1937 Indianapolis Athletics

17 - 21 - 1

17 - 21 - 1 in the Negro American League

1936 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Ted Strong (17-21-1)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

Claude
Hayslett

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	89	6th	ERA+	90	4th
OPS	.720	6th	ERA	4.94	4th
BA	.277	5th	BA	.291	4th
OBP	.337	4th	K/BB	1.59	5th
SLG	.383	6th	K%	12.3%	5th
BB%	7.7%	3rd	BB%	7.7%	4th
K%			HR%	0.2%	1st
ISO	.106	6th	WHIP	1.53	5th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
• Joe Johnson (President) , Hershell Ballard (Vice President) , George Watkins (Secretary-Treasurer) , Earl Smith (Business Manager & Booking Agent) , Lee Johnson (Director of Publicity)

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	Vet Dunbar^		15	49	43	5	15	5	1	2	13	0	3	1	2	.349	.404	.651	1.055	174
1B	George Gill	38	13	49	46	8	11	1	2	0	8	0	3	0	0	.239	.286	.348	.634	66
2B	Andy Childs	31	22	104	90	19	21	7	1	1	9	3	10	0	4	.233	.310	.367	.677	78
3B	Emory Long	24	17	70	64	7	11	0	0	0	9	3	5	0	1	.172	.232	.172	.404	8
SS	Ted Strong**	20	21	98	82	21	27	11	1	0	17	4	15	0	1	.329	.433	.488	.921	142
LF	Otis Henry	34	10	41	36	6	8	3	0	0	4	1	3	1	1	.222	.300	.306	.606	60
CF	J. C. Segraves^	26	21	88	77	9	20	3	1	0	9	2	8	0	3	.260	.329	.325	.654	73
RF	Cowan Hyde	30	14	68	64	17	22	3	1	0	9	2	3	0	1	.344	.373	.422	.795	109

C	Casey Walker^		14	43	42	6	13	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	.310	.326	.357	.683	80
1B	Henry McCall*	29	10	42	40	8	19	2	0	2	10	0	2	0	0	.475	.500	.675	1.175	207
LF	Goose Curry*	32	9	39	35	13	13	3	1	2	9	6	4	0	0	.371	.436	.686	1.122	191
3B	Perry Hall	39	8	29	25	6	8	3	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	.320	.414	.440	.854	125
1B	Ned Miller^		7	20	15	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	.267	.421	.333	.754	101
LF	Pepper Morgan^	25	5	19	18	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41
RF	Joe Burks^	19	5	18	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	-54
LF	Johnny Reed^	21	2	9	9	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	103
3B	Teannie Edwards	33	1	5	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	376
C	Jimmy Cockerham	26	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	75
2B	Dennings^		1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29
3B	Jimmy Ford	24	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Bill Howard^		8	22	22	4	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.545	1.045	175
SP	Leo Hannibal^	26	8	21	20	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	68
SP	Claude Hayslett	24	8	21	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.150	.150	.150	.300	-21
SP	Cornelius Cook^	27	7	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-16
SP	Robert Hughes^		6	14	14	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	31
RP	Dizzy Royal^	22	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Chuck Bowen^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Sammy Hughes	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Al Parker^		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29		242	908	817	148	226	48	9	7	126	22	70	4	17	.277	.337	.383	.720	89

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Andy Childs	31	2B	104	.303	.347	9.6%	7.9%	1.0%	0.9%	.133	.121
Ted Strong**	20	SS	98	.422	.347	15.3%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.159	.121
J. C. Segraves^	26	CF	88	.302	.347	9.1%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.065	.121
Emory Long	24	3B	70	.202	.347	7.1%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Cowan Hyde	30	RF	68	.363	.347	4.4%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.078	.121
Vet Dunbar^		C	49	.442	.347	6.1%	7.9%	4.1%	0.9%	.302	.121
George Gill	38	1B	49	.292	.347	6.1%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.109	.121
Casey Walker^		C	43	.318	.347	2.3%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.048	.121
Henry McCall*	29	1B	42	.527	.347	4.8%	7.9%	4.8%	0.9%	.200	.121
Otis Henry	34	LF	41	.284	.347	7.3%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.121
Goose Curry*	32	LF	39	.488	.347	10.3%	7.9%	5.1%	0.9%	.314	.121
Perry Hall	39	3B	29	.402	.347	10.3%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.120	.121
Bill Howard^		SP	22	.486	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.121
Leo Hannibal^	26	SP	21	.305	.347	4.8%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Claude Hayslett	24	SP	21	.134	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Cornelius Cook^	27	SP	20	.170	.347	10.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Ned Miller^		1B	20	.359	.347	15.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.067	.121
Pepper Morgan^	25	LF	19	.099	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Joe Burks^	19	RF	18	.094	.347	5.6%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Robert Hughes^		SP	14	.227	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.071	.121
Johnny Reed^	21	LF	9	.353	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.121
Teannie Edwards	33	3B	5	.732	.347	20.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.750	.121
Jimmy Cockerham	26	C	5	.340	.347	20.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Dennings^		2B	4	.190	.347	25.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Jimmy Ford	24	3B	4	.000	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Dizzy Royal^	22	RP	3	.000	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Chuck Bowen^		RP	2	.000	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Sammy Hughes	26	SP	1	.000	.347	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.121
Al Parker^		RP		.000	.347		7.9%		0.9%		.121
29			908	.329	.347	7.7%	7.9%	0.8%	0.9%	.106	.121