1937 St. Louis Stars

6 - 38

4 - 29 in the Negro American League

1936 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Dizzy Dismukes (6-38)

Top Hitter

Luther
Gilyard

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Reed

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	4th	ERA+	61	8th
OPS	.748	3rd	ERA	8.33	8th
BA	.282	3rd	BA	.342	8th
OBP	.341	3rd	K/BB	0.94	8th
SLG	.407	3rd	K%	8.7%	8th
BB%	7.3%	4th	BB%	9.3%	7th
K%			HR%	2.0%	8th
ISO	.126	2nd	WHIP	2.01	8th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Metropolitan Park (St. Louis, MO)
• Henry Moore (Owner) , Henry Williams (Coach)

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	Teannie Edwards	33	24	93	78	14	18	3	0	0	8	0	10	0	5	.231	.318	.269	.587	57
1B	Luther Gilyard^	27	15	65	61	17	26	5	3	1	11	1	3	1	0	.426	.462	.656	1.117	194
2B	Joe Sparks	26	16	77	62	12	16	5	0	2	10	0	7	4	4	.258	.370	.435	.805	113
3B	Bill Carter^		14	59	58	8	23	2	1	0	13	2	1	0	0	.397	.407	.466	.872	131
SS	Clarence Lamar	22	14	59	54	5	16	1	2	1	6	4	4	0	1	.296	.345	.444	.789	108
LF	Willie Davis^	31	15	57	54	10	14	2	1	0	5	0	3	0	0	.259	.298	.333	.632	67
CF	William Walker^		12	48	46	7	10	2	1	2	8	0	1	0	1	.217	.234	.435	.669	74
RF	Les Pearson^	28	28	129	114	27	37	6	4	2	20	0	13	2	0	.325	.403	.500	.903	138

RF	Johnny Reed^	21	16	48	46	6	10	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	.217	.250	.326	.576	52
LF	Glenn Dixon	28	11	41	37	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.135	.220	.189	.409	9
C	Ralph Shropshire^	26	11	37	36	1	6	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.167	.189	.250	.439	16
SS	Marshall Riddle*	19	8	34	32	7	12	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	.375	.412	.406	.818	118
1B	Butch Thurman*	20	8	29	25	4	8	1	4	0	5	0	3	0	1	.320	.393	.680	1.073	180
3B	John Chisum	22	8	28	26	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.231	.259	.231	.490	31
CF	Bill Hoskins*	23	6	28	22	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.318	.444	.364	.808	117
LF	Marcellus Thomas^	19	8	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	-31
2B	Lester Lockett	25	6	19	19	2	8	2	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	.421	.421	.842	1.263	228
SS	Joe Taylor**	24	5	18	15	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	2	0	1	.600	.647	.867	1.514	299
2B	Hiram Tanner^	23	4	18	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28
C	Joe May^	23	5	18	16	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	150
RF	Joe Burks^	19	4	16	16	2	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.438	.625	61
C	Henry Williams	44	6	15	14	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	.500	.533	.714	1.248	228
RF	McCreary^		1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	195
CF	Dillard^		1	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	269
SS	R. S. Smith^		1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28
CF	Ollie Waldon*	26	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Henry McCall*	29	1	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	207
3B	Pfiffer^		1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
2B	Vail Jewell^	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Siebert^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Tommy Johnson^	22	14	44	38	2	8	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	.211	.268	.211	.479	29
SP	John Griffin^	23	11	21	20	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	84
SP	Hill^		4	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13
SP	Claude Miller^	23	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	154
SP	Jerome Henderson^	31	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Robert Dean^	21	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Wesley Hardeman^	31	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Bledsoe^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	Cannonball Berry^	25	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Cornelius Augustus^	31	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	40		291	1070	962	159	271	49	24	8	132	11	78	8	22	.282	.341	.407	.748	97

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Les Pearson^	28	RF	129	.411	.344	10.1%	7.8%	1.6%	0.9%	.175	.120
Teannie Edwards	33	C	93	.275	.344	10.8%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.038	.120
Joe Sparks	26	2B	77	.355	.344	9.1%	7.8%	2.6%	0.9%	.177	.120
Luther Gilyard^	27	1B	65	.497	.344	4.6%	7.8%	1.5%	0.9%	.230	.120
Clarence Lamar	22	SS	59	.352	.344	6.8%	7.8%	1.7%	0.9%	.148	.120
Bill Carter^		3B	59	.403	.344	1.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.069	.120
Willie Davis^	31	LF	57	.295	.344	5.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.074	.120
William Walker^		CF	48	.283	.344	2.1%	7.8%	4.2%	0.9%	.217	.120
Johnny Reed^	21	RF	48	.263	.344	4.2%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.109	.120
Tommy Johnson^	22	SP	44	.223	.344	6.8%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Glenn Dixon	28	LF	41	.206	.344	9.8%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.054	.120
Ralph Shropshire^	26	C	37	.201	.344	2.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.120
Marshall Riddle*	19	SS	34	.388	.344	2.9%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.031	.120
Butch Thurman*	20	1B	29	.442	.344	10.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.360	.120
John Chisum	22	3B	28	.229	.344	3.6%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Bill Hoskins*	23	CF	28	.383	.344	17.9%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.120
Marcellus Thomas^	19	LF	21	.126	.344	4.8%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
John Griffin^	23	SP	21	.302	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.100	.120
Lester Lockett	25	2B	19	.538	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.421	.120
Joe Taylor**	24	SS	18	.630	.344	11.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.267	.120
Hiram Tanner^	23	2B	18	.169	.344	22.2%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Joe May^	23	C	18	.437	.344	11.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.120
Joe Burks^	19	RF	16	.262	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.250	.120
Henry Williams	44	C	15	.557	.344	6.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.214	.120
Hill^		SP	9	.143	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.120
Claude Miller^	23	SP	5	.491	.344	40.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
McCreary^		RF	5	.528	.344	20.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Dillard^		CF	5	.634	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.120
Henry McCall*	29	1B	4	.512	.344	25.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.333	.120
R. S. Smith^		SS	4	.190	.344	25.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Jerome Henderson^	31	SP	4	.000	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Ollie Waldon*	26	CF	4	.000	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Pfiffer^		3B	3	.253	.344	33.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Robert Dean^	21	SP	2	.000	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Vail Jewell^	27	2B	1	.000	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Siebert^		LF	1	.000	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Bledsoe^		PH	1	.000	.344	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.120
Wesley Hardeman^	31	RP		.000	.344		7.8%		0.9%		.120
Cannonball Berry^	25	RP		.000	.344		7.8%		0.9%		.120
Cornelius Augustus^	31	RP		.000	.344		7.8%		0.9%		.120
40			1070	.338	.344	7.3%	7.8%	0.7%	0.9%	.126	.120