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	112
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/NOS	NN2/NSA	26	1B	34	145	129	19	34	9	1	1	19	1		15		0	0	1			.264	.340	.372	.712	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	136
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	222	201	34	60	6	2	3	29	1		18			0	3			.299	.356	.393	.749	117
12	6			1B	489	1985	1802	342	533	91	23	54	346	45	0	158	1	1	1	24	0	1	.296	.353	.462	.815	123
162 Game Average						658	597	113	177	30	8	18	115	20	0	52	41	1	0	8	0	27	.296	.353	.462	.815	123

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				487	1981	1798	342	532	91	23	54	346	45	0	158	1	1	1	24	0	1	.296	.353	.462	.815	123
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	472	1932	1751	336	521	88	22	54	341	45		156		1	1	24	0		.298	.355	.465	.821	124
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	52
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
2	North All Stars			-	3	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	22
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		.339	.317		6.8%			0.0%	8.0%					3.4%	1.2%		.136	.101
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/NOS	NN2/NSA	145		.337	.349		10.3%				8.4%					0.7%	0.9%		.109	.106
1945	MULT	MULT	80		.392	.339		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	.101
1947	NE	NN2	236		.349	.344		7.6%	8.9%								2.1%	1.0%		.140	.104
1948	NE	NN2	222		.354	.326		8.1%	8.5%								1.4%	0.8%		.095	.094
12	6		1985		.372	.341		8.0%	9.0%		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		1981		.373	.341		8.0%	9.0%		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		1932		.375	.342		8.1%	9.0%								2.8%	1.1%		.168	.107
5	East All Stars		13		.250	.282		7.7%	7.7%		11.1%	9.3%		1.00	0.80		0.0%	0.2%		.083	.046
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
2	North All Stars		10		.184	.302		0.0%	3.6%								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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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