1938 Season

1937 / 1939

Gus Greenlee (Chairman & President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary-Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Ted Strong	MULT	238
2	Buck Leonard	HG/EAS	214
3	Quincy Trouppe	AB3/WES	206
4	Josh Gibson	HG/EAS	202
5	Donald Reeves	BCA	187
6	Neil Robinson	MRS/WES	185
7	Willard Brown	KCM	182
8	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	181
9	Harry Williams	PC	179
10	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	166

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	91
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	77
3	Ray Brown	HG/EAS	76
4	Vet Barnes	KCM	61
5	Henry McHenry	PS	61
6	Frank Bradley	KCM	60
7	Spoon Carter	PS/BBB	59
8	Eddie Dixon	BCA	56
9	Johnny Taylor	PC/EAS	56
10	Telosh Howard	BCA	55

Advanced Pitching

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	544.0	1.48	10.7%	9.1%	1.18	1.9%
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	403.1	1.14	19.9%	5.8%	3.43	0.9%
3	Homestead Grays	NN2	390.1	1.22	12.1%	8.4%	1.44	0.6%
4	Atlanta Black Crackers	ALC/NAL	388.2	1.36	12.9%	7.9%	1.63	0.9%
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	339.0	1.34	13.0%	7.7%	1.71	0.8%
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	328.0	1.49	12.4%	9.2%	1.35	1.7%
7	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	313.1	1.34	10.8%	7.3%	1.47	1.0%
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL/ALC	308.1	1.47	13.4%	6.7%	2.01	0.9%
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	243.2	1.64	11.5%	7.7%	1.50	1.5%
10	Newark Eagles	NN2	233.2	1.40	10.1%	9.7%	1.04	1.6%
11	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	219.1	1.58	10.4%	10.9%	0.95	0.6%
12	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	156.2	1.43	12.4%	9.2%	1.35	0.9%
13	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	146.1	1.50	17.2%	6.5%	2.65	0.8%
14	Washington Black Senators	NN2	115.0	2.03	8.7%	11.9%	0.73	1.5%
15	West All Stars	EWA	18.2	1.29	7.7%	6.4%	1.20	0.0%
16	East All Stars	EWA	18.0	1.56	19.5%	14.6%	1.33	2.4%
	16	4	4166.1	1.41	12.7%	8.3%	1.53	1.1%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Ray Brown	HG/EAS	RP	132.0	1.03	14.5%	5.3%	2.71	0.6%
2	Spoon Carter	PS/BBB	RP	117.1	1.53	11.1%	9.0%	1.23	2.4%
3	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	RP	116.2	1.01	19.6%	2.8%	7.00	0.6%
4	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	116.0	1.26	12.5%	8.6%	1.45	0.8%
5	Eddie Dixon	BCA	RP	103.1	1.22	12.7%	5.7%	2.24	0.9%
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	RP	103.0	1.16	17.9%	7.0%	2.57	0.5%
7	Bo Mitchell	BBB/BCA	SP	98.1	1.40	11.2%	8.0%	1.40	1.1%
8	Webster McDonald	PS	SP	97.2	1.42	8.7%	7.6%	1.15	2.1%
