1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

Independent Clubs

1936 / 1940

Top Hitter

Carlos
Etchegoyen

Top Pitcher

Preacher
Henry

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Cool Papa Bell	SDS	.375
2	Roy Parnell	SDS	.375
3	Rafael Hechevarría	CS2	.348
4	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	.333
5	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	.333
6	Don Pelham	JRC/BCA	.319
7	Clemente Carreras	CS2	.318
8	Donald Reeves	BCA	.300
9	Gabby Kemp	BCA	.281
10	Babe Davis	BCA	.280

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	723
2	Ping Burke	BCA	346
3	Barney Morris	NAS	289
4	Silvino Ruiz	CS2	220
5	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	148
6	Connie Rector	BRG	143
7	Bob Griffith	SDS	139
8	Jesús Miralles	CS2	136
9	Lefty Nelson	BCA	116
10	Francisco Martínez	CS2	103

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	15	510	475	59	107	10	10	5	55	6		25		1	3	7			.225	.268	.320	.588	81
2	Cuban Stars East	IND	5	210	186	26	43	8	4	0	20	0		19			1	4			.231	.306	.317	.623	95
3	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	5	172	162	14	33	3	2	0	5	1		7			1	2			.204	.241	.247	.488	58
4	Santo Domingo Stars	IND	4	154	138	21	34	4	1	2	18	4		12			1	3			.246	.311	.333	.645	126
5	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND	3	132	115	21	35	9	3	1	19	1		13			0	4			.304	.375	.461	.836	153
6	NNL All Stars	IND	3	107	102	9	21	3	1	1	7	6		5			0	0			.206	.243	.284	.527	97
	6	1	35	1285	1178	150	273	37	21	9	124	18		81		1	6	20			.232	.285	.322	.606	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Gabby Kemp	BCA	2B	15	62	57	11	16	1	2	0	3	2		4		0	0	1			.281	.328	.368	.696	114
2	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SS	15	61	57	14	15	2	0	1	5	1		2		0	2	0			.263	.311	.351	.662	104
3	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	14	56	50	10	14	3	1	2	12	1		5		1	0	1			.280	.345	.500	.845	158
4	Jack Thornton	BCA	1B	15	55	52	2	9	0	0	0	7	0		2		0	0	1			.173	.204	.173	.377	17
5	Red Hadley*	BCA	RF	15	52	51	3	7	0	1	0	4	1		1		0	0	0			.137	.154	.176	.330	1
6	Hap Glenn	BCA	3B	14	50	48	3	11	1	1	0	7	0		2		0	0	0			.229	.260	.292	.552	70
7	Don Pelham*	JRC/BCA	CF	13	50	47	8	15	1	3	2	6	0		1		0	1	1			.319	.347	.596	.943	191
8	Joe Greene	BCA	C	9	34	31	2	7	2	0	0	3	0		1		0	0	2			.226	.250	.290	.540	66
9	Clemente Carreras	CS2	3B	5	25	22	2	7	3	0	0	5	0		2			0	1			.318	.375	.455	.830	163
10	Bill Cooper*	BCA	C	10	25	20	3	4	1	1	0	1	0		5		0	0	0			.200	.360	.350	.710	119
11	Rafael Hechevarría^	CS2	1B	5	25	23	7	8	2	1	0	4	0		2			0	0			.348	.400	.522	.922	191
12	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	2B	5	22	21	1	7	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	1			.333	.333	.476	.810	155
13	Isidro Fabré	CS2	CF	5	22	21	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	1			.190	.190	.190	.381	21
14	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF	6	22	20	2	6	0	2	0	5	0		2		0	0	0			.300	.364	.500	.864	164
15	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	5	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	0			.105	.150	.105	.255	-15
16	Cool Papa Bell**	SDS	CF	4	19	16	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.375	.474	.375	.849	203
17	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	LF	4	19	18	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		1			0	0			.333	.368	.444	.813	157
18	Roy Parnell	SDS	LF	4	19	16	6	6	1	0	1	4	1		3			0	0			.375	.474	.625	1.099	286
19	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	LF	5	19	18	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.278	.316	.333	.649	113
20	Ping Burke	BCA	P	8	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	0	1			.125	.176	.125	.301	-6
21	José María Fernández	CS2	C	5	18	17	2	4	0	1	0	2	0		1			0	0			.235	.278	.353	.631	99
22	Pat Patterson**	SDS	3B	4	18	16	3	6	0	0	0	3	2		2			0	0			.375	.444	.375	.819	192
23	Clyde Spearman*	SDS	RF	4	18	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	1			.125	.176	.188	.364	29
24	Henry Turner	JRC	C	5	18	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.118	.167	.118	.284	-5
25	Juan Abreu*	CS2	RF	4	17	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		2			0	0			.067	.176	.133	.310	0
26	Bill Perkins	SDS	C	4	17	17	1	4	2	0	1	6	0		0			0	0			.235	.235	.529	.765	165
27	Sam Bankhead	SDS	SS	4	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	1			.000	.133	.000	.133	-50
28	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	4	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	2			.077	.143	.077	.220	-26
29	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	4	16	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.188	.188	.250	.438	43
30	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	3B	3	15	13	2	6	4	0	0	3	0		2			0	0			.462	.533	.769	1.303	286
31	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	4	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	32
32	Tubby Johnson^	BRG	LF	3	15	12	6	5	2	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.417	.533	.583	1.117	234
33	Millito Navarro	CS2	SS	3	15	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3			0	1			.091	.286	.091	.377	24
34	Willie Gray*	BRG	CF	3	14	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0		1			0	1			.250	.308	.417	.724	115
35	Tom Smith^	BRG	1B	3	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	1			.154	.154	.154	.308	-8
36	Dave Thomas*	SDS	1B	4	14	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0			1	0			.231	.286	.385	.670	135
37	Fats Jenkins*	NAS	LF	3	13	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	3		0			0	0			.154	.154	.154	.308	14
38	Jud Wilson*	NAS	3B	3	13	12	0	4	0	0	0	2	1		1			0	0			.333	.385	.333	.718	168
39	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B	4	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	10
