1937 Season

1936 / 1938

Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Gus Greenlee (President)
Tom Wilson (Vice President)
Bill Nunn (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.594
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.507
3	Johnny Ray	BBB	.485
4	Tom Parker	HG	.472
5	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	.462
6	Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	.459
7	David Whatley	BBB/SAS	.453
8	Ted Strong	MULT	.451
9	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	.451
10	Dick Lundy	BRG/NE	.450

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	MULT	128
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	92
3	Jesse Houston	CT	84
4	Ray Brown	HG	74
5	Barney Morris	MULT	68
6	Porter Moss	MULT	61
7	Willie Foster	CAG/NOS	61
8	Floyd Kranson	MULT	57
9	Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	52
10	Ping Burke	BCA	48

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	MULT	552.2	1.08	18.3%	6.3%	2.92	0.5%
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	460.1	1.30	13.0%	8.4%	1.54	1.1%
3	Chicago American Giants	ALC/NAL	431.1	1.37	12.6%	8.0%	1.58	1.0%
4	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	343.0	1.14	17.4%	4.7%	3.72	0.6%
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	333.1	1.59	10.0%	8.0%	1.26	1.8%
6	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	306.1	1.50	11.8%	9.0%	1.32	1.1%
7	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	301.0	1.42	10.8%	6.6%	1.65	2.2%
8	New York Black Yankees	NN2	300.0	1.64	11.1%	7.8%	1.43	1.6%
9	Newark Eagles	NN2	274.0	1.43	11.0%	7.5%	1.47	1.6%
10	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	232.2	1.53	12.6%	7.3%	1.74	1.6%
11	St. Louis Stars	NAL	213.0	1.99	8.0%	9.8%	0.82	1.9%
12	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	179.2	1.50	12.1%	7.6%	1.60	0.1%
13	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	166.2	1.64	11.1%	8.9%	1.24	0.4%
14	Detroit Stars	NAL	165.0	1.77	11.1%	10.3%	1.09	1.0%
15	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	124.0	1.23	18.9%	5.1%	3.74	0.6%
16	Cuban Stars East	IND	45.2	1.62	15.3%	7.4%	2.06	1.9%
17	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	41.0	0.88	22.8%	3.0%	7.60	0.6%
18	Major League All Stars III	NVM	36.0	1.33	20.0%	4.4%	4.57	2.5%
19	Santo Domingo Stars	IND	35.0	1.14	21.6%	4.7%	4.57	1.4%
20	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND	28.0	1.54	12.0%	8.3%	1.45	0.0%
21	NNL All Stars	IND	27.0	1.15	21.4%	9.8%	2.18	1.8%
22	North All Stars	NSA	9.0	1.00	34.2%	0.0%		0.0%
23	South All Stars	NSA	9.0	2.56	14.3%	8.2%	1.75	4.1%
24	East All Stars	EWA	9.0	0.78	17.1%	5.7%	3.00	2.9%
25	West All Stars	EWA	9.0	1.78	2.3%	11.6%	0.20	2.3%
	25	7	4631.2	1.42	13.1%	7.5%	1.75	1.2%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	MULT	RP	161.1	0.94	20.2%	5.8%	3.46	0.3%
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	SP	139.2	1.05	16.4%	7.8%	2.09	0.7%
3	Ray Brown	HG	RP	126.0	1.16	13.9%	6.9%	2.00	0.7%
4	Jesse Houston	CT	SP	111.2	1.09	17.8%	4.4%	4.00	0.4%
5	Willie Foster*	CAG/NOS	RP	96.0	1.27	14.5%	7.4%	1.97	1.0%
