandridge
3 – Hurley McNair
2 – many tied with
Home Runs
8 – Turkey Stearnes
7 – Willie Wells
6 – Spoony Palm
6 – Josh Gibson
5 – John Beckwith
4 – Red Parnell
3 – many tied with
Runs Batted In
21 – Turkey Stearnes
21 – John Beckwith
19 – Willie Wells
18 – Tubby Scales
18 – Chino Smith
16 – Buck Leonard
14 – Mule Suttles
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2023 Midwest 6 All-Star League Day 20
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
2023 CAG 11 9 T.Stearne KCM .372 T.Stearne KCM 8 T.Stearne KCM 21
2023 PIT 10 10 J.Wilson HOM .372 W.Wells DET 7 J.Beckwit HOM 21
2023 DET 10 10 C.Smith KCM .370 S.Palm DET 6 W.Wells DET 19
T.Scales DET .354 J.Gibson PIT 6 T.Scales DET 18
2023 HOM 10 10 P.Lloyd CAG .348 J.Beckwit HOM 5 C.Smith KCM 18
2023 KCM 10 10
2023 IND 9 11 WINS SAVES ERA
J.Mendez KCM 4 R.Foster HOM 4 S.Jones PIT 2.56
S.Paige HOM 4 P.Charles PIT 2 B.Rogan HOM 2.63
B.Rogan HOM 4 T.William IND 2 C.Brewer PIT 2.63
OTHERS TIED W 3 C.Leblanc IND 2 J.Mendez KCM 2.66
B.Jeffers CAG 2 L.Day DET 2.81
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
T.Stearne KCM 8 S.Poles DET 6 S.William DET 33
W.Wells DET 5 A.Oms DET 2 L.Day DET 32
H.Johnson IND 5 P.Hill PIT 2 D.Brown CAG 28
M.Suttles CAG 5 H.Johnson IND 2 D.Redding KCM 26
N.Allen HOM 5 R.Dandrid KCM 2 S.Paige HOM 24
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
DET 3 at HOM 9 DET-William(2-3, 4.08) at HOM-Paige(4-1, 3.03)
PIT 6 at KCM 4 PIT-Jones(1-1, 2.56) at KCM-Manning(0-2, 4.66)
CAG 0 at IND 4 CAG-Donalds(2-2, 3.13) at IND-Smith(1-1, 3.03)
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
T.Stearnes KCM PIT 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
S.Pennington HOM DET 5 2 2 3 0 0 1 0
W.Wells DET HOM 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
J.Beckwith HOM DET 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
B.Rogan HOM DET 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
N.Wright IND CAG 9.0 7 0 0 2 0 0 W
B.Rogan HOM DET 8.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 W
H.Salmon KCM PIT 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
P.Charleston PIT KCM 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 S
B.Holland CAG IND 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
W.Wells DET .442 43 19 12 6 5 J.Mendez KCM 25 19 5 4 17 1 210
T.Stearnes KCM .410 39 16 12 3 5 B.Rogan HOM 25 18 7 4 10 2 300
S.Pennington HOM .345 29 10 8 5 2 R.Brown PIT 24 23 4 5 7 0 200
J.Beckwith HOM .317 41 13 10 6 3 L.Day DET 18 14 4 4 15 0 200
B.Leonard PIT .341 41 14 10 6 2 J.Jeffries KCM 6 3 0 1 2 0 100
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Johnson CAG .103 29 3 1 1 0 J.Padron KCM 20 26 15 8 12 3 030
L.Santop HOM .156 32 5 0 2 0 W.Bell IND 14 20 11 7 8 3 010
R.Dandridge KCM .227 44 10 1 0 0 L.Matlock HOM 14 14 9 6 6 3 020
M.Dihigo DET .194 36 7 2 3 0 G.Blair HOM 19 24 15 8 9 3 010
C.Blackwell HOM .154 26 4 2 3 0 S.Williams DET 16 18 9 8 10 2 110
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS E 2023 Chicago .284 714 82 203 40 2 15 79 2 5 19 2023 Kansas City .270 703 83 190 32 16 12 82 2 1 14 2023 Pittsburgh .260 704 84 183 22 5 18 81 3 3 27 2023 Homestead .258 697 84 180 29 7 16 84 5 4 20 2023 Detroit .258 737 95 190 40 7 23 92 9 5 13 2023 Indianapolis .245 687 65 168 25 10 11 63 6 5 15 -------------------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- LEAGUE TOTALS .263 4242 493 1114 188 47 95 481 27 23 108 TEAM ERA W L IP H R ER HR BB SO OAVG 2023 Pittsburgh 3.30 10 10 183.0 200 89 67 8 51 58 .271 2023 Kansas City 3.45 10 10 180.0 172 78 69 18 60 101 .248 2023 Chicago 3.51 11 9 179.1 190 77 70 13 57 77 .270 2023 Homestead 3.62 10 10 181.1 166 82 73 21 62 85 .243 2023 Indianapolis 3.69 9 11 180.2 192 79 74 21 57 95 .272 2023 Detroit 3.99 10 10 180.1 194 88 80 14 69 107 .271 -------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- LEAGUE TOTALS 3.59 60 60 1084.2 1114 493 433 95 356 523 .263
Annual Classic Inspires League
Larry Lester’s Black Baseball’s National Showcase has had a major influence on how I set up the league. The book is a treasure trove of information in text and images.
The book excels in its breakdown of each season’s prized East-West All-Star game held in Chicago. Each chapter starts with snippets of what was happening socially, economically, the state of the negro leagues, and other pertinent pieces of information for that year starting in 1933. The focus then shifts to the players involved in that year’s game. The book uses pieces from the actual newspapers from around the country covering the game. Box scores, at times play-by-play, and images from that season.
A lion’s share of the players in the Strat-o-Matic negro league all-star roster is sprinkled throughout the chapters. You can read many books about the negro leagues, but to have a book that shows when the players competed against each other in an actual all-star game lineup is invaluable.
The Midwest Six Negro League takes place in Chicago. All games are played at Comiskey Park with rosters that encompass some of the best negro league players of all time. The league will consist of six teams in two divisions (North and South). Each team will consist of 19 players with nine pitchers and multiple players that pitch as well as field a normal lineup spot.
I will have daily writeups for each league day and will post box scores that include what happened batter by batter.