1945 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

Top Hitter

Jackie
Robinson

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Jackie Robinson	KCM	1.052
2	Ed Steele	BBB	1.006
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	.994
4	Piper Davis	BBB	.935
5	Johnny Smith	CAG	.847
6	Art Pennington	CAG	.843
7	Herb Souell	KCM	.784
8	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.773
9	Artie Wilson	BBB	.733
10	Jesse Williams	KCM	.731

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Verdell Mathis	MRS	7.00
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	4.30
3	Booker McDaniel	KCM	3.73
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	3.33
5	Johnny Williams	CIC	2.40
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	2.31
7	Eugene Bremer	CBE	2.09
8	Lázaro Medina	CIC	2.00
9	Gentry Jessup	CAG	1.95
10	Al Jones	MRS	1.57

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	Chicago American Giants	NAL	31	1173	1063	167	288	36	19	5	132	12		97			2	11			.271	.333	.355	.688	106
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	33	1250	1141	163	309	46	18	7	149	21		86			2	21			.271	.323	.361	.684	104
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	17	642	588	86	159	22	10	2	78	15		44			3	7			.270	.324	.352	.676	101
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	23	836	775	95	206	26	19	4	79	9		37			3	21			.266	.302	.364	.666	99
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	18	672	605	80	143	24	8	7	68	4		50			4	13			.236	.299	.337	.636	86
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	14	524	484	46	107	9	3	3	43	5		33			0	7			.221	.271	.271	.541	62
	6	1	136	5097	4656	637	1212	163	77	28	549	66		347			14	80			.260	.314	.346	.660	97

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	Jackie Robinson	KCM	SS	26	111	99	21	38	11	1	3	23	1		11			0	1			.384	.445	.606	1.052	212
2	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	23	95	85	12	32	3	6	1	14	1		5			1	4			.376	.418	.588	1.006	199
3	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	16	69	59	11	20	5	4	0	14	5		9			1	0			.339	.435	.559	.994	193
4	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	17	71	64	14	22	4	0	4	16	0		4			2	1			.344	.400	.594	.994	191
5	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	21	86	78	13	30	3	2	1	11	2		5			0	3			.385	.422	.513	.935	178
6	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	SS	15	70	63	13	23	6	0	1	8	3		7			0	0			.365	.429	.508	.937	177
7	Johnny Smith*	CAG	RF	31	132	124	22	42	4	3	2	23	0		8			0	0			.339	.379	.468	.847	152
8	Art Pennington**	CAG	1B	29	126	108	22	34	6	2	1	18	6		17			0	1			.315	.408	.435	.843	152
9	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	30	132	121	23	39	5	4	0	26	2		6			0	5			.322	.354	.430	.784	134
10	Jesse Douglas*	CAG	2B	25	116	105	18	34	2	1	1	9	4		10			0	1			.324	.383	.390	.773	131
11	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	14	60	52	12	15	2	2	0	6	1		5			1	2			.288	.362	.404	.766	126
12	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	23	101	92	14	29	5	0	0	6	2		6			1	2			.315	.364	.370	.733	119
13	Jesse Williams	KCM	2B	31	145	125	29	35	5	1	1	9	7		18			0	2			.280	.371	.360	.731	119
14	Lee Moody	KCM	1B	33	142	135	18	41	7	1	1	22	1		6			0	1			.304	.333	.393	.726	116
15	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	28	118	106	19	31	1	3	0	16	1		10			0	2			.292	.353	.358	.712	113
16	Henry Merchant*	CIC	CF	12	46	41	5	12	2	0	0	6	2		4			0	1			.293	.356	.341	.697	108
17	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	23	94	87	12	24	5	2	0	11	0		3			1	3			.276	.308	.379	.687	105
18	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	18	63	59	11	14	4	0	2	5	1		4			0	0			.237	.286	.407	.692	103
19	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	31	128	115	15	32	3	2	0	9	2		9			1	3			.278	.336	.339	.675	102
20	Johnie Scott*	KCM	CF	33	140	133	21	32	3	5	2	20	3		7			0	0			.241	.279	.383	.662	97
21	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	15	65	61	8	17	1	1	0	11	0		3			0	1			.279	.313	.328	.640	90
22	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	LF	12	49	43	9	11	0	0	0	0	1		6			0	0			.256	.347	.256	.603	81
23	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	CF	30	127	116	11	28	5	1	0	10	0		10			0	1			.241	.302	.302	.603	81
24	John Bissant	CAG	LF	26	109	99	20	22	6	2	0	10	0		7			1	2			.222	.280	.323	.604	80
25	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	15	64	59	10	13	3	0	0	7	4		2			2	1			.220	.270	.271	.541	61
26	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	15	61	58	5	15	0	0	0	5	0		1			0	2			.259	.271	.259	.530	57
27	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	13	60	59	7	11	1	4	0	7	0		1			0	0			.186	.200	.339	.539	57
28	Red Longley	MRS	3B	18	67	60	4	11	1	1	0	7	0		5			0	2			.183	.246	.233	.479	42

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

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