1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

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

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Artie Wilson	BBB	.433
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.408
3	Piper Davis	BBB	.393
4	Ed Steele	BBB	.357
5	Sam Hairston	IC	.357
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	.335
7	Ray Neil	IC	.327
8	Archie Ware	CBE	.322
9	Willie Grace	CBE	.313
10	Chico Renfroe	CBE	.306

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ford Smith	KCM	2.43
2	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	2.62
3	Bill Powell	BBB	2.79
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	3.20
5	Gene Richardson	KCM	3.43
6	Vibert Clarke	CBE	3.47
7	Jim Cohen	IC	3.83
8	Bill Greason	BBB	3.86
9	Luis Cabrera	IC	4.09
10	Gene Collins	KCM	4.18

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	29	1108	972	190	299	49	18	12	154	29	101	20	15		.308	.384	.432	.816	117
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	22	852	757	122	205	34	12	7	100	23	70	12	13		.271	.342	.375	.717	89
3	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	31	1158	1029	125	247	30	7	4	105	15	105	3	21		.240	.312	.294	.607	64
4	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	47	1799	1608	307	461	100	29	21	257	51	166	11	14	1	.287	.357	.424	.782	106
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	13	521	466	72	130	22	6	6	60	5	43	7	5		.279	.349	.391	.739	98
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	13	512	460	65	115	22	9	4	51	11	41	5	6		.250	.318	.363	.681	77
	6	1	155	5950	5292	881	1457	257	81	54	727	134	526	58	74	1	.275	.347	.385	.732	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Gene Baker	KCM	SS	46	200	181	39	45	9	7	3	28	5	15	0	4		.249	.306	.425	.732	91
2	Harry Barnes	MRS	C	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000	.143	.000	.143	-60
3	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	15	57	50	5	14	4	0	1	6	1	5	1	1		.280	.357	.420	.777	106
4	Henry Baylis	CAG	3B	9	38	35	3	15	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	0		.429	.474	.457	.931	150
5	Herman Bell	BBB	C	20	66	57	13	16	2	0	0	6	1	5	1	3		.281	.349	.316	.665	77
6	Jimmie Bennett^	IC	P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
7	Cannonball Berry^	CBE	RF	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
8	Bill Blair	IC	P	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
9	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	13	59	54	9	30	7	1	1	16	5	4	1	0		.556	.593	.778	1.371	258
10	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	4	9	9	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.556	.889	131
11	Chet Brewer**	CBE	P	6	18	15	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1		.333	.412	.333	.745	98
12	John Britton*	BBB	3B	29	134	128	18	31	6	1	0	20	1	3	1	2		.242	.265	.305	.570	51
13	John Brown	CBE	P	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		.000	.750	.000	.750	109
14	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	46	197	174	43	71	23	2	7	54	8	22	1	0		.408	.477	.684	1.161	203
15	Jack Bruton^	CBE	LF	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	32
16	Earl Bumpus*	CAG	P	5	17	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		.071	.235	.071	.307	-15
17	Luis Cabrera	IC	P	5	16	13	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0		.231	.375	.231	.606	66
18	Rafael Cabrera	IC	LF	13	52	47	7	10	1	1	1	4	2	4	0	1		.213	.275	.340	.615	65
19	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		.250	.250	.250	.500	32
20	Marlin Carter*	CAG	3B	10	39	35	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0		.229	.308	.229	.536	45
21	Spoon Carter*	MRS	P	8	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.083	.083	.083	.167	-56
22	Willie Cathey*	IC	P	10	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		.045	.125	.045	.170	-53
23	Vibert Clarke*	CBE	P	9	28	27	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		.259	.259	.333	.593	55
24	Jim Cohen	IC	P	8	21	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		.158	.238	.158	.396	8
25	José Colás	MRS	CF	9	37	35	9	14	4	2	1	6	0	2	0	0		.400	.432	.714	1.147	197
26	Gene Collins*	KCM	P	12	23	20	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0		.300	.391	.450	.841	121
27	Alex Colthirst	IC	SS	6	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		.125	.300	.125	.425	18
28	Tom Cooper	KCM	1B	31	128	107	17	31	2	3	1	13	2	16	1	4		.290	.387	.393	.780	106
29	Johnnie Cowan	MRS	2B	11	45	40	3	7	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	1		.175	.250	.250	.500	31
30	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	28	117	107	25	42	8	2	1	17	6	7	3	0		.393	.444	.533	.977	159
31	Reinaldo Drake*	IC	CF	25	102	92	12	22	3	0	0	8	2	9	0	1		.239	.307	.272	.579	57
32	Felix Evans	MRS	P	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-12
33	Benny Felder	IC	SS	10	31	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1		.080	.233	.080	.313	-13
34	Coco Ferrer	IC	SS	22	97	90	12	16	2	1	0	3	1	5	0	2		.178	.221	.222	.443	20
35	Angel García^	IC	P	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.333	.500	.333	.833	128
36	Gardner^	CAG	P	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437
37	Alphonso Gerard*	CAG	LF	7	26	25	3	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1		.320	.320	.320	.640	72
