Newark Eagles Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Newark Eagles


From:


To:


Leagues:



Record:
476 - 399 - 16 (.544)

1 Negro League World Series Championship
1 League Championship

Top Hitter


Lennie
Pearson

Top Pitcher


Max
Manning

Leaders

Hits

# Player Years H
1
Lennie Pearson
1937-1948
500
2
Monte Irvin
1938-1948
345
3
Johnny Davis
1940-1948
285
4
Ed Stone
1935-1943
266
5
Bob Harvey
1943-1948
247
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

Innings

# Player Years IP
1
Max Manning
1939-1948
722.0
2
Leniel Hooker
1940-1948
698.1
3
Leon Day
1935-1946
560.1
4
Jimmy Hill
1938-1945
430.0
5
Rufus Lewis
1946-1948
292.2
6
Terris McDuffie
1935-1945
252.2
7
Bob Evans
1936-1939
180.2
8
Fred Hobgood
1941-1944
165.1
9
Cotton Williams
1945-1948
157.2
10
Will Jackman
1935-1936
115.1


Pitching

-



Hall of Famers:

Throws:


Players
#
Player
Years Role
W
L
W%
G
GS
GF
CG
SHO
SV
IP
R
ER
H
HR
BB
K
WP
BK
HBP
BF
ERA
ERA+
1
1935-1946
SP
20
9
.692
37
31
0
20
3
1
244.0
116
90
213
10
92
163
1
0
6
917
3.32
135
2
1946-1948
SP
18
13
.583
38
30
0
20
5
2
245.2
108
85
217
9
72
163
4
0
4
1,059
3.11
124
3
1939-1948
SP
19
10
.647
40
28
0
21
1
0
244.0
115
89
230
2
72
144
3
0
5
1,037
3.27
123
4
1935-1945
SP
17
14
.552
39
29
0
23
2
2
264.0
141
119
278
21
84
115
1
0
2
1,196
4.06
113
5
1938-1945
SP
16
12
.566
41
27
0
14
2
1
226.2
124
94
204
6
127
125
3
0
3
949
3.75
112
6
1940-1948
SP
13
13
.500
41
27
0
15
1
1
231.1
129
103
237
11
70
95
0
0
7
1,046
4.00
102
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact gary@seamheads.com. For any other questions/comments/suggestions, please contact the web developer at BaseballGauge@gmail.com.

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