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

Bill
Howard

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	83	6th	ERA+	93	4th
OPS	.694	6th	ERA	4.71	4th
BA	.268	6th	BA	.287	4th
OBP	.333	5th	K/BB	1.60	4th
SLG	.361	6th	K%	12.1%	5th
BB%	8.2%	2nd	BB%	7.6%	4th
K%			HR%	0.1%	1st
ISO	.093	6th	WHIP	1.50	4th

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^		14	48	42	5	15	5	1	2	13	0	3	1	2	.357	.413	.667	1.080	181
1B	George Gill	38	12	45	42	6	11	1	2	0	8	0	3	0	0	.262	.311	.381	.692	82
2B	Andy Childs	31	20	94	80	16	17	5	1	0	7	3	10	0	4	.213	.300	.300	.600	59
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	20	93	77	17	24	9	1	0	14	4	15	0	1	.312	.424	.455	.878	132
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	20	83	72	8	17	3	0	0	5	2	8	0	3	.236	.313	.278	.590	57
RF	Cowan Hyde	30	12	58	55	13	18	3	0	0	8	2	3	0	0	.327	.362	.382	.744	97

C	Casey Walker^		12	36	35	6	12	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	.343	.361	.400	.761	101
LF	Goose Curry*	32	8	35	31	12	12	2	1	2	9	6	4	0	0	.387	.457	.710	1.167	204
1B	Henry McCall*	29	8	33	31	4	12	2	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	.387	.424	.548	.973	155
3B	Perry Hall	39	8	29	25	6	8	3	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	.320	.414	.440	.854	126
1B	Ned Miller^		7	20	15	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	.267	.421	.333	.754	102
LF	Pepper Morgan^		5	19	18	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41
RF	Joe Burke^		5	18	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	-54
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
RF	Johnny Reed^	21	1	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	359

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	7	19	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-12
SP	Bill Howard^		7	18	18	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.556	1.056	179
SP	Cornelius Cook^	27	6	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	-45
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
RP	Al Parker^		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26		222	827	739	124	198	42	6	5	105	22	68	4	16	.268	.333	.361	.694	83

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Andy Childs	31	2B	94	.277	.347	10.6%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.088	.119
Ted Strong**	20	SS	93	.407	.347	16.1%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.119
J. C. Segraves^	26	CF	83	.279	.347	9.6%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.042	.119
Emory Long	24	3B	70	.202	.347	7.1%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Cowan Hyde	30	RF	58	.350	.347	5.2%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.055	.119
Vet Dunbar^		C	48	.453	.347	6.3%	8.1%	4.2%	0.9%	.310	.119
George Gill	38	1B	45	.319	.347	6.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.119	.119
Otis Henry	34	LF	41	.284	.347	7.3%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.119
Casey Walker^		C	36	.355	.347	2.8%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.057	.119
Goose Curry*	32	LF	35	.509	.347	11.4%	8.1%	5.7%	0.9%	.323	.119
Henry McCall*	29	1B	33	.441	.347	6.1%	8.1%	3.0%	0.9%	.161	.119
Perry Hall	39	3B	29	.402	.347	10.3%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.120	.119
Leo Hannibal^	26	SP	21	.305	.347	4.8%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Ned Miller^		1B	20	.359	.347	15.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.067	.119
Pepper Morgan^		LF	19	.099	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Claude Hayslett	24	SP	19	.149	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Bill Howard^		SP	18	.490	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.119
Joe Burke^		RF	18	.094	.347	5.6%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Cornelius Cook^	27	SP	15	.113	.347	6.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Robert Hughes^		SP	14	.227	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.071	.119
Jimmy Cockerham	26	C	5	.340	.347	20.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Dennings^		2B	4	.189	.347	25.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Johnny Reed^	21	RF	4	.795	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.250	.119
Dizzy Royal^	22	RP	3	.000	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Chuck Bowen^		RP	2	.000	.347	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Al Parker^		RP		.000	.347		8.1%		0.9%		.119
26			827	.321	.347	8.2%	8.1%	0.6%	0.9%	.093	.119