Verdell Mathis - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Verdell Mathis

Verdell Jackson Mathis
(Lefty)

Born: November 18, 1913 in Crawfordsville, AR
Died: October 30, 1998 in Memphis, TN
(84 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 155

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Notes:

• High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Memphis, TN)
• Buried: Memphis Memory Gardens (Memphis, TN)

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+
1940	MRS	NAL	26	CF	43	131	117	14	25	3	0	1	9	3		12			0	2			.214	.287	.265	.552	64
1941	MULT	MULT	27	SP	25	31	30	6	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	.400	.419	.400	.819	138
1942	MULT	MULT	28	SP	22	52	48	8	19	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	0		0	.396	.442	.417	.859	163
1943	MRS/PS	NAL/NN2	29	CF	28	98	85	13	18	1	0	0	8	0		12			0	1			.212	.309	.224	.533	60
1944	MRS/WES	EWA/NAL	30	SP	25	78	73	7	21	2	1	0	6	1		5	0		0	0	0		.288	.333	.342	.676	107
1945	MULT	MULT	31	CF	20	55	44	12	14	2	0	0	5	1	0	8	0	0	0	3	0		.318	.423	.364	.787	132
1946	MRS	NAL	32	LF	10	35	34	4	7	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.206	.229	.235	.464	37
1947	MRS	NAL	33	SP	3	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.375	.375	.375	.750	98
1948	MRS	NAL	34	SP	7	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	1			.167	.231	.167	.397	5
9	7			SP	183	502	451	68	121	10	1	1	39	6	0	44	1	0	0	7	0	0	.268	.333	.302	.635	88
162 Game Average						444	399	65	115	10	1	1	37	6	0	39	41	0	0	6	0	0	.268	.333	.302	.635	88

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+
9	Negro Leagues				170	502	451	68	121	10	1	1	39	6	0	44	1	0	0	7	0	0	.268	.333	.302	.635	88
1	vs Latin Leagues				13	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+
9	Memphis Red Sox			SP	158	480	429	65	115	10	1	1	39	6		44			0	7			.268	.336	.303	.639	90
1	Chicago American Giants			-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	Alijadores de Tampico			SP	13	0	0									0			0	0
4	West All Stars			SP	4	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	176
1	NAL All Stars			RP	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	5	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.182	.182	.182	.364	-6
1	South All Stars			-	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	325

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1940	MRS	NAL	131		.276	.328		9.2%	9.3%								0.8%	0.6%		.051	.079
1941	MULT	MULT	31		.396	.328		3.2%			0.0%	7.8%					0.0%	0.6%		.000	.088
1942	MULT	MULT	52		.412	.314		7.7%			1.9%	7.4%		4.00			0.0%	0.7%		.021	.085
1943	MRS/PS	NAL/NN2	98		.272	.320		12.2%				7.6%					0.0%	0.5%		.012	.081
1944	MRS/WES	EWA/NAL	78		.328	.314		6.4%			0.0%	7.0%					0.0%	0.4%		.055	.073
1945	MULT	MULT	55		.369	.322		14.5%			0.0%	7.4%					0.0%	0.6%		.045	.085
1946	MRS	NAL	35		.228	.328		2.9%	8.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.029	.078
1947	MRS	NAL	8		.362	.361		0.0%	9.7%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.107
1948	MRS	NAL	14		.192	.359		7.1%	9.1%								0.0%	1.0%		.000	.118
9	7		502		.311	.324		8.8%	8.0%		20.0%	6.6%		0.00	2.43		0.2%	0.6%		.033	.082

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
9	Negro Leagues		502		.311	.324		8.8%	8.0%		20.0%	6.6%		0.00	2.43		0.2%	0.6%		.033	.082
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
9	Memphis Red Sox		480		.313	.323		9.2%	8.0%								0.2%	0.6%		.035	.082
1	Chicago American Giants		1		.000	.313		0.0%	7.4%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.084
1	Alijadores de Tampico		0			.000			0.0%
4	West All Stars		5		.577	.359		0.0%	9.7%		20.0%	8.6%		0.00	0.72		0.0%	0.3%		.000	.092
1	NAL All Stars		3		.000	.250		0.0%	10.7%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.000
1	Philadelphia Stars		11		.175	.369		0.0%	10.3%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.108
1	South All Stars		2		.501	.235		0.0%	7.4%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.032

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