1937 Season

Negro National League II

1936 / 1938

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

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.599
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.494
3	Wild Bill Wright	WEG	.463
4	Jim West	WEG	.437
5	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	.431
6	Mule Suttles	NE	.419
7	Vic Harris	HG	.415
8	Sammy Hughes	WEG	.414
9	Willie Wells	HG/NE	.400
10	Henry Spearman	PC	.395

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Ray Brown	HG	75
2	Bob Evans	NE	57
3	Barney Morris	PC	54
4	Tom Parker	HG	50
5	Jim Missouri	PS	43
6	Terris McDuffie	HG/NE	42
7	Andy Porter	WEG	41
8	Barney Brown	NBY	36
9	Edsall Walker	HG	35
10	Louis Dula	HG	33

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	55	2263	1983	464	621	110	35	59	425	32	200	9	71	.313	.379	.493	.872	122
2	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	41	1515	1348	222	395	58	26	32	193	4	120	7	40	.293	.354	.446	.800	103
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	39	1474	1312	250	366	71	29	17	229	20	128	10	24	.279	.348	.416	.764	94
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	40	1491	1362	186	378	63	13	19	165	16	88	4	37	.278	.323	.385	.708	85
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	1456	1300	193	368	53	14	16	172	20	117	3	36	.283	.344	.382	.726	84
6	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	43	1514	1344	198	353	60	11	6	167	8	117	9	44	.263	.326	.337	.663	66
	6	1	284	9713	8649	1513	2481	415	128	149	1351	100	770	42	252	.287	.348	.416	.764	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	41	192	164	63	69	13	8	21	80	3	26	1	1	.421	.503	.982	1.484	272
2	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	44	207	177	54	66	14	3	13	56	3	26	2	2	.373	.459	.706	1.165	195
3	Wild Bill Wright**	WEG	CF	41	173	163	31	60	8	12	8	39	0	8	0	2	.368	.398	.712	1.109	178
4	Jim West**	WEG	1B	41	167	152	24	59	7	2	3	23	0	13	2	0	.388	.443	.520	.963	146
5	Ray Dandridge	HG/NE	3B	43	177	161	32	62	13	4	1	35	6	14	0	2	.385	.434	.534	.968	145
6	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	35	138	124	27	38	6	3	8	39	0	14	0	0	.306	.377	.597	.974	144
7	Sammy Hughes	WEG	2B	30	129	114	27	41	9	3	2	18	1	10	1	4	.360	.416	.544	.960	144
8	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	51	242	212	62	69	18	6	6	52	0	27	0	3	.325	.402	.552	.954	142
9	Willie Wells	HG/NE	SS	37	154	134	34	42	10	5	3	29	2	15	2	3	.313	.391	.530	.921	133
10	Henry Spearman	PC	3B	29	126	116	18	39	8	0	4	15	0	9	0	1	.336	.384	.509	.893	132
11	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	37	158	143	36	43	8	5	4	31	2	14	0	1	.301	.363	.510	.874	120
12	Jim Williams	HG	RF	49	220	198	32	71	13	1	1	43	6	11	1	10	.359	.395	.449	.845	117
13	George Giles*	NBY	1B	39	171	150	32	49	11	1	2	19	3	16	1	4	.327	.395	.453	.849	114
14	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	55	272	232	63	70	18	1	4	35	14	30	2	8	.302	.386	.440	.826	112
15	Henry Kimbro*	WEG	LF	37	166	146	27	42	5	3	5	17	0	16	2	2	.288	.366	.466	.832	111
16	Clint Thomas	NBY	CF	39	165	145	28	45	3	3	4	21	2	17	0	3	.310	.383	.455	.838	111
17	Walter Cannady	NBY	2B	38	158	143	23	46	9	2	1	30	7	12	0	3	.322	.374	.434	.808	104
18	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	38	153	134	23	44	9	0	0	19	3	17	1	1	.328	.408	.396	.803	103
19	Zollie Wright	WEG	RF	37	150	136	24	38	3	3	5	21	0	12	0	2	.279	.338	.456	.794	101
20	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	38	156	142	21	42	7	3	1	11	1	12	0	2	.296	.351	.408	.759	91
21	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	42	162	146	25	43	7	3	1	21	1	12	1	3	.295	.352	.404	.756	89
22	Javier Pérez	HG	3B	52	245	212	39	61	6	3	2	30	1	23	1	9	.288	.360	.373	.733	89
23	Dan Wilson**	PC	LF	39	149	135	26	39	5	2	0	13	3	12	0	2	.289	.347	.356	.702	85
24	Jake Dunn	PS	2B	42	170	142	25	37	7	3	1	20	1	19	0	9	.261	.348	.373	.721	81
25	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	55	243	213	39	58	8	5	1	31	2	19	0	11	.272	.332	.371	.703	80
26	Buddy Burbage*	PC	RF	31	138	129	18	35	9	1	2	15	3	3	0	6	.271	.288	.403	.691	79
27	Leroy Morney**	WEG	3B	36	138	120	13	32	7	1	0	13	1	14	0	4	.267	.343	.342	.685	76
28	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	31	121	102	22	25	5	1	1	20	1	15	0	4	.245	.342	.343	.685	75
29	Paul Dixon	PS	LF	38	143	125	20	34	5	0	1	17	0	13	2	3	.272	.350	.336	.686	73
30	Chester Williams	PC	SS	36	153	144	11	39	6	2	0	16	5	6	0	3	.271	.300	.340	.640	68
31	Fats Jenkins*	NBY	LF	39	160	142	21	35	2	1	3	18	2	15	0	3	.246	.318	.338	.656	66
32	Hoss Walker	WEG	SS	40	157	133	18	32	5	1	1	18	1	13	2	9	.241	.318	.316	.633	63
33	Jimmie Crutchfield*	NE	CF	38	177	164	28	41	10	1	0	17	4	11	0	2	.250	.297	.323	.620	58
34	Ted Page*	PS	RF	32	138	120	23	30	2	1	0	9	2	11	3	4	.250	.328	.283	.612	55
35	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	50	193	172	25	43	4	1	0	25	2	8	1	12	.250	.287	.285	.572	48
36	Dick Seay	NE	2B	34	149	132	26	25	2	1	0	8	2	10	5	2	.189	.272	.220	.492	27

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

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