1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM	189
2	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	187
3	Johnny Ray	BBB	186
4	David Whatley	BBB	175
5	Ted Strong	MULT	168
6	Henry McCall	MULT	166
7	Howard Easterling	CT	162
8	Goose Curry	MULT	159
9	Red Hale	DTS	148
10	Lloyd Davenport	CT	143

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Roy Partlow	CT	5.17
2	Porter Moss	MULT	4.77
3	Jesse Houston	CT	4.26
4	Willie Jefferson	CT	4.13
5	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	4.00
6	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	3.86
7	Bo Mitchell	BBB	3.80
8	Johnny Markham	KCM	3.64
9	Robert Hughes	IA	3.33
10	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	3.08

Wins Above Replacement

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League:

Bats:

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R

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Throws:

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L

R

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	2188	502.2		25.8	10.0	3.2	12.5	0.0
2	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	1649	375.0		13.8	5.2	2.5	6.2	0.0
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1732	407.0		7.8	2.5	1.4	3.9	0.0
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1102	239.2		4.5	4.4	-1.6	1.7	0.0
5	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	908	196.2		1.9	1.6	-0.3	0.6	0.0
6	Detroit Stars	NAL	785	172.0		0.0	2.1	-0.9	-1.3	0.0
7	St. Louis Stars	NAL	1070	229.0		-3.0	2.4	-2.6	-2.8	0.0
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	837	190.2		-3.1	-1.6	-0.8	-0.7	0.0
	8	1	10271	2312.2		47.7	26.6	0.9	20.2	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	P	74	138.1		5.8	0.3	0.0	5.5	0.0
2	Newt Allen	CAG/KCM	2B	261	0.2		4.0	1.5	2.2	0.0	0.2
3	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	249			3.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	-0.1
4	Jesse Houston	CT	P	66	129.2		3.0	-0.1	0.0	3.1	0.0
5	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	47	110.0		2.5	-0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
6	Vet Barnes	KCM	P	33	73.1		2.3	0.2	0.0	2.1	0.0
7	Eugene Bremer	CT	P	26	57.0		2.3	0.2	0.0	2.1	0.0
8	Bo Mitchell	BBB	P	13	34.0		2.3	0.1	0.0	2.1	0.0
9	Howard Easterling	CT	SS	160			2.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.2
10	Alex Radcliff	CAG	SS	185			2.0	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Lloyd Davenport	CT	RF	189			1.9	1.5	0.5	0.0	-0.2
12	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	183			1.7	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
13	Ted Strong	MULT	SS	130			1.7	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
14	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	183			1.6	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.1
15	Ted Radcliffe	CT	C	141	12.1		1.4	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.1
16	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	195			1.4	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.1
17	Ted Trent	CAG	P	29	77.1		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
18	Henry Milton	CAG/KCM	RF	262			1.3	1.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
19	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	P	23	26.0		1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
20	Henry McHenry	KCM	P	31	73.1		1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
21	Willie Foster	CAG	P	35	80.2		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
22	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	P	21	57.2		1.2	-0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0
23	Eddie Dwight	KCM	CF	147			1.2	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	CF	95			1.2	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
25	Jess Brooks	KCM	3B	236			1.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
26	Porter Moss	MULT	P	41	88.0		0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
27	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	6	18.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
28	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	P	23	53.1		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
29	Johnny Ray	BBB	CF	71			0.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Jelly Taylor	CT	1B	174			0.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.2
31	David Whatley	BBB	RF	122			0.8	1.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
32	Jack Bruton	BBB	P	50	60.2		0.8	0.3	-0.1	0.6	0.0
33	Fred Bankhead	BBB	2B	105			0.7	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1
34	Ed Mayweather	KCM	1B	214			0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.2
35	Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	2B	78			0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
36	Goose Curry	MULT	CF	103	13.1		0.7	1.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.1
37	Marlin Carter	CT	3B	186			0.7	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1
38	Henry Williams	SL2	C	15	2.2		0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
39	Sonny Harris	CT	LF	139			0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	P	27	47.2		0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
41	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	184			0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
42	Floyd Kranson	MULT	P	33	80.2		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
43	Red Hale	DTS	SS	79			0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
44	Henry McCall	MULT	1B	80			0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
45	Lester Lockett	SL2	2B	19			0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Lefty Calhoun	MRS	P	4	7.2		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Johnny Reed	IA/SL2	RF	57	28.1		0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.7	0.0
48	Dan Webster	DTS	P	32	48.1		0.4	0.1	-0.2	0.5	0.0
49	Les Pearson	SL2	RF	129			0.4	0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
50	Joe Taylor	SL2	SS	18			0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Bob Madison	MRS	LF	41	30.0		0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
52	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	145			0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2
53	Zell Miles	CAG	LF	24	0.1		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Luther Gilyard	CAG/SL2	1B	178			0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
55	Subby Byas	CAG	C	121			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
56	J. C. Segraves	IA	CF	88			0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
57	Emery Adams	MRS	P	14	32.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Vet Dunbar	IA/MRS	C	63			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	127			0.2	0.7	-0.5	0.0	0.0
60	Bill Hoskins	DTS/SL2	LF	67			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Leo Hannibal	IA	P	21	47.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
62	Jimmy Ford	IA/MRS	2B	80			0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
63	Bill Carter	BBB/SL2	1B	113	2.1		0.2	0.7	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
64	Dean Thomas	DTS	P	16	40.0		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
65	Felton Wilson	DTS	C	36			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Alphonse Dunn	DTS	1B	85			0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
67	Perry Hall	IA	3B	29			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Johnny Markham	KCM	P	20	51.2		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
69	Earl Jones	DTS	3B	10			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Butch Thurman	SL2	1B	29			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Jim Canada	BBB	1B	55			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Paul Hardy	CAG	C	58			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Brewster	DTS	P	1	4.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Cowan Hyde	CT/IA	RF	96			0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
75	Clarence Lamar	BBB/SL2	SS	105			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
76	Pen Gilliard	MRS	LF	21			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Dillard	SL2	CF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Josh Johnson	CT	C	41			0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
79	Herman Dunlap	CAG	CF	151			0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
80	Harry Barnes	BBB	C	85			0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
81	Edward Salter	DTS	RF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Quicksey	BBB	LF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	McCreary	SL2	RF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Johnson	KCM	P		1.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
85	Dizzy Royal	IA	P	3	1.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
86	Larry Bleach	DTS	2B	9			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	R. S. Smith	CAG/SL2	SS	10			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Rainey Bibbs	CT	2B	121			0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
89	Ernie Smith	KCM	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Norman Cross	CAG	P		0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Edgar Jackson	MRS	LF	8			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Teannie Edwards	IA/SL2	C	98			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Floyd Holston	BBB	P	3	2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Provine Bradley	CT	2B	39	34.1		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
96	Pete McQueen	MRS	LF	12			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
97	Jim Brown	CAG	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Red Howard	BBB	P	28	37.1		0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
99	Siebert	SL2	LF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Jimmy Cockerham	IA	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Starks	DTS	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Chuck Bowen	IA	P	2	0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Dusty Decker	DTS	2B	26			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	85			0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
105	Vail Jewell	SL2	2B	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Ernest Payne	CT	LF				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Zearlee Maxwell	MRS	3B	34			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	C. Hardy	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Kay Bee Ivory	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	William Newman	MRS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Sullivan	BBB	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Bledsoe	SL2	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Lionel Decuir	CT	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Al Parker	IA	P		2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Ned Miller	IA	1B	20			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Shirley Petway	DTS	C	26			0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
117	Clarence Lewis	MRS	SS	7			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Buck O'Neil	MRS	LF	34	3.2		0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
119	Stiles	DTS	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Walker	IA	C	43			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Elbert Eatmon	BBB	P	10	23.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Pfiffer	SL2	3B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Bill Jenkins	DTS	2B	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Jimmy McIntosh	DTS	3B	5			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Bill Denning	IA	2B	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Hurley McNair	CT	LF	20			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	A. D. Lewis	BBB/MRS	1B	2			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Lonnie Williams	CAG	RF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Eli Underwood	DTS	LF	71	6.0		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1
