Newark Eagles Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Newark Eagles

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Record:
415 - 354 - 13 (.540)

1 Negro League World Series Championship
1 League Championship

Top Hitter

Lennie
Pearson

Top Pitcher

Leon
Day

Leaders

Plate Appearances

#	Player	Years	PA
1	Lennie Pearson	1937-1948	1969
2	Monte Irvin	1938-1948	1213
3	Johnny Davis	1941-1948	1147
4	Ed Stone	1935-1943	1141
5	Bob Harvey	1943-1948	897
6	Jimmy Wilkes	1945-1948	754
7	Willie Wells	1936-1945	748
8	Mule Suttles	1936-1944	684
9	Leon Day	1935-1946	661
10	Larry Doby	1942-1947	649

Strikeouts

#	Player	Years	SO
1	Max Manning	1939-1948	459
2	Leon Day	1935-1946	418
3	Leniel Hooker	1940-1948	316
4	Jimmy Hill	1938-1945	265
5	Rufus Lewis	1946-1948	205
6	Terris McDuffie	1935-1945	121
7	Bob Evans	1936-1939	93
8	Cotton Williams	1943-1948	91
9	Fred Hobgood	1941-1944	85
10	Don Newcombe	1944-1945	58

All-Time Team

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Glossary

Left Field	Years	WAR
Johnny Davis	1941-1946	6.1
Fred Wilson	1939-1939	1.1
Fats Jenkins	1935-1935	1.0
James Brown	1939-1943	0.7
Johnny Holmes	1942-1942	0.1
Rafael Polanco	1941-1941	0.1
Ted Griffith	1945-1945	0.0

Center Field	Years	WAR
Leon Day	1935-1946	19.7
Rap Dixon	1935-1935	0.7
Clarence Griffin	1935-1935	0.1
Jimmie Crutchfield	1937-1938	0.1
Ted Page	1936-1936	0.1
Charlie Biot	1939-1939	0.0
Duke Markham	1936-1936	0.0

Right Field	Years	WAR
Ed Stone	1935-1943	6.3
Bob Harvey	1943-1946	1.1
Thad Christopher	1936-1945	0.2
Vic Barnett	1944-1944	0.1
Glass	1942-1942	0.0
Russell Awkard	1940-1941	0.0
Willie Nixon	1940-1940	-0.1

Shortstop	Years	WAR
Monte Irvin	1938-1946	7.6
Willie Wells	1936-1945	5.2
Bus Clarkson	1940-1942	1.4
Dick Lundy	1937-1937	0.3
Joe Atkins	1944-1944	0.1
Robinson	1944-1944	0.1
Hubert Crawford	1936-1936	0.1

Second Base	Years	WAR
Larry Doby	1942-1946	6.1
Harry Williams	1935-1936	1.0
Bucky Johnson	1939-1939	0.0
Joe Spencer	1943-1943	0.0
Evans	1940-1940	-0.1
Charlie Humber	1945-1945	-0.2
Dennis Gilchrist	1935-1935	-0.3

Third Base	Years	WAR
Ray Dandridge	1936-1944	3.4
Pat Patterson	1946-1946	2.4
Javier Pérez	1935-1935	0.7
Washington	1938-1938	0.0
Gordon	1942-1942	0.0
Fred Spearman	1936-1936	0.0
Willie Smith	1938-1938	0.0

First Base	Years	WAR
Lennie Pearson	1937-1946	10.5
Mule Suttles	1936-1944	6.0
George Giles	1935-1935	1.8
Fran Matthews	1938-1945	-0.1
Red Moore	1936-1937	-0.3

Catcher	Years	WAR
Charlie Parks	1940-1946	1.1
Biz Mackey	1939-1946	0.8
Clarence Palm	1935-1935	0.4
Tom Young	1941-1941	0.3
Larry St. Thomas	1943-1943	0.3
William Makell	1944-1944	0.2
Mickey Casey	1938-1938	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Years	WAR
Rufus Lewis	1946-1946	4.3
Terris McDuffie	1935-1945	4.2
Don Newcombe	1944-1945	1.0
Jackie Miller	1938-1938	0.4
Fred Hobgood	1941-1946	0.3
Johnny Johnson	1938-1938	0.2
Willie Hubert	1939-1939	0.2
Roosevelt Owens	1937-1937	0.1
Will Jackman	1935-1936	0.0
Willie Burns	1942-1942	-0.1
Lou Louden	1941-1941	-0.1
Jim Elam	1943-1943	-0.2
Ray Robinson	1938-1938	-0.3
Bob Evans	1936-1939	-0.4
Percy Forrest	1944-1944	-0.4
Charles England	1946-1946	-0.4
Purnell Mincy	1940-1940	-0.5
Emmett Hopkins	1945-1945	-0.8

Relief Pitcher	Years	WAR
Max Manning	1939-1946	8.0
Jimmy Hill	1938-1945	6.2
Leniel Hooker	1940-1946	4.5
William Bell	1936-1937	1.6
Jesse Brown	1938-1938	0.9
Sidney Williams	1945-1945	0.7
Johnny Wright	1937-1945	0.7
Otis Starks	1935-1935	0.4
Spoon Carter	1940-1940	0.4
Albert Walker	1940-1940	0.4
Eddie Jacobs	1944-1944	0.3
Elbert Williams	1935-1935	0.3
Jimmy Boyd	1946-1946	0.3
Johnny Taylor	1940-1940	0.2
Vernon Harrison	1939-1939	0.2
Warren Peace	1945-1946	0.1
Eastern	1940-1940	0.1
Allen Reed	1940-1940	0.1
Bun Hayes	1935-1935	0.0
Billy Nicholas	1935-1936	0.0

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