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

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	Vet Barnes	KCM	1.13
8	Porter Moss	MULT	1.13
9	Henry McHenry	KCM	1.14
10	Lefty Wilson	KCM/MRS	1.16

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	484.2		1.06	18.5%	6.0%	3.08	0.5%
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	398.1		1.39	12.8%	8.0%	1.61	1.0%
3	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	375.0		1.14	17.3%	4.6%	3.78	0.6%
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	239.2		1.52	12.7%	7.4%	1.72	1.6%
5	St. Louis Stars	NAL	221.0		2.02	8.5%	9.5%	0.89	1.9%
6	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	196.2		1.53	12.3%	7.7%	1.59	0.2%
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	190.2		1.69	10.9%	9.1%	1.19	0.5%
8	Detroit Stars	NAL	172.0		1.76	11.2%	9.8%	1.13	1.0%
	8	1	2278.0		1.42	13.8%	7.4%	1.86	0.9%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	SP	135.1		0.85	20.7%	5.3%	3.93	0.4%
2	Jesse Houston	CT	SP	129.2		1.10	17.9%	4.2%	4.26	0.4%
3	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	110.0		1.10	15.6%	7.8%	2.00	1.1%
4	Tommy Johnson	SL2	SP	97.1		1.94	8.4%	8.4%	1.00	1.0%
5	Porter Moss	MULT	RP	88.0		1.13	16.5%	3.5%	4.77	1.1%
6	Willie Foster*	CAG	RP	80.2		1.33	12.8%	8.4%	1.53	1.1%
7	Floyd Kranson	MULT	RP	80.2		1.43	13.5%	8.4%	1.61	0.5%
8	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	75.0		1.25	14.0%	4.7%	3.00	0.6%
9	Vet Barnes	KCM	RP	69.1		1.13	16.1%	6.5%	2.50	0.7%
10	Henry McHenry	KCM	SP	67.1		1.14	14.8%	6.7%	2.21	0.4%
11	Jack Bruton	BBB	SP	60.2		1.60	12.9%	5.7%	2.27	2.3%
12	Andy Cooper*	CAG/KCM	SP	57.2		0.92	17.8%	4.4%	4.00	0.4%
13	Eugene Bremer	CT	SP	57.0		0.91	13.2%	4.8%	2.73	0.0%
14	Willie Ferrell*	BBB	SP	55.2		1.56	9.3%	8.6%	1.09	1.2%
15	Percy Miller*	DTS	SP	54.1		1.95	10.1%	14.9%	0.68	0.7%
16	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	RP	54.0		1.80	10.8%	10.4%	1.04	0.8%
17	Lefty Wilson*	KCM/MRS	SP	53.1		1.16	16.6%	5.4%	3.08	0.0%
18	Dan Webster	DTS	RP	48.1		1.51	10.8%	5.4%	2.00	0.9%
19	Johnny Markham	KCM	RP	47.2		1.34	22.7%	6.3%	3.62	1.4%
20	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	RP	47.2		1.28	10.0%	8.1%	1.24	0.5%
21	Leo Hannibal	IA	SP	47.0		1.53	15.3%	8.6%	1.78	0.0%
22	John Griffin*	SL2	RP	44.1		2.01	7.0%	11.8%	0.59	3.1%
23	Nick Bryant	MRS	RP	43.0		2.05	7.0%	8.7%	0.80	0.4%
24	Cornelius Cook*	IA	RP	41.1		1.43	10.6%	7.8%	1.36	0.0%
25	Dean Thomas	DTS	SP	40.0		1.53	15.6%	9.5%	1.65	1.1%
26	Willie Jefferson	CT	RP	39.1		1.45	18.2%	4.4%	4.13	1.1%
27	Red Howard*	BBB	SP	37.1		1.53	14.6%	8.2%	1.79	2.3%
28	Malvin Powell	CAG	RP	36.1		1.54	6.1%	8.5%	0.71	0.0%
29	Provine Bradley	CT	RP	34.1		1.19	8.6%	6.6%	1.30	0.0%
30	Robert Hughes	IA	SP	34.1		1.83	11.4%	3.4%	3.33	0.0%
31	Bo Mitchell	BBB	SP	34.0		0.94	14.7%	3.9%	3.80	0.0%
32	Emery Adams	MRS	RP	32.1		1.52	8.1%	10.1%	0.80	0.7%
33	Bob Madison^	MRS	SP	30.0		1.57	17.5%	8.4%	2.08	0.0%
34	Johnny Reed	IA/SL2	RP	28.1		1.66	9.2%	10.8%	0.86	0.0%
35	Bill Howard*	IA/MRS	RP	26.0		1.23	10.9%	10.0%	1.09	0.9%
