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

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.527
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.497
3	Harry Williams	PC	.467
4	Ed Stone	NE	.439
5	Sammy Hughes	BEG	.438
6	Ray Dandridge	NE	.418
7	Jim West	BEG	.416
8	Willie Wells	NE	.409
9	Jud Wilson	PS	.406
10	Ray Brown	HG	.403

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	Andy Porter	BEG	1.25
7	Henry McHenry	PS	1.26
8	Johnny Taylor	PC	1.27
9	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.27
10	Bill Holland	NBY	1.27

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	544.0	1.48	10.7%	9.1%	1.18	1.9%
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	396.1	1.24	12.0%	8.6%	1.39	0.7%
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	328.0	1.49	12.4%	9.2%	1.35	1.7%
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	313.1	1.34	10.8%	7.3%	1.47	1.0%
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	249.2	1.65	11.5%	7.9%	1.45	1.6%
6	Newark Eagles	NN2	233.2	1.40	10.1%	9.7%	1.04	1.6%
7	Washington Black Senators	NN2	115.0	2.03	8.6%	11.8%	0.73	1.5%
	7	1	2180.0	1.46	11.1%	8.9%	1.25	1.4%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Ray Brown	HG	RP	129.0	1.02	13.7%	5.1%	2.69	0.6%
2	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	116.0	1.26	12.5%	8.6%	1.45	0.8%
3	Spoon Carter	PS	RP	109.1	1.56	11.0%	9.4%	1.17	2.6%
4	Webster McDonald	PS	SP	97.2	1.42	8.7%	7.6%	1.15	2.1%
5	Barney Brown *	NBY	RP	85.0	1.35	13.8%	5.3%	2.60	1.1%
6	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	83.1	1.27	8.5%	5.9%	1.43	0.8%
7	Bob Griffith	BEG	SP	82.0	1.20	10.4%	4.9%	2.12	1.2%
8	Johnny Taylor	PC	SP	75.0	1.27	16.3%	9.6%	1.70	1.0%
9	Edsall Walker *	HG	SP	74.2	1.25	13.5%	7.1%	1.91	0.0%
10	Barney Morris	PC	SP	72.2	1.20	18.2%	9.9%	1.83	1.0%
11	Roy Partlow *	HG	SP	72.1	1.31	13.6%	10.4%	1.31	1.3%
12	Terris McDuffie	NBY / NE	SP	72.0	1.57	10.2%	8.3%	1.22	2.2%
13	Specs Roberts	HG / SEN	SP	60.1	1.36	11.3%	8.3%	1.36	1.5%
14	Andy Porter	BEG	SP	59.0	1.25	13.4%	7.3%	1.83	0.4%
15	Bill Holland	NBY	RP	57.1	1.27	14.5%	5.0%	2.92	1.2%
16	Bill Harvey *	PC	RP	56.0	1.32	11.7%	8.4%	1.40	0.8%
17	Bob Evans	NE	SP	55.0	1.62	9.4%	7.8%	1.20	2.3%
18	Jack Bruton	PS	RP	51.2	1.41	7.5%	9.6%	0.77	0.9%
19	Leroy Matlock *	PC	RP	47.0	1.66	10.1%	7.9%	1.28	1.8%
20	Jim Missouri *	PS	RP	47.0	1.79	13.3%	11.1%	1.20	2.7%
21	Henry Miller	PS	RP	45.0	1.33	13.2%	11.6%	1.14	1.1%
22	Theolic Smith	PC	RP	43.1	1.82	8.7%	6.7%	1.29	3.4%
23	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	41.0	1.63	10.9%	8.3%	1.31	2.1%
24	Johnny Wright	NE	RP	35.1	1.36	11.4%	14.1%	0.81	0.7%
25	Roy Welmaker *	HG	SP	33.0	1.33	2.8%	9.9%	0.29	0.7%
26	Neck Stanley *	NBY	SP	31.2	2.02	10.2%	12.6%	0.81	1.8%
27	Jimmy Direaux	BEG	RP	30.2	1.50	11.6%	10.9%	1.07	1.4%
28	Tom Parker	HG	SP	30.0	1.63	7.8%	14.0%	0.56	1.6%
29	Jesse Brown *	NE	RP	28.2	1.19	10.9%	11.8%	0.93	0.0%
