1937 Season

Independent Clubs

1936 / 1942

Top Hitter

Carlos
Etchegoyen

Top Pitcher

Preacher
Henry

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Roy Parnell	SDS	.625
2	Don Pelham	BCA/JRC	.596
3	Rafael Hechevarría	CS2	.522
4	Babe Davis	BCA	.500
5	Donald Reeves	BCA	.500
6	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	.476
7	Clemente Carreras	CS2	.455
8	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	.444
9	Cool Papa Bell	SDS	.375
10	Gabby Kemp	BCA	.368

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Ping Burke	BCA	48
2	Preacher Henry	JRC	24
3	Telosh Howard	BCA	19
4	Satchel Paige	SDS	18
5	Johnny Taylor	NAS	12
6	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	11
7	Jimmy Reese	BCA	11
8	Francisco Martínez	CS2	9
9	Barney Morris	NAS	8
10	Connie Rector	BRG	8

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Babe Davis	BCA	0.5	0.4	0.1
Roy Parnell	SDS	0.4	0.4	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Don Pelham	JRC/BCA	0.5	0.6	0.0
Cool Papa Bell	SDS	0.3	0.3	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Donald Reeves	BCA	0.2	0.2	0.0
Willie Gisentaner	BRG	0.2	0.2	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dick Lundy	BRG	0.2	0.1	0.1
Collins	BRG	0.2	0.0	0.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	0.6	0.2	0.4
Gabby Kemp	BCA	0.2	0.3	-0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pat Patterson	SDS	0.4	0.3	0.2
Ameal Brooks	BRG	0.4	0.3	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dave Thomas	SDS	0.1	0.1	0.0
Rafael Hechevarría	CS2	0.1	0.3	-0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pepper Bassett	NAS	0.2	0.1	0.2
Bill Cooper	BCA	0.2	0.1	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Preacher Henry	JRC	18.0	1.0	1.1	0.0
Ping Burke	BCA	47.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Johnny Taylor	NAS	14.0	0.2	0.2	0.0
Bob Griffith	SDS	9.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ramón Bragaña	CS2	13.0	0.6	0.5	0.1
Silvino Ruiz	CS2	9.2	0.5	0.5	0.0
Connie Rector	BRG	15.1	0.4	0.4	0.0
Barney Morris	NAS	8.0	0.4	0.3	0.1

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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