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negro league standings 1920-1924, revised

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Gary Ashwill

Here is an updated version of Negro National League standings, 1920-1924, plus the Eastern Colored League for 1924.

Download nel_standings_1920_1924_1.1.xls

Compare with the old version, posted here.  The years 1920, 1921, and 1922 are now based on thorough
research in newspapers from all league cities, while 1923 is still based on
Patrick Rock’s definitive work on that year.

As before, the second column of standings is from Clark and Lester’s Negro Leagues Book, and I think for the most part represent standings as published in contemporary newspapers.

6 responses

  1. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    I’ve just recently found the site and am enjoying reading the history.
    Regarding Patrick Rock’s 1923 efforts mentioned in this post. Is the “Replay” book the best source of his work? Will a non-Replay player get actual stats from there or is there another source?

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  2. Michael Webb Avatar
    Michael Webb

    Hey Sean.
    I’m not aware of Patrick publishing the results anywhere else. I’m a Replay player, and there is a LOT of text to go with the player cards that you might enjoy. And frankly, the game is a peck of fun, too. I highly recommend it.

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  3. Patrick Rock Avatar
    Patrick Rock

    So far, the Replay book is the only official source for the 1923 statistics. Those stats were donated to SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee as part of the Hall of Fame project. I keep waiting to see what the Hall is going to do with them, as do we all.
    Gary, did I make those stats available to you? If I did, have you made them available here? If not, could you do so?
    If I did not make them available to you, let me know, and I’ll do so.

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  4. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    Michael/Patrick,
    Thank-you for the responses. I will pick up the book and the game (does sound like fun).
    If the actual stats were to become available here that would be a nice bonus.
    Cheers.

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  5. Patrick Rock Avatar
    Patrick Rock

    Sean,
    A quick caveat about the Replay yearbook:
    First, the book itself is $35 — it is not a book per se, but a set of cards for use with the Replay Game (which, if you’re into tabletop games, is well worth investing in).
    While the game itself is another expense (the yearbook is simply a game set, and you need the game itself to play), some of the profits from the yearbook are given to Negro League widows in need, so you’d be helping a good cause as well.
    Second, statistics are found only on the team cards, and are printed fairly small. They’re there, but small.
    BTW, I’ve been researching Cuban players recently on ancestry.com, and the Cuban Stars infielder known only as “Rigal” was named Manuel Rigal. I found him on a passenger list with most of the rest of the team in 1923. According to the records I’ve found of him so far, he was born about 1901 or ’02 and was from the town of Cueto.

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  6. Gary Ashwill Avatar
    Gary Ashwill

    Patrick,
    I don’t actually have the full 1923 stats from you–I just have them from the Replay yearbook (which, as I’ve said before, is great and heartily recommended).
    Send them to my gmail account and I will post them here right away.

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