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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Johnny Ray	BBB	.529
2	Turkey Stearnes	DTS/CAG	.456
3	Alphonse Dunn	DTS	.432
4	Willard Brown	KCM	.432
5	Ted Strong	MULT	.429
6	Eddie Dwight	KCM	.418
7	Goose Curry	MULT	.414
8	Bill Carter	SL2/BBB	.407
9	Howard Easterling	CT	.401
10	Les Pearson	SL2	.400

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Bo Mitchell	BBB	1.33
2	Eugene Bremer	CT	1.47
3	Hilton Smith	KCM/CAG	1.66
4	Vet Barnes	KCM	2.08
5	Bill Howard	MRS/IA	2.08
6	Jesse Houston	CT	2.26
7	Henry McHenry	KCM	2.27
8	Ted Trent	CAG	2.59
9	Andy Cooper	KCM/CAG	2.61
10	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	2.70

Wins Above Replacement

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League:

Bats:

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R

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Throws:

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R

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	2067	475.2		24.4	9.8	2.8	11.8	0.0
2	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	1487	343.0		13.3	4.9	2.5	5.9	0.0
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1649	390.1		6.8	1.7	1.3	3.7	0.0
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1068	232.2		3.8	4.4	-1.7	1.1	0.0
5	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	828	179.2		1.4	1.0	-0.3	0.8	0.0
6	Detroit Stars	NAL	757	165.0		-0.2	2.2	-0.9	-1.5	0.0
7	St. Louis Stars	NAL	993	213.0		-1.9	2.3	-2.1	-2.0	0.0
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	741	166.2		-2.1	-1.2	-0.6	-0.3	0.0
	8	1	9590	2166.0		45.5	25.0	0.9	19.5	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/CAG	P	69	130.1		5.2	0.2	0.0	5.0	0.0
2	Newt Allen	KCM/CAG	2B	247	0.2		4.0	1.7	2.1	0.0	0.2
3	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	235			3.6	3.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
4	Jesse Houston	CT	P	53	111.2		2.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0
5	Vet Barnes	KCM	P	32	69.1		2.5	0.2	0.0	2.3	0.0
6	Eugene Bremer	CT	P	25	55.0		2.2	0.2	0.0	2.1	0.0
7	Howard Easterling	CT	SS	145			2.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
8	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	43	103.0		2.1	-0.4	0.0	2.5	0.0
9	Alex Radcliff	CAG	SS	175			2.0	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
10	Lloyd Davenport	CT	RF	170			1.7	1.3	0.6	0.0	-0.1
11	Bo Mitchell	BBB	P	10	27.0		1.7	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
12	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	165			1.6	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
13	Porter Moss	MULT	P	37	81.1		1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
14	Jess Brooks	KCM	3B	222			1.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.1
15	Ted Strong	MULT	SS	120			1.4	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
16	Ted Trent	CAG	P	27	73.0		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
17	Andy Cooper	KCM/CAG	P	21	58.2		1.2	-0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0
18	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	173			1.2	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.1
19	Turkey Stearnes	DTS/CAG	CF	92			1.2	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
20	Bill Howard	MRS/IA	P	19	26.0		1.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
21	Ted Radcliffe	CT	C	127	12.1		1.2	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.1
22	Willie Foster	CAG	P	35	80.2		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
23	Henry Milton	KCM/CAG	RF	247			1.2	1.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
24	Henry McHenry	KCM	P	28	67.1		1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
25	Eddie Dwight	KCM	CF	136			1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Frank Duncan	KCM/CAG	C	184			0.9	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.1
27	David Whatley	BBB	RF	118			0.9	1.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
28	Jelly Taylor	CT	1B	158			0.9	0.4	0.7	0.0	-0.2
29	Johnny Ray	BBB	CF	71			0.8	0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.0
30	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	P	23	53.1		0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
31	Jack Bruton	BBB	P	50	60.2		0.8	0.3	-0.1	0.5	0.0
32	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	5	13.1		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
33	Roosevelt Cox	DTS/CAG	2B	75			0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
34	Sonny Harris	CT	LF	127			0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Henry Williams	SL2	C	15	2.2		0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
36	Ed Mayweather	KCM	1B	205			0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.2
37	Fred Bankhead	BBB	2B	101			0.5	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1
38	Vet Dunbar	MRS/IA	C	52			0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	175			0.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
40	Marlin Carter	CT	3B	167			0.5	-0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1
41	Red Hale	DTS	SS	79			0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
42	Lester Lockett	SL2	2B	19			0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
43	Lefty Calhoun	MRS	P	4	7.2		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
44	Floyd Kranson	MULT	P	33	80.2		0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
45	Johnny Reed	SL2/IA	RF	52	26.1		0.5	0.0	-0.1	0.6	0.0
46	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	P	25	42.0		0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
47	Goose Curry	MULT	CF	88	13.1		0.4	0.9	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
48	Les Pearson	SL2	RF	120			0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