6	Floyd Kranson	MULT	RP	94.2	1.51	12.9%	9.3%	1.39	0.7%
7	Tommy Johnson	SL2	SP	90.1	1.88	7.1%	8.7%	0.82	0.9%
8	Barney Morris	MULT	RP	90.1	1.41	17.2%	6.6%	2.62	0.8%
9	Porter Moss	MULT	RP	90.1	1.17	15.8%	4.2%	3.81	1.0%
10	Bob Evans	NE	SP	83.2	1.53	9.6%	7.4%	1.29	1.9%
11	Louis Dula	HG	RP	80.1	1.15	9.9%	8.1%	1.22	0.9%
12	Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	RP	76.1	1.26	16.4%	7.3%	2.26	0.9%
13	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	SP	76.0	1.21	12.4%	7.6%	1.64	1.5%
14	Ted Trent	CAG/WES	RP	76.0	1.21	12.7%	4.7%	2.73	0.9%
15	Andy Cooper*	CAG/KCM	SP	74.2	0.90	16.2%	4.8%	3.36	0.3%
16	Edsall Walker*	HG	RP	74.1	1.26	10.7%	11.0%	0.97	0.3%
17	Henry McHenry	KCM	SP	67.1	1.14	14.8%	6.7%	2.21	0.4%
18	Sam Thompson	PS	SP	66.2	1.26	9.6%	4.6%	2.08	3.2%
19	Theolic Smith	NAS/PC	SP	64.2	1.76	10.4%	8.4%	1.23	2.3%
20	Andy Porter	NAS/WEG	SP	63.2	1.35	14.2%	7.1%	2.00	2.2%
21	Webster McDonald	PS	SP	63.1	1.34	8.8%	4.8%	1.85	2.6%
22	Jimmy Direaux	WEG	SP	62.1	1.59	7.6%	10.0%	0.76	0.3%
23	Jack Bruton	BBB	SP	60.2	1.60	12.9%	5.7%	2.27	2.3%
24	Barney Brown*	EAS/NBY	RP	60.1	1.36	13.5%	7.9%	1.71	1.1%
25	Tom Parker	HG	SP	60.0	1.57	15.0%	8.8%	1.71	1.1%
26	Harry Kincannon	NBY	RP	59.2	1.64	8.9%	9.6%	0.93	2.5%
27	Willie Ferrell*	BBB	SP	55.2	1.56	9.3%	8.6%	1.09	1.2%
28	Eugene Bremer	CT	SP	55.0	0.89	13.3%	4.6%	2.90	0.0%
29	Percy Miller*	DTS	SP	54.1	1.95	10.1%	14.9%	0.68	0.7%
30	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	RP	54.0	1.80	10.8%	10.4%	1.04	0.8%
31	Bill Byrd	WEG	SP	53.2	1.43	11.8%	6.8%	1.75	0.8%
32	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	53.2	1.38	14.1%	4.8%	2.91	1.3%
33	Tom Glover*	WEG	RP	53.1	1.41	11.0%	8.4%	1.30	0.4%
34	Lefty Wilson*	KCM/MRS	SP	53.1	1.16	16.6%	5.4%	3.08	0.0%
35	Roy K. Williams	NBY	RP	52.2	1.46	9.7%	8.8%	1.10	1.3%
36	Bill Harvey*	PC	RP	50.0	1.56	8.8%	11.0%	0.80	3.1%
37	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	48.0	1.13	15.8%	4.6%	3.44	1.5%
38	Roy Welmaker*	BCA/HG	SP	48.0	0.98	17.6%	6.9%	2.54	1.1%
39	Johnny Markham	KCM	RP	47.2	1.34	22.7%	6.3%	3.62	1.4%
40	Ping Burke	BCA	SP	47.1	1.08	24.1%	5.0%	4.80	0.5%
41	Leo Hannibal	IA	SP	47.0	1.53	15.3%	8.6%	1.78	0.0%
42	Roosevelt Davis	NBY/PC	SP	46.2	1.39	10.5%	4.3%	2.44	1.4%
43	Bill Holland	NBY	SP	45.1	1.59	9.8%	7.8%	1.25	2.0%
44	Jim Lewis*	PC	RP	43.2	1.33	3.8%	5.4%	0.70	1.6%
45	John Griffin*	SL2	RP	43.1	1.98	7.2%	12.2%	0.59	3.2%
46	Robert Hughes	BCA/IA	SP	42.2	1.88	12.4%	4.1%	3.00	0.5%
47	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	42.2	1.80	13.2%	4.4%	3.00	1.0%
48	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	SP	42.0	1.31	10.6%	8.5%	1.25	0.5%
49	Dan Webster	DTS	RP	41.1	1.52	10.6%	6.3%	1.67	1.1%
50	Dean Thomas	DTS	SP	40.0	1.53	15.6%	9.5%	1.65	1.1%
51	Willie Jefferson	CT	RP	39.1	1.45	18.2%	4.4%	4.13	1.1%
52	George Walker	HG	RP	39.0	1.59	12.6%	8.0%	1.57	2.3%
53	Red Howard*	BBB	SP	37.1	1.53	14.6%	8.2%	1.79	2.3%
54	Leon Day	MULT	RP	37.0	1.30	18.4%	7.6%	2.42	2.5%
55	Malvin Powell	CAG	RP	36.1	1.54	6.1%	8.5%	0.71	0.0%
56	Cornelius Cook*	IA	RP	34.1	1.40	8.9%	8.2%	1.08	0.0%
57	Nick Bryant	MRS	RP	33.0	1.94	7.1%	8.8%	0.80	0.0%
58	Johnny Wright	NE	SP	32.0	1.53	13.5%	6.4%	2.11	2.1%
