1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season


1937 / 1939



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

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
HG/EAS
.494
2
HG/EAS
.464
3
MULT
.448
4
PC
.448
5
AB3/WES
.444
6
BBB/MRS
.438
7
MRS/WES
.431
8
PS
.431
9
BCA
.430
10
NE
.427


Advanced Batting


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Teams
# Team Lg
1
NN2
46
1764
.377
9.0%
2.5%
.169
2
NAL
48
1747
.338
7.8%
1.1%
.131
3
NN2
40
1516
.320
8.4%
1.3%
.124
4
NN2
28
1011
.318
7.5%
1.6%
.119
5
NN2
65
2342
.330
10.1%
1.6%
.119
6
NN2
37
1410
.338
9.6%
1.1%
.114
7
EWA
2
78
.321
6.4%
3.8%
1.67
0.0%
.113
8
NAL
19
638
.306
6.6%
0.9%
.107
9
EWA
2
82
.341
14.6%
7.3%
2.00
2.4%
.104
10
NAL
38
1445
.307
7.8%
0.9%
.095
11
38
1353
.323
7.2%
0.7%
.093
12
NN2
30
1114
.308
7.6%
0.8%
.092
13
47
1703
.312
6.9%
0.5%
.085
14
NAL
17
721
.317
7.9%
0.3%
.064
15
NAL
27
972
.283
7.5%
0.4%
.064
16
NN2
14
524
.307
9.2%
0.4%
.063
16
4
671
18420
.325
8.3%
5.6%
1.89
1.1%
.109



Players
# Team Pos
1
C
200
.501
14.5%
0.0%
6.5%
.349
2
MULT
1B
87
.511
9.2%
25.0%
1.00
4.6%
.321
3
1B
182
.522
13.2%
0.0%
4.9%
.314
4
KCM
CF
191
.439
5.8%
3.7%
.250
5
LF
72
.468
12.5%
25.0%
0.00
2.8%
.250
6
NE
RF
114
.439
11.4%
3.5%
.247
7
1B
102
.376
9.8%
0.0%
5.9%
.233
8
PC
2B
157
.467
8.9%
2.5%
.229
9
BEG
1B
150
.417
10.0%
3.3%
.220
10
SS
117
.422
12.0%
12.5%
1.00
1.7%
.206
11
BCA
RF
143
.460
7.0%
3.5%
.206
12
2B
122
.439
8.2%
0.0%
1.6%
.200
13
SS
153
.448
11.1%
0.0%
2.6%
.195
14
HG
CF
189
.398
11.6%
3.2%
.190
15
RF
154
.373
6.5%
0.0%
2.6%
.180
16
MRS
RF
112
.393
2.7%
1.8%
.168
17
LF
210
.407
8.6%
0.0%
1.4%
.165
18
PS
C
228
.397
12.7%
3.1%
.163
19
PS
LF
264
.359
9.8%
2.3%
.159
20
KCM
1B
172
.336
9.9%
1.7%
.158
21
3B
117
.404
6.8%
0.0%
0.9%
.150
22
CF
143
.338
7.7%
1.4%
.147
23
SS
262
.335
10.7%
0.0%
1.9%
.140
24
3B
152
.324
5.3%
25.0%
0.00
0.7%
.140
25
1B
59
.335
13.6%
0.0%
.137
26
PS
2B
209
.348
8.6%
2.4%
.136
27
PC
3B
142
.351
11.3%
0.7%
.136
28
1B
143
.309
7.7%
1.4%
.133
29
CF
65
.319
12.3%
3.1%
.132
30
JRC
LF
65
.354
6.2%
0.0%
.131
31
BBB
1B
94
.345
2.1%
1.1%
.130
32
BCA
LF
170
.348
6.5%
0.0%
.127
33
NE
LF
106
.344
7.5%
0.9%
.126
34
CAG
LF
157
.365
9.6%
1.9%
.124
35
PC
LF
153
.299
10.5%
1.3%
.123
36
LF
198
.353
8.6%
0.0%
0.5%
.119
37
JRC
SS
76
.310
7.9%
1.3%
.116
38
HG
RF
152
.361
4.6%
0.7%
.115
39
SS
168
.352
7.1%
0.0%
0.0%
.113
40
BCA
CF
177
.296
4.5%
0.6%
.109
41
NBY
SS
108
.280
7.4%
1.9%
.108
42
NBY
2B
117
.364
7.7%
0.0%
.105
43
MULT
3B
138
.395
9.4%
0.0%
.098
44
BBB
LF
88
.315
4.5%
0.0%
.095
45
PS
RF
281
.357
10.3%
0.4%
.095
46
HG
2B
201
.313
8.5%
2.0%
.094
47
BCA
1B
152
.379
9.9%
1.3%
.092
48
AB3
RF
72
.265
6.9%
0.0%
.091
49
RF
122
.427
7.4%
0.0%
.090
50
MRS
CF
141
.387
9.9%
0.0%
.088
51
BEG
SS
157
.304
8.3%
0.6%
.087
52
2B
166
.317
7.8%
25.0%
0.00
0.6%
.086
53
3B
116
.290
6.9%
25.0%
0.00
0.9%
.085
54
PS/PC
1B
196
.349
11.7%
0.0%
.084
55
NBY
CF
132
.341
6.8%
0.0%
.083
56
PC/PS
CF
228
.279
7.5%
0.9%
.083
57
CF
153
.285
9.2%
0.0%
1.3%
.081
58
CF
72
.310
9.7%
0.0%
.079
59
JRC
RF
67
.285
6.0%
1.5%
.079
60
MRS
LF
144
.306
1.4%
0.0%
.079
61
AB3
SS
70
.276
2.9%
0.0%
.078
62
SS
148
.278
8.1%
25.0%
0.00
0.0%
.076
63
BEG
CF
169
.316
9.5%
0.0%
.074
64
C
129
.361
14.0%
25.0%
0.00
0.8%
.074
65
HG
SS
177
.252
7.3%
0.0%
.069
66
SS
118
.272
6.8%
0.0%
.067
67
RF
87
.364
12.6%
0.0%
.067
68
JRC
CF
69
.370
11.6%
0.0%
.066
69
2B
127
.291
9.4%
0.8%
.064
70
MULT
C
105
.308
11.4%
0.0%
0.0%
.056
71
JRC
3B
73
.247
6.8%
0.0%
.047
72
LF
133
.344
8.3%
0.0%
.043
73
2B
193
.336
7.8%
0.0%
.040
74
2B
140
.296
7.9%
0.7%
.040
75
BBB
CF
96
.239
5.2%
0.0%
.033
76
3B
102
.254
7.8%
0.0%
0.0%
.033
77
1B
156
.333
9.0%
0.0%
0.0%
.029
78
NE
CF
115
.246
4.3%
0.0%
.028
79
NE
2B
115
.229
7.0%
0.0%
.019
80
AB3
2B
63
.301
3.2%
0.0%
.017
81
JRC
1B
75
.314
4.0%
0.0%
.014
82
JRC
LF
63
.247
4.8%
0.0%
.000
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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