Leniel Hooker - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Leniel Hooker

Leniel Charlie Hooker
(Elbow)

Born: June 28, 1916 in Sanford, NC
Died: December 18, 1977 in Newark, NJ
(61 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 169

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Notes:

• Buried: Glendale Cemetery (Bloomfield, NJ)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1940	NE	NN2	24	SP	4	5	.444	19	12		2	0	2	81.2	60	53	89	3	32	47	1	0	1	372	5.84	89
1941	NE	NN2	25	SP	3	8	.273	17	11		6	1	1	91.2	66	50	112	5	25	38	0	0	2	408	4.91	91
1942	NE	NN2	26	SP	7	1	.875	17	10		7	0	0	96.0	50	40	85	5	43	56	0	0	8	417	3.75	110
1943	MULT	MULT	27	SP	7	4	.636	19	8		3	1	0	87.2	59	47	102	4	36	43	0	2	0	412	4.83	109
1944	NE	NN2	28	SP	7	6	.538	13	13		9	1	0	101.1	52	41	92	4	38	35	0	0	5	428	3.64	128
1945	MULT	MULT	29	SP	4	13	.235	22	16		12	0	0	125.1	81	63	150	0	58	52	6	1	3	577	4.52	96
1946	NE	NN2/WS	30	SP	6	6	.500	16	11		7	1	2	97.2	46	35	96	1	23	39	0	0	2	415	3.23	136
1947	NE	NN2	31	SP	2	6	.250	14	10		5	0	2	79.2	50	38	95	6	25	33	0	0	2	356	4.29	94
1948	NE	NN2	32	SP	6	5	.545	14	11		8	0	0	88.1	37	32	80	2	16	41	0	0	3	364	3.26	104
9	6			SP	46	54	.460	151	102		59	4	7	849.1	501	399	901	30	296	384	7	3	26	3749	4.23	105
162 Game Average					12	15	.460	41	27		16	1	2	228.1	135	107	242	9	80	103	2	1	7	1008	4.23	105

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Negro Leagues				44	47	.484	137	93		54	4	7	784.0	446	357	820	30	248	361	1	2	24	3432	4.10	108
1	vs Latin Leagues				2	5	.286	12	7		3	0		52.1	49	38	70		44	18	5	1	2	266	6.54	79
1	vs Major Leagues				0	2	.000	2	2		2	0	0	13.0	6	4	11	0	4	5	1	0	0	51	2.77	73

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Newark Eagles			SP	43	47	.478	133	91		54	4	7	772.0	428	342	797	29	240	358	1	1	24	3368	3.99	110
1	NNL All Stars II			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.1	3	3	4	0	1	0			0	9	20.25	46
1	NNL North All Stars			-	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	2.0	3	3	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	14	13.50	25
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	1	0	1.000	2	1		0	0	0	8.2	12	9	13	1	5	3	0	0	0	41	9.35	54
1	Negro All Stars			RP	0	2	.000	2	2		2	0	0	13.0	6	4	11	0	4	5	1	0	0	51	2.77	73
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	2	5	.286	12	7		3	0		52.1	49	38	70		44	18	5	1	2	266	6.54	79

