1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Willard Brown	KCM	.645
2	Al Smith	CBE	.609
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.583
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	.578
5	Curtis Roberts	KCM	.557
6	Archie Ware	CBE	.543
7	Joe Greene	KCM	.500
8	Willie Grace	CBE	.448
9	Buck O'Neil	KCM	.446
10	John Ritchey	CAG	.440

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.33
2	Ford Smith	KCM	2.14
3	Bill Powell	BBB	2.18
4	Vibert Clarke	CBE	2.75
5	Gentry Jessup	CAG	3.18
6	Jim LaMarque	KCM	3.39
7	Ted Alexander	KCM	3.50
8	Johnny Williams	CIC	3.58
9	Dan Bankhead	MRS	4.30
10	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	4.55

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	21	798	704	123	204	40	12	11	110	17	68	13	13	.290	.363	.428	.791	111
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	65	2532	2216	441	645	107	38	33	365	81	248	23	45	.291	.368	.418	.787	110
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	16	677	611	90	166	22	8	3	71	10	48	6	12	.272	.331	.349	.679	81
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	29	1196	1073	152	284	44	12	5	122	14	100	10	13	.265	.333	.342	.675	81
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	21	850	730	117	181	28	4	5	100	18	97	10	13	.248	.344	.318	.662	76
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1139	1022	136	259	39	10	3	115	8	93	6	18	.253	.319	.320	.639	72
	6	1	192	7192	6356	1059	1739	280	84	60	883	148	654	68	114	.274	.348	.372	.720	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12	15	1	0	.375	.421	.645	1.066	183
2	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	15	68	63	16	24	4	3	1	15	1	5	0	0	.381	.426	.587	1.014	169
3	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	21	95	81	17	30	8	0	2	17	2	7	5	2	.370	.452	.543	.995	164
4	Al Smith	CBE	SS	19	76	69	10	22	3	4	3	13	1	6	1	0	.319	.382	.609	.990	162
5	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	21	96	84	26	28	9	3	2	7	10	10	0	2	.333	.404	.583	.988	162
6	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	14	60	49	12	18	4	0	0	12	0	10	1	0	.367	.483	.449	.932	149
7	John Ritchey*	CAG	C	22	91	75	20	26	5	1	0	12	4	15	1	0	.347	.462	.440	.902	142
8	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	21	82	67	12	23	5	1	0	9	0	13	0	2	.343	.450	.448	.898	140
9	Pedro Formental*	MRS	RF	15	67	50	8	14	2	0	2	12	0	15	0	2	.280	.446	.440	.886	134
10	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	16	78	62	13	21	1	1	0	5	2	13	0	3	.339	.453	.387	.840	125
11	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	61	251	222	55	63	15	3	5	38	16	25	2	2	.284	.361	.446	.807	115
12	Lyman Bostock*	CAG	1B	22	90	81	10	27	4	1	0	14	0	8	0	1	.333	.393	.407	.801	114
13	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	62	283	262	54	87	5	7	1	32	16	16	4	1	.332	.379	.416	.795	113
14	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	30	134	119	25	35	6	2	2	15	3	9	3	3	.294	.359	.429	.787	110
15	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	29	122	112	20	34	9	1	1	17	1	8	0	2	.304	.350	.429	.779	109
16	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	54	227	178	33	50	10	2	0	20	3	36	3	10	.281	.410	.360	.770	107
17	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	17	68	61	12	18	2	3	0	6	1	1	3	3	.295	.338	.426	.765	103
18	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	30	138	128	18	40	5	2	0	19	3	7	3	0	.313	.362	.383	.745	99
19	José Colás	MRS	CF	18	80	73	15	21	5	2	0	14	2	5	1	1	.288	.342	.411	.753	98
20	Tom Cooper	KCM	RF	55	205	171	40	49	7	0	1	27	6	24	1	9	.287	.378	.345	.723	94
21	Buddy Armour*	CAG	CF	25	112	104	17	31	6	1	0	6	0	8	0	0	.298	.348	.375	.723	93
22	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	26	100	85	12	22	3	1	1	9	2	13	1	1	.259	.364	.353	.717	93
23	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	14	67	51	9	13	1	0	0	7	1	12	3	1	.255	.424	.275	.699	86
24	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	16	74	70	12	21	4	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	.300	.338	.357	.695	85
25	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	19	74	71	11	21	3	0	1	13	1	1	1	1	.296	.315	.380	.695	85
26	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	66	267	246	42	64	10	6	2	28	12	21	0	0	.260	.318	.374	.692	85
27	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	29	124	115	14	32	7	1	0	9	0	9	0	0	.278	.331	.357	.687	84
28	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	15	67	55	11	12	4	0	1	7	1	11	0	1	.218	.348	.345	.694	83
29	Goose Tatum**	CIC	1B	29	118	113	14	32	4	3	0	15	2	3	1	1	.283	.308	.372	.679	82
30	John Miles	CAG	3B	24	94	84	13	19	4	0	2	9	0	9	0	1	.226	.301	.345	.646	73
31	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	21	96	88	14	23	3	0	1	10	4	6	2	0	.261	.323	.330	.652	72
32	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RF	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0	11	1	3	.245	.330	.287	.617	66
33	George Handy*	MRS	2B	16	67	61	7	16	0	2	0	10	0	3	0	3	.262	.297	.328	.625	64
34	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	25	101	95	13	23	2	2	0	8	1	6	0	0	.242	.287	.305	.592	58
35	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	20	79	74	7	17	3	1	0	10	2	2	2	1	.230	.269	.297	.567	51
36	Robert Abernathy^	CIC	LF	27	112	99	13	22	3	0	0	12	0	10	2	1	.222	.306	.253	.559	51
37	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	16	52	49	4	10	1	0	1	6	0	3	0	0	.204	.250	.286	.536	43
38	John Britton*	BBB	3B	15	71	67	8	15	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	3	.224	.235	.239	.474	26
39	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	19	69	63	12	11	3	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	.175	.246	.222	.469	24

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

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