1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Bob Harvey	NE	.426
2	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	.388
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.385
4	Henry Kimbro	BEG	.376
5	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	.357
6	Ed Stone	PS	.345
7	Marvin Williams	PS	.344
8	Johnny Davis	NE	.343
9	Ray Dandridge	NE	.341
10	Frank Austin	PS	.337

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Donald Troy	BEG	267
2	Bill Ricks	PS	153
3	Ray Brown	HG	148
4	Victor Greenidge	NYC	133
5	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	132
6	Barney Morris	NYC	132
7	Jonas Gaines	BEG	130
8	Henry Miller	PS	128
9	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	127
10	Roy Welmaker	HG	124

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	57	2162	1908	349	558	81	36	25	336	27		210				44			.292	.363	.412	.775	108
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	55	2209	1959	341	593	87	36	14	326	19		201				49			.303	.368	.405	.773	99
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	35	1227	1124	165	322	62	14	14	152	12		77				26			.286	.332	.404	.736	93
4	New York Cubans	NN2	38	1431	1301	195	334	52	15	8	177	19		106				24			.257	.313	.338	.651	77
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	34	1236	1124	146	276	40	11	15	140	10		92				20			.246	.303	.341	.643	72
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	21	759	686	60	149	21	3	3	50	13		53				20			.217	.273	.270	.543	47
	6	1	247	9024	8102	1256	2232	343	115	79	1181	100		739				183			.275	.336	.375	.712	89

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Bob Harvey*	NE	LF	27	109	101	21	43	9	3	3	21	2		7				1			.426	.463	.663	1.126	201
2	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	28	119	109	23	42	5	3	5	21	0		8				2			.385	.427	.624	1.051	175
3	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	49	214	179	47	60	14	6	7	43	1		29				6			.335	.428	.598	1.026	174
4	Josh Gibson	HG	C	49	197	177	39	59	6	6	9	48	3		20				0			.333	.401	.588	.989	164
5	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	C	32	139	134	28	52	13	2	3	30	4		5				0			.388	.410	.582	.992	160
6	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	31	141	125	27	47	8	4	2	16	5		12				4			.376	.431	.552	.983	158
7	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	LF	33	133	115	20	41	10	1	2	26	2		17				1			.357	.439	.513	.952	158
8	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	31	114	102	17	35	4	3	2	22	0		11				1			.343	.407	.500	.907	143
9	Marvin Williams	PS	2B	53	228	212	35	73	17	4	3	51	2		13				3			.344	.382	.505	.887	128
10	Goose Curry*	PS	LF	44	175	142	31	43	5	4	2	22	3		32				1			.303	.431	.437	.868	124
11	Frank Austin	PS	SS	47	223	190	44	64	8	5	0	23	3		32				1			.337	.432	.432	.864	123
12	Dave Hoskins*	HG	RF	51	195	186	32	61	10	5	3	42	2		6				3			.328	.349	.484	.833	123
13	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	52	250	211	43	68	8	3	1	24	4		36				3			.322	.421	.403	.824	122
14	Ray Dandridge	NE	2B	30	129	123	18	42	7	2	1	19	3		6				0			.341	.372	.455	.827	122
15	Ed Stone*	PS	RF	49	219	197	40	68	9	6	0	33	1		19				3			.345	.403	.452	.855	120
16	Jim West**	PS	1B	51	230	205	35	69	13	3	1	37	3		22				3			.337	.401	.444	.845	118
17	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	53	249	229	43	71	9	2	2	34	3		17				3			.310	.358	.393	.751	102
18	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	53	246	225	38	71	9	3	2	37	3		16				5			.316	.361	.409	.770	98
19	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	55	248	212	45	56	8	5	1	33	9		31				5			.264	.358	.363	.721	94
20	Bill Cash	PS	C	51	205	183	29	56	8	2	1	32	1		17				5			.306	.365	.388	.753	94
21	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	32	137	124	18	33	8	1	1	17	1		12				1			.266	.331	.371	.702	89
22	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	34	129	120	15	32	3	4	0	18	4		8				1			.267	.313	.358	.671	82
23	Zack Clayton*	NBY	1B	17	68	58	3	14	1	1	1	3	1		6				4			.241	.313	.345	.657	77
24	Doc Dennis	BEG	1B	30	122	114	14	29	7	0	2	17	0		8				0			.254	.303	.368	.672	77
25	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	3B	37	167	151	31	41	2	2	0	14	6		14				2			.272	.333	.311	.645	76
26	José Vargas	NYC	CF	36	132	121	18	31	5	1	1	18	1		8				3			.256	.302	.339	.641	74
27	Jim Williams	NBY	RF	20	77	71	12	19	4	0	0	6	3		5				1			.268	.316	.324	.640	73
28	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	31	134	124	18	32	8	0	0	14	0		6				4			.258	.292	.323	.615	62
29	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	LF	38	153	144	16	33	7	2	1	20	0		8				1			.229	.270	.326	.596	61
30	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	21	85	74	7	15	4	0	0	5	1		8				3			.203	.280	.257	.537	46
31	Tommy Butts	BEG/PS	SS	29	125	112	12	23	3	1	0	9	1		11				2			.205	.276	.250	.526	40
32	Willie Wynn	NE	C	28	114	107	11	22	2	1	1	7	1		5				2			.206	.241	.271	.512	38
33	Murray Watkins*	NE	3B	33	147	128	18	24	3	0	0	8	2		19				0			.188	.293	.211	.503	37

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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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