1938 Season

1937 / 1939

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

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	1.168
2	Buck Leonard	MULT	1.160
3	Ted Strong	MULT	1.153
4	Harry Williams	PC	1.061
5	Quincy Trouppe	AB3/WES	1.028
6	Donald Reeves	BCA	1.017
7	Sammy Hughes	MULT	1.016
8	Willard Brown	KCM	1.003
9	Ed Stone	NE	.996
10	Willie Wells	MULT	.988

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	104
2	Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	92
3	Ray Brown	HG/NAS	82
4	Frank Bradley	KCM	67
5	Vet Barnes	KCM	66
6	Terris McDuffie	MULT	62
7	Henry McHenry	PS	60
8	Spoon Carter	BBB/PS	59
9	Johnny Taylor	MULT	58
10	Barney Morris	PC	56

Batting

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League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	50	1923	1699	369	528	82	30	46	327	9		171			4	49		.311	.375	.476	.851	122
2	East All Stars	EWA	1	38	36	4	11	3	1	0	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	.306	.324	.444	.769	119
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	52	1912	1724	320	484	86	40	23	271	96		146			9	33		.281	.340	.417	.757	116
4	West All Stars	EWA	1	37	32	5	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	6	0	1	0	0	.281	.378	.375	.753	100
5	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	19	640	580	86	146	20	12	6	71	24		42			6	12		.252	.309	.359	.668	94
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	42	1601	1437	205	356	47	22	15	172	42		122			10	32		.248	.311	.342	.653	94
7	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	46	1679	1519	240	409	51	26	9	197	24		115			9	36		.269	.324	.355	.679	94
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	36	1275	1155	159	311	45	18	7	129	39		87			9	24		.269	.325	.358	.683	94
9	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	41	1564	1368	257	377	60	19	17	226	22		151			8	37		.276	.351	.385	.736	91
10	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	18	757	683	108	187	25	7	2	89	17		59			3	12		.274	.334	.340	.674	90
11	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	41	1557	1374	225	354	67	23	21	197	22		129			9	45		.258	.325	.386	.711	87
12	Newark Eagles	NN2	31	1118	999	144	267	38	12	18	129	13		87			3	29		.267	.328	.383	.711	87
13	NAL All Stars	NAA	2	82	68	7	15	1	0	2	7	0	0	11	4	0	0	3	0	.221	.329	.324	.653	85
14	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	67	2423	2088	355	556	86	22	39	323	13		241			12	82		.266	.346	.385	.730	83
15	Washington Black Senators	NN2	15	564	494	60	134	17	4	2	50	1		53			3	14		.271	.345	.334	.679	82
16	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1228	1103	148	291	48	12	11	136	23		94			2	29		.264	.323	.359	.682	82
17	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	27	972	873	104	201	20	12	4	83	22		73			11	15		.230	.298	.294	.592	72
18	NNL All Stars	NAA	2	88	79	19	22	7	2	0	15	0		8	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.352	.418	.770	65
	18	4	689	19458	17311	2815	4658	703	262	223	2431	369	1	1594	13	0	100	453	0	.269	.334	.379	.713	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ted Strong**	MULT	1B	22	87	78	23	30	5	4	4	24	7	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	.385	.448	.705	1.153	231
2	Buck Leonard*	MULT	1B	48	207	175	44	70	12	5	9	57	1	0	27	0	0	0	5	0	.400	.480	.680	1.160	200
3	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	C	52	222	186	60	69	13	5	13	59	3		31		0	1	4	0	.371	.463	.704	1.168	200
4	Quincy Trouppe**	AB3/WES	LF	19	72	60	20	20	5	2	2	11	1	0	9	1	0	3	0	0	.333	.444	.583	1.028	200
5	Donald Reeves*	BCA	RF	41	143	132	28	51	3	4	5	38	7		10			1	0		.386	.434	.583	1.017	188
6	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	51	210	199	39	72	17	4	8	51	20		11			0	0		.362	.395	.608	1.003	186
7	Harry Williams	PC	2B	38	163	146	34	56	13	5	4	32	3		14			0	3		.384	.438	.623	1.061	177
