1938 Season

1937 / 1939

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

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Buck Leonard	MULT	.480
2	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	.463
3	Ted Strong	MULT	.448
4	Quincy Trouppe	AB3/WES	.444
5	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	.439
6	Harry Williams	PC	.438
7	Donald Reeves	BCA	.434
8	Sammy Hughes	MULT	.432
9	Willie Wells	MULT	.429
10	Jud Wilson	PS	.427

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	2.08
2	Ray Brown	HG/NAS	2.31
3	Telosh Howard	BCA	2.34
4	Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	2.41
5	Willie Ferrell	JRC	2.45
6	Jesse Brown	NE	2.51
7	Tommy Johnson	CAG	2.74
8	Julius Osley	BBB	2.75
9	Andy Porter	BEG	2.96
10	Eddie Dixon	BCA	3.01

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	50	1923	1699	369	528	82	30	46	327	9		171			4	49		.311	.375	.476	.851	120
2	East All Stars	EWA	1	38	36	4	11	3	1	0	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	.306	.324	.444	.769	119
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	51	1860	1676	302	458	83	35	23	253	96		143			9	32		.273	.334	.406	.739	113
4	West All Stars	EWA	1	37	32	5	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	6	0	1	0	0	.281	.378	.375	.753	100
5	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	19	640	580	86	146	20	12	6	70	24		42			6	12		.252	.309	.359	.668	97
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	36	1275	1155	159	311	45	18	7	129	39		87			9	24		.269	.325	.358	.683	96
7	Chicago American Giants	NAL	41	1563	1402	202	349	47	21	15	168	42		120			10	31		.249	.313	.345	.657	96
8	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	46	1679	1519	240	409	51	26	9	197	24		115			9	36		.269	.324	.355	.679	92
9	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	18	757	683	108	187	25	7	2	89	17		59			3	12		.274	.334	.340	.674	92
10	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	41	1564	1368	257	377	60	19	17	225	22		151			8	37		.276	.351	.385	.736	92
11	Newark Eagles	NN2	31	1118	999	144	267	38	12	18	129	13		87			3	29		.267	.328	.383	.711	87
12	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	41	1557	1374	225	354	67	23	21	197	22		129			9	45		.258	.325	.386	.711	86
13	NAL All Stars	NAA	2	82	68	7	15	1	0	2	7	0	0	11	4	0	0	3	0	.221	.329	.324	.653	85
14	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	67	2423	2088	355	556	86	22	39	323	13		241			12	82		.266	.346	.385	.730	84
15	Washington Black Senators	NN2	15	564	494	60	134	17	4	2	50	1		53			3	14		.271	.345	.334	.679	82
16	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1228	1103	148	291	48	12	11	136	23		94			2	29		.264	.323	.359	.682	82
17	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	27	972	873	104	201	20	12	4	83	22		73			11	15		.230	.298	.294	.592	71
18	NNL All Stars	NAA	2	88	79	19	22	7	2	0	15	0		8	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.352	.418	.770	66
	18	4	686	19368	17228	2794	4625	700	256	223	2407	369	1	1589	13	0	100	451	0	.268	.334	.378	.711	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ted Strong**	MULT	1B	22	87	78	23	30	5	4	4	23	7	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	.385	.448	.705	1.153	235
2	Quincy Trouppe**	AB3/WES	LF	19	72	60	20	20	5	2	2	11	1	0	9	1	0	3	0	0	.333	.444	.583	1.028	204
3	Buck Leonard*	MULT	1B	48	207	175	44	70	12	5	9	57	1	0	27	0	0	0	5	0	.400	.480	.680	1.160	198
4	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	C	52	222	186	60	69	13	5	13	59	3		31		0	1	4	0	.371	.463	.704	1.168	198
5	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF	41	143	132	28	51	3	4	5	35	7		10			1	0		.386	.434	.583	1.017	186
6	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	50	204	193	39	68	17	4	8	51	20		11			0	0		.352	.387	.606	.993	185
