1937 St. Louis Stars

6 - 33

5 - 31 in the Negro American League

1936 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Dizzy Dismukes (6-33)

Top Hitter

Luther
Gilyard

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Reed

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	100	4th	ERA+	61	8th
OPS	.761	2nd	ERA	8.39	8th
BA	.286	2nd	BA	.341	8th
OBP	.346	3rd	K/BB	0.89	8th
SLG	.416	2nd	K%	8.5%	8th
BB%	7.3%	4th	BB%	9.5%	7th
K%			HR%	1.9%	8th
ISO	.129	1st	WHIP	2.02	8th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Metropolitan Park (St. Louis, MO)
• Henry Moore (Owner) , Henry Williams (Coach)

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	Teannie Edwards	33	23	89	74	13	18	3	0	0	8	0	10	0	5	.243	.333	.284	.617	65
1B	Luther Gilyard^	27	15	65	61	17	26	5	3	1	11	1	3	1	0	.426	.462	.656	1.117	193
2B	Joe Sparks	26	16	77	62	12	16	5	0	2	10	0	7	4	4	.258	.370	.435	.805	113
3B	Bill Carter^		14	59	58	8	23	2	1	0	13	2	1	0	0	.397	.407	.466	.872	131
SS	Clarence Lamar	22	14	59	54	5	16	1	2	1	6	4	4	0	1	.296	.345	.444	.789	108
LF	Willie Davis^	31	15	57	54	10	14	2	1	0	5	0	3	0	0	.259	.298	.333	.632	67
CF	William Walker^		11	44	42	7	9	2	1	2	6	0	1	0	1	.214	.233	.452	.685	78
RF	Les Pearson^	28	27	125	110	27	36	5	4	2	20	0	13	2	0	.327	.408	.500	.908	140

RF	Johnny Reed^	21	16	48	46	6	10	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	.217	.250	.326	.576	52
LF	Glenn Dixon	28	10	37	33	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.152	.243	.212	.455	22
C	Ralph Shropshire^	26	11	37	36	1	6	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.167	.189	.250	.439	16
SS	Marshall Riddle*	19	7	30	29	6	10	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	.345	.367	.379	.746	98
CF	Bill Hoskins*	23	6	28	22	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.318	.444	.364	.808	117
1B	Butch Thurman*	20	7	25	22	4	8	1	4	0	5	0	2	0	1	.364	.417	.773	1.189	209
3B	John Chisum	22	7	24	22	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.227	.261	.227	.488	31
LF	Marcellus Thomas^	19	8	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	-31
2B	Lester Lockett	25	6	19	19	2	8	2	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	.421	.421	.842	1.263	228
SS	Joe Taylor**	24	5	18	15	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	2	0	1	.600	.647	.867	1.514	298
2B	Hiram Tanner^	23	4	18	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29
C	Joe May^	23	5	18	16	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	150
C	Henry Williams	44	6	15	14	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	.500	.533	.714	1.248	228
RF	Joe Burks^	19	3	13	13	2	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.538	.769	99
RF	McCreary^		1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	195
CF	Dillard^		1	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	269
SS	R. S. Smith^		1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29
CF	Ollie Waldon*	26	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Henry McCall*	29	1	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	207
3B	Pfiffer^		1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
LF	Siebert^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	Vail Jewell^	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Tommy Johnson^	22	14	44	38	2	8	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	.211	.268	.211	.479	29
SP	John Griffin^	23	11	21	20	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	84
SP	Hill^		4	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13
SP	Claude Miller^	23	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	154
SP	Robert Dean^	21	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Wesley Hardeman^	31	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Bledsoe^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	Cannonball Berry^	25	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Cornelius Augustus^	31	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	39		282	1035	929	157	266	48	24	8	131	11	76	8	22	.286	.346	.416	.761	100

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Les Pearson^	28	RF	125	.414	.344	10.4%	7.9%	1.6%	0.9%	.173	.120
Teannie Edwards	33	C	89	.287	.344	11.2%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.041	.120
Joe Sparks	26	2B	77	.355	.344	9.1%	7.9%	2.6%	0.9%	.177	.120
Luther Gilyard^	27	1B	65	.497	.344	4.6%	7.9%	1.5%	0.9%	.230	.120
Clarence Lamar	22	SS	59	.353	.344	6.8%	7.9%	1.7%	0.9%	.148	.120
Bill Carter^		3B	59	.403	.344	1.7%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.069	.120
Willie Davis^	31	LF	57	.295	.344	5.3%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.074	.120
Johnny Reed^	21	RF	48	.263	.344	4.2%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.109	.120
William Walker^		CF	44	.288	.344	2.3%	7.9%	4.5%	0.9%	.238	.120
Tommy Johnson^	22	SP	44	.223	.344	6.8%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Glenn Dixon	28	LF	37	.228	.344	10.8%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.061	.120
Ralph Shropshire^	26	C	37	.202	.344	2.7%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.120
Marshall Riddle*	19	SS	30	.352	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.034	.120
Bill Hoskins*	23	CF	28	.383	.344	17.9%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.120
Butch Thurman*	20	1B	25	.483	.344	8.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.409	.120
John Chisum	22	3B	24	.228	.344	4.2%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
John Griffin^	23	SP	21	.302	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.100	.120
Marcellus Thomas^	19	LF	21	.126	.344	4.8%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Lester Lockett	25	2B	19	.539	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.421	.120
Hiram Tanner^	23	2B	18	.169	.344	22.2%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Joe May^	23	C	18	.437	.344	11.1%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.120
Joe Taylor**	24	SS	18	.631	.344	11.1%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.267	.120
Henry Williams	44	C	15	.557	.344	6.7%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.214	.120
Joe Burks^	19	RF	13	.323	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.308	.120
Hill^		SP	9	.144	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.120
Claude Miller^	23	SP	5	.492	.344	40.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
McCreary^		RF	5	.528	.344	20.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Dillard^		CF	5	.635	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.120
Henry McCall*	29	1B	4	.513	.344	25.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.333	.120
R. S. Smith^		SS	4	.190	.344	25.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Ollie Waldon*	26	CF	4	.000	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Pfiffer^		3B	3	.253	.344	33.3%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Robert Dean^	21	SP	2	.000	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Vail Jewell^	27	2B	1	.000	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Siebert^		LF	1	.000	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Bledsoe^		PH	1	.000	.344	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Wesley Hardeman^	31	RP		.000	.344		7.9%		0.9%		.120
Cannonball Berry^	25	RP		.000	.344		7.9%		0.9%		.120
Cornelius Augustus^	31	RP		.000	.344		7.9%		0.9%		.120
39			1035	.343	.344	7.3%	7.9%	0.8%	0.9%	.129	.120