1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season


Negro American League


1936 / 1938

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS

# Player Team OPS
1
Johnny Ray
BBB
1.116
2
Willard Brown
KCM
1.111
3
David Whatley
BBB
1.040
4
Howard Easterling
CT
.966
5
Turkey Stearnes
DTS/CAG
.965
6
Goose Curry
MULT
.955
7
Ted Strong
MULT
.945
8
Bill Carter
SL2/BBB
.865
9
Henry McCall
CAG/IA
.841
10
Neil Robinson
CT
.839

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Eugene Bremer
CT
559
2
Bo Mitchell
BBB
298
3
Hilton Smith
KCM/CAG
242
4
Lefty Wilson
KCM/MRS
210
5
Bill Howard
MRS/IA
193
6
Jesse Houston
CT
183
7
Vet Barnes
KCM
169
8
Henry McHenry
KCM
166
9
Ted Trent
CAG
149
10
Andy Cooper
KCM/CAG
145


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
50
19
1
.725
-
51
22
1
.699
6.3
3.5
Andy Cooper
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
2
35
18
1
.660
7.0
44
25
2
.638
5.1
3.7
Ted Radcliffe
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
3
36
22
1
.621
8.5
39
35
1
.527
5.3
5.1
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4
17
21
1
.447
17.5
17
21
1
.447
6.6
6.8
Ted Strong
Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
5
14
23
0
.378
20.0
16
25
0
.390
6.1
6.7
A. M. Walker
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
6
13
24
0
.351
21.0
13
25
0
.342
4.7
7.1
Percy Miller, Roosevelt Cox, Turkey Stearnes
Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)
7
14
29
0
.326
23.0
14
30
0
.318
4.2
6.0
Goose Curry, Frank Johnson
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
8
4
27
0
.129
27.0
5
29
0
.147
4.7
9.7
Dizzy Dismukes
Metropolitan Park (St. Louis, MO)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      
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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.


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