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1937 Negro American League Pitching Leaders

1938 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 130 games, 8 teams, approx. 32 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Hilton Smith	30	KCM,CAG	Maj	KCM-CAG	11	4	.733	1.66	2.21	21	16	4	9	3	1	130.1	85	32	24	2	27	0	99	0	0	1	494	0.859	5.9	0.1	1.9	6.8	3.67
2	Vet Barnes	25	KCM	Maj	KCM	9	2	.818	2.08	2.60	15	7	7	5	0	2	69.1	60	20	16	2	18	0	45	3	0	1	279	1.125	7.8	0.3	2.3	5.8	2.50
3	Jesse Houston	27	CT	Maj	CT	9	3	.750	2.26	3.79	16	15	1	10	1	0	111.2	101	47	28	2	21	0	84	7	0	1	473	1.093	8.1	0.2	1.7	6.8	4.00
4	Johnny Markham	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	7	0	1.000	4.15	5.29	12	4	3	2	0	0	47.2	51	28	22	3	13	0	47	1	0	1	207	1.343	9.6	0.6	2.5	8.9	3.62
5	Eugene Bremer	20	CT	Maj	CT	5	2	.714	1.47	2.45	7	6	1	5	2	0	55.0	39	15	9	0	10	0	29	0	0	0	218	0.891	6.4	0.0	1.6	4.7	2.90
6	Willie Cornelius	30	CAG	Maj	CAG	5	4	.556	2.88	4.02	17	12	5	6	1	1	103.0	82	46	33	4	35	0	66	3	0	2	424	1.136	7.2	0.3	3.1	5.8	1.89
7	Ted Trent	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	5	6	.455	2.59	4.19	15	8	5	5	3	2	73.0	75	34	21	2	15	0	41	2	0	2	311	1.233	9.2	0.2	1.8	5.1	2.73
8	Bill Foster*	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	4	5	.444	3.90	4.91	16	8	6	3	2	0	80.2	77	44	35	4	30	1	46	2	0	2	358	1.326	8.6	0.4	3.3	5.1	1.53
9	Floyd Kranson	23	KCM,MRS,CAG	Maj	KCM-MRS-CAG	4	5	.444	3.24	5.47	15	7	5	3	0	0	80.2	84	49	29	2	31	0	50	6	0	8	371	1.426	9.4	0.2	3.5	5.6	1.61
10	Cliff Blackmon	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	3	4	.429	5.50	7.00	11	6	1	4	1	0	54.0	71	42	33	2	26	0	27	0	0	0	251	1.796	11.8	0.3	4.3	4.5	1.04
11	Jack Bruton	25	BBB	Maj	BBB	3	4	.429	5.49	6.53	8	7	1	6	0	0	60.2	82	44	37	6	15	0	34	1	0	2	264	1.599	12.2	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.27
12	Andy Cooper*	40	KCM,CAG	Maj	KCM-CAG	3	2	.600	2.61	3.68	10	7	3	5	0	0	58.2	43	24	17	1	10	1	40	1	0	0	225	0.903	6.6	0.2	1.5	6.1	4.00
13	Willie Ferrell*	23	BBB	Maj	BBB	3	4	.429	5.69	7.97	10	8	2	5	0	0	55.1	64	49	35	3	22	0	24	4	0	0	256	1.554	10.4	0.5	3.6	3.9	1.09
14	Leo Hannibal	26	IA	Maj	IA	3	3	.500	4.60	6.51	7	5	2	3	0	0	47.0	54	34	24	0	18	0	32	1	0	0	209	1.532	10.3	0.0	3.4	6.1	1.78
15	Red Howard*	27	BBB	Maj	BBB	3	2	.600	7.65	8.60	5	5	0	3	0	0	37.2	44	36	32	4	14	0	25	0	0	2	172	1.540	10.5	1.0	3.3	6.0	1.79
16	Porter Moss	27	CT,CAG,KCM	Maj	CT-CAG-KCM	3	4	.429	2.99	4.09	14	8	4	6	0	0	81.1	77	37	27	3	12	0	57	4	0	0	340	1.094	8.5	0.3	1.3	6.3	4.75
17	Lefty Wilson*	20	KCM,MRS	Maj	KCM-MRS	3	2	.600	2.70	4.39	8	7	0	4	1	0	53.1	50	26	16	0	12	0	37	0	1	1	223	1.163	8.4	0.0	2.0	6.2	3.08
18	Frank Bradley	19	KCM	Maj	KCM	2	0	1.000	0.68	1.35	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.1	7	2	1	0	2	0	17	1	0	0	49	0.675	4.7	0.0	1.4	11.5	8.50
19	Cornelius Cook*	27	IA	Maj	IA	2	2	.500	5.77	7.60	6	3	2	2	0	0	34.1	36	29	22	0	12	0	13	0	0	0	146	1.398	9.4	0.0	3.1	3.4	1.08
20	John Griffin*	23	SLS	Maj	SL2	2	2	.500	9.07	10.55	9	4	4	2	0	0	42.2	57	50	43	7	26	0	16	1	0	1	216	1.945	12.0	1.5	5.5	3.4	0.62
21	Claude Hayslett	24	IA,MRS	Maj	IA-MRS	2	2	.500	3.43	5.36	9	6	2	2	0	0	42.0	39	25	16	1	16	0	20	2	0	0	188	1.310	8.4	0.2	3.4	4.3	1.25
22	Ben Henderson	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	2	2	.500	8.63	10.13	5	4	0	2	0	0	24.0	36	27	23	2	10	0	20	1	0	0	120	1.917	13.5	0.8	3.8	7.5	2.00
23	Tommy Johnson	22	SLS	Maj	SL2	2	9	.182	6.28	9.07	13	11	2	7	0	0	90.1	132	91	63	4	38	0	31	1	0	4	438	1.882	13.2	0.4	3.8	3.1	0.82
24	Bob Madison?	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	2	2	.500	4.80	6.00	6	5	1	3	0	0	30.0	35	20	16	0	12	0	25	1	0	0	143	1.567	10.5	0.0	3.6	7.5	2.08
25	Percy Miller*	40	DS	Maj	DTS	2	6	.250	6.63	8.45	9	8	0	5	0	0	54.1	66	51	40	2	40	0	27	6	0	1	268	1.951	10.9	0.3	6.6	4.5	0.68
26	Bo Mitchell?	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	2	1	.667	1.33	1.67	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	21	5	4	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	101	0.852	7.0	0.0	0.7	5.0	7.50
