Newark Eagles Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Newark Eagles


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Record:
388 - 327 - 12 (.543)

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
1937-1946
1404
2
Ed Stone
1935-1943
1046
3
Johnny Davis
1940-1946
829
4
Monte Irvin
1938-1946
741
5
Willie Wells
1936-1945
662
6
Mule Suttles
1936-1944
609
7
Leon Day
1935-1946
605
8
Clarence Isreal
1940-1946
558
9
Ray Dandridge
1936-1944
542
10
Leon Ruffin
1935-1946
524

Games Started

# Player Years GS
1
Leon Day
1935-1946
72
2
Leniel Hooker
1940-1946
60
3
Max Manning
1939-1946
53
4
Jimmy Hill
1938-1945
52
5
Terris McDuffie
1935-1945
27
6
Bob Evans
1936-1939
23
7
Fred Hobgood
1941-1944
23
8
Rufus Lewis
1946-1946
14
9
Will Jackman
1935-1936
14
10
Don Newcombe
1944-1945
12


Wins Above Replacement

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Hall of Famers:

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Years Pos
PA
IP
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
1942-1946
2B
712
8.2
7.6
0.5
0.0
0.2
2
1938-1946
SS
674
7.6
7.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
3
1936-1944
1B
586
1.2
5.4
5.8
-0.2
0.1
-0.2
4
1935-1946
CF
206
190.1
5.4
0.9
-0.1
4.6
0.0
5
1936-1945
SS
681
0.2
5.3
4.3
0.6
0.0
0.4
6
1937-1946
1B
652
2.0
4.4
4.5
0.1
-0.1
-0.1
7
1935-1943
RF
700
4.3
4.4
0.2
0.0
-0.3
8
1936-1944
3B
665
3.6
3.1
0.4
0.0
0.1
9
1935-1945
P
117
260.0
3.4
-0.9
0.0
4.3
-0.0
10
1940-1946
LF
564
30.1
3.4
4.2
-0.1
-0.6
-0.0
11
1939-1946
P
104
234.1
3.0
-0.9
0.0
3.9
0.0
12
1938-1945
P
103
213.1
2.6
-0.7
0.0
3.3
0.0
13
1940-1946
P
97
228.2
1.4
-1.3
0.0
2.7
0.0
14
1940-1946
3B
615
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