40	Jim West**	NAS	1B	3	12	12	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0			0	0			.083	.083	.333	.417	49
41	Harry Williams	SDS	2B	3	12	11	2	3	0	0	0	2	1		1			0	0			.273	.333	.273	.606	116
42	Wild Bill Wright**	NAS	CF	3	12	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.182	.250	.273	.523	94
43	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	2B	3	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.222	.300	.222	.522	58
44	Willie Gisentaner*	BRG	RF	2	10	8	2	3	0	1	1	3	0		2			0	0			.375	.500	1.000	1.500	340
45	Telosh Howard	BCA	P	5	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	0			.100	.100	.100	.200	-38
46	Joe Lewis	BRG	C	3	10	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	2			.429	.500	.571	1.071	220
47	Jesús Lorenzo^	CS2	RF	4	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.100	.000	.100	-66
48	Dick Lundy**	BRG	SS	2	10	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	1		2			0	0			.250	.400	.625	1.025	203
49	Ignacio Ramírez^	CS2	SS	2	10	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		3			0	0			.143	.400	.143	.543	79
50	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	P	8	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	23
51	Chester Williams	NAS	SS	3	10	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.100	.100	.200	.300	9
52	Ty Johnson^	JRC	P	2	9	9	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.556	.889	188
53	Sammy Hughes	NAS	2B	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.125	.125	.125	.250	-7
54	Biz Mackey**	NAS	C	2	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.375	.375	.500	.875	222
55	Bo Williams^	JRC	LF	2	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.375	.375	.375	.750	147
56	Herb Barnhill	JRC	C	2	7	7	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.571	.571	.571	1.143	276
57	Satchel Paige	SDS	P	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	103
58	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	P	2	6	6	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.500	.833	162
59	Preacher Henry	JRC	P	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.167	.000	.167	-42
60	Henry Kimbro*	NAS	RF	3	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	148
61	Francisco Martínez^	CS2	P	2	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.167	.000	.167	-43
62	Connie Rector	BRG	P	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	0
63	George Scales	SDS	3B	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	18
64	Zollie Wright	NAS	RF	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.167	.000	.167	-34
65	George Britt	BRG	C	2	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.400	.400	.400	.800	140
66	Lou Collins^	BRG	SS	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	20
67	Harry Jeffries	BRG	3B	1	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.400	.400	.600	1.000	196
68	José Pérez	CS2	C	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			1	0			.000	.600	.000	.600	104
69	Johnny Taylor	NAS	P	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	49
70	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	P	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	23
71	Pepper Bassett**	NAS	C	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.333	.500	.333	.833	213
72	Bob Griffith	SDS	P	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	77
73	Jackson^	JRC	3B	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-12
74	Bucky Johnson^	BRG	2B	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
75	Roosevelt Owens^	BRG	P	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	200
76	Silvino Ruiz	CS2	P	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	59
77	Felton Snow	NAS	2B	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
78	Armando Torres^	CS2	P	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-15
79	John Beckwith	BRG	1B	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	100
80	Felix Evans	BCA	P	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
81	Jonathan Hill^	BCA	RF	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
82	Robert Hughes^	BCA	P	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	106
83	S. M. Humphries^	BCA	CF	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
84	Barney Morris*	NAS	P	1	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	1.000	1.333	379
85	Lefty Nelson^	BCA	P	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	106
86	Chet Brewer**	SDS	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
87	Bill Byrd**	NAS	SS	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	643
88	Hunter^	JRC	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
89	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	P	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			1	0			.000	.500	.000	.500	75
90	Otis Starks^	BRG	P	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.500	.000	.500	60
91	Leonard Walker^	JRC	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
92	Conyers^	BCA	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
93	Gustavo Lluberes	CS2	1B	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	538
94	Leroy Matlock*	SDS	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1
95	Jesús Miralles^	CS2	P	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
96	Clarence Palm	SDS	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
97	Andy Porter	NAS	P	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	643
98	Rafael Concepción^	CS2	SS	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
99	Pedro Díaz^	CS2	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
100	Specs Ellis^	JRC	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0
101	Theolic Smith**	NAS	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0							0

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

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