27	Roy Partlow*	25	CT	Maj	CT	2	1	.667	3.15	5.40	3	3	0	2	0	0	20.0	19	12	7	2	6	0	31	0	0	1	84	1.250	8.6	0.9	2.7	14.0	5.17
28	Malvin Powell	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	2	3	.400	5.70	6.94	11	7	4	1	0	0	36.1	42	28	23	0	14	0	10	4	0	0	165	1.541	10.4	0.0	3.5	2.5	0.71
29	Ted Radcliffe	34	CT	Maj	CT	2	1	.667	3.65	5.11	5	1	4	0	0	0	12.1	11	7	5	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	49	1.135	8.0	0.0	2.2	6.6	3.00
30	Dean Thomas	24	DS	Maj	DTS	2	3	.400	5.63	6.98	6	5	1	3	0	0	40.0	44	31	25	2	17	0	28	0	0	0	179	1.525	9.9	0.5	3.8	6.3	1.65
31	Daniel Webster	25	DS	Maj	DTS	2	0	1.000	5.88	7.19	7	1	6	1	0	0	41.1	51	33	27	2	12	0	20	3	0	0	189	1.524	11.1	0.4	2.6	4.4	1.67
32	Emery Adams	25	MRS	Maj	MRS	1	2	.333	4.64	7.59	4	3	0	2	0	0	21.1	25	18	11	1	12	0	6	2	0	0	101	1.734	10.5	0.4	5.1	2.5	0.50
33	Homer Curry	32	MRS,KCM,IA	Maj	MRS-KCM-IA	1	1	.500	9.45	10.13	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.1	20	15	14	1	5	0	6	0	1	0	65	1.875	13.5	0.7	3.4	4.1	1.20
34	Elbert Eatmon?	22	BBB	Maj	BBB	1	1	.500	5.87	7.04	5	1	4	0	0	0	23.0	27	18	15	1	8	0	12	0	0	1	107	1.522	10.6	0.4	3.1	4.7	1.50
35	Jonathan Hill*	--	SLS	Maj	SL2	1	1	.500	7.20	10.20	2	2	0	2	0	0	15.0	26	17	12	2	1	0	10	0	0	1	78	1.800	15.6	1.2	0.6	6.0	10.00
36	Bill Howard*	--	IA,MRS	Maj	IA-MRS	1	1	.500	2.08	3.12	5	2	3	2	0	2	26.0	21	9	6	1	11	0	12	1	0	0	110	1.231	7.3	0.3	3.8	4.2	1.09
37	Robert Hughes	--	IA	Maj	IA	1	5	.167	6.82	9.44	6	6	0	2	0	0	34.1	57	36	26	0	6	0	20	0	0	0	175	1.835	14.9	0.0	1.6	5.2	3.33
38	Willie Jefferson	33	CT	Maj	CT	1	2	.333	5.72	6.41	8	5	1	3	0	0	39.1	49	28	25	2	8	0	33	2	0	0	181	1.449	11.2	0.5	1.8	7.6	4.13
39	Charley Justice	23	DS	Maj	DTS	1	1	.500	10.24	13.97	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.2	12	15	11	1	6	0	8	0	0	0	49	1.862	11.2	0.9	5.6	7.4	1.33
40	Henry McHenry	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	1	6	.143	2.27	4.01	15	10	5	4	1	3	67.1	58	30	17	1	19	0	42	1	0	1	283	1.144	7.8	0.1	2.5	5.6	2.21
41	Johnny Reed	21	SLS,IA	Maj	SL2-IA	1	2	.333	5.13	6.49	5	3	1	2	0	0	26.1	32	19	15	0	12	0	11	2	1	0	121	1.671	10.9	0.0	4.1	3.8	0.92
42	Newt Allen	36	KCM,CAG	Maj	KCM-CAG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
43	Cornelius Augustus*	31	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	0		81.00	81.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	18.000	54.0	0.0	108.0	0.0	0.00
44	Cannonball Berry	25	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	0		54.00	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	Chuck Bowen?	--	IA	Maj	IA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Provine Bradley	29	CT	Maj	CT	0	3	.000	4.03	5.59	5	3	2	1	0	0	29.0	28	18	13	0	9	0	10	0	0	0	129	1.276	8.7	0.0	2.8	3.1	1.11
47	Brewster?	--	DS	Maj	DTS	0	0		4.50	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1.250	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	R.B. Bryant?	--	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	3	.000	8.73	10.64	7	4	2	2	0	0	33.0	49	39	32	0	15	0	12	2	0	0	170	1.939	13.4	0.0	4.1	3.3	0.80
49	Lefty Calhoun*	25	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	0		1.17	1.17	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	28	0.783	4.7	0.0	2.3	10.6	4.50
50	Bill Carter?	--	SLS,BBB	Maj	SL2-BBB	0	1	.000	15.43	19.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
51	Zack Clayton*	24	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	0		7.71	15.43	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	2	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	15	3.429	19.3	3.9	11.6	11.6	1.00
52	Norman Cross	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Harry Cunningham?	--	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	0		27.00	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
