1937 Season

Negro American League

1936 / 1938

R. R. Jackson (President)
Al Monroe (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Newt
Allen

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Willard Brown	KCM	62
2	Newt Allen	CAG/KCM	51
3	Alex Radcliff	CAG	36
4	Ed Mayweather	KCM	34
5	Jess Brooks	KCM	31
6	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	31
7	Neil Robinson	CT	31
8	David Whatley	BBB	31
9	Howard Easterling	CT	30
10	Henry Milton	CAG/KCM	29

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Bo Mitchell	BBB	421
2	Eugene Bremer	CT	276
3	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	271
4	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	214
5	Vet Barnes	KCM	191
6	Henry McHenry	KCM	191
7	Jesse Houston	CT	180
8	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	161
9	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	159
10	Ted Trent	CAG	151

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	29	1102	1003	190	302	43	24	10	148	21		70	6	8	21		.301	.352	.422	.773	110
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	57	2188	1950	385	553	84	43	26	324	100	3	184	17	15	39	0	.284	.350	.411	.761	109
3	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	44	1649	1487	237	415	65	33	10	203	17	0	117	7	7	38	2	.279	.335	.387	.722	102
4	Detroit Stars	NAL	21	785	700	114	187	16	15	14	106	11	0	65	1	6	14		.267	.335	.393	.727	99
5	St. Louis Stars	NAL	27	1070	962	159	271	49	24	8	132	11	0	78	18	8	22		.282	.341	.407	.748	97
6	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	23	908	817	148	226	48	9	7	125	22		70	0	4	17		.277	.337	.383	.720	89
7	Chicago American Giants	NAL	47	1732	1546	214	351	48	26	16	180	45	2	124	47	29	33		.227	.297	.323	.619	80
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	23	837	775	89	176	17	10	1	78	19		43	3	4	15		.227	.271	.279	.550	55
	8	1	302	10271	9240	1536	2481	370	184	92	1296	246	5	751	99	81	199	2	.269	.329	.378	.707	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	59	249	228	55	83	11	10	11	62	10	0	19	0	1	1	0	.364	.415	.645	1.060	189
2	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/DTS	CF	23	95	82	18	29	4	1	5	20	1	0	10	1	2	1		.354	.436	.610	1.046	187
3	David Whatley*	BBB	RF	28	122	116	25	40	7	7	5	31	3		3	2	2	1		.345	.372	.655	1.027	175
4	Ted Strong**	MULT	SS	28	130	110	29	38	16	2	1	23	4	1	16	0	3	1	0	.345	.442	.555	.996	168
5	Howard Easterling**	CT	SS	38	160	145	26	50	12	7	1	30	1	0	10	2	2	3	0	.345	.395	.545	.940	162
6	Goose Curry*	MULT	CF	26	103	91	28	32	7	2	2	15	8		10	1	1	1		.352	.422	.538	.960	159
7	Red Hale^	DTS	SS	18	79	75	18	23	2	5	3	17	1	0	3	0	0	1		.307	.333	.587	.920	148
8	Lloyd Davenport*	CT	RF	43	189	175	38	59	11	6	1	20	6	0	11	1	2	1	0	.337	.383	.486	.869	143
9	Les Pearson^	SL2	RF	28	129	114	27	37	6	4	2	20	0	0	13	2	2	0		.325	.403	.500	.903	138
10	Alex Radcliff	CAG	SS	45	185	174	19	51	4	10	3	36	12	1	7	5	2	2		.293	.328	.483	.811	133
11	Bill Carter^	BBB/SL2	1B	26	113	109	19	43	5	1	0	17	2		3		0	1		.394	.411	.459	.869	133
12	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	28	127	113	27	34	4	4	3	21	2		11		1	2		.301	.368	.487	.855	131
13	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	44	183	162	36	47	9	4	3	31	0	0	17	0	0	4	0	.290	.358	.451	.808	126
