1937 Season

Negro American League

1936 / 1938

R. R. Jackson (President)
Al Monroe (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Newt
Allen

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Willard Brown	KCM	1.071
2	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	1.046
3	Johnny Ray	BBB	1.045
4	David Whatley	BBB	1.027
5	Ted Strong	MULT	.996
6	Goose Curry	MULT	.960
7	Howard Easterling	CT	.940
8	Henry McCall	MULT	.928
9	Red Hale	DTS	.920
10	Les Pearson	SL2	.908

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Bo Mitchell	BBB	422
2	Eugene Bremer	CT	277
3	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	265
4	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	215
5	Vet Barnes	KCM	204
6	Henry McHenry	KCM	186
7	Jesse Houston	CT	180
8	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	161
9	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	160
10	Ted Trent	CAG	153

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	29	1102	1003	190	302	43	24	10	148	21	70	8	21	.301	.352	.422	.773	110
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	57	2109	1875	368	528	82	41	23	311	100	181	15	38	.282	.350	.406	.755	107
3	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	44	1649	1487	237	415	65	33	10	203	17	117	7	38	.279	.335	.387	.722	102
4	St. Louis Stars	NAL	27	1035	929	157	266	48	24	8	131	11	76	8	22	.286	.346	.416	.761	100
5	Detroit Stars	NAL	21	785	700	114	187	16	15	14	106	11	65	6	14	.267	.335	.393	.727	99
6	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	23	908	817	148	226	48	9	7	126	22	70	4	17	.277	.337	.383	.720	89
7	Chicago American Giants	NAL	47	1688	1506	208	341	48	26	15	174	44	121	28	33	.226	.296	.323	.619	80
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	23	837	775	89	176	17	10	1	78	19	43	4	15	.227	.271	.279	.550	55
	8	1	298	10113	9092	1511	2441	367	182	88	1277	245	743	80	198	.268	.329	.378	.707	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	57	240	219	52	81	11	10	10	60	10	19	1	1	.370	.423	.648	1.071	192
2	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/DTS	CF	23	95	82	18	29	4	1	5	20	1	10	2	1	.354	.436	.610	1.046	188
3	David Whatley*	BBB	RF	28	122	116	25	40	7	7	5	31	3	3	2	1	.345	.372	.655	1.027	175
4	Ted Strong**	MULT	SS	28	130	110	29	38	16	2	1	24	4	16	3	1	.345	.442	.555	.996	168
5	Howard Easterling**	CT	SS	38	160	145	26	50	12	7	1	30	1	10	2	3	.345	.395	.545	.940	162
6	Goose Curry*	MULT	CF	26	103	91	28	32	7	2	2	15	8	10	1	1	.352	.422	.538	.960	159
7	Red Hale^	DTS	SS	18	79	75	18	23	2	5	3	17	1	3	0	1	.307	.333	.587	.920	149
8	Lloyd Davenport*	CT	RF	43	189	175	38	59	11	6	1	20	6	11	2	1	.337	.383	.486	.869	143
9	Alex Radcliff	CAG	SS	44	180	169	18	51	4	10	3	36	11	7	2	2	.302	.337	.497	.834	140
10	Les Pearson^	SL2	RF	27	125	110	27	36	5	4	2	20	0	13	2	0	.327	.408	.500	.908	140
11	Bill Carter^	BBB/SL2	1B	26	113	109	19	43	5	1	0	17	2	3	0	1	.394	.411	.459	.869	133
12	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	28	127	113	27	34	4	4	3	21	2	11	1	2	.301	.368	.487	.855	131
