1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season

Negro National League II

1937 / 1939

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

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	HG	54
2	Buck Leonard	HG	53
3	Bill Perkins	PS	44
4	Curtis Harris	PS	38
5	Pat Patterson	PS	36
6	Jake Dunn	PS	34
7	Harry Williams	PC	32
8	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	31
9	Jim West	BEG	30
10	Jim Williams	HG	30

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Ray Brown	HG	1.02
2	Jesse Brown	NE	1.19
3	Bob Griffith	BEG	1.20
4	Barney Morris	PC	1.20
5	Edsall Walker	HG	1.25
6	Roy Partlow	HG	1.25
7	Bill Holland	NBY	1.25
8	Andy Porter	BEG	1.25
9	Henry McHenry	PS	1.26
10	Johnny Taylor	PC	1.27

Batting

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	46	1764	1556	335	480	79	26	44	305	8	2	159	10	4	45	.308	.374	.478	.852	121
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	37	1410	1232	235	340	56	18	16	207	18	0	135	9	8	35	.276	.351	.390	.741	94
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	40	1516	1329	220	344	61	22	20	192	21	128	1	9	50	1	.259	.328	.383	.711	86
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	28	1011	903	136	239	35	12	16	123	10	76	3	3	29	.265	.324	.383	.707	85
5	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	65	2342	2013	346	535	80	22	38	314	13	1	236	3	12	81	.266	.346	.384	.730	84
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	30	1114	1000	124	261	43	11	9	115	15	1	85	11	2	27	.261	.320	.353	.673	80
7	Washington Black Senators	NN2	14	524	457	56	119	15	4	2	47	1	48	1	3	16	.260	.335	.324	.658	77
	7	1	272	9681	8490	1452	2318	369	115	145	1303	86	4	867	38	41	283	1	.273	.343	.395	.738	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP
1	Buck Leonard *	HG	1B	42	178	150	41	63	11	5	9	53	1	0	24	0	0	4	.420	.500	.740	1.240	218
2	Josh Gibson	HG	C	46	199	165	53	61	11	4	13	54	2	0	29	0	1	4	.370	.467	.721	1.188	204
3	Harry Williams	PC	2B	37	157	140	35	55	12	4	4	32	3	14	0	0	3	0	.393	.448	.621	1.069	179
4	Ed Stone *	NE	RF	28	114	97	21	34	6	3	4	19	2	13	0	0	4	.351	.427	.598	1.025	165
5	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	26	117	105	24	38	7	4	2	22	3	10	1	1	.362	.422	.562	.984	156
6	Ray Dandridge	NE	3B	27	113	103	24	38	9	2	1	19	0	8	1	0	2	.369	.414	.524	.939	144
7	Jim West **	BEG	1B	35	150	132	24	42	12	1	5	30	0	15	0	2	1	.318	.396	.538	.934	143
8	Willie Wells	NE	SS	27	109	90	22	29	7	2	2	15	3	13	0	2	4	.322	.419	.511	.930	142
9	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	27	98	86	18	25	3	0	6	22	0	10	0	0	2	.291	.365	.535	.899	133
10	Jerry Benjamin **	HG	CF	41	189	163	42	51	3	5	6	26	4	1	22	1	0	4	.313	.395	.503	.898	131
11	Henry Spearman	MULT	3B	31	138	123	18	43	10	1	0	21	0	13	0	2	.350	.412	.447	.859	126
12	Wild Bill Wright **	BEG	RF	33	145	130	22	39	8	2	4	31	5	10	1	2	3	.300	.359	.485	.844	120