14	Newt Allen	CAG/KCM	2B	60	261	234	44	75	8	4	2	51	13	1	22	1	3	2	0	.321	.386	.415	.801	122
15	Sonny Harris**	CT	LF	39	139	117	21	31	8	3	2	20	0	0	16	2	0	6	0	.265	.353	.436	.789	121
16	Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	2B	19	78	67	13	21	1	1	1	12	0	0	9	0	0	2		.313	.395	.403	.798	120
17	Alphonse Dunn	DTS	1B	19	85	70	14	21	0	2	0	7	2	0	11	0	3	1		.300	.417	.357	.774	115
18	Cowan Hyde	CT/IA	RF	21	96	88	24	30	4	1	0	11	6		5	0	1	2		.341	.383	.409	.792	113
19	Ed Mayweather*	KCM	1B	55	214	199	33	55	7	7	3	34	3	0	14	2	0	1	0	.276	.324	.427	.751	106
20	Henry Milton*	CAG/KCM	RF	59	262	228	67	62	8	5	2	29	33	0	30	0	2	2	0	.272	.362	.377	.739	104
21	Jess Brooks^	KCM	3B	59	236	210	38	53	14	7	2	31	0	1	24	2	0	2	0	.252	.329	.414	.743	104
22	Luther Gilyard^	CAG/SL2	1B	45	178	166	25	47	8	3	2	22	1	0	9	7	3	0		.283	.331	.404	.735	102
23	Herman Dunlap*	CAG	CF	39	151	139	24	36	7	1	3	15	4	1	8	6	1	3		.259	.304	.388	.693	100
24	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	43	183	158	42	41	4	4	0	14	7	0	19	3	2	4		.259	.346	.335	.682	99
25	Ted Radcliffe	CT	C	36	141	135	18	40	6	3	0	23	1		4	0	1	1	0	.296	.321	.385	.707	98
26	Jelly Taylor*	CT	1B	44	174	156	15	41	3	3	2	15	2	0	14	1	1	3	1	.263	.327	.359	.686	93
27	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	54	195	165	27	40	9	1	3	31	2	0	18	5	4	8	0	.242	.332	.364	.695	93
28	Fred Bankhead	BBB	2B	26	105	93	9	28	2	1	0	8	1		7		0	5		.301	.350	.344	.694	90
29	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	45	184	159	22	36	4	2	2	21	3	0	17	5	5	3		.226	.320	.314	.635	86
30	Clarence Lamar	BBB/SL2	SS	25	105	95	13	25	2	2	1	9	5		7	1	1	2		.263	.320	.358	.678	81
31	Granville Lyons^	MRS	1B	21	87	82	7	19	2	3	1	12	0		4		1	0		.232	.276	.366	.642	79
32	Andy Childs	IA	2B	22	104	90	19	21	7	1	1	9	3		10	0	0	4		.233	.310	.367	.677	78
33	Marlin Carter*	CT	3B	42	186	165	24	39	6	2	1	17	1	0	17	0	0	4	0	.236	.308	.315	.623	75
34	Teannie Edwards	IA/SL2	C	25	98	82	16	20	4	1	0	11	0	0	11	1	0	5		.244	.333	.317	.650	74
35	J. C. Segraves^	IA	CF	21	88	77	9	20	3	1	0	9	2		8	0	0	3		.260	.329	.325	.654	73
36	Joe Sparks	CAG/SL2	2B	45	180	150	20	29	7	2	2	18	2	0	18	5	4	8		.193	.297	.307	.603	68
37	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	47	183	166	22	36	7	1	0	13	10	0	9	2	4	4		.217	.274	.271	.545	59
38	Eli Underwood^	DTS	LF	21	71	63	5	11	2	2	1	8	1	0	6	0	1	1		.175	.257	.317	.575	57
39	Jimmy Ford	IA/MRS	2B	19	80	79	9	20	1	1	0	13	2		1		0	0		.253	.263	.291	.554	55
40	Nat Rogers*	MRS	RF	20	85	77	7	18	2	0	0	10	3		5		1	2		.234	.289	.260	.549	55
41	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	29	121	113	12	25	2	3	0	14	2		4		1	3		.221	.254	.292	.546	49
42	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	20	72	67	7	13	2	0	0	6	2		5		0	0		.194	.250	.224	.474	34
43	Red Longley	MRS	CF	22	82	74	5	11	0	0	0	5	0		5		1	2		.149	.213	.149	.361	3

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

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1937 Season

Negro American League

Top Hitter

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Runs Batted In

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