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	24	90	80	14	25	5	2	1	15	2		7			0	3			.313	.368	.463	.830	120
1939	NE	NLP/NN2	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	NST/NE	NvM/NN2	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	52	77	14	1	6	54	18		17			0	4			.320	.364	.461	.825	134
1947	NE	NN2	29	1B	59	236	215	37	60	11	2	5	33	5		18			0	3			.279	.335	.419	.753	106
11	5			1B	415	1683	1532	294	452	81	20	48	298	43		131			0	20	0		.295	.351	.468	.819	126
162 Game Average						657	598	115	176	32	8	19	116	17		51			0	8	0		.295	.351	.468	.819	126

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+
11	Negro Leagues				413	1679	1528	294	451	81	20	48	298	43		131			0	20	0		.295	.351	.469	.819	126
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+
11	Newark Eagles			1B	405	1644	1494	289	442	79	19	48	295	43		130			0	20	0		.296	.352	.471	.823	127
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			LF	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	90	.367	.340	7.8%	9.3%					1.1%	1.5%	.150	.126
1939	NE	NLP/NN2	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	NST/NE	NvM/NN2	81	.389	.330	4.9%			8.6%			2.5%	0.8%	.182	.087
1946	NE	NN2/WS	262	.381	.335	6.5%			8.5%			2.3%	1.0%	.141	.092
1947	NE	NN2	236	.349	.343	7.6%	8.9%					2.1%	1.0%	.140	.104
11	5		1683	.373	.338	7.8%	8.9%					2.9%	1.1%	.173	.104

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
11	Negro Leagues		1679	.374	.338	7.8%	8.9%					2.9%	1.1%	.173	.104
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
11	Newark Eagles		1644	.375	.338	7.9%	8.9%					2.9%	1.1%	.175	.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 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.

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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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