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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Henry Milton	MULT	34
2	Eddie Dwight	KCM	22
3	Newt Allen	MULT	14
4	Jerry Benjamin	EAS/HG	14
5	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	13
6	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	12
7	Wilson Redus	CAG/WES	10
8	Willie Simms	MULT	10
9	Goose Curry	MULT	8
10	Pen Gilliard	MRS	7

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	0.61
2	Frank Bradley	KCM	0.90
3	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	0.90
4	Eugene Bremer	CT	0.91
5	Hilton Smith	MULT	0.93
6	Bo Mitchell	BBB	0.94
7	Roy Welmaker	BCA/HG	0.98
8	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	1.03
9	Ping Burke	BCA	1.08
10	Jesse Houston	CT	1.10

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	MULT	579.2	1.08	18.8%	6.3%	2.99	0.5%
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	485.1	1.28	13.2%	8.4%	1.58	1.1%
3	Chicago American Giants	ALC/NAL	440.1	1.36	12.8%	7.8%	1.63	1.0%
4	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	375.0	1.14	17.3%	4.6%	3.78	0.6%
5	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	348.0	1.49	11.5%	7.0%	1.65	2.1%
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	339.2	1.59	10.2%	7.9%	1.29	1.7%
7	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	333.1	1.51	11.9%	8.9%	1.33	1.0%
8	Newark Eagles	NN2	330.2	1.43	11.3%	7.6%	1.48	1.4%
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	325.2	1.62	11.4%	7.8%	1.47	1.7%
10	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	239.2	1.52	12.7%	7.4%	1.72	1.6%
11	St. Louis Stars	NAL	221.0	2.02	8.5%	9.5%	0.89	1.9%
12	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	196.2	1.53	12.3%	7.7%	1.59	0.2%
13	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	190.2	1.69	10.9%	9.1%	1.19	0.5%
14	Detroit Stars	NAL	172.0	1.76	11.2%	9.8%	1.13	1.0%
15	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	133.0	1.24	17.9%	5.0%	3.55	0.5%
16	Major League All Stars III	NVM	53.0	1.28	23.5%	6.1%	3.86	2.2%
17	Cuban Stars East	IND	45.2	1.62	15.3%	7.4%	2.06	1.9%
18	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	41.0	0.88	22.8%	3.0%	7.60	0.6%
19	Santo Domingo Stars	IND	35.0	1.14	21.6%	4.7%	4.57	1.4%
20	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND	28.0	1.54	12.0%	8.3%	1.45	0.0%
21	NNL All Stars	IND	27.0	1.15	21.4%	9.8%	2.18	1.8%
22	North All Stars	NSA	9.0	1.00	34.2%	0.0%		0.0%
23	East All Stars	EWA	9.0	0.78	17.1%	5.7%	3.00	2.9%
24	South All Stars	NSA	9.0	2.56	14.3%	8.2%	1.75	4.1%
25	West All Stars	EWA	9.0	1.78	2.3%	11.6%	0.20	2.3%
	25	7	4976.1	1.42	13.3%	7.5%	1.78	1.2%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	MULT	RP	166.1	0.93	20.8%	5.7%	3.65	0.3%
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	SP	146.2	1.03	16.4%	7.5%	2.18	0.9%
3	Ray Brown	HG	RP	133.0	1.11	13.4%	6.6%	2.03	0.7%
4	Jesse Houston	CT	SP	129.2	1.10	17.9%	4.2%	4.26	0.4%
5	Floyd Kranson	MULT	RP	103.2	1.48	13.1%	9.0%	1.47	0.8%
6	Bob Evans	NE	SP	99.2	1.49	12.8%	7.6%	1.68	1.6%
7	Tommy Johnson	SL2	SP	97.1	1.94	8.4%	8.4%	1.00	1.0%
8	Porter Moss	MULT	RP	97.0	1.20	15.7%	4.0%	3.88	1.2%
