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.

Gentlemen that played the game for the love of the game. Follow the games, learn about the players, and expand your knowledge of a once-forgotten time in American Baseball History.

Dobie Moore

Buck Leonard

Slim Jones

Pete Hill

Josh Gibson

Turkey Stearnes

Biz Mackey

Hilton Smith

Cool Papa Bell

Boojum Wilson

Bullet Rogan

Satchel Paige

Rube Foster

Pop Lloyd

Oscar Charleston

Heavy Johnson

El Diablo Wells

El Maestro Dihigo

Mule Suttles




NEWSPAPER RECAP FOR 2023 Midwest 6 All-Star Negro League                Day 10
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
2023 CAG   6   4    J.Wilson  HOM .421  J.Gibson  PIT    5  J.Beckwit HOM   11
2023 PIT   5   5    O.Charles IND .410  S.Palm    DET    4  T.Scales  DET   10
2023 DET   3   7    T.Scales  DET .405  R.Parnell DET    3  OTHERS TIED W    9
                    P.Lloyd   CAG .378  O.Charles IND    3
2023 HOM   6   4    R.Dandrid KCM .372  T.Stearne KCM    3
2023 KCM   6   4
2023 IND   4   6    WINS                SAVES               ERA
                    S.Paige   HOM    3  R.Foster  HOM    2  J.Padron  KCM 0.52
                    OTHERS TIED W    2  OTHERS TIED W    1  W.Bell    IND 1.88
                                                            S.Paige   HOM 2.25
                                                            C.Brewer  PIT 2.42
                                                            J.Junco   PIT 2.65
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    O.Charles IND    9  S.Poles   DET    3  S.William DET   23
                    O.Johnson CAG    5  H.Johnson IND    2  L.Day     DET   17
                    OTHERS TIED W    4  OTHERS TIED W    1  D.Redding KCM   16
                                                            D.Brown   CAG   15
                                                            L.Matlock HOM   15
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
KCM  2  at  HOM  6  KCM-Mendez(2-0, 4.02) at HOM-Blair(1-0, 5.65)
DET  2  at  PIT  4  DET-Winters(0-2, 8.25) at PIT-Brown(0-2,15.12)
IND  4  at  CAG  2  IND-Foster(0-1, 4.41) at CAG-Brown(2-0, 5.06)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
T.Stearnes    KCM HOM  3  1  2  2  1  1  1  0
H.Johnson     IND CAG  3  1  2  2  1  0  1  0
O.Charleston  IND CAG  4  1  1  2  0  1  1  0
P.Hill        PIT DET  3  2  2  0  2  1  0  0
J.Wilson      HOM KCM  2  1  1  0  2  1  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
L.Matlock     HOM KCM  8.0  4  1  1  2  5  0 W  
C.Brewer      PIT DET  9.0  8  2  1  1  3  1 W  
C.Leblanc     IND CAG  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0   S
P.Cockrell    CAG IND  2.0  1  0  0  1  1  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
N.Robinson    CAG .333 18  6  4  3  2  J.Padron      KCM 17  6  1  8  9  1 200
O.Charleston  IND .410 39 16  9  4  3  S.Paige       HOM 24 19  6  9 13  3 300
T.Scales      DET .405 37 15 10  4  2  W.Bell        IND 24 27  5  8 14  1 200
S.Hughes      CAG .313 16  5  4  3  1  C.Brewer      PIT 26 27  7  1  6  2 210
T.Stearnes    KCM .333 39 13  9  3  3  S.Jones       PIT 24 21  8  7 11  1 100
 
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
G.Marcelle    IND .179 39  7  0  3  0  R.Brown       PIT  8 21 14  6  4  1 020
C.White       DET .211 19  4  0  1  0  N.Winters     DET 12 18 11  7  3  0 020
B.Taylor      DET .231 26  6  0  1  0  F.Wickware    CAG 13 17 10  8  5  3 110
M.Dihigo      DET .195 41  8  3  2  0  M.Manning     KCM 21 23 14  6 11  6 010
Q.Trouppe     IND .103 29  3  0  7  0  D.Radcliffe   PIT  5  8  2  0  4  0 000
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report


Game Box Scores

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.