1937 Philadelphia Stars

30 - 32 - 1

27 - 31 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1933 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Jud Wilson (30-32-1)

Top Hitter

Gene
Benson

Top Pitcher

Jim
Missouri

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	66	6th	ERA+	99	4th
OPS	.663	6th	ERA	5.33	4th
BA	.263	6th	BA	.300	4th
OBP	.326	5th	K/BB	1.65	1st
SLG	.337	6th	K%	11.5%	3rd
BB%	7.7%	5th	BB%	7.0%	1st
K%			HR%	2.1%	6th
ISO	.074	6th	WHIP	1.49	3rd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: 44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Ed Bolden (Co-Owner & President) , Eddie Gottlieb (Co-Owner)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Bill Casey^	32	29	87	82	8	19	1	0	0	10	0	5	0	0	.232	.276	.244	.520	32
1B	Curtis Harris	32	42	162	146	25	43	7	3	1	21	1	12	1	3	.295	.352	.404	.756	89
2B	Jake Dunn	27	42	170	142	25	37	7	3	1	20	1	19	0	9	.261	.348	.373	.721	81
3B	Dewey Creacy	37	26	94	82	11	21	5	0	0	12	0	9	1	2	.256	.337	.317	.654	65
SS	Al Harvey^	23	32	115	107	13	30	6	2	0	14	0	5	0	3	.280	.313	.374	.686	71
LF	Paul Dixon	29	38	143	125	20	34	5	0	1	17	0	13	2	3	.272	.350	.336	.686	73
CF	Gene Benson*	23	38	153	134	23	44	9	0	0	19	3	17	1	1	.328	.408	.396	.803	103
RF	Ted Page*	34	32	138	120	23	30	2	1	0	9	2	11	3	4	.250	.328	.283	.612	55

1B	Jud Wilson*	41	26	96	90	12	28	7	2	0	15	1	4	0	2	.311	.340	.433	.774	93
C	Larry Brown**	35	28	84	70	9	14	2	0	0	6	0	8	0	6	.200	.282	.229	.511	30
2B	Obie Lackey	33	17	60	55	9	14	1	0	1	8	0	4	0	1	.255	.305	.327	.632	59
1B	Slim Jones*	24	17	58	53	8	17	7	0	1	7	0	4	0	1	.321	.368	.509	.878	118
LF	Roy Parnell	33	3	14	13	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.385	.429	.385	.813	106
2B	Halley Harding**	32	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	-69

SP	Sam Thompson	29	11	27	23	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	.174	.208	.217	.426	7
SP	Webster McDonald*	37	11	24	22	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	.273	.304	.409	.713	77
SP	Jim Missouri*	20	15	23	22	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.136	.136	.136	.273	-31
SP	Rocky Ellis^	26	13	22	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.053	.100	.053	.153	-60
SP	Specs Roberts^	29	11	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	-58
SP	Laymon Yokely	31	8	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	26
SP	Robert Lacy^	23	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Albert Overton^	33	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	22		449	1514	1344	198	353	60	11	6	167	8	117	9	44	.263	.326	.337	.663	66

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jake Dunn	27	2B	170	.318	.355	11.2%	8.3%	0.6%	1.5%	.113	.136
Curtis Harris	32	1B	162	.340	.355	7.4%	8.3%	0.6%	1.5%	.110	.136
Gene Benson*	23	CF	153	.377	.355	11.1%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.067	.136
Paul Dixon	29	LF	143	.320	.355	9.1%	8.3%	0.7%	1.5%	.064	.136
Ted Page*	34	RF	138	.289	.355	8.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.033	.136
Al Harvey^	23	SS	115	.304	.355	4.3%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.093	.136
Jud Wilson*	41	1B	96	.341	.355	4.2%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.122	.136
Dewey Creacy	37	3B	94	.307	.355	9.6%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.061	.136
Bill Casey^	32	C	87	.251	.355	5.7%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.012	.136
Larry Brown**	35	C	84	.235	.355	9.5%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.029	.136
Obie Lackey	33	2B	60	.290	.355	6.7%	8.3%	1.7%	1.5%	.073	.136
Slim Jones*	24	1B	58	.383	.355	6.9%	8.3%	1.7%	1.5%	.189	.136
Sam Thompson	29	SP	27	.178	.355	3.7%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.043	.136
Webster McDonald*	37	SP	24	.305	.355	4.2%	8.3%	4.2%	1.5%	.136	.136
Jim Missouri*	20	SP	23	.121	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Rocky Ellis^	26	SP	22	.077	.355	4.5%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Roy Parnell	33	LF	14	.386	.355	7.1%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Specs Roberts^	29	SP	14	.066	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Laymon Yokely	31	SP	13	.262	.355	7.7%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Halley Harding**	32	2B	9	.084	.355	11.1%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Robert Lacy^	23	SP	4	.000	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
Albert Overton^	33	SP	4	.000	.355	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.136
22			1514	.302	.355	7.7%	8.3%	0.4%	1.5%	.074	.136