1945 Newark Eagles

32 - 26

27 - 22 in the Negro National League II

1935 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Willie Wells (12-10)
Biz Mackey (20-16)

Top Hitter

Johnny
Davis

Top Pitcher

Leniel
Hooker

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	77	5th	ERA+	95	4th
OPS	.646	5th	ERA	4.32	4th
BA	.241	5th	BA	.268	4th
OBP	.313	5th	K/BB	1.24	5th
SLG	.333	5th	K%	10.1%	5th
BB%	8.5%	3rd	BB%	8.2%	3rd
K%			HR%	1.4%	6th
ISO	.092	2nd	WHIP	1.44	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Abe Manley (Co-Owner) , Effa Manley (Co-Owner & Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	IBB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Biz Mackey**	47	18	64	55	5	15	1	1	1	8	0	8	0	0	1	.273	.365	.382	.747	104
1B	Lennie Pearson	27	19	75	71	15	23	2	3	2	13	0	4	0	0	0	.324	.360	.521	.881	139
2B	Charlie Humber	31	17	67	58	4	14	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	1	3	.241	.313	.259	.571	57
3B	Cotton Williams	28	13	54	49	9	14	0	1	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	.286	.352	.388	.740	102
SS	Murray Watkins*	29	22	104	91	10	18	1	0	0	5	4	10	0	1	2	.198	.284	.209	.493	36
LF	Sidney Williams^	30	9	26	24	3	8	4	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.385	.625	1.010	173
CF	Johnny Davis	28	21	87	74	14	25	9	0	4	20	0	11	1	1	1	.338	.430	.622	1.052	185
RF	Bob Harvey*	27	21	86	79	13	21	3	0	1	13	0	6	0	0	1	.266	.318	.342	.659	80

CF	Fran Matthews*	28	12	52	46	8	11	0	1	1	4	1	4	0	1	1	.239	.314	.348	.662	80
C	Willie Wynn	27	9	35	32	2	5	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	1	.156	.206	.219	.425	16
3B	Norman Banks^		10	35	33	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.121	.171	.121	.293	-19
CF	Jimmy Wilkes*	19	10	34	30	7	8	1	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	.267	.333	.300	.633	73
SS	Willie Wells	40	8	31	26	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	.077	.226	.077	.303	-15
2B	Monte Irvin	26	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39
LF	Thad Christopher*	32	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	221
C	Clay^		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37
3B	Urban^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Don Newcombe*	19	10	28	24	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	25
SP	Leniel Hooker	29	7	24	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.087	.125	.087	.212	-42
SP	Jimmy Hill*	27	5	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	134
SP	Emmett Hopkins^		3	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52
RP	Specs Roberts^	37	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37
SP	Warren Peace	23	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37
SP	Terris McDuffie	36	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
RP	Johnny Wright	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Ted Griffith^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26		227	845	754	102	182	22	7	11	87	9	72	1	7	12	.241	.313	.333	.646	77

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Murray Watkins*	29	SS	104	.249	.345	9.6%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.011	.103
Johnny Davis	28	CF	87	.465	.345	12.6%	9.0%	4.6%	0.9%	.284	.103
Bob Harvey*	27	RF	86	.313	.345	7.0%	9.0%	1.2%	0.9%	.076	.103
Lennie Pearson	27	1B	75	.404	.345	5.3%	9.0%	2.7%	0.9%	.197	.103
Charlie Humber	31	2B	67	.274	.345	7.5%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.017	.103
Biz Mackey**	47	C	64	.354	.345	12.5%	9.0%	1.6%	0.9%	.109	.103
Cotton Williams	28	3B	54	.353	.345	9.3%	9.0%	1.9%	0.9%	.102	.103
Fran Matthews*	28	CF	52	.312	.345	7.7%	9.0%	1.9%	0.9%	.109	.103
Norman Banks^		3B	35	.152	.345	5.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Willie Wynn	27	C	35	.201	.345	5.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.063	.103
Jimmy Wilkes*	19	CF	34	.303	.345	8.8%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.033	.103
Willie Wells	40	SS	31	.186	.345	9.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Don Newcombe*	19	SP	28	.246	.345	10.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Sidney Williams^	30	LF	26	.457	.345	7.7%	9.0%	3.8%	0.9%	.292	.103
Leniel Hooker	29	SP	24	.111	.345	4.2%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Monte Irvin	26	2B	9	.106	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Jimmy Hill*	27	SP	7	.410	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Emmett Hopkins^		SP	6	.126	.345	16.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Warren Peace	23	SP	4	.239	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Specs Roberts^	37	RP	4	.239	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Thad Christopher*	32	LF	4	.428	.345	25.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Clay^		C	4	.239	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Terris McDuffie	36	SP	3	.252	.345	33.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Urban^		3B	1	.000	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Johnny Wright	28	RP	1	.000	.345	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
Ted Griffith^		LF		.000	.345		9.0%		0.9%		.103
26			845	.307	.345	8.5%	9.0%	1.3%	0.9%	.092	.103