9	Willie Foster*	CAG/NOS	RP	96.0	1.27	14.5%	7.4%	1.97	1.0%
10	Barney Morris	MULT	RP	90.1	1.41	17.2%	6.6%	2.62	0.8%
11	Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	RP	85.1	1.21	17.9%	6.8%	2.63	0.9%
12	Louis Dula	HG	RP	80.1	1.15	9.9%	8.1%	1.22	0.9%
13	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	SP	78.1	1.21	12.3%	7.6%	1.62	1.5%
14	Ted Trent	CAG/WES	RP	78.0	1.23	13.6%	4.5%	3.00	0.9%
15	Andy Cooper*	CAG/KCM	SP	74.2	0.90	16.2%	4.8%	3.36	0.3%
16	Edsall Walker*	HG	RP	74.1	1.28	11.0%	11.0%	1.00	0.3%
17	Harry Kincannon	NBY	RP	72.0	1.65	9.4%	9.4%	1.00	2.6%
18	Andy Porter	NAS/WEG	SP	71.2	1.44	13.6%	7.1%	1.91	1.9%
19	Tom Parker	HG	SP	69.0	1.49	16.2%	8.4%	1.92	1.0%
20	Henry McHenry	KCM	SP	67.1	1.14	14.8%	6.7%	2.21	0.4%
21	Sam Thompson	PS	SP	67.1	1.26	10.2%	4.9%	2.07	3.2%
22	Jimmy Direaux	WEG	SP	67.0	1.58	7.7%	9.6%	0.80	0.3%
23	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	67.0	1.19	15.5%	6.1%	2.53	1.4%
24	Theolic Smith	NAS/PC	SP	64.2	1.76	10.4%	8.4%	1.23	2.3%
25	Johnny Wright	NE	SP	64.0	1.42	10.0%	7.1%	1.40	1.1%
26	Webster McDonald	PS	SP	63.1	1.34	8.8%	4.8%	1.85	2.6%
27	Jack Bruton	BBB	SP	60.2	1.60	12.9%	5.7%	2.27	2.3%
28	Barney Brown*	EAS/NBY	RP	60.1	1.36	13.5%	7.9%	1.71	1.1%
29	Eugene Bremer	CT	SP	57.0	0.91	13.2%	4.8%	2.73	0.0%
30	Tom Glover*	MRS/WEG	RP	56.1	1.51	11.2%	9.2%	1.21	0.8%
31	Willie Ferrell*	BBB	SP	55.2	1.56	9.3%	8.6%	1.09	1.2%
32	Percy Miller*	DTS	SP	54.1	1.95	10.1%	14.9%	0.68	0.7%
33	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	RP	54.0	1.80	10.8%	10.4%	1.04	0.8%
34	Bill Byrd	WEG	SP	53.2	1.43	11.8%	6.8%	1.75	0.8%
35	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	53.2	1.38	14.1%	4.8%	2.91	1.3%
36	Lefty Wilson*	KCM/MRS	SP	53.1	1.16	16.6%	5.4%	3.08	0.0%
37	Roy K. Williams	NBY	RP	52.2	1.46	9.7%	8.8%	1.10	1.3%
38	Roosevelt Davis	NBY/PC	SP	50.1	1.37	10.3%	4.0%	2.56	1.3%
39	Bill Harvey*	PC	RP	50.0	1.56	8.8%	11.0%	0.80	3.1%
40	Dan Webster	DTS	RP	48.1	1.51	10.8%	5.4%	2.00	0.9%
41	Roy Welmaker*	BCA/HG	SP	48.0	0.98	17.6%	6.9%	2.54	1.1%
42	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	RP	47.2	1.28	10.0%	8.1%	1.24	0.5%
43	Johnny Markham	KCM	RP	47.2	1.34	22.7%	6.3%	3.62	1.4%
44	Ping Burke	BCA	SP	47.1	1.08	24.1%	5.0%	4.80	0.5%
45	Leo Hannibal	IA	SP	47.0	1.53	15.3%	8.6%	1.78	0.0%
46	Bill Holland	NBY	SP	45.1	1.59	9.8%	7.8%	1.25	2.0%
47	John Griffin*	SL2	RP	44.1	2.01	7.0%	11.8%	0.59	3.1%
48	Jim Lewis	PC	RP	43.2	1.33	3.8%	5.4%	0.70	1.6%
49	Nick Bryant	MRS	RP	43.0	2.05	7.0%	8.7%	0.80	0.4%
50	Robert Hughes	BCA/IA	SP	42.2	1.88	12.4%	4.1%	3.00	0.5%
51	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	42.2	1.80	13.2%	4.4%	3.00	1.0%
52	Cornelius Cook*	IA	RP	41.1	1.43	10.6%	7.8%	1.36	0.0%
53	Leon Day	MULT	RP	40.1	1.36	16.2%	7.3%	2.23	2.2%
54	Dean Thomas	DTS	SP	40.0	1.53	15.6%	9.5%	1.65	1.1%
55	Woody Williams*	WEG	RP	39.2	1.59	14.0%	9.6%	1.47	1.7%
56	Bud Barbee	NBY	SP	39.1	1.91	16.3%	9.5%	1.72	2.1%
57	Willie Jefferson	CT	RP	39.1	1.45	18.2%	4.4%	4.13	1.1%
58	George Walker	HG	RP	39.0	1.59	12.6%	8.0%	1.57	2.3%
59	Red Howard*	BBB	SP	37.1	1.53	14.6%	8.2%	1.79	2.3%
60	Malvin Powell	CAG	RP	36.1	1.54	6.1%	8.5%	0.71	0.0%
