1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


Negro American League


1947 / 1949



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

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Runs Scored

# Player Team R
1
Hank Thompson
KCM
50
2
Willard Brown
KCM
43
3
Herb Souell
KCM
41
4
Gene Baker
KCM
39
5
Artie Wilson
BBB
31
6
Ed Steele
BBB
27
7
Curtis Roberts
KCM
26
8
Piper Davis
BBB
25
9
Sam Hairston
IC
25
10
Johnie Scott
KCM
24

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Ford Smith
KCM
2.43
2
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.62
3
Bill Powell
BBB
2.79
4
Jim LaMarque
KCM
3.20
5
Gene Richardson
KCM
3.43
6
Vibert Clarke
CBE
3.47
7
Jim Cohen
IC
3.83
8
Bill Greason
BBB
3.86
9
Luis Cabrera
IC
4.09
10
Gene Collins
KCM
4.18


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
KCM
23
SS
200
6'1"
170
R
R
6/15/1925 (Davenport, IA)
12/1/1999 (Davenport, IA)
2
MRS
32
C
7
5'11"
185
R
R
8/19/1915 (Highland Home, AL)
12/3/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
3
BBB
37
C
57
6'3"
225
B
R
8/5/1910 (Baton Rouge, LA)
2/27/1981 (Los Angeles, CA)
4
CAG
25
3B
38
5'7"
148
R
R
2/8/1923 (Kansas City, MO)
12/17/1980 (Kansas City, MO)
5
BBB
33
C
66
5'11"
177
R
R
4/18/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
9/27/1970 (Birmingham, AL)
6
IC
28
P
1
0.1
6'1"
193
R
9/8/1919 (Fredonia, KY)
6/3/1991 (Indianapolis, IN)
7
CBE
36
RF
3
5'11"
180
R
8/23/1911 (Kansas City, KS)
5/2/1992 (Oakland, CA)
8
IC
26
P
2
2.2
5'9"
150
R
L
10/17/1921 (Dallas, TX)
4/20/2014 (Campbell, TX)
9
MRS
28
1B
59
5'10"
170
L
L
10/1/1919 (Potts Camp, MS)
9/7/2004 (Wichita, KS)
10
CBE
31
P
9
9.0
5'9"
176
R
R
7/18/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
6/19/1971 (Cleveland, OH)
11
CBE
41
P
18
35.1
6'4"
176
B
R
1/14/1907 (Leavenworth, KS)
3/26/1990 (Whittier, CA)
12
BBB
29
3B
134
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
13
CBE
29
P
4
12.1
6'1"
158
R
R
10/23/1918 (Hamburg, AR)
3/3/1999 (Detroit, MI)
14
KCM
33
CF
197
5'11"
200
R
R
6/26/1915 (Shreveport, LA)
8/4/1996 (Houston, TX)
15
CBE
36
LF
8
5'11"
196
R
3/12/1912 (Cordova, AL)
6/1/1973 (Cordova, AL)
16
CAG
34
P
17
10.2
6'2"
200
L
L
2/15/1914 (Evansville, IN)
5/14/1985 (Uniontown, KY)
17
IC
29
P
16
33.0
5'10"
175
R
R
4/26/1919 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
18
IC
23
LF
52
5'7"
154
R
R
11/13/1924 (Guane, Cuba)
