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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Jerry Benjamin	HG	14
2	Walter Cannady	NBY	7
3	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	6
4	Jim Williams	HG	6
5	Chester Williams	PC	5
6	Jimmie Crutchfield	NE	4
7	Dan Wilson	PC	3
8	Buddy Burbage	PC	3
9	Josh Gibson	HG	3
10	Buck Leonard	HG	3

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Neck Stanley	NBY	3.00
2	Rocky Ellis	PS	2.91
3	Roosevelt Davis	NBY/PC	2.56
4	Jim Missouri	PS	2.53
5	Roy Welmaker	HG	2.27
6	Barney Morris	PC	2.25
7	Sam Thompson	PS	2.07
8	Andy Porter	WEG	2.05
9	Ray Brown	HG	2.03
10	Leon Day	HG/NE	1.92

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Vic Harris	HG	2.2	1.9	0.6
Bill Harvey	PC	1.1	0.4	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wild Bill Wright	WEG	1.7	2.0	-0.3
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.7	1.5	0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Williams	HG	1.8	1.1	0.9
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	0.3	-0.2	0.4

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Matt Carlisle	HG	1.2	0.1	0.9
Sammy Hughes	WEG	0.8	1.0	-0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	1.7	1.6	0.0
Javier Pérez	HG	0.5	0.3	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	3.0	2.8	0.4
Jim West	WEG	1.4	1.4	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	4.1	4.0	0.0
Pepper Bassett	PC	0.8	0.5	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	78.1	2.8	2.7	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	1.3	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	133.0	3.8	3.1	0.7
Jim Missouri	PS	67.0	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Louis Dula	HG	80.1	1.4	1.7	-0.3
Tom Glover	WEG	53.1	1.4	1.6	-0.2

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