1937 Pittsburgh Crawfords Statistics

1936 Season 1938 Season

Record: 18-36-1, Finished 6th in Negro National League II

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Leon Ruffin	25	22	68	65	4	16	2	1	0	7	0		1		.246	.258	.308	.565	46	20		0	2
2	1B	Johnny Washington*	21	30	112	108	13	33	4	1	2	15	0		3		.306	.324	.417	.741	91	45		0	1
3	2B	Dan Wilson#	21	38	146	132	26	38	5	2	0	12	3		12		.288	.347	.356	.703	83	47		0	2
4	SS	Chester Williams	31	35	150	140	11	39	6	2	0	16	5		6		.279	.308	.350	.658	71	49		0	4
5	3B	Henry Spearman	27	28	123	113	17	38	7	0	4	15	0		9		.336	.385	.504	.890	129	57		0	1
6	LF	Sam Bankhead	26	8	35	33	5	9	2	0	0	1	0		2		.273	.314	.333	.648	68	11		0	0
7	CF	Emmett Wilson#	24	25	96	85	14	25	3	3	0	10	2		6		.294	.341	.400	.741	92	34		0	5
8	RF	Buddy Burbage*	30	30	135	126	18	34	8	1	2	15	3		3		.270	.287	.397	.684	76	50		0	6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Pepper Bassett#	26	21	70	65	11	24	5	0	2	13	0		3		.369	.397	.538	.936	140	35		0	2
10	OF	Bill Harvey*	29	22	63	53	9	15	5	1	1	7	1		7		.283	.377	.472	.849	119	25		1	2
11	UT	Theolic Smith#	24	20	51	42	8	11	0	1	1	3	0		6		.262	.354	.381	.735	91	16		0	3
12	IF	Pat Patterson#	25	10	45	39	8	11	3	0	1	8	0		5		.282	.364	.436	.800	107	17		0	1
13	1B	Oscar Charleston*	40	15	45	41	4	9	2	0	1	6	0		2		.220	.273	.341	.614	58	14		1	1
14	UT	Jimmy Binder	34	11	40	39	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		1		.128	.150	.154	.304	-21	6		0	0
15	OF	Cool Papa Bell#	34	8	39	36	9	13	2	0	2	7	1		3		.361	.410	.583	.994	155	21		0	0
16	UT	Jabbo Andrews*	29	10	32	28	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		3		.107	.219	.143	.362	-4	4		1	0
17	IF	Jim Starks	31	7	32	26	6	12	2	0	3	8	1		5		.462	.548	.885	1.433	265	23		0	1
18	3B	Butler?		6	26	26	2	6	1	0	0	2	0		0		.231	.231	.269	.500	29	7		0	0
19	UT	Harry Williams	32	5	19	16	5	6	0	1	0	4	0		2		.375	.444	.500	.944	145	8		0	1
20	UT	Tom Young*	34	10	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.200	.273	.200	.473	25	2		0	0
21	OF	Rap Dixon	34	5	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	1		0	1
22	OF	Bill Evans#	38	2	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1		0	1
23	C	Bill Perkins	31	1	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0		.600	.600	.600	1.200	213	3		0	0
24	OF	Hoplins?		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	30	1		0	0
25	C	Lionel Decuir	22	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.250	.000	.250	-29	0		1	0
26	C	Irwin?		1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1		0	1
27	OF	Spoon Carter*	34	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
28	P	Barney Morris*	27	14	35	31	3	9	0	0	0	5	0		2		.290	.333	.290	.624	64	9		0	2
29	P	Roosevelt Davis	32	7	18	15	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		2		.200	.294	.200	.494	31	3		0	1
30	P	Jim Lewis?		9	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1		.077	.143	.154	.297	-23	2		0	0
31	P	Leroy Matlock*	30	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.400	.000	.400	14	0		0	0
32	P	Joe Strong*	34	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
33	P	Marion Cain?	23	3	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.750	1.250	220	3		0	0
34	P	Charles Dunklin	22	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
35	P	Charlie King?	24	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
36	P	Frank McAllister	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
37	P	Chet Brewer#	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.4	55	1464	1335	183	371	61	13	19	162	16		87		.278	.324	.386	.710	84	515		4	38
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				2	4	2	2	4	3		2		6	5	4	5	5	5		3		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	55	1323	1213	169	345	59	12	18	151	16		74		.284	.328	.397	.725	87	482		4	32
		Pitcher Totals	26.5	55	141	122	14	26	2	1	1	11	0		13		.213	.289	.270	.559	46	33		0	6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Barney Morris	27	4	4	.500	4.68	13	9	3	6	1	0	77.0	86	45	40	2	24	0	54	1	0	3	334	107	3.11	1.429	10.1	0.2	2.8	6.3	2.25
2	SP	Theolic Smith	24	5	5	.500	6.22	12	10	1	5	0	0	63.2	83	57	44	7	26	0	29	1	0	2	300	81	4.99	1.712	11.7	1.0	3.7	4.1	1.12
3	SP	Roosevelt Davis	32	2	4	.333	5.04	7	6	1	5	0	0	44.2	50	30	25	2	8	0	22	2	0	0	195	100	3.47	1.299	10.1	0.4	1.6	4.4	2.75
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4	RP	Bill Harvey*	29	1	4	.200	5.58	9	3	4	2	0	0	50.0	53	37	31	7	25	1	20	2	0	0	228	90	5.84	1.560	9.5	1.3	4.5	3.6	0.80
5	RP	Jim Lewis*		1	2	.333	5.36	9	1	6	0	0	0	43.2	48	31	26	3	10	0	7	0	0	0	184	94	4.46	1.328	9.9	0.6	2.1	1.4	0.70
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6		Leroy Matlock*	30	0	1	.000	6.14	3	2	1	0	0	1	14.2	14	12	10	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	61	83	4.57	1.295	8.6	0.6	3.1	2.5	0.80
7		Marion Cain	23	0	3	.000	8.79	3	3	0	2	0	0	14.1	24	16	14	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	69	58	3.69	2.023	15.1	0.0	3.1	2.5	0.80
8		Charles Dunklin	22	0	0		10.29	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	9	8	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	36	51	5.77	2.143	12.9	1.3	6.4	6.4	1.00
9		Joe Strong	34	0	1	.000	12.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	11	9	1	5	0	3	1	0	0	36	43	6.95	2.400	14.9	1.4	6.8	4.1	0.60
10		Chet Brewer	30	0	1	.000	15.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	22	34	8.20	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
11		Spoon Carter	34	0	0		33.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	24	17	11.54	5.000	33.0	3.0	12.0	0.0	0.00
12		Charlie King?	24	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	10	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	21	9.20	4.125	33.8	3.4	3.4	0.0	0.00
13		Frank McAllister	19	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	64	0.20	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
		Team Totals	27.5	13	25	.342	6.36	55	39	19	20	1	1	333.1	409	278	235	27	121	1	152	7	0	5	1517	80	4.49	1.590	11.0	0.7	3.3	4.1	1.26
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		6	1		6				4	4	2	2	5	6	6	5	5		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W