1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season


Negro American League


1937 / 1939



R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Runs Batted In

# Player Team RBI
1
KCM
51
2
BCA
35
3
CAG/KCM
30
4
KCM
28
5
BCA
26
6
BCA
26
7
BCA
25
8
CAG/KCM
24
9
KCM
24
10
AB3/KCM
23

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
KCM/MRS
8.00
2
KCM
8.00
3
JRC
5.00
4
KCM
4.71
5
KCM
3.72
6
CAG
3.54
7
MRS
3.30
8
MRS
3.23
9
AB3
3.22
10
CAG
2.97


Advanced Batting


Bats:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NAL
48
1860
.339
7.7%
1.2%
.132
2
NAL
17
757
.318
7.8%
0.3%
.066
3
NAL
36
1275
.318
6.8%
0.5%
.088
4
NAL
45
1679
.315
6.8%
0.5%
.086
5
NAL
19
640
.309
6.6%
0.9%
.107
6
NAL
38
1563
.306
7.7%
1.0%
.096
7
NAL
27
972
.283
7.5%
0.4%
.064
7
1
271
8746
.315
7.3%
0.8%
.095



Players
# Team Pos
1
1B
83
.526
8.4%
4.8%
.333
2
AB3
LF
68
.495
13.2%
2.9%
.268
3
BCA
RF
143
.463
7.0%
3.5%
.197
4
KCM
CF
204
.446
5.4%
3.9%
.254
5
RF
115
.431
6.1%
0.0%
.094
6
KCM
LF
213
.409
8.0%
1.4%
.166
7
MRS
SS
139
.400
10.8%
0.7%
.132
8
BCA
1B
152
.384
9.9%
1.3%
.092
9
MRS
CF
132
.378
9.8%
0.0%
.094
10
CAG
LF
166
.370
9.0%
1.8%
.122
11
CF
153
.367
9.2%
2.0%
.176
12
JRC
CF
70
.365
11.4%
0.0%
.065
13
BCA
LF
167
.357
6.0%
0.0%
.135
14
JRC
LF
69
.347
5.8%
0.0%
.123
15
BBB
1B
94
.345
2.1%
1.1%
.130
16
KCM
1B
185
.341
10.3%
1.6%
.147
17
JRC
1B
79
.333
3.8%
0.0%
.014
18
C
138
.332
11.6%
1.4%
.114
19
2B
208
.331
7.7%
0.0%
.043
20
KCM
2B
166
.322
7.8%
0.6%
.086
21
CAG
3B
162
.320
5.6%
0.6%
.132
22
MRS
1B
143
.318
7.7%
0.0%
.023
23
BBB
LF
88
.315
4.5%
0.0%
.095
24
MRS
LF
135
.315
0.7%
0.0%
.083
25
CF
72
.310
9.7%
0.0%
.079
26
JRC
SS
80
.304
8.8%
1.3%
.111
27
AB3
2B
63
.301
3.2%
0.0%
.017
28
JRC
RF
71
.296
5.6%
1.4%
.075
29
2B
122
.288
9.0%
0.8%
.065
30
BCA
CF
169
.288
4.1%
0.6%
.113
31
2B
132
.284
8.3%
0.8%
.043
32
CAG
RF
127
.277
7.1%
0.0%
.044
33
KCM
SS
150
.276
8.0%
0.0%
.083
34
AB3
SS
70
.276
2.9%
0.0%
.078
35
AB3
RF
72
.265
6.9%
0.0%
.091
36
BBB
3B
96
.260
8.3%
0.0%
.035
37
JRC
LF
63
.247
4.8%
0.0%
.000
38
BBB
CF
96
.238
5.2%
0.0%
.033
39
JRC
3B
76
.237
6.6%
0.0%
.045
40
MULT
C
72
.213
5.6%
0.0%
.000
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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