1937 Season

1936 / 1938

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

Willard
Brown

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Henry Milton	MULT	34
2	Eddie Dwight	KCM	22
3	Newt Allen	MULT	14
4	Jerry Benjamin	EAS/HG	14
5	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	13
6	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	12
7	Wilson Redus	CAG/WES	10
8	Willie Simms	MULT	10
9	Goose Curry	MULT	8
10	Pen Gilliard	MRS	7

#	Player	Team	W
1	Hilton Smith	MULT	15
2	Ray Brown	HG	12
3	Jesse Houston	CT	11
4	Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	9
5	Tom Parker	HG	8
6	Edsall Walker	HG	7
7	Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	7
8	Johnny Markham	KCM	7
9	Bob Evans	NE	6
10	Louis Dula	HG	6

Standings

		vs NN2 (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*¹²	36	13	0	.735	-	64	19	1	.771	8.2	4.7	Vic Harris	Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Newark Eagles	30	22	1	.577	7.5	45	25	2	.643	6.6	5.2	Tex Burnett, Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ), Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)
3	Philadelphia Stars	24	27	1	.471	13.0	35	38	1	.479	5.1	6.0	Jud Wilson	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA)
4	New York Black Yankees	21	27	2	.438	14.5	30	39	2	.435	4.9	5.9	Bob Clarke	Dyckman Oval (New York, NY), Dexter Park (Queens, NY) (Paterson, NJ)
5	Washington Elite Giants	20	28	2	.417	15.5	29	44	4	.397	5.5	5.6	Biz Mackey	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD) (Nashville, TN)
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords	17	31	0	.354	18.5	28	48	1	.368	5.2	7.0	Oscar Charleston	Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs NAL (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs^*¹	54	18	1	.750	-	57	23	1	.713	6.5	3.5	Andy Cooper	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2	Cincinnati Tigers	39	23	2	.629	10.0	53	32	3	.624	5.4	4.0	Ted Radcliffe	Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
3	Chicago American Giants²	40	24	2	.625	10.0	44	39	2	.530	5.3	5.2	Candy Jim Taylor	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4	Birmingham Black Barons	20	23	0	.465	19.5	26	28	0	.481	6.5	6.1	A. M. Walker	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
5	Indianapolis Athletics	18	26	3	.409	22.0	18	26	3	.409	6.2	7.0	Ted Strong	Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
6	Memphis Red Sox	21	33	0	.389	24.0	22	40	0	.355	4.9	6.5	Goose Curry, Dizzy Dismukes, Frank Johnson, A. M. Walker	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
7	Detroit Stars	16	30	0	.348	25.0	17	33	0	.340	5.1	7.1	Roosevelt Cox, Percy Miller, Turkey Stearnes	Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)
8	St. Louis Stars	5	36	0	.122	33.5	6	38	0	.136	5.0	10.1	Dizzy Dismukes	Metropolitan Park (St. Louis, MO)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	4	1	1	.800	-	4.7	3.2	Andy Cooper	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2	Chicago American Giants	1	4	1	.200	3.0	3.2	4.7	Candy Jim Taylor	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants	2	0	1	1.000	-	7.0	6.3	John Beckwith	Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
2	Santo Domingo Stars	4	2	0	.667	-	4.3	2.7	George Scales	No Home Ballpark
3	Atlanta Black Crackers	12	11	0	.522	0.5	4.4	5.1	Ormond Sampson	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
4	Jacksonville Red Caps	6	9	0	.400	2.5	2.8	3.5	Alonzo Mitchell	Durkee Field (Jacksonville, FL)
5	NNL All Stars	2	3	0	.400	1.5	2.4	4.0	Oscar Charleston	No Home Ballpark
6	Cuban Stars East	1	4	1	.200	2.5	4.7	7.5	Oscar Levis	No Home Ballpark

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	North All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-	13.0	5.0		No Home Ballpark
2	South All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0	5.0	13.0		Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Major League All Stars III	4	2	0	.667	-	3.7	4.3		No Home Ballpark
2	Kansas City Monarchs	2	4	0	.333	2.0	4.3	3.7	Andy Cooper	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)

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