Pearson started his Negro league career at the age of 19 with the Newark Eagles. He played 24 games in the 1937 season and batted .234. He played with the Eagles for all but six games of his 463-game career (with brief appearances for two teams). He batted over .300 for the first time in 1940, when he batted .347 with a Negro National League-leading eight home runs. He regressed the next year with .278 but made his first East-West All-Star Game. In 1942, he batted a league-leading .347 while leading in hits (67), home runs (11), and runs batted in (56); he was named to both All-Star games held that year. Only six other players in Negro league baseball history had achieved a batting Triple Crown, and it was Pearson and Ted Strong of the Negro American League that year that were the last players to achieve a batting Triple Crown.
The following year, he batted just .271 but made another All-Star team. He made the All-Star team for the 1945 and 1946 seasons while batting .300 in each year (including leading the league in stolen bases with seventeen in 1946). He played his last major league season in 1948, batting .292.
Referencesedit
^Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN0-7867-0959-6.
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lennie, pearson, leonard, curtis, pearson, 1918, december, 1980, nicknamed, hoss, american, baseball, first, baseman, negro, leagues, played, from, 1937, 1949, playing, mostly, with, newark, eagles, first, basemanborn, 1914, august, 1914akron, ohio, died, dece. Leonard Curtis Pearson May 23 1918 December 7 1980 nicknamed Hoss was an American baseball first baseman in the Negro leagues He played from 1937 to 1949 playing mostly with the Newark Eagles 1 Lennie PearsonFirst basemanBorn 1914 08 23 August 23 1914Akron Ohio U S Died December 7 1980 1980 12 07 aged 66 East Orange New Jersey U S Batted RightThrew Rightdebut1937 for the Newark EaglesLast appearance1948 for the Newark EaglesCareer statisticsBatting average 294Hits506Home runs50Runs batted in325Stolen bases42TeamsNewark Eagles 1937 1942 1943 1944 1948 Homestead Grays 1942 1943 Philadelphia Stars 1943 Career highlights and awards6 All Star 1941 1942 1943 1945 1946 Negro World Series champion 1946 Negro National League batting champion 1942 Triple Crown 1942 Pearson started his Negro league career at the age of 19 with the Newark Eagles He played 24 games in the 1937 season and batted 234 He played with the Eagles for all but six games of his 463 game career with brief appearances for two teams He batted over 300 for the first time in 1940 when he batted 347 with a Negro National League leading eight home runs He regressed the next year with 278 but made his first East West All Star Game In 1942 he batted a league leading 347 while leading in hits 67 home runs 11 and runs batted in 56 he was named to both All Star games held that year Only six other players in Negro league baseball history had achieved a batting Triple Crown and it was Pearson and Ted Strong of the Negro American League that year that were the last players to achieve a batting Triple Crown The following year he batted just 271 but made another All Star team He made the All Star team for the 1945 and 1946 seasons while batting 300 in each year including leading the league in stolen bases with seventeen in 1946 He played his last major league season in 1948 batting 292 References edit Riley James A 1994 The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues New York Carroll amp Graf ISBN 0 7867 0959 6 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors and Seamheads NLB Museum nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball first baseman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Negro league baseball infielder article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lennie Pearson amp oldid 1178832466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
