1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Jim
Gilliam

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	200
2	Luke Easter	EAS/HG	196
3	Minnie Miñoso	EAS/NYC	189
4	Artie Wilson	BBB/WES	189
5	Ray Noble	NYC	167
6	Frank Austin	EAS/PS	163
7	Piper Davis	BBB/WES	156
8	Lester Lockett	BEG/EAS	154
9	Hank Thompson	KCM	151
10	Bob Harvey	EAS/NE	151

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Jim LaMarque	KCM/WES	103
2	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	89
3	Bill Byrd	BEG	88
4	Bob Romby	BEG	76
5	Max Manning	EAS/NE	75
6	Gene Collins	KCM	68
7	Henry Miller	PS	68
8	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	63
9	Henry McHenry	PS	63
10	Jonas Gaines	BEG	62

Opponent's Batting

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Qualified:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	NLC/NN2	91	2279	2058	228	479	79	20	9	34		172	357	0	11	38		57	.233	.295	.304	.599
2	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	81	2056	1803	268	462	73	24	13	47		196	342	0	27	30		42	.256	.338	.345	.683
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	80	1956	1748	209	405	46	20	7	37		164	260		13	31		26	.232	.302	.293	.595
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	71	1811	1618	208	444	67	18	16	17		142	264		10	41		38	.274	.337	.368	.704
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	78	1784	1566	231	395	65	18	8	31		172	188	0	11	35		32	.252	.330	.332	.663
6	New York Cubans	NN2	68	1626	1466	197	394	60	22	21	22		132	223		7	21		30	.269	.332	.383	.715
7	Birmingham Black Barons	MULT	66	1420	1288	171	346	56	15	16	20	1	107	202	2	7	18		26	.269	.328	.373	.701
8	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	46	1139	1027	200	303	45	22	12	33		90	108		9	13		18	.295	.357	.417	.774
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	51	961	849	158	252	37	19	12	20		80	96		10	22		12	.297	.364	.428	.792
10	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	34	879	762	142	213	46	12	10	17		92	101		12	13		11	.280	.366	.411	.777
11	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	26	537	472	100	144	33	8	9	10		59	46		1	5		4	.305	.383	.466	.850
12	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	528	468	99	150	31	8	4	13		49	61		6	5		14	.321	.392	.447	.839
13	West All Stars	EWA	8	68	61	6	12	3	0	1	1	2	7	5	1	0	0		3	.197	.279	.295	.574
14	East All Stars	EWA	6	64	59	4	12	1	0	0	2	1	5	11	1	0	0		3	.203	.266	.220	.486
	14	6	729	17108	15245	2221	4011	642	206	138	304	4	1467	2264	4	124	272		316	.263	.333	.359	.692

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Jim LaMarque*	KCM/WES	SP	21	619	569	64	146	27	6	3	13	0	34	103	1	10	6		15	.257	.310	.341	.651
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	19	541	506	44	112	13	4	2	5		23	88	0	2	10		15	.221	.258	.275	.533
3	Patricio Scantlebury*	NYC	SP	16	492	465	56	126	17	9	6	3		20	63		0	7		15	.271	.301	.385	.686
4	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	SP	19	491	440	37	92	15	1	3	4	0	40	89	0	1	10		10	.209	.277	.268	.545
