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

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	96	1966	1799	181	395	48	23	10	25	1	118	364	0	13	36		38	.220	.273	.288	.561
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	84	1744	1557	239	413	55	37	18	64	4	139	224	1	12	36		24	.265	.330	.383	.713
3	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	63	1597	1478	186	356	50	23	10	26	1	73	276	0	13	33		20	.241	.283	.326	.609
4	St. Louis Stars	NAL	46	1121	993	264	339	56	19	21	35	1	107	95	0	5	16		22	.341	.408	.499	.908
5	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	39	1074	976	185	285	30	28	17	24		79	136	0	6	13		16	.292	.349	.432	.781
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	39	929	810	176	238	40	19	5	35		85	101	1	11	23		13	.294	.369	.409	.777
7	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	39	896	795	148	231	33	18	2	22		69	110	0	5	27		14	.291	.351	.385	.736
8	Detroit Stars	NAL	33	833	719	169	220	30	17	8	27	1	82	93	0	14	18		21	.306	.388	.428	.816
	8	1	439	10160	9127	1548	2477	342	184	91	258	8	752	1399	2	79	202		168	.271	.332	.379	.711

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Jesse Houston	CT	SP	18	548	503	54	120	14	7	2	8		23	98		7	15		9	.239	.281	.306	.588
2	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	SP	22	511	477	32	88	6	4	2	8	0	27	106		0	7		12	.184	.228	.226	.455
3	Tommy Johnson	SL2	SP	14	479	433	106	149	26	9	5	16	1	40	40	0	1	5		11	.344	.401	.480	.881
4	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	18	448	401	48	86	8	9	5	20	1	35	70		3	9		5	.214	.282	.317	.599
5	Porter Moss	MULT	RP	16	375	352	48	86	16	2	4	7	1	13	62		4	6		5	.244	.279	.335	.614
6	Floyd Kranson	MULT	RP	15	371	325	49	84	15	5	2	12	2	31	50	0	6	9		8	.258	.334	.354	.688
7	Willie Foster*	CAG	RP	16	358	322	44	77	8	7	4	9	1	30	46	1	2	4		3	.239	.308	.345	.653
8	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	16	321	298	36	79	13	5	2	12		15	45	0	2	6		8	.265	.305	.362	.667
9	Henry McHenry	KCM	SP	15	283	254	30	58	7	2	1	5		19	42	0	1	9		6	.228	.285	.283	.568
10	Vet Barnes	KCM	RP	15	279	255	20	60	7	2	2	3		18	45	0	3	3		6	.235	.293	.302	.595
11	Percy Miller*	DTS	SP	9	268	216	51	66	7	3	2	8	1	40	27	0	6	6		6	.306	.427	.394	.821
12	Jack Bruton	BBB	SP	8	264	247	44	82	5	12	6	11		15	34		1	1		3	.332	.373	.522	.895
13	Willie Ferrell*	BBB	SP	10	257	226	51	65	9	9	3	3		22	24	0	4	6		5	.288	.361	.447	.808
14	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	RP	11	251	218	42	71	10	9	2	9	1	26	27	0	0	7		3	.326	.398	.482	.879
15	Nick Bryant	MRS	RP	9	229	198	60	68	13	5	1	9		20	16	0	3	8		2	.343	.412	.475	.887
16	John Griffin*	SL2	RP	11	228	198	58	62	9	3	7	3		27	16	0	1	2		4	.313	.398	.495	.893
17	Eugene Bremer	CT	SP	8	228	212	16	41	6	2	0	2		11	30		1	4		2	.193	.237	.241	.477
18	Andy Cooper*	CAG/KCM	SP	10	225	207	24	43	8	1	1	0		10	40	0	1	7		4	.208	.248	.271	.518
19	Lefty Wilson*	KCM/MRS	SP	8	223	207	26	50	8	6	0	1		12	37	0	0	4		2	.242	.283	.338	.621
20	Dan Webster	DTS	RP	8	223	203	36	61	10	4	2	6		12	24	0	4	4		5	.300	.352	.419	.770
21	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	RP	10	210	184	28	44	5	4	1	7		17	21		2	7		2	.239	.310	.326	.636
22	Leo Hannibal	IA	SP	7	209	184	34	54	7	4	0	3		18	32	0	1	6		4	.293	.360	.375	.735
23	Johnny Markham	KCM	RP	12	207	190	28	51	6	4	3	4		13	47	0	1	3		5	.268	.319	.389	.708
24	Willie Jefferson	CT	RP	8	181	167	28	49	3	5	2	6		8	33	0	2	4		2	.293	.333	.407	.741
25	Cornelius Cook*	IA	RP	7	179	157	36	45	9	3	0	3		14	19		0	8		5	.287	.345	.382	.727
26	Dean Thomas	DTS	SP	6	179	157	31	44	3	3	2	8		17	28		0	5		7	.280	.351	.376	.726
27	Robert Hughes	IA	SP	6	175	166	36	57	8	4	0	5		6	20		0	3		3	.343	.366	.440	.806
28	Red Howard*	BBB	SP	5	171	153	34	43	2	3	4	1		14	25		0	3		2	.281	.341	.412	.753
29	Malvin Powell	CAG	RP	11	165	144	28	42	10	5	0	8		14	10	0	4	3		1	.292	.370	.431	.801
30	Provine Bradley	CT	RP	6	151	138	21	31	7	3	0	2	0	10	13		0	3		3	.225	.277	.319	.596
31	Emery Adams	MRS	RP	6	149	126	24	34	2	3	1	7		15	12		4	4		4	.270	.366	.357	.723
32	Bob Madison^	MRS	SP	6	143	128	20	35	5	3	0	6		12	25		1	2		2	.273	.340	.359	.700
33	Johnny Reed	IA/SL2	RP	6	130	110	20	33	6	1	0	3		14	12	0	2	4		4	.300	.389	.373	.762
