1936 Season

1935 / 1937

Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Ed Bolden (President)
John Clark (Secretary)
Tom Wilson (Treasurer)

Josh
Gibson

Leroy
Matlock

Leaders

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Pat Patterson	WES/KCM	.471
2	Mule Suttles	NE	.404
3	Josh Gibson	EAS/PC	.393
4	Jim Williams	NBY	.382
5	Marlin Carter	CT	.375
6	Obie Lackey	PBG/PS	.370
7	Roy Parnell	PS	.367
8	Jerry Benjamin	HG	.360
9	George Scales	NBY	.358
10	Pepper Bassett	NAS/HG	.357

#	Player	Team	W
1	Leroy Matlock	MULT	12
2	Bill Byrd	WEG/EAS	9
3	Satchel Paige	MULT	9
4	Bob Griffith	WEG/NAS	7
5	Ray Brown	HG	6
6	Martín Dihigo	NYC	6
7	Bill Holland	NBY	6
8	Chet Brewer	NYC	5
9	Leon Day	NE	5
10	Bert Hunter	PS/NYC	5

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords^*¹	48	33	2	.593	-	48	33	2	.593	5.8	5.5	Oscar Charleston	Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA)
2	New York Black Yankees	21	16	1	.568	5.0	22	16	1	.579	5.9	4.4	Bob Clarke	Municipal Stadium (Freeport, NY), State Hospital Grounds (Middletown, NY)
3	Homestead Grays	27	24	1	.529	6.0	31	27	1	.534	6.3	5.7	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	27	31	1	.466	9.5	27	31	1	.466	5.2	6.0	William Bell, Abe Manley	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
5	Washington Elite Giants²	29	34	1	.460	10.0	30	34	1	.469	5.9	5.9	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Sulphur Dell (Nashville, TN)
6	New York Cubans	22	26	1	.458	9.5	28	26	1	.519	5.9	5.2	Martín Dihigo	Dyckman Oval (New York, NY), Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)
7	Philadelphia Stars	32	42	1	.432	12.5	33	42	1	.440	5.7	6.2	Webster McDonald	Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA), Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	14	3	0	.824	-	6.4	3.4	Andy Cooper	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2	NNL All Stars	2	2	0	.500	5.5	4.3	5.5	Oscar Charleston	No Home Ballpark
3	Chicago American Giants	7	11	0	.389	7.5	4.9	6.9	Bingo DeMoss	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4	Cuban Stars East	1	2	0	.333	6.0	7.3	6.7	Oscar Levis	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
5	Brooklyn Royal Giants	1	4	0	.200	7.0	4.4	10.4	John Beckwith	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
6	Cincinnati Tigers	2	10	0	.167	9.5	5.7	7.9	Carl Glass	Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
7	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants	0	5	0	.000	8.0	2.2	7.8		Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)

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