1938 Season

Negro American League

1937 / 1939

R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Ted Strong	AB3/KCM	.733
2	Quincy Trouppe	AB3	.625
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.594
4	Donald Reeves	BCA	.592
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	.588
6	Nat Rogers	MRS	.520
7	Henry Milton	KCM	.503
8	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	.491
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	.446
10	Red Moore	BCA	.440

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Telosh Howard	BCA	202
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	193
3	Willie Cornelius	CAG	171
4	Willie Ferrell	JRC	152
5	Tommy Johnson	CAG	141
6	Eddie Dixon	BCA	139
7	Lefty Wilson	MRS	130
8	Red Howard	BCA/JRC	126
9	Felix Evans	JRC/BCA	123
10	Frank McAllister	AB3	123

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	48	1747	1570	282	427	77	34	20	239	94		137	7	33	.272	.333	.403	.736	113
2	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	36	1275	1155	159	311	45	18	7	129	39	1	87	9	24	.269	.325	.358	.683	98
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	38	1445	1292	191	323	42	21	13	159	38		113	8	32	.250	.314	.345	.659	98
4	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	19	638	577	86	143	20	12	6	69	24		42	6	13	.248	.306	.355	.661	97
5	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	45	1629	1468	228	394	49	26	9	189	24		112	9	40	.268	.324	.356	.680	93
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	17	721	652	104	177	22	7	2	86	17		57	3	9	.271	.333	.336	.669	90
7	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	27	972	873	104	201	20	12	4	83	22		73	11	15	.230	.298	.294	.592	72
	7	1	259	8427	7587	1154	1976	275	130	61	954	258	1	621	53	166	.260	.321	.355	.676	96

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ted Strong**	AB3/KCM	1B	21	83	75	22	30	5	4	4	23	7		7	1	0	.400	.458	.733	1.191	250
2	Quincy Trouppe**	AB3	LF	18	68	56	20	20	5	2	2	11	1		9	3	0	.357	.471	.625	1.096	224
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	47	191	180	34	62	16	4	7	48	20		11	0	0	.344	.382	.594	.977	182
4	David Whatley*	BBB/MRS	RF	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4	0	7	1	1	.396	.439	.491	.929	171
5	Henry Milton*	KCM	LF	46	205	185	51	62	10	6	3	27	25		17	0	3	.335	.391	.503	.894	159
6	Neil Robinson	MRS	SS	35	139	121	19	38	7	3	1	15	6	1	15	3	0	.314	.403	.446	.849	147
7	Red Moore*	BCA	1B	39	147	125	23	43	4	1	2	25	1		15	0	7	.344	.414	.440	.854	142
8	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	37	157	137	19	41	4	2	3	15	6		15	1	4	.299	.373	.423	.796	138
9	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	CF	32	132	117	20	38	7	2	0	10	7	0	13	0	2	.325	.392	.419	.811	136
10	Henry McCall*	BBB	1B	23	94	92	11	28	3	3	1	16	1		2	0	0	.304	.319	.435	.754	119
11	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF	16	69	61	15	19	2	1	0	10	2		8	0	0	.311	.391	.377	.768	119
12	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	40	161	149	25	44	10	5	0	25	3		10	1	1	.295	.344	.430	.773	119
13	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/KCM	CF	34	143	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	7		11	1	2	.264	.326	.411	.737	117
14	Henry Turner	JRC	LF	13	65	61	12	18	4	2	0	5	0		4	0	0	.295	.338	.426	.765	116
15	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	45	172	152	29	38	9	3	3	23	11		17	0	3	.250	.325	.408	.733	113
16	Rainey Bibbs**	CAG/KCM	2B	45	193	174	27	52	5	1	0	24	10		15	2	2	.299	.361	.339	.700	108
17	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	35	148	139	24	35	7	5	1	17	4		8	1	0	.252	.297	.396	.693	106
18	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	39	162	147	27	40	8	1	1	21	4		13	0	2	.272	.331	.361	.692	101
19	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	33	135	132	16	39	3	4	0	14	9	0	1	1	1	.295	.306	.379	.685	99
20	John Lyles**	CAG/AB3	CF	20	72	63	9	16	3	1	0	6	5		7	0	2	.254	.329	.333	.662	97
21	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	21	88	84	7	23	2	3	0	9	3		4	0	0	.274	.307	.369	.676	97
22	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	35	143	128	15	38	1	1	0	16	2	0	11	0	4	.297	.353	.320	.673	97
23	Marshall Riddle*	AB3	2B	17	63	59	6	18	1	0	0	8	1		2	0	2	.305	.328	.322	.650	94
24	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	15	76	69	9	17	1	2	1	12	5		6	0	1	.246	.307	.362	.669	89
25	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B	16	75	71	8	22	1	0	0	13	0		3	0	1	.310	.338	.324	.662	88
26	Buddy Armour*	AB3	SS	17	70	64	11	16	3	1	0	3	5		2	1	3	.250	.284	.328	.612	82
27	Don Pelham*	BCA	CF	42	168	157	19	38	7	4	1	25	1		7	1	3	.242	.279	.357	.635	80
28	Fred Bankhead	BBB/MRS	2B	30	122	107	12	24	0	2	1	11	4	0	11	2	2	.224	.308	.290	.598	75
29	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	14	67	63	10	15	2	0	1	11	2		4	0	0	.238	.284	.317	.601	70
30	Gabby Kemp	BCA/JRC	2B	31	132	117	26	28	2	0	1	13	7		11	1	3	.239	.310	.282	.592	70
31	Bill Bradford*	AB3	RF	19	72	66	4	13	2	2	0	5	3		5	1	0	.197	.264	.288	.552	64
32	Parnell Woods	BBB	3B	23	96	86	12	18	1	1	0	5	4		8	1	1	.209	.284	.244	.528	55
33	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	17	73	64	7	13	3	0	0	4	0		5	1	3	.203	.271	.250	.521	49
34	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	LF	13	63	59	16	14	0	0	0	5	1		3	0	1	.237	.274	.237	.511	46
35	Sylvester Owens	BBB	CF	25	96	90	8	19	1	1	0	11	2		5	0	1	.211	.253	.244	.497	46

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

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