1944 Cleveland Buckeyes

59 - 56 - 1

42 - 41 in the Negro American League

1942 / 1945 (Team History)

Managed by:
Parnell Woods (59-56-1)

Top Hitter

Sam
Jethroe

Top Pitcher

George
Jefferson

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	98	4th	ERA+	87	6th
OPS	.645	3rd	ERA	3.87	6th
BA	.265	3rd	BA	.286	6th
OBP	.323	1st	K/BB	1.44	6th
SLG	.322	4th	K%	9.8%	6th
BB%	7.1%	2nd	BB%	6.8%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.6%	5th
ISO	.058	4th	WHIP	1.40	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: League Park (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
• Ernie Wright (Owner) , Wilbur Hayes (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Walter Burch	36	9	31	27	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.185	.290	.185	.476	47
1B	Archie Ware*	26	25	105	90	11	16	1	0	0	8	0	13	1	1	.178	.288	.189	.477	47
2B	Johnnie Cowan	31	18	68	62	7	15	2	0	1	8	1	4	0	2	.242	.288	.323	.610	87
3B	Parnell Woods	32	24	87	83	13	32	5	3	0	14	4	3	0	1	.386	.407	.518	.925	184
SS	Billy Horne*	28	21	84	75	10	17	2	1	0	11	0	5	0	4	.227	.275	.280	.555	71
LF	Buddy Armour*	29	21	87	74	10	22	3	0	0	15	2	10	1	2	.297	.388	.338	.726	124
CF	Sam Jethroe**	27	25	109	98	19	31	3	0	2	13	2	9	1	1	.316	.380	.408	.788	142
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	17	73	70	8	16	3	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	.229	.250	.271	.521	60

RF	Willie Grace**	27	20	69	63	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	2	1	3	.238	.273	.286	.558	72
2B	Rainey Bibbs**	33	10	35	31	5	13	5	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	.419	.471	.581	1.051	222
C	George Britt	48	10	26	25	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.320	.320	.360	.680	109
SS	Wilbert King	29	5	19	16	4	6	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	.375	.444	.500	.944	190
CF	Lloyd Davenport*	32	4	16	13	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.308	.400	.308	.708	118
C	Jesse Williams**	21	4	12	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	54
C	Jesse F. Williams*		2	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	68
C	Walter Crosby	23	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	157
1B	Jimmy Cockerham	33	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	336
3B	Humphreys^		1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	105
C	Shirley Petway^	35	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	515

SP	George Jefferson	21	11	31	27	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	.074	.167	.111	.278	-14
SP	Willie Jefferson	40	13	28	27	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.148	.148	.185	.333	2
SP	Eugene Bremer	27	8	18	16	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	.313	.389	.313	.701	116
SP	John Brown	25	5	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	104
RP	Willie McCrary^		2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-23
SP	Frank Carswell	26	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Lovell Harden	26	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	207
SP	Willie McMeans^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Alonzo Boone	36	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28		264	948	850	115	225	30	5	3	101	13	67	6	25	.265	.323	.322	.645	98

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Sam Jethroe**	27	CF	109	.379	.313	8.3%	7.0%	1.8%	0.4%	.092	.072
Archie Ware*	26	1B	105	.251	.313	12.4%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.011	.072
Buddy Armour*	29	LF	87	.353	.313	11.5%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.041	.072
Parnell Woods	32	3B	87	.433	.313	3.4%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.133	.072
Billy Horne*	28	SS	84	.259	.313	6.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.053	.072
Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	RF	73	.249	.313	2.7%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.043	.072
Willie Grace**	27	RF	69	.261	.313	2.9%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.048	.072
Johnnie Cowan	31	2B	68	.289	.313	5.9%	7.0%	1.5%	0.4%	.081	.072
Rainey Bibbs**	33	2B	35	.483	.313	8.6%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.161	.072
Walter Burch	36	C	31	.252	.313	12.9%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
George Jefferson	21	SP	31	.148	.313	9.7%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.037	.072
Willie Jefferson	40	SP	28	.153	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.037	.072
George Britt	48	C	26	.313	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.040	.072
Wilbert King	29	SS	19	.428	.313	5.3%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.125	.072
Eugene Bremer	27	SP	18	.353	.313	5.6%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Lloyd Davenport*	32	CF	16	.334	.313	12.5%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Jesse Williams**	21	C	12	.241	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
John Brown	25	SP	9	.297	.313	11.1%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Jesse F. Williams*		C	8	.307	.313	25.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Willie McCrary^		RP	8	.121	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Frank Carswell	26	SP	6	.000	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Walter Crosby	23	C	5	.342	.313	20.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Lovell Harden	26	SP	5	.386	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Humphreys^		3B	4	.241	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Jimmy Cockerham	33	1B	4	.669	.313	25.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Shirley Petway^	35	C	1	.965	.313	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Willie McMeans^		SP		.000	.313		7.0%		0.4%		.072
Alonzo Boone	36	SP		.000	.313		7.0%		0.4%		.072
28			948	.309	.313	7.1%	7.0%	0.3%	0.4%	.058	.072