Earl Gurley - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Earl Gurley

Earl C. Gurley
(Lefty)

Born: August 6, 1898 in Chattanooga, TN
Died: November 6, 1968 in Buffalo, NY
(70 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 183

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Biographical
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Notes:

• High School: Howard HS (Chattanooga, TN)
• Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, NY)

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+
1922	SLS	NNL	23	SP	10	22	20	3	7	1	0	1	3	0		2			0	0			.350	.409	.550	.959	149
1923	SLS	NNL	24	SP	24	44	41	8	15	4	2	3	12	0		1			0	2			.366	.381	.780	1.161	179
1924	MRS	NNL	25	LF	58	217	192	20	52	11	3	1	20	3		15			0	10			.271	.324	.375	.699	88
1925	MULT	NNL	26	LF	62	206	178	28	58	9	5	4	29	2		21			1	6			.326	.400	.500	.900	143
1927	MULT	ECL/NNL	28	RF	25	58	49	5	14	1	2	0	7	0		5			0	4			.286	.352	.388	.740	100
1928	MRS	NNL	29	RF	30	87	76	11	19	4	1	0	10	2		9			1	1			.250	.337	.329	.666	82
1929	BBB	NNL	30	RF	12	42	39	4	8	1	2	1	9	0		3			0	0			.205	.262	.410	.672	81
1932	MGS	NSL	33	1B	22	80	69	8	16	2	1	0	8	0		10			1	0			.232	.338	.290	.627	85
8	7			LF	243	756	664	87	189	33	16	10	98	7		66			3	23			.285	.352	.428	.780	110
162 Game Average						504	443	58	126	22	11	7	65	5		44			2	15			.285	.352	.428	.780	110

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+
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	34	66	61	11	22	5	2	4	15	0		3			0	2			.361	.391	.705	1.096	169
3	Memphis Red Sox			LF	89	305	269	31	71	15	4	1	30	5		24			1	11			.264	.327	.361	.687	86
1	Indianapolis ABCs I			LF	38	123	105	20	35	5	2	4	20	2		14			1	3			.333	.417	.533	.950	152
2	Chicago American Giants			RF	24	86	76	9	25	5	3	0	11	0		7			0	3			.329	.386	.474	.859	139
1	Harrisburg Giants			RF	14	20	17	0	4	0	1	0	1	0		2			0	1			.235	.316	.353	.669	71
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RF	22	76	67	8	16	1	3	1	13	0		6			0	3			.239	.301	.388	.689	89
1	Montgomery Grey Sox			1B	22	80	69	8	16	2	1	0	8	0		10			1	0			.232	.338	.290	.627	85

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1922	SLS	NNL	22		.432	.345		9.1%	8.2%								4.5%	1.2%		.200	.120
1923	SLS	NNL	44		.469	.365		2.3%	8.6%								6.8%	1.3%		.415	.128
1924	MRS	NNL	217		.314	.342		6.9%	8.2%								0.5%	0.9%		.104	.106
1925	MULT	NNL	206		.395	.329		10.2%				8.0%					1.9%	1.3%		.174	.124
1927	MULT	ECL/NNL	58		.321	.334		8.6%				7.9%					0.0%	1.2%		.102	.115
1928	MRS	NNL	87		.315	.331		10.3%	6.6%								0.0%	1.1%		.079	.112
1929	BBB	NNL	42		.297	.327		7.1%	7.3%								2.4%	1.6%		.205	.121
1932	MGS	NSL	80		.315	.322		12.5%	6.7%								0.0%	0.4%		.058	.080
8	7		756		.349	.335		8.7%	7.8%								1.3%	1.1%		.143	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
2	St. Louis Stars I		66		.457	.358		4.5%	8.4%								6.1%	1.3%		.344	.126
3	Memphis Red Sox		305		.313	.339		7.9%	7.8%								0.3%	0.9%		.097	.108
1	Indianapolis ABCs I		123		.417	.335		11.4%	8.2%								3.3%	1.3%		.200	.126
2	Chicago American Giants		86		.377	.320		8.1%	7.8%								0.0%	1.3%		.145	.120
1	Harrisburg Giants		20		.300	.355		10.0%	9.2%								0.0%	1.3%		.118	.121
2	Birmingham Black Barons		76		.301	.326		7.9%	7.3%								1.3%	1.4%		.149	.118
1	Montgomery Grey Sox		80		.315	.322		12.5%	6.7%								0.0%	0.4%		.058	.080

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