1944 Season

1943 / 1945

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Pedro
Pagés

Top Pitcher

Ramón
Bragaña

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Bob Harvey	NE	.670
2	Buck Leonard	HG/EAS	.636
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.621
4	Josh Gibson	HG/EAS	.608
5	Alberto Hernández	PUE	.593
6	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.573
7	Ed Steele	BBB	.557
8	Roy Campanella	MULT	.553
9	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	.545
10	Wild Bill Wright	ROM	.539

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	144
2	Satchel Paige	KCM/SAS	107
3	Bill Ricks	PS	103
4	Vidal López	MTY	99
5	Henry McHenry	TPC/VEZ	99
6	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	93
7	Martín Dihigo	JN2	90
8	Agapito Mayor	MULT	88
9	Theolic Smith	ROM	86
10	Alberto Leal	MTY	78

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	North All Stars	NSA	1	40	40	6	15	2	1	0	4	0	0			0	0			.375	.375	.475	.850	147
2	East All Stars	EWA	1	39	34	4	11	2	2	0	4	0	3	3		0	2			.324	.378	.500	.878	115
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	22	796	733	76	200	25	12	2	67	15	53			1	9		2	.273	.323	.348	.671	112
4	Homestead Grays	NN2/WS	60	2378	2078	376	602	92	36	28	335	31	224		5	20	53	3	2	.290	.364	.409	.773	108
5	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL/WS	38	1421	1313	167	342	46	18	7	138	13	73			10	24	1		.260	.304	.339	.643	106
6	Pericos de Puebla	MEX	90	3573	3132	544	914	133	79	22	481	77	373	202		13	55			.292	.370	.406	.775	105
7	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	91	3735	3217	622	964	145	47	41	540	84	452	250		9	57			.300	.387	.412	.800	103
8	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	56	2228	1959	362	610	96	36	15	323	20	206			7	56		3	.311	.379	.420	.799	102
9	Industriales de Monterrey	MEX	92	3562	3123	457	873	114	36	23	403	89	372	207		8	59			.280	.358	.361	.719	100
10	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	1809	1665	215	419	54	22	9	177	24	112			8	24			.252	.302	.327	.629	99
11	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	MEX	92	3624	3170	504	845	139	49	38	474	66	404	331		14	36			.267	.352	.377	.729	98
12	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	4	146	134	14	37	6	0	0	7	2	11			0	1			.276	.331	.321	.652	98
13	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	24	868	777	106	205	25	4	3	92	13	59			6	26			.264	.321	.318	.639	97
14	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	34	1293	1176	176	342	65	14	14	152	11	90		1	5	22			.291	.344	.406	.749	94
15	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	27	981	872	109	215	26	7	3	93	17	85			4	20			.247	.316	.303	.619	90
16	Rojos del México	MEX	91	3573	3120	436	824	121	32	35	397	86	405	224		7	41			.264	.350	.357	.707	89
17	West All Stars	EWA	1	38	35	7	12	1	1	1	6	1	1	3		0	2			.343	.361	.514	.875	89
18	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	4	143	133	10	34	3	1	0	8	1	7			1	2			.256	.298	.293	.591	81
19	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	91	3524	3171	420	817	147	19	26	372	79	296	243		9	48			.258	.323	.341	.663	81