61	Provine Bradley	CT	RP	34.1	1.19	8.6%	6.6%	1.30	0.0%
62	Bo Mitchell	BBB	SP	34.0	0.94	14.7%	3.9%	3.80	0.0%
63	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	RP	33.1	1.23	9.2%	3.5%	2.60	0.0%
64	Specs Roberts	PS	RP	33.0	2.18	9.7%	10.9%	0.89	1.2%
65	Emery Adams	MRS	RP	32.1	1.52	8.1%	10.1%	0.80	0.7%
66	Laymon Yokely	PS	RP	32.1	1.86	15.7%	12.6%	1.25	3.8%
67	Arnold Waites	HG/WEG	RP	31.2	1.61	19.0%	12.9%	1.47	1.4%
68	William Bell	NE	RP	31.0	1.29	9.8%	6.8%	1.44	1.5%
69	Bob Griffith	SDS/WEG	SP	30.0	1.13	16.1%	8.1%	2.00	0.8%
70	Bob Madison^	MRS	SP	30.0	1.57	17.5%	8.4%	2.08	0.0%
71	Johnny Reed	IA/SL2	RP	28.1	1.66	9.2%	10.8%	0.86	0.0%
72	Jonas Gaines*	NE/WEG	RP	26.1	1.90	9.4%	14.2%	0.67	0.8%
73	Bill Howard*	IA/MRS	RP	26.0	1.23	10.9%	10.0%	1.09	0.9%
74	Connie Rector	BRG/NBY	SP	24.1	1.23	10.1%	1.0%	10.00	0.0%
75	Ben Henderson	BBB	SP	24.0	1.92	16.7%	8.3%	2.00	1.7%
76	Roosevelt Owens	BRG/NE	RP	23.2	1.99	9.8%	10.7%	0.92	1.6%
77	Joe Strong	HG/PC	SP	23.2	1.69	5.6%	7.5%	0.75	1.9%
78	Elbert Eatmon^	BBB	RP	23.0	1.52	11.2%	7.5%	1.50	0.9%
79	Frank Bradley	KCM	SP	22.1	0.90	35.6%	8.0%	4.43	0.0%
80	Telosh Howard	BCA	RP	21.2	1.38	20.4%	5.4%	3.80	1.1%
81	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	SP	20.1	2.07	15.9%	7.5%	2.13	1.9%
82	Satchel Paige	SDS	SP	20.0	1.35	20.0%	4.4%	4.50	2.2%
83	Roy Partlow*	CT	SP	20.0	1.25	36.9%	7.1%	5.17	2.4%
84	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	18.0	0.61	35.8%	1.5%	24.00	0.0%
85	Leroy Matlock*	PC/SDS	RP	17.2	1.13	11.3%	7.0%	1.60	1.4%
86	Hill*	SL2	SP	15.0	1.80	12.8%	1.3%	10.00	2.6%
87	Marion Cain	PC	SP	14.1	2.02	5.8%	7.2%	0.80	0.0%
88	Mace Brown	ML3	RP	14.0	1.36	21.3%	6.6%	3.25	3.3%
89	Johnny Taylor	NAS	SP	14.0	1.07	22.2%	13.0%	1.71	1.9%
90	Goose Curry	MRS	SP	13.1	1.88	9.2%	7.7%	1.20	1.5%
91	Charles Dunklin	PC	SP	13.1	1.88	15.4%	9.2%	1.67	1.5%
92	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	RP	13.0	1.23	19.6%	3.6%	5.50	0.0%
93	Lou Fette	ML3	RP	13.0	1.69	7.9%	6.3%	1.25	4.8%
94	Jim Weaver	ML3	RP	13.0	1.54	27.1%	6.8%	4.00	0.0%
95	Ted Radcliffe	CT	RP	12.1	1.14	18.4%	6.1%	3.00	0.0%
96	Albert Overton	PS	RP	11.2	2.31	1.6%	9.8%	0.17	1.6%
97	Francisco Martínez	CS2	RP	11.1	2.03	14.5%	3.2%	4.50	1.6%
98	Charley Justice	DTS	SP	9.2	1.86	16.3%	12.2%	1.33	2.0%
99	Silvino Ruíz	CS2	RP	9.2	0.41	18.8%	0.0%		3.1%
100	Joe May	SL2	RP	9.1	2.57	10.6%	17.0%	0.63	6.4%
101	Ty Johnson^	JRC	SP	9.0	0.33	16.1%	3.2%	5.00	0.0%
102	Granville Lyons*	MRS	RP	9.0	1.67	0.0%	8.9%	0.00	0.0%
103	Robert Lacy*	PS	RP	8.2	1.62	12.5%	10.0%	1.25	2.5%
104	Jim Willis	SAS/WEG	RP	8.2	2.42	8.3%	12.5%	0.67	2.1%
105	Claude Miller	SL2	SP	8.1	2.40	4.3%	13.0%	0.33	6.5%
106	Lon Warneke	ML3	RP	8.0	0.38	33.3%	0.0%		0.0%
107	Lefty Calhoun*	MRS	RP	7.2	0.78	32.1%	7.1%	4.50	0.0%
108	Joe Lillard	CAG	SP	7.2	2.48	2.5%	7.5%	0.33	5.0%
109	Chet Brewer	PC/SDS	SP	7.0	1.86	11.4%	11.4%	1.00	2.9%
110	Auburn Nelson*	BCA/SAS	RP	7.0	2.00	10.8%	8.1%	1.33	0.0%
111	Jesús Miralles^	CS2	RP	6.0	1.67	7.4%	25.9%	0.29	0.0%
112	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SP	6.0	1.33	17.9%	7.1%	2.50	0.0%
113	Eli Underwood^	DTS	RP	6.0	1.00	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	0.0%
