1938 Atlanta Black Crackers

32 - 34

28 - 26 in the Negro American League

1932 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Nish Williams (42-39-3)
Dick Lundy (10-18)
Gabby Kemp (4-9)

Top Hitter

Donald
Reeves

Top Pitcher

Telosh
Howard

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	93	5th	ERA+	102	3rd
OPS	.678	3rd	ERA	4.14	3rd
BA	.268	4th	BA	.253	2nd
OBP	.323	4th	K/BB	1.74	4th
SLG	.355	4th	K%	13.2%	4th
BB%	6.9%	5th	BB%	7.6%	4th
K%			HR%	0.9%	4th
ISO	.087	5th	WHIP	1.35	3rd

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
• John Harden (Owner) , W. B. Baker (Business Manager) , Billie Harden (Secretary & Public Relations Director)

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	Joe Greene	26	29	104	88	15	26	4	4	0	10	0	12	2	2	.295	.392	.432	.824	134
1B	Red Moore*	21	39	147	125	23	43	4	1	2	25	1	15	0	7	.344	.414	.440	.854	143
2B	Gabby Kemp	19	25	101	92	16	17	1	0	1	11	2	6	0	3	.185	.235	.228	.463	32
3B	Hap Glenn	24	20	78	75	6	14	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	.187	.218	.227	.445	26
SS	Tommy Butts	18	25	91	86	11	19	0	3	0	7	1	5	0	0	.221	.264	.291	.554	57
LF	Babe Davis	29	40	161	149	25	44	10	5	0	25	3	10	1	1	.295	.344	.430	.773	119
CF	Don Pelham*	30	42	168	158	19	38	7	4	1	25	1	7	1	2	.241	.277	.354	.632	79
RF	Donald Reeves*	26	40	137	126	26	48	3	4	5	34	7	10	1	0	.381	.431	.587	1.018	187

C	Bill Cooper*	23	29	101	83	23	27	4	0	0	6	3	14	1	3	.325	.429	.373	.802	129
CF	Red Hadley*	29	26	89	83	9	21	3	1	0	4	3	3	1	2	.253	.287	.313	.601	70
3B	Spencer Davis	30	16	67	60	11	12	3	0	0	7	2	4	1	2	.200	.262	.250	.512	46
C	Nish Williams	34	14	50	46	7	15	1	1	0	6	0	3	1	0	.326	.380	.391	.771	119
SS	Bozo Jackson*		8	40	34	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	.235	.278	.294	.572	62
SS	Leo Sims*		10	39	34	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.235	.297	.265	.562	60
LF	Flit Holliday*	24	11	31	26	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.154	.290	.154	.444	28
2B	Marlin Carter*	25	7	27	26	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.269	.269	.308	.577	64
3B	Jimmy Shamberger^	19	8	20	20	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.350	.650	84
3B	Bennie Fields^		2	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	128
3B	Bub Miller*		1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Alex Crumbley*	29	1	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	229
RF	Edgar Pope**	27	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	90

SP	Eddie Dixon	22	23	41	36	6	9	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	2	.250	.308	.278	.585	67
SP	Bo Mitchell^	26	16	30	28	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.179	.207	.214	.421	20
SP	Telosh Howard	34	12	25	23	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.174	.208	.217	.426	21
SP	Felix Evans	27	9	22	20	4	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	.350	.381	.450	.831	135
SP	Red Howard*	28	12	15	12	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	.417	.462	.417	.878	150
SP	Charles Dunklin	23	8	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-10
SP	Jimmy Reese*		10	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	14
SP	Roy Harding^		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Bernard Fernández	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PR	Henderson^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PH	Jim Canada*	26	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	32		491	1629	1472	228	394	49	26	9	189	24	112	9	36	.268	.323	.355	.678	93

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Don Pelham*	30	CF	168	.290	.329	4.2%	7.8%	0.6%	0.7%	.114	.098
Babe Davis	29	LF	161	.357	.329	6.2%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.134	.098
Red Moore*	21	1B	147	.385	.329	10.2%	7.8%	1.4%	0.7%	.096	.098
Donald Reeves*	26	RF	137	.463	.329	7.3%	7.8%	3.6%	0.7%	.206	.098
Joe Greene	26	C	104	.381	.329	11.5%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.136	.098
Gabby Kemp	19	2B	101	.219	.329	5.9%	7.8%	1.0%	0.7%	.043	.098
Bill Cooper*	23	C	101	.381	.329	13.9%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.048	.098
Tommy Butts	18	SS	91	.263	.329	5.5%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.070	.098
Red Hadley*	29	CF	89	.279	.329	3.4%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.060	.098
Hap Glenn	24	3B	78	.213	.329	3.8%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.040	.098
Spencer Davis	30	3B	67	.244	.329	6.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.098
Nish Williams	34	C	50	.368	.329	6.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.065	.098
Eddie Dixon	22	SP	41	.273	.329	7.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.028	.098
Bozo Jackson*		SS	40	.245	.329	5.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.059	.098
Leo Sims*		SS	39	.262	.329	7.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.029	.098
Flit Holliday*	24	LF	31	.244	.329	16.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Bo Mitchell^	26	SP	30	.196	.329	3.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.036	.098
Marlin Carter*	25	2B	27	.260	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.038	.098
Telosh Howard	34	SP	25	.197	.329	4.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.043	.098
Felix Evans	27	SP	22	.369	.329	4.5%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.100	.098
Jimmy Shamberger^	19	3B	20	.303	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.098
Red Howard*	28	SP	15	.367	.329	6.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Charles Dunklin	23	SP	10	.170	.329	10.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Jimmy Reese*		SP	10	.190	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Bennie Fields^		3B	8	.379	.329	12.5%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.143	.098
Bub Miller*		3B	4	.000	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Alex Crumbley*	29	LF	4	.520	.329	25.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.333	.098
Roy Harding^		SP	3	.000	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Edgar Pope**	27	RF	3	.316	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Jim Canada*	26	PH	2	.000	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Bernard Fernández	20	SP	1	.000	.329	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Henderson^		PR		.000	.329		7.8%		0.7%		.098
32			1629	.315	.329	6.9%	7.8%	0.6%	0.7%	.087	.098