1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.503
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.459
3	Jim West	WEG	.442
4	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	.434
5	Sammy Hughes	WEG	.423
6	Gene Benson	PS	.408
7	Vic Harris	HG	.402
8	George Giles	NBY	.395
9	Jim Williams	HG	.395
10	Willie Wells	HG/NE	.391

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	1.08
2	Ray Brown	HG	1.11
3	Louis Dula	HG	1.15
4	Jim Missouri	PS	1.19
5	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	1.21
6	Sam Thompson	PS	1.26
7	Edsall Walker	HG	1.28
8	William Bell	NE	1.29
9	Jim Lewis	PC	1.33
10	Webster McDonald	PS	1.34

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Vic Harris	HG	2.3	1.9	0.6
Bill Harvey	PC	1.1	0.4	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.8	1.5	0.3
Wild Bill Wright	WEG	1.6	1.9	-0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Williams	HG	1.9	1.2	1.0
Barney Brown	NBY	1.7	0.7	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	HG/NE	1.2	1.1	0.0
Hoss Walker	WEG	0.4	-0.2	0.4

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Matt Carlisle	HG	1.2	0.2	0.9
Sammy Hughes	WEG	0.8	1.1	-0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	1.7	1.6	0.1
Javier Pérez	HG	0.5	0.4	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	3.0	2.8	0.4
Jim West	WEG	1.3	1.4	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	4.2	4.0	0.0
Pepper Bassett	PC	0.8	0.6	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	78.1	2.7	2.6	0.1
Barney Morris	PC	77.0	2.0	2.1	0.0
Sam Thompson	PS	67.1	1.7	1.9	-0.2
Roy Welmaker	HG	39.0	1.5	1.2	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	133.0	3.8	3.0	0.7
Jim Missouri	PS	67.0	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Tom Glover	WEG	53.1	1.5	1.7	-0.2
Louis Dula	HG	80.1	1.4	1.6	-0.3

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