30	Jonas Gaines *	BEG	SP	21.2	1.66	14.4%	11.5%	1.25	1.9%
31	Harry Kincannon	SEN	RP	20.1	1.77	9.2%	12.2%	0.75	0.0%
32	Laymon Yokely	SEN	SP	17.0	2.29	8.6%	9.7%	0.89	1.1%
33	Tom Glover *	BEG	RP	16.1	1.71	13.7%	9.6%	1.43	1.4%
34	Leo Hannibal	HG	RP	16.0	1.75	14.5%	19.7%	0.73	0.0%
35	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	15.2	1.79	6.8%	10.8%	0.63	2.7%
36	Roland Calhoun	PC / SEN	RP	15.1	2.28	11.0%	9.8%	1.13	1.2%
37	Marion Cain	PC	RP	15.0	2.07	5.3%	14.7%	0.36	1.3%
38	Louis Dula	HG	RP	14.2	1.91	7.9%	14.5%	0.55	0.0%
39	Woody Williams *	BEG	RP	13.2	1.98	6.1%	12.1%	0.50	1.5%
40	Slim Jones *	PS	RP	12.2	1.26	13.0%	7.4%	1.75	3.7%
41	Lefty Holmes *	SEN	SP	12.1	2.19	10.0%	20.0%	0.50	1.4%
42	Roosevelt Davis	MULT	RP	11.2	3.51	5.0%	11.3%	0.44	5.0%
43	Connie Rector	NBY	RP	11.1	1.76	5.6%	5.6%	1.00	3.7%
44	Roy K. Williams	NBY	RP	11.1	3.00	10.4%	14.9%	0.70	1.5%
45	Charlie King ^	PC / PS	RP	11.0	1.82	1.9%	13.5%	0.14	5.8%
46	Walter Cannady	NBY	RP	10.2	2.16	7.3%	12.7%	0.57	1.8%
47	Leon Day	NE	SP	9.2	0.83	8.1%	5.4%	1.50	5.4%
48	Jackie Miller ^	NE	SP	9.0	0.33	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%
49	Johnny Johnson	NE	SP	9.0	1.22	8.1%	10.8%	0.75	0.0%
50	Jimmy Hill *	NE	SP	9.0	1.11	13.5%	8.1%	1.67	0.0%
51	Sam Thompson	PS	SP	8.0	1.63	5.7%	2.9%	2.00	5.7%
52	Tracey Johnson	SEN	SP	7.1	1.50	2.9%	8.8%	0.33	0.0%
53	Henry Richardson ^	PC / SEN	RP	6.2	1.65	0.0%	10.0%	0.00	0.0%
54	Honey Green *	NE	RP	6.1	0.79	16.0%	12.0%	1.33	0.0%
55	George Proctor ^	PS	SP	5.1	2.25	3.3%	13.3%	0.25	0.0%
56	Rube Wiggins *	NBY	SP	5.0	1.60	8.7%	17.4%	0.50	0.0%
57	Jim Lewis *	PS	SP	4.0	2.00	4.3%	8.7%	0.50	4.3%
58	Phelps ^	BEG	RP	4.0	0.75	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
59	Bud Barbee	NBY	RP	3.2	0.55	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%
60	Purnell Mincy *	PC	SP	3.1	1.80	12.5%	18.8%	0.67	0.0%
61	nfn Anderson ^	NBY	SP	3.0	2.00	6.3%	6.3%	1.00	0.0%
62	R. B. Bryant ^	PS	SP	3.0	3.00	5.3%	10.5%	0.50	5.3%
63	George Britt	SEN	RP	3.0	4.67	4.2%	16.7%	0.25	12.5%
64	George Scales	BEG	RP	2.2	1.13	18.2%	9.1%	2.00	0.0%
65	Calvin Clarke	SEN	RP	2.0	1.50	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%
66	Eddie Powell	SEN	RP	1.2	4.20	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
67	Bob Clarke	NBY	RP	1.2	0.60	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%
68	Charlie Parks	NBY	RP	1.2	1.80	12.5%	12.5%	1.00	0.0%
69	Garvin ^	PS	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
70	Willie Smith ^	NE	RP	0.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
71	William Sumrall	NBY	RP	0.2	4.50	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%
72	Ray Robinson *	NE	SP	0.2	12.00	10.0%	40.0%	0.25	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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1938 Season

Negro National League II

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