49	Zell Miles	CAG	LF	24	0.1		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
50	Bob Madison	MRS	LF	41	30.0		0.3	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0
51	Dean Thomas	DTS	P	12	40.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Joe Taylor	SL2	2B	13			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	123			0.2	0.8	-0.6	0.0	0.0
54	Bill Hoskins	SL2/DTS	LF	67			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Alphonse Dunn	DTS	1B	82			0.2	0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
56	Perry Hall	IA	3B	30			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	141			0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
58	Felton Wilson	DTS	C	36			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
59	Leo Hannibal	IA	P	21	47.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Luther Gilyard	SL2/CAG	1B	174			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2
61	Bill Carter	SL2/BBB	1B	109	2.1		0.2	0.6	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
62	Josh Johnson	CT	C	37			0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
63	Jim Canada	BBB	1B	55			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Butch Thurman	SL2	1B	25			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Jimmy Ford	MRS	2B	65			0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
66	Earl Jones	DTS	3B	10			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Herman Dunlap	CAG	CF	141			0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
68	Johnny Markham	KCM	P	18	47.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
69	Paul Hardy	CAG	C	58			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Brewster	DTS	P	1	4.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	74			0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
72	Pete McQueen	MRS	LF	6			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Pen Gilliard	MRS	LF	21			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Dan Webster	DTS	P	29	41.1		0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0
75	J. C. Segraves	IA	CF	83			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
76	Dillard	SL2	CF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Subby Byas	CAG	C	112			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
78	Edward Salters	DTS	RF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Edgar Jackson	MRS	LF	7			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	McCreary	SL2	RF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Quicksey	BBB	LF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Larry Bleach	DTS	2B	9			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Johnson	KCM	P		1.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
84	Dizzy Royal	IA	P	3	1.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
85	Clarence Lamar	SL2/BBB	SS	101			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
86	R. S. Smith	CAG/SL2	SS	10			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Rainey Bibbs	CT	2B	116			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
88	Norman Cross	CAG	P		0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Floyd Holston	BBB	P	3	2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Elbert Eatmon	BBB	P	10	23.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
92	Teannie Edwards	SL2	C	84			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Casey Walker	IA	C	36			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Jim Brown	CAG	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Wright	KCM	CF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Siebert	SL2	LF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Jimmy Cockerham	IA	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Starks	DTS	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Chuck Bowen	IA	P	2	0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Zearlee Maxwell	MRS	3B	34			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Vail Jewell	SL2	2B	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	A. D. Lewis	BBB	1B				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Henry McCall	MULT	1B	66			0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
104	Ernest Payne	CT	LF				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	C. Hardy	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	K. B. Ivory	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Ned Miller	IA	1B	20			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	William Newman	MRS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Sullivan	BBB	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Bledsoe	SL2	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Lionel Decuir	CT	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Al Parker	IA	P		2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Eli Underwood	DTS	LF	68	6.0		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1
114	Shirley Petway	DTS	C	26			0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
115	William Walker	SL2	CF	39			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Stiles	DTS	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Emery Adams	MRS	P	8	21.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
118	Pfiffer	SL2	3B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Willie Ferrell	BBB	P	36	55.1		0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
120	Bill Jenkins	DTS	2B	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Dusty Decker	DTS	2B	23			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Leo Sanders	MRS/DTS	SS	44			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
123	Jimmy McIntosh	DTS	3B	5			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Dennings	IA	2B	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Lonnie Williams	CAG	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Buck O'Neil	MRS	LF	34	3.2		-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
