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: 6'2"

Wt: 214

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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	83
1938	NE	NN2	20	LF	24	90	80	14	25	5	2	1	15	2		7			0	3			.313	.368	.463	.830	121
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	160
1941	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	23	3B	33	118	110	13	30	3	0	4	18	5	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.322	.409	.731	115
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	24	1B	54	221	196	45	68	17	0	11	57	3	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.347	.416	.602	1.018	195
1943	MULT	MULT	25	1B	40	171	152	30	40	8	5	4	24	5		18	1		0	1	0	0	.263	.341	.461	.802	124
1944	NE	NN2	26	1B	32	137	124	18	33	8	1	1	17	1		12				1			.266	.331	.371	.702	95
1945	MULT	MULT	27	1B	23	82	78	15	24	2	3	2	14	0	0	4			0	0	0	0	.308	.341	.487	.829	139
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	28	1B	63	265	244	52	78	14	1	6	55	18		17			0	4	0	1	.320	.364	.459	.823	134
1947	NE	NN2	29	1B	59	236	215	37	60	11	2	5	33	5		18			0	3			.279	.335	.419	.753	104
1948	NE	NN2	30	1B	52	218	197	32	58	6	2	3	27	0		19			0	2			.294	.356	.391	.747	114
12	6			1B	473	1914	1741	327	512	88	22	51	327	43	0	151	1	0	0	22	0	1	.294	.350	.458	.808	125
162 Game Average						656	596	112	175	30	8	17	112	17	0	52	41	0	0	8	0	27	.294	.350	.458	.808	125

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+
12	Negro Leagues				471	1910	1737	327	511	88	22	51	327	43	0	151	1	0	0	22	0	1	.294	.351	.458	.809	125
1	vs Major Leagues				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+
12	Newark Eagles			1B	457	1862	1691	321	500	85	21	51	322	43		149			0	22	0		.296	.353	.461	.814	126
5	East All Stars			CF	6	13	12	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.231	.250	.481	38
2	Homestead Grays			LF	3	13	12	2	5	2	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.417	.462	.583	1.045	202
1	North All Stars			-	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.222	.222	.222	.444	62
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	.337	15.3%	8.1%					1.4%	1.4%	.140	.126
1938	NE	NN2	90	.367	.338	7.8%	9.2%					1.1%	1.5%	.150	.125
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	141	.285	.341	2.1%			8.4%			3.5%	1.9%	.159	.115
1940	NE	NN2	163	.432	.345	6.7%	9.4%					4.9%	1.4%	.253	.120
1941	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	118	.338	.313	6.8%		0.0%	7.9%			3.4%	1.2%	.136	.101
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	221	.466	.327	10.4%		0.0%	9.7%			5.0%	1.0%	.255	.093
1943	MULT	MULT	171	.368	.340	10.5%		0.6%	9.1%	18.00		2.3%	0.7%	.197	.098
1944	NE	NN2	137	.330	.334	8.8%	8.4%					0.7%	0.9%	.105	.101
1945	MULT	MULT	82	.385	.330	4.9%			8.6%			2.4%	0.8%	.179	.087
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	265	.381	.334	6.4%			8.5%			2.3%	1.0%	.139	.091
1947	NE	NN2	236	.349	.345	7.6%	9.0%					2.1%	1.0%	.140	.105
1948	NE	NN2	218	.355	.331	8.7%	8.7%					1.4%	0.7%	.096	.095
12	6		1914	.370	.335	7.9%	8.8%	11.1%	1.3%	1.00	285.63	2.7%	1.1%	.164	.102

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
12	Negro Leagues		1910	.371	.335	7.9%	8.8%	11.1%	1.3%	1.00	285.63	2.7%	1.1%	.164	.102
1	vs Major Leagues		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
12	Newark Eagles		1862	.373	.336	8.0%	8.9%					2.7%	1.1%	.166	.103
5	East All Stars		13	.250	.303	7.7%	8.1%	11.1%	9.0%	1.00	0.89	0.0%	0.2%	.083	.049
2	Homestead Grays		13	.489	.331	7.7%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.167	.096
1	Philadelphia Stars		13	.200	.354	0.0%	9.6%					0.0%	0.7%	.154	.104
1	North All Stars		9	.211	.258	0.0%	4.1%					0.0%	0.3%	.000	.066
1	Negro All Stars		4	.252	.293	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.045

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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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