Three times, Walter Johnson won the triple crown for pitchers (1913, 1918 and 1924). Johnson twice won the American League Most Valuable Player Award (1913, 1924),[2] a feat accomplished since by only two other pitchers, Carl Hubbell in 1933 and 1936 and Hal Newhouser in 1944 and 1945. Walter is pictured with his 1925 World Series Champion Washington Senators club.
the statsOur third decade, the 1920s and we add another 19 Negro League stars who make big impact on the game.
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The 1928 St. Louis Stars baseball team represented the St. Louis Stars in the Negro National League during the 1928 baseball season. The Stars won the Negro National League championship. The team played its home games at Stars Park in St. Louis.Three players from the 1928 team were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: center fielder Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Mule Suttles; and shortstop Willie Wells. The team's leading batters were:
(batting average/slugging percentage/home runs/plate appearances
Willie Wells - .365/.699/23/360,
Mule Suttles - .361/.687/20/342,
Wilson Redus - .330/.612/20/355,
Cool Papa Bell - .320/.453/4/387
The team's leading pitchers were Ted Trent (20-4 record in 205 innings pitched) and Logan Hensley (12-5 record in 144 innings pitched.
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Stars of the decade included Honus Wagner (top left), Nap Lajoie (second top) dominated the leaderboards from the plate while Ed Walsh (third on top), Cy Young (top right) and Rube Waddell (bottom right) were tops from the mound. John Henry Lloyd (second on bottom) was 4th in batting with a .333 average and 3rd in slugging with a .462 pct. Grant Johnson (third on bottom) was 4th in slugging behind Lloyd. Jose Mendez (bottom right) was second in era with 1.57 behind Ed Walsh.
1920- Open the flood gates the Deadball Era is over! Babe smashes 54 homers and bats .354 but it's only the 12th highest average. Cristobal Torriente is traded to the Cards and bats .395 (3rd). Alejandro Oms bats .356. and nabs 34 (5th) bases. Cleveland hosts the Giants in the World Series and Juan Padron shuts out the Giants in the series clincher.
1921- Babe Ruth is now the career home run leader after another 50+ home run season. Ty Cobb tops 3,000 hits. Ben Taylor, Oscar Johnson, and Alejandro Oms make the batting leaderboard. Johnson was also second to team mate Babe Ruth in homers and 6th in RBI. John Beckwith was 7th in homers. "Smokey" Joe Williams was 3rd in ERA, wins and tops in strikeouts. "Bullet" Joe Rogan was 2nd in wins, 14th in era and 4th in strikeouts. After the 1921 season Bill Pettus and pitcher John Donaldson retire.
| YEAR | AMERICAN | NATIONAL | SERIES MVP | BATTING MVP | PITCHING MVP |
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| 1920 | CLEVELAND | NEW YORK | JUAN PADRON | BABE RUTH | JIM BAGBY |
| 1921 | NEW YORK | ST. LOUIS | WAIT HOYT | BABE RUTH | CARL MAYS |
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Highlight team is World Series Winner, (#-#) win-loss
* Batting triple crown winner, tops in average, home runs and RBI. Or a pitching triple crown winner, tops in wins, era and strikeouts.
Bold Red indicates Negro League player.
