1938 Baltimore Elite Giants

24 - 19 - 3

21 - 17 - 3 in the Negro National League II

1937 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
George Scales (21-17-3)

Top Hitter

Jim
West

Top Pitcher

Bill
Byrd

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	93	3rd	ERA+	120	2nd
OPS	.727	3rd	ERA	3.96	2nd
BA	.275	2nd	BA	.262	3rd
OBP	.347	3rd	K/BB	1.63	2nd
SLG	.380	5th	K%	11.2%	4th
BB%	9.2%	2nd	BB%	6.8%	1st
K%			HR%	1.1%	2nd
ISO	.105	5th	WHIP	1.31	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Biz Mackey**	40	29	111	91	15	27	5	0	1	14	1	17	0	3	.297	.407	.385	.792	112
1B	Jim West**	26	31	131	115	21	37	11	1	4	29	0	13	2	1	.322	.400	.539	.939	148
2B	Sammy Hughes	27	23	102	92	19	32	4	3	1	20	3	8	1	1	.348	.406	.489	.895	137
3B	George Scales	37	25	92	73	16	17	0	1	0	8	3	16	0	3	.233	.371	.260	.631	71
SS	Felton Snow	32	32	139	122	27	30	2	2	1	16	2	12	0	5	.246	.313	.320	.633	69
LF	Lonnie Summers	22	18	69	62	14	15	2	1	0	7	0	4	1	2	.242	.299	.306	.605	61
CF	Henry Kimbro*	26	32	149	130	30	34	4	3	0	20	1	14	1	4	.262	.338	.338	.676	81
RF	Wild Bill Wright**	24	29	127	114	19	34	7	2	3	28	2	9	1	3	.298	.355	.474	.829	119

SS	Hoss Walker	33	22	86	75	11	21	3	1	0	13	1	6	0	5	.280	.333	.347	.680	81
LF	Bill Hoskins*	24	11	41	39	10	10	2	1	1	7	2	2	0	0	.256	.293	.436	.729	92
C	Roy Campanella	16	8	27	26	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.231	.259	.231	.490	31
RF	Granville Lyons^	29	1	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	353
3B	Jimmy Ford	25	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167
RF	Buddy Burbage*	31	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Dave Thomas*	33	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Bill Byrd**	30	20	62	55	8	13	3	0	1	9	0	4	0	3	.236	.288	.345	.634	68
SP	Bob Griffith	25	13	35	32	5	11	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	2	.344	.364	.406	.770	105
SP	Jimmy Direaux^		14	28	24	6	5	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	.208	.296	.250	.546	47
SP	Andy Porter	27	6	17	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.200	.250	.200	.450	21
SP	Jonas Gaines	23	5	10	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
SP	Tom Glover	26	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43
RP	Phelps^		1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	34
RP	Willie Williams^		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	23		329	1248	1092	212	300	45	17	12	190	15	115	6	35	.275	.347	.380	.727	93

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Henry Kimbro*	26	CF	149	.314	.340	9.4%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.077	.126
Felton Snow	32	SS	139	.291	.340	8.6%	9.3%	0.7%	1.5%	.074	.126
Jim West**	26	1B	131	.420	.340	9.9%	9.3%	3.1%	1.5%	.217	.126
Wild Bill Wright**	24	RF	127	.367	.340	7.1%	9.3%	2.4%	1.5%	.175	.126
Biz Mackey**	40	C	111	.371	.340	15.3%	9.3%	0.9%	1.5%	.088	.126
Sammy Hughes	27	2B	102	.406	.340	7.8%	9.3%	1.0%	1.5%	.141	.126
George Scales	37	3B	92	.313	.340	17.4%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.027	.126
Hoss Walker	33	SS	86	.303	.340	7.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.067	.126
Lonnie Summers	22	LF	69	.280	.340	5.8%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.065	.126
Bill Byrd**	30	SP	62	.280	.340	6.5%	9.3%	1.6%	1.5%	.109	.126
Bill Hoskins*	24	LF	41	.326	.340	4.9%	9.3%	2.4%	1.5%	.179	.126
Bob Griffith	25	SP	35	.337	.340	2.9%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.063	.126
Jimmy Direaux^		SP	28	.262	.340	10.7%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.042	.126
Roy Campanella	16	C	27	.237	.340	3.7%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Andy Porter	27	SP	17	.211	.340	5.9%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Jonas Gaines	23	SP	10	.228	.340	30.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Tom Glover	26	SP	5	.152	.340	20.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Phelps^		RP	4	.235	.340	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Jimmy Ford	25	3B	4	.471	.340	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Granville Lyons^	29	RF	4	.726	.340	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.750	.126
Buddy Burbage*	31	RF	2	.000	.340	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Dave Thomas*	33	1B	2	.000	.340	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
Willie Williams^		RP	1	.000	.340	0.0%	9.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.126
23			1248	.332	.340	9.2%	9.3%	1.0%	1.5%	.105	.126

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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