1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

Independent Clubs

1936 / 1940

Top Hitter

Carlos
Etchegoyen

Top Pitcher

Preacher
Henry

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Babe Davis	BCA	2
2	Don Pelham	JRC/BCA	2
3	Willie Gisentaner	BRG	1
4	Roy Parnell	SDS	1
5	Bill Perkins	SDS	1
6	Ormond Sampson	BCA	1
7	Jim West	NAS	1
8	Juan Abreu	CS2	0
9	Sam Bankhead	SDS	0
10	Herb Barnhill	JRC	0

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

Fielding

Position:

League:

Teams

#	Team	Lg		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	NNL All Stars	IND		34	27	243.0	81	26	4	3		.964	.932		3.96	4.22		-0.3	-1.6	-0.7
2	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND		49	45	369.0	123	48	9	2		.950	.932		4.17	4.22		2.6	8.0	0.8
3	Brooklyn Royal Giants	IND		35	27	252.0	84	41	7	5		.947	.932		4.46	4.22		-0.4	-1.8	1.1
4	Cuban Stars East	IND		56	45	411.0	137	63	12	9		.943	.932		4.38	4.22		-5.7	-15.6	-4.6
5	Santo Domingo Stars	IND		40	36	315.0	105	39	9	8		.941	.932		4.11	4.22		1.6	5.7	3.3
6	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND		154	135	1116.0	370	152	44	13		.922	.932		4.21	4.22		2.2	2.2	0.1
	6	1		368	315	2706.0	900	369	85	40		.937	.932		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	Juan Abreu*	CS2	RF		3	3	27.2	4	1	0	0		1.000	.958		1.63	1.38		0.1	4.6	-0.3
2	Herb Barnhill	JRC	C		2	2	15.0	16	1	0	0		1.000	.965		10.20	8.95		-0.1	-7.9	0.0
3	Pepper Bassett**	NAS	C		1	1	9.0	13	1	0	0		1.000	.965		14.00	8.95		1.3	139.6	0.0
4	John Beckwith	BRG	1B		1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.968		13.50	9.88		0.0	-6.0	0.0
5	Cool Papa Bell**	SDS	CF		4	4	35.0	7	0	0	0		1.000	.933		1.80	1.68		0.6	15.8	0.7
6	Chet Brewer**	SDS	P		1	1	3.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		3.00	2.27
7	George Britt	BRG	C		2	1	6.2	5	0	0	0		1.000	.965		6.75	8.95		-0.3	-52.4	0.0
8	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	3B		2	2	18.0	1	8	0	0		1.000	.908		4.50	2.96		1.7	92.3	1.7
9	Ameal Brooks*	BRG	RF		1	1	10.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.958		0.90	1.38		-0.4	-35.1	-0.3
10	Ping Burke	BCA	P		8	6	47.1	3	6	0	0		1.000	.927		1.71	2.27
11	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	CF		1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.933		3.00	1.68		0.6	61.5	0.6
12	Esterio Caraballo	CS2	LF		3	3	27.2	5	0	0	0		1.000	.943		1.63	1.50		-0.2	-8.3	-0.1
13	Clemente Carreras	CS2	3B		5	5	45.2	6	10	0	0		1.000	.908		3.15	2.96		-1.2	-27.0	-1.2
14	Lou Collins^	BRG	SS		1	1	10.0	2	8	0	1		1.000	.880		9.00	4.61		2.6	260.3	2.6
15	Specs Ellis^	JRC	P		1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		9.00	2.27
16	Felix Evans	BCA	LF		1	1	6.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.943		4.50	1.50		1.2	201.3	1.2
17	Isidro Fabré	CS2	LF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.943		2.00	1.50		0.2	17.0	0.2
18	José María Fernández	CS2	C		4	4	37.0	33	3	0	0		1.000	.965		8.76	8.95		-0.9	-23.2	0.0
19	Al Frazier	JRC	2B		1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0		1.000	.903		4.00	4.76		-0.4	-39.0	-0.4
20	Willie Gisentaner*	BRG	RF		2	2	18.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.958		1.00	1.38		-0.5	-28.3	-0.4
21	Willie Gray*	BRG	CF		3	3	27.0	7	0	0	0		1.000	.933		2.33	1.68		1.1	40.9	1.2
22	Bob Griffith	SDS	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		1.00	2.27
