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

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Josh Gibson	HG	1.474
2	Buck Leonard	HG	1.191
3	Wild Bill Wright	WEG	1.109
4	Barney Brown	NBY	1.020
5	Mule Suttles	NE	1.004
6	Jim West	WEG	.987
7	Willie Wells	HG/NE	.945
8	Vic Harris	HG	.943
9	Sammy Hughes	WEG	.940
10	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	.936

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Ray Brown	HG	11
2	Tom Parker	HG	7
3	Edsall Walker	HG	7
4	Louis Dula	HG	6
5	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	6
6	Sam Thompson	PS	5
7	Roy Welmaker	HG	5
8	Bob Evans	NE	5
9	Theolic Smith	PC	5
10	Barney Morris	PC	4

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Vic Harris	HG	2.0	1.7	0.5
Bill Harvey	PC	1.1	0.4	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.5	1.4	0.2
Wild Bill Wright	WEG	1.4	1.9	-0.4

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	1.0	0.0
Chester Williams	PC	0.4	0.0	0.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Matt Carlisle	HG	1.2	0.3	0.8
Sammy Hughes	WEG	0.7	0.8	-0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	1.2	1.2	0.0
Ralph Burgin	NBY	0.4	0.1	0.4

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	3.9	3.8	0.0
Pepper Bassett	PC	0.8	0.6	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	76.0	2.8	2.7	0.1
Barney Morris	PC	77.0	1.9	2.0	0.0
Roy Welmaker	HG	39.0	1.5	1.3	0.2
Sam Thompson	PS	66.2	1.4	1.6	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	126.0	3.5	2.8	0.7
Louis Dula	HG	80.1	1.4	1.7	-0.3
Tom Glover	WEG	53.1	1.4	1.6	-0.2
Jim Missouri	PS	48.0	1.2	1.4	-0.2

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