1938 Pittsburgh Crawfords Statistics

1937 Season 1939 Season

Record: 28-26-1, Finished 4th 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

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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	26	22	85	71	5	13	1	0	0	10	0		8		.183	.266	.197	.463	24	14		0	6
2	1B	Johnny Washington*	22	24	97	85	9	23	5	1	2	21	2		8		.271	.340	.424	.764	101	36		1	3
3	2B	Harry Williams	33	37	157	140	35	55	12	4	4	32	3		14		.393	.448	.621	1.069	180	87		0	3
4	SS	Chester Williams	32	39	163	146	23	45	7	5	0	17	2		11		.308	.357	.425	.781	105	62		0	6
5	3B	Dan Wilson#	22	34	142	118	22	30	7	3	1	14	2		16		.254	.367	.390	.757	100	46		5	3
6	LF	Napoleon Hairston	25	37	153	130	28	29	6	2	2	18	2		16		.223	.313	.346	.659	74	45		1	6
7	CF	Sam Bankhead	27	32	144	128	23	29	5	0	2	16	6		13		.227	.298	.313	.610	61	40		0	3
8	RF	Gene Benson*	24	25	115	107	17	23	3	2	1	12	1		4		.215	.250	.308	.558	47	33		1	3
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	IF	Buster Clarkson	23	22	83	71	8	17	4	0	4	14	0		11		.239	.341	.465	.806	111	33		0	1
10	UT	Pepper Bassett#	27	20	62	56	8	13	3	0	2	11	0		3		.232	.271	.393	.664	73	22		0	3
11	1B	George Giles*	29	14	59	53	6	16	5	1	0	6	3		5		.302	.362	.434	.796	109	23		0	1
12	OF	Fats Jenkins*	40	9	41	38	4	8	1	1	0	1	0		1		.211	.231	.289	.520	37	11		0	2
13	C	Mickey Casey?	33	6	21	19	3	2	0	0	0	2	0		2		.105	.190	.105	.296	-20	2		0	0
14	IF	Clyde Smith		4	14	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2		.200	.385	.200	.585	58	2		1	1
15	OF	Alex Crumbley*	29	2	8	7	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		1		.286	.375	.571	.946	147	4		0	0
16	OF	Fuzzy Walton	25	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.200	.000	.200	-43	0		0	0
17		Oscar Charleston*	41	1	1	1	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
18	P	Bill Harvey*	30	17	36	30	10	10	0	1	2	10	0		4		.333	.412	.600	1.012	164	18		0	2
19	P	Johnny Taylor	22	11	35	33	5	10	1	0	0	3	0		0		.303	.303	.333	.636	68	11		0	2
20	P	Barney Morris*	28	10	29	26	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		1		.231	.259	.231	.490	30	6		0	2
21	P	Leroy Matlock*	31	10	26	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		4		.143	.280	.143	.423	15	3		0	1
22	P	Theolic Smith#	25	14	24	18	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		2		.222	.300	.278	.578	53	5		0	4
23	P	Marion Cain?	24	4	7	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	0		0		.286	.286	.571	.857	121	4		0	0
24	P	Charlie King?	25	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1		0	0
25	P	Henry Richardson?	20	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	42	0		0	0
26	P	Roosevelt Davis	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
27	P	Purnell Mincy*	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	429	1		0	0
28	P	Roland Calhoun	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.2	55	1516	1327	220	344	61	22	20	192	21		128		.259	.329	.384	.712	87	509		9	52
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams				3	4	3	3	2	3		1		4	4	7	5	4	4		3		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.3	55	1350	1184	195	307	59	20	18	176	21		116		.259	.330	.389	.719	89	460		9	41
		Pitcher Totals	26.8	55	166	143	25	37	2	2	2	16	0		12		.259	.316	.343	.659	74	49		0	11
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	Johnny Taylor	22	7	2	.778	3.96	10	9	1	8	0	0	75.0	65	38	33	3	30		51	0		0	313	120	3.41	1.267	7.8	0.4	3.6	6.1	1.70
2	SP	Barney Morris	28	4	4	.500	3.22	10	9	1	7	1	0	72.2	57	34	26	3	30		55	0		2	303	147	3.31	1.197	7.1	0.4	3.7	6.8	1.83
3	SP	Bill Harvey*	30	4	3	.571	5.14	11	7	3	4	0	0	56.0	54	37	32	2	20		28	4		1	239	92	3.80	1.321	8.7	0.3	3.2	4.5	1.40
4	SP	Leroy Matlock*	31	0	4	.000	5.74	8	5	2	3	0	0	47.0	60	38	30	4	18		23	0		0	227	83	4.33	1.660	11.5	0.8	3.4	4.4	1.28
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
5	RP	Theolic Smith	25	1	5	.167	7.06	12	5	5	3	0	1	43.1	65	40	34	7	14		18	2		0	208	67	5.43	1.823	13.5	1.5	2.9	3.7	1.29
6	RP	Marion Cain	24	1	1	.500	7.80	4	1	2	0	0	0	15.0	20	15	13	1	11		4	1		0	75	62	5.78	2.067	12.0	0.6	6.6	2.4	0.36
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
7		Charlie King?	25	1	0	1.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	9	9	3	6		0	0		0	44	54	9.38	2.000	12.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
8		Purnell Mincy*	22	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	0	3		2	0		0	16	96	4.55	1.800	8.1	0.0	8.1	5.4	0.67
9		Henry Richardson?	20	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	0	0	2		0	0		0	12		4.85	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
10		Roosevelt Davis	33	0	1	.000	23.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	11	7	6	2	1		0	0		0	19	23	15.48	5.143	42.4	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.00
11		Roland Calhoun	25	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	1	0	0		1	0		0	7	70	1.05	4.000	36.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	26.6	18	21	.462	5.10	55	40	14	26	1	1	328.0	353	223	186	25	135		182	7		3	1463	94	4.23	1.488	9.7	0.7	3.7	5.0	1.35
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams		3	4		4				3	3	4	3	6	6	6	6	5		3
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