38	Walter Gibbons*	IC	P	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	8
39	Manuel Godínez^	IC	P	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	80
40	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	20	85	80	13	25	3	2	0	10	2	3	0	2		.313	.337	.400	.737	94
41	Bill Greason	BBB	P	9	19	14	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	1		.286	.444	.357	.802	115
42	Joe Greene	CBE	C	14	48	38	8	9	1	0	2	5	0	9	0	1		.237	.383	.421	.804	112
43	Wiley Griggs	BBB	2B	8	18	16	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		.188	.278	.250	.528	41
44	Sam Hairston	IC	3B	31	130	115	25	41	4	1	1	15	4	14	0	1		.357	.426	.435	.861	133
45	Charley Hall^	KCM	RF	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
46	George Handy*	MRS	2B	2	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000	.143	.000	.143	-60
47	Tommy Harris	CBE	C	17	64	59	7	12	3	0	2	10	0	3	2	0		.203	.266	.356	.622	63
48	Buster Haywood	IC	C	14	30	29	4	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		.241	.267	.241	.508	38
49	Jehosie Heard*	BBB	P	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
50	Henderson^	CAG	LF	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	34
51	Preacher Henry	IC	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
52	Sam Hill*	CAG	CF	12	55	50	13	18	4	0	0	7	0	4	1	0		.360	.418	.440	.858	130
53	Elston Howard	KCM	LF	20	84	80	16	20	5	3	1	13	1	3	1	0		.250	.286	.425	.711	85
54	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	12	56	51	11	8	0	3	0	3	0	3	1	1		.157	.218	.275	.493	29
55	Tincy Jamerson^	KCM	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
56	George Jefferson	CBE	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
57	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	4	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.273	.333	.364	.697	87
58	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	10	46	39	12	11	4	2	1	8	5	4	3	0		.282	.391	.564	.955	150
59	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	12	18	18	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		.167	.167	.222	.389	2
60	Eddie Johnson^	CBE	RF	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	252
61	Leonard Johnson^	KCM	P	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
62	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	13	46	43	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1		.116	.156	.163	.318	-16
63	Sam Jones	CBE	P	4	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		.375	.375	.375	.750	98
64	Cecil Jordan^	MRS	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			1.000
65	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	17	76	61	10	17	1	1	0	7	3	11	3	1		.279	.413	.328	.741	97
66	Richard King	IC	-	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	441
67	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	P	18	55	46	9	15	3	0	1	11	0	7	1	1		.326	.426	.457	.882	132
68	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	4	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.167	.167	.333	.500	32
69	Earnest Long*	CBE	P	5	8	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		.400	.625	.400	1.025	174
70	Bernell Longest*	CBE	2B	1	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.250	.400	.500	.900	136
71	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	P	7	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		.167	.231	.167	.397	5
72	Willie Mays	BBB	LF	13	48	43	6	10	2	1	0	6	1	4	1	0		.233	.313	.326	.638	70
73	Nat McClinic	CBE	LF	3	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000	.143	.000	.143	-60
74	Jim McCurine*	CAG	LF	5	13	11	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0		.273	.385	.545	.930	147
75	Clyde McNeal	CAG	2B	13	54	46	11	13	2	2	1	6	1	6	1	1		.283	.377	.478	.856	128
76	Henry Merchant*	IC	RF	26	80	69	10	12	4	0	0	4	1	8	0	3		.174	.260	.232	.492	33
77	Andrés Mesa*	IC	LF	25	106	98	11	26	1	2	0	4	0	7	0	1		.265	.314	.316	.631	71
78	John Miles	CAG	RF	9	38	32	6	8	2	2	2	9	0	5	1	0		.250	.368	.625	.993	163
79	George Minor*	CBE	CF	11	43	42	7	13	2	2	0	6	2	1	0	0		.310	.326	.452	.778	103
80	Cándido Morales^	MRS	3B	3	12	10	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		.500	.583	.600	1.183	211
81	Sack Morgan^	MRS	P	4	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		.500	.600	.500	1.100	191
82	Ray Neil	IC	2B	25	106	98	13	32	6	1	2	15	0	6	0	2		.327	.365	.469	.835	124
83	Clyde Nelson	CBE	3B	15	52	45	11	10	3	0	1	7	0	6	1	0		.222	.327	.356	.682	80
84	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	13	28	22	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	2	2	2		.318	.423	.455	.878	133
85	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	25	96	89	8	19	1	0	0	11	2	7	0	0		.213	.271	.225	.496	32
86	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	P	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
87	Nat Peeples	MRS	C	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	75
88	Jim Pendleton	CAG	SS	13	58	53	9	17	2	1	1	8	1	3	1	1		.321	.368	.453	.821	119
89	Luis Pérez^	IC	3B	11	31	30	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		.233	.233	.233	.467	26
90	Alonzo Perry*	BBB	P	17	39	34	4	10	0	0	2	8	0	4	0	1		.294	.368	.471	.839	122
91	Leonard Pigg	IC	C	25	69	57	5	11	1	1	0	7	0	10	2	0		.193	.333	.246	.579	58
92	Al Pinkston*	CBE	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
