1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

1936 / 1938

Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Gus Greenlee (President)
Tom Wilson (Vice President)
Bill Nunn (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.599
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.499
3	Johnny Ray	BBB	.484
4	Ted Strong	MULT	.470
5	Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	.460
6	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	.455
7	Tom Parker	HG	.444
8	Barney Brown	EAS/NBY	.441
9	David Whatley	BBB/SAS	.438
10	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	.438

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	MULT	135
2	Jesse Houston	CT	98
3	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	96
4	Ray Brown	HG	75
5	Barney Morris	MULT	68
6	Porter Moss	MULT	66
7	Floyd Kranson	MULT	63
8	Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	63
9	Willie Foster	CAG/NOS	61
10	Bob Evans	NE	57

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM/WES	4.2	3.5	0.9
Vic Harris	HG	2.3	1.9	0.6
Bill Harvey	PC	1.1	0.4	0.1
Bill Hoskins	MULT	0.6	0.7	0.0
Sonny Harris	CT	0.6	0.6	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Neil Robinson	CT	1.7	0.9	0.7
Jerry Benjamin	EAS/HG	1.7	1.4	0.3
Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.5	2.0	-0.5
Eddie Dwight	KCM	1.4	1.1	0.3
Turkey Stearnes	MULT	1.2	1.1	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Williams	HG	1.9	1.1	1.0
Lloyd Davenport	CT/WES	1.9	1.6	0.4
Barney Brown	EAS/NBY	1.7	0.7	0.1
Henry Milton	MULT	0.8	1.3	-0.3
Jack Marshall	CAG	0.8	0.4	0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	2.7	1.9	0.6
Ted Strong	MULT	2.5	2.1	0.3
Howard Easterling	CT/WES	2.0	1.5	0.3
Willie Wells	MULT	1.3	1.0	0.0
Mex Johnson	KCM	0.6	0.2	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Newt Allen	MULT	3.7	1.9	1.5
Matt Carlisle	HG	1.2	0.1	0.9
Fred Bankhead	BBB	0.7	0.1	0.5
Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	0.7	0.3	0.3
Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	0.6	0.2	0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	MULT	1.7	1.6	0.0
Jess Brooks	KCM	1.4	0.8	0.5
Ted Bond	CAG	1.3	0.7	0.6
Pat Patterson	MULT	0.9	0.6	0.2
Marlin Carter	CT	0.6	0.0	0.6

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	3.2	2.9	0.5
Jim West	NAS/WEG	1.4	1.3	0.2
George Giles	NBY	0.8	0.8	0.2
Jelly Taylor	CT	0.8	0.3	0.7
Mule Suttles	EAS/NE	0.7	1.0	-0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	4.1	4.0	0.0
Ted Radcliffe	CT/WES	1.4	0.3	0.9
Pepper Bassett	MULT	1.0	0.6	0.4
Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	0.9	-0.1	0.8
Tommie Dukes	HG	0.7	0.6	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	146.2	3.0	3.4	-0.4
Jesse Houston	CT	129.2	3.0	3.0	-0.1
Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	78.1	2.8	2.7	0.1
Eugene Bremer	CT	57.0	2.3	2.1	0.2
Bo Mitchell	BBB	34.0	2.3	2.1	0.1
Roy Welmaker	BCA/HG	48.0	1.8	1.7	0.2
Sam Thompson	PS	67.1	1.7	1.9	-0.2
Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	53.2	1.3	0.5	0.7
Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	74.2	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Jimmy Direaux	WEG	67.0	1.2	0.9	0.3
Henry McHenry	KCM	67.1	1.1	1.2	-0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	45.1	1.1	1.0	0.1
Preacher Henry	JRC	18.0	1.0	1.1	0.0
Frank Bradley	KCM	22.1	1.0	1.0	0.0
Ping Burke	BCA	47.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	MULT	166.1	6.0	5.6	0.4
Ray Brown	HG	133.0	3.7	3.0	0.7
Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	85.1	2.9	2.7	0.1
Barney Morris	MULT	90.1	2.0	2.0	0.0
Jim Missouri	PS	67.0	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Ted Trent	CAG/WES	78.0	1.5	1.7	-0.2
Willie Foster	CAG/NOS	96.0	1.4	1.3	0.1
Louis Dula	HG	80.1	1.4	1.6	-0.3
Bill Howard	IA/MRS	26.0	1.3	1.0	0.3
Tom Glover	MRS/WEG	56.1	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Roy K. Williams	NBY	52.2	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Rocky Ellis	PS	53.2	0.9	1.1	-0.2
Lon Warneke	ML3	8.0	0.8	0.8	0.0
Porter Moss	MULT	97.0	0.8	0.8	-0.1
Ramón Bragaña	CS2	13.0	0.6	0.5	0.1

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