1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Herb Souell	KCM	16
2	Buck O'Neil	KCM	15
3	Johnie Scott	KCM	12
4	Willard Brown	KCM	12
5	Sam Jethroe	CBE	10
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	7
7	Tom Cooper	KCM	6
8	Joe Greene	KCM	5
9	Bob Boyd	MRS	4
10	Sam Hill	CAG	3

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Gene Richardson	KCM	355
2	Ford Smith	KCM	221
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	199
4	Bill Powell	BBB	188
5	Vibert Clarke	CBE	181
6	Johnny Williams	CIC	142
7	Jim LaMarque	KCM	139
8	Ted Alexander	KCM	135
9	Dan Bankhead	MRS	117
10	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	108

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	107	2511	2209	350	596	83	16	14	30	242	338	26	34	50	.270	.349	.341	.690
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	56	1159	987	197	285	53	14	10	24	127	132	14	30	30	.289	.378	.401	.779
3	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	43	1139	1026	186	305	49	20	14	45	88	101	7	18	16	.297	.357	.425	.782
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	30	854	742	139	213	36	16	8	27	91	102	7	14	9	.287	.370	.411	.781
5	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	35	801	704	121	194	31	6	8	18	71	92	9	17	13	.276	.349	.371	.720
6	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	29	628	566	91	172	22	15	8	10	48	71	6	8	10	.304	.365	.438	.803
	6	1	300	7092	6234	1084	1765	274	87	62	154	667	836	69	121	128	.283	.359	.385	.744

