1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
BBB
.679
2
KCM
.664
3
DTS/CAG
.641
4
DTS
.587
5
CT
.573
6
MULT
.538
7
BBB
.517
8
MULT
.510
9
BBB
.495
10
CAG
.491

Strikeouts

# Player Team SO
1
KCM/CAG
99
2
CT
84
3
CAG
66
4
MULT
57
5
MULT
50
6
KCM
47
7
CAG
46
8
KCM
45
9
KCM
42
10
CAG
41


Advanced Batting


Bats:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NAL
28
1068
.350
6.6%
0.9%
.121
2
NAL
56
2067
.345
8.7%
1.1%
.123
3
NAL
28
993
.344
7.3%
0.8%
.127
4
NAL
20
757
.334
8.2%
1.8%
.131
5
NAL
40
1487
.327
6.9%
0.5%
.110
6
NAL
21
828
.321
8.3%
0.6%
.093
7
NAL
46
1649
.283
7.2%
0.8%
.091
8
NAL
20
741
.260
5.3%
0.1%
.051
8
1
286
9590
.322
7.4%
0.9%
.108



Players
# Team Pos
1
KCM
LF
235
.479
8.1%
4.3%
.285
2
CF
92
.476
10.9%
5.4%
.269
3
BBB
RF
118
.457
2.5%
4.2%
.321
4
MULT
SS
120
.427
13.3%
0.8%
.190
5
CT
SS
145
.426
6.2%
0.7%
.221
6
MULT
CF
88
.426
10.2%
2.3%
.192
7
SL2
RF
120
.404
10.0%
1.7%
.160
8
1B
109
.397
2.8%
0.0%
.067
9
DTS
SS
79
.394
3.8%
3.8%
.280
10
DTS
1B
82
.388
13.4%
0.0%
.060
11
CT
RF
170
.387
5.9%
0.0%
.120
12
BBB
3B
123
.386
8.9%
2.4%
.193
13
2B
247
.383
8.5%
0.8%
.100
14
2B
75
.370
12.0%
1.3%
.094
15
CT
CF
165
.363
8.5%
1.8%
.170
16
CAG
SS
175
.360
3.4%
1.7%
.188
17
KCM
3B
222
.349
10.4%
0.9%
.164
18
RF
247
.345
12.1%
0.8%
.099
19
CT
LF
127
.344
11.8%
0.8%
.159
20
1B
174
.336
5.2%
0.6%
.105
21
KCM
1B
205
.335
5.9%
1.5%
.146
22
CT
1B
158
.326
8.2%
1.3%
.106
23
BBB
2B
101
.318
6.9%
0.0%
.044
24
CAG
3B
173
.314
10.4%
0.0%
.080
25
SS
101
.307
6.9%
1.0%
.098
26
MRS
1B
80
.307
5.0%
1.3%
.147
27
CT
C
127
.306
3.1%
0.0%
.090
28
CAG
RF
175
.299
9.1%
1.1%
.080
29
C
184
.289
9.8%
0.0%
.065
30
CT
3B
167
.287
9.0%
0.6%
.087
31
IA
CF
83
.279
9.6%
0.0%
.042
32
2B
180
.278
10.0%
1.1%
.113
33
IA
2B
94
.277
10.6%
0.0%
.088
34
DTS
LF
68
.263
8.8%
1.5%
.150
35
MRS
2B
65
.259
1.5%
0.0%
.047
36
BBB
CF
117
.257
3.4%
0.0%
.073
37
CAG
LF
174
.252
5.2%
0.0%
.051
38
MRS
RF
74
.247
5.4%
0.0%
.015
39
MRS
C
67
.230
7.5%
0.0%
.016
40
IA
3B
70
.202
7.1%
0.0%
.000
41
MRS
CF
75
.189
5.3%
0.0%
.000
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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