20	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	27	990	891	92	207	32	7	2	71	25	71		3	6	22		1	.232	.293	.291	.584	80
21	Newark Eagles	NN2	34	1301	1165	154	293	45	12	15	141	12	109		2	6	21			.252	.319	.349	.668	77
22	New York Cubans	NN2	38	1435	1289	198	337	49	13	8	166	19	93		5	19	34		1	.261	.320	.338	.659	76
23	New York Black Yankees	NN2	22	765	693	59	149	19	2	3	50	13	51			4	17			.215	.273	.261	.534	44
24	South All Stars	NSA	1	32	30	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	1			1	0			.133	.188	.200	.388	10
	24	7	1288	38294	33950	5115	9271	1389	450	295	4502	699	3551	1463	16	158	631	4	9	.273	.345	.367	.711	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Jesse Douglas*	CAG	SS	20	85	75	10	30	5	4	0	12	2	9			0	1		0	.400	.464	.573	1.038	226
2	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	37	152	131	28	47	9	4	3	25	3	16			3	2	0		.359	.440	.557	.997	219
3	Bob Harvey*	NE	LF	27	109	100	21	43	11	2	3	21	2	7		0	0	2			.430	.467	.670	1.137	200
4	Freddie Shepard*	BCA	RF	3	13	11	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	2			0	0			.455	.538	.455	.993	198
5	Buck Leonard*	HG/EAS	1B	55	247	198	54	70	16	8	8	41	2	37	0	0	6	6	0	0	.354	.469	.636	1.105	198
6	Robbie Robinson^	BCA	3B	3	13	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	1			0	0			.417	.462	.500	.962	189
7	Josh Gibson	HG/EAS	C	55	225	194	43	67	9	6	10	51	3	31	0	3	0	0	0	1	.345	.436	.608	1.044	181
8	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	23	82	77	13	29	4	3	0	13	4	3			0	2			.377	.400	.506	.906	180
9	Artie Wilson*	BBB/WES	SS	37	168	157	24	57	7	5	0	14	3	8	0		2	1	0		.363	.401	.471	.873	176
10	Lázaro Salazar*	MTY	1B	83	323	261	52	99	13	6	2	59	19	60	6		0	2			.379	.495	.498	.993	175
11	Alberto Hernández	PUE	RF	83	365	332	60	131	27	9	7	89	8	25	11		5	3			.395	.445	.593	1.038	174
12	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	30	128	116	24	45	6	3	5	22	0	11		0	0	1			.388	.441	.621	1.062	174
13	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	CF	4	16	16	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0			0	0			.375	.375	.500	.875	170
14	Bonnie Serrell*	MULT	2B	49	200	182	39	58	9	4	4	24	6	16	0		0	2			.319	.374	.478	.852	167
15	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	1B	3	13	13	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0			.385	.385	.462	.846	161
16	Alex Radcliff	MULT	3B	20	81	72	9	23	4	2	1	12	1	8	0		0	1		0	.319	.388	.472	.860	160
17	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	30	124	112	18	38	4	2	0	13	1	7			3	2			.339	.393	.411	.804	156
18	Sam Jethroe**	CBE/WES	CF	24	102	91	19	30	3	0	2	13	2	9	2		1	1			.330	.396	.429	.825	156
19	Art Pennington**	MULT	2B	19	75	68	13	21	3	0	2	11	2	7			0	0		0	.309	.373	.441	.815	154
20	Wild Bill Wright**	ROM	RF	87	377	334	59	112	24	7	10	60	14	42	12		1	0			.335	.411	.539	.950	153
21	Henry Kimbro*	BEG/EAS	CF	34	148	131	28	49	7	4	2	14	4	16	0	0	0	1			.374	.442	.534	.977	153
22	Roy Campanella	MULT	C	35	149	141	29	55	13	2	2	29	5	8	0	0	0	0		0	.390	.423	.553	.976	152
23	Pedro Formental*	VEZ	CF	88	394	330	81	114	24	9	5	73	14	61	20		1	2			.345	.449	.518	.967	145
