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	75
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	NLP/NN2	21	CF	35	141	138	18	32	3	2	5	23	2		3				0			.232	.248	.391	.640	67
1940	NE	NN2	22	CF	39	163	150	43	52	8	3	8	33	2		11				2			.347	.391	.600	.991	153
1941	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	23	3B	33	118	110	13	30	3	0	4	18	5	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.322	.409	.731	110
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	113
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	133
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	28	1B	63	265	244	52	78	14	1	6	55	18		17			0	4	0	1	.320	.364	.459	.823	131
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	482	1954	1779	335	522	89	22	51	331	43	0	153	1	0	0	22	0	1	.293	.349	.454	.804	120
162 Game Average						657	598	113	175	30	7	17	111	18	0	51	41	0	0	7	0	27	.293	.349	.454	.804	120

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				480	1950	1775	335	521	89	22	51	331	43	0	153	1	0	0	22	0	1	.294	.350	.455	.804	120
1	vs Major Leagues				2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	75

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	466	1902	1729	329	510	86	21	51	326	43		151		0	0	22	0		.295	.352	.457	.809	121
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	North All Stars			-	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.222	.222	.222	.444	36
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	3	13	13	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	0	0		.154	.154	.308	.462	17
1	Negro All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	75

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%	8.3%								1.1%	1.6%		.117	.134
1938	NE	NN2	106		.344	.346		7.5%	9.4%								0.9%	1.6%		.126	.130
1939	NE	NLP/NN2	141		.285	.347		2.1%				8.6%					3.5%	1.9%		.159	.117
1940	NE	NN2	163		.432	.355		6.7%	9.7%								4.9%	1.4%		.253	.124
1941	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	118		.338	.320		6.8%			0.0%	8.1%					3.4%	1.2%		.136	.103
1942	MULT	NN2/EWA	221		.466	.328		10.4%			0.0%	9.7%					5.0%	1.0%		.255	.094
1943	MULT	MULT	171		.368	.355		10.5%			0.6%	9.4%		18.00			2.3%	0.7%		.197	.104
1944	NE	NN2	137		.330	.344		8.8%	8.6%								0.7%	0.9%		.105	.104
1945	MULT	MULT	80		.392	.342		5.0%				8.9%					2.5%	0.8%		.184	.099
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	265		.381	.338		6.4%				8.6%					2.3%	1.0%		.139	.092
1947	NE	NN2	236		.349	.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		1954		.368	.340		7.8%	9.0%		11.1%	9.3%		1.00	0.80		2.6%	1.1%		.161	.105

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Negro Leagues		1950		.369	.340		7.8%	9.0%		11.1%	9.3%		1.00	0.80		2.6%	1.1%		.161	.105
1	vs Major Leagues		4		.252	.293		0.0%	7.6%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.045

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
12	Newark Eagles		1902		.371	.341		7.9%	9.0%								2.7%	1.1%		.163	.106
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	.098
1	Philadelphia Stars		13		.200	.369		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	.293		0.0%	7.6%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.045

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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, Wayne Stivers, 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