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

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Jesse Douglas	CAG	1.030
2	Ed Steele	BBB	1.004
3	Parnell Woods	CBE	.925
4	Artie Wilson	BBB	.918
5	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	.873
6	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.866
7	Alex Radcliff	CAG/CIC	.853
8	Art Pennington	CAG/CIC	.806
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.804
10	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.788

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	324
2	Robert Keys	MRS	220
3	Booker McDaniel	KCM	211
4	George Jefferson	CBE	171
5	Porter Moss	MRS	136
6	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	135
7	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	128
8	Eugene Bremer	CBE	128
9	Al Jones	CAG/MRS	125
10	Gentry Jessup	CAG	122

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1915	464.1	12.4	6.7	1.7	3.9
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1235	278.1	8.3	5.7	2.3	0.3
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1136	271.1	7.3	1.8	-2.0	7.5
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	948	216.1	5.9	3.1	-1.7	4.5
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	868	201.1	5.6	4.4	0.1	1.2
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1105	252.0	4.9	3.4	0.4	1.1
	6	1	7207	1683.2	44.3	25.0	0.8	18.4

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	41	98.1	4.4	-0.1	0.0	4.5	0.0
2	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	2B	204		3.2	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.2
3	Verdell Mathis	MRS	P	77	88.0	2.9	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.0
4	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	140		2.8	1.9	0.7	0.0	0.2
5	George Jefferson	CBE	P	31	68.2	2.3	-0.2	0.0	2.6	0.0
6	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	34	75.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	1.8	0.0
7	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	124		2.2	1.1	1.0	0.0	0.1
8	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	176		2.0	0.6	1.1	0.0	0.3
9	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	131		1.8	2.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
10	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	18	41.0	1.8	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.0
11	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	44	93.1	1.7	-0.2	0.0	1.9	0.0
12	Johnny Smith	CAG	RF	44	9.0	1.7	0.2	1.0	0.5	-0.1
13	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	16	49.0	1.6	-0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
14	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	109		1.6	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
15	Porter Moss	MRS	P	19	48.1	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
16	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	219		1.5	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
17	Hoss Walker	CIC	SS	49		1.4	-0.2	1.5	0.0	0.1
18	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	RF	95		1.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
19	John Britton	BBB	3B	142		1.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
20	Jesse Douglas	CAG	SS	89		1.1	1.6	-0.5	0.0	0.1
21	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P	28	67.1	1.1	-0.1	-0.1	1.3	0.0
22	Robert Keys	MRS	P	9	30.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Alex Radcliff	CAG/CIC	3B	81		1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	87		1.0	1.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
25	John Bissant	CAG	LF	90		0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	-0.1
26	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	P	26	60.0	0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
27	Henry Merchant	CIC	CF	83	18.0	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.0
28	George Minor	CAG	CF	50		0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Rainey Bibbs	CAG/CBE	2B	39		0.7	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	115		0.7	0.8	-0.3	0.0	0.1
31	Felix McLaurin	BBB	CF	110		0.7	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
32	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	5	9.2	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0
33	Leroy Sutton	CAG	P	7	20.1	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
34	Johnie Scott	BBB/KCM	LF	53		0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
35	Johnny Williams	BBB/CIC	P	14	30.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
36	Lloyd Davenport	CAG/CBE	CF	99	5.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
37	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	113		0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
38	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	52		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Alonzo Boone	BBB/CBE	P	5	10.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
40	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	5	12.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
41	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	P	40	63.1	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
42	Specs Roberts	CIC	P	4	9.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Walter Cannady	CIC	3B	20		0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
44	Buddy Armour	CBE	LF	87		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
45	Wilbert King	CBE	SS	19		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Herb Barnhill	CAG	C	38		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
47	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	130		0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
48	Buck Felder	CAG/MRS	SS	46		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
49	Al Jones	CAG/MRS	P	15	34.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Albert Overton	CIC	P	2	5.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
51	Fay Washington	BBB	P	9	24.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Mance Smith	KCM	CF	126		0.2	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
53	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	24		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Henry McCall	CAG	1B	9		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Jack Marshall	CIC	2B	31		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
56	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	4	11.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Bobby Vandever	KCM	CF	15		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	120		0.2	0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.0
59	Willie Burns	CIC	P	5	16.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	C	85		0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
61	Red Longley	MRS	C	66		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	George Britt	CBE	C	26		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Garcia Massingale	KCM	C	8	4.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Fermín Valdés	CIC	2B	67		0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
65	Willie McCrary	CBE/CIC	P	11	11.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0
66	Sam Hairston	CIC	C	28		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Henry Smith	CIC	SS	104		0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
