1943 Memphis Red Sox

49 - 59 - 4

28 - 46 - 4 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Larry Brown (49-59-4)

Top Hitter

Cowan
Hyde

Top Pitcher

Verdell
Mathis

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	3rd	ERA+	84	6th
OPS	.645	2nd	ERA	4.37	5th
BA	.259	2nd	BA	.279	6th
OBP	.324	1st	K/BB	1.73	3rd
SLG	.321	3rd	K%	10.7%	4th
BB%	8.2%	1st	BB%	6.2%	1st
K%			HR%	0.5%	5th
ISO	.061	6th	WHIP	1.39	5th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• B. B. Martin (Co-Owner) , W. S. Martin (Co-Owner)

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	Larry Brown**	41	18	58	51	2	10	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.196	.293	.216	.509	56
1B	Jim Canada*	31	18	68	63	5	16	4	0	0	6	0	5	0	0	.254	.309	.317	.626	91
2B	Fred Bankhead	30	29	128	120	21	35	4	1	0	14	7	5	2	1	.292	.331	.342	.672	105
3B	Fred McDaniel*	30	23	95	81	11	23	4	2	0	10	2	14	0	0	.284	.389	.383	.772	136
SS	Red Longley	33	28	111	105	10	32	5	1	0	11	1	6	0	0	.305	.342	.371	.714	118
LF	Pepper Sharpe**	24	6	13	12	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	145
CF	Neil Robinson	35	26	106	94	15	22	3	2	2	16	0	9	2	1	.234	.314	.372	.687	109
RF	Cowan Hyde	36	26	112	106	17	33	1	2	1	14	6	5	0	1	.311	.342	.387	.729	123

CF	Verdell Mathis*	29	23	87	74	12	16	1	0	0	8	0	12	0	1	.216	.326	.230	.555	71
RF	Emmett Wilson**	30	16	61	51	11	11	2	1	0	4	1	9	1	0	.216	.344	.294	.638	96
RF	Nat Rogers*	49	17	50	47	1	9	0	0	0	8	0	2	1	0	.191	.240	.191	.431	32
3B	Marlin Carter*	30	9	40	35	7	9	1	1	0	7	0	5	0	0	.257	.350	.343	.693	112
C	Bob Smith	36	10	31	29	2	11	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	.379	.419	.379	.799	145
C	Casey Jones*	24	9	24	19	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.368	.500	.368	.868	167
SS	T. J. Brown	27	7	21	21	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	75
SS	Felix Evans	32	5	11	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.222	.300	.333	.633	93
SS	James Lockman^		2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Jimmy Ford	30	1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	311
RF	Gerves Fagan	27	1	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	141
LF	Goose Curry*	38	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	26
1B	Jelly Taylor*	32	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	156
3B	Henry Smith	30	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	53

SP	Willie Hutchinson	28	16	32	31	7	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.226	.250	.226	.476	46
SP	Porter Moss	33	14	32	31	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.161	.161	.194	.355	8
SP	Robert Keys^	30	6	14	14	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	74
RP	Bill Barnes	22	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Satchel Paige	36	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Hodges^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	28		317	1131	1026	140	266	30	12	3	118	19	93	6	6	.259	.324	.321	.645	97

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Fred Bankhead	30	2B	128	.324	.314	3.9%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.050	.077
Cowan Hyde	36	RF	112	.346	.314	4.5%	7.3%	0.9%	0.5%	.075	.077
Red Longley	33	SS	111	.344	.314	5.4%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.067	.077
Neil Robinson	35	CF	106	.329	.314	8.5%	7.3%	1.9%	0.5%	.138	.077
Fred McDaniel*	30	3B	95	.377	.314	14.7%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.099	.077
Verdell Mathis*	29	CF	87	.285	.314	13.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.014	.077
Jim Canada*	31	1B	68	.306	.314	7.4%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.063	.077
Emmett Wilson**	30	RF	61	.323	.314	14.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.078	.077
Larry Brown**	41	C	58	.263	.314	12.1%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.020	.077
Nat Rogers*	49	RF	50	.219	.314	4.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Marlin Carter*	30	3B	40	.340	.314	12.5%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.086	.077
Porter Moss	33	SP	32	.163	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.032	.077
Willie Hutchinson	28	SP	32	.234	.314	3.1%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Bob Smith	36	C	31	.389	.314	6.5%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Casey Jones*	24	C	24	.436	.314	20.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
T. J. Brown	27	SS	21	.275	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Robert Keys^	30	SP	14	.263	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.143	.077
Pepper Sharpe**	24	LF	13	.385	.314	7.7%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.083	.077
Felix Evans	32	SS	11	.281	.314	9.1%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.111	.077
James Lockman^		SS	7	.000	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Jimmy Ford	30	SS	5	.617	.314	20.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.250	.077
Gerves Fagan	27	RF	5	.351	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.400	.077
Goose Curry*	38	LF	5	.299	.314	40.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Henry Smith	30	3B	4	.240	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Jelly Taylor*	32	1B	4	.427	.314	25.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Bill Barnes	22	RP	4	.000	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Satchel Paige	36	SP	2	.000	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
Hodges^		PH	1	.000	.314	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
28			1131	.315	.314	8.2%	7.3%	0.3%	0.5%	.061	.077