1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

Independent Clubs

1936 / 1940

Top Hitter

Carlos
Etchegoyen

Top Pitcher

Preacher
Henry

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Ormond Sampson	BCA	15
2	Gabby Kemp	BCA	11
3	Babe Davis	BCA	10
4	Don Pelham	BCA/JRC	8
5	Rafael Hechavarría	CS2	7
6	Pearley Johnson	BRG	6
7	Roy Parnell	SDS	6
8	Cool Papa Bell	SDS	4
9	Bill Cooper	BCA	3
10	Red Hadley	BCA	3

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Roy Welmaker	BCA	0.00
2	Ty Johnson	JRC	0.00
3	Preacher Henry	JRC	0.50
4	Ping Burke	BCA	0.95
5	Barney Morris	NAS	1.13
6	Silvino Ruíz	CS2	1.86
7	Bob Griffith	SDS	2.00
8	Connie Rector	BRG	2.35
9	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	2.77
10	Auburn Nelson	BCA	2.84

Fielding

Position:

League:

Teams

#	Team	Lg		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND		163	144	1197.0	397	162	47	13		.922	.931		4.20	4.22		2.5	2.4	0.4
2	Cuban Stars East	IND		56	45	411.0	137	63	12	9		.943	.931		4.38	4.22		-5.8	-15.8	-4.7
3	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND		49	45	369.0	123	48	9	2		.950	.931		4.17	4.22		2.6	7.8	0.7
4	Santo Domingo Stars	IND		40	36	315.0	105	39	9	8		.941	.931		4.11	4.22		1.6	5.5	3.3
5	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND		35	27	252.0	84	41	7	5		.947	.931		4.46	4.22		-0.5	-2.0	1.1
6	NNL All Stars	IND		34	27	243.0	81	26	4	3		.964	.931		3.96	4.22		-0.4	-1.8	-0.8
	6	1		377	324	2787.0	927	379	88	40		.937	.931		4.22	4.22		0.0	0.0	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Babe Davis	BCA	LF		15	15	127.0	23	2	3	0		.893	.930		1.77	1.54		1.5	11.8	1.0
2	Gabby Kemp	BCA	2B		15	15	127.0	17	38	8	3		.873	.905		3.90	4.71		-1.0	-7.8	-1.0
3	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SS		15	15	127.0	31	35	8	2		.892	.877		4.68	4.56		-2.6	-20.5	-2.6
4	Jack Thornton	BCA	1B		15	15	127.0	129	5	5	4		.964	.969		9.50	9.94		0.5	3.8	0.5
5	Hap Glenn	BCA	3B		14	14	115.0	17	24	5	2		.891	.910		3.21	2.94		-1.4	-12.4	-1.4
6	Don Pelham*	BCA/JRC	CF		14	14	116.0	22	1	0	1		1.000	.938		1.78	1.77		0.9	7.4	0.7
7	Joe Greene	BCA	C		10	10	87.0	67	12	8	1		.908	.962		8.17	8.78		1.0	11.5	0.0
8	Red Hadley*	BCA	RF		10	10	84.0	17	1	0	0		1.000	.960		1.93	1.40		2.9	35.0	3.0
9	Ping Burke	BCA	P		8	6	47.1	3	6	0	0		1.000	.930		1.71	2.33
10	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	P		8	4	33.1	2	8	1	0		.909	.930		2.70	2.33
11	Bill Cooper*	BCA	C		6	5	40.0	39	3	2	0		.955	.962		9.45	8.78		-0.6	-15.0	0.0
12	Clemente Carreras	CS2	3B		5	5	45.2	6	10	0	0		1.000	.910		3.15	2.94		-1.2	-25.9	-1.2
13	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	2B		5	5	45.2	13	24	2	2		.949	.905		7.29	4.71		4.1	90.8	4.1
14	Red Hadley*	BCA	CF		5	5	41.0	9	1	2	0		.833	.938		2.20	1.77		1.0	25.1	0.6
15	Rafael Hechavarría^	CS2	1B		5	5	45.0	49	0	1	3		.980	.969		9.80	9.94		-2.1	-46.1	-2.1
16	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS		5	5	41.0	6	8	3	1		.824	.877		3.07	4.56		-1.7	-40.8	-1.7
17	Telosh Howard	BCA	P		5	2	21.2	1	2	1	0		.750	.930		1.25	2.33
18	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF		5	5	43.0	6	0	2	0		.750	.960		1.26	1.40		-0.5	-10.9	-0.1
19	Sam Bankhead	SDS	SS		4	4	35.0	6	14	2	3		.909	.877		5.14	4.56		2.5	71.6	2.5
20	Cool Papa Bell**	SDS	CF		4	4	35.0	7	0	0	0		1.000	.938		1.80	1.77		0.4	11.3	0.5
21	Isidro Fabré	CS2	CF		4	4	36.2	5	0	1	0		.833	.938		1.23	1.77		-2.3	-63.9	-2.2
22	José María Fernández	CS2	C		4	4	37.0	33	3	0	0		1.000	.962		8.76	8.78		-0.8	-21.4	0.0
23	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B		4	4	30.0	34	0	1	0		.971	.969		10.20	9.94		0.4	13.2	0.4
