1947 Cleveland Buckeyes

44 - 25 - 1

42 - 12 in the Negro American League

1942 / 1948 (Team History)

Managed by:
Quincy Trouppe (44-25-1)

Top Hitter

Sam
Jethroe

Top Pitcher

Chet
Brewer

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	117	1st	ERA+	173	1st
OPS	.799	1st	ERA	2.55	1st
BA	.297	1st	BA	.248	1st
OBP	.359	2nd	K/BB	1.71	1st
SLG	.439	1st	K%	13.3%	1st
BB%	7.2%	5th	BB%	7.8%	1st
K%			HR%	0.7%	2nd
ISO	.142	1st	WHIP	1.28	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)

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	Tommy Harris	23	10	34	33	4	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.152	.152	.212	.364	-2
1B	Archie Ware*	29	16	73	64	13	23	6	0	1	12	2	4	3	2	.359	.423	.500	.923	150
2B	Johnnie Cowan	34	16	62	60	10	19	3	0	1	13	1	0	1	1	.317	.328	.417	.745	101
3B	Joe Atkins	25	11	42	37	7	10	2	2	1	4	0	4	1	0	.270	.357	.514	.871	135
SS	Al Smith	19	15	60	55	8	19	3	3	3	12	1	4	1	0	.345	.400	.673	1.073	189
LF	Clyde Nelson	25	15	60	55	4	15	3	1	0	10	2	2	2	1	.273	.322	.364	.686	86
CF	Sam Jethroe**	30	16	73	62	20	22	5	2	2	6	10	8	0	3	.355	.429	.597	1.025	177
RF	Willie Grace**	30	16	63	51	8	16	1	0	0	7	0	10	0	2	.314	.426	.333	.760	107

C	Quincy Trouppe**	34	12	29	23	4	7	1	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	.304	.448	.348	.796	117
3B	Leon Kellman	28	9	27	22	6	6	1	1	1	6	0	3	1	1	.273	.385	.545	.930	151
LF	Jesse Williams*	24	7	14	13	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.615	.973	162
LF	George Minor^	28	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Vibert Clarke*	19	4	16	15	1	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.533	.533	.533	1.067	190
SP	Chet Brewer**	40	4	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	21
SP	Alonzo Boone	39	3	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Doc Bracken	32	2	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9
RP	Eugene Bremer	30	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9
SP	Satchel Davis	28	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Clyde Williams*	27	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-6
SP	Sam Jones	21	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	John Brown	28	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	443
	21		172	601	535	91	159	28	9	10	86	17	43	9	14	.297	.359	.439	.799	117

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Archie Ware*	29	1B	73	.424	.350	5.5%	9.4%	1.4%	0.8%	.141	.102
Sam Jethroe**	30	CF	73	.449	.350	11.0%	9.4%	2.7%	0.8%	.242	.102
Willie Grace**	30	RF	63	.375	.350	15.9%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.020	.102
Johnnie Cowan	34	2B	62	.343	.350	0.0%	9.4%	1.6%	0.8%	.100	.102
Clyde Nelson	25	LF	60	.324	.350	3.3%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.091	.102
Al Smith	19	SS	60	.476	.350	6.7%	9.4%	5.0%	0.8%	.327	.102
Joe Atkins	25	3B	42	.398	.350	9.5%	9.4%	2.4%	0.8%	.243	.102
Tommy Harris	23	C	34	.163	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.061	.102
Quincy Trouppe**	34	C	29	.407	.350	20.7%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.043	.102
Leon Kellman	28	3B	27	.409	.350	11.1%	9.4%	3.7%	0.8%	.273	.102
Vibert Clarke*	19	SP	16	.483	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Jesse Williams*	24	LF	14	.433	.350	7.1%	9.4%	7.1%	0.8%	.308	.102
Alonzo Boone	39	SP	10	.000	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Chet Brewer**	40	SP	10	.193	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
George Minor^	28	LF	6	.000	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Doc Bracken	32	SP	6	.161	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Eugene Bremer	30	RP	5	.193	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Satchel Davis	28	SP	4	.000	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Clyde Williams*	27	RP	3	.260	.350	33.3%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
Sam Jones	21	SP	3	.000	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
John Brown	28	RP	1	.966	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.102
21			601	.368	.350	7.2%	9.4%	1.7%	0.8%	.142	.102

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

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