1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Willard Brown
KCM
.379
2
Ted Strong
KCM
.347
3
Bonnie Serrell
KCM
.335
4
Sam Jethroe
CCB
.335
5
Tommy Sampson
BBB
.333
6
Felix McLaurin
BBB/JRC
.330
7
Neil Robinson
MRS
.327
8
Newt Allen
KCM
.322
9
Parnell Woods
CCB/JRC
.314
10
Cool Papa Bell
CAG
.312


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
MRS
C
2
23
P
13
30.0
6'5"
213
R
10/23/1918 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/26/1948 (Tampa, FL)
3
KCM
41
3B
123
5'8"
160
R
R
5/19/1901 (Austin, TX)
6/9/1988 (Cincinnati, OH)
4
34
LF
86
6'4"
198
L
L
12/23/1907 (Burnsville, AL)
7/30/1964 (death place unknown)
5
BBB
22
P
24
25.2
6'1"
184
R
R
5/3/1920 (Empire, AL)
5/2/1976 (Houston, TX)
6
MRS
29
2B
112
5'9"
163
R
R
11/22/1912 (Sulligent, AL)
12/17/1972 (Memphis, TN)
7
BBB
26
C
2
5'11"
185
R
R
8/19/1915 (Highland Home, AL)
12/3/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
8
JRC
28
C
23
5'11"
175
R
R
7/2/1913 (Hazlehurst, GA)
7/25/2004 (Jacksonville, FL)
9
CAG
39
CF
170
5'11"
157
B
L
5/17/1903 (Starkville, MS)
3/7/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
10
BBB
LF
9
11
CAG
28
C
1
6'0"
185
R
R
11/15/1913 (Grant, OK)
2/20/1978 (Portland, OR)
12
CAG
28
LF
49
5'8"
180
R
R
2/19/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
4/1/2006 (Houston, TX)
13
CCB
34
P
32
79.1
6'1"
184
R
R
1/13/1908 (Decatur, AL)
4/8/1982 (East Cleveland, OH)
14
22
P
10
20.0
6'2"
202
L
3/24/1920 (East Saint Louis, IL)
9/18/1976 (death place unknown)
15
BBB
24
1B
30
6'0"
187
L
R
3/11/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
1/23/2005 (Birmingham, AL)
16
28
RF
89
6'0"
182
L
R
9/6/1913 (Madison, AL)
17
KCM
24
P
4
7.2
6'2"
187
R
R
2/3/1918 (Benton, LA)
12/2/2002 (Benton, LA)
18
CCB
25
P
31
64.2
5'9"
176
R
R
7/18/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
6/19/1971 (Cleveland, OH)
19
MULT
46
C
47
9.2
5'8"
175
R
R
7/6/1895 (Lexington, KY)
1/1981 (Erie, PA)
20
CAG
23
3B
17
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
21
MRS
P
1
3.0
22
JRC
21
P
1
1.2
3/13/1921 (Tampa, FL)
23
LF
14
24
CCB
25
C
84
6'1"
187
R
R
11/20/1916 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
25
MRS
40
C
82
5'7"
162
B
R
9/16/1901 (Pratt City, AL)
4/7/1972 (Memphis, TN)
26
MRS
26
SS
105
5'4"
152
R
R
8/18/1915 (Des Moines, IA)
11/22/1973 (East Moline, IL)
27
KCM
27
CF
199
5'11"
200
R
R
6/26/1915 (Shreveport, LA)
8/4/1996 (Houston, TX)
28
CCB
34
P
7
4.1
5'10"
170
R
R
5/2/1908 (Atlanta, GA)
5/10/1985 (Detroit, MI)
29
CAG
P
1.0
30
CAG
26
P
7
15.1
