1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season

1937 / 1939

Gus Greenlee (Chairman & President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary-Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Buck Leonard	MULT	.400
2	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	.396
3	Donald Reeves	BCA	.386
4	Ted Strong	MULT	.385
5	Harry Williams	PC	.384
6	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	.371
7	Sammy Hughes	MULT	.368
8	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	.365
9	Henry Spearman	MULT	.354
10	Nat Rogers	MRS	.353

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	99
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	92
3	Ray Brown	HG/NAS	82
4	Frank Bradley	KCM	67
5	Vet Barnes	KCM	66
6	Terris McDuffie	MULT	62
7	Henry McHenry	PS	60
8	Spoon Carter	BBB/PS	59
9	Johnny Taylor	MULT	58
10	Barney Morris	PC	56

All-1938 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Henry Milton	KCM/WES	2.5	2.6	0.1
Cowan Hyde	MRS	1.6	0.5	1.2
Roy Parnell	PS	1.1	0.9	0.4
Quincy Trouppe	AB3/WES	0.7	1.0	-0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	3.3	2.8	0.5
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.7	1.3	0.4
Turkey Stearnes	CAG/KCM	1.2	1.2	0.1
Lloyd Davenport	MRS	0.8	1.0	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Donald Reeves	BCA	1.7	1.8	0.1
David Whatley	BBB/MRS	1.7	1.3	0.5
Ed Stone	NE	1.4	1.2	0.3
Nat Rogers	MRS	0.8	0.9	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Neil Robinson	MULT	1.8	1.4	0.3
Willie Wells	MULT	1.5	1.2	0.2
Chester Williams	NAS/PC	1.2	0.5	0.5
Tommy Butts	BCA	0.7	-0.2	0.8

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rainey Bibbs	CAG/KCM	2.1	0.9	1.0
Harry Williams	PC	1.8	2.0	-0.3
Sammy Hughes	MULT	1.7	1.5	0.1
Pat Patterson	PS	1.2	1.2	-0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	1.4	0.6	0.6
Ray Dandridge	NAS/NE	1.3	0.9	0.4
Henry Spearman	MULT	1.1	0.9	0.1
George Scales	BEG	0.7	0.4	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	MULT	2.8	2.7	0.2
Ted Strong	MULT	1.9	1.6	0.3
Red Moore	BCA	1.0	1.0	0.2
Jim West	BEG	0.9	1.1	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	3.4	2.9	0.3
Frank Duncan	MULT	1.5	0.6	0.8
Harry Else	KCM	1.5	0.6	0.8
Bill Perkins	PS	0.8	0.9	-0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Henry McHenry	PS	115.2	2.5	2.7	-0.2
Andy Porter	BEG	70.0	2.3	2.6	-0.3
Bob Griffith	BEG	92.0	2.3	2.1	0.2
Barney Morris	PC	72.2	2.2	2.3	-0.1
Johnny Taylor	MULT	80.0	2.1	2.1	0.0
Edsall Walker	EAS/HG	86.2	1.9	1.7	0.2
Specs Roberts	HG/SEN	69.1	1.6	1.4	0.3
Frank McAllister	AB3	42.1	1.3	1.1	0.2
Bill Harvey	PC	65.0	0.9	0.5	0.4
Roy Partlow	HG	75.1	0.8	0.8	0.0
Willie Ferrell	JRC	25.2	0.8	0.7	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG/NAS	144.0	6.3	5.4	1.0
Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	125.2	4.7	3.9	1.0
Barney Brown	MULT	92.0	3.5	3.2	0.0
Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	116.0	3.4	3.2	0.2
Bill Byrd	BEG	84.2	2.3	2.2	0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	63.1	2.1	2.3	-0.2
Telosh Howard	BCA	61.2	1.9	2.0	-0.1
Felix Evans	BCA/JRC	61.2	1.7	1.5	0.3
Tommy Johnson	CAG	102.0	1.4	1.6	-0.3
Eddie Dixon	BCA	98.2	1.3	1.2	0.1
Willie Jefferson	MRS	73.2	1.3	0.9	0.4

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