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Newark Eagles


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Record:
479 - 404 - 16 (.542)

1 Negro League World Series Championship
1 League Championship

Top Hitter


Monte
Irvin

Top Pitcher


Leon
Day

Leaders

Stolen Bases

# Player Years SB
1
Lennie Pearson
1937-1948
43
2
Monte Irvin
1938-1948
24
3
Larry Doby
1942-1947
19
4
Ed Stone
1935-1943
18
5
Ray Dandridge
1936-1944
13
6
Harry Williams
1935-1936
12
7
George Giles
1935-1935
12
8
Murray Watkins
1942-1946
12
9
Johnny Davis
1940-1948
12
10
Fats Jenkins
1935-1935
11

Wins

# Player Years W
1
Max Manning
1939-1948
55
2
Leon Day
1935-1946
47
3
Leniel Hooker
1940-1948
39
4
Jimmy Hill
1938-1945
30
5
Rufus Lewis
1946-1948
21
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
Cotton Williams
1943-1948
6


Pitching

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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
19
9
.681
37
31
0
20
3
1
246.2
117
92
217
10
95
165
0
0
6
949
3.34
140
2
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
127
3
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
4
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
118
5
1935-1945
SP
16
14
.533
39
29
0
22
2
2
257.2
145
123
280
22
83
111
1
0
2
1,169
4.30
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
105
7
1936-1939
SP
10
15
.391
38
30
0
17
1
1
218.2
163
143
262
20
84
94
5
0
3
1,000
5.90
85
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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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