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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Ted Strong	KCM	.437
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.429
3	Cool Papa Bell	CAG	.423
4	Lloyd Davenport	MULT	.408
5	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.398
6	Felix McLaurin	BBB/JRC	.380
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	.379
8	Art Pennington	CAG	.377
9	Sonny Harris	BBB/CCB	.373
10	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.366

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Jack Matchett	KCM	220
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	176
3	Johnny Markham	BBB	168
4	Connie Johnson	KCM	166
5	Alonzo Boone	CCB	145
6	Eugene Bremer	CCB	142
7	Booker McDaniel	KCM	135
8	Dan Bankhead	BBB	135
9	Willie Jefferson	CCB	131
10	John Huber	CAG	129

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	70	1766	1577	259	431	58	14	20	28		138	204	0	20	31		17	.273	.339	.366	.705
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	77	1746	1578	170	378	50	16	4	44	0	137	276	0	8	23	0	5	.240	.304	.299	.603
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	83	1732	1540	288	458	90	25	13	44	1	150	148	0	15	27	0	7	.297	.365	.414	.779
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	62	1275	1161	137	287	44	18	8	23	0	85	128	1	12	17	0	9	.247	.305	.337	.642
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	46	1121	1024	153	281	51	10	13	17		78	131	0	5	14		6	.274	.329	.382	.711
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	22	527	479	86	138	23	16	2	20		35	64	0	4	9		5	.288	.342	.415	.757
	6	1	360	8167	7359	1093	1973	316	99	60	176	1	623	951	1	64	121	0	49	.268	.331	.362	.693

