1945 Newark Eagles

32 - 27

24 - 22 in the Negro National League II

1935 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Willie Wells (11-10)
Biz Mackey (21-17)

Top Hitter

Johnny
Davis

Top Pitcher

Don
Newcombe

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	77	5th	ERA+	94	4th
OPS	.647	5th	ERA	4.45	4th
BA	.241	5th	BA	.273	5th
OBP	.315	5th	K/BB	1.26	5th
SLG	.332	5th	K%	9.8%	6th
BB%	8.8%	2nd	BB%	7.8%	3rd
K%	0.3%	6th	HR%	1.4%	6th
ISO	.091	2nd	WHIP	1.45	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	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
LF	Thad Christopher*	32	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	221
CF	Johnny Davis	28	22	92	79	15	26	9	0	5	22	0	11	0	1	1	1	.329	.418	.633	1.050	185
RP	Sidney Williams^	30	10	29	27	3	9	4	0	1	3	1	2			0	0	.333	.379	.593	.972	164
SP	Jimmy Hill*	27	6	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	135
1B	Lennie Pearson	27	20	80	75	15	23	2	3	2	13	0	5	0	0	0	0	.307	.350	.493	.843	129
3B	Cotton Williams	28	14	59	52	9	15	0	1	1	6	0	7		0	0	0	.288	.373	.385	.757	107
C	Biz Mackey**	47	19	68	58	5	16	1	1	1	8	0	9	1	0	0	1	.276	.373	.379	.752	106
CF	Fran Matthews*	28	12	52	46	8	11	0	1	1	4	1	4	0		1	1	.239	.314	.348	.662	81
RF	Bob Harvey*	27	22	90	82	14	21	3	0	1	13	0	7	1	0	0	1	.256	.315	.329	.644	76
CF	Jimmy Wilkes*	19	10	34	30	7	8	1	0	0	2	2	3		0	0	1	.267	.333	.300	.633	74
2B	Charlie Humber	31	18	71	61	5	15	1	0	0	5	1	6	0	0	1	3	.246	.324	.262	.586	61
C	Clay^		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37
RP	Specs Roberts^	37	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37
SP	Warren Peace	23	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37
SS	Murray Watkins*	29	23	109	96	11	19	1	0	0	5	4	10	0	0	1	2	.198	.280	.208	.489	35
SP	Don Newcombe*	19	10	28	24	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	25
C	Willie Wynn	27	9	35	32	2	5	0	1	0	6	0	2			0	1	.156	.206	.219	.425	16
SS	Willie Wells	40	9	36	31	6	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		2	0	.129	.250	.129	.379	5
LF	Ted Griffith^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0
SP	Terris McDuffie	36	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5
3B	Norman Banks^		10	35	33	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	.121	.171	.121	.293	-19
2B	Monte Irvin	26	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39
SP	Leniel Hooker	29	8	25	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	.083	.120	.083	.203	-44
SP	Emmett Hopkins^		3	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52
3B	Urban^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Johnny Wright	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	26		239	886	789	107	190	22	7	12	92	9	78	2	1	7	12	.241	.315	.332	.647	77

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Murray Watkins*	29	SS	109	.247	.344	9.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.010	.102
Johnny Davis	28	CF	92	.463	.344	12.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	5.4%	0.9%	.304	.102
Bob Harvey*	27	RF	90	.308	.344	7.8%	9.1%	1.1%	0.6%	7.00	15.02	1.1%	0.9%	.073	.102
Lennie Pearson	27	1B	80	.389	.344	6.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	2.5%	0.9%	.187	.102
Charlie Humber	31	2B	71	.282	.344	8.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.016	.102
Biz Mackey**	47	C	68	.359	.344	13.2%	9.1%	1.5%	0.6%	9.00	15.02	1.5%	0.9%	.103	.102
Cotton Williams	28	3B	59	.365	.344	11.9%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	1.7%	0.9%	.096	.102
Fran Matthews*	28	CF	52	.312	.344	7.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	1.9%	0.9%	.109	.102
Willie Wells	40	SS	36	.213	.344	8.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Willie Wynn	27	C	35	.201	.344	5.7%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.063	.102
Norman Banks^		3B	35	.153	.344	5.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Jimmy Wilkes*	19	CF	34	.303	.344	8.8%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.033	.102
Sidney Williams^	30	RP	29	.443	.344	6.9%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	3.4%	0.9%	.259	.102
Don Newcombe*	19	SP	28	.246	.344	10.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Leniel Hooker	29	SP	25	.107	.344	4.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Monte Irvin	26	2B	9	.106	.344	0.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Jimmy Hill*	27	SP	7	.410	.344	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Emmett Hopkins^		SP	6	.126	.344	16.7%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Thad Christopher*	32	LF	4	.428	.344	25.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Specs Roberts^	37	RP	4	.239	.344	0.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Warren Peace	23	SP	4	.239	.344	0.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Clay^		C	4	.239	.344	0.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Terris McDuffie	36	SP	3	.252	.344	33.3%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Urban^		3B	1	.000	.344	0.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Johnny Wright	28	RP	1	.000	.344	0.0%	9.1%		0.6%		15.02	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
Ted Griffith^		LF		.000	.344		9.1%		0.6%		15.02		0.9%		.102
26			886	.308	.344	8.8%	9.1%	0.3%	0.6%	30.00	15.02	1.4%	0.9%	.091	.102