5	Henry Miller	PS	SP	18	484	419	55	108	21	7	6	6		51	68		2	12		8	.258	.341	.384	.725
6	Max Manning	EAS/NE	SP	16	478	429	38	89	11	2	0	12	1	39	75	0	2	8		5	.207	.277	.242	.519
7	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	16	436	401	56	116	18	4	5	6		27	63		2	6		10	.289	.337	.392	.729
8	Bob Romby*	BEG	RP	17	397	340	36	71	12	2	1	8		45	76	0	3	9		11	.209	.307	.265	.571
9	Dave Barnhill	EAS/NYC	SP	14	384	347	38	89	13	6	7	5	0	30	51	0	1	6		5	.256	.317	.389	.707
10	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	13	373	335	41	80	13	5	2	5		31	62	0	2	5		10	.239	.307	.325	.632
11	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	14	364	342	37	80	7	6	2	6		16	41		3	3		4	.234	.274	.307	.581
12	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	18	347	322	30	87	10	3	2	4	1	17	50	0	2	6		5	.270	.311	.339	.649
13	Tom Parker	HG	SP	10	343	295	31	61	8	1	3	8		39	46	0	0	9		5	.207	.299	.271	.571
14	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	SP	13	333	296	28	59	7	0	1	5	0	32	53	1	2	3		6	.199	.282	.233	.515
15	Cotton Williams	NE	RP	15	333	293	50	84	10	5	1	9		29	40		4	7		6	.287	.359	.365	.724
16	Alonzo Perry	BBB	SP	13	330	296	50	84	13	7	6	4		26	34	0	4	4		5	.284	.350	.436	.786
17	Gene Collins*	KCM	SP	13	310	229	47	38	4	2	1	9		70	68	0	6	5		2	.166	.374	.214	.588
18	Bill Greason	BBB	RP	11	308	273	35	69	14	3	2	5		31	47	1	1	3		7	.253	.331	.348	.679
19	Ford Smith	KCM	SP	12	295	264	33	68	15	3	1	3		19	51	0	5	7		11	.258	.319	.348	.668
20	Vibert Clarke*	CBE/WES	SP	10	292	255	38	63	13	4	3	4	0	27	30	0	6	3		6	.247	.333	.365	.698
21	Bill Powell	BBB/WES	SP	11	292	267	31	61	9	0	4	6	1	23	52	1	0	2		3	.228	.290	.307	.597
22	Ernest Burke	BEG	RP	10	285	269	35	78	16	5	0	4		12	20		2	2		7	.290	.325	.387	.712
23	Roy Partlow*	PS	SP	10	283	258	32	77	13	1	2	1		14	33		2	9		6	.298	.339	.380	.719
24	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	11	283	256	39	72	11	5	2	4		21	39		1	4		6	.281	.338	.387	.725
25	Clyde Golden*	NE	RP	15	281	244	36	56	8	5	3	3		31	37		1	5		4	.230	.319	.340	.659
26	Bob Thurman*	HG	SP	9	280	242	40	67	7	5	1	1		30	40	0	3	5		7	.277	.364	.360	.723
27	Raúl López*	NYC	RP	13	277	240	37	68	13	1	3	4		32	35		3	2		5	.283	.375	.383	.758
28	Wilmer Fields	EAS/HG	SP	9	246	228	24	57	14	5	2	1	0	13	28	0	1	4		4	.250	.293	.382	.675
29	Willie Cathey*	IC	RP	10	245	227	39	61	8	2	3	5		15	40		2	1		6	.269	.320	.361	.681
30	Barney Brown*	PS	RP	11	237	215	24	58	5	3	3	1		16	44		1	5		9	.270	.323	.363	.686
31	Gene Richardson*	KCM	RP	11	236	215	28	53	8	1	1	6		20	46	0	0	2		5	.247	.311	.307	.618
32	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	11	232	204	31	56	5	5	2	8		23	33	0	2	3		3	.275	.354	.377	.731
33	Jim Cohen	IC/WES	SP	8	220	204	30	50	7	5	1	2	0	15	17	0	0	1		5	.245	.297	.343	.640
34	Bill Ricks	PS	RP	9	212	184	13	43	3	1	0	2		21	28		2	5		4	.234	.319	.261	.580
35	Charley Davidson	NBY	SP	8	196	173	27	53	8	6	3	4		16	10		2	5		2	.306	.372	.474	.846
36	R. T. Walker	HG	RP	10	192	166	26	40	13	0	0	4		19	18	0	1	6		3	.241	.323	.319	.642
37	Johnny Williams	IC	RP	7	191	167	35	44	6	3	2	6		16	11		5	3		1	.263	.346	.371	.717