59	Bud Barbee	NBY	SP	30.1	2.21	13.6%	9.1%	1.50	1.9%
60	Bob Madison^	MRS	SP	30.0	1.57	17.5%	8.4%	2.08	0.0%
61	Woody Williams*	WEG	RP	29.1	1.60	12.0%	9.8%	1.23	2.3%
62	Provine Bradley	CT	RP	29.0	1.28	7.8%	7.0%	1.11	0.0%
63	William Bell	NE	RP	28.2	1.22	10.0%	7.5%	1.33	0.8%
64	Bo Mitchell	BBB	SP	27.0	0.85	14.9%	2.0%	7.50	0.0%
65	Jonas Gaines*	NE/WEG	RP	26.1	1.90	9.4%	14.2%	0.67	0.8%
66	Johnny Reed	SL2	RP	26.1	1.67	9.1%	9.9%	0.92	0.0%
67	Bob Griffith	SDS/WEG	SP	26.0	1.19	18.3%	7.3%	2.50	0.9%
68	Bill Howard*	IA/MRS	RP	26.0	1.23	10.9%	10.0%	1.09	0.9%
69	Connie Rector	BRG/NBY	SP	24.1	1.23	10.1%	1.0%	10.00	0.0%
70	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	RP	24.1	1.19	11.0%	3.0%	3.67	0.0%
71	Ben Henderson	BBB	SP	24.0	1.92	16.7%	8.3%	2.00	1.7%
72	Joe Strong	HG/PC	SP	23.2	1.69	5.6%	7.5%	0.75	1.9%
73	Elbert Eatmon^	BBB	RP	23.0	1.52	11.2%	7.5%	1.50	0.9%
74	Roosevelt Owens	BRG/NE	SP	23.0	1.96	10.2%	9.3%	1.09	1.7%
75	Arnold Waites	HG/WEG	RP	22.2	1.76	19.3%	12.8%	1.50	0.9%
76	Laymon Yokely	PS	RP	22.2	1.99	11.4%	14.0%	0.81	4.4%
77	Telosh Howard	BCA	RP	21.2	1.38	20.4%	5.4%	3.80	1.1%
78	Emery Adams	MRS	SP	21.1	1.73	5.9%	11.9%	0.50	1.0%
79	Specs Roberts	PS	RP	21.0	1.71	8.3%	11.5%	0.73	0.0%
80	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	SP	20.1	2.07	15.9%	7.5%	2.13	1.9%
81	Satchel Paige	SDS	SP	20.0	1.35	20.0%	4.4%	4.50	2.2%
82	Roy Partlow*	CT	SP	20.0	1.25	36.9%	7.1%	5.17	2.4%
83	Frank Bradley	KCM	SP	18.1	0.76	34.8%	4.3%	8.00	0.0%
84	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	18.0	0.61	35.8%	1.5%	24.00	0.0%
85	Leroy Matlock*	PC/SDS	RP	17.2	1.13	11.3%	7.0%	1.60	1.4%
86	Hill*	SL2	SP	15.0	1.80	12.8%	1.3%	10.00	2.6%
87	Marion Cain	PC	SP	14.1	2.02	5.8%	7.2%	0.80	0.0%
88	Johnny Taylor	NAS	SP	14.0	1.07	22.2%	13.0%	1.71	1.9%
89	Goose Curry	MRS	SP	13.1	1.88	9.2%	7.7%	1.20	1.5%
90	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	RP	13.0	1.23	19.6%	3.6%	5.50	0.0%
91	Ted Radcliffe	CT	RP	12.1	1.14	18.4%	6.1%	3.00	0.0%
92	Albert Overton	PS	RP	11.2	2.31	1.6%	9.8%	0.17	1.6%
93	Francisco Martínez	CS2	RP	11.1	2.03	14.5%	3.2%	4.50	1.6%
94	Mace Brown	ML3	RP	10.0	1.50	19.6%	4.3%	4.50	4.3%
95	Lou Fette	ML3	RP	10.0	1.40	8.5%	2.1%	4.00	4.3%
96	Jim Weaver	ML3	RP	10.0	1.60	28.3%	6.5%	4.33	0.0%
97	Charley Justice	DTS	SP	9.2	1.86	16.3%	12.2%	1.33	2.0%
98	Silvino Ruíz	CS2	RP	9.2	0.41	18.8%	0.0%		3.1%
99	Joe May	SL2	RP	9.1	2.57	10.6%	17.0%	0.63	6.4%
100	Ty Johnson^	JRC	SP	9.0	0.33	16.1%	3.2%	5.00	0.0%
101	Granville Lyons*	MRS	RP	9.0	1.67	0.0%	8.9%	0.00	0.0%
102	Robert Lacy*	PS	RP	8.2	1.62	12.5%	10.0%	1.25	2.5%
103	Jim Willis	SAS/WEG	RP	8.2	2.42	8.3%	12.5%	0.67	2.1%
104	Claude Miller	SL2	SP	8.1	2.40	4.3%	13.0%	0.33	6.5%
105	Lefty Calhoun*	MRS	RP	7.2	0.78	32.1%	7.1%	4.50	0.0%
106	Joe Lillard	CAG	SP	7.2	2.48	2.5%	7.5%	0.33	5.0%
107	Chet Brewer	PC/SDS	SP	7.0	1.86	11.4%	11.4%	1.00	2.9%
108	Charles Dunklin	PC	RP	7.0	2.14	13.9%	13.9%	1.00	2.8%
109	Auburn Nelson*	BCA/SAS	RP	7.0	2.00	10.8%	8.1%	1.33	0.0%
110	Jesús Miralles^	CS2	RP	6.0	1.67	7.4%	25.9%	0.29	0.0%
111	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SP	6.0	1.33	17.9%	7.1%	2.50	0.0%