24	Johnny Davis	MULT	LF	34	131	115	19	40	5	3	2	22	0	14	0	1	0	2			.348	.419	.496	.914	142
25	Pedro Pagés**	PUE	CF	90	417	372	80	129	20	11	5	78	15	40	10		2	3			.347	.413	.500	.913	141
26	Carlos Blanco	JN2	3B	89	393	341	65	104	20	11	6	81	8	51	12		0	1			.305	.395	.481	.876	138
27	Roberto Ávila	PUE	2B	90	433	371	83	124	17	14	2	35	19	53	18		1	8			.334	.419	.472	.891	136
28	Marvin Williams	MULT	2B	54	231	212	36	76	17	5	3	52	3	16	1		0	3		0	.358	.404	.528	.932	136
29	Pancho Coimbre	MULT	LF	34	139	122	20	40	10	1	2	21	2	11	1	2	3	3		0	.328	.397	.475	.872	134
30	Alejandro Crespo	JN2	CF	91	406	377	65	119	21	10	9	83	9	28	31		0	1			.316	.363	.496	.859	133
31	John Britton*	BBB	3B	36	155	143	17	44	5	1	1	19	0	8			1	3	0		.308	.349	.378	.726	132
32	Vidal López	MTY	LF	85	366	307	39	86	18	0	11	60	23	55	28		2	2			.280	.393	.446	.839	132
33	Willie Wells	VEZ/ROM	SS	83	369	293	63	86	13	3	10	52	9	65	11		1	10			.294	.423	.461	.884	129
34	Buddy Armour*	CBE/WES	LF	21	87	74	12	23	3	0	0	14	3	10	0		1	2			.311	.400	.351	.751	129
35	Salvador Hernández	VEZ	C	91	415	357	74	109	29	1	13	97	2	55	22		0	3			.305	.398	.501	.899	128
36	John Bissant	CAG	LF	21	88	85	7	25	4	3	0	6	1	2			0	1		1	.294	.310	.412	.722	127
37	Silvio García	ROM/VEZ	SS	89	414	373	73	117	25	3	11	83	31	36	15		4	1			.314	.380	.485	.865	126
38	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC/SAS	LF	25	107	99	13	31	4	1	0	13	7	7			0	1			.313	.358	.374	.732	124
39	Santos Amaro	TPC	CF	92	410	362	60	116	24	3	3	56	9	45	12		0	3			.320	.396	.428	.824	124
40	Epitacio Torres*	MTY	RF	89	394	349	58	112	18	3	2	58	9	43	13		0	2			.321	.395	.407	.802	122
41	Jim West**	PS	1B	51	223	201	35	72	14	2	1	33	2	17			2	3		1	.358	.414	.463	.876	122
42	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	26	102	91	19	28	3	1	0	10	5	5		0	1	5		0	.308	.351	.363	.713	120
43	Herb Souell**	KCM/SAS	3B	51	210	192	32	55	4	1	2	15	4	17			0	1			.286	.344	.349	.693	120
44	Armando Vázquez*	CIC	1B	27	99	89	11	26	0	1	1	9	2	10			0	0			.292	.364	.348	.712	120
45	Frank Austin	PS	SS	47	224	192	47	64	11	5	0	24	5	28			0	4		0	.333	.418	.443	.861	118
46	Conrado Pérez	PUE	LF	90	422	358	76	104	14	12	5	52	9	52	32		3	9			.291	.385	.439	.824	118
47	Dave Hoskins*	HG	RF	56	218	207	34	67	10	4	4	46	2	4		0	2	4	1	0	.324	.341	.469	.810	117
48	Neil Robinson	MULT	CF	27	110	98	10	27	3	1	1	8	7	9	0	0	2	1		0	.276	.349	.357	.706	117
49	Ed Stone*	PS	RF	49	218	196	41	68	9	6	0	31	0	19			0	3		0	.347	.405	.454	.859	117
50	Goose Curry*	PS	LF	44	178	141	31	41	5	2	3	27	3	30			3	4		0	.291	.425	.418	.844	114
51	John Henry Oliver	BCA	SS	4	17	15	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	1			0	1			.333	.375	.333	.708	113
52	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	58	274	247	47	79	11	2	2	32	4	22		0	1	4	0	0	.320	.378	.405	.783	110
53	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	25	100	90	8	25	3	0	1	13	2	7		0	1	2		1	.278	.337	.344	.681	110
54	Laureano Camacho	JN2	2B	87	348	311	37	92	15	2	5	54	1	33	22		2	2			.296	.367	.405	.772	110
55	Angel Castro*	TPC	1B	92	393	357	58	96	22	2	12	59	4	32	15		1	3			.269	.331	.443	.773	110
