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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At a Glance – 27 games
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2025/26 Midwest Six. Date: 4/29/2025
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
2025 HOM 16 11 B.Taylor CAG .416 J.Beckwit PHI 9 J.Beckwit PHI 27
2025 PHI 14 13 H.Johnson PHI .406 T.Stearne KCM 9 W.Wright NEW 26
2025 NEW 12 15 J.Lyons NEW .379 W.Wright NEW 8 T.Stearne KCM 25
H.McNair HOM .372 O.Charles IND 8 B.Leonard KCM 21
2025 KCM 15 12 D.Moore KCM .370 OTHERS TIED W 7 H.Johnson CAG 21
2025 IND 13 14
2025 CAG 11 16 WINS SAVES ERA
J.Donalds HOM 6 P.Cockrel PHI 3 W.Bell KCM 1.69
S.Paige KCM 5 F.Jenkins PHI 3 S.Paige KCM 1.74
W.Bell KCM 5 T.Trent KCM 3 J.Donalds HOM 1.99
OTHERS TIED W 4 M.Dihigo CAG 3 N.Wright HOM 2.08
L.Day HOM 3 N.Winters IND 2.13
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
L.Santop PHI 8 C.Bell IND 3 S.Paige KCM 43
W.Brown KCM 7 P.Hill PHI 2 S.William NEW 40
C.Smith HOM 7 O.Charles IND 2 D.Brown NEW 38
OTHERS TIED W 6 OTHERS TIED W 1 J.Donalds HOM 36
N.Winters IND 33
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
IND 5 at NEW 3 KCM-Bell(5-1, 1.69) at IND-Byrd(2-3, 4.03)
HOM 4 at PHI 2 PHI-Jeffers(1-4, 6.58) at HOM-Wright(4-2, 2.08)
KCM 3 at CAG 0 CAG-Bremer(3-2, 3.35) at NEW-Smith(1-2, 4.20)
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
W.Wells HOM PHI 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 0
D.Lundy IND NEW 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
C.Smith HOM PHI 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
B.Monroe NEW IND 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
T.Stearnes KCM CAG 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Brown KCM CAG 9.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 W
J.Donaldson HOM PHI 9.0 7 2 0 1 9 0 W
C.Brewer PHI HOM 9.0 5 4 4 3 6 2 L
N.Winters IND NEW 8.2 7 3 1 4 5 0 W
D.Dismukes NEW IND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 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
B.Leonard KCM .265 34 9 9 7 3 D.Brown NEW 25 18 6 2 21 1 200
C.Smith HOM .444 36 16 4 11 1 B.Brown KCM 22 19 2 4 9 0 200
T.Stearnes KCM .317 41 13 9 3 3 J.Donaldson HOM 24 20 3 10 18 1 300
R.Dixon NEW .273 22 6 5 3 1 N.Wright HOM 16 11 2 2 8 0 200
M.Dihigo CAG .273 33 9 6 4 2 T.Williams CAG 25 18 5 6 9 1 210
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
N.Allen CAG .148 27 4 1 0 0 J.Richard IND 6 6 5 5 6 1 020
S.Palm IND .182 33 6 1 0 0 G.Blair KCM 16 27 15 7 5 1 020
M.Suttles NEW .179 39 7 0 5 0 F.Bremer CAG 13 20 9 4 4 0 020
A.Radcliff NEW .143 35 5 2 4 0 J.Padron HOM 13 16 9 10 4 1 010
D.Malarcher KCM .135 37 5 4 4 0 J.Junco CAG 17 22 12 5 5 2 020
Team Totals
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 2025/26 Midwest Six TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS E 2025 Homestead .281 941 136 264 45 21 22 126 2 0 28 2025 Philadelphia .274 957 131 262 49 20 27 120 2 0 16 2025 Newark .268 956 118 256 27 24 24 115 0 1 36 2025 Kansas City .265 953 120 253 36 15 24 118 0 0 21 2025 Chicago .260 970 103 252 53 17 24 99 2 2 25 2025 Indianapolis .246 948 95 233 49 17 18 91 5 1 20 -------------------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- LEAGUE TOTALS .266 5725 703 1520 259 114 139 669 11 4 146 TEAM ERA W L IP H R ER HR BB SO OAVG 2025 Indianapolis 3.14 13 14 246.1 228 105 86 20 64 143 .240 2025 Kansas City 3.42 15 12 242.0 245 103 92 22 65 131 .262 2025 Homestead 3.54 16 11 239.0 249 113 94 25 76 120 .264 2025 Chicago 3.92 11 16 238.2 256 117 