1937 Season

1936 / 1938

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

Willard
Brown

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	272
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	208
3	Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	202
4	Don Pelham	BCA/JRC	191
5	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	190
6	Johnny Ray	BBB	186
7	Tom Parker	HG	184
8	David Whatley	BBB/SAS	181
9	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	180
10	Ted Strong	MULT	174

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	24.00
2	Jonathan Hill	SL2	10.00
3	Connie Rector	BRG/NBY	10.00
4	Frank Bradley	KCM	8.00
5	Bo Mitchell	BBB	7.50
6	Roy Partlow	CT	5.17
7	Ping Burke	BCA	4.80
8	Satchel Paige	SDS	4.50
9	Willie Jefferson	CT	4.13
10	Jesse Houston	CT	4.00

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*	45	18	1	.714	-	60	19	1	.759	8.3	4.8	Vic Harris	Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA), Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
2	Newark Eagles	36	21	2	.632	6.0	36	21	2	.632	6.4	5.4	Tex Burnett, Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ), Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)
3	Philadelphia Stars	29	32	1	.475	15.0	30	32	1	.484	5.2	5.9	Jud Wilson	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA)
4	New York Black Yankees	22	30	2	.423	17.5	23	32	2	.418	4.9	5.9	Bob Clarke	Dyckman Oval (New York, NY), Dexter Park (Queens, NY) (Paterson, NJ)
5	Washington Elite Giants	23	36	3	.390	20.0	23	37	4	.383	5.3	5.6	Biz Mackey	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Sulphur Dell (Nashville, TN)
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords	18	36	1	.333	22.5	21	39	1	.350	5.1	7.3	Oscar Charleston	Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA)

* = League Champion

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs^*¹	52	19	1	.732	-	53	22	1	.707	6.4	3.5	Andy Cooper	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2	Cincinnati Tigers	35	19	1	.648	8.5	44	26	2	.629	5.1	3.8	Ted Radcliffe	Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
3	Chicago American Giants²	36	24	1	.600	10.5	39	37	1	.513	5.3	5.3	Candy Jim Taylor	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4	Indianapolis Athletics	17	21	1	.447	18.5	17	21	1	.447	6.6	6.8	Ted Strong	Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
5	Birmingham Black Barons	17	24	0	.415	20.0	19	26	0	.422	6.8	6.6	A. M. Walker	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6	Detroit Stars	15	24	0	.385	21.0	15	25	0	.375	5.1	7.2	Percy Miller, Roosevelt Cox, Turkey Stearnes	Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)
7	Memphis Red Sox	15	29	0	.341	23.5	15	30	0	.333	4.2	6.0	Goose Curry, Frank Johnson	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
8	St. Louis Stars	5	32	0	.135	30.0	6	34	0	.150	5.1	10.2	Dizzy Dismukes	Metropolitan Park (St. Louis, MO)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	5	1	1	.833	-	5.6	3.0	Andy Cooper	Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2	Chicago American Giants	1	5	1	.167	4.0	3.0	5.6	Candy Jim Taylor	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)

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

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

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

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