1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

Top Hitter

Jackie
Robinson

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Jackie Robinson	KCM	.476
2	Neil Robinson	MRS	.447
3	Ed Steele	BBB	.439
4	Piper Davis	BBB	.419
5	Art Pennington	CAG	.396
6	Johnny Smith	CAG	.394
7	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.366
8	Herb Souell	KCM	.351
9	Jesse Williams	KCM	.348
10	Artie Wilson	BBB	.344

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

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	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	12	5	.706	25	17	13	2	1	147.0	49	42	134	47	56	2	4	2.57	143
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	18	14	.563	49	33	18	3	1	285.2	139	104	280	79	218	4	1	3.27	115
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	8	14	.364	40	23	9	2	1	192.1	111	83	186	64	89	2	5	3.88	101
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	8	10	.444	26	18	11	0	0	153.0	112	73	180	53	71	5	3	4.29	89
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	17	14	.548	51	31	16	2	1	271.0	166	132	267	103	134	2	5	4.38	86
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1	13	.071	25	14	6	0	0	118.1	96	69	146	48	66	3	4	5.25	72
	6	1	64	70	.478	216	136	73	9	4	1167.1	673	503	1193	394	634	18	22	3.88	98

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	BB	K	WP	HBP	ERA	ERA+
1	John Brown	CBE	SP	1	1	.500	2	2	2	0	0	17.0	5	2	13	8	7	1	0	1.06	348
2	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	6	1	.857	8	8	6	1	0	61.0	16	14	55	11	23	0	2	2.07	178
3	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	2	1	.667	4	4	3	0	0	28.0	14	8	31	2	14	0	2	2.57	149
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	SP	6	4	.600	10	9	7	1	0	73.2	28	21	59	21	41	0	0	2.57	147
5	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	1	3	.250	7	7	1	1	0	34.0	19	10	32	10	43	1	0	2.65	142
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	5	1	.833	8	5	4	0	0	53.1	23	17	53	13	30	1	1	2.87	131
7	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	9	4	.692	19	10	9	1	1	115.1	48	38	106	22	82	0	0	2.97	127
8	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	1	2	.333	5	4	1	1	0	29.0	13	10	26	8	11	0	1	3.10	126
9	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	SP	3	3	.500	8	6	3	1	0	57.2	24	20	51	15	50	0	0	3.12	120
10	Edgar Chatman^	MRS	SP	1	2	.333	4	3	2	0	0	28.0	13	10	25	12	14	1	0	3.21	119
11	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	2	3	.400	9	5	3	1	0	47.0	28	19	45	14	21	0	0	3.64	108
12	Walter McCoy	CAG	RP	4	1	.800	9	4	2	0	0	43.1	28	18	40	24	34	0	0	3.74	101
13	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	1	2	.333	6	3	1	0	1	27.2	19	12	30	13	11	0	0	3.90	100
14	Gready McKinnis*	CAG	SP	1	4	.200	7	5	1	1	1	32.1	19	15	26	13	14	1	0	4.18	90
15	George Jefferson	CBE	SP	3	2	.600	8	6	4	0	1	42.2	21	21	47	19	13	1	1	4.43	83
16	Lázaro Medina	CIC	SP	0	5	.000	5	5	1	0	0	37.1	31	19	42	12	24	2	3	4.58	82
17	Al Jones	MRS	SP	3	2	.600	6	4	2	0	0	33.0	25	19	43	7	11	0	0	5.18	74
18	Amos Watson	CIC	RP	1	2	.333	6	2	2	0	0	25.1	22	16	35	14	12	0	0	5.68	66
19	Johnny Williams	CIC	RP	0	3	.000	7	4	2	0	0	32.1	28	25	43	10	24	0	1	6.96	54
20	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	3	0	1.000	9	6	2	0	0	42.2	39	34	55	11	17	0	1	7.17	52

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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