36	Ben Henderson	BBB	SP	24.0		1.92	16.7%	8.3%	2.00	1.7%
37	Elbert Eatmon^	BBB	RP	23.0		1.52	11.2%	7.5%	1.50	0.9%
38	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	SP	20.1		2.07	15.9%	7.5%	2.13	1.9%
39	Roy Partlow*	CT	SP	20.0		1.25	36.9%	7.1%	5.17	2.4%
40	Frank Bradley	KCM	SP	17.1		0.87	35.8%	9.0%	4.00	0.0%
41	Hill*	SL2	SP	15.0		1.80	12.8%	1.3%	10.00	2.6%
42	Goose Curry	MRS	SP	13.1		1.88	9.2%	7.7%	1.20	1.5%
43	Ted Radcliffe	CT	RP	12.1		1.14	18.4%	6.1%	3.00	0.0%
44	Charley Justice	DTS	SP	9.2		1.86	16.3%	12.2%	1.33	2.0%
45	Joe May	SL2	RP	9.1		2.57	10.6%	17.0%	0.63	6.4%
46	Granville Lyons*	MRS	RP	9.0		1.67	0.0%	8.9%	0.00	0.0%
47	Claude Miller	SL2	SP	8.1		2.40	4.3%	13.0%	0.33	6.5%
48	Joe Lillard	CAG	SP	7.2		2.48	2.5%	7.5%	0.33	5.0%
49	Lefty Calhoun*	MRS	RP	7.2		0.78	32.1%	7.1%	4.50	0.0%
50	Eli Underwood^	DTS	RP	6.0		1.00	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	0.0%
51	Robert Dean	SL2	SP	5.1		2.25	17.2%	10.3%	1.67	3.4%
52	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	5.1		1.50	20.0%	4.0%	5.00	0.0%
53	Glenn Dixon	SL2	SP	4.2		1.93	7.4%	14.8%	0.50	0.0%
54	Brewster^	DTS	RP	4.0		1.25	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
55	Buck O'Neil	MRS	RP	3.2		1.64	12.5%	0.0%		0.0%
56	Tom Glover*	MRS	SP	3.0		3.33	13.0%	17.4%	0.75	4.3%
57	Julius Osley	BBB	RP	2.2		2.63	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
58	Henry Williams	SL2	RP	2.2		0.38	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
59	Joe Sparks	SL2	SP	2.2		3.38	22.2%	11.1%	2.00	0.0%
60	Barney Morris	CT	RP	2.1		3.43	25.0%	0.0%		0.0%
61	Bill Carter^	SL2	SP	2.1		3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
62	Zack Clayton*	CAG	RP	2.1		3.43	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	6.7%
63	Al Parker*	IA	RP	2.1		3.00	7.1%	14.3%	0.50	0.0%
64	Sammy Hughes	IA	SP	2.1		4.29	17.6%	11.8%	1.50	5.9%
65	Floyd Holston^	BBB	RP	2.1		1.29	20.0%	10.0%	2.00	10.0%
66	Wesley Hardeman^	SL2	RP	2.0		2.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
67	Dizzy Royal^	IA	RP	1.1		2.25	25.0%	25.0%	1.00	0.0%
68	Albert Davis	DTS	RP	1.1		5.25	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
69	Johnson^	KCM	RP	1.0		2.00	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	0.0%
70	Chuck Bowen^	IA	RP	0.2		0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
71	Norman Cross	CAG	RP	0.2		3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
72	Newt Allen	KCM	RP	0.2		0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
73	Zell Miles	CAG	RP	0.1		3.00	50.0%	0.0%		0.0%
74	Carl Howard	CAG	RP	0.1		15.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
75	Harry Cunningham^	MRS	RP	0.1		9.00	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%
76	Cannonball Berry	SL2	RP	0.1		12.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
77	Cornelius Augustus*	SL2	RP	0.1		18.00	0.0%	57.1%	0.00	0.0%
78	William Sumrall	MRS	SP	0.0		0.00	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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