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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Ted Strong	AB3/KCM	.458
2	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	.439
3	Donald Reeves	BCA	.434
4	Bill Cooper	BCA	.423
5	Red Moore	BCA	.414
6	Neil Robinson	MRS	.403
7	Henry Milton	KCM	.395
8	Lloyd Davenport	MRS	.392
9	Willard Brown	KCM	.387
10	Joe Greene	BCA	.383

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

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1860	430.1	17.9	10.2	1.3	6.3
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1563	365.0	11.0	5.1	1.1	4.8
3	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	1679	380.2	6.0	3.1	1.5	1.3
4	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	757	164.2	3.1	1.6	-1.2	2.7
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1275	290.1	2.7	4.1	-1.1	-0.4
6	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	640	146.1	2.1	2.1	-2.1	2.1
7	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	972	219.1	0.1	0.6	1.1	-1.6
	7	1	8746	1996.2	42.8	26.9	0.6	15.3

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	75	121.2	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.7	0.0
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	44	115.0	3.6	0.2	0.0	3.4	0.0
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	204		3.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	-0.1
4	Henry Milton	KCM	LF	213		2.4	2.6	0.1	0.0	-0.2
5	Rainey Bibbs	CAG/KCM	2B	208		2.1	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.1
6	Ted Strong	AB3/KCM	1B	83		2.0	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
7	Telosh Howard	BCA	P	25	61.2	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
8	Donald Reeves	BCA	RF	143		1.7	1.8	0.1	0.0	-0.1
9	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	RF	115		1.7	1.3	0.5	0.0	-0.1
10	Neil Robinson	MRS	SS	139		1.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Felix Evans	BCA/JRC	P	34	61.2	1.7	0.3	-0.1	1.5	0.0
12	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	135		1.6	0.5	1.2	0.0	-0.1
13	Harry Else	KCM	C	111		1.5	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1
14	Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	C	138		1.5	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1
15	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	162	0.2	1.4	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0
16	Tommy Johnson	CAG	P	38	102.0	1.3	-0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0
17	Eddie Dixon	BCA	P	41	98.2	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
18	Willie Jefferson	MRS	P	42	73.2	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.0
19	Frank McAllister	AB3	P	14	42.1	1.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
20	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/KCM	CF	153		1.2	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
21	Red Moore	BCA	1B	152		1.0	1.0	0.2	0.0	-0.1
22	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	166		1.0	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.1
23	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	107		0.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.1
24	Lloyd Davenport	MRS	CF	132		0.8	1.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
25	Ed Young	CAG	1B	112		0.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.1
26	Don Pelham	BCA	CF	169		0.8	-0.1	0.9	0.0	-0.1
27	Willie Ferrell	JRC	P	15	25.2	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
28	Lefty Wilson	MRS	P	19	50.0	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
29	Red Howard	BCA/JRC	P	27	31.2	0.8	0.1	-0.2	0.9	0.0
30	Tommy Butts	BCA	SS	96		0.7	-0.2	0.8	0.0	0.1
31	Quincy Trouppe	AB3	LF	68		0.7	1.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
32	Lefty Calhoun	AB3	P	15	34.0	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
33	Ed Mayweather	KCM	RF	114		0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
34	Ted Trent	CAG	P	20	67.1	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
35	Terris McDuffie	JRC	P	12	24.2	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
36	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	24	60.1	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
37	Joe Greene	BCA	C	109		0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
38	Eugene Bremer	KCM/MRS	P	14	34.2	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
39	Vet Barnes	KCM	P	28	65.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
40	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	185		0.6	1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
41	Bill Cooper	BCA	C	107		0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
42	Lacey Thomas	JRC	CF	70		0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
43	Bob Smith	BBB/MRS	C	39	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
44	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	166		0.5	1.3	-0.6	0.0	-0.2
45	Blackburn	KCM	P	5	10.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
46	Robert Dean	AB3	P	11	27.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Mays	MRS	2B	16		0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Nish Williams	BCA	C	50		0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
49	Red Hadley	BCA	CF	94		0.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
50	Subby Byas	CAG	C	110		0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
51	Alphonso Cox	JRC	P	10	21.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Thurston	BBB	P	5	10.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
53	Mint Jones	JRC	1B	79		0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
54	Andy Cooper	KCM	P	6	17.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
55	Floyd Kranson	KCM	P	23	58.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
56	Julius Osley	BBB	P	6	19.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
57	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	C	80	47.0	0.3	0.4	-0.3	0.2	0.0
58	Joe Brown	JRC	C	20		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Herman Dunlap	CAG	RF	127		0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
60	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	96		0.3	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
61	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	P	11	7.0	0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0
62	Lefty Moses	KCM	P	13	26.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
63	Jack Marshall	CAG/KCM	3B	34		0.3	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
64	Philly Holmes	JRC	SS	80		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
65	Fast Ball Anderson	AB3	P	2	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
66	Carter	CAG	SS	4		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Herb Barnhill	JRC	C	30		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Mex Johnson	KCM	SS	150		0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
69	Preacher Henry	JRC	P	22	53.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
70	Ormond Sampson	CAG	SS	69		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
71	Gabby Kemp	BCA/JRC	2B	132		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
72	Jimmie Armstead	AB3/BBB	P	7	15.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
73	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	167		0.1	0.8	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
74	George Mitchell	AB3	1B	18	5.0	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
75	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	25		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Andrews	CAG	2B	5		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Lester Lockett	BBB	SS	36		0.1	-0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
78	Dixon	MRS	CF	4		0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Jimmy Shamberger	BCA	3B	20		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Joe Sparks	CAG	SS	62		0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
81	Howard Easterling	CAG	CF	5		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
82	Carl Smith	BBB	SS	4		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	George White	CAG	P		4.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
84	Johnny Markham	KCM	P	22	44.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