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	14	364	336	51	91	10	1	2	8		19	53	0	0	9		0	.271	.310	.324	.634
2	Alonzo Boone	CCB	SP	12	350	311	40	74	10	1	3	10		28	53	0	5	6		2	.238	.311	.305	.617
3	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	13	330	307	40	83	16	3	3	2		16	41	0	1	6		0	.270	.309	.371	.680
4	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	13	316	293	26	65	10	4	0	3		17	61	0	1	5		1	.222	.267	.283	.550
5	Willie Jefferson	CCB	SP	12	315	295	35	79	12	0	5	2		14	34	0	3	3		4	.268	.308	.359	.667
6	Jack Matchett	KCM	SP	14	296	263	17	60	5	4	1	11	0	29	41		3	1	0	1	.228	.312	.289	.601
7	Willie Ferrell*	CAG	SP	11	285	253	48	79	16	7	4	7		24	18	0	2	6		1	.312	.376	.478	.855
8	Ollie West	CAG	RP	13	279	252	44	73	12	2	2	3		20	16	0	4	3		0	.290	.351	.377	.728
9	Eugene Bremer	CCB	SP	9	272	250	27	56	9	1	2	1		16	35	0	1	5		2	.224	.273	.292	.565
10	Diamond Pipkins*	BBB	SP	11	267	245	27	62	10	4	1	1		16	16	0	4	2		2	.253	.309	.339	.648
11	Gready McKinnis*	BBB/KCM	SP	12	266	239	31	53	9	4	3	11		21	37	0	2	4		0	.222	.290	.331	.621
12	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	RP	13	264	240	35	66	14	1	1	6		20	33	0	3	1		1	.275	.338	.354	.693
13	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	12	263	246	25	63	10	2	1	3	0	14	33		0	3	0	0	.256	.296	.325	.621
14	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	9	253	233	29	57	8	3	2	4		17	34	0	0	3		2	.245	.296	.330	.626
15	Sam Thompson	CAG	SP	9	250	228	42	69	17	0	3	5	0	15	20	0	3	4	0	1	.303	.354	.417	.770
16	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	12	248	213	25	51	8	1	0	12		32	52	0	2	1		1	.239	.344	.286	.631
17	Smoky Owens	CCB	RP	11	246	217	29	49	5	3	3	3		20	19	0	5	4		2	.226	.306	.318	.624
18	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	13	245	232	21	47	8	4	0	3	0	8	33	0	3	2	0	3	.203	.239	.272	.510
19	Ray Robinson*	CCB	SP	9	221	199	45	65	10	4	2	5		12	30	0	3	7		1	.327	.374	.447	.821
20	Charlie Shields*	CAG	RP	8	208	176	29	52	11	4	0	9	1	25	32		3	4	0	2	.295	.392	.403	.796
21	Alvin Gipson	BBB	RP	13	194	177	25	52	6	2	2	3		15	24	1	0	2		0	.294	.349	.384	.733
22	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	5	177	154	23	40	7	3	3	4		19	12		0	4		1	.260	.341	.403	.744
23	Willie Cornelius	CAG/CCB	SP	10	174	154	32	51	6	2	2	4		19	15	0	0	1		2	.331	.405	.435	.840
24	Specs Ellis*	BBB/JRC	SP	6	166	154	19	35	5	0	2	0		10	16	0	1	1		1	.227	.279	.299	.577
25	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	SP	6	150	130	15	26	5	1	0	6		15	19	0	2	3		2	.200	.293	.254	.546
26	Leroy Sutton	CAG	SP	5	147	135	18	35	8	2	0	6		8	11	0	0	4		1	.259	.301	.348	.649
27	Hosea Allen	CAG/JRC	SP	6	141	126	24	39	7	1	1	7		7	18	0	4	4		2	.310	.365	.405	.770
28	Andy Sarvis	JRC	RP	6	135	131	17	39	6	5	0	6		2	7	0	0	2		0	.298	.308	.420	.728
29	James Cooper	CCB/JRC	RP	5	126	111	30	40	6	0	3	2		12	17	0	0	3		2	.360	.423	.495	.918
30	Dan Bankhead	BBB	SP	5	116	98	13	26	2	3	0	4		14	12	0	1	3		2	.265	.363	.347	.710
31	Herman Watts*	CCB	RP	5	112	91	26	29	3	2	1	2		17	10	0	2	2		3	.319	.436	.429	.865
32	John Huber	CAG	RP	4	93	83	11	15	1	2	1	1		10	12	0	0	0		0	.181	.269	.277	.546
33	Lefty Boone*	CCB/JRC	SP	3	90	76	14	20	2	3	0	5		13	25		0	1		1	.263	.371	.368	.739
34	Robert Keys	BBB/MRS	RP	4	85	75	23	28	5	0	4	1		8	3	0	1	1		1	.373	.440	.600	1.040
35	Willie Burns*	CAG	RP	5	82	70	16	23	5	2	0	1		11	2	0	0	1		0	.329	.420	.457	.877
36	Gentry Jessup	CAG	RP	5	65	58	15	21	4	1	0	1		5	4	0	0	2		0	.362	.413	.466	.878
37	Norris Phillips	KCM/MRS	RP	4	62	54	8	13	2	3	0	1		7	10		0	1			.241	.328	.389	.717
38	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	2	58	51	19	21	4	7	0	3		6	1	0	0	1		2	.412	.474	.765	1.238
39	George Britt	CAG	RP	3	54	49	12	21	3	1	1	0		5	3		0	0			.429	.481	.592	1.073
40	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	4	50	41	11	11	3	1	0	0		8	9		1	0		0	.268	.400	.390	.790
41	Wadel Miller^	BBB	SP	1	38	31	7	9	3	0	1	1		3	0		2	2			.290	.389	.484	.873
42	Eddie Snead*	BBB	SP	1	36	34	0	6	0	1	0	0		2	1		0	0			.176	.222	.235	.458
43	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	2	33	31	4	10	1	0	0	0		2	6	0	0	0		0	.323	.364	.355	.718
44	Ted Radcliffe	BBB/MRS	RP	3	29	29	5	12	3	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		1	.414	.414	.517	.931
45	Ulysses Evans	CAG	RP	2	25	19	1	2	0	0	0	2		5	4	0	0	1		0	.105	.292	.105	.397
46	Dave Hoskins	CAG	SP	1	24	24	6	8	2	0	0	3		0	3	0	0	0		0	.333	.333	.417	.750
47	Walter Burch	CCB	RP	1	22	20	3	6	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0			.300	.364	.450	.814
48	Willie Hubert	CCB	SP	1	22	21	8	10	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	1			.476	.476	.714	1.190
49	Francis Jackson^	CAG	RP	1	19	18	4	4	0	1	1	0		1	2		0	0		0	.222	.263	.500	.763
50	Winfield Welch*	BBB	SP	1	18	15	2	6	1	0	0	0		2	1		0	1			.400	.471	.467	.937
51	Dode Smith*	CCB	RP	1	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	2		1	0		1	.250	.400	.250	.650
52	Willie Hudson*	CAG	SP	1	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0		0	.300	.417	.300	.717
53	Joe Brooks^	MRS	SP	1	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	4		0	0		1	.273	.273	.273	.545
54	R. T. Walker	CCB	RP	1	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	2		0	0			.143	.333	.143	.476
55	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	2	9	9	2	3	1	0	0	2		0	1		0	0			.333	.333	.444	.778
56	P. Burgess^	CAG	RP	1	8	6	2	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1		0	.500	.571	.500	1.071
57	Fred McKelvin	JRC	SP	1	8	3	3	1	0	1	0	0		4	0		1	0		0	.333	.750	1.000	1.750
58	Alex Broome^	JRC	RP	1	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0		0	.167	.286	.167	.452
59	Nash^	JRC	SP	1	7	7	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.429	.429	.571	1.000

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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