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	.645
3	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	.610
4	Red Hale	DTS	.587
5	Henry McCall	MULT	.571
6	Ted Strong	MULT	.555
7	Howard Easterling	CT	.545
8	Goose Curry	MULT	.538
9	Vet Dunbar	IA/MRS	.526
10	Johnny Ray	BBB	.517

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	0.85
2	Eugene Bremer	CT	0.91
3	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	0.92
4	Bo Mitchell	BBB	0.94
5	Willie Cornelius	CAG	1.10
6	Jesse Houston	CT	1.10
7	Henry McHenry	KCM	1.12
8	Porter Moss	MULT	1.13
9	Vet Barnes	KCM	1.15
10	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	1.16

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	2188	502.2		26.8	10.7	3.2	12.9	0.0
2	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	1649	375.0		14.0	5.0	2.5	6.6	0.0
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1732	407.0		7.9	2.1	1.4	4.4	0.0
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1102	239.2		4.7	4.8	-1.7	1.6	0.0
5	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	908	196.2		2.4	1.8	-0.3	0.9	0.0
6	Detroit Stars	NAL	785	172.0		-0.5	1.9	-0.9	-1.4	0.0
7	St. Louis Stars	NAL	1070	229.0		-3.3	2.3	-2.6	-3.0	0.0
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	837	190.2		-3.8	-2.1	-0.8	-1.0	0.0
	8	1	10271	2312.2		48.4	26.5	0.9	21.0	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	P	74	138.1		5.9	0.3	0.0	5.6	0.0
2	Newt Allen	CAG/KCM	2B	261	0.2		4.1	1.6	2.3	0.0	0.2
3	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	249			3.6	3.2	0.5	0.0	-0.1
4	Jesse Houston	CT	P	66	129.2		3.1	-0.1	0.0	3.2	0.0
5	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	47	110.0		2.6	-0.3	0.0	2.9	0.0
6	Vet Barnes	KCM	P	33	73.1		2.4	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.0
7	Eugene Bremer	CT	P	26	57.0		2.3	0.2	0.0	2.2	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			1.9	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Lloyd Davenport	CT	RF	189			1.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	-0.2
12	Ted Strong	MULT	SS	130			1.7	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
13	Neil Robinson	CT	CF	183			1.6	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
14	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	183			1.5	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.1
15	Ted Trent	CAG	P	29	77.1		1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.7	0.0
16	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	195			1.4	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.1
17	Henry Milton	CAG/KCM	RF	262			1.4	1.6	0.0	0.0	-0.2
18	Ted Radcliffe	CT	C	141	12.1		1.4	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.1
19	Henry McHenry	KCM	P	31	73.1		1.3	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
20	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	P	23	26.0		1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
21	Willie Foster	CAG	P	35	80.2		1.3	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
22	Jess Brooks	KCM	3B	236			1.2	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1
23	Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	P	21	57.2		1.2	-0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0
24	Eddie Dwight	KCM	CF	147			1.2	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
25	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	CF	95			1.1	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Porter Moss	MULT	P	41	88.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
27	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	6	18.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
28	Johnny Ray	BBB	CF	71			0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	David Whatley	BBB	RF	122			0.9	1.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
30	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	P	23	53.1		0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
31	Jelly Taylor	CT	1B	174			0.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.2
32	Ed Mayweather	KCM	1B	214			0.8	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.2
33	Fred Bankhead	BBB	2B	105			0.8	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.1
34	Jack Bruton	BBB	P	50	60.2		0.8	0.3	-0.1	0.6	0.0
35	Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	2B	78			0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
36	Goose Curry	MULT	CF	103	13.1		0.6	1.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.1
37	Marlin Carter	CT	3B	186			0.6	-0.1	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	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	P	27	47.2		0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
40	Sonny Harris	CT	LF	139			0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Floyd Kranson	MULT	P	33	80.2		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
42	Henry McCall	MULT	1B	80			0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
43	Lester Lockett	SL2	2B	19			0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Jack Marshall	CAG	RF	184			0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
45	Red Hale	DTS	SS	79			0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
46	Lefty Calhoun	MRS	P	4	7.2		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Johnny Reed	IA/SL2	RF	57	28.1		0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.6	0.0
48	Les Pearson	SL2	RF	129			0.4	0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
49	Joe Taylor	SL2	SS	18			0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
50	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	145			0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
51	Dan Webster	DTS	P	32	48.1		0.3	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0
52	Bob Madison	MRS	LF	41	30.0		0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0
53	J. C. Segraves	IA	CF	88			0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
54	Zell Miles	CAG	LF	24	0.1		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
55	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	127			0.3	0.8	-0.6	0.0	0.0
56	Leo Hannibal	IA	P	21	47.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Vet Dunbar	IA/MRS	C	63			0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Luther Gilyard	CAG/SL2	1B	178			0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
59	Subby Byas	CAG	C	121			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
60	Bill Carter	BBB/SL2	1B	113	2.1		0.2	0.7	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
61	Bill Hoskins	DTS/SL2	LF	67			0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Emery Adams	MRS	P	14	32.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
63	Perry Hall	IA	3B	29			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Johnny Markham	KCM	P	20	51.2		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	Jim Canada	BBB	1B	55			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Earl Jones	DTS	3B	10			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Alphonse Dunn	DTS	1B	85			0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
69	Butch Thurman	SL2	1B	29			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Dean Thomas	DTS	P	16	40.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
71	Jimmy Ford	IA/MRS	2B	80			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
72	Cowan Hyde	CT/IA	RF	96			0.1	0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
73	Clarence Lamar	BBB/SL2	SS	105			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
74	Paul Hardy	CAG	C	58			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Brewster	DTS	P	1	4.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Harry Barnes	BBB	C	85			0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
77	Pen Gilliard	MRS	LF	21			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Dillard	SL2	CF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Herman Dunlap	CAG	CF	151			0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
80	Josh Johnson	CT	C	41			0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
81	Quicksey	BBB	LF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Edward Salter	DTS	RF	7			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Provine Bradley	CT	2B	39	34.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
