Lennie Pearson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Lennie Pearson

Leonard Curtis Pearson
(Hoss)

Born: May 23, 1918 in La Grange, GA
Died: December 7, 1980 in East Orange, NJ
(62 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 214

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Notes:

• High School: South HS (Akron, OH)
• Buried: Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, NJ)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	28	1B	68	289	265	57	87	15	2	9	66	19		20	1		1	3		1	.328	.378	.502	.880	140
1947	NE	NN2	29	1B	59	236	216	37	60	11	2	5	33	5		18			0	2			.278	.333	.417	.750	103
1948	NE	NN2	30	1B	53	222	202	34	60	6	2	3	29	1		18			0	2			.297	.355	.391	.746	116
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	24	1B	54	221	196	45	68	17	0	11	57	3	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.347	.416	.602	1.018	195
1940	NE	NN2	22	CF	40	167	152	45	53	9	2	8	32	2		15			0	0		0	.349	.407	.592	.999	152
1943	MULT	MULT	25	1B	40	171	152	30	40	8	5	4	24	5		18	1		0	1	0	0	.263	.341	.461	.802	114
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	21	CF	35	141	138	18	32	3	2	5	23	2		3				0			.232	.248	.391	.640	68
1941	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	23	3B	40	145	137	16	37	7	1	4	20	5	0	6	1	0	1	1		1	.270	.306	.423	.729	102
1944	NE/NOS	NN2/NSA	26	1B	34	145	129	19	34	9	1	1	19	1		15		0	0	1			.264	.340	.372	.712	89
1938	NE	NN2	20	LF	28	106	95	16	28	5	2	1	17	2		8			0	3			.295	.350	.421	.771	100
1945	MULT	MULT	27	1B	23	85	80	15	24	2	3	2	13	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	.300	.341	.475	.816	125
1937	NE	NN2	19	LF	24	93	77	15	18	4	1	1	14	0		12			0	4			.234	.337	.351	.688	76
12	6			1B	498	2021	1839	347	541	96	23	54	347	45	0	161	3	0	2	19	0	2	.294	.352	.459	.811	121
162 Game Average						657	598	113	176	31	7	18	113	23	0	52	44	0	1	6	0	4	.294	.352	.459	.811	121

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
12	Negro Leagues				496	2017	1835	347	540	96	23	54	347	45	0	161	3	0	2	19	0	2	.294	.352	.460	.812	121
1	vs Major Leagues				2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	108

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
12	Newark Eagles			1B	481	1969	1789	341	529	93	22	54	342	45		159	1	0	2	19	0	1	.296	.354	.463	.817	122
5	East All Stars			CF	6	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.250	.273	.523	67
2	Homestead Grays			LF	3	13	12	2	5	2	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.417	.462	.583	1.045	197
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	3	13	13	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	0	0		.154	.154	.308	.462	17
2	North All Stars			-	3	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	22
1	Negro All Stars			LF	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	108

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	NE	NN2	93		.309	.349		12.9%	8.2%								1.1%	1.6%		.117	.135
1938	NE	NN2	106		.344	.346		7.5%	9.4%								0.9%	1.6%		.126	.130
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	141		.285	.345		2.1%				8.5%					3.5%	1.9%		.159	.116
1940	NE	NN2	167		.445	.364		9.0%	10.2%								4.8%	1.3%		.243	.128
1941	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	145		.331	.332		4.1%			0.7%	8.5%		6.00			2.8%	1.2%		.153	.112
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	221		.466	.328		10.4%			0.0%	9.7%					5.0%	1.0%		.255	.094
1943	MULT	MULT	171		.368	.354		10.5%			0.6%	9.4%		18.00			2.3%	0.7%		.197	.103
1944	NE/NOS	NN2/NSA	145		.337	.348		10.3%				8.4%					0.7%	0.9%		.109	.105
1945	MULT	MULT	85		.378	.340		5.9%				9.0%					2.4%	0.8%		.175	.099
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	289		.405	.346		6.9%			0.3%	9.4%		20.00			3.1%	1.1%		.174	.100
1947	NE	NN2	236		.349	.346		7.6%	9.0%								2.1%	1.0%		.139	.105
1948	NE	NN2	222		.354	.327		8.1%	8.5%								1.4%	0.8%		.094	.095
12	6		2021		.372	.343		8.0%	9.1%		8.1%	5.3%		0.67	1.97		2.7%	1.1%		.165	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Negro Leagues		2017		.373	.343		8.0%	9.1%		8.1%	5.3%		0.67	1.97		2.7%	1.1%		.166	.107
1	vs Major Leagues		4		.252	.248		0.0%	6.5%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.041

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Newark Eagles		1969		.375	.344		8.1%	9.1%		3.4%	3.8%		1.00	2.39		2.7%	1.1%		.167	.108
5	East All Stars		12		.271	.283		8.3%	8.1%		25.0%	8.9%		0.50	0.86		0.0%	0.1%		.091	.040
2	Homestead Grays		13		.489	.336		7.7%	9.6%								0.0%	0.9%		.167	.098
1	Philadelphia Stars		13		.200	.368		0.0%	10.0%								0.0%	0.7%		.154	.109
2	North All Stars		10		.184	.302		0.0%	3.6%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.095
1	Negro All Stars		4		.252	.248		0.0%	6.5%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.041

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