1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Jim
Gilliam

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	8
2	Luke Easter	EAS/HG	7
3	Lester Lockett	BEG/EAS	6
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	6
5	Monte Irvin	EAS/NE	5
6	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	4
7	Luis Márquez	EAS/HG	4
8	Gene Baker	KCM	4
9	Ed Steele	BBB	3
10	Joe Scott	BBB	3

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	0.98
2	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	1.05
3	Leniel Hooker	NE	1.09
4	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.10
5	José Santiago	NYC	1.11
6	Ted Alexander	HG	1.13
7	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	1.13
8	Wilmer Fields	EAS/HG	1.19
9	Garnett Blair	HG	1.20
10	Bill Powell	BBB/WES	1.20

Advanced Pitching

League:

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Throws:

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R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	NLC/NN2	552.2		1.18	15.7%	7.5%	2.08	0.4%
2	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	462.2		1.42	16.6%	9.5%	1.74	0.6%
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	456.2		1.25	13.3%	8.4%	1.59	0.4%
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	419.2		1.40	14.6%	7.8%	1.86	0.9%
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	410.2		1.38	10.5%	9.6%	1.09	0.4%
6	New York Cubans	NN2	366.1		1.44	13.7%	8.1%	1.69	1.3%
7	Birmingham Black Barons	MULT	321.2		1.41	14.2%	7.5%	1.89	1.1%
8	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	245.2		1.60	9.5%	7.9%	1.20	1.1%
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	209.1		1.59	10.0%	8.3%	1.20	1.2%
10	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	183.1		1.66	11.5%	10.5%	1.10	1.1%
11	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	110.2		1.83	8.6%	11.0%	0.78	1.7%
12	Chicago American Giants	NAL	108.1		1.84	11.6%	9.3%	1.24	0.8%
13	East All Stars	EWA	17.0		1.00	17.2%	7.8%	2.20	0.0%
14	West All Stars	EWA	17.0		1.12	7.4%	10.3%	0.71	1.5%
	14	6	3881.2		1.41	13.2%	8.6%	1.54	0.8%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Jim LaMarque*	KCM/WES	SP	146.0		1.23	16.6%	5.5%	3.03	0.5%
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	137.2		0.98	16.3%	4.3%	3.83	0.4%
3	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	SP	125.1		1.05	18.1%	8.1%	2.23	0.6%
4	Patricio Scantlebury*	NYC	SP	116.2		1.25	12.8%	4.1%	3.15	1.2%
5	Max Manning	EAS/NE	SP	116.1		1.10	15.7%	8.2%	1.92	0.0%
6	Henry Miller	PS	SP	111.2		1.42	14.0%	10.5%	1.33	1.2%
7	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	100.2		1.42	14.4%	6.2%	2.33	1.1%
8	Bob Romby*	BEG	RP	96.0		1.21	19.1%	11.3%	1.69	0.3%
9	Dave Barnhill	EAS/NYC	SP	88.1		1.35	13.3%	7.8%	1.70	1.8%
10	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	88.1		1.09	11.3%	4.4%	2.56	0.5%
11	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	88.0		1.26	16.6%	8.3%	2.00	0.5%
12	Tom Parker	HG	SP	83.1		1.20	13.4%	11.4%	1.18	0.9%