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1940	NE	NN2	24	SP	81.2		1.48	1.55		12.6%	11.8%		8.6%	10.1%		1.47	1.17		0.8%	1.5%
1941	NE	NN2	25	SP	91.2		1.49	1.43		9.3%	12.0%		6.1%	8.4%		1.52	1.43		1.2%	1.2%
1942	NE	NN2	26	SP	96.0		1.33	1.38		13.4%	12.5%		10.3%	9.2%		1.30	1.35		1.2%	1.0%
1943	MULT	MULT	27	SP	87.2		1.57	1.60		10.4%	9.6%		8.7%	9.6%		1.19	1.17		1.0%	0.4%
1944	NE	NN2	28	SP	101.1		1.28	1.49		8.2%	11.2%		8.9%	8.2%		0.92	1.37		0.9%	0.8%
1945	MULT	MULT	29	SP	125.1		1.66	1.51		9.0%	11.8%		10.1%	10.0%		0.90	1.19		0.0%
1946	NE	NN2/WS	30	SP	97.2		1.22	1.43		9.4%	14.6%		5.5%	9.1%		1.70	1.38		0.2%	1.5%
1947	NE	NN2	31	SP	79.2		1.51	1.38		9.3%	13.4%		7.0%	8.6%		1.32	1.56		1.7%	0.9%
1948	NE	NN2	32	SP	88.1		1.09	1.31		11.3%	13.9%		4.4%	8.4%		2.56	1.65		0.5%	0.7%
9	6			SP	849.1		1.41	1.46		10.2%	12.0%		7.9%	9.1%		1.30	1.36		0.9%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				784.0		1.36	1.44		10.5%	12.4%		7.2%	8.9%		1.46	1.41		0.9%	1.0%
1	vs Latin Leagues				52.1		2.18	1.74		6.8%	7.0%		16.5%	11.8%		0.41	0.59
1	vs Major Leagues				13.0		1.15	1.05		9.8%	15.1%		7.8%	10.0%		1.25	1.51		0.0%	0.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Newark Eagles			SP	772.0		1.34	1.44		10.6%	12.4%		7.1%	8.9%		1.49	1.41		0.9%	1.0%
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1.1		3.75	2.37		0.0%	8.3%		11.1%	12.8%		0.00	0.65		0.0%	0.3%
1	NNL North All Stars			-	2.0		4.00	1.66		0.0%	7.7%		14.3%	6.4%		0.00	1.20		0.0%	0.0%
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	8.2		2.08	1.56		7.3%	11.2%		12.2%	9.3%		0.60	1.20		2.4%	0.7%
1	Negro All Stars			RP	13.0		1.15	1.05		9.8%	15.1%		7.8%	10.0%		1.25	1.51		0.0%	0.0%
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	52.1		2.18	1.74		6.8%	7.0%		16.5%	11.8%		0.41	0.59

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	NE	NN2	24	SP	19	372	334	60	89	15	6	3	6		32	47		1	5		5	.266	.332	.374	.707
1941	NE	NN2	25	SP	17	408	376	66	112	19	6	5	9		25	38		2	5		8	.298	.345	.420	.765
1942	NE	NN2	26	SP	17	417	363	50	85	11	2	5	6		43	56		8	3		4	.234	.329	.317	.645
1943	MULT	MULT	27	SP	19	412	371	59	102	16	4	4	1		36	43		0	5		1	.275	.339	.372	.711
1944	NE	NN2	28	SP	13	428	376	52	92	15	7	4	6		38	35		5	9		17	.245	.322	.354	.676
1945	MULT	MULT	29	SP	22	577	498	81	150	7	7	0	1		58	52	0	3	5		6	.301	.377	.343	.721
1946	NE	NN2/WS	30	SP	16	415	381	46	96	8	3	1	4		23	39	0	2	9		8	.252	.298	.297	.595
1947	NE	NN2	31	SP	14	356	323	50	95	12	1	6	7		25	33		2	6		8	.294	.349	.393	.742
1948	NE	NN2	32	SP	14	364	342	37	80	7	6	2	6		16	41		3	3		4	.234	.274	.307	.581
9	6			SP	151	3749	3364	501	901	110	42	30	46		296	384	0	26	50		61	.268	.332	.353	.685

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Negro Leagues				137	3432	3111	446	820	109	40	30	46		248	361	0	24	49		60	.264	.323	.353	.676
1	vs Latin Leagues				12	266	207	49	70						44	18		2				.338	.458	.000	.000
1	vs Major Leagues				2	51	46	6	11	1	2	0	0		4	5	0	0	1		1	.239	.300	.348	.648

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Newark Eagles			SP	133	3368	3056	428	797	107	39	29	46		240	358	0	24	48		60	.261	.320	.350	.669
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1	9	8	3	4	0	0	0			1	0		0	0			.500	.556	.500	1.056
1	NNL North All Stars			-	1	14	12	3	6	2	0	0			2	0		0	0			.500	.571	.667	1.238
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	2	41	35	12	13	0	1	1	0		5	3		0	1		0	.371	.450	.514	.964
1	Negro All Stars			RP	2	51	46	6	11	1	2	0	0		4	5	0	0	1		1	.239	.300	.348	.648
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	12	266	207	49	70						44	18		2				.338	.458	.000	.000

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