9	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	95.0	1.38	8.2%	7.7%	1.06	0.5%
10	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	94.1	1.45	12.1%	7.5%	1.61	1.7%
11	Barney Brown*	NBY/EAS	RP	92.0	1.34	13.4%	5.4%	2.45	1.0%
12	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	83.1	1.27	8.5%	5.9%	1.43	0.8%
13	Bob Griffith	BEG	SP	82.0	1.20	10.4%	4.9%	2.12	1.2%
14	Johnny Taylor	PC/EAS	SP	80.0	1.30	16.6%	10.4%	1.60	1.2%
15	Edsall Walker*	HG/EAS	SP	77.2	1.29	13.8%	7.6%	1.80	0.3%
16	Cliff Blackmon	BBB	RP	77.0	1.61	11.9%	12.1%	0.98	0.6%
17	Willie Jefferson	MRS	RP	73.2	1.22	13.2%	4.1%	3.23	1.6%
18	Barney Morris	PC	SP	72.2	1.20	18.2%	9.9%	1.83	1.0%
19	Roy Partlow*	HG	SP	70.1	1.25	13.9%	9.8%	1.41	1.4%
20	Ted Trent	CAG/WES	SP	70.1	1.15	15.6%	4.5%	3.46	1.0%
21	Felix Evans	JRC/BCA	RP	68.0	1.10	13.8%	9.1%	1.52	1.5%
22	Telosh Howard	BCA	RP	62.2	1.02	22.0%	8.8%	2.50	0.8%
23	Porter Moss	MRS	RP	61.0	1.56	13.9%	8.7%	1.60	0.7%
24	Specs Roberts	SEN/HG	SP	60.1	1.36	11.3%	8.3%	1.36	1.5%
25	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	RP	60.0	1.18	14.6%	4.6%	3.17	0.8%
26	Vet Barnes	KCM	RP	59.1	1.13	24.9%	4.9%	5.08	3.3%
27	Andy Porter	BEG	SP	59.0	1.25	13.4%	7.3%	1.83	0.4%
28	Floyd Kranson	KCM	SP	58.2	1.24	10.5%	5.7%	1.86	0.4%
29	Bill Harvey*	PC	RP	56.0	1.32	11.7%	8.4%	1.40	0.8%
30	Bob Evans	NE	SP	55.0	1.62	9.4%	7.8%	1.20	2.3%
31	Bill Holland	NBY	SP	54.1	1.25	14.5%	5.3%	2.75	0.4%
32	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	53.0	0.89	28.3%	6.6%	4.29	0.0%
33	Jesse Houston	CAG	RP	53.0	1.58	10.9%	10.5%	1.04	1.3%
34	Jack Bruton	PS/WES	RP	52.1	1.47	7.3%	10.7%	0.68	0.9%
35	Lefty Wilson*	MRS	RP	50.0	1.22	17.0%	6.9%	2.47	0.0%
36	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	47.1	1.50	11.2%	7.9%	1.41	1.4%
37	Leroy Matlock*	PC	RP	47.0	1.66	10.1%	7.9%	1.28	1.8%
38	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	47.0	1.79	13.3%	11.1%	1.20	2.7%
39	Henry Miller	PS	RP	45.0	1.33	13.2%	11.6%	1.14	1.1%
40	Theolic Smith	PC	RP	43.1	1.82	8.7%	6.7%	1.29	3.4%
41	Frank McAllister	AB3	SP	42.1	1.28	22.9%	10.3%	2.22	1.1%
42	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	41.0	1.61	11.0%	8.4%	1.31	2.1%
43	Johnny Markham	KCM	RP	41.0	1.22	21.3%	6.7%	3.17	1.1%
44	Dick Burton	BBB	RP	36.1	1.38	9.0%	7.8%	1.15	0.6%
45	Johnny Wright	NE	RP	35.1	1.36	11.4%	14.1%	0.81	0.7%
46	Eugene Bremer	MRS/KCM	RP	34.2	1.36	16.2%	2.0%	8.00	2.0%
47	Lefty Calhoun*	AB3	RP	34.0	1.29	20.1%	6.3%	3.22	0.0%
48	Elbert Eatmon^	BBB	RP	34.0	1.88	8.5%	11.5%	0.74	0.0%
49	Roy Welmaker*	HG	SP	33.0	1.33	2.8%	9.9%	0.29	0.7%
50	Leo Hannibal	HG/MRS	SP	32.2	1.84	9.1%	15.6%	0.58	0.6%
51	Charles Dunklin	BBB/BCA	RP	32.1	1.95	11.4%	6.6%	1.73	0.6%
