1937 St. Louis Stars

6 - 34

5 - 32 in the Negro American League

1936 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Dizzy Dismukes (6-34)

Top Hitter

Luther
Gilyard

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Reed

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	99	5th	ERA+	66	8th
OPS	.757	3rd	ERA	7.99	8th
BA	.286	2nd	BA	.337	8th
OBP	.344	3rd	K/BB	0.82	8th
SLG	.413	2nd	K%	8.0%	8th
BB%	7.3%	4th	BB%	9.8%	7th
K%			HR%	1.9%	8th
ISO	.127	2nd	WHIP	1.99	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	CS	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Teannie Edwards	33	22	84	70	11	17	3	0	0	8	0	0	9	0	5	.243	.329	.286	.615	64
1B	Luther Gilyard^	27	15	65	61	17	26	5	3	1	11	1	0	3	1	0	.426	.462	.656	1.117	192
2B	Joe Sparks	26	16	77	62	12	16	5	0	2	10	0	0	7	4	4	.258	.370	.435	.805	112
3B	Bill Carter^		14	59	58	8	23	2	1	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	.397	.407	.466	.872	130
SS	Clarence Lamar	22	14	59	54	5	16	1	2	1	6	4	0	4	0	1	.296	.345	.444	.789	107
LF	Willie Davis^	31	15	57	54	10	14	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	.259	.298	.333	.632	66
CF	William Walker^		10	39	37	7	9	2	1	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	.243	.263	.514	.777	101
RF	Les Pearson^	28	26	120	106	25	34	3	4	2	18	0	0	12	2	0	.321	.400	.481	.881	132

RF	Johnny Reed^	21	16	48	46	6	10	1	2	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	.217	.250	.326	.576	51
C	Ralph Shropshire^	26	10	33	32	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.094	.121	.125	.246	-35
LF	Glenn Dixon	28	9	32	28	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.250	.179	.429	15
SS	Marshall Riddle*	19	7	30	29	6	10	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	.345	.367	.379	.746	97
CF	Bill Hoskins*	23	6	28	22	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	1	.318	.444	.364	.808	115
1B	Butch Thurman*	20	7	25	22	4	8	1	4	0	5	0	0	2	0	1	.364	.417	.773	1.189	208
3B	John Chisum	22	7	24	22	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	.227	.261	.227	.488	30
LF	Marcellus Thomas^	19	7	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	-32
2B	Lester Lockett	25	6	19	19	2	8	2	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	.421	.421	.842	1.263	226
C	Joe May^	23	4	16	14	3	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	112
C	Henry Williams	42	6	15	14	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.533	.714	1.248	227
RF	Joe Burke^		3	13	13	2	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.538	.769	98
2B	Hiram Tanner^	23	3	13	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.231	.000	.231	-35
2B	Joe Taylor**	24	4	13	10	4	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	.600	.667	.900	1.567	310
CF	Dillard^		1	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	267
RF	McCreary^		1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	193
1B	Henry McCall*	29	1	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	206
SS	R. S. Smith^		1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29
3B	Pfiffer^		1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
2B	Vail Jewell^	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Siebert^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Tommy Johnson^	22	13	40	38	2	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	23
SP	John Griffin^	23	9	21	20	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	83
SP	Jonathan Hill^		4	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	-14
SP	Claude Miller^	23	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	152
SP	Robert Dean^	21	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Paige^		1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	429
RP	Wesley Hardiman^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Cornelius Augustus^	31	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Cannonball Berry^	25	1		0	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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	39		270	993	896	149	256	42	24	8	125	11	0	72	8	17	.286	.344	.413	.757	99

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Les Pearson^	28	RF	120	.404	.346	10.0%	8.1%	1.7%	0.9%	.160	.119
Teannie Edwards	33	C	84	.284	.346	10.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.043	.119
Joe Sparks	26	2B	77	.356	.346	9.1%	8.1%	2.6%	0.9%	.177	.119
Luther Gilyard^	27	1B	65	.498	.346	4.6%	8.1%	1.5%	0.9%	.230	.119
Clarence Lamar	22	SS	59	.353	.346	6.8%	8.1%	1.7%	0.9%	.148	.119
Bill Carter^		3B	59	.403	.346	1.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.069	.119
Willie Davis^	31	LF	57	.295	.346	5.3%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.074	.119
Johnny Reed^	21	RF	48	.263	.346	4.2%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.109	.119
Tommy Johnson^	22	SP	40	.226	.346	5.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
William Walker^		CF	39	.326	.346	2.6%	8.1%	5.1%	0.9%	.270	.119
Ralph Shropshire^	26	C	33	.119	.346	3.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.031	.119
Glenn Dixon	28	LF	32	.223	.346	12.5%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.036	.119
Marshall Riddle*	19	SS	30	.352	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.034	.119
Bill Hoskins*	23	CF	28	.383	.346	17.9%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.119
Butch Thurman*	20	1B	25	.484	.346	8.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.409	.119
John Chisum	22	3B	24	.228	.346	4.2%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
John Griffin^	23	SP	21	.303	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.100	.119
Marcellus Thomas^	19	LF	21	.126	.346	4.8%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Lester Lockett	25	2B	19	.540	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.421	.119
Joe May^	23	C	16	.374	.346	12.5%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.119
Henry Williams	42	C	15	.558	.346	6.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.214	.119
Hiram Tanner^	23	2B	13	.175	.346	23.1%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Joe Taylor**	24	2B	13	.630	.346	15.4%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.300	.119
Joe Burke^		RF	13	.324	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.308	.119
Jonathan Hill^		SP	9	.144	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.119
Dillard^		CF	5	.636	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.119
McCreary^		RF	5	.528	.346	20.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Claude Miller^	23	SP	5	.491	.346	40.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
R. S. Smith^		SS	4	.189	.346	25.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Henry McCall*	29	1B	4	.514	.346	25.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.333	.119
Pfiffer^		3B	3	.253	.346	33.3%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Paige^		RP	2	.941	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Robert Dean^	21	SP	2	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Siebert^		LF	1	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Vail Jewell^	27	2B	1	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Bledsoe^		PH	1	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.119
Wesley Hardiman^		RP		.000	.346		8.1%		0.9%		.119
Cornelius Augustus^	31	SP		.000	.346		8.1%		0.9%		.119
Cannonball Berry^	25	RP		.000	.346		8.1%		0.9%		.119
39			993	.344	.346	7.3%	8.1%	0.8%	0.9%	.127	.119