Leniel Hooker - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Leniel Hooker

Leniel Charlie Hooker
(Elbow)

Born: June 28, 1916 in Sanford, NC
Died: December 18, 1977 in Newark, NJ
(61 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 169

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Notes:

Buried: Glendale Cemetery (Bloomfield, NJ)
Played in the Minor Leagues

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Leon Day	SP	4	1941	1946	MULT	14.7	3.1	0.8	10.8	0.1
2	Lennie Pearson	1B	9	1940	1948	MULT	14.3	11.0	4.7	-0.1	-1.3
3	Max Manning	SP	7	1940	1948	NE	14.1	-0.9	-0.1	15.0	0.0
4	Monte Irvin	CF	8	1940	1948	NE/NST	11.8	12.2	-0.7	0.0	0.3
5	Larry Doby	2B	5	1942	1947	NE	9.0	7.6	0.7	0.0	0.6
6	Johnny Davis	LF	8	1941	1948	MULT	6.7	7.1	0.6	-0.2	-0.8
7	Rufus Lewis	SP	3	1946	1948	NE	6.3	0.1	0.0	6.2	0.0
8	Silvio García	SS	1	1945	1945	VEZ	5.7	3.9	1.2	0.0	0.5
9	Pedro Formental	CF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	5.3	4.6	0.7	0.1	0.0
10	Pat Patterson	3B	2	1946	1947	NE	3.4	2.9	0.4	0.0	0.1
11	Jimmy Hill	SP	6	1940	1945	NE/NNN	3.4	-0.4	-0.5	4.2	0.0
12	Bob Harvey	RF	6	1943	1948	NE/NST	3.2	4.5	-0.4	0.0	-1.0
13	Salvador Hernández	C	1	1945	1945	VEZ	3.0	2.9	-0.1	0.0	0.2
14	Ramón Bragaña	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	2.6	0.4	-0.4	2.6	0.0
15	Willie Wells	SS	2	1942	1945	NE/NST	2.5	2.3	-0.3	0.0	0.4
16	Chile Gómez	2B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	2.5	0.7	1.5	0.0	0.3
17	Ray Dandridge	2B	2	1942	1944	NE	2.1	0.1	1.7	0.0	0.3
18	Ed Stone	RF	4	1940	1945	MULT	1.9	2.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
19	Charlie Parks	C	7	1940	1947	NAS/NE	1.8	2.0	-0.5	0.0	0.3
20	Barney Brown	SP	1	1943	1943	NAS/PS	1.8	0.6	0.0	1.2	-0.1
21	Bus Clarkson	SS	2	1940	1942	NE	1.4	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
22	Goose Curry	RF	1	1943	1943	PS	1.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	-0.1
23	Gene Benson	CF	1	1943	1943	NAS/PS	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
24	Bob Wilson	3B	2	1947	1948	NE	1.2	1.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
25	Terris McDuffie	SP	2	1944	1945	NE	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
26	Mule Suttles	LF	4	1940	1944	NE	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.1	-0.2
27	Jim West	1B	1	1943	1943	PS	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2
28	Johnny Davis	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
29	Nelson Thomas	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
30	Don Newcombe	SP	2	1944	1945	NE/NST	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
31	Sidney Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
32	Marvin Williams	SS	1	1943	1943	MULT	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
33	Biz Mackey	C	5	1940	1947	NE	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.2
34	Robert Keyes	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
35	Dick Seay	2B	1	1940	1940	NE	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
36	Curley Williams	SS	1	1948	1948	NE	0.5	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4
37	Fred Hobgood	SP	5	1941	1946	NE	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
38	Walker	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
39	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
40	Spoon Carter	SP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
41	Bill Cash	C	1	1943	1943	NAS/PS	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
42	Jack McLaurin	C	1	1948	1948	NE	0.4	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
43	Henry Spearman	3B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Julio Moreno	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
45	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
46	Albert Walker	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
47	Larry St. Thomas	C	1	1943	1943	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Jimmy Wilkes	CF	4	1945	1948	NE	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
49	Verdell Mathis	SP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Humberto Favela	RF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.3	0.9	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
51	Leon Stewart	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Glass	RF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
53	Tom Young	C	1	1941	1941	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Wilbur Lansing	SP	1	1948	1948	NE	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Roy Parnell	LF	1	1943	1943	NAS/PS	0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
56	Bo Wallace	C	1	1948	1948	NE	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
57	William Makell	C	1	1944	1944	NE	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Jimmy Boyd	RP	1	1946	1946	NE	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
59	Eddie Jacobs	RP	1	1944	1944	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Johnny Taylor	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
61	Leon Ruffin	C	4	1942	1946	NE/NNN	0.2	-0.6	0.6	0.0	0.3
62	Jesse Brown	RP	1	1941	1941	NE	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
63	Bill Byrd	RP	2	1943	1945	NST/PS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Giovanni Beale	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0
65	Warren Peace	SP	3	1945	1947	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
66	Vernon Riddick	SS	1	1941	1941	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Curley Andrews	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Jimmy Johnson	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
69	George Kemp	-	1	1943	1943	NNN	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
70	Bill Anderson	RP	2	1943	1947	NAS/NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
71	Oliverio Ortiz	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
72	Joe Atkins	SS	1	1944	1944	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Pete Sunkett	2B	1	1943	1943	NAS/PS	0.1	-0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0
74	Johnny Wright	RP	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
75	Vic Barnett	RF	1	1944	1944	NE	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
76	Bob Clarke	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Robinson	SS	1	1944	1944	NE	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
78	Leroy Sutton	1B	1	1944	1944	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Rafael Polanco	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	W. Bell	C	1	1948	1948	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Eastern	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Allen Reed	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
83	Bill Cooper	C	1	1943	1943	PS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Oscar Givens	SS	2	1946	1948	NE	0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.1
85	Mahlon Duckett	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
86	Griff Lomax	-	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Walter Gibbons	-	1	1948	1948	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Dave Barnhill	-	1	1943	1943	NNN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Willie Bunn	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Joe Spencer	2B	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Bill Davis	-	1	1940	1940	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Burgen	1B	1	1947	1947	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Drummer	-	1	1948	1948	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1947	1947	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Ted Griffith	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Skinner Belfield	-	1	1948	1948	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Roy Powell	-	1	1941	1941	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Hogan	-	1	1947	1947	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Dick Weaver	-	1	1944	1944	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Fox	-	1	1946	1946	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Jim Smith	C	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Leovigildo Xiqués	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Clay	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Henry Miller	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Dave Thomas	-	2	1943	1945	MULT	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Felton Morrison	-	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Holder	SS	1	1944	1944	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Wendell Jenkins	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	José Ayala	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Russell Awkard	RF	2	1940	1941	NE	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Mario Collazo	LF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
