1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary & Director of Public Relations)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Jackie
Robinson

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Ed Steele	BBB	.667
2	Jackie Robinson	KCM	.608
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.556
4	Neil Robinson	MRS	.556
5	Piper Davis	BBB	.516
6	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	.500
7	Johnny Smith	CAG	.465
8	Art Pennington	CAG	.463
9	Herb Souell	KCM	.425
10	Jesse Williams	KCM	.403

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Roosevelt Davis	CIC/CBE	241
2	Eugene Bremer	CBE	176
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	133
4	Booker McDaniel	KCM	128
5	Jim LaMarque	KCM	128
6	Gready McKinnis	CAG	121
7	Frank Pearson	MRS	121
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	120
9	Alvin Gipson	BBB	120
10	Edgar Chatman	MRS	118

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1891	436.2	13.9	8.0	0.4	5.5
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1389	320.0	7.3	5.2	-0.7	2.9
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	993	223.2	6.2	4.0	0.5	1.8
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	824	189.0	9.0	2.6	1.7	4.6
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	885	198.0	-0.1	0.7	-1.1	0.2
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	821	185.1	-1.2	0.0	-0.3	-0.8
	6	1	6803	1552.2	35.2	20.5	0.4	14.2

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jackie Robinson	KCM	SS	142		2.6	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.2
2	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	114		1.8	1.9	0.0	0.0	-0.1
3	Art Pennington	CAG	1B	142		1.7	1.6	0.1	0.0	-0.1
4	Jesse Williams	KCM	2B	219		2.4	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.2
5	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	199		1.2	1.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
6	Johnny Smith	CAG	RF	152	8.2	1.3	1.2	-0.1	0.3	-0.2
7	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	201	1.1	0.7	1.2	0.2	-0.6	-0.2
8	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	91		1.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
9	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	103		1.1	1.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
10	Lee Moody	KCM	1B	191		0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2
11	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	SS	87		1.7	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
12	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	90		1.1	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
13	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	121		1.4	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.2
14	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	137		0.6	0.7	-0.3	0.0	0.2
15	Jesse Douglas	CAG	2B	134		1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1
16	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	31	50.2	-0.7	0.6	0.0	-1.3	0.0
17	John Bissant	CAG	LF	133		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
18	John Britton	BBB	3B	69		0.7	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
19	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	LF	84		1.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	-0.1
20	Earl Bumpus	BBB	LF	31	10.0	0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.0
21	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	86		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
22	Johnie Scott	KCM	CF	211		-0.3	0.3	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
23	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	29	68.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	2.0	0.0
24	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	22	44.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	85		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	109		0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
27	Casey Jones	MRS	C	77		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	71		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Verdell Mathis	MRS	LF	45	34.0	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0
30	Wilbert King	CAG	2B	58		0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
31	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	106		0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
32	Henry McCall	CAG	1B	37		0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	66		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
34	Pedro Regalado	CIC	SS	5		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	62	152.2	3.5	0.2	0.0	3.3	0.0
36	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	81		0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
37	Lloyd Davenport	CBE	RF	57		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Alonzo Boone	BBB	P	10	21.0	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
39	Eddie Locke	KCM	P	10	16.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Robert Abernathy	KCM	LF	6		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Freddie Shepard	BBB	CF	20		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Goose Tatum	CIC	1B	22		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
43	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	55		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	156		0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
45	Larry Brown	MRS	C	9		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Leandy Young	BBB	LF	10		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Earl Ashby	CBE	C	29		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Jack McLaurin	BBB	CF	4		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	41	77.0	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
50	M. Johnson	MRS	P	2	3.0	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
51	Bill Charter	CAG	3B	6		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
52	John Huber	BBB	P	15	24.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
53	Collins Jones	BBB	2B	4		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Jerry Benjamin	CBE	CF	4		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
55	James Dailey	BBB	1B	5		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Leroy Cromartie	CIC	2B	22		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
57	Alex Radcliff	CIC	3B	60		0.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
58	Eli Williams	KCM	LF	59		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
59	Dozier Hood	KCM	-	1		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Chesley Gray	KCM	C	40		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	1B	13		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Rufus Ligon	MRS	P	4	9.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
63	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	42		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Edgar Baker	MRS	P	5	12.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
65	Henry Merchant	CIC	CF	75	5.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0
66	Ollie Smith	CIC	P	3	4.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
67	Ollie West	CAG	P	12	27.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
68	Jim Starks	BBB	1B	8		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Willie McMeans	CAG	P	21	22.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
70	Dave Harper	KCM	CF	34		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Daniels	MRS	RF	1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	13		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Tommie Dukes	CAG	C	56		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Quincy Smith	BBB	CF	21		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Sylvester Carlisle	KCM	2B	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Sam Jackson	CAG	1B	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	11	29.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
