1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro American League

1943 / 1945

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary & Director of Public Relations)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Bonnie
Serrell

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.466
2	Ed Steele	BBB	.442
3	Artie Wilson	BBB	.410
4	Parnell Woods	CBE	.407
5	Alex Radcliff	CAG/CIC	.395
6	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.393
7	Buddy Armour	CBE	.388
8	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.380
9	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	.379
10	Art Pennington	CAG/CIC	.375

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	0.91
2	Porter Moss	MRS	0.95
3	Johnny Williams	BBB/CIC	1.05
4	Booker McDaniel	KCM	1.06
5	George Jefferson	CBE	1.06
6	John Huber	BBB	1.14
7	Gentry Jessup	CAG	1.18
8	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	1.18
9	Pepper Sharpe	CAG/MRS	1.22
10	Eddie Locke	KCM	1.22

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Bissant	CAG	0.9	0.5	0.4
Johnie Scott	BBB/KCM	0.6	0.5	0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.6	0.9	0.7
Henry Merchant	CIC	0.7	0.5	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	BBB	1.8	2.1	-0.2
Johnny Smith	CAG	1.7	0.2	1.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Artie Wilson	BBB	2.8	1.9	0.7
Jesse Williams	KCM	2.0	0.6	1.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bonnie Serrell	KCM	3.2	2.5	0.5
Tommy Sampson	BBB	2.2	1.1	1.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Herb Souell	KCM	1.5	1.3	0.2
John Britton	BBB	1.2	1.0	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Piper Davis	BBB	0.3	0.1	0.3
Henry McCall	CAG	0.2	0.2	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Duncan	KCM	0.4	0.4	0.0
Herb Barnhill	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	KCM	98.1	4.4	4.5	-0.1
Verdell Mathis	MRS	88.0	2.9	2.3	0.3
Eugene Bremer	CBE	41.0	1.8	1.7	0.1
Gentry Jessup	CAG	93.1	1.7	1.9	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
George Jefferson	CBE	68.2	2.3	2.6	-0.2
Booker McDaniel	KCM	75.2	2.2	1.8	0.4
Willie Hutchinson	MRS	49.0	1.6	1.8	-0.1
Dan Bankhead	BBB	9.2	0.6	0.4	0.3

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