Memphis Red Sox Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Memphis Red Sox

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Record:
686 - 956 - 36 (.418)

1 League Championship

Top Hitter

Neil
Robinson

Top Pitcher

Carl
Glass

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Years	RBI
1	Larry Brown	1923-1947	176
2	Nat Rogers	1927-1945	151
3	Neil Robinson	1938-1948	135
4	Bob Miller	1924-1928	107
5	Pinky Ward	1924-1929	106
6	Red Longley	1937-1947	82
7	Cowan Hyde	1927-1948	75
8	John Henry Russell	1923-1925	74
9	Fred Bankhead	1938-1947	72
10	Kid Lowe	1925-1930	72

Games Started

#	Player	Years	GS
1	Carl Glass	1923-1930	69
2	Cliff Bell	1927-1930	61
3	Steel Arm Tyler	1925-1928	54
4	Verdell Mathis	1940-1948	42
5	Willie Spearman	1923-1925	39
6	Porter Moss	1938-1944	38
7	Square Moore	1923-1925	36
8	Willie Hutchinson	1940-1946	33
9	Goose Curry	1929-1937	27
10	Harry Cunningham	1930-1937	24

All-Time Team

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Glossary

Left Field	Years	WAR
Earl Gurley	1924-1928	1.6
Wesley Hicks	1927-1928	1.2
Joe Burt Scott	1945-1948	0.8
Pepper Sharpe	1943-1948	0.6
Goose Curry	1929-1943	0.5
Johnny Robinson	1930-1930	0.4
Pete McQueen	1937-1937	0.1

Center Field	Years	WAR
Verdell Mathis	1940-1948	9.1
Neil Robinson	1938-1948	8.1
Pinky Ward	1924-1929	2.3
Jimsey Roussell	1930-1930	1.2
Lloyd Davenport	1938-1941	1.1
José Colás	1947-1948	0.6
Dixon	1938-1938	0.1

Right Field	Years	WAR
Nat Rogers	1927-1945	3.6
Cowan Hyde	1927-1948	2.0
Jabbo Andrews	1930-1930	0.7
Perry Hall	1927-1927	0.6
Lefty Calhoun	1932-1937	0.6
Clark	1928-1928	0.5
David Whatley	1938-1938	0.3

Shortstop	Years	WAR
Chester Williams	1930-1930	1.5
Sanford Jackson	1923-1925	0.9
Charley Williams	1925-1925	0.6
T. J. Brown	1939-1947	0.3
Cecil Jordan	1948-1948	0.1
Leo Sanders	1937-1937	0.0
James Lockman	1943-1943	0.0

Second Base	Years	WAR
Fred Bankhead	1938-1947	2.7
Bob Miller	1924-1928	1.5
Dan Thomas	1928-1928	1.4
Jerry Benjamin	1932-1932	1.1
Mays	1938-1938	0.5
George Handy	1947-1948	0.3
Geechie Meredith	1927-1927	0.0

Third Base	Years	WAR
John Henry Russell	1923-1925	1.7
Kid Lowe	1925-1930	1.1
Marlin Carter	1938-1947	0.9
Otis Henry	1932-1932	0.5
Willie Wells	1948-1948	0.4
L. Hamilton	1923-1924	0.3
Jimmy Ford	1937-1945	0.1

First Base	Years	WAR
Bob Boyd	1947-1948	0.9
Jim West	1930-1932	0.5
George McAllister	1930-1930	0.3
Jelly Taylor	1938-1946	0.2
Mooney Ellis	1923-1923	0.2
Fred Dewitt	1929-1929	0.0
Joe Scott	1927-1927	0.0

Catcher	Years	WAR
Larry Brown	1923-1947	4.2
Tommie Dukes	1932-1932	1.1
Pythias Russ	1925-1925	0.5
Casey Jones	1943-1948	0.3
C. Hubert	1930-1930	0.1
Josh Gibson	1930-1930	0.0
Nat Peeples	1948-1948	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Years	WAR
Steel Arm Tyler	1925-1928	7.4
Square Moore	1923-1925	6.4
Willie Spearman	1923-1925	3.4
Porter Moss	1938-1944	2.7
Eugene Bremer	1938-1940	2.4
Willie Hutchinson	1940-1946	2.3
Murray Gillispie	1930-1932	2.0
Harry Salmon	1924-1930	1.6
Willie Foster	1923-1924	1.2
Frank Pearson	1945-1947	1.0
Edgar Chatman	1944-1945	0.8
Emery Adams	1932-1938	0.7
William Sheppard	1924-1924	0.6
Nelson Dean	1929-1929	0.6
Alto Lane	1929-1929	0.5
Willie Broadnacks	1929-1929	0.5
Satchel Paige	1943-1943	0.4
Laymon Ramsey	1947-1947	0.2
Roosevelt Davis	1939-1940	0.2
Joe Brooks	1942-1942	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Years	WAR
Carl Glass	1923-1930	13.0
Cliff Bell	1927-1930	6.7
Ted Radcliffe	1938-1942	2.5
Lefty Wilson	1937-1940	2.0
Spoon Carter	1932-1948	1.8
Willie Jefferson	1938-1939	1.1
Dan Bankhead	1946-1947	1.1
Robert Poindexter	1929-1929	0.9
Junius Savage	1940-1940	0.5
Sensation Clark	1924-1924	0.5
Felix Evans	1940-1948	0.3
Bill Howard	1937-1937	0.3
William Newman	1937-1940	0.2
Riley Stewart	1946-1946	0.2
Howard	1927-1927	0.1
Bill Barnes	1943-1943	0.1
Sam Woods	1948-1948	0.1
John Young	1923-1923	0.1
Norris Phillips	1942-1942	0.1
Les Henderson	1944-1944	0.0

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