Jesse Houston - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Jesse Houston

Benjamin Jesse Houston

Born: July 17, 1909 in Montgomery, AL
Died: April 7, 1968 in Cincinnati, OH
(58 years old)

Bats:

Throws: R

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Notes:

• Buried: Union Baptist Cemetery (Cincinnati, OH)
• Relatives: Virgil Harris (Brother-in-law) , Sonny Harris (Brother-in-law)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1936	CT	IND	26	SP	10	20	18	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		1			1	0			.278	.350	.278	.628	84
1937	CT	NAL	27	SP	21	66	56	8	12	0	0	0	2	0		6			0	4			.214	.290	.214	.505	44
1938	CAG	NAL	28	SP	19	44	42	4	7	1	1	0	3	0		2			0	0			.167	.205	.238	.443	32
1939	CAG	NAL	29	SP	27	55	52	8	16	3	1	0	4	0		3			0	0			.308	.345	.404	.749	123
1940	TPC	MEX	30	RP	2		0									0			0	0
1941	HG	NN2	31	SP	8	19	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.176	.222	.176	.399	10
6	4			SP	87	204	185	23	43	4	2	0	9	0		13			1	5			.232	.286	.276	.562	63
162 Game Average						380	344	44	82	8	4	0	17	0		24			2	9			.232	.286	.276	.562	63

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
5	Negro Leagues				85	204	185	23	43	4	2	0	9	0		13			1	5			.232	.286	.276	.562	63
1	vs Latin Leagues				2	0	0									0			0	0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2	Cincinnati Tigers			SP	31	86	74	9	17	0	0	0	2	0		7			1	4			.230	.305	.230	.535	53
2	Chicago American Giants			SP	46	99	94	12	23	4	2	0	7	0		5			0	0			.245	.283	.330	.613	82
1	Alijadores de Tampico			RP	2	0	0									0			0	0
1	Homestead Grays			SP	8	19	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.176	.222	.176	.399	10

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1936	CT	IND	20		.318	.321		5.0%	6.9%			0.7%			9.73		0.0%	0.4%		.000	.093
1937	CT	NAL	66		.240	.326		9.1%	7.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.113
1938	CAG	NAL	44		.210	.313		4.5%	7.4%								0.0%	0.7%		.071	.093
1939	CAG	NAL	55		.353	.316		5.5%	8.2%								0.0%	0.7%		.096	.095
1940	TPC	MEX			.000	.350			9.3%			10.2%			0.91			1.2%			.126
1941	HG	NN2	19		.188	.336		5.3%	8.6%								0.0%	1.2%		.000	.115
6	4		204		.267	.321		6.4%	7.7%								0.0%	0.8%		.043	.102

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
5	Negro Leagues		204		.267	.321		6.4%	7.7%								0.0%	0.8%		.043	.102
1	vs Latin Leagues		0			.000			0.0%

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
2	Cincinnati Tigers		86		.258	.325		8.1%	7.3%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.108
2	Chicago American Giants		99		.290	.315		5.1%	7.8%								0.0%	0.7%		.085	.094
1	Alijadores de Tampico		0			.000			0.0%
1	Homestead Grays		19		.188	.336		5.3%	8.6%								0.0%	1.2%		.000	.115

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