1938 Season

1937 / 1939

Gus Greenlee (Chairman & President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary-Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Buck Leonard	MULT	.400
2	David Whatley	BBB/MRS	.396
3	Donald Reeves	BCA	.386
4	Ted Strong	MULT	.385
5	Harry Williams	PC	.384
6	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	.380
7	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	.371
8	Sammy Hughes	MULT	.368
9	Willard Brown	KCM	.362
10	Henry Spearman	MULT	.354

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ray Brown	HG/NAS	222
2	Jesse Brown	NE	210
3	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	196
4	Telosh Howard	BCA	181
5	Andy Porter	BEG	179
6	Bill Holland	NBY	171
7	Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	159
8	Julius Osley	BBB	159
9	Willie Ferrell	JRC	155
10	Barney Morris	PC	151

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	50	1923	.378	8.9%			2.4%	.165
2	NNL All Stars	NAA	2	88	.361	9.1%	0.0%		0.0%	.139
3	West All Stars	EWA	1	37	.358	10.8%	16.2%	0.67	2.7%	.094
4	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	52	1912	.346	7.6%			1.2%	.136
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	41	1564	.337	9.7%			1.1%	.109
6	East All Stars	EWA	1	38	.336	2.6%	7.9%	0.33	0.0%	.139
7	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	67	2423	.330	9.9%			1.6%	.118
8	Newark Eagles	NN2	31	1118	.322	7.8%			1.6%	.116
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	41	1557	.320	8.3%			1.3%	.128
10	Washington Black Senators	NN2	15	564	.318	9.4%			0.4%	.063
11	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	18	757	.318	7.8%			0.3%	.066
12	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	36	1275	.317	6.8%			0.5%	.088
13	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	46	1679	.315	6.8%			0.5%	.086
14	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1228	.312	7.7%			0.9%	.095
15	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	19	640	.308	6.6%			0.9%	.107
16	NAL All Stars	NAA	2	82	.308	13.4%	14.3%	1.00	2.4%	.103
17	Chicago American Giants	NAL	42	1601	.304	7.6%			0.9%	.095
18	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	27	972	.283	7.5%			0.4%	.064
	18	4	689	19458	.326	8.2%	12.5%	0.77	1.1%	.110

