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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Ted Strong	AB3/KCM	248
2	Donald Reeves	BCA	186
3	Willard Brown	KCM	185
4	Hilton Smith	KCM	173
5	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	170
6	Henry Milton	KCM	161
7	Nat Rogers	MRS	156
8	Neil Robinson	MRS	145
9	Red Moore	BCA	141
10	Wilson Redus	CAG	139

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Willie Cornelius	CAG	11
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	10
3	Felix Evans	BCA/JRC	7
4	Tommy Johnson	CAG	6
5	Bo Mitchell	BBB/BCA	6
6	Vet Barnes	KCM	5
7	Eddie Dixon	BCA	5
8	Floyd Kranson	KCM	4
9	Telosh Howard	BCA	4
10	Frank Bradley	KCM	4

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	48	1860	1676	302	458	83	35	23	253	96	143	9	32	.273	.334	.406	.739	113
2	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	19	640	580	86	146	20	12	6	70	24	42	6	12	.252	.309	.359	.668	97
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	36	1275	1155	159	311	45	18	7	129	39	87	9	24	.269	.325	.358	.683	96
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	38	1563	1402	202	349	47	21	15	168	42	120	10	31	.249	.313	.345	.657	96
5	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	45	1679	1519	240	409	51	26	9	197	24	115	9	36	.269	.324	.355	.679	92
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	17	757	683	108	187	25	7	2	89	17	59	3	12	.274	.334	.340	.674	92
7	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	27	972	873	104	201	20	12	4	83	22	73	11	15	.230	.298	.294	.592	71
	7	1	271	8746	7888	1201	2061	291	131	66	989	264	639	57	162	.261	.321	.356	.678	96

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ted Strong**	AB3/KCM	1B	21	83	75	22	30	5	4	4	23	7	7	1	0	.400	.458	.733	1.191	248
2	Quincy Trouppe**	AB3	LF	18	68	56	20	20	5	2	2	11	1	9	3	0	.357	.471	.625	1.096	222
3	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF	41	143	132	28	51	3	4	5	35	7	10	1	0	.386	.434	.583	1.017	186
4	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	50	204	193	39	68	17	4	8	51	20	11	0	0	.352	.387	.606	.993	185
5	David Whatley*	BBB/MRS	RF	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4	7	1	1	.396	.439	.491	.929	170
6	Henry Milton*	KCM	LF	48	213	193	53	66	11	6	3	28	26	17	0	3	.342	.395	.508	.903	161
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	SS	35	139	121	19	38	7	3	1	15	6	15	3	0	.314	.403	.446	.849	145
8	Red Moore*	BCA	1B	40	152	130	25	45	4	1	2	26	1	15	0	7	.346	.414	.438	.852	141
9	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	39	166	147	21	45	5	2	3	15	6	15	1	3	.306	.374	.429	.803	139
10	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/KCM	CF	36	153	136	27	38	7	4	3	30	8	14	1	2	.279	.351	.456	.807	136
11	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	CF	32	132	117	20	38	7	2	0	10	7	13	0	2	.325	.392	.419	.811	134
12	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	41	167	155	26	46	11	5	0	26	3	10	1	1	.297	.343	.432	.776	119
13	Henry McCall*	BBB	1B	23	94	92	11	28	3	3	1	16	1	2	0	0	.304	.319	.435	.754	118
14	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF	17	70	62	15	19	2	1	0	10	2	8	0	0	.306	.386	.371	.757	116
15	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	48	185	163	31	42	9	3	3	24	11	19	0	3	.258	.335	.405	.740	114
16	Henry Turner	JRC	LF	14	69	65	13	19	4	2	0	5	0	4	0	0	.292	.333	.415	.749	113
17	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	36	138	114	19	28	5	1	2	14	3	16	3	5	.246	.353	.360	.713	111
18	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	38	162	152	25	39	7	5	1	20	4	9	1	0	.257	.302	.388	.691	105
19	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B	17	79	74	8	25	1	0	0	14	0	3	0	2	.338	.364	.351	.715	104
20	Rainey Bibbs**	CAG/KCM	2B	49	208	187	30	55	6	1	0	24	11	16	2	3	.294	.356	.337	.693	104
21	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	40	166	151	28	41	8	1	1	21	4	13	0	2	.272	.329	.358	.687	99
22	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	33	135	132	16	39	3	4	0	14	9	1	1	1	.295	.306	.379	.685	97
23	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	21	88	84	7	23	2	3	0	9	3	4	0	0	.274	.307	.369	.676	96
24	John Lyles**	AB3/CAG	CF	20	72	63	9	16	3	1	0	6	5	7	0	2	.254	.329	.333	.662	96
25	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	35	143	128	15	38	1	1	0	16	2	11	0	4	.297	.353	.320	.673	95
26	Marshall Riddle*	AB3	2B	17	63	59	6	18	1	0	0	8	1	2	0	2	.305	.328	.322	.650	92
27	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	16	80	72	9	17	1	2	1	12	5	7	0	1	.236	.304	.347	.651	85
28	Buddy Armour*	AB3	SS	17	70	64	11	16	3	1	0	3	5	2	1	3	.250	.284	.328	.612	80
29	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	15	71	67	11	17	2	0	1	11	2	4	0	0	.254	.296	.328	.624	78
30	Herman Dunlap*	CAG	RF	30	127	113	13	28	1	2	0	5	4	9	0	5	.248	.303	.292	.595	78
31	Don Pelham*	BCA	CF	43	169	159	19	38	7	4	1	25	1	7	1	2	.239	.275	.352	.628	77
32	Fred Bankhead	BBB/MRS	2B	30	122	107	12	24	0	2	1	11	4	11	2	2	.224	.308	.290	.598	74
33	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	42	150	133	24	30	3	4	0	12	4	12	0	5	.226	.290	.308	.598	73
34	Gabby Kemp	BCA/JRC	2B	31	132	117	26	28	2	0	1	13	7	11	1	3	.239	.310	.282	.592	70
35	Bill Bradford*	AB3	RF	19	72	66	4	13	2	2	0	5	3	5	1	0	.197	.264	.288	.552	63
36	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	23	96	86	12	18	1	1	0	5	4	8	1	1	.209	.284	.244	.528	55
37	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	LF	13	63	59	16	14	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	1	.237	.274	.237	.511	47
38	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	25	96	90	8	19	1	1	0	11	2	5	0	1	.211	.253	.244	.497	45
39	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	18	76	67	7	13	3	0	0	4	0	5	1	3	.194	.260	.239	.499	43
40	Raymond Taylor	MULT	C	21	72	68	6	13	0	0	0	8	3	4	0	0	.191	.236	.191	.427	25

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

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