23	Red Hadley*	BCA	C		1	1	6.0	6	3	0	0		1.000	.965		13.50	8.95		1.0	162.4	0.0
24	Red Hadley*	BCA	RF		9	9	75.0	15	1	0	0		1.000	.958		1.92	1.38		2.8	37.3	2.8
25	Preacher Henry	JRC	P		2	2	18.0	0	6	0	0		1.000	.927		3.00	2.27
26	Jonathan Hill^	BCA	RF		1	1	6.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.958		3.00	1.38		0.7	110.2	0.7
27	Sammy Hughes	NAS	2B		2	2	18.0	4	5	0	1		1.000	.903		4.50	4.76		0.3	15.3	0.3
28	S. M. Humphries^	BCA	CF		1	1	6.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.933		1.50	1.68		-0.1	-13.6	-0.1
29	Hunter^	JRC	P		1	1	4.1	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		2.08	2.27
30	Jackson^	JRC	3B		1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.908		2.25	2.96		-0.2	-21.8	-0.2
31	Fats Jenkins*	NAS	CF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.933		2.00	1.68		0.2	22.2	0.2
32	Fats Jenkins*	NAS	LF		2	2	18.0	5	0	0	0		1.000	.943		2.50	1.50		1.3	70.5	1.3
33	Tubby Johnson^	BRG	LF		3	3	28.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.943		0.96	1.50		-1.2	-41.4	-1.0
34	Ty Johnson^	JRC	P		1	1	9.0	1	3	0	0		1.000	.927		4.00	2.27
35	Gabby Kemp	BCA	SS		1	1	6.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.880		3.00	4.61		-0.5	-87.9	-0.5
36	Henry Kimbro*	NAS	RF		3	1	14.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.958		0.64	1.38		-0.8	-54.0	-0.6
37	Gustavo Lluberes	CS2	1B		1	0	0.2	2	0	0	0		1.000	.968		27.00	9.88		0.0	-9.9	0.0
38	Biz Mackey**	NAS	C		2	2	18.0	12	3	0	0		1.000	.965		7.50	8.95		-0.4	-23.7	0.0
39	Francisco Martínez^	CS2	P		2	1	11.1	0	3	0	0		1.000	.927		2.38	2.27
40	Leroy Matlock*	SDS	P		1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		3.00	2.27
41	Jesús Miralles^	CS2	P		1	0	6.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		1.50	2.27
42	Barney Morris*	NAS	P		1	0	8.0	0	3	0	0		1.000	.927		3.38	2.27
43	Roosevelt Owens^	BRG	P		1	1	8.1	0	2	0	0		1.000	.927		2.16	2.27
44	Roy Parnell	SDS	LF		4	4	35.0	6	0	0	0		1.000	.943		1.54	1.50		0.4	10.4	0.5
45	Don Pelham*	JRC/BCA	CF		13	13	107.0	17	1	0	1		1.000	.933		1.51	1.68		-0.3	-2.6	-0.5
46	Bill Perkins	SDS	C		4	4	35.0	36	1	0	0		1.000	.965		9.51	8.95		-1.1	-32.3	0.0
47	Andy Porter	NAS	P		1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		2.25	2.27
48	Ignacio Ramírez^	CS2	SS		2	2	17.0	4	2	0	2		1.000	.880		3.18	4.61		-2.4	-139.0	-2.4
49	Connie Rector	BRG	P		2	1	15.1	0	4	0	0		1.000	.927		2.35	2.27
50	Donald Reeves*	BCA	1B		1	1	6.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.968		7.50	9.88		0.4	66.5	0.4
51	Joe Royal	JRC	3B		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.908		1.00	2.96		-0.3	-30.2	-0.3
52	Joe Royal	JRC	RF		3	3	24.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.958		1.88	1.38		1.1	46.1	0.7
53	Ormond Sampson	BCA	P		1	1	6.0	1	6	0	0		1.000	.927		10.50	2.27
54	Tom Smith^	BRG	1B		3	3	26.0	37	0	0	1		1.000	.968		12.81	9.88		-0.2	-9.1	-0.2
55	Felton Snow	NAS	2B		1	1	9.0	3	2	0	0		1.000	.903		5.00	4.76		-0.2	-18.6	-0.2
56	Clyde Spearman*	SDS	RF		4	4	35.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.958		1.03	1.38		-0.6	-17.6	-0.3
57	Otis Starks^	BRG	P		2	1	4.1	0	1	0	0		1.000	.927		2.08	2.27
58	Johnny Taylor	NAS	P		2	2	14.0	0	3	0	1		1.000	.927		1.93	2.27
59	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.933		1.00	1.68		-0.1	-14.4	-0.1
