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

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	81	1916	1760	237	447	55	23	15	20	142	311	2	12	41	.254	.310	.337	.647
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	64	1480	1317	219	335	54	22	6	26	134	170	7	22	33	.254	.326	.342	.669
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	45	1011	918	136	233	35	10	6	13	70	110	5	18	22	.254	.310	.333	.644
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	38	987	890	164	260	31	18	7	20	75	89	5	17	13	.292	.351	.391	.742
5	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	36	872	781	75	184	27	10	8	13	72	83	5	14	13	.236	.304	.327	.631
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	37	846	764	139	224	25	16	8	16	68	90	4	10	15	.293	.354	.399	.753
	6	1	301	7112	6430	970	1683	227	99	50	108	561	853	28	93	137	.262	.324	.351	.675

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	28	625	586	66	145	23	6	4	9	35	117	1	3	10	.247	.291	.328	.619
2	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	SP	12	371	345	39	81	8	1	5	3	23	71	0	3	10	.235	.283	.307	.590
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	SP	10	326	297	33	65	17	6	0	8	24	43	0	5	6	.219	.277	.316	.594
4	Hilton Smith	KCM	SP	11	319	299	37	76	7	4	2	2	19	42	1	0	10	.254	.301	.324	.625
5	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	10	297	277	20	67	7	5	2	3	15	24	2	3	8	.242	.286	.325	.611
6	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	11	283	257	34	63	9	5	1	1	19	33	0	7	4	.245	.297	.331	.628
7	Walter McCoy	CAG	RP	12	278	247	39	55	7	3	2	2	30	59	0	1	6	.223	.307	.300	.606
8	Lázaro Medina	CIC	SP	8	247	225	43	61	8	5	3	7	16	34	3	3	2	.271	.328	.391	.719
9	Johnny Williams	CIC	RP	11	246	229	41	69	6	4	4	2	15	29	0	2	4	.301	.344	.415	.759
10	Willie Cornelius	CAG	RP	11	244	225	53	71	9	6	1	5	16	18	1	2	6	.316	.364	.422	.786
11	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	10	216	197	30	48	7	6	0	2	15	48	0	4	5	.244	.297	.340	.637
12	George Jefferson	CBE	SP	8	190	166	21	46	10	0	3	2	19	13	1	4	0	.277	.355	.392	.746
13	Steve Wylie	KCM	RP	10	189	161	26	43	4	3	2	4	28	20	0	0	0	.267	.376	.366	.742
14	Al Jones	MRS	SP	7	177	163	29	51	7	4	1	5	10	9	0	4	3	.313	.353	.423	.776
15	Gready McKinnis*	CAG	SP	9	170	153	20	32	4	4	0	2	12	18	1	4	1	.209	.271	.288	.559
16	Frank Pearson	MRS	SP	6	168	156	19	40	6	2	0	5	6	18	2	4	1	.256	.293	.321	.613
17	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	7	156	144	26	43	2	0	1	2	12	14	0	1	6	.299	.353	.333	.686
18	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	5	145	137	19	39	5	2	0	2	4	16	2	2	2	.285	.315	.350	.665
19	Ollie West	CAG	RP	8	135	111	16	24	6	1	0	2	20	9	2	2	4	.216	.346	.288	.634
20	John Brown	CBE	SP	4	128	109	12	21	4	1	1	3	18	17	0	1	1	.193	.307	.275	.582
21	Roosevelt Davis	CBE/CIC	SP	4	126	111	9	19	2	1	1	2	9	13	1	5	1	.171	.240	.234	.474
22	Edgar Chatman	MRS	SP	4	124	112	14	26	2	1	1	2	12	14	0	0	2	.232	.306	.295	.601
23	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	5	123	111	13	25	4	2	0	3	9	12	1	2	2	.225	.289	.297	.587
24	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	3	115	100	21	27	4	2	0	2	14	12	0	1	3	.270	.360	.350	.710
25	Willie McMeans^	CAG	RP	5	111	99	18	35	4	1	2	3	8	8	2	2	2	.354	.413	.475	.888
