1937 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Season

1936 / 1938

Ferdinand Morton (Commissioner)
Gus Greenlee (President)
Tom Wilson (Vice President)
Bill Nunn (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	21
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	14
3	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	13
4	Mule Suttles	EAS/NE	8
5	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	8
6	Vic Harris	HG	6
7	David Whatley	BBB/SAS	5
8	Turkey Stearnes	MULT	5
9	Henry Kimbro	NAS/WEG	5
10	Ed Stone	NE	4

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Preacher Henry	JRC	0.50
2	Frank Bradley	KCM	0.77
3	Ping Burke	BCA	0.95
4	Bo Mitchell	BBB	1.06
5	Connie Rector	BRG/NBY	1.48
6	Eugene Bremer	CT	1.58
7	Hilton Smith	MULT	1.75
8	Roy Welmaker	BCA/HG	1.88
9	Bill Howard	IA/MRS	2.08
10	Henry McHenry	KCM	2.21

All-1937 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM/WES	4.3	3.6	0.9
Vic Harris	HG	2.3	1.9	0.6
Bill Harvey	PC	1.1	0.4	0.1
Bill Hoskins	MULT	0.6	0.7	0.0
Sonny Harris	CT	0.6	0.6	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	EAS/HG	1.7	1.5	0.3
Neil Robinson	CT	1.6	0.9	0.7
Eddie Dwight	KCM	1.5	1.3	0.3
Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.5	2.1	-0.5
Turkey Stearnes	MULT	1.1	1.0	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Williams	HG	1.9	1.2	1.0
Lloyd Davenport	CT/WES	1.8	1.5	0.4
Barney Brown	EAS/NBY	1.7	0.7	0.1
Henry Milton	MULT	1.2	1.6	-0.2
David Whatley	BBB/SAS	0.8	1.3	-0.4

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	MULT	2.5	2.2	0.3
Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	2.5	1.7	0.5
Howard Easterling	CT/WES	1.9	1.5	0.3
Willie Wells	MULT	1.3	1.0	0.1
Mex Johnson	KCM	0.6	0.3	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Newt Allen	MULT	3.9	1.9	1.7
Matt Carlisle	HG	1.2	0.2	0.9
Fred Bankhead	BBB	0.8	0.2	0.5
Roosevelt Cox	CAG/DTS	0.6	0.3	0.3
Carlos Etchegoyen	CS2	0.6	0.2	0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	MULT	1.7	1.6	0.0
Ted Bond	CAG	1.5	0.6	0.8
Jess Brooks	KCM	1.4	0.9	0.4
Pat Patterson	MULT	0.9	0.6	0.2
Marlin Carter	CT	0.6	-0.1	0.6

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	3.2	2.9	0.5
Jim West	NAS/WEG	1.4	1.4	0.2
George Giles	NBY	0.9	0.8	0.2
Jelly Taylor	CT	0.8	0.3	0.7
Mule Suttles	EAS/NE	0.7	1.0	-0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	4.2	4.0	0.0
Ted Radcliffe	CT/WES	1.4	0.3	0.9
Frank Duncan	CAG/KCM	1.2	0.2	0.8
Pepper Bassett	MULT	1.0	0.6	0.4
Tommie Dukes	HG	0.7	0.6	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Jesse Houston	CT	129.2	3.1	3.2	-0.1
Willie Cornelius	CAG/KCM	146.2	3.1	3.5	-0.4
Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	78.1	2.7	2.6	0.1
Eugene Bremer	CT	57.0	2.3	2.2	0.2
Bo Mitchell	BBB	34.0	2.3	2.1	0.1
Roy Welmaker	BCA/HG	48.0	1.8	1.7	0.2
Sam Thompson	PS	67.1	1.7	1.9	-0.2
Bill Byrd	NAS/WEG	53.2	1.4	0.5	0.7
Andy Cooper	CAG/KCM	74.2	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Jimmy Direaux	WEG	67.0	1.2	0.9	0.3
Frank Bradley	KCM	23.1	1.1	1.1	0.0
Bill Holland	NBY	45.1	1.1	1.0	0.1
Preacher Henry	JRC	18.0	1.0	1.1	0.0
Ping Burke	BCA	47.1	1.0	1.1	-0.1
Connie Rector	BRG/NBY	24.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	MULT	169.1	6.3	5.9	0.4
Ray Brown	HG	133.0	3.8	3.0	0.7
Vet Barnes	KCM/SAS	89.1	2.7	2.6	0.2
Barney Morris	MULT	90.1	2.1	2.1	0.0
Jim Missouri	PS	67.0	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Ted Trent	CAG/WES	80.1	1.6	1.9	-0.2
Willie Foster	CAG/NOS	96.0	1.5	1.4	0.1
Louis Dula	HG	80.1	1.4	1.6	-0.3
Henry McHenry	KCM	73.1	1.3	1.4	0.0
Bill Howard	IA/MRS	26.0	1.3	1.0	0.3
Tom Glover	MRS/WEG	56.1	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Roy K. Williams	NBY	52.2	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Porter Moss	MULT	97.0	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Rocky Ellis	PS	53.2	0.9	1.1	-0.2
Lon Warneke	ML3	8.0	0.8	0.8	0.0

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