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

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Donald Troy	BEG	1.62
2	Ray Brown	HG	2.71
3	Bill Ricks	PS	2.81
4	Roy Welmaker	HG	3.23
5	Victor Greenidge	NYC	3.30
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	3.32
7	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	3.33
8	Barney Morris	NYC	3.33
9	Henry Miller	PS	3.38
10	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	3.39

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	BB	K	WP	HBP	ERA	ERA+
1	New York Cubans	NN2	22	15	.595	67	38	15	1	1	336.1	166	135	339	120	136	5	4	3.61	122
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	31	23	.574	84	55	32	1	2	489.1	263	201	525	133	252	2	8	3.70	118
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	17	18	.486	54	35	20	1	1	304.0	165	137	328	73	139	1	7	4.06	106
4	Homestead Grays	NN2	39	16	.709	88	56	32	7	3	499.2	259	214	531	145	203	9	11	3.85	104
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	14	20	.412	51	34	20	1	2	288.1	186	146	300	106	108	5	9	4.56	99
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	3	17	.150	37	21	8	0	1	173.1	160	130	249	79	69	0	4	6.74	70
	6	1	126	109	.536	381	239	127	11	10	2091.0	1199	963	2272	656	907	22	43	4.14	105

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	BB	K	WP	HBP	ERA	ERA+
1	Donald Troy	BEG	SP	5	2	.714	7	7	5	1	0	55.2	17	10	38	23	25	1	1	1.62	267
2	Bill Ricks	PS	SP	11	7	.611	22	18	11	0	0	157.0	68	49	151	51	96	0	3	2.81	153
3	Ray Brown	HG	SP	11	1	.917	19	14	12	3	1	136.0	52	41	137	18	52	0	5	2.71	148
4	Victor Greenidge	NYC	RP	3	2	.600	8	5	2	0	1	46.1	22	17	49	20	16	0	1	3.30	133
5	Patricio Scantlebury*	NYC	RP	3	4	.429	8	5	3	0	0	46.0	27	17	51	15	13	0	0	3.33	132
6	Barney Morris	NYC	RP	5	2	.714	10	6	3	0	0	51.1	25	19	48	23	23	4	0	3.33	132
7	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	2	2	.500	7	5	2	0	0	38.0	16	14	44	9	15	0	1	3.32	130
8	Henry Miller	PS	SP	5	2	.714	10	7	6	0	0	61.1	29	23	66	17	25	0	0	3.38	128
9	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	SP	5	5	.500	12	8	6	1	0	69.0	32	26	69	12	41	0	0	3.39	127
10	Don Newcombe	NE	RP	1	3	.250	9	5	3	0	0	42.1	22	18	42	24	21	2	3	3.83	118
11	Tom Glover*	BEG	RP	2	2	.500	7	4	2	0	0	44.1	21	19	46	6	25	0	0	3.86	112
12	Carrenza Howard	NYC	RP	4	3	.571	13	7	2	0	0	71.2	37	32	71	23	20	0	0	4.02	109
13	Edsall Walker*	HG	RP	6	4	.600	11	4	2	0	0	63.1	36	27	69	16	33	1	2	3.84	105
14	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	5	6	.455	11	11	6	0	0	85.2	51	42	81	32	20	0	3	4.41	102
15	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	SP	4	8	.333	15	12	8	0	1	97.2	67	53	114	27	46	1	3	4.88	94
16	Spoon Carter	HG	SP	6	4	.600	12	10	6	0	1	75.0	44	37	100	22	20	2	1	4.44	91
17	Barney Brown*	PS	SP	6	3	.667	14	10	6	0	1	77.1	56	43	96	17	37	1	1	5.00	86
18	Johnny Johnson	HG	RP	2	5	.286	14	6	3	0	1	61.2	37	32	54	31	34	0	3	4.67	86
19	Percy Forrest	NE/NBY	SP	1	5	.167	9	7	2	0	0	54.1	59	43	84	27	12	1	1	7.12	65
20	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	0	5	.000	6	5	4	0	0	40.0	38	33	66	13	18	0	0	7.43	63

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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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.

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