1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

Top Hitter

Jackie
Robinson

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Jesse Williams	KCM	29
2	Herb Souell	KCM	23
3	Art Pennington	CAG	22
4	Johnny Smith	CAG	22
5	Jackie Robinson	KCM	21
6	Johnie Scott	KCM	21
7	John Bissant	CAG	20
8	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	19
9	Jesse Douglas	CAG	18
10	Lee Moody	KCM	18

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Eugene Bremer	CBE	178
2	Verdell Mathis	MRS	149
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	147
4	Satchel Paige	KCM	142
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	131
6	Booker McDaniel	KCM	127
7	Alvin Gipson	BBB	126
8	Jim LaMarque	KCM	120
9	Edgar Chatman	MRS	119
10	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	108

All-1945 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Earl Bumpus	BBB	0.6	0.5	0.0
Lester Lockett	BBB	0.3	0.3	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.1	1.1	0.0
Neil Robinson	MRS	0.8	0.9	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	BBB	1.2	1.3	0.0
Johnny Smith	CAG	1.0	1.1	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jackie Robinson	KCM	1.9	1.7	0.0
Avelino Cañizares	CBE	1.0	0.9	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Williams	KCM	1.1	0.9	0.0
Jesse Douglas	CAG	0.9	0.8	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Herb Souell	KCM	0.9	0.9	0.0
John Britton	BBB	0.5	0.5	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Art Pennington	CAG	1.2	1.3	0.0
Piper Davis	BBB	1.0	1.0	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Casey Jones	MRS	0.3	0.2	0.0
Chesley Gray	KCM	0.2	0.1	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Eugene Bremer	CBE	61.0	2.7	2.5	0.3
Gentry Jessup	CAG	73.2	2.0	2.1	-0.1
Jim LaMarque	KCM	57.2	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Alvin Gipson	BBB	29.0	0.7	0.7	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Booker McDaniel	KCM	115.1	2.9	2.8	0.1
Hilton Smith	KCM	53.1	1.2	1.2	0.0
Alonzo Boone	BBB	21.0	0.8	0.6	0.2
Willie Jefferson	CBE	13.1	0.6	0.6	0.0

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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.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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