1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season


1937 / 1939



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

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

Stolen Bases

# Player Team SB
1
KCM/WES
26
2
KCM
20
3
CAG/KCM
11
4
KCM
11
5
MRS
9
6
CAG/KCM
8
7
MULT
8
8
MRS
7
9
BCA/JRC
7
10
MULT
7

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
KCM/MRS
8.00
2
KCM/WES
7.62
3
KCM
4.71
4
KCM
3.72
5
AAS/CAG
3.64
6
MRS/WES
3.30
7
MRS
3.23
8
AB3
3.22
9
CAG/WES
2.97
10
KCM
2.93


Advanced Pitching


Throws:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NN2
563.0
1.47
10.6%
8.9%
1.19
1.8%
2
NAL
430.1
1.15
19.8%
5.8%
3.40
0.9%
3
NN2
423.1
1.24
12.2%
8.4%
1.45
0.7%
4
NAL
380.2
1.36
13.1%
7.7%
1.70
1.0%
5
NAL
365.0
1.32
13.5%
7.3%
1.83
0.7%
6
NN2
347.1
1.38
10.7%
7.4%
1.45
1.1%
7
NN2
337.0
1.51
12.4%
9.4%
1.31
1.7%
8
NAL
290.1
1.50
13.3%
6.7%
2.00
1.0%
9
NN2
266.2
1.67
11.7%
7.9%
1.48
1.6%
10
NN2
258.2
1.40
10.2%
9.6%
1.06
1.5%
11
NAL
219.1
1.58
10.4%
10.9%
0.95
0.6%
12
NAL
164.2
1.45
12.7%
9.0%
1.42
0.8%
13
NAL
146.1
1.50
17.2%
6.5%
2.65
0.8%
14
NN2
124.0
2.02
8.3%
11.7%
0.70
1.4%
15
NAA
19.0
1.37
20.7%
13.4%
1.55
2.4%
16
NAA
17.2
1.70
8.0%
9.1%
0.88
0.0%
17
EWA
9.0
1.33
7.9%
2.6%
3.00
0.0%
18
EWA
8.0
1.63
16.2%
10.8%
1.50
2.7%
18
4
4370.1
1.42
12.7%
8.2%
1.55
1.2%



