Lennie Pearson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

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
9	5			1B	293	1181	1074	203	314	56	17	37	211	20		95			0	12	0		.292	.350	.480	.829	129
162 Game Average						653	594	112	174	31	9	20	117	11		53			0	7	0		.292	.350	.480	.829	129

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+
9	Negro Leagues				291	1177	1070	203	313	56	17	37	211	20		95			0	12	0		.293	.350	.480	.831	129
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+
9	Newark Eagles			1B	283	1142	1036	198	304	54	16	37	208	20		94			0	12	0		.293	.352	.484	.836	130
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
9	5		1181		.376	.337		8.0%	9.0%								3.1%	1.2%		.187	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
9	Negro Leagues		1177		.377	.337		8.1%	9.0%								3.1%	1.2%		.188	.107
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
9	Newark Eagles		1142		.379	.337		8.2%	9.0%								3.2%	1.2%		.190	.108
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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