13	Bill Perkins	PS	C	60	228	197	36	61	9	1	7	44	3	0	29	0	0	2	.310	.398	.472	.870	119
14	Dave Campbell *	NBY	2B	29	117	106	16	34	5	3	0	13	3	9	1	0	2	.321	.374	.425	.798	114
15	Jim Williams	HG	RF	36	152	139	28	46	11	1	1	30	0	1	7	0	1	5	.331	.367	.446	.813	110
16	Biz Mackey **	BEG	C	32	125	104	17	32	5	0	1	16	1	18	1	0	3	.308	.410	.385	.794	110
17	Zollie Wright	SEN / NBY	RF	23	87	75	13	23	3	1	0	10	0	11	0	1	.307	.395	.373	.769	107
18	Chester Williams	PC	SS	39	163	146	23	45	7	5	0	17	2	11	0	0	6	0	.308	.357	.425	.781	105
19	Curtis Harris	PS	2B	58	209	177	32	54	5	2	5	38	0	0	18	1	0	14	.305	.369	.441	.810	104
20	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	63	264	227	50	65	10	4	6	29	4	0	26	0	2	9	.286	.365	.445	.810	104
21	Fats Jenkins *	NBY / PC	LF	30	133	117	16	38	3	1	0	7	2	11	0	0	5	.325	.383	.368	.750	101
22	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	28	106	95	16	28	5	2	1	17	2	8	1	0	3	.295	.350	.421	.771	101
23	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	30	132	120	18	37	6	2	0	5	1	1	9	0	0	3	.308	.357	.392	.748	100
24	Vic Harris *	HG	LF	43	192	172	40	51	7	5	1	24	0	0	16	1	1	3	.297	.360	.413	.773	100
25	Dan Wilson **	PC	3B	34	142	118	22	30	7	3	1	14	2	16	1	5	3	0	.254	.367	.390	.757	100
26	Clyde Spearman *	PS	RF	65	281	245	41	74	10	5	1	28	2	0	29	0	1	6	.302	.378	.396	.774	96
27	Buddy Burbage *	SEN / BEG	CF	15	65	53	8	13	1	0	2	8	0	8	0	4	.245	.344	.377	.722	95
28	George Giles *	PS / PC	1B	50	196	167	31	49	10	2	0	21	3	1	23	0	0	6	.293	.379	.377	.756	94
29	Dave Thomas *	SEN / BEG	1B	14	59	51	8	12	5	1	0	6	0	8	0	0	.235	.339	.373	.712	92
30	Jake Dunn	PS	SS	63	257	223	37	56	12	2	5	34	0	0	28	0	1	5	.251	.337	.390	.727	83
31	Johnny Washington *	PC / NBY	1B	36	143	129	12	31	7	2	2	25	2	11	0	1	2	.240	.305	.372	.677	79
32	Henry Kimbro *	BEG	CF	36	169	148	32	39	5	3	0	20	1	16	1	1	4	.264	.339	.338	.677	78
33	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	46	201	181	35	47	3	1	4	18	1	0	17	1	0	3	.260	.323	.354	.677	75
34	Felton Snow	BEG	SS	36	157	138	29	35	5	2	1	22	2	13	1	1	5	.254	.322	.341	.663	74
35	Napoleon Hairston	PC	LF	37	153	131	28	29	6	2	2	18	2	16	0	1	5	0	.221	.311	.344	.654	72
36	Leroy Morney **	NBY	SS	28	108	93	12	22	2	1	2	18	3	8	1	0	7	.237	.297	.344	.641	71
37	Walter Cannady	NBY	3B	28	112	103	13	25	3	1	1	15	1	8	2	0	1	.243	.297	.320	.618	66
38	Sam Bankhead	PC	CF	32	144	128	23	29	5	0	2	16	6	13	0	3	0	.227	.298	.313	.610	61
39	Gene Benson *	PC / PS	CF	52	228	206	32	47	3	4	2	26	1	17	0	1	4	.228	.290	.311	.601	55
40	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	46	177	160	21	33	5	3	0	19	0	0	13	2	0	4	.206	.266	.275	.541	41
41	Jimmie Crutchfield *	NE	CF	28	115	107	11	25	1	1	0	5	2	5	0	0	3	.234	.268	.262	.530	39
42	Dick Seay	NE	2B	28	115	104	13	20	0	1	0	4	0	8	0	1	2	.192	.257	.212	.468	24

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

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