1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro American League


1946 / 1948

Top Hitter


Hank
Thompson

Top Pitcher


Ford
Smith

Leaders

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
Piper Davis
BBB
.458
2
Sam Jethroe
CBE
.439
3
Archie Ware
CBE
.433
4
Willie Grace
CBE
.431
5
Sam Hill
CAG
.423
6
Hank Thompson
KCM
.419
7
Willard Brown
KCM
.415
8
Earl Taborn
KCM
.404
9
Al Smith
CBE
.404
10
José Colás
MRS
.396

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Satchel Paige
KCM
18.00
2
Chet Brewer
CBE
4.50
3
Dan Bankhead
MRS
2.63
4
Jim LaMarque
KCM
2.52
5
Alonzo Boone
CBE
2.50
6
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.50
7
Johnny Williams
CIC
2.43
8
Manuel Godínez
CIC
2.20
9
Hilton Smith
KCM
1.91
10
Vibert Clarke
CBE
1.75


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