6'0"
175
L
L
1/12/1916 (West Palm Beach, FL)
2/10/1966 (West Palm Beach, FL)
31
CAG
22
RF
4
5'8"
155
7/21/1919 (Centralia, IL)
6/19/1982 (death place unknown)
32
32
C
3
5'11"
180
B
R
3/19/1910 (Sabine County, TX)
10/8/1985 (Chicago, IL)
33
JRC
30
1B
39
5'10"
152
L
R
1/9/1912 (Montgomery, AL)
1/17/1975 (Bessemer, AL)
34
CAG
40
2B
55
5'11"
172
R
R
3/6/1902 (Norfolk, VA)
12/3/1981 (Fort Myers, FL)
35
MRS
29
3B
129
5'7"
160
L
R
12/27/1912 (Haslam, TX)
12/20/1993 (Memphis, TN)
36
CCB
29
RF
106
5'11"
176
L
R
12/24/1912 (Tampa, FL)
1/28/1973 (Los Angeles, CA)
37
25
RF
164
6'1"
190
L
R
11/25/1916 (Alapaha, GA)
8/13/1970 (Jacksonville, FL)
38
23
P
12
24.0
6'4"
220
R
R
1919 (St. Louis, MO)
39
MULT
35
P
21
35.0
5'8"
180
R
R
9/3/1906 (Atlanta, GA)
10/30/1989 (Chicago, IL)
40
CCB
29
3B
4
5'10"
160
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
41
CAG
32
RF
149
5'7"
150
L
R
3/25/1910 (Ardmore, MO)
3/31/1993 (Chicago, IL)
42
MULT
30
CF
126
5'6"
155
L
L
10/28/1911 (New Orleans, LA)
9/1985 (New Orleans, LA)
43
BBB
24
2B
2
6'3"
188
R
R
7/3/1917 (Piper, AL)
5/21/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
44
27
C
39
6'1"
176
R
11/8/1914 (Shreveport, LA)
8/6/1984 (Los Angeles, CA)
45
BBB
26
2B
5
5'8"
170
L
R
3/27/1916 (Longview, TX)
46
KCM
41
C
27
6'0"
175
R
R
2/14/1901 (Kansas City, MO)
12/4/1973 (Kansas City, MO)
47
BBB
30
1B
22
5'9"
187
R
R
9/27/1911 (Baton Rouge, LA)
9/29/2004 (Laurel, MS)
48
JRC
35
2B
3
6'2"
185
L
8/2/1906 (Bellevue, VA)
4/8/1984 (Salem, VA)
49
P
15
38.0
L
50
MRS
31
P
15
41.0
6'2"
180
R
R
10/3/1910 (Atlanta, GA)
8/21/1993 (Pompano Beach, FL)
51
CAG
25
P
2
6.0
6'2"
178
R
3/6/1917 (Hawkinsville, GA)
12/1982 (Detroit, MI)
52
26
2B
43
5'8"
162
R
R
5/12/1916 (Walls, MS)
6/18/1973 (Chicago, IL)
53
JRC
22
LF
12
5'10"
165
B
R
9/8/1919 (Spring Creek, AR)
5/20/1982 (San Diego, CA)
54
CAG
28
P
46
60.0
5'11"
180
L
11/6/1913 (Empire, AL)
55
CAG
29
2B
9
5'8"
185
R
R
10/16/1912 (Memphis, TN)
1/1982 (Memphis, TN)
56
BBB
32
1B
38
5'6"
171
2/20/1910 (Fort Smith, AR)
9/20/1976 (Detroit, MI)
57
BBB
28
P
18
40.2
5'10"
168
R
R
5/7/1914 (Shreveport, LA)
3/25/1987 (Shreveport, LA)
58
JRC
2B
7
59
KCM
30
C
132
5'11"
190
R
R
10/17/1911 (Stone Mountain, GA)
7/19/1989 (Stone Mountain, GA)
60
BBB
31
C
85
5'10"
162
R
R
9/17/1910 (Meridian, MS)
8/28/1979 (Chicago, IL)
61
CAG
2B
12
62
27
RF
63
6'1"
165
B
10/19/1914 (Kent, AL)
11/20/1990 (Cincinnati, OH)
63
MRS
30
C
4
5'10"
164
R
R
6/16/1912 (Panama City, FL)
12/1968 (Ocala, FL)
64
JRC
31
P
3
9.2
5'5"
148
R
R
3/10/1911 (Inverness, FL)
