Lennie Pearson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Lennie Pearson

Leonard Curtis Pearson
(Hoss)

Born: May 23, 1918 in La Grange, GA
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

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	4			.234	.337	.351	.688	76
1938	NE	NN2	20	LF	28	106	95	16	28	5	2	1	17	2		8			0	3			.295	.350	.421	.771	100
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	21	CF	35	141	138	18	32	3	2	5	23	2		3				0			.232	.248	.391	.640	68
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	109
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	114
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	22	80	76	15	24	2	3	2	13	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.500	.850	134
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	28	1B	68	289	263	57	87	15	2	9	66	19		20		1	1	5	0	1	.331	.380	.506	.886	142
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	114
12	6			1B	487	1978	1798	340	531	90	23	54	342	44	0	156	1	1	1	23	0	1	.295	.352	.461	.813	122
162 Game Average						658	598	113	177	30	8	18	114	19	0	52	41	2	1	8	0	27	.295	.352	.461	.813	122

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				485	1974	1794	340	530	90	23	54	342	44	0	156	1	1	1	23	0	1	.295	.352	.462	.814	122
1	vs Major Leagues				2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	113

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	471	1926	1748	334	519	87	22	54	337	44		154		1	1	23	0		.297	.354	.465	.819	123
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	197
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	36
1	Negro All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	113

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%	8.2%								1.1%	1.6%		.117	.135
1938	NE	NN2	106		.344	.346		7.5%	9.4%								0.9%	1.6%		.126	.130
1939	NE	NN2/NLP	141		.285	.345		2.1%				8.5%					3.5%	1.9%		.159	.116
1940	NE	NN2	163		.432	.355		6.7%	9.7%								4.9%	1.4%		.253	.124
1941	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	118		.338	.322		6.8%			0.0%	8.2%					3.4%	1.2%		.136	.104
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	221		.466	.328		10.4%			0.0%	9.7%					5.0%	1.0%		.255	.094
1943	MULT	MULT	171		.368	.354		10.5%			0.6%	9.4%		18.00			2.3%	0.7%		.197	.103
1944	NE	NN2	137		.330	.343		8.8%	8.6%								0.7%	0.9%		.105	.104
1945	MULT	MULT	80		.392	.341		5.0%				8.9%					2.5%	0.8%		.184	.099
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	289		.403	.345		6.9%				9.4%					3.1%	1.1%		.175	.099
1947	NE	NN2	236		.350	.344		7.6%	9.0%								2.1%	1.0%		.140	.104
1948	NE	NN2	223		.351	.327		8.5%	8.6%								1.3%	0.8%		.094	.095
12	6		1978		.372	.341		7.9%	9.1%		11.1%	9.3%		1.00	0.80		2.7%	1.1%		.166	.106

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Negro Leagues		1974		.372	.341		7.9%	9.1%		11.1%	9.3%		1.00	0.80		2.7%	1.1%		.166	.106
1	vs Major Leagues		4		.252	.242		0.0%	6.0%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.042

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Newark Eagles		1926		.374	.342		8.0%	9.1%								2.8%	1.1%		.168	.107
5	East All Stars		13		.250	.285		7.7%	7.7%		11.1%	9.3%		1.00	0.80		0.0%	0.2%		.083	.045
2	Homestead Grays		13		.489	.336		7.7%	9.6%								0.0%	0.9%		.167	.097
1	Philadelphia Stars		13		.200	.368		0.0%	10.0%								0.0%	0.7%		.154	.109
1	North All Stars		9		.205	.301		0.0%	3.8%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.095
1	Negro All Stars		4		.252	.242		0.0%	6.0%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.042

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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, 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