6/8/1990 (New York, NY)
19
CBE
30
P
5
12.2
6'2"
175
R
R
8/9/1917 (Twiggs County, GA)
10/23/1978 (Buffalo, NY)
20
CAG
35
3B
39
5'7"
160
L
R
12/27/1912 (Haslam, TX)
12/20/1993 (Memphis, TN)
21
MRS
45
P
12
32.2
5'11"
176
L
R
12/8/1902 (Harpersville, AL)
1/23/1974 (Birmingham, AL)
22
IC
27
P
25
55.2
5'9"
178
L
L
1/7/1921 (Newnan, GA)
8/28/1978 (Cincinnati, OH)
23
CBE
20
P
28
62.1
6'0"
165
L
L
6/8/1928 (Colón, Panama)
6/14/1970 (Cristóbal, Panama)
24
IC
30
P
21
49.1
5'11"
190
R
R
5/26/1918 (Evergreen, AL)
4/23/2002 (Washington, DC)
25
MRS
24
CF
37
6'0"
R
R
26
KCM
23
P
23
56.0
5'8"
168
L
L
1/7/1925 (Kansas City, KS)
2/9/1998 (Detroit, MI)
27
IC
29
SS
10
R
R
11/21/1918 (Colón, Panama)
11/24/1991 (Brooklyn, NY)
28
KCM
29
1B
128
5'11"
175
R
R
1919 (birthplace unknown)
29
MRS
35
2B
45
5'10"
160
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
30
BBB
30
2B
117
6'3"
188
R
R
7/3/1917 (Piper, AL)
5/21/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
31
IC
25
CF
102
5'7"
160
L
L
3/15/1923 (La Habana, Cuba)
32
MRS
37
P
6
16.0
6'2"
180
R
R
10/3/1910 (Atlanta, GA)
8/21/1993 (Pompano Beach, FL)
33
IC
21
SS
31
5'9"
167
R
R
12/9/1926 (Tampa, FL)
10/2/2009 (Tampa, FL)
34
IC
33
SS
97
5'7"
145
R
R
8/17/1963 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
35
IC
25
P
4
6.2
L
1923 (birthplace unknown)
36
CAG
P
2
6.0
37
CAG
31
LF
26
5'10"
180
L
L
38
IC
19
P
5
13.0
5'7"
185
L
R
10/13/1928 (Tampa, FL)
7/24/2015 (Tampa, FL)
39
IC
26
P
3
8.1
5'11"
R
11/7/1921 (Artemisa, Cuba)
40
CBE
31
RF
85
6'1"
162
B
R
6/30/1917 (Meridian, MS)
11/18/2006 (Erie, PA)
41
BBB
23
P
19
46.2
5'10"
170
R
R
9/3/1924 (Atlanta, GA)
42
CBE
36
C
48
5'11"
190
R
R
10/17/1911 (Stone Mountain, GA)
7/19/1989 (Stone Mountain, GA)
43
BBB
23
2B
18
5'11"
160
R
R
3/24/1925 (Union Springs, AL)
8/23/1996 (Birmingham, AL)
44
IC
28
3B
130
5'10"
187
R
R
1/20/1920 (Crawford, MS)
10/31/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
45
KCM
24
RF
2
5'10"
143
B
R
7/30/1923 (Webster Groves, MO)
5/24/1996 (St. Louis, MO)
46
MRS
28
2B
7
5'6"
168
L
R
12/26/1919 (Memphis, TN)
12/8/1983 (Chicago, IL)
47
CBE
24
C
64
5'11"
195
R
R
10/24/1923 (Lincoln County, TN)
1/4/1991 (Stone Mountain, GA)
48
IC
38
C
30
5'8"
165
R
R
1/12/1910 (Portsmouth, VA)
4/19/2000 (Los Angeles, CA)
49
BBB
28
P
3
6.1
5'7"
155
L
L
1/17/1920 (Athens, GA)
11/18/1999 (Birmingham, AL)
50
CAG
LF
4
51
IC
37
P
0.2
5'5"
148
R
R
3/10/1911 (Inverness, FL)