5/16/1992 (Jacksonville, FL)
65
CCB
26
2B
186
5'5"
152
L
R
2/20/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
11/1969 (New Orleans, LA)
66
CAG
24
P
2
4.0
6'1"
175
L
R
8/4/1917 (Greenwood, MS)
4/2/1970 (Flint, MI)
67
CAG
C
2
68
CAG
34
C
93
22.0
5'9"
170
L
R
4/26/1908 (Lexington, KY)
1/31/1964 (Hartselle, AL)
69
CCB
29
P
1
3.2
5'11"
173
R
R
1/19/1913 (Ocala, FL)
5/19/2000 (Bronx, NY)
70
CAG
24
P
1
2.1
6'4"
197
L
L
6/2/1918 (Devereux, GA)
9/27/1943 (Cincinnati, OH)
71
MRS
27
P
27
59.0
5'8"
152
R
R
1/26/1915 (Plano, TX)
4/9/1984 (Dallas, TX)
72
MRS
35
RF
134
5'7"
159
R
R
4/10/1907 (Pontotoc, MS)
11/20/2003 (St. Louis, MO)
73
CAG
38
P
2
4.1
1904 (birthplace unknown)
74
CCB
27
SS
145
5'9"
150
R
R
12/14/1914 (Key West, FL)
3/13/1989 (Wiggins, MS)
75
CCB
38
P
31
74.1
5'9"
163
R
R
1/27/1904 (Clearview, OK)
5/31/1972 (Houston, TX)
76
CAG
27
P
4
13.0
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
77
CCB
25
CF
172
6'1"
178
B
R
1/23/1917 (Lowndes County, MS)
6/16/2001 (Erie, PA)
78
KCM
19
P
25
56.2
6'4"
200
R
R
12/27/1922 (Stone Mountain, GA)
11/28/2004 (Kansas City, MO)
79
CAG
27
P
8
9.1
6'0"
190
R
3/23/1915 (Elmwood, MO)
3/9/1980 (St. Louis, MO)
80
29
P
6
17.0
5'8"
160
R
10/9/1912 (LeFlore, MS)
81
27
3B
69
5'11"
167
R
R
3/12/1915 (Montgomery, AL)
7/15/1951 (Montgomery, AL)
82
KCM
21
P
18
36.1
6'1"
173
L
L
7/29/1920 (Potosi, MO)
1/15/2000 (North Kansas City, MO)
83
MRS
26
-
1
R
1916 (birthplace unknown)
84
30
3B
106
5'10"
185
R
R
3/25/1912 (Princeton, IN)
10/4/2005 (Chicago, IL)
85
JRC
1B
11
86
CCB
30
LF
109
5'9"
194
B
R
9/16/1911 (Charleston, MO)
2/5/1954 (St. Louis, MO)
87
CAG
25
C
11
6'3"
198
R
R
9/1/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
10/10/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
88
BBB
33
P
24
60.0
5'10"
180
R
R
10/1/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
3/10/1975 (Los Angeles, CA)
89
KCM
34
P
27
70.0
6'2"
193
L
R
2/4/1908 (Palestine, TX)
3/19/1979 (Los Angeles, CA)
90
MRS
28
P
47
79.0
5'11"
155
L
L
11/18/1913 (Crawfordsville, AR)
10/30/1998 (Memphis, TN)
91
BBB
1B
5
220
92
KCM
28
P
28
64.2
6'1"
195
R
R
9/28/1913 (Kenwood, AR)
12/12/1974 (Kansas City, KS)
93
MRS
29
LF
105
5'11"
165
L
R
1/21/1913 (Henderson, TX)
1/8/1990 (Garland, TX)
94
JRC
-
1
95
JRC
19
P
2
0.2
5'10"
150
R
10/5/1922 (Jacksonville, FL)
4/7/2014 (Jacksonville, FL)
96
28
P
21
63.1
6'2"
170
R
L
8/11/1913 (Union, AL)
3/4/1991 (Chicago, IL)
97
20
LF
108
5'7"
163
B
R
9/6/1921 (Jacksonville, FL)
5/19/1972 (Chicago, IL)
98
CAG
24
P
2.0
