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	24	93	77	15	18	4	1	1	14	0		12	0		0	4			.234	.337	.351	.688	75
1938	NE	NN2	20	LF	24	90	80	14	25	5	2	1	15	2		7			0	3			.313	.368	.463	.830	116
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	21	CF	35	141	138	18	32	3	2	5	23	2		3				0			.232	.248	.391	.640	67
1940	NE	NN2	22	CF	39	163	150	43	52	8	3	8	33	2		11				2			.347	.391	.600	.991	153
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	110
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	112
1944	NE	NN2	26	1B	32	137	124	18	33	8	1	1	17	1		12				1			.266	.331	.371	.702	89
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	132
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	132
1947	NE	NN2	29	1B	59	236	215	37	60	11	2	5	33	5		18			0	3			.279	.335	.419	.753	105
1948	NE	NN2	30	1B	53	223	202	33	59	6	2	3	27	0		19			0	2			.292	.353	.386	.739	113
12	6			1B	479	1940	1766	333	519	89	22	51	330	43	0	152	1	0	0	22	0	1	.294	.350	.456	.806	121
162 Game Average						656	597	113	176	30	7	17	112	17	0	51	32	0	0	7	0	27	.294	.350	.456	.806	121

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				477	1936	1762	333	518	89	22	51	330	43	0	152	1	0	0	22	0	1	.294	.350	.456	.806	121
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	463	1888	1716	327	507	86	21	51	325	43		150	0		0	22	0		.295	.352	.459	.811	122
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	53
2	Homestead Grays			LF	3	13	12	2	5	2	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.417	.462	.583	1.045	198
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	3	13	13	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	0	0		.154	.154	.308	.462	17
1	North All Stars			-	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.222	.222	.222	.444	28
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	93	.309	.349	12.9%	8.3%	0.0%	0.1%		64.50	1.1%	1.6%	.117	.134
1938	NE	NN2	90	.367	.345	7.8%	9.4%					1.1%	1.5%	.150	.128
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	141	.285	.347	2.1%			8.6%			3.5%	1.9%	.159	.117
1940	NE	NN2	163	.432	.355	6.7%	9.7%					4.9%	1.4%	.253	.124
1941	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	118	.338	.319	6.8%		0.0%	8.1%			3.4%	1.2%	.136	.103
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	221	.466	.328	10.4%		0.0%	9.7%			5.0%	1.0%	.255	.094
1943	MULT	MULT	171	.368	.357	10.5%		0.6%	9.5%	18.00		2.3%	0.7%	.197	.104
1944	NE	NN2	137	.330	.344	8.8%	8.6%					0.7%	0.9%	.105	.104
1945	MULT	MULT	82	.385	.339	4.9%			8.8%			2.4%	0.8%	.179	.089
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	265	.381	.336	6.4%			8.6%			2.3%	1.0%	.139	.092
1947	NE	NN2	236	.349	.344	7.6%	9.0%					2.1%	1.0%	.140	.104
1948	NE	NN2	223	.351	.328	8.5%	8.7%					1.3%	0.8%	.094	.096
12	6		1940	.369	.340	7.8%	8.9%	1.0%	0.7%	13.00	177.92	2.6%	1.1%	.162	.105

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
12	Negro Leagues		1936	.370	.340	7.9%	8.9%	1.0%	0.7%	13.00	177.92	2.6%	1.1%	.162	.105
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		1888	.372	.341	7.9%	9.0%	0.0%	0.1%		190.42	2.7%	1.1%	.164	.105
5	East All Stars		13	.250	.286	7.7%	7.8%	11.1%	9.3%	1.00	0.80	0.0%	0.2%	.083	.047
2	Homestead Grays		13	.489	.336	7.7%	9.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.167	.097
1	Philadelphia Stars		13	.200	.369	0.0%	10.0%					0.0%	0.7%	.154	.109
1	North All Stars		9	.205	.318	0.0%	3.7%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.101
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.

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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