38	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	8	180	162	31	47	4	3	0	3		12	23		3	3		1	.290	.350	.352	.702
39	Frank Thompson*	HG	RP	8	175	149	33	40	5	2	0	4		19	17		2	5		4	.268	.359	.329	.688
40	Chet Brewer	CBE	SP	5	172	156	34	48	11	6	0	4		14	22		0	3		3	.308	.365	.455	.820
41	Bob Griffith	EAS/NBY	RP	10	170	150	20	46	9	4	3	2	0	16	20	0	0	4		2	.307	.373	.480	.853
42	Spoon Carter	MRS/WES	RP	9	159	143	27	42	11	4	1	1	0	16	9	0	0	0		1	.294	.365	.448	.812
43	Ted Alexander	HG	RP	7	152	138	14	33	5	2	1	2		10	13	0	1	3		5	.239	.295	.326	.621
44	Luis Cabrera	IC	SP	5	145	131	20	39	6	4	1	5		11	16		2	1		2	.298	.361	.427	.789
45	Pee Wee Jenkins	NYC	RP	9	145	127	24	36	8	2	2	1		16	31		2	0		1	.283	.372	.425	.798
46	José Santiago	NYC	SP	6	134	120	15	25	2	0	2	4		11	26		1	2		3	.208	.280	.275	.555
47	Wilmer Harris	PS	RP	5	129	115	21	34	4	2	0	1		9	19		1	4		1	.296	.352	.365	.717
48	Willie Smith	HG	RP	9	128	112	25	36	5	2	1	5		15	7		1	0		1	.321	.406	.429	.835
49	Gentry Jessup	CAG/WES	RP	5	124	113	18	28	5	0	1	6	0	11	15	0	0	0		3	.248	.315	.319	.633
50	Eugene Smith	CBE	SP	4	124	104	22	31	6	0	3	2		17	16		1	2		0	.298	.402	.442	.844
51	Riley Stewart	CAG	RP	4	124	107	27	31	4	3	0	4		12	18		3	2		2	.290	.377	.383	.760
52	Jim Carter	NE	RP	6	123	101	18	26	2	1	0	0		16	9		1	5		2	.257	.364	.297	.661
53	Frank Pearson	NBY	RP	6	122	114	20	34	5	1	1	2		5	17		0	3		5	.298	.328	.386	.714
54	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	4	113	98	10	18	2	0	0	3		14	10	0	0	1		0	.184	.286	.204	.490
55	Alfred Wilmore	BEG	SP	5	100	88	18	19	4	1	1	5		11	14		0	1		2	.216	.303	.318	.621
56	Sammy Williams	BBB	SP	4	99	91	15	30	7	1	2	0		7	14	0	0	1		5	.330	.378	.495	.872
57	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	4	98	84	16	24	4	1	2	1		11	16		0	3		0	.286	.368	.429	.797
58	Sam Jones	CBE	RP	4	95	77	21	23	3	2	1	4		16	12		0	2		3	.299	.419	.429	.848
59	Albert Stephens^	NBY	RP	6	92	74	20	18	3	2	1	4		12	15		2	4		0	.243	.364	.378	.742
60	Clarence Evans^	HG	RP	4	85	74	11	26	1	0	0	2		7	4		2	2		2	.351	.422	.365	.787
61	Felix Evans	MRS	RP	4	84	75	19	28	8	1	1	4		8	8		1	0		1	.373	.440	.547	.987
62	Leonard Johnson	KCM	SP	3	82	70	25	27	3	2	2	4		7	3		2	3		0	.386	.456	.571	1.027
63	Alex Newkirk	NBY/NYC	RP	6	82	75	13	26	3	3	0	2		6	3		0	1		0	.347	.395	.467	.862
64	Roberto Vargas*	CAG/WES	SP	4	82	73	12	25	6	1	0	1	1	5	7	0	2	2		2	.342	.400	.452	.852
65	Sam Woods	MRS	RP	4	80	69	13	16	5	1	1	2		11	8		0	0		0	.232	.338	.377	.714
66	Andy Porter	IC	SP	3	78	72	15	23	0	1	2	3		5	7		0	1		3	.319	.364	.431	.794
67	Johnny Smith*	NBY	RP	4	73	63	14	21	3	3	3	1		6	4		3	1		1	.333	.417	.619	1.036
68	Walter Gibbons	IC	SP	3	72	64	15	27	6	3	1	2		6	5		0	2		0	.422	.471	.656	1.128
69	Toots Ferrell^	BEG	RP	5	70	65	7	17	2	2	0	2		3	8		1	1		3	.262	.304	.354	.658
70	Wilbur Lansing	NE	SP	3	67	63	5	15	1	1	0	4		4	11		0	0		0	.238	.284	.286	.569
71	Frank Carswell	CBE	SP	3	64	56	12	20	5	0	2	2		5	6		1	2		0	.357	.419	.554	.973
72	Marvin Barker	NBY	RP	4	61	54	13	17	4	0	0	4		6	1		0	1		0	.315	.383	.389	.772
