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

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Josh Gibson	HG	1.474
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	1.207
3	Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	1.149
4	Tom Parker	HG	1.111
5	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.087
6	David Whatley	BBB/SAS	1.052
7	Barney Brown	EAS/NBY	1.051
8	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	1.049
9	Johnny Ray	BBB	1.045
10	Vet Dunbar	IA/MRS	1.030

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	0.61
2	Frank Bradley	KCM	0.76
3	Bo Mitchell	BBB	0.85
4	Andy Cooper	KCM/CAG	0.89
5	Eugene Bremer	CT	0.89
6	Hilton Smith	MULT	0.94
7	Roy Welmaker	BCA/HG	0.98
8	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	1.05
9	Johnny Taylor	NAS	1.07
10	Ping Burke	BCA	1.08

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	North All Stars	NSA	1	49	.501	8.2%			4.1%	.326
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	2156	.377	8.8%			2.6%	.181
3	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND	3	132	.373	9.8%			0.8%	.157
4	East All Stars	EWA	1	43	.358	11.6%	2.3%	5.00	2.3%	.132
5	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	37	1352	.351	8.0%			2.1%	.156
6	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	28	1068	.350	6.6%			0.9%	.121
7	St. Louis Stars	NAL	28	993	.344	7.3%			0.8%	.127
8	Kansas City Monarchs	MULT	64	2399	.339	8.2%			1.1%	.121
9	Newark Eagles	NN2	32	1213	.336	8.7%			1.2%	.132
10	Detroit Stars	NAL	20	757	.334	8.2%			1.8%	.131
11	New York Black Yankees	NN2	35	1302	.329	7.7%			1.1%	.099
12	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	40	1487	.327	6.9%			0.5%	.110
13	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	21	828	.321	8.3%			0.6%	.093
14	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	39	1464	.315	5.9%			1.3%	.108
15	Santo Domingo Stars	IND	4	154	.299	7.8%			1.3%	.087
16	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	37	1285	.292	7.9%			0.4%	.072
17	Cuban Stars East	IND	5	210	.290	9.0%			0.0%	.086
18	Chicago American Giants	ALC/NAL	50	1830	.283	7.0%			0.8%	.088
19	Major League All Stars III	NvM	4	151	.277	11.3%			0.7%	.091
20	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	15	510	.269	4.9%			1.0%	.095
21	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	20	741	.260	5.3%			0.1%	.051
22	NNL All Stars	IND	3	107	.247	4.7%			0.9%	.078
23	West All Stars	EWA	1	35	.246	5.7%	17.1%	0.33	2.9%	.156
24	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	5	172	.229	4.1%			0.0%	.043
25	South All Stars	NSA	1	38	.223	0.0%			0.0%	.026
	25	7	771	20476	.325	7.5%	9.0%	1.00	1.2%	.116