85	Cap Tyson	BBB	C	10		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Andrew Sephus	BBB	SS	52		0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
87	Sam Jethroe	AB3	C	3		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Tice James	BBB	3B	4		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Donelly	MRS	3B	2		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	McLemore	KCM	P		1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
91	Larry Brown	MRS	C	88		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
92	Bert Johnson	BBB	LF	44		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Henry Turner	JRC	LF	69		0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
94	Smith	CAG	-	1		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Ernie Smith	CAG/KCM	RF	55		0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Alex Crumbley	BCA	LF	4		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Henry McCall	BBB	1B	94		0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
98	Clarence Mitchell	AB3	1B	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Horace Davis	BBB	2B	4		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Edgar Pope	BCA	RF	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Murray	BBB	P	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	96		0.0	-0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
103	Jimmy Ford	BBB	3B	14		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Robert Hawkins	AB3	LF	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Spoon Carter	BBB	P	3	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Jabbo Andrews	BBB	RF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	88		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
108	Scott	BBB	CF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Jimmy Everett	JRC	-			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Henderson	BCA	-			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Luther Gilyard	CAG	1B	59		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1
112	Billy Horne	CAG	2B	69		0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
113	G. Davis	BBB	C	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Jones	MRS	LF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Charley Hayes	AB3	SS	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Vaughn	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Earl Little	BBB	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Johnny Smith	KCM	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Johnson	MRS	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Bobby Scott	AB3	1B	10		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Zell Miles	CAG	RF	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Jim Canada	BBB/BCA	1B	6		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Bill Carter	BBB	1B	10		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Bill Hoskins	MRS	LF	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Harlon Betts	KCM	LF	14		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Buddy Armour	AB3	SS	70		-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
127	Pepper Morgan	MRS	RF	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Bub Miller	BCA	3B	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	John Williams	JRC	3B	6		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Andy Childs	MRS	2B	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Parker	KCM	P		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Smoky Owens	JRC	P	1	2.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
133	Bennie Fields	BBB/BCA	3B	9		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Brinson	CAG	RF	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Flit Holliday	BCA	LF	31		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Marshall Riddle	AB3	2B	63		-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
137	Bullet Rogan	KCM	LF	33	2.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0
138	Thomas Brooks	BCA	P	1	2.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
139	Pen Gilliard	CAG/KCM	LF	13	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
140	Emery Adams	MRS	P	1	4.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
141	Hayes	JRC	P	1	4.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
142	Jesse Houston	CAG	P	44	53.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
143	Provine Bradley	MRS	P	2	2.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Bozo Jackson	BCA	SS	40		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Harry Barnes	BBB	C	58		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Claude Hayslett	MRS	P		1.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
147	Bob Madison	MRS	LF	28	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
148	Johnny Reed	CAG	3B	7	5.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
149	Ted Alexander	AB3	P	3	9.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
150	Roosevelt Cox	KCM	3B	144		-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
151	Percy Forrest	CAG	P	3	6.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Dick Burton	BBB	P	13	36.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
153	Duke Cleveland	JRC	LF	63		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
154	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	143		-0.3	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
155	Paul Hardy	CAG	C	17		-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Fred Bankhead	BBB/MRS	2B	122		-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.1
157	Marlin Carter	BCA/MRS	3B	96		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
158	John Lyles	AB3/CAG	CF	72		-0.3	0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.0
159	Bill Bradford	AB3	RF	72		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
160	Leo Sims	BBB/BCA	SS	45		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
161	Gene Sheppard	AB3	CF	17		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
162	Bernard Fernández	BCA	P	1	3.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
163	Leo Hannibal	MRS	P	11	16.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
164	Elbert Eatmon	BBB	P	14	34.0	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
165	Hoss Walker	MRS	SS	11		-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
166	Bobby Robinson	AB3	3B	53		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
167	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	76		-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
168	Willie Simms	CAG/KCM	CF	110		-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
169	Hap Glenn	BCA	3B	78		-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
170	Spencer Davis	BCA/JRC	3B	87		-0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
171	Roy Harding	BCA	P	3	7.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
172	Zearlee Maxwell	MRS	3B	39		-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
173	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	71	6.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
174	Raymond Taylor	MULT	C	72		-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1
175	Clarence Lamar	JRC	3B	28		-0.6	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
176	Johnnie Dawson	KCM	C	8		-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0
177	Leland Davis	CAG	P	14	10.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
178	Clifford Brown	AB3	P	5	13.1	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
179	Clifford Allen	MRS	P	16	18.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
180	Big Train Jackson	KCM	P	3	10.1	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
181	Porter Moss	MRS	P	27	52.0	-1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	0.0
182	Jimmy Reese	BCA	P	10	25.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
183	Bo Mitchell	BBB/BCA	P	40	98.1	-1.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.8	0.0
184	Cliff Blackmon	BBB	P	32	77.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
185	Red Longley	MRS	2B	106		-1.2	-0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1
186	Charles Dunklin	BBB/BCA	P	15	37.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	0.0

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