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

Biographical
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Notes:

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

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1940	NE	NN2	24	SP	4	5	.444	19	12	6	2	0	2	81.2	60	53	89	3	32	47	1	0	1	372	5.84	89
1941	NE	NN2	25	SP	2	8	.200	16	10	3	5	0	1	84.2	66	50	111	5	24	33	0	0	2	386	5.31	85
1942	NE	NN2	26	SP	7	1	.875	17	10	7	7	0	0	96.0	50	40	85	5	42	56	0	0	8	417	3.75	110
1943	MULT	MULT	27	SP	7	4	.636	19	8	10	3	1	0	87.2	59	47	102	4	36	43	0	2	0	412	4.83	109
1944	NE	NN2	28	SP	6	6	.500	12	12	0	8	0	0	92.1	52	41	89	4	34	29	0	0	5	396	4.00	116
1945	MULT	MULT	29	SP	4	13	.235	22	16	1	12	0	0	125.1	81	63	150	0	58	52	6	1	3	577	4.52	96
1946	NE	NN2 / WS	30	SP	6	6	.500	16	11	5	7	1	2	97.2	46	35	96	1	23	39	0	0	2	415	3.23	136
1947	NE	NN2	31	SP	2	6	.250	14	10	3	5	0	2	79.2	50	38	95	6	25	33	0	0	2	356	4.29	94
1948	NE	NN2	32	SP	6	5	.545	14	11	2	8	0	0	88.1	37	32	80	2	16	41	0	0	3	364	3.26	104
9	6			SP	44	54	.449	149	100	37	57	2	7	833.1	501	399	897	30	290	373	7	3	26	3695	4.31	103
162 Game Average					12	15	.449	41	27	11	16	1	2	227.2	137	109	245	9	79	102	2	1	7	1009	4.31	103

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Negro Leagues				42	47	.472	135	91	37	52	2	7	768.0	446	357	816	30	242	350	1	2	24	3378	4.18	106
1	vs Latin Leagues				2	5	.286	12	7	3	0	52.1	49	38	70	44	18	5	1	2	266	6.54	79
1	vs Major Leagues				0	2	.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	13.0	6	4	11	0	4	5	1	0	0	51	2.77	73

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Newark Eagles			SP	41	47	.466	131	89	36	52	2	7	756.0	428	342	793	29	234	347	1	1	24	3314	4.07	108
1	NNL All Stars II			-	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	3	4	0	1	0	0	9	20.25	46
1	NNL North All Stars			-	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	14	13.50	25
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	1	0	1.000	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.2	12	9	13	1	5	3	0	0	0	41	9.35	54
1	Negro All Stars			RP	0	2	.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	13.0	6	4	11	0	4	5	1	0	0	51	2.77	73
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	2	5	.286	12	7	3	0	52.1	49	38	70	44	18	5	1	2	266	6.54	79

