1944 Philadelphia Stars

37 - 29 - 1

29 - 26 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1933 / 1945 (Team History)

Managed by:
Goose Curry (37-29-1)

Top Hitter

Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	106	2nd	ERA+	118	2nd
OPS	.800	1st	ERA	3.79	2nd
BA	.312	1st	BA	.270	3rd
OBP	.379	1st	K/BB	1.82	2nd
SLG	.421	1st	K%	12.5%	1st
BB%	9.2%	2nd	BB%	6.9%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.8%	3rd
ISO	.109	3rd	WHIP	1.37	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: 44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Ed Bolden (Co-Owner & President) , Eddie Gottlieb (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	Bill Cash	25	50	199	175	29	53	10	2	1	26	1	18	1	5	.303	.371	.400	.771	99
1B	Jim West**	39	50	219	198	34	72	14	2	1	33	2	16	2	3	.364	.417	.470	.886	129
2B	Marvin Williams	24	51	222	203	35	73	17	4	3	50	3	16	0	3	.360	.406	.527	.933	140
3B	Henry Spearman	34	44	154	145	21	47	10	4	2	36	0	6	0	3	.324	.351	.490	.841	115
SS	Frank Austin	27	47	224	192	47	64	11	5	0	24	5	28	0	4	.333	.418	.443	.861	122
LF	Goose Curry*	39	43	174	138	30	41	5	2	3	27	3	29	3	4	.297	.429	.428	.857	122
CF	Gene Benson*	30	52	243	225	39	70	9	3	1	30	3	13	0	5	.311	.349	.391	.740	91
RF	Ed Stone*	34	49	218	196	41	68	9	6	0	31	0	19	0	3	.347	.405	.454	.859	121

LF	Barney Brown*	36	35	118	93	15	22	2	2	0	13	0	20	1	4	.237	.377	.301	.678	77
3B	Mahlon Duckett	21	34	98	82	19	23	1	1	0	9	2	10	0	6	.280	.359	.317	.676	75
C	Stanley Glenn	17	15	39	33	5	7	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	2	.212	.297	.333	.631	63
C	Clarence Palm	36	15	36	33	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	.152	.200	.152	.352	-8
LF	Garrell Hartman	31	20	34	30	3	9	2	0	0	6	0	2	0	2	.300	.344	.367	.710	83
RF	Roy Campanella	22	1	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	3
SS	Tommy Butts	24	1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	247
SS	Sy Morton	22	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Bill Ricks	24	24	66	61	8	13	2	1	0	6	0	4	0	1	.213	.262	.279	.540	39
SP	Henry Miller	26	11	35	27	5	7	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	.259	.375	.259	.634	66
SP	Hubert Glenn*	27	10	29	25	7	9	0	0	3	8	0	2	0	2	.360	.407	.720	1.127	187
SP	Ule Mahoney*	27	12	29	24	6	9	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	1	.375	.464	.500	.964	149
RP	Pete Sunkett	26	10	18	18	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.278	.444	13
SP	Lefty Boone^	24	4	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	29
RP	Larry Kimbrough**	20	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-54
SP	Bill Byrd**	36	1	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	1.333	2.083	430
SP	Perry^		1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	245
SP	Ches Buchanan^	36	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Simmons^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	Fred Hobgood*	22	3		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Carpenter^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29		590	2193	1933	356	604	96	36	14	318	20	201	7	52	.312	.379	.421	.800	106

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Gene Benson*	30	CF	243	.341	.360	5.3%	8.7%	0.4%	0.9%	.080	.110
Frank Austin	27	SS	224	.400	.360	12.5%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.109	.110
Marvin Williams	24	2B	222	.424	.360	7.2%	8.7%	1.4%	0.9%	.167	.110
Jim West**	39	1B	219	.410	.360	7.3%	8.7%	0.5%	0.9%	.106	.110
Ed Stone*	34	RF	218	.397	.360	8.7%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.107	.110
Bill Cash	25	C	199	.357	.360	9.0%	8.7%	0.5%	0.9%	.097	.110
Goose Curry*	39	LF	174	.402	.360	16.7%	8.7%	1.7%	0.9%	.130	.110
Henry Spearman	34	3B	154	.377	.360	3.9%	8.7%	1.3%	0.9%	.166	.110
Barney Brown*	36	LF	118	.330	.360	16.9%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.065	.110
Mahlon Duckett	21	3B	98	.311	.360	10.2%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.037	.110
Bill Ricks	24	SP	66	.255	.360	6.1%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.066	.110
Stanley Glenn	17	C	39	.285	.360	10.3%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.121	.110
Clarence Palm	36	C	36	.174	.360	5.6%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Henry Miller	26	SP	35	.298	.360	14.3%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Garrell Hartman	31	LF	34	.318	.360	5.9%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.067	.110
Hubert Glenn*	27	SP	29	.465	.360	6.9%	8.7%	10.3%	0.9%	.360	.110
Ule Mahoney*	27	SP	29	.437	.360	13.8%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.110
Pete Sunkett	26	RP	18	.198	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.110
Lefty Boone^	24	SP	8	.237	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Larry Kimbrough**	20	RP	6	.126	.360	16.7%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Roy Campanella	22	RF	5	.190	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Tommy Butts	24	SS	5	.606	.360	20.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.250	.110
Sy Morton	22	SS	4	.000	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Bill Byrd**	36	SP	4	.851	.360	25.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.667	.110
Perry^		SP	3	.633	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Ches Buchanan^	36	SP	2	.000	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Simmons^		PH	1	.000	.360	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.110
Fred Hobgood*	22	RP		.000	.360		8.7%		0.9%		.110
Carpenter^		SP		.000	.360		8.7%		0.9%		.110
29			2193	.369	.360	9.2%	8.7%	0.6%	0.9%	.109	.110