60	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	LF		3	3	24.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.943		0.75	1.50		-0.7	-30.0	-0.6
61	Jack Thornton	BCA	2B		1	1	6.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.903		1.50	4.76		-0.5	-91.2	-0.5
62	Henry Turner	JRC	1B		1	0	2.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.968		18.00	9.88		0.1	65.0	0.1
63	Henry Turner	JRC	C		3	3	26.0	25	4	0	0		1.000	.965		10.04	8.95		0.7	28.8	0.0
64	Henry Turner	JRC	RF		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.958		2.00	1.38		0.5	55.9	-0.1
65	Leonard Walker^	JRC	P		1	1	6.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.927		1.50	2.27
66	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	P		1	1	9.0	1	4	0	0		1.000	.927		5.00	2.27
67	Bo Williams^	JRC	LF		2	2	17.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.943		1.06	1.50		-0.1	-7.9	-0.7
68	Jud Wilson*	NAS	3B		3	3	27.0	2	2	0	0		1.000	.908		1.33	2.96		-0.7	-26.8	-0.7
69	Zollie Wright	NAS	RF		3	2	13.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.958		1.38	1.38		0.0	-3.8	0.1
70	Rafael Hechevarría^	CS2	1B		5	5	45.0	49	0	1	3		.980	.968		9.80	9.88		-2.0	-45.0	-2.0
71	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B		4	4	30.0	34	0	1	0		.971	.968		10.20	9.88		0.4	14.1	0.4
72	Jim West**	NAS	1B		3	3	27.0	28	0	1	1		.966	.968		9.33	9.88		0.7	26.4	0.7
73	Jack Thornton	BCA	1B		14	14	118.0	117	5	5	4		.961	.968		9.31	9.88		0.3	2.6	0.3
74	Bill Cooper*	BCA	C		6	5	40.0	39	3	2	0		.955	.965		9.45	8.95		-0.6	-16.1	0.0
75	Dave Thomas*	SDS	1B		4	4	35.0	38	1	2	2		.951	.968		10.03	9.88		0.4	10.5	0.4
76	Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	2B		5	5	45.2	13	24	2	2		.949	.903		7.29	4.76		4.1	89.7	4.1
77	Joe Lewis	BRG	C		3	2	21.1	12	1	1	1		.929	.965		5.48	8.95		-0.7	-32.7	0.0
78	Babe Davis	BCA	LF		14	14	118.0	21	1	2	0		.917	.943		1.68	1.50		1.2	10.2	1.1
79	Harry Williams	SDS	2B		3	3	26.0	4	7	1	1		.917	.903		3.81	4.76		-0.6	-23.6	-0.6
80	Joe Greene	BCA	C		9	9	78.0	64	12	7	1		.916	.965		8.77	8.95		1.3	17.0	0.0
81	Sam Bankhead	SDS	SS		4	4	35.0	6	14	2	3		.909	.880		5.14	4.61		2.4	69.7	2.4
82	Ormond Sampson	BCA	SS		14	14	118.0	30	33	7	2		.900	.880		4.81	4.61		-2.2	-19.0	-2.2
83	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B		4	4	32.0	7	10	2	1		.895	.903		4.78	4.76		0.5	16.1	0.5
84	Hap Glenn	BCA	3B		14	14	115.0	17	24	5	2		.891	.908		3.21	2.96		-1.9	-16.2	-1.9
85	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	2B		2	2	18.0	7	1	1	0		.889	.903		4.00	4.76		-3.8	-209.9	-3.8
86	Ty Johnson^	JRC	1B		1	1	8.0	7	0	1	0		.875	.968		7.88	9.88		0.0	-1.1	0.0
87	Gabby Kemp	BCA	2B		14	14	118.0	16	36	8	3		.867	.903		3.97	4.76		-0.8	-6.7	-0.8
88	Chester Williams	NAS	SS		3	3	26.1	7	6	2	0		.867	.880		4.44	4.61		-0.1	-4.8	-0.1
89	Bucky Johnson^	BRG	2B		1	1	10.0	3	3	1	1		.857	.903		5.40	4.76		-0.6	-60.7	-0.6
90	Pat Patterson**	SDS	3B		3	3	26.0	1	5	1	0		.857	.908		2.08	2.96		-0.5	-19.1	-0.5
91	José Pérez	CS2	C		1	1	8.2	5	1	1	0		.857	.965		6.23	8.95		-0.1	-8.8	0.0
92	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	P		7	3	24.0	2	4	1	0		.857	.927		2.25	2.27
93	Bill Cooper*	BCA	3B		1	1	9.0	1	4	1	0		.833	.908		5.00	2.96		1.1	127.6	1.1
94	Isidro Fabré	CS2	CF		4	4	36.2	5	0	1	0		.833	.933		1.23	1.68		-2.1	-58.6	-2.0
95	Al Frazier	JRC	3B		3	3	24.0	3	7	2	0		.833	.908		3.75	2.96		1.9	79.9	1.9