7	Harry Williams	PC	2B	38	163	146	34	56	13	5	4	32	3		14			0	3		.384	.438	.623	1.061	176
8	David Whatley*	BBB/MRS	RF	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4		7			1	1		.396	.439	.491	.929	170
9	Sammy Hughes	MULT	2B	31	140	125	32	46	10	4	3	29	3	0	12	0	0	2	1	0	.368	.432	.584	1.016	163
10	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	LF	49	218	196	55	67	11	6	3	28	26	0	18	0	0	1	3	0	.342	.400	.505	.905	161
11	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	31	126	107	22	37	6	3	4	20	2		15			0	4		.346	.426	.570	.996	159
12	Willie Wells	MULT	SS	33	130	109	27	37	7	4	3	18	4	1	15	1	0	2	4	0	.339	.429	.560	.988	155
13	Neil Robinson	MULT	SS	38	152	132	21	42	8	3	2	18	6	0	17	0	0	3	0	0	.318	.408	.470	.878	151
14	Red Moore*	BCA	1B	40	152	130	25	45	4	1	2	26	1		15			0	7		.346	.414	.438	.852	141
15	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	39	166	147	21	45	5	2	3	15	6		15			1	3		.306	.374	.429	.803	139
16	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/KCM	CF	36	153	136	27	38	7	4	3	30	8		14			1	2		.279	.351	.456	.807	136
17	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	CF	32	132	117	20	38	7	2	0	10	7		13			0	2		.325	.392	.419	.811	134
18	Ray Dandridge	NAS/NE	3B	32	134	121	26	42	9	3	1	21	0		11		0	0	2	0	.347	.402	.496	.897	133
19	Jim West**	BEG	1B	39	167	148	26	46	12	1	5	32	0		16			2	1		.311	.386	.507	.892	132
20	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	45	208	180	46	57	3	6	6	27	4		24			0	4		.317	.397	.500	.897	131
21	Henry Spearman	MULT	3B	32	143	127	18	45	11	1	0	22	0		14			0	2		.354	.418	.457	.875	130
22	Wild Bill Wright**	MULT	RF	40	178	159	30	49	12	2	4	37	7	0	14	0	0	2	3	0	.308	.371	.484	.856	119
23	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	41	167	155	26	46	11	5	0	26	3		10			1	1		.297	.343	.432	.776	119
24	Henry McCall*	BBB	1B	23	94	92	11	28	3	3	1	16	1		2			0	0		.304	.319	.435	.754	118
25	Mule Suttles	NAS/NE	1B	31	114	100	19	27	4	0	6	22	1		12		0	0	2	0	.270	.348	.490	.838	118
26	Zollie Wright	NBY/SEN	RF	25	97	84	13	27	5	1	0	12	0		12			0	1		.321	.406	.405	.811	117
27	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF	17	70	62	15	19	2	1	0	10	2		8			0	0		.306	.386	.371	.757	116
28	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	32	131	120	21	39	6	4	0	14	4		9			0	2		.325	.372	.442	.814	116
29	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	31	116	104	18	32	6	2	2	19	2		9			0	3		.308	.363	.462	.824	115
30	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	48	185	163	31	42	9	3	3	24	11		19			0	3		.258	.335	.405	.740	114
31	Bill Perkins	PS	C	62	237	206	36	62	9	1	7	41	3		29			0	2		.301	.387	.456	.844	113
32	Henry Turner	JRC	LF	14	69	65	13	19	4	2	0	5	0		4			0	0		.292	.333	.415	.749	113
33	Fats Jenkins*	NBY/PC	LF	32	141	123	19	40	3	1	1	9	3		13			0	5		.325	.390	.390	.780	108
34	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	3B	39	166	156	26	41	7	5	1	22	4	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	.263	.307	.391	.698	107
35	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	65	274	237	51	69	12	4	6	31	4		26			2	9		.291	.366	.451	.818	106
36	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B	17	79	74	8	25	1	0	0	14	0		3			0	2		.338	.364	.351	.715	104
37	Rainey Bibbs**	CAG/KCM	2B	49	208	187	30	55	6	1	0	24	11		16			2	3		.294	.356	.337	.693	104
38	Curtis Harris	PS	2B	59	214	183	32	56	5	2	5	38	0		17			0	14		.306	.365	.437	.802	102
39	Vic Harris*	MULT	LF	49	217	195	47	58	8	5	2	29	1	0	18	0	0	1	3	0	.297	.360	.421	.780	101
40	Chester Williams	NAS/PC	SS	40	168	152	22	47	7	4	0	18	2		12		0	0	4	0	.309	.360	.408	.768	100
41	Dave Thomas*	BEG/SEN	1B	15	63	53	8	13	5	1	0	6	0		10			0	0		.245	.365	.377	.742	100
42	Jim Williams	HG	RF	40	169	154	30	48	11	1	1	31	0		9			1	5		.312	.354	.416	.769	99
43	Dan Wilson**	PC	3B	35	147	123	24	31	8	3	1	14	2		16			5	3		.252	.361	.390	.751	98