56	Ray Dandridge	MULT	2B	33	147	143	20	48	8	2	1	18	3	4	0	0	0	0			.336	.354	.441	.794	109
57	Manuel Arroyo	TPC	2B	78	303	265	48	83	13	3	0	32	9	27	10		2	9			.313	.381	.385	.766	108
58	Jesús Díaz	JN2	LF	89	395	346	76	98	20	7	2	44	13	45	32		1	3			.283	.367	.399	.766	108
59	Carlos Colás	JN2	C	91	401	357	61	104	10	7	5	52	14	40	31		0	4			.291	.363	.401	.763	107
60	Kelo Cruz^	JN2	SS	90	414	349	67	97	18	5	2	30	9	57	40		2	6			.278	.382	.375	.758	106
61	Al Frazier	JRC	3B	4	16	15	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	1			.267	.267	.400	.667	106
62	Alejandro Uriarte	MTY	SS	86	329	301	40	88	14	7	1	39	3	24	20		1	3			.292	.347	.395	.742	105
63	Cool Papa Bell**	HG/EAS	LF	58	280	242	44	72	9	4	1	30	6	30	0	1	1	7	0	0	.298	.377	.380	.757	104
64	Carlos Galina*	PUE	1B	83	344	293	48	79	8	14	0	50	5	50	23		0	1			.270	.376	.392	.769	104
65	Avelino Cañizares	TPC	SS	73	326	295	49	90	13	4	1	21	14	26	17		0	5			.305	.361	.386	.748	103
66	Heberto Blanco	MTY	2B	92	434	377	74	113	9	2	1	34	12	55	30		1	1			.300	.390	.342	.732	103
67	Agustín Bejerano*	VEZ	LF	88	428	358	77	112	12	7	0	35	18	60	22		0	10			.313	.411	.385	.797	103
68	Jimmy Direaux^	TPC	RF	91	385	337	43	96	24	1	2	50	8	39	30		3	6			.285	.364	.380	.744	102
69	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	23	92	84	11	22	4	1	0	7	1	5		0	2	1		0	.262	.319	.333	.652	101
70	Héctor Leal	MTY	CF	92	420	355	58	103	9	5	2	36	12	40	15		1	24			.290	.364	.361	.724	101
71	Bill Cash	PS	C	51	203	179	30	56	10	2	1	28	1	18			1	5		0	.313	.379	.408	.787	99
72	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	P	80	315	264	53	73	9	3	5	44	3	45	43		1	5			.277	.384	.390	.774	97
73	Sam Bankhead	HG/EAS	SS	61	278	234	52	63	9	5	1	29	8	31	0	0	3	10	0	0	.269	.362	.363	.725	96
74	Walter Cannady	CIC/HG	3B	46	181	162	24	48	10	1	0	29	5	16		1	0	1	2	0	.296	.356	.370	.726	96
75	Fermín Vázquez	VEZ	3B	89	384	348	55	105	17	5	3	56	8	31	23		0	5			.302	.359	.405	.764	94
76	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	53	247	228	40	72	9	3	2	32	3	13			0	6		1	.316	.353	.408	.761	92
77	Lloyd Davenport*	MULT	CF	23	93	85	8	24	1	0	0	8	1	5	0		0	3		0	.282	.322	.294	.616	92
78	Theolic Smith**	ROM	LF	87	311	271	35	81	5	2	1	26	5	32	26		0	8			.299	.373	.343	.716	92
79	Clarence Lamar	JRC	SS	4	17	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1			1	0			.267	.353	.267	.620	91
80	Jesse Williams	KCM/SAS	SS	41	165	149	20	33	5	4	0	10	2	13			2	1			.221	.293	.309	.601	90
81	Lennie Pearson	NE/NOS	1B	34	145	129	19	34	9	1	1	19	1	15		0	0	1			.264	.340	.372	.712	89
82	Newt Allen	KCM	1B	43	165	154	17	40	7	0	0	16	0	7			0	4			.260	.292	.305	.597	89
83	Sergio Correa^	ROM	C	89	354	282	39	72	9	2	0	45	17	67	18		1	4			.255	.400	.301	.701	88
84	Clyde Nelson	CAG	1B	21	78	73	8	17	2	2	0	7	2	5			0	0		0	.233	.282	.315	.597	88
85	Lee Moody	KCM	LF	47	186	178	21	45	5	2	1	26	2	5			0	3			.253	.273	.320	.593	88
86	Doc Dennis	BEG	1B	32	129	119	15	30	8	0	3	16	0	8		1	2	0			.252	.310	.395	.705	82
87	Rabbit Martínez	NYC/EAS	SS	36	133	122	15	33	3	4	0	18	4	7	0	0	2	2		0	.270	.321	.361	.681	82
