1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season

1937 / 1939

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

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Ted Strong	MULT	.705
2	Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	.704
3	Buck Leonard	MULT	.680
4	Harry Williams	PC	.623
5	Willard Brown	KCM	.608
6	Sammy Hughes	MULT	.584
7	Donald Reeves	BCA	.583
8	Quincy Trouppe	AB3/WES	.583
9	Ed Stone	NE	.570
10	Ray Brown	HG/NAS	.570

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

All-1938 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Henry Milton	KCM/WES	2.4	2.5	0.0
Cowan Hyde	MRS	1.5	0.4	1.2
Roy Parnell	PS	1.1	0.9	0.4
Lennie Pearson	NE	0.7	0.6	0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	3.4	2.9	0.6
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.8	1.4	0.4
Turkey Stearnes	CAG/KCM	1.2	1.2	0.0
Don Pelham	BCA	0.9	0.0	1.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Donald Reeves	BCA	1.8	1.8	0.1
David Whatley	BBB/MRS	1.7	1.3	0.5
Ed Stone	NE	1.4	1.2	0.3
Nat Rogers	MRS	0.8	0.9	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Neil Robinson	MULT	1.7	1.3	0.2
Willie Wells	MULT	1.5	1.2	0.2
Chester Williams	NAS/PC	1.3	0.5	0.5
Tommy Butts	BCA	0.7	-0.1	0.7

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rainey Bibbs	CAG/KCM	1.9	0.9	0.9
Harry Williams	PC	1.8	2.0	-0.3
Sammy Hughes	MULT	1.6	1.4	0.1
Pat Patterson	PS	1.2	1.2	-0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	1.4	0.8	0.5
Ray Dandridge	NAS/NE	1.3	0.9	0.4
Henry Spearman	MULT	1.1	0.9	0.1
George Scales	BEG	0.7	0.3	0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	MULT	2.9	2.8	0.2
Ted Strong	MULT	1.9	1.6	0.3
Red Moore	BCA	1.1	1.0	0.2
Jim West	BEG	0.9	1.0	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG/NAS	3.5	3.0	0.3
Frank Duncan	MULT	1.5	0.6	0.8
Harry Else	KCM	1.4	0.5	0.8
Bill Perkins	PS	0.8	0.9	-0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Henry McHenry	PS	115.2	2.4	2.6	-0.2
Andy Porter	BEG	70.0	2.4	2.6	-0.3
Barney Morris	PC	72.2	2.3	2.4	-0.1
Bob Griffith	BEG	92.0	2.3	2.2	0.1
Johnny Taylor	MULT	80.0	2.3	2.2	0.0
Edsall Walker	EAS/HG	86.2	1.8	1.7	0.2
Specs Roberts	HG/SEN	69.1	1.7	1.4	0.3
Frank McAllister	AB3	42.1	1.2	1.0	0.2
Bill Harvey	PC	65.0	0.9	0.5	0.4
Roy Partlow	HG	75.1	0.8	0.7	0.0
Ted Trent	AAS/CAG	76.1	0.8	0.9	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG/NAS	144.0	6.4	5.4	1.0
Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	134.2	5.0	4.0	1.0
Willie Cornelius	CAG/WES	116.0	3.6	3.4	0.2
Barney Brown	MULT	92.0	3.5	3.3	0.0
Bill Byrd	BEG	84.2	2.4	2.2	0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	63.1	2.1	2.3	-0.2
Telosh Howard	BCA	61.2	1.9	2.0	-0.1
Felix Evans	BCA/JRC	61.2	1.7	1.5	0.3
Eddie Dixon	BCA	98.2	1.4	1.3	0.1
Willie Jefferson	MRS	73.2	1.3	0.9	0.3
Terris McDuffie	MULT	114.2	1.1	1.4	-0.3

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