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1938 Pittsburgh Crawfords Roster (40-man)

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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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Sam Bankhead	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	165	Sep 18, 1910	7	32		32		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	28	1	29			0.2	All-Star
Pepper Bassett	27	us US	B	R	6' 3"	225	Aug 5, 1910	4	20		20		0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Gene Benson	24	us US	L	L	5' 9"	180	Oct 2, 1913	3	25		25		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	17	25			-0.7
Marion Cain	24	us US		R	5' 10"	180	Feb 14, 1914	2	4		4		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Roland Calhoun	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	176	Feb 18, 1913	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Mickey Casey	33	us US		R	5' 7"	200	May 5, 1905	6	6		6		0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Oscar Charleston HOF	41	us US	L	L	5' 8"	185	Oct 14, 1896	15	1		1														0.0
Buster Clarkson	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	210	Mar 13, 1915	1st	22		22		0	0	0	0	16	5	1	0	0	1			0.4
Alex Crumbley	29	us US	L	R			1909	2	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			-0.1
Roosevelt Davis	33	us US	R	R	5' 9"	168	Nov 19, 1904	15	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
George Giles	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	180	May 2, 1909	10	14		14		0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Napoleon Hairston	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	208	Aug 22, 1912	1st	37		37		0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	0	37			-0.2
Bill Harvey	30	us US	L	L	5' 8"	175	Mar 23, 1908	6	17		17		11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			0.9
Fats Jenkins	40	us US	L	R	5' 7"	165	Jan 10, 1898	10	9		9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9			-0.2
Charlie King	25	us US			6' 3"	170	Nov 9, 1912	2	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Leroy Matlock	31	us US	L	L	5' 9"	175	Mar 12, 1907	10	10		10		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			-0.2
Purnell Mincy	22	us US	L	L	6' 4"	195	Feb 14, 1916	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Barney Morris	28	us US	L	R	5' 11"	170	Jun 3, 1910	4	10		10		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.9
Henry Richardson	20	us US			6' 0"	185	Aug 26, 1917	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.2
Leon Ruffin	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	169	Feb 11, 1912	4	22		22		0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.5
Clyde Smith			R	R	5' 7"	205	Unknown	1st	4		4		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Theolic Smith	25	us US	B	R	5' 11"	170	May 19, 1913	3	14		14		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			-0.6
Johnny Taylor	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 4, 1916	3	11		11		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.8	All-Star
Fuzzy Walton	25	us US	R		5' 8"	172	Nov 15, 1912	1st	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			-0.1
Johnny Washington	22	us US	L	R	6' 2"	185	Jan 9, 1916	3	24		24		0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.3
Chester Williams	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	180	May 25, 1906	9	39		39		0	0	0	3	3	32	0	0	0	0			1.1
Harry Williams	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jun 5, 1905	7	37		37		0	1	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0			1.8
Dan Wilson	22	us US	B	R	6' 1"	155	Sep 15, 1915	3	34		34		0	0	0	1	20	0	1	3	10	14			0.3
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR