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

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	David Whatley	BBB	.655
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.648
3	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	.610
4	Red Hale	DTS	.587
5	Ted Strong	MULT	.555
6	Howard Easterling	CT	.545
7	Goose Curry	MULT	.538
8	Henry McCall	MULT	.528
9	Vet Dunbar	IA/MRS	.526
10	Johnny Ray	BBB	.517

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	3.93
7	Bo Mitchell	BBB	3.80
8	Johnny Markham	KCM	3.62
9	Robert Hughes	IA	3.33
10	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	3.08

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Throws:

All

L

R

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	2109	484.2		25.0	9.5	3.0	12.5	0.0
2	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	1649	375.0		13.8	5.2	2.5	6.1	0.0
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1688	398.1		7.8	2.4	1.4	4.0	0.0
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1102	239.2		4.4	4.4	-1.6	1.7	0.0
5	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	908	196.2		1.9	1.5	-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	1035	221.0		-2.7	2.6	-2.5	-2.8	0.0
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	837	190.2		-3.2	-1.6	-0.8	-0.8	0.0
	8	1	10113	2278.0		47.1	26.2	0.8	20.0	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	P	72	135.1		5.7	0.3	0.0	5.4	0.0
2	Newt Allen	CAG/KCM	2B	252	0.2		3.9	1.6	2.1	0.0	0.2
3	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	240			3.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	-0.1
4	Jesse Houston	CT	P	66	129.2		3.0	-0.1	0.0	3.0	0.0
5	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	46	110.0		2.5	-0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
6	Vet Barnes	KCM	P	32	69.1		2.5	0.2	0.0	2.3	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	Alex Radcliff	CAG	SS	180			2.2	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.2
10	Howard Easterling	CT	SS	160			2.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Lloyd Davenport	CT	RF	189			1.9	1.5	0.5	0.0	-0.2
12	Ted Strong	MULT	SS	130			1.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
13	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	183			1.7	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
14	Ted Radcliffe	CT	C	141	12.1		1.4	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.1
15	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	178			1.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.1
16	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	P	23	26.0		1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
17	Jess Brooks	KCM	3B	227			1.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.1
18	Ted Trent	CAG	P	28	75.0		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
19	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	P	21	57.2		1.2	-0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0
20	Willie Foster	CAG	P	35	80.2		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
21	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	CF	95			1.2	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
22	Henry McHenry	KCM	P	28	67.1		1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
23	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	188			1.1	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.1
24	Henry Milton	CAG/KCM	RF	252			1.0	1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
25	Eddie Dwight	KCM	CF	136			1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Porter Moss	MULT	P	41	88.0		0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
27	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	P	23	53.1		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
28	Jelly Taylor	CT	1B	174			0.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.2
29	Johnny Ray	BBB	CF	71			0.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	6	17.1		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
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	Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	2B	78			0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
35	Ed Mayweather	KCM	1B	210			0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.2
36	Goose Curry	MULT	CF	103	13.1		0.7	1.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.1
37	Henry Williams	SL2	C	15	2.2		0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
38	Marlin Carter	CT	3B	186			0.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1
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		0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
41	Floyd Kranson	MULT	P	33	80.2		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
42	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	179			0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
43	Red Hale	DTS	SS	79			0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
44	Lefty Calhoun	MRS	P	4	7.2		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
45	Lester Lockett	SL2	2B	19			0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Les Pearson	SL2	RF	125			0.4	0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
47	Dan Webster	DTS	P	32	48.1		0.4	0.1	-0.2	0.5	0.0
48	Johnny Reed	IA/SL2	RF	57	28.1		0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.6	0.0
49	Joe Taylor	SL2	SS	18			0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
50	Bob Madison	MRS	LF	41	30.0		0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
51	Henry McCall	MULT	1B	75			0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
52	Zell Miles	CAG	LF	24	0.1		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
53	Luther Gilyard	CAG/SL2	1B	178			0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
54	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	141			0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
55	Subby Byas	CAG	C	116			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
56	Herman Dunlap	CAG	CF	146			0.2	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
57	J. C. Segraves	IA	CF	88			0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
58	Emery Adams	MRS	P	14	32.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Vet Dunbar	IA/MRS	C	63			0.2	0.3	-0.1	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	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	127			0.2	0.7	-0.6	0.0	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	Johnny Markham	KCM	P	18	47.2		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
68	Perry Hall	IA	3B	29			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Butch Thurman	SL2	1B	25			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Bill Carter	BBB/SL2	1B	113	2.1		0.2	0.7	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
71	Earl Jones	DTS	3B	10			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Jim Canada	BBB	1B	55			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Paul Hardy	CAG	C	58			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Teannie Edwards	IA/SL2	C	94			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Cowan Hyde	CT/IA	RF	96			0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
76	Brewster	DTS	P	1	4.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Pen Gilliard	MRS	LF	21			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Clarence Lamar	BBB/SL2	SS	105			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
79	Dillard	SL2	CF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Josh Johnson	CT	C	41			0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
81	Edward Salter	DTS	RF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	McCreary	SL2	RF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Harry Barnes	BBB	C	85			0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
