1945 New York Black Yankees

16 - 45

7 - 26 in the Negro National League II

1931 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
George Scales (5-20)
Willie Wells (4-9)
Marvin Barker (7-16)

Top Hitter

Marvin
Barker

Top Pitcher

Neck
Stanley

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	82	5th	ERA+	85	6th
OPS	.652	5th	ERA	5.12	6th
BA	.253	4th	BA	.302	6th
OBP	.315	5th	K/BB	1.13	6th
SLG	.336	5th	K%	9.9%	6th
BB%	7.8%	5th	BB%	8.7%	5th
K%			HR%	1.0%	4th
ISO	.084	5th	WHIP	1.64	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Jim Semler (Owner & President) , Curtis Leak (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	Bill Perkins	39	18	67	63	4	13	2	0	0	7	2	2	0	2	.206	.231	.238	.469	31
1B	George Scales	44	17	60	51	4	13	1	1	0	3	0	8	0	1	.255	.356	.314	.670	88
2B	Walter Hardy	19	20	65	58	7	8	2	1	0	6	0	6	0	1	.138	.219	.207	.426	19
3B	Marvin Barker	33	31	134	128	18	37	11	1	1	17	4	3	2	1	.289	.316	.414	.730	103
SS	Willie Wells	40	18	78	69	7	21	6	0	0	8	1	6	1	2	.304	.368	.391	.760	112
LF	Rufus Baker^	26	25	94	83	17	17	5	0	0	7	0	9	0	2	.205	.283	.265	.548	54
CF	Felix McLaurin**	23	27	119	115	19	37	3	5	1	15	2	4	0	0	.322	.345	.461	.805	124
RF	Alphonso Gerard*	28	26	105	90	12	22	5	1	0	6	0	12	0	3	.244	.333	.322	.656	84

LF	Thad Christopher*	32	23	88	70	9	16	2	1	2	7	0	18	0	0	.229	.386	.371	.758	112
RF	Emery Adams	33	19	56	49	6	14	2	1	0	5	0	5	0	2	.286	.352	.367	.719	101
2B	Philly Holmes*	32	11	49	47	3	14	1	2	0	8	0	2	0	0	.298	.327	.404	.731	104
LF	Claude Poole^		17	37	35	3	11	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	.314	.333	.400	.733	104
2B	Dick Seay	40	8	36	31	6	8	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	1	.258	.343	.258	.601	69
1B	Jim Starks	39	8	33	30	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	.133	.212	.200	.412	16
C	Bill Kelly^		7	20	18	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.278	.316	.333	.649	82
C	Clarence Palm	37	4	14	12	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	114
LF	John Henry McQueen	29	4	11	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	77
3B	Gideon Applegate	17	3	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38
2B	Flash Miller	35	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27
3B	Pitts^		1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	180

SP	Neck Stanley*	40	14	36	34	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.176	.200	.176	.376	6
SP	George Mack^		12	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.136	.240	.182	.422	19
SP	Percy Forrest	28	4	15	12	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	.417	.500	.583	1.083	202
SP	Johnny Johnson*	29	5	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	79
SP	Martin Crue*	25	3	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	40
RP	Willie Burns*	29	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26		327	1181	1064	132	269	46	14	5	109	10	92	5	20	.253	.315	.336	.652	82

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Marvin Barker	33	3B	134	.338	.338	2.2%	8.8%	0.7%	0.9%	.125	.100
Felix McLaurin**	23	CF	119	.373	.338	3.4%	8.8%	0.8%	0.9%	.139	.100
Alphonso Gerard*	28	RF	105	.312	.338	11.4%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.078	.100
Rufus Baker^	26	LF	94	.266	.338	9.6%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.060	.100
Thad Christopher*	32	LF	88	.372	.338	20.5%	8.8%	2.3%	0.9%	.143	.100
Willie Wells	40	SS	78	.355	.338	7.7%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.087	.100
Bill Perkins	39	C	67	.220	.338	3.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.032	.100
Walter Hardy	19	2B	65	.211	.338	9.2%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.069	.100
George Scales	44	1B	60	.327	.338	13.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.059	.100
Emery Adams	33	RF	56	.333	.338	8.9%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.082	.100
Philly Holmes*	32	2B	49	.342	.338	4.1%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.106	.100
Claude Poole^		LF	37	.336	.338	2.7%	8.8%	2.7%	0.9%	.086	.100
Neck Stanley*	40	SP	36	.180	.338	2.8%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Dick Seay	40	2B	36	.298	.338	8.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Jim Starks	39	1B	33	.207	.338	9.1%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.067	.100
George Mack^		SP	25	.221	.338	12.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.100
Bill Kelly^		C	20	.296	.338	5.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.100
Percy Forrest	28	SP	15	.473	.338	6.7%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.167	.100
Clarence Palm	37	C	14	.381	.338	14.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Johnny Johnson*	29	SP	13	.308	.338	7.7%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.100
John Henry McQueen	29	LF	11	.296	.338	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.091	.100
Gideon Applegate	17	3B	10	.096	.338	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Martin Crue*	25	SP	8	.239	.338	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Flash Miller	35	2B	4	.189	.338	25.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Pitts^		3B	4	.478	.338	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.100
Willie Burns*	29	RP		.000	.338		8.8%		0.9%		.100
26			1181	.309	.338	7.8%	8.8%	0.4%	0.9%	.084	.100