130	Julius Osley	BBB	P	1	2.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
131	Wesley Hardeman	SL2	P		2.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Roy Partlow	CT	LF	27	20.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
133	Eppie Hampton	MRS	1B	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Kermit Dial	DTS	RF	22			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Hill	SL2	P	9	15.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
136	Ollie Waldon	SL2	CF	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Leo Sanders	DTS/MRS	SS	45			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
138	Walker	CAG	LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Cannonball Berry	SL2	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
140	Anderson Pryor	DTS	SS	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Zack Clayton	CAG	1B	36	2.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
142	Marshall Riddle	SL2	SS	34			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
143	Otis Henry	IA	LF	41			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
144	Melvin Coleman	BBB	SS	69			-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
145	Harry Cunningham	MRS	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
146	William Walker	SL2	CF	48			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
147	Willie Ferrell	BBB	P	36	55.2		-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
148	George Gill	IA	1B	49			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	William Sumrall	MRS	P		0.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
150	Jerome Henderson	SL2	P	4	8.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
151	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	87			-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
152	Ralph Shropshire	SL2	C	37			-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
153	Joe Lillard	CAG/CT	P	4	7.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
154	Bullet Rogan	KCM	LF	36	5.1		-0.2	0.3	0.1	-0.5	0.0
155	Malvin Powell	CAG	P	45	42.2		-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
156	John Bissant	CT	LF	6			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	183			-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2
158	Cornelius Augustus	SL2	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
159	Dave Mays	KCM	RF	65			-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
160	Robert Dean	SL2	P	2	5.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
161	Carl Howard	CAG	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
162	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	72			-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
163	Barney Morris	CT	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
164	Sammy Hughes	IA	P	1	2.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
165	Granville Lyons	MRS	1B	87	9.0		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
166	Babe Bagby	CT	C	3			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
167	Tom Glover	MRS	P	1	3.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
168	Hiram Tanner	SL2	2B	18			-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
169	Willie Simms	MULT	CF	143			-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
170	Willie Jefferson	CT	P	25	39.1		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
171	Marcellus Thomas	SL2	LF	21			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
172	Charley Justice	DTS	RF	51	9.2		-0.3	0.1	0.2	-0.6	0.0
173	Willie Davis	SL2	LF	57			-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
174	Harry Else	KCM	C	65			-0.4	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
175	Emory Long	IA	3B	70			-0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
176	Ben Henderson	BBB	P	11	24.0		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
177	Joe Burks	IA/SL2	RF	34			-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
178	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	P	21	54.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
179	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	121			-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
180	Cornelius Cook	IA	P	20	41.1		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
181	Albert Davis	DTS	P	7	1.1		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
182	Andy Childs	IA	2B	104			-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.1
183	Bob Smith	MRS	3B	50			-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
184	Claude Miller	SL2	P	5	8.1		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
185	John Chisum	SL2	3B	28			-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
186	Red Longley	MRS	CF	82			-0.6	-0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
187	Pepper Morgan	IA/MRS	LF	47			-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
188	Charley House	DTS	3B	58			-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
189	Percy Miller	DTS	P	30	54.1		-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
190	Tommy Johnson	SL2	P	44	97.1		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
191	Glenn Dixon	SL2	LF	41	4.2		-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
192	Roosevelt Tate	CAG/CT	RF	61			-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
193	Robert Hughes	IA	P	14	34.1		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
194	Joe May	SL2	C	18	9.1		-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
195	John Griffin	SL2	P	21	44.1		-0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
196	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	P	19	20.1		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
197	Joe Sparks	CAG/SL2	2B	180	2.2		-1.3	-0.2	-1.0	-0.3	0.1
198	Nick Bryant	MRS	P	24	43.0		-1.9	-0.2	-0.1	-1.6	0.0

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