1937 Memphis Red Sox

15 - 31

14 - 28 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Goose Curry (2-3)
Frank Johnson (13-27)
Dizzy Dismukes (0-1)

Top Hitter

Goose
Curry

Top Pitcher

Lefty
Wilson

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	55	8th	ERA+	78	6th
OPS	.550	8th	ERA	5.99	6th
BA	.227	7th	BA	.294	6th
OBP	.271	8th	K/BB	1.19	6th
SLG	.279	8th	K%	10.9%	7th
BB%	5.1%	8th	BB%	9.1%	6th
K%			HR%	0.5%	3rd
ISO	.052	8th	WHIP	1.69	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• J. B. Martin (Co-Owner) , B. B. Martin (Co-Owner)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Raymond Taylor	26	20	72	67	7	13	2	0	0	6	2	5	0	0	.194	.250	.224	.474	34
1B	Granville Lyons^	28	21	87	82	7	19	2	3	1	12	0	4	1	0	.232	.276	.366	.642	79
2B	Jimmy Ford	24	18	76	75	9	20	1	1	0	13	2	1	0	0	.267	.276	.307	.583	64
3B	Bob Smith	30	15	50	45	6	8	1	0	0	6	3	4	0	1	.178	.245	.200	.445	26
SS	Leo Sanders^	23	13	44	39	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	.256	.275	.256	.531	50
LF	Bob Madison^	26	12	41	35	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	.257	.350	.314	.664	88
CF	Red Longley	27	22	82	74	5	11	0	0	0	5	0	5	1	2	.149	.213	.149	.361	3
RF	Nat Rogers*	43	20	85	77	7	18	2	0	0	10	3	5	1	2	.234	.289	.260	.549	55

CF	Goose Curry*	32	16	59	51	14	17	4	0	0	6	2	6	1	1	.333	.414	.412	.826	132
3B	Zearlee Maxwell	34	8	34	31	7	9	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	2	.290	.313	.387	.700	95
LF	Buck O'Neil	25	9	34	34	5	10	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.559	.853	135
LF	Pepper Morgan^	25	9	28	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	26
LF	Pen Gilliard*	33	5	21	17	5	5	0	0	0	2	7	4	0	0	.294	.429	.294	.723	106
3B	Vet Dunbar^		4	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20
LF	Pete McQueen	28	5	12	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	63
LF	Edgar Jackson		4	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	41
SS	Clarence Lewis	26	2	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	136
1B	A. D. Lewis*	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	William Newman^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Nick Bryant^	26	11	24	24	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30
SP	Emery Adams	25	7	14	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	61
SP	Floyd Kranson	23	4	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13
SP	Lefty Wilson^	20	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Claude Hayslett	24	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13
RP	Lefty Calhoun*	25	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Bill Howard^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Tom Glover	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Eppie Hampton	38	5	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	41

RP	Harry Cunningham^	32	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	William Sumrall^	20	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30		242	837	775	89	176	17	10	1	78	19	43	4	15	.227	.271	.279	.550	55

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Granville Lyons^	28	1B	87	.292	.326	4.6%	7.5%	1.1%	0.9%	.134	.113
Nat Rogers*	43	RF	85	.261	.326	5.9%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.026	.113
Red Longley	27	CF	82	.182	.326	6.1%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Jimmy Ford	24	2B	76	.271	.326	1.3%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.040	.113
Raymond Taylor	26	C	72	.232	.326	6.9%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.030	.113
Goose Curry*	32	CF	59	.385	.326	10.2%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.078	.113
Bob Smith	30	3B	50	.218	.326	8.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.022	.113
Leo Sanders^	23	SS	44	.231	.326	2.3%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Bob Madison^	26	LF	41	.316	.326	12.2%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.057	.113
Zearlee Maxwell	34	3B	34	.301	.326	2.9%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.097	.113
Buck O'Neil	25	LF	34	.366	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.265	.113
Pepper Morgan^	25	LF	28	.222	.326	7.1%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Nick Bryant^	26	SP	24	.118	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Pen Gilliard*	33	LF	21	.368	.326	19.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Vet Dunbar^		3B	14	.134	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Emery Adams	25	SP	14	.269	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Eppie Hampton	38	PH	13	.217	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Pete McQueen	28	LF	12	.264	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.113
Floyd Kranson	23	SP	10	.188	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Edgar Jackson		LF	8	.235	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Lefty Wilson^	20	SP	7	.000	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Clarence Lewis	26	SS	7	.364	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.286	.113
Claude Hayslett	24	SP	6	.157	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Lefty Calhoun*	25	RP	4	.000	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
A. D. Lewis*	22	1B	2	.000	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
William Newman^		PH	1	.000	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Bill Howard^		RP	1	.000	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Tom Glover	24	SP	1	.000	.326	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
William Sumrall^	20	SP		.000	.326		7.5%		0.9%		.113
Harry Cunningham^	32	RP		.000	.326		7.5%		0.9%		.113
30			837	.257	.326	5.1%	7.5%	0.1%	0.9%	.052	.113