73	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	RP	3	57	51	9	14	1	1	3	0		5	3		0	1		1	.275	.339	.510	.849
74	Ladd White	IC	SP	2	55	48	10	18	2	1	0	1		5	3		0	2		0	.375	.434	.458	.892
75	Clarence Locke	CAG	SP	3	52	48	11	21	7	0	0	1		4	4		0	0		2	.438	.481	.583	1.064
76	John Brown	CBE	RP	4	51	42	2	4	1	0	0	0		6	8		3	0		0	.095	.255	.119	.374
77	Earl Bumpus*	CAG	RP	2	51	45	9	17	4	1	1	0		6	7		0	0		2	.378	.451	.578	1.029
78	Sack Morgan*	MRS	RP	2	50	41	11	13	2	0	1	2		8	1		0	1		1	.317	.429	.439	.868
79	Harry Rhodes*	CAG	RP	3	49	42	9	15	3	1	0	2		5	3		1	1		2	.357	.438	.476	.914
80	Barney Morris	NYC	SP	3	48	37	7	10	2	0	0	1		10	4		0	1		1	.270	.426	.324	.750
81	Martin Crue*	NYC	RP	2	47	43	5	11	1	1	1	0		3	7		0	1		1	.256	.304	.395	.700
82	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	1	44	41	6	14	3	0	0	0		1	5		1	1		0	.341	.372	.415	.787
83	Earnest Long	CBE	RP	3	44	38	7	11	4	0	1	1		6	2		0	0		0	.289	.386	.474	.860
84	Manuel Godínez	IC	RP	3	39	38	10	15	3	2	2	0		0	2		0	1		2	.395	.395	.737	1.132
85	Wilfredo Salas	NYC	RP	2	39	34	3	8	1	0	0	2		4	5		0	1		0	.235	.316	.265	.580
86	Lefty Bell*	HG	RP	5	37	33	4	8	1	0	0	0		4	3		0	0		0	.242	.324	.273	.597
87	Angel García*	IC	RP	1	36	31	10	10	4	0	0	2		4	4		0	1		0	.323	.400	.452	.852
88	José Velásquez	IC	SP	1	34	31	4	7	0	1	0	4		3	1		0	0		0	.226	.294	.290	.584
89	Clyde Sowell	BEG	SP	4	32	25	10	12	4	0	0	1		7	0		0	0		0	.480	.594	.640	1.234
90	Jehosie Heard*	BBB	RP	8	31	29	4	10	0	0	0	0		1	5	0	0	1		0	.345	.367	.345	.711
91	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	SP	1	29	26	5	8	1	2	1	0		3	5		0	0		1	.308	.379	.615	.995
92	Bill Dumpson^	NBY	SP	1	28	25	6	7	1	0	0	0		3	6		0	0		1	.280	.357	.320	.677
93	Larry Kimbrough	HG	RP	2	26	25	8	7	3	0	0	1		1	1		0	0		1	.280	.308	.400	.708
94	Sonny Boy Jeffries	NBY	RP	2	24	20	3	4	0	0	1	0		3	1		0	1		0	.200	.304	.350	.654
95	Nat Pollard	BBB	RP	2	23	19	6	6	3	1	0	1		3	2		0	1		1	.316	.409	.579	.988
96	Gardner^	CAG	RP	1	22	21	2	4	0	0	1	0		1	3		0	0		1	.190	.227	.333	.561
97	DeShield^	PS	SP	1	21	17	2	2	1	0	0	0		4	7		0	0		0	.118	.286	.176	.462
98	Bill Blair*	IC	RP	2	19	15	8	8	3	0	0	2		4	2		0	0		0	.533	.632	.733	1.365
99	Bob Trice	HG	RP	2	18	16	5	3	1	1	0	0		2	3	0	0	0		0	.188	.278	.375	.653
100	Tincy Jamerson	KCM	SP	1	14	9	3	4	1	0	1	0		4	0		1	0		0	.444	.643	.889	1.532
101	Raúl Sánchez^	MRS	RP	1	13	12	5	7	2	0	0	0		1	1		0	0		0	.583	.615	.750	1.365
102	Chris Vierira*	NBY	SP	1	13	11	4	5	1	0	0	0		2	0		0	0		0	.455	.538	.545	1.084
103	Harold Gould	PS	SP	1	9	9	5	6	2	0	0	0		0	2		0	0		0	.667	.667	.889	1.556
104	Fred Shepherd	CAG	SP	1	9	6	3	2	1	0	0	0		3	0		0	0		0	.333	.556	.500	1.056
105	Jimmie Bennett	IC	SP	1	7	5	3	3	1	0	0	0		2	0		0	0		0	.600	.714	.800	1.514
106	Preacher Henry	IC	RP	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	1		4	0		0	0		0	.333	.714	.333	1.048
107	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	1	6	5	3	3	1	0	1	0		1	1		0	0		0	.600	.667	1.400	2.067
108	Taylor Smith	CAG	RP	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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