Players
# Team Role
1
RP
144.0
1.08
14.2%
5.4%
2.65
0.7%
2
RP
125.2
0.99
19.8%
2.6%
7.62
0.6%
3
RP
117.0
1.51
11.1%
8.9%
1.26
2.6%
4
RP
116.0
1.11
19.2%
6.5%
2.97
0.4%
5
PS
SP
115.2
1.29
12.2%
8.5%
1.43
0.8%
6
MULT
RP
114.2
1.41
12.5%
7.7%
1.63
1.6%
7
CAG
RP
102.0
1.37
8.4%
7.3%
1.16
0.5%
8
BCA
RP
98.2
1.20
13.2%
5.0%
2.62
1.0%
9
SP
98.1
1.40
11.2%
8.0%
1.40
1.1%
10
PS
SP
96.0
1.45
8.8%
7.6%
1.15
2.1%
11
MULT
RP
92.0
1.34
13.3%
5.4%
2.45
1.0%
12
BEG
SP
92.0
1.24
10.2%
4.9%
2.11
1.3%
13
SP
86.2
1.25
14.6%
7.4%
1.96
0.3%
14
BEG
RP
84.2
1.25
8.4%
5.9%
1.43
0.8%
15
MULT
SP
80.0
1.31
17.3%
10.7%
1.61
1.2%
16
BBB
RP
77.0
1.61
11.9%
12.1%
0.98
0.6%
17
SP
76.1
1.21
16.2%
4.5%
3.64
1.0%
18
HG
SP
75.1
1.27
14.1%
10.0%
1.41
1.3%
19
MRS
RP
73.2
1.22
13.2%
4.1%
3.23
1.6%
20
PC
SP
72.2
1.18
18.6%
9.6%
1.93
1.0%
21
NE
SP
70.0
1.60
9.5%
7.7%
1.24
2.2%
22
BEG
SP
70.0
1.39
13.5%
8.1%
1.67
0.3%
23
SP
69.1
1.44
10.0%
8.4%
1.19
1.3%
24
KCM
RP
65.1
1.18
23.8%
5.1%
4.71
2.9%
25
PC
SP
65.0
1.46
11.0%
9.5%
1.15
0.7%
26
NBY
RP
63.1
1.31
14.0%
4.8%
2.92
1.5%
27
RP
61.2
1.07
15.3%
8.9%
1.73
0.8%
28
BCA
RP
61.2
1.04
22.0%
8.8%
2.50
0.8%
29
KCM
RP
60.1
0.98
26.8%
7.2%
3.72
0.8%
30
KCM
SP
58.2
1.24
10.5%
5.7%
1.86
0.4%
31
PS
RP
54.2
1.54
9.6%
7.6%
1.26
1.6%
32
JRC
SP
53.0
1.57
11.4%
7.8%
1.47
1.2%
33
CAG
RP
53.0
1.58
10.9%
10.5%
1.04
1.3%
34
RP
52.1
1.45
7.3%
10.7%
0.68
0.9%
35
MRS
RP
52.0
1.60
13.8%
8.9%
1.55
0.8%
36
RP
51.0
1.25
14.5%
4.4%
3.30
0.9%
37
PS
RP
50.0
1.74
13.8%
10.9%
1.27
2.1%
38
MRS
RP
50.0
1.22
17.0%
6.9%
2.47
0.0%
39
PC
RP
47.0
1.66
10.1%
7.9%
1.28
1.8%
40
PS
RP
45.0
1.33
13.2%
11.6%
1.14
1.1%
41
KCM
RP
44.2
1.23
20.9%
7.1%
2.93
1.0%
42
PC
RP
43.1
1.82
8.7%
6.7%
1.29
3.4%
43
AB3
SP
42.1
1.28
22.9%
10.3%
2.22
1.1%
44
RP
37.2
2.02
10.8%
7.7%
1.40
1.5%
45
BEG
RP
36.2
1.50
10.9%
10.9%
1.00
1.8%
46
NBY
SP
36.2
2.13
9.6%
11.7%
0.83
1.5%
47
BBB
RP
36.1
1.38
9.0%
7.8%
1.15
0.6%
48
NE
RP
35.1
1.36
11.4%
14.1%
0.81
0.7%
49
RP
34.2
1.36
16.2%
2.0%
8.00
2.0%
50
AB3
RP
34.0
1.29
20.1%
6.3%
3.22
0.0%
51
BBB
RP
34.0
1.88
8.5%
11.5%
0.74
0.0%
52
HG
SP
33.0
1.33
2.8%
9.9%
0.29
0.7%
53
RP
32.2
1.90
9.0%
15.4%
0.58
0.6%
54
RP
31.2
1.39
11.5%
9.4%
1.23
1.4%
55
HG
SP
30.0
1.63
7.8%
14.0%
0.56
1.6%
56
NE
RP
28.2
1.19
10.9%
11.8%
0.93
0.0%
57
AB3
SP
27.2
1.45
9.7%
4.8%
2.00
0.0%
58
KCM
RP
26.2
1.43
19.5%
14.4%
1.35
0.0%
59
JRC
SP
25.2
1.32
8.3%
10.1%
0.82
0.9%
60
BCA
SP
25.1
1.82
7.2%
8.0%
0.90
0.8%
61
BEG
RP
24.0
1.67
13.2%
10.5%
1.25
1.8%
62
JRC
SP
21.1
1.55
16.2%
14.1%
1.14
0.0%
63
SEN
RP
20.1
1.77
9.2%
12.2%
0.75
0.0%
64
BEG
SP
19.2
1.73
13.6%
9.1%
1.50
1.1%
65
BBB
RP
19.2
1.58
10.1%
12.4%
0.82
0.0%
66
MULT
SP
19.0
1.32
8.5%
9.8%
0.88
0.0%
67
MRS
RP
18.2
2.30
13.3%
11.2%
1.18
0.0%
68
KCM
SP
17.2
1.02
12.9%
5.7%
2.25
0.0%
69
HG
RP
17.2
1.70
6.9%
13.8%
0.50
0.0%
70
SEN
SP
17.0
2.29
8.6%
9.7%
0.89
1.1%
71
RP
15.2
1.60
19.7%
4.2%
4.67
0.0%
72
NBY
RP
15.2
1.79
6.8%