13	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	SP	80.1		1.13	15.9%	9.6%	1.66	0.3%
14	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	80.1		1.29	14.4%	4.9%	2.94	0.6%
15	Cotton Williams	NE	RP	72.0		1.57	12.0%	8.7%	1.38	0.3%
16	Alonzo Perry	BBB	SP	71.1		1.54	10.3%	7.9%	1.31	1.8%
17	Ford Smith	KCM	SP	70.1		1.24	17.3%	6.4%	2.68	0.3%
18	Bill Powell	BBB/WES	SP	70.0		1.20	17.8%	7.9%	2.26	1.4%
19	Bill Greason	BBB	RP	69.2		1.44	15.3%	10.1%	1.52	0.6%
20	Ernest Burke	BEG	RP	65.2		1.37	7.0%	4.2%	1.67	0.0%
21	Vibert Clarke*	CBE/WES	SP	65.1		1.38	10.3%	9.2%	1.11	1.0%
22	Roy Partlow*	PS	SP	65.0		1.40	11.7%	4.9%	2.36	0.7%
23	Gene Collins*	KCM	SP	64.0		1.69	21.9%	22.6%	0.97	0.3%
24	Clyde Golden*	NE	RP	64.0		1.36	13.2%	11.0%	1.19	1.1%
25	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	63.2		1.46	13.8%	7.4%	1.86	0.7%
26	Bob Thurman*	HG	SP	61.2		1.57	14.3%	10.7%	1.33	0.4%
27	Wilmer Fields	EAS/HG	SP	59.0		1.19	11.4%	5.3%	2.15	0.8%
28	Raúl López*	NYC	RP	58.2		1.70	12.6%	11.6%	1.09	1.1%
29	Barney Brown*	PS	RP	56.2		1.31	18.6%	6.8%	2.75	1.3%
30	Willie Cathey*	IC	RP	55.2		1.37	16.3%	6.1%	2.67	1.2%
31	Gene Richardson*	KCM	RP	54.1		1.34	19.5%	8.5%	2.30	0.4%
32	Bill Ricks	PS	RP	52.0		1.23	13.2%	9.9%	1.33	0.0%
33	Jim Cohen	IC/WES	SP	51.1		1.27	7.7%	6.8%	1.13	0.5%
34	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	51.0		1.55	14.2%	9.9%	1.43	0.9%
35	R. T. Walker	HG	RP	45.1		1.30	9.4%	9.9%	0.95	0.0%
36	Charley Davidson	NBY	SP	43.1		1.59	5.1%	8.2%	0.63	1.5%
37	Johnny Williams	IC	RP	40.1		1.49	5.8%	8.4%	0.69	1.0%
38	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	39.0		1.51	12.8%	6.7%	1.92	0.0%
39	Frank Thompson*	HG	RP	38.1		1.54	9.7%	10.9%	0.89	0.0%
40	Ted Alexander	HG	RP	38.0		1.13	8.6%	6.6%	1.30	0.7%
41	Bob Griffith	EAS/NBY	RP	37.1		1.66	11.8%	9.4%	1.25	1.8%
42	Chet Brewer	CBE	SP	35.1		1.75	12.8%	8.1%	1.57	0.0%
43	Spoon Carter	MRS/WES	RP	33.2		1.72	5.7%	10.1%	0.56	0.6%
44	Luis Cabrera	IC	SP	33.0		1.52	11.0%	7.6%	1.45	0.7%
45	José Santiago	NYC	SP	32.1		1.11	19.4%	8.2%	2.36	1.5%
46	Pee Wee Jenkins	NYC	RP	30.1		1.71	21.4%	11.0%	1.94	1.4%
47	Frank Pearson	NBY	RP	28.0		1.39	13.9%	4.1%	3.40	0.8%
48	Wilmer Harris	PS	RP	27.2		1.55	14.7%	7.0%	2.11	0.0%
49	Gentry Jessup	CAG/WES	RP	27.0		1.44	12.1%	8.9%	1.36	0.8%
50	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	26.2		1.20	8.8%	12.4%	0.71	0.0%
51	Jim Carter	NE	RP	26.1		1.59	7.3%	13.0%	0.56	0.0%
52	Willie Smith	HG	RP	25.2		1.99	5.5%	11.7%	0.47	0.8%
53	Riley Stewart	CAG	RP	24.2		1.74	14.5%	9.7%	1.50	0.0%
54	Eugene Smith	CBE	SP	24.0		2.00	12.9%	13.7%	0.94	2.4%
55	Sammy Williams	BBB	SP	22.1		1.66	14.1%	7.1%	2.00	2.0%
56	Alfred Wilmore	BEG	SP	22.0		1.36	14.0%	11.0%	1.27	1.0%
57	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	21.0		1.67	16.3%	11.2%	1.45	2.0%
58	Albert Stephens^	NBY	RP	19.2		1.53	16.3%	13.0%	1.25	1.1%
59	Sam Jones	CBE	RP	18.0		2.17	12.6%	16.8%	0.75	1.1%
60	Roberto Vargas*	CAG/WES	SP	18.0		1.67	8.5%	6.1%	1.40	0.0%
