1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

Independent Clubs

1936 / 1940

Top Hitter

Carlos
Etchegoyen

Top Pitcher

Preacher
Henry

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Babe Davis	BCA	12
2	Hap Glenn	BCA	7
3	Jack Thornton	BCA	7
4	Don Pelham	JRC/BCA	6
5	Bill Perkins	SDS	6
6	Clemente Carreras	CS2	5
7	Donald Reeves	BCA	5
8	Ormond Sampson	BCA	5
9	Red Hadley	BCA	4
10	Rafael Hechevarría	CS2	4

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	723
2	Ping Burke	BCA	346
3	Barney Morris	NAS	289
4	Silvino Ruiz	CS2	220
5	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	148
6	Connie Rector	BRG	143
7	Bob Griffith	SDS	139
8	Jesús Miralles	CS2	136
9	Lefty Nelson	BCA	116
10	Francisco Martínez	CS2	103

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND	3	132	115	21	35	9	3	1	19	1		13			0	4			.304	.375	.461	.836	153
2	Santo Domingo Stars	IND	4	154	138	21	34	4	1	2	18	4		12			1	3			.246	.311	.333	.645	126
3	NNL All Stars	IND	3	107	102	9	21	3	1	1	7	6		5			0	0			.206	.243	.284	.527	97
4	Cuban Stars East	IND	5	210	186	26	43	8	4	0	20	0		19			1	4			.231	.306	.317	.623	95
5	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	15	510	475	59	107	10	10	5	55	6		25		1	3	7			.225	.268	.320	.588	81
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	5	172	162	14	33	3	2	0	5	1		7			1	2			.204	.241	.247	.488	58
	6	1	35	1285	1178	150	273	37	21	9	124	18		81		1	6	20			.232	.285	.322	.606	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Willie Gisentaner*	BRG	RF	2	10	8	2	3	0	1	1	3	0		2			0	0			.375	.500	1.000	1.500	340
2	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	3B	3	15	13	2	6	4	0	0	3	0		2			0	0			.462	.533	.769	1.303	286
3	Roy Parnell	SDS	LF	4	19	16	6	6	1	0	1	4	1		3			0	0			.375	.474	.625	1.099	286
4	Tubby Johnson^	BRG	LF	3	15	12	6	5	2	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.417	.533	.583	1.117	234
5	Joe Lewis	BRG	C	3	10	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	2			.429	.500	.571	1.071	220
6	Dick Lundy**	BRG	SS	2	10	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	1		2			0	0			.250	.400	.625	1.025	203
7	Cool Papa Bell**	SDS	CF	4	19	16	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.375	.474	.375	.849	203
8	Pat Patterson**	SDS	3B	4	18	16	3	6	0	0	0	3	2		2			0	0			.375	.444	.375	.819	192
9	Don Pelham*	JRC/BCA	CF	13	50	47	8	15	1	3	2	6	0		1		0	1	1			.319	.347	.596	.943	191
10	Rafael Hechevarría^	CS2	1B	5	25	23	7	8	2	1	0	4	0		2			0	0			.348	.400	.522	.922	191
11	Jud Wilson*	NAS	3B	3	13	12	0	4	0	0	0	2	1		1			0	0			.333	.385	.333	.718	168
12	Bill Perkins	SDS	C	4	17	17	1	4	2	0	1	6	0		0			0	0			.235	.235	.529	.765	165
13	Clemente Carreras	CS2	3B	5	25	22	2	7	3	0	0	5	0		2			0	1			.318	.375	.455	.830	163
14	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	14	56	50	10	14	3	1	2	12	1		5		1	0	1			.280	.345	.500	.845	158
15	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	LF	4	19	18	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		1			0	0			.333	.368	.444	.813	157
16	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	2B	5	22	21	1	7	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	1			.333	.333	.476	.810	155
17	Dave Thomas*	SDS	1B	4	14	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0			1	0			.231	.286	.385	.670	135
18	Willie Gray*	BRG	CF	3	14	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0		1			0	1			.250	.308	.417	.724	115
19	Gabby Kemp	BCA	2B	15	62	57	11	16	1	2	0	3	2		4		0	0	1			.281	.328	.368	.696	114
20	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	LF	5	19	18	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.278	.316	.333	.649	113
21	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SS	15	61	57	14	15	2	0	1	5	1		2		0	2	0			.263	.311	.351	.662	104
22	José María Fernández	CS2	C	5	18	17	2	4	0	1	0	2	0		1			0	0			.235	.278	.353	.631	99
23	Wild Bill Wright**	NAS	CF	3	12	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.182	.250	.273	.523	94
24	Hap Glenn	BCA	3B	14	50	48	3	11	1	1	0	7	0		2		0	0	0			.229	.260	.292	.552	70
25	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	2B	3	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.222	.300	.222	.522	58
26	Jim West**	NAS	1B	3	12	12	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0			0	0			.083	.083	.333	.417	49
27	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	4	16	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.188	.188	.250	.438	43
28	Clyde Spearman*	SDS	RF	4	18	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	1			.125	.176	.188	.364	29
29	Isidro Fabré	CS2	CF	5	22	21	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	1			.190	.190	.190	.381	21
30	Jack Thornton	BCA	1B	15	55	52	2	9	0	0	0	7	0		2		0	0	1			.173	.204	.173	.377	17
31	Fats Jenkins*	NAS	LF	3	13	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	3		0			0	0			.154	.154	.154	.308	14
32	Chester Williams	NAS	SS	3	10	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.100	.100	.200	.300	9
33	Red Hadley*	BCA	RF	15	52	51	3	7	0	1	0	4	1		1		0	0	0			.137	.154	.176	.330	1
34	Juan Abreu*	CS2	RF	4	17	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		2			0	0			.067	.176	.133	.310	0
35	Henry Turner	JRC	C	5	18	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.118	.167	.118	.284	-5
36	Tom Smith^	BRG	1B	3	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	1			.154	.154	.154	.308	-8
37	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	5	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	0			.105	.150	.105	.255	-15
38	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	4	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	2			.077	.143	.077	.220	-26
39	Sam Bankhead	SDS	SS	4	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	1			.000	.133	.000	.133	-50

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

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