24	Roy Parnell	SDS	LF		4	4	35.0	6	0	0	0		1.000	.930		1.54	1.54		0.3	8.9	0.5
25	Bill Perkins	SDS	C		4	4	35.0	36	1	0	0		1.000	.962		9.51	8.78		-1.1	-30.9	0.0
26	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B		4	4	32.0	7	10	2	1		.895	.905		4.78	4.71		0.5	17.0	0.5
27	Clyde Spearman*	SDS	RF		4	4	35.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.960		1.03	1.40		-0.6	-17.6	-0.3
28	Dave Thomas*	SDS	1B		4	4	35.0	38	1	2	2		.951	.969		10.03	9.94		0.3	9.6	0.3
29	Juan Abreu*	CS2	RF		3	3	27.2	4	1	0	0		1.000	.960		1.63	1.40		0.1	4.6	-0.3
30	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	LF		3	3	27.2	5	0	0	0		1.000	.930		1.63	1.54		-0.3	-9.7	-0.1
31	Bill Cooper*	BCA	PH		3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Al Frazier	JRC	3B		3	3	24.0	3	7	2	0		.833	.910		3.75	2.94		1.9	80.8	1.9
33	Willie Gray*	BRG	CF		3	3	27.0	7	0	0	0		1.000	.938		2.33	1.77		1.0	35.5	1.1
34	Pearley Johnson	BRG	LF		3	3	28.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.930		0.96	1.54		-1.2	-42.9	-1.0
35	Henry Kimbro*	NAS	RF		3	1	14.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.960		0.64	1.40		-0.8	-54.0	-0.6
36	Joe Lewis	BRG	C		3	2	21.1	12	1	1	1		.929	.962		5.48	8.78		-0.7	-31.0	0.0
37	Millito Navarro	CS2	SS		3	3	28.0	5	12	4	1		.810	.877		5.46	4.56		1.5	52.9	1.5
38	Satchel Paige	SDS	P		3	2	20.0	0	2	1	0		.667	.930		0.90	2.33
39	Pat Patterson**	SDS	3B		3	3	26.0	1	5	1	0		.857	.910		2.08	2.94		-0.5	-18.2	-0.5
40	Joe Royal	JRC	RF		3	3	24.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.960		1.88	1.40		1.1	46.1	0.7
41	Tom Smith^	BRG	1B		3	3	26.0	37	0	0	1		1.000	.969		12.81	9.94		-0.3	-10.3	-0.3
42	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	LF		3	3	24.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.930		0.75	1.54		-0.8	-31.6	-0.6
43	Henry Turner	JRC	C		3	3	26.0	25	4	0	0		1.000	.962		10.04	8.78		0.8	30.1	0.0
44	Jim West**	NAS	1B		3	3	27.0	28	0	1	1		.966	.969		9.33	9.94		0.7	25.5	0.7
45	Chester Williams	NAS	SS		3	3	26.1	7	6	2	0		.867	.877		4.44	4.56		-0.1	-3.0	-0.1
46	Harry Williams	SDS	2B		3	3	26.0	4	7	1	1		.917	.905		3.81	4.71		-0.6	-22.6	-0.6
47	Jud Wilson*	NAS	3B		3	3	27.0	2	2	0	0		1.000	.910		1.33	2.94		-0.7	-25.9	-0.7
48	Zollie Wright	NAS	RF		3	2	13.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.960		1.38	1.40		0.0	-3.7	0.1
49	Herb Barnhill	JRC	C		2	2	15.0	16	1	0	0		1.000	.962		10.20	8.78		-0.1	-6.5	0.0
50	John Beckwith	BRG	PH		2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
51	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	P		2	1	13.0	1	3	1	0		.800	.930		2.77	2.33
52	George Britt	BRG	C		2	1	6.2	5	0	0	0		1.000	.962		6.75	8.78		-0.3	-50.7	0.0
53	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	3B		2	2	18.0	1	8	0	0		1.000	.910		4.50	2.94		1.7	93.4	1.7
54	Bill Cooper*	BCA	3B		2	2	18.0	2	5	1	0		.875	.910		3.50	2.94		0.5	29.7	0.5
55	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	2B		2	2	18.0	7	1	1	0		.889	.905		4.00	4.71		-3.8	-208.7	-3.8
56	Willie Gisentaner*	BRG	RF		2	2	18.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.960		1.00	1.40		-0.5	-28.3	-0.4
57	Preacher Henry	JRC	P		2	2	18.0	0	6	0	0		1.000	.930		3.00	2.33
58	Sammy Hughes	NAS	2B		2	2	18.0	4	5	0	1		1.000	.905		4.50	4.71		0.3	16.2	0.3
59	Fats Jenkins*	NAS	LF		2	2	18.0	5	0	0	0		1.000	.930		2.50	1.54		1.2	69.0	1.4
60	Jesús Lorenzo^	CS2	PH		2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
61	Jesús Lorenzo^	CS2	RF		2	2	18.0	0	0	0	0			.960		0.00	1.40		-1.9	-106.4	-1.8
62	Dick Lundy**	BRG	SS		2	2	18.0	1	8	3	1		.750	.877		4.50	4.56		0.8	45.7	0.8