104 21 82 77 .269 2025 Newark 4.26 12 15 241.0 271 137 114 24 78 131 .277 2025 Philadelphia 4.56 14 13 243.0 271 128 123 27 68 112 .280 -------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- LEAGUE TOTALS 3.80 81 81 1450.0 1520 703 613 139 433 714 .266 LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (secondary report) FOR 2025/26 Midwest Six TEAM OB% SLUG OPS GAM BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GIDP TB HRHM HRRD 2025 CAG .302 .424 .726 27 53 2 142 9 4 7 18 411 5 19 2025 HOM .342 .443 .785 27 86 0 123 7 9 9 25 417 14 8 2025 IND .296 .390 .686 27 60 2 107 9 10 3 22 370 9 9 2025 KCM .322 .410 .732 27 76 1 103 6 8 5 27 391 13 11 2025 NEW .325 .422 .747 27 82 3 110 4 9 9 28 403 6 18 2025 PHI .331 .451 .782 27 76 2 129 11 10 11 28 432 16 11 -------- ---- ---- ----- --- ---- --- ----- --- ---- --- ---- ----- --- --- TOTALS .320 .423 .743 81 433 10 714 46 50 44 148 2424 63 76 TEAM CG SHO SAV BFP IBB BK WP PB IRSC% X-TOT X-OUT X-PCT 2025 Chicago 4 3 6 1051 5 0 1 5 .409 159 103 .648 2025 Homestead 5 2 8 1040 1 0 1 1 .346 137 90 .657 2025 Indianapolis 6 0 4 1036 2 0 0 4 .111 142 105 .739 2025 Kansas City 7 3 6 1027 0 0 3 0 .462 132 101 .765 2025 Newark 4 1 2 1082 1 0 1 1 .500 138 92 .667 2025 Philadelphia 5 0 10 1062 1 0 2 1 .350 158 108 .684 -------------------- --- --- --- ------ --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- LEAGUE TOTALS 31 9 36 6298 10 0 8 12 .368 866 599 .692
2025 Replay Day 14 Recap
2025 Midwest Six, day 14 recap Max Manning vs. Dave Brown; Slim Jones vs. Big Bill Foster; Tom Williams vs. Garnet Blair
2025 Replay Day 13 Recap
2025 Midwest Six, day 13 Recap Juan Padron vs. Smokey Joe Williams; Jose Mendez vs. Dick Redding; Webster McDonald vs. Satchel Paige
2025 Replay Day 12 Recap
Recap of day 12 in the Midwest Six Negro League William Bell vs. Needle Nose Wright; Hilton Smith vs. Bill Jefferson; Bill Byrd vs. Flash Bremer
2025 Replay Day 11 Recap
Recap of Day 11 in the Midwest Six Negro League Barney Brown vs. John Donaldson; Frank Wickware vs. Chet Brewer; Nip Winters vs. Jose Junco
2025 Replay Day 10 Recap
Recap of Day 10 in the Midwest Six Negro League Garnett Blair vs. Max Manning; Dave Brown vs. Slim Jones; Bill Foster vs. Tom Williams
2025 Replay Day 6 Recap
Recap of Day 6 in the Midwest Six Negro League Dave Brown vs. Garnett Blair; Bill Foster vs. Slim Jones; Tom Williams vs. Man Manning
2025 Replay Day 9 Recap
Recap of Day 9 in the Midwest Six Negro League Smokey Joe Williams vs. Webster McDonald; Satchel Paige vs. Jose Mendez: Dick Redding vs. Juan Padron
2025 Replay Day 8 Recap
Recap of day 8 in the Midwest Six Negro League. Hilton Smith vs. Flash Brmer; William BNell vs. Bill Jefferson; Bill Byrd vs. Needle Nose Wright
2025 Replay Day 7 Recap
Recap of day 7 in the Midwest Six Negro League Newark 5, Chicago 4; Kansas City 9, Philadelphia 8; Homestead 3, Indianapolis 2
2025 Replay Day 5 Recap
Recap of Day 5 in the Midwest Six Negro League Kansas City 6, Newark 1; Indianapolis 3, Philadelphia 2; Chicago 6, Homestead 4
About the 2025 Season
I will be providing a breakdown of how I came about to form the 2025 version of the Midwest Six All-Star Negro League
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.
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 (the ECL and the NNL). Each team will consist of 20 players, including nine pitchers and multiple players who pitch and field a normal lineup spot.
I will provide daily write-ups for each league day and post box scores that include a batter-by-batter account of what happened.