1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season


1936 / 1938



Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Gus Greenlee (President)
Tom Wilson (Vice President)
Bill Nunn (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Hilton
Smith

Leaders

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Preacher Henry
JRC
706
2
Frank Bradley
KCM
526
3
Bo Mitchell
BBB
422
4
Ping Burke
BCA
341
5
Eugene Bremer
CT
277
6
Roy Welmaker
BCA/HG
268
7
Connie Rector
BRG/NBY
224
8
Bill Howard
IA/MRS
215
9
Hilton Smith
MULT
213
10
Vet Barnes
KCM/SAS
201


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II


Negro National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs

vs NN2 (Official) vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
41
17
0
.707
-
60
19
1
.759
8.3
4.8
Vic Harris
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
36
22
2
.621
5.0
36
22
2
.621
6.4
5.4
Tex Burnett, Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ), Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)
3
27
31
1
.466
14.0
30
32
1
.484
5.2
5.9
Jud Wilson
44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA)
4
24
34
3
.414
17.0
24
37
4
.393
5.3
5.6
Biz Mackey
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD) (Nashville, TN)
5
21
31
2
.404
17.0
23
33
2
.411
4.9
5.9
Bob Clarke
Dyckman Oval (New York, NY), Dexter Park (Queens, NY) (Paterson, NJ)
6
18
32
0
.360
19.0
22
39
1
.361
5.2
7.3
Oscar Charleston
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

Negro American League

vs NAL (Official) vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
52
18
1
.743
-
55
22
1
.714
6.5
3.5
Andy Cooper
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2
34
20
1
.630
10.0
44
27
2
.620
5.1
3.9
Ted Radcliffe
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
3
35
23
1
.603
11.0
39
38
1
.506
5.3
5.3
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4
17
21
1
.447
19.0
17
21
1
.447
6.6
6.8
Ted Strong
Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
5
16
23
0
.410
20.5
19
26
0
.422
6.8
6.6
A. M. Walker
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6
15
24
0
.385
21.5
15
25
0
.375
5.1
7.2
Roosevelt Cox, Percy Miller, Turkey Stearnes
Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)
7
14
28
0
.333
24.0
15
31
0
.326
4.3
6.2
Goose Curry, Dizzy Dismukes, Frank Johnson
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
8
5
31
0
.139
30.0
6
33
0
.154
5.0
10.0
Dizzy Dismukes
Metropolitan Park (St. Louis, MO)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

NAL Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
1
1
.800
-
4.7
3.2
Andy Cooper
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2
1
4
1
.200
3.0
3.2
4.7
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)


Independent Clubs

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
2
0
1
1.000
-
7.0
6.3
John Beckwith
Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
2
4
2
0
.667
-
4.3
2.7
George Scales
No Home Ballpark
3
10
8
0
.556
-
3.9
4.8
Ormond Sampson
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
4
4
6
0
.400
2.0
2.9
3.4
Alonzo Mitchell
Durkee Field (Jacksonville, FL)
5
2
3
0
.400
1.5
2.4
4.0
Oscar Charleston
No Home Ballpark
6
1
4
1
.200
2.5
4.7
7.5
Oscar Levis
No Home Ballpark


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
0
0
1.000
-
7.0
2.0
Biz Mackey
No Home Ballpark
2
0
1
0
.000
1.0
2.0
7.0
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)


North-South All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
0
0
1.000
-
13.0
5.0
No Home Ballpark
2
0
1
0
.000
1.0
5.0
13.0
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)


Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
3
1
0
.750
-
4.3
5.3
No Home Ballpark
2
1
3
0
.250
2.0
5.3
4.3
Andy Cooper
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)



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