Preacher Henry - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Preacher Henry

Leo Henry

Born: March 10, 1911 in Inverness, FL
Died: May 16, 1992 in Jacksonville, FL
(81 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'5"

Wt: 148

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Notes:

• Buried: Edgewood Cemetery (Jacksonville, FL)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1937	JRC	IND	26	SP	2	0	1.000	2	2		2	1	0	18.0	1	0	10	0	1	24	0		1	67	0.00
1938	JRC	NAL	27	SP	3	3	.500	6	5		4	0	0	47.1	33	26	54	3	17	24	3		1	214	4.94	76
1939	CBR	NAL	28	SP	5	2	.714	13	11		6	1	0	92.0	41	34	74		49	42			1		3.33	110
1940	CBR	NAL	29	SP	3	6	.333	13	10		6	1	0	71.2	52	37	77		36	48	0		3		4.65	77
1941	WES/JRC	EWA/NAL	30	SP	2	1	.667	5	4		2	0	0	32.1	11	7	25	0	7	22	0	0	0	7	1.95	192
1942	JRC	NAL	31	SP	0	2	.000	2	2		0	0	0	9.2	21	15	24		10	4	0		0		13.97	29
1943	CC	NAL	32	SP	3	2	.600	9	5		2	0	0	39.0	31	24	46	2	17	17	1		2	181	5.54	68
1946	CIC	NAL	35	SP	1	4	.200	6	6		2	0	0	34.2	28	18	44	2	15	27	1	0	0	167	4.67	88
1947	CIC	NAL	36	SP	0	4	.000	4	4		3	0	0	24.0	19	17	30	3	9	7	0	0	0	108	6.38	72
1948	IC	NAL	37	RP	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	2	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	27.00	18
10	3			SP	19	25	.432	61	49		27	3	0	369.1	239	180	385	10	165	215	5	0	8	751	4.39	87
162 Game Average					12	15	.432	38	30		17	2	0	228.1	148	111	238	13	102	133	4	0	5	1001	4.39	87

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
6	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	15	14	.517	40	34		20	3	0	269.2	159	119	261	3	120	163	3		6	281	3.97	93
1	West All Stars			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.00	0
4	Indianapolis Clowns			RP	4	11	.267	20	15		7	0	0	98.1	80	61	121	7	45	51	2	0	2	463	5.58	73

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1937	JRC	IND	26	SP	18.0		0.61	1.25		35.8%	19.7%		1.5%	6.2%		24.00	3.19		0.0%	1.0%
1938	JRC	NAL	27	SP	47.1		1.50	1.31		11.2%	14.7%		7.9%	7.5%		1.41	1.96		1.4%	0.9%
1939	CBR	NAL	28	SP	92.0		1.34	1.29		10.7%	14.0%		12.5%	8.6%		0.86	1.64
1940	CBR	NAL	29	SP	71.2		1.58	1.29		14.8%	14.8%		11.1%	8.2%		1.33	1.81
1941	WES/JRC	EWA/NAL	30	SP	32.1		0.99	1.25		17.3%	14.3%		5.5%	5.9%		3.14	2.05		0.0%
1942	JRC	NAL	31	SP	9.2		3.52	1.37		6.5%	12.0%		16.1%	7.2%		0.40	1.66
1943	CC	NAL	32	SP	39.0		1.62	1.30		9.4%	12.0%		9.4%	7.3%		1.00	1.63		1.1%	0.5%
1946	CIC	NAL	35	SP	34.2		1.70	1.42		16.2%	14.3%		9.0%	9.0%		1.80	1.58		1.2%	0.6%
1947	CIC	NAL	36	SP	24.0		1.63	1.57		6.5%	12.0%		8.3%	9.7%		0.78	1.25		2.8%	0.8%
1948	IC	NAL	37	RP	0.2		7.50	1.61		0.0%	12.6%		57.1%	9.4%		0.00	1.34		0.0%	0.9%
10	3			SP	369.1		1.49	1.32		13.0%	14.1%		10.0%	8.1%		1.30	1.79		1.3%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
6	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	269.2		1.41	1.29		13.8%	14.6%		10.2%	7.9%		1.36	1.89		1.1%	0.9%
1	West All Stars			-	1.1		2.25	1.48		14.3%	14.0%		0.0%	4.6%		0.00	3.03		0.0%	1.3%
4	Indianapolis Clowns			RP	98.1		1.69	1.41		11.0%	12.8%		9.7%	8.5%		1.13	1.52		1.5%	0.6%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1937	JRC	IND	26	SP	2	67	65	1	10	1	0	0	1		1	24		1	0		0	.154	.179	.169	.348
1938	JRC	NAL	27	SP	6	214	192	33	54	5	2	3	5		17	24		1	4		3	.281	.343	.375	.718
1939	CBR	NAL	28	SP	13			41	74						49	42		1
1940	CBR	NAL	29	SP	13			52	77						36	48		3
1941	WES/JRC	EWA/NAL	30	SP	5	7	7	11	25	0	0	0	1	0	7	22	0	0	0	0	0	3.571	2.286	3.571	5.857
1942	JRC	NAL	31	SP	2			21	24						10	4		0
1943	CC	NAL	32	SP	9	181	160	31	46	2	1	2	3		17	17		2	2			.288	.363	.350	.713
1946	CIC	NAL	35	SP	6	167	150	28	44	7	3	2	6		15	27	0	0	2		2	.293	.358	.420	.778
1947	CIC	NAL	36	SP	4	108	96	19	30	5	2	3	2	0	9	7	0	0	3		3	.313	.371	.500	.871
1948	IC	NAL	37	RP	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	1		4	0	0	0	0		0	.333	.714	.333	1.048
10	3			SP	61	751	673	239	385	20	8	10	19	0	165	215	0	8	11	0	8	.279	.345	.377	.722

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
6	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	40	281	257	159	261	6	2	3	6		120	163		6	4		3	.249	.303	.323	.626
1	West All Stars			-	1	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857
4	Indianapolis Clowns			RP	20	463	409	80	121	14	6	7	12	0	45	51	0	2	7		5	.296	.368	.411	.779

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