54	Albert Davis	--	DS	Maj	DTS	0	1	.000	47.25	67.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	10	7	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	16	5.250	20.3	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
55	Robert Dean	21	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	0		8.44	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	8	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	29	2.250	15.2	1.7	5.1	8.4	1.67
56	Glenn Dixon	28	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	2	.000	3.86	9.64	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.2	5	5	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	27	1.929	9.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
57	Wesley Hardiman?	--	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Floyd Holston?	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	0		7.71	7.71	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	1.286	7.7	3.9	3.9	7.7	2.00
59	Howard?	--	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	0		54.00	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	15.000	108.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
60	Johnson?	--	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
61	Joe Lillard	32	CAG,CT	Maj	CAG-CT	0	1	.000	12.91	14.09	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	16	12	11	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	40	2.478	18.8	2.3	3.5	1.2	0.33
62	Granville Lyons?	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	2	.000	3.00	7.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	45	1.667	11.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.00
63	Joe May	23	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	0		16.20	16.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	12	12	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	31	2.400	16.2	4.1	5.4	2.7	0.50
64	Zell Miles	27	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
65	Claude Miller	23	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	1	.000	16.20	18.36	3	2	1	0	0	0	8.1	14	17	15	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	46	2.400	15.1	3.2	6.5	2.2	0.33
66	Barney Morris	27	CT	Maj	CT	0	1	.000	11.57	19.29	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	5	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	3.429	30.9	0.0	0.0	15.4
67	Buck O'Neil	25	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	0		4.91	7.36	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	1.636	14.7	0.0	0.0	4.9
68	Julius Osley	22	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	0		6.75	10.13	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	2.625	10.1	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
69	Paige?	--	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	1	.000	13.50	16.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	6	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	22	3.300	16.2	0.0	13.5	8.1	0.60
70	Al Parker*	--	IA	Maj	IA	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
71	Bullet Rogan	43	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	1	.000	13.50	15.19	2	1	1	0	0	1	5.1	7	9	8	0	1	0	5	1	0	2	25	1.500	11.8	0.0	1.7	8.4	5.00
72	Dizzy Royal?	22	IA	Maj	IA	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	8	2.250	6.8	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
73	Joe Sparks	--	SLS,CAG	Maj	SL2-CAG	0	1	.000	16.88	20.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	6	5	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	18	3.375	23.6	0.0	6.8	13.5	2.00
74	Walter Thomas	25	DS,CAG	Maj	CAG-DTS	0	3	.000	9.74	12.39	6	4	1	0	0	0	20.1	34	28	22	2	8	0	17	1	0	4	107	2.066	15.0	0.9	3.5	7.5	2.13
75	Eli Underwood?	30	DS	Maj	DTS	0	0		1.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.00
76	Henry Williams	42	SLS	Maj	SL2	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.375	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0