1937 Season

Independent Clubs

1936 / 1942

Top Hitter

Carlos
Etchegoyen

Top Pitcher

Preacher
Henry

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Roy Parnell	SDS	.494
2	Rafael Hechevarría	CS2	.419
3	Don Pelham	BCA/JRC	.411
4	Cool Papa Bell	SDS	.410
5	Donald Reeves	BCA	.389
6	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	.373
7	Clemente Carreras	CS2	.367
8	Babe Davis	BCA	.363
9	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	.349
10	Bill Cooper	BCA	.341

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	0.00
2	Ty Johnson	JRC	0.00
3	Roy Welmaker	BCA	0.00
4	Ping Burke	BCA	0.95
5	Barney Morris	NAS	1.13
6	Silvino Ruiz	CS2	1.86
7	Bob Griffith	SDS	2.00
8	Connie Rector	BRG	2.35
9	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	2.77
10	Lefty Nelson	BCA	2.84

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	BCA/JRC	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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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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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