52	Red Howard*	BCA/JRC	RP	31.2	1.39	11.5%	9.4%	1.23	1.4%
53	Jimmy Direaux	BEG	RP	30.2	1.50	11.6%	10.9%	1.07	1.4%
54	Jesse Brown*	NE	RP	28.2	1.19	10.9%	11.8%	0.93	0.0%
55	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	28.2	1.99	10.7%	10.7%	1.00	2.0%
56	Robert Dean	AB3	SP	27.2	1.45	9.7%	4.8%	2.00	0.0%
57	Lefty Moses*	KCM	RP	26.2	1.43	19.5%	14.4%	1.35	0.0%
58	Tom Parker	HG	SP	26.0	1.58	7.3%	12.8%	0.57	0.0%
59	Willie Ferrell*	JRC	SP	25.2	1.32	8.3%	10.1%	0.82	0.9%
60	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	SP	25.1	1.82	7.2%	8.0%	0.90	0.8%
61	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	21.2	1.66	14.4%	11.5%	1.25	1.9%
62	Alphonso Cox*	JRC	SP	21.1	1.55	16.2%	14.1%	1.14	0.0%
63	Harry Kincannon	SEN	RP	20.1	1.77	9.2%	12.2%	0.75	0.0%
64	Julius Osley	BBB	RP	19.2	1.58	10.1%	12.4%	0.82	0.0%
65	Clifford Allen	MRS	RP	18.2	2.30	13.3%	11.2%	1.18	0.0%
66	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	17.2	1.02	12.9%	5.7%	2.25	0.0%
67	Laymon Yokely	SEN	SP	17.0	2.29	8.6%	9.7%	0.89	1.1%
68	Tom Glover*	BEG	RP	16.1	1.71	13.7%	9.6%	1.43	1.4%
69	Jimmie Armstead*	BBB/AB3	RP	15.2	1.60	19.7%	4.2%	4.67	0.0%
70	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	15.2	1.79	6.8%	10.8%	0.63	2.7%
71	Marion Cain	PC	RP	15.0	2.07	5.3%	14.7%	0.36	1.3%
72	Louis Dula	HG	RP	14.2	1.91	7.9%	14.5%	0.55	0.0%
73	Roland Calhoun	PC/SEN	RP	14.1	2.44	10.1%	10.1%	1.00	1.3%
74	Leland Davis^	CAG	RP	14.1	1.88	7.4%	8.8%	0.83	0.0%
75	Woody Williams*	BEG	RP	13.2	1.98	6.1%	12.1%	0.50	1.5%
76	J. Brown^	AB3	RP	13.1	2.33	14.7%	2.7%	5.50	2.7%
77	Lefty Holmes*	SEN	SP	13.1	2.03	11.4%	20.0%	0.57	1.4%
78	Slim Jones*	PS	RP	12.2	1.34	12.7%	7.3%	1.75	3.6%
79	Roosevelt Davis	MULT	RP	11.2	3.51	5.0%	11.3%	0.44	5.0%
80	Connie Rector	NBY	RP	11.1	1.76	5.6%	5.6%	1.00	3.7%
81	Roy K. Williams	NBY	RP	11.1	3.00	10.4%	14.9%	0.70	1.5%
82	Charlie King^	PS/PC	RP	11.0	1.82	1.9%	13.5%	0.14	5.8%
83	Walter Cannady	NBY	RP	10.2	2.16	7.3%	12.7%	0.57	1.8%
84	Thurston^	BBB	RP	10.1	1.16	4.7%	16.3%	0.29	0.0%
85	Blackburn^	KCM	SP	10.0	1.00	15.8%	10.5%	1.50	0.0%
86	Ted Alexander	AB3	SP	9.2	2.07	7.5%	5.7%	1.33	1.9%
87	Leon Day	NE	SP	9.2	0.83	8.1%	5.4%	1.50	5.4%
88	Big Train Jackson*	KCM	RP	9.1	2.57	15.1%	9.4%	1.60	0.0%
89	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	9.0	1.11	13.5%	8.1%	1.67	0.0%
90	Johnny Johnson	NE	SP	9.0	1.22	8.1%	10.8%	0.75	0.0%
91	Jackie Miller^	NE	SP	9.0	0.33	5.6%	0.0%		0.0%
92	Sam Thompson	PS	SP	8.0	1.63	5.7%	2.9%	2.00	5.7%
93	Tracey Johnson	SEN	SP	7.1	1.50	2.9%	8.8%	0.33	0.0%
94	Roy Harding^	BCA	SP	7.0	2.43	4.3%	13.0%	0.33	0.0%
95	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	RP	7.0	1.29	17.2%	6.9%	2.50	3.4%