8	David Whatley*	BBB/MRS	RF	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4		7			1	1		.396	.439	.491	.929	170
9	Sammy Hughes	MULT	2B	31	140	125	32	46	10	4	3	30	3	0	12	0	0	2	1	0	.368	.432	.584	1.016	162
10	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	31	126	107	22	37	6	3	4	20	2		15			0	4		.346	.426	.570	.996	159
11	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	LF	50	224	201	56	68	12	6	3	29	26	0	19	0	0	1	3	0	.338	.398	.502	.901	157
12	Willie Wells	MULT	SS	33	130	109	27	37	7	4	3	18	4	1	15	1	0	2	4	0	.339	.429	.560	.988	155
13	Neil Robinson	MULT	SS	38	152	132	21	42	8	3	2	18	6	0	17	0	0	3	0	0	.318	.408	.470	.878	148
14	Red Moore*	BCA	1B	40	152	130	25	45	4	1	2	26	1		15			0	7		.346	.414	.438	.852	143
15	Turkey Stearnes*	CAG/KCM	CF	36	153	136	27	38	7	4	3	30	8		14			1	2		.279	.351	.456	.807	135
16	Ray Dandridge	NAS/NE	3B	32	134	121	26	42	9	3	1	21	0		11		0	0	2	0	.347	.402	.496	.897	133
17	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	45	208	180	46	57	3	6	6	27	4		24			0	4		.317	.397	.500	.897	133
18	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	40	170	151	21	45	5	2	3	16	6		15			1	3		.298	.365	.417	.782	132
19	Jim West**	BEG	1B	39	167	148	26	46	12	1	5	32	0		16			2	1		.311	.386	.507	.892	131
20	Henry Spearman	MULT	3B	32	143	127	18	45	11	1	0	22	0		14			0	2		.354	.418	.457	.875	131
21	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	CF	32	132	117	20	38	7	2	0	10	7		13			0	2		.325	.392	.419	.811	131
22	Babe Davis	BCA	LF	41	167	155	26	46	11	5	0	23	3		10			1	1		.297	.343	.432	.776	120
23	Henry McCall*	BBB	1B	23	94	92	11	28	3	3	1	16	1		2			0	0		.304	.319	.435	.754	119
24	Mule Suttles	NAS/NE	1B	31	114	100	19	27	4	0	6	22	1		12		0	0	2	0	.270	.348	.490	.838	118
25	Wild Bill Wright**	MULT	RF	40	178	159	30	49	12	2	4	37	7	0	14	0	0	2	3	0	.308	.371	.484	.856	118
26	Zollie Wright	NBY/SEN	RF	25	97	84	13	27	5	1	0	12	0		12			0	1		.321	.406	.405	.811	117
27	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	49	191	169	32	45	10	3	3	25	11		19			0	3		.266	.340	.414	.755	116
28	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	32	131	120	21	39	6	4	0	14	4		9			0	2		.325	.372	.442	.814	116
29	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	3B	40	170	160	27	44	7	6	1	24	4	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	.275	.318	.413	.730	115
30	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	31	116	104	18	32	6	2	2	19	2		9			0	3		.308	.363	.462	.824	115
31	Lacey Thomas*	JRC	CF	17	70	62	15	19	2	1	0	10	2		8			0	0		.306	.386	.371	.757	114
32	Bill Perkins	PS	C	62	237	206	36	62	9	1	7	41	3		29			0	2		.301	.387	.456	.844	112
33	Henry Turner	JRC	LF	14	69	65	13	19	4	2	0	5	0		4			0	0		.292	.333	.415	.749	111
34	Fats Jenkins*	NBY/PC	LF	32	141	123	19	40	3	1	1	9	3		13			0	5		.325	.390	.390	.780	108
35	Frank Duncan	MULT	C	38	144	119	20	29	5	1	2	14	3	0	17	1	0	3	5	0	.244	.353	.353	.705	107
36	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	65	274	237	51	69	12	4	6	31	4		26			2	9		.291	.366	.451	.818	105
37	Rainey Bibbs**	CAG/KCM	2B	50	212	190	30	56	6	1	0	25	11		17			2	3		.295	.359	.337	.696	104
38	Mint Jones**	JRC	1B	17	79	74	8	25	1	0	0	14	0		3			0	2		.338	.364	.351	.715	103
39	Vic Harris*	MULT	LF	49	217	195	47	58	8	5	2	29	1	0	18	0	0	1	3	0	.297	.360	.421	.780	102
40	Curtis Harris	PS	2B	59	214	183	32	56	5	2	5	38	0		17			0	14		.306	.365	.437	.802	101
41	Chester Williams	NAS/PC	SS	40	168	152	22	47	7	4	0	18	2		12		0	0	4	0	.309	.360	.408	.768	101
42	Jim Williams	HG	RF	40	169	154	30	48	11	1	1	31	0		9			1	5		.312	.354	.416	.769	100
43	Dave Thomas*	BEG/SEN	1B	15	63	53	8	13	5	1	0	6	0		10			0	0		.245	.365	.377	.742	100
44	Newt Allen	KCM/WES	2B	42	176	161	32	45	8	1	1	25	4	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	.280	.333	.360	.694	99