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Willie Gisentaner*	BRG	RF	10	.622	20.0%			10.0%	.625
2	Josh Gibson	HG	C	183	.586	13.7%			10.9%	.558
3	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	3B	15	.576	13.3%			0.0%	.308
4	Tubby Johnson^	BRG	LF	15	.510	20.0%			0.0%	.167
5	Buck Leonard*	EAS/HG	1B	204	.507	12.7%	0.0%		6.9%	.362
6	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	LF	272	.462	7.4%	0.0%		4.0%	.264
7	Wild Bill Wright**	MULT	CF	171	.459	4.1%	0.0%		4.1%	.325
8	David Whatley*	BBB/SAS	RF	123	.453	2.4%			4.1%	.308
9	Ted Strong**	MULT	SS	166	.452	12.0%	50.0%	0.00	1.8%	.204
10	Bill Hoskins*	MULT	LF	83	.434	8.4%			2.4%	.176
11	Mule Suttles	EAS/NE	1B	126	.434	12.7%	0.0%		5.6%	.282
12	Turkey Stearnes*	MULT	CF	116	.429	9.5%	50.0%	0.00	4.3%	.218
13	Goose Curry*	MULT	CF	88	.426	10.2%			2.3%	.192
14	Howard Easterling**	WES/CT	SS	148	.422	6.8%	0.0%		0.7%	.218
15	Rafael Hechevarría^	CS2	1B	25	.419	8.0%			0.0%	.174
16	Jim West**	NAS/WEG	1B	162	.418	6.8%			1.9%	.134
17	Ray Dandridge	MULT	3B	154	.414	7.1%	0.0%		0.6%	.135
18	Don Pelham*	BCA/JRC	CF	50	.411	2.0%			4.0%	.277
19	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	229	.410	10.5%			2.2%	.218
20	Les Pearson^	SL2	RF	120	.404	10.0%			1.7%	.160
21	Bill Carter^	BBB/SL2	1B	109	.397	2.8%			0.0%	.067
22	Red Hale^	DTS	SS	79	.394	3.8%			3.8%	.280
23	Henry Spearman	PC	3B	123	.394	7.3%			3.3%	.168
24	Willie Wells	MULT	SS	141	.393	8.5%	0.0%		2.1%	.224
25	Joe Lewis	BRG	C	10	.392	10.0%			0.0%	.143
26	Lloyd Davenport*	WES/CT	RF	174	.386	5.7%	0.0%		0.0%	.123
27	George Giles*	NBY	1B	154	.384	10.4%			1.3%	.143
28	Alphonse Dunn	DTS/NOS	1B	88	.381	13.6%			0.0%	.056
29	Parnell Woods	BBB/SAS	3B	128	.378	8.6%			2.3%	.184
30	Newt Allen	MULT	2B	291	.376	8.6%	0.0%		1.0%	.101
31	Don Gutteridge	ML3	3B	19	.375	10.5%			5.3%	.294
32	Clint Thomas	NBY	CF	147	.374	10.2%			2.7%	.155
33	Pat Patterson**	MULT	3B	78	.373	10.3%			2.6%	.145
34	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	LF	19	.373	5.3%			0.0%	.111
35	Sammy Hughes	NAS/WEG	2B	117	.372	7.7%			1.7%	.184
36	Walter Cannady	NBY	2B	141	.370	7.1%			0.7%	.109
37	Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	2B	75	.370	12.0%			1.3%	.094
38	Vince DiMaggio	ML3	CF	17	.368	17.6%			0.0%	.071
39	Clemente Carreras	CS2	3B	25	.367	8.0%			0.0%	.136
40	Jim Williams	HG	RF	208	.367	4.8%			0.5%	.091
41	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	165	.363	8.5%			1.8%	.170
42	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	56	.363	8.9%			3.6%	.220
43	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	SS	200	.361	4.0%	0.0%		1.5%	.173
44	Jerry Benjamin**	EAS/HG	CF	264	.360	11.4%	0.0%		1.5%	.129
45	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	138	.357	8.7%			0.7%	.122
46	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	138	.354	8.0%			0.7%	.104
47	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	129	.351	8.5%			2.3%	.162
48	Eddie Dwight	KCM	CF	156	.350	19.9%			0.6%	.033
49	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	2B	22	.349	0.0%			0.0%	.143
50	Henry Kimbro*	NAS/WEG	LF	151	.349	9.9%			2.6%	.157
51	Sonny Harris**	CT	LF	127	.344	11.8%			0.8%	.159
52	Jess Brooks^	KCM	3B	256	.343	10.2%			1.2%	.164
53	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	127	.342	12.6%			0.0%	.045
54	Johnny Mize*	ML3	1B	16	.333	18.8%			0.0%	.077
55	Zollie Wright	NAS/WEG	RF	148	.330	8.8%			3.4%	.150
56	Ed Mayweather*	KCM/WES	1B	212	.327	5.7%	0.0%		1.4%	.141
57	Jelly Taylor*	CT	1B	158	.326	8.2%			1.3%	.106
58	Javier Pérez	HG	3B	233	.326	9.4%			0.9%	.084
59	Paul Dixon	PS	LF	117	.326	8.5%			0.9%	.077