44	Jelly Taylor*	AAS/MRS	1B	37	152	136	16	41	1	1	0	16	2		12	1	0	0	4	0	.301	.358	.324	.682	97
45	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	33	135	132	16	39	3	4	0	14	9		1			1	1		.295	.306	.379	.685	97
46	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	21	88	84	7	23	2	3	0	9	3		4			0	0		.274	.307	.369	.676	96
47	John Lyles**	AB3/CAG	CF	20	72	63	9	16	3	1	0	6	5		7			0	2		.254	.329	.333	.662	96
48	George Giles*	PC/PS	1B	51	200	171	32	51	10	2	0	22	3		23			0	6		.298	.381	.380	.762	95
49	Clyde Spearman*	PS	RF	67	290	253	43	76	10	5	1	29	2		30			1	6		.300	.377	.391	.768	95
50	Biz Mackey**	BEG/EAS	C	36	142	121	19	35	5	0	1	17	1	0	18	1	0	0	3	0	.289	.381	.355	.737	95
51	Newt Allen	KCM/WES	2B	41	170	155	28	41	8	1	1	21	4	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	.265	.321	.348	.670	94
52	Marshall Riddle*	AB3	2B	17	63	59	6	18	1	0	0	8	1		2			0	2		.305	.328	.322	.650	92
53	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	33	145	132	20	39	7	2	0	6	2		9			0	4		.295	.340	.379	.719	91
54	Jake Dunn	MULT	SS	68	276	242	43	64	14	2	6	39	0	0	28	0	0	1	5	0	.264	.343	.413	.756	90
55	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	16	80	72	9	17	1	2	1	12	5		7			0	1		.236	.304	.347	.651	85
56	Buddy Burbage*	BEG/SEN	CF	16	70	59	8	14	1	0	2	8	0		8			0	3		.237	.328	.356	.684	84
57	Johnny Washington*	NBY/PC	1B	38	153	140	15	36	7	2	2	27	3		10			1	2		.257	.311	.379	.690	82
58	Felton Snow	BEG	SS	40	175	154	32	41	5	3	1	24	2		15			1	5		.266	.335	.357	.692	81
59	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	40	188	164	38	44	6	3	0	21	2		19			1	4		.268	.348	.341	.689	81
60	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	50	220	197	38	53	3	2	4	19	1		19			0	4		.269	.333	.365	.699	81
61	Buddy Armour*	AB3	SS	17	70	64	11	16	3	1	0	3	5		2			1	3		.250	.284	.328	.612	80
62	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	15	71	67	11	17	2	0	1	11	2		4			0	0		.254	.296	.328	.624	78
63	Don Pelham*	BCA	CF	43	169	159	19	38	7	4	1	25	1		7			1	2		.239	.275	.352	.628	77
64	Walter Cannady	EAS/NBY	3B	32	129	118	18	31	4	1	1	22	3	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	.263	.315	.339	.654	76
65	Fred Bankhead	BBB/MRS	2B	30	122	107	12	24	0	2	1	11	4		11			2	2		.224	.308	.290	.598	74
66	Gabby Kemp	BCA/JRC	2B	31	132	117	26	28	2	0	1	13	7		11			1	3		.239	.310	.282	.592	70
67	Sam Bankhead	MULT	CF	36	163	144	24	34	6	1	2	18	8	0	16	0	0	0	3	0	.236	.313	.333	.646	69
68	Napoleon Hairston	PC	LF	38	158	136	28	29	6	2	2	17	2		16			1	5		.213	.301	.331	.632	66
69	Bill Bradford*	AB3	RF	19	72	66	4	13	2	2	0	5	3		5			1	0		.197	.264	.288	.552	63
70	Leroy Morney**	NBY	SS	31	120	103	14	23	2	1	2	18	4		9			0	8		.223	.286	.320	.606	61
71	Gene Benson*	PC/PS	CF	53	233	209	32	47	3	4	2	26	1		19			1	4		.225	.293	.306	.599	54
72	Parnell Woods	MULT	3B	25	102	92	13	19	1	1	0	6	4	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	.207	.277	.239	.516	51
73	Bill Casey^	MULT	C	26	88	78	6	19	0	0	0	7	0		8			0	2		.244	.314	.244	.558	49
74	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	LF	13	63	59	16	14	0	0	0	5	1		3			0	1		.237	.274	.237	.511	47
75	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	18	76	67	7	13	3	0	0	4	0		5			1	3		.194	.260	.239	.499	43
76	Sylvester Owens	AAS/BBB	CF	26	100	93	8	19	1	1	0	11	2		6			0	1		.204	.253	.237	.489	42
77	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	50	192	174	23	36	6	3	0	21	0		13			0	5		.207	.262	.276	.538	39
78	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	31	128	120	11	27	2	1	0	5	2		5			0	3		.225	.256	.258	.514	35
79	Dick Seay	NE	2B	31	128	116	14	24	0	1	0	4	0		9			1	2		.207	.270	.224	.494	31
80	Raymond Taylor	MULT	C	21	72	68	6	13	0	0	0	8	3		4			0	0		.191	.236	.191	.427	25

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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