96	Henry Richardson^	SEN/PC	RP	6.2	1.65	0.0%	10.0%	0.00	0.0%
97	Percy Forrest	CAG	SP	6.1	1.58	9.7%	6.5%	1.50	3.2%
98	Honey Green	NE	RP	6.1	0.79	16.0%	12.0%	1.33	0.0%
99	Joe Royal	JRC	SP	6.1	2.37	3.0%	9.1%	0.33	3.0%
100	George Proctor^	PS	SP	5.1	2.25	3.3%	13.3%	0.25	0.0%
101	George Mitchell	AB3	SP	5.0	2.00	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	0.0%
102	Johnny Reed	CAG	RP	5.0	1.80	13.0%	13.0%	1.00	0.0%
103	Rube Wiggins*	NBY	SP	5.0	1.60	8.7%	17.4%	0.50	0.0%
104	Hayes^	JRC	SP	4.2	2.79	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
105	Emery Adams	MRS	RP	4.0	2.25	4.5%	4.5%	1.00	4.5%
106	Fast Ball Anderson^	AB3	RP	4.0	1.25	37.5%	6.3%	6.00	0.0%
107	Jim Lewis*	PS	SP	4.0	2.00	4.3%	8.7%	0.50	4.3%
108	Phelps^	BEG	RP	4.0	0.75	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
109	Bud Barbee	NBY	RP	3.2	0.55	7.7%	0.0%		0.0%
110	Cannonball Berry	BCA	SP	3.1	3.60	8.7%	17.4%	0.50	0.0%
111	Purnell Mincy*	PC	SP	3.1	1.80	12.5%	18.8%	0.67	0.0%
112	Anderson^	NBY	SP	3.0	2.00	6.3%	6.3%	1.00	0.0%
113	George Britt	SEN	RP	3.0	4.67	4.2%	16.7%	0.25	12.5%
114	R. B. Bryant^	PS	SP	3.0	3.00	5.3%	10.5%	0.50	5.3%
115	Bernard Fernández	BCA	RP	3.0	3.33	9.5%	19.0%	0.50	0.0%
116	George Scales	BEG	RP	2.2	1.13	18.2%	9.1%	2.00	0.0%
117	Provine Bradley	MRS	RP	2.1	3.86	22.2%	5.6%	4.00	0.0%
118	Smoky Owens	JRC	SP	2.1	2.57	15.4%	7.7%	2.00	0.0%
119	Calvin Clarke	SEN	RP	2.0	1.50	11.1%	0.0%		0.0%
120	Murray^	BBB	SP	2.0	1.00	22.2%	0.0%		0.0%
121	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	2.0	0.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
122	Smith^	MRS	RP	2.0	1.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
123	Bob Clarke	NBY	RP	1.2	0.60	33.3%	0.0%		0.0%
124	Charlie Parks	NBY	RP	1.2	1.80	12.5%	12.5%	1.00	0.0%
125	Eddie Powell	SEN	RP	1.2	4.20	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
126	Garvin^	PS	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
127	Claude Hayslett	MRS	SP	1.1	4.50	0.0%	27.3%	0.00	0.0%
128	McLemore^	KCM	RP	1.0	2.00	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	0.0%
129	George White^	CAG	RP	1.0	3.00	16.7%	16.7%	1.00	0.0%
130	Alex Radcliff	CAG	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
131	Ray Robinson*	NE	SP	0.2	12.00	10.0%	40.0%	0.25	0.0%
132	Willie Smith^	NE	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
133	William Sumrall	NBY	RP	0.2	4.50	0.0%	0.0%		16.7%
134	Pen Gilliard*	CAG	RP	0.1	6.00	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%
135	Bob Madison^	MRS	SP	0.0	0.00	0.0%	100.0%	0.00	0.0%
136	Parker^	KCM	RP	0.0	0.00	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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