1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

Negro American League

1936 / 1938

R. R. Jackson (President)
Al Monroe (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Newt
Allen

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Johnny Ray	BBB	.485
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.479
3	Turkey Stearnes	CAG/DTS	.476
4	David Whatley	BBB	.457
5	Ted Strong	MULT	.427
6	Howard Easterling	CT	.426
7	Goose Curry	MULT	.426
8	Les Pearson	SL2	.404
9	Bill Carter	BBB/SL2	.397
10	Red Hale	DTS	.394

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	99
2	Jesse Houston	CT	84
3	Willie Cornelius	CAG	66
4	Porter Moss	MULT	57
5	Floyd Kranson	MULT	50
6	Johnny Markham	KCM	47
7	Willie Foster	CAG	46
8	Vet Barnes	KCM	45
9	Henry McHenry	KCM	42
10	Ted Trent	CAG	41

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	475.2		1.06	18.1%	5.9%	3.07	0.5%
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	389.1		1.40	12.6%	8.1%	1.55	1.0%
3	Cincinnati Tigers	NAL	343.0		1.14	17.4%	4.7%	3.72	0.6%
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	232.2		1.53	12.6%	7.3%	1.74	1.6%
5	St. Louis Stars	NAL	213.0		1.99	8.0%	9.8%	0.82	1.9%
6	Indianapolis Athletics	NAL	179.2		1.50	12.1%	7.6%	1.60	0.1%
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	166.2		1.64	11.1%	8.9%	1.24	0.4%
8	Detroit Stars	NAL	165.0		1.77	11.1%	10.3%	1.09	1.0%
	8	1	2165.0		1.41	13.6%	7.4%	1.83	0.9%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	CAG/KCM	SP	130.1		0.86	20.0%	5.5%	3.67	0.4%
2	Jesse Houston	CT	SP	111.2		1.09	17.8%	4.4%	4.00	0.4%
3	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	103.0		1.14	15.6%	8.3%	1.89	0.9%
4	Tommy Johnson	SL2	SP	90.1		1.88	7.1%	8.7%	0.82	0.9%
5	Porter Moss	MULT	RP	81.1		1.09	16.8%	3.5%	4.75	0.9%
6	Willie Foster*	CAG	RP	80.2		1.33	12.8%	8.4%	1.53	1.1%
7	Floyd Kranson	MULT	RP	80.2		1.43	13.5%	8.4%	1.61	0.5%
8	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	73.0		1.23	13.2%	4.8%	2.73	0.6%
9	Vet Barnes	KCM	RP	69.1		1.13	16.1%	6.5%	2.50	0.7%
10	Henry McHenry	KCM	SP	67.1		1.14	14.8%	6.7%	2.21	0.4%
11	Jack Bruton	BBB	SP	60.2		1.60	12.9%	5.7%	2.27	2.3%
12	Andy Cooper*	CAG/KCM	SP	57.2		0.92	17.8%	4.4%	4.00	0.4%
13	Willie Ferrell*	BBB	SP	55.2		1.56	9.3%	8.6%	1.09	1.2%
14	Eugene Bremer	CT	SP	55.0		0.89	13.3%	4.6%	2.90	0.0%
15	Percy Miller*	DTS	SP	54.1		1.95	10.1%	14.9%	0.68	0.7%
16	Cliff Blackmon	CAG	RP	54.0		1.80	10.8%	10.4%	1.04	0.8%
17	Lefty Wilson*	KCM/MRS	SP	53.1		1.16	16.6%	5.4%	3.08	0.0%
18	Johnny Markham	KCM	RP	47.2		1.34	22.7%	6.3%	3.62	1.4%
19	Leo Hannibal	IA	SP	47.0		1.53	15.3%	8.6%	1.78	0.0%
20	John Griffin*	SL2	RP	43.1		1.98	7.2%	12.2%	0.59	3.2%
21	Claude Hayslett	IA/MRS	SP	42.0		1.31	10.6%	8.5%	1.25	0.5%
22	Dan Webster	DTS	RP	41.1		1.52	10.6%	6.3%	1.67	1.1%
23	Dean Thomas	DTS	SP	40.0		1.53	15.6%	9.5%	1.65	1.1%
24	Willie Jefferson	CT	RP	39.1		1.45	18.2%	4.4%	4.13	1.1%
25	Red Howard*	BBB	SP	37.1		1.53	14.6%	8.2%	1.79	2.3%
26	Malvin Powell	CAG	RP	36.1		1.54	6.1%	8.5%	0.71	0.0%
27	Cornelius Cook*	IA	RP	34.1		1.40	8.9%	8.2%	1.08	0.0%
28	Robert Hughes	IA	SP	34.1		1.83	11.4%	3.4%	3.33	0.0%
29	R. B. Bryant^	MRS	RP	33.0		1.94	7.1%	8.8%	0.80	0.0%