61	Clarence Evans^	HG	RP	17.2		1.87	4.7%	8.2%	0.57	0.0%
62	Toots Ferrell^	BEG	RP	16.2		1.20	11.4%	4.3%	2.67	0.0%
63	Alex Newkirk	NBY/NYC	RP	16.2		1.92	3.7%	7.3%	0.50	0.0%
64	Andy Porter	IC	SP	16.1		1.71	9.0%	6.4%	1.40	2.6%
65	Sam Woods	MRS	RP	16.1		1.65	10.0%	13.8%	0.73	1.3%
66	Felix Evans	MRS	RP	16.0		2.25	9.5%	9.5%	1.00	1.2%
67	Johnny Smith*	NBY	RP	15.2		1.72	5.5%	8.2%	0.67	4.1%
68	Wilbur Lansing	NE	SP	15.1		1.24	16.4%	6.0%	2.75	0.0%
69	Leonard Johnson	KCM	SP	15.0		2.27	3.7%	8.5%	0.43	2.4%
70	Walter Gibbons	IC	SP	13.0		2.54	6.9%	8.3%	0.83	1.4%
71	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	RP	13.0		1.46	5.3%	8.8%	0.60	5.3%
72	Marvin Barker	NBY	RP	12.2		1.82	1.6%	9.8%	0.17	0.0%
73	Frank Carswell	CBE	SP	12.2		1.97	9.4%	7.8%	1.20	3.1%
74	John Brown	CBE	RP	12.1		0.81	15.7%	11.8%	1.33	0.0%
75	Ladd White	IC	SP	11.1		2.03	5.5%	9.1%	0.60	0.0%
76	Martin Crue*	NYC	RP	11.0		1.27	14.9%	6.4%	2.33	2.1%
77	Earl Bumpus*	CAG	RP	10.2		2.16	13.7%	11.8%	1.17	2.0%
78	Sack Morgan*	MRS	RP	9.2		2.17	2.0%	16.0%	0.13	2.0%
79	Harry Rhodes*	CAG	RP	9.2		2.07	6.1%	10.2%	0.60	0.0%
80	Clarence Locke	CAG	SP	9.1		2.68	7.7%	7.7%	1.00	0.0%
81	Barney Morris	NYC	SP	9.1		2.14	8.3%	20.8%	0.40	0.0%
82	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	9.0		1.67	11.4%	2.3%	5.00	0.0%
83	Earnest Long	CBE	RP	9.0		1.89	4.5%	13.6%	0.33	2.3%
84	Wilfredo Salas	NYC	RP	9.0		1.33	12.8%	10.3%	1.25	0.0%
85	Lefty Bell*	HG	RP	8.1		1.44	8.1%	10.8%	0.75	0.0%
86	Manuel Godínez	IC	RP	8.1		1.80	5.1%	0.0%		5.1%
87	José Velásquez	IC	SP	8.0		1.25	2.9%	8.8%	0.33	0.0%
88	Angel García*	IC	RP	6.2		2.10	11.1%	11.1%	1.00	0.0%
89	Jehosie Heard*	BBB	RP	6.2		1.65	16.1%	3.2%	5.00	0.0%
90	Bill Dumpson^	NBY	SP	6.0		1.67	21.4%	10.7%	2.00	0.0%
91	Gardner^	CAG	RP	6.0		0.83	13.6%	4.5%	3.00	4.5%
92	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	SP	6.0		1.83	17.2%	10.3%	1.67	3.4%
93	Larry Kimbrough	HG	RP	5.2		1.41	3.8%	3.8%	1.00	0.0%
94	Sonny Boy Jeffries	NBY	RP	5.1		1.31	4.2%	12.5%	0.33	4.2%
95	DeShield^	PS	SP	5.0		1.20	33.3%	19.0%	1.75	0.0%
96	Nat Pollard	BBB	RP	4.1		2.08	8.7%	13.0%	0.67	0.0%
97	Clyde Sowell	BEG	SP	4.1		4.38	0.0%	21.9%	0.00	0.0%
98	Bob Trice	HG	RP	4.0		1.25	16.7%	11.1%	1.50	0.0%
99	Bill Blair*	IC	RP	2.2		4.50	10.5%	21.1%	0.50	0.0%
100	Raúl Sánchez^	MRS	RP	2.0		4.00	7.7%	7.7%	1.00	0.0%
101	Tincy Jamerson	KCM	SP	1.2		4.80	0.0%	28.6%	0.00	7.1%
102	Fred Shepherd	CAG	SP	1.1		3.75	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%
103	Chris Vierira*	NBY	SP	1.1		5.25	0.0%	15.4%	0.00	0.0%
104	Harold Gould	PS	SP	1.0		6.00	22.2%	0.0%		0.0%
105	Preacher Henry	IC	RP	0.2		7.50	0.0%	57.1%	0.00	0.0%
106	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	0.2		6.00	16.7%	16.7%	1.00	16.7%
107	Jimmie Bennett	IC	SP	0.1		15.00	0.0%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%
108	Taylor Smith	CAG	RP	0.1		6.00	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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