5/16/1992 (Jacksonville, FL)
52
CAG
22
CF
55
6'2"
183
L
R
5/2/1926 (New Castle, AL)
4/4/1977 (Birmingham, AL)
53
KCM
19
LF
84
6'2"
196
R
R
2/23/1929 (St. Louis, MO)
12/14/1980 (New York, NY)
54
MRS
41
RF
56
5'7"
159
R
R
4/10/1907 (Pontotoc, MS)
11/20/2003 (St. Louis, MO)
55
KCM
17
P
1.2
R
5/14/1931 (Kansas City, MO)
12/9/1975 (St. Louis, MO)
56
CBE
25
P
1
0.2
6'2"
197
R
R
8/8/1922 (Boley, OK)
9/21/1985 (Erie, PA)
57
CAG
33
P
12
24.0
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
58
CBE
31
CF
46
6'1"
178
B
R
1/23/1917 (Lowndes County, MS)
6/16/2001 (Erie, PA)
59
KCM
25
P
18
47.0
6'4"
200
R
R
12/27/1922 (Stone Mountain, GA)
11/28/2004 (Kansas City, MO)
60
CBE
RF
3
61
KCM
28
P
8
15.0
5'9"
165
R
10/19/1919 (Readland, AR)
10/15/1999 (North Little Rock, AR)
62
MRS
29
C
46
6'2"
205
L
R
7/19/1918 (Dublin, MS)
11/17/1998 (Memphis, TN)
63
CBE
22
P
8
18.0
6'4"
192
R
R
12/14/1925 (Stewartsville, OH)
11/5/1971 (Morgantown, WV)
64
MRS
SS
1
65
CBE
29
3B
76
5'11"
160
R
R
7/11/1918 (Gatún, Panama)
5/13/2003 (Miami, FL)
66
IC
43
-
1
5'9"
140
R
R
9/15/1904 (Jacksonville, FL)
12/29/1966 (Philadelphia, PA)
67
KCM
27
P
55
118.0
6'1"
173
L
L
7/29/1920 (Potosi, MO)
1/15/2000 (North Kansas City, MO)
68
CAG
37
P
6
9.1
5'9"
183
R
R
3/25/1911 (Kansas City, MO)
1/1971 (Kansas City, KS)
69
CBE
20
P
8
9.0
5'11"
175
L
R
10/11/1927 (Chattanooga, TN)
9/20/2000 (Rome, GA)
70
CBE
29
2B
5
5'11"
175
L
R
7/15/1918 (New Albany, MS)
7/16/1984 (Southfield, MI)
71
MRS
34
P
14
21.0
5'11"
155
L
L
11/18/1913 (Crawfordsville, AR)
10/30/1998 (Memphis, TN)
72
BBB
17
LF
48
5'10"
170
R
R
5/6/1931 (Westfield, AL)
6/18/2024 (Palo Alto, CA)
73
CBE
24
LF
7
5'11"
165
R
R
4/26/1924 (Silver Creek, GA)
4/3/2004 (Rome, GA)
74
CAG
27
LF
13
6'2"
195
L
R
5/8/1921 (Clinton, KY)
5/24/2002 (Chicago, IL)
75
CAG
19
2B
54
6'0"
177
R
R
12/15/1928 (San Antonio, TX)
4/13/1996 (San Antonio, TX)
76
IC
30
RF
80
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
77
IC
29
LF
106
5'10"
160
L
L
78
CAG
25
RF
38
6'3"
230
R
R
8/11/1922 (San Antonio, TX)
5/24/2013 (San Antonio, TX)
79
CBE
29
CF
43
5'6"
160
L
4/21/1919 (Henderson, TX)
4/11/1973 (Philadelphia, PA)
80
MRS
33
3B
12
1915 (birthplace unknown)
81
MRS
P
5
9.2
L
82
IC
27
2B
106
5'9"
165
R
R
10/12/1920 (Apopka, FL)
7/10/1998 (St. Joseph, MI)
83
CBE
26
3B
52
6'0"
190
R
R
9/1/1921 (Bradenton, FL)
7/26/1949 (Philadelphia, PA)
84
BBB
29
