Lennie Pearson

Leonard Curtis Pearson
(Hoss)

Born: May 23, 1918 in Akron, OH
Died: December 7, 1980 in East Orange, NJ
(62 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 195

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Notes:

• High School: South HS (Akron, OH)
• Buried: Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, NJ)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	NE	NN2	19	LF	19	72	57	10	12	3	1	1	11	0		11			0	4			.211	.338	.351	.689	81
1938	NE	NN2	20	LF	23	86	78	12	24	5	2	1	15	2		6			0	2			.308	.357	.462	.819	117
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	21	CF	35	141	138	18	32	3	2	5	23	2		3				0			.232	.248	.391	.640	71
1940	NE	NN2	22	CF	39	163	150	43	52	8	3	8	33	2		11				2			.347	.391	.600	.991	159
1941	NE	NN2	23	3B	32	116	108	13	30	3	0	4	18	5		8				0			.278	.328	.417	.744	117
1942	NE/HG	NN2	24	1B	52	217	193	44	67	16	0	11	56	3		22				2			.347	.414	.601	1.015	196
1943	MULT	NN2/IND	25	1B	39	168	149	30	40	8	5	4	24	5		18			0	1	0		.268	.347	.470	.817	120
1944	NE	NN2	26	1B	32	137	124	18	33	8	1	1	17	1		12				1			.266	.331	.371	.702	90
1945	NE/NST	NN2/NvM	27	1B	22	81	77	15	24	2	3	2	14	0		4			0	0			.312	.346	.494	.839	141
1946	NE	NN2/WS	28	1B	62	262	241	53	77	14	1	6	54	18		17			0	4			.320	.364	.461	.825	134
10	5			1B	355	1443	1315	256	391	70	18	43	265	38		112			0	16	0		.297	.352	.476	.829	130
162 Game Average						658	600	117	178	32	8	20	121	17		51			0	7	0		.297	.352	.476	.829	130

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				353	1439	1311	256	390	70	18	43	265	38		112			0	16	0		.297	.353	.477	.830	130
1	vs Major Leaguers				2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	75

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Newark Eagles			1B	345	1404	1277	251	381	68	17	43	262	38		111			0	16	0		.298	.354	.479	.834	131
2	Homestead Grays			LF	3	13	12	2	5	2	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.417	.462	.583	1.045	199
1	North All Stars			-	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.222	.222	.222	.444	39
1	Philadelphia Stars			LF	3	13	13	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	0	0		.154	.154	.308	.462	23
1	Negro All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	75

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	NE	NN2	72	.308	.341	15.3%	8.2%					1.4%	1.4%	.140	.127
1938	NE	NN2	86	.364	.339	7.0%	9.3%					1.2%	1.5%	.154	.125
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	141	.285	.341	2.1%			8.4%			3.5%	1.9%	.159	.115
1940	NE	NN2	163	.432	.347	6.7%	9.5%					4.9%	1.4%	.253	.121
1941	NE	NN2	116	.344	.316	6.9%	8.1%					3.4%	1.2%	.139	.102
1942	NE/HG	NN2	217	.464	.326	10.1%			9.6%			5.1%	1.0%	.254	.093
1943	MULT	NN2/IND	168	.374	.351	10.7%			9.3%			2.4%	0.7%	.201	.102
1944	NE	NN2	137	.330	.342	8.8%	8.6%					0.7%	0.9%	.105	.103
1945	NE/NST	NN2/NvM	81	.389	.330	4.9%			8.6%			2.5%	0.8%	.182	.087
1946	NE	NN2/WS	262	.381	.334	6.5%			8.6%			2.3%	1.0%	.141	.092
10	5		1443	.377	.337	7.8%	8.9%					3.0%	1.2%	.179	.104

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		1439	.378	.337	7.8%	8.9%					3.0%	1.2%	.179	.104
1	vs Major Leaguers		4	.252	.293	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.045

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Newark Eagles		1404	.379	.337	7.9%	8.9%					3.1%	1.2%	.181	.105
2	Homestead Grays		13	.489	.334	7.7%	9.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.167	.097
1	North All Stars		9	.211	.300	0.0%	4.7%					0.0%	0.3%	.000	.079
1	Philadelphia Stars		13	.200	.354	0.0%	9.6%					0.0%	0.7%	.154	.104
1	Negro All Stars		4	.252	.293	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.045

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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.

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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

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