88	Luis Montes de Oca^	PUE	3B	86	356	316	48	85	17	3	0	37	8	31	23		0	9			.269	.334	.342	.676	79
89	Chile Gómez	VEZ	2B	84	392	357	66	104	7	8	0	42	5	30	19		0	5			.291	.346	.356	.702	78
90	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	33	120	113	12	26	5	1	0	14	0	5			0	2	0		.230	.263	.292	.555	78
91	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC/NOS	3B	39	173	156	31	45	3	0	0	13	6	14		0	1	2		1	.288	.351	.308	.659	77
92	Felix McLaurin**	BBB	CF	32	133	118	14	25	1	1	1	6	4	12			1	2	0		.212	.290	.263	.553	77
93	Rogelio Linares*	NYC/NOS	LF	39	157	148	19	38	10	2	1	22	0	7		1	0	2		0	.257	.290	.372	.662	77
94	Eduardo Reyes^	ROM	CF	90	365	340	44	87	15	5	2	41	4	22	24		1	2			.256	.303	.347	.650	74
95	Zack Clayton*	NBY	1B	18	70	58	3	13	1	1	1	3	1	8			0	4			.224	.318	.328	.646	73
96	Piper Davis	BBB/HG	1B	38	157	148	18	30	3	2	2	14	3	8		0	1	0	0	0	.203	.248	.291	.539	71
97	Harry Barnes	BCA	C	4	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2			0	0			.231	.333	.231	.564	69
98	Henry Smith	CIC	SS	21	90	79	6	17	5	0	0	8	1	5			0	6			.215	.262	.278	.540	67
99	José Vargas	NYC	CF	36	131	119	19	31	5	0	1	15	2	5		0	1	6		0	.261	.296	.328	.624	66
100	Apolinar Pulido	PUE	SS	87	350	281	43	62	5	5	0	32	6	55	7		1	13			.221	.350	.274	.624	66
101	Jim Williams	NBY/JRC	RF	22	83	76	11	19	3	0	0	7	3	6			1	0			.250	.313	.289	.603	62
102	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	33	137	127	20	33	9	0	0	13	0	5		0	1	4			.260	.293	.331	.624	62
103	Billy Horne*	CBE/SAS	SS	21	81	74	9	16	2	1	0	11	0	3			0	4			.216	.247	.270	.517	60
104	Ramón Heredía	MTY	3B	91	366	343	40	81	9	4	2	34	2	18	12		0	5			.236	.274	.303	.577	60
105	Ted Radcliffe	BBB/WES	C	28	109	99	14	21	3	0	1	13	0	5	0		0	5	0		.212	.250	.273	.523	60
106	Felino Cárdenas	TPC	LF	92	421	383	46	87	15	2	2	50	12	34	35		2	2			.227	.294	.292	.586	60
107	Archie Ware*	CBE/WES	1B	24	100	85	11	16	2	0	0	8	0	13	0		1	1			.188	.303	.212	.515	57
108	Johnny Ray*	CIC	RF	27	115	100	13	19	1	0	0	4	0	12			2	1			.190	.289	.200	.489	52
109	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG/CBE	RF	24	98	91	8	19	2	0	0	3	1	5			0	2		0	.209	.250	.231	.481	50
110	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	26	100	96	11	17	5	2	0	4	4	4		0	0	0		0	.177	.210	.271	.481	48
111	Tommy Butts	MULT	SS	32	134	117	15	26	3	1	0	12	1	12	0	0	1	4		0	.222	.300	.265	.565	48
112	Murray Watkins*	NE	3B	34	155	131	19	26	2	1	0	7	2	22		0	0	2			.198	.314	.229	.543	46
113	Willie Wynn	NE	C	28	115	105	11	22	2	1	1	6	1	7		0	0	3			.210	.259	.276	.535	42
114	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	22	86	76	7	15	2	0	0	6	1	7			0	3			.197	.265	.224	.489	31
115	Charlie Harris^	JRC	2B	4	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1			0	0			.188	.235	.188	.423	30
116	Jack McLaurin^	JRC	LF	4	16	13	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2			0	1			.154	.267	.154	.421	30
117	Alberto Cornejo^	TPC	3B	82	324	301	28	56	9	0	0	26	6	23	18		0	0			.186	.244	.216	.460	25
118	Jim Canada*	MRS	1B	24	88	78	4	13	0	0	0	3	0	7		0	0	3		0	.167	.235	.167	.402	24

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

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