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	SP	17	531	482	63	125	20	3	0	5	35	80	5	9	11	.259	.316	.313	.629
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	13	343	321	54	105	10	0	2	2	15	25	3	4	9	.327	.363	.377	.740
3	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	13	331	275	65	88	16	1	6	7	46	29	3	7	7	.320	.423	.451	.874
4	Johnny Williams	CIC	SP	8	261	241	34	68	12	6	0	6	11	20	2	7	4	.282	.319	.382	.701
5	Ford Smith	KCM	SP	9	256	225	18	47	6	1	2	0	27	32	1	3	6	.209	.296	.271	.568
6	Riley Stewart	CAG	RP	11	241	213	41	61	13	4	3	3	21	22	3	4	8	.286	.359	.427	.786
7	Ted Alexander	KCM	RP	11	236	211	31	49	3	4	0	2	19	34	2	4	4	.232	.302	.284	.586
8	Steve Wylie	CAG/KCM	RP	12	231	193	35	53	9	0	1	4	32	30	3	3	3	.275	.386	.337	.723
9	Earl Bumpus*	CAG	RP	10	209	176	34	57	7	4	0	4	25	22	2	6	3	.324	.414	.409	.823
10	Cannonball Berry	KCM	RP	16	196	174	32	52	9	3	2	0	18	24	2	2	3	.299	.371	.420	.791
11	Dan Bankhead	MRS	RP	5	174	151	22	35	5	3	0	4	19	34	1	3	0	.232	.322	.305	.626
12	Leonard Johnson	CAG	RP	9	174	151	39	54	10	0	3	3	18	18	1	3	7	.358	.429	.483	.913
13	John Huber	CIC/MRS	RP	7	163	146	32	53	8	4	1	7	15	9	1	1	1	.363	.426	.493	.919
14	Vibert Clarke*	CBE	SP	4	156	141	16	36	9	0	0	0	12	21	1	2	2	.255	.318	.319	.637
15	Jim Colzie	CIC	SP	5	154	134	27	45	6	4	2	7	16	16	0	4	2	.336	.407	.485	.892
16	Doc Bracken	CBE	SP	6	152	123	21	30	4	1	2	1	26	21	1	2	3	.244	.380	.341	.721
17	Gentry Jessup	CAG	SP	5	147	120	12	22	3	0	0	5	20	24	1	6	3	.183	.305	.208	.513
18	Walter McCoy	CAG	RP	6	133	115	21	32	5	0	3	7	12	19	3	3	3	.278	.362	.400	.762
19	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	7	132	123	17	34	3	6	0	2	7	16	1	1	1	.276	.321	.398	.719
20	Preacher Henry	CIC	SP	5	132	119	20	37	6	2	3	3	11	8	0	2	4	.311	.369	.471	.840
21	Eugene Bremer	CBE	RP	7	129	116	29	39	4	3	3	3	11	9	1	1	2	.336	.398	.500	.898
22	Manuel Godínez	CIC	SP	4	118	110	21	34	7	2	3	4	5	11	2	1	1	.309	.350	.491	.841
23	Clarence Locke	CAG	SP	4	118	99	23	28	8	4	1	0	12	13	3	4	3	.283	.377	.475	.852
24	Gene Richardson*	KCM	SP	3	117	101	8	19	1	1	0	1	13	29	3	0	2	.188	.299	.218	.517
25	Gene Collins*	KCM	SP	4	114	86	22	21	3	0	1	4	25	23	2	1	1	.244	.425	.314	.739
26	Alonzo Perry	BBB	RP	5	109	93	17	26	5	1	1	3	15	9	0	1	2	.280	.380	.387	.767
27	Bill Powell	BBB	SP	3	107	97	8	26	2	0	2	0	8	22	0	2	3	.268	.324	.351	.674
28	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	SP	3	101	92	14	28	4	1	0	0	8	7	0	1	2	.304	.360	.370	.730
29	Juan Guilbe	CIC	SP	3	99	82	11	23	1	2	3	8	14	14	0	3	0	.280	.385	.451	.837
30	Alonzo Boone	CBE	SP	3	97	87	13	21	5	0	1	4	4	10	1	5	2	.241	.283	.333	.616
31	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	3	96	87	13	24	5	1	1	5	4	17	3	2	1	.276	.330	.391	.721
32	Nat Pollard	BBB	SP	3	95	85	17	30	2	3	2	2	6	5	2	2	2	.353	.409	.518	.926
33	Harry Rhodes*	CAG	RP	6	88	73	17	20	5	1	0	2	11	10	1	3	2	.274	.376	.370	.746
34	Ladd White	MRS	SP	2	85	74	15	16	1	2	1	4	10	12	0	1	2	.216	.310	.324	.634
35	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	3	83	64	15	19	4	1	2	5	16	9	1	2	1	.297	.444	.484	.929
36	Jehosie Heard*	BBB	SP	4	80	70	10	19	3	2	1	2	8	8	1	1	1	.271	.354	.414	.769
37	Chet Brewer	CBE	SP	4	78	72	5	13	3	0	0	1	5	11	0	1	1	.181	.234	.222	.456
38	Tomás Quiñones	CIC	RP	4	78	69	12	17	4	0	0	7	7	8	1	1	2	.246	.325	.304	.629
39	Laymon Ramsey	MRS	SP	3	77	68	10	19	1	3	0	1	8	8	0	1	1	.279	.355	.382	.738
40	Armando Vázquez*	CIC	SP	3	75	70	17	22	2	1	2	3	3	7	2	0	1	.314	.360	.457	.817
41	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	5	74	71	8	18	3	2	0	0	2	18	0	1	2	.254	.274	.352	.626
42	Carrenza Howard	CIC	SP	2	64	57	13	16	6	2	0	0	7	6	0	0	1	.281	.359	.456	.816
43	Frank Pearson	MRS	SP	2	63	58	10	17	5	1	1	2	5	3	0	0	1	.293	.349	.466	.815
44	Larry Napoleon*	KCM	SP	3	59	50	8	12	2	0	0	1	8	12	1	0	1	.240	.356	.280	.636
45	Clyde Williams*	CBE	RP	4	54	48	17	19	3	1	1	1	5	3	0	1	1	.396	.453	.563	1.015
46	Satchel Davis	CBE	SP	3	53	45	8	12	1	0	1	6	2	6	3	3	1	.267	.340	.356	.696
47	Curtis Hollingsworth*	BBB	RP	4	46	42	6	13	2	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	.310	.356	.429	.784
48	James Brown	CIC	RP	2	43	39	11	9	3	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	1	.231	.302	.385	.687
49	Sam Jones	CBE	SP	1	35	32	5	11	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	1	.344	.382	.344	.726
50	Sammy Williams	BBB	SP	1	34	33	8	13	1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	.394	.412	.545	.957
51	Johnnie Scroggins	KCM	SP	2	31	27	8	9	2	1	0	3	3	4	0	1	0	.333	.400	.481	.881
52	Spoon Carter	MRS	RP	1	28	26	5	9	2	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	.346	.370	.538	.909
53	Hosea Allen	CIC	RP	2	27	24	7	6	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	.250	.333	.292	.625
54	Herman Purcell	MRS	RP	2	27	20	7	7	0	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	0	.350	.500	.600	1.100
55	Orinthal Anderson	BBB	RP	2	25	23	8	11	4	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	.478	.520	.870	1.390
56	Jesse Warren	CAG	RP	2	24	22	5	7	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	.318	.375	.455	.830
57	Bill Barnes	CIC	SP	1	21	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.235	.381	.235	.616
58	Walter Jones	CBE	RP	1	18	15	6	7	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	.467	.529	.733	1.263
59	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	1	17	15	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745
60	James Wilson^	MRS	RP	1	14	11	6	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	.545	.615	.636	1.252
61	Joe Greene	KCM	RP	1	13	8	3	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	1	.250	.538	.250	.788
62	John Brown	CBE	RP	1	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350
63	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RP	1	8	7	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.571	.625	.714	1.339
64	Tom Turner	CAG	RP	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
65	Hoss Walker	CIC	RP	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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