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
99
P
6
8.0
100
BBB
33
3B
124
5'11"
169
B
R
5/13/1909 (Columbus, OH)
11/6/1980 (Oak Forest, IL)
101
MRS
32
P
27
61.2
5'11"
202
R
R
6/10/1910 (Cincinnati, OH)
7/16/1944 (Jackson, TN)
102
JRC
P
0.2
103
KCM
30
1B
201
5'10"
190
R
R
11/13/1911 (Carrabelle, FL)
10/6/2006 (Kansas City, MO)
104
CCB
30
P
24
57.1
5'7"
180
R
3/15/1912 (Manning, SC)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
105
JRC
CF
35
R
R
106
KCM
35
P
33
76.1
6'3"
180
R
R
7/7/1906 (Mobile, AL)
6/8/1982 (Kansas City, MO)
107
CAG
19
LF
154
5'11"
180
B
R
5/18/1923 (Memphis, TN)
1/4/2017 (Cedar Rapids, IA)
108
26
P
6
14.2
5'9"
174
L
R
6/18/1916 (Rosenberg, TX)
2/4/1996 (Seattle, WA)
109
BBB
34
P
32
62.0
5'10"
165
L
L
8/17/1907 (Adams County, MS)
3/17/1975 (New Orleans, LA)
110
36
3B
174
5'11"
215
R
R
7/26/1905 (Mobile, AL)
11/13/1981 (Chicago, IL)
111
MULT
39
C
50
7.1
5'11"
186
R
R
7/7/1902 (Mobile, AL)
8/11/2005 (Chicago, IL)
112
JRC
30
CF
34
5'8"
160
L
R
6/28/1957 (Nashville, TN)
113
JRC
LF
5
114
CAG
24
1B
35
6'2"
179
6/2/1918 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
2/22/1985 (Flint, MI)
115
24
2B
19
5'8"
155
L
R
4/22/1918 (Warren, AR)
9/2/1988 (St. Louis, MO)
116
KCM
32
C
8
5'11"
180
R
R
5/30/1910 (Birmingham, AL)
10/13/1997 (Kings Mountain, NC)
117
MRS
34
CF
116
5'11"
183
R
R
7/31/1907 (Birmingham, AL)
7/23/1983 (Cincinnati, OH)
118
CCB
P
18
47.1
L
119
JRC
34
2B
19
5'4"
168
R
R
5/1967 (Jacksonville, FL)
120
48
LF
24
L
R
7/21/1893 (Spartanburg, SC)
12/2/1981 (Memphis, TN)
121
JRC
30
C
9
5'11"
178
R
R
4/9/1912 (Atlanta, GA)
3/1975 (death place unknown)
122
BBB
29
2B
143
6'1"
180
R
R
8/31/1912 (Calhoun, AL)
1/24/2002 (Elizabeth City, NC)
123
JRC
28
SS
4
6'0"
155
R
3/10/1914 (Vian, OK)
8/4/1999 (Muskogee, OK)
124
JRC
34
P
15
32.1
5'10"
190
R
12/22/1907 (Seville, FL)
10/29/1976 (Jacksonville, FL)
125
22
LF
12
5'9"
206
5/13/1920 (Bowling Green, KY)
7/4/1994 (Indianapolis, IN)
126
KCM
22
2B
175
5'11"
160
L
R
3/9/1920 (Natchez, LA)
8/1/1996 (Santa Clara, CA)
127
BBB
23
-
2
5'11"
192
L
11/15/1918 (North Little Rock, AR)
3/28/1947 (Proviso, IL)
128
CAG
19
P
24
44.0
6'2"
206
L
L
10/20/1922 (Whipple, WV)
10/18/1955 (Scarbro, WV)
129
KCM
33
LF
220
5'9"
160
L
R
12/23/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
5/10/2002 (Perris, CA)
130
MRS
35
C
31
R
R
1907 (birthplace unknown)
131
CCB
P
1
3.0
L
132
CAG
34
C
43
5'11"
168
L
R
6/3/1908 (Alexandria, LA)
8/13/1973 (Alexandria, LA)
133
30
3B
40
5'8"
139
R
R
11/28/1911 (Key West, FL)
