1938 Pittsburgh Crawfords

35 - 33 - 1

28 - 27 in the Negro National League II

1931 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Oscar Charleston (35-33-1)

Top Hitter

Harry
Williams

Top Pitcher

Barney
Morris

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	86	4th	ERA+	97	4th
OPS	.711	5th	ERA	5.50	4th
BA	.258	7th	BA	.278	5th
OBP	.325	6th	K/BB	1.31	4th
SLG	.386	2nd	K%	12.4%	1st
BB%	8.3%	5th	BB%	9.4%	5th
K%			HR%	1.7%	6th
ISO	.128	2nd	WHIP	1.51	5th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Gus Greenlee (Owner)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Leon Ruffin	26	22	84	72	6	13	1	0	0	10	0	7	0	5	.181	.253	.194	.448	19
1B	Johnny Washington*	23	25	102	92	10	25	5	1	2	23	2	7	1	2	.272	.330	.413	.743	94
2B	Harry Williams	33	38	163	146	34	56	13	5	4	32	3	14	0	3	.384	.438	.623	1.061	176
3B	Dan Wilson**	22	35	147	123	24	31	8	3	1	14	2	16	5	3	.252	.361	.390	.751	98
SS	Chester Williams	32	39	163	148	22	45	7	4	0	17	2	11	0	4	.304	.352	.405	.758	99
LF	Napoleon Hairston	25	38	158	136	28	29	6	2	2	17	2	16	1	5	.213	.301	.331	.632	66
CF	Sam Bankhead	27	33	149	132	24	31	6	1	2	17	7	14	0	3	.235	.308	.341	.649	71
RF	Gene Benson*	24	25	115	106	17	23	3	2	1	12	1	5	1	3	.217	.259	.311	.570	49

3B	Bus Clarkson	23	22	82	70	8	17	4	0	4	14	0	11	0	1	.243	.346	.471	.817	113
C	Pepper Bassett**	27	21	66	60	8	13	3	0	2	11	0	3	0	3	.217	.254	.367	.621	62
1B	George Giles*	29	14	59	53	6	16	5	1	0	6	3	5	0	1	.302	.362	.434	.796	109
RF	Fats Jenkins*	40	9	41	38	4	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	.211	.231	.289	.520	36
C	Bill Casey^	33	6	21	19	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.105	.190	.105	.296	-20
3B	Clyde Smith		5	18	14	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	.286	.412	.429	.840	121
LF	Fuzzy Walton	25	2	10	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.125	.300	.250	.550	46
RF	Alex Crumbley*	29	2	8	7	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	146

SP	Bill Harvey*	30	18	40	35	11	11	0	1	3	11	0	4	0	1	.314	.385	.629	1.013	163
SP	Johnny Taylor	22	11	35	33	4	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.303	.303	.333	.636	67
SP	Barney Morris*	28	10	28	26	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.259	.231	.490	30
SP	Leroy Matlock*	31	10	26	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	.143	.280	.143	.423	14
SP	Theolic Smith**	25	14	25	19	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	.211	.286	.263	.549	45
RP	Marion Cain^	24	4	7	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	121
SP	Charlie King^	25	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6
SP	Henry Richardson^	20	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	42
SP	Purnell Mincy*	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	428
SP	Roosevelt Davis	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Oscar Charleston*	41	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	Roland Calhoun	25	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28		409	1557	1374	225	354	67	23	21	197	22	129	9	45	.258	.325	.386	.711	86

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Harry Williams	33	2B	163	.462	.345	8.6%	9.3%	2.5%	1.5%	.240	.127
Chester Williams	32	SS	163	.342	.345	6.7%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.101	.127
Napoleon Hairston	25	LF	158	.289	.345	10.1%	9.3%	1.3%	1.5%	.118	.127
Sam Bankhead	27	CF	149	.300	.345	9.4%	9.3%	1.3%	1.5%	.106	.127
Dan Wilson**	22	3B	147	.348	.345	10.9%	9.3%	0.7%	1.5%	.138	.127
Gene Benson*	24	RF	115	.258	.345	4.3%	9.3%	0.9%	1.5%	.094	.127
Johnny Washington*	23	1B	102	.334	.345	6.9%	9.3%	2.0%	1.5%	.141	.127
Leon Ruffin	26	C	84	.213	.345	8.3%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.014	.127
Bus Clarkson	23	3B	82	.365	.345	13.4%	9.3%	4.9%	1.5%	.229	.127
Pepper Bassett**	27	C	66	.267	.345	4.5%	9.3%	3.0%	1.5%	.150	.127
George Giles*	29	1B	59	.360	.345	8.5%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.132	.127
Fats Jenkins*	40	RF	41	.227	.345	2.4%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.079	.127
Bill Harvey*	30	SP	40	.429	.345	10.0%	9.3%	7.5%	1.5%	.314	.127
Johnny Taylor	22	SP	35	.279	.345	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.030	.127
Barney Morris*	28	SP	28	.229	.345	3.6%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Leroy Matlock*	31	SP	26	.225	.345	15.4%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Theolic Smith**	25	SP	25	.225	.345	8.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.053	.127
Bill Casey^	33	C	21	.162	.345	9.5%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Clyde Smith		3B	18	.376	.345	11.1%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.143	.127
Fuzzy Walton	25	LF	10	.281	.345	20.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.125	.127
Alex Crumbley*	29	RF	8	.413	.345	12.5%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.286	.127
Marion Cain^	24	RP	7	.364	.345	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.286	.127
Charlie King^	25	SP	5	.188	.345	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Henry Richardson^	20	SP	2	.380	.345	50.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Purnell Mincy*	22	SP	1	.941	.345	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Oscar Charleston*	41	PH	1	.000	.345	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Roosevelt Davis	33	SP	1	.000	.345	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
Roland Calhoun	25	RP		.000	.345		9.3%		1.5%		.127
28			1557	.320	.345	8.3%	9.3%	1.3%	1.5%	.128	.127