1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season


1937 / 1939

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

# Player Team OPS+
1
Ted Strong
MULT
236
2
Buck Leonard
HG/EAS
214
3
Quincy Trouppe
AB3/WES
205
4
Josh Gibson
HG/EAS
202
5
Donald Reeves
BCA
187
6
Neil Robinson
MRS/WES
185
7
Willard Brown
KCM
182
8
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
181
9
Harry Williams
PC
179
10
David Whatley
BBB/MRS
166

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Ray Brown
HG/EAS
264
2
Bill Holland
NBY
209
3
Telosh Howard
BCA
202
4
Jesse Brown
NE
197
5
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
193
6
Andy Porter
BEG
168
7
Tom Parker
HG
156
8
Barney Morris
PC
156
9
Willie Cornelius
CAG/WES
153
10
Julius Osley
BBB
151


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs Maj. Black 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 Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
45
27
1
.625
-
47
29
1
.618
6.2
4.2
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
39
24
1
.619
1.5
40
35
1
.533
4.7
5.9
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
3
41
37
3
.526
7.0
42
39
3
.519
5.0
5.0
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4
32
31
0
.508
8.5
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
10.0
14
16
1
.467
5.3
5.2
Alonzo Mitchell
Durkee Field (Jacksonville, FL)
6
17
20
0
.459
10.5
17
20
0
.459
4.6
5.2
George Mitchell
Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
7
13
46
0
.220
25.5
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, 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