63	Biz Mackey**	NAS	C		2	2	18.0	12	3	0	0		1.000	.962		7.50	8.78		-0.4	-22.3	0.0
64	Francisco Martínez^	CS2	P		2	1	11.1	0	3	0	0		1.000	.930		2.38	2.33
65	Auburn Nelson^	BCA	P		2	1	6.1	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	2.33
66	Ignacio Ramírez^	CS2	SS		2	2	17.0	4	2	0	2		1.000	.877		3.18	4.56		-2.3	-136.7	-2.3
67	Connie Rector	BRG	P		2	1	15.1	0	4	0	0		1.000	.930		2.35	2.33
68	Silvino Ruíz	CS2	P		2	1	9.2	0	3	1	1		.750	.930		2.79	2.33
69	Otis Starks^	BRG	P		2	1	4.1	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		2.08	2.33
70	Johnny Taylor	NAS	P		2	2	14.0	0	3	0	1		1.000	.930		1.93	2.33
71	Armando Torres^	CS2	P		2	2	4.2	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	2.33
72	Bo Williams^	JRC	LF		2	2	17.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.930		1.06	1.54		-0.2	-9.5	-0.7
73	Wild Bill Wright**	NAS	CF		2	2	18.0	2	0	1	0		.667	.938		1.00	1.77		-0.9	-49.8	-0.8
74	Juan Abreu*	CS2	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	1	0		.000	.930		0.00	1.54		-1.1	-120.0	-1.0
75	Pepper Bassett**	NAS	C		1	1	9.0	13	1	0	0		1.000	.962		14.00	8.78		1.3	141.0	0.0
76	John Beckwith	BRG	1B		1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.969		13.50	9.94		0.0	-7.1	0.0
77	Chet Brewer**	SDS	P		1	1	3.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		3.00	2.33
78	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	RF		1	1	10.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.960		0.90	1.40		-0.4	-35.1	-0.3
79	Bill Byrd**	NAS	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
80	Bill Byrd**	NAS	SS		1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0			.877		0.00	4.56		-0.1	-142.0	-0.1
81	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	CF		1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.938		3.00	1.77		0.5	56.3	0.5
82	Lou Collins^	BRG	SS		1	1	10.0	2	8	0	1		1.000	.877		9.00	4.56		2.6	262.6	2.6
83	Rafael Concepción^	CS2	PR		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
84	Rafael Concepción^	CS2	SS		1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0			.877		0.00	4.56		-0.1	-208.5	-0.1
85	Conyers^	BCA	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
86	Pedro Díaz^	CS2	P		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	2.33
87	Specs Ellis^	JRC	P		1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		9.00	2.33
88	Felix Evans	BCA	LF		1	1	6.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.930		4.50	1.54		1.2	196.4	1.2
89	Felix Evans	BCA	P		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	2.33
90	Isidro Fabré	CS2	LF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.930		2.00	1.54		0.1	15.6	0.2
91	José María Fernández	CS2	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
92	Al Frazier	JRC	2B		1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0		1.000	.905		4.00	4.71		-0.3	-38.1	-0.3
93	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	CF		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.938		0.00	1.77		-0.1	-122.7	-0.1
94	Bob Griffith	SDS	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		1.00	2.33
95	Red Hadley*	BCA	C		1	1	6.0	6	3	0	0		1.000	.962		13.50	8.78		1.0	163.5	0.0
96	Hill^	BCA	RF		1	1	6.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.960		3.00	1.40		0.6	107.4	0.7
97	Robert Hughes^	BCA	P		1	1	8.1	0	3	1	0		.750	.930		3.24	2.33
98	S. M. Humphries^	BCA	CF		1	1	6.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.938		1.50	1.77		-0.1	-22.5	-0.1
99	Hunter^	JRC	P		1	1	4.1	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		2.08	2.33