114	Leonard Walker^	JRC	SP	6.0	1.67	3.1%	3.1%	1.00	0.0%
115	Curtis Harris	PS	RP	5.2	2.29	3.6%	3.6%	1.00	0.0%
116	Robert Dean	SL2	SP	5.1	2.25	17.2%	10.3%	1.67	3.4%
117	Slim Jones*	PS	SP	5.1	1.69	4.2%	12.5%	0.33	0.0%
118	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	5.1	1.50	20.0%	4.0%	5.00	0.0%
119	Bob Feller	ML3	SP	5.0	0.80	55.0%	10.0%	5.50	0.0%
120	Norman Cross	CAG	RP	4.2	2.36	0.0%	7.7%	0.00	0.0%
121	Glenn Dixon	SL2	SP	4.2	1.93	7.4%	14.8%	0.50	0.0%
122	Armando Torres	CS2	SP	4.2	3.43	13.3%	13.3%	1.00	0.0%
123	Hunter^	JRC	SP	4.1	1.62	18.2%	4.5%	4.00	4.5%
124	Felton Snow	WEG	RP	4.1	0.92	29.4%	5.9%	5.00	0.0%
125	Otis Starks*	BRG	RP	4.1	2.31	12.0%	20.0%	0.60	0.0%
126	Brewster^	DTS	RP	4.0	1.25	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
127	Sammy Hughes	IA/WEG	RP	4.0	3.25	12.0%	12.0%	1.00	4.0%
128	Buck O'Neil	MRS	RP	3.2	1.64	12.5%	0.0%		0.0%
129	Spoon Carter	PC	RP	3.0	5.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	4.2%
130	Charlie King^	PC	RP	2.2	4.13	0.0%	5.3%	0.00	5.3%
131	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	RP	2.2	0.75	20.0%	10.0%	2.00	0.0%
132	Julius Osley	BBB	RP	2.2	2.63	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
133	Joe Sparks	SL2	SP	2.2	3.38	22.2%	11.1%	2.00	0.0%
134	Henry Williams	SL2	RP	2.2	0.38	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
135	Bill Carter^	SL2	SP	2.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
136	Zack Clayton*	CAG	RP	2.1	3.43	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	6.7%
137	Floyd Holston^	BBB	RP	2.1	1.29	20.0%	10.0%	2.00	10.0%
138	Al Parker*	IA	RP	2.1	3.00	7.1%	14.3%	0.50	0.0%
139	Wesley Hardeman^	SL2	RP	2.0	2.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
140	Frank McAllister	PC	RP	2.0	1.50	33.3%	0.0%		0.0%
141	Albert Davis	DTS	RP	1.1	5.25	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
142	Jones^	NBY	RP	1.1	1.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
143	Dizzy Royal^	IA	RP	1.1	2.25	25.0%	25.0%	1.00	0.0%
144	Pedro Díaz^	CS2	RP	1.0	5.00	11.1%	11.1%	1.00	22.2%
145	Specs Ellis*	JRC	RP	1.0	3.00	40.0%	0.0%		0.0%
146	Felix Evans	BCA	RP	1.0	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
147	Johnson^	KCM	RP	1.0	2.00	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	0.0%
148	Newt Allen	KCM	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
149	Chuck Bowen^	IA	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
150	Clifford Allen	HG	RP	0.1	12.00	0.0%	40.0%	0.00	0.0%
151	Cornelius Augustus*	SL2	RP	0.1	18.00	0.0%	57.1%	0.00	0.0%
152	Cannonball Berry	SL2	RP	0.1	12.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
153	Harry Cunningham^	MRS	RP	0.1	9.00	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%
154	Carl Howard	CAG	RP	0.1	15.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
155	Zell Miles	CAG	RP	0.1	3.00	50.0%	0.0%		0.0%
156	Jake Stephens	NBY	RP	0.1	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
157	William Sumrall	MRS	SP	0.0	0.00	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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