26	Alfred Saylor	BBB	RP	5	108	97	17	27	5	0	3	1	7	10	1	2	4	.278	.333	.423	.756
27	John Huber	BBB	RP	6	107	100	18	26	5	1	1	0	4	8	0	3	1	.260	.288	.360	.648
28	Amos Watson	CIC	RP	7	101	88	18	30	3	4	0	5	11	9	0	2	3	.341	.414	.466	.880
29	Clarence Locke	CAG	SP	4	93	85	18	28	4	1	1	1	6	10	0	2	2	.329	.374	.435	.809
30	Alonzo Boone	BBB	RP	5	90	82	8	17	6	1	0	2	7	15	1	0	2	.207	.278	.305	.583
31	Angel García*	CIC	SP	3	83	75	10	14	1	0	0	0	7	11	1	0	0	.187	.265	.200	.465
32	Willie Jefferson	CBE	RP	5	80	75	4	15	1	1	0	0	5	12	0	0	2	.200	.250	.240	.490
33	Frank Thompson*	BBB	SP	3	79	71	12	18	3	1	0	3	4	12	2	2	1	.254	.312	.324	.636
34	Jack Matchett	KCM	RP	5	76	69	14	21	3	0	1	0	7	4	0	0	2	.304	.368	.391	.760
35	Eddie Locke	KCM	RP	3	73	63	11	19	1	1	1	0	9	6	0	1	3	.302	.389	.397	.786
36	Robert Keys	MRS	SP	3	66	53	14	15	0	1	2	1	11	1	0	2	0	.283	.406	.434	.840
37	Edgar Baker*	MRS	SP	2	62	56	16	18	1	1	1	2	6	14	0	0	0	.321	.387	.429	.816
38	Oscar Childs^	MRS	RP	2	51	44	15	23	3	4	1	0	4	3	0	3	1	.523	.563	.841	1.403
39	Earl Bumpus*	BBB	RP	2	45	41	5	12	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	2	.293	.356	.317	.673
40	Fay Washington	CIC	RP	2	45	36	3	14	1	0	0	1	8	2	0	1	3	.389	.500	.417	.917
41	Jimmie Bennett	CIC	SP	1	40	38	5	12	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	.316	.350	.421	.771
42	Charlie Shields*	CAG	SP	2	39	27	12	8	2	0	0	2	9	0	1	2	1	.296	.486	.370	.857
43	Rufus Ligon*	MRS	RP	3	38	37	8	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.351	.368	.378	.747
44	Lee Davis^	KCM	SP	1	35	30	7	8	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	.267	.371	.333	.705
45	Johnny Smith*	CAG	RP	1	31	30	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	.233	.258	.233	.491
46	Henry Merchant*	CIC	SP	1	28	28	7	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.321	.321	.571	.893
47	Jimmie Crutchfield	CAG	RP	1	28	24	2	6	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583
48	Ollie Smith	CIC	RP	2	27	24	7	10	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.417	.481	.542	1.023
49	R. Smith^	CAG	RP	1	25	19	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	.211	.375	.263	.638
50	Nap Gulley*	CBE	SP	1	24	19	6	9	3	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	2	.474	.545	.632	1.177
51	Frank Carswell	CBE	RP	1	22	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	.200	.238	.200	.438
52	Red Wiggins^	MRS	RP	1	22	18	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	.167	.286	.278	.563
53	Willie Young*	BBB	SP	1	20	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	.133	.316	.133	.449
54	M. Johnson^	MRS	RP	2	19	14	7	5	2	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	.357	.526	.714	1.241
55	Lovell Harden	CBE	RP	2	14	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.300	.500	.400	.900
56	Walter Thomas	KCM	SP	1	12	10	7	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.600	.636	1.000	1.636
57	Rayford Finch*	CBE	RP	1	10	9	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.778	1.178
58	Phelbert Lawson^	CBE	SP	1	6	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	.333	.667	1.333	2.000
59	Leroy Sutton	CIC	RP	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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