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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

Stolen Bases

# Player Years SB
1
Lennie Pearson
1937-1948
45
2
Monte Irvin
1938-1948
25
3
Larry Doby
1942-1947
20
4
Ed Stone
1935-1943
18
5
Ray Dandridge
1936-1944
13
6
Johnny Davis
1941-1948
12
7
George Giles
1935-1935
12
8
Harry Williams
1935-1936
12
9
Murray Watkins
1942-1946
12
10
Fats Jenkins
1935-1935
11

Wins

# Player Years W
1
Max Manning
1939-1948
58
2
Leon Day
1935-1946
49
3
Leniel Hooker
1940-1948
39
4
Jimmy Hill
1938-1945
29
5
Rufus Lewis
1946-1948
22
6
Terris McDuffie
1935-1945
15
7
Fred Hobgood
1941-1944
11
8
Bob Evans
1936-1939
10
9
Will Jackman
1935-1936
7
10
Cotton Williams
1943-1948
6


Batting

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Bats:


#
Player
Years Pos
G
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SB
CS
BB
SO
IBB
HBP
SH
SF
DP
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
OPS+
1
1936-1944
1B
162
596
523
127
169
28
4
38
144
18
66
12
3
3
0
4
.323
.401
.612
1.014
159
2
1938-1946
SS
162
679
601
134
218
42
8
23
149
15
66
23
0
4
8
0
0
.363
.429
.573
1.003
170
3
1942-1946
2B
162
710
611
140
202
33
22
18
128
41
91
0
3
5
0
.330
.419
.544
.963
163
4
1935-1943
RF
162
677
584
119
177
26
12
18
115
23
82
1
10
0
0
.304
.391
.483
.873
129
5
1941-1946
LF
162
668
589
95
184
34
7
17
118
11
68
6
5
7
0
5
.312
.388
.482
.870
137
6
1937-1946
1B
162
663
602
119
180
33
8
20
123
31
54
23
0
1
7
0
2
.298
.357
.481
.838
126
7
1936-1945
SS
162
692
607
144
188
30
7
12
101
41
69
0
9
12
.309
.384
.442
.826
121
8
1936-1944
3B
162
679
625
107
196
36
9
3
95
31
47
0
0
7
.314
.362
.415
.777
104
9
1935-1946
CF
162
522
477
75
147
24
7
4
63
11
36
1
8
0
0
.308
.358
.414
.772
112
10
1940-1946
3B
162
624
551
100
135
15
7
6
68
13
57
6
11
2
.245
.321
.332
.653
79
11
1937-1940
2B
162
696
619
97
136
12
4
5
54
19
55
6
18
0
.220
.287
.279
.567
48
12
1935-1946
C
162
568
517
65
118
16
1
1
64
15
38
23
0
4
9
0
.228
.285
.268
.553
52
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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