45	Dan Wilson**	PC	3B	35	147	123	24	31	8	3	1	14	2		16			5	3		.252	.361	.390	.751	98
46	Melzar Williams	BBB	LF	21	88	84	7	23	2	3	0	9	3		4			0	0		.274	.307	.369	.676	97
47	George Giles*	PC/PS	1B	51	200	171	32	51	10	2	0	22	3		23			0	6		.298	.381	.380	.762	95
48	Jelly Taylor*	AAS/MRS	1B	37	152	136	16	41	1	1	0	16	2		12	1	0	0	4	0	.301	.358	.324	.682	95
49	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	33	135	132	16	39	3	4	0	14	9		1			1	1		.295	.306	.379	.685	94
50	Clyde Spearman*	PS	RF	67	290	253	43	76	10	5	1	29	2		30			1	6		.300	.377	.391	.768	94
51	Biz Mackey**	BEG/EAS	C	36	142	121	19	35	5	0	1	17	1	0	18	1	0	0	3	0	.289	.381	.355	.737	94
52	John Lyles**	AB3/CAG	CF	20	72	63	9	16	3	1	0	6	5		7			0	2		.254	.329	.333	.662	93
53	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	33	145	132	20	39	7	2	0	6	2		9			0	4		.295	.340	.379	.719	91
54	Marshall Riddle*	AB3	2B	17	63	59	6	18	1	0	0	8	1		2			0	2		.305	.328	.322	.650	90
55	Jake Dunn	MULT	SS	68	276	242	43	64	14	2	6	39	0	0	28	0	0	1	5	0	.264	.343	.413	.756	89
56	Buddy Burbage*	BEG/SEN	CF	16	70	59	8	14	1	0	2	8	0		8			0	3		.237	.328	.356	.684	84
57	Philly Holmes*	JRC	SS	16	80	72	9	17	1	2	1	12	5		7			0	1		.236	.304	.347	.651	84
58	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	50	220	197	38	53	3	2	4	19	1		19			0	4		.269	.333	.365	.699	82
59	Johnny Washington*	NBY/PC	1B	38	153	140	15	36	7	2	2	27	3		10			1	2		.257	.311	.379	.690	82
60	Felton Snow	BEG	SS	40	175	154	32	41	5	3	1	24	2		15			1	5		.266	.335	.357	.692	81
61	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	40	188	164	38	44	6	3	0	21	2		19			1	4		.268	.348	.341	.689	81
62	Don Pelham*	BCA	CF	43	169	159	19	38	7	4	1	25	1		7			1	2		.239	.275	.352	.628	78
63	Buddy Armour*	AB3	SS	17	70	64	11	16	3	1	0	3	5		2			1	3		.250	.284	.328	.612	78
64	Joe Royal	JRC	RF	15	71	67	11	17	2	0	1	11	2		4			0	0		.254	.296	.328	.624	76
65	Walter Cannady	EAS/NBY	3B	32	129	118	18	31	4	1	1	22	3	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	.263	.315	.339	.654	76
66	Mex Johnson	KCM/WES	SS	44	159	141	26	32	3	5	0	13	4	0	13	1	0	0	5	0	.227	.292	.319	.611	76
67	Fred Bankhead	BBB/MRS	2B	30	122	107	12	24	0	2	1	11	4		11			2	2		.224	.308	.290	.598	74
68	Herman Dunlap*	CAG	RF	31	132	117	13	28	1	2	0	5	4		9			0	6		.239	.294	.282	.576	71
69	Sam Bankhead	MULT	CF	36	163	144	24	34	6	1	2	18	8	0	16	0	0	0	3	0	.236	.313	.333	.646	70
70	Gabby Kemp	BCA/JRC	2B	31	132	117	26	28	2	0	1	13	7		11			1	3		.239	.310	.282	.592	70
71	Napoleon Hairston	PC	LF	38	158	136	28	29	6	2	2	17	2		16			1	5		.213	.301	.331	.632	67
72	Leroy Morney**	NBY	SS	31	120	103	14	23	2	1	2	18	4		9			0	8		.223	.286	.320	.606	61
73	Bill Bradford*	AB3	RF	19	72	66	4	13	2	2	0	5	3		5			1	0		.197	.264	.288	.552	61
74	Gene Benson*	PC/PS	CF	53	233	209	32	47	3	4	2	26	1		19			1	4		.225	.293	.306	.599	54
75	Parnell Woods	MULT	3B	25	102	92	13	19	1	1	0	6	4	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	.207	.277	.239	.516	52
76	Bill Casey^	MULT	C	26	88	78	6	19	0	0	0	7	0		8			0	2		.244	.314	.244	.558	49
77	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	LF	13	63	59	16	14	0	0	0	5	1		3			0	1		.237	.274	.237	.511	45
78	Sylvester Owens	AAS/BBB	CF	26	100	93	8	19	1	1	0	11	2		6			0	1		.204	.253	.237	.489	43
79	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	18	76	67	7	13	3	0	0	4	0		5			1	3		.194	.260	.239	.499	42
80	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	50	192	174	23	36	6	3	0	21	0		13			0	5		.207	.262	.276	.538	41
81	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	31	128	120	11	27	2	1	0	5	2		5			0	3		.225	.256	.258	.514	35
82	Dick Seay	NE	2B	31	128	116	14	24	0	1	0	4	0		9			1	2		.207	.270	.224	.494	31
83	Raymond Taylor	MULT	C	21	72	68	6	13	0	0	0	8	3		4			0	0		.191	.236	.191	.427	23

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

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