100	Jackson^	JRC	3B		1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.910		2.25	2.94		-0.2	-20.9	-0.2
101	Harry Jeffries	BRG	3B		1	1	10.0	0	5	1	0		.833	.910		4.50	2.94		1.3	127.3	1.3
102	Fats Jenkins*	NAS	CF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.938		2.00	1.77		0.2	18.0	0.2
103	Bucky Johnson^	BRG	2B		1	1	10.0	3	3	1	1		.857	.905		5.40	4.71		-0.6	-59.6	-0.6
104	Ty Johnson^	JRC	1B		1	1	8.0	7	0	1	0		.875	.969		7.88	9.94		0.0	-2.0	0.0
105	Ty Johnson^	JRC	P		1	1	9.0	1	3	0	0		1.000	.930		4.00	2.33
106	Gabby Kemp	BCA	SS		1	1	6.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.877		3.00	4.56		-0.5	-87.0	-0.5
107	Gustavo Lluberes	CS2	1B		1	0	0.2	2	0	0	0		1.000	.969		27.00	9.94		0.0	-11.0	0.0
108	Leroy Matlock*	SDS	P		1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		3.00	2.33
109	Jesús Miralles^	CS2	P		1	0	6.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		1.50	2.33
110	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	1B		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.969		0.00	9.94		-0.1	-53.4	-0.1
111	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	P		1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	2.33
112	Barney Morris*	NAS	P		1	0	8.0	0	3	0	0		1.000	.930		3.38	2.33
113	Roosevelt Owens^	BRG	P		1	1	8.1	0	2	0	0		1.000	.930		2.16	2.33
114	Clarence Palm	SDS	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
115	Pat Patterson**	SDS	2B		1	1	9.0	3	6	2	2		.818	.905		9.00	4.71		2.0	219.8	2.0
116	José Pérez	CS2	C		1	1	8.2	5	1	1	0		.857	.962		6.23	8.78		-0.1	-7.0	0.0
117	Andy Porter	NAS	P		1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.930		2.25	2.33
118	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
119	Donald Reeves*	BCA	1B		1	1	6.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.969		7.50	9.94		0.4	67.3	0.4
120	Joe Royal	JRC	3B		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.910		1.00	2.94		-0.3	-29.3	-0.3
121	Ormond Sampson	BCA	P		1	1	6.0	1	6	0	0		1.000	.930		10.50	2.33
122	George Scales	SDS	3B		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.910		0.00	2.94		-1.2	-135.5	-1.2
123	George Scales	SDS	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
124	Theolic Smith**	NAS	P		1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	2.33
125	Felton Snow	NAS	2B		1	1	9.0	3	2	0	0		1.000	.905		5.00	4.71		-0.2	-17.7	-0.2
126	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.938		1.00	1.77		-0.2	-18.6	-0.1
127	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	RF		1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0			.960		0.00	1.40		-0.7	-81.8	-0.6
128	Jack Thornton	BCA	2B		1	1	6.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.905		1.50	4.71		-0.5	-88.6	-0.5
129	Henry Turner	JRC	1B		1	0	2.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.969		18.00	9.94		0.1	64.1	0.1
130	Henry Turner	JRC	RF		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.960		2.00	1.40		0.5	56.0	-0.1
131	Leonard Walker^	JRC	P		1	1	6.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.930		1.50	2.33
132	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	CF		1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0			.938		0.00	1.77		-0.2	-124.1	-0.2
133	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	P		1	1	9.0	1	4	0	0		1.000	.930		5.00	2.33
134	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
135	Wild Bill Wright**	NAS	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.930		0.00	1.54		-0.9	-100.4	-0.8

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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