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1940	NE	NN2	24	SP	81.2		1.48	1.55		12.6%	11.8%		8.6%	10.1%		1.47	1.17		0.8%	1.5%
1941	NE	NN2	25	SP	84.2		1.59	1.43		8.5%	12.0%		6.2%	8.5%		1.38	1.41		1.3%	1.2%
1942	NE	NN2	26	SP	96.0		1.32	1.38		13.4%	12.5%		10.1%	9.2%		1.33	1.36		1.2%	1.0%
1943	MULT	MULT	27	SP	87.2		1.57	1.60		10.4%	9.6%		8.7%	9.6%		1.19	1.17		1.0%	0.4%
1944	NE	NN2	28	SP	92.1		1.33	1.48		7.3%	11.3%		8.6%	8.1%		0.85	1.40		1.0%	0.8%
1945	MULT	MULT	29	SP	125.1		1.66	1.51		9.0%	11.8%		10.1%	10.0%		0.90	1.18		0.0%
1946	NE	NN2 / WS	30	SP	97.2		1.22	1.43		9.4%	14.6%		5.5%	9.1%		1.70	1.38		0.2%	1.5%
1947	NE	NN2	31	SP	79.2		1.51	1.38		9.3%	13.4%		7.0%	8.6%		1.32	1.56		1.7%	0.9%
1948	NE	NN2	32	SP	88.1		1.09	1.31		11.3%	13.9%		4.4%	8.4%		2.56	1.65		0.5%	0.7%
9	6			SP	833.1		1.42	1.45		10.1%	12.0%		7.8%	9.1%		1.29	1.36		0.9%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				768.0		1.38	1.44		10.4%	12.4%		7.2%	8.9%		1.45	1.41		0.9%	1.0%
1	vs Latin Leagues				52.1		2.18	1.74		6.8%	7.0%		16.5%	11.8%		0.41	0.59
1	vs Major Leagues				13.0		1.15	1.05		9.8%	15.1%		7.8%	10.0%		1.25	1.51		0.0%	0.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Newark Eagles			SP	756.0		1.36	1.44		10.5%	12.4%		7.1%	8.9%		1.48	1.41		0.9%	1.0%
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1.1		3.75	2.39		0.0%	8.3%		11.1%	12.9%		0.00	0.64		0.0%	0.3%
1	NNL North All Stars			-	2.0		4.00	1.66		0.0%	7.7%		14.3%	6.4%		0.00	1.20		0.0%	0.0%
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	8.2		2.08	1.56		7.3%	11.2%		12.2%	9.3%		0.60	1.20		2.4%	0.7%
1	Negro All Stars			RP	13.0		1.15	1.05		9.8%	15.1%		7.8%	10.0%		1.25	1.51		0.0%	0.0%
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	52.1		2.18	1.74		6.8%	7.0%		16.5%	11.8%		0.41	0.59

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	NE	NN2	24	SP	19	372	334	60	89	15	6	3	6	0	32	47	0	1	5	5	.266	.332	.374	.707
1941	NE	NN2	25	SP	16	386	355	66	111	19	6	5	9	1	24	33	0	2	5	8	.313	.360	.442	.802
1942	NE	NN2	26	SP	17	417	363	50	85	10	2	5	6	42	56	1	8	3	4	.234	.327	.314	.641
1943	MULT	MULT	27	SP	19	412	371	59	102	16	4	4	1	36	43	0	0	5	1	.275	.339	.372	.711
1944	NE	NN2	28	SP	12	396	348	52	89	15	7	4	6	34	29	0	5	9	0	16	.256	.331	.374	.704
1945	MULT	MULT	29	SP	22	577	498	81	150	7	7	0	1	58	52	0	3	5	6	.301	.377	.343	.721
1946	NE	NN2 / WS	30	SP	16	415	381	46	96	8	3	1	4	23	39	0	2	9	8	.252	.298	.297	.595
1947	NE	NN2	31	SP	14	356	323	50	95	12	1	6	7	25	33	2	6	8	.294	.349	.393	.742
1948	NE	NN2	32	SP	14	364	342	37	80	7	6	2	6	16	41	0	3	3	4	.234	.274	.307	.581
9	6			SP	149	3695	3315	501	897	109	42	30	46	1	290	373	1	26	50	0	60	.271	.334	.357	.691

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Negro Leagues				135	3378	3062	446	816	108	40	30	46	1	242	350	1	24	49	0	59	.266	.325	.357	.682
1	vs Latin Leagues				12	266	207	49	70	44	18	2	.338	.458	.000	.000
1	vs Major Leagues				2	51	46	6	11	1	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	1	1	.239	.300	.348	.648

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Newark Eagles			SP	131	3314	3007	428	793	106	39	29	46	1	234	347	1	24	48	0	59	.264	.322	.354	.676
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1	9	8	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056
1	NNL North All Stars			-	1	14	12	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238
1	Philadelphia Stars			-	2	41	35	12	13	0	1	1	5	3	0	1	.371	.450	.514	.964
1	Negro All Stars			RP	2	51	46	6	11	1	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	1	1	.239	.300	.348	.648
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	12	266	207	49	70	44	18	2	.338	.458	.000	.000

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