1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

NAL Championship Series

1943 / 1949

Top Hitter

Pepper
Bassett

Top Pitcher

Gene
Richardson

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Pepper Bassett	BBB	.554
2	Artie Wilson	BBB	.461
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.456
4	Piper Davis	BBB	.440
5	Willie Mays	BBB	.379
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	.355
7	Johnie Scott	KCM	.350
8	Elston Howard	KCM	.330
9	Earl Taborn	KCM	.310
10	Gene Baker	KCM	.309

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Bill Greason	BBB	390
2	Gene Richardson	KCM	314
3	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	181
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	100
5	Ford Smith	KCM	68
6	Alonzo Perry	BBB	68
7	Bill Powell	BBB	66
8	Gene Collins	KCM	65
9	Sammy Williams	BBB	56

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	ALC	7	272	234	27	60	8	1	2	25	1		32	1		3	3			.256	.353	.325	.678	100
2	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC	7	256	231	26	56	8	0	4	22	5		18	1	1	2	5			.242	.303	.329	.632	85
	2	1	14	528	465	53	116	16	1	6	47	6		50	2	1	5	8			.249	.329	.327	.656	93

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	7	28	24	2	10	3	0	1	7	1		3			1	0			.417	.500	.667	1.167	249
2	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	7	33	30	6	12	1	1	0	0	0		3			0	0			.400	.455	.500	.955	186
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	7	29	28	4	10	3	0	1	5	1		1		0	0	0			.357	.379	.571	.951	181
4	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	7	31	29	4	11	0	0	1	4	0		2			0	0			.379	.419	.483	.902	170
5	Willie Mays	BBB	CF	7	31	25	4	7	1	0	0	5	0		6			0	0			.280	.419	.320	.739	121
6	Johnie Scott*	KCM	RF	6	25	23	4	7	1	0	0	3	0		2		0	0	0			.304	.360	.348	.708	110
7	Hank Thompson*	KCM	2B	7	31	26	3	6	0	0	1	4	1		5		0	0	0			.231	.355	.346	.701	108
8	Elston Howard	KCM	LF	7	28	26	4	6	1	0	1	2	0		1		0	1	0			.231	.286	.385	.670	98
9	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	6	22	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		2		0	0	1			.263	.333	.316	.649	92
10	Gene Baker	KCM	SS	7	27	23	4	4	0	0	1	1	2		3		0	1	0			.174	.296	.304	.601	78
11	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	7	31	28	2	7	0	0	0	3	1		2		1	0	1			.250	.300	.250	.550	63
12	Jim Zapp	BBB	LF	7	28	25	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		3			0	0			.160	.250	.160	.410	23
13	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	7	30	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		5			0	1			.125	.276	.125	.401	20
14	John Britton*	BBB	3B	7	32	29	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		1			1	1			.172	.226	.172	.398	19

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

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