1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro American League


1946 / 1948

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Ford
Smith

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Piper Davis
BBB
.395
2
Willard Brown
KCM
.368
3
Archie Ware
CBE
.367
4
Sam Jethroe
CBE
.362
5
Bernell Longest
CAG
.359
6
José Colás
MRS
.356
7
Sam Hill
CAG
.348
8
Curtis Roberts
KCM
.347
9
Al Smith
CBE
.346
10
Lyman Bostock
CAG
.333

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Satchel Paige
KCM
1.06
2
Chet Brewer
CBE
1.13
3
Gene Richardson
KCM
1.50
4
Ford Smith
KCM
1.80
5
Dan Bankhead
MRS
2.05
6
Pepper Sharpe
MRS
2.50
7
Riley Stewart
CAG
2.55
8
Alonzo Boone
CBE
2.70
9
Gentry Jessup
CAG
2.72
10
Vibert Clarke
CBE
2.75


Standings
Glossary

Negro American League

vs NAL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
42
12
0
.778
-
44
25
1
.638
5.8
4.0
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
47
27
0
.635
5.0
50
34
0
.595
6.0
4.8
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
36
22
0
.621
8.0
41
30
0
.577
5.8
4.8
Tommy Sampson
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4
28
38
1
.424
20.0
31
43
2
.419
5.2
6.7
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5
28
51
1
.354
26.5
32
56
1
.364
4.7
5.8
Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6
20
51
0
.282
30.5
27
60
0
.310
4.3
6.4
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
* = League Champion      
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James