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

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	HG	73
2	Buck Leonard	HG	55
3	Vic Harris	HG	48
4	Jim Williams	HG	41
5	Wild Bill Wright	WEG	38
6	Jerry Benjamin	HG	35
7	Mule Suttles	NE	32
8	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	31
9	Walter Cannady	NBY	30
10	Matt Carlisle	HG	30

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Ray Brown	HG	74
2	Barney Morris	PC	54
3	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	41
4	Tom Parker	HG	41
5	Andy Porter	WEG	37
6	Bob Evans	NE	36
7	Barney Brown	NBY	36
8	Edsall Walker	HG	34
9	Louis Dula	HG	33
10	Rocky Ellis	PS	32

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2156	460.1	21.2	12.2	3.2	5.8
2	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	1391	306.1	8.4	4.6	0.1	3.7
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	1213	274.0	6.7	2.5	-0.1	4.4
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	1285	301.0	2.4	-1.8	0.1	4.2
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	1339	300.0	2.2	1.8	-1.2	1.5
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	1464	333.1	2.2	2.3	-2.0	1.9
	6	1	8848	1975.0	43.2	21.5	0.2	21.5

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	183		3.9	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.1
2	Ray Brown	HG	P	102	126.0	3.5	0.7	0.0	2.8	0.0
3	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	199		3.0	2.8	0.4	0.0	-0.2
4	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	P	32	76.0	2.8	0.1	0.0	2.7	0.0
5	Vic Harris	HG	LF	229		2.0	1.7	0.5	0.0	-0.2
6	Barney Morris	PC	P	35	77.0	1.9	0.0	-0.1	2.0	0.0
7	Jim Williams	HG	RF	208		1.8	1.1	0.9	0.0	-0.2
8	Barney Brown	NBY	RF	74	57.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.9	0.0
9	Roy Welmaker	HG	P	19	39.0	1.5	0.2	0.0	1.3	0.0
10	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	259		1.5	1.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
11	Sam Thompson	PS	P	27	66.2	1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
12	Wild Bill Wright	WEG	CF	159		1.4	1.9	-0.4	0.0	0.0
13	Louis Dula	HG	P	44	80.1	1.4	-0.3	0.0	1.7	0.0
14	Jim West	WEG	1B	154		1.4	1.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
15	Tom Glover	WEG	P	23	53.1	1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
16	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	3B	149		1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
17	Jim Missouri	PS	P	16	48.0	1.2	-0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0
18	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	231		1.2	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.2
19	Willie Wells	HG/NE	SS	136		1.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
20	Bill Byrd	WEG	P	47	53.2	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.0
21	Bill Harvey	PC	LF	63	50.0	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.0
22	Bill Holland	NBY	P	20	45.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Jimmy Direaux	WEG	P	33	62.1	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0
24	George Giles	NBY	1B	158		1.0	0.9	0.2	0.0	-0.1
25	Roy K. Williams	NBY	P	27	52.2	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
26	Leon Day	HG/NE	P	26	34.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.0
27	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	121		0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
28	Pepper Bassett	PC	C	70		0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
29	Rocky Ellis	PS	P	21	53.2	0.7	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
30	Sammy Hughes	WEG	2B	114	1.2	0.7	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.1
31	Tommie Dukes	HG	C	110		0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	William Bell	NE	P	12	28.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
33	Webster McDonald	PS	P	24	63.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
34	Edsall Walker	HG	P	33	74.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
35	Andy Porter	WEG	P	25	59.2	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0
36	Connie Rector	NBY	P	4	9.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
37	Jimmie Crutchfield	NE	CF	146		0.5	-0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0
38	Biz Mackey	WEG	C	73		0.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
39	Jim Lewis	PC	P	14	43.2	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
40	Specs Roberts	PS	P	9	21.0	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
41	Clint Thomas	NBY	CF	151		0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
42	Jim Starks	PC	1B	32		0.4	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.0
43	Ralph Burgin	NBY	3B	59		0.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
44	Javier Pérez	HG	3B	233		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
45	Chester Williams	PC	SS	150		0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
46	Roosevelt Davis	NBY/PC	P	22	46.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Tom Parker	HG	P	46	60.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	-0.2	0.0
48	Slim Jones	PS	1B	41	5.1	0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0
49	Woody Williams	WEG	P	10	29.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Dick Lundy	NE	SS	47		0.3	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
51	Henry Kimbro	WEG	LF	150		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
52	Harry Williams	PC	2B	19		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Henry Spearman	PC	3B	123		0.2	0.8	-0.6	0.0	0.0
54	Felton Snow	WEG	3B	97	4.1	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
55	Gene Benson	PS	CF	127		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Theolic Smith	PC	P	51	63.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0
57	Jud Wilson	PS	1B	88		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	138		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
59	Bob Griffith	WEG	P	8	17.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Bud Barbee	NBY	P	37	30.1	0.2	0.7	0.2	-0.7	0.0
61	Leroy Morney	WEG	3B	130		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
