1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season


Negro American League


1936 / 1938

Top Hitter


Newt
Allen

Top Pitcher


Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS

# Player Team OPS
1
Johnny Ray
BBB
1.107
2
Turkey Stearnes
DTS/CAG
1.097
3
Willard Brown
KCM
1.095
4
David Whatley
BBB
1.084
5
Vet Dunbar
MRS/IA
1.030
6
Howard Easterling
CT
.966
7
Goose Curry
MULT
.952
8
Ted Strong
MULT
.939
9
Red Hale
DTS
.920
10
Les Pearson
SL2
.881

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Bo Mitchell
BBB
7.50
2
Roy Partlow
CT
5.17
3
Porter Moss
MULT
4.75
4
Andy Cooper
KCM/CAG
4.00
5
Jesse Houston
CT
4.00
6
Hilton Smith
KCM/CAG
3.67
7
Johnny Markham
KCM
3.62
8
Willie Jefferson
CT
3.50
9
Robert Hughes
IA
3.33
10
Lefty Wilson
KCM/MRS
3.08


Standings
Glossary

Negro American League

vs NAL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
52
19
1
.732
-
53
22
1
.707
6.4
3.5
Andy Cooper
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2
35
18
1
.660
8.0
44
25
2
.638
5.1
3.7
Ted Radcliffe
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
3
36
24
1
.600
10.5
39
37
1
.513
5.3
5.3
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4
17
21
1
.447
18.5
17
21
1
.447
6.6
6.8
Ted Strong
Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
5
16
24
0
.400
20.5
18
26
0
.409
6.8
6.7
A. M. Walker
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6
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
15
29
0
.341
23.5
15
30
0
.333
4.2
6.0
Goose Curry, Frank Johnson
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
8
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      
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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, Gary Ashwill.


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

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James