1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Sam Bankhead	HG	9
2	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	6
3	Henry Kimbro	BEG	5
4	Cool Papa Bell	HG	4
5	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	4
6	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	4
7	Frank Austin	PS	3
8	Rufus Baker	NBY	3
9	Jerry Benjamin	HG	3
10	Gene Benson	PS	3

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Bill Ricks	PS	96
2	Ray Brown	HG	52
3	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	46
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	41
5	Barney Brown	PS	37
6	Luis Tiant	NYC	37
7	Johnny Johnson	HG	34
8	Edsall Walker	HG	33
9	Tom Glover	BEG	25
10	Henry Miller	PS	25

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	499.2		1.35	9.5%	6.8%	1.40
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	489.1		1.34	12.0%	6.4%	1.89
3	New York Cubans	NN2	336.1		1.36	9.4%	8.3%	1.13
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	304.0		1.32	10.7%	5.6%	1.90
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	288.1		1.41	8.6%	8.5%	1.02
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	173.1		1.89	8.2%	9.4%	0.87
	6	1	2091.0		1.40	10.0%	7.2%	1.38

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Bill Ricks	PS	SP	157.0		1.29	14.5%	7.7%	1.88
2	Ray Brown	HG	SP	136.0		1.14	9.4%	3.2%	2.89
3	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	SP	97.2		1.44	10.7%	6.3%	1.70
4	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	85.2		1.32	5.5%	8.8%	0.63
5	Barney Brown*	PS	SP	77.1		1.46	10.9%	5.0%	2.18
6	Spoon Carter	HG	SP	75.0		1.63	5.9%	6.5%	0.91
7	Carrenza Howard	NYC	RP	71.2		1.31	6.6%	7.6%	0.87
8	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	SP	69.0		1.17	14.5%	4.2%	3.42
9	Edsall Walker*	HG	RP	63.1		1.34	12.1%	5.9%	2.06
10	Johnny Johnson	HG	RP	61.2		1.38	12.7%	11.6%	1.10
11	Henry Miller	PS	SP	61.1		1.35	9.5%	6.5%	1.47
12	Donald Troy	BEG	SP	55.2		1.10	11.2%	10.3%	1.09
13	Dave Hoskins	HG	SP	55.0		1.29	8.7%	5.2%	1.67
14	Percy Forrest	NE/NBY	SP	54.1		2.04	4.4%	10.0%	0.44
15	Hubert Glenn	PS	SP	52.1		1.15	9.0%	6.1%	1.46
16	Barney Morris	NYC	RP	51.1		1.38	10.4%	10.4%	1.00
17	Victor Greenidge	NYC	RP	46.1		1.49	7.8%	9.8%	0.80
18	Patricio Scantlebury*	NYC	RP	46.0		1.43	6.5%	7.5%	0.87
19	Tom Glover*	BEG	RP	44.1		1.17	13.8%	3.3%	4.17
20	Don Newcombe	NE	RP	42.1		1.56	10.9%	12.5%	0.88
21	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	40.0		1.98	9.2%	6.6%	1.38
22	Roy Welmaker*	HG	SP	39.0		1.36	10.2%	11.4%	0.89
23	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	38.0		1.39	9.1%	5.5%	1.67
24	Luis Tiant*	NYC	RP	37.1		1.50	22.4%	9.7%	2.31
25	Pete Sunkett	PS	RP	36.0		1.39	9.6%	5.8%	1.67
26	Dave Barnhill	NYC	SP	35.1		1.16	8.8%	6.1%	1.44
27	Tony Walker^	BEG	SP	33.2		1.19	6.4%	5.7%	1.13
28	Ule Mahoney*	PS	RP	30.1		1.58	14.5%	6.5%	2.22
29	Goose Curry	PS	RP	30.0		1.17	8.2%	3.3%	2.50
30	Jimmy Hill*	NE	RP	29.0		1.24	9.9%	5.8%	1.71
31	Bill Harvey*	BEG	RP	27.1		1.79	6.9%	6.9%	1.00
32	Johnny Davis	NE	SP	24.1		1.44	13.2%	7.5%	1.75
33	Willie Hubert	HG	RP	24.0		1.04	7.4%	5.3%	1.40
34	Bill Anderson	NYC	RP	22.0		1.41	5.3%	8.4%	0.63
35	Lefty Boone*	PS/HG	RP	22.0		1.18	10.9%	6.5%	1.67
36	Andy Porter	BEG	RP	21.1		1.50	11.7%	6.4%	1.83
37	Joe Black	BEG	RP	18.2		1.55	11.9%	1.2%	10.00
38	Connie Rector	NBY	RP	17.2		1.75	8.5%	13.4%	0.64
39	John McFarland^	NBY	RP	16.2		2.34	5.7%	16.1%	0.36
40	Johnny Taylor	NYC	SP	15.1		1.11	12.9%	4.8%	2.67
41	Johnny Wright	HG	SP	14.1		1.40	14.5%	8.1%	1.80
42	Eddie White*	HG	RP	12.2		2.13	6.3%	9.4%	0.67
43	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	11.0		1.27	2.2%	6.5%	0.33
44	Fred Hobgood*	PS/NE	RP	10.2		1.59	12.5%	4.2%	3.00
45	Ed Jacobs^	NE	RP	10.2		1.22	4.5%	9.1%	0.50
46	Freddie Jackson^	NBY	SP	9.0		1.56	12.5%	12.5%	1.00
47	Perry^	PS	SP	9.0		1.22	18.9%	5.4%	3.50
48	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	8.2		2.19	8.9%	13.3%	0.67
49	Bill Russell^	NBY	RP	7.2		1.04	9.7%	6.5%	1.50
50	Jesse Brown*	NBY	SP	7.1		1.23	10.0%	6.7%	1.50
51	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	7.0		1.00	11.1%	11.1%	1.00
52	Ches Buchanan	PS	RP	5.0		3.20	12.9%	6.5%	2.00
53	Roland Anderson^	HG	SP	4.1		2.31	4.3%	13.0%	0.33
54	Larry Kimbrough	PS	RP	4.1		1.85	19.0%	14.3%	1.33
55	Laymon Yokely	BEG	RP	3.0		3.00	5.6%	5.6%	1.00
56	Specs Roberts	NBY	RP	1.2		3.50	0.0%	7.7%	0.00
57	Sam Bankhead	HG	RP	1.2		0.60	0.0%	0.0%
58	Ray Battle	HG	RP	1.0		4.00	0.0%	14.3%	0.00
59	Hill^	HG	SP	0.2		9.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00
60	Carpenter^	PS	SP	0.0		0.00	0.0%	50.0%	0.00

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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