1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season

Negro National League II

1937 / 1939

Gus Greenlee (Chairman & President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary-Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Buck Leonard	HG	209
2	Josh Gibson	HG	198
3	Harry Williams	PC	176
4	Sammy Hughes	BEG	160
5	Ed Stone	NE	159
6	Willie Wells	NE	150
7	Ray Dandridge	NE	143
8	Ray Brown	HG	141
9	Pat Patterson	PS	134
10	Jim West	BEG	132

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Ray Brown	HG	15
2	Edsall Walker	HG	11
3	Andy Porter	BEG	8
4	Henry McHenry	PS	7
5	Johnny Taylor	PC	7
6	Spoon Carter	PS	7
7	Bill Byrd	BEG	7
8	Roy Partlow	HG	6
9	Henry Miller	PS	5
10	Webster McDonald	PS	5

All-1938 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Parnell	PS	1.1	0.9	0.4
Lennie Pearson	NE	0.7	0.6	0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.7	1.3	0.4
Sam Bankhead	PC	0.8	0.1	0.7

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	NE	1.4	1.2	0.3
Wild Bill Wright	BEG	0.6	1.0	-0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Wells	NE	1.4	1.1	0.2
Chester Williams	PC	1.2	0.5	0.5

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Harry Williams	PC	1.8	2.0	-0.3
Sammy Hughes	BEG	1.6	1.3	0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	NE	1.4	1.0	0.4
Henry Spearman	MULT	1.1	0.9	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.8	2.8	0.2
Jim West	BEG	0.9	1.1	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	3.3	2.9	0.3
Bill Perkins	PS	0.8	0.9	-0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Henry McHenry	PS	115.2	2.5	2.7	-0.2
Andy Porter	BEG	70.0	2.3	2.6	-0.3
Bob Griffith	BEG	92.0	2.3	2.1	0.2
Barney Morris	PC	72.2	2.2	2.3	-0.1
Edsall Walker	HG	83.2	2.1	1.9	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	141.0	6.2	5.3	1.0
Barney Brown	NBY	85.0	3.1	2.9	0.0
Bill Byrd	BEG	84.2	2.3	2.2	0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	63.1	2.1	2.3	-0.2
Jesse Brown	NE	28.2	0.9	1.0	-0.1

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