84	McCreary	SL2	RF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Johnson	KCM	P		1.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
86	Dizzy Royal	IA	P	3	1.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
87	Larry Bleach	DTS	2B	9			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	R. S. Smith	CAG/SL2	SS	10			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	Teannie Edwards	IA/SL2	C	98			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Floyd Holston	BBB	P	3	2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Rainey Bibbs	CT	2B	121			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
95	Edgar Jackson	MRS	LF	8			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Jim Brown	CAG	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Pete McQueen	MRS	LF	12			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Jimmy Cockerham	IA	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Siebert	SL2	LF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Chuck Bowen	IA	P	2	0.2		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	Red Howard	BBB	P	28	37.1		0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
103	Vail Jewell	SL2	2B	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Dusty Decker	DTS	2B	26			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Ernest Payne	CT	LF				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Ned Miller	IA	1B	20			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	C. Hardy	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Kay Bee Ivory	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Sullivan	BBB	-	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	Bledsoe	SL2	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Al Parker	IA	P		2.1		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	Clarence Lewis	MRS	SS	7			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Shirley Petway	DTS	C	26			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Walker	IA	C	43			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Zearlee Maxwell	MRS	3B	34			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Stiles	DTS	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Pfiffer	SL2	3B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Bill Jenkins	DTS	2B	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Jimmy McIntosh	DTS	3B	5			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Roy Partlow	CT	LF	27	20.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
123	Elbert Eatmon	BBB	P	10	23.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Bill Denning	IA	2B	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	A. D. Lewis	BBB/MRS	1B	2			-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	Lonnie Williams	CAG	RF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	85			-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
129	Buck O'Neil	MRS	LF	34	3.2		-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
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	Eppie Hampton	MRS	1B	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Kermit Dial	DTS	RF	22			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Eli Underwood	DTS	LF	71	6.0		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1
135	Ollie Waldon	SL2	CF	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Hill	SL2	P	9	15.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
137	Walker	CAG	LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Cannonball Berry	SL2	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
139	Melvin Coleman	BBB	SS	69			-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
140	Otis Henry	IA	LF	41			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
141	Malvin Powell	CAG	P	45	42.2		-0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
142	Anderson Pryor	DTS	SS	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Leo Sanders	DTS/MRS	SS	45			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
144	Marshall Riddle	SL2	SS	34			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
145	Harry Cunningham	MRS	P		0.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
146	Zack Clayton	CAG	1B	36	2.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
147	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	87			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
148	George Gill	IA	1B	49			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	William Walker	SL2	CF	48			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
150	William Sumrall	MRS	P		0.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
151	Bullet Rogan	KCM	LF	36	5.1		-0.2	0.3	0.1	-0.5	0.0
152	Joe Lillard	CAG/CT	P	4	7.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
153	Jerome Henderson	SL2	P	4	8.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
154	Ralph Shropshire	SL2	C	37			-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
155	Willie Ferrell	BBB	P	36	55.2		-0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
156	John Bissant	CT	LF	6			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Dave Mays	KCM	RF	65			-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
158	Cornelius Augustus	SL2	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
159	Robert Dean	SL2	P	2	5.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
160	Carl Howard	CAG	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
161	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	183			-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2
162	Barney Morris	CT	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
163	Sammy Hughes	IA	P	1	2.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
164	Raymond Taylor	MRS	C	72			-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
165	Willie Jefferson	CT	P	25	39.1		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
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	Willie Simms	MULT	CF	143			-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
169	Hiram Tanner	SL2	2B	18			-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
170	Granville Lyons	MRS	1B	87	9.0		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
171	Marcellus Thomas	SL2	LF	21			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
172	Willie Davis	SL2	LF	57			-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
173	Charley Justice	DTS	RF	51	9.2		-0.4	0.1	0.2	-0.6	0.0
174	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	P	21	54.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
175	Harry Else	KCM	C	65			-0.4	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
176	Emory Long	IA	3B	70			-0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
177	Joe Burks	IA/SL2	RF	34			-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
178	Ben Henderson	BBB	P	11	24.0		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
179	Cornelius Cook	IA	P	20	41.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
180	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	121			-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
181	Andy Childs	IA	2B	104			-0.4	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.1
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	John Chisum	SL2	3B	28			-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
185	Bob Smith	MRS	3B	50			-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
186	Pepper Morgan	IA/MRS	LF	47			-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
187	Charley House	DTS	3B	58			-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
188	Red Longley	MRS	CF	82			-0.6	-0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
189	Glenn Dixon	SL2	LF	41	4.2		-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
190	Roosevelt Tate	CAG/CT	RF	61			-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
191	Robert Hughes	IA	P	14	34.1		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
192	Percy Miller	DTS	P	30	54.1		-0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
193	Joe May	SL2	C	18	9.1		-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
194	Tommy Johnson	SL2	P	44	97.1		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
195	John Griffin	SL2	P	21	44.1		-0.9	0.1	0.0	-1.0	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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