1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1942 Season


Negro National League II


1941 / 1943



Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary & Treasurer)

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Leon
Day

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
HG
.618
2
HG/NE
.593
3
MULT
.558
4
NE
.503
5
NE
.455
6
HG/NE
.443
7
BEG
.443
8
BEG
.440
9
BEG/PS
.439
10
HG/NE
.428

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
BEG
1.70
2
HG/NE
1.72
3
HG
1.88
4
HG
2.28
5
NE
2.77
6
PS
2.91
7
PS
3.40
8
HG
3.46
9
HG
3.49
10
BEG
3.50


Advanced Batting


Bats:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NN2
71
2742
.345
10.8%
1.2%
.102
2
NN2
55
2033
.343
9.1%
1.7%
.124
3
NN2
60
2231
.330
10.0%
1.1%
.100
4
NN2
59
2224
.316
7.9%
0.8%
.096
5
NN2
36
1305
.292
8.8%
0.6%
.067
6
NN2
32
1125
.273
7.4%
0.1%
.060
6
1
322
11660
.323
9.3%
1.0%
.096



Players
# Team Pos
1
HG
C
266
.498
19.2%
5.3%
.278
2
HG/NE
1B
232
.453
9.5%
4.7%
.258
3
MULT
SS
261
.444
13.8%
3.1%
.246
4
NE
SS
218
.423
7.3%
2.8%
.161
5
BEG
RF
224
.387
9.8%
0.4%
.130
6
PS
RF
217
.379
15.7%
0.0%
.072
7
PS
1B
231
.377
12.1%
1.3%
.134
8
HG/NE
RF
241
.377
12.4%
2.5%
.176
9
NBY
C
128
.372
18.8%
0.8%
.070
10
PS
LF
226
.370
10.2%
0.4%
.096
11
NBY
CF
134
.369
14.9%
0.0%
.089
12
3B
231
.369
6.9%
2.6%
.142
13
BEG
LF
199
.366
6.5%
1.5%
.148
14
HG
SS
250
.365
12.0%
1.2%
.100
15
HG
3B
290
.355
9.3%
2.4%
.159
16
BEG
1B
193
.352
13.0%
1.6%
.144
17
NYC
RF
127
.352
5.5%
0.8%
.094
18
BEG
2B
239
.345
7.5%
1.3%
.114
19
BEG
CF
251
.337
9.6%
0.8%
.107
20
HG
CF
306
.334
10.8%
0.7%
.056
21
NE
3B
186
.304
14.0%
0.0%
.057
22
NYC
1B
109
.303
7.3%
0.0%
.131
23
PS
CF
197
.298
9.1%
0.5%
.056
24
NBY
LF
140
.295
5.7%
0.0%
.053
25
NBY
RF
133
.294
7.5%
0.8%
.083
26
BEG
SS
245
.282
7.8%
0.0%
.023
27
BEG
3B
192
.268
4.7%
0.5%
.108
28
NYC
2B
123
.258
7.3%
0.0%
.044
29
NBY
3B
129
.256
4.7%
0.0%
.016
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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