1937 Season

Negro National League II

1936 / 1938

Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Gus Greenlee (President)
Tom Wilson (Vice President)
Bill Nunn (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.594
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.501
3	Wild Bill Wright	WEG	.466
4	Jim West	WEG	.445
5	Barney Brown	NBY	.440
6	Mule Suttles	NE	.433
7	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	.416
8	Vic Harris	HG	.410
9	Sammy Hughes	WEG	.401
10	Willie Wells	HG/NE	.401

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	2.31
2	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	2.96
3	Jim Missouri	PS	3.00
4	Tom Glover	WEG	3.04
5	Ray Brown	HG	3.21
6	Louis Dula	HG	3.25
7	Roy K. Williams	NBY	3.59
8	Edsall Walker	HG	3.75
9	William Bell	NE	3.77
10	Sam Thompson	PS	4.19

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	2156	1887	444	594	104	33	57	406	28	190	8	71	.315	.380	.495	.875	124
2	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	38	1391	1239	199	365	56	23	30	181	2	109	4	39	.295	.354	.450	.803	104
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	32	1213	1082	203	298	57	22	14	184	15	106	4	21	.275	.342	.408	.750	92
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	39	1464	1336	183	371	61	13	19	162	16	87	4	37	.278	.324	.385	.709	87
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	36	1339	1197	182	343	50	13	15	164	16	105	3	34	.287	.346	.388	.733	87
6	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	37	1285	1140	159	289	49	9	5	141	3	102	4	39	.254	.317	.325	.642	62
	6	1	259	8848	7881	1370	2260	377	113	140	1238	80	699	27	241	.287	.347	.417	.763	96

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	39	183	156	60	65	13	7	20	73	2	25	1	1	.417	.500	.974	1.474	271
2	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	42	199	170	54	64	15	3	13	55	2	25	2	2	.376	.462	.729	1.191	202
3	Wild Bill Wright**	WEG	CF	38	159	152	27	57	8	11	7	38	0	6	0	1	.375	.399	.711	1.109	179
4	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	30	121	107	24	34	4	3	7	32	0	14	0	0	.318	.397	.607	1.004	153
5	Jim West**	WEG	1B	38	154	141	23	56	7	2	3	22	0	11	2	0	.397	.448	.539	.987	153
6	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	48	229	202	59	66	17	6	5	48	0	24	0	3	.327	.398	.545	.943	141
7	Willie Wells	HG/NE	SS	32	136	120	32	39	9	5	3	27	2	12	0	4	.325	.386	.558	.945	139
8	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	3B	36	149	136	25	51	10	3	1	31	5	11	0	2	.375	.422	.515	.936	139
9	Henry Spearman	PC	3B	28	123	113	17	38	7	0	4	15	0	9	0	1	.336	.385	.504	.890	133
10	George Giles*	NBY	1B	36	158	137	31	45	11	1	2	18	3	16	1	4	.328	.403	.467	.870	120
11	Jim Williams	HG	RF	46	208	187	30	67	12	1	1	41	6	10	1	10	.358	.394	.449	.843	117
12	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	52	259	219	59	65	15	1	4	35	13	30	2	8	.297	.386	.429	.816	110
13	Henry Kimbro*	WEG	LF	34	150	133	24	38	5	3	4	16	0	15	0	2	.286	.358	.459	.817	109
14	Clint Thomas	NBY	CF	36	151	133	28	40	2	3	4	18	2	15	0	3	.301	.372	.451	.823	108
15	Walter Cannady	NBY	2B	35	145	132	20	43	9	1	1	30	4	10	0	3	.326	.373	.432	.805	104
16	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	36	138	123	20	38	6	3	1	18	0	12	0	3	.309	.370	.431	.801	101
17	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	30	129	117	29	33	6	2	3	23	2	11	0	1	.282	.344	.444	.788	100
18	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	35	143	130	20	40	6	3	1	11	1	11	0	2	.308	.362	.423	.785	99
19	Zollie Wright	WEG	RF	35	142	128	21	35	3	1	5	21	0	12	0	2	.273	.336	.430	.765	95
20	Javier Pérez	HG	3B	49	233	203	37	58	5	3	2	30	1	22	0	8	.286	.356	.369	.725	88
21	Dan Wilson**	PC	LF	38	146	132	26	38	5	2	0	12	3	12	0	2	.288	.347	.356	.703	86
22	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	52	231	201	37	56	8	5	1	30	2	18	0	12	.279	.338	.383	.721	86
23	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	32	127	110	17	32	5	0	0	15	2	16	0	1	.291	.381	.336	.717	83
24	Paul Dixon	PS	LF	32	117	104	17	30	5	0	1	13	0	10	0	3	.288	.351	.365	.716	81
25	Buddy Burbage*	PC	RF	30	135	126	18	34	8	1	2	15	3	3	0	6	.270	.287	.397	.684	78
26	Leroy Morney**	WEG	3B	34	130	114	12	30	6	1	0	13	1	12	0	4	.263	.333	.333	.667	72
27	Chester Williams	PC	SS	35	150	141	11	39	6	2	0	16	5	6	0	3	.277	.306	.348	.654	72
28	Jake Dunn	PS	2B	36	143	119	20	27	6	2	1	15	0	18	0	6	.227	.328	.336	.665	68
29	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	31	146	137	21	35	9	1	0	16	4	7	0	2	.255	.292	.336	.627	60
30	Fats Jenkins*	NBY	LF	36	147	130	19	31	2	1	2	17	2	14	0	3	.238	.313	.315	.628	60
31	Hoss Walker	WEG	SS	38	148	126	17	29	5	1	1	15	0	12	1	9	.230	.302	.310	.612	58
32	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	47	183	162	23	40	3	0	0	22	1	8	1	12	.247	.287	.265	.552	44
33	Dick Seay	NE	2B	28	121	110	20	18	1	1	0	7	1	8	2	1	.164	.233	.191	.424	10

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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