1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1942 Season

Negro American League

1941 / 1943

R. R. Jackson (Commissioner)
J. B. Martin (President)
Horace Hall (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jack
Matchett

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Ted Strong	KCM	42
2	Willard Brown	KCM	38
3	Archie Ware	CCB	34
4	Neil Robinson	MRS	29
5	Joe Greene	KCM	28
6	Sam Jethroe	CCB	27
7	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	25
8	Buck O'Neil	KCM	21
9	Alex Radcliff	BBB/CAG	21
10	Parnell Woods	CCB/JRC	21

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	61
2	Alonzo Boone	CCB	53
3	Hilton Smith	KCM	53
4	Connie Johnson	KCM	52
5	Verdell Mathis	MRS	41
6	Jack Matchett	KCM	41
7	Gready McKinnis	BBB/KCM	37
8	Eugene Bremer	CCB	35
9	Porter Moss	MRS	34
10	Willie Jefferson	CCB	34

All-1942 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Felix McLaurin	BBB/JRC	1.0	0.9	0.2
Art Pennington	CAG	0.5	0.7	-0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	3.2	2.8	0.4
Sam Jethroe	CCB	1.6	1.6	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	KCM	2.3	2.6	-0.1
Jimmie Crutchfield	CAG	0.9	0.7	0.4

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Williams	KCM	2.2	0.7	1.2
T. J. Brown	MRS	1.3	0.7	0.4

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tommy Sampson	BBB	2.3	1.0	1.1
Bonnie Serrell	KCM	2.1	2.0	-0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Parnell Woods	CCB/JRC	1.6	1.1	0.5
Newt Allen	KCM	1.2	0.7	0.4

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Archie Ware	CCB	1.5	0.6	1.0
Buck O'Neil	KCM	0.5	0.6	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe Greene	KCM	1.4	1.4	-0.1
Larry Brown	MRS	0.5	0.2	0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Jack Matchett	KCM	70.0	2.8	2.8	0.0
Satchel Paige	KCM	76.1	1.9	2.2	-0.3
Eugene Bremer	CCB	64.2	1.9	1.8	0.1
Willie Jefferson	CCB	74.1	1.5	1.6	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Booker McDaniel	KCM	64.2	1.6	1.5	0.1
Johnny Markham	BBB	60.0	1.3	1.5	-0.2
Smoky Owens	CCB	57.1	1.2	1.1	0.1
Connie Johnson	KCM	56.2	1.1	1.0	0.1

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