30	Bob Madison^	MRS	SP	30.0		1.57	17.5%	8.4%	2.08	0.0%
31	Provine Bradley	CT	RP	29.0		1.28	7.8%	7.0%	1.11	0.0%
32	Bo Mitchell	BBB	SP	27.0		0.85	14.9%	2.0%	7.50	0.0%
33	Johnny Reed	SL2	RP	26.1		1.67	9.1%	9.9%	0.92	0.0%
34	Bill Howard*	IA/MRS	RP	26.0		1.23	10.9%	10.0%	1.09	0.9%
35	Ben Henderson	BBB	SP	24.0		1.92	16.7%	8.3%	2.00	1.7%
36	Elbert Eatmon^	BBB	RP	23.0		1.52	11.2%	7.5%	1.50	0.9%
37	Emery Adams	MRS	SP	21.1		1.73	5.9%	11.9%	0.50	1.0%
38	Walter Thomas	CAG/DTS	SP	20.1		2.07	15.9%	7.5%	2.13	1.9%
39	Roy Partlow*	CT	SP	20.0		1.25	36.9%	7.1%	5.17	2.4%
40	Hill*	SL2	SP	15.0		1.80	12.8%	1.3%	10.00	2.6%
41	Goose Curry	MRS	SP	13.1		1.88	9.2%	7.7%	1.20	1.5%
42	Frank Bradley	KCM	SP	13.1		0.68	34.7%	4.1%	8.50	0.0%
43	Ted Radcliffe	CT	RP	12.1		1.14	18.4%	6.1%	3.00	0.0%
44	Charley Justice	DTS	SP	9.2		1.86	16.3%	12.2%	1.33	2.0%
45	Joe May	SL2	RP	9.1		2.57	10.6%	17.0%	0.63	6.4%
46	Granville Lyons*	MRS	RP	9.0		1.67	0.0%	8.9%	0.00	0.0%
47	Claude Miller	SL2	SP	8.1		2.40	4.3%	13.0%	0.33	6.5%
48	Joe Lillard	CAG	SP	7.2		2.48	2.5%	7.5%	0.33	5.0%
49	Lefty Calhoun*	MRS	RP	7.2		0.78	32.1%	7.1%	4.50	0.0%
50	Eli Underwood^	DTS	RP	6.0		1.00	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	0.0%
51	Bullet Rogan	KCM	RP	5.1		1.50	20.0%	4.0%	5.00	0.0%
52	Robert Dean	SL2	SP	5.1		2.25	17.2%	10.3%	1.67	3.4%
53	Glenn Dixon	SL2	SP	4.2		1.93	7.4%	14.8%	0.50	0.0%
54	Brewster^	DTS	RP	4.0		1.25	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
55	Buck O'Neil	MRS	RP	3.2		1.64	12.5%	0.0%		0.0%
56	Julius Osley	BBB	RP	2.2		2.63	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
57	Henry Williams	SL2	RP	2.2		0.38	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
58	Joe Sparks	SL2	SP	2.2		3.38	22.2%	11.1%	2.00	0.0%
59	Barney Morris	CT	RP	2.1		3.43	25.0%	0.0%		0.0%
60	Bill Carter^	SL2	SP	2.1		3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
61	Al Parker*	IA	RP	2.1		3.00	7.1%	14.3%	0.50	0.0%
62	Zack Clayton*	CAG	RP	2.1		3.43	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	6.7%
63	Floyd Holston^	BBB	RP	2.1		1.29	20.0%	10.0%	2.00	10.0%
64	Wesley Hardeman^	SL2	RP	2.0		2.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
65	Albert Davis	DTS	RP	1.1		5.25	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%
66	Dizzy Royal^	IA	RP	1.1		2.25	25.0%	25.0%	1.00	0.0%
67	Johnson^	KCM	RP	1.0		2.00	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	0.0%
68	Newt Allen	KCM	RP	0.2		0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
69	Chuck Bowen^	IA	RP	0.2		0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
70	Norman Cross	CAG	RP	0.2		3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
71	Harry Cunningham^	MRS	RP	0.1		9.00	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%
72	Cannonball Berry	SL2	RP	0.1		12.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
73	Cornelius Augustus*	SL2	RP	0.1		18.00	0.0%	57.1%	0.00	0.0%
74	Howard^	CAG	RP	0.1		15.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
75	Zell Miles	CAG	RP	0.1		3.00	50.0%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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