P
28
58.1
5'10"
170
R
R
6/9/1919 (Bonham, AL)
6/23/1983 (Bremen Township, IL)
85
KCM
36
1B
96
5'10"
190
R
R
11/13/1911 (Carrabelle, FL)
10/6/2006 (Kansas City, MO)
86
CAG
33
P
3
6.0
5'9"
144
R
R
87
MRS
22
C
3
6'1"
185
R
R
6/29/1926 (Memphis, TN)
8/30/2012 (Memphis, TN)
88
CAG
24
SS
58
6'0"
185
R
R
1/7/1924 (St. Charles, MO)
3/20/1996 (Houston, TX)
89
IC
3B
31
90
BBB
26
P
39
63.1
6'3"
200
L
R
4/14/1922 (Elmore, AL)
10/13/1982 (Birmingham, AL)
91
IC
28
C
69
5'9"
230
R
R
9/18/1919 (Grant, OK)
8/22/1993 (Seattle, WA)
92
CBE
30
-
1
6'5"
225
L
R
10/22/1917 (Newbern, AL)
3/18/1981 (Fort Wayne, IN)
93
BBB
33
P
1
4.1
5'10"
175
R
R
1/24/1915 (Alabama City, AL)
11/23/1996 (Dolomite, AL)
94
IC
38
P
7
16.1
6'3"
190
R
R
3/7/1910 (Sweet Home, AR)
7/1/2010 (Los Angeles, CA)
95
BBB
29
P
21
51.2
6'2"
195
L
R
5/8/1919 (Comer, GA)
8/21/2004 (Birmingham, AL)
96
CBE
26
SS
15
5'11"
150
R
R
10/7/1921 (Electric Mills, MS)
12/27/2014 (Chicago, IL)
97
CBE
25
SS
83
5'11"
168
R
R
3/1/1923 (Newark, NJ)
9/3/1991 (Atlanta, GA)
98
CBE
19
2B
50
6'0"
175
R
R
11/28/1928 (Stone Mountain, GA)
1/8/1989 (Mansfield, OH)
99
CAG
25
P
11
9.2
5'8"
156
L
L
10/20/1922 (McComb, MS)
7/6/2001 (Chicago, IL)
100
KCM
20
P
19
44.2
5'10"
170
L
L
1/26/1928 (San Diego, CA)
8/1/1997 (San Diego, CA)
101
KCM
18
2B
196
5'8"
165
R
R
8/16/1929 (Pineland, TX)
11/14/1969 (Oakland, CA)
102
MRS
40
CF
46
5'11"
183
R
R
7/31/1907 (Birmingham, AL)
7/23/1983 (Cincinnati, OH)
103
BBB
35
CF
123
5'8"
180
B
R
4/1/1913 (Oklahoma City, OK)
3/26/1984 (Pacoima, CA)
104
CAG
21
RF
39
5'8"
147
R
R
9/27/2014 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
105
MRS
20
P
1
2.0
1928 (birthplace unknown)
106
BBB
30
1B
104
5'11"
175
L
L
6/15/1918 (Shreveport, LA)
1/12/1997 (Los Angeles, CA)
107
MRS
27
LF
49
5'8"
167
L
L
10/2/1920 (Memphis, TN)
3/21/2013 (Memphis, TN)
108
KCM
34
LF
129
5'10"
165
L
L
8/28/1913 (Magnolia, AR)
3/7/1967 (Los Angeles, CA)
109
MRS
29
P
8
13.0
5'9"
150
B
R
12/9/1918 (Rena Lara, MS)
12/4/1997 (San Diego, CA)
110
CAG
24
P
1
1.1
5'11"
202
R
R
9/16/1923 (Columbus, GA)
10/8/1988 (Miami, FL)
111
CBE
20
LF
69
6'0"
186
R
R
2/7/1928 (Kirkwood, MO)
1/3/2002 (Hammond, IN)
112
CBE
32
P
11
24.0
6'1"
185
B
R
4/23/1916 (Ansley, LA)
5/25/2011 (Richmond Heights, MO)
113
KCM
29
P
27
55.2
6'1"
198
B
R
1/19/1919 (Phoenix, AZ)
2/26/1983 (Phoenix, AZ)
114
KCM
41
P
30
63.2
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
