1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season


1937 / 1939

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
Buck Leonard
HG/EAS
.732
2
Josh Gibson
HG/EAS
.717
3
Ted Strong
MULT
.667
4
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
.627
5
Harry Williams
PC
.621
6
Quincy Trouppe
AB3/WES
.607
7
Donald Reeves
BCA
.606
8
Ed Stone
NE
.598
9
Willard Brown
KCM
.588
10
Sammy Hughes
BEG/EAS
.564

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Ray Brown
HG/EAS
1.84
2
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
1.89
3
Telosh Howard
BCA
2.01
4
Willie Cornelius
CAG/WES
2.39
5
Willie Ferrell
JRC
2.45
6
Bill Holland
NBY
2.48
7
Jesse Brown
NE
2.51
8
Tommy Johnson
CAG
2.57
9
Frank Bradley
KCM
2.59
10
Julius Osley
BBB
2.75


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
41
13
0
.759
-
56
14
0
.800
8.0
4.2
Vic Harris
Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA)
2
41
32
3
.562
9.5
42
33
3
.560
5.7
5.8
Jud Wilson
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
3
26
23
3
.531
12.5
29
25
3
.537
6.5
5.0
George Scales
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
4
28
26
1
.519
13.0
28
26
1
.519
5.4
5.5
Oscar Charleston
Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA)
5
23
30
0
.434
17.5
24
30
0
.444
4.9
5.9
Abe Manley, Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
6
11
28
1
.282
22.5
11
28
1
.282
4.4
6.3
Walter Cannady
Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)
7
2
20
0
.091
23.0
2
20
0
.091
3.9
9.1
Ben Taylor
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
* = League Champion      

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
45
25
1
.643
-
47
27
1
.635
6.3
4.2
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
39
24
1
.619
2.5
40
35
1
.533
4.7
5.9
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
3
39
37
3
.513
9.0
40
39
3
.506
5.0
5.0
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4
32
31
0
.508
9.5
32
34
0
.485
5.1
5.2
Nish Williams, Dick Lundy, Gabby Kemp
Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
5
14
16
1
.467
11.0
14
16
1
.467
5.3
5.2
Alonzo Mitchell
Durkee Field (Jacksonville, FL)
6
17
20
0
.459
11.5
17
20
0
.459
4.6
5.2
George Mitchell
Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
7
13
46
0
.220
26.5
13
48
0
.213
3.8
6.0
Dizzy Dismukes
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

NAL Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
2
0
0
1.000
-
8.5
3.5
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
2
0
2
0
.000
2.0
3.5
8.5
Gabby Kemp
Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
1
0
.500
-
4.5
4.5
Oscar Charleston, Vic Harris
Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2
1
1
0
.500
-
4.5
4.5
Andy Cooper, Larry Brown
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)



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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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, 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