93	Nat Pollard	BBB	P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
94	Andy Porter	IC	P	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000	.143	.000	.143	-59
95	Bill Powell*	BBB	P	7	21	19	7	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		.368	.400	.368	.768	105
96	Henry Presswood	CBE	SS	5	15	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		.308	.400	.308	.708	88
97	Chico Renfroe	CBE	SS	22	83	72	11	22	3	2	0	12	4	6	1	4		.306	.367	.403	.770	103
98	Bill Reynolds	CBE	2B	14	50	48	3	9	1	0	0	7	1	2	0	0		.188	.220	.208	.428	13
99	Harry Rhodes*	CAG	P	6	11	11	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		.273	.273	.455	.727	92
100	Gene Richardson*	KCM	P	8	19	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.056	.105	.111	.216	-43
101	Curtis Roberts	KCM	2B	46	196	181	26	44	10	1	0	20	5	14	0	1		.243	.297	.309	.607	60
102	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	13	46	42	7	14	3	0	1	8	2	3	0	1		.333	.378	.476	.854	123
103	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	29	123	111	15	29	2	3	0	21	5	9	1	2		.261	.322	.333	.656	74
104	Bienvenido Rodríguez	CAG	RF	12	39	33	4	8	2	0	1	6	0	4	2	0		.242	.359	.394	.753	101
105	Raúl Sánchez^	MRS	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
106	Joe Scott*	BBB	1B	25	104	87	14	23	4	2	3	16	1	13	3	1		.264	.379	.460	.838	122
107	Joe Burt Scott*	MRS	LF	11	49	39	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	9	1	0		.128	.306	.179	.486	30
108	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	33	129	110	24	33	6	1	1	23	7	16	2	1		.300	.398	.400	.798	111
109	Pepper Sharpe**	MRS	P	5	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		.333	.500	.500	1.000	163
110	Fred Shepherd	CAG	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
111	Al Smith	CBE	LF	16	69	61	12	16	2	1	1	12	1	6	1	1		.262	.338	.377	.715	88
112	Eugene Smith**	CBE	P	4	11	10	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		.300	.364	.400	.764	101
113	Ford Smith**	KCM	P	13	27	26	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0		.192	.222	.308	.530	39
114	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	13	30	28	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	.321	.345	.464	.809	112
115	Taylor Smith^	CAG	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
116	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	46	211	196	41	56	8	6	2	22	6	14	1	0		.286	.336	.418	.755	98
117	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	29	125	98	27	35	6	2	3	18	7	22	5	0		.357	.496	.551	1.047	178
118	Riley Stewart*	CAG	P	5	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.167	.231	.167	.397	8
119	Ted Strong**	IC	RF	13	46	37	5	14	1	0	0	10	0	7	1	1		.378	.489	.405	.894	143
120	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	44	170	148	15	44	10	0	0	23	2	21	0	1		.297	.385	.365	.749	98
121	Goose Tatum**	IC	1B	20	81	68	6	17	2	0	0	15	2	9	0	4		.250	.338	.279	.617	68
122	Hank Thompson*	KCM	RF	47	206	176	50	59	13	5	5	29	12	27	2	1		.335	.429	.551	.980	157
123	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	5	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.100	.182	.100	.282	-23
124	Quincy Trouppe**	CAG	C	8	35	30	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	5	0	0		.400	.486	.533	1.019	173
125	Roberto Vargas*	CAG	P	3	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.286	.286	.286	.571	53
126	Orlando Varona	MRS	SS	9	29	27	1	5	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	0		.185	.241	.296	.538	41
127	José Velásquez^	IC	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
128	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	22	95	87	12	28	5	2	0	8	3	6	1	1		.322	.372	.425	.798	110
129	Jesse Warren	MRS	3B	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
130	Willie Wells	MRS	3B	6	19	17	6	8	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	0		.471	.526	.706	1.232	221
131	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	12	38	34	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1		.147	.216	.176	.393	4
132	Jim West**	IC	1B	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.286	.286	.286	.571	55
133	Ladd White*	IC	P	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.250	.250	.250	.500	35
134	Clyde Williams*	CBE	LF	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
135	John Williams^	CAG	1B	11	39	37	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		.135	.158	.216	.374	-1
136	Johnny Williams	IC	P	13	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		.095	.208	.095	.304	-16
137	Koney Williams^	IC	SS	9	26	22	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0		.136	.269	.227	.497	35
138	Sammy Williams*	BBB	P	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
139	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	29	136	120	31	52	7	6	0	17	6	15	1	0		.433	.500	.592	1.092	189
140	Chuck Wilson*	IC	RF	8	21	21	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		.238	.238	.286	.524	41
141	Les Witherspoon**	IC	LF	5	17	14	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		.357	.438	.500	.938	153
142	Sam Woods	MRS	P	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
143	Jim Zapp	BBB	LF	18	63	57	13	16	5	0	2	11	0	5	1	0		.281	.349	.474	.823	117

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

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