115
CAG
P
0.1
R
116
KCM
35
3B
211
5'9"
150
B
R
2/5/1913 (West Monroe, LA)
7/12/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
117
BBB
32
RF
125
5'10"
185
L
R
8/8/1915 (Dallas County, AL)
10/1/1978 (Birmingham, AL)
118
CAG
29
P
13
24.2
6'2"
185
L
R
3/14/1919 (Benton, LA)
12/10/2000 (Shreveport, LA)
119
IC
31
RF
46
6'3"
198
B
R
1/2/1917 (South Bend, IN)
3/3/1978 (Chicago, IL)
120
KCM
25
C
170
6'0"
161
R
R
7/22/1922 (Carrier Mills, IL)
12/21/1996 (San Antonio, TX)
121
IC
30
1B
81
6'3"
195
B
R
5/3/1918 (Jersey, AR)
1/18/1967 (El Paso, TX)
122
KCM
22
RF
206
5'9"
174
L
R
12/8/1925 (Oklahoma City, OK)
9/30/1969 (Fresno, CA)
123
CAG
C
11
R
R
124
CAG
35
C
35
6'2"
225
B
R
12/25/1912 (Dublin, GA)
8/10/1993 (Creve Coeur, MO)
125
CAG
19
P
7
16.1
5'11"
170
L
L
5/29/1929 (Santurce, Puerto Rico)
5/27/2014 (Caguas, Puerto Rico)
126
MRS
22
SS
29
6'0"
170
R
R
12/8/1925 (La Habana, Cuba)
3/2/1977 (New York, NY)
127
IC
P
2
8.0
R
128
CBE
30
1B
95
5'9"
160
L
L
6/19/1918 (Greenville, FL)
12/13/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
129
MRS
33
3B
5
5'11"
153
R
R
8/16/1914 (Whitehaven, TN)
4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
130
MRS
43
3B
19
5'9"
170
R
R
8/10/1904 (Austin, TX)
1/22/1989 (Austin, TX)
131
MRS
25
SS
38
5'7"
150
R
R
10/23/1922 (Austin, TX)
1/4/1994 (Austin, TX)
132
IC
43
1B
7
6'0"
218
B
R
4/23/1905 (Birmingham, AL)
9/2/1969 (Philadelphia, PA)
133
IC
30
P
5
11.1
5'8"
173
L
R
8/7/1917 (Redland, OK)
4/1/1963 (Contra Costa, CA)
134
CBE
28
LF
7
5'10"
170
L
L
4/9/1920 (Clarksdale, MS)
6/5/2005 (Detroit, MI)
135
CAG
26
1B
39
6'0"
172
R
5/29/1922 (Jonesboro, AR)
1/19/1973 (Fort Wayne, IN)
136
IC
30
P
24
40.1
6'4"
180
R
R
5/1/1918 (Shreveport, LA)
5/4/1986 (Shreveport, LA)
137
IC
28
SS
26
6'0"
182
R
12/18/1919 (Harrodsburg, KY)
10/3/1977 (Lexington, KY)
138
BBB
25
P
6
14.0
5'11"
175
L
R
10/13/1922 (Ketona, AL)
8/8/2007 (San Jose, CA)
139
BBB
27
SS
136
5'10"
162
L
R
10/28/1920 (Jefferson County, AL)
10/31/2010 (Portland, OR)
140
IC
18
RF
21
5'10"
192
L
R
11/19/1929 (Sanford, FL)
4/15/1983 (Sanford, FL)
141
IC
22
LF
17
6'1"
206
B
R
6/7/1926 (Kissimmee, FL)
3/15/1980 (Miami, FL)
142
MRS
27
P
7
16.1
6'2"
205
R
R
7/2/1920 (Springfield, OH)
9/5/1983 (Las Vegas, NV)
143
BBB
24
LF
63
6'3"
232
R
R
4/18/1924 (Nashville, TN)
9/30/2016 (Harker Heights, TX)

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