60	Henry Milton*	MULT	RF	284	.325	12.0%	100.0%	0.00	0.7%	.090
61	Luther Gilyard^	CAG/SL2	1B	180	.324	5.0%			0.6%	.101
62	Dan Wilson**	PC	LF	146	.324	8.2%			0.0%	.068
63	Herman Dunlap*	CAG	CF	154	.324	5.8%			1.9%	.136
64	Gabby Kemp	BCA	2B	62	.319	6.5%			0.0%	.088
65	Fred Bankhead	BBB	2B	101	.318	6.9%			0.0%	.044
66	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	231	.314	7.8%			0.4%	.104
67	J. C. Segraves^	IA/NOS	CF	88	.313	9.1%			0.0%	.078
68	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SS	61	.311	3.3%			1.6%	.088
69	Leroy Morney**	WEG/NOS	3B	131	.311	9.2%			0.0%	.078
70	Dave Thomas*	SDS	1B	14	.308	0.0%			0.0%	.154
71	Willie Gray*	BRG	CF	14	.306	7.1%			0.0%	.167
72	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	LF	19	.305	5.3%			0.0%	.056
73	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	195	.301	8.2%			1.0%	.071
74	Jake Dunn	EAS/PS	2B	145	.301	13.1%	0.0%		0.7%	.108
75	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	163	.301	6.7%			0.6%	.110
76	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	194	.301	9.8%			0.0%	.077
77	Granville Lyons^	MRS/SAS	1B	82	.299	4.9%			1.2%	.143
78	Ted Radcliffe	WES/CT	C	130	.299	3.1%	0.0%		0.0%	.088
79	Clarence Lamar	MULT	SS	105	.295	6.7%			1.0%	.094
80	Ival Goodman*	ML3	LF	19	.293	5.3%			0.0%	.167
81	Buddy Burbage*	PC	RF	135	.290	2.2%			1.5%	.127
82	José María Fernández	CS2	C	18	.290	5.6%			0.0%	.118
83	Subby Byas**	CAG/WES	C	129	.288	7.8%	0.0%		0.0%	.018
84	Marlin Carter*	CT	3B	167	.287	9.0%			0.6%	.087
85	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	146	.284	4.8%			0.0%	.080
86	Emmett Mueller**	ML3	SS	15	.281	13.3%			0.0%	.000
87	Fats Jenkins*	NAS/NBY	LF	156	.281	8.3%			1.3%	.071
88	Chester Williams	MULT	SS	163	.278	3.7%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%	.072
89	Hoss Walker	WEG	SS	144	.278	8.3%			0.7%	.082
90	Joe Sparks	CAG/SL2	2B	180	.278	10.0%			1.1%	.113
91	Andy Childs	IA	2B	94	.277	10.6%			0.0%	.088
92	Frank Duncan	KCM/CAG	C	212	.276	9.0%			0.0%	.066
93	Eli Underwood^	DTS	LF	68	.263	8.8%			1.5%	.150
94	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	2B	10	.259	10.0%			0.0%	.000
95	Jimmy Ford	MRS	2B	65	.259	1.5%			0.0%	.047
96	Hap Glenn	BCA	3B	50	.257	4.0%			0.0%	.063
97	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	117	.257	3.4%			0.0%	.073
98	Rollie Hemsley	ML3	C	13	.256	7.7%			0.0%	.000
99	Nat Rogers*	MRS	RF	74	.247	5.4%			0.0%	.015
100	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	183	.246	4.4%			0.0%	.019
101	Wilson Redus	CAG/WES	LF	194	.239	5.2%			0.0%	.045
102	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	67	.230	7.5%			0.0%	.016
103	Gus Suhr*	ML3	RF	13	.228	7.7%			0.0%	.091
104	Dick Seay	NE	2B	121	.209	6.6%			0.0%	.028
105	Emory Long	IA	3B	70	.202	7.1%			0.0%	.000
106	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	16	.200	0.0%			0.0%	.063
107	Red Longley	MRS	CF	75	.189	5.3%			0.0%	.000
108	Jack Thornton	BCA	1B	55	.179	3.6%			0.0%	.000
109	Isidro Fabré	CS2	CF	22	.170	0.0%			0.0%	.000
110	Clyde Spearman*	SDS	RF	18	.166	5.6%			0.0%	.063
111	Juan Abreu*	CS2	RF	17	.164	11.8%			0.0%	.067
112	Alex Kampouris	ML3	2B	16	.161	6.3%			0.0%	.000
113	Red Hadley*	BCA	RF	52	.154	1.9%			0.0%	.039
114	Henry Turner	JRC	C	18	.144	5.6%			0.0%	.000
115	Tom Smith^	BRG	1B	14	.133	0.0%			0.0%	.000
116	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	20	.130	5.0%			0.0%	.000
117	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	16	.104	6.3%			0.0%	.000

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

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