10.8%
0.63
2.7%
73
RP
15.1
2.28
10.8%
9.6%
1.13
1.2%
74
PC
RP
15.0
2.07
5.3%
14.7%
0.36
1.3%
75
MULT
RP
14.2
3.07
6.5%
10.8%
0.60
4.3%
76
PS
RP
14.1
1.12
11.9%
6.8%
1.75
3.4%
77
BEG
RP
13.2
1.98
6.1%
12.1%
0.50
1.5%
78
AB3
RP
13.1
2.33
14.7%
2.7%
5.50
2.7%
79
SEN
SP
12.1
2.11
10.9%
21.9%
0.50
1.6%
80
NBY
RP
11.2
3.00
13.0%
15.9%
0.82
1.4%
81
NBY
RP
11.1
1.76
5.6%
5.6%
1.00
3.7%
82
PC/PS
RP
11.0
1.82
1.9%
13.5%
0.14
5.8%
83
NBY
RP
10.2
2.16
7.3%
12.7%
0.57
1.8%
84
CAG
RP
10.2
2.53
6.7%
11.7%
0.57
0.0%
85
KCM
RP
10.1
2.61
15.0%
8.3%
1.80
0.0%
86
BBB
RP
10.1
1.16
4.7%
16.3%
0.29
0.0%
87
KCM
SP
10.0
1.00
15.8%
10.5%
1.50
0.0%
88
NE
RP
10.0
0.30
7.7%
0.0%
0.0%
89
AB3
SP
9.2
2.07
7.5%
5.7%
1.33
1.9%
90
NE
SP
9.2
0.83
8.1%
5.4%
1.50
5.4%
91
NE
SP
9.0
1.11
13.5%
8.1%
1.67
0.0%
92
PS
SP
8.0
1.63
5.7%
2.9%
2.00
5.7%
93
BCA
SP
7.0
2.43
4.3%
13.0%
0.33
0.0%
94
JRC
RP
7.0
1.29
17.2%
6.9%
2.50
3.4%
95
RP
6.2
1.65
0.0%
10.0%
0.00
0.0%
96
CAG
SP
6.1
1.58
9.7%
6.5%
1.50
3.2%
97
NE
RP
6.1
0.79
16.0%
12.0%
1.33
0.0%
98
JRC
SP
6.1
2.37
3.0%
9.1%
0.33
3.0%
99
PS
RP
6.0
2.33
8.8%
5.9%
1.50
2.9%
100
PS
SP
5.1
2.25
3.3%
13.3%
0.25
0.0%
101
RP
5.0
3.40
2.9%
17.6%
0.17
0.0%
102
AB3
SP
5.0
2.00
0.0%
11.1%
0.00
0.0%
103
CAG
RP
5.0
1.80
13.0%
13.0%
1.00
0.0%
104
NBY
SP
5.0
1.60
8.7%
17.4%
0.50
0.0%
105
JRC
SP
4.2
2.79
0.0%
25.0%
0.00
0.0%
106
CAG
RP
4.2
0.86
0.0%
5.9%
0.00
0.0%
107
AAS
SP
4.1
1.62
4.0%
4.0%
1.00
0.0%
108
MRS
RP
4.0
2.25
4.5%
4.5%
1.00
4.5%
109
AB3
RP
4.0
1.25
37.5%
6.3%
6.00
0.0%
110
PS
SP
4.0
2.00
4.3%
8.7%
0.50
4.3%
111
BEG
RP
4.0
0.75
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
112
NBY
RP
3.2
0.55
7.7%
0.0%
0.0%
113
PC
SP
3.1
1.80
12.5%
18.8%
0.67
0.0%
114
NBY
SP
3.0
2.00
6.3%
6.3%
1.00
0.0%
115
SEN
RP
3.0
4.67
4.2%
16.7%
0.25
12.5%
116
BCA
RP
3.0
3.33
9.5%
19.0%
0.50
0.0%
117
BEG
RP
2.2
1.13
18.2%
9.1%
2.00
0.0%
118
MRS
RP
2.1
3.86
22.2%
5.6%
4.00
0.0%
119
JRC
SP
2.1
2.57
15.4%
7.7%
2.00
0.0%
120
BCA
SP
2.0
2.50
0.0%
9.1%
0.00
9.1%
121
SEN
RP
2.0
1.50
11.1%
0.0%
0.0%
122
BBB
SP
2.0
1.00
22.2%
0.0%
0.0%
123
KCM
RP
2.0
0.50
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
124
MRS
RP
2.0
1.00
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
125
NBY
RP
1.2
0.60
33.3%
0.0%
0.0%
126
NBY
RP
1.2
1.80
12.5%
12.5%
1.00
0.0%
127
SEN
RP
1.2
4.20
0.0%
16.7%
0.00
0.0%
128
PS
RP
1.1
3.00
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
129
KCM
RP
1.0
2.00
20.0%
20.0%
1.00
0.0%
130
CAG
RP
0.2
0.00
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
131
NE
SP
0.2
12.00
10.0%
40.0%
0.25
0.0%
132
NE
RP
0.2
0.00
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
133
NBY
RP
0.2
4.50
0.0%
0.0%
16.7%
134
CAG
RP
0.1
6.00
0.0%
33.3%
0.00
0.0%
135
MRS
SP
0.0
0.00
0.0%
100.0%
0.00
0.0%
136
KCM
RP
0.0
0.00
0.0%
25.0%
0.00
0.0%
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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