13	Newt Allen	CAG/KCM	2B	58	252	225	44	73	8	4	2	50	13	22	3	2	.324	.392	.422	.814	126
14	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	44	183	162	36	47	9	4	3	31	0	17	0	4	.290	.358	.451	.808	126
15	Sonny Harris**	CT	LF	39	139	117	21	31	8	3	2	20	0	16	0	6	.265	.353	.436	.789	121
16	Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	2B	19	78	67	13	21	1	1	1	12	0	9	0	2	.313	.395	.403	.798	120
17	Alphonse Dunn	DTS	1B	19	85	70	14	21	0	2	0	7	2	11	3	1	.300	.417	.357	.774	115
18	Cowan Hyde	CT/IA	RF	21	96	88	24	30	4	1	0	11	6	5	1	2	.341	.383	.409	.792	113
19	Ed Mayweather*	KCM	1B	54	210	196	33	55	7	7	3	34	3	13	0	1	.281	.325	.434	.759	108
20	Herman Dunlap*	CAG	CF	38	146	134	24	36	7	1	3	15	4	8	1	3	.269	.315	.403	.718	108
21	Jess Brooks^	KCM	3B	57	227	202	37	52	14	6	2	30	0	23	0	2	.257	.333	.416	.749	106
22	Luther Gilyard^	CAG/SL2	1B	45	178	166	25	47	8	3	2	22	1	9	3	0	.283	.331	.404	.735	102
23	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	42	178	154	41	40	4	4	0	14	7	19	1	4	.260	.345	.338	.682	99
24	Ted Radcliffe	CT	C	36	141	135	18	40	6	3	0	23	1	4	1	1	.296	.321	.385	.707	98
25	Henry Milton*	CAG/KCM	RF	57	252	218	64	57	7	4	2	29	33	30	2	2	.261	.356	.358	.714	98
26	Jelly Taylor*	CT	1B	44	174	156	15	41	3	3	2	15	2	14	1	3	.263	.327	.359	.686	93
27	Fred Bankhead	BBB	2B	26	105	93	9	28	2	1	0	8	1	7	0	5	.301	.350	.344	.694	90
28	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	44	179	155	22	35	4	2	2	20	3	16	5	3	.226	.318	.316	.634	85
29	Teannie Edwards	IA/SL2	C	24	94	78	15	20	4	1	0	11	0	11	0	5	.256	.348	.333	.682	82
30	Clarence Lamar	BBB/SL2	SS	25	105	95	13	25	2	2	1	9	5	7	1	2	.263	.320	.358	.678	81
31	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	52	188	158	24	37	9	1	1	27	2	18	4	8	.234	.328	.323	.651	81
32	Granville Lyons^	MRS	1B	21	87	82	7	19	2	3	1	12	0	4	1	0	.232	.276	.366	.642	79
33	Andy Childs	IA	2B	22	104	90	19	21	7	1	1	9	3	10	0	4	.233	.310	.367	.677	78
34	Marlin Carter*	CT	3B	42	186	165	24	39	6	2	1	17	1	17	0	4	.236	.308	.315	.623	75
35	J. C. Segraves^	IA	CF	21	88	77	9	20	3	1	0	9	2	8	0	3	.260	.329	.325	.654	73
36	Joe Sparks	CAG/SL2	2B	45	180	150	20	29	7	2	2	18	2	18	4	8	.193	.297	.307	.603	68
37	Eli Underwood^	DTS	LF	21	71	63	5	11	2	2	1	8	1	6	1	1	.175	.257	.317	.575	57
38	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	46	178	161	21	34	7	1	0	12	10	9	4	4	.211	.270	.267	.537	57
39	Jimmy Ford	IA/MRS	2B	19	80	79	9	20	1	1	0	13	2	1	0	0	.253	.263	.291	.554	55
40	Nat Rogers*	MRS	RF	20	85	77	7	18	2	0	0	10	3	5	1	2	.234	.289	.260	.549	55
41	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	29	121	113	12	25	2	3	0	14	2	4	1	3	.221	.254	.292	.546	49
42	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	20	72	67	7	13	2	0	0	6	2	5	0	0	.194	.250	.224	.474	34
43	Red Longley	MRS	CF	22	82	74	5	11	0	0	0	5	0	5	1	2	.149	.213	.149	.361	3

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

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1937 Season

Negro American League

Top Hitter

Top Pitcher

Leaders

OPS

ERA+

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