112	Eli Underwood^	DTS	RP	6.0	1.00	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	0.0%
113	Leonard Walker^	JRC	SP	6.0	1.67	3.1%	3.1%	1.00	0.0%
114	Robert Dean	SL2	SP	5.1	2.25	17.2%	10.3%	1.67	3.4%
115	Slim Jones*	PS	SP	5.1	1.69	4.2%	12.5%	0.33	0.0%
116	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	5.1	1.50	20.0%	4.0%	5.00	0.0%
117	Lon Warneke	ML3	SP	5.0	0.40	17.6%	0.0%		0.0%
118	Norman Cross	CAG	RP	4.2	2.36	0.0%	7.7%	0.00	0.0%
119	Glenn Dixon	SL2	SP	4.2	1.93	7.4%	14.8%	0.50	0.0%
120	Armando Torres	CS2	SP	4.2	3.43	13.3%	13.3%	1.00	0.0%
121	Hunter^	JRC	SP	4.1	1.62	18.2%	4.5%	4.00	4.5%
122	Felton Snow	WEG	RP	4.1	0.92	29.4%	5.9%	5.00	0.0%
123	Otis Starks*	BRG	RP	4.1	2.31	12.0%	20.0%	0.60	0.0%
124	Brewster^	DTS	RP	4.0	1.25	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
125	Buck O'Neil	MRS	RP	3.2	1.64	12.5%	0.0%		0.0%
126	Spoon Carter	PC	RP	3.0	5.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	4.2%
127	Charlie King^	PC	RP	2.2	4.13	0.0%	5.3%	0.00	5.3%
128	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	RP	2.2	0.75	20.0%	10.0%	2.00	0.0%
129	Julius Osley	BBB	RP	2.2	2.63	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
130	Joe Sparks	SL2	SP	2.2	3.38	22.2%	11.1%	2.00	0.0%
131	Henry Williams	SL2	RP	2.2	0.38	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
132	Bill Carter^	SL2	SP	2.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
133	Zack Clayton*	CAG	RP	2.1	3.43	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	6.7%
134	Floyd Holston^	BBB	RP	2.1	1.29	20.0%	10.0%	2.00	10.0%
135	Al Parker*	IA	RP	2.1	3.00	7.1%	14.3%	0.50	0.0%
136	Wesley Hardeman^	SL2	RP	2.0	2.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
137	Frank McAllister	PC	RP	2.0	1.50	33.3%	0.0%		0.0%
138	Sammy Hughes	WEG	RP	1.2	1.80	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
139	Albert Davis	DTS	RP	1.1	5.25	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
140	Dizzy Royal^	IA	RP	1.1	2.25	25.0%	25.0%	1.00	0.0%
141	Pedro Díaz^	CS2	RP	1.0	5.00	11.1%	11.1%	1.00	22.2%
142	Specs Ellis*	JRC	RP	1.0	3.00	40.0%	0.0%		0.0%
143	Felix Evans	BCA	RP	1.0	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
144	Bob Feller	ML3	SP	1.0	1.00	75.0%	25.0%	3.00	0.0%
145	Johnson^	KCM	RP	1.0	2.00	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	0.0%
146	Newt Allen	KCM	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
147	Chuck Bowen^	IA	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
148	Jones^	NBY	RP	0.2	1.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
149	Clifford Allen	HG	RP	0.1	12.00	0.0%	40.0%	0.00	0.0%
150	Cornelius Augustus*	SL2	RP	0.1	18.00	0.0%	57.1%	0.00	0.0%
151	Cannonball Berry	SL2	RP	0.1	12.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
152	Harry Cunningham^	MRS	RP	0.1	9.00	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%
153	Howard^	CAG	RP	0.1	15.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
154	Zell Miles	CAG	RP	0.1	3.00	50.0%	0.0%		0.0%
155	Jake Stephens	NBY	RP	0.1	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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