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Ted Strong**	MULT	1B	87	.510	9.2%	25.0%	1.00	4.6%	.321
2	Buck Leonard*	MULT	1B	207	.499	13.0%	0.0%		4.3%	.280
3	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	C	222	.498	14.0%			5.9%	.333
4	Quincy Trouppe**	AB3/WES	LF	72	.467	12.5%	25.0%	0.00	2.8%	.250
5	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF	143	.463	7.0%			3.5%	.197
6	Harry Williams	PC	2B	163	.462	8.6%			2.5%	.240
7	Sammy Hughes	MULT	2B	140	.452	8.6%	0.0%		2.1%	.216
8	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	210	.450	5.2%			3.8%	.246
9	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	126	.432	11.9%			3.2%	.224
10	Willie Wells	MULT	SS	130	.431	11.5%	25.0%	0.00	2.3%	.220
11	David Whatley*	BBB/MRS	RF	115	.431	6.1%			0.0%	.094
12	Neil Robinson	MULT	SS	152	.410	11.2%	0.0%		1.3%	.152
13	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	LF	224	.409	8.5%	0.0%		1.3%	.164
14	Ray Dandridge	NAS/NE	3B	134	.403	8.2%			0.7%	.149
15	Henry Spearman	MULT	3B	143	.402	9.8%			0.0%	.102
16	Jim West**	BEG	1B	167	.401	9.6%			3.0%	.196
17	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	208	.400	11.5%			2.9%	.183
18	Bill Perkins	PS	C	237	.386	12.2%			3.0%	.155
19	Red Moore*	BCA	1B	152	.384	9.9%			1.3%	.092
20	Wild Bill Wright**	MULT	RF	178	.382	7.9%	0.0%		2.2%	.176
21	Zollie Wright	NBY/SEN	RF	97	.381	12.4%			0.0%	.083
22	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	CF	132	.378	9.8%			0.0%	.094
23	Mule Suttles	NAS/NE	1B	114	.370	10.5%			5.3%	.220
24	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	131	.369	6.9%			0.0%	.117
25	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/KCM	CF	153	.367	9.2%			2.0%	.176
26	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	116	.366	7.8%			1.7%	.154
27	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF	70	.364	11.4%			0.0%	.065
28	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	274	.362	9.5%			2.2%	.160
29	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	170	.361	8.8%			1.8%	.119
30	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	167	.357	6.0%			0.0%	.135
31	Fats Jenkins*	NBY/PC	LF	141	.356	9.2%			0.7%	.065
32	Vic Harris*	MULT	LF	217	.356	8.3%	0.0%		0.9%	.123
33	Clyde Spearman*	PS	RF	290	.355	10.3%			0.3%	.091
34	Dave Thomas*	BEG/SEN	1B	63	.353	15.9%			0.0%	.132
35	George Giles*	PC/PS	1B	200	.351	11.5%			0.0%	.082
36	Chester Williams	NAS/PC	SS	168	.348	7.1%			0.0%	.099
37	Biz Mackey**	BEG/EAS	C	142	.348	12.7%	25.0%	0.00	0.7%	.066
38	Dan Wilson**	PC	3B	147	.348	10.9%			0.7%	.138
39	Henry Turner	JRC	LF	69	.347	5.8%			0.0%	.123
40	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	191	.346	9.9%			1.6%	.148
41	Jim Williams	HG	RF	169	.345	5.3%			0.6%	.104
42	Curtis Harris	PS	2B	214	.345	7.9%			2.3%	.131
43	Henry McCall*	BBB	1B	94	.345	2.1%			1.1%	.130
44	Jake Dunn	MULT	SS	276	.343	10.1%	0.0%		2.2%	.149
45	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	3B	170	.336	5.3%	25.0%	0.00	0.6%	.138
46	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B	79	.333	3.8%			0.0%	.014
47	Rainey Bibbs**	CAG/KCM	2B	212	.332	8.0%			0.0%	.042
48	Frank Duncan	MULT	C	144	.330	11.8%	50.0%	1.00	1.4%	.109
49	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	145	.326	6.2%			0.0%	.083
50	Newt Allen	KCM/WES	2B	176	.325	7.4%	25.0%	0.00	0.6%	.081
51	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	188	.323	10.1%			0.0%	.073
52	Jelly Taylor*	AAS/MRS	1B	152	.323	7.9%	11.1%	1.00	0.0%	.022
53	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	220	.322	8.6%			1.8%	.096
54	Felton Snow	BEG	SS	175	.317	8.6%			0.6%	.091
55	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	88	.315	4.5%			0.0%	.095
56	Johnny Washington*	NBY/PC	1B	153	.314	6.5%			1.3%	.121
57	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	135	.314	0.7%			0.0%	.083
58	Buddy Burbage*	BEG/SEN	CF	70	.310	11.4%			2.9%	.119
59	John Lyles**	AB3/CAG	CF	72	.309	9.7%			0.0%	.079
60	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	80	.304	8.8%			1.3%	.111
61	Walter Cannady	EAS/NBY	3B	129	.303	7.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.8%	.076
62	Marshall Riddle*	AB3	2B	63	.301	3.2%			0.0%	.017
63	Sam Bankhead	MULT	CF	163	.301	9.8%	0.0%		1.2%	.097
64	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	71	.296	5.6%			1.4%	.075
65	Napoleon Hairston	PC	LF	158	.289	10.1%			1.3%	.118
66	Fred Bankhead	BBB/MRS	2B	122	.288	9.0%			0.8%	.065
67	Don Pelham*	BCA	CF	169	.288	4.1%			0.6%	.113
68	Gabby Kemp	BCA/JRC	2B	132	.284	8.3%			0.8%	.043
69	Mex Johnson	KCM/WES	SS	159	.282	8.2%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%	.092
70	Gene Benson*	PC/PS	CF	233	.280	8.2%			0.9%	.081
71	Buddy Armour*	AB3	SS	70	.275	2.9%			0.0%	.078
72	Bill Casey^	MULT	C	88	.272	9.1%			0.0%	.000
73	Herman Dunlap*	CAG	RF	132	.266	6.8%			0.0%	.043
74	Leroy Morney**	NBY	SS	120	.266	7.5%			1.7%	.097
75	Bill Bradford*	AB3	RF	72	.264	6.9%			0.0%	.091
76	Parnell Woods	MULT	3B	102	.254	7.8%	0.0%		0.0%	.033
77	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	192	.249	6.8%			0.0%	.069
78	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	LF	63	.247	4.8%			0.0%	.000
79	Dick Seay	NE	2B	128	.241	7.0%			0.0%	.017
80	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	128	.239	3.9%			0.0%	.033
81	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	76	.237	6.6%			0.0%	.045
82	Sylvester Owens	AAS/BBB	CF	100	.236	6.0%			0.0%	.032
83	Raymond Taylor	MULT	C	72	.213	5.6%			0.0%	.000

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

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