1943 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1943 Season


Negro American League


1942 / 1944

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Theolic
Smith

Leaders

OPS

# Player Team OPS
1
Willard Brown
KCM
.923
2
Alex Radcliff
CAG
.856
3
Piper Davis
BBB
.808
4
Sam Jethroe
CBE
.805
5
Hank Thompson
KCM
.789
6
Lloyd Davenport
CAG/KCM
.784
7
Neil Robinson
MRS
.784
8
Felix McLaurin
BBB
.776
9
Thad Christopher
CC/CBE
.767
10
Ed Young
CAG
.759


Standings
Glossary

Negro American League

vs NAL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
38
22
1
.633
-
49
34
2
.590
5.5
4.5
Parnell Woods
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
43
27
1
.614
-
51
39
1
.567
4.7
3.9
Frank Duncan
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
46
35
2
.568
2.5
60
49
2
.550
4.7
4.0
Winfield Welch
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4
35
34
0
.507
7.5
42
38
0
.525
4.8
4.9
Ted Radcliffe
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
5
30
48
3
.385
17.0
37
51
3
.420
3.9
4.9
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
6
31
57
5
.352
21.0
42
62
5
.404
4.1
5.6
Bunny Downs, Fred Wilson
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      
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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James