34	Bo Mitchell	BBB	SP	4	129	123	5	27	3	1	0	0		5	19		0	1		1	.220	.250	.260	.510
35	Ben Henderson	BBB	SP	5	120	108	27	36	8	1	2	5		10	20	0	1	1		3	.333	.395	.481	.876
36	Bill Howard*	IA/MRS	RP	5	110	95	9	21	1	1	1	3		11	12		1	3		0	.221	.308	.284	.593
37	Elbert Eatmon^	BBB	RP	5	107	98	19	27	3	1	1	4		8	12		0	1		1	.276	.330	.357	.687
38	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	SP	6	107	95	28	34	9	4	2	4		8	17	0	1	3		0	.358	.413	.600	1.013
39	Roy Partlow*	CT	SP	3	84	77	12	19	2	1	2	1		6	31		0	1		0	.247	.301	.377	.678
40	Hill*	SL2	SP	2	78	76	17	26	3	3	2	5		1	10		0	1		1	.342	.351	.539	.890
41	Frank Bradley	KCM	SP	3	67	59	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	6	24		2	0		1	.153	.254	.186	.440
42	Goose Curry	MRS	SP	2	65	60	15	20	5	3	1	2		5	6	0	0	0		0	.333	.385	.567	.951
43	Ted Radcliffe	CT	RP	5	49	46	7	11	1	2	0	1		3	9	0	0	0		0	.239	.286	.348	.634
44	Charley Justice	DTS	SP	2	49	42	15	12	2	1	1	0		6	8	0	0	1		2	.286	.375	.452	.827
45	Joe May	SL2	RP	2	47	38	15	16	0	1	3	1		8	5	0	0	1		1	.421	.522	.711	1.232
46	Claude Miller	SL2	SP	3	46	37	17	14	5	1	3	1		6	2	0	0	3		0	.378	.465	.811	1.276
47	Granville Lyons*	MRS	RP	2	45	40	7	11	3	0	0	0		4	0	1	0	1		0	.275	.341	.350	.691
48	Joe Lillard	CAG	SP	1	40	35	12	16	0	1	2	0		3	1		0	2		1	.457	.500	.686	1.186
49	Robert Dean	SL2	SP	1	29	25	8	9	0	1	1	0		3	5	0	0	1		1	.360	.429	.560	.989
50	Lefty Calhoun*	MRS	RP	1	28	24	1	4	0	0	0	0		2	9		0	2		0	.167	.231	.167	.397
51	Glenn Dixon	SL2	SP	2	27	23	5	5	2	0	0	1		4	2		0	0		0	.217	.333	.304	.638
52	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	2	25	23	9	7	1	2	0	0		1	5		1	0		0	.304	.360	.522	.882
53	Eli Underwood^	DTS	RP	1	25	24	3	5	0	1	0	1		1	0		0	0		1	.208	.240	.292	.532
54	Tom Glover*	MRS	SP	1	23	16	7	6	0	1	1	2		4	3		1	2		0	.375	.524	.688	1.211
55	Brewster^	DTS	RP	1	18	18	3	5	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.278	.278	.389	.667
56	Joe Sparks	SL2	SP	1	18	15	6	7	1	0	0	3		2	4		1	0		0	.467	.556	.533	1.089
57	Sammy Hughes	IA	SP	1	17	15	6	8	1	2	1	1		2	3		0	0		0	.533	.588	1.067	1.655
58	Bill Carter^	SL2	SP	1	16	16	5	7	1	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	.438	.438	.500	.938
59	Albert Davis	DTS	RP	2	16	9	10	3	1	1	0	2		4	0		3	0		0	.333	.625	.667	1.292
60	Barney Morris	CT	RP	1	16	16	5	8	2	1	0	1		0	4		0	0		0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
61	Buck O'Neil	MRS	RP	1	16	16	3	6	1	1	0	0		0	2		0	0		1	.375	.375	.563	.938
62	Julius Osley	BBB	RP	1	16	12	3	3	0	1	0	0		4	0		0	0		0	.250	.438	.417	.854
63	Zack Clayton*	CAG	RP	2	15	11	4	5	1	0	1	0		3	3		0	1		0	.455	.571	.818	1.390
64	Al Parker*	IA	RP	2	14	12	2	5	1	0	0	1		2	1		0	0		0	.417	.500	.500	1.000
65	Wesley Hardeman^	SL2	RP	1	11	11	3	5	3	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.455	.455	.727	1.182
66	Floyd Holston^	BBB	RP	1	10	9	2	2	0	0	1	0		1	2		0	0		1	.222	.300	.556	.856
67	Henry Williams	SL2	RP	1	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	.111	.111	.111	.222
68	Dizzy Royal^	IA	RP	2	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	2		1	0		0	.200	.500	.200	.700
69	Cornelius Augustus*	SL2	RP	1	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0		0	.667	.857	1.000	1.857
70	Carl Howard	CAG	RP	1	6	5	3	4	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0		0	.800	.833	1.000	1.833
71	Harry Cunningham^	MRS	RP	1	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	.500	.600	.500	1.100
72	Cannonball Berry	SL2	RP	1	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	.800	.800	.800	1.600
73	Johnson^	KCM	RP	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	1		0	0		0	.250	.400	.250	.650
74	William Sumrall	MRS	SP	1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0		0	0		0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
75	Norman Cross	CAG	RP	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
76	Newt Allen	KCM	RP	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000
77	Chuck Bowen^	IA	RP	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000
78	Zell Miles	CAG	RP	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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