1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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	13
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	Ted Bond	CAG	7

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Frank Bradley	KCM	848
2	Preacher Henry	JRC	723
3	Ping Burke	BCA	346
4	Bo Mitchell	BBB	329
5	Eugene Bremer	CT	292
6	Roy Welmaker	BCA/HG	266
7	Connie Rector	BRG/NBY	227
8	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	211
9	Hilton Smith	MULT	207
10	Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	192

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM/WES	4.0	3.5	0.6
Vic Harris	HG	2.1	1.8	0.5
Bill Harvey	PC	1.1	0.4	0.2
Sonny Harris	CT	0.6	0.6	0.1
Bill Hoskins	MULT	0.6	0.7	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Neil Robinson	CT	1.6	1.0	0.7
Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.5	2.1	-0.5
Jerry Benjamin	EAS/HG	1.4	1.4	0.1
Turkey Stearnes	MULT	1.3	1.2	0.1
Eddie Dwight	KCM	1.2	1.1	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Williams	HG	1.8	1.1	0.9
Lloyd Davenport	WES/CT	1.7	1.4	0.5
Barney Brown	NBY/EAS	1.7	0.7	0.1
Henry Milton	MULT	0.9	1.4	-0.2
David Whatley	SAS/BBB	0.9	1.4	-0.4

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alex Radcliff	WES/CAG	2.5	1.8	0.5
Howard Easterling	CT/WES	2.1	1.6	0.3
Ted Strong	MULT	2.0	1.7	0.2
Willie Wells	MULT	1.2	1.0	0.0
Dick Lundy	BRG/NE	0.5	0.6	-0.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Newt Allen	MULT	3.9	2.0	1.7
Matt Carlisle	HG	1.2	0.3	0.7
Sammy Hughes	NAS/WEG	0.7	0.7	-0.1
Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	0.7	0.3	0.3
Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	0.6	0.2	0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jess Brooks	KCM	1.7	1.0	0.6
Ted Bond	CAG	1.2	0.6	0.6
Ray Dandridge	MULT	1.2	1.2	-0.1
Pat Patterson	MULT	0.8	0.6	0.1
Marlin Carter	CT	0.5	-0.1	0.5

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	3.2	2.9	0.5
Jim West	WEG/NAS	1.3	1.3	0.2
George Giles	NBY	1.0	0.8	0.3
Jelly Taylor	CT	0.9	0.4	0.7
Mule Suttles	EAS/NE	0.8	1.1	-0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	3.9	3.8	0.0
Ted Radcliffe	WES/CT	1.2	0.1	0.9
Pepper Bassett	MULT	1.0	0.6	0.4
Frank Duncan	KCM/CAG	0.7	-0.2	0.8
Tommie Dukes	HG	0.7	0.7	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Terris McDuffie	NE/HG	76.0	2.8	2.8	0.1
Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	139.2	2.7	3.1	-0.4
Jesse Houston	CT	111.2	2.5	2.5	0.0
Eugene Bremer	CT	55.0	2.2	2.1	0.2
Roy Welmaker	HG/BCA	48.0	1.9	1.7	0.2
Bo Mitchell	BBB	27.0	1.7	1.6	0.1
Sam Thompson	PS	66.2	1.3	1.5	-0.2
Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	53.2	1.3	0.4	0.7
Andy Cooper	KCM/CAG	75.2	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Henry McHenry	KCM	67.1	1.1	1.2	-0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	45.1	1.1	1.0	0.0
Preacher Henry	JRC	18.0	1.0	1.1	0.0
Jimmy Direaux	WEG	62.1	1.0	0.7	0.3
Ping Burke	BCA	47.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Connie Rector	NBY/BRG	24.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	MULT	161.1	5.7	5.4	0.3
Ray Brown	HG	126.0	3.6	2.9	0.7
Vet Barnes	SAS/KCM	76.1	2.6	2.4	0.2
Barney Morris	MULT	90.1	1.9	1.9	0.0
Ted Trent	WES/CAG	76.0	1.6	1.8	-0.2
Louis Dula	HG	80.1	1.5	1.8	-0.3
Tom Glover	WEG	53.1	1.4	1.6	-0.2
Porter Moss	MULT	90.1	1.4	1.4	-0.1
Willie Foster	CAG/NOS	96.0	1.4	1.2	0.1
Bill Howard	IA/MRS	26.0	1.2	1.0	0.2
Jim Missouri	PS	48.0	1.2	1.3	-0.2
Leon Day	MULT	37.0	1.0	0.6	0.2
Rocky Ellis	PS	53.2	0.7	0.9	-0.2
William Bell	NE	28.2	0.6	0.6	0.0
Roy K. Williams	NBY	43.2	0.6	0.9	-0.2

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