96	Red Hadley*	BCA	CF		5	5	41.0	9	1	2	0		.833	.933		2.20	1.68		1.4	34.0	0.9
97	Harry Jeffries	BRG	3B		1	1	10.0	0	5	1	0		.833	.908		4.50	2.96		1.3	126.2	1.3
98	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS		5	5	41.0	6	8	3	1		.824	.880		3.07	4.61		-1.7	-42.6	-1.7
99	Pat Patterson**	SDS	2B		1	1	9.0	3	6	2	2		.818	.903		9.00	4.76		2.0	218.9	2.0
100	Millito Navarro	CS2	SS		3	3	28.0	5	12	4	1		.810	.880		5.46	4.61		1.4	50.7	1.4
101	Ramón Bragaña	CS2	P		2	1	13.0	1	3	1	0		.800	.927		2.77	2.27
102	Telosh Howard	BCA	P		5	2	21.2	1	2	1	0		.750	.927		1.25	2.27
103	Robert Hughes^	BCA	P		1	1	8.1	0	3	1	0		.750	.927		3.24	2.27
104	Dick Lundy**	BRG	SS		2	2	18.0	1	8	3	1		.750	.880		4.50	4.61		0.8	43.4	0.8
105	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF		5	5	43.0	6	0	2	0		.750	.958		1.26	1.38		-0.3	-8.0	0.0
106	Silvino Ruiz	CS2	P		2	1	9.2	0	3	1	1		.750	.927		2.79	2.27
107	Satchel Paige	SDS	P		3	2	20.0	0	2	1	0		.667	.927		0.90	2.27
108	Wild Bill Wright**	NAS	CF		2	2	18.0	2	0	1	0		.667	.933		1.00	1.68		-0.8	-45.6	-0.7
109	Juan Abreu*	CS2	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	1	0		.000	.943		0.00	1.50		-1.1	-118.5	-1.0
110	John Beckwith	BRG	PH		2
111	Bill Byrd**	NAS	RF		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0								0.0		0.0
112	Bill Byrd**	NAS	SS		1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0			.880		0.00	4.61		-0.1	-143.8	-0.1
113	Rafael Concepción^	CS2	PR		1
114	Rafael Concepción^	CS2	SS		1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0			.880		0.00	4.61		-0.1	-210.8	-0.1
115	Conyers^	BCA	PH		1
116	Bill Cooper*	BCA	PH		3
117	Pedro Díaz^	CS2	P		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.927		0.00	2.27
118	Felix Evans	BCA	P		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.927		0.00	2.27
119	José María Fernández	CS2	PH		1
120	Gus Gadsden^	BRG	CF		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.933		0.00	1.68		-0.1	-117.3	-0.1
121	Jesús Lorenzo^	CS2	PH		2
122	Jesús Lorenzo^	CS2	RF		2	2	18.0	0	0	0	0			.958		0.00	1.38		-1.9	-106.4	-1.8
123	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	1B		1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0			.968		0.00	9.88		-0.1	-52.5	-0.1
124	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	P		1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0			.927		0.00	2.27
125	Lefty Nelson^	BCA	P		2	1	6.2	0	0	0	0			.927		0.00	2.27
126	Clarence Palm	SDS	PH		1
127	Jimmy Reese*	BCA	PH		1
128	George Scales	SDS	3B		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.908		0.00	2.96		-1.2	-136.4	-1.2
129	George Scales	SDS	PH		1
130	Theolic Smith**	NAS	P		1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0			.927		0.00	2.27
131	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	RF		1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0			.958		0.00	1.38		-0.7	-81.9	-0.6
132	Armando Torres^	CS2	P		2	2	4.2	0	0	0	0			.927		0.00	2.27
133	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	CF		1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0			.933		0.00	1.68		-0.2	-115.3	-0.2
134	Roy Welmaker**	BCA	PH		1
135	Wild Bill Wright**	NAS	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.943		0.00	1.50		-0.9	-98.9	-0.9

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

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