1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Willard Brown	KCM	.645
2	Al Smith	CBE	.609
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.583
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	.578
5	Curtis Roberts	KCM	.557
6	Archie Ware	CBE	.543
7	Joe Greene	KCM	.500
8	Buck O'Neil	KCM	.450
9	Willie Grace	CBE	.448
10	Sam Hairston	CIC	.429

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Bill Powell	BBB	2.75
2	Jim LaMarque	KCM	2.29
3	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	2.29
4	Gene Richardson	KCM	2.23
5	Manuel Godínez	CIC	2.20
6	Johnny Williams	CIC	1.82
7	Ted Alexander	KCM	1.79
8	Dan Bankhead	MRS	1.79
9	Vibert Clarke	CBE	1.75
10	Hilton Smith	KCM	1.67

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	21	798	704	123	204	40	12	11	110	17	68	13	13	.290	.363	.428	.791	112
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	65	2488	2176	433	633	105	38	33	359	79	244	23	45	.291	.368	.420	.788	109
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	16	637	577	82	158	20	8	3	64	10	42	6	12	.274	.330	.352	.681	82
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	29	1158	1039	149	274	41	10	5	119	13	96	10	13	.264	.332	.337	.669	78
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	21	850	730	117	181	28	4	5	100	18	97	10	13	.248	.344	.318	.662	77
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1139	1022	136	259	39	10	3	115	8	93	6	18	.253	.319	.320	.639	72
	6	1	189	7070	6248	1040	1709	273	82	60	867	145	640	68	114	.274	.347	.372	.720	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12	15	1	0	.375	.421	.645	1.066	182
2	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	21	95	81	17	30	8	0	2	17	2	7	5	2	.370	.452	.543	.995	165
3	Al Smith	CBE	SS	19	76	69	10	22	3	4	3	13	1	6	1	0	.319	.382	.609	.990	163
4	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	21	96	84	26	28	9	3	2	7	10	10	0	2	.333	.404	.583	.988	163
5	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	14	63	58	15	21	3	3	1	13	1	5	0	0	.362	.413	.569	.982	160
6	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	14	60	49	12	18	4	0	0	12	0	10	1	0	.367	.483	.449	.932	149
7	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	21	82	67	12	23	5	1	0	9	0	13	0	2	.343	.450	.448	.898	140
8	Pedro Formental*	MRS	RF	15	67	50	8	14	2	0	2	12	0	15	0	2	.280	.446	.440	.886	136
9	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	15	73	59	11	20	1	1	0	4	2	11	0	3	.339	.443	.390	.833	123
10	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	60	246	218	54	62	15	3	5	37	15	24	2	2	.284	.361	.450	.810	115
11	Lyman Bostock*	CAG	1B	22	90	81	10	27	4	1	0	14	0	8	0	1	.333	.393	.407	.801	113
12	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	61	278	257	52	85	5	7	1	32	16	16	4	1	.331	.379	.416	.795	112
13	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	29	122	112	20	34	9	1	1	17	1	8	0	2	.304	.350	.429	.779	109
14	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	16	64	57	11	17	2	3	0	4	1	1	3	3	.298	.344	.439	.783	108
15	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	53	222	174	33	49	10	2	0	20	3	35	3	10	.282	.410	.362	.772	107
16	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	29	134	125	18	40	5	2	0	19	3	6	3	0	.320	.366	.392	.758	102
17	José Colás	MRS	CF	18	80	73	15	21	5	2	0	14	2	5	1	1	.288	.342	.411	.753	99
18	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	29	130	115	25	33	6	0	2	12	3	9	3	3	.287	.354	.391	.746	99
19	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	15	69	66	12	21	4	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	.318	.348	.379	.727	94
20	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	26	100	85	12	22	3	1	1	9	2	13	1	1	.259	.364	.353	.717	93
21	Buddy Armour*	CAG	CF	24	107	100	16	30	5	1	0	6	0	7	0	0	.300	.346	.370	.716	91
22	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	14	67	51	9	13	1	0	0	7	1	12	3	1	.255	.424	.275	.699	87
23	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	19	74	71	11	21	3	0	1	13	1	1	1	1	.296	.315	.380	.695	86
24	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	29	124	115	14	32	7	1	0	9	0	9	0	0	.278	.331	.357	.687	85
25	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	15	67	55	11	12	4	0	1	7	1	11	0	1	.218	.348	.345	.694	84
26	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	65	262	241	42	62	10	6	2	27	12	21	0	0	.257	.317	.373	.690	84
27	Goose Tatum**	CIC	1B	29	118	113	14	32	4	3	0	15	2	3	1	1	.283	.308	.372	.679	82
28	John Miles	CAG	3B	23	92	82	13	19	4	0	2	9	0	9	0	1	.232	.308	.354	.661	76
29	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	21	96	88	14	23	3	0	1	10	4	6	2	0	.261	.323	.330	.652	73
30	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RF	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0	11	1	3	.245	.330	.287	.617	66
31	George Handy*	MRS	2B	16	67	61	7	16	0	2	0	10	0	3	0	3	.262	.297	.328	.625	66
32	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	24	101	95	13	23	2	2	0	8	1	6	0	0	.242	.287	.305	.592	58
33	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	20	79	74	7	17	3	1	0	10	2	2	2	1	.230	.269	.297	.567	51
34	Robert Abernathy^	CIC	LF	27	112	99	13	22	3	0	0	12	0	10	2	1	.222	.306	.253	.559	51
35	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	16	52	49	4	10	1	0	1	6	0	3	0	0	.204	.250	.286	.536	43
36	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	19	69	63	12	11	3	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	.175	.246	.222	.469	25
37	John Britton*	BBB	3B	14	66	62	6	12	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	3	.194	.206	.194	.400	7

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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