1936 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1936 Season

1935 / 1937

Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Ed Bolden (President)
John Clark (Secretary)
Tom Wilson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Leon
Day

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/PC	.400
2	Mule Suttles	NE	.384
3	Jim Williams	NBY	.366
4	George Scales	NBY	.357
5	Clarence Palm	NBY	.354
6	Oscar Charleston	NAS/PC	.352
7	Obie Lackey	PBG/PS	.348
8	Roy Parnell	PS	.348
9	Turkey Stearnes	PS	.347
10	Alex Radcliff	MULT	.346

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Lázaro Salazar	NYC	306
2	Barney Morris	KCM	248
3	Bill Holland	NBY	163
4	Walter Thomas	CAG	154
5	Louis Dula	HG	153
6	Satchel Paige	MULT	150
7	Ray Brown	HG	148
8	Jesse Houston	CT	142
9	Barney Brown	NBY	138
10	Jim Willis	WEG	137

All-1936 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	MULT	2.0	1.6	0.5
Roy Parnell	PS	0.9	1.4	-0.3
Vic Harris	HG	0.7	0.7	0.2
Thad Christopher	NE/WEG	0.5	0.9	-0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Turkey Stearnes	PS	3.1	2.5	0.7
Martín Dihigo	NYC	2.8	1.1	0.7
Lázaro Salazar	NYC	2.7	1.4	0.3
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.5	1.7	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Brown	HG	2.8	0.1	0.1
Jimmie Crutchfield	MULT	1.9	0.8	1.3
Ed Stone	NE/PC	1.5	1.4	0.2
LeRoy Taylor	KCM/WES	1.0	0.6	0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM/WES	1.2	0.6	0.6
Willie Wells	NE	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Jake Stephens	NBY	0.8	-0.5	1.1
Hoss Walker	WEG	0.7	0.3	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sammy Hughes	MULT	1.9	1.8	-0.1
Walter Cannady	NBY	1.7	1.3	0.3
Sonny Harris	CT	0.8	0.6	0.3
Dan Wilson	NAS/PC	0.6	0.3	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Silvio García	NYC	1.0	0.4	0.5
George Scales	NBY	0.9	1.5	-0.7
Pat Patterson	KCM/WES	0.8	1.1	-0.2
Dewey Creacy	PS	0.7	0.0	0.6

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	NE	2.5	2.4	0.2
Buck Leonard	HG	1.6	1.5	0.2
Oscar Charleston	NAS/PC	1.5	1.4	0.2
Jud Wilson	NYC/PS	1.5	1.5	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	EAS/PC	4.1	3.7	0.3
Biz Mackey	MULT	0.7	0.3	0.3
Clarence Palm	NBY	0.6	0.5	0.0
Pepper Bassett	HG/NAS	0.6	0.5	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Leon Day	NE	114.2	3.3	3.2	0.1
Satchel Paige	MULT	100.2	2.9	3.0	-0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	85.1	2.9	2.8	0.1
Henry McHenry	NBY	100.1	2.5	2.2	0.3
Leroy Matlock	MULT	129.1	2.5	2.6	-0.1
Bob Griffith	NAS/WEG	107.0	2.3	2.7	-0.3
Barney Brown	NBY	60.1	1.7	1.7	0.1
Roosevelt Davis	NBY	73.2	1.5	1.7	-0.2
Neck Stanley	NYC	100.2	1.4	1.6	-0.1
Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	55.2	1.2	1.0	0.1
Barney Morris	KCM	23.0	0.8	0.8	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	EAS/WEG	125.1	2.8	2.3	0.4
Jim Willis	WEG	78.1	2.4	2.4	0.0
William Bell	NE	81.2	1.8	1.8	0.0
Walter Thomas	CAG	37.0	1.4	1.3	0.1
Bob Evans	NE	64.2	1.1	1.4	-0.2
Jesse Houston	CT	28.2	1.0	0.9	0.0
Mike Ryba	HML	14.1	0.9	0.8	0.1
Andy Cooper	KCM/WES	14.0	0.9	1.0	0.0
Louis Dula	HG	26.2	0.7	0.6	0.0
Sam Thompson	PS	63.1	0.6	0.7	-0.1
Roy Welmaker	HG	61.1	0.5	0.4	0.1

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