1937 Season

Negro National League II

1936 / 1938

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

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Jerry Benjamin	HG	14
2	Walter Cannady	NBY	7
3	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	6
4	Jim Williams	HG	6
5	Chester Williams	PC	5
6	Jimmie Crutchfield	NE	4
7	Dan Wilson	PC	3
8	Buddy Burbage	PC	3
9	Josh Gibson	HG	3
10	Buck Leonard	HG	3

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Ray Brown	HG	12
2	Tom Parker	HG	8
3	Edsall Walker	HG	7
4	Bob Evans	NE	6
5	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	6
6	Louis Dula	HG	6
7	Sam Thompson	PS	5
8	Theolic Smith	PC	5
9	Roy Welmaker	HG	5
10	Jim Missouri	PS	5

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	Homestead Grays	NN2	55	2263	1983	464	621	110	35	59	425	32	200	9	71	.313	.379	.493	.872	122
2	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	42	1558	1388	228	409	60	26	32	198	4	123	7	40	.295	.355	.445	.800	103
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	39	1474	1312	250	366	71	29	17	229	20	128	10	24	.279	.348	.416	.764	94
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	40	1491	1362	186	378	63	13	19	165	16	88	4	37	.278	.323	.385	.708	85
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	40	1494	1335	201	381	55	14	16	180	20	120	3	36	.285	.346	.384	.729	84
6	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	43	1514	1344	198	353	60	11	6	167	8	117	9	44	.263	.326	.337	.663	66
	6	1	286	9794	8724	1527	2508	419	128	149	1364	100	776	42	252	.287	.349	.416	.765	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	41	192	164	63	69	13	8	21	80	3	26	1	1	.421	.503	.982	1.484	271
2	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	44	207	177	54	66	14	3	13	56	3	26	2	2	.373	.459	.706	1.165	194
3	Wild Bill Wright**	WEG	CF	42	178	168	31	60	8	12	8	39	0	8	0	2	.357	.386	.690	1.077	169
4	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	3B	43	177	161	32	62	13	4	1	35	6	14	0	2	.385	.434	.534	.968	145
5	Sammy Hughes	WEG	2B	31	134	117	28	42	9	3	2	18	1	12	1	4	.359	.423	.538	.962	144
6	Jim West**	WEG	1B	42	172	157	24	61	7	2	3	24	0	13	2	0	.389	.442	.516	.958	144
7	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	35	138	124	27	38	6	3	8	39	0	14	0	0	.306	.377	.597	.974	144
8	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	51	242	212	62	69	18	6	6	52	0	27	0	3	.325	.402	.552	.954	142
9	Willie Wells	HG/NE	SS	37	154	134	34	42	10	5	3	29	2	15	2	3	.313	.391	.530	.921	133
10	Henry Spearman	PC	3B	29	126	116	18	39	8	0	4	15	0	9	0	1	.336	.384	.509	.893	132
11	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	37	158	143	36	43	8	5	4	31	2	14	0	1	.301	.363	.510	.874	120
12	Jim Williams	HG	RF	49	220	198	32	71	13	1	1	43	6	11	1	10	.359	.395	.449	.845	116
13	George Giles*	NBY	1B	40	176	155	33	51	11	1	2	20	3	16	1	4	.329	.395	.452	.847	114
14	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	55	272	232	63	70	18	1	4	35	14	30	2	8	.302	.386	.440	.826	112
15	Henry Kimbro*	WEG	LF	38	171	151	28	44	5	3	5	18	0	16	2	2	.291	.367	.464	.830	111
16	Zollie Wright	WEG	RF	38	155	140	26	41	4	3	5	23	0	13	0	2	.293	.353	.471	.824	109
17	Clint Thomas	NBY	CF	40	169	149	28	46	3	3	4	22	2	17	0	3	.309	.380	.450	.829	109
18	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	38	153	134	23	44	9	0	0	19	3	17	1	1	.328	.408	.396	.803	102
19	Walter Cannady	NBY	2B	39	162	147	23	47	9	2	1	30	7	12	0	3	.320	.371	.429	.800	101
20	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	39	160	146	23	44	8	3	1	11	1	12	0	2	.301	.354	.418	.772	94
21	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	42	162	146	25	43	7	3	1	21	1	12	1	3	.295	.352	.404	.756	89
22	Javier Pérez	HG	3B	52	245	212	39	61	6	3	2	30	1	23	1	9	.288	.360	.373	.733	89
23	Dan Wilson**	PC	LF	39	149	135	26	39	5	2	0	13	3	12	0	2	.289	.347	.356	.702	85
24	Jake Dunn	PS	2B	42	170	142	25	37	7	3	1	20	1	19	0	9	.261	.348	.373	.721	81
25	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	55	243	213	39	58	8	5	1	31	2	19	0	11	.272	.332	.371	.703	80
26	Buddy Burbage*	PC	RF	31	138	129	18	35	9	1	2	15	3	3	0	6	.271	.288	.403	.691	79
27	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	31	121	102	22	25	5	1	1	20	1	15	0	4	.245	.342	.343	.685	75
28	Paul Dixon	PS	LF	38	143	125	20	34	5	0	1	17	0	13	2	3	.272	.350	.336	.686	73
29	Leroy Morney**	WEG	3B	37	142	124	13	32	7	1	0	13	1	14	0	4	.258	.333	.331	.664	70
30	Chester Williams	PC	SS	36	153	144	11	39	6	2	0	16	5	6	0	3	.271	.300	.340	.640	67
31	Fats Jenkins*	NBY	LF	40	164	145	21	35	2	1	3	18	2	16	0	3	.241	.317	.331	.648	64
32	Hoss Walker	WEG	SS	41	160	136	18	33	5	1	1	19	1	13	2	9	.243	.318	.316	.634	63
33	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	38	177	164	28	41	10	1	0	17	4	11	0	2	.250	.297	.323	.620	58
34	Ted Page*	PS	RF	32	138	120	23	30	2	1	0	9	2	11	3	4	.250	.328	.283	.612	55
35	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	50	193	172	25	43	4	1	0	25	2	8	1	12	.250	.287	.285	.572	47
36	Dick Seay	NE	2B	34	149	132	26	25	2	1	0	8	2	10	5	2	.189	.272	.220	.492	27

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

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