1948 Season

1947 / 1949

Jim
Gilliam

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	.656
2	Artie Wilson	BBB/WES	.565
3	Minnie Miñoso	NYC/EAS	.558
4	Luke Easter	HG/EAS	.551
5	Hank Thompson	KCM	.525
6	Ray Noble	NYC	.522
7	Piper Davis	BBB/WES	.510
8	Lester Lockett	BEG/EAS	.506
9	Pepper Bassett	BBB/WES	.500
10	Lorenzo Cabrera	NYC	.479

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Garnett Blair	HG	1.35
2	Bill Ricks	PS	1.73
3	Max Manning	NE/EAS	1.78
4	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.90
5	Rufus Lewis	NE/EAS	2.02
6	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	2.08
7	Bob Romby	BEG	2.32
8	Ted Alexander	HG	2.37
9	Barney Brown	PS	2.54
10	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	2.57

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*²	40	21	1	.656	-	54	25	3	.684	5.9	4.8	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants¹	46	28	2	.622	0.5	53	30	2	.639	5.3	3.9	Hoss Walker	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	31	29	1	.517	8.5	38	34	3	.528	4.4	3.9	William Bell	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	Philadelphia Stars	29	30	1	.492	10.0	34	33	2	.507	4.3	4.2	Oscar Charleston	Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5	New York Cubans	17	27	1	.386	14.5	30	31	1	.492	5.4	5.0	José María Fernández, Winfield Welch	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
6	New York Black Yankees	9	37	0	.196	23.5	13	45	0	.224	3.3	6.7	Marvin Barker	Red Wing Stadium (Rochester, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	2	1	1	.667	-	4.5	4.5	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	1	2	1	.333	1.0	4.5	4.5	Hoss Walker	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons^*¹	56	22	0	.718	-	67	40	3	.626	5.8	4.7	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Kansas City Monarchs²	49	28	3	.636	6.5	69	37	3	.651	7.2	4.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	42	43	2	.494	17.5	50	58	4	.463	5.5	5.5	Alonzo Boone	League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4	Memphis Red Sox	39	49	3	.443	22.0	49	69	4	.415	4.9	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Indianapolis Clowns	27	45	4	.375	26.0	45	78	7	.366	4.5	5.9	Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6	Chicago American Giants	26	52	0	.333	30.0	38	60	2	.388	4.9	5.5	Quincy Trouppe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons	4	3	1	.571	-	3.9	3.6	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	3	4	1	.429	1.0	3.6	3.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	1	0	.800	-	7.0	3.2	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	1	4	0	.200	3.0	3.2	7.0	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)

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