62	Bob Evans	NE	P	38	83.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.6	0.0
63	Cool Papa Bell	PC	CF	39		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Hoss Walker	WEG	SS	148		0.2	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2
65	Dan Wilson	PC	LF	146		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Dewey Creacy	PS	3B	78		0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
67	Red Moore	NE	1B	54		0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Bill Perkins	PC	C	5		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Ed Stone	NE	RF	129		0.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
70	Roosevelt Owens	NE	P	6	14.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Johnny Wright	NE	P	11	32.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
72	Nish Williams	WEG	C	44		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Alex Crumbley	NBY	RF	15		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	183		0.1	-0.7	0.5	0.0	0.3
75	Leroy Matlock	PC	P	5	14.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
76	Hoplins	PC	RF	4		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Irwin	PC	C	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Tex Burnett	NE	C	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Walter Cannady	NBY	2B	145		0.0	0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.1
80	Paul Dixon	PS	LF	117		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1
81	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	14		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
82	Sam Bankhead	PC	LF	35		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Enoch	NBY	C	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Pat Patterson	PC	3B	45		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
85	Bill Harris	HG	3B	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Frank McAllister	PC	P	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Lionel Decuir	PC	C	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Andy Harvey	PS	SS	99		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
89	Arnold Waites	HG/WEG	P	10	22.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Pool	NBY	2B	3		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Johnny Washington	PC	1B	112		-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
92	Bill Evans	PC	LF	9		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Johnny Albertson	NBY	3B	13		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Tom Young	PC	C	11		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Ted Page	PS	RF	114		-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
96	Robert Lacy	PS	P	4	8.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
97	Obie Lackey	PS	2B	57		-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Jabbo Andrews	PC	LF	32		-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
99	Clifford Allen	HG	P		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
100	Jones	NBY	C	7	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Zollie Wright	WEG	RF	142		-0.2	0.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
102	Marion Cain	PC	P	4	14.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
103	Halley Harding	PS	2B	9		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Joe Brown	NE	C	38		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Jake Stephens	NBY	SS	101	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
106	Harry Kincannon	NBY	P	23	59.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
107	Rap Dixon	PC	LF	10		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Emmett Wilson	PC	CF	96		-0.3	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
109	Charles Dunklin	PC	P	3	7.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Curtis Henderson	NBY	SS	53		-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
111	Joe Strong	HG/PC	P	12	23.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
112	Oscar Charleston	PC	1B	45		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Chet Brewer	PC	P	1	4.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
114	Bill Casey	PS	C	72		-0.3	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
115	Buddy Burbage	PC	RF	135		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
116	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	143		-0.4	0.4	-0.7	0.0	0.0
117	Jake Dunn	PS	2B	143		-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
118	Charlie King	PC	P	2	2.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
119	Fats Jenkins	NBY	LF	147		-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
120	Butler	PC	3B	26		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
121	Jonas Gaines	NE/WEG	P	11	26.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
122	Jim Willis	WEG	P	3	5.1	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
123	George Walker	HG	P	16	39.0	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
124	Eddie Powell	NBY	C	35		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
125	Jimmy Binder	HG/PC	2B	45		-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Leon Ruffin	PC	C	68		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
127	Johnny Hayes	NE	C	85		-0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1
128	Spoon Carter	PC	P	3	3.0	-0.4	0.0	0.1	-0.5	0.0
129	Roy Campanella	WEG	C	24		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
130	Albert Overton	PS	P	4	11.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
131	Laymon Yokely	PS	P	8	22.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
132	Bob Clarke	NBY	C	101		-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
133	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	93		-0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
134	Larry Brown	PS	C	75		-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
135	Dick Seay	NE	2B	121		-0.9	-1.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
136	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	18	42.2	-0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.7	0.0

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