68	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	68		0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
69	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	26	61.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Jimmy Cockerham	CBE	1B	4		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Doc Wingo	KCM	C	30		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Walter Treherne	CAG	1B	9		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	69		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
74	Sam Jackson	CAG/CIC	1B	23		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	John Henry McQueen	CIC	-	1		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Edgar Chatman	MRS	P	7	20.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
77	Dozier Hood	KCM	C	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Les Henderson	MRS	P		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Shirley Petway	CBE	C	1		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Humphreys	CBE	3B	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Newt Allen	KCM	1B	178		0.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
82	Rafael Cabrera	CIC	CF	62		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Harry Jeffries	CIC	C	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Spike Garrett	MRS	2B	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Cecil Perkins	KCM	1B	13		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Nat Rogers	CAG/MRS	RF	18		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	86		0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
88	Harrington	BBB	1B	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Raymond Taylor	BBB/KCM	C	10		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	English	BBB	1B	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Clark	KCM	-			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Lázaro Medina	CIC	P	7	17.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Clarence Locke	KCM	1B	5		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Rufus Hatten	CAG	C	13		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Loggins	KCM	C	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Art Pennington	CAG/CIC	2B	72		0.0	0.7	-0.7	0.0	0.0
97	Yann	CAG	C	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Lovell Harden	CBE	P	5	10.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
99	Bad News Hall	CIC	2B	13		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Bob Smith	CAG	C	41		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Jesse F. Williams	CBE	C	20		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Walter Burch	CBE	C	31		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	3	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Willard Brown	KCM	RF	10		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Eddie Locke	KCM	P	25	46.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0
106	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	35	49.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
107	Fred McDaniel	MRS	LF	110		-0.1	0.5	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
108	Rufus Ligon	MRS	P	4	2.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
109	Pee Wee Jenkins	BBB	P		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
110	Sammy Haynes	KCM	C	99		-0.1	-0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1
111	John Brown	CBE	P	9	9.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
112	Casey Jones	MRS	C	51		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Larry Brown	MRS	C	37		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
114	Leroy Morney	BBB	1B	43		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Walter Crosby	CBE	C	5		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	T. J. Brown	CAG/MRS	SS	93		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
117	Leandy Young	BBB	LF	38		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	113		-0.1	0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.0
119	Norman Young	KCM	SS	56		-0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
120	Weedy Edwards	CIC	P	4	6.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
121	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	105		-0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
122	Lee Moody	KCM	LF	197		-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
123	Jimmie Crutchfield	CAG/CBE	RF	108		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
124	Longfield	CAG	C	2		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
125	Willie McMeans	CBE	P		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
126	Ollie West	CAG	P	4	10.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
127	Felix Evans	MRS	LF	3	2.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
128	John Huber	BBB	P	26	29.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
129	Armando Vázquez	CIC	1B	108		-0.2	0.5	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
130	Buck Thomas	CAG	P	4	8.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
131	Cornelius Cook	CIC	P	2	5.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
132	Johnny Ray	CIC	RF	130		-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
133	Ollie Waldon	CAG	LF	36		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
134	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	29	40.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.6	0.0
135	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	101		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
136	Dean Thomas	KCM	P	8	19.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Tom Hunter	BBB	P	1	1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
138	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	55		-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
139	Jim Canada	MRS	1B	99		-0.4	-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
140	Malone	KCM	P	2	3.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
141	Specs Ellis	BBB	P	2	5.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
142	Pepper Sharpe	CAG/MRS	RF	31	23.0	-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
143	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	113		-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
144	Bob Johnson	KCM	1B	30		-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Jack Matchett	KCM	P	52	73.0	-0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.6	0.0
146	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	6	13.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
147	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	69		-0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
148	Earl Bumpus	BBB/KCM	RF	59	27.0	-0.6	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1
149	Alfred Saylor	BBB	P	42	102.2	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
150	Willie Wells Jr.	CAG/MRS	SS	30		-0.7	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.0
151	Gready McKinnis	BBB/CAG	P	11	27.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
152	Steve Wylie	KCM/MRS	P	12	30.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
153	Billy Horne	CBE	SS	84		-1.0	0.0	-1.1	0.0	0.1
154	Pepper Bassett	BBB/CIC	C	65	16.1	-1.5	-0.3	-0.3	-1.0	0.1

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