127	Hurley McNair	CT	LF	20			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Julius Osley	BBB	P	1	2.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
129	Wesley Hardiman	SL2	P		2.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Eppie Hamilton	MRS	1B	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Provine Bradley	CT	2B	37	29.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	George Gill	IA	1B	45			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Harry Barnes	BBB	C	82			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
134	Kermit Dial	DTS	RF	22			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Paige	SL2	P	2	3.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Jonathan Hill	SL2	P	9	15.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
137	Roy Partlow	CT	LF	27	20.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
138	Walker	CAG	LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Cannonball Berry	SL2	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
140	Zack Clayton	CAG	1B	36	2.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
141	Bullet Rogan	KCM	LF	36	5.1		-0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.5	0.0
142	Willie Simms	MULT	CF	133			-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
143	Red Howard	BBB	P	28	37.2		-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Harry Cunningham	MRS	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
145	Otis Henry	IA	LF	41			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
146	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	67			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
147	Melvin Coleman	BBB	SS	69			-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
148	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	83			-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
149	Joe Lillard	CT/CAG	P	4	7.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
150	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	174			-0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2
151	John Bissant	CT	LF	6			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Tommy Johnson	SL2	P	40	90.1		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
153	Cornelius Augustus	SL2	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Marshall Riddle	SL2	SS	30			-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
155	Robert Dean	SL2	P	2	5.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
156	Malvin Powell	CAG	P	38	36.1		-0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
157	Granville Lyons	MRS	1B	80	9.0		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
158	Howard	CAG	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
159	Hiram Tanner	SL2	2B	13			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Barney Morris	CT	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
161	Cowan Hyde	CT/IA	RF	77			-0.3	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
162	Dave Mays	KCM	RF	61			-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
163	Ralph Shropshire	SL2	C	33			-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
164	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	117			-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
165	Babe Bagby	CT	C	3			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
166	Cornelius Cook	IA	P	15	34.1		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
167	Joe Burke	IA/SL2	RF	31			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
168	Marcellus Thomas	SL2	LF	21			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
169	Charley Justice	DTS	RF	51	9.2		-0.4	0.1	0.2	-0.6	0.0
170	Willie Jefferson	CT	P	25	39.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
171	Harry Else	KCM	C	65			-0.4	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
172	Emory Long	IA	3B	70			-0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
173	Willie Davis	SL2	LF	57			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
174	John Chisum	SL2	3B	24			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
175	Ben Henderson	BBB	P	11	24.0		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
176	Albert Davis	DTS	P	7	1.1		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
177	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	P	21	54.0		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
178	John Griffin	SL2	P	21	42.2		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
179	Glenn Dixon	SL2	LF	32	4.2		-0.5	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
180	Bob Smith	MRS	3B	44			-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
181	Claude Miller	SL2	P	5	8.1		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
182	Red Longley	MRS	CF	75			-0.5	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
183	Roosevelt Tate	CT/CAG	CF	51			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
184	Andy Childs	IA	2B	94			-0.5	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
185	Percy Miller	DTS	P	30	54.1		-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
186	Charley House	DTS	3B	55			-0.6	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
187	Pepper Morgan	IA/MRS	LF	45			-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
188	Robert Hughes	IA	P	14	34.1		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
189	Joe May	SL2	C	16	6.2		-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
190	Walter Thomas	DTS/CAG	P	20	20.1		-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
191	R. B. Bryant	MRS	P	22	33.0		-1.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.9	0.0
192	Joe Sparks	SL2/CAG	2B	180	2.2		-1.2	-0.2	-0.9	-0.3	0.1

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