1945 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

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

Top Hitter

Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Ed Steele	BBB	.385
2	Jackie Robinson	KCM	.376
3	Piper Davis	BBB	.361
4	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	.352
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	.344
6	Artie Wilson	BBB	.342
7	Johnny Smith	CAG	.338
8	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.333
9	Lee Moody	KCM	.330
10	Art Pennington	CAG	.328

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Roosevelt Davis	CBE/CIC	256
2	Eugene Bremer	CBE	179
3	John Brown	CBE	175
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	134
5	Jim LaMarque	KCM	130
6	Booker McDaniel	KCM	129
7	Gready McKinnis	CAG	127
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	126
9	Edgar Chatman	MRS	122
10	Frank Pearson	MRS	120

All-1945 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Reinaldo Drake	CIC	1.0	0.5	0.6
Lester Lockett	BBB	0.5	0.2	0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.6	1.2	0.4
Neil Robinson	MRS	1.2	1.1	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	BBB	1.7	1.8	0.0
Johnny Smith	CAG	1.4	1.3	-0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jackie Robinson	KCM	2.6	2.3	0.1
Avelino Cañizares	CBE	1.5	0.9	0.5

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Williams	KCM	2.7	1.7	0.7
Jesse Douglas	CAG	1.1	0.7	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Herb Souell	KCM	1.3	1.4	-0.1
John Britton	BBB	0.8	0.7	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Art Pennington	CAG	1.7	1.8	0.1
Piper Davis	BBB	1.0	1.1	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Casey Jones	MRS	0.3	0.4	-0.1
Chesley Gray	KCM	0.2	0.1	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Eugene Bremer	CBE	73.0	2.7	2.3	0.4
Gentry Jessup	CAG	79.0	2.2	2.4	-0.1
Jim LaMarque	KCM	91.0	1.8	2.1	-0.3
Hilton Smith	KCM	77.0	1.4	1.3	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Booker McDaniel	KCM	152.2	3.6	3.5	0.2
Willie Jefferson	CBE	21.1	0.9	0.9	-0.1
Alonzo Boone	BBB	21.0	0.8	0.6	0.2
Jimmie Newberry	BBB	65.1	0.7	0.9	-0.2

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