10/3/1995 (Key West, FL)
134
29
2B
121
5'8"
161
R
R
1913 (Houston, TX)
135
KCM
35
P
47
85.0
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
136
BBB
25
RF
58
L
L
1917 (birthplace unknown)
137
BBB
31
3B
11
9.0
5'8"
168
R
L
7/30/1910 (Fowl River, AL)
8/26/1975 (Mobile, AL)
138
KCM
29
3B
138
5'9"
150
B
R
2/5/1913 (West Monroe, LA)
7/12/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
139
CAG
29
RF
40
5'9"
175
L
R
7/23/1912 (Arkadelphia, AR)
2/13/1955 (New York, NY)
140
BBB
22
SS
27
5'9"
151
R
R
8/4/1919 (Gretna, LA)
5/17/2003 (Gretna, LA)
141
BBB
26
RF
2
5'10"
185
L
R
8/8/1915 (Dallas County, AL)
10/1/1978 (Birmingham, AL)
142
KCM
25
RF
197
6'3"
198
B
R
1/2/1917 (South Bend, IN)
3/3/1978 (Chicago, IL)
143
CAG
26
P
12
34.0
6'1"
178
R
R
12/24/1915 (Cairo, IL)
144
BBB
24
LF
20
6'3"
195
B
R
5/3/1918 (Jersey, AR)
1/18/1967 (El Paso, TX)
145
CAG
58
-
1
5'5"
165
R
R
2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)
4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
146
MRS
31
1B
128
5'11"
230
L
L
7/10/1910 (London, OH)
10/1/1976 (Cleveland, OH)
147
31
C
78
5'11"
158
R
R
5/7/1911 (Memphis, TN)
2/9/1954 (Memphis, TN)
148
CAG
34
P
21
52.1
6'2"
158
R
R
5/27/1908 (Sulligent, AL)
1/29/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
149
BBB
-
1
150
JRC
28
C
24
5'11"
172
R
R
9/1/1913 (Lloyd, FL)
151
BBB
34
SS
107
5'11"
190
R
R
9/10/1907 (Austin, TX)
2/10/1971 (Nashville, TN)
152
CCB
32
P
1
2.0
6'1"
186
R
R
8/3/1909 (Auburn, FL)
153
CCB
24
1B
172
5'9"
160
L
L
6/19/1918 (Greenville, FL)
12/13/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
154
BBB
27
LF
45
5'11"
153
R
R
8/16/1914 (Whitehaven, TN)
4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
155
CCB
22
P
10
21.2
5'6"
152
L
L
12/18/1919 (Covington, KY)
9/14/1960 (Indianapolis, IN)
156
BBB
42
P
2
4.0
5'10"
150
L
L
9/9/1899 (Napoleonville, LA)
3/2/1980 (Pineville, LA)
157
CAG
28
P
27
61.1
6'2"
195
L
R
12/28/1913 (Silsbee, TX)
12/10/1987 (Denver, CO)
158
KCM
29
SS
181
5'11"
160
R
R
6/22/1913 (Henderson, TX)
2/27/1990 (Kansas City, MO)
159
CCB
29
CF
68
5'4"
158
B
R
1/10/1913 (Yazoo City, MS)
2/26/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
160
30
3B
149
5'10"
188
R
R
2/6/1912 (Cordova, AL)
7/23/1977 (Cleveland, OH)
161
CAG
24
SS
142
5'10"
160
R
R
9/17/1917 (Chicago, IL)
3/1990 (Auburn Park, IL)
162
CAG
29
C
21
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)
163
33
CF
11
5'10"
184
R
R
6/10/1909 (Dallas, TX)
2/4/1997 (Berkeley, CA)

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