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Newark Eagles


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Record:
390 - 326 - 12 (.545)

1 Negro League World Series Championship
1 League Championship

Top Hitter


Lennie
Pearson

Top Pitcher


Leon
Day

Leaders

Hits

# Player Years H
1
Lennie Pearson
1937-1947
442
2
Monte Irvin
1938-1947
304
3
Johnny Davis
1940-1947
283
4
Ed Stone
1935-1943
266
5
Bob Harvey
1943-1947
188
6
Willie Wells
1936-1945
180
7
Larry Doby
1942-1947
177
8
Leon Day
1935-1946
173
9
Mule Suttles
1936-1944
169
10
Ray Dandridge
1936-1944
159

Wins

# Player Years W
1
Max Manning
1939-1947
46
2
Leon Day
1935-1946
45
3
Leniel Hooker
1940-1947
33
4
Jimmy Hill
1938-1945
30
5
Rufus Lewis
1946-1947
17
6
Terris McDuffie
1935-1945
16
7
Fred Hobgood
1941-1944
11
8
Bob Evans
1936-1939
9
9
Will Jackman
1935-1936
7
10
Warren Peace
1945-1947
5


Wins Above Replacement

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#
Player
Years Pos
PA
IP
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
1942-1946
2B
713
8.3
7.6
0.5
0.0
0.2
2
1938-1946
SS
676
7.7
7.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
3
1936-1944
1B
586
1.2
5.5
5.9
-0.3
0.1
-0.2
4
1935-1946
CF
207
190.0
5.4
0.9
-0.1
4.6
0.0
5
1936-1945
SS
681
0.2
5.2
4.2
0.6
0.0
0.4
6
1935-1943
RF
699
4.4
4.5
0.3
0.0
-0.3
7
1937-1946
1B
652
2.0
4.4
4.5
0.1
-0.1
-0.1
8
1936-1944
3B
666
3.7
3.1
0.5
0.0
0.1
9
1940-1946
LF
565
30.0
3.6
4.4
-0.1
-0.6
-0.0
10
1935-1945
P
115
257.2
3.1
-0.9
0.0
3.9
-0.0
11
1939-1946
P
104
234.1
3.0
-0.9
0.0
3.9
0.0
12
1938-1945
P
105
212.2
2.6
-0.6
0.0
3.2
0.0
13
1940-1946
P
97
229.2
1.5
-1.3
0.0
2.8
0.0
14
1940-1946
3B
616
0.8
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
15
1935-1946
C
570
-1.4
-1.7
0.2
0.0
0.1

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James