112	Cotton Williams	RP	5	1943	1948	NE	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
113	Urban	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Bob Turner	CF	1	1944	1944	NE	0.0	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
115	Ben Keeling	-	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Tuts McBride	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Ed Butler	SS	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Brown	C	1	1944	1944	NE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Gordon	-	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Carl Whitney	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Earl Ashby	C	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.1	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
122	Lucius Dorsey	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Fran Matthews	1B	4	1940	1945	NE	-0.1	1.2	-0.9	0.0	-0.4
124	Willie Nixon	RF	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Yarborough	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
126	Pancho Coimbre	-	1	1943	1943	NNN	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Evans	2B	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Bozo Jackson	SS	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
129	Roy Partlow	-	1	1945	1945	NST	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
131	Jo Jo Deal	-	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Charley Thomas	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	John Fitzgerald	-	2	1943	1947	NE	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Dave Harper	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Emery Adams	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Felton Snow	2B	1	1943	1943	NAS/PS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Lou Louden	-	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Nap Gulley	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
139	Charlie Humber	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
140	Rabbit Martínez	-	1	1943	1943	NNN	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Weedy Edwards	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
142	Willie Burns	-	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
143	Archie Brathwaite	CF	1	1944	1944	NE	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
144	Red Applegate	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
145	Harry Cozart	RP	1	1944	1944	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
146	Jim Elam	RP	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Cal Irvin	SS	1	1946	1946	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
148	Wilmore Williams	RF	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	Roy Campanella	-	1	1945	1945	NST	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
150	Darltie Cooper	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
151	Stanley Glenn	-	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
152	Juan Luna	3B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
153	Ben Hill	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
154	Félix Zulueta	RP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
155	Earl Richardson	SS	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
156	Toots Ferrell	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
157	Buddy Burbage	LF	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Norman Banks	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
159	Thad Christopher	RF	2	1941	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
160	Raúl Navarro	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
161	Spencer Alexander	LF	2	1940	1941	NE	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
162	James Cox	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
163	Clyde Golden	RP	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
164	Marvin Barker	LF	2	1941	1943	NE/NNN	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Russ Dedeaux	-	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
166	Percy Forrest	-	1	1944	1944	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
167	Murray Watkins	3B	5	1942	1946	MULT	-0.4	-1.8	1.3	0.0	0.1
168	Enrique Caballero	RF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
169	Pitts	SS	1	1944	1944	NE	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
170	Charles England	-	1	1946	1946	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
171	Jim Carter	RP	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
172	Frank Austin	-	1	1945	1945	NST	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
173	John Britton	3B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
174	Enrique Fernández	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.5	-0.9	0.6	0.0	-0.2
175	Purnell Mincy	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
176	Jaime Canchola	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
177	Clarence Isreal	3B	4	1940	1946	NE	-0.6	0.7	-1.4	0.0	0.2
178	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
179	Jimmy Everett	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
180	Larry Kimbrough	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.6	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
181	Armando Torres	RP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
182	Robert Davis	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
183	Gerves Fagan	2B	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.7	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
184	Francisco Mora	RP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
185	Austin Davis	3B	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.8	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.0
186	Sy Morton	SS	2	1943	1944	MULT	-0.8	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.2
187	Emmett Hopkins	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
188	José Castro	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.8	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
189	Bob Evans	RP	1	1943	1943	PS	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
190	Leroy Williams	2B	2	1947	1948	NE	-1.0	-1.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5
191	Jesús Torrijos	RF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-1.0	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0
192	Benny Felder	2B	1	1946	1946	NE	-1.0	-0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.1
193	Fidel Reséndez	1B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-1.1	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	-0.3
194	Leamon Johnson	SS	2	1941	1944	NE	-1.1	-0.3	-1.0	0.0	0.2
195	Cecil Cole	-	1	1946	1946	NE	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	0.0
196	Charlie Thomas	CF	2	1941	1942	NE	-1.3	-0.6	-0.7	0.0	0.0
197	James Brown	RF	3	1941	1943	NE	-1.4	0.1	-0.4	-0.9	-0.2
198	Raúl Méndez	3B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-1.7	-0.2	-1.4	0.0	0.0
199	Willie Wynn	C	4	1944	1948	NE	-1.8	-1.1	-0.8	0.0	0.1

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