78	Edgar Chatman	MRS	P	10	28.1	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
79	Roy Phelps	BBB	CF	10		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
80	James Coachman	CAG	C			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Rayford Finch	CBE	P		2.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
82	Phelbert Lawson	CBE	P		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
83	Raymond Lott	CAG	-			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Bill Ortiz	CIC	SS			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Leroy Sutton	CIC	P		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Fred McDaniel	MRS	LF	52		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
87	Al Jones	MRS	P	13	33.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
88	Roosevelt Davis	CIC/CBE	P	15	32.2	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
89	Lee Davis	KCM	P	3	8.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
90	Buddy Armour	CBE	LF	67		0.5	0.0	0.6	0.0	-0.1
91	Lovell Harden	CBE	P	1	2.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
92	Willie Young	BBB	P	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	9		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	9		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
95	Newt Allen	KCM	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Fred Johnson	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Garcia Massingale	KCM	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Harper	BBB	2B	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Curtis Palmer	BBB	LF	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Breese	CBE	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Spike Garrett	MRS	RF	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Joe Burt Scott	MRS	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	R. Smith	CAG	P	2	5.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
104	Richard King	CIC	1B	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Sam Bankhead	CBE	2B	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	B. L. Brown	MRS	RF	2		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Shanks	CAG	SS	2		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Frank Pearson	MRS	P	16	31.2	0.7	0.0	-0.1	0.8	0.0
109	Fay Washington	CIC	P	3	8.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
110	Jimmie Bennett	CIC	P	3	9.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
111	Angel García	CIC	P	8	20.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
112	Oscar Childs	MRS	P	4	9.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
113	Hoss Walker	CIC	SS	50		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
114	Herman Bell	BBB	C	34		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Bill Bradford	BBB	LF	3		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Bob Harvey	BBB	CF	3		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Herb Barnhill	CAG	C	93		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
118	Jack Riley	BBB	2B	11		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Armando Vázquez	CIC	1B	66		-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
120	Felix Terry	CIC	2B	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Lamb Barbee	CIC	RF	46		-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
122	Walter Treherne	BBB	1B	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	George Provens	CBE	3B	5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Emory Long	KCM	3B	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Robert Keyes	MRS	P	6	12.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
126	John Brown	CBE	P	10	26.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
127	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	69		-0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
128	Frank Thompson	BBB	P	7	18.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P	13	21.1	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
130	Ted Radcliffe	BBB/KCM	C	19		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Tommy Sampson	BBB	3B	24		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
132	Amos Watson	CIC	P	8	19.2	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
133	Henry Smith	CIC	2B	36		-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
134	Philly Holmes	CIC	2B	51		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
135	Raúl Navarro	CIC	LF	63		-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
136	Clarence McMullen	KCM	LF	6		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Quincy Trouppe	CBE	C	50		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
138	Felix Evans	MRS	P	11	24.1	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	Greene Farmer	CIC	CF	12		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Billy Horne	CBE	2B	8		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
141	George Jefferson	CBE	P	27	42.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
142	Fred Wilson	CIC	RF	13		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
143	Jack Matchett	KCM	LF	29	7.2	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Bill Perkins	BBB	C	11		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Alfred Saylor	BBB	P	14	17.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Lázaro Medina	CIC	P	22	56.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
147	Gready McKinnis	CAG	P	15	42.2	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
148	Steve Wylie	KCM	P	15	38.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
149	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	17	34.2	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
150	Joe Spencer	BBB	2B	27		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
151	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	32	79.0	2.2	-0.1	0.0	2.4	0.0
152	Jesse F. Williams	CAG/CBE	C	16		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
153	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	41		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
154	Clyde McNeal	CAG	LF	19		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
155	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	18	18.2	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
156	Walter McCoy	CAG	P	26	65.1	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
157	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	26	65.1	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
158	Jimmie Crutchfield	CAG	CF	150		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
159	John Henry Oliver	BBB/MRS	LF	35		-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Pepper Bassett	BBB	C	56		-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
161	Johnny Williams	CIC	P	32	54.2	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0
162	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	44		0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
163	Red Longley	MRS	3B	85		-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
164	Jim Canada	MRS	1B	74		-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
165	Johnny Ray	MULT	CF	86		-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
166	Buck Felder	MRS/BBB	2B	58		-0.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
167	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	48	91.0	1.7	-0.3	0.0	2.0	0.0
168	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	81		-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
169	Sammy Haynes	KCM	C	80		-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
170	Leamon Johnson	MRS	SS	48		-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1

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