84	Quicksey	BBB	LF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Rainey Bibbs	CT	2B	121			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
86	Johnson	KCM	P		1.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
87	Larry Bleach	DTS	2B	9			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Dizzy Royal	IA	P	3	1.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
89	R. S. Smith	CAG/SL2	SS	10			0.1	0.1	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	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Floyd Holston	BBB	P	3	2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Pete McQueen	MRS	LF	12			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Provine Bradley	CT	2B	39	34.1		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
96	Jim Brown	CAG	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Wright	KCM	CF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Siebert	SL2	LF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Jimmy Cockerham	IA	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	85			0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
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	Red Howard	BBB	P	28	37.1		0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
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	C. Hardy	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	K. B. Ivory	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	William Newman	MRS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Sullivan	BBB	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Bledsoe	SL2	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Lionel Decuir	CT	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Ned Miller	IA	1B	20			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Al Parker	IA	P		2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Zearlee Maxwell	MRS	3B	34			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Clarence Lewis	MRS	SS	7			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Shirley Petway	DTS	C	26			0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Stiles	DTS	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Buck O'Neil	MRS	LF	34	3.2		0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
120	Elbert Eatmon	BBB	P	10	23.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Pfiffer	SL2	3B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Casey Walker	IA	C	43			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	Lonnie Williams	CAG	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Dennings	IA	2B	4			-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	Hurley McNair	CT	LF	20			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Julius Osley	BBB	P	1	2.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Eli Underwood	DTS	LF	71	6.0		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1
131	Wesley Hardeman	SL2	P		2.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Eppie Hampton	MRS	1B	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Roy Partlow	CT	LF	27	20.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
134	Kermit Dial	DTS	RF	22			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Leo Sanders	DTS/MRS	SS	45			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
136	Ollie Waldon	SL2	CF	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Hill	SL2	P	9	15.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
138	Malvin Powell	CAG	P	42	36.1		-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
139	Walker	CAG	LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Cannonball Berry	SL2	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
141	Zack Clayton	CAG	1B	36	2.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
142	Anderson Pryor	DTS	SS	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Melvin Coleman	BBB	SS	69			-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
144	Harry Cunningham	MRS	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
145	Otis Henry	IA	LF	41			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
146	William Walker	SL2	CF	44			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	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	Ralph Shropshire	SL2	C	37			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
150	William Sumrall	MRS	P		0.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
151	Joe Lillard	CAG/CT	P	4	7.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
152	Bullet Rogan	KCM	LF	36	5.1		-0.2	0.3	0.1	-0.5	0.0
153	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	87			-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
154	John Bissant	CT	LF	6			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
155	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	178			-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2
156	Cornelius Augustus	SL2	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
157	Marshall Riddle	SL2	SS	30			-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
158	Robert Dean	SL2	P	2	5.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
159	Carl Howard	CAG	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
160	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	72			-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
161	Barney Morris	CT	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
162	Sammy Hughes	IA	P	1	2.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
163	Dave Mays	KCM	RF	61			-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
164	Willie Simms	MULT	CF	138			-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
165	Babe Bagby	CT	C	3			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
166	Granville Lyons	MRS	1B	87	9.0		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
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	Joe Burks	IA/SL2	RF	31			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
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	Harry Else	KCM	C	65			-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
174	Willie Davis	SL2	LF	57			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
175	Ben Henderson	BBB	P	11	24.0		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
176	John Chisum	SL2	3B	24			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
177	Emory Long	IA	3B	70			-0.4	-0.5	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	Andy Childs	IA	2B	104			-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.1
181	Cornelius Cook	IA	P	20	41.1		-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
182	Albert Davis	DTS	P	7	1.1		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
183	Claude Miller	SL2	P	5	8.1		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
184	Bob Smith	MRS	3B	50			-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
185	Glenn Dixon	SL2	LF	37	4.2		-0.5	-0.2	-0.2	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	Roosevelt Tate	CAG/CT	RF	61			-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
191	Tommy Johnson	SL2	P	44	97.1		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
192	Joe May	SL2	C	18	9.1		-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
193	Robert Hughes	IA	P	14	34.1		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
194	John Griffin	SL2	P	21	44.1		-0.9	0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
195	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	P	19	20.1		-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
196	Joe Sparks	CAG/SL2	2B	180	2.2		-1.2	-0.2	-1.0	-0.3	